Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Dear Editor,

We are having a hard time with our son these days. We wonder     1     you could give us some advice. Harry is 13 years old and is now in the second year at a junior high school.

    2     he entered high school, Harry has suffered from a kind of “ school fear”. This “ school fear” is the result of the fact that he has lost interest in some subjects     3     he once liked.

A very good example is Chinese. Harry does well in Chinese writing, but not     4    well in the other skills. He enjoys writing diaries. For a long time, writing down     5     he thinks interesting in his diary is a must for him. As a result, he can write quickly and fluently when he     6    (give) a writing task.

But he is now having trouble     7    (do) his Chinese examination, particularly in those things that need to be memorized. As a Chinese said, “we agree Harry is good     8     Chinese. But considering his performance as a whole, we cannot give him a high grade,     9     besides writing, we do have many other     10    (important) things to take into account.“Now Harry is even afraid of taking Chinese lessons.

Don’t looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Directions：Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Donald Trump     11     his place as the United States’ 45th president after crossing the 270 electoral vote threshold(门槛) on November 9. The 70-year-old Republican will take over from Barack Obama, a two-term president to occupy the White House.

The rise of Trump, a celebrity businessman with no previous experience in the     12     or elected office, surprised nearly everyone in politics. Trump’s victory over Clinton will end eight years of Democratic     13     of the White House. He will govern with Congress fully under Republican control and lead a country deeply     14     by his campaign against Clinton. Given the numerous Republicans who never backed him, Trump will have to face divisions within his own party, too.

As he claimed victory, Trump urged Americans to “come together as one united people.” “I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans,” he said in his victory speech. Striking a     15     tone, Trump continued that he would ask a few of those who had chosen not to support him for     16     and help so that “we can work together and unify our great country.”

As president, Trump’s government agenda remains unclear. The president-elect has promised to bring changes to the United States. He said he would build a wall along the U.S-Mexico border to stop immigrants from coming into the country     17    , suspend immigration from countries with ties to terrorist groups, and     18     with foreign governments such as those of Russia and China. Trump has also promised to prioritize the economic growth that creates jobs and     19     incomes for all Americans.

Trump is a wild card, many voters said, but he definitely has a chance to be a successful president as long as he recognizes the responsibilities he     20     and follows through on his promises.

I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And unless otherwise assigned a seat by the teacher, I always _________ to sit at the back of the classroom.

All this _________ after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher _________ I should try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy idea because I didn’t have a good sense of _________, nor did I have the team ability to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “going for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.

Taking the _________ to go to the tryouts was only the half of it! When I first started attending the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game. Sometimes I’d get _________ and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid. _________, I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to _________ learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t know “just yet”.

I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the _________ and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and exciting. Very soon the competitive part in me was winning over my __________ confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the process— friends who __________ my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!

With my improved self-confidence comes more __________ from teachers and classmates. I have gone from “__________” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call __________ to myself, to raising my hand—even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent __________ I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.

21.

A．admitted

B．chose

C．forbidden

D．affected

22.

A．reflected

B．remained

C．changed

D．ruined

23.

A．admitted

B．objected

C．suggested

D．considered

24.

A．balance

B．exercise

C．angle

D．expression

25.

A．signal

B．impression

C．courage

D．hesitation

26.

A．confused

B．bored

C．assisted

D．frightened

27.

A．Effectively

B．Regularly

C．Historically

D．Luckily

28.

A．glance at

B．concentrate on

C．apply for

D．have access to

29.

A．rules

B．structures

C．remarks

D．gestures

30.

A．preference to

B．overuse of

C．lack of

D．expert in

31.

A．maintained

B．included

C．preferred

D．respected

32.

A．stress

B．praise

C．wonder

D．sigh

33.

A．sealing

B．lasting

C．attracting

D．hiding

34.

A．attention

B．authority

C．hostility

D．damage

35.

A．rude

B．normal

C．likely

D．sure

Phillip Island Penguins

The Little Penguin has called Phillip Island home for untold generations. Get to Phillip Island in plenty of time to watch a summer sunset at Summerland Beach－the stage is attractively set to see the Little Penguin leave water and step onto land.

·Leave Melbourne at 5:30 pm. for a direct journey to Phillip Island

·See the Gippsland area－Guinness Book of Records place for the world’s longest earthworm

·Journey along the coastal highway around the Bay with French Island and Churchill Island in the distance

·Cross the bridge at San Remo to enter Phillip Island－natural home for Little Penguins and many animals

·Take your place in special viewing stands to watch the daily evening performance of the wild Little penguins

Ultimate Penguins (+U)
Join a group of up to 15. This guided tour goes to an attractive, quiet beach to see Little Penguins. You can see penguins at night by wearing a special pair of glasses.

Adult $ 60.00          Child $ 30.00

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More personalized wildlife viewing limited to 130 people providing closer viewing of the penguin arrival than the main viewing stands.

Adult $ 25.00            Child $ 12.50

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Adult 16 yrs + $ 50.00

36. What kind of people is the text mainly written for?

A．Scientists.	B．Students.
C．Tourists.	D．Artists.

37. What can we learn from the text about Little Penguins?

A．They have been on Phillip Island for years.

B．They keep a Guinness record for their size.

C．They are trained to practice diving for visitors.

D．They live in large groups to protect themselves.

38. How much would a couple with one child pay for a closer viewing tour?

A．$ 37.50.	B．$ 62.50.
C．$ 180.00.	D．$ 150.00.

The iPhone the iPad: each of Apple’s products sounds cool and has become a fad(一时的风尚). Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i”—and many other brands are following suit. The BBC’s iPlayer—which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet—used the title in 2008. A lovely bear—popular in the US and UK一that plays music and vide is called “iTeddy”. A slimmed-down version(简装本) of London’s Independent newspaper was stated last week under the name “i”.

In general, single-letter prefixes(前缀) have been popular since the 1990s, when terms such as e-mail and e-commerce first came into use.

Most “i” products are targeted at young people and considering the major readers of Independent’s “i”, it’s no surprise that they’ve selected this fashionable name.

But it’s hard to see what’s so special about the letter “i” Why not use “a”, “b”, or “c” instead? According to Tony Thorne, head of the Language Center at King’s College, London, “i”works because its meaning has becomc ambiguous. When Apple uses “i”, no one knows whether it means Internet, information, individual or intcractive, Thorne told BBC Magazines. “Even when Apple created the iPod, it seems it didn’t have one clear definition,” he says.

“However, thanks to Apple, the term is now connected with portability.” adds Thorne.

Clearly the letter “i” also agrees with the idea that the Western World is centered on the individual. Each person believes they have their own needs, and we love personalized products for this reason.

Along with“Google” and “blog”, readers of BBC Magazines voted“i”as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade.

But as history shows, people grow tired of fads. From the 1900s to 1990s, products with “2000” in their names became fashionable as the year was connected with all things advanced and modern. How ever, as we entered the new century, the fashion disappeared.

39. People use iPlayer to     .

A．listen to music

B．make a call

C．watch TV programs online

D．read newspapers

40. We can infer that the Independent’s “i” is designed for      .

A．young readers

B．old readers

C．fashionable women

D．engineers

41. The underlined word “ambiguous” means “     .”

A．popular

B．uncertain

C．clear

D．unique

42. The writer suggests that     .

A．“i” products are often of high quality

B．iTeddy is a live bear

C．the letter “b” replaces letter “i” to name the products

D．the popularity of “i” products may not last long

Some people believe that a Robin Hood is at work, others that a wealthy person simply wants to distribute his or her fortune before dying. But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes，accompanied by an article from the local paper, has made a northern German city believe in fairytales (童话）
The first envelope was sent to a victim support group. It contained €10,000 with a cutting from the Braunschtveiger Zeitung about how the group supported a woman who was robbed of her handbag； similar plain white anonymous (匿名）envelopes, each containing €10,000, then arrived at a kindergarten and a church.
The envelopes keep coming, and so far at least €190,000 has been distributed. Last month, one of them was sent to the newspaper’s own office. It came after a story it published about Tom, a 14-year-old boy who was severely disabled in a swimming accident. The receptionist at the Braunschweiger Zeitung opened an anonymous white envelope to find 20 notes of €500 inside , with a copy of the article. The name of the family was underlined.
"I was driving when I heard the news,” Claudia Neumann, the boy’s mother, told DerSpiegel magazine. “I had to park on the side of the road； I was speechless. ”
The money will be used to make the entrance to their house wheelchair-accessible .and for a course of treatment that their insurance company refused to pay for.
“For someone to act so selflessly, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thinks of himself, was astonishing," Mrs. Neumann said. Her family wonder whether the donator is a Robin Hood character, taking from banks to give to the needy.
Henning Noske, the editor of the Braunschweiger Zeitung, said： “Maybe it is an old person who is about to die. We just do not know. ” However, he has told his reporters not to look for the city’s hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations.
43. The Braunschweiger Zeitung is the name of             .

A．a church

B．a bank

C．a newspaper

D．a magazine

44. Which of the following is TRUE about the donation to Tom?

A．The donation amounted to €190,000.

B．The donation was sent directly to his house.

C．The money will be used for his education.

D．His mother felt astonished at the donation.

45. It can be inferred from the passage that          .

A．the donator is a rich old man

B．the donation will continue to come

C．the donation comes from the newspaper

D．the donator will soon be found out

46. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Money Is Raised by the Newspaper

B．Newspaper Distributes Money to

C．Unknown Hero Spreads Love in Envelopes

D．Robin Hood Returns to the City

Directions：Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentences can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Second Life is an online imaginary world where a computer user can create a new self and experience a separate life. Second Life is similar to other popular “massively multiplayer online role-playing games.” The company Linden Lab of San Francisco, California created Second Life in 2003.

    47     Then he or she creates an electronic image, or animated character, called an avatar. Some people try to make their avatar look as close to their real self as possible. Other people change their sex or become an imaginary creature as their Second Life avatar.

Once you have your avatar you become a “resident” of Second Life.     48     Your avatar also can make friends with other Second Life avatars. Residents can go to school, own a business, even get married. But, there are also activities in Second Life that are impossible in the real world. For example, if you do not feel like walking to that park near your Second Life home, why not fly?

    49     But it costs money to get other accounts and to buy land. The virtual world has its own currency, the Linden dollars. You use these to buy virtual clothes, property, entertainment and many other things. You can earn Linden dollars by working at a job. That unreal money has a real-life value. About 250 Linden dollars are worth one American dollar.

Second Life is popular among schools and businesses. Many universities have set up campuses on the website. Many kinds of stores can also be found there. And, entertainers sometimes perform live on Second Life with their Second Life avatars.

    50     It is said that the total number of residents is more than 13 million from more than 100 countries.

A．Many adults also like to play Second Life.

B．To play Second Life a computer user signs up at the Second Life Web site.

C．In some ways the imaginary world is like the real world.

D．You can get your first Second Life account for free.

E．By playing the game, some people want to get out of the real world.

F．How many people do you think play Second Life?