The Internet is the biggest information resource, which     millions of pages of data.

A．is made up        B．makes up          C．is made of         D．consists of

He made      clear that he would take part in the sports meeting.

A．these            B．that              C．this              D．it

-----Jack, you seem in high spirits.

-----     . We won the match 4-0.

A．Guess what        B．So what           C．No wonder        D．No doubt

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was   36  and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be   37  but a failure.” After five years of   38  jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beatific   39  that could have happened to me. I  40  I wanted to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to  41  that what people said about me was   42 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s   43  it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my   44  and went to college. My first novel   45   while I was at college. After college I taught during the   46  in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a   47  in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of   48  that job to write full time   49  I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself —   50  was a working-class boy who’d   51  school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and   52 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars.   53  what does it mean? I   54  wish all the people that have put me down had   55 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

1.                A．bright          B．useless         C．simple    D．hopeful

2.                A．something       B．anything        C．everything D．nothing

3.                A．low            B．good           C．poor D．useful

4.                A．support        B．happiness       C．surprise  D．thing

5.                A．admitted        B．decided        C．planned  D．told

6.                A．me            B．them           C．her  D．it

7.                A．stupid          B．right           C．wrong    D．faulty

8.                A．see            B．know           C．understand    D．face

9.                A．experiment     B．practice        C．writing   D．composition

10.               A．came on        B．came in        C．came back D．came out

11.               A．day            B．night           C．month D．year

12.               A．graduation      B．pass           C．degree    D．success

13.               A．giving in        B．giving back      C．giving out  D．giving up

14.               A．while          B．if             C．or    D．when

15.               A．there          B．it             C．here  D．that

16.               A．left            B．attended       C．changed   D．graduated

17.               A．tired           B．calm           C．nervous .  D．famous

18.               A．And           B．But            C．However  D．Well

19.               A．so             B．exactly         C．just   D．very

20.               A．said           B．praised         C．answered  D．advised

1.A visitor can apply for a free audio tour        .

A．in the Courtyard                        B．in the State Apartments

C．at the Admission Center                  D．at St George’s Chapel

2.What is specially offered to visitors with kids?

A．A security guard.    B．A pushchair.        C．A free toy.         D．A baby carrier.

3.Who can get re-entry permits?

A．Visitors buying gifts in the castle shops.

B．Visitors wishing to eat outside the Castle.

C．Visitors buying water from the Courtyard.

D．Visitors eating outside St George’s Chapel.

4.Why are visitors required to turn off their mobile phones?

A．To prevent them from disturbing others.

B．To ensure the safety of others.

C．To ensure the security of the Castle.

D．To prevent the use of the built-in cameras.

5.In the last part, a “working royal palace” refers to one       .

A．where the queen usually works            B．where works of art are on show

C．still being constructed                    D．still used by the royal family

Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly boost happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia found.

Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably happier when they spent money on others even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier.

“We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn,” said Elizabeth Dunn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia. They asked their 600 volunteers first to rate their general happiness, report their annual income and detail their monthly spending including bills, gifts for themselves, gifts for others and donations to charity.

“No matter how much income each person made, those who spent money on others reported greater happiness, while those who spent more on themselves did not,” Dunn said in a statement.

Dunn’s team also surveyed 16 employees at a company in Boston before and after they received an annual profit-sharing bonus of between $3,000 and $8,000. “Employees who devoted more of their bonus to prosocial spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus, and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself,” they wrote in their report, published in the journal Science.

They gave their volunteers $5 or $20 and half got clear instructions on how to spend it. Those who spent the money on someone or something else reported feeling happier about it.

“These findings suggest that very minor changes in spending allocations-as little as $5 may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day,” Dunn said.

1.What is the general idea of the passage?

A．The more you earn, the greater happiness you will get.

B．Spending more money on yourself will make you happier.

C．Money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else.

D．You can spend only $5 a day on someone else to get happiness.

2.The underlined work “boost” in the first paragraph probably means      .

A．help to find        B．help to increase     C．help to bring       D．help to get

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Those who spend more money on others can get much more bonus.

B．People usually think spending money on themselves will make them happier.

C．Very small changes in spending your money may be enough to gain happiness.

D．Researchers think that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn.

4.Dunn is       .

A．a reporter in a journal                    B．a volunteer in the experiment

C．an employee in a company                D．a psychologist at a university

5.It can be inferred from the 6th paragraph that      .

A．the volunteers not given $5 or $20 spent their own money on themselves

B．those who spent the money on someone or something else felt happier about it

C．the volunteers were given $5 or $20 as a reward for the experiment

D．half of the volunteers could spend the money as they liked

People and the sources of air pollution are found in the same places. This means that cities with large populations have the biggest problem of dirty air. Air pollution is caused by many different things. A major source of air pollution is the gas fumes from cars. Statistics show that 93 percent of all auto trips are within cities. Another major source of dirty air is the burning of coal and oil for energy. This energy is needed to make electricity. Of course, much more electricity is used in the city than in the country.

On the average, we throw away more trash and garbage than the year before. The burning of garbage contributes to air pollution. Many major industries are also responsible for the dirty air in the around cities. The fumes from iron, steel, chemical, and petroleum production add particles to the air.

The effects of air pollution range from mild headaches to death. The levels of pollution found in heavy for traffic may cause headaches for loss of clear vision. Wherever coal and oil are used for fuel, fumes may kill trees and plants and cause metal to corrode. In some of the larger cities, these fumes endanger the live of human beings by contributing to lung diseases and causing early death.

1.The key point of the passage is that _________.

A．the cause of air pollution is people

B．the causes and the effects of air pollution are both found in cities

C．the effects of air pollution range from headaches to death

D．air pollution is caused by dirty air

2.What is the purpose of this passage?

A．to persuade people to stop polluting the air

B．to tell the causes of air pollution

C．to tell why cities are bad places to live

D．to describe why cities are bad places to live

3.Why is air pollution more grave in the city than in the country?

A．Because there are larger populations in cities.

B．Because the air in the city is dirty.

C．Because there are more cars in the city.

D．Because there are much more gas fumes from cars and burning of coal and oil for energy in the city than in the country.

4.The fumes from coal and oil may cause metal ______.

A．to corrode                            B．to twist

C．to turn black                           D．to become rusty

5.In larger cities, the fumes from coal and oil may contribute to ___________.

A．heart disease                          B．loss of clear vision

C．lung diseases                           D．serious headache

Everyone has got two personalities—the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real．You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control your behaviour，but when you're asleep， your sleeping position shows the real you．In a normal night，of course，people frequently change their position．The important position is the one that you go to sleep in．

If you go to sleep on your back，you're a very open person．You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas．You don't like to upset people，so you never express your real feelings．You're quite shy and you aren't very confident．

If you sleep on your stomach，you are a rather secretive（不坦率的）person．You worry a lot and you're always easily upset．You're very stubborn（顽固的），but you aren't very ambitious．You usually live for today not for tomorrow．This means that you enjoy having a good time．

If you sleep curled up（卷曲），you are probably a very nervous person．You have a low opinion of yourself and so you're often defensive．You're shy and you don't normally like meeting people．You prefer to be on your own．You're easily hurt．

If you sleep on your side，you have usually got a well-balanced personality．You know your strengths and weaknesses．You're usually careful． You have a confident personality．You sometimes feel anxious，but you don't often get depressed．You always say what you think even if it annoys people．

1.According to the writer，you naturally show your secret and real personality _____.

A．only in a normal night

B．only when you go to sleep

C．only when you refuse to show yourself to the world

D．only when you change sleeping position

2.Which is NOT mentioned in the second paragraph about a person's personality？

A．He or she is always open with others．

B．He or she always likes new ideas earlier than others．

C．He or she is always easily upset．

D．He or she tends to believe in others．

3.Point out which sentence is used to show the personality of a person who is used to sleeping on his or her stomach？

A．He or she is careful not to offend others．

B．He or she doesn't want to stick to his or her opinion．

C．He or she likes to bring others happiness．

D．He or she can't be successful in any business．

4.Maybe you don't want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled up．Why？

A．He or she would rather be alone than communicate with you．

B．He or she is rarely ready to help you．

C．He or she prefers staying at home to going out．

D．He or she wouldn't like to get help from you．

5.It appears that the writer tends to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because ______ ．

A．he or she always shows sympathy for people

B．he or she has more strengths than weaknesses

C．he or she is confident，but not stubborn

D．he or she often considers annoying people

阅读下面短文并回答问题（请注意问题后的词数要求）。

When your toothbrush is at the end of its days, don’t just throw it away, as a survey has revealed many other uses for an old toothbrush.

The survey was carried out by the Dental Health Foundation to promote National Smile Month and more than 1, 000 people participated in the survey. It found that more than four in every five people re-use their toothbrush for another purpose.

Four in ten people use an old toothbrush to brush bathroom tiles (瓷砖), and almost a third use it to clean kitchen appliances. More than a quarter of those questioned use old toothbrushes to clean jewellery, and roughly one in every five use them for shining shoes. Some other uses for toothbrushes include cleaning bikes, computer keyboards, toilet seats, fish tanks and finger nails.

The survey also found that the age of the owner can determine what happens to a toothbrush after it is not suitable to be used to brush teeth any more. People over 75 are three times more likely to re-use their toothbrush for a different purpose than those between the ages of 16 and 34 and twice more likely than those between 35 and 44.

Additionally,           to reuse their toothbrush for chores (日常琐事) and other uses than their male counterparts. Some women admitted to using their toothbrush to apply hair dye (染料)while some men said they used an old toothbrush to clean their dog’s teeth.

Chief Executive of the British Dental Health Foundation, Dr Nigel Carter, said, “We all should get through around four toothbrushes every year if we are to keep our oral health in great condition. Generally people don’t change their toothbrushes often enough, but there are still plenty of toothbrushes

lying around the house. Our survey has shown that people have realized that a toothbrush is of great value and has a role to play beyond its normal use.”

1.What would be the best title for the passage? (no more than 10 words)

2.What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to? (no more than 2 words)

3.What percentage of people use old toothbrushes to shine their shoes? (no more than 4 words)

4.Complete the following statement with proper words. (no more than 3 words)

The results of the survey also showed that whether a toothbrush is reused after it’s replaced can be determined by       the owner is.

5.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)

目前，越来越多的中学生利用周末上各种各样的培训班或请家教。对于这一现象，存在两种不同观点：

  请您根据以上提示，以Are Training Classes or Tutors Necessary?为题，写一篇100词左右的短文，反映表中内容，并简要阐述自己的观点。文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。

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Are Training Classes or Tutors Necessary?

More and more middle school students are attending all kinds of training classes or hiring tutors at the weekend. There are two different viewpoints about it.