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。

British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19th century. The 1. (invent) of the railways made this possible. The first holidaymakers 2. (be) quite rich and went for their health and education. The seaside was a place to cure people of illness. And doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water. At that time ordinary working people had very little time off work. 3. , in 1871 the government introduced four “Bank Holidays”, that is national holidays. This allowed people 4. (have) a day or two out now and then, 5. gave them a taste for leisure and seaside. At first, they went on a day trip, taking advantage 6. special trip tickets on the railways. By the 1880s, 7. (rise) incomes meant that many ordinary workers and their families could have holiday at the seaside. Welfare was reduced and cheap hotels 8. (build) for them. Holidaymakers enjoy 9. (sit) on the beach, bathing in the sea and eating ice cream. Cheap entertainment was on offer and holidaymakers went to have fun. Today 10. English seaside remains popular with more than 18 million holidays taken there each year.

短文改错

假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的一篇作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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11处起）不记分。

On Friday, our teacher told us that there would an English corner in front of our teaching building. I set about soon after the last class in the afternoon.

To my joy, the English corner had just been on for a few minute. I joined them on their talk. At first, I was afraid that my English was so poor and limit that I couldn’t follow them or make myself understand. I was also afraid that anyone might laugh at me. But a smiling face here or an encouraging nod there soon put me at ease. Though I speak to them only in simple English that day, I believe in future I will make a greater progress.

书面表达

假如你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter 想了解你的高中生活，请用英语给他写一封信，内容包括：

1. 就读学校历史悠久，学习氛围好；

2. 英语成绩优异；

3. 积极参加课外活动；

4. 打算报考清华大学，致力于科学研究。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当发挥，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：课外活动 extracurricular activities

Dear peter，

_______________________________________________________________________________

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_______________________________________________________________________________

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Best wishes，

Yours，

Li Hua

When Julio Diaz stepped off the subway after work one night, he was simply planning to go to his favorite local diner for a meal. But when a teenage boy approached him with a knife, Diaz knew the evening was about to take a more dramatic(巨大而突然的) turn.

The young man demanded Diaz’s wallet, and Diaz passed it over without objection(异议). But just as he turned to walk away, Diaz called, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something.”

The young man turned around, surprised.

“If you’re going to rob people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep warm.”

The teenager looked at Diaz in disbelief, and asked why he would do such a thing. Diaz replied, “If you’re willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, I guess you must really need the money.”He said he was heading out for dinner, and that he would be happy to take someone with him.

The young man decided to take Diaz up on his offer. As they were sitting at the table, the manager, dishwashers and waiters all stopped over to say hello to Diaz, and the young man was amazed at his popularity.

“Haven’t you been taught that you should be nice to everybody?”Diaz asked him.

“Yeah, but I didn’t think people actually behaved that way,” the teenager replied. Thanks to Diaz, he was beginning to see that kindness wasn’t so strange, after all.

When the bill came, Diaz told the teen that he’d have to get the check. After all, he still had Diaz’s wallet.

But the teenager put the wallet on the table without a moment’s thought, and Diaz treated him to dinner. Diaz also gave the would-be robber a $20 bill — in exchange for his knife. “I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right,” Diaz said.

1.The young man felt surprised when Diaz ________.

A. called him to wait for a moment

B. passed the wallet over without objection

C. stepped off the subway platform

D. invited him to have dinner together

2.The underlined part “take Diaz up on” can be replaced by “________”.

A. follow B. understand C. accept D. check

3.The teenager gave the wallet back to Diaz maybe because _________.

A. Diaz was so popular with people in the restaurant

B. he had been given a $20 bill to take with him

C. Diaz had to pay for the meal they had together

D. he began to realize people should be nice to others

4.Diaz possibly felt _________ during the whole night.

A. worried and helpless B. relaxed and happy

C. angry and scared D. surprised and anxious

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1.Diary of a Do - It - Yourself Book is different from other books because you can .

A. write your own stories in the book

B. have a chance to see beautiful photos

C. ask the author questions

D. read many interesting stories about the author

2.Based on Train to Somewhere, how many children head west on the train．

A. 14. B. 13. C. 15. D. 16.

3.Whose book would you like to read if you are interested in science and technology?

A. Jeff Kinney's． B. Eve Bunting's．

C. Mingmei Yip's． D. Robin Kerrod's.

Eco City Farms(生态城市农场) are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the United states.

Eco City Farms in Edmonton, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community(社区). People do not have very much money. And they have limited access (获得)to fresh food in markets.

Over the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson. Her son Alston Clark thinks his experience is very valuable.“I like coming out here,” he says,“ You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more.”

Margaret Morgan started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. “Growing food in a community brings people together,” she continues, “Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration(示范) to show people everything about how to have an eco-friendly community.” she says. From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees, but improving the soil with compost(肥料)made from food waste.

Eco City Farms is an experimental operation. The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks, but from the sun with solar panels. In winter, the green house use a geothermal(地热)system.

Vegetables can be grown all year. So once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bike to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.

“I like eating the vegetables ”says five-year-old Owen Moss.

1.What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A. Eco City Farms save a lot of energy.

B. Eco City Farms helps the working-class live better.

C. Eco City Farms are influencing community life.

D. Eco City Farms are gaining popularity.

2.According to the passage, Eco City Farms are close to the following places EXCEPT______.

A. shopping centers

B. car repair shops

C. fast-food restaurants

D. working-class community

3.What is the author’s attitude toward Eco City Farms?

A. Doubtful. B. Disappointed.

C. Surprised. D. Enthusiastic(热心的).

4.Eco City Farm gets its power from

A. local electricity networks

B. the sun with solar panels

C. the green house

D. a geothermal system

Country-dwellers(农村居民) often say the constant noise, heavy traffic and crowds of the city would drive them mad. Well, they might be right, according to the latest research. City residents are more likely to develop mental illnesses than those who live in villages, a study has found.

Researchers from Cardiff university examined the lifestyles of more than 200,000 people in Sweden and found that those who lived in urban areas were more at risk from mental illnesses than people who lived in villages.

The experts don’t know exactly why this is but they suggest that town and city residents are more likely to be ostracized(排挤) by those around them. They are more likely to experience discrimination(歧视) if they do not fit in, which can lead to them feeling anxious and even developing mental illnesses.

Dr Stanley Zammit, who led the research said that people living in towns and cities are more likely to develop other mental illnesses that result in personality changes — a condition known as non-affective psychosis(非情感性精神病).

Earlier this year an official report found that village-dwellers live an average of two years longer than those living in towns and cities. According to figures from the Office of National Statistics in the UK, men who live in villages are likely to live for between 78 and 79 years, while those in towns and cities can expect to survive to an age of 76. Women on average survive to their 81st birthday in towns and cities, but live to between 82 and 83 in villages. The small marked town of Wimborne Minster in rural Dorset was named the healthiest place to live in.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. City-dwellers are more likely to develop mental illnesses.

B. City-dwellers live longer than country-dwellers.

C. Country-dwellers are more likely to develop mental illnesses.

D. Country-dwellers live longer than city-dwellers.

2.It can be inferred that ___________.

A. people like living in towns and cities

B. city-dwellers enjoy their peaceful city life

C. village-dwellers get along better with their neighbors than city-dwellers

D. village-dwellers are more likely to be looked down upon by others

3.Non-affective psychosis is a kind of mental illnesses that is linked to ________

A. energy weakening B. temperature rise

C. pressure increase D. character change

4.We can learn from the last paragraph that generally ________ .

A. men living in villages live the longest

B. women living in cities live the longest

C. women living in villages live the longest

D. men living in cities live the longest.

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。

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ---Lao Tzu

If you are in a city where everyone rushes, realize that you don’t have to be like everyone else. You can be different. You can walk instead of driving in rush hour traffic. You can be on your iPhone or Blackberry less, and disconnected sometimes. Your environment doesn’t control your life---you do. I’m not going to tell you how to give you a step-by-step guide to moving slower. 1.

1. Do less.

Cut back on your projects, on your task list, on how much you try to do each day. Focus not on quantity but on quality. 2. Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day, but give yourself time to focus.

2. Have fewer meetings.

3. And they eat into your day, forcing you to squeeze the things you really need to do into small windows, and making you rush.

4.

When you do the important things with focus, without rush, there will be things that get pushed back, and that don’t get done. And you need to ask yourself: how necessary are these things? What would happen if I stopped doing them?

4. Practice mindfulness.

Simply learn to live in the present, rather than things so much about future or the past. When you eat, fully appreciate your food. When you are with someone, be with them fully. When you are walking, appreciate your surroundings, no matter where you are.

Try these things out. Life is better when unrushed.

5.

A. Give yourself more time to get ready and get there.

B. Remember the quote: if nature can get everything done without rushing, so can you.

C. Meetings are usually a “big waste of time”.

D. Pick 2—3 important things---or even just one important thing---and work on those first.

E. The world likely won’t end if you don’t pass one of the examinations.

F. But here are some things to consider and perhaps adopt(采纳), if they work for your life.

G. Start to put off or cancel the unnecessary.

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

I could have easily gone through life without getting to know one of the most romantic feelings…love for a dog. For at least ten years my ___________ had been suggesting that we get a dog．There were several reasons why the idea ___________ . We had noticed that, on our block, couples with no children as a rule ___________ one large or two small dogs. So we got one puppy ___________ we too had no children.

He flew into the house with the ___________ of a Formula 1(一级方程式赛车). In several minutes he ran over all the house, ___________ from my shoulder onto the bed, and ended up in the ___________ , where my wife washed him with motherly ___________ . From that day on, the invisible(看不见的) ___________ for the love of the new member of our household began at my home.

He seemed to ___________ that at once. Most of the meals that my wife had ___________ for him with greater care than those for me…he didn’t ___________ look at.

Every evening I went out walking with him. I could not know who was walking whom ___________ one evening, when, tired from work, I ___________ the walk. The dog was very angry and dragged me out.

Last night our dog pulled me by the ear with his teeth, ___________ me up in my dream, and dragged me into the kitchen to make me turn off the ___________ which had disturbed(干扰) his sleep. I meekly(乖乖地) ___________ that I had forgotten to switch off the light, but that was not ___________ . He looked at me like a teacher at a pupil who repeatedly makes ___________ .

Now we finally know who’s the ___________ at home, and for twenty years we had seriously argued whether it was my wife or I.

1.A．son B．wife C．husband D．daughter

2.A. put up B．came up C．show up D．make up

3.A. kept B．rose C．carried D．invited

4.A. since B．if C．unless D．before

5.A. race B．shape C．cost D．speed

6.A. climbed B．jumped C．covered D．stopped

7.A. bathroom B．street C．kitchen D．yard

8.A. worry B．power C．identity D．care

9.A. war B．work C．signal D．truth

10.A. doubt B．understand C．wonder D．dislike

11.A. reached B．searched C．looked D．prepared

12.A. ever B．still C．even D．yet

13.A. while B．because C．as D．until

14.A. gave in B．gave up C．gave away D．gave out

15.A. broke B．woke C．picked D．packed

16.A. light B．heater C．cooker D．water

17.A. hoped B．considered C．admitted D．decided

18.A. good B．enough C．bad D．true

19.A. plans B．decisions C．mistakes D．faces

20.A. child B．member C．adult D．boss

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Mike: Hello, Nancy. How are you doing?

Nancy: Fine, thanks, Mike.

Mike: Spring is here. How would you like to spend your free time?

Nancy: I prefer___1.___ (go) outdoors and spend my free time in some different places and with some different people.

Mike: Why?

Nancy: The first reason__2.___outdoor activities is that I have spent too much time indoors. Most of the time I sit in the classroom, __3.__(listen) to the teachers or doing the exercises. The indoor activities are too___4.___(limit). Fresh air, sunlight and enough sports activities___5.__(need) for a healthy body. So when I am free, I should go out.

Mike: What is the second?

Nancy: The second reason is ___6.___ I want to have more experiences in my life. When you go out, or get far away from your daily life, you___7.___get a lot of exciting experiences. ___8.__, outdoor activities will take a lot of money and energy. ___9.__ you have not prepared enough, having some amusement indoors will also be a good choice, __10.__may be much cheaper and easier to carry out. Reading some books and enjoying music are also very good.