Times magazine says that smart Lego has become one of ________ favorite toys.

A. child B. children C. children’s

I don’t understand why more girls ____________ to do housework than boys in today’s society.

A. asked B. were asked C. are asked

It wasn’t ________ match, but at least we won!

A. the most interesting

B. more interesting

C. interesting

Most students don’t know ________ when their phones are taken away.

A. what can they do

B. how they could communicate

C. who they can play with

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Bert Manson, 82, slowly opened his eyes and turned to face the clock on the bedside table. It was 8:23 a.m. He felt ____. The time was nothing to him. He had nothing to do all day. He lay on the bed, ________ to the cars on the highway and the shouts of the children running to school.

After a while, Bert ______ got out of bed and asked himself the same questions as he did every morning: Would he fall today? If so, would anyone come? How long would he _______? Would he die? He looked out of the window into the street below. “And who would ______?”he spoke quietly.

After Bert’s wife died a year ago, his son and daughter said they would visit once a week. But the last time was months ago. On the phone, they always had a(n) ________: too busy at work; the children are _______; bad weather; no time. Nobody seemed to have any time…except for Bert. He ________ his granddaughters. He loved it when Mandy and Ruth came to visit. They brought him candy and _______.

He walked to a chair near the bedroom door ________. He rested for a moment before continuing in small steps to the bathroom.

1.A. pleased B. sad C. surprised

2.A. listening B. pointing C. shouting

3.A. happily B. quickly C. carefully

4.A. hide B. wait C. follow

5.A. care B. decide C. forget

6.A. chance B. accident C. reason

7.A. excited B. perfect C. sick

8.A. introduced B. missed C. refused

9.A. hope B. trouble C. fear

10.A. in time B. in pain C. in person

A 13-year-old American has made a cheap machine that can help blind people read.

The blind can read by using Braille – a system of small bumps (隆起物) that the blind touch to read the letters. The machine that makes these small bumps usually costs at least $2,000. It is called Braille writer. The American schoolboy, Shubham Banerjee, made a new Braille writer from a Lego tool that lets people create robots. Banerjee has called his new machine the Braigo – a combination (组合) of the words Braille and Lego. It costs just $ 350. It works by changing electronic text into Braille and then printing it using a computer or mobile machine.

Banerjee designed (设计) his Braigo last year for a school science exhibition. Since then, he has caught the interest of Silicon Valley in the USA. The big technology company Intel spent money on Banerjee’s machine last November, but they did not say how much money they put in. Banerjee also got $35, 000 from his father to help him start the project. His father works as a computer engineer (工程师) at Intel. He spoke about why he gave so much money to his son, saying:”We as parents started to be interested more, thinking that he’s on to something and this invention has to continue.” Banerjee told the AP News: “My dream would probably be having most of the blind people…using my Braigo.”

1.What is Braile in Line 2?

A. A system of bumps to help the blind read.

B. The name of a new invention.

C. A very cheap machine.

D. A Lego robot.

2.How much will one save if he buys a Braigo instead of a usual Braille writer?

A. Over $2,000. B. Less than $350.

C. Exactly $35,000. D. At least $1,650.

3.What does the Braigo change into Braille?

A. Photocopies. B. Voices.

C. Electronic text. D. Computer languages.

4.Why did Banerjee design his invention?

A. He did it as a hobby.

B. Intel told him to do it.

C. He did it for a school science project.

D. He wanted to get money from his father.

5.Banerjee’s parents wanted him to continue to _______.

A. catch Intel’s interest B. work on his invention

C. be a computer engineer D. use the new Braille writer

Language students often think they have memory problems. They worry because they can’t remember words. In fact, the problem usually isn’t with their memory. The problem is with how they study.

To remember words better, you need to understand how memory works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. When you see, hear, or read something, it goes first into short-term memory. But short-term memory lasts for only a few seconds. You will only remember something longer if it goes into long-term memory. Your long-term memory is like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library, it’s organized (有条理的). When you put away a book – or memory – you can’t just leave it anywhere. You have to choose a place where you can find it again.

How can you do this with vocabulary? The answer is to work with the word and think about the word in new ways. You can do this by writing new sentences that include it. Even better, you can invent a little story about the word, with people or places that you know. Another way is to make a picture in your mind with the word. For example, if the word is height, you can think of the tallest person you know and try to guess his or her height. All of these activities are good ways to think about words. They make the meaning of words stronger in your long-term memory. And they give a way to find a word when you need it.

1.In the writer’s opinion, students can’t remember words because _______.

A. they have memory problems

B. they are too worried

C. they don’t use a proper way

D. they don’t like to study

2.Which is TRUE about memory according to the passage?

A. Short-term memory is seldom used.

B. What we see goes into long-term memory first.

C. We will forget a word soon if it goes into short-term memory.

D. We will never forget a word if it goes into long-term memory.

3.The underlined (划线的) part in Paragraph 2 means long-term memory _______.

A. keeps many books like a large library

B. works like a well-organized library

C. provides any book you want

D. leaves memory anywhere

4.Which is one example of “thinking about the word in new ways” in Paragraph 3?

A. Making sentences with the word.

B. Listening to some familiar stories.

C. Talking with people that you know.

D. Drawing pictures of the word on paper.

5.This passage mainly tells us about _______.

A. language students’ problems in study

B. how to make the meaning of words stronger

C. short-term and long-term memory

D. how to improve ways to remember words

主题匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面5组语言材料，从A到F选项中找出与它们项对应的标题，在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A. Where to store honey

B. How to get flower juice

C. Ready to eat

D. How to collect honey

E. Where to keep bees

F. Special clothes to wear

选词填空（共7小题；每小题1分，满分7分）

阅读下面短文，用所给单词的恰当形式填空，使短文通顺、合理。每词限用一次，有一个多余的选项，答案请填写在答题卡相应的位置上。

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短文填空（共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和首字母提示，在短文空白处填入适当的单词，使短文内容通顺、合理。并将完整的单词填写在答题卡的相应位置上。

Electricity is a type of energy that was discovered over 100 years ago. One of the most common w_1.___ to make electricity is by changing other energy sources (来源), such as coal, and oil or solar, wind and falling water. You may not even realize that electricity is a huge part of your e__2.___ life. Basically, it keeps your home and school w__3.___ in winter and cool in summer. W___4.___ it, you would never be able to watch your favourite TV show or listen to your MP3 player. Have you ever i_5.__ a world in which you can’t turn on a light, a computer, or even use the phone? So electricity is important to us and we n__6.___ electricity. That’s why it’s time to rethink our relationship with this v_7.___ resource (资源) and think about h__8.__ we can do our part to use it wisely.