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

I am Lucky

I came from a large family and my mother couldn’t afford my college. I managed to apply for some grants (助学金), but still not enough for room and meals. So I washed dishes in the school cafeteria as part of a work-study program. However, washing dishes as well as trying to keep up with my study made me tired. As a result, I was often absent-minded, and my grades went up and down.

Just when I thought I would have to drop out, my advisor came to me. He explained that his grandmother needed house service and care on the weekends. The job paid twice the money I was making washing dishes. With more time to study, I accepted it.

Later I discovered the grandmother’s great love of music. She spent hours playing her old piano. One day, she told me that she would teach me the art. Weekends in their house became more than just books and cooking. They were filled with the wonderful sounds of piano and two out-of-tune (跑调的) singers. Amazed at my ability, Grandma encouraged me to continue. I was thankful and tried my best to practise my skills.

When Christmas break came, Grandma got a cold. I was afraid to leave her, but my parents expected me home anxiously as I hadn’t been home for long. Unwillingly, I agreed.

注意：
1. 续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头已给出。
Paragraph 1: However, two weeks later, I received a call, saying that Grandma had passed away.
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Paragraph 2: The envelope was from Grandma, in which was a letter.
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2 . 假定你是李华，你的笔友Peter来信询问你的高中生活情况。请你给他回信，介绍你的学习生活现状。内容包括：
1. 学习情况；
2. 课外活动情况；
3. 遇到的问题。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,

I am more than delighted to receive your letter.

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Yours,

Li Hua

3 . Problem-solving skills

We face problems in our everyday life.     1     Don’t worry. The following tips may help you to solve problems.

Know the problem

First of all, it is important to know and understand the problem clearly. Knowing the problem means solving half the problem itself. Questions like why, what, how, when, where and who will take you to the root cause of the problem.

Analyze the problem

Analyzing the problem will give you time to think of a proper solution. You can use various tools to analyze the problem.     2    

Plan a strategy (策略)

Planning a strategy will help you waste less energy and time in trying all the solutions.

    3     In this way you can rule out the strategy that you don’t find worthy to apply.

    4    

Leave out the information that is not required for the solving of the problem. You need to be accurate with the details. Keeping the irrelevant (不相关的) information usually won’t simplify the problem as we tend to overlook the relevant information.

Carrying out the solution

Carrying out the solution in a correct way to get the expected result is important while solving a problem. You need to be creative while carrying out a solution just in case some other problem arises while applying the solution.     5    

Solving a problem is easy if you understand the problem in the first place. By analyzing the problem, planning a strategy, using the best solution, and carrying out the solution in the best method, you will solve your problem smoothly.

A．Make a wise decision

B．Delete irrelevant information

C．It can be a diagram, a flow chart or a list, etc.

D．It can be social problems, relationship problems, or problems at work.

E．Sometimes we can take wrong decisions for solving the problems in a hurry.

F．This step includes knowing the advantages and disadvantages of a solution.

G．Being ready with other choices is also important in case a solution works only half way.

4 . Ma Long, born in Anshan, Liaoning, the “home of table tennis”, was sent by his father to practise table tennis when he was 5 years old, and he went to Shenyang at the age of 11. At 15, Ma Long joined the national team. Although he was the least talkative boy of the players, his perseverance (坚持不懈) was as great as his overall strength in table tennis. In 2006, at 18, Ma Long, together with his teammates, won a team world championship.

His daily routine was a two-point line between the dormitory and the training hall, and he was the first to arrive and the last to leave on a daily basis. He had been doing so for ten years. His coach Liu Guoliang once said, “I went to the table tennis hall on a Sunday morning for an unannounced inspection (突击检查) to see how many players were training on Sunday. Only one person in the men’s first team was there. A genius (天才) is not your fear, but your fear is that a genius works harder than you do.” Such a genius is Ma Long.

However, after joining the team for nearly a decade, he suffered various types of failure. At that time, Zhang Jike, another top player, returned to the national team. From then on, Zhang was so invincible that he achieved the personal Grand Slam (大满贯) within only 445 days. Seeing Zhang’s achievements, Ma Long, at the lowest point, had the idea of retiring. But he was unwilling to just “disappear”.

Then came the Suzhou 2015 World Championship, Ma Long crowned his career, winning the singles champion.

1. What can we know about Ma Long in Paragraph 1?

A．He was an outgoing and sociable person.

B．He won the first world single championship at 18.

C．He started to practise at 5 without his parents.

D．He stood out for his determination and professional skills.

2. What can we infer about Ma Long according to Liu Guoliang?

A．Years of training saw his loneliness.

B．He was tired and under inspection every day.

C．Hardship and fears beat him.

D．The road to fame was never smooth but rather tough.

3. What does the underlined word “invincible” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Unbelievable.

B．Matchless.

C．Selfless.

D．Unbearable.

4. What is the suitable title for the text?

A．Ma Long: Pain Is Worthy of a Champion

B．Ma Long: Victory Is Worthy of Focus of Attention

C．Ma Long: Glory Will Fade Away

D．Ma Long: Chance Prefers the Genius

5 . I love travelling, but it hasn’t always been my passion. In my first year of university, I started to travel during the holiday. During the Christmas holiday I went to Paris, and during the spring vacation, I visited Athens and various cities in Italy. I was very excited because this was the first time I had travelled abroad with just my friends. This desire to travel started off simply as a way to have something to look forward to after exams, but I soon discovered how important it is to travel.

On my travels I have had the opportunity where I not only experience new and exciting cultures through the art, history, language and food, but also communicate with people who have different views on life. Travelling is a learning experience for both yourself and the people you meet. Some people I met during my travels had never heard of Gambia and it was very delightful to share my African roots with them. When you travel you will meet people who have different cultural backgrounds and as a result, sometimes your own ideas and opinions might be challenged. It’s important to learn to see things from other people’s perspectives (视角) and challenge your own.

This is how I realized that travelling is the realization of home. When you travel you can see a different setting, a different language and a different way of living.

Travelling is truly an enriching experience and I am always excited about the discoveries that wait for me in my next adventure!

1. Why was the author excited when he was in Italy?

A．Because it was the first time for him to go abroad with friends.

B．Because luckily he met his old friends there.

C．Because he was attracted by the beauty of the country.

D．Because he had never gone abroad before.

2. What does the author often do during his travels?

A．He has chances to communicate with his family.

B．He is curious to know why there are so many languages.

C．He learns a lot in many ways from the people he meets.

D．He shares his travelling experiences with foreign friends.

3. What can we infer from the second paragraph?

A．The author is a student from America.

B．The author’s roots probably are in Gambia.

C．The author often has different opinions from others.

D．The author knows nothing about African history.

4. What will the author do in the future?

A．He will find out the exact location of his home.

B．He will get familiar with a different way of living.

C．He will make a summary of his exciting adventures.

D．He will make preparations for his next wonderful trip.

6 . 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。

Bringing the past to life by restoring (修复) old buildings from yesterday can show     1    (confident) in tomorrow. Jinan, the capital city of Shangdong province, which has a large number of cultural     2     (relic) and historic buildings, understands this.

One main example is in the ancient downtown area of Jinan. The Baroque-style building is    3     former site of the city’s first cinema ― Xiaoguanghan,     4     was built in 1904, when Jinan opened up to the outside world. By the late 1990s, the building was     5     danger of collapse (倒塌).        

Li, 45, a film lover     6     works in the catering industry (餐饮业), decided to help restore the historic building with the local government’s support in 2008. Restoration work started in 2009. During the process, Li began to learn about the history of the cinema and what the old building    7     (real) means to Jinan’s history and China’s wider film culture.

After nearly 26 months, Xiaoguanghan     8     (give) new life as a film museum and restaurant. The museum now     9     (have) more than 4,000 historic items, including cameras, projectors, posters and classic props (道具), making it a perfect place for visitors     10     (learn) about the history and culture of Chinese cinema.

7 . On 20 December, in Newdale, a series of huge waves caused by an undersea earthquake raced across the ocean near Goldshore. Worse still, it ________ thousands dead. Goldshore Beach was the only local beach to ________ the disaster without any loss of life. A 10-year-old girl, Sabrina Andron, helped around 100 people escape ________ with her knowledge of tsunamis.

The day began like any other on Goldshore Beach. People were walking, running or simply sitting on the sandy beach, ________ the warm sea air and enjoying the soft ________ that brushed their hair. Sabrina was one of the happy tourists until she noticed something ________. “The water was like the bubbles (气泡) on the top of a beer,” she later explained. “It wasn’t ________ and it wasn’t going in and then out. It was just coming in and in and in.” It struck her that these were the ________ of an upcoming tsunami, which Sabrina had just learnt about in a Geography lesson.

Sabrina was _______, but she soon kept her head. She ________ her parents of the danger though at first they just thought she was joking. However, Sabrina was certain that a terrible ______ was on its way and kept asking her parents to talk to a safety ________. To her great relief, the officer________ realized the coming danger. The beach was rapidly ________ of people, just before the huge waves ________ into the coast.

1.

A．left

B．brought

C．affected

D．led

2.

A．recognize

B．survive

C．challenge

D．quit

3.

A．stress

B．reality

C．danger

D．failure

4.

A．making up

B．taking in

C．focusing on

D．checking out

5.

A．wave

B．sunshine

C．whistle

D．wind

6.

A．unique

B．powerful

C．strange

D．attractive

7.

A．narrow

B．adventurous

C．distant

D．calm

8.

A．signs

B．damages

C．effects

D．results

9.

A．embarrassed

B．confused

C．annoyed

D．frightened

10.

A．warned

B．cheated

C．helped

D．debated

11.

A．disease

B．disaster

C．accident

D．drought

12.

A．officer

B．designer

C．partner

D．inventor

13.

A．actually

B．anxiously

C．immediately

D．curiously

14.

A．informed

B．robbed

C．reminded

D．cleared

15.

A．slid

B．crashed

C．divided

D．tapped

8 . Working on your adventure list? These national park treasures which turn favorites during the harvest time should be on it.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

33, 000 acres of forests wait between Cleveland and Akron, all along the snaking Cuyahoga River. The park will delight you with plenty of outdoor activities suiting every interest, but do not climb over the fenced areas, rocks, or Brandywine Falls. Now the red maple trees will be visually on fire, which you can enjoy from the comfort of the tourist railway—Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad.

Gulf Islands National Seashore

Extending some 160 miles along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, this series of parks includes a historic building, untouched barrier islands, and sugar-white beaches. Don’t miss the Fort Pickens area, which is a perfect spot to observe wild animals living in the scenic natural environment. With an average high of 79°F and a low of 60°F, the fall weather here is exceptional.

Voyageurs National Park

Yellow and red leaves in fall will catch your eyes, contrasting with this parks’ glassy waters. In the Land of 10, 000 Lakes, there are no roads in the park, so visitors use boats to cross this remote 218, 000-acre park. Some 100+ bird species, even the rare ones, pass through the park, so keep an eye out for them.

1. What can visitors do in Cuyahoga Valley National park?

A．Enjoy the red maple trees.	B．Enjoy the fireworks.
C．Climb the rocks.	D．Sunbathe on the beach.

2. Which park is great for wildlife viewing?

A．Voyageurs National Park.	B．Gateway Arch National Park.
C．Cuyahoga Valley National Park.	D．Gulf Islands National Seashore.

3. Which season is best suited for trips to these parks?

A．Spring.

B．Summer.

C．Autumn.

D．Winter.

9 . Boston University was always my dream，but when it came to making the decision，I had to be sure that I was confident in my choice. Boston University drew me in for several reasons—its perfect location in the heart of Boston，its strong education programs，and the comfortable community. One special thing that set Boston University apart from my other college options was that I could be placed in the classroom to experience teaching in my freshman year. I had wanted to be a teacher for as long as I could remember，after all.

After just six short weeks,I was absolutely confident that I made the right choice to attend Boston University. At Boston University,I attended an education program—ED 100. Each Wednesday，I went to Bowman Elementary School to help in a fifth grade classroom.

Although I was a secondary education major,working with fifth graders was very memorable. One of my weekly tasks was to lead a reading group of about five students. It was tiring，but I fully enjoyed getting to know their strengths (长处) and a little bit about each student apart from their studies.

As the weeks went on，I found myself further involved in (参与) more classroom activities，often helping students one by one or in small groups. The students never stopped amazing me—they were always ready to take part in class activities and share their ideas. For each class，I usually spent a long time preparing it. I also loved learning from other teachers，and taking note of their excellent teaching skills，some of which I hoped to use in my own classroom.

The program—ED 100 has even further confirmed (确认) my desire to become an educator. I have passion to work with children. I can’t wait to have my own classroom of students. I’m so happy that I’ve made the right decision to choose Boston University.

1. What attracted the author most about Boston University?

A．Being in the center of the city.

B．Having a comfortable community.

C．Allowing her to teach in the first year.

D．Offering strong education programs.

2. What did the author think of her teaching at Bowman Elementary School?

A．It was quite relaxing.

B．It was a bit disappointing.

C．It was full of difficulties.

D．It was a pleasant experience.

3. What did the author say about her students?

A．They were very active in class.

B．They always tried to surprise her.

C．They helped her gain new teaching skills.

D．They showed a talent for studying languages.

4. Which of the following words can best describe the author?

A．Courageous and clever.

B．Helpful and hard­working.

C．Creative and kind.

D．Strict and careful.

10 . English is full of funny expressions that don’t always make sense. Idioms are phrases and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say. Even if you know the meaning of each word, you may not understand the idiom because you don’t understand the culture behind it. Here are some English idioms based on animals.

When children jump around and act silly, their parents may tell them to stop “monkeying around”.To “monkey around” means to do things that are not useful or serious, or to simply waste time.

Many American families have and love pet dogs. But for some unknown reason, Americans use “dog” in a phrase that means to feel unwell. If you are “as sick as a dog”, you’re really, really sick.

Sometimes you may also hear cats mentioned in conversations, “I told you to keep that secret, but you have just ‘let the cat out of the bag’!” You probably guessed it — that idiom means to reveal a secret or tell facts that were previously unknown.

Dogs and cats don’t always get along, but they appear side by side in a commonly used idiom. When it rains heavily, people might say it’s “raining cats and dogs”．

Heavy rain often ruins people’s plans for outdoor activities. But on a lovely day, you can have a picnic. If a swarm (一群) of tiny bugs love your food and start to hover (盘旋) around you, it would be really annoying. That experience perfectly explains why people often tell someone who keeps bothering them to “stop bugging me”．

Idioms are very common in both spoken and written English. If you want to have a better understanding of English, you have to learn idioms.

1. According to Paragraph 1, which is right about idioms?

A．Expressions which are based on animals.

B．Expressions with rich cultural background.

C．Expressions that always make sense.

D．Expressions which are easy to understand.

2. What can “monkeying around” be used to describe?

A．Children jump around and waste time.

B．Children do something useful and serious.

C．Children play with monkeys with their parents.

D．Children spend time playing with their family pets.

3. What can be learned from the text?

A．Dogs and cats always get along nicely.

B．Bugs can be used to show your annoyance.

C．Americans believe cats can give away secrets.

D．Americans use the idiom “as sick as a dog” to describe a healthy man.

4. How does the text mainly develop?

A．By sharing experiences.

B．By making comparisons.

C．By giving examples.

D．By listing figures.