Tanzania Tarangire is a national park inTanzania. The park itself covers an area of around 2， 850 square kilometres, making it the sixth largest park of its kind in the country. I recently visited it to see what it was like.

One of the first sightings upon entering the park I found was a huge group of elephants. Our guide told us Tarangire was probably the best place inTanzaniato find large groups of elephants. We continued to watch the elephants as they stood under trees and scratched (搔)themselves against the trees to hit the spot of an itch(痒）.

To the right of the elephant group, we noticed a big tree. Our guide informed us that this was a baobab tree and that Tarangire was one of the best national parks in Africa to see so many baobab trees.

As we continued our drive through the park, we finally reached a watering hole. Our guide warned us there were lions all around us. Most of them were rest?ing in the shade under bushes, but there was one that was drinking from the watering hole directly in front of us. We then noticed there were a couple of fresh zebra corpses (尸体)—-it seemed as if the resting lions had killed them ！

Our final big sighting was one that none of us were expecting to see ！ We pulled over to where there was a large gathering of cars, with a sleeping leopard there！ We took photos happily and excitedly and observed its surprising body before returning to our hotel as it was getting late.

So I hope you enjoyed my description of Tarangire,

and that I've inspired you to add this amazing park to

your very ownTanzaniatravel plan.

1. We can learn from the passage that Tanzania Taran-

gire        .

A.is the sixth largest park inTanzania

B is one of the best places to hunt animals

C.is famous for its amazing animals and plants

D.has the largest number of elephants in the world

2.Elephants scratched themselves against the trees because      .

A.they felt uncomfortable

B.the weather was too hot

C.they were angry about something

D.they were playing with each other

3.How did the author travel in Tanzania Tarangire?

A. By bicycle. B. By train.

C.  On foot.  D.  By car.

4.What does the author think of his trip in Tanzania Tarangire?

A. Boring.      B. Enjoyable.

C. Dangerous.     D. Challenging.

There are distinctions between reading for informa?tion and reading for understanding. 9  

The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else. 10 Such ma?terials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don't have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was equal to them before we started. Otherwise we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.

The second sense is the one in which we read some?thing that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader's understanding.

11 Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here "learning" means understanding more, not remembering more information.

What are the conditions in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding. 12 Besides, his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is approached, suc?cess of communication is achieved.

13 It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or informa?tion can probably be read for entertainment as well.

A.    Thus, we can employ the word "reading" in two distinct senses.

B.    Such communication between the unequals must be possible.

C.    We can get access to the content of those materials easily.

D.    The writer must be "superior" to the reader in un?derstanding.

E.    The writer should have a better communicating skill.

F.    Besides gaining information and understanding, there's another goal of reading―entertainment.

G.    Reading for entertainment is capable of increasing our understanding for information.

A Korean wave is sweeping across China, with many Chinese women worshipping Korean actors Kim Soo-hyun and Lee Min-ho as demigods (被神化的人物).Chinese denizens always have different opinions over Korean TV dramas, but there is no doubt that pro?grammes from the neighbouring country are now enjo?ying a new round of popularity in China. And a big part of the credit for that goes to You Who Came from the Star ， the Korean TV series.

You Who Came from the Star and The Heirs (《继承者们》)have been subjects of hot online discussions throughout Asia. Besides, the book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, read by the hero in You Who Came from the Star was a hard-to-get item on Am?azon for a while.

The two TV programmes have several common ele?ments M) ： a tall, handsome, and rich hero who loves the heroine blindly and always protects her, and an equally handsome man madly in love with the same woman. Both programmes describe the purity of love, which is expressed through a kiss or a warm hug. Per?haps that's the secret of their success; perhaps people still like Cinderella-type stories.

The widening wealth gap is a matter of social con?cern both inKoreaandChina, and the challenges that young people face in their hope for a better life might have caused many ordinary girls to dream of marrying rich, caring men. This is precisely what the popular Ko?rean TV dramas describe. In fact > Korean TV dramas are tailored to meet the market's demands.

Many denizens even said at an earlier time that Ko?rean TV dramas had become popular because of their stereotyped (模式化的)themes： traffic accidents, canc?er and other incurable diseases. But all that has changed with the success of You Who Came from the Star and The Heirs ， which Chinese directors can use as exam?ples, as well as inspiration, to improve their produc?tions,

1.Which is NOT included in the elements for the suc?cess of Korean dramas?

A.Charming pure love stories.

B.A tender kiss and a warm hug.

C.Handsome and rich heroes.

D.The heroine's blind love with the rich.

2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 means that they are designed to .

A.develop in a large scale

B.be measured to a certain size

C.meet popular taste purposely

Dbe shown in a big market

3The main purpose of stereotyped themes in Korean dramas is to .

A.present an idea

B.attract TV viewers

C.make them colourful

D.arouse some challenges

4.In the last sentence ，  about Chinese dramas ， the writer expressed his .

A.expectation   B. satisfaction

C.excitement      D. requirement

Here is some must-know information from a hand?book on houu people behave in doing business in some countries.

In Brazil (巴西）

Brazilians are warm and friendly. They often stand close when talking and it is common for them to touch the person on the shoulder. People often greet each oth?er (particularly women) with light cheek kisses. Sched?ules tend to be flexible, with business meetings some?times starting later than planned. But to be safe, be on time. Meals can stretch for hours―here's no such thing as rushing a meal inBrazil. Lunches also can start in the mid to late afternoon. Brazilians are social, preferring face-to-face communication over e-mails or phone calls.

InSingapore

Singaporeans shake hands when they meet and of?ten also greet each other with a small, polite bow. Busi?ness cards should be offered and received with two hands. Arriving late is considered disrespectful. So be on time. Efficiency (效率)is the goal, so meetings and dealings are often fast-paced. Singaporeans are direct in their discussions, even when the subject is about mon?ey. Rank is important and authority is respected. This determines how people interact in meetings. For exam?ple, people avoid disagreeing outright with someone of a higher rank.

In theUnited Arab Emirates

In the UAE, status (地位)is important, so the most senior or oldest should be greeted first with their titles. The handshake seems to be longer than else?where. So do not pull away from the handshake. Women should cover themselves when it comes to dress. Men also tend to be covered from neck to elbows (射部)and down to the knees. People do not avoid en?tertaining in their homes, but they also hold business meals at restaurants. Touching or passing food or eating with your left hand is to be avoided. When meetings are one-to-one, if your host offers you coffee? you should refuse. It might seem odd, but it is a cultural tradition. Coffee should only be accepted if it is already set out or presented.

InSwitzerland

The Swiss tend to be formal and address each other by last name. They are also respectful of private lives. You should be careful not to ask about personal topics. Punctuality (守时)is vital, something that comes from a deep respect for others' time. Arrive at any meeting or event a few minutes earlier to be safe. They also have clear structure in their companies. Higher-ups make the final decisions, even if others might disagree. Neat, clean dress is expected. The Swiss follow formal table manners. They also keep their hands visible at the table arid their elbows off the table. It is polite to finish the food on your plate.

5.The passage is mainly about .

A.communication types

B.the workplace atmosphere

C.customs and social manners

D.living conditions and standards

6.Why do Singaporeans avoid arguing with their boss?

A.They put efficiency in the first place.

B.They dislike face-to-face communication.

C.They want to finish meetings as quickly as possi?ble.

D.They are supposed to obey the person of a higher rank.

7.In the UAE, when should you refuse the coffee if it is offered?

A.When greeting seniors.

B.When meeting the host alone.

C.When attending a presentation.

D.When dining with business partners.

8.In which country do people care about where to put their hands at the dinner table?

A.InBrazil.

B.InSingapore.

C.In theUnited Arab Emirates.

D.InSwitzerland.

Ⅲ.语法填空[2015 •甘肃天水市第5次检测]

阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

What is the most popular communication tool today? 14.______ your answer is QQ or MSN, I must say you're a bit old-fashioned.  Today, a new form of communication "WeChat" ， which 15. ___________    (own) a Chinese name Weixin, is becoming the most influential text and voicing tool all over the world.

  What advantages do WeChat have? First, WeChat is 16._____ relative cheap way of communication; that is to say, it uses network traffic instead of telephone fare. Next. we can know 17._____ is going on at any time.And we can have 18. ___________   (easy) access to information available than other messaging tools.

What roles does it play 19. __________ our daily life? According to the latest report, the number of the registered users on WeChat platform has topped 200 million and it has expanded its business to overseas market. Can you imagine that a mobile phone 'app^J is so 20. ____________  (appeal) that it reaches 200 million users within 8 months? WeChat itself has become the most popular mobile chat application in the world, A large 21._____________of people have become " WeChataholic，"， which means they keep staring at the mobile phone all the time and can't live without 22.______However, while enjoying its great convenience, people should not ignore the danger of 23. ______________   (cheat), for information on WeChat is publicly known.

Ⅱ.阅读七选五[2015 .吉林师范大学附中高三三模]

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

The kitchen is one of the most important parts of the house. You may think that, since it's only used for cooking, there's no need to pay much attention to its colour. 9 Colour influences people's mood and creates an atmosphere, and surely you want to be in a good mood when you're cook-ing.

To decorate a kitchen, first look for a theme which will then influence the colour scheme (方案).The most common colours in kitchens are white, yellow and other light colours. Kitchens are usually painted in one colour to create a clean and neat look. 10  Also, since kitchens tend to have smaller windows, the light colours help make it brighter. Neutral colours such as grey and cream can also be used to create some contrast.

11 Start with your favourite colour, or two light col?ours that balance each other. Make sure that you test them thoroughly first so that you can be sure they'll actually work. For more adventurous kitchen owners? three colours next to each other can also work. But these need to be carefully chosen, because one wrong colour can ruin the whole look of the kitchen.

When the kitchen colour scheme has been chosen, other elements must be considered. Some important things, such as cupboards, in the kitchen can affect its look. Tiles (瓷砖) and the floor must be chosen to fit the look. 12

Last but not least, no matter what colour scheme you use, make sure that it really is the one you want. 13

A.     Many people want to decorate their kitchens with bright colours.

B.     Different colours have different effects on people's mood.

C.     Otherwise, get advice from other members of the family.

D.     The light colours make the room seem bigger than it is.

E.     There are different ways to create a colour scheme.

F.      In a word, kitchen decoration must go together with the colour scheme,

G.     But in fact, the colour schemes of kitchens are as impor?tant as those of any other rooms.

B [2015 •湖北八校高三第二次联考〗Imagine a house that keeps itself warm in the winter?time. Think of the savings in terms of fuel bills and unfriend?ly emissions. Such houses in fact exist, called "passive hou?ses". The concept of these highly energy-efficient buildings took root in the 1990s, before slowly consolidating as a niche construction (生态位构建)concept in the 2000s. Are passive houses now actively moving into the mainstream as sustain?able buildings?

For Brian McGarry, an economics lecturer who built a family house based on passive housing criteria in the Pyrenees this year, the arguments look convincing. As his first full winter in the low energy house draws in, we asked him to keep us informed. Do passive houses work?

I had never heard of a passive house in February 2012, when I purchased a plot of land. Nor did I expect that I would be persuaded to build a pre-constructed ， custom-designed house based on energy-efficient passive house criteria. It promised to be easier and quicker to build, cheaper to run, and more comfortable to live in. The objective was to incor?porate the fundamental concepts of passive energy manage?ment into my project: an airtight and highly insulated build?ing envelope; large south-facing double or triple-glazed win?dows (if possible, filled with argon gas) that passively cap?ture the energy of the sun; a heat recovery ventilation(通风设备)system to provide fresh air; and a simple, low-cost heat?ing system consisting of a modern wood-burning stove, a bathroom heater and a portable radiator backup for when the sun doesn't shine and temperatures decline. No significant limitations were placed on the design, and it had excellent en?vironmental credentials (认证).Moreover, the cost was no more than a conventional build.

After six months in use, the house is proving to be both cheap to run and remarkably comfortable—staying cool in the hot summer was effortless, as long as the windows were shuttered or shaded from the sun. Now staying warm in the cold, high-altitude December climate also seems easy, so far.

Winter arrived in force in the Pyrenees in November, with abundant snowfalls and temperatures as low as minus 8° Celsius. Though early days, the house has responded well ： the stove is lit during cold evenings but the portable radiator has not yet been needed. This type of construction seems not only to make economic and environmental sense, but to en?hance our quality of life, too.

5.We can learn from Paragraph 1  that passive houses

 A.     consume extra energy to keep warm in winter and cool in summer

B.     had been introduced for a decade before the birth of the theory

C.     appeal to both the self-builders and those constructors

D.     refer to a certain house comfortable, costly and also pleasing

6.Regarding the passive energy management, the houses have characteristics EXCEPT •

 A.     using south-facing windows to take in solar energy

B.     providing energy for taking a shower when it's rainy

C.     supplying fresh air with a special heat recovery system

D.     placing more demands and restrictions on the design

7. How did Brian McGarry find his self-built passive house? 

A. Very unaffordable.       B. Energy-consuming.

C. Comfortable to live in.      D. Awkward to use.

8. What is the writer's attitude towards the passive house?
A. Supportive.                B. Critical.

C.  Oppositive.               D. "Doubtful.

Jim: Hello, Ted. How was the marketing meet?ing?

Ted: Hi, Jim. It couldn't be 35.   (bad). I put forward some great ideas, but none of them 36.    (accept).

Jim: I'm surprised to hear that. I thought you had some very  good  suggestions.   What  happened at37.    meeting?

Ted: One or two people didn't take to my ideas very well.  That was to be expected. The worst thing was 38.    the people who said the ideas were good before the meeting didn't support me.

Jim: I suggest 39.  (revise) the suggestions to take into account any 40 . (object).

Ted; That's good advice, but I'm not confident that even revised proposals will be favoured.

Jim: May I make a suggestion?

Ted; Sure. I'm open 41.  any reasonable suggestion.

Jim: Is there a chance you could contact the clients(客户)42.      (secret) and see what they think? If they like  your ideas,   perhaps they could put 43.   forward as their own proposals. You won't get credit 44. ideas, but the clients will

know they were yours.

Ted; I'm not sure that's a good idea.

Jim: Go on. Take a chance. You could just hint at (暗7K) your ideas. The clients should be smart enough to take a hint.

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed worriedly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but 25.     seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he 26.      (eventual) managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him 27.   the bad weather, and to store his few possessions. But then one day? after searching for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke 28.  (roll)up to the sky. The worst had happened;29.    was lost. He was almost faint with grief and anger. "God, how could you do this to me!" he cried. Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that 30.      (approach) the island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" he asked one of his 31.  (rescue). "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.

It is easy to get discouraged when things are going

bad. But we 32.      lose heart, 33.   God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering.

Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be 34.    smoke signal from the grace of God. For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, God has a positive answer for them.

I.阅读理解

A [2015 •河南郑州高三模拟]

The year of 2014 saw smart people always busy inventing useful things, which have helped to make the world better, smarter and a little more fun. Now,let's take a look at some of the inventions.

Super banana

  Australian biogeneticist(生物遗传学家）James Dale visi?ted Uganda,a poor African country,in the early 2000s, where he found that 15%〜30% of children under 5 were at the risk of going blind because they didn't get enough vitamin A. Dale also learned that people there love bananas. They eat 3 to 11 bananas a day. So he came up with an idea to plant bananas containing added nutrition in order to improve Ugandans' health. With the help of Bill Gates' foundation,Dale developed the"super banana". He added a gene to the fruit,making it rich in vitamin A.

Coaching basketball

  Basketball is popular worldwide, partly because you only need a hoop(篮簠)and a ball to play the game. But this sim?ple game experienced a technology makeover with the devel?opment of a smart sensor basketball.

The ball, called the 94Fifty Basketball, has 9 sensors in?side. They can tell you anything from how fast you are going to how accurate your shot angles are.

With a Bluetooth chip inside, the basketball can connect to your smart phone and tell you in the voice of a coach to "snap your wrist" or "go faster", depending on the data.

The hovercraft

Thanks to the California-based company Hendo, flying past your friends on a floating board could soon become a re?ality.

The hovercraft has 4 small engines. These create a spe?cial magnetic field which produces enough force to lift the board off the ground.

At the moment ， the hoverboard (悬浮滑板)can only-float an inch off the ground for 15 minutes and must fly over a metal material. It's expensive too, at $ 10,000, but the com?pany hopes that one day the technology could be used.

Wireless electricity

  Most of us could not bear to live without wireless Inter?net. We use it every day for everything from our phones to our cars. But one company wants to go a step further by com?bining wireless technology with electricity.

That's right, no more tangled (缠绕的）wires and no more having to sit and hold your cellphone near a power sock?et (插 座) in the corner of the room. WiTricity, a US compa?ny? has invented technology that can power objects up to 2. 4 metres away. It uses a special plug-in coiK线圈)that creates a magnetic field!

1.Which of the following statements would James Dale agree with?

 A.     Children in Uganda should eat fewer bananas.

B.     Vitamin A is largely found in fruits like bananas.

C.     Super bananas are definitely a safe biological product.

D.     People's eating habits can be used to develop new food.

2.What is the biggest advantage of the 94Fifty Basketball?

 A.     The sensors hidden inside can help players run faster in a game.

B.     It can help players to improve their shooting and ball-handling skills.

C.     It allows players to connect to their smart phones while playing basketball.

D.     The Bluetooth chip inside allows its users to listen to music while playing basketball.

3.What can we learn about the hovercraft from the text?

 A.     It enables its users to float off the ground freely.

B.     It can work on many different kinds of surfaces.

C.     It still needs to improve its power and efficiency.

D.     It is an affordable means of transport for a family.

4.What do the hovercraft and wireless electricity have in common according to the text?

 A.     They create magnetic fields to produce power.

B.     They apply technologies to many things in life.

C.     They are technologies which can produce electricity.

D.     They use wireless technology to improve their prod?ucts.