Every year in April, students at Renmin University of China have more pleasure than other students in Beijing. Why? Because they get a week off in the middle of the term, the so-called(所谓) spring break.

“It’s been a tradition of our school for years,” said Wang Yueran, 20, a student at Renmin University. He organized a weeklong trip to Sichuan with 12 classmates last year.

Besides having fun during the spring break, field trips, voluntary work, and social projects are all on students’ to-do lists as well. The Chinese proverb says “reading 10,000 books and traveling 10,000 miles”. It means experience is as important as theory. But while Chinese universities have the tradition of spring outings, what’s the aim of making spring break?

Qin Jianguo, from the student affairs office at Shenzhen University, thinks the idea of the spring break in some universities in China comes from the intention(目的) of pushing students out of the ivory tower(象牙塔) to get experience in their life. Many countries have similar vacations in the middle of the semester for students to do things they like. Taking Japan as an example, instead of partying like the US, many Japanese students choose to work as interns(实习生) to have some ideas of their future jobs.

Besides Renmin University, only a few other universities in China, such as Yantai University, have a spring break for their students. Wei Xiang, a professor at Beijing International Studies University, said that the spring break is a good experiment for universities to give students more choices to arrange their own leisure(休闲) and study activities.

1.Why do students at Renmin University of China have more pleasure than other students in Beijing in April?

2.At least how many things are included on students’ to-do lists ?

3.According to Qin Jianguo, what is the purpose of the spring break in some universities?

4. How do many Japanese students get prepared for their future during the spring break?

5.Do most Chinese universities have spring break now?

写作技能（三部分，共11小题，计30分）

第一节 语篇翻译 阅读下面的短文，将画线的句子译成英文或中文。（共5小题，计10分）

Without Thomas Edison, the world might still be in the dark. He lit up the whole world with the electric light. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.他花了很多时间寻找第一份工作。When he was 12 years old, he became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him because the train caught fire by accident. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to make his experiments.

Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, 以便于他有更多时间忙于他的发明. He always worked 16 out of every 24hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of He left a number of inventions that improved the quality of life.

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2.________________________________________________________________________

3._______________________________________________________________________

4.________________________________________________________________________

5.________________________________________________________________________

情景交际 通读下面的对话，根据上下文补全对话内容。（共5小题，计10分）

A: Hi, Mike. Do you know Fast and Furious 7 has come out?

B: That’s great news. 1._______________________?

A: Weeks ago.

B: Have you watched it?

A: 2._____________.

B: 3._______________________?

A: It is worth watching. Actually, it was beyond my imagination！

B: Really! It is a pity that I haven’t watced it!

A: Why not go to the cinema tonight? And I suggest you go to Wanda for the IMAX.

B: That’s a good idea. 4._______________________?

A: No. It’s only 15 minutes’ walk from our school.

B. By the way，5.______________________?

A: I go to Wanda by bike in most cases, but sometimes in my dad’s car.

B: Thanks a lot.

A: You’re welcome. Just enjoy it!

书面表达（计10分）

结交朋友在校园生活中是必不可少的，学校英语社就该如何交友为话题做了一次讨论。请你根据下面提供的思维导图，写一篇英文倡议书，谈谈如何交友。

（总结）

要求：1.包含导图中的所有信息和基本结构，可适当发挥；

2.词数80词左右（不可超150词），开头和格式已给出，不计入总词数；

3.文章中不得出现真实的人名、班名、学校名。

My dear schoolfellows,

As we know,

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Sincerely yours,

Andy

The third Sunday of June is ________ Father’s Day and I’ll prepare ________ unusual present for my father this year.

A. /; a B. the; an C. a; a D. /; an

—Look at the clouds, so beautiful!

—Wow, so many different ________, such as horses, sheep, flowers, etc.

A. sizes B. shapes C. colours D. styles

—Is _________ here?

—No, John and Bob have asked for a leave.

A. nobody B. anybody C. somebody D. everybody

—Do you work or are you a student?

—__________. I’ve got a job and I study, too.

A. Neither B. Either C. None D. Both

—What bad weather!

—Yes. The weather report says it will be even ___________ later on.

A. bad B. better C. worse D. good

—How often do you watch TV at home?

—____________, but it takes a lot of time.

A.All evening B. Every evening

C. In the evening D. This evening