阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中所给词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为16—25的相应位置上。

Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet . For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For   16  , it is a useful way to release their    17   (press). And all these rake it more and more popular with high school students.    18   many parents and teachers hold a different view .They think that managing one’s micro blog will take a lot of time and energy,   19    should be used to study.

In my view, I am greatly in favor    20   this activity. Today the Internet is playing    21   important and essential role in our life. Therefore as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this    22  (mean) tool to communicate and display ourselves. What’s more ,opening and organizing micro blogs need various abilities such as writing , designing , being skillful at computer and so on .Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful micro blog. As a result ,we improve ourselves while   23   (organize) our micro blogs.

In fact, micro blog    24  (oneself) is of little harm. It is your attitude towards it    25   matters. We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.

Many of the world's pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into the cities. Supply for the needs of the people leads to further　 1　 by industry.

If the rapid increase of world 　 2　 continues at the present rate, there may be much greater

　 3　 to human beings.

Some scientists　 4　 of the increase in numbers of people as "population pollution''.

About 2,000 years ago, the world population was about 250 million. It　 5 a billion in 1850. By 1930 the population was two billion. It is now six billon.

It is　 6 to double by the year 2020. If the population　 7　 to grow at the same rate, there will be 25 billion people in the　 8 a hundred years from now.

Man has been　 9　 the earth's resources more and more　 10　 over the past years. Some of them are almost gone.

Now many people believe that man's 　11 problem is how to control the　 12　 of the population.

The material supplies in the world will be far from enough to　 13 the human population if the present rate of increase continues.

There is already over-crowding in many cities and 　14 in some countries. Many people believe that human survival in the future 　15 on the answer to the question.

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

George claims that he read 53 books in 2012. My friend and I found this fairly unbelievable, considering he seems to have a pretty full schedule.

Anyway, it appears that I am on track to read 72 new books this year. But I've come to realize that this number can easily be skewed（扭曲）. For instance, currently I am reading Rising Tide: The Story of the Mississippi Flood of 1927. This book is over 700 pages. It's going to take me the month of May (along with Harry Potter rereads; I can't read nonfiction while going to sleep). So my May average will be way off. However, when I read chick-lits (鸡仔文学, 都市女性文学), I can get those done in a day. I guess it all depends on what I choose to read.

In reality, reading is beneficial because it encourages us to slow down our thinking, and also to fully interpret someone else's experience. Reading keeps the mind sharp and expands a person’s vocabulary. We read to educate ourselves. We read to help ourselves. We read to escape our own lives and live in that of another for a little while.

【写作内容】

1．以约30个词概括上文的主要内容；

2．以约120个词就“读书”这个话题谈谈你的想法，内容包括：

           （1）对比上文，你每年阅读多少书籍；（2）举例说明你从阅读中获得的好处；

  【写作要求】                            （3）呼吁人们多读书。

1．可以使用实例来支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】   概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。

请根据以下信息，用英语写一篇人物介绍：

* 诺贝尔文学奖：the Nobel Prize in Literature

【写作要求】   只能用5个句子表达全部内容。

【评分标准】  句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章连贯。

首先，请阅读下列职位招聘广告的信息，然后与下面的信息进行匹配。

A. Production Engineer

Requirements：

Training workers on all technical procedures and all technical problems for workshop. Graduated from university, and the major is mechanical engineering. Have more than three years’ experience for designing and manufacturing. Communication in English and Chinese.

B. Project Management Assistant

Requirements：

College degree or above；    Good command of English and computer skills；

Related work experience in international organizations；

Patient, careful and supportive.

C. Sales Manager

Requirements： Minimum (最少) of two-year’ s sales experience；

University/College degree；   Good command of English；

Excellent communication skills；  Responsible, patient, energetic and enthusiastic(热情的)；

Basic office computer skills (Excel, Word and E-mail)．

D. Marketing Assistant

Requirements：

College degree or above with good English (speaking and writing)skills；

With basic ideas of sales and marketing；  Working experience is not necessary；

Good communication and presentation skills.

E. Full-time Secretary

Requirements：

Applicants should have at least two years of experience and be able to type 60 words a minute. No computer skills required. Apply in person at United Business Ltd, 17 Browning Street.

F. Service Engineer

Requirements：

A communication agency is looking for a junior designer with one year’ s experience；

Qualification of education: design education background；

Computer skills: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, 3d Max；

Languages: fluent in Chinese and English.

请阅读以下有关求职者的信息，然后匹配他们和适合他们的职位：

46. Jack, a Chinese good at English, majored engineering. He graduated from a famous university in America and he has five years’ experience in designing and training staff. He is hardworking and good at communicating with others.

47. Peter Hessler, who graduated from a famous university, became the manager of an international company five years ago, and his duty is to sell the products of the company. He speaks fluent English and French and is good at communicating with others.

48. Thomas Wright got a master’s degree. His spoken English is excellent, but he has no working experience. He is good at writing and communication. When in college, he got on well with all his classmates and teachers because he is helpful and enthusiastic.

49. Alice was trained as a secretary and has six years of experience. She is an excellent typist but does not know how to use a computer. She is looking for a full-time position.

50. Harry, a Chinese English teacher from Shenzhen, lives in Canada now. In university, he once learned basic design skills and has more than five years’ working experience. As a teacher, he is not only a teacher but also a close friend to his students.

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According to a report , more than a million workers will fail to take their full annul leave(年假) this year in UK. That’s to say, totally, those workers will give up 6.2 million days of vacation, with an average of five days for each worker. For their employers, they feel happy because that is equal to a potential $500 million of ‘free’ work, which, according to an economist will boost(使增长) the output of the economy by about two percent.

The report also showed that the main reasons employees give up their remaining annul leave are due to pressures at work and their failing to appreciate that taking a break could make them more productive and, in turn, boost the economy in the long term.

The research, done by price comparison website Travel Supermarket, found that more than one in four of those who will give up their remaining holidays (28 percent) will do so due to pressures at work. Bob Atkinson, travel expert for Travel Supermarket said: “As the economy is not so satisfying, it’s no surprise that people are cautious to take all their leave, especially if they feel stressed and uncertainty at work.” Nine percent of the 2,020 people surveyed also said they would feel guilty about taking the leave because their work would have to be taken care of by their colleagues. A further three percent said they would be concerned about how taking time off would look to their employer, while the same percentage said they did not want to miss anything interesting or beneficial at work in the time they would be away.

Vicky Redwood, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said: “Suppose that there are about 250 working days in a year, getting an extra five ‘free’ days of work from their employees could in theory boost the output of  the economy by about two percent. On the other hand, if workers are less productive as a result of not getting enough breaks from work, taking all the annual leave, in fact, will perhaps increase the economy.”

41. According to the report, in UK more than a million workers         .

A. will not ask for leave in their working days

B. will take five days leave on average

C. will work 500 million days freely for their employers

D. will not take all their holiday leave this year

42. Which of the following is NOT a reason why employees don’t take all their holiday leave?

A. They have a lot of pressures at work.

B. They don’t realize that they will be more productive after taking a break.

C. They are busy and have no time because they have a lot of work to do.

D. They don’t think it proper to have their work taken care of by their colleagues.

43. According to the report above, three percent of the people don’t take all their holiday leave     because        ________.

A. they are worried about their employer’s view on their taking holidays

B. they are under great pressure from the work

C. they are afraid of being found by their employers while taking holidays

D. they worry about losing their jobs after taking holidays

44. From what Vicky Redwood said, we can infer that ________.

A. employees’ extra five days of work will certainly boost the output of the economy by               about two percent.

B. not getting enough breaks from work may cause workers less productive

C. in order to boost output in the economy, employees should give up some holidays

D. the more leave the employees take, the better the economy will become

45. The passage is mainly about ________.

A. a report about how the workers in UK take their holidays

B. the fact that one million employees in UK don’t take all their annual leave

C. how the pressures at work affect the workers in UK

D. reasons why employees give up their right to take holidays

Phil White has just returned from an 18,000-mile, around-the-world bicycle trip. White had two reasons for making this epic journey. First of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he did. He raised ￡70,000 for the British charity, Oxfam. White's second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the world. He is still waiting to find out if he has broken the record or not.

White set off from Trafalgar Square, in London, on 19th June 2004 and was back 299 days later. He spent more than l,300 hours in the saddle（车座） and destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike chains. He had the adventure of his life crossing Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. Amazingly, he did all of this with absolutely no support team. No jeep carrying food, water and medicine. No doctor. Nothing! Just a bike and a very, very long road.  The journey was lonely and desperate at times. He also had to fight his way across deserts, through jungles and over mountains. He cycled through heavy rains and temperatures of up to 45 degrees, all to help people in need. There were other dangers along the road. In Iran, he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to escape with his life and the little money he had. The worst thing that happened to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of Australia. For l,000 kilometres he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing him. This part of the trip was slow, hard work and depressing, but he made it in the end. Now Mr. White is back and intends to write a book about his adventures.

36. When Phil White returned from his trip, he __________.

A. broke the world record    B. collected money for Oxfam

C. destroyed several bikes    D. travelled about l,300 hours

37. What does the underlined word "epic" in Paragraph l most probably mean?

A. Very slow but exciting.    B. Very long and difficult.

C. Very smooth but tiring.    D. Very lonely and depressing.

38. During his journey around the world, Phil White __________.

A. fought heroically against robbers in Iran

B. experienced the extremes of heat and cold

C. managed to ride against the wind in Australia

D. had a team of people who travelled with him

39. Which of the following words can best describe Phil White?

A. Imaginative.    B. Patriotic.      C. Modest.       D. Determined.

40. What actually inspired Phil White to overcome all the difficulties?

      A. To help people in need.      B. To test his new bicycle.

      C. To prove his potential.       D. To show off his ability.

You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. Your face is firm and young-looking. In 2035, medical technology is better than ever. Many people your age could live to be 150, so at 40, you’re not old at all. And your parents just had an anti-aging(抗衰老的) treatment. Now, all three of you look the same age!

       You say to your shirt, “Turn red.” It changes from blue to red. In 2035, “smart clothes” contain particles(粒子) much smaller than the cells in your body. The particles can be programmed to change clothes’ color or pattern.

       You walk into the kitchen. You pick up the milk, but a voice says, “You shouldn’t drink that!” Your fridge has read the chip (芯片) that contains information about the milk. and it knows the milk is old. In 2035, every article of food in the grocery store has such a chip.

       It’s time to go to work. In 2035, cars drive themselves. Just tell your “smart car” where to go. On the way, you can call a friend using your jacket sleeve. Such “smart technology” is all around you. So will all these things come true? “For new technology to succeed.” says scientist Andrew Zolli. “it has to be so much better that it replaces what we have already.” The Internet is one example － what will be the next?

31. We can learn from the text that in the future __________.

A. people will never get old          B. everyone will look the same

       C. red will be the most popular color   D. clothes will be able to change their pattern

32. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

       A. Milk will be harmful to health.    B. More drinks will be available for sale.

       C. Food in the grocery store will carry electronic information.

D. Milk in the grocery store will stay fresh much longer.

33. Which of the following is mentioned in the text?

     A. Nothing can replace the Internet.     B. Fridges will know what people need.

     C. Jacket sleeves can be used as a guide.  D. Cars will be able to drive automatically.

34. What Andrew Zolli says indicates that _________.

   A. successful new technology must break through what exists already

   B. what we have today is sure to disappear because of new technology

   C. all these things will be turned into reality without any difference

   D. the Internet has already been the best technology

35. What is the passage mainly about?

     A. Food and clothing in 2035.      B. Future technology in everyday life.

     C. Medical treatments of the future.   D. The reason for the success of new technology.

Born in 1910, my mother was the first director I ever met. Wearing an apron and teaching tap in the basement of our apartment building, she was a housewife and dance teacher. Even from a young age she was an entertainer who thought performing was not just a hobby or even a profession but a way of living that was as essential as breathing or eating.

Mom was always “on” from her energetic teaching of her dance students to her late-night work when she would type out songs, dance routines, and funny plays for her dance recital. I would be in my bed and still hear her typewriter as I went to sleep at night. Her typing sounded like rain. Always working, she would go to Broadway shows, steal the routines, and come back and type them out for her students to perform. I knew right from the beginning that if I could make my mom laugh, then I could make her love me.

When I grew up and moved to Hollywood as an adult, I would later create 14 prime-time TV shows and direct 17 movies. During my five decades in show business, I never forgot my mother’s advice to find the humor in anything. I wanted to entertain the world and not put people to sleep. If my mom had been born at a different time in history she might have become a stage actress or a performer herself. Instead, she trained my two sisters and I to work in the field of entertainment. She remains to this day my inspiration and creative compass. I will never stop carrying on my mother’s message, and I will never stop missing her. In fact, as a tribute to my mother I built The Marjorie Ward Marshall Dance Center at Northwestern University. Whenever I visit the building it helps remind me that to entertain people and make them laugh is what my own career has been all about.

26. The author’s mother worked as a __________.

A. movie director                                 B. stage actress

C. dance instructor                      D. businesswoman

27. Why did the author’s mother work deep into night even at home？

      A. She wanted to set a good example to her children.

      B. She wished to entertain herself after a day’s work.

      C. She expected to train her students to be top dancers.

      D. She thought it was a way of living and tried her best.

28. What did the author learn from Mother?

      A. To entertain people and make them laugh.      B. To teach people to dance elegantly.

      C. To steal the routines from Broadway shows.

      D. To create TV shows and direct movies.

29. The author’s two sisters might be __________.

      A. also dance teachers as well as housewives  B. entertainers inspired by their mother

      C. also typists working late at night D. performers to enjoy themselves with others’ humor

30. Which word may have nearly the same meaning as the underlined word “tribute”?

      A. Charity.         B. Achievement.       C. Welfare.           D. Present.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。 Why is pink or purple a color for girls and blue or brown for boys?

The answer depends largely    16    cultural values as well as personal experiences. To the Egyptians, green was a color    17    represented the hope and joy of spring, while for Muslims, it means heaven. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. During the Spring Festival in China, children    18   (give) money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to protect    19    against evils（灾祸）.

People’s    20   (choose) of colors is also influenced by their bodies’ reactions toward them. Green is said to be    21    most restful color. It has the ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally    22    physically. People    23   (work) in green environment have been found to have fewer stomach aches.

Red can cause a person’s blood pressure to rise and increase people’s appetites（食欲）. Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant.    24   (similar), many commercial websites will have a red “Buy Now” button because red is a color that easily catches a person’s eye.

Blue is another calming color. Unlike red, blue is believed to cause people to lose appetite. So    25    you want to eat less, some suggest that eating from blue plates can help.

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