Quiet flat(公寓)in Greenwood 2 bedrooms, large kitchen Near shops and restaurants ￡600 a month Phone 07348-0848153	Small 3rd-floor Flat in central London 1 bedroom 2 minutes from station ￡650 a month Phone 020-9339458
House available in	House available in Hillingdon
Hoburn from end of	Two students looking for one
September	more to share house
3 bedrooms, small garden	Own room with one bed, desk and chair
Near the university	Near university and shopping center
￡1000 a month	￡250 each month+other fees(费用)
Phone 07122-7476933	（including Wi-Fi）
	Non-smokers only
	Phone Luke on 719-533-857

1. What number should you call if you hope to live in a quiet environment?

A．719-533-857.

B．020-933-9458.

C．07122-7476933.

D．07348-0848153.

2. The small 3rd-floor flat ________.

A．is close to some shops	B．has one bedroom
C．has a large kitchen	D．is in Greenwood

3. How much does Mike have to pay every month if he wants to share the house with the students?

A．More than ￡250.	B．At least ￡1000.
C．Only￡650.	D．Only ￡600.

We’ve all had bad experiences with restaurants, stores or hotels. Maybe you’ve been to a restaurant that served terrible food. Perhaps you’ve been to a store that had high prices and bad service. Or maybe you’ve booked a hotel and found out later that the room was nothing like the advertisement (广告).

These days, we have a better chance of stopping these unpleasant surprises. We can do this by using apps. An app is a computer program on a smartphone. You can use apps to do almost anything. Apps can help you play games, get directions, talk to friends, and so on.

       If you want to find information about a store or a hotel, you can use a review app. Review apps help us evaluate (评价) service and products before we hand over our money. The idea is very simple. After you go to a restaurant or stay in a hotel, you can post a review with one of your apps. You can say anything you want. If you like a hotel that you stayed in, you can tell people that it was wonderful. If you think that the food in a certain restaurant was bad, then you can tell people not to eat there. Other people can use their app to read your reviews.

Plenty of people prefer not to use these review apps. Many of these people think that it’s a waste of time to look through websites and read reviews. These people prefer to go out and decide for themselves whether or not a service is good. However, review apps are getting more and more popular every day. Some apps are for exact services. For example, trip adviser gives attention to travel, and good reader pays attention to books. There are also other larger apps that provide information for just about every service that you can think of.

4. What does the article say about apps?

A．You can use apps for many things.	B．There are very few good apps.
C．Apps are only useful for travel.	D．Apps are very expensive to use.

5. If you want to book a hotel, how can a review app help you?

A．It can help you write better reviews.

B．It can tell you how to use a smartphone.

C．It can tell you about the hotel before you book it.

D．It can tell you about other people who post reviews.

6. In the third paragraph, what does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A．A restaurant.

B．A hotel.

C．A review.

D．A store.

7. According to the article, why do some people prefer NOT to use review apps?

A．They don’t trust review apps.

B．They think review apps are too hard.

C．They prefer to make their own decisions.

D．They don’t know how to use review apps.

Did you know that vocabulary( 词 汇 ) is more important than grammar? If you have good vocabulary, you can communicate successfully, even if the grammar is not completely perfect.

However, one common problem is learning new words and then forgetting them. So when you want to use a new word in a conversation, you can’t remember it at that moment. Does this often happen to you? The reason for this difficulty is that most students try to learn vocabulary by studying lists and dictionaries and remembering the words. But it may not work if you don’t have a very good memory.

The best way to learn vocabulary and remember the words successfully is to learn new words and use them at once. You can do this with a very simple exercise. Every time you learn a new word, for example, from an English lesson or an article, write it down in your vocabulary notebook. Writing is more active than just reading a definition( 释义). You should write the word, the definition in English or translation, one example sentence from the article or dictionary and one example sentence that you create.

Imagine you just learn the word “generous”; write in your vocabulary notebook: generous (adjective), definition—giving or willing to give freely. Example one, from the article: Thanks for paying for my dinner; you’re very generous. Example two, my example: My brother is generous because he volunteers at the animal shelter on weekends. It’s best if your example sentences are true to your life, because this creates a personal connection with the new word. The next day, read your vocabulary notebook again and try to add one more example sentence using the new word. It’s helpful for you to remember it. These two simple steps—writing the word and using it at once—help you remember and use new words.

Do you have a vocabulary notebook? If not, start now.
8. Why can’t students remember a new word when they want to use it in a conversation?

A．Because they don’t have good memory.

B．Because most students try to learn vocabulary by studying lists and dictionaries.

C．Because they always forgot them.

D．Because students seldom use the new words.

9. What’s the correct order of the following steps of taking vocabulary notes？
①Make your own example sentence.
②Write the word, its English definition or translation.
③Copy an example sentence from the article or dictionary.
④Read your notebook again and add one more example sentence.

A．②③①④	B．②③④①
C．③④②①	D．③②①④

10. How can we make the best example sentences according to the writer?

A．By asking for help from friends.	B．By explaining words’ definitions.
C．By connecting them with our life.	D．By adding words from the article.

11. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Tips for Translating Words	B．Advice on Using Grammar
C．Abilities of Creating Examples	D．Ways of Learning New Words

What subject do you worry about the most at school? Many students worry about math. Some students can’t sleep well the day before a math exam. Others may feel very nervous during the exam itself. But there might be a way to make the subject less stressful(压力大的).

“For people who are worried about math, posture(姿势) makes a big difference,” Erik Peper from San Francisco State University told the Daily Mail. That’s right— sitting up straight can help you do better on math exams.

Scientists tested 125 college students. They asked them to do a simple math exam while sitting in a slumped-over(趴倒的) posture, or sitting up straight. After the test, 56 percent of students said the exam was easier to do if they were sitting up straight.

Slumping over is a defensive(戒备的) posture. It can bring about bad memories in the body and brain. This can stop you from thinking clearly, Peper said.

Students who were not nervous about taking the math exam did not necessarily benefit(受益) from better posture. But they did find that doing math while slumped over was more difficult, Science Daily reported.

Good posture isn’t just helpful for taking math exams. Sportspeople, musicians and public speakers can all benefit from better posture. When you feel stressed out, you can also try to sit up straight or stand tall. It can help you feel more certain and focus better.

12. What posture can make people feel less stressed during math exams?

A．Sitting up straight.	B．Hanging your head.
C．Lying on your back.	D．Raising one hand.

13. What did the scientists ask the college students to do during the test?

A．To do sit-ups.	B．To count numbers.
C．To think carefully.	D．To sit in different postures.

14. How many students in the test benefited from(从……中受益) the better posture?

A．All the 125 students.	B．Less than half of them.
C．56 percent of them.	D．None of the students.

15. The fourth paragraph is written to explain ________.

A．why slumping over makes exams harder to do.	B．why slumping over is bad for one’s health.
C．why some people slump over during exams.	D．why people are nervous during math exams.

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was living in a house with a long history in Halifax, Nova Scotia five years ago. One day, one of my friends from the West Coast came out to visit me. He was _______ for 3 weeks so he brought a lot of bags and suitcases, and other things like a _______. I told him he could sleep on the bed in the front living room.

One morning after a late night of drinking, my friend ran into my room shouting “FIRE! FIRE!” Without _______, I jumped out of bed. The floor was _______ against my feet as I ran out into the hallway, right behind my friend. I couldn’t see the fire anywhere, _______ as we ran towards the front door, I could hear the _______ making a loud noise all around me. It was inside the _______. We ran out onto the front yard and looked _______ at the house, seeing black smoke coming out of the _______ house.

We were standing there watching the house when I looked down and __________ all of my friend’s bags and suitcases __________ lined up on the front grassland, including his basketball. __________ he noticed the house was on fire, he took all of them out to the grassland before coming back in to __________ me about it. That fire had started in the basement(地下室), and it spread up into the walls and was burning the __________ we were standing on. The floor and much of the house fell down not long after we came out. The firemen said we were very __________ .

Of course, we are not friends anymore.

21.

A．working

B．staying

C．waiting

D．resting

22.

A．baseball

B．volleyball

C．football

D．basketball

23.

A．thinking

B．sleeping

C．looking

D．drinking

24.

A．wet

B．soft

C．hot

D．dirty

25.

A．so

B．and

C．or

D．but

26.

A．fire

B．door

C．wind

D．car

27.

A．rooms

B．walls

C．kitchen

D．yard

28.

A．up

B．down

C．back

D．forward

29.

A．old

B．big

C．red

D．stone

30.

A．remembered

B．made

C．expected

D．noticed

31.

A．tidily

B．gradually

C．differently

D．naturally

32.

A．Unless

B．If

C．When

D．Before

33.

A．warn

B．show

C．ask

D．phone

34.

A．sofa

B．bed

C．table

D．floor

35.

A．brave

B．lucky

C．nervous

D．scared

36. I bought my mother some flowers on Mother's Day.

A．直接宾语

B．间接宾语

C．表语

D．状语

37. There will be more forests for pandas to live in.

A．定语

B．表语

C．主语

D．宾语

38. I go to the movies once a week.

A．宾语

B．状语

C．表语

D．定语

39. Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to have part-time jobs.

A．谓语

B．宾语

C．表语

D．宾语补足语

40. We’d like more students to join the story telling club.

A．状语

B．直接宾语

C．宾语补足语

D．谓语