1 . Why is it important to learn a foreign language? Basically, the advantages of learning foreign languages have the ability to set you up for success in many aspects of your life.     1    .

It opens up a world of job opportunities

We all know the business world is developing fast.     2    . They can’t do it without hiring people who have a grasp on at least one foreign language. Even in small and local companies, chances are that the ability to speak a second language will set you apart from other applicants.

It grows your brain

Studies have proved the cognitive (认知的) benefits of learning another language, no matter how old you are. They have shown that people who can speak two languages tend to have bigger brains and better memories.     3    . Not only do these advantages make it easier to learn yet more languages, they also make it easier to learn something well.

It makes you more open-minded

    4    . To educate is to lead out of confinement (禁闭), narrowness and darkness. Learning a foreign language and getting into an entirely new culture and worldview is a great way to become an open-minded, understanding and tolerant individual.

It helps you better understand your own language and culture

Learning a foreign language can actually bring you an opposite psychology. You will have a better understanding of your cultural customs. Besides, you’ll pay more attention to the grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation patterns of your first language.     5    .

A．Check out these reasons to study a foreign language

B．It is all about learning how to truly connect with others

C．Foreign language study is simply part of a very basic education

D．More companies than ever are doing business in many countries

E．Those people are usually more creative and better problem solvers

F．Speaking a foreign language can open up a number of probable friends

G．This possibly explains the reasons of your improvements in language skills

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are they talking about?

A．Their favorite subjects.

B．Their performance in class.

C．Their preparation for the coming exam.

2. How does the woman feel about organic chemistry?

A．It is beyond her ability.

B．It is difficult to understand.

C．It has too much to memorize.

3. According to the man, what is a good way to improve English reading comprehension?

A．Practising a lot.

B．Understanding the rules.

C．Memorizing more words.

3 . As an immigrant from China, my mother loves Chinese culture deeply. She _________ Chinese food every night. She prefers to do it herself at home because she thinks the local restaurants aren’t authentic. _________, strangely enough, she likes to take my son to Panda Express to have _________ with her friends who are also from China. She is even _________ to point it out whenever they are at a food court.

Why is American Chinese food not _________ among some Chinese Americans? How is American Chinese food not better than _________ Chinese food? I can’t _________ that it’s not as good as authentic Chinese food. In fact, authentic Chinese food really tastes better while American Chinese food _________ to have food with its own taste — they are right for different persons. It’s important to _________ American Chinese food from authentic Chinese food. They are not the same __________ and have their own characteristics. So they should be treated __________. That’s why my mother thinks that Panda Express is not very authentic, but can still __________ it. Actually, American Chinese food is often created by Chinese immigrants according to their own preferences. As people from various countries have differences in their __________, it is changing.

My mother has a deep feeling for authentic Chinese food and restaurants, so I decide to open a restaurant where she and other immigrants can feel the __________ of Chinese family dinner. My son says he’ll learn Chinese cooking skills from me, which, I think, should be __________ from age to age. Likewise, I’ll also pass on the Chinese food culture to the world.

1.

A．orders

B．cooks

C．donates

D．receives

2.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Besides

D．Otherwise

3.

A．alternatives

B．restrictions

C．meals

D．comments

4.

A．unwilling

B．illegal

C．ambitious

D．quick

5.

A．agreeable

B．contemporary

C．massive

D．complicated

6.

A．complex

B．actual

C．expensive

D．previous

7.

A．believe

B．find

C．deny

D．conclude

8.

A．deserves

B．helps

C．hates

D．refuses

9.

A．make

B．prepare

C．defend

D．distinguish

10.

A．process

B．cuisine

C．mood

D．discount

11.

A．differently

B．generously

C．abnormally

D．vividly

12.

A．build

B．equip

C．accept

D．monitor

13.

A．careers

B．platforms

C．ranks

D．tastes

14.

A．decrease

B．atmosphere

C．reflection

D．duty

15.

A．spied on

B．called on

C．handed down

D．broken down

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What was going on in the town where the speaker lived?

A．A flood.

B．A forest fire.

C．An earthquake.

2. Why couldn’t the speaker see the sun?

A．It was getting darker.

B．It was raining cats and dogs.

C．The sky was covered by thick smoke.

3. Where was the speaker’s son?

A．He was abroad.

B．He was in town.

C．He was in the garden.

4. What did the speaker see on the road?

A．Trees were burning.

B．People were escaping.

C．Animals were running.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. In which city does the dialogue most probably take place?

A．Tokyo.

B．London.

C．Beijing.

2. Which might be a choice of the man?

A．Mapo Tofu.

B．Fish and chips.

C．Beijing Roast Duck.

3. When does the man like his soup served?

A．Before the food.

B．Together with the food.

C．After the food.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How does Alex feel about the job interview?

A．Disappointed.

B．Regretful.

C．Worried.

2. Why did Alex fail in the job interview?

A．Luck didn’t favor him once again.

B．Someone fit the job better than him.

C．Something went wrong with his CV.

3. What does the woman offer to do?

A．Write a CV.

B．Apply for another job.

C．Practise interview questions.

7 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

It was time for the annual Potato-Salad Contest in Russet Park. After trying for the third time, Alexis shook her head sadly. There was no way she would win the Golden Potato again because Grandpa wasn’t here this year.

Memories of how Grandpa taught her to make potato rose in her mind. She sighed and missed Grandpa so much.

Alexis cut the potatoes and mixed the boiled potatoes, some sauces and a little salt and peppers in a bowl. But it didn’t taste right. Alexis tried a bite of the salad mixture, wondering what was missing. Seeing her frown, Mom suggested, “What about something spicy? Your   Grandpa loved spicy things.”

“You’re right! Maybe he put a jalapeno pepper in it,”   Alexis said, cutting up a bright green jalapeno and adding it to the bowl.

It was closer, but it still didn’t taste right. Alexis was drooping her head, disappointed. “Should we look in a cookbook?”

“Grandpa was never one to follow a recipe,” Dad entered the kitchen and said.

It was true. People loved Grandpa’s potato salad because it was one of a kind. Alexis remembered posing with Grandpa for a photo while they were making the salad.

Photo! That gave her an idea. Alexis hurried to the bookcase and found an old photo album. She immediately flipped it open, expecting to find clues in the photos there. Lots of photos showed Grandpa and Grandma cooking together. Dad laughed, “He and Grandma loved to tease each other but he always called her Honey.”

“Do you think he put honey in the potato salad?” Mum asked.

“It is worth a try,” said Alexis. She stirred some honey into the bowl.

But it still wasn’t quite right. Alexis’ heart sank, on the verge of giving up. Dad kept flipping the album. At the end of the album was the picture of Grandpa and Alexis making the salad together.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为 150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

It looked like Grandpa was crying in the photo.

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With hesitation, the family tasted the potato salad with onions in it.

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8 . Mosquitoes are one of the few unpleasant parts of summer. As the temperature rises, these disease-carrying pests become a common sight, especially around standing water. Thankfully, these tiny annoying creatures don’t follow us into the winter, right? Wrong. According to researchers in Florida, climate change will likely keep mosquitoes active even in the colder months of the year. “In tropical (热带的) areas, mosquitoes are active all year, but that isn’t the case for the rest of the world. Outside of the tropics, winter temperatures cause mosquitoes to go into a kind of hibernation called diapause (滞育). We call these mosquitoes ‘cold bounded’ because their activity is limited by these lower temperatures,” says Brett Scheffers, assistant professor in the wildlife eco logy and conservation department, in a university release.

“However, with climate change, summers are to get longer and winters are to become shorter and warmer. What will that mean for those cold bounded mosquitoes? How will they respond?” To see just how adaptive mosquitoes are already becoming to changing temperatures throughout the year, researchers collected these insects during each season in Gainesville, Florida.

Study authors caught over 28,000 insects from 18 different mosquito species during their experiment. Scientists lured the pests by using a trap that produces carbon dioxide. Mosquitoes seek out this gas, which both humans and animals blow out when they breathe. For these pests, the gas signals that a tasty meal is nearby. The team randomly selected 1,000 of these mosquitoes to test in their lab temperature experiment. They placed each insect in a test tube before putting it in water. From there, researchers continued to change the temperature, from cold to hot. At the same time, the team monitored when each mosquito became inactive—marking their upper or lower temperature thresholds (阈点).

As for what is allowing mosquitoes to make these rapid adjustments to the weather, the answer is still unclear. However, researchers believe evolution could be working at a much faster rate in tinier creatures. Study authors believe their findings will help communities better prepare for insect season as climate change continues to lengthen summer.

1. What does Brett Scheffers think of those cold bounded mosquitoes’ behaviors?

A．Less active.

B．More alarming.

C．More annoying.

D．Less consistent.

2. Why did the researchers conduct the experiment?

A．To find out why summer gets longer.

B．To see how mosquitoes spread in tropical areas.

C．To learn how mosquitoes are adapting to climate change.

D．To learn why climate change is related to species evolution.

3. Which can best replace the underlined word “lured” in paragraph 3?

A．Killed.

B．Attracted.

C．Changed.

D．Protected.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Cold bounded mosquitoes are easily trapped

B．Wildlife ecology helps better prepare for insect season

C．Mosquitoes will be a year-long problem due to climate change

D．The cause of mosquitoes’ rapid adjustments to the weather is clear

9 . 本周以环保为主题的英语教学结束后，为提升同学们的环保意识，英语老师要求班上各位同学用英语写一篇以Please Protect Our Living Environment 的文章来倡导大家行动起来，保护我们的生活环境。
内容包括：
1.你身边的环境问题;
2.相应的解决办法。
注意：1.词数80左右;
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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10 . Plant biologists have found a way that may enable poor farmers to do away with the need to purchase expensive hybrid seeds every year. Researchers at the University of California report that they have solved a long-standing problem of hybrid seeds by making exact clones of the hybrid plants from seeds.

For long, many crops have been grown from high-yielding, anti-disease or climate-tolerant hybrid seeds. But the seeds of hybrid crops do not produce plants with the same qualities during reproduction and hence farmers cannot save the seeds for the next growing season. They end up paying for new hybrid seeds each sowing season. The discovery, long sought by plant researchers, could make it easier to grow desirable high-yielding crops and make them available to the world’s farmers. Farmers could thus replant seeds from their own hybrid plants and enjoy the benefits of high production year after year, the scientists report.

While the discovery would help farmers, it would also impact the commercial interest of the hybrid seed industry. Siddiq, a former Deputy Director General in the Crop Science Division of the ICAR, said at first sight, this might seem like a setback for hybrid seed companies but there would be plenty of things they can still do. “Rice is grown over such a vast climatic and geographical range that specialized hybrids would have to be developed for each region,” he said. The companies, he said, would continue to improve their hybrids. “It will be interesting to see how all this plays out in the years to come.”

Currently, the high costs of producing hybrid seeds are a major barrier to farmers in developing countries, especially South Asia and Africa. Siddiq said if efficiently used, this method could potentially be a game-changer for poor farmers, who would need to purchase hybrid seeds just once and plant the progeny(后代) seeds from their own harvest in the following seasons.

1. What problem do the researchers aim to solve?

A．Farmers’ income.	B．Farmers’ costs.
C．Hybrid seeds’ cloning.	D．Hybrid seeds’ climate tolerance.

2. What is the disadvantage of the present hybrid seeds?

A．They have a pretty long growth cycle.

B．They tend to be affected by various diseases.

C．They have stricter requirements for sowing time.

D．They fail to reproduce plants with the same quality.

3. What’s Siddiq’s attitude to the commercial interests of the hybrid seed industry?

A．Hopeful.

B．Concerned.

C．Doubtful.

D．Anxious.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．The future of the hybrid seed industry.

B．The drawback of cloning hybrid seeds.

C．A method of cloning hybrid plants from their seeds.

D．A means of promoting the specialized hybrid seeds.