1 . At least 3 people are dead in the Philippines now that Typhoon Hagupit has landed．
The typhoon，which hit the eastern Philippines over the weekend，has blown down trees and sent more than 650-thousand people into shelters before weakening．
“There were very strong winds last night．The roof was beginning to move，and rain was getting inside the room，”said a villager．
The storm hit with gusts(强风)of over 100- miles per hour．
And while the storm has slowed considerably，from the Super Typhoon level it had last week，Hagupit still remains strong enough to create more damage．
Christopher Perez is a local weather forecaster．
“we are continuing to expect bad weather and rough ocean waves．Threats of possible flash floods and landslides(泥石流)as well as possible storm waves occurring in coastal areas．”
Hagupit is expected to roll into the South China Sea tomorrow．
It’s currently going a westward toward the southern tip of Vietnam，meaning it's unlikely to affect China．
Hagupit’s strength in the Philippines is much less severe than Typhoon Haiyan，which rolled through the country last year．
Haiyan’s tsunami-like storm waves and killer winds left thousands of people dead and ____________ ．
The central Philippines is still trying to recover from last year’s massive storm．

1. It can be inferred from the passage that the Typhoon Hagupit is_______．

A．getting stronger

B．weakening

C．going to affect China soon

D．more destructive than Haiyan

2. The under lined part “leveled entire villages”probably means______.

A．destroyed all the buildings in the villages

B．were of the same sea level as the villages

C．killed all the villagers in the villages

D．blown down all the trees in the villages

3. Which of the following suffered most when Haiyan rolled over?

A．The eastern Philippines．

B．The southern tip of Vietnam．

C．The South China Sea．

D．The central Philippines．

4. What do we know about Haiyan from the news?

A．It caused less severe damage than Hagupit．

B．It also rolled over Vietnam and China．

C．It brought about a lot of deaths．

D．It damaged the roofs of all the houses．

2 . 语法填空

A man looking at his Smartphone while walking across a railway    1     (have) a close knock on Oct 22. He was so    2    (absorb) in his Smartphone that he didn't see a train approaching until it brushed past him,    3    (throw) him to the ground. This should serve    4    a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially    5    crossing roads.    6    (lucky), the man survived, but the incident forced the driver     7    (stop) the train. An l8-minute delay followed the incident,    8    led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.

The Smartphone    9    (addict) has spread like an infectious disease. It's evident that it will do great harm to society. What's even    10    (bad),some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends. Some people blame the Smartphone for the sad story, yet in fact people's weakening self-control and self-discipline are to blame.

3 . Robots make me nervous-especially the ones which seem to think for themselves．I was embarrassed to admit this till I heard that Bill Gates，the founder of Microsoft，felt the same way．Gates said in an interview with the website Reddit：“I am in the camp that is concerned about super intelligence．First the machines will do a lot of jobs for us and not be super   intelligent．That should be positive if we manage well．A few decades after that though the intelligence is strong enough to be a concern．”
Well，maybe I don’t have to worry about my laptop and kitchen appliances yet．After I   use them I can always pull the plug．But in the future，machines might find a way to prevent   us from switching them off．There’s a scary thought!
Professor Stephen Hawking warned a few months ago about the possibility that artificial intelligence could evolve and end up beyond human control．He suggested that machines could“ spell the end of the human race”．
Maybe the problem with computers too clever for us is not that they are evil or rebellious．What could put us in danger is that they might be too efficient．That’s what philosopher Nick Bostrom from the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University believes．He says that machines are indifferent to humans and in pursuit of their own goals，the destruction of people might be just collateral(附带的)damage．A machine would not take pity on you．
I’m glad my machines at home are“dumb”．All my vacuum cleaner wants to take over is the carpet in my living room．Let’s hope they don’t create an appliance which wants to take over the world!
1. We can conclude from Gates’statements that ___________．

A．he is embarrassed that he is afraid of robots

B．he doesn’t think machines are intelligent

C．machines should be fully employed

D．machines’super intelligence should be a concern

2. The underlined word“spell”in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____________．

A．record

B．cause

C．explain

D．develop

3. Why are computers dangerous according to Nick Bostrom?

A．They are too evil and rebellious．

B．They are indifferent to humans．

C．They show pity on humans.

D．They are too clever and efficient．

4. What can be inferred about the author?

A．He doesn’t agree with Bill Gates．

B．He is not content with the present kitchen appliances．

C．He is scared about the super intelligence of machines．

D．He expects that machines will take place of humans．

4 . When asked to list typical English gentlemen，for many，Colin Firth immediately comes to mind．
In his recent film，Kingsman：The Secret Service，the 54-year-old actor appears as elegant and violent super spy Harry Hart．One minute he’s calm and polite，and then in the next he’s skillfully violent and aggressive．For example，in one scene he says，“Manners maketh a man”，before severely beating up a group of villains(坏人)．Firth brings out the perfect mix of typical British style and humor through this performance．
Firth began appearing on English TV in the early 1990s，but it wasn’t until he played Mr Darcy，a charming upper class character from Jane Austen’s famous novel“Pride and Prejudice”，that Firth’s career really took off．His portrayal(形象)of the perfect fictional gentleman conquered millions of hearts，especially females’．
In many fans and critics’eyes，Firth has British good looks，British charm，and a gift for characters with a British sense of being reserved(矜持)．Movie reviewer Jason O’Bryan described Firth as“always befitting the calm and stiff-upper-lip British gentlemen character”．
However Firth doesn’t consider himself the authority on gentlemen．“I don’t necessarily approach every challenge like a perfect English gentleman spy．There are many aspects in my personality that are not consistent with someone like Harry Hart，”he said to Dialogue，an English—language show on CCTV News．
But let’s just take his words as another gentlemanly quality-modesty．After all，who might expect an Oscar-winning actor over 50 years old to learn to fight for his first action movie?
To prepare for Kingsman，Firth trained for three hours every day over six months．He broke a tooth and got bruised everywhere，but took the damage as a symbol of his accomplishments．
In Dialogue，Firth said he had many other sides-he’s passionate about literature and literary research．However，to many of his movie fans, he is indeed a gentleman and excellent actor above a11 else.
1. The example given in Paragraph 2 is _____________．

A．to describe the character of Harry Hart

B．to introduce one scene of Kingsman

C．to prove Colin Firth a gentleman

D．to compare Colin Firth with Harry Hart

2. When did Firth come to be famous?

A．In the early 1990s．

B．After he played Mr Darcy．

C．When he was 54 years old．

D．During his childhood．

3. From the text we can infer ______________．

A．Colin Firth is violent and aggressive

B．Colin Firth has many sides in personality

C．Colin Firth has similar character to Harry Hart

D．Colin Firth has more male fans than females

4. Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

A．An authority on English gentlemen

B．A famous actor

C．A charming upper class character

D．A super spy

5 .         Life is filled with challenges．As we get older we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that shape us and make us who we are，it is the same with the challenges that come with friendship．When we are faced with a challenge，we usually have two choices．We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing presenting the challenge isn’t worth the trouble and call it quits．Although there are certainly times when calling it quits is the right thing to do，in most cases all that is needed is commitment(承诺)and communication．
        When we are committed to something， it means that no matter how painful or how uncomfortable something is，we will always choose to face it through instead of running away from it．Communication is making a space for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong．If you can say to a friend，“I got my feelings hurt．” rather than“You hurt my feelings．”you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster．
        In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for what they are：small hurdles you need to jump or get through on your way through life．Nothing is so big that it is impossible to get over, and hurt only serves to make us stronger．It is all part of growing up，it happens to everyone，and some day you will look back on all of this and say,“Hard as it was，it made me who I am today．And that is a good thing．”
1. What is the underlined word“committed”can be replaced by ____________．

A．devoted B satisfied	B．smpdsed
C．interested

2. It can be inferred from the text that _____________．

A．friendship needs challenges

B．challenges shape our character

C．small hurdles aren’t worth the trouble

D．commitment promotes friendship

3. The writer suggests that _____________ when faced with a challenge．

A．one should call it quits

B．one should temporarily run away from it

C．one should be committed and communicable

D．one should lay it a side for a while

4. According to the passage，if your friend hurts your feelings，you are well advised to _______________．

A．forget it

B．talk to him／her about it directly

C．communicate properly with him／her

D．run away from it

5. The whole passage is centered on the relationship between _____________．

A．friendship and challenges

B．commitment and communication

C．communication and friendship

D．challenges and the ways to get through

6 . The eyes are one of the most expressive of body language. Keith, seventeen, from Montclair, New Jersey, learned the hard way about one ____ the eyes can make. “I had a teacher who ____ heavily on classroom discussion,”Keith says. “He seemed to have a strong ____ to know just when I didn’t have the answer. I couldn’t ____ how he could be so ____ Then it dawned on(逐渐被人明白) me. ____ I didn’t know the answer, I would ____ looking at him. When I did know what to say, I always stared straight back ____ him. From that moment on, I ____ myself to look him in the eye, ____ I knew the answer or not. That trick has ____ me a lot of trouble.”
Many people, ____ some policemen, believe eye contact is a good ____ of testing honesty. If someone can’t look at you directly in the eye, then he or she is not playing ____ , they insist. After many experiments， ____ , a number of exports have found out that good liars can make false eye contact.
Eye contact, though not a sure ____ of dishonesty, is a clear way to show interest in another person. When a person looks at you and continues to do so, you know his attention is ____ on you. When he turns his head away, his mind is probably ____ . But there is ____ . A shy person may have trouble making and keeping eye contact, no matter how interested he is in the other person. And certain nationalities, such as the British and Germans, are much ____ oriented(适应) to eyeball-to-eyeball contact than, say，the French and the Arabs.1.

A．letter

B．notice

C．message

D．news

2.

A．looked

B．graded

C．lived

D．took

3.

A．ability

B．body

C．mind

D．way

4.

A．figure out

B．speak out

C．turn out

D．put out

5.

A．slow

B．sharp

C．boring

D．cautious

6.

A．The first time

B．Last time

C．Each time

D．At times

7.

A．hate

B．enjoy

C．like

D．avoid

8.

A．on

B．at

C．in

D．of

9.

A．allowed

B．forbade

C．taught

D．persuaded

10.

A．when

B．whether

C．if

D．unless

11.

A．saved

B．given

C．increased

D．offered

12.

A．except

B．adding

C．beside

D．including

13.

A．lesson

B．way

C．chance

D．approach

14.

A．honestly

B．effectively

C．efficiently

D．constantly

15.

A．furthermore

B．moreover

C．however

D．otherwise

16.

A．expression

B．means

C．sign

D．trick

17.

A．discovered

B．lain

C．put

D．fixed

18.

A．anywhere

B．nowhere

C．elsewhere

D．everywhere

19.

A．exception

B．expectation

C．question

D．adaptation

20.

A．worse

B．less

C．too

D．enough

7 . Are you looking for some interesting and meaningful places to take your kids to? Here are some places for you to choose before they grow up:
Alaska
Not to sound cool, but “it’s a good chance to experience a trip through the icebergs. There are over 100,000 glaciers in Alaska, more than anywhere else in the world combined. You can also spot whales and other wildlife, visit the famous Denali National Park, enjoy the landscapes and even learn about the roughly 20 different native languages Spoken there
New York City
You definitely don’t want to be chasing after your shopaholic teens in Manhattan, so plan your trip to ____ Apple when the kids are still young enough to enjoy the family-friendly trips! There are several family-friendly Broadway shows to see. You can also bring them for a walk in Central Park, pay a visit to the giant M&M'S store in Times Square, take a City Sightseeing Cruise, get on a boat to see the Statue of Liberty, visit the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, and even enjoy a yummy street hot dog
Cape Canaveral
There are few things m the world as cool as rockets that fly to the outer space, so obviously ,a visit to Cape Canaveral’s Kennedy Space Centre is one of the coolest trips you can you’re your children on. Though you won’t see any more launches from this space station and its retired rockets, you can find out what it feels like to be in the Shuttle Launch Experience flight simulator Plus, it’s only one hour away from Orlando, Florida, so if you visit Disney World as well, this quick side trip will be an easy one to make.
The Canadian Rockies
If you happen to visit the Canadian portion of the nor them Rocky Mountains, a visit to Banff National Park will certainly not disappoint you. There are so many great activities for the whole family to enjoy like wildlife viewing, spaceflight tours, fishing, horseback riding, and hiking. Let your children experience the beauty of the Canadian Rockies and learn more about the history of this impressive UNESCO World Heritage site.
1. If a child wants to experience something related to spaceflight, where can he go?

A．Alaska and New York City.

B．Alaska and Cape Canaveral.

C．Cape Canaveral and the Canadian Rockies.

D．New York city and Cape Canaveral.

2. What can children do if they go to Alaska?

A．See the Statue of Liberty and enjoy Broadway shows.

B．Visit Disney World and see some retired rockets.

C．Learn the history of a UNESCO world Heritage site and enjoy horse riding.

D．Learn some native languages and experience a trip through the icebergs.

3. What does the underlined word “the Big Apple” mean in the passage?

A．New York City	B．Manhattan
C．Broadway	D．Times Square

4. What type of writing is this text?

A．An exhibition guide.	B．A travelling brochure.
C．An announcement.	D．An art show review.

8 . 中学生体质状况堪忧，许多学生缺乏运动。为了让同学们重视运动，你校决定出版一期以“运动与健康”为主题的校刊，请以Benefits of taking regular exercise为题，为校刊撰写一篇英语短文。
内容包括：
1.控制体重；2.精力充沛；3.预防疾病；4.增强自信。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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9 . Amazon just released its list of the 10 best-selling books of 2014，and chances all you’ve already seen people reading them on the train．It's not too late to read—or reread—the bestsellers of the year．The following are the top four of them．
“The Invention of Wings”by Sue Monk Kid
Set in the south in the early 1800s，this Oprah Book Club book follows the complicated relationship between Handful，a slave，and Sarah，her owner，as they grow up together from childhood．Their confusing friendship，in the face of politics and societal norms，becomes a beautiful and difficult thing to watch as it changes over time．
“Gray Mountain”by John Grisham
When the economic recession(萧条)causes Samantha Kofer to lose her Wall Street law firm job．she takes a job at a legal aid clinic in Virginia until she can hopefully get back to big law．But while her new job，for the first time，puts her front and center in the court room，it also puts her in terrible danger．
“All the Light We Cannot See”by Anthony Doerr
This National Book Award Finalist follows both Marie—Laure，a blind French girl living with her father during World War II，and Werner，a German orphan with a skill for building and fixing radios．As their paths cross，this moving story will question how life and art are influenced by war．
“Twenty Seconds Ago(Jack Reacher，#19)”by Lee Child
After years of being out of the Army，Jack Reacher is pulled back into service at the CIA and State Department after someone tried to shoot the president of France．In Child’s latest Jack Reacher installment(系列丛书)，Reacher finds himself face to face with all old enemy and old memories．
1. If you prefer emotional(情感)stories，you’ll choose _______________.

A．The Invention of Wings and Gray Mountain

B．All the Light We Cannot See and Twenty Seconds Ago

C．The Invention of Wings and All the Light We Cannot See

D．Twenty Seconds Ago and Gray Mountain

2. What is Samantha Kofer?

A．A lawyer．	B．A doctor．
C．A merchant．	D．An official．

3. Which book has won the top honor?

A．The Invention of Wings

B．All the Light We Cannot See

C．Gray Mountain

D．Twenty Seconds Ago

4. What type of writing is this text?

A．A test report．	B．An announcement.
C．A book review．	D．Introduction of books．

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Internet is playing a more and more important part in people’s daily life. It is an     1     (amaze) information resource. Students, teachers, and researchers use it as     2     investigative tool. Journalists use it to find information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the     3     (late) medical development. Ordinary people use it     4     shopping, banking, bill-paying, and communicating with family and friends. People all over the world use it to connect with individuals from     5     countries and cultures. However, while there are many positive developments     6     (associate) with the Internet, there are also certain fears and concerns. One concern relates to a lack of control over     7     appears on the Internet. With television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness of the content of programs, and with television there are     8     (restrict) on other aspects, for example, what kinds of programs can     9     (broadcast) and at what time of the day. With the Internet, parents cannot check a published guide to determine what is suitable for their children     10     (see).