2．On March 24，2016 the great Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff passed away after a long bale with cancer，who was widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history and the three-time World Player of the Year．
"Words can hardly be found for this huge loss．"The Dutch FA said．King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands said，"The country has lost a unique and brilliant sportsman．"Gary Lineker in Barcelona club added："Football has lost a man who did more to make the beautiful game more beautiful than anyone in history．"
Holland's friendly match against France on Friday will stop after 14 minutes for a minute-long silence in honor of Cruyff，who wore No.14 as a player．
Johan Cruyff was born in April in Amsterdam，Netherlands．Growing up near the stadium of AFC Ajax，the local soccer club，the youngster caught the attention of a team official and joined the youth division at age 10．His mother also began working for the club two years later，after her husband died of a heart attack．
Cruyff scored 293 goals in 521 appearances for five different clubs．With his precise speed，technique and goal-scoring ability，Cruyff set new standards as a player．
He eventually coached the Catalan club to a first European Cup champion in 1992．Besides，Barcelona won four continuous La Liga titles from 1991 to 1994 under Cruyff，who remained influential at the club even after he abdicated his post in 1995．
Although Johan Cruyff gave up smoking after his heart surgery，Cruyff was diagnosed with lung cancer．He died peacefully in Barcelona aged 68．His unique and profound views for football and life still inspire whoever loves football，"Playing football is very simple，but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is．""I don't believe in God．In Spain，all 22 players cross themselves．If it works，the game is always going to be of the same score．""Quality without results is pointless．Results without quality is boring．"
24．What is the passage mainly about？C
A．The different comments about Cruyff．       
B．The causes of Cruyff's death．
C．The legend of a great Dutch footballer．    
D．The different clubs of the Dutch FA．
25．Who might first discover Cruyff's talent？B
A．An official of the Dutch FA．       
B．A coach in club AFC Ajax．
C．Gary Lineker in Barcelona club．
D．King Willem Alexander of Holland．
26．What does the underlined word"abdicated"in Paragraph 6 probably mean？A
A．Gave up．   
B．Took up．   
C．Applied for． 
D．Stuck to．
27．What can we learn about Cruyff from the last paragraph？D
A．He died in great pain．
B．He had deep faith in God．
C．He didn't take match results seriously．
D．He had his own understanding of football．

1．假如你是李华．你的好友Mike是美国一所汉语学院的一名中学生．最近给你来信说他学汉语有一定的困难，对自己失去了信心，产生了厌学情绪．请你给他回一封信开导他．
要点如下：
1．没有必要过于伤心；
2．要振作起来，尽量减少焦虑情绪；
3．和老师交流有助于你改进；
4．探索适合自己的有效学习方法．
注意：
1．词数：100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯．
3．信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数．
Dear Mike，
I'm sorry to hear that you didn't do well in your Chinese study and have lost interest in schoolwork．________________________________________________________________________________

                                                    Yours
                                                     Li Hua．

20．It's no secret that doing good makes others happy-but did you know it can make you happy as well？According to a study，people participating in meaningful activities were happier and felt that their lives had more purpose than people who only engaged in pleasure-seeking behaviors．1（36）D
●Your Attention
Most of us think we're good listeners，but according to psychologist Paul Donoghue，most people are aware that others don't listen as well as they could．（37）A
●Your Money
According to an experiment，those who spend money on other people are significantly happier than those who spend the same quantity of money on themselves．（38）G
It represents time spent，compassion and careful attention to the needs of others．
（39）B
The psychological meaning of compassion is the ability to understand another person's emotional state．Compassion differs from empathy（移情） in that those who experience compassion not only put themselves in another person's shoes，but also want to reduce that person's suffering．
A brain-imaging study showed that the brain's pleasure centers are equally active when we give money to the poor as when we receive money ourselves．
●Your Time 
 （40）F
However，volunteering your time has great benefits，including making new friends and connections，learning new skills and even advancing your career．
According to a paper about the link between health and volunteering，volunteering is connected with lower instances of depression and reduces the risk of dying by 22 percent．
 
A．In addition，they're not fully aware that they themselves aren't listening．
B．Your Compassion
C．As a result，they blame most people for their not listening attentively．
D．Try giving these four things to others to start your journey to a happier and healthier lifestyle．
E．Sometimes offering proper gifts is much more important than giving money．
F．With a busy life，it can be hard to find any time to give away．
G．Whether or not you can offer other gifts，donating money helps make real change happen．

19．Tired of doing the same thing week in and week out with the same people having the same conversations？You are in a friendship rut（常规），but help is at hand．
Get the spark back：
☆Do something different together，for example，joining a club or an evening class．It will occupy you both and give you something new to talk about．
☆Make some new mates：They will inject new life into your circle of friends and offer fresh ideas for things to do and places to hang out．
☆Try new things out to different places：Check your local"What's on"guide for events and give them a try．If the nights turn out top be disasters，at least you will have something to laugh about．
☆Take a break down on the time you spend together：It may simply be that you are living in each other's pockets． This is bound to wear thin after a while，and you will probably find that after a break you will have loads to talk about and have a great time together．
☆Interview each other：Even though you have been mates for a while you may find there are lots of things you don't know about one another．
☆Be spontaneous （自发的）：Do something on the spur of the moment，be it a holiday，a day trip，or buying a gift．Make your mate feel special．
☆Be outrageous （反常的）：Go and have a few wild nights out，then you can relive the events with your mates．
☆See more films：You can talk about the plot/how cute the lead character was over drink or two afterwards．
If all the above fails maybe you have outgrown each other．It can be hard to accept，but friendships，like relationships do come to an end，and maybe it's time to move on and find a new frien d．
28．If you are in a friendship rut，you will beB
A．reluctant to do things week after week
B．bored to do the same thing with the same friends
C．eager to talk with your same friends
D．tired from chatting with your friends
29．The underlined sentence"It may simply be that you are living in each other's pockets．"in the text probably meansC
A．you have much influence on your friends
B．you make a living by spending your friend's money
C．you are in a close relationship with your friends
D．you take good care of your friends
30．From the last paragraph，we can infer thatD
A．friendships will end if a friend moves away
B．friends find it hard to accept a new friend
C．friends can grow faster or taller than each other
D．friendships may come to an end sometimes
31．The purpose of writing the article is toB
A．advise us on how to make friends
B．tell us what to do with a boring friendship
C．warn people to care for friendships
D．remind us of when to find a new friend．

17．假设一批外国友人要在中国过春节，他们想了解我国过春节的情况．请你根据下面要点写一篇英语短文．
1．春节是中国的重大节日；
2．节前人们要大扫除；
3．全家人在一起吃年夜饭；
4．孩子们会得到压岁钱；
5．穿新衣服，走亲访友，互道吉利．
词数：100左右．

16．All wise people know that it takes some time before a person reaches their goals and impr oves their life．But this doesn't mean that you can't make small changes to your life to make it better in few weeks if not in few days!（36）GHere is what you can do：
Wake up earlier：One of the main reasons for stress is finding yoursel f out of time while facing a lot of work．When you wake up earlier，you will not only do your work better but you will also reduce the amount of stress in your life．
Get organized and write a plan：When you write down a plan，your mind starts feeling more comfortable about your future．（37）EWriting down a plan using a pen and a piece of paper will make the plan settle in your mind and as a result you will feel much safer than if you didn't have a plan．
Break a simple bad habit：（38）BHowever，what about simple habits that can be broken immediately？When you break a habit that you have been doing for a long time，you will feel better．
Change your eating habits：Do you drink enough water？（39）COnce you start eating healthy food and a balanced diet，your health will become better and so will your life．
Apologize to someone：Did you quarrel with someone lately？Is there someone out there who is sad right now because of what you did to him？Call that person and say sorry．（40）F

A．Turning to others for help is also good for you．
B．I know that some habits take a lot of time to break．
C．Do you know that unhealthy food can make you feel unhappy？
D．Taking more exercise is a good habit which can help you a lot．
E．Meanwhile，you will reduce the amount of worry in your life．．
F．Not only will you make another person happy but you will also feel better
G．You still can take small actions that can help you live a better life almost at once．

15．The Children's Groundwater Festival，first organized by the Groundwater Foundation 19 years ago，is celebrated every year in Nebraska，a state of the central United States in the Great Plains．After organizing the festival for 16 years，the foundation passed the program on to the local community of Grand Island，Nebraska．The festival is an annual event for fourth and fifth graders of Nebraska．It is an interesting and energetic day filled with handson education．Water magic，folk singers and musicians，storytellers，and bird shows add to the happy atmosphere during the festival．There are also some educational activities：
Gooey Garbage：Children build a landfill （废物填埋场） and  learn  how  a  properlybuilt  landfill  can  protect groundwater．
Water Races：Children learn about water pollution by racing a drop of water through a model．
Well in a Cup：By building a small aquifer （蓄水层） in a cup，children learn about aquifers and drinking water wells．
Taster's Choice：Children drink different types of water，from tap water to bottled water．Then they are taught about the treatment process of each type of water．
There's No New Water：Students are taught to make a special glass container and learn about the water cycle．
The Children's Groundwater Festival not only has a great influence on Nebraska's people．So far，similar festivals have been held in nearly 40 American states，Mexico City，several provinces in Canada，and New Delhi，India．People everywhere are realizing the importance of educating young people to learn and care about groundwater．
For more information about this festival，remember to watch our program tomorrow evening．I'll be waiting for you．
24．We can learn from the passage that the Children's  Groundwater FestivalA．
A．offers both fun and educational activities
B．was started in 1978 by the Groundwater Foundation．
C．is now organized by the Groundwater Foundation．
D．is aimed at educating college students to care about  groundwater
25．How long does the Children's Groundwater Festival last？A
A．One day．
B．Two days．
C．One week．
D．Two weeks．
26．Which of the following activities can help children know how bottled water is made drinkable？B
A．Gooey Garbage．
B．Taster's Choice
C．Well in a Cup．
D．Water Races．
27．The passage is most probably taken fromC．
A．a radio program   
B．one of Nebraska's local newspapers
C．a TV program     
D．a magazine about environment．

14．You may be offered brains to eat in Shanxi Province．Frightened？You shouldn't，because the brains is only a kind of food，which is famous for its unusual name and rich nutrition （营养）．
Brains as food was invented more than 300 years ago by Fu Shan，an artist whose mother had been ill for a long time．To help her become well again，he studied medicine and invented a kind of soup made of meat，vegetables and a number of Chinese medicines．
Rice wine （酒） was also used in the soup to help treat illnesses caused by old age．After taking the soup his mother got better little by little and lived a long life．
Fu's soup became the talk of the town．Many people came to see him．One day a restaurant owner asked him what was in the soup．"I'll tell you，"Fu said．"But if your restaurant is going to sell the soup，you must call it brains because of its shape and colour．And your restaurant should be renamed after my mother．"
21．The best headline （标题） for this newspaper article isD．
A．A Good Son          
B．How to Live a Long Life
C．How to Make Brains   
D．A Special Soup
22．The food is called"brains"becauseC．
A．Fu's mother liked the name    
B．it has animal brains in it
C．it looks like brains      
D．it makes one clever and live longer
23．What has made brains a popular food in Shanxi？D
A．It is served in many restaurants there．
B．It must be used to help the sick．
C．It is made of Chinese medicines and wine．
D．It is good for health and has a strange name．

13．Scientists at Harvard University have recycled a kidney（‘肾）-in a rat．The researchers removed a kidney from a dead rat．Later，the renewed kidney was put into a living rat．It wasn't perfect．It did，however，show signs of working like a kidney should．
"It's really beautiful work，"Edward Ross，a kidney researcher at the University of Florida in Gainesville，told Science News．He didn't work on the new study．
Kidneys are bean-shaped and act like guards in the body．They clean the blood by removing waste and extra water．Every day，an adult's kidneys filter（过滤） enough blood to fill a bathtub half full．Along the way，they produce eight cups of urine（尿） from that waste and water．When a person's kidneys fail，all of that waste stays in the body．Such patients can quickly become very sick and die，unless they are regularly connected to a machine that filters their blood．
At any given time，about 100，000people in the United States are waiting for a replacement kidney．But healthy donated kidneys are difficult to get．Either a living person must donate one，or a kidney must be removed from someone who just died and earlier had agreed to the donation．In either case，people receiving new kidneys face the risk that their bodies will reject the donated ones．
But there may be another option．Researchers use knowledge of living things to grow or improve tissue that can aid human health．Harald Ott's team at Harvard started with a"used"kidney．
Scientists added kidney cells from rats and blood vessel cells from people to the matrix（母体）．These cells attached themselves and began to multiply．Before long，they formed new kidney tissue．
The scientists placed this renewed kidney into another rat．There it produced a small amount of urine．This experiment shows that the lab-grown kidney can do at least some of the work performed by a healthy kidney．
The results are a promising first step toward helping people with serious kidney problems．"This is still very early，but they've come a long way，"Ross said．

33．What does Paragraph 3mainly talk about？C
A．The relationship between kidneys and health．
B．The difficulty of curing serious kidney diseases．
C．The function and importance of kidneys．
D．The methods of curing kidneys diseases．
34．For what purpose does the author use the figure 100，000in Paragraph 4？B
A．To stress used kidneys are hard to get．
B．To show the great need for healthy kidneys．
C．To explain many American people get kidney diseases．
D．To call on people to donate kidneys．
35．Which of the following is true according to the text？A
A．The scientists are satisfied with the result of the experiment．
B．Ross is a kidney expert who is involved in the experiment．
C．The function of the renewed kidney is the same as a healthy kidney．
D．The renewed kidney produced a great deal of urine．