阅读短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

My parents were in a huge argument, and I was really upset about it. I didn't know who I should talk with about how I was feeling. So I asked Mom to allow me to stay the night at my best friend's house. Though I knew I wouldn't tell her about my parents’ situation, I was looking forward to getting out of the house. I was in the middle of packing up my things when suddenly the power went out in the neighborhood. Mom came to tell me that I should stay with my grandpa until the power came back on.

I was really disappointed because I felt that we did not have much to talk about. But I knew he would be frightened alone in the dark. I went to his room and told him that I'd stay with him until the power was restored. He was quite happy and said, “Great opportunity.”

“What is it?” I asked.

“To talk, you and I” he said. “To hold a private little meeting about what we’re going to do with your mom and dad, and what we're going to do with ourselves now that we're in the situation we are in.”

“But we can't do anything about it. Grandpa,” I said, surprised that here was someone with whom I could share my feelings and someone who was in the same “boat” as I was.

And that's how the most unbelievable friendship between my grandfather and me started. Sitting in the dark, we talked about our feelings and fears of life — from how fast things change to how they sometimes don't change fast enough. That night, because the power went out, I found a new friend, with whom I could safely talk about all my fears and pains, whatever they may be. Suddenly, the lights all came back on. “Well,” he said, “I guess that means you'll want to go now. I really like our talk. I hope the power will go out every few nights!”

【1】I wished to get out of the house because __________.

A. I was eager to have fun with my best friend

B. I found nobody to share my feelings with

C. I wanted to escape from the dark house

D. I planned to tell my friend about my trouble

【2】Grandpa was happy to see me because __________.

A. he could discuss the problem with me

B. he had not seen me for a long lime

C. he was afraid of darkness

D. he felt quite lonely

【3】What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The grandchild was eager to leave.

B. They would have more chats.

C. The lights would go out again.

D. It would no longer be dark.

Tips for Cooking on a Tight（紧凑的） Schedule

From my experience, there are three main reasons why people don’t cook more often: ability, money and time. 【1】 Money is a topic I’ll save for another day. So today I want to give you some advice on how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen.

Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I’m already hungry and there’s nothing ready to eat. So think ahead of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials already? 【2】

Make your time worth it. Make the most of your time and save it later on. Are you making one loaf of bread? 【3】 It takes around the same amount of time to make more of something. So save yourself the effort for a future meal.

【4】 This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experiment. It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.

Hopefully that gives a good start. 【5】 And don’t let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!

A．Try new things.

B．Ability is easily improved.

C. Make three or four instead.

D．Understand your food better.

E．Cooking is a burden for many people.

F．Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.

G．A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.

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。

Some time ago I discovered（发现） that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a lot of repair shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception (接待). I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.

The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth.

I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy a chair?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK,” he said. “I’ll give you twenty pounds.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said.” Yes, I saw that. It’s nothing.”

Everything was going according to the plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean?” “You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I am sorry. I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “You must be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You’re right,” I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, ‘Would you mend this chair for me?’” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver（五英镑）?” He was a very nice man.

【1】We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer_________.

A. was rather impolite

B. was warmly received

C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

【2】The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ____.

A. changed his mind

B. accepted the offer

C. saw the writer’s purpose

D. decided to help the writer

【3】From the text, we can learn that the writer was _________.

A. honest B. careful C. smart D. funny

【4】How much did the writer pay?

A．￡5. B．￡7. C．￡20. D．￡27.

根据语境，用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。（每个短语仅使用一次）

【1】We are expecting to ____________ some important facts.

【2】Some bad people ____________ that house, and stole many things of it.

【3】On hearing the good news, he shared it with his parents ____________.

【4】The powerful earthquake left almost everything in the town ____________.

【5】The girl listened carefully ____________ she had been turned into a stone.

【6】I ____________ the heavy rain on the way to school yesterday.

【7】____________ fans came to the street to celebrate the victory of the Spanish team.

【8】His official ____________ is editor.

【9】He drove at a high speed, which ____________ Lara to death.

【10】_____________ the tasks is fairly small this year.

根据语境，用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。（每个短语仅使用一次）

【1】____________ people gathered on the square watching the fireworks.

【2】More than a dozen people ____________ of the avalanche(雪崩) alive.

【3】Just wait for me on the spot; I will come ____________.

【4】All the students ____________ the heavy rain yesterday.

【5】Do you often ____________ the headache after you have a cold?

【6】When we arrived at the cinema, the film was nearly ____________.

【7】A big fire left the house ____________ when I was very young.

【8】It seemed ____________ he had known the bad news.

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。

When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation. I suggested that they should stay at “bed and breakfast” houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.

“We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were on holiday.” I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought “VACANCIES” meant “holidays”, because the Spanish word for “holidays” is said “vacaciones”. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said “VACANCIES”, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to houses where the sign said “NO VACANCIES”, because they thought this meant people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels.

We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word “DIVERSION” means “fun”. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word “DIVERSION” on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hole.

English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris when someone offered me some more coffee, I said “Thank you” in French, I meant that I would like some more, however to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that “Thank you” in French means “No, Thank you”.

【1】 The author’s Spanish friends wanted advice about _______.

A. some funny English stories

B. finding places to stay in England

C. driving their car on English roads

D. going to England by car

【2】The author suggested that they stay at “bed and breakfast” because _______.

A. it would be convenient for them to have dinners and live

B. it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels

C. they would be able to practice their English in the house

D. there would be no problem about finding accommodation there

【3 】“NO VACANCIES” in English means _______.

A. no free rooms B. free rooms

C. not away on holiday D. they don’t live

【4】If you see road sign that says “Diversion” in England, you will _______.

A. take the road and you will be excited

B. have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself

C. find that the road is blocked by crowds of people

D. have to take a different road

【注】图片中手机上滴下的水滴中的文字依次是“不”“良”“信”“息”。

（1）简要介绍漫画的内容。（3分）

（2）这幅漫画反映了当前什么样的社会现象？（3分）

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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。

Today I visited the Smiths — my first visit to a American family. They live in a small quietly town. It was very kind for them to meet me at the railway station and drove me to their home. The Smiths did their best to make me feel at home. They offered myself coffee and other drinks. We have a good time talking or laughing together. They happy to know everything about China and asked me lots of question. In fact, they are planning to visit China in next year.