1 . Nine 1700-­year-­old brick tombs have been discovered in northwest China’s Xinjiang. Experts say that they can_______valuable clues for the research of exchanges(交换；交流) between the central Chinese government at that time and_________Western Regions.
It is the_______time ancient tombs with typical characteristics of China’s main Han nationality have been found in the Uygur ethnic region(自治区).
_________from Beijing, Shanxi and Xinjiang concluded that the tombs were_________between the middle and late third century and fourth century.
The tombs were unearthed during the_______of a road earlier this year in Kuqa county, 740 km from Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi and part of the_______Qiuci State. Qiuci State, which_______between the second century BC and 860 AD, was one of the 36 states in the Western Regions.
The tombs would help archaeologists with research into the political, economic and cultural _______between the Central Plains government and states in the west, and on the cultural________of the Central Plains on the Western Regions.
Archaeologists from the Xinjiang institute have dug nine tombs since August 22, __________bodies of more than 30 people, some ancient________and more than 60 pottery(陶器) jars. It is thought there are another three tombs to be________.
The people buried in the tombs were________either people from the western regions deeply influenced by the Han culture or the Han residents(居民)in the __________.1.

A．tell

B．provide

C．show

D．represent

2.

A．nearby

B．middle

C．faraway

D．few

3.

A．second

B．last

C．first

D．near

4.

A．Scientists

B．People

C．Officials

D．Archaeologists

5.

A．built

B．found

C．buried

D．studied

6.

A．construction

B．destruction

C．digging

D．repair

7.

A．ancient

B．big

C．far

D．near

8.

A．appeared

B．disappeared

C．lies

D．existed

9.

A．exchanges

B．businesses

C．development

D．studies

10.

A．model

B．atmosphere

C．influence

D．change

11.

A．finding

B．destroying

C．studying

D．protecting

12.

A．paper

B．silk

C．pearls

D．coins

13.

A．moved

B．dug

C．studied

D．picked

14.

A．surely

B．probably

C．certainly

D．nearly

15.

A．west

B．country

C．region

D．tomb

2 . This was my grandmother’s first Christmas without grandfather. When we reached her house, it did seem a little _____ without grandfather.

Grandfather had always said the Christmas _____ was the most important. So we set to work assembling (组装) the beautiful _____ tree that was stored in grandfather’s closet (储藏柜). After we finished, we stepped back to _____ our work. It looked wonderful. But something was _____.

＂Where’s the star?＂I asked. It was my grandmother’s _____. As we emptied box after box and found no star, my grandmother’s eyes _____ with tears. Grandfather had given it to grandmother fifty years ago. Now, on her first Christmas without _____, the star was gone, too.

＂Let’s _____ in the closet where the tree was, ＂my sister Donna said. We ______ under beds and over shelves, inside and outside ______ we had excluded every possibility. We could see grandmother was ______, although she tried not to show it. By now, it was ______ outside, and time for bed, as Santa would soon be here.

The next morning, my sister and I ______ early to see what Santa had left under the tree. After breakfast, the family sat together to ______ presents.＂The last gift is to grandmother from grandfather. ＂Father said, in a puzzled voice.

＂From who?＂There was ______ in my grandmother’s voice.

＂I found that ______ in the closet when we got the tree down, ＂Mother explained.

My grandmother opened it. Her face lit up when she pulled out a(n) ______ golden star. There was a note attached. Her voice trembled (颤抖) as she read it:

Don’t be ______ with me, dear. I broke your star while putting away the tree. Thought it was time for a new one, I hope it brings you as much ______ as the first one. Merry Christmas.

1.

A．empty

B．cold

C．slow

D．absent

2.

A．wish

B．tree

C．spirit

D．work

3.

A．unique

B．artificial

C．widespread

D．alive

4.

A．follow

B．show

C．judge

D．admire

5.

A．losing

B．happening

C．missing

D．falling

6.

A．doubt

B．reward

C．honour

D．treasure

7.

A．filled

B．covered

C．put

D．removed

8.

A．them

B．it

C．her

D．him

9.

A．stop

B．move

C．start

D．stay

10.

A．hid

B．searched

C．lay

D．found

11.

A．as

B．until

C．because

D．though

12.

A．disappointed

B．amazed

C．excited

D．shocked

13.

A．snowing

B．raining

C．blowing

D．darkening

14.

A．cheered up

B．picked up

C．woke up

D．took up

15.

A．pack

B．open

C．pick

D．exchange

16.

A．happiness

B．fright

C．surprise

D．hope

17.

A．gift

B．book

C．note

D．letter

18.

A．big

B．old

C．shining

D．broken

19.

A．generous

B．angry

C．strict

D．important

20.

A．sadness

B．concern

C．peace

D．joy

3 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，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
Long long ago, a child was ready to be born. So one day he ____ God, “They tell me you are sending me to ____tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so ____ and helpless?”
God replied, “Among the many ____, I chose one for you. She will be ____ for you and will take care of you.”
But the child wasn’t ____ he really wanted to go. “But tell me, here in Heaven, I don’t do ____but sing and smile, that’s____ for me to be happy.”
“Your angel will sing for you and will also ____ for you every day. And you will ____ your angel’s love and be happy.”
“And ____ am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me.” The child continued, “if I don’t know the ____ that men talk?”
God patted him on the head and said, “your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet ____you will ever hear, and with much ____ and care, your angel will teach you how to ____”
“And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?”
“Your angel will place your ____ together and will teach you how to pray.”
“I’ve heard that on earth there are bad men, who will ____ me?”
“Your angel will defend you even if it means ____ her life!”
And then God ____the child on the shoulder and said, “Your angel’s name is not ____ to remember. You will simply call her Mommy.”1.

A．asked

B．answered

C．taught

D．told

2.

A．heaven

B．hell

C．earth

D．space

3.

A．big

B．small

C．strong

D．stupid

4.

A．nurses

B．doctors

C．teachers

D．angels

5.

A．hiding

B．waiting

C．heading

D．voting

6.

A．sure

B．urgent

C．conscious

D．impressive

7.

A．anything

B．something

C．everything

D．nothing

8.

A．much

B．little

C．few

D．enough

9.

A．clear

B．dive

C．smile

D．react

10.

A．damage

B．feel

C．govern

D．resign

11.

A．when

B．why

C．how

D．whether

12.

A．language

B．meaning

C．topic

D．politics

13.

A．poems

B．stories

C．arguments

D．words

14.

A．strength

B．patience

C．warning

D．thinking

15.

A．sing

B．dance

C．speak

D．paint

16.

A．hands

B．feet

C．arms

D．legs

17.

A．replace

B．convert

C．educate

D．protect

18.

A．burying

B．risking

C．experiencing

D．attacking

19.

A．hit

B．ruined

C．touched

D．cleaned

20.

A．hard

B．easy

C．strange

D．convenient

4 . Email has brought the art of letter writing back to life, but some experts think the resulting spread of bad English does more harm than good.

Email is a form of communication that is changing, for the worse, the way we write and use language, say some communication researchers. It is also changing the way we interact(交流) and build relationship. These are a few of the recently recognized features of email, say experts, which should cause individuals and organizations to rethink the way they use email.

“Email has increased the spread of careless writing habits,” says Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics(语言学) at an American university. She says the poor spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure of emails reflect(反映) a growing unconcern about the way we write.

Baron argues that we shouldn’t forgive and forget the poor writing often shown in email. “The more we use email and its tasteless writing, the more it becomes the normal way of writing,” the professor says.

Others say that despite its poor writing, email has finished what several generations of English teachers couldn’t: it has made writing fashionable again.

“Email is a critical new communication technology.” says Ian Lancashire, a professor of English at Toronto University. “It fills the gap between spoken language and the formal methods of writing that existed before email. It is the purest form of written speech.”

Lancashire says email has the mysterious ability to get people who are usually scared by writing to get their thoughts flowing easily onto a blank screen. He says this is because of email’s close similarity to speech. “It’s like a circle of four or five people around a campfire,” he says.

Still, he accepts that this new-found freedom to express themselves often gets people into trouble. Emails sent in a day almost exceed(超过) the number of letters mailed in a year. But more people are recognizing the content of a typical email message is not often exact.

1. From what Baron says in the third paragraph we can see that ________.

A．careless people use email more than careful people

B．email requires people to change their native language

C．professors in universities don’t need to use email

D．people communicate by email full of mistakes

2. What does the underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 4) refer to?

A．The poor writing.	B．Email.
C．The good writing.	D．A new communication technology.

3. In Lancashire’s opinion, email is a wonderful technology because _______.

A．it can be useful all over the world

B．it is the fastest way to communicate

C．we can express ourselves in a free way

D．we can save a lot of paper

4. This passage mainly shows us that ______.

A．people should stop using email to communicate

B．experts hold different opinions about email writing

C．Americans only use email to communicate

D．email makes people lose interest in English

5 . Here are some top tips for world travelers.

Travel light.    1     It’s no fun carrying a huge bag around a foreign city. Don’t take too many clothes and avoid heavy books and electrical equipment.

    2     Always keep your passport on you in an inside pocket or special travel belt. There may be thieves about. It’s a good idea to make a photocopy (复印件)of your passport and travel documents.

Transport sense.Don’t let go of your bags on the train.    3     There are always thieves on public transport. If you want to sleep,tie your bag to your arm. When you take a taxi, it’s a good idea to ask for the driver’s permit. Many foreigners pay too much money because they take unofficial taxis.

Keep clean. It’s a good idea to wear dark clothes because they hide the dirt while white clothes attract it! Make sure you have plenty of clean underclothes and deodorant (除臭剂).     4    

    5     You should always be polite and respectful towards the locals. Even if you find their habits and behaviour a bit strange, you shouldn’t show your feelings. Remember, you’re their guest.

A．Be polite.

B．Keep your documents safe.

C．You should carry a spare bag.

D．You don’t want to smell bad!

E．Keep them with you at all times.

F．Make sure your bag isn’t too heavy.

G．It’s a good idea to wear similar clothes to the local people.

6 . Many years ago, I was working at my job at a community college when a homeless woman came in. She began_______as she lay on one of the sofas in the student rest room._______she wasn’t well. Without thinking too much, I went next door to the Student Affairs office where I knew I could find_______in the Lost and Found box. I_______up a set of clothing and went back to my office, when I _______ a colleague calling me. She told me that I should not_______this person, as it would only lead to her wanting more help. I refused her_______and went back to help the woman, _______my co-worker’s warning.

Two weeks later, while I was working, a very cute elderly man entered my_______and asked to speak with me in private. Curiously, I gave him my full________and he told me that he had happened to hear my________with the co-worker about helping the________woman. He wanted me to know that it was always okay to help people and that was why he wanted to give me a________for $1,000. I burst into tears, because I________needed the money at the time, but also because I had never been________in such a way for helping someone!

We soon became good________and 10 years later he called me up suddenly and told me he wanted to help me________my first home! He________giving me $120,000 as part payment for my dream house in my home town. I asked him why he wanted to give me such a large amount of money and he said it was because I was a “giver” and that I________it! To make a long story short, I was able to buy the perfect little home for myself, all because one day I did not________to help a homeless woman.

1.

A．smiling

B．talking

C．shouting

D．coughing

2.

A．Luckily

B．Clearly

C．Strangely

D．Sadly

3.

A．clothes

B．books

C．food

D．medicine

4.

A．gave

B．turned

C．gathered

D．made

5.

A．while

B．when

C．how

D．why

6.

A．ignore

B．disturb

C．value

D．help

7.

A．advice

B．request

C．plan

D．offer

8.

A．more than

B．rather than

C．regardless of

D．apart from

9.

A．home

B．office

C．classroom

D．dormitory

10.

A．energy

B．love

C．care

D．attention

11.

A．disagreement

B．discussion

C．fight

D．quarrel

12.

A．young

B．old

C．sick

D．wealthy

13.

A．support

B．check

C．tip

D．promise

14.

A．anxiously

B．eagerly

C．hardly

D．really

15.

A．recognized

B．measured

C．taught

D．praised

16.

A．colleagues

B．competitors

C．partners

D．friends

17.

A．build

B．buy

C．rent

D．repair

18.

A．came out

B．ended up

C．carried on

D．resulted in

19.

A．deserved

B．wanted

C．needed

D．enjoyed

20.

A．fear

B．fail

C．hesitate

D．attempt

7 . In most developed countries the government provides free education for children because it realizes that educated citizens are useful to the country in their later life. Most countries also have private (私立的)education. This means that parents can pay to send their children to certain schools. People who agree with this system say that it gives parents a larger choice of schools. Other people think that private schools give the children who go to them an unfair advantage over other children.
At the age of three, many children go to nursery school. Two or three years later, they enter a primary school. At the age of 11 they go to a secondary school. Then they may have a chance .of continuing their studies at a university or college.
Universities and colleges are places where some young people go to continue their education after leaving school. Most university students study one main subject, though they may also study a number of others. Teaching is usually by lectures, or by discussions between a lecturer and students.
Most students stay at university for three or four years. At the end of that, they take an examination. If they pass, they receive their Bachelor’s degree, usually a BA, which is short for Bachelor of Arts, or a BS for Bachelor of Science. Some students study for several more years in order to get higher degree, such as a MA or a PhD
Most university courses don’t train students to do a certain job. Colleges, on the other hand, usually teach skills which enable students to follow a career（职业）, such as clothing design, or business studies.
1. The passage mainly tells us_______.

A．Something about the private schools in developed countries

B．How developed countries pay attention to education

C．Some general information about education in developed countries

D．Why education is important

2. Why do most developed countries provide free education to children?

A．Because the children don’t have money to go to school.

B．Because the government want their citizens to be useful to the country.

C．Because education doesn’t cost the country too much money.

D．Because there are not enough private schools.

3. In the first paragraph the underlined word “citizen” refer to________.

A．the cities	B．members of a country
C．the children	D．people who lives in cities

4. Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?

A．All the university students study one subject.

B．After studying at the university for three or four years, all the students can get a Bachelor’s degree.

C．Students usually receive a master’s degree before receiving a Bachelor’s degree.

D．Unlike university, colleges usually teach students some useful skills for a career

8 . 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。
There was a park near my home. But I didn’t go there very often. Many people said there was nothing special. One afternoon I went into the park and found it was really small. I walked quickly because there wasn’t much to see. I walked for some time and found myself standing in front of two paths.    1    I found that the two paths were different from each other.
The left one was wide and clean. There were lots of flowers on both sides of the path. Though the flowers weren’t very beautiful, they made me feel good. I decided to take this path. But wait! I looked at the right one. The path didn’t look nice.    2    Grass grew everywhere. For a long time I couldn’t make up my mind.
    3    It wasn’t nice , but I didn’t want to give up. At last, I came to the end of the path. Ah! There was a small garden there. It was beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful garden I had ever seen.    4    
Many people told me that there was nothing much to see in the park. Now I’d like to tell them that if they had followed the right way, they would have felt differently. But when I told them about what I had seen in the park, they just smiled at me without saying a word. I knew they didn’t believe me. They couldn’t even remember that path because it was so small.
    5    Don’t be afraid to choose a different path. You may get a big surprise!

A．There is nothing that I want to see.

B．It looked like it had not been cleaned for months.

C．After a while a strange feeling made me follow the dirty path.

D．“ Which way should I go?”   I asked myself. I looked at one way, then the other.

E．I told them what happened.

F．My trip to the park that day made me understand something about life.

G．There were trees, flowers and chairs. I thought it was the nicest part of the park.