The idea that animals can sense earthquakes is a popular one, and stories about animals 【1】 (behave) strangely before earthquakes 【2】 (tell) for centuries.

Researchers 【3】 believe that animals can sense earthquakes suggest that ｛animals may be able to feel the Earth 【4】 (shake) before humans. It has been proved that animals are 【5】 (easy) to be influenced by small environmental changes than humans are. Other researchers have suggested animals may sense chemical or electrical changes in the field of the Earth which could be signs of 【6】 earthquake.

However, other scientists think the animals’ ability to sense earthquakes is very 【7】 (doubt), saying that animals react to various things, like being hungry, protecting their land, mating, enemies.... Animal behaviorists also point out that human psychology may have an effect on pet 【8】 (own), as they prefer to believe that their animals have the power of giving warnings before earthquakes.

Can animals sense earthquakes? The answer 【9】 this question is not clear. So far, debate over 【10】 animals can truly sense earthquakes has not solved the question.

【1】 They are the so-called “super recognizers”, who can remember at least 80 percent of the faces they’ve seen. 【2】 But studies show that at least one person in every recognizer, reported the Daily Mail.

Bournemouth University in the UK recently carried out research trying to find out recognizers have a different way to process feces. They have found that when these people look a faces, they spend more time looking at the person’s nose. 【3】 Their super ability is limited only to face recognition.

【4】 Some super recognizers never forget faces. But for some, if you present pairs of feces to them at the same time, they can quickly decide whether the faces are of the same person or two different people.

In fact, many super recognizers say they are very good at “spotting” (发现) faces in a crowd. These subtypes of super recognition could be applied to many areas. 【5】 Super recognizers could help match faces in CCTV footage (闭路电视镜头). They could also help police spot known troublemakers, bad people or even missing people in crowds.

A. However, studies have found a small number of people have amazing face recognition skills.

B. Researchers have tried to find how certain people are so good at recognizing faces.

C. It is also found that these people are not particularly smarter than others.

D. It is unknown how many people truly have these skills.

E. For example, the skills could be very useful at a passport control checkpoint.

F. The research also found that in general these super recognizers have a good memory.

G. Another important finding is that there are subtypes of super recognition.

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删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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。

Dear Tom,

I'm writing to tell you we had found a new apartment close our school for you.There is a bank on its right or a gym on its left. Across it is a supermarket. Besides, it will be convenient for you to get around the city because a bus stop is right in the front of the building.

The apartment measures 40 square meters and is full furnished, included a bedroom, a sitting room, a kitchen and a bathroom. They also make sure that it is equipped with basic thing needed in everyday life such as the refrigerator, the TV set and the coffee maker. Which is great news is that free Wi-Fi is provided.

Please write back and tell us if it is nicely enough.

Yours

Li Hua

【1】Who is probably selling a car?

A.Jim's friend.B.The woman.C.The woman's brother.

【2】What kind of car is probably for sale?

A.A Honda.B.A Ford.C.A BMW.

【3】What does the man think about buying red cars?

A.He isn't really interested.

B.He thinks they are attractive.

C.He doesn’t care about the color.

【4】What can we learn from the conversation?

A.The man will look for a different car.

B.The woman has a car.

C.The red car costs a lot.

Matteo and Tomaso Pittarello, the owners of the “This Is Not a Sushibar” restaurant in Milan, are well aware of the potential (潜力) of social networks like Instagram, and they’re more than willing to give away some sushi, if it means getting some exposure (曝光). At their restaurant, people have the classic payment choices-cash or card-plus a novel one, paying in Instagram followers. ① The idea is pretty simple: the more followers you have, the more you can eat without having to spend a cent.

It makes sense that Instagram stars with hundreds of thousands or even millions of followers get the most free food, but even a few 1,000 followers on the photo-sharing platform will get you a free bit to it Customers who have between 1,000 and 5,000 followers will get a free sushi plate. 5,000 to 10,000 followers get you two free plates, 10,000 to 50,000, four free dishes, 50,000 to 100,000 followers, eight dishes, and people with 100,000 Instagram followers get a free full lunch or dinner.

② Just having a lot of followers isn’t enough, customers also have to publish a post on their Instagram account and tag @thisisnotasishibar and include the hashtag #thisisnotasushibar. will only receive their free sushi after showing the publish post at the counter.

③ “Today, advertising (广告) on social networks and, in particular, Instagram, is what works best,” the Pittarello brothers said, adding that the aim of their Instagram payment method is twofold--by involving Instagrammers both big and small, the business will get bigger exposure, and it will also make customers feel engaged in the project.

“This Is Not a Sushibar” introduced the payment alternative (选择), but we’ll have to wait and see how long it will exist for. ④ . Without a set limit of daily Instagram payments, I think the restaurant may start recording losses pretty soon. After all, 1,000 followers on Instagram are not that hard to get, and people will rarely say no to a free lunch.

【1】The underlined word “novel” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.

A.freeB.new

C.funD.easy

【2】What can we infer from the passage?

A.Customers prefer to pay by Instagram rather than in cash or by bank card.

B.Thousands of Instagram users have enjoyed the restaurant’s free sushi.

C.The Pittarello brothers don’t want to advertise through traditional media.

D.Asking customers to publish a post benefits both businesses and customers.

【3】The sentence “There is one catch though” can be put in ________.

A.①B.②

C.③D.④

【4】What is the author’s attitude towards the Instagram payment choice?

A.Concerned.B.Optimistic.

C.Supportive.D.Objective.

注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Lucy,

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours truly,

Li Hua

假如你的朋友向你征求学习英语的方法。请就下面的内容写一封回信。

1．朗读背诵，帮你记忆，养成用英语思维的习惯。

2．多听，多交际，可以提高听说能力。

3．记日记，提高书面表达能力。

注意：1. 背诵learn…by heart；用英语思维think in English

2．词数100左右

3．信的开头已给出，不计入词数。

Dear Simon,

I have received your letter about asking me for the advice about learning English. ______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes.

Yours truly,

Mary

Dr. Robert Buckman and his start-up company, Active Protective in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has developed a promising solution, a wearable airbag that can protect hip bones in the event of a fall. The idea was the result of Dr. Buckman’s years as a doctor at Temple University. He noticed how many elderly people were being brought into hospitals with broken hip due to falls, and how they often never completely recovered from the injuries. He started to ask what he could do for these people, and that was when he started trying to figure out whether there was a way of helping people who were at the highest risk of falling and suffering these kinds of injuries.

The device is worn much like a regular belt, but on the outside of the clothing, and it includes sensors that monitor the movement of hips. If the device detects that the person, is falling, an airbag opens before the person hits the ground, cushioning the fall. When the wearer hits the ground, the bag reduces the force to the hip bones by 90 percent, enough to avoid the majority of hip injuries.

With one out of every three people aged 65 and older suffering serious falls each year, Active Protective has a big market for its wearable device. It also has the potential to sizably reduce hip - related health care expenses: Hip injuries among the elderly cost the US health care system in 2012 $30 billion, which doesn’t include the long-term care expenses associated with the high percentage of patients that can no longer live independently.

【1】What is the purpose of the Active Protective’s airbag?

A. To avoid hip injuries among seniors.

B. To protect seniors from car accidents.

C. To help seniors with their daily nursing.

D. To help doctors deal with serious injuries.

【2】What inspired Dr. Robert Buckman to make the device?

A. A report on seniors’ health.

B. A serious fall he experienced.

C. His work experiences as a doctor.

D. Suggestions of seniors at Temple University.

【3】How does the device mainly work?

A. By predicting road conditions. B. By speeding up bone recovery.

C. By reducing the effects of falling. D. By preventing people from failing.

【4】What does the author think of the Active Protective’s airbag?

A. It still needs improving.

B. It has a promising future.

C. It may encourage seniors to do exercise.

D. It may increase America’s spend on seniors.

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）不计分。

It was about 6 o’clock in the afternoon when I was walking along the road, heading home from school. The wind blew so hard that, all of sudden, an advertising board by the roadside was blew down to the ground. Before realizing that had happened, I was knocked down by the board. I feel great pain in my legs and could not move. At that moment, a man who ran up to help me. Seen I was badly hurt, he drove me to the hospital immediate. After calling my parents, the man left without leaving my name and address. What I remember is that he is a middle-aged man. I want to finding the man and express my thank.

By midday the sun was very strong, Jim was so tired to walk. There was no trees near the road, so he rested under a big rock. After drinking some water, he took his shirt, lying down on the ground and fell asleep at once. He was very tired that he didn’t wake up until the evening. He was just about to jump while he felt something moving near his feet. He looked up and saw a long black snake. Jim was so frightening that he didn’t dare to move. The snake began to crawl (爬) across his legs. It crawled on and on until it was disappeared under the rocks, Jim jumped to his feet, picked up his shirt and ran down the road.