1 . 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。

Nobody wants to be aged, but    1    it comes to visiting cities, most of us want to visit the world’s oldest cities. Luoyang is one of the oldest and most     2    (attract) cities in the world that I’d like to recommend to you.

Luoyang stands out     3    the oldest continually inhabited (持续居住的) city in Asia. The city is considered to be     4    birthplace of Chinese culture and history as well as being one of the Seven Ancient Capitals of China. There     5     (be) no other city in China that has seen so many    6    (dynasty) like Luoyang.

With such a long and exciting history, Luoyang has really a lot     7     (offer). The longmen Grottoes(龙门石窟), which     8    (include) in the world Heritage List since 2000, and many historic Buddhist temples    9     (constant) attract tourist from all over the world. Luoyang is also famous for the White Horse Temple, the earliest Buddhist temple     10    (build) in China. Are you anxious to visit the city?

2 . “Look down, Lisa,” my father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road, ______ another.”

In the years that followed, I often remembered the words my father ______ me. I know where I wanted to go in life. I wanted to be a fashion ______. And on the way to my first small success I found the road blocked. What could I do? Accept the roadblocks and fail? Or use imagination and intelligence to find another road to my ______.

I came to Paris, the center of the world of ______, with my works. But none of the famous fashion designers seemed interested in buying them. Then one day I met a friend ______ a very beautiful sweater. The sweater was simple in color, but it had a(n) ______ knitting (编织) way.

I suddenly ______ a bold design knitted into such a sweater. I ______ a clear black and white butterfly picture and took it to Mrs. Vidian. She ______ it into a sweater. The result, I thought, was ______. Then came the test. I ______ the sweater to a party which people in the fashion business would attend. To my joy, the sweater was ______. In fact, the representative (代表) of a large New York store wanted 40 sweaters to be ______ in two weeks. I accepted the ______ and walked out on a cloud of ______.

My cloud ______, however, when I stood in front of Mrs. Vidian. “But it took me almost a week to knit that sweater,” she said. “Forty sweaters in two weeks? It is ______.”

I was so close to success and then to be blocked! ______, I walked away. All at once, it hit me that there must be ______ way. This knitting way did take special skill, but surely there must be someone else in Paris who knew how to do it. Luckily, I made it before the deadline.

1.

A．quit

B．try

C．ask

D．lead

2.

A．devoted

B．begged

C．taught

D．invested

3.

A．reporter

B．partner

C．lawyer

D．designer

4.

A．journey

B．goal

C．apartment

D．stage

5.

A．fashion

B．finance

C．jewellery

D．wildlife

6.

A．on

B．by

C．in

D．over

7.

A．unusual

B．brief

C．ancient

D．regular

8.

A．borrowed

B．pictured

C．reflected

D．solved

9.

A．mixed

B．cultivated

C．spotted

D．drew

10.

A．dressed

B．focused

C．knitted

D．took

11.

A．wonderful

B．puzzling

C．slight

D．terrible

12.

A．impressed

B．wore

C．mastered

D．permitted

13.

A．criticized

B．kept

C．noticed

D．overlooked

14.

A．ready

B．popular

C．curious

D．worthwhile

15.

A．pressure

B．bargain

C．material

D．order

16.

A．anger

B．sadness

C．disappointment

D．happiness

17.

A．poured

B．enhanced

C．disappeared

D．exposed

18.

A．likely

B．positive

C．alike

D．impossible

19.

A．Typically

B．Sadly

C．Excitedly

D．Mentally

20.

A．another

B．no

C．others

D．many

3 . What's On?

Electric Underground

7:30 pm-1:00 am Free at the Cyclops Theatre

Do you know who's playing in your area? We're bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract? If so, come early to the talk at 7:30 pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. He's going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music.

Gee Whizz

8:30 pm-10:30 pm Comedy at Kaleidoscope

Come and see Gee Whizz perform. He's the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7:00 pm for drinks and snacks.

Simon's Workshop

5:00 pm-7:30 pm Wednesdays at Victoria Stage

This is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years' experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.

Charlotte Stone

8:00 pm-11:00 pm Pizza World

Fine food with beautiful jazz music: this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform, songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta（面食）. Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.

1. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?

A．Jules Skye.

B．Gee Whizz.

C．Charlotte Stone.

D．James Pickering.

2. At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?

A．The Cyclops Theatre.

B．Kaleidoscope.

C．Victoria Stage.

D．Pizza World.

3. What do we know about Simon's Workshop?

A．It requires membership status.	B．It lasts three hours each time.
C．It is run by a comedy club.	D．It is held every Wednesday.

4 . 假设你是李华，你的好友Peter今天上午来你家找你陪他练习汉语口语。你因临时有急事外出，让他扑空。请根据以上情景，给他写封信。内容如下：
1.表示歉意；
2.解释具体原因，并希望他能谅解；
3.告诉他下次练习的时间、地点及话题。
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5 . Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed.

Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the left hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.

No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因) for right-handedness, he / she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with.

Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to.

1. After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists found _______.

A．the art began from 1,500 B.C.

B．the works of art ended in the 1950s

C．most people shown in the works of art are right-handed

D．most people shown in the works of art are left-handed

2. What is the left hand for most people used to do?

A．It’s used to find or hold things.

B．It’s used to work with things.

C．It’s used to make a person’s eyes work together.

D．It’s the centre for thinking and doing problems.

3. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.

B．Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.

C．Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

D．Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.

4. The best title for this passage is _______.

A．Scientists’ New Inventions	B．Left-handed People
C．Which Hand	D．Different Brains, Different Hands

6 . Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids to? Try some of these   places.

★Visit art museums. They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids' interest. Many offer workshops for making hand-made pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings by children's favorite writer, and even musical performances and other arts.

★Head to a natural history museum. This is where kids can discover the past from     dinosaur( 恐龙 ) models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky. Also, ask what kind of workshops and educational programs are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.

★Go to a Youtheater. Look for one in your area offering plays for child and family visitors.

Pre-show play shops are conducted by area artists and educators where kids can discover the secret about performing arts. Puppet( 木 偶 )making and stage make-up are just a couple of the special offerings you might find.

★Try hands-on science. Visit   one   of the   many hands-on science   museums   around the     country.

These science play-lands are great fun for kids and grown-ups alike. They'll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through while pushing buttons, experimenting, and building. When everyone is tired, enjoy a fun family science show, commonly found in these museums.

1. If a child is interested in the universe, he probably will visit       _____.

A．a Youtheater	B．an art museum
C．a hands-on science museum	D．a natural history museum

2. What does "hands-on science" mean in the last paragraph?

A．Science games designed by kids.	B．Learning science by doing things.
C．A show of kids' science work.	D．Reading science books.

3. Where does this text probably come from?

A．A museum guide.	B．A tourist map.
C．A science textbook.	D．A news report.

7 . 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

Have you ever dreamed of being famous     1     a popular musician? Many musicians, at first, may form a band     2     (practice) their music. And then they may get the chance to give     3     (perform) in pubs or clubs. Later they may     4     (gradual) become popular. However, the Monkees started in a different way. Only one of     5     (they) was good enough and the other three members pretended to sing. To be honest, it couldn’t be called a real band at the     6     (begin). Anyhow, their shows were     7     (humor) and they became popular. After a year or so, they worked even     8     (hard) and produced their own records and started touring. The Monkees broke up in about 1970     9     they reunited in the mid-1980s and     10     (produce) a new record in 1996 to celebrate their former happy time.

8 . Before moving to Stokholm, I did my research on Sweden and was confident about my move. However, I quickly realized on my first day that so much of what I learned was so very wrong. There are many things that a Google search cannot show about Sweden.

The first is fika. A fika is taking a break from whatever you are doing to enjoy a coffee with friends. Swedes value community highly so it makes sense that they would like to set aside time each day to reconnect with others. Fika is a great time to meet new people as well as catch up with friends.

I grew up in the American South where everyone is very friendly. I found that little things like not being asked my life story at the coffee shop by the waiter upset me. However, Swedish people are not rude. Instead, they practice being logom, which means “just enough”.

The winters can be very dark and cold, so the Swedish people do not take any sunny day for granted. Since the weather has been fine, I have found myself walking a lot around Stockholm. Often it is easiest to get from place to place by walking, which allows you to see so much of the city and enjoy the fresh air. Though it has been very tiring to get used to, it also has made me feel better about all of the kardemummabullar that I have been eating!

I think it is important for students who want to study abroad to know that it is hard to move to countries no matter how “similar” you may think they may be. You have to jump in with both feet and be patient with yourself as well as others. As long as you keep an open mind and are willing to learn, you will have a great experience.

1. What do we know about fika?

A．It is a waste of time.	B．It is a way to balance life and work.
C．It is all about drinking coffee.	D．It is a Swedish social tradition.

2. What does the author think of Swedish people?

A．They are friendly.	B．They seem a bit cold.
C．They appear really rude.	D．They are interested in other's life.

3. Why does the author like walking?

A．It is fun and not very tiring.	B．It is good exercise on cold days.
C．It allows her to enjoy sunny days.	D．It gives her the chance to eat the local food.

4. What's the author's advice for students going abroad?

A．Be confident.	B．Be careful.
C．Be open- minded.	D．Be hard- working.

9 . Elizabeth Bishop is considered one of the best American poets of the 20th century. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911. Her dad died when she was just a baby and her mom never recovered from the loss. She went to live with her grandparents in Nova Scotia, Canada when she was five. Eventually Bishop attended Vassar College, where she began to write poetry.

At Vassar she discovered Marianne Moore's poetry and met Ms Moore and began their life-long friendship. She later met poet Robert Lowell. She wrote tons and tons of letters to both of them, which is good for us because we would otherwise know very little of her personal life.

Bishop published her first book of poetry in 1946 and wrote until her death in 1979. She would spend years working on a single poem. Her poems are not the result of hasty scribbling (匆忙乱写) on paper while eating breakfast. She would look through drafts of poems again and again and improve them until they were as close to perfect as she could get them.

Reading Elizabeth Bishop is like being transported to the very place, the very moment she's writing about. She leads us to a microscope so we can see every smallest part of the scene. It seems that she's always asking us to notice more, and more until the poem is so clear in our minds that it's almost painful—like a light that's too bright.

1. What do we know about Bishop's early life?

A．She was mainly brought up by her grandparents.	B．She spent her childhood mainly in Worcester.
C．She was always encouraged by her parents.	D．She started to write poems at five.

2. Why are Bishop's letters to Moore and Lowell important?

A．They have a deep influence on other poets.	B．They offer much information about her life.
C．They help us study Moore and Lowell's poetry.	D．They prove she had friendships with famous poets.

3. What can we say about Bishop's poetic creation?

A．She liked to write in the morning.	B．She could write poems at high speed.
C．She tried her best to achieve perfection.	D．She published hundreds of books of poetry.

4. Which word can be used to best describe the style of Bishop’s poems?

A．Enthusiastic.

B．Romantic.

C．Humorous.

D．Exact.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Out of a home bakery (烘焙) in Bowie, Maryland, a young businessman gives one cupcake away to someone in need, for each one he sells. Behind the operation is 14 -year-old Michael Platt. He runs a company    1     model is based on another company of charity.

Platt recently got     2       order for a few dozen cupcakes, and as promised, he doubled the order and packed up the extra cupcakes to bring to    3     (home) people on the streets. Now, he focuses       4       his business and charity, hoping to open several grocery     5       (store) for people who want to shop for affordable things. As if     6       (run) the bakery and charity is   not enough, Platt partners with No Kid Hungry and    7       (raise) money for the organization which helps children in need of food.

On Top of all of that, Platt recently gave a TED talk on being a young businessman. “Kids can do what they love to do and also be able     8     (help) people,” he said. “If everyone does   what they can to   end a   problem that they’re     9       (interest)   in, then the   problem will end.” The audience were    10     (great) inspired by his story.