Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes me ￡12，” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office. “You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship for Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me￡12.”

Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”

The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sun burnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”

“Yes, ” she answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!”

“That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three...”

“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.”

Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, Madam, ”he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”

“Er, well...” the woman looked at the child. “I mean... she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”

“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs... let me see...￡13.50. So if the railway pays for you hotel, you will owe ￡1.50. The law is the law, but since it’s me who made the mistake...”

The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.

1.Harry was worried because __________.

A. he owed the woman ￡12

B. he thought he might have done his work wrong

C. the Jersey timetable was wrong

D. the little girl didn’t have a return ticket

2.Harry started talking to the little girl ________.

A. because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do

B. because he had a little girl about the same age

C. because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice

D. when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl

3.When Harry said “The law is the law, but since it’s I who made the mistake...,”he meant that _________.

A. they must follow the law without other choice, even though the mistake was his

B. he had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn’t want to

C. the woman had to pay him￡1.50 and the railway would pay her for the hotel

D. she should pay￡1.50, but he had made a mistake, she should go without paying

4.The woman left the office without saying anything because_______.

A. she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket

B. she was so angry that she didn’t want to say anything more with the young man

C. she was moved by Harry’s kindness

D. she knew she would have to pay for her child’s ticket if she held on to her idea

5.How do you think the woman felt when she left the office?

A. Angry. B. Peaceful. C. Embarrassed. D. Nervous.

By 1938, Europe had been experiencing an increased number of attacks on Jews. With no end in sight, Jewish refugee(难民) agencies requested the British government to allow them to bring in only Jewish children under 17 years of age. This was to be only temporary, until the situation in their home countries was improved.

Kindertransport, meaning “children transport” in German, was then born. Children from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and other Nazi-occupied regions were transported to the United Kingdom. There they were either placed with other families or in hostels. Later, it was found that many of these children were the only survivors of their families. Nicholas Winton was among those people who helped to save Jewish children. He managed to rescue 669 children from Czechoslovakia and bring them safely to England. In 1938 around Christmas, 29-year-old Nicky was about to leave for a skiing holiday. Suddenly, Martin Blake, one of his good friends, contacted (联络) him from Czechoslovakia, asking him to travel there to help political refugees on the run from the Nazis. And Nicholas agreed.

Nicky spent his entire holiday of 3 weeks in the capital city of Prague where he saw the situation first-hand. Once back in England, he immediately started organizing the evacuation(撤离) of children from the Czech region. From advertising for the necessary permits, Nicky worked tirelessly. By August 1939, 669 children had been helped by Nicky and his friends. Haplessly, the last group of children due to leave Prague in the beginning of September could not do so— World War Ⅱ broke out, and swallowed them up.

Nicky did not discuss his particular task with his wife, Grete. It was only when she found a scrapbook in 1988, with names of the rescued children, their (lost) parents and the foster families that had taken them in, that his heroism came to light. Nicky has received several awards in Britain and the Czech Republic.

1.Many Jewish children were brought to the United Kingdom because .

A. they made serious mistakes

B. they were treated badly in their own country

C. they lost their homes

D. they went to the United Kingdom to study

2.Kindertransport aimed to_____.

A. help the homeless B. transfer the affected

C. save Jewish children D. stop German attacks

3.We can learn from the text that Nicholas Winton _____.

A. did a lot to help Jewish children out of danger

B. knew nothing about what happened in Prague

C. always told his wife what he was doing

D. saved 669 children and their parents

4.The underlined word “Haplessly” in Paragraph 4 can best be replaced by “___”.

A. Importantly B. Hopefully

C. Strangely D. Unfortunately

5.Which of the following can best describe Nicholas Winton?

A. Strict but caring.

B. Proud but patient.

C. Hard-working and humorous.

D. Warm-hearted and cautious.

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。

Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp

Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit—and that can be a very annoying thing. 1. Read on for some techniques worth trying.

1. 2.

People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer's disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study. 3. Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There's evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.

2. Go for a walk.

Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain. 4.

3. Learn something new.

Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time. 5. or go dancing with your friends.

A. Focus on the future.

B. This can be especially harmful to the aged.

C. It should be something like learning gardening.

D. So take a few minutes each day to do some reading.

E. But don't worry if your schedule isn't filled with life-changing events.

F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.

G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入不多于一个单词的正确形式。答案写在材料下面对应处

Mum: (putting on her coat) I'm going to have to go down to the shop for more 1.(bread).

Alan: Why?

Mum: I'm not sure what 2. (happen). I made some sandwiches earlier and left them on the table 3. I went to answer the phone. But someone must have taken them because they're 4. (go).

Alan: Oh, it must have been Dad. I'm sure he was in the kitchen 5. (early).

Mum: No, he went off to his tennis match before I finished 6. (make) them, so he couldn't have done it. Anyway, he couldn't carry a plate of sandwiches as well as all his tennis stuff, so I'm sure 7. wasn't him.

Alan: (opening the fridge door) Mum, look! Are these your sandwiches here on the bottom shelf of 8. fridge?

Mum: Are they there? Oh, my goodness. I 9. have put them in there when the phone rang. Oh, dear. I 10. (real)must be losing my memory. Now, why did I put on my coat?

短文改错。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：把缺词处叫个漏字符号(∧)，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。

Dear Mary,

I’ve received your e-mail. Don’t worried about me. I’m getting on well with my research work in the lab. But in my surprise, you will give up learn English. The reason is that you have done well in it recently and you have lose interest. I’m afraid I can’t agree with you. I know it is not easy to learn English, and it is widely used in the world today and it will important in the future. Beside, it is becoming more and more important in our daily life. I’m sure that if you study hardly, you will succeed. I’m looking forward to hearing a good news from you.

书面表达。

据世界卫生组织（WHO）统计，每年有200万人死于吸烟，60万人死于二手烟。为此，我国规定，从今年5月1日起，严禁在公共场所吸烟。请你结合下面所给要点，以“Saying No to Smoking”为题，谈谈吸烟的危害。

1. 吸烟有害；2. 吸烟导致咳嗽、肺癌等疾病；3. 吸烟影响青少年成长；4. 二手烟同样有害；5. 你的态度：面对别人吸烟、给烟怎么办？

注意：1. 词数：80词左右；标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数；

2. 应覆盖所有要点；可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；

3. 参考词汇：lung cancer肺癌；secondhand smoke二手烟。

注意：1. 短文字数不少于100； 2. 不能使用真实姓名和学校名称

Saying No to Smoking

According to the WHO，__________________________________________________

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A job is more than a job, especially to the old. “It’s not the money that matters, but the sense of self-worth,” 56-year-old Cheng Wonlan said. So, every day Ms Cheng carries a bag of parcels, letters and documents and does her rounds in North Point. She’s a courier(快递员).

Five years ago, Ms Cheng was a nurse at a private clinic. She had worked there for 30 years but became jobless when the doctor moved away. It was difficult for her to find another job as a nurse. “People do not trust my ability when they learn how old I am,” she said. After two years of searching, she eventually found another nursing job. But then after two years, she quit. Why?

“My colleagues were young and they didn’t understand me because of my age. They often asked me, ‘You are so old. What are you working for?’ I was very unhappy,” she said. When the rest of her family left for work, she was lonely and bored at home. Then her neighbours told her about Employees’ Retraining Board offering retraining courses for older people. These courses are specifically designed to encourage the older people back to work.

“I was interested in courier work. I didn’t think my age was a barrier(障碍) because I was fit,” she said. Upon graduating, Ms Cheng was offered a job by a company. But then Ms Cheng was faced with a conflict: she was caught between honour and employment. “I felt embarrassed about carrying and delivering letters and parcels,” she said. It took Ms Cheng 24 hours to make up her mind: there was nothing wrong or embarrassing about doing the job. So she went off to work as a courier.

Ms Cheng’s employer, Anthony Chong, is delighted with her responsible attitude and said, “I hire older people because they are able and reliable. Age is not an important factor but attitude is. Many old people will not run from difficulties but the young ones will.”

1.Why was it difficult for Ms Cheng to find another nursing job?

A. Nursing clinics were hard to find.

B. She found it difficult to trust others.

C. People thought she was too old to work.

D. People didn’t think she had enough work experience.

2.Ms Cheng left her second nursing job because _______.

A. it was too difficult for her

B. she was bored with the job

C. her family didn’t want her to do the job

D. the other staff made her feel uncomfortable

3.Employees’ Retraining Board is an organization _________.

A. finding jobs for older people

B. teaching new skills to older people

C. training older people to make them healthier

D. providing older people with chances to earn money

4.According to Anthony Chong, young people________.

A. are more likely to give up than the older ones

B. are less experienced than the older ones

C. are fitter and stronger than the older ones

D. are able and reliable

The companies below offer student accommodation(住宿) all around London, no matter what university you are attending. And they limit the complications (复杂) that other rental companies can have (such as paying for heat and hot water, paying your rent yearly and so on).

CRM Students has 12 different properties (房产) to choose from in London with various size choices depending on your budget and requirements. Prices start from £ 140 per week.

International Students House is unique because they offer twin, triple and quad rooms, which means they are cheaper per week than others. Of course, you will be sharing your bedroom with up to three other people. Prices start from £ 78.4 per week.

Prodigy Living has several properties in London (most of which have just been decorated) and offers en-suite (套房) rooms in flats and one-bedroom flats. Prices start from £ 209 per week.

Scape Living has properties in Greenwich, Surrey and Shoreditch, with the latter two being new apartments as of 2015, which means they will be in pretty good condition. Prices start from £ 185 per week.

Unite Students offers student accommodation in various areas of London, from en-suite rooms to two-bedroom flats, with lots of sharing choices available. Prices start from £169 per week.

These student housing associations are the best I found on the Internet for cheap student accommodation in London; however, I am aware that new ones are appearing every day. For a full list of associations like these (but most are more expensive than those listed above), I recommend checking out UCL’s alternative accommodation page.

Note: Most rooms require a small deposit (押金), which is typically the same value as your weekly rental price ( for example, £ 200 per week =£ 200 deposit before you move in).

1.Why does the author recommend the companies above?

A．Because they offer all kinds of student accommodation.

B．Because they allow students to pay the rent weekly.

C．Because they mainly provide one-bedroom flats.

D．Because they avoid the need for students to pay extra for facilities (设施) in the room.

2.The rent of the houses that International Students House offers is cheaper than others because _________.

A．students have to share the bedrooms with others

B．students needn’t pay for heat and water

C．most of the houses have just been decorated

D．students don’t have the right to choose the room size

3.How much will you pay if you want to rent a new apartment?

A．At least £140 per week.

B．At least £ 78.40 per week.

C．At least £195 per week.

D．At least £ 185 per week.

This year, about twenty-three hundred teenagers(young people aged from 13 to 19) from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impression of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred America teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and learn about the rest of the world.

Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, 19, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.

Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived. But after two months of studying, the language began to come to him. The school was completely different from what he had expected — much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that were usually taken in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.

Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was the law, and all of the activities were done around the family rather than individually(单独地). Fred found the food too simple at first. Also he missed having a car.

“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out to have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”

At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize America schools,” he says. “It is far too easy for our level. But I have to say that I like it a lot. In Germany, we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”

1.This year _____ teenagers will take part in the exchange program between America and other countries.

A. twenty-three hundred B. thirteen hundred

C. over three thousand D. less than two thousand

2.The whole exchange program is done mainly to ____.

A. help teenagers in other countries learn about the real America

B. send students in America to Germany

C. let students learn something about other countries

D. have teenagers learn new languages

3.What is particular in American schools is that ____.

A. there is a ground between two teaching buildings

B. there are a lot of outside activities

C. students usually take fourteen subjects in all

D. students go outside to enjoy themselves in cars

4.After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought that ____.

A. a better education should include something good from both America and Germany

B. German schools trained students best

C. America schools were not as good as German schools

D. the easy life in the American schools was more helpful for students

Almost anyone who has read a travel brochure about Africa has heard of a story ----- that elephants can get drunk by eating the fermented (发酵) marula fruit rotting (腐烂) on the ground. Books have even been written to prove the truth of the phenomenon.

But a study published in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology tells a very different story.

Steve Morris, a biologist at the University of Bristol in England and an author of the study, says there is nothing in the biology of either the African elephant or the marula fruit to support the stories. Morris says, “People just want to believe in drunken elephants.”

The marula tree, a member of the same family as the mango (芒果), grows widely in Africa. Its sweet, yellow fruit is used for making jam, wine and beer. “The first mistake of the drunken-elephant theory is that it’s unlikely that an elephant would eat the fruit if it were rotten,” Morris says. “Elephants eat the fruit right off the tree, not when it’s rotten on the ground,” he explains.

Other experts add that if an elephant were to eat the fruit on the ground, it wouldn’t wait for the fruit to ferment. Michelle Gadd, an African wildlife specialist, says that elephants and many other animals, including birds and monkeys, are too fond of marula fruit to let it rot.

If fermented fruit on the ground is out of the question, so is the concept that the fruit could ferment in the stomach of elephants, according to the study authors. Food takes between 12 and 46 hours to pass through an elephant’s digestive (消化的) system, the authors point out, which is not enough for the fruit to ferment.

Supposing that this happened, it’s still highly improbable that the food would produce enough alcohol to make an elephant drunk. Through calculations of body weight, elephant digestion rates, and other factors, the authors conclude that it would take about 1.9 litres of alcohol to make an elephant drunk.

1.We can learn from the text that ________.

A. African elephants don’t like to eat marula fruit at all

B. it is not easy to find marula fruit in the wild in Africa

C. birds and monkeys in Africa like to eat rotten marula fruit

D. marula fruit can be made into food or drinks consumed by people

2.According to Paragraph 6, marula fruit probably takes _____ to ferment.

A. about 12 hours B. about 34 hours

C. more than 46 hours D. between 12 to 46 hours

3.Which of the following is Mr. Morris’s opinion?

A. Elephants prefer mangoes to the marula fruit.

B. Elephants will not eat the marula fruit if it is rotten.

C. The marula tree and the mango belong to different families.

D. There are several connections between elephants and the marula fruit.

4.What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph probably refer to？

A. Elephants getting drunk

B. Elephants eating rotten marula fruit

C. Elephants eating marula trees directly

D. Marula fruit fermenting in elephants’ stomachs