Your kids may be unhappy about the end of summer and the beginning of another school year but you can cheer them up with something fun. Here are 4 fantastic places for them to go this fall.

Frist Art Museum

Tickets: $15 adults, free ages 18& younger

One of the most famous children's authors of all time, Eric Carle, is the creator of more than 70 picture books. In the exhibit of Eric Carle's Picture Books: Celebrating 50 Years of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, you and your kids will be offered the chance to explore Carle s personal history and interests, different subjects and artistic techniques.

Grand ole Opry House

Tickets: $24.99 (children 3 younger are free)

This fantastic musical, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, is a live-action stage version of the based 1964 animated（动画的）TV special. The 70-minute stage adaptation holds true to the TV version, and it’s great excitement to watch Rudolph flying in the air over the stage. Your kids are going to be excited when the larger-than-life Abominable Snowman takes the stage!

First Tennessee Park

Tickets:23.99adults: 15.99 ages 3-16: (On Tuesday or Wednesday, 12.79ages3-12: Tickets: $ 20.79 adults or ages over 12

Nashville is getting a brand-new holiday experience at the stadium, GLOW, which will soon feature 4 million lights, the South's largest Christmas tree (at more than 100 feet tall)and other decorations related to the coming Christmas.

Bridgestone Arena

Tickets: $100

There have been other “Jurassic” live shows with life-size robotic dinosaurs, but this is the very first time that the Jurassic World movie has set free its ancient creatures in an arena（竞技场）experience. Your kids can look forward to a whole new Jurassic World.

1. What can kids get from a visit to Frist Art Museum?

A．A chance to promote one's art works.	B．A tip on having a performance in a musical.
C．A chance to explore a well-known author.	D．A copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar for free.

2. How much will a couple with a 14-year-old boy pay to enter First Tennessee Park on Wednesday?

A．47.97 dollars.

B．54.37 dollars.

C．62.37 dollars.

D．63.97 dollars.

3. Where will you probably visit if your kids like ancient animals?

A．Frist Art Museum	B．Grand Ole Opry House.
C．First Tennessee Park.	D．Bridgestone Arena.

Many people still remember the magic of Father Christmas from when they were children. As parents, they try to keep that magic alive for their children for as long as they can.

That is why Letters from Father Christmas could be the perfect book for those who regard Christmas as a special time of year. The man who wrote these letters is one of the most famous names in English literature — J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings. The letters were Tolkien’s way of keeping Father Christmas alive for his four children, over a period of more than twenty years.

Every Christmas, an envelope with a North Pole stamp arrived. It was addressed to Tolkien’s children. Who could it be from? The children must have been very excited as they opened it. Inside, they would find a handwritten letter from Father Christmas. The letters were also beautifully illustrated—each must have taken its true author, Tolkien, a long time to complete.

The letters told wonderful stories about Father Christmas’s life and adventures at the North Pole. A regular character in the letters was Polar Bear, who once climbed the North Pole (an actual pole in this case) and fell through the roof of Father Christmas’s house. In another letter, Father Christmas complained about how he could not stop his helpers playing games with the toys instead of wrapping them up. Interestingly, the letters did not contain the usual warnings to children that they might not receive their presents if they were not good. The letters did, however, change as Tolkien’s children got older：

...but if you find that not many of the things you asked for have come, and not perhaps quite as many as sometimes, remember that this Christmas all over the world here are a terrible number of poor and starving people.

Letters from Father Christmas tells us that as well as enjoying the adventures of Father Christmas, Polar Bear and other characters at the North Pole, we can all share the true spirit of giving at Christmas time. By expressing love for his children in such a special way, Tolkien may indeed have been the real Father Christmas.

4. What is Tolkien famous for?

A．His novel The Lord of the Rings.	B．His letters to Father Christmas.
C．His fantasy childhood memories.	D．His introduction to Father Christmas.

5. Why did the letters take Tolkien a long time to finish?

A．They were sent from Father Christmas.	B．They were wrapped up in good boxes.
C．It was hard to write the different stories.	D．The beautiful pictures were hard to make.

6. What message was included in letters from Father Christmas?

A．Life will be easy if you work hard.	B．It’s no use complaining about life.
C．We should learn to give care to others.	D．Children love presents with pictures.

7. In what way is Tolkien regarded as real Father Christmas?

A．He addressed all his letters to Father Christmas.

B．He showed his love for his children in a special way.

C．He got others to know some people were starving.

D．He discovered the spirit of Father Christmas.

Lauren Elizabeth Pirie Bath, until a few years ago, she was a chef, and a happy one at that time, but she wanted more out of life. She wanted to TRAVEL. At that time, Lauren discovered blogging and found that she took pretty good pictures. So she decided to post pictures on her blog. In less than 18 moths, there were over 200,000 people reading her blog! At first, Lauren only regarded it as a hobby, but companies started paying her to take photos and publish them. In 2013, she was determined to make her dream come true: to become Australia’s first professional photo blogger. It was a challenging job, but she did it. Now Lauren spends three weeks out of every month travelling and has over 464,000 fans following her online.

First visiting Western Australia for work in 2013, Lauren fell in love with northern WA and has been back six times. She has made over 140 work trips, but the best work trip ever was to Broome in the Kimberley region.

“It is extremely beautiful and I can experience the indigenous Australia there more than anywhere else. The Kimberley region, in particular, is unique and untouched.” She told the interviewer, and as a photographer, Lauren loves the bright light and amazing colours: red rocks, green plants, blue-green waters and blue skies.

To work full time in travel, she has to love nature and tries to take every opportunity to get outside and admire the natural world. She loves to photograph the rising sun, as well as enjoys photo graphing animals such as dolphins and kangaroos.

Lauren uses the photography to make an impact on people, especially when it comes to environmental issues. Today she has been photographing a crocodile swimming close to the boat the Kimberley Quest all day. When she posts the picture online, she will make a comment about how bad it is to feed wild crocodiles. This crocodile is used to passengers throwing food from boats and now she is becoming familiar with humans. Over time, this could make her a danger to people living to the area. If everyone can do something to make others aware of the problem, then that’s part of the solution.

8. What made Lauren decide to change her job?

A．She wanted to travel.

B．Companies paid her to take photos.

C．Many people read her blog in a short time.

D．She wanted more out of life.

9. Why does Lauren Bath love the Kimberley region so much?

A．Because its distinct and not damaged.

B．Because she loves the bright light and amazing colours.

C．Because it’s beautiful than anywhere else.

D．Because it makes Lauren Bath world-famous.

10. Which word can best take the place of the underlined word “indigenous” in Paragraph 3?

A．Lovely.

B．Native.

C．Fascinating.

D．Familiar.

11. What is the purpose of Lauren Bath posting the crocodile’s picture online?

A．To show her wonderful photographing skill.

B．To tell people the crocodile is in danger.

C．To call for more people’s love for animals.

D．To make people aware of the importance of environment protection.

During its 300 or so years in Britain, tea has changed from the exotic to the ordinary. Historians like to ask why the Industrial Revolution took place here in the 18th century and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia. Several historians argue that sugar played a significant role in fulling workers. Could it be that sweet, boiled water with a mildly addictive plant produced a healthier as well as more energetic population just when England needed labour? That appears to be the case put forward by Francisca Antman, an economist at the University of Colorado.

It is not a new thesis, but Professor Antman provides the first quantitative evidence that tea drinking powered the Industrial Revolution, by increasing the health of workers. Her study reveals that the practice of boiling water for tea lowered death rates by 25% in lower water-quality areas. This “accidental improvement”, she argues, occurred just as people were moving into cities, where the crowding together would otherwise have led to serious epidemics. Instead, the country possessed a healthy pool of labour needed for industrialization.

One of the key moments that shifted tea from a luxury good to a mass market drink came, the Antman paper argues, in 1784 when the tea tax was cut from 119% to 12.5% at one stroke. By the end of the century, even the humblest farmer drank tea twice a day. The East India Company also muscled out an opponent coffee by pushing its tea in the home market. Tea gardens made the drink a cultural custom, as did the worker’s tea break.

Professor Antman argues, “Why England experienced a decline in death rates over this period without an increase in wages, living standards, or nutrition can be explained in part by the widespread adoption of tea as the national drink and increased consumption of boiled water”.

12. What do we know about Professor Antman’s study?

A．It presents a new thesis.	B．It offers statistical proof.
C．It focuses on lower water quality.	D．It figures out industrial demand.

13. What do the underlined words “accidental improvement” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The popularity of tea drinking.	B．The removal of epidemics.
C．The decline of death rate.	D．The process of moving to cities.

14. What can we infer from paragraph 3?

A．Tea was ill-received by farmers.	B．Coffee made push into British market.
C．Tax cut made tea an affordable product.	D．Workers enjoyed tea breaks in gardens.

15. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．British Tea, from Exotic to Ordinary	B．A Cup of Tea, a British Cultural Gene
C．Why the British Drink So Much Tea?	D．How Tea Affects Industrial Revolution?

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How would feel if moving to a new town meant     36     (lose) track of your friends? What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters that took     37     (age) to be delivered? Thanks to advances in technology, how we make friends and communicate with them has changed     38     (significant).

The digital age     39     (enable) us to find people who share our interests. Such as collecting model cars or playing an unusual instrument. Whatever our hobbies, the Internet can connect us with others     40     also enjoy doing them even if they live on     41     other side of the world. On social media sites, people tend     42     (post) only positive up dales that make them appear happy and     43     (friend). But smiling photos can hide real problems. Remember the saying：on the Internet. Nobody knows you’re a dog. A young person could be old; a woman could be a man; we could even be sharing our information     44     criminals.

But this doesn't mean that we should throw the baby out with the bathwater. Although technology has changed the way we acquire (获得) friends, the     45     (mean) of friendship and our longing for friends remain the same. As Aristotle said, no one would choose to live without friends, even if he had all other goods.

46. 假如你是李华，你校开办了一个旨在促进外国留学生了解中国文学简史的讲座，请给你的好友——在你市学习的Peter发一封电子邮件，邀请他参加，内容包括:
1.讲座的情况(如内容、时间、地点)；
2.参加讲座的意义；
3.参加讲座的注意事项。
注意：1.词数80左右：
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter
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47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Molly ran back home from school and dropped her schoolbag on the sofa. Then on the table she saw “Mum’s Wish Book” —a mail order catalog from a gift shop. “Mum,” she said excitedly to herself, “this year you’ll get the gloves you want!” Molly had walked a dog for a neighbor and saved her money all year to buy Mum the gloves.

She opened “Mum’s Wish Book” and hoped that she could find these gloves in it. So carefully did she look through that tears ran down her face when she saw the gloves in the catalog. Mum wouldn’t buy them for herself, because the family had a hard time on the farm. She once heard Mum say to Dad, “Maybe some day, I’ll have the money to get them.”

Molly ran out by the back door and went straight to the post office. There she carefully filled out the order form torn from the catalog.

“I need to buy a stamp to send the form.” She said to Mr. Smith, the only worker in the post office.

“Umm, a pair of gloves?” said Mr. Smith, as he passed a stamp to her.

“Yes, It’s a Christmas gift for Mum, but please don’t tell her. It’s our secret, OK?” Molly didn’t realize how white Mr. Smith’s beard was until that moment. In fact, he reminded her of Santa Claus.

As Molly walked back home, she decided to tell Dad her secret. “You’ve got to check the mailbox every day,” said Molly quietly to Dad. He nodded, with a big smile.

Coming home from school every day, Molly peeked at Dad when Mum wasn’t looking , but every time he shook his head.

On Christmas Eve, Dad came back from the mailbox, still empty handed. Molly felt sad when she went to bed, because she didn’t have the gloves for Mum.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:

Before Christmas dinner, Molly felt so hopeless.

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Paragraph 2:

Mum thanked Mr. Smith and took the box .

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