An old man who lived in a small street in the city of Mumbai had to put up with 1.

nuisance (烦心事) of having boys play cricket（板球）outside his house at night.

One evening when the boys were particularly noisy, he went out to talk to them. He explained that the 2. (happy) time these days was when he could see or hear boys playing his favorite game, cricket. He said he would give them 25 rupees each week to play in the street at night.

The boys 3. (thrill). They were being paid to do something they enjoyed! 4. the end of the first week they knocked at the old man's door and asked him to pay for 5. ，and so he did.

The second week when they asked for 6.(pay), he said he had run out of money and sent them away with only 15 rupees. The third week the man said he had not received his pension（养老金）, only 7. (give) them only 10 rupees. The boys were very disappointed,

8. there was not much they could do about it .The fourth week the man said he could not afford to pay them 25 rupees 9. he had promised，but would give them 5 rupees each week without fail.

This was too much for the boys. “You expect us to play seven days a week 10. a merely 5 rupees!” they yelled. “Go to blazes.” They stormed away and never played on the street again.

Susan was born as the ninth child in a Catholic family. She suffered from learning disabilities ever since her birth because of her mother’s poor health.

School was difficult for Susan and she was bullied because of her different behaviors. Her siblings, who were much older, had life experiences that were unknown to their little sister. From the time of her birth, Susan was a screamer. The only really safe place that she would use as a repeat was her bedroom. There she would hang posters of her musical idols on the wall and sing popular music into a hairbrush that she pretended was a microphone.

One by one the siblings moved away from home and then Susan’s father died. This left her alone with an aging mother and a cat. The siblings accused her mother of not expecting more out of Susan. She had seen many professionals and remembered hearing the word “borderline” but didn’t know what it meant. She tried volunteer work. Her best state of mind, however, was found when she was singing and so she would regularly join others in karaoke or pubs where she could show her skills and receive appreciation from the crowd.

When Susan announced at Christmas that she was planning to compete in the Britain’s Got Talent contest, her siblings tried to discourage her. It was a wonder that she was even able to do the audition considering the troubles she faced just physically getting to the right place.

“The Woman I Was Born to Be” is a beautiful story written in the simple but humorous voice of the author, Susan Boyle. She tells her story from birth to the present in an interesting and educational manner. The writing is supplemented by photos from her albums.

I love this book! In fact, I read the whole thing in one day!

There is something in the stories that not only teaches the reader but also inspires us to reach for our dreams — no matter how impossible they may seem to be!

1.This passage should be ___________.

A. a news report B. a biography

C. a book review D. an introduction

2.When Susan was young, ____________.

A. her mother died of an illness

B. her siblings liked her very much

C. she was fond of music

D. she was envied at school

3.According to the passage, which was NOT true?

A. Susan’s mother expected too much out of her.

B. Susan tried doing a lot of volunteer work.

C. Susan’s siblings tried to stop her from competing in the Britain’s Got Talent contest.

D. Susan’s performances were well received by the customers in pubs.

4.The book “The Woman I Was Born to Be” ______________.

A. is always a best-seller B. is written in a serious voice

C. is full of sad stories D. contains some photos of Susan

5.What does the author think of Susan Boyle？

A. Pitiful and selfless. B. Shy and passive.

C. Great and generous. D. Determined and inspiring.

Following some of the tips for green living helps save our planet. All of these involve just a few changes to our daily habits.

Just walk and limit the use of your car. One of the poster images of pollution is our vehicles. It burns fuel. It is not as efficient as we hope it could be, and we use it every single day. To lessen the effects of the air pollution caused by our vehicles, we should limit their use. If we can walk to our destination then just let us go. Not only do we lessen our carbon dioxide emissions, but we also get a good exercise out of it.

Use a laptop instead of a computer desktop. Laptops are more energy efficient compared to their bigger counterparts. A laptop is generally 50 percent more efficient in using electricity. Aside from that there are other benefits of a laptop. It is portable so you can work anywhere you like and that you get powerful features without the large size of desktop units.

Turn off the faucet while you are brushing your teeth. It is always a better idea to use a glass when we are brushing our teeth and not to just let the faucet keep on running. Therefore，there is less water to waste while we are cleaning our pearly whites. Simply turn off the faucet when you are not using it.

Make good use of natural light. We have a great and natural lamp --- the sun, and we should learn how to take full advantage of it during daytime. So instead of turning on our lights or lamps even if it is still not evening, we should pull up the drapes and let the natural light come in from the windows.

These are just some of the best tips for green living, but of course there are still many of these tips if you just search for them. But you can do your own variation any time just always prioritize how you can use less energy and produce even lesser trash and pollution.

1.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. How to Save Our Planet

B. How to Change Our Daily Habits

C. Tips for Green Living Today

D. Green Living and Serious Pollution

2.Compared with a computer desktop, a laptop is__________.

A. less energy efficient B. faster at work

C. easy to repair D. easy to carry

3.How many tips does the passage mention for green living today?

A. Three B. Four

C. Five D. Six

4.The underlined word “prioritize” in the last paragraph can be replaced by the word

_________.

A. decrease B. consider

C. imagine D. guess

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. A few changes to daily habits can help a lot.

B. While washing teeth we should turn off the faucet.

C. Vehicles bring pollution and we should try to avoid.

D. In the daytime we should not pull up the drapes.

People aren’t walking any more---if they can figure out a way to avoid it..

I felt superior about this matter until the other day I took my car to mail a small parcel. The journey is a matter of 281 steps. But I used the car. And I wasn’t in any hurry, either. I had merely become one more victim of a national sickness: motorosis.

It is an illness to which I had thought myself immune, for I was bred in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs. At that time, we regarded 25 miles as good day’s walk and the ability to cover such a distance in ten hours as sign of strength and skill. It did not occur to us that walking was a hardship. And the effect was lasting. When I was 45 years old I raced –and beat—a teenage football player the 168 steps up the Stature of Liberty.

Such enterprises today are regarded by many middle-aged persons as bad for the heart. But a well-known British physician, Sir Adolphe Abrahams, pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper exercise. A person who avoids exercise is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. And walking is an ideal form of exercise--- the most familiar and natural of all.

It was Henry Thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot. The man walking can learn the trees, flower, insects, birds and animals, the significance of seasons, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living world. He cannot learn in a car.

The car is a convenient means of transport, but we have made it our way of life. Many people don’t dare to approach Nature any more; to them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat. To them security is a steel river thundering on a concrete road. And much of their thinking takes place while waiting for the traffic light to turn green.

I say that the green of forests is the mind’s best light. And none but the man on foot can evaluate what is basic and everlasting.

1.What is the national sickness?

A. Walking too much

B. Traveling too much

C. Driving cars too much

D. Climbing stairs too much.

2.What was life like when the author was young?

A. People usually went around on foot.

B. people often walked 25 miles a day

C. People used to climb the Statue of Liberty.

D. people considered a ten-hour walk as a hardship.

3.The author mentions Henry Thoreau to prove that________.

A. middle-aged people like getting back to nature

B. walking in nature helps enrich one’s mind

C. people need regular exercise to keep fit

D. going on foot prevents heart disease

4.What is compared to “a steel river” in Paragraph 6?

A. A queue of carsB. A ray of traffic light

C. A flash of lightningD. A stream of people

5.What is the author’s intention of writing this passage?

A. To tell people to reflect more on life.

B. To recommend people to give up driving

C. To advise people to do outdoor activities

D. To encourage people to return to walking

London’s newest skyscraper (摩天大楼) is called the Shard and it cost about 430 million pounds to build. At a height of almost 310 metres, it is the tallest building in Europe. The Shard has completely changed the appearance of London. However, not everyone thinks that it is a change for the better.

The Shard was designed by the famous Italian architect Renzo Piano. When he began designing the Shard for London, Piano wanted a very tall building that looked like a spire (尖顶). He wanted the glass surfaces to reflect the sky and the city. The sides of the building aren’t regular. So the building has an unusual shape. It looks like a very thin, sharp piece of broken glass. And that is how the building got the name: the Shard. Piano says that the spire shape of the Shard is part of a great London tradition. The shape reminds him of the spires of the churches of London or the tall masts (桅杆) of the ships that were once on the river Thames.

The Shard has 87 floors. At the top, there is an observatory. At the moment the building is empty, but eventually there will be a five-star hotel. There will also be top quality restaurants, apartments and offices.

Before building work began, a lot of people didn’t want the Shard though the plans were approved. Now they are still unhappy about the Shard. Some critics say that such a tall skyscraper might be good in a city like New York, but not in London. They say that the best thing about the Shard is its spire shape. But that is the only thing. There is no decoration, only flat surfaces. The Egyptians did that 4,500 years ago. They also think the Shard is too big for London. It destroys the beauty of the city.

Other critics don’t like what the Shard seems to represent. They say that the Shard shows how London is becoming more unequal. Only very rich people can afford to buy the expensive private apartments and stay in the hotel. But the people who live near the Shard are among the poorest in London. So the Shard seems a symbol of the division in society between the very rich and the poor.

The Shard now dominates the London skyline. It is not certain, however, that ordinary London citizens will ever accept it as a valuable addition to the city.

1. London’s newest skyscraper is called the Shard because of ______.

A. its cost B. its size

C. its shape D. its height

2.When he designed the Shard, Piano wanted it to ______.

A. change London’s skyline

B. inherit London’s tradition

C. imitate the Egyptian style

D. attract potential visitors

3.Some people criticize the Shard for the following reasons except that_______.

A. it has a spire shape

B. it is too tall a building for London

C. the design of its surfaces is somewhat outdated

D. it ruins the beauty of London

4.The critics who refer to social division think the Shard ______.

A. is only preferred by the rich

B. is intended for wealthy people

C. is far away from the poor area

D. is popular only with Londoners

5.Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. The Shard: Cheers and Claps

B. The Shard: Work of a Great Architect

C. The Shard: New Symbol of London?

D. The Shard: A Change for the Better?

请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。以下是演讲会的资料：

以下是想去听演讲的人员的基本信息，请匹配适合他们的演讲内容。

1.Alice is now studying in Beijing University, and she is especially interested in Chinese writing. In her spare time she enjoys drawing, writing poems and is fond of sharing her pieces with her classmates.

2. Simon comes from Egypt. He is now studying in Beijing Art Academy. He shows great interest in Chinese ancient characters. Now he wants to know much about it.

3. Lora and Peter, visiting professors from Australia, are both crazy about Chinese traditional culture. At weekends they like to call on Chinese families to learn about Chinese festivals as well as their history.

4. Edward is a senior student in Beijing Foreign Language University. He likes traveling very much and has made up his mind to work as an interpreter for some joint–venture enterprises (合资企业).

5. Steve and Mark are both studying in the Chinese Department of China’s Renmin University. They want to do some research on Chinese ancient literature.

智能手机（smart-phone）的使用现在已经非常普遍了，尤其是在年轻当中。它在给我们带来方便的同时，也带来了一些问题：

【写作内容】

1.智能手机带来的问题；

2.你的观点。

【写作要求】

只能用5个句子表达全部内容。文章开头已给出

The smart-phone has brought us great convenience. However, it has also brought us some problems.

Latest statistics from the Ministry of Health showed that the incidence rate of kidney cancer increased on average by 2.5 percent annually, with men aged 55 to 65 at particular risk. "It has now become the 10th most common cancer type among men and will be on the rise in the future," said Ma Jianhui, a leading doctor at the Department of Urological Surgical Oncology of the Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

Chinese senior cancer specialists warned the public that rising kidney cancer, one of the major health problems in China in recent years, is largely due to an unhealthy lifestyle associated with obesity, smoking and drinking. Lack of healthy diet is also one of the major causes.

Though many people already know their unhealthy ways, they keep on doing it. "I smoke because I work in sales and it helps me cope with the stress of meeting targets," said Wu, after she smoked inside a public restaurant. "I know it is bad for me and I'm trying to quit, but I'm still very healthy now, and I'm optimistic about my future."

【写作内容】

1、以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2、以约120个词就“生活方式与健康”谈谈你的看法，并包含以下内容：

（1）列举你周围的不健康的生活方式；

（2）这些生活方式带来了的影响；

（3）推荐你所知的健康的生活方式。

【写作要求】

1. 作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，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。

The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two systems on the whole.

The of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated孕育 by . In China, the mother river is the Yellow River while the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were developed for several thousand years and formed their own . Then in Dang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture went overseas to Japan, into the Japanese society and shaped the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it belongs to the same .

When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was on the Mesopotamian Plain美索不达米亚平原 ---- the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well-known as the of the European culture. Like the Chinese culture, the European one also waters. When the colonists of England in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn't from the European one a lot.

At the same time, the difference of the language systems _ the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system, for example, the one I’m using to write this paper.

Other factors like human race difference counts as well. But what’s more, as a result of the far distance and the steep险峻的areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no with the other.

1.A. connectedB. separateC. ancientD. remote

2.A. preservationB. developmentC. resourceD. origin

3.A. coastsB. lakesC. riversD. mountains

4.A. stylesB. habitsC. waysD. means

5.A. hurriedlyB. graduallyC. unfortunatelyD. suddenly

6.A. madeB. crashedC. mixedD. applied

7.A. cultureB. nationC. influenceD. system

8.A. brought upB. brought outC. brought aboutD. brought along

9.A. bottomB. keyC. baseD. basement

10.A. crossedB. drunkC. swamD. dived

11.A. touched down B. put downC. got downD. settled down

12.A. evolveB. judgeC. distinguishD. rise

13.A. adds to B. results toC. turns toD. takes to

14.A. approachedB. contacted C. involved D. communicated

15.A. impact B. differenceC. connection D. familiarity

Several days ago， a (shock) news broke out. A Malaysian airplane (MH370) with 239 passengers just disappeared after its departure from the airport. Almost two hours later， the plane just vanished into air，as if it never existed before.

Rumors about its (disappear) have spread fast around the world. Some people said that the plane was kidnapped by the space aliens，the so called UFO. has never been proved or confirmed true. Some people claim the aircraft exploded in the midair before landing. This might be true to some extent，but we still need more confirmative proof.

The people care most about the passengers are the family members of the passengers. They _ (wait) anxiously and even getting desperate after waiting (hope) for almost four days. tortures them most is not the sad news of their beloved ones' death， the newsless. They could get no news from anywhere or anybody about the wreckage失事.This has been driving them into craziness day by day.

We hope these people board will soon be found well and safe， and with their family members they could get together and reunited.