1 . 在最近的一次主题为中学生课余时间上网的英语班会上，同学们对上网的利弊争论不休，意见不能统一。作为班长，请你根据下列信息，作总结性发言。
   
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2 . In 1952, my daddy traveled with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This meant he would_______a lot of time away from home.

As_______ came near, he called my mother and _______ why he would not be celebrating the holiday with us. Money was tight and he didn’t have a way to get back to his _______. Though she was _______. Mother knew he was right. When she told us the news, it really _______ me, and I went to bed on Christmas Eve with a _______ heart.

When we _______ up on Christmas morning, Santa had come. I still remember what gift we _______ that year. We were all happy with our gifts, so we went outside to play. As we were ________ I looked up and thought I saw my daddy in the distance. I ran inside to tell Mother. She did not ________ me and told me not to make up stories. My mother ________ it just wasn’t possible.________ I was sure it was Daddy! I turned to go back outside when I heard familiar footsteps. Daddy was home! As I ________ into his arms, Daddy explained that he had tried ________ to get home for Christmas, but without success. At last, a group of the workers had decided to drive. But the ________ guy lived miles away. So Daddy started ________ on Christmas Eve until he arrived home. He had walked all night!

Though the ________ that year were wonderful, the best gift was not found under the ________. Daddy’s special surprise made this my most ________ Christmas.

1.

A．save

B．spend

C．waste

D．lose

2.

A．Thanksgiving

B．Easter

C．Christmas

D．New Year

3.

A．wondered

B．explained

C．argued

D．discussed

4.

A．office

B．army

C．church

D．family

5.

A．excited

B．frightened

C．surprised

D．unhappy

6.

A．puzzled

B．calmed

C．interested

D．hit

7.

A．light

B．warm

C．heavy

D．strong

8.

A．picked

B．woke

C．blew

D．turned

9.

A．received

B．bought

C．made

D．sent

10.

A．playing

B．debating

C．studying

D．eating

11.

A．recognize

B．believe

C．ignore

D．understand

12.

A．agreed

B．warned

C．realized

D．added

13.

A．But

B．So

C．And

D．Or

14.

A．sank

B．rushed

C．stepped

D．escaped

15.

A．anything

B．something

C．everything

D．nothing

16.

A．nearest

B．farthest

C．earliest

D．latest

17.

A．running

B．driving

C．walking

D．cycling

18.

A．presents

B．programs

C．plans

D．styles

19.

A．stairs

B．tree

C．table

D．shelf

20.

A．unforgettable

B．comfortable

C．reasonable

D．terrible

4 . Never go into a supermarket hungry! This is a good piece of advice. If you go shopping for food before lunchtime, you’ll probably buy more than you plan to. Unfortunately, however, just this advice isn’t enough for consumers these days. Modern shoppers need an education in how and how not to buy things at the store. First, you check the weekly newspaper ads. Find out the items that are on sale and decide if you really need these things. In other words, don’t buy anything just because it’s cheaper than usual! “New and Improved!” or “All Natural” on the front of a package influence you. Instead, read the list of ingredients (contents) on the back. Third, compare prices: that is, you should examine the prices of both different brands and different sizes of the same brand.

Another suggestion for consumers is to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands. Ordinary items in supermarkets come in plain packages. These products are cheaper because producers don’t spend much money on packing or advertising. The quality however, is usually as good as the quality of well-known name brands. In the same way, in buying clothes, you can often find high quality and low prices in brands that are not famous. Shopping in discount clothing stores can help you save a lot of money. Although these stores aren’t very attractive, and they usually do not have individual dressing rooms, not only are the prices low, but you can often find the same famous brands that you find in high-priced department stores.

Wise consumers read magazine ads and watch TV commercials, but they do this with one advantage: knowledge of the psychology behind the ads. In other words, well-informed consumers watch for information and check for misinformation. They ask themselves questions: Is the advertiser hiding something in small print at the bottom of the page? Is there any real information in the commercial, or is the advertiser simply showing an attractive image? With the answers to these questions, consumers can make a wise choice.

1. All the following statements are true about the phrase “ordinary items“ in Paragraph 2 except________.

A．ordinary items never say “New and Improved” or “All Natural”

B．ordinary products are usually cheaper than famous brands

C．producers spend less money on packaging of ordinary items

D．the quality of ordinary items is usually as good as that of famous brands

2. What does the writer think about ads?

A．They are believable.

B．They are attractive.

C．They are full of misinformation.

D．They are helpful to consumers.

3. One of the author’s suggestions to consumers is________.

A．to make use of ads

B．not to buy items with words like “New and Improved” or “All Natural”

C．to buy high quality items such as famous brands after lunch

D．to buy any ordinary items instead of famous brands

5 .

Language learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners. Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.

Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly indicative of delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. But since these cannot be said to show the baby's intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new words to their store. This self-imitation(模仿) leads on to deliberate(有意的) imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.

It is a problem we need to get out teeth into. The meaning of a word depends on what a particular person means by it in a particular situation and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the world. Thus the use at seven months of “mama” as a greeting for his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaningless sound simply because he also uses it at other times for his father, his dog, or anything else he likes. Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself, I doubt, however whether anything is gained when parents take advantage of this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds.

1. Before children start speaking__________.

A．they need equal amount of listening

B．they need different amounts of listening

C．they are all eager to cooperate with the adults by obeying spoken instructions

D．they can’t understand and obey the adult’s oral instructions

2. Children who start speaking late__________.

A．may have problems with their listening

B．probably do not hear enough language spoken around them

C．usually pay close attention to what they hear

D．often take a long time in learning to listen properly

3. A baby’s first noises are ___________.

A．an expression of his moods and feelings

B．an early form of language

C．a sign that he means to tell you something

D．an imitation of the speech of adults

4. The problem of deciding at what point a baby’s imitations can be considered as speech_____________.

A．is important because words have different meanings for different people

B．is not especially important because the changeover takes place gradually

C．is one that should be properly understood because the meaning of words changes with age

D．is one that should be completely ignored(忽略) because children’s use of words is often meaningless

6 . Weighing too much can damage your health,and obesity is a growing problem for both kids and adults around the world.Sleep might be one answer to the problem.A new study has found that elementary school students who slept too little were more likely to gain pounds.   

Past studies have shown a link between sleeping less and weighing more,but scientists have had a tough time determining "which came first,the chicken or the egg," says Julie C. Lumeng of the university of Michigan in Ann Arbor.In other words,it hasn't been clear whether kids who weigh too much have trouble sleeping,or whether sleeping less leads to weight gain.Both scenarios (可能出现的情况) seemed equally possible.

To get a better idea of which causes which,Lumeng and her colleagues interviewed the parents of 785 third graders from around the United States.The parents   answered questions about how well their kids slept that year.Three years later,the parents answered the same questions.By sixth grade ,18percent of kids involved in the study were obese.

The scientists found no relationship between weight and the students' race or gender.It also didn't matter how strict their parents were,or whether they were boys orgirls.Obesity struck all of these groups equally.Instead,sleep seemed to be the key factor.Over the three years of study,the children averaged a healthy 9.5 hours of sleepa night.Some kids,however,slept a lot moreor less than others.

For the sixth graders,every hour of sleep above the 9.5houraverage was linked toa 20 percent lower risk of being obese.Sleep appeared doubly important for the third graders.Every extra hour of sleep they got was linked to a 40 percent drop in obesity.

1. What does the underlined sentence on paragraph 2 imply?

A．Scientists have found the exact causes of children's obesity.

B．There is always something difficult to understand through theory

C．The cause–effect relationship between weight and sleep isn't clear.

D．A person's weight has something to do with the amount of his sleep.

2. What did the interview find out?

A．9.5 hours of sleep a night is enough for children.

B．The more a child sleeps,the healthier he will be.

C．Sixth graders need much more sleep than third graders.

D．One’s race or gender has nothing to do with his weight.

3. How does the author develop the passage?

A．By listing figures	B．By comparing different opinions
C．By providing examples	D．By conducting a survey

4. What is the suitable title for the passage?

A．The benefits of enough sleep for children

B．Sleeping less increases the risk of obesity

C．Which comes first,little sleep or obesity

D．How many hours of sleep do children need?

7 . Have you ever lost your car on a parking lot? It happens. You park and go shopping. When you get back, you have no idea where your car is. It can be discouraging.

You don’t need to install (安装) an expensive GPS system to keep track of your car. That’s too expensive. You would need to pay a monthly subscription fee just to use it. But is there a way to track your vehicle without spending a fortune? Yes, now there is! A California-based start-up company was able to make this a reality. They created a tiny device (装置）that works with your smartphone, and it could be exactly what you’re looking for! It’s called TrackR Bravo. It’s changing the way we keep track of the important things in our lives.

Install the free TrackR app on your smartphone, connect the app to your device and you’re ready to go! Simply attach TrackR to whatever you want to keep an eye on. The entire process of setting it up only takes 5 minutes or less. You can attach it to your keys, wallet and anything else you don’t want to lose. Then use the TrackR app to find where your missing item are in seconds.

Forget expensive GPS systems or tracking services. Nobody wants to pay expensive monthly subscription fees. We understand how stressful these things can be, and this is the reason why the company created TrackR. This device is your VIP when you need to take care of important things.

If you forget where you park your car, take out your smartphone and open the TrackR app. Tap on the “lost item” sign on the screen and the app will tell you the exact location. This device is by no means expensive. TrackR only costs $29, a small price to pay for peace of mind. The device is small enough that you can attach it to your pets. Put it on their collar, and you will never lose track of them! Attach it to your key or wallet, and never waste a minute rummaging the whole house for it.

Since you’ve been informed about this brilliant invention, now attach it to everything that’s important to you.

1. Why does the author mention the lost car in the first Paragraph?

A．To explain how terrible the situation is.

B．To stress the importance of being cautious.

C．To lead to the topic concerning finding lost items.

D．To provide one common example about theft.

2. What’s the feature of the TrackR app?

A．The process of setting up the app is complex.

B．The cost of setting up the app is rather high.

C．The app is available in any electronic equipment.

D．The app helps locate the lost items in a short time.

3. The TrackR was created because       .

A．life is full of all kinds of pressure

B．tracking services cause financial burden

C．people want to keep their important items safe

D．GPS systems can not provide specific location

4. Which of the following is closest to the meaning of the underlined word ‘‘rummaging” in Paragraph 5?

A．Searching.	B．Destroying.
C．Cleaning.	D．Moving.

8 . On June 17, 1774, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations. The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College. In a letter the next day they refused the offer as follows:

We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. We are convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be offended if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the college of the northern provinces: they were taught all your sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad manners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods — they were totally good for nothing.

We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them all we know, and make men of them.

1. The passage is about ____.

A．the talk between the Indians and the officials

B．the colleges of the northern provinces

C．the educational values of the Indians

D．the problems of the Americans in the mid-eighteen century

2. The Indian chief’s purpose of writing the letter seems to be to ____.

A．express their opinions on equal treatment

B．politely refuse a friendly offer

C．show their pride

D．describe Indian customs

3. According to the letter, the Indians believed that ____.

A．it would be better for their boys to receive some schooling

B．they were being insulted by the offer

C．they knew more about science than the officials

D．they had better way of educating young men

4. Different from the officials’ view of education, the Indians thought ____.

A．young women should also be educated

B．they had different goals of education

C．they taught different branches of science

D．they should teach the sons of the officials first

9 .        Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.
       When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid any attention to the workers’ houses or their children’s education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.
       Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the children’s education. In 1816, he opened the first free primary school in Britain.
       People came from all over the country to visit Owen’s factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825, but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.
       Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. “If you give people good working conditions,” he thought, “they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people.”
1. For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was _____________.

A．improving worker’s houses

B．helping people to save money

C．preventing men from getting drunk

D．providing the children with a good education

2. From the passage we may infer that Owen was born ___________.

A．into a rich family	B．into a noble family
C．into a poor family	D．into a middle class family

3. Owen’s experiment in the United States failed because _______.

A．he lost all his money

B．he did not buy enough land

C．people who visited it were not impressed

D．it was too far away for him to organize it properly

4. We may infer form the passage that no children in Britain could enjoy free education until ____.

A．1771

B．1816

C．1825

D．1860

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RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY
When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a _______. We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish is _____ , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would ______ every bit of the food on their plates.
As I was hungry, my local colleague ______ much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not ______ much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of ______ food left. When we were leaving the restaurant, we ______ someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were ______ about us wasting so much food.
“We ______ for our food; it is none of your ______ no matter how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry, and one of them _____ made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in _____ arrived. Upon finding what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro ______.The officer told us in a stern (严厉的) voice: “Order _____ you can consume. Money is yours, ______ the resources belong to the society. You have no _____ for wasting them.” Our face turned red.
We all agreed with him in our ______. My colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly ______ to the officer.
My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all _____ it to remind us that we should never be _______.1.

A．bank

B．company

C．family

D．restaurant

2.

A．cooked

B．gathered

C．served

D．missed

3.

A．desert

B．refuse

C．finish

D．oppose

4.

A．kept

B．ordered

C．sold

D．made

5.

A．save

B．find

C．divide

D．spend

6.

A．unconsumed

B．undeveloped

C．undiscovered

D．undetermined

7.

A．appointed

B．heard

C．realized

D．knew

8.

A．unhappy

B．curious

C．nervous

D．optimistic

9.

A．asked

B．paid

C．applied

D．accounted

10.

A．matter

B．mind

C．business

D．question

11.

A．passively

B．immediately

C．excitedly

D．regularly

12.

A．rags

B．fashion

C．uniform

D．dream

13.

A．fine

B．food

C．award

D．souvenir

14.

A．how

B．it

C．what

D．that

15.

A．so

B．and

C．or

D．but

16.

A．ability

B．problem

C．power

D．reason

17.

A．words

B．faces

C．hearts

D．ears

18.

A．approved

B．accused

C．admitted

D．apologized

19.

A．stuck

B．broke

C．threw

D．kept

20.

A．hopeful

B．wasteful

C．merciful

D．grateful