—I find magazines ________.

—So do I. I don’t really buy magazines or look through them,

A. less and less interesting

B. more and more interesting

C. the most interesting

D. the least interesting

— I’ ve made up my mind.. —_________, it’s not necessary to discuss it.

A. In that case B. In total

C. What a pity D. After all

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I live in a city where jobs are difficult to get and finding well-paid jobs is even . Many people have to walk a long way to work _ they can’t even afford an old, used car.

Yesterday I one of these people when I was driving home. A man was working down the road and trying to ask for a from the passing cars. Two cars in front of me passed him by. wanted to do the same but the sight of that poor man remained in my mind for quite a moment. I drove back and give him a ride.

As I drove along, we had a conversation and I that man was trying all his best to support his while working a temporary(临时的)job. Every coin he had was going to the house and the food.

But as we came close to the house he was living in, I saw his tired eyes grow His little girl was playing in the front yard and into her daddy’s arms as soon as he was out of the . I was almost lost in that happy moment. I smiled, said to them and wished them future happiness.Then I .

That day, the journey home which used to seem so became very short.

1.A. easier B. harder C.faster D. greater

2.A. and B. but C. because D. so

3.A. called B. followed C.saved D. saw

4.A. ride B. coin C. job D. map

5.A.He B. I C.They D. We

6.A. Actually B. Finally C. Firstly D. Similarly

7.A. decided B. hoped C. learned D. said

8.A. family B. friends C. relatives D. partners

9.A. depend on B. make up C. pay for D. take away

10.A. dry B. small C. dark D. bright

11.A. climbed B. fell C. knocked D. ran

12.A. bus B.car C. taxi D. train

13.A. goodbye B. hello C. sorry D. yes

14.A. drove off B. sat down C. stood up D.walked away

15.A. boring B. interesting C. long D. unusual

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Thanks to the development of technology in the past few years , people now can read news on the Internet quickly . _____of holding a newspaper to read , some people prefer to get worldwide news on mobile phones , computers and so on . So , does it mean it is the ____of information technology and newspapers will be replaced（取代）in the future ?

On the one hand , many people believe that newspapers will be replaced . Online news ____in a minute but newspapers can’t . So , by taking advantage of technology , people can connect ____ with the world in minutes . What’s more , many people prefer to read electronic news _____ they think it is not only fast but also costs little . Besides , using paper means cutting trees . Reading online news can ____ protect trees and save paper .

On the other hand , some people believe that newspapers will still exist（存在）in the future . Firstly , not everyone likes to read online news since some of them think it is bad for ______ . Secondly , the development of high technology is not spread all over the world . The online services will only be ______in the developed countries , but not in some other developing or ____ countries . So , people there may still read newspapers .

In short , although it is ________ that electronic news has developed quickly in the past years , newspapers still play a certain role in our modern life .

Below are several posters about community matters for people:

1.Which of the following says that parents could take their children along?

A. WEA B. Watercolor

C. Drop- In Social Club D. The Community Sings

2.Who fits WEA best?

A. One who enjoys working with others and making new friends.

B. One who has a strong wish to be an English teacher in the future.

C. One who has recently arrived and hopes to improve her English.

D. One who is good at his spoken English and tries to help others.

3.What can a beginner learn in The Community Sings?

A. How to take a deep breathe.

B. How to protect the environment.

C. How to write a song.

D. How to improve singing skills.

Allen Iverson, the 31-year-old man, has become the most exciting player in the NBA. At 1.83 meters tall, he is as fast as lightening and no one can stop him. However, Allen used to be the trouble maker that the NBA did not want.

Born to a single mother, Allen had a very hard childhood. He grew up on dangerous blocks in the US. Sometimes his house had no electricity, hot water or lights. He sometimes stayed with his friends in his teenage life and a couple of times he even stayed in a shelter(避难所). Because of his terrible childhood, Iverson became as tough(粗暴的) as his friends .

Allen was always a trouble maker. When he was in high school, he was once put in jail(监狱) for throwing a chair to a white girl. Later on, he was put in jail a second time because of fast driving. When he was on the school basketball team, he didn’t like practicing and even laughed at his coach. Because of the troubles he had made, the NBA at first didn’t want him.

He was a talented basketball player but with bad behavior. Allen realized that he wouldn’t win any championship or be the top if he didn’t change himself. He looked at himself in the mirror and asked, “Who is Allen Iverson?” In this way he changed himself. Over the years, he has changed and become a leader. “If you’re getting older and not getting smarter, something is wrong,” said Iverson. On November 6, he was named the Eastern Conference Players of the Week . Now he has become many people’s idol. “I’ve become matured(成熟),” he said. “I’m trying to be a better person first, and then a better player.”

1.According to the passage, why did Allen become a tough boy?

A. His mother taught him to be so.

B. He wanted to be really cool.

C. His friends told him to be so.

D. His early hard life made him so.

2.Which is the right order of Allen’s experience?

a. He has become many people’s idol.

b. He was once in jail twice.

c. He decided to change himself

d. He had a very hard childhood.

A. b-d-c-a B. b-d-a-c C. d-b-c-a D. d-c-b-a

3.What does Allen mean by saying “I’m trying to be a better person first, and then a better player.”?

A. He thinks good behavior is more important than skills.

B. He thinks he’s a good enough player but not a good person.

C. He feels it’s easier to be a good player than to be a good person.

D. He thinks it’s easy to change himself into a good person.

4.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. A Successful Basketball Player

B. A Trouble Maker

C. From a Bad Boy to an Idol

D. Allen’s Hard Childhood.

Is your TV connected to the Internet? What about your chair, or your fridge? Probably they are not. But in the future, most things in your home may be connected, thanks to the so-called “Internet of things”.

The Internet of things may be coming sooner than you think. Earlier this year, Samsung CEO spent a lot of time talking about the Internet things. He said that four years from now, every Samsung product will be part of the Internet of things, no matter whether it’s a remote control or a washing machine.

So, how do household objects that are part of the Internet of things work? Well, think of a common chair. When connected to the Internet, the chair warms up when it knows the user has just walked into the room and is feeling cold.

An Internet-connected camera could help people feel safer in their homes. It can know people’s faces and has an infrared sensor（红外传感器), so even if it’s dark it can see when someone passes by and send you a message on your smartphone to let you know who’s there. If the person is someone you don’t know, it can tell you that, too.

But according to MIT Technology Review, whether companies are connecting dog food bowls or security（安全）systems to the Internet, there may be some problems. For example, many early connected-home objects don’t have much built-in security, which means they could be hacked. Moreover, it could be difficult to get these new machines to work together especially when they are made by different companies. To fight this, many companies have joined the Open Interconnect Consortium, which had 45 members by late 2015.

So, picture this: you enter your home.The temperature changes to make you feel comfortable. Your favorite music starts playing for you. Do you think that this would be a good thing? It may happen sooner than you think.

1.According to Samsung CEO, when will his product be part of the Internet of things?

A. In 2010 B. In 2020

C. In 2030 D. In 2040

2.We can infer(推断) from paragraphs 3 and 4 that _____________.

A. the chair can know whether the user feels cold or not

B. an unusual chair can warm up when it knows the user comes in

C. an Internet-connected camera can be used to take photos in the house

D.an Internet-connected camera can be connected to the user's smartphone

3.What does the article mainly talk about?

A. Advantages of living with the Internet

B. Disadvantages of living with the Internet

C. The coming “Internet of things”

D. The impossible “Internet of things”

4.Which of the following words best describes the writer’s tone (语气)in the article?

A. Doubtful（可疑的） B. Hopeful

C. Humorous D. Worried

Most people will answer a ringing phone. Usually you don’t know who is phoning or how urgent their business is, so a ringing phone is difficult to ignore. In one experiment, a researcher wrote down the numbers of several public phones in stations and airports. Then he called the numbers. Someone nearly always answered. When he asked why, people usually said, “Because it rang.”

A few years ago in New Jersey, a man with a gun killed 13 people. Armed police surrounded his house but he refused to come out. A reporter found out the phone number of the house and called. The man put down his gun and answered the phone. “What do you want?” he said, “I’m really busy right now.”

Imagine you’re at work and the phone is ringing in someone else’s office. Do you answer it or not? In one survey on telephone use, 51% of participants(参与者) told researchers that they did. We can’t ignore the phone and for that reason, it forces its way into our lives. It interrupts（打扰） what we are doing and on top of that, the caller is often someone we don’t really want to talk to. However, in the survey, 58% said they never turned off the phone, and 67% didn’t mind if someone called during a television program. For 44% it wasn’t a problem if someone rang during a meal, while only 28% were angry. If someone phoned in the middle of the night, 40% told researchers that they got nervous or frightened, while around 30% got angry.

Of course, when someone is really angry, you can choose to hang up on them. This is in fact one of the rudest things you can do on the phone, but 79% said they were prepared to do it in some cases. Only 6% told researchers they never hung up on people.

1.The gunman answered the phone because ____.

A. he decided to give in to the police

B. it was difficult to ignore a ringing phone

C. he was angry at the ringing phone

D. he decided to be friendly with the media

2.How do people feel while someone rings during a meal?

A. 67% of the participants got angry.

B. 44% of the participants didn’t mind.

C. 40% of the participants got nervous or frightened.

D. 30% of the participants got angry.

3.What does the sentence “79% said they were prepared to do it in some cases” (in

the last paragraph) mean?

A. They were angry with the rude callers.

B. They were prepared to become those rude callers.

C. They were likely to hang up on annoying callers.

D. They never hung up on others because it was rude.

4.The purpose of the survey is to find out ____.

A. how the phone helps people’s work

B. what role the phone plays in people’s lives

C. why people mind a ringing phone sometimes

D. when the phone communication is more welcome

On the fourth Sunday of every November , most Americans get together around the dinner table to celebrate Thanksgiving . Special traditions in the US have been around for many years . __1.___ These are four popular Thanksgiving traditions and how they started .

__2._ The first Thanksgiving meal was in the autumn of 1621 when the first travelers from England celebrated their first harvest（收获）. But it wasn’t made into an official（官方的） holiday until 1863 . The first large meal had turkey , fruits and vegetables , which are still common today .

__3.__ Historians say the first travelers invited Native Americans to the meal to thank them for teaching them how to grow food . Today at the large meal , friends and family will also say what they are most thankful for .

_4.___ The parade includes very large balloons that look like cartoon characters and beautiful floats that carry famous people . There are also many musical performances to watch . This parade started in 1924 , and today over 44 million people watch it on TV or in New York City .

__5.__ People started to watch football on Thanksgiving a few years after the day became an official holiday . Today , the National Football League takes advantage of this popularity and hosts three NFL games every Thanksgiving .

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A : Hey , Peter ! ________1._________

B : I’m going to Mr. White’s office . I did so badly in the physics test . I think I need a second chance .

A : Oh , God , maybe I have to go with you .

B : Why ? You are so good at physics . It’s impossible that you can’t pass the test .

A : But this time , the questions are too difficult . ________2.______

B : OK . Let’s go together . Do you like physics ?

A : _______3._______ Physics is so interesting . Don’t you like it ?

B : No , I don’t . It’s too difficult for me .

A : ____________4.__________

B : English . I find it easy and very useful . My dream is to travel around the world . Speaking English well can help a lot .

A : Yeah , you are right . My English is very poor . ________5._______

B : Good idea ! I help you with English and you help me with physics . So great !

A : So it is !