完型填空

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

Every December the radio station in my city makes a program in which all the poor children can send letters asking for some Christmas presents. One day, as I was ________ the radio, I decided to do something, so I asked four of my friends if they wanted to help a poor child. They ________ .

After several days, we learned about a ________ from a little child called Juan. In his letter, he ________ some blankets and some clothes and also wanted somebody to help his father ________ the house because it was in bad ________ .

We told the radio station that we wanted to ________ Juan. After that, we started to think about how to ________ all the money to buy all that Juan ________ . After 5 days, we collected much money and bought many things for Juan. We ________ bought some toys as a little ________ for Juan.

________, on December 22 the radio station gave a party in which all the children who asked for help were ________ , and all those helping these children.

In the party we ________ Juan. We played some games with him and gave him the ________ we prepared for him. He was very excited and happy, so were my ________ and I.

That day was one of the most ________ days in my life, and I learned something ________ from it. Giving help to those in need is one of the most meaningful things that you can do________ this makes you feel good and also makes the persons who you are helping ________ .

I am going to keep doing that all my life!

1.A．thinking of B．listening to C．searching for D．looking after

2.A．agreed B．refused C．hesitated D．admitted

3.A．note B．telephone C．message D．letter

4.A．asked for B．cared about C．looked at D．laughed at

5.A．build B．repair C．rent D．buy

6.A．choice B．situation C．condition D．place

7.A．praise B．visit C．help D．teach

8.A．save B．collect C．spend D．keep

9.A．lost B．hated C．needed D．wasted

10.A．hardly B．also C．never D．still

11.A．surprise B．change C．promise D．comfort

12.A．Nearly B．Suddenly C．Immediately D．Finally

13.A．told B．shown C．invited D．allowed

14.A．forgot B．met C．ignored D．caught

15.A．presents B．signals C．plans D．tips

16.A．parents B．neighbors C．friends D．classmates

17.A．difficult B．official C．peaceful D．meaningful

18.A．lucky B．funny C．important D．interesting

19.A．though B．but C．unless D．because

20.A．happy B．angry C．peaceful D．wealthy

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I was ten years old that year. One cold spring night after I sold my last copy of newspaper . I hurried across the street to the shop just as the owner was locking the door . “ Please , sir ? Mother's Day is tomorrow . I want the most1. (beauty) flower you have ! ”

The 2. (own) stood there for a while . Finally he nodded , and showed me a plant on the counter . “ I can give you this for 35 cents . ”

“ But it looks like a weed(杂草） ! ” “Now trust me , boy , and I promise that tomorrow morning you 3. ( find ) your most beautiful flower , ” he said .

I ran home . Mom was 4. ( serious ) sick , so I quietly set the plant on the table beside her bed .

The next morning when I looked into Mom's room , 5. (her) waved to me . When I came in , I glanced over the table 6. the plant was .

Wow ! There was a big yellow flower . It was the 7. _ (much) beautiful flower I ever saw !

When I looked at Mom , she was smiling as 8. ( tear ) streamed down her cheeks . She held out her hand , then pulled me close .

My dear mom died the next night , 9. the plant has been in blossom（开花） all along in my heart . Not only did that beautiful plant help show just 10. much I loved her , but it let me know how much she loved me .

短文改错

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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^）, 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

As I was leaving the grocery store this afternoon, I saw a poor family — a mother and her four kid sitting in the cold, it brought back memories from when I was a child. The little girl, about 13, told me he liked my sweater. I said, “thank you.” When I am walking to my car, I started to feel sadly. Put the groceries in my car, I sudden thought the little girl might need a sweater at school. So I went back to find the little girl, take my sweater off but gave it to her. I knew she would get much use out of it than me.

书面表达

某英文网站发起了论家庭饲养宠物的论坛，请你根据以下要点并结合你的感知，用英文写一篇短文，参与该论坛的讨论。

1. 饲养宠物的流行情况；

2. 饲养宠物的好处与坏处；

3. 饲养宠物最值得注意的地方。

注意：1. 词数：100左右 2. 参考词汇：饲养宠物 keep pets

Walking along a lake in the cold winter, Birbal and the king made a bet（打赌）that a man would do anything for money.

The king said, “I don’t think a man would spend an entire night in the cold water of this lake for money.”

Birbal replied, “ I’m sure I can find such a person.”

The king asked Birbal to find such a person and said that he would reward the person with a thousand gold coins.

Birbal searched far and wide and finally found a poor man. When he entered the lake, the king had guards around him to make sure that he really did as promised.

The poor man made it. He told the king that there had been a street lamp nearby and that he had kept his attention on the lamp and managed to avoid the cold. The king then said that there would be no reward as he relied on the warmth of the street lamp.

The poor man went to Birbal for help.

The next day, Birbal did not go to court（上朝）. The king went to Birbal’s house and see what he was up to.

He found Birbal sitting on the floor near some burning branches and a bowl filled with rice hanging five feet above the fire. The king and his followers couldn’t help but laugh.

The king then said to Birbal, “How can the rice be cooked if it is so far away from the fire?”

Birbal answered, “The same way the poor man received heat from a street lamp that was more than two thousand meters away.”

Finally, the king gave the poor man his reward.

1.The poor man used the lamp to _____________.

A. keep him warm in the cold water

B. light his way around the lake

C. stop him from being afraid in the darkness

D. keep his attention away from the cold

2.Why did Birbal not go to court the next day?

A. He was angry with the king.

B. He had not had breakfast.

C. He wanted to help the poor man.

D. He didn’t feel comfortable.

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. The poor man did not get his reward in the end.

B. Birbal was wise and kind.

C. The story happened during a warm spring.

D. Birbal was not liked by the king.

4.What does the writer want to tell us?

A. Always be ready to help others.

B. Kind actions will receive more in return.

C. Honesty is the best policy.

D. We should understand things better.

There are some strange driving laws in different countries.

1.Where should you go to wash your car when you are in Moscow?

A. The car wash facilities. B. Any public place.

C. Your home. D. The forest.

2.What can you get fined for in Cyprus?

A. Forgetting to carry a portable breathalyzer.

B. Not having a Cyprus driver’s license.

C. Putting your hands above your head.

D. Driving without a shirt.

3.If you are fined thousands of dollars in Japan, you may have been ________________.

A. in an irregular position in your car

B. sitting in a car with a drunk driver

C. splashing a person with mud

D. impolite to other drivers

4.This passage can most likely be found in __________.

A. a law document

B. a fashion magazine

C. an international newspaper

D. a book on interesting cultures

You can do it!

That’s a better way to motivate (激发) yourself than saying “I can do it, ” according to a new study that shows giving yourself advice and encouragement in the second-person before an upcoming task may actually improve your performance more than first-person self-talk.

“People are used to receiving and giving advice in the second-person, and they seem to prefer using the second-person pronoun to encourage themselves,” says study co-author, Dr. Sanda Dolcos, a researcher at the University of Illinois. “Self-advice expressed using ‘You’ probably enables people to have a broader perspective(观点), consider how others might view the event, and reproduce the kind of encouragements previously received from others.”

For the study, Dr. Dolcos and her colleague, Dr. Dolores, asked 143 undergraduate students to write down advice to themselves before completing a series of puzzles. Half of the students were asked to use the first-person, while the others wrote in the second-person.

What did the researchers find? The students who wrote in the second-person managed to complete more puzzles and appeared to have a more positive attitude.

The researchers also asked the students to write down advice to themselves in relation to exercising more often in the next two weeks. Those who wrote in the second-person, again, reported a more positive attitude toward the task and even planned to do more exercise than the students who referred to themselves in the first-person.

“We were not surprised and had previous research showing that people spontaneously use ‘You’ in situations that require high levels of self-control and action,” Dolcos said.

But why did the researchers ask students to write down their self-talk instead of saying it out loud? “ Writing as a tool of conversing with oneself has long been used as a therapeutical（治疗的）approach,” Dolcos explained. “However, further research is needed to determine which form of self-advice, written or spoken, is more beneficial.”

1. What did the researchers find?

A. Giving oneself advice and encouragement is very useful.

B. It is more encouraging to talk to oneself using the second-person.

C. First-person self-talk will not improve your performance.

D. A good way to motivate yourself is saying “I can do it”.

2.How did the students perform in the experiment?

A. The ones who wrote in the first-person had a better attitude.

B. The ones who talked to themselves completed the most puzzles.

C. The ones who encouraged themselves by writing in the second-person were better.

D. The ones who encouraged themselves in the first-person were more positive than others.

3. What does the underlined word “spontaneously” probably mean?

A. Against one’s will.

B. For one’s own interest.

C. On one’s own initiative (自发的).

D. Out of other peoples’ feelings.

4. What may the last two paragraphs imply?

A. Writing is a good style of conversation for oneself.

B. Writing can cure many diseases, and it has been proven by experts.

C. Whether written self-advice is better still needs to be tested.

D. Doctors prefer their patients to say things out loud when having problems.

The latest fashion in Japan is posing for photos with your hand pressed against your cheek as if you have toothache. The “cavity(牙疼) pose” is said to make the model’s face appear attractive, slimmer and smaller, which is considered more beautiful in Japan. The craze is sweeping Japanese social media, as well as fashion magazine front covers.

Just recently a model of a popular culture magazine, NYLON, did a pose which looked as if she had toothache. Twitter user, Okoge, spotted it among a range of similar magazines, with front cover models all doing the same pose. Okoge posted photos of the front cover models all with the exact same toothache pose, on the social media site, writing, “Does everyone have cavities?” The image has since been re-tweeted more than 35,000 times, but this is anything but an isolated incident(单一事件). Twitter and Instagram are going crazy for the pose, too.

The name, which means cavity pose, is called “mushiba no poozu” or “mushibapoozu” in Japanese. Some people also refer to it as the” mushibagaitaipoozu”, the “cavity hurts pose”, “mushibamitainapoozu” or “looks like a cavity pose”, or even, “mushibaninattapoozu” or “I got a cavity pose”.

According to the magazine, Kotaku, such photographs first appeared on Twitter last year in Japan. Many Japanese people said they are doing the cavity pose. And in only a few weeks, the trend has spread to art, popular cartoons and even national magazines.

There have been more and more photos cropping up online from earlier this year, but whether the trend will stand the test of time remains to be seen.

1.What is the strange thing regarding fashion models in Japan, according to the passage?

A. They are very dissatisfied with the shape of their face.

B. Most of them have an occupational disease, such as toothache.

C. They are competing to appear on fashion magazine front covers.

D. They like doing the toothache pose when being photographed.

2.For what purpose did Okoge post photos on the Internet?

A. To share interesting things with people.

B. To get more people to visit his Twitter page.

C. To show his sympathy for toothache patients.

D. To teach people how to take photographs.

3.It is not certain ____________________.

A. why the “cavity pose” becomes so popular

B. when the “cavity pose” happened on the Internet

C. how many names of “cavity pose” there are

D. whether people will continue to like the “cavity pose”

根据短文内容，从短文后的A-G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。

People with bad manners are rejected in the world of work. They do not get good jobs or promotions. Their business do not succeed. 1. They are liked and supported. They have friends, luck and success. When you improve your manners, you improve your chances of success. The following are several examples of good manners.

Be polite to everyone you meet. 2. For example, when you go on a job interview, be polite to the desk clerk as they can affect you chances of success. Use these magic words as often as possible: Hello, Please, Excuse me and Sorry, and use the two most important words: Thank you.

Use good manners in all of your communications. Examples: Return telephone and email messages within 24 hours; If you receive a rude message, do not respond with rudeness, but be polite; Do not interrupt people. 3.

4. Cutting in front of other cars only gains you a few seconds of time. If you are polite, patient and calm, you will arrive safely and feel more relaxed. A good sense of humor shows good manners. 5. Before starting important conversations, meals or meetings, turn off your mobile phone. Ignoring people while you use your phone is impolite.

A. Use good manners when driving.

B. People with good manners are accepted.

C. You will never regret being polite, but you might regret being rude.

D. You should learn good manners from people around you.

E. Tell jokes or pass on humorous stories that everyone will enjoy.

F. Make sure people are ready to listen to you before you start talking.

G. It is better to make a careful plan before you take action

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

As the oldest and my mom’s “grown up” girl, I was not supposed to be so excited when Christmas came. But when I was alone, I liked to ________ each present under the tree. I ________ every tag(标签) and felt every package so that I could even ________ which present went to which person.

It had been a tough year for my family. When Mom was ________ the gifts, she sighed and warned us, “There won’t be much for Christmas this year. Try not to be ________.” In the past, the presents would pile up and ________ cover the living room floor.

On Christmas morning, we eagerly waited until Dad told us everything was __________ . We rushed into the living room and made the wrapping paper ________.

“Here’s another one for you,” said Mom as she ________ me a package. I looked at it, confused. Having ________ so much time examining the present before Christmas, I ________ this one. But it should have been Mom’s. A new ________ had been put on it, ________ my name written in my mother’s handwriting.

“Mom, I can’t…”

I was ________ by my mother’s joyful look- a look I could not really understand. “Let’s see ________ it is , honey. Hurry and open it. ”

It was a hair dryer. ________ this may be a simple gift for other people, to me it was so much more. Being an eleven-year-old girl, I was ________ . In my world, where ________ outweighed(比…..重要) giving, my mother’s act was hard for me to understand. Tears ________ my eyes. How much my mother must love me to _________ her Christmas so that I could have a few more presents! I still remember that Christmas and I’m sure I will never forget it.

1.A. keep B. check C. remove D. carry

2.A. read B. added C. copied D. destroyed

3.A. see B. notice C. tell D. smell

4.A. choosing B. sending C. finding D. preparing

5.A. satisfied B. disappointed C. worried D. excited

6.A. nearly B. hardly C. seriously D. slightly

7.A. correct B. ready C. returned D. changed

8.A. fly B. flow C. move D. race

9.A. threw B. dropped C. made D. handed

10.A. spent B. taken C. cost D. paid

11.A. realized B. recognized C. researched D. recovered

12.A. present B. sign C. tag D. page

13.A. of B. with C. by D. above

14.A. stopped B. lost C. decided D. reached

15.A. which B. where C. what D. why

16.A. Since B. Though C. Because D. Unless

17.A. interested B. annoyed C. shocked D. frightened

18.A. refusing B. offering C. borrowing D. receiving

19.A. attended B. filled C. decorated D. collected

20.A. put up B. take up C. give up D. pick up