The British Royal for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals（英国防止虐待动物协会）announced a rise in the number of black cats being abandoned by their owners,due to not looking good in selfies（自拍）.According to the RSPCA,more than 70 percent of the cats in its care are black.The biggest reason for that is black cats tend not to photograph as their lighter and brighter-colored fellows with more obvious markings.An RSPCA spokesman said, “This has become a national problem.And we are urging people to never judge a cat by its color but look at its personality instead.”

The Millwood Cat Rescue Centre has taken in nice black cats in the past two weeks.The founder of the rescue centre said,“We have had a lot of black cats because people don’t like black at the moment.Other look at the black cats and then just say ‘Oh,have you got anything else?’”

Animal lover Gabriella Fletcher owns a 16-year-old black cat,Susie.She regularly takes selfies with her pet.She said,“It is hard to get a good picture as you can’t really see how beautiful Susie is.She is just as special as any other cat.”

【1】Why are black cats less favored by people?

A. They are rising in number. B. They don’t bring good luck anymore

C. They are banned by RSPCA. D. They don’t look good in photos.

【2】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 imply?

A. People want more black cats. B. People want to have something to eat.

C. People want more pet animals. D. People are unwilling to see so many black cats.

【3】In Gabriella Fletcher’s eyes,black cats are_______.

A. Disgusting B. Unlucky

C. Ordinary D. Attractive

【4】Which of the following can be the best title of this text?

A. Black cats out in “selfies”. B. Black cats abandoned in the UK.

C. Black cats in need of caring. D. Black cats favored again.

【题目】根据课文内容填空。
We use “” body language when we are introduced to strangers, Like other animals, we are on until we know it is safe to relax.
At Wushan we made a up the Daning River to see some of the smaller gorges.
The Chinese flag was in the wind. On a mountain was a sign in20-foot .
The director of a tourist office, Meng Fanying, said the monster, which seemed black in colour, was ten metres from the edge of the lake during the most recent .
They also think that there might be creatures in other lakes around the world. Scientists, however, are .

【题目】语法填空
My hometown, Chongqing, is the biggest industrial and commercial center in southwestern China. It is known as “mountain city” for its (mountain) landscape and rivers flowing through the city. The scenery here never fails to attract tourists throughout the world. For example, you can make a voyage of (discover) along the Three Gorges, high cliffs (悬崖) stand face to face on either side of the Yangtze River. Additionally, you will also be (satisfy) with the night view of the city, including millions of lights and their reflections on the river. Ever since 1997, its rapid economic growth has brought about a sharp increase in the (produce) of industrial products, such as iron, cars and computers.
Thanks the hot and humid climate, people have developed a preference for the spicy hotpot. When the night comes, occasions are not rare when the citizens(entertain) by the (performer) in Sichuan Opera, art form with a long history. People here are straight-forward (耿直的), enthusiastic and humorous. But(fortunate), you'll sometimes fail to understand their creative jokes because of the local dialect and accent.

内容包括：

1.30年前（村子小，房破旧，生活艰苦，物资匮乏，教育落后，通信不便）；

2.现在（美丽的小镇，舒适、漂亮的居所，丰衣足食，良好的教育，手机、网络普及）；

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.信的开头和结尾已写好。

Dear Li Hong:

I’m glad to hear from you yesterday. It’s about thirty years since we parted.

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Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua

Holi celebrations start on the night before Holi where people gather,sing and dance. Next morning is a free-for all carnival(狂欢）of colors, 【5】 participants play, chase and color each other with dry powder and colored water for 【6】 (they) water fight. Anyone and everyone is fair, frieng or stranger, rich or poor, man or woman, children and elders. The joy and fight with colors occurs in the open streets, open park and 【7】(building), Groups carry drums and musical instruments, singing 【8】dancing. In the evening, people dress up to visit friends and family.

Holi festival has other cultural 【9】(significant). It is the festive day to end and rid oneself of past errors, end conflicts by 【10】(meet) others and repair broken relationships.

【题目】请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
E
The traditional distinction between products that satisfy needs and those satisfy wants is no longer adequate to describe classes of products. In today's prosperous societies, the distinction has become unclear because so many wants have been turned into needs. A writer, for instance，can work with paper and pencils. These are legal needs for the task. But the work can be done more quickly and efficiently with a word processor. Thus a computer is soon viewed as a need rather than a want.
In the field of marketing, consumer goods are classed according to the way in which they are purchased. The two main classes are convenience goods and shopping goods. Two lesser types are specialty goods and unsought(主动提供的)goods. It must be emphasized that all of these types are based on the way shoppers think about products. not on the nature of the products themselves. What is regarded as a convenience item in France (wine, for example) should be a specialty goods in the United States.
People do not spend a great deal of time shopping for such convenience items as groceries, newspapers, toothpaste, aspirin, and candy. The buying of convenience goods may be done routinely, as some families buy groceries once a week. Such regularly purchased items are called staples. Sometimes convenience products are bought without enough thinking; someone has a sudden desire for an ice cream sundae on a hot day. Or they may be purchased as emergency items.
Shopping goods are items for which customers search. They compare prices. quality, and styles, and may visit a number of stores before making a decision. Buying an automobile is often done this way.
Shopping goods fail into two classes: those that are recognized as basically the same and those that are regarded as different. Items that are looked upon as basically the same include such things as home appliances, television sets, and automobiles. Having decided on the model desired, the customer is primarily interested in getting the item at the most favorable price. Items regarded as essentially different include clothing, furniture, and dishes. Quality, style and fashion will either take precedence(优先)over price, or they win not matter at all.
（1）It can be learned from the first paragraph that _______.
A.a writer needs a word processor
B.needs and wants can't be separated clearly
C.the way to distinguish the products is unimportant
D.a computer is a need rather than a want
（2）The example of wine is used to illustrate that _______.
A.goods are classified differently in different counties
B.the type of a product is determined by its consumers
C.Frenchmen often drink but Americans sometimes do
D.one product may belong to many types
（3）Staples are items that _______.
A.are convenient to purchase
B.are purchased without enough thinking
C.people “want but don't need”
D.people are in constant need of
（4）Shopping goods that are considered as basically the same are those that _______.
A.consumers don't care where to buy them
B.consumers spend much time searching for
C.meet similar needs of the consumers
D.can be found in nearly every shop

【题目】假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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仅限一词；
2).只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last Saturday, our class had an excited basketball match with our neighbor Class 4. I had thought that our team was consisted of strong and able players, me including, while the opposite team was no match for us. However, when the match started, I was surprised to find that every member of the other team was fighting hardly, despite the fact they were far less capable than us. It came as no surprise that we become the winner in the match. And they won our respect for our performance in the game. The result of the match has taught me that, whatever the outcome is, which counts is that we have tried our best. Only in this way can we make rapid progresses in life.

Say no to late-night television.

Many people use the television to calm down at the end of the day, but this can produce an unexpected result. 【2】If your favorite TV show is on late at night, record it for viewing earlier in the day.

【3】

Not all e-readers are created equal.Devices such as the iPad, are more disruptive(破坏性的) than those that are lighted from the front, such as the Kindle Paperwhite.Other smart choices include e-ink readers that don’t have their own light source and good old-fashioned books.

When it’s time to sleep, make sure the room is dark.

【4】 Use heavy curtains or shades to block light from windows, or try s sleep mask to cover your eyes. Also consider covering up or moving any electronics that give out light. Even the red numbers on a digital clock can disrupt sleep.

Keep the lights down if you get up during the night.

If you need to get up during the night, avoid turning on the lights if possible, If you need some light to move around safely,try fixing a dim nightlight in the hall or bathroom or using a small flashlight. 【5】

A.Say no to all e-reading.

B.Be smart about night makes you reading.

C.Waking up early makes you tired.

D.The darker it is, the better you’ll sleep.

E.Try listening to music or audio books instead.

F.This will make it easier for you to fall back to sleep.

G.Here’s what you can do to keep you sleep-wake cycle better.

【题目】请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
D
On May 18, 1969, NASA astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan boarded the Apollo 10 lunar module(登月舱)---the fourth manned mission in the US Apollo Space program and only the second after Apollo 8 to circle the moon. Its mission was to circle the moon and thoroughly test the components and procedures to pave the way for the first lunar landing. The mission went perfectly without incident---at least that's what every one believed.
However, that view has changed since February 22, after NASA released a digital recording of strange music heard by the space travelers. Then as they were re-entering the zone where they could communicate with ground control. One of the astronauts asked if they should report it. In response, Stafford expressed his doubts if anyone would even believe them. But they needn't have worried. When NASA experts listened to the recordings, they thought the strange sounds were radio interference.
Michael Collins---the Apollo 11 pilot---said that the only reason why he was not shocked upon hearing them was that he had been forewarned by NASA officials. Collins also said that the music stopped as soon as the lunar module landed on the moon.
So why did it take NASA over 40 years to release the digital recording of the awful music only after it was featured in a recent television series NASA's Unexplained Files? The US Space Agency says they have not been hiding them. In the press release that accompanies the release of the recording, NASA officials state, “The Apollo 10 audio clips were uploaded in 2012, but the mission's sound recordings have been available at the National Archives for anyone that wanted to hear them since the early 1970s.”
Eugene Cernan. Apollo 10's pilot who heard the sounds first, also released a statement saying, “I don't remember that incident excited me enough to take it seriously. It was probably just radio interference. Had we thought it was something other than that, we would have briefed everyone after the flight. We never gave it another thought.”
While most people are ready to accept this logical explanation, there are some that believe otherwise. They guess the music proves the presence of aliens. Among them is Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who thinks the sounds came from a source in outer space. In the episode of NASA’s Unexplained Files, which discusses the origin of the strange music, the astronaut says, “Logic tells me that if there was something recorded on there, then there was something there.”
（1）Apollo 10's mission was to________.
A.take the astronauts to the moon
B.detect alien music in outer space
C.prepare for the landing on the moon
D.move around and observe the moon
（2）When the astronauts heard the sounds, ________.
A.they were excited about the discovery
B.they reported to NASA at once
C.they were heading back to the lunar ground
D.they thought they might be of little importance
（3）According to the passage, ________.
A.the mission of Apollo 10 turned out to be unsuccessful
B.NASA made the TV series to clarify some space-related mysteries
C.Al Worden on Apollo 15 believes in aliens and logic
D.Michael Collins knew about the strange sounds before his flight
（4）What is the main idea of this passage?
A.A TV program was released about NASA’s unexplained files.
B.The music heard by Apollo astronauts could be radio interference.
C.The existence of aliens still remains a question.
D.Apollo astronauts heard strange sounds from outer space.

【题目】请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
C
Hong Kong, a city of seven million---and growing fast. By the year 2050 Hong Kong’s population will almost double. Where will these people live?
There's only one place to go---up. Fast forward 50 years. This is the tallest man-made structure on the planet. Its name: Millennium Tower. It would stand twice as tall as anything built before. Over 60 thousand people would live or work here. Millennium's designers think it represents the best solution for the coming population explosion.
It would cost ten billion dollars and consume more building materials than any single nation could produce. David Nelson, one of Millennium's key designers, said: “It would be a massive project and a world project. But to actually realize it resources would have to come from all over the globe. The challenge and the motivation for doing it would be to realize one of the world's largest and most complex construction projects.”
Millennium would be more complex than anything ever built. So its builders won't know for sure the building is safe until it's up, and they can't afford to make an error. Massive earthquakes have brought down entire cities in this part of the world. Can Millennium's designers make it immune to these quakes of the earth?
For Millennium, like all the other buildings, safety is just one concern among many. It will need to be a home, one that welcomes people in. Getting people into the building and making sure they have a great experience well be what makes Millennium successful, but how to do it? For the design team, the secret was to bring all the elements of city life within. Cafes and restaurants, theatres and stores would provide entertainment. Health clubs, even schools and medical clinics would also serve the towers’ residents.
Millennium's designers have proven something. Things that seem impossible today, might just become reality tomorrow. The engineering problems have, for the most part, already been solved. Our achievements are limited only by our imaginations.
（1）Why did the designers decide to build Millennium?
A.Because they wanted to build the world's most complex building.
B.Because Hong Kong's population will greatly increase.
C.Because Hong Kong is developing fast as an international city.
D.Because it can bring huge profit after it is put to use.
（2）What is TRUE about the project?
A.It will be completed in the year 2050.
B.It can accommodate all the residents in Hong Kong.
C.It is designed by designers from all over the globe.
D.It has to be strong enough to stand earthquakes.
（3）The success of Millennium mainly relies on_______.
A.how many resources will be used
B.how many nations will work together
C.whether people can enjoy their life in it
D.whether it is safe for people to live in
（4）How does the writer develop this passage?
A.By providing descriptions.
B.By using figures.
C.By giving examples.
D.By analyzing causes..