Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy .He’s happy that he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam in2014 instead of 2016.

On October 22,Beijing Municipal Commission of Education* announced that, from 2016,the English scores in the senior high school entrances exam will be reduced* from 120 to 100.Of the 100 points, the listening ability scores will increase to 50.Meanwhile, the points for Chinese will increase from 120 to 150.

“The change won’t affect me. I fell so lucky because English is my strongest subject,’’ said Wang. Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study and reduces students’ pressure, said Li Yi, a spokesman of the commission.

“The change will also push us to pay attention to the practical usage of English.,’’ said Li. “Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English menus and read English news on mobile phones.”

There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change. But several places are making changes to English tests in the college entrance exams.

For example, Shandong is considering taking out the listening part of the English exam in its Gaokao. But, “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.

English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. Wang Jiaming said he understood the change.

“Chinese, not English, is our mother tongue*,” he said. “ but still, I think English is both interesting and useful.”

1. In the Beijing senior high school entrances exam of 2016, the English scores will be cut down to __________.

A. 50                 B.  100            C. 120           D. 150

2. Wang Jiaming feels lucky because _______

A. the exam change from 2016 doesn’t affect him

B. he doesn’t need to take the important exam

C. Chinese is his strongest subject

D. he is not good at chemistry

3.The sentence “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” in the passage means ______________

A. the students can spend less time on English.

B. it’s harder to for the students get a high score.

C. English is not as important and useful as before

D. studying English is still important for the students.

4. What is the main purpose of the change?

A. To encourage students to learn how to order meals in English.

B. To make students to learn to read English news on mobile phones.

C. To ask students to prepare for the college entrance exam.

D. To make students pay more attention to learn Chinese.

What are people wearing in the 21 st century? Scientists believe that in the near future, high—tech（高科技）clothing will make our lives more interesting. Take a look here and see some great inventions.

    Some say Speedo swimsuits helped world champion Michael Phelps move faster in water   1.  This gives clothes many new functions（功能）.

    Now many clothes makers begin to use new fabrics（纺织品）like nanofiber（纳米纤维）. The clothes made from these fabrics can keep away stains（污渍）and creases（皱褶）  2. 

    Clothes makers also use eco—friendly materials in clothing. Most of them come from old clothes. newspapers or even plastic bottles.   3.   Many clothes makers like Li-Ning make clothes from this low-carbon material.

    As the Internet has become part of our life, everyday objects are becoming part of a network.

Clothing is, too. For example, a US company has developed a pair of pants.  4.

    Scientists put sensors（传感器）inside the pants and then connect them to a computer. When people put the pants on, the sensors collect information about the body and send it to the computer.  5.  .

A. People don't have to wash them or iron them frequently.

B. Reusing materials will help us to cut down on carbon emissions（碳排放）.

C. High-tech clothing is made from old clothes, newspapers or even plastic bottles.

D. It can see your movement and “let a computer know your every move”.

E. Today there's more and more technology in clothing.

F. Scientists believer this technology will help us learn more about our bodies.

G. Clothes makers can make more and more money in the future.

先阅读（A）(B) 两篇短文，然后根据题目要求及所给语境完成下列四项任务。

(A)

    Doing homework not only can help children master(掌握)the knowledge they have learned, but also can train their    61     of finishing the work alone,     62     the time and doing the duties. But some children don’t like to complete the work . Why? There are some reasons. Some children feel it is very difficult to do their homework , because they can’t understand their teacher    63     , and can’t follow their teacher’s teaching process(过程).Maybe there is something wrong with their intelligence.(智商)But some children’s intelligence is normal. They are even cleverer, but they don’t listen to the teacher carefully . It is hard for    64    to sit well and pay attention to anything. Some children love their teacher and then they like the subject. Their interest depends on the teacher who teaches them. So every teacher should be   65   and kind. It can make children love you and the subject you teach. So they can do their homework happily .

(B)

  Dragon Boat Festival , also called Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on lunar(农历) May 5^th. For thousands of years, the festival has been celebrated by eating Zong Zi and racing dragon boats. People hold the dragon boat races in memory of Qu Yuan, one of the greatest poets （诗人）in China. Qu Yuan was born in Zigui of Hubei Province over 2200 years ago. QuYuan was an honest person of the state of Chu, during the Warring States Period(475—221BC).He was upright(正直的)and wise.He wanted to bring his country peace and make the state stronger, but the country was in the hands of bad people, so he failed. At last, he was very disappointed .He ended his life by throwing himself into the Miluo River. It was said that people jumped from boats into the river and tried to save him . But it was too late. Also, they were very sad . They threw rice into the water to feed the dragons in the river. They hoped that the dragons would eat ZongZi instead of  the poet’s body. Now we often read his poem Li Sao which is filled with deep love for his country. We can see the dragon boat races and had a kind of Chinese food named Zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival.

  任务1：用方框中所给单词的适当的形式填空,使文章通顺,连贯,合理（每空一词，每词限用一次）

61.            62.               63.              64.          65.             

任务2：根据英文释义及首字母提示，拼写单词

66.f              : not succeed

67.d ____________ : from the beginning to the end of a preiod

任务3：同义句转换，每空一词

People hold the dragon boat races in memory of Qu Yuan, one of the greatest poets （诗人）in China .

People hold the dragon boat races    68   69   to remember Qu Yuan, one of the greatest poets （诗人）in China

任务4：根据短文(B)内容简答问题

70.What are the two important things on the Dragon Boat Festival?

   _______________________________________________.