【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Freshmen are always fearful when learning they are to live with a roommate of a different race assigned by the computer casually. They are full of worry at the uncertainties. Now several studies have found that sharing a room with a man of another race is a mixture of hope and fear. It decreases prejudice and forces students to make friends with those of different races, meanwhile causes more conflicts.
An Ohio State University study found that black students living with a white roommate saw higher academic success at college. Sam Boakye — the only black student on his freshman year floor — said “if you're surrounded by whites, you have something to prove like a good score in study.”
However, researchers also observed problems in this case. According to two recent studies, compared with two white roommates, roommates of different races may experience such big conflicts that one has to move out and live separately.
Grace Kao, a professor at Penn said she was not surprised by the findings. In her opinion, this may be the first time that some of these students have lived with someone of a different race.
At Penn, students are not asked to mention race when applying for their housing. In this way, students are thrown together randomly.
“In the past two years, I've experienced roommate conflicts between interracial students,” said one Penn resident advisor (RA). To give a better picture, she added that some conflicts provided more multicultural acceptance, but some showed unpleasant differences. Besides, these conflicts have also occurred among roommates of the same race.
Kao said it was unscientific to conclude from any one of the above studies, saying scientists must study more students' background characteristics.
（1）According to several studies, what’s the advantage of sharing a room with a man of another race?
A.It makes them feel at ease although one has to move out and live separately.
B.It reduces prejudice and make students of different races become friends.
C.It causes more conflicts among roommates of different races.
D.It makes all of them achieve higher academic success at college.
（2）How is this text mainly developed?
A.By following time order.
B.By making comparisons.
C.By giving examples.
D.By making classification.
（3）The underlined word randomly in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to__________.
A.casually
B.intentionally
C.specially
D.carelessly
（4）What's Grace Kao's opinion about the conclusions from the studies?
A.It was scientific.
B.It was convincing.
C.It was believable.
D.It was unscientific.
（5）What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.We should do some research.
B.We should help each other.
C.We should draw a conclusion in a scientific way.
D.We can draw a conclusion from our study.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

The central problem of translating has always been if to translate literally or freely. The argument has been going on until at least the first century BC. Up to the beginning of the 19th century, many writers was preferred some kind of “free” translation: the spirit, not the letter; the message rather than the form; the matter not the manner. This was the often revolution slogan of writers who wanted the truth to be read and understand. Then at the turn of 19th century, the view translation was impossible gained some currency. If attempting at all, it must be as literally as possible. This view peaked the statements of an extreme “literalists” Walter Benjamin and Vladimir Nabokov. Now, the context has changed, but the basic problem remained.

As a matter of fact, nail polish(指甲油) and nail art have a long history, dating back to 3000BC in China, India and Egypt, when plants were processed to create a dye used as a type of nail paint, which 【3】 (apply) and represented social class and wealth; deep colors like red were worn by the rich 【4】 lighter paler colors were used by the poor. People in the Inca civilization painted animals on their nails, showing which tribe(部落) they belonged to! Not until the early 19th century 【5】 (be) nail paints changed into the nail polish that we see today. Besides various colors, the skills have got improved, leading to 【6】 nail polish industry’s success.

Nail art is part of the fashion world. With the application of gemstones, airbrushing and fine detail, you can complete any look, which can make you cheerful and 【7】 (delight). If necessary, you can surf the Internet, where you can get plenty of 【8】 (inspire) and get a professional finish in a short while with the help of the latest introduction. Everything is 【9】 (entire) up to you. And whatever pattern you choose, 【10】 (make) sure it suits you best.

【题目】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
UNICEF says more than 3,700 children across West Africa have lost one or both parents to Ebola. Doctors Without Borders Axelle Vandoornick said, “The growing number of Ebola orphans is a crisis of its own. There are many orphans. This is again when we talk about crisis in a crisis; this is one of the consequences at a social level. There are more and more orphans.”
Child care services in Sierra Leone are almost non-existent. Ministry of Health Social Services officer Doris Mansare is in charge of running Kailahun's first Ebola orphanage. She said, “It's difficult for us to find family members, so this short-term care center was established to basically insure that we get the children from the treatment center, those that are cured from the Ebola virus and also those that are with their parents, but then are negative. We bring them to the short-term care center for three or four days, then they are reunited with family members at their separate locations. These three siblings were living alone after both parents died of Ebola. Their village rejected them. We have children who are unaccompanied and living alone in their family home, about 50 of such children, who are living alone.”
Vandoornick said. “It can be hard to find surviving family. Ebola is wiping out entire families because the infection inside the families is the highest. A mother kissing her child, a father taking his daughter in his arms, and when you have one suspected case in one family, soon after we have basically all members of the family.”
The fate of many of these children is unclear. Some of their parents are still sick, kept in isolation at one of Sierra Leone's Ebola case management centers. Doris Mansare said she hopes the new center will help the growing number of orphans, but she worries about their future. “We are having more orphans, more unaccompanied children and children will become vulnerable in the future; some will not be able to cope with the care givers where we place them, and what can happen is that it will lead to other child protection issues like they becoming street children,” said Doris Mansare. Vandoornick hopes there will be many child care centers set up across Sierra Leone.
（1）What’s the best title of this passage?
A.The Children in West Africa.
B.The Orphans in West Africa.
C.The Children Suffered from Ebola in West Africa.
D.Ebola in West Africa.
（2）What do you think of child care services in Sierra Leone?
A.They are helpful.
B.They are considerate.
C.They are in good condition.
D.They are in bad condition.
（3）The meaning of the underlined word siblings in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to____________.
A.brothers and sisters
B.brothers or sisters
C.brothers
D.sisters
（4）What is the fate of the children suffered from Ebola in West Africa?
A.They have a bright future.
B.They have an uncertain future.
C.They are isolated.
D.They are promising.
（5）What does Vandoornick hope to do for the children suffered from Ebola in West Africa?
A.Donating more money.
B.Setting up more child care centers.
C.Adopting the children.
D.Finding their parents.

【题目】完成句子
（1）I found in a week. (finish)
我发现一周内完成我们的工作很难。
（2） they should start early. (suggest)
建议他们早点动身。
（3） crying over spilt milk. (use)
覆水难收。
（4） to the hospital. (it)
去医院走路需要两个小时。
（5） since we met last time. (it)
自从我们上次见面以来已过了两周。
（6） to finish reading the book. (take)
我花了一周时间才看完这本书。
（7）Do you knowwon the first gold medal for the China Olympic team in the Beijing Olympic Games?
你是否知道在北京奥运会上是谁为中国奥运队赢得第一枚金牌？

【题目】用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
（1）The long run left Eric feeling (breath)．
（2）I turned left (automatic) without thinking when he shouted.
（3）The young man is very strong physically, but weak (mental)．
（4）My parents thought it was (normal) for a boy to be interested in ballet.
（5）— Why do you choose to work in an international travel agency?
— Well, you know, English is my (strong). So it is my best choice.
（6）This is the first time we (see) a film in the cinema together as a family.
（7）It is a rule that the students should be banned from (play) computer games in our school.

【题目】It seems that they provide us with an _______ situation, but in fact we are _______ with a lot of difficult problems.
A.encouraging; faced
B.encouraging; facing
C.encouraged; facing
D.to encourage; facing

【题目】书面表达
假如你是校学生会主席，为了更好地保护环境，你代表学生会向全校学生发出倡议。请根据以下内容，写一份倡议书：1保护环境是我们的职责。
2我们要养成环保的习惯：(1)尽量步行上学或骑自行车上学(2)离开房间前关灯和其他电器(3)不随地扔垃圾(4）节约用水
3发出环保的号召。
注意：1 词数：120左右 2 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
参考词汇：电器electrical applicance（可数名词）
Dear friends，
As we can see, the environment around us is getting worse and worse.

Thank you!
The students’ Union

I got such an email in September from my father. He sent an email from my cousin who told that her father, my uncle Reese, had passed away. The news made my mind go blank though I have met him less than a dozen times in my life, because Reese was the first of my parent’s siblings(兄弟姐妹) to die, and I was simply not ready for that.

The memorial service was set in Florida, and I quickly decided I needed to go. I needed to be there for my father, and I needed to go for myself. Reese is about nine years older than my father, and I started to do the math in my head. I know that doesn’t make sense, but I will do anything to reason that I still have a lot of time before I will be in my cousin’s shoes.

Reese’s memorial service was small with only family and perhaps a dozen of his friends. The funeral was attended by an even smaller number, and then, the family gathered at a nearby bar to look at old photographs found among Reese’s possessions when he died.

As we drove back to the Orlando International Airport, I thought about how I am not sure what my parents want, not only in their memorial services, but also how they want to be remembered and where they want to be laid to rest. These are going to be difficult conversations, but I know I need to have them. Maybe not right now, but we do need to open the discussion at some point. It may feel too early, but I trust my parents will know that when adult children raise these questions, we do it out of love to honor their lives and their wishes.

【1】Why do emails with “FYI” make the author uneasy?

A. She’s too busy to read those emails.

B. She dislikes her parents’ nonstop talking.

C. She’s afraid to get bad news about her parents.

D. They often bring unpleasant news.

【2】How did the author feel about the email from her cousin?

A. Disappointed. B. Shocked. C. Confused. D. Annoyed.

【3】What do we know from the third and fourth paragraphs?

A. Not many people attended the funeral.

B. A get-together was held at home.

C. Reese’s friends didn’t appear.

D. The author hesitated to go to Florida.

【4】What does the author decide to do after the funeral?

A. Have a talk with her parents about death.

B. Express her love for her parents bravely.

C. Value her parents’ wishes.

D. Get everything ready for her parents.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词;

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

One day a rich man took his son on a trip to the country in order to show his son if the poor lived, so he could be thankful to his wealth. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of that would be considered a very poor family. On their return back, the father asked his son to explain what he had learnt. The boy, who had remained silent and deep in thought on the journey home, replying in a way that shocked his father.

The boy said he wanted to become farmer. He envied the farmers who had the beautiful night star to give them light while her family had only expensive lanterns. His wish was to have a farm where he could go swimming in an endless river instead of the garden pool in their home. Finally the boy finished by saying, “Before the trip I thought we were rich but today I have learnt who is true rich.”

With this, the boy got up and walked away, leaving his father sat on their comfortable sofa, totally speechless.