7．Lainey finished third grade．She had good grades and could read （41）D grade level，but she did not like to read．On a family car trip，her Aunt Dede pulled out a copy of Harry Potter，as a surprise for her （42）B．But Lainey took one look at it，（43）Cher eyes，and said，"Boring!"
Aunt Dede，a teacher，had read the book to her students，and they loved it．（44）Athe youngest children in the class were （45）Dby the story．They（46）C with great interest and then （47）D joined in grand conversations about Harry′s adventures．
"How can you say it′s （48）B？Have you read it？"asked Aunt Dede．
"No，it′s too long and it doesn′t have any （49）A．"complained Lainey．
"Oh，that′s where you are （50）C；there are lots of pictures．Every page is full of pictures； you just have to read the words to （51）Athem．It′s like magic．"
"Nice try，Aunt Dede，"Lainey replied （52）Afrom the back seat．
Another （53）B was in order．"Well，if you don't want to read it，give it （54）D．Maybe your mom would （55）A hearing the story．"The book sailed through the air to Aunt Dede and she began to read it aloud．By the end of the first chapter，（56）B were coming from the back seat："Please read a little （57）C．"
Lainey is an example of an （58）Creader．As shown here，Lainey can become （59）D about reading when （60）A with literature on topics that interest her，and when the people around her model involvement in the reading process．

41．A．within	B．on	C．to	D．above
42．A．daughter	B．niece	C．student	D．friend
43．A．opend	B．dried	C．rolled	D．shaded
44．A．Even	B．Still	C．Just	D．Yet
45．A．surpriesd	B．annoyed	C．puzzled	D．attracted．
46．A．read	B．told	C．listened	D．wrote
47．A．suspectedly	B．anxiously	C．calmly	D．enthusiastically
48．A．amazing	B．boring	C．ridiculous	D．conversations
49．A．pictures	B．stories	C．adventures	D．conversations
50．A．crazy	B．foolish	C．wrong	D．different
51．A．see	B．match	C．show	D．recognize
52．A．sourly	B．patiently	C．eagerly	D．shyly
53．A．idea	B．try	C．belief	D．behavior
54．A．away	B．out	C．in	D．back
55．A．enjoy	B．admit	C．mind	D．finish
56．A．decisions	B．requests	C．comments	D．promises
57．A．more clearly	B．longer	C．louder	D．more carefully
58．A．Unpleasant	B．Innocent	C．unwilling	D．independent
59．A．astonished	B．worried	C．confused	D．excited
60．A．Presented	B．concerned	C．disturbed	D．replaced

6．Both men and women are living longer these days in industrialized countries．（36）A In general，they can expect to live six or seven years more than men．One reason for this is biological．
One important biological factor that helps women live longer is the difference in hormones between men and women．（37）G Between the ages of about 12and 50，women produce hormones that are involved in fertility（生育能力）．These hormones also have a positive effect on the heart and blood flow．In fact，women are less likely to have high blood pressure or to die from heart attacks．
（38）DThey help the body defend itself against some kinds of infections．This means that women generally get sick less often and less seriously than men．The common cold is a good example：women，on average，get fewer colds than men．（39）CScientists are still not exactly sure how genes influence aging，but they believe that they do．Some think that a woman's body cells have a tendency（向） to age more slowly than a man's．Others think that a man's body cells have a tendency to age more quickly．（40）E

A．However，women，on average，live longer．
B．The biological factor plays an important part．
C．Women are also helped by their female genes．
D．The female hormones also protect the body in another way．
E．Recent research seems to support both of these possibilities．
F．Therefore，women are more healthy than men and can live a better life．
G．Hormones are chemicals which are produced by the body to control carious body functions．

5．A warm drink of milk before bed has long been the best choice for those wanting a good night's sleep．But now a study has found it really does help people nod off-if it is milked from a cow at night．
Researchers have discovered that"night milk"contains more melatonin（褪黑激素），which has been proven to help people feel sleepy and reduce anxiety．
The study，by researchers from Seoul，South Korea，involved mice being fed with dried milk powder made from cows milked both during the day and at night．
Those given night milk，which contained 10 times the amount of melatonin，were less active and less anxious than those fed with the milk collected during daytime，according to the study published in The Journal of Medicinal Food．
Night milk quickened the start of sleep and caused the mice to sleep longer．
While the effect of cows milk harvested at different time has not been tested on humans up to now，taking melatonin drugs has been suggested to those who are struggling to fall asleep at night．
Previous studies have also indicated that milk can be excellent for helping sleep because of the calcium content，which helps people to relax．
Milk is also sugar-free and additive-free with nutritionists recommending skimmed milk as the best choice before bed as it is the least fattening．The more fat you take in before bedtime，the greater burden you will put on your body at night．

32．According to the text，the mice fed with daytime milkB．
A．started sleep more easily
B．were more anxious
C．were less active
D．woke up later
33．Which of the following is true of melatonin according to the text？D
A．It's been tested on mice for ten times．
B．It can make people more energetic．
C．It exists in milk in great amount．
D．It's used in sleeping drugs．
34．What can be a suitable title for the text？A
A．Night Milk and Sleep
B．Fat，Sugar and Health
C．An Experiment on Mice
D．Milk Drinking and Health
35．How does the author support the theme of the text？D
A．By giving examples．
B．By stating arguments．
C．By explaining statistical data．
D．By providing research results．

4．"Planning is good，but doing is better"是一句英国名言．请以此为题目用英语写一篇100-120词的短文．
要求如下：
1．简述你对这句名言的理解；
2．用一个具体事例加以说明；
3．给出恰当的结尾．
注意：1．文章的标题已给出（不计词数）：
2．文中不得以任何形式透露地区、学校、老师或同学姓名等真实信息，否则按作弊行为认定．
Planning Is Good，But Doing Is Better
           ．

3．Two things changed my life：my mother and a white plastic bike basket．I have thought long and hard about it and it's true．I would be a different person if my mom hadn't turned a silly bicycle accessory into a life lesson I carry with me today．
My mother and father were united in their way of raising children，but it mostly fell to my mother to actually carry it out．Looking back，I honestly don't know how she did it．Managing the family budget must have been a very hard task．，but she made it look effortless．If we complained about not having what another kid did，we'd hear something like，"I don't care what so-and-so got for his birthday，you are not getting a TV in your room a car for your birthday a lsvish sweet 16party．"We had to earn our allowance（零用钱） by doing chores around the house．I can stil l remember how long it took to polish the legs of our coffee table．My brothers can no doubt remember hours spent cleaning the house．Like the two little girls growing up at the White House，we made our own beds （no one left the house unitil that was done）and picked up after ourselves．We had to keep track of our belongings，and if something was lost，it was not replaced．
It was summer and，one day，my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a tire fixed---and there it was in the window，White，shiny，plastic and decorated with flowers，the basket winked at me and I knew----I knew---I had to have it．
"It's beautiful，"my mother said when I pointed it out to her，"What a neat basket．"
I tried to hold off at first，I played it cool for a short while．But then Iguess I couldn't atand it any longer："Mon，please can I please，please get it？I‘ll do extra chores for as long as you say，I'll do anything，but I need that basket，I love that basket．Please，Mom．Please？"
I was desperate．
"You know，"she said，gently rubbing my back while we both stared at what I believes was the coolest thing ever，"If you save up you could buy this yourself．"
"By the time I make enough it'll bu gone!"
"Maybe Roger here could hold it for you，"she smiled at Roger，the bike guy．
"He can't hold it for that long，Mom．Someone else will buy it．Please，Mom，Please？"
"There might be another way，"she said．
And so our paying plan unfolded．My mother bought the beautiful basket and put it safely in some hiding place I could't find．Each week I eagerly counted my growing saving increased by extra work here and there （washing the car，helping my mother make dinner，delivering or collevting things on my bike that already looked  naked without the basket in front）．And then，weeks later，I counted，re-counted and jumped for joy．Oh，happy day!I made it!I finally had the exact amount we'd agreed upon…．
Days later the unthinkable happened．A neighborhood girl I'd played with millions of times appeared with the exact same basket fixted to her shiny，new bike that already had all the bells and whistles．I rode hard and fast home to tell my mother about this disaster．This horrible turn of events．
And then came the lesson．I've taken with me through my life："Honey，Your basket is extra-special，"Mom said，gently wiping away my hot tears．"Your basket is special because you paid for it yourself．"

55．What can we learn from the first two paragraphs？C
A．The children enjoyed doing housework．
B．The author came from s well-off family
C．The mother raised her children in an unusual way
D．The children were fond of the US president's daughters．
56．When the author saw the basket in the window，sheA．
A．fell in love with it                    
B．stared at her mother
C．recognized it at once                  
D．went up to the bike guy
57．Why did the author say many"please"to her mother？B
A．She longed to do extra work．
B．She was eager to have the basket．
C．She felt tired after standing too long．
D．She wanted to be polite to her mother．
58．By using"naked"（Paragraph 12），the author seems to stress that the basket wasB
A..something she could afford                       
B．something important to her
C．something impossible to get          
D．something she could do without
59．To the author，it seemed to be a horrible turn of events thatD
A．something spoiled her paying plan
B．the basket cost more than she had saved
C．a neighborhood girl had bought a new bike
D．someone else had got a basket of the same kind
60．What is the life lesson the author learned from her mother？C
A．Save money for a rainy day               
B．Good advice is beyond all price．
C．Earn your bread with your sweat        
D．God helps those who help themselves．

2．An Extension of the Human Brain
   Other people can help us compensate for our mental and emotional deficiencies （欠缺），much as a wooden leg can compensate for a physical deficiency．To be exact，other people can extend our intelligence and help us understand and adjust our emotions．When another person helps us in such ways，he or she is participating in what I've called a"social prosthetic （义肢的）system．"Such systems do not need to operate face-to-face，and it's clear to me that the Internet is expanding the range of my own social prosthetic systems．It's already a big bank of many minds．Even in its current state，the Internet has extended my memory and judgment．
Regarding memory：Once I look up something on the Internet，I don't need to keep all the details for future use-I know where to find that information again and can quickly and easily do so．More generally，the Internet functions as if it were my memory．This function of the Internet is particularly striking when I'm writing； I'm no longer comfortable writing if I'm not connected to the Internet．It's become natural to check facts as I write，taking a minute or two to dip into PubMed，Wikipedia，or other websites．
Regarding judgment：The Internet has made me smarter in matters small and large．For example，when I'm writing a textbook，it has become second nature to check a dozen definitions of a key term，which helps me dig into the core and understand its meaning．But more than that，I now regularly compare my views with those of many others．If I have a"new idea，"I now quickly look to see whether somebody else has already thought of it，or something similar-and I then compare what I think with what others have thought．This certainly makes my own views clearer．Moreover，I can find out whether my reactions to an event are reasonable enough by reading about those of others on the Internet．
These effects of the Internet have become even more striking since I've begun using a smartphone．I now regularly pull out my phone to check a fact，watch a video，read weibo．Such activities fill the spaces that used to be dead time （such as waiting for somebody to arrive for a lunch meeting）．
But that's the upside （好处）．The downside is that in those dead periods I often would let my thoughts flow and sometimes would have an unexpected insight or idea．Those opportunities are now fewer and farther between．

An  Extension of the Human Brain
A  prosthetic nature	●The （71）Internetcan help make up for our mental and emotional deficiencies as a wooden leg can compensate for a bodily deficiency． ●It（72）participates/joinsin our daily events extending our intelligence， Comprehending our feelings，and expanding the range of social Activities．
Wonderful aspects Memory and judgment	●On the Internet，we could quickly and easily locate the details，and check facts，without（73）keepingthem in mind．
	●The internet makes us smarter over（74）all/different/variouskinds of things．It provides a dozen definitions of a key term for us to find the （75）heart/coreof the matter． ●The Internet enables us to exchange ideas with many others to （76）checkour claims，and to （77）judgeour actions．
The （78）mixed/twosides of smartphones	●Smartphones make it easier and more （79）convenientto check reality，video clips，read uxibo．
	●Smartphones（80）reducethe possibility for new and insightful minds，and steal away our dead time．

1．El Nifio，a Spanish term for"the Christ child"，was named by South American fisherman who noticed that the global weather pattern，which happens every two to seven years，reduced the amount of fishes caught around Christmas．El Nifio sees warm water，collected over several years in the western Pacific，flow back eastwards when winds that normally blow westwards weaken，or sometimes the other way round．
The weather effects both good and bad，are felt in many places．Rich countries gain more from powerful Nifio，on balance，than they lose．A study found that a strong Nifio in 1997 helped American's economy grow by 15 billion，partly because of better agricultural harvest，farmers in the Midwest gained from extra rain．The total rise in agricultural in rich countries in growth than the fall in poor ones．
But in Indonesia extremely dry forests are in flames．A multi-year drought （干旱）in south-east Brazil is becoming worse．Though heavy rains brought about by El Nino may relieve the drought in California，they are likely to cause surface flooding and other disasters．
The most recent powerful Nino，in 1997-98，killed around 21，000 people and caused damage worth $36 billion around the globe．But such Ninos come with months of warning，and so much is known about how they happen that governments can prepare．According to the Overseas Development Institute （ODI），however，just 12% of disaster-relief funding in the past two decades has gone on reducing risks in advance，rather than recovery and rebuilding afterwards．This is despite evidence that a dollar spent on risk-reduction saves at least two on reconstruction．
Simple improvements to infrastructure （基础设施）can reduce the spread of disease．Better sewers （下水道）make it less likely that heavy rain is followed by an outbreak of the disease of bad stomach．Stronger bridges mean villages are less likely to be left without food and medicine after floods．According to a paper in 2011 by Mr Hsiang and co-authors，civil conflict is related to El Nino's harmful effects-and the poorer the country，the stronger the link．Though the relationship may not be causal，helping divided communities to prepare for disasters would at least reduce the risk that those disasters are followed by killing and wounding people．Since the poorest are least likely to make up for their losses from disasters linked to El Nino，reducing their losses needs to be the priority．

61．What can we learn about El Nino in Paragraph 1？D
A．It is named after a South American fisherman．
B．It takes place almost every year all over the world．
C．It forces fishermen to stop catching fish around Christmas．
D．It sees the changes of water flow direction in the ocean．
62．What may El Ninos bring about to the countries affected？C
A．Agricultural harvests in rich countries fall．
B．Droughts become more harmful than floods．
C．Rich countries'gains are greater than their losses．
D．Poor countries suffer less from droughts economically．
63．The data provided by ODI in Paragraph 4 suggest thatA
A．more investment should go to risk reduction
B．governments of poor countries need more aid
C．victims of El Nino deserve more compensation
D．recovery and reconstruction should come first
64．What is the author's purpose in writing the passage？D
A．To introduce El Nino and its origin．
B．To explain the consequences of El Nino．
C．To show ways of fighting against El Nino．
D．To urge people to prepare for El Nino．

20．听第10段材料，回答第17至20题．
17．Who is Wang Ming？
A．A student    
B．An employer．
C．An engineer
18．What does the speaker say about the college job market this year？
A．It's unpredictable 
B．It's quite stable 
C．It's not optimistic
19．What percentage of student job seekers have found a job by now？
A.20%         
B.22%          
C.50%
20．Why are engineering graduates more likely to accept a job？
A．They need more work experience
B．The salary is usually good．
C．Their choice is limited．

19．听第9段材料，回答第13至16题．
13．What is the woman's plan for Saturday？
A．Going shopping 
B．Going camping．
C．Going boating．
14．Where will the woman stay in Keswick？
A．In a country inn．
B．In a five-star hotel．
C．In her aunt's home．
15．What will Gordon do over the weekend？
A．Visit his friends．
B．Watch DVDs．
C．Join the woman．
16．What does the woman think of Gordon's coming weekend？
A．Relaxed．
B．Boring．
C．Busy．

18．假设你是红星中学高三一班的学生李华．你班同学参加了学校的"地球日"系列活动．请按照以下四幅图的先后顺序，以"Actions for a Greener Earth"为题，给校刊"英语角"写一篇英文稿件，介绍活动的全过程．
注意：词数不少于60．
提示词：地球日 Earth Day