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You’d better not buy this kind of cloth, it _______.

A. is torn easy                      B. tears easy

C. tears easily                   D. is torn easily

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--- It is said that you have given up your job as a secretary. Why?

   --- The salary is OK, but I have got ___________ nothing in the office all the time.

  A. tired of doing                                    B. tired with doing

  C. tiring to do                                       D. tiring with doing

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第三节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

In 2009, 1 spent five months in Niger．There were many things I found difficult about this place—the climate and beggars were my biggest complaints．One day, a friend and I  21  for neighboring Burkina Faso to work in a health clinic．Arriving by taxi at our  22  in Burkina, we began to  23   ．I had a large backpack and a smaller daypack．With my daypack between my legs, I reached for my larger piece of  24  ．Out of the darkness, a motorbike with two men  25   slowly. Without warning, one of the men grabbed my daypack  26  the motorbike swept close by．Within seconds, the two were out of sight,  27  up by the night．The bag had everything  28  to me, my passport, money and an airline ticket．I was in deep trouble．All I wanted was to leave this hell．

Then, walking through Burkina's streets the following week, I was  29   rudely by an old woman who stretched her hand in my face．"Cadeau （gift）! Cadeau!" she  30   in French．

I'd had enough．I was sick and  31   of the country．I told her  32  in French, "I have no 'cadeau'．I have no money A thief stole all my money a week ago and now I can't  33  your country．I cannot give you anything．"

The beggar woman listened  34   and thought about my words．"Then I will give you a cadeau," she announced and  35  into the folds of her dress．Kindly, she placed an old, dark brown coin in my   36  ． I looked at it in  37  ．It was an extremely small amount of money—but for this woman, the coin  38  a meal．At that moment, I saw the beauty of the  39   of Burkina Faso, and appreciated the kindness of the  40  ．

21．A．went        B．headed    C．served     D．worked

22．A．destination       B．spot   C．goal       D．station

23．A．rest   B．dine  C．load        D．unload

24．A．equipment       B．furniture   C．luggage  D．medicine

25．A．rode  B．drove       C．approached     D．left

26．A．because    B．as      C．until       D．after

27．A．taken B．brought    C．turned     D．swallowed

28．A．memorable      B．important  C．beautiful   D．wonderful

29．A．cheated     B．charged    C．stopped     D．questioned

30．A．cried B．whispered C．threatened D．demanded

31．A．fond  B．proud       C．aware       D．tired

32．A．pleasantly       B．firmly      C．actively    D．bravely

33．A．get rid of        B．take advantage of C．get out of    D．take notice of

34．A．attentively      B．anxiously       C．curiously        D．coldly

35．A．reached  B．pulled      C．looked    D．came

36．A．pocket    B．bag   C．dress       D．palm

37．A．fright      B．disappointment C．shock      D．satisfaction

38．A．bought    B．meant      C．ordered    D．prepared

39．A．country    B．society     C．nature       D．people

40．A．foreign  B．poor        C ．rich       D．female

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Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside other traditional subjects such as math and languages.

The class sit in a circle with their eyes shut and they count from one to ten: someone starts, the next voice comes from the far right, a third from the other side.

The aim of the game is to listen for an opportunity to shout out the number without clashing (冲突) with another voice or leaving a pause. On the first try, most of the young Germans try to be first, while a few are too shy to join in, but by the fifth time round, they develop a rhythm. The message: give other people space but also confidently claim your own. This is a requirement for social well-being.

The Willy Hellpach School in Heidelberg is the first in the nation to develop a happiness course. It is intended for students preparing for university entrance exams.

 “The course isn’t there to make you happy,” Ernst Fritz-Schubert, the school principal, warned pupils, “but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy.”

Cooking a meal together is one of the class exercises. Improving body language under the guidance of two professional actresses is another.

The course is taught for three periods a week. Despite the happy subject, the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter.

 “In the first period, we had to each say something positive about another member of the class and about ourselves. No laughing at people,” said Fanny, 17.

Research by the school shows it is not the first to start happiness classes: they also exist at some US universities, mainly based on positive thinking, using findings from studies of depression.

68. This passage is written to           .

A. introduce the happiness course in a German school

B. describe all the traditional courses in a German school

C. arouse the readers’ interest in happiness

D. help students struggle against being sad

69. According to the passage, the happiness course is__________.

      A. created by the Willy Hellpach School

      B. to make all the students happy all the time

      C. required to be taken by the first year students

      D. to help students discover the way to happiness

70. It can be inferred from the passage that__________.

      A. the students’ self-respect can also improve happiness

      B. the students just took the course as a laughing matter

      C. the students can certainly become happy after the course

D. the students waste time learning something without value   

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第三节：书面表达（满分25分）

上周日你在你的社区进行了一次社会调查，其主题内容是“你最关心的学生安全问题是什么”。调查结果如下表所示。请你根据自己所了解的身边的信息，结合表格写一篇120词英语短文。 题目已给出。

Which safety problem is the one you are most concerned about?

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

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 Our new house is very ______ for me as I can get to the office in five minutes.

A. adaptable       B. comfortable     C. available           D. convenient

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_______a bicycle to use,you have to insert a special card.

A.Taking    B.To take    C.For taking.    D.Taken.

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--What did you think of the performance given by the famous dancer?

---Not so good. In fact, it ________ to be a great disappointment.

A. turned up      B. turned out              C. turned in             D. turned down

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After some time in the dark cave, our eyes slowly _____ the dark.

A. used to        B. adapted to     C. accustomed to   D. helped to

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第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped （绊倒）and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered （散落的）articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, and that he was having lots of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.

    They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then Mark went home. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from the junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year came and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

    Bill reminded(提醒) him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see. I had stored away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more, you saved my life.”

56. Mark helped Bill _______ on his way home.

    A. read all his books                                 B. play baseball in a game

    C. buy two sweaters and a glove                 D. pick up the scattered articles

57. They watched TV, and drank Coke _______.

    A. at Bill’s home   B. at Mark’s home   C. at school       D. at the college

58. Bill wanted to kill himself by _______.

    A. carrying many things home                   B. taking sleeping pills

    C. cleaning his locker                                D. talking and laughing

59. We learn from the passage that _______.

   A. Mark saved Bill’s life              

B. Bill’s mother asked him to die

C. Bill’s girlfriend carried books for him   

D. Mark wanted to commit suicide, too