4 . Directions：Complete the brochure according to the given Chinese.

Shanghai—an important center of economy, technology, information and culture.

As a noted historic and culture city, Shanghai attracts millions of tourists from home and abroad     1    (以她独特的风韵). Shanghai is also a paradise for gourmets (美食家); its local cuisine (本帮菜)     2    (特别受到海外人士的青睐).

The most attractive work of architecture is no other than the Oriental Pearl TV Tower     3    (坐落于黄浦江畔). Mounting the observation floor and     4    (环顾四周), you will admire the view of the famous Bund and the charming skyline of the city in the distance,     5    (流连忘返).

5 . Directions：Complete the brochure according to the given Chinese.

Apple Watch Series 2—Apple’s first waterproof smartwatch

The Apple Watch Series 2 is the second-generation Apple Watch, first introduced on September 7, 2016 and     1    (公开面世) on September 16, 2016. Design wise, the Apple Watch Series     2    (与第一代的Apple Watch在外观上相似), but it features several internal upgrades.

Available in 38 and 42 mm varieties, the Apple Watch Series 2 is the same size and shape as the original Apple Watch, but it has been constructed with superior 50m water resistance and better seals,     3    (使之适用于游泳者) for the first time.

The Apple Watch Series 2 continues to measure metrics like     4    (所行步数), calories burned, and pulse rate, and it can track many activities using the Workout app. Positioned as a fitness device and designed to     5    (鼓励用户多做运动), the Apple Watch and watch OS 3 include health-focused features and built-in activity reminders, much like the original Apple Watch.

Inside, there’s a new dual-core S2 chip that’s 50 percent faster than the processor in the original device, and a new GPU offers 2x better graphics performance for apps that open much faster and do more. An NFC chip allows it to work with Apple Pay, Apple’s payment service.

6 . Recitation

In western cultures,     1     eye contact in conversation is necessary. As a matter of fact, a westerner might consider a lack of eye contact as a lack of interest. In Spain, Italy and Greece, where people stand close together talking to each other, eye contact is more frequent and lasts longer.

In many Asian cultures, people avoid eye contact to show respect. It is done when talking with anyone in     2     or with anyone older.

Habits like this can cause problems when people do not understand them. For example, an Asian person might close his or her eyes in     3     or look down while listening to a speaker. A Western speaker might thing the person is not interested.

Eye contact is a     4     thing. A lack of eye contact may be considered impolite. But if you stare at others, it is also considered rude and should be avoided.

7 . Directions：Fill in the blanks according to the text. One word for each blank only.

Furthermore, the work flow was     1    . There was one especially absent-minded young man in the assembly line who     2         3     buttons. After a while I recognized him as“Big Jim”who used to sit behind me in math class in high school. He was very slow and all the shirts were held up at his position. Workers     4     him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do; therefore a great deal of time and efficiency were lost as Big Jim daydreamed while he worked. All week I wondered why he wasn’t fired.

8 . Directions：Read the following passage and fill in the blanks to complete the summary. No more than eight words for each blank.

The school that is changing American education

Two years ago, I visited a school in Brooklyn called P-TECH, the Pathways in Technology early college high school, which seemed very much like the future of education to me. It knitted together educators and job creators, giving kids not only a high school degree, but a two-year associate degree and a job guarantee at one of the country’s top blue-chip firms, IBM.

The latest great national leap forward in secondary education was during the post W.W. Ⅱ period, when state governments decided that high school education, previously optional, should be compulsory in order to ensure the kind of skilled workforce needed to compete in a new, higher tech industrial era. Now, many leaders---including the President, the education Secretary, scores of blue-chip CEOs and executives, and most top educators---believe we’re once again at such a turning point. When it comes to high school, an increasing number of them buy into the idea that not only should educators and job creators b e much more closely connected, but that as Stanley Litow, the IBM executive behind the program puts it,“six should be the new four.”The push for all American kids to have a post high school future, like Tennessee governor Haslam’s recent calls for two years of free community college for every student in the state, seems to come almost daily.

The statistics support it. A Four-year high school degree these days only guarantees a $15 an hour future. According to projections by the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University, the U.S. economy will create some 47-million job openings in the decade ending 2018, but nearly two-thirds will require some post secondary education. The Center projects that only 36% of American jobs will be filled by people with only a 4-year high school degree---half of what that number was in the 1970s. What’s more, the cost of not trading up educationally could be disastrous---workers with an associate degree will earn 73% more than those with only a high school diploma.

Many leaders maintain that children should     1     and that high schools should     2    . The idea is based on     3    . On one hand, more jobs will require     4    . On the other, an associate degree will ensure     5    .

9 . Fill in the blanks with words and phrases that are taken from your textbooks.
1. Fast food restaurants are now _________rapidly all over the country in the United States. Speed is a very important __________. People usually have a short ________ ________because they just do not want to _______ ______ ______ ______. Fast food restaurant are places that _________ ______ ______ hundreds of people in a short time. There is usually very _____ ______ and the food is always very cheap.
2. In Japan, ______ ______ ______is often held while people are drinking tea. The ceremony, usually held in a teahouse, ______ ______ ______ the sixteen century. Guests ______ ______ ________ set up then and the tea ______ is a powdered green tea. Though still ______ today, the tea ceremony may not be ______ ______ ______ it used to be. Young people tend to ______ other drinks.
3. In the seventeenth ______, Rives, blown heavily . ______ ______. His hands dropped helplessly. Danny thought it was his chance ---the boy was ______ ______ ______, he decided to _____ the deadly blow. But before he could do that, Rivera caught him off his ______ and hit him ______ ______ ______. Danny went down. When he ______ Rivera gave him another blow on the neck and jaw.

10 . Read the story and write the missing words. Use one word in each space. The first one has been done for you.

One day a man was walking past a house in Bournemouth when he heard a woman’s voice shouting for help. The man thought someone     1     probably trying to murder her. He ran to a phone box and     2     the police. The police came quite quickly, but by now the shouting had     3    . However, the man was quite sure that he     4     heard cries for help. When the police     5     on the door, there was no answer. So they broke down the door and went in. Inside the house was a woman who had     6     come out of the shower. She explained to the police that she had     7     singing along to the Beatles song “Help”.