1 . Welcome to your future life.

You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. Your face is firm and young-looking. In 2035, medical technology is better than ever. Many people of your age could live to 150, so, at 40, you aren't old at all. And your parents just had an anti-aging(抗衰老）treatment.Now,all three of you look the same age.

You say to your shirt, “Turn red.” It changes from blue to red. In 2035,“smart clothes” contain particles(粒子） much smaller than the cells(细胞）in your body. They can be programmed to change your clothes' color or pattern.

You walk into the kitchen. You pick up the milk from the fridge, but a voice says, “You shouldn't drink that!” Your fridge has read the smart chip(芯片）that contains information about the milk, and it knows the milk is old. In 2035,every article of food in the grocery store has such a chip.

It's time to go to work. In 2035, cars drive themselves. Just tell your “smart car" where to go. On the way, you can call a friend using your jacket sleeves. Such＂smart technology" is all around you.

So will all these things come true?"For new technology to come early,"says scientist Andrew Zolli,“much has to be done so that new things will replace what we have today."The Internet is an example-what will be the next?

1. What is the theme of the text?

A．The Internet.	B．The future life.
C．The anti-aging technology.	D．The ways of transportation.

2. What does the underlined word"They" in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Clothes.

B．Cells.

C．Colors.

D．Particles.

3. Which of the following is TRUE about the "smart car"?

A．It can change its color.	B．It can tell you where to go.
C．You can, just tell it where to go.	D．You can call your friend to drive it for you.

4. What does the last paragraph tell us?

A．Nothing is impossible.

B．Every coin has two·sides.

C．Where there is a will, there is a way.

D．Never count the chicken before they are hatched(孵化）。

5. In which section of a newspaper can you probably read the text?

A．Science.

B．Health.

C．Fashion.

D．Advertisement.

2 . This could be the perfect gift for the partner, who embarrasses you on the dance floor. Smart socks, which can teach to dance, may be the answer for anyone with two left feet.

The socks have been developed as a running tool to help runners improve their skills. Thanks to the socks, users can accurately record not only how far and fast they run but also how well. It means the user maximizes their performance, and reduces damage to body and prevents hurt. The hi-tech socks are made of special fibers that watch the movements of your feet. They look, feel and can be washed like normal clothes.

Sensors (传感器) record each movement and send it by an ankle transmitter (脚踝发射器) to a smart phone. Then a “virtual coach” application shows the information and can tell the user what they are doing wrong, and help to improve skill in any task with feet.

The socks should be useful to athletes and weekend joggers. “People think running is so easy and of course everybody can do it but not necessarily safely and well,” Dr. Davide Vigano said. A recent study showed that between 60 and 80 percent of runners got hurt per year. This is pretty much more than any other human activity. Researchers say the technology can also be developed to teach people how to dance, play sports such as golf, or even to help to teach women to walk better in high heels.

Mr. Vigano said, “People could all benefit from the idea. We have had interest from all sorts of sports, like skiing, football, cycling and golf. Anything where you have to use your feet can use it. It could even be put in high heels to help women walk in them safely.”

Socks are just the start, and the technology could be used in gloves, hats and boots. The socks, anklet and software package, are expected to be sold for around￡120, which will go on sale in March.

1. What does the underlined part “anyone with two left feet” refer to?

A．People who are disabled.

B．People who are interested in dancing.

C．People who are not good at dancing.

D．People who invented the socks.

2. What’s special about fibers that the socks are made of?

A．They feel much softer than normal clothes.

B．They can monitor the movement of feet.

C．They are expensive to produce.

D．They act as a smart phone for users.

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the socks?

A．They can improve the skill of running.

B．They can help women walk better in high heels.

C．They can teach people to dance well.

D．They can be worn for days without washing.

4. According to Dr. Vigano, ________.

A．everyone can make good use of the smart socks

B．users can run as fast as they like with the socks

C．60 to 80 percent of runners would like to buy the smart socks

D．no runners will get hurt, thanks to the socks

3 . The wisdom my 77-year-old father has passed on to me came more through osmosis(潜移) than lectures. My dad’s _______shines through all my life.

Old age hasn’t _______him, mainly because he doesn’t think almost-80 is old. He had ever trained for a charity _______across the Hudson River in New York. He wore his custom-fitted diving suit, but he still got so _______. We warmed him and wrapped him in a sleeping bag. “Oh, _______. It isn’t that bad,” he’d say, “I am fine.” He always is. He did _______the Hudson swim a month later.

If you ask my father whether or not his life has been hard, he will say he is _______. He means the kind of happiness that comes from _______a well-cooked family meal, taking a good long run or growing a perfect tomato. Did I mention that he used to run marathons before his knee replacement surgery? He’s the only one _______convinced me I could do it, too. “Anyone can run a marathon,” he said, “_______you keep training.”

My father was born in 1933. His childhood took a _______at the beginning of World War II. His father joined the French Army and was _______by the Germans and spent the war in a prison camp. My dad and his mother and sister were shipped off to New Jersey to live with relatives. His mother _______from depression, and Dad went to a boarding school in New England from the sixth grade on. Yet in all Dad’s dinner table _______, there have been many times when he turned them into _______stories.

After a family dinner the other night, my father advised us to try the skydiving _______ “Sixty-five seconds of falling,” he said. “ I _______it. I should have been a paratrooper (伞兵)!”

He loves getting cards in the mail, and usually I’m _______, so instead I call him on Father’s Day. But this year I’ve _______to be early for once. I want to let him know how much he _______to me.

Dad, thank you—for all of it and mostly for your long faith that everything will be OK.

1.

A．ability

B．gentleness

C．optimism

D．humor

2.

A．comforted

B．slowed

C．punished

D．accused

3.

A．swim

B．donation

C．volunteer

D．activity

4.

A．warm

B．sad

C．calm

D．cold

5.

A．come out

B．come back

C．come over

D．come on

6.

A．complete

B．stop

C．delay

D．celebrate

7.

A．ordinary

B．young

C．disabled

D．lucky

8.

A．destroying

B．containing

C．sharing

D．buying

9.

A．whom

B．which

C．what

D．that

10.

A．as long as

B．as far as

C．though

D．because

11.

A．step

B．turn

C．sigh

D．dream

12.

A．killed

B．caught

C．driven

D．fired

13.

A．resulted

B．trapped

C．suffered

D．separated

14.

A．jokes

B．manners

C．stories

D．news

15.

A．foolish

B．great

C．short

D．terrible

16.

A．chance

B．adventure

C．visit

D．movement

17.

A．loved

B．hated

C．used

D．assessed

18.

A．late

B．early

C．noisy

D．quiet

19.

A．refused

B．permitted

C．allowed

D．decided

20.

A．occurs

B．possesses

C．means

D．proves

4 . Last year, Claire Noble-Randall woke up at 5:30 am every morning. She had to catch two buses to arrive in time for first-period chemistry classes at Ingraham High School in Seattle, US.

Ingraham starts at 8 am, but Noble-Randall often didn’t get to sleep until after midnight. “It was really hard not to fall asleep in class,” she said.

Her mom solved the problem this year when she discovered that other parents had hired (租用) a private city tour bus to take their children to school.

“Now, she leaves the house at a much more reasonable time 7:10 in the morning...to catch the little tour bus at 7:23 am,” said her mother, Noelle Noble.

That may be one way to help students get more sleep. But more than 3, 300 people have signed an online petition (请愿) looking for a better solution from the Seattle school district. Those who have signed the petition want all high schools and middle schools to start no earlier than 8: 30 am. Most of Seattle’s high schools and middle schools start at 8 am or earlier.

Later start times for teenagers are an idea that some parents around the nation have wanted for years. They’ve provided plenty of scientific evidence that teenagers tend to be night owls (夜猫子) and delayed start times improve their health, mood, attention, and, in some cases, learning.

But attempts to delay start times for teenagers haven’t worked. Coaches don’t want late dismissals cutting into sports practices; community groups don’t want to wait longer for gyms and fields and before- and after-school programs don’t want to change their schedules.

This time, however, they’ve got Seattle School Board president Sharon Peaslee on their side. She herself is the mother of two high school students. Peaslee hopes other board members will pass her plan calling on the district to find a way to make the changes.

1. How did Noble-Randall solve her problem of early classes?

A．She quit first-period classes.

B．She found a faster way to school.

C．She took a private city tour bus to school.

D．She rented a house near school.

2. People who have signed the online petition want schools to ________.

A．provide a school bun service

B．delay school start times

C．improve the quality of lessons

D．stop students from falling asleep in class

3. Why did parents’ attempts to change school start times fail?

A．Not enough people signed the petition.

B．No scientific evidence could support their idea.

C．It would influence the schools’ schedules.

D．It would influence many out-of-school activities.

4. What can we infer from the article?

A．More parents will hire a private bus for their children.

B．Seattle schools plan to change their schedules next year.

C．There will be less after-school activities and programs.

D．There is now a higher chance of delaying school start times.

5 . Esquire Magazine

Price: $38.00

Esquire Magazine is a lifestyle magazine aimed at professional men. The goal of the editors is to provide a broad choice of information on business, health, fashion, sports, fiction, entertainment, family life, and arts.

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Boys’ Life magazine

Price: $24.00

Boys’ Life magazine is a general-interest magazine published in three types for boys from first grade through high school. It includes a mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, entertainment, and comics.

http:// www. ocscouts. org/ scoutsource/ Media/ FactSheets/ 00-bl90. aspx

Nick Magazine

Price: $29.00

Nick Magazine is filled with wonderful entertainment for children aged 6 to 14. It is wholesome (有益健康的), imaginative, and truly from a child’s point of view. Share the award-winning entertainment and humor magazine from Nickelodeon with your kids.

http :// www. magazineline/ nickmagazine. htm

Seventeen Magazine

Price: $36.00

Seventeen is the world’s most popular magazine for today’s young women. Every issue brings you everything you need to know—about everything that’s important to you. Seventeen covers everything from high school to Hollywood! In every issue you’ll get the latest information on style, friends, guys, college, careers, love, as well as hot tips on beauty, fashion, fitness, entertainment, and relationships.

http://www. magazine pricesearch. com/ detail/ seventeen. html

1. If Mr. Smith, a business man, wants to buy a magazine about his career, he may pay         .

A．$24.00

B．$29.99

C．$36.00

D．$38.00

2. For Nick Magazine what is special is that it         .

A．has three types

B．has many jokes for children

C．sees the world in a child’s eye

D．involves many professional areas

3. What information is contained in all of the magazines?

A．Entertainment.

B．Sports.

C．News.

D．Fashion.

6 . 假如你是李华，你的美国网友Peter正在你校做交换生，他打算参加你们学校举办的中华经典诗词朗诵比赛，请你给他写封邮件，告知他具体情况,
内容如下:
1. 报名时间、地点: 截至时间6月15日；学生会办公室；
2. 比赛时间、地点: 6月30日下午3:00-5:00;学校学术报告厅；
3. 比赛内容和形式:个人或小组朗诵中华经典诗词；
4. 奖项:评出前十名颁奖
注意:1. 词数100左右;

2. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

参考词汇:中华经典诗词朗诵Chinese Classical Poetry Reciting
学术报告厅Academic Lecture Hall
Dear Peter,

How is everything going?

____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

7 . When you meet someone, always shake their hands. Say “please” when you ask for something. Stand up when an older person enters the room.

Every country has a system of manners, that is, rules for behavior Each particular culture has a history of     1     (accept) behavior. People teach these manners to their children, Everyone in a culture     2     (usual) agrees on what is good behavior and what is not.

When you visit a new place, you need to learn     3     manners for that place. But what will happen when many different people come together? What if they do not know the rules in this place? The internet is a place like this. People use the internet for many things. One of the most important is     4     (communicate). The internet     5     (help) people communicate quickly. And there are many different ways to communicate     6     (use) the internet. People email long messages to friends or co-workers. They post short messages and links on social networks like Facebook or Twitter. Or people add     7     (they) comments to news websites and online group discussions.

But in all these ways of communicating, people sometimes write hurtful things. That is     8     many people think it is important to teach internet manners. Some schools and universities now teach students correct internet behavior. There are many rules     9     (follow). Today we will look at just a few of them     10     asking the questions: Who? What? How? and Where?

8 . As a boy I was always small for my age. I was five years junior to one of my brothers and seven years junior to the other._______, I often felt left out when their friends came over to _______. I was too _______ for whatever they were doing and they didn’t want me to listen to their conversations either. Usually, I found myself outside playing alone and feeling _______.

I remember one spring afternoon I felt especially _______ as I sat in the yard behind our house. We lived miles from town and I _______ saw my own friends outside of school. I _______ my brothers laughing from _______ the house and felt a single tear coming down my face. At that moment I saw a large brown dog _______ me. He was wagging (摇) his tail ________. He greeted me like a long lost ________, licking (舔) my hand and sitting beside me on the spring grass,________ he didn’t know me. I petted and ________ this four-legged angel. He let me pour out all my troubles and ________ my deepest thoughts before he kissed me goodbye. I went back inside feeling happy, knowing that no matter what ________ might hold I was loved. I ________ that the dog was sent in that moment of ________ to remind me just how much I was loved.

In truth, nothing brings us greater ________ than knowing we are loved. Knowing we are loved gives us the ________ to love others as well. It also helps us to be the people the world meant for us to be. Remember how much the world loves you and share your ________ with the world.

1.

A．For example

B．As a result

C．In fact

D．At the beginning

2.

A．discuss

B．fight

C．play

D．work

3.

A．young

B．eager

C．concerned

D．noisy

4.

A．tired

B．forgotten

C．happy

D．hopeful

5.

A．relaxed

B．anxious

C．frightened

D．lonely

6.

A．regularly

B．frequently

C．hardly

D．always

7.

A．heard

B．found

C．looked

D．imagined

8.

A．behind

B．over

C．outside

D．inside

9.

A．walking to

B．shouting at

C．passing by

D．keeping off

10.

A．quietly

B．happily

C．slightly

D．naturally

11.

A．child

B．friend

C．toy

D．guest

12.

A．because

B．as if

C．but

D．even though

13.

A．talked to

B．thought of

C．learned from

D．picked up

14.

A．form

B．record

C．share

D．have

15.

A．time

B．mind

C．spirit

D．life

16.

A．decide

B．prove

C．believe

D．explain

17.

A．sadness

B．happiness

C．madness

D．tiredness

18.

A．changes

B．honor

C．ideas

D．joy

19.

A．pride

B．freedom

C．strength

D．possibility

20.

A．thanks

B．love

C．faith

D．growth

9 . Are you happy? If you aren’t you need to move near friends who are happy. A new study shows that happiness is infectious (易传染的) and can flow through social groups. And the closer you are to someone happy, the happier you’ll be.

The study was carried out by the Harvard Medical School. The researchers discovered that a person’s happiness depends on the happiness of those around them. They collected data on 5,000 adults between 1971 and 2003. Participants were asked to identify their relatives, close friends, place of residence and place of work. They were also asked questions about whether they enjoyed life, and whether they felt hopeful about the future.

The results were very interesting. The researchers found that those who had happy partners had an 8% higher chance of being happy too. And for those with happy children, this increases to 14%. And finally, those with a happy friend who lives less than half a kilometre away are 42% more likely to be happy. “Most important from our perspective is the recognition that people are m social networks, and that the health and well-being of one person affects the health and well-being of others,” one of the researchers explained. “It makes sense that if people around you are happy, that might have an impact on your own happiness.” So, in conclusion, the best thing is to have a happy friend who lives less than a kilometer away from you. Do you have one?

1. How did researchers get their findings?

A．By comparing results.	B．By asking questions.
C．By listing figures.	D．By giving examples.

2. According to the study, who may have the greatest effect on your happiness?

A．Your partner.	B．Your children.
C．Your close friends.	D．Your parents.

3. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph Three refer to       .

A．the interesting result.	B．the happy life.
C．the health of the family.	D．the chance of happiness.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Happiness and family.	B．Happiness and health.
C．Friendship and happiness.	D．Friendship and health.

10 . When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church. The kids in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then divide into groups based on their ages.

One Easter Sunday, all the kids arrived with big stories about what the Easter Bunny (复活节小兔) had brought. While all of the kids shared their stories happily, one young boy, called Bobby, sat quietly. A teacher, noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny bring you?” He answered, “My mom locked the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn’t get inside because he hadn’t got a key.”

This sounded like a reasonable idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories. But My mom knew the true story. Bobby’s mom was a single parent, and she guessed they just couldn’t afford the Easter Bunny.

After Sunday School was over everyone went off to church. When my dad came to meet us, my mom said that we were going home instead. At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel better, we were going to pretend to be the Easter Bunny, make a basket of our candies for him and leave it at church. We all donated (捐赠) some to the basket, and went back to church. There, mom hung the basket over the hanger (挂钩) and attached a note:

Dear Bobby,

I’m sorry I missed your house last night. Happy Easter.

Love

The Easter Bunny

1. The kids divided into groups according to their       .

A．height	B．ages
C．grades	D．hobby

2. Which statement of the following is true?

A．Bobby’s mother didn’t have money to buy him gifts.

B．The Easter Bunny didn’t have the key to Bobby’s house.

C．Bobby didn’t get gifts because his mother locked the door.

D．The Easter Bunny forgot to bring him gifts the night before Easter.

3. Which of the following can best describe mom?

A．patient	B．friendly
C．caring	D．honest

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．The Easter Bunny	B．Mom’s love
C．Easter stories	D．Children’s Friendship