1 . 假定你是李华，你校美国交换生John 喜欢中国传统文化，你决定邀请他一起参加学校将举办的唐诗吟诵 晚会。请给他写封邮件。内容包括：
1.时间地点；
2.晚会目的；
3.你的希望。
参考词汇：recitation n. 吟诵
注意：词数100左右，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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2 . When I was a little girl, there was the magic of Mercurochrome (红药水). It was good for cuts, scratches (抓痕), or other _______. My brother and I tested and _______ the powers of Mercurochrome many years ago.

It was summer and hot. Mama was not feeling well and had become _______ tired. She told us that she was going to _______ on her bed. Only a few minutes had passed when Ronnie _______ a scratch on his knee that needed immediate _______. We tiptoed (踮脚走) into Mama’s room and asked her if we could put Mercurochrome on Ronnie’s scratch. _______on her back, Mama had fallen into a deep sleep and made no answer.

We stole into the bathroom and took the Mercurochrome and _______ Ronnie’s knee. Undoubtedly, he immediately began to feel better. _______, we tiptoed into Mama’s room to show her that we had taken care of our scratches without _______ her. But she was in sound sleep. Then we whispered that _______ Mama didn’t feel well, perhaps Mercurochrome would make her feel _______.

Twenty minutes _______, we painted every scratch and every freckle (雀斑) of Mama’s skin. She had Mercurochrome ______ her legs, arms and face. At Ronnie’s encouraging, we _________ tried to paint her fingernails and toenails.

When Mama screamed in ______, we knew that she was awake. With all the _______, it didn’t seem at first that she was feeling better, _______ she burst into laughter as she stared at her image in the mirror.

We laughed a lot the next few days. If anyone had asked us, we would have _______ that Mama had been cured by the _______ of Mercurochrome.

1.

A．matters

B．wounds

C．troubles

D．worries

2.

A．marked

B．ignored

C．collected

D．proved

3.

A．extremely

B．gradually

C．hardly

D．suddenly

4.

A．settle down

B．lie down

C．go down

D．look down

5.

A．doubted

B．learnt

C．noticed

D．recognized

6.

A．attention

B．look

C．advice

D．study

7.

A．Round

B．Tight

C．Flat

D．Wide

8.

A．decorated

B．designed

C．completed

D．painted

9.

A．Politely

B．Carelessly

C．Proudly

D．Properly

10.

A．pleasing

B．worrying

C．exciting

D．bothering

11.

A．since

B．unless

C．until

D．before

12.

A．better

B．rarer

C．worse

D．stranger

13.

A．earlier

B．ago

C．later

D．ahead

14.

A．in

B．on

C．up

D．under

15.

A．always

B．ever

C．even

D．only

16.

A．disappointment

B．horror

C．shame

D．excitement

17.

A．laughing

B．talking

C．joking

D．screaming

18.

A．so

B．but

C．although

D．because

19.

A．pretended

B．expected

C．accepted

D．insisted

20.

A．magic

B．reality

C．secret

D．story

3 . What could be perfect for the partner, who embarrasses you on the dance floor? Smart socks, which can teach people to dance, may be the answer for anyone with two left feet.

At first, 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 (纤维) that watch the movements of your feet. They look, feel and can be washed like normal clothes.

Sensors 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 petty 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 bots. 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 in paragraph 1?

A．People who are disabled.	B．People who do not like dancing.
C．People who are good at dancing.	D．People who are poor at dancing.

2. Why were smart socks developed in the beginning?

A．To help women walk safely.	B．To teach people to dance.
C．To improve runners’ performance	D．To record dance movement.

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

A．They are expensive to produce.

B．They can monitor the movement of feet.

C．They feel much softer than normal clothes.

D．They should be washed in a special washing machine

4. What can be inferred from the text?

A．The technology could bring a potential market.

B．All people can run safely and well thanks to the socks.

C．The technology has been widely used in all sorts of sports.

D．Only professional athletes can benefit from the technology.

4 . More than the challenge of fitting into a new culture, there are many benefits that a student can get from an exchange program. These benefits include:

·Diverse academic opportunities. In fact, students want to study abroad rather than travel.     1     Instead, it will be the supply of diverse opportunities for the student. For example, the student will be able to experience the differences of teaching methods, educational formats and academic program offerings.

·    2     Studying in another country opens the student’s eyes to different surroundings, which makes the student know about the country’s customs, people and regions. Knowing other culture also teaches the student how to be open-minded.

·Personality development.     3     Thus, the student needs to make decisions on his or her own and suffer the consequences or enjoy the fruits of those decisions. With this, the student is taught how real life is, what it means to be responsible, and how being resourceful can help in his or her survival. It’s no wonder that most students who return after the exchange program are seen with significant improvement on their personal development.     4    

So, why not let your child have the benefits of a student exchange program? Exchange programs or study-abroad programs are a great investment for the student.     5     Just imagine, by transforming students in a foreign country, the society is starting to build new blood of more mature people who might just be able to create a better tomorrow for the generations to come.

A．Improved protection of social rights.

B．Better awareness of cultural differences.

C．More importantly, it is helpful for the improvement of the society.

D．Most of them are more confident and have better decision-making skills.

E．The hosting school can also benefit by making a student’s dream come true.

F．Although students really love traveling, studying is not an activity filled with travel fun at all times.

G．Being an exchange student often means living far away from home and parental guidance.

5 . Sidney Keys, 14-year-old, has started a youth-led book club program, with the support and help of his mom, to help empower (给予...力量) both himself and many other boys with mental or physical problems through literature.

“I used to have a really bad stutter (结巴) and perform badly in school and I would get laughed at for it,” Sidney Keys, the founder of the book club Books N Bros said. “Reading was kind of my escape from my stutter because in my head I was able to imagine things and play out all the events clearly.” He said,“I wanted to start up Books N Bros so that I could talk to other people, especially boys, about books I love in a relaxing way because it’s like a brotherhood.”

The reading club that he started at just 10 years old now has over 250 “bros” aged 7 to 13 from the U.S. and Canada, most of whom are changing actively and positively. Marvels Hero Project, which reveals (展示) the remarkable, positive change young men make in their communities across the country and turns them into superheroes, selected Keys to be featured in the Disney series.

“I always wanted to read books that had characters that looked like me, but now I see a comic book with me in it,” Keys said.“It’s unbelievable that my friends and teachers all call me my superhero name.”

As for the future of Books N Bros, Keys and his mom hope to expand the programs reach throughout the country.“Getting Books N Bros in schools across America, we don’t want transportation to be an issue for getting that physical brotherhood and bond. It just benefits so many people, and it keeps me going,” Keys explained.

1. What’s the main reason for Sidney Keys to build the club Books N Bros?

A．His mother’s support.

B．His poor school performance.

C．His own sufferings.

D．His desire to talk to people.

2. Why was Keys chosen by Marvel’s Hero Project?

A．Because he was called a superhero by people.

B．Because he made a difference to others.

C．Because he was brave to face his shortcomings.

D．Because he looked like a role in the Disney series.

3. How did Keys feel when seeing himself in a comic book?

A．Confused.

B．Curious.

C．Anxious.

D．Proud.

4. What is this text mainly about?

A．How Sidney Keys and Books N Bros affect other people.

B．How Marvels Hero Project creates a superhero.

C．How a teenager gets help from Marvels Hero Project.

D．How a music club becomes a hit across America.

6 . In a small fishing village in Southern Thailand, some boys of Panyee Football Club play football amazingly. They_________, shout, jump and kick like most other football players, but these boys are especially good at_________of the ball because their football field is a raft 筏)in the middle of the sea. Since 2004, the club has_________the Thai Youth Football Championships seven times.

The_________of Panyee FC begins back in 1986. Some of the young boys were watching the World Cup Football Championships on television._________, one of the boys said. “We watch football on TV, but we’ve never played it.” The boys made a_________.

“Our football team starts today. We want to become world_________!” they shouted. But the villagers_________them. “Are you crazy? You don’t have a field! How can you_________?

The boys were__________to make their dream come true. They used__________fishing boats and pieces of wood to make a__________football field. They practised for hours every day, even__________the field was wet. That first year, they__________it to the semi-finals of the__________football competition. They have now played for over twenty-five years and they are one of the best youth football teams in the country.

1.

A．wander

B．smile

C．run

D．yell

2.

A．keeping track

B．taking hold

C．getting ahead

D．keeping control

3.

A．preserved

B．represented

C．covered

D．won

4.

A．luck

B．story

C．fame

D．credit

5.

A．Suddenly

B．Recently

C．Previously

D．Gradually

6.

A．choice

B．comparison

C．decision

D．promise

7.

A．records

B．leaders

C．boys

D．champions

8.

A．looked after

B．laughed at

C．tricked on

D．believed in

9.

A．practise

B．admit

C．perform

D．observe

10.

A．pleased

B．challenged

C．determined

D．experienced

11.

A．heavy

B．brand-new

C．flexible

D．old

12.

A．floating

B．surfing

C．rising

D．hanging

13.

A．why

B．so

C．when

D．because

14.

A．made

B．applied

C．related

D．attached

15.

A．national

B．local

C．international

D．global

7 . Travel is one of the most exciting experiences a human being can have. Imagine how Italian traveler Marco Polo must have felt when he found himself on Chinese soil, seeing a way of life quite different from anything he’d seen before.

And how great must it have been to listen to Zhang Qian when he returned to China from his journey through Central Asia and West Asia? His brain must have been packed with everything he’d seen and heard, leading to the founding of the Silk Road.

Some people have traveled all over the world, and travel is a way of life to them. They perhaps know what to expect before they travel. That’s why the best travel is when it’s for the first time. Imagine a person who has always wanted to travel to the United States. Of course, they’ve probably seen the Statue of Liberty a thousand times on TV, and the White House, and all the other famous sights. But none of that would compare to the excitement of looking out of the window as the plane lands, watching the cities and streets of the real America come into view.

Although travel is often just for recreation, it’s also educational. We may not know that we are getting an education, but we still are.

We’re learning every day: new words in a new language, new people, and new ways of life. But this learning takes place in the school of the world, not the classroom. As we get to know foreign places, we come to understand that there are many different ways to live, and that the way we live isn’t necessarily the best way.

1. The author uses Marco Polo and Zhang Qian as examples to       .

A．explain how the Silk Road was founded	B．present travel as an amazing experience
C．show how the way people travel has changed	D．describe important cultural exchanges in history

2. By saying “the best travel is when it’s for the first time”, the author means       .

A．one’s first trip is usually the most challenging

B．no other trip is better than one’s first trip

C．there is always much to learn on one’s first trip

D．people usually make better preparations for their first trip

3. The underlined word “recreation” in Paragraph 4 probably means       .

A．fun

B．risk

C．learning

D．knowledge

4. According to the last two paragraphs, the author believes that       .

A．traveling should be included in formal education

B．traveling improves people’s confidence in their lifestyle

C．foreign journeys can enrich people’s knowledge of the world

D．foreign ways of life are better than our own way of life at home.

8 . One day when I was 12, my mother ordered me to walk to the public library and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to ________ my strange problem ________ to read.

In the library, I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf ________. The beagle (比格猎犬) on the book’s cover ________ my eye. The first and only animal companion I ever had as a child was a beagle. ________, one morning, he was gone, given ________ to someone who had this space and money to care for him. I never ________ my beagle.

The beagle on the cover looked ________ to my dog. My eyes ran across the ________, “ Amor, the Bengle with a Plan.” ________, I I had read the title. Without opening the book, I ________ it from the library for the summer.

I started to read about Amos very slowly and with ________. It was about a dog who, like mine, had been ________ from his family and found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of ________ until my own lost dog and I were, in my mind, running together.

My mother’s call returned me to the ________ world. I suddenly ________ something I had read a book and loved it. Everyone knew I couldn’t read, but I had read it. Books were ________, and I was going to read them.

I ________ told my mother about my miraculous (奇迹般的) experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable ________ in my classroom performance during the next year. Years later, she was ________that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction.

1.

A．avoid

B．apply

C．understand

D．defeat

2.

A．responsibility

B．inability

C．desire

D．anxiety

3.

A．on purpose

B．by accident

C．at random

D．as usual

4.

A．caught

B．fooled

C．relaxed

D．raised

5.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．Instead

D．However

6.

A．away

B．up

C．in

D．out

7.

A．recalled

B．admired

C．forgot

D．confused

8.

A．familiar

B．similar

C．opposite

D．important

9.

A．cover

B．author

C．picture

D．title

10.

A．Unknowingly

B．Suddenly

C．Eventually

D．Patiently

11.

A．bought

B．borrowed

C．gathered

D．ordered

12.

A．shame

B．relief

C．confidence

D．difficulty

13.

A．spared

B．divided

C．separated

D．prevented

14.

A．reunion

B．recovery

C．departure

D．fight

15.

A．wild

B．virtual

C．real

D．remote

16.

A．accepted

B．realized

C．learned

D．imagined

17.

A．useful

B．encouraging

C．informative

D．wonderful

18.

A．never

B．once

C．often

D．even

19.

A．difference

B．effort

C．improvement

D．progress

20.

A．confused

B．proud

C．sure

D．aware

9 . A Race against Death

It was a cold January in 1925 in North Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world because of the heavy snow.

On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch _________ a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious (传染的) disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be _________ if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. _________ , the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.

How could the medicine get to Nome? The town’s _________ was already full of ice, so it couldn’t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn’t travel on the _________ roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn’t exist yet.

_______ January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were _________. Nome’s town officials came up with a(n) _________. They would have the medicine sent by _________ from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled (狗拉雪橇) drivers — known as “mushers”—would __________ it to Nome in a relay.

The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. __________ he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon’s face was black from the extreme cold.

On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to __________ a frozen body of water called Norton Sound. It was the most __________ part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would __________, and so would the sick children of Nome. But Seppala made it across.

A huge snowstorm hit on February 1. A musher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his __________. He had to leave the trail (雪橇痕迹) to get around them. Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to   __________ the trail again. The only hope was Balto, Kaasen’s lead dog. Balto put his nose to the ground, __________to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail. If Balto failed, it would mean disaster for Nome. The minutes passed by. Suddenly, Balto began to __________. He had found the trail.

At 5:30 am on February 2, Kaasen and his dog __________ in Nome. Within minutes, Dr. Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered.

Nome had been __________.

1.

A．examined

B．warned

C．interviewed

D．treated

2.

A．harmless

B．helpless

C．fearless

D．careless

3.

A．Moreover

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．However

4.

A．airport

B．station

C．harbor

D．border

5.

A．narrow

B．snowy

C．busy

D．dirty

6.

A．From

B．On

C．By

D．After

7.

A．tired

B．upset

C．pale

D．sick

8.

A．plan

B．excuse

C．message

D．topic

9.

A．air

B．rail

C．sea

D．road

10.

A．carry

B．return

C．mail

D．give

11.

A．Though

B．Since

C．When

D．If

12.

A．enter

B．move

C．visit

D．cross

13.

A．shameful

B．boring

C．dangerous

D．foolish

14.

A．hurt

B．injure

C．swim

D．die

15.

A．memory

B．exit

C．way

D．destination

16.

A．find

B．fix

C．pass

D．change

17.

A．wondering

B．trying

C．asking

D．learning

18.

A．run

B．leave

C．bite

D．play

19.

A．gathered

B．stayed

C．camped

D．arrived

20.

A．controlled

B．saved

C．founded

D．developed

10 . Many people have difficulty in getting up in the morning. This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.

During the hours when you work, you may say that you’re “hot”. That’s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak (顶峰). For some people the peak comes during the morning. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar words as: “Get up, John! You’ll be late for work again!” The possible explanation for the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.

You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. If so, staying up later than you want to may counteract your cycle in some way. If our energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won’t change your cycle, but you’ll get up steam and work better at your low point.

Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a comfortable yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed for a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before.

1. Dr. Kleitman explains that it is difficult for a person to get up in the morning probably because of __________.

A．his own laziness	B．his own energy cycle
C．his own habit	D．his bad rest at night

2. According to the passage, people’s energy peak may come __________.

A．in the morning	B．in the evening
C．in the afternoon	D．at different hours

3. If the finding is true, it’s best to __________.

A．do your work at the energy peak	B．manage to control your temper
C．work at the bottom of energy cycle	D．manage to keep you clean all day