【1】What was Michael busy with?

A.His holiday plan.B.His homework.C.His exam.

【2】Where has Michael planned to go for his holiday?

A.To the mountain.B.To the beach.C.To the park.

【3】Why does Katherine advise Michael to camp?

A.Because it’s cheap.B.Because it’s peaceful.C.Because it’s relaxing.

With 26 British prime ministers, 58 Nobel prize winners, over 150 Olympic medals list that reads like a historical hall of fame, the institutions of Oxford and Cambridge – collectively known as Oxbridge –are seen, by many people, as the dream alma mater（母校）.

However, as admission season dawns, and the October 15 deadline for Oxbridge inches ever closer, many students may wonder what makes the UK’s top two institutions so special. Why does Oxbridge symbolize the academic dream for so many? Do the universities deserve the reputation they hold in the minds of so many teenagers, parents and academics?

There is no doubt that both Oxford and Cambridge have a long standing history of academia. Yet, what is often overlooked is the strong reputation of countless other universities in the UK.

A simple click on Google can tell students that the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, for example, has over 18 Nobel Prize winners and 50 world leaders. University College London attracts students from 150 countries and has exchange and research links with nearly 300 overseas universities. Manchester University has the largest student union of all UK universities.

I suddenly realized the Oxbridge effect when I was out in London with friends. I met some new people and was surprised by their reaction when I told them I was going to study at Cambridge. One person even got down on one knee and kissed my hand.

From then on, I told people I was going on a gap year. Although I knew that Oxbridge provides a good education, I had never expected to get such extreme reactions. It was this that made me start to feel uncomfortable about the way that Oxbridge is viewed.

The Cambridge Tab, the university’s student newspaper, has argued that what makes Cambridge special is the fact that the students are told that they are unique and a cut above the rest, so they believe it.

For students applying now, yes, you will receive a world class education at Oxbridge, but you will find the same at numerous other universities throughout the country. Every time you hear about the brilliance of Oxbridge, consider that just because many believe, it does not have to be so.

【1】When was the deadline if you apply for the admission to the institutions of Oxford and Cambridge？

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【2】Both Oxford and Cambridge have a long standing history of academia, don’t they?

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【3】Name another two universities in the UK which have a strong reputation.

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【4】How did the writer avoid over-reaction from people to her admission into Cambridge?

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【5】What is the writer’s suggestion to students applying to universities?

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【6】What do you think of the writer’s suggestion? Why?

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A.She missed her today’s history lesson.

B.She wanted to learn how to take notes.

C.She had trouble with today’s history lesson.

I’m usually fairly skeptical（怀疑的）about any research that concludes that people are either happier or unhappier or more or less certain of themselves than they were 50 years ago. While any of these statements might be true, they are practically impossible to prove scientifically. Still, I was struck by a report which concluded that today’s children are significantly more a【1】 than children in the 1950s. In fact, the analysis showed, normal children aged 9 to 17 exhibit a higher level of anxiety today than children who were treated for mental illness 50 years ago.

Why are America’s kids so stressed? The report cites two main c【2】: increasing physical isolation brought on by high divorce rates and less involvement in community, among other things--and a growing perception that the world is a more dangerous place.

Considering thatwe_can’t_turn_the clock_back, adults can still do plenty to help the next generation.

At the top of the list is nurturing(培育) a better appreciation of the limits of individualism. No child isan island. S【3】 social ties helps build communities and protect individuals against stress.

To help kids build stronger connections with others, you can p【4】 the plug on TVs and computers. Your family will thank you later. They will have more time for face-to-face relationships, and they will get more sleep.

L【5】 the amount of virtual(虚拟的) violence your children are exposed to. It’s not just video games and movies; children see a lot of murder and crime on the local news.

Keep your e【6】 for your children reasonable. Many highly successful people never attended Harvard or Yale.

Make exercise part of your daily routine. It will help you cope with your own anxieties and p【7】 a good model for your kids. Sometimes anxiety is unavoidable. But it doesn’t have to ruin your life.

The continuous presentation of frightening stories about global warming in the popular media makes us unnecessarily frightened. Even worse, it ________ our kids.

Al Gore famously described how a sea-level rise of 20 feet would almost completely flood

Florida, New York, Holland, and Shanghai, even though the United Nations says that such a thing will not even happen, estimating that sea levels will rise 20 times less than that.

When faced with these exaggerations (夸大), some of us say that they are for a good cause, and surely there is no harm done if the result is that we focus even more on tacking climate change.

This argument is astonishingly wrong. Such exaggerations do plenty of harm. Worrying excessively about global warming means that we worry less about other things, where we could do so much more good. We focus, ________, on global warming’s impact on malaria (疟疾)—which will put slightly more people at ________ in 100 years—instead of tacking the half a billion people suffering from malaria today with prevention and treatment policies that are much cheaper and dramatically more effective than carbon reduction would be.

Exaggeration also wears out the public’s ________ to cope with global warming. If the planet is certain to be destroyed owing to global warming, people wonder, why do anything? A record 54% of American voters now believe the news media make global warming appear worse than it really is. A majority of people now believe –incorrectly – that global warming is not even caused by humans.

But the ________ cost of exaggeration, I believe, is the unnecessary alarm that it causes – particularly among children. An article in The Washington Post cited nine-year-old Alyssa, who cries about the possibility of mass animal extinction from global warming.

The newspaper also reported that parents are taking over effective outlets for their 8-year-olds’ concern with dying polar bears. They might be better off educating them and letting them know that,

related to common belief, the global polar bear population has doubled over the past half-century, to about 22,000. ________ the possible disappearing of summer Arctic ice, polar bears will not become extinct.

【1】A. exhaustsB. depressesC. terrifiesD. exploits

【2】A. for exampleB. in additionC. by contrastD. in short

【3】A. peaceB. leisureC. caseD. risk

【4】A. abilityB. enduranceC. willingnessD. preference

【5】A. smallestB. worstC. fewestD. least

【6】A. DespiteB. BesidesC. WithoutD. Except

【1】People set up a lot of new schools after the flood.（改为否定句）

People didn’t ________ up _________ new schools after the flood.

【2】Mary didn’t go back in a hurry. I didn’t go back in a hurry.（合并句子）

_______ Mary ________ I went back in a hurry..

【3】They managed to bring up four children even though they were very poor.（改为同义句）

They ________ ________ to bring up four children even though they were very poor.

【4】The task is so difficult that I can’t deal with it.（保持句意基本不变）

The task is _______ difficult for me to ________ ________.

【5】Did they write a column in the newspaper last night?（改为被动语态）

________ a column ________ in the newspaper last night?

【6】I happened to be having a meeting when you called.（改为同义句）

____________ ______________ that I was having a meeting when you called.

【7】people, more, to, about, health, they, worry, used, than, their（连词成句）

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【8】我有的时候在路上给我们负责销售的职员打电话。

I sometimes __________________________________________________________________

【9】我酷爱物理，我的志向是成为一名建筑师。

I am ________________________________________________________________________

【10】这三个小偷匆忙上了船，两个德国女游客跟着他。

The three ____________________________________________________________________

【11】然而，人们不得不先给电脑用指令编程，这要花费好几个小时。

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【12】一霎那间，电脑可以做一道你一生都不能做得计算题。

__________, a computer can ___________________________________________________

【1】The beautiful poetry was ruined by her poor ________.（deliver）

【2】I can say in all _______ that I knew nothing of these plans.（sincerely）

【3】It would be ________ of me not to advise my company to abandon this project.（responsibility）

【4】He was of great ________ to me in researches for my books.（assist）

【5】Parents may find that a ________ teenager becomes unmanageable.（trouble）

【6】Success doesn’t only depend on what you do. What you don’t do is _____ important.（equality）

【7】For the sake of historical _________, please permit us to state the true facts.（accurate）

【8】Many students apply for ________ to more than one university.（admit）

根据要求完成短文写作，请将作文写在相应位罝上。

河流是最里要的自然资源之一，它对人类有着重要意义，除了生活和工业、农业用水外，还具有航运、繁殖、旅游等作用。然而，世界上的河流正在遭到人类的破坏，请你写一篇短文，谈谈你的看法。

内容包括：

1.河流的重要性；

2.河流现在的情况（是否受到污染等）；

3.解决方法（至少两个）

写作要求：

1.不能照抄原文，不得在作文中出现学校真实的名称和学生的真实姓名。

2.语气连贯，词数80个左右。作文的开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

Rivers are very important to us.

A. obviously B. responsible C. increasing D. experiencing E. particularly

Camping wild is a wonderful way to experience the natural world and, at its best, it makes little environmental influence. But with 【1】 numbers of people wanting to escape into the wilderness, it is becoming more and more important to camp unobtrusively and leave no mark.

Wild camping is not permitted in many places, 【2】 in crowded lowland Britain. Wherever you are, find out about organizations 【3】 for managing wild spaces, and contact them to findout their policy on camping and shelter building. For example, it is fine to camp wild in remote parts of Scotland, but in England you must ask the landowner’s permission, except in national parks.

Camping is about having relaxation, sleeping outdoors, 【4】 bad weather, and making food without modern conveniences. A busy, fully-equipped campsite seems to go against this, so seek outsmaller, more remote places with easy access to open spaces and perhaps beaches. Better still, find a campsite with no road access: walking in makes a real adventure.

A. shoot B. convince C. entertain D. inform E. accomplish

To be a successful speaker is no easy thing. It is essential for you to know why you are speaking and what you wish to 【1】 by your speech. The four most common purposes of speech are to inform, to convince, to move to action, and to entertain. Do you, like a teacher or an expert in a field, wish to illustrate your ideas in detail to people unfamiliar with your subject so that they can understand your ideas clearly and thoroughly? Or, like a debater, with to 【2】 the judges or the audience? Or, like a fund collector for a naturalist foundation, wish to get money? Or, like a comedian or after-dinner speaker, wish to 【3】? The language and tone you use must be proper for your purpose, for your audience, and for the occasion. A speech to the graduating class will have quite different language, tone and manner from information delivered to a group of your friends.

Furthermore, however talented the speaker is, a talk without enough preparation is usually a failure. To speak without preparing is to 【4】 without taking aim. Decide what your aim or objective is; then state it in a complete topic sentence. Make sure that your subject is definite and not too broad.