1 . 完形填空。
During a recent holiday I visited Dusseldorf, a city in the former West Germany. The nine-day trip left a deep impression _____ me. I arrived at Dussedorf airport at 7 pm. It was already _______ outside. The first thing I needed to do was to find a place to _______. I decided to telephone the youth hotel. But to use the phone I needed some ______ , I asked a lady for help. To my ______ she gave me three coins to use. But all the phones in the ______ needed phone cards. And phone cards could only be bought at post offices during the _______. I was ______ I would not be able to call the hotel. An old gentleman helped me. He couldn’t speak English ______ understand that I needed to ______ a phone call. He showed me where the phone was and inserted ______ phone card. I called the youth hotel and found a place to stay that night.
The ______ of the German people made me feel that I was not _______.   My first day in Germany wasn’t as ______ as I expected. Whenever I went, I asked people for _______.   It surprised me that ______ every young German could speak English fluently. Older Germans couldn't speak English very well, but they would try to help me ______ they could. One middle-aged man I asked for directions even ______ me to the place I was looking for.
My ______ in Germany totally changed my impression of Germans. Now I think the people couldn't be more _______.1.

A．on

B．for

C．to

D．about

2.

A．late

B．dark

C．light

D．early

3.

A．visit

B．eat

C．stay

D．keep

4.

A．cards

B．information

C．money

D．coins

5.

A．joy

B．disappointment

C．emotion

D．surprise

6.

A．hotel

B．airport

C．city

D．pavement

7.

A．night

B．daytime

C．trip

D．rush-hour

8.

A．afraid

B．sure

C．glad

D．eager

9.

A．or

B．but

C．and

D．so

10.

A．make

B．have

C．do

D．answer

11.

A．another

B．a

C．my

D．his

12.

A．use

B．success

C．care

D．kindness

13.

A．really

B．nearly out of

C．far from

D．close to

14.

A．interesting

B．good

C．bad

D．busy

15.

A．direction

B．distance

C．travel

D．serve

16.

A．almost

B．even

C．only

D．already

17.

A．whenever

B．whatever

C．wherever

D．however

18.

A．drove

B．reached

C．moved

D．came

19.

A．experience

B．victory

C．visit

D．memory

20.

A．friendly

B．unfriendly

C．cold-hearted

D．valuable

2 . It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step.
“Any old papers, lady？” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich？”
“Am I rich? Pity, no！”
I looked at my worn­out slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer (碟) carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.
1. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Lady, are you rich?

B．A story of Thanksgiving Day

C．Don't forget how rich you are

D．Does cups and saucers match well?

2. The writer let the two children come in and served them well because________.

A．she wanted to sell old papers to them

B．she showed great pity and care on them

C．she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party

D．she had the same experience as them in the past

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.

B．The writer had thought she wasn't rich because her supplies were not expensive.

C．If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap.

D．After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was.

4. The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to________.

A．show that she was a kind­hearted lady

B．leave room for readers to think about what being rich is

C．remind her that she shouldn't forget how rich she was

D．prove that she had understood what meant being rich

5. It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on________.

A．how much money you have made

B．what attitude you have had towards life

C．the way you help others

D．your social relationship

3 . It was in the Victorian Era(维多利亚时期) that the novel became the leading form of literature in English. Most writers were more concerned to meet the tastes of the middle class. The best known works of the period included the works of Charles Dickens and the Bronté sisters and others.
Charles Dickens came on the literary scene in the 1830s. Dickens wrote vividly about London life and the struggles of the poor. Most of his works were written in a very humorous style, which was popular with readers of all classes.
The Bronté sisters were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. They began to write from early childhood. In 1846 they published the first book at their own expense as poets; however, their book attracted little attention, selling only two copies. Then the sisters turned to writing novels, each producing a novel in the following year.
An interest in rural matters and the changing social and economic situation of the countryside may be seen in the novels of Thomas Hardy and a number of others.
Literature for children developed as a single style. Some works became well-known, such as those of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. Adventure novels were written for adults but are now generally grouped in the list for children. Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author at the end of the Victorian Era, best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters. In her thirties, Potter published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902.
1. What can we know about Charles Dickens from the text?

A．He described the struggles of the poor in London.

B．He showed an interest in rural matters in his writing.

C．He focused on changing social and economic situation of the countryside.

D．He published the highly successful children's book.

2. Which is TRUE about the Bronté sisters?

A．They were English writers of the 1830s.

B．They paid to have their first book published.

C．They began their writing from adulthood.

D．Their first book was successful.

3. The author states in the last paragraph that ________.

A．society changed rapidly in the Victorian Era

B．Thomas Hardy was not as famous as Lewis Carroll

C．Edward Lear was famous for writing about animals

D．adventure novels were not written for children at first

4. This text is mainly about ________.

A．literature in the Victorian Era

B．writing styles in the Victorian Era

C．famous works in the Victorian Era

D．the importance of literature in the Victorian Era

4 . A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful   Antarctic voyage back to life.

Frank Hurley's   pictures would   be outstanding—undoubtedly first­rate photo­journalism—if they had been made last week.In fact，they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海难), by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival.Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship.

The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegian­built three­master that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all，to the southernmost shore of Antarctica's Weddell Sea.From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled (雪橇) across the continent.The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done.Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back.

As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well­researched story The Endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort.Scott's last journey，completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the world's imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds.Shackleton, a onetime British merchant­navy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography.Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic，was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been published.

1. What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley?

A．They were made last week.

B．They showed undersea sceneries.

C．They were found by a cameraman.

D．They recorded a disastrous adventure.

2. Who reached the South Pole first according to the text?

A．Frank Hurley.

B．Ernest Shackleton.

C．Robert Falcon Scott.

D．Caroline Alexander.

3. What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage?

A．Artistic creation.	B．Scientific research.
C．Money making.	D．Treasure hunting.

5 . 阅读理解。
For Kim LeBlanc, knowing that her son Tyler’s organs, eyes and other tissues have given life or healing to others is helping her cope with the loss of her child, who was struck by a truck in Guelph on May 31.
Tyler was believed to have been texting a friend when he stepped onto a high-traffic road against the green light and was struck by the truck. Then he was sent to a Hamilton hospital. Surgery was performed to ease the pressure in his brain, but .the family was told he would not recover.
“With all of his injuries, I just prayed all night for a miracle. And I was granted a miracle, but not in the way I’d expected,” says LeBlanc, her voice choked by emotion.
The family decided to donate Tyler’s organs, a choice she believes her kind and considerate son would have made on his own. It’s also a choice that transplant programs wish would be made more often, because the need for donor organs is far more than the supply worldwide. More than 1,500 people in Ontario are on the waiting list for life-saving organs, and one dies every day because an organ has not become available in time. Across Canada, the gap between donations and the need for organs continues to widen. At the end of 2010, more than 4,400 Canadians were on the waiting list for donor organs, including 3,362 needing a kidney. That year, 229 died before the organs they needed became available.
LeBlanc recalls the morning when her son was taken off life support and his organs were removed. Despite living what she calls a parent’s absolute worst nightmare, LeBlanc says she has got the strength to bear such an unbearable loss. “He’s still there. He’s still living. And he’s still breathing. And he’s brought so much joy to families,” she says. “He’s my hero. He really is my hero.”
1. Tyler was struck by the truck mainly because________.

A．he broke the traffic rule

B．he was talking with his friends

C．the truck ignored him

D．the truck ran at a high speed

2. The figures in paragraph 4 show that ________.

A．more people begin to donate their organs

B．more people are dying during organ transplant operations

C．many people don’t know how to donate their organs

D．many people are in great need of organ transplant worldwide

3. It is implied in the last paragraph that ________.

A．LeBlanc was desperate about Tyler’s death

B．LeBlanc will never forget Tyler’s contribution

C．LeBlanc felt relieved with Tyler’s organ donated

D．LeBlanc has never thought that Tyler will be a hero

6 . 阅读理解。
We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it.
Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity and standards of achievement must regularly test its pupils. The standards may be changed—no examination is perfect—but to have tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards. There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not believe either in examinations or in any controls in school or on teachers. This would mean that everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on the efficiency, the values and the purpose of each teacher.
Without examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected schools and from families known to them －a form of favoritism will replace equality. At the moment, the bright child from an ill-respected school can show certificates to prove he or she is suitable for a job, while the lack of certificate indicates the unsuitability of a dull child attending a well-respected school. This defending of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school’s reputation(声誉), unable to compete for employment with the child from the favored school.
The opponents of the examination system suggest that examinations are an evil force because they show differences between pupils. According to these people, there must be no special, different, academic class. They have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection. The selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some computers.
1. The word “favoritism” is used to describe the phenomenon that _____.

A．children from well-respected schools tend to have good jobs

B．bright children also need certificates go get satisfying jobs.

C．poor children with certificates are favored in job markets

D．children attending ordinary schools achieve great success

2. What would happen if exams were taken away according to the author?

A．Schools for bright children would lose their reputation.

B．There would be more opportunities and excellence.

C．Children’s job opportunity would be affected by their school reputation.

D．Children from poor families would be able to change their schools.

3. The opponents of the examination system will agree that _____.

A．computers should be selected to take over many jobs

B．jobs should not be assigned（分配）by systematic selection

C．special classes are necessary to keep the school standards

D．schools with academic subjects should be done away with

7 . 阅读理解。

A tender woman, or an independent one, which one would you prefer? A recent research shows that most people would choose the latter.

This type of woman is called a nühanzi (“tough woman”). Experts believe these characteristics have social and psychological roots among young females in China. Su Hao’s friends all call her a tough woman, because she can finish tough tasks usually carried out by men. For example, she carries 10-litre water to her dormitory on the 5th floor. “I depend on no one but myself,” she says.

According to a recent survey by China Youth Daily, tough women have become rather common in society. Of the 21,265 respondents, 78.5 percent said they are familiar with a tough woman. About 50 percent said they like women with tough characteristics, while less than 29 percent expressed the opposite view.

Why are tough women gaining popularity? Shen Meng, a psychological consultant, believes the fierce competition in society is contributing to this trend. “Women are often in a disadvantaged position compared to men,” Shen says. “In order to survive, they have to be independent, strong and tough.”

Liu Xiaolin, professor of psychology at Wuhan Mental Health Center, believes tough women are brought up this way. They are often on close relationship with their fathers, who teach their daughters to be brave and decisive,” he says. As a result, these women are more likely to be psychologically healthy and more tolerant to stress, according to Liu.

Though Liu believes that this is a good trend, Hu Shenzhi, a psychologist at the Guangdong Sunflower Counseling Center, says the popularity of tough woman indicates an unclear line between gender identities, which can lead to relationship problems. “Some women with characteristics that differ from the traditional female image may have a difficult time finding Mr Right,” he says.“Even if they get married, their manly characteristics might cause family conflicts.

1. Which of the followings does NOT belong to the characteristics of a tough woman?

A．She is independent of others in daily life.

B．She is soft and tender to others.

C．She is more tolerant to stress.

D．She can solve problems usually for men.

2. How many respondents like tough women?

A．About 10,600.	B．About 16,700.
C．21,265.	D．About 6,200.

3. Why are there more tough women nowadays?

A．Because tough women are more lovely.

B．Because more women want to be independent.

C．Because girls often love fathers more.

D．Because of the fierce competition in society.

4. What problems may tough women have in their life?

A．It’s difficult for them to be friends.

B．They often suffer gender confusion.

C．They may have difficulty with marriage.

D．They have different characteristics form traditional female images.

8 . 完形填空。

The family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little depressed on that Sunday in May. After all, it was Mother's Day — and 800 miles________her from her parents in Ohio.

She had called them that morning, to wish her a happy Mother's Day and her mother had________how colorful their backyard was________spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she________those lilacs in her parents' yard. "I know where we can find some," he said. "Get the________and come on." So off they went.

Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest____and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she________some.

Finally, they returned to their car for the________home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her________.

When they were near home, she shouted "stop," got off quickly and________to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch(门廊), where a(n)________patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two________, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her________. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair________with a smile, and held the lilacs________.

"Mom," the kids asked, "___did you give her our flowers?" "It is Mother's Day, and she seems so________while I have all of you. And anyone would be____________by flowers."

This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he________some young lilacs around their yard.

I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids________purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.

1.

A．moved

B．kept

C．separated

D．made

2.

A．learned

B．mentioned

C．imagined

D．realized

3.

A．as if

B．so that

C．now that

D．even if

4.

A．grew

B．missed

C．watered

D．showed

5.

A．cars

B．kids

C．clothes

D．lilacs

6.

A．yard

B．hill

C．bush

D．door

7.

A．bought

B．picked

C．set

D．raised

8.

A．break

B．holiday

C．trip

D．dinner

9.

A．friends

B．memory

C．honor

D．flowers

10.

A．responded

B．pointed

C．drove

D．hurried

11.

A．elderly

B．loving

C．serious

D．sensitive

12.

A．hesitated

B．waited

C．chatted

D．sat

13.

A．family

B．mot her

C．path

D．home

14.

A．nodded

B．left

C．waved

D．continued

15.

A．sadly

B．politely

C．quickly

D．tightly

16.

A．why

B．when

C．how

D．where

17.

A．lonely

B．confused

C．alone

D．patient

18.

A．calmed

B．persuaded

C．disappointed

D．cheered

19.

A．arranged

B．planted

C．dried

D．hid

20.

A．find

B．gather

C．receive

D．sell

9 .

Chinese tourists prefer hotels and restaurants that offer free Wi-Fi when traveling abroad. Most Chinese tourists instantly update their social networks using their mobile phones. They send photos and short videos to friends and family when traveling abroad.

About 10 percent of outbound (出境的) Chinese tourists get expensive marring charges (漫游费) by using 3G-powered smart phones. About 90 percent of Chinese travelers consider Wi-Fi indispensable when traveling abroad. They often use phone apps to create travel routes and book hotels, which requires large data flows that can be expensive without Wi-Fi.

But free Wi-Fi is not always available, even in regions with advanced telecnrnmunications, such as the United States and Europe. Portable Wi-Fi costs 15 -50 yuan a day, depending on the country. It’s cheaper in South Korea, Japan and Thailand. The Wi-Fi services increase rapidly thanks to reasonable pricing and smooth surfing.

Thus, a growing number of travel agencies begin to offer increasingly diverse Wi-Fi services. A travel website Ctrip leases Wi-Fi transmitters that offer unlimited data for about 20 yuan a day on average in more than 100 countries. It plans to make mobile Wi-Fi an important part of its business model. Another travel website Tumiu also launched a Wi-Fi phone service in 2013. More than 100, 000 people used the service in 2014.

More than 100 million Chinese went abroad last year, and the 10 percent who used Wi-Fi services spent an average of 150 youn, and it’s expected to grow largely. But the business may become out of date in five to eight years, for more locations am offering free Wi-Fi. In the meantime, it is reported that more for-profit models should be introduced and offer more services for outbound travelers in the future.

1. Why do Chinese travelers prefer hotels and restaurants with free Wi-Fi when traveling abroad?

A．They want to have their phones updated.

B．They are fond of using phone apps to create their travel routes.

C．They prefer to experience the Wi-Fi service in different countries.

D．They’d like to share what they have seen with their friends and family.

2. What does the underlined word “indispensable” mean in Paragraph 2?

A．Necessary.	B．Useless.
C．Expensive.	D．Amazing.

3. What can be inferred from the passage？

A．Travel websites will stop offering free Wi-Fi services to travelers.

B．Travel website Tuniu intended to compete with Ctrip and launched its Wi-Fi phone service.

C．The portable Wi-Fi costs less when traveling in some Asian countries than in European countries.

D．The demand for Wi-Fi transmitters is growing in pace with 3G-smartphones.

10 . California Condor’s Shocking Recovery

California condors are North America’s largest birds, with wind-length of up to 3 meters. In the 1980s, electrical lines and lead poisoning(铅中毒) nearly drove them to dying out. Now, electric shock training and medical treatment are helping to rescue these big birds.
In the late 1980s, the last few condors were taken from the wild to be bred(繁殖). Since 1992, there have been multiple reintroductions to the wild, and there are now more than 150 flying over California and nearby Arizona, Utah and Baja in Mexico.
Electrical lines have been killing them off. “As they go in to rest for the night, they just don’t see the power lines,” says Bruce Rideout of San Diego Zoo. Their wings can bridge the gap between lines, resulting in electrocution(电死) if they touch two lines at once.
So scientists have come up with a shocking idea. Tall poles, placed in large training areas, teach the birds to stay clear of electrical lines by giving them a painful but undeadly electric shock. Before the training was introduced, 66% of set-freed birds died of electrocution. This has now dropped to 18%.
Lead poisonous has proved more difficult to deal with. When condors eat dead bodies of other animals containing lead, they absorb large quantities of lead. This affects their nervous systems and ability to produce baby birds, and can lead to kidney(肾) failures and death. So condors with high levels of lead are sent to Los Angeles Zoo, where they are treated with calcium EDTA, a chemical that removes lead from the blood over several days. This work is starting to pay off. The annual death rate for adult condors has dropped from 38% in 2000 to 5.4% in 2011.
Rideout’s team thinks that the California condors’ average survival time in the wild is now just under eight years. “Although these measures are not effective forever, they are vital for now,” he says. “They are truly good birds that are worth every effort we put into recovering them. ”
1. California condors attract researchers’ interest because they _________.

A．are active at night

B．had to be bred in the wild

C．are found only in California

D．almost died out in the 1980s

2. Researchers have found electrical lines are _________.

A．blocking condors’ journey home

B．big killers of California condors

C．rest places for condors at night

D．used to keep condors away

3. According to Paragraph 5, lead poisoning _________.

A．makes condors too nervous to fly

B．has little effect on condors’ kidneys

C．can hardly be gotten rid of from condors’ blood

D．makes it difficult for condors to produce baby birds

4. This passage shows that _________.

A．the average survival time of condors is satisfactory

B．Rideout’s research interest lies in electric engineering

C．the efforts to protect condors have brought good results

D．researchers have found the final answers to the problem