1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

People are having a debate about whether     1     (develop) the economy or protect the environment.     2     Lin Shuiqing’s opinion,     3     is our duty to cut back on     4     (produce) and reduce the quantities of things we make and buy while Qian Liwei thinks that businessmen are not greedy and they don’t hide from their     5    (responsible), either. As far as he is concerned, the people     6     (operate) these factories are     7     (deep) concerned about the environment, and should     8     (give) more credit. As     9     matter of fact, many people are willing to pay a little higher price for things     10     are friendly to the environment.

2 . During the past Spring Festival, many children may have received red packets from their families. But Xing Pu, a 40-year-old economist, is asking the government to give red packets to every Chinese citizen.

Xing suggested the government give out 1,000 yuan to each Chinese since the government income has increased rapidly in recent years. He said his suggestion would allow everyone to directly enjoy the fruits of the country’s economic success, help the lower-income groups deal with rising prices and increase consumption around the country.

Recent years have seen the government carry out a series of pro-poor (扶贫) and pro-rural (惠农) policies, including increasing spending on public health-care and cutting down the agricultural tax. But the lower-income group still needs more help.

Xing said he has borrowed many ideas from practices in countries like the United States and Singapore. Earlier this year, the governments of the two nations offered cash handouts (救济) to their citizens. As for in China, ‘We can even encourage the rich to donate their 1,000 yuan red packet to the poor,’ said Xing.

Although Xing’s suggestion has gained wide support among ordinary Chinese on the Internet, many other economists criticized it as unpractical. ‘To better use the increase of money, handing out money is not a solution that holds good for all time. It could be better to improve the public service or cut the price of energy use in daily life,’ said Qiao Xinsheng, an economic professor.

1. Xing Pu suggested that the government give out 1,000 yuan to each Chinese because _____.

A．the poor should get help from the rich

B．the government should help the rich

C．the growing economic pie should be shared among the people

D．the government doesn’t know how to use the money

2. What has the government done to help the lower-income group?

A．Spending less on public health care.

B．Increasing the agricultural tax.

C．Handing out money to every Chinese.

D．Carrying out pro-poor and pro-rural policies.

3. Xing Pu’s ideas of giving red packets to every Chinese citizen mainly came from ______.

A．children receiving red packets from their families

B．the US and Singapore governments offering cash handouts to their citizens

C．the government’s increasing spending on public health care

D．the rising prices in the country

4. According to Qiao Xinsheng, what is better than giving out money?

A．Cutting the price of energy use in daily life.

B．Supplying food to everyone every day.

C．Controlling the rising of prices.

D．Increasing the government income.

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1. What kind of people may buy News China?

A．People who have an interest in personal lifestyle of the Chinese.

B．People who have a strong sense of humor and love to laugh.

C．People who want to enlarge the knowledge of their kids.

D．People who are interested in China’s politics, business and culture.

2. Better Life can help you in _________.

A．ordering food from restaurants

B．finding interesting stories for your kids

C．beautifying your house

D．learning about sports and travels

3. What do we know about Apple Seeds?

A．The soft cover enables it to be read and kept long.

B．It can be purchased as an award for your children.

C．It offers the biggest discount among all the magazines.

D．The magazine is going to surprise you for many years.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How much weight did the woman gain?

A．25 pounds.

B．20 pounds.

C．5 pounds.

2. What will the man do to lose weight?

A．Lift weights at the gym.

B．Take some fitness classes.

C．Go running at Total Fitness.

5 . How will the woman probably get to California?

A．By air.

B．By bus.

C．By train.

6 . A small robot may help children who are recovering from long-term illnesses in the hospital or at home. These children may feel isolated from their friends and classmates. The robot takes their place at school. Through the robot, the children can hear their teachers and friends. They also can take part in class from wherever they are recovering.

Anyone who has a long-term illness knows that recovering at home can be lonely. This can be especially true for children. They may feel left out. Now, these children may have a high-tech friend to help feel less lonely. That friend is a robot. The robot is called AV1. AV1 goes to school for a child who is homebound while recovering from a long-term illness. And the child’s school friends must help. They carry the robot between classes and place the robot on the child’s desk.

A Norwegian company called No Isolation created the robot. The co-founders of No Isolation are Karen Dolva and Marius Aabel. Dolva explains how the robot AV1 works. She says, from home, the child uses an iPad or a phone to start the robot. Then they use the same device to control the robot’s movements. At school, the robot becomes the eyes, ears and voice of the child.

‘So, it sits at the child’s desk in the classroom and the child uses an iPad or a phone to start it, control its movement with touch, and talk through it.’

The student can take part in classroom activities from wherever they are recovering — whether at home or from a hospital bed. The robot is equipped with speakers, microphones and cameras that make communication easy.

1. What’s the meaning of the underlined word ‘isolated’?

A．Kept apart.	B．Difficult to learn.
C．Unhappy or stressful.	D．Full of hope.

2. What are children unable to do through the robot?

A．Taking part in the class.	B．Talking with his friends.
C．Writing on the blackboard.	D．Hearing their teachers.

3. How do children control the robot’s movements?

A．By talking with the robot.

B．By taking part in class activities.

C．By using the microphones equipped in it.

D．By touching an iPad or a phone.

4. What’s the robot mainly designed for?

A．Children who have just recovered from illnesses.

B．Children who can’t go to school for a long time.

C．Children who are bored with going to school.

D．Children who can’t see, hear or speak.

7 . I was leaving for a new job in Europe and my younger brother would be leaving for college. We only had a few precious months left as a family living under the same _______. Everything would change in the _______. A family of magpies (喜鹊) _______ in our maple tree. This family seemed to be extraordinarily lively. One early morning, the noise was so _______ that my dad went out to see what the birds were doing. He found a young magpie _______ around the yard, flapping (拍打) his little wings and yelling.

Dad looked up in the tree to find Mommy and Daddy Magpie sitting on a branch and glaring _______ at him. He had to do something for the poor little thing. Dad called the zoo for _______. They told him not to _______ it and assured him the baby would learn to fly on its own. Dad no longer _______ the magpie around the yard. He did, however, watch him ________ from the living room window, just to make sure a cat didn’t turn him into ________.

The next day I got a ________ at my summer job. It was from my father. He never called me ________. He asked me if I saw Morey before I left home — he named the bird Morey.

Driving home from work, I ________ it wasn’t only about the magpie but also about his own little fledglings (幼鸟) who were ________ the nest. It was about my brother and me. Dad felt as helpless as the Mommy and Daddy bird watching in the tree. He couldn’t make us fly nor could he ________ cats once we left the nest.

I got home and found him looking out of the kitchen window with ________ in his eyes. I ________ him by saying Morey might have learnt to fly with very good parents raising him.

Soon it was the end of August. Bags were ________ and it was time for my brother and me to leave the nest. In the end, Dad had nothing to worry about. He ________ his little fledglings well. And we flew...

1.

A．house

B．room

C．family

D．roof

2.

A．winter

B．spring

C．fall

D．summer

3.

A．settled down

B．took down

C．cut down

D．brought down

4.

A．exciting

B．loud

C．frightening

D．low

5.

A．flying

B．jumping

C．running

D．wandering

6.

A．hopefully

B．carefully

C．helplessly

D．suddenly

7.

A．leave

B．permission

C．advice

D．conclusion

8.

A．hunt

B．chase

C．ignore

D．touch

9.

A．followed

B．assisted

C．helped

D．collected

10.

A．coldly

B．gladly

C．purposely

D．cautiously

11.

A．taste

B．lunch

C．meat

D．nest

12.

A．news

B．message

C．call

D．notice

13.

A．at work

B．at school

C．at home

D．at noon

14.

A．realized

B．wondered

C．summarized

D．questioned

15.

A．building

B．quitting

C．directing

D．leaving

16.

A．argue with

B．fight against

C．drive away

D．associate with

17.

A．light

B．tears

C．pain

D．doubts

18.

A．greeted

B．hugged

C．persuaded

D．comforted

19.

A．locked

B．packed

C．loaded

D．strengthened

20.

A．raised

B．loved

C．brought

D．accompanied

8 . Both humans and animals have enemies. It is easy for us to know the difference between our friends and our enemies. But can other animals do the same? Elephants can! They can use their sense of vision and smell to tell the difference between people who mean a threat and those who do not. In Kenya, researchers find that elephants react differently to clothing worn by men of the Maasai and Kamba ethnic groups. Young Maasai men hunt animals and thus mean a threat to elephants; Kamba men are mainly farmers and are not a danger to elephants.

In an experiment conducted by animal scientists, elephants were first presented with clean clothing or clothing that had been worn for five days by either a Maasai or a Kamba man. When the elephants noticed the smell of clothing worn by a Maasai man, they moved away from the smell faster and took longer to relax than when they noticed the smells of either clean clothing or clothing worn by a Kamba man.

Clothing color also plays a role. In the same study, when the elephants saw red clothing not worn before, they reacted angrily, as red is typically worn by Maasai men. Rather than running away as they did with the smell, the elephants acted angrily toward the red clothing.

The researchers believe that the elephants’ emotional reactions are due to their different senses of smell and sight. Smelling a possible danger means that a threat is nearby and the best thing to do is run away and hide. Seeing a potential threat without its smell means that risk is low. Therefore, instead of showing fear and running away, the elephants express their anger and become aggressive.

1. The author wrote the text in order to tell us that elephants are _____.

A．dangerous

B．friendly

C．clever

D．naughty

2. How did the elephants react to smells in the study?

A．They attacked a man with the smell of new clothing.

B．They needed time to relax when smelling something unfamiliar.

C．They became anxious when they smelled Kamba-scented clothing.

D．They were frightened and ran away when they smelled their enemies.

3. What can be inferred about the elephants’ behavior from this text?

A．Elephants can tell enemies from friends.

B．Elephants have a sharper sense of smell than sight.

C．Elephants are more intelligent than other animals.

D．Elephants tend to attack rather than escape when in danger.

4. In which section of a magazine will the text be most probably found?

A．Business.

B．Fashion.

C．Nature.

D．News.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where is the man calling from?

A．His home.

B．His office.

C．A taxi.

2. Who might Mr. Doran be?

A．A manager.

B．A secretary.

C．A worker.

3. Why are the clients late?

A．There is bad traffic.

B．Their car was stolen.

C．Their plane was delayed.

4. How does the man probably feel in the end?

A．Angry.

B．Relieved.

C．Anxious.

10 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。 文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除 或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
A friend of mine was giving English lesson to a class of foreign   placing quite a number of everyday object on a table，he asked them to give her the ruler,the   book and so on. The class went very smooth. The students seemed interested in the work until my friend turned on to an Italian student but said，“ Give me the keys. The Italian looked   surprising and somewhat at a loss. Seeing this，My friend thinks that the Italian hadn't heard him clearly. However, he repeated, “Give me the keys.” The Italian then kissed him on all cheeks.