阅读填空（共1小题）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Snake dishes have become popular _1.___ recent years．Snake meat in various flavors (风味) is often seen in restaurant ads．Eating snake seems to be now in vogue(盛行), and if you haven’t eaten snake yet, you _2.____(consider) “out of date”．But I wonder__3.____ all the trends are worth following.

Some people may defend themselves _4._____ saying that snake meat is nutritious．But these people don’t realize that many parasites(寄生虫)，_5.___ do harm to our health, are found inside snakes.

According _6.____ a survey, about 1000 tons of snakes are eaten every year in China and sometimes as 7.____ as 10 tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in Shenzhen in a single day!

These figures warns us that if no action is taken, __8.____ number of snakes will drop and make an increase in mice and worms population, which will __9._____ in a decrease(减产) of crop output．Who will see such tragedy happen?

So let’s start not to eat snakes any more because “to protect the snake is to protect __10.____.”

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中，选出最佳选项。

Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband , Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children．

During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping．He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone．He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport．

He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one．

Late in the evening, the phone rang．It was a stranger．He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions．Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath．

My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents．Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers．Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents．At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend．

That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people．We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way．

1.What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?

A．Go shopping

B．Find a house

C．Join his family

D．Take a vacation

2.The girl’s parents got Rashid’s phone number from_______．

A．a friend of his family

B．a Sydney policeman

C．a letter in his papers

D．a stranger in Sydney

3.What does the underlined word “restored” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Showed

B．Sent out

C．Delivered

D．Gave back

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．From India to Australia．

B．Living in a a New Country．

C．Turning Trash to Treasure

D．In Search of New Friends．

Since the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot “greener” toward the environment ．“We didn’t know at that time that there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it, ”says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA．

But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement ．Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement．“The understanding has increased many, many times, ”says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor from Wisconsin, who thought up the first Earth Day．

According to US government reports , emissions (排放)from cars and trucks have dropped from 10．3 million tons a year to 5．5 tons ．The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9 ．Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with , the world is a safer and healthier place ．A kind of “Green thinking ” has become part of practices ．

Great improvement has been achieved ．In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs , ; today in 1995 there are about 6, 600 ．Advanced lights , motors , and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution ．

Twenty –five years ago , there were hardly any education programs for environment ．Today , it’s hard to find a public school , university , or law school that does not have such a kind of program ．” Until we do that , nothing else will change! ” say Bruce Anderson ．

1.According to Anderson , before 1970, Americans had little idea about ___

A．the social movement

B．recycling techniques

C．environmental problems

D．the importance of Earth Day

2.Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?

A．The grass –roots level

B．The business circle

C．Government officials

D．University professors

3.What have Americans achieved in environmental protection ?

A．hey have cut car emissions to the lowest

B．They have settled their environmental problems

C．They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities．

D．They have reduced pollution through effective measures ．

4.What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph ?

A．Education

B．Planning

C．Green living

D．CO reduction

Metro Pocket Guide Metrorail(地铁)

Each passenger needs a farecard to enter and go out．Up to two children under ago five may travel free with a paying customer．

Farecard machine are in every station, Bring small bills because there are no change machines in the station and farecard machine only provide up to $ 5 in change．

Get one of unlimited Metrorail rides with a One Day Pass．Buy it from a farecard machine in Metro stations．Use it after 9:30 a．m．until closing on weekdays, and all day on weekends and holidays．

Hours of Service

Open: 5 a．m Mon-Fri 7a．m．Sat—Sun ．

Close: midnight Sun—Thurs 3 a.m．Fri.---Sat．nights．

Last train times vary．To avoid missing the last train, please check the last train times posted in the station．

Metrobus

When paying with exact change, the fare is $ 1．35 ．when paying with a smarTrip card, the fare is $1．25

Fares for the Senior /disabled customers

Senior citizens 65 and older and disabled customers may ride for half the regular fare．On Metrorail and Metrobus, use a senior/disabled farecard or SmarTrip card．For more information about buying senior/disabled farecards, farecard or SmarTrip cards and passes, please visit MetroOpenDoors．com or call 202-637-7000 and 202-637-8000．

Senior citizens and disabled customers can get free guide on how to use proper Metrobus and Metrorail services by calling 202-962-1100

Travel tips （提示）

Avoid riding during weekday rush periods –before 9:30 a．m．and between 4 and 6 p．m．

If you lose something on a bus or train or in a station, please call Lost & Found at 202-962-1195．

1.What should you know about farecard machine?

A．They start selling tickets at 9:30 a．m．

B．They are connected to change machines．

C．They offer special service to the elderly．

D．They make change for no more than $5．

2.At what time does Metrorail stop service on Saturday?

A．At midnight

B．at 3 a．m．

C．at 5 am

D．at 7 p．m．

3.What is good about a SmarTrip card?

A．It is convenient for old people

B．It saves money for its users

C．it can be bought at any time

D．it is sold on the Internet．

4.Which number should you call if you lose something on the Metro?

A．202-962-1195

B．202-962-1100

C．202-673-7000

D．202-673-8000

信息匹配（共1小题）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Tips for cooking on a Tight Schedule

From my experience, there are three main reasons why people don’t cook more often: ability, money and time, ____1.__Money is a topic I’ll save for another day．So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen．Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule:

1．Think ahead．The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I’m already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat．So think about of the coming week．When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials ready?___ 2.____

2．Make your time worth it．When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on．Are you making one loaf of bread? __3.___ it takes around the same amount of time to make more of something．So save yourself the effort for a future meal．

3． ____4.___ This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation．It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule．The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule．

Hopefully that gives you a good start．____5.___ and don’t let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!

A．Try new things．

B．Ability is easily improved．

C．Make three or four instead．

D．Understand your food better．

E．Cooking is a burden for many people．

F．Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden．

G．A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on．

短文改错（共1小题）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

My dream school starts at 8:30 a．m and ends at 3:30 p．m．They are three lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon．We didn’t need to do so many homework．Therefore , we have more time with after-school activities．For example, we can do reading for one and a half hour and take exercise for one hour every day．

My dream school look like a big garden．There are all kinds of the flowers and trees around the Classroom buildings．We can lie on the grass for a rest, sit by the lake and listening music．The teachers here are kind and helpfully．They are not only our teachers but also our friends.

书面表达（共1小题）

一家英语报社向中学生征文，主题是“十年后的我”、请根据下列要求和你的想象完成短文、

1、家庭

2、工作

3、业余生活

注意：1、次数100左右；2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3．开头语已为你写好

I often imagine what my life will be like in the future．

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Filmmaker Jennifer Nelson had to pay $1,500 to have “Happy Birthday to You” sung in the movie she’s making. The money went to Warner Music Group, a company that claims to own the copyright on the song. A copyright is the legal right to use or sell a creative product such as a song, a TV show, a book, or a work of art. Warner has claimed the copyright for “Happy Birthday to You” since 1988.

“I never thought the song was owned by anyone,” Nelson said in an e-mail to The New York Times. “I thought it belonged to everyone.”

Nelson’s movie is a documentary（纪录片）— a film that uses pictures and/or interviews with people to create a factual report of real-life events — and is actually about the history of the “Happy Birthday” song itself.

Two sisters named Mildred and Patty Hill wrote a song called “Good Morning to All” in 1893. Over a short period of time, people began to sing the words “happy birthday to you” in place of the original lyrics to the tune of the Hill sisters’ song.

A number of history experts say that there is no record of who actually wrote the “Happy Birthday to You” lyrics（歌词）. Historians also say there is no way to know when the general public began singing the “Happy Birthday” song, but they believe it was being sung by the public long before it was printed and owned by a company.

Nelson’s lawyers say this piece of music’s history proves that “Happy Birthday to You” belongs to everyone in the general public. That would mean Warner Music Group has no right to charge anyone a fee to sing the song in any setting.

Experts estimate that Warner/ Chappell, the publishing division of the Warner Music Group, has made about $2 million a year from licensing fees for “Happy Birthday to You.”

Nelson’s lawyers are asking a court in New York City to order Warner/Chappell to return fees they have collected over the past four years for use of the “Happy Birthday” song.

1. Jennifer Nelson had to pay Warner Music Group to ___________ .

A. own the copyright on a song

B. have it write a song for her movie

C. have it play a song in her movie

D. have a song sung in her movie

2.The history experts’ statement can prove that the “Happy Birthday” song ____________.

A. does not belong to Warner Music Group

B. has more than 200 years’ history

C. was initially owned by another company

D. has always been very popular

3.According to Nelson’s lawyers, to sing the “Happy Birthday” song, people ____________.

A. should pay the Hill sisters

B. should pay Warner Music Group

C. need not pay for any purpose

D. need not pay except for commercial use

4.If the court supports Nelson’s lawyers’ claim, ___________.

A. she can obtain the copyright on the song

B. Warner will return about $8 million

C. Warner will have to pay her for her damages

D. she only needs to pay a little money to use the song

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Should we allow modern buildings to be built next to older buildings in a historic area of a city? In order to answer this question, we must first examine whether people really want to preserve the historic feel of an area. Not all historical buildings are attractive. However, there may be other reasons—for example, economic(经济的) reasons—why they should be preserved. So, let us assume that historical buildings are both attractive and important to the majority of people. What should we do then if a new building is needed?

In my view, new architectural styles can exist perfectly well alongside an older style. Indeed, there are many examples in my own hometown of Tours where modern designs have been placed very successfully next to old buildings. As long as the building in question is pleasing and does not dominate(影响) its surroundings too much, it often improves the attractiveness of the area.

It is true that there are examples of new buildings which have spoilt(破坏) the area they are in, but the same can be said of some old buildings too. Yet people still speak against new buildings in historic areas. I think this is simply because people are naturally conservative(保守的) and do not like change.

Although we have to respect people's feelings as fellow users of the buildings, I believe that it is the duty of the architect and planner to move things forward. If we always reproduced what was there before, we would all still be living in caves. Thus, I would argue against copying previous architectural styles and choose something fresh and different, even though that might be the more risky choice.

1.What does the author say about historical buildings in the first paragraph?

A. Some of them are not attractive.

B. Most of them are too expensive to preserve.

C. They are more pleasing than modern buildings.

D. They have nothing to do with the historic feel of an area.

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the author?

A. We should reproduce the same old buildings.

B. Buildings should not dominate their surroundings.

C. No one understands why people speak against new buildings.

D. Some old buildings have spoilt the area they are in.

3.By “move things forward”in the last paragraph, the author probably means “_________”．

A. destroy old buildings

B. choose new architectural style

C. put things in a different place

D. respect people's feelings for historical buildings

4.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To explain why people dislike change.

B. To warn that we could end up living in caves.

C. To argue that modern buildings can be built in historic areas.

D. To admit how new buildings have ruined their surroundings.

完形填空

I was in my third year of teaching creative writing at a high school in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Micky, gave me a note from his mother. It his absence from class the day before.

I had seen Micky himself writing the note at his desk. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my . The forged(伪造的) excuse notes made a large pile, with writing that ranged from imaginative to crazy. The of those notes didn’t realize that honest excuse notes were usually : “Peter was late because the alarm clock didn’t go off.” The students always said that it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject, but when they excuse notes, they were brilliant.

So one day I gave the excuse notes to my classes, saying, “They’re to be written by parents, but actually they are not. True, Micky ? ” The students looked at me .“Now, this will be the first class to study the of the excuse notes --- the first class, ever, to practice writing them. You’re so to have a teacher like me who has taken your best writing and turned it into a worthy of study. ”

Everyone smiled as I went on, “You used your . So try more now. Today I’d like you to write ‘An Excuse Note from Adam/Eve to God’.” went down. Pens raced paper. For the first time ever I saw students so in their writing that they had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.

The next day everyone had excuse notes. discussions followed. The headmaster entered the classroom and walked , looking at papers, and then said, “I’d like you to see me in my office.” My heart .

When I stepped into his office, he came to my hand and said, “I just want to tell you that that lesson, that task, whatever the hell you were doing, was . Those kids were writing on the college . Thank you. ”

1.A. explained B. described C. introduced D. announced

2.A. parents B. students C. teachers D. partners

3.A. editors B. readers C. writers D. speakers

4.A. true B. right C. easy D. dull

5.A. produced B. hunted C. discovered D. delivered

6.A. started B. raised C. supposed D. improved

7.A. eagerly B. nervously C. excitedly D. coldly

8.A. form B. difficulty C. meaning D. art

9.A. lucky B. helpful C. lovely D. active

10.A. talent B. habit C. product D. subject

11.A. devotion B. imagination C. concentration D. information

12.A. hands B. eyes C. heads D. ears

13. A. across B. with C. against D. behind

14.A. curious B. careful C. careless D. calm

15.A. Separated B. Surprising C. Heated D. Lasting

16.A. day and night B. in and out C. now and then D. up and down

17.A. sank B. rose C. flew D. hurt

18.A. watch B. touch C. shake D. catch

19.A. sure B. bad C. tough D. great

20.A. base B. level C. paper D. theme