Let's read the conversations and guess the meaning of the following expressions.

1.When someone says“It's up to you!”,he(she) .

A.wants you to make the decision

B.invites you to have dinner together

C.is not sure what to have for dinner.

2.What does “in your dreams” mean according to the conversations?

A. I’m in your dreams.

B. I love you.

C. I don’t believe you.

3. “ Keep my finger crossed” has the similar meaning to “ “

A.It’s interesting

B.I’m hopeful

C.You’re excellent

4.When we play it by ear”, we will .

A. play with our ears

B.be busy at the weekend

C. decide what to do as we go along

5.If you don’t understand something and want other people to explain it again, you may say .

A. I missed the point

B. It’s up to you

C.In your dreams

Du Yijun, a 21-year-old Fudan University student, was one of the 36 people who died in the crush on New Year's Eve on the Bund(外滩) in shanghai.

On the night of December31, 2014, a holiday celebration turned into a terrible tragedy. “Overcrowding(过度拥挤) and the failure of the police to contro1 the crowds were the main reasons it happened,” the authorities(官方) said.

For the last three years, light shows on the Bund have been successfully held for New Year's Eve celebrations, but this year the light show was canceled and there were fewer police on hand. But the crowds came anyway. About 300,000 people were on the Bund by 8:30 that evening and more kept arriving until people suddenly became noisy and angry around 11:30. Some people fel1 on lhe stairs and were stepped heavily on and died.

In shanghai,the authorities have reacted(作出反应) to the Bund tragedy by canceling big events. But this isn't really necessary. Better planning and better crowd contro1 can make sure the celebrations are safe.

However, if you're going to a place where there wi1l be a big crowd, you should take notice of where the exits(出口)are, and if there are too many people, move away from the center of the crowd. And most importantly, if the crowd seems too big and makes you feel uncomfortable,,Just leave. No celebration is worth losing your life over.

1.The underlined word“crush” in the passage probably means“_ ” in Chinese.

A.美丽的景色 B.成功的活动 C.拥挤的人群

2.How many people died in the Bund tragedy in Shanghai on Dec. 3l, 2014?

A. 21 B. 36 C.300,000

3.What caused the tragedy to happen according to the authorities?

A Overcrowding and the failure of the police to contro1 the crowds.·

B Unsafe exits and small squares to hold enough people.

C.Bad weather and dark lights to guide people to leave.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The celebrations could go successfully if well organized.

B. It’s necessary to cancel all the events to avoid accidents.

C. Not a11 celebntions were worth losing one’s life.

5.The passage mainly tells us about .

A.the failure of the police to protect peopleB

B.a tragedy happening on the Bund and its 1esson

C. some successful light shows held in shanghai

Last Friday, all three of China's telecommunications(电信运营商) operators announced plans to raise Internet speeds and lower costs for consumers. This came about a month after China’s premier(总理) Li Keqiang said the country needed to do more to provide better Internet services.

China has more Internet users than any other country , but nowadays, average(平均) Internet speeds in China

are only3.4 megabits per second(Mbps,兆位/秒). In the US,however, average Internet speeds can reach l1.1Mbps.

According to China's Ministry of Industry and Informahon Technology(工信部), by the end of this year, the average Intemet speed for users in major cities and towns wi1 be increased to 20 Mbps. Other area in cities wi11 be improved to 10 Mbps. Besides, more than13 million 4G base stations will be built. They wi11 a1low mobile Intemet users to enjoy improved experiences.

And faster speeds wi11 come with lower costs. Average costs for mobile phone Intemet and fixed Internet wi11 be lowered by at least 30 percent next year. China Telecom(中国电信), for example, now gets 3,000 yuan a year for its 100-Mbps Internet service. Last week, the company said it would lower the price by 30 percent or more.

1.What does the underlined word “consumers” in the passage probably mean in Chinese?

A.费用 B.用户 C.速度

2.What's the average Internet speed in China now?

A.3.4Mbps. B. 10Mbps. C. 11.1Mbps.

3.Premier Li Keqiang said China needed to .

A. do more to provide better Internet services

B.bui1d more bus stations in the countryside

C. cal1 on people to use better mobile phones

4. We can leam from the passage that .

A. China's telecommunications operators refuse to lower costs

B. Internet speeds in China are faster than in the US nowadays

C. China has the largest number of Internet users in the world

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. More Stations and Fewer Users

B Better Sevices and Higher Price

C. Faster Speeds and Lower Costs

In 2011, when British photographer David J. slater was visiting a park in Indonesia, his camera was taken away by a group of black monkeys. The resu1t was hundreds of monkey selfies（自拍照）。The best ones show a monkey smiling toothily for the camera 1.

Nobody knew they would create a copyrjght(版权) battle three years later.

Last month, a website put the monkey se1f1es online under a collection of free photos without Slater’s permission(允许). 2. .

However, the website refused to do so. They said that according to US copyright law, whoever pushes the button on the camera owns the copyright to the photo. 3. .

They Said,“US copyright law says that works that come from a non-human source can’t ask for copyright. That means monkeys don’t own copyright”.

___4.__He said he bought the cameras; he spent a lot of money traveling to Indonesia and it was his carelessness that allowed the monkeys to take his cameras away.All these have made him own the pictures, no matter who pushed the button .In a sense,the monkeys helped him take the photos, Slater said.

5. Who do think will win this battle?

阅读下面短文, 根据汉语、 首字母或音标提示, 在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词。所填单词要求意义准确, 拼写完整、正确。

Few Chinese people saw the Internet business would make much money when MaYun started Alibaba in1999.Many people thought he was 1. /krezi/.

However, the man believed that e 2. should have a dream“The most jmportant thing is that we believed in our dream f 3. the first day to today and tomorrow. Of course, We made many 4. (错误), but we never gave up hope,” Ma Said. The 50-year-old became Chinese mainland’s 5. (最富有的)man with 150 billion yuan.

Ma’s 6. /tenn/ is not only on the Intemet business. Alibaba p 7. an important part in Sina Weibo and Youku Tudow. He’s also on the board of China’s most successful soccer 8. (俱乐部)，Guangzhou Evergrand.

Now, Ma has a bigger dream.“We hope that i 9. the next 15 years world wil1 10. （变化） because of us.” he said.

Do you know what are the World’s tallest animals? How do they sleep and drink?

You may think it's difficult for them to sleep, but they have no such problems because giraffes don’t often stop for a snooze(打盹). As they are so tall—males can grow up to 18 feet, giraffes actually have the shortest sleep requirement of all mamma1s哺乳动物), with an average(平均) of half an hour a day. When they sleep, they seldom lie down and sleep for minutes at a time, since it's difficult for them to get up again and it’s dangerous in the wild. But the giraffe in the zoo sleeps around 4.6 hours per day, mostly at night. It usually sleeps lying down.

Drinking Water may cause problems for the animals because their long necks are too short to reach the ground. To drink they must spread their legs in an uncomfortable position, which makes them easily hunted by other animals like Africa's big cats. As a result. thev get most of their water from the plants that they eat. They only need to drink water every few days.

1.How1ong do giraffes living in the wild sleep every day?

2.How does the giraffe in the zoo usua11y sleep?

3.What must giraffes do to drink water?

4.What's the main idea of the passage?

5.请将划线句子翻译成汉语,,

看图写句(共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分)

请根据每题所提供的图片和提示词(要求全部用上) , 写一个与图片情景相符的句子,

1.（not，car）

2.（there，milk）

3.（last Saturday）

4.（he，often）

5.（next Sunday）

书面表达(满分15分)

假如你叫李明，是一位高一新生，你的班主任(也是你的英语教师)要求你们在下午的班会课上用英语演讲的形式参与班长(monitor)竞选，请根据图片和文字提示，以“I believe I can” 为题写一篇演讲稿。

要求:

1.短文必须包括三个方面内容：我的优秀品质；我的能力；我将为大家做什么；

2.短文内容可适当发挥，提示词可选用；

3.短文中不得出现真实的人名和校名；

4..短文词数为80左右，开头、结尾部分已给出，不计入总词数。

I believe I can

Good aftemoon, ladies and gentlemen! My name is Li Ming

Thank you!

—Who’s ________ man under the tree?

—He’s my uncle, ________ actor.

A. a, the B. a, an

C. the, the D. the, an

—I’m hungry. May I have something to eat?

—OK. Here’s some ________.

A.orange B.bread C. water D. milk