We are ____ by our teacher to read English as much as possible to improve our spoken English.

A. advised B. suggested

C. warned D. forced

---I’m sorry for my mistake at your party last night.

---

A. It’s my pleasure. B. I can’t agree more.

C. Don’t mention it. D. Not at all.

完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was sociology(社会学). The teacher was really great. The class was asked to go out and smile at three people.

I am a very person and thought this would be a piece of cake. Soon after, my husband, youngest son and I went out to McDonald’s. We were standing in line when suddenly everyone around us began to away, and then even my husband did.

As I turned around I smelled a terrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor men. As I looked down at the short gentleman, he was “ ”. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God’s Light as he searched for acceptance. He said, “Good day.” as he counted the few coins(硬币) he had been holding.

The young lady at the counter(柜台) asked him what they . He said, “Coffee is all Miss.” because that was all they could . He just needed to be warm.

Then I really it—the compulsion(冲动) was so great that I almost hugged(拥抱) the little man with the blue eyes.

I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give two more breakfast meals on two plates.

I then picked up the plates and walked around the counter to the that the men had chosen as a resting place. I put my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman’s hand. He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, “Thank you.”

I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn：acceptance without condition.

1.A. friendly B. healthy C. proud D. careful

2.A. give B. put C. throw D. move

3.A. happy B. careless C. homeless D. pleasant

4.A. smiling B. crying C. thinking D. nodding

5.A. hated B. wanted C. learnt D. ate

6.A. offer B. afford C. make D. get

7.A. made B. felt C. got D. took

8.A. her B. him C. me D. it

9.A. corner B. door C. kitchen D. table

10.A. cold B. warm C. clean D. dirty

1. How long did the 2014 FIFA World Cup last?

A. About a week. B. About two weeks.

C. About a month. D. About two months.

2.Which is NOT true according to the articles?

A. Lu Jialei always gets good grades at school.

B. The World Cup has been held in South America twice.

C. Many people like watching the TV program A Bite of China.

D. Lu Jialei hopes more people can take much interest in Chinese characters.

3.Where may the articles probably come from?

A. A story book. B. A science report.

C. A sports magazine. D. The Internet.

The United States is one of the greatest fruit-growing countries in the world. Fine red apples come from Washington and New York. Golden oranges come from Southern California and Florida. Fruit grows in all parts of America. The kind of fruit that is grown depends on the weather in each place.

Orange trees cannot be grown where temperatures drop below freezing. Southern California and Florida are far from each other, but their weather is much the same. They do not often have freezing temperatures.

In Washington, apple trees are planted near the Atlantic Ocean. In New York, they grow near the Great Lakes. Apple trees are often planted near water. Water temperature changes more slowly than land temperature. Near water, temperature does not drop so fast. There is less chance of frost（霜冻）in late spring or early autumn. Frost can kill apples.

America has many kinds of weather. It has many kinds of soil. Because of this, they grow and eat more fruit than any other country in the world.

1.From the passage, we know that __________.

A. most fruits grow anywhere in the United States

B. freezing temperature are good for fruit

C. the same fruit can be grown in different places

D. fruits can only be grown near water

2.The main idea of the whole passage is that___________.

A. orange trees usually grow where it is cold

B. different fruits grow in different weather

C. the cold cannot kill oranges and apples

D. apple trees cannot live through cold winter

3.Which of the following does this passage make you believe?

A. The fruit we eat comes from many places in the country.

B. Orange trees are often planted near water.

C. The soil is about the same in all the states of the country.

D. The Americans like eating oranges and apples better than any other fruit.

The engineer Camillo Oliver was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908. At his factory in Ivrea, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter(打字机). Today the company's head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much larger than it was in those days and there are offices all around the world.

By 1930 the company had 700 workers and it turned out 13,000 machines a year. Some went to offices and homes in Italy, but more typewriters were sold to other countries.

Camillo's son, Adriano, started working for the company in 1924 and later he became the boss. The production(生产) line was improved a lot and some top engineers in technology and design fields worked for him. The company developed new and better typewriters. More and more people became interested in their products. In 1959 it produced the ELEA computer system. This was the first mainframe(主机) computer designed and made in Italy.

After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial(财政) problems. Other companies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the Italian company.

In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marketing and service networks and made agreements with other companies to design and produce better office equipment(设备). Soon it became one of the world's leading companies in information technology and communications. There are now five companies in the Olivetti group---one for personal computers, one for other office equipment, one for systems and services, and two for telecommunications.

1.What fact does the passage provide?

A. By 1930 Olivetti produced over 1,000 typewriters each month.

B. Olivetti made more money in the 1960s than in the 1950s.

C. Some of Olivetti's 700 workers often visited users in Italy.

D. Olivetti set up offices in other countries from the very beginning.

2.From the text we know that Olivetti

A. produced the best typewriter in the world.

B. designed the world's first mainframe computer.

C. sold more typewriters abroad than other companies.

D. has five companies with its head office in Ivrea.

3.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. Camilla Olivetti’s Career

B. The Success of Olivetti

C. The History of Olivetti

D. The Production of Olivetti

Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.

When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, expected to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.

They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry(产业). “We knew it had to be a specialty(专业) store because we couldn’t afford enough money,” says Mary. One idea came to her: She’d read somewhere that about 20 percent of books sold were mysteries, and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.

On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To pay the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from friends and from an bank.

The store only broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract(吸引) buyers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and provided dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited some writers to discuss their stories.

Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales workers, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.

“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income(收入)” says Richard. “This has always been about a pleasant life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”

1.When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.

A. they had to put their plan into practice

B. health was more important than money

C. heart trouble was a serious illness

D. they both needed to stop working

2.After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.

A. to study how to open a bookstore

B. to buy and read more mystery books

C. to do market research on book business

D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore

3.How did their bookstore do in the first year?

A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.

B. They made just enough to pay all the costs.

C. They succeeded in making a lot of money.

D. They failed though they worked hard.

4.According to Richard, the main purpose of opening the bookstore is _____.

A. to pay for their children’s education

B. to get to know more writers

C. to set up more bookstores

D. to do what they like to do

词汇运用 （本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）

(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。

1.It is really great for a radio producer to a show like this. （创建）

2.Can you tell me whose _______________ （发音) is the best in your class?

3.Her teacher is full of for her work. (赞扬)

4.Do you know that the rose is the _______________ (国家的) flower of England?

(B) 根据句意，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

5.The he gave me prove correct. (suggest)

6.He didn’t pass the maths exam because of his . (care)

7.Can you tell me what makes you ?(worry)

8.Many of these questions __________ (simple) don’t have answers.

动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）

1.Very little of the house _______ （remain）now because it caught fire last week.

2.If each of the fans who are the first twenty to arrive _________ (give) a ticket, the film will be famous in a few days.

3.---Turn off the radio, dear. Baby is sleeping.

---There is no need. He ________(wake) up.

4.If you require strength, you’d better have the wall (paint) red.

5. The problem the leaders paid attention to ___________ (solve) in two weeks.

6.My father (work) in a factory for five years. But now he is a teacher,

7.Peter is busy these days. I suppose he ________ (get) ready for his coming exam, right?

8.Would you please not ask any more? I’d rather______ (not tell) you about it.

任务型阅读 认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。

注意：每空格1个单词。（本大题共10小题：每小题0.5分，满分5分）

In the deserts of North Africa and Saudi Arabia lives the smallest of all foxes with the largest of ears. This animal is the fennec fox.

Fennec foxes have ears that are 5 to 6 inches long. That’s big for an animal that weighs less than four pounds. Their ears help shed（去除）body heat. And, as you may have guessed, they also provide great hearing.

It’s also interesting to think about the hair of fennec foxes. Why would a fox that lives in the desert need a thick, fur coat? Actually, the desert isn’t always warm. During the nighttime, a desert can be terribly cold! A fennec fox’s fur keeps them warm during those desert nights. They also have long bushy tails that they use as a blanket. And the hair on their feet protects them from the hot sand in the daytime.

Fennec foxes live in small communities of dens（兽穴）.They spend most of the day sleeping in their dens, out of the hot sun. Then, when night comes, they come out in search of food. In addition to their great hearing, fennecs also use their great sense of smell and big eyes to track down dinner.

Like other foxes, fennecs are omnivores. This means they eat both meat and plants. They like eating birds, eggs, insects, snails, fruit and leaves best.

Fennec fox mothers have one to five babies at a time. The lifespan of a fennec fox is 10 to 12 years. The cream coloration of fennec foxes help them blend into their desert habitat. Still, they have to watch out for predators（捕食性动物）. These include caracals ( a type of wild cat ) , jackals, eagle owls, hyenas and humans. Humans catch them for their fur and to sell as pets.