Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English. Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the information you need.

1.Mr. White works in the daytime every day and the place he will choose is ______.

A. Global English Center

B. Modern Language School

C. The 21st Century English Training Center

D. The International House of English

2.The 21st Century English Training Center is different from the other three. It ______.

A. has a language lab and computers

B. has more experienced teachers

C. offers morning or afternoon classes

D. requires an entrance exam

3.If you want to attend the course at the International House of English, you’ll pay about ______.

A. 1,200 yuan B. 60 yuan

C. 1,500 yuan D. 1,800 yuan

This dog was born on Christmas Eve in 2002. He was different from other dogs because he was born with only two legs. The poor dog of course could not walk and even his mother Sarah did not want him. His first owner Michael Johnson also did not think that he could survive and he was thinking of killing him. But then, his present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met him and wanted to take care of him. She decided to teach and train this little dog to walk by himself. She called him “Faith”.

In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfboard (滑板) to let him feel the movement… Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure (诱惑) and reward for him for standing up and jumping around. Even the other dog at home encouraged him to walk. Amazingly, after only six months, Faith learned to balance on his legs and jump to move forward. After further training in this snow, he could now walk like a person.

Faith loves to walk around now. Wherever he goes, he attracts people’s attention. He is fast becoming famous on the international scene and has appeared on various newspapers and TV shows. A book named With a Little Faith is now being published about him. He was even considered to appear in one of Harry Potter movies.

Jude Stringfellow, his present owner, has stopped working and plans to take him around the world to tell people “that even without a perfect body, one can have a strong will (意志)”.

Faith is a good example of the strong will and wonder of life. In life there are always unpleasant things. So, in order to feel better, you just need to look at life from another direction. I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone and that everyone will appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful day.

1.Faith is different from other dogs because _______.

A. he doesn’t have a tail

B. he has only two legs

C. he was born on Christmas Day

D. his mother loves him best

2.Faith’s present owner is ________.

A. Sarah B. Michael Johnson

C. Harry Potter D. Jude Stringfellow

3.Which of the following is the correct order for Faith to learn to walk around like a person?

① jump to move forward

② train in the snow

③ feel the movement on a surfboard

④ balance on his legs

⑤ use peanut butter on a spoon as a reward

A. ③①④②⑤ B. ③⑤④①②

C. ②⑤③①④ D. ④⑤①③②

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Faith’s mother can walk with two legs like a person.

B. If we don’t have a perfect body, we can’t be successful.

C. When we meet with difficulties, we should never give up.

D. When we have difficulties, we should wait for others’ help.

Youth, friendship and love are the main themes of this year’s Chinese movies, such as So Young(《致青春》) and American Dreams in China(《中国合伙人》). Tiny Times(《小时代》), one of the most popular movies this summer, also has the same features.

The movie was based on author and director Guo Jingming’s novel of the same name. It tells a story about four girls who come from different backgrounds and of different personalities. Since it was shown on June 27, Tiny Times has made 483 million yuan at the box office. The sequel(续集) of it was shown on Aug 8 and it has also been a big box office hit.

Cao Yuhan, 13, a high school student at Beijing Jianhua Experimental School, is a big fan of the movie. “I’m deeply touched by their friendship,” Cao said. “When Nan Xiwang is in trouble, the other three girls try their best to help her, even running barefoot （光脚）in the snow. However, not everyone has had good things to say. The people’s Daily said that the film went too far in encouraging youths to become materialistic(物质至上主义的). Film commentator Raymond Zhou wrote on his online blog that “Buying luxury goods (奢侈品)seems as a way to express love or friendship, and the word ‘money’ is repeated over and over again. Song Kexin, 14, a high school student at Zhida Middle School in Taiyuan, Shanxi, shows a typical example of a fan’s attitude(态度). And that’s to look for the positive value. “That movie is a little far from our daily life. My friends and I are not having parties every day,” Song said, “But I admire Tang Wanru’s optimistic attitude（乐观态度）. She’s always looking at the bright side of life. I should learn from her.”

1.Which is NOT one of the main themes of this year’s Chinese movies?

A. Youth B. Love

C. War D. Friendship

2.According to the article, the movie Tiny Times ________.

A. is more popular than the other two movies

B. was made from Guo Jingming’s novel

C. tells about four girls with similar personalities

D.opened in Chinese cinemas on August 8

3.What does film commentator Zhou Liming think of the movie?

A. The four girls’ friendship is touching.

B. It encourages the young to work hard.

C. It has many advertisements for luxury goods.

D. It shows money expresses love or friendship.

4.Song Kexin admires Tang Wanru because of Tang’s ________.

A. optimistic attitude B. rich family background

C. good looks D. excellent grades at school

Mark Twain is someone Americans are taught to love. Older relatives, English teachers and the media always praise (表扬) him. But when you actually take the time to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, you find that his work is more wonderful than you could ever imagine.

The novel describes a young boy named Tom Sawyer growing up in a small town along the Mississippi River. He explores the countryside on a riverboat with his friends, falls in love with girls, starts secret clubs and searches for treasure. Twain’s idea of childhood is magical – a time of imagination, wonder and, of course, adventure.

More importantly, through the eyes of Tom Sawyer, Twain cleverly makes fun of US culture. For example, Tom hates going to church, and Twain uses scenes of Tom there to mock religion and its old traditions.

Twain’s writing is full of these kinds of critical (批判的) points about culture and politics. That’s why he is so loved in the US – he wasn’t afraid to state his opinions, and he did so clearly.

He also believed strongly in women’s right to vote in elections and gave a famous speech on the subject, called “Votes for Women”, in 1901.

“Tom was a great hero once more – the pet of the old, the envy of the young,” Twain writes in Tom Sawyer. But he could just as well be describing himself.

1.According to the writer, after reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, you are likely to think _______.

A. it’s not worth all the praise

B. it’s as wonderful as you imagined

C. it’s better to read it with teachers

D. it’s even better than you imagined

2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. A brief description of the novel.

B. Where Twain’s idea of childhood comes from.

C. How naughty and adventurous Tom Sawyer is.

D. What makes Tom Sawyer’s adventures so wonderful.

3.What does the underlined word “mock” mean?

A. make changes to B. make fun of

C. give reasons for D. give examples of

4.Why is Twain so loved in the US according to the article?

A. He supported women’s right to vote.

B. He wrote bad things about US wars abroad.

C. He criticized American culture and society clearly and cleverly.

D. He showed readers a magical childhood that everyone would love.

阅读下面短文，根据要求完成表格，每空一词。（共10空，每空1分，计10分）

Are people less happy or happier when they get older? If your answer is “happier”, then you are right, based on a study published five years ago. It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.

The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than three hundred and forty thousand adults in the United States in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.

Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.

Levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies.

The survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.

So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

Title: Relationship Between Age and 1.

根据句意和汉语提示写出单词，完成句子，每空一词。

1.“Don't go _____ (超过) the fifth street, or you’ve gone too far,” the guide said to the visitors.

2.The air in Tibet is_______________(认为) to be the cleanest in China.

3.How many ____________ (德国人) are there in Yangzhou?

4.My cousin has bought an ___________(最新的)computer.

5.As a citizen, we mustn’t do anything ( 违反) the law.

根据句意，用所给的单词适当形式填空。

1.Qian Xuesen’s death was a great _______ (lose) to the whole world.

2.My grandpa also has a QQ though he is in her____________ (sixty).

3.What great ____________ (suggest) you offered me! Thank you.

4.After a short (silent) ,he went on speaking.

5.The young film star’s (die) is a great loss to the film industry.

根据句意，用所给动词的适当形式填空。

1.Ask him to do what he can ___________( help) us, will you?

2.Lost in Thailand is a Chinese comedy______________(direct) by Xu Zheng.

3.The sun we are used to_______________(include) seven different colours

4.Each winner ______ (present) with a gold medal at tomorrow’s game.

5.--I called you yesterday evening, but there was no answer.

--Oh, I’m sorry I __________ (shop)in the shopping mall.

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。

Nowadays children and parents don’t understand each other. Are you the o 1. child in your family? If so, you are the most important person in your p 2. hearts. They are the c 3. people to you in the world. However, many teenagers like you have d__4. in communicating with their parents. They always complain that their parents say too much i 5. of listening to what they’re thinking. When they do something wrong, getting away from their parents seems to be the only c 6. . In fact, w 7. your parents do, they just want to show love for you. They love you more than they love t _8. . Whenever you need h 9. , they are always there, standing by you. Try to put yourselves into their shoes, and then you’ll understand them e 10..

Ⅰ. 根据所给提示完成下列句子。（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）

1.令我惊讶的是，已有一万多人死于埃博拉病毒（the Ebola virus）。

，over ten thousand people have the Ebola virus.

2.抗日战争爆发后，他们被迫搬到了另一个城市。

After the War of Resistance Against Japan_________________________, they _______________________.

3.他父母回来时，他没有选择，只好把电脑关了。

He ___________ but ______________ the TV when his parents came home.

4.据说我们今年的运动会已经被取消了。

______________ that this year’s sports meeting has _______________________________.

5.你最好早点出门，避免交通高峰期。

You’d better leave early you can .