1 . What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．Their friend Jane.

B．A weekend trip.

C．A radio program.

2 . 假定你是李华，你的英语朋友Peter来信向你询问如何才能学好中文。请你根据下列要点写一封回信。
1.参加中文学习班；
2.看中文书刊，电视；
3.学唱中文歌曲；
4.交中国朋友。
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,
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3 . How to Make Friends

Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. Good friendship has many benefits. It offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes good health. There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools. Such changes often leave us without a friend.     1     But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.

1. Associate with others.

The first step to making friends is associating with other people. You can go to public places to meet new people. Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such places.

2. Start a conversation.

Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends.     2     You can always start the conversation. Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people.

3.     3    

Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friend together. Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience.

4. Let it grow.

It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend.     4     The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.

5. Enjoy your friendship.

The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves.     5     Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be. Become the kind of friend you will want your friend to be to you.

A．Be cheerful.

B．Do things together.

C．Do not wait to be spoken to.

D．Try not to find fault with your friends.

E．Making new friends comes easy for some people.

F．For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.

G．So you will need to give your friend time to react to you.

4 . How to deal with your homework

Write it down.     1     Always be sure to write down all the homework so you won’t forget anything.

Create a homework station. Find somewhere comfortable and quiet to do your homework.     2     It will take twice as long to get the homework done. Shut off your cell phone, log off (退出) your computer (unless you need it for your homework) and close the door.

Do homework as early as possible. Don’t leave homework to the last minute.     3     The earlier you start your homework, the sooner you will finish! Do all your homework as early as you can, so you don’t have a pile of ( 一 堆 ) homework the next day.

    4     Think about how long it will take you to complete homework for each subject. For example: English-ten minutes, science-ten minutes, math-forty minutes, history-twenty minutes.

Treat yourself. You can easily get tired by sitting through an hour or two of homework without stopping. Once you finish homework for a subject, take a small break (no more than 15 minutes). Either taking a walk or finding something to eat will do. But do not turn on the TV, or you’ll never go back to your study.     5    

A．Use your time wisely.

B．Start as soon as you get home.

C．Start with your hardest homework.

D．Do not burn the midnight oil, either.

E．Never do your homework in front of the TV.

F．After short breaks, return to finish the rest of your homework.

G．Keep a homework notebook where you record all your homework.

5 . 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：在错的词下划一横线，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。

Dream is important in our life. It encouraged us to fight for the future. My dream is to be English teacher. I am grateful to all my teacher. They teach me not only knowledge, and also how to adapt themselves to the society. Therefore, I want to be a teacher which is useful to his students. To be a good English teacher, I need to study hardly and learn English well. Then I need to practice my spoken English by communicating with my classmates on English. All in all, I believe my dream will to come true and I will try my better to achieve my dream.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The tea    1    has delighted and fascinated the world for millennia has finally received top-level    2     (globe) recognition as a shared cultural treasure of mankind.

Traditional tea processing techniques and their associated social practices in China    3    (be) added to UNESC’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Tuesday, Nov. 29th.

The status was conferred by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, hosted in Rabat, Morocco. It consists    4    knowledge, skills and practices concerning management of tea plantations, picking of tea leaves, and the processing, drinking and sharing of tea.

According to UNESCO, in China traditional tea processing techniques are    5    (close) associated with geographical location and natural environment. The techniques are mainly found in the provinces and autonomous regions,    6    (include) Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, Anhui, Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi. Associated social practices, however, are spread throughout the country and    7    (share) by multiple ethnic groups.

Over 2,000 tea    8    (variety), mainly in six categories-green, black, yellow, oolong, white and dark, are grown in China.

Tea-related customs are not only found across the country,    9    influenced the rest of the world through the ancient Silk Road and trade routes.

As a document from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to UNESCO explained, tea is ubiquitous in Chinese people’s daily life. Steeped or boiled tea is served in homes, workplaces, tea houses, restaurants, temples and used as     10    important medium for communication in socializing and ceremonies.

7 . Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success_______fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the_______in our lives.

When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no_______ that his life was to change_______. The class experiment that day was to_______how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling (冒泡) to the surface._______, the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat _______held something more volatile (易挥发的) than water. When Wilson heated it, the container_______, leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes.

When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents_______to find a way to deal with the catastrophe (灾难) that had________to their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident as________. He learned braille (盲文) quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as a student but also became a(n)________public speaker.

Later, he worked in Africa, where many people suffered from________for lack of proper treatment. For him, it was one thing to accept his own________of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue________it could be fixed so easily. This moved him to action. And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the ________Wilson made to preventing the________.

Wilson received several international________for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a ________. He proved that it’s not what happens to us that________our lives—it’s what we make of what happens.

1.

A．holds

B．depends

C．keeps

D．reflects

2.

A．sufferings

B．accidents

C．steps

D．events

3.

A．plan

B．hope

C．idea

D．measure

4.

A．gradually

B．continually

C．completely

D．gracefully

5.

A．show

B．direct

C．advise

D．declare

6.

A．Anyway

B．Somehow

C．Moreover

D．Therefore

7.

A．clumsily

B．amazingly

C．casually

D．mistakenly

8.

A．exploded

B．spilled

C．emptied

D．exposed

9.

A．needed

B．cared

C．attempted

D．agreed

10.

A．happened

B．applied

C．attached

D．submitted

11.

A．impressive

B．catastrophic

C．fantastic

D．extraordinary

12.

A．specific

B．vital

C．outstanding

D．innocent

13.

A．speechlessness

B．blindness

C．lameness

D．deafness

14.

A．career

B．job

C．future

D．fate

15.

A．when

B．until

C．before

D．unless

16.

A．adjustments

B．opposition

C．limitations

D．contributions

17.

A．spreadable

B．potential

C．preventable

D．influential

18.

A．awards

B．salary

C．scholarships

D．bonuses

19.

A．fortune

B．vision

C．dream

D．recipe

20.

A．limits

B．distinguishes

C．claims

D．determines

8 . Essential first job tips for graduates

Graduates may be anxious as they enter the workplace. And most bosses won’t teach you how to be a good employee. That is something new workers must learn on their own.     1    .

Speak clearly. Many graduates mumble (嘟哝) or talk too quickly. It is common that people have to ask them to repeat themselves. Perhaps it is because they often speak to their peers who have super sharp hearing. But the customers you encounter in your new job may not. Good verbal communication skills are essential for most jobs. Practice speaking slowly and clearly.     2    

Listen carefully. This is an important skill no matter what career you hope to have.     3     When someone is talking, make eye contact to indicate that you are listening. And then ask appropriate questions to make sure you understand the directions or questions.

Don’t interrupt unless it’s urgent. When a co-worker or boss is talking to a customer, don’t cut in unless what you have to share absolutely can’t wait. Use good judgment to determine the urgency of the situation.     4     Say “excuse me”, and then wait to be acknowledged before you start speaking.

    5     Some employers have a pretty strict dress code, which takes the decision about what to wear to work. This rule could be quite helpful. Other bosses just tell their workers to “dress appropriately”. Remember, though casual clothing is acceptable to some jobs, make sure your clothes are clean, without rips (裂口) or designs that may upset others.

A．Dress in a proper way.

B．Being polite.

C．If it is urgent, interrupt without judgement.

D．Follow these four essential new job tips for graduates.

E．Avoid shouting, but speak loudly enough to be heard.

F．When it is necessary to interrupt a conversation, do so carefully.

G．It requires being able to pay attention to the information another person is conveying.

9 . Is there a link between social media and depression? Do Facebook and Instagram have a negative impact on your mental health? It’s complicated.

Sometimes, looking through Instagram just makes you feel bad. You try not to envy your friends, but they always seem to be traveling somewhere cool, eating something fancy, or looking cute in perfect just-rolled-out-of-bed hair. On the other hand, there are times when you laugh at funny memes (表情包), catch up with old friends, and feel happy to belong to fun social media communities. Clearly, social media isn’t all bad.

People are increasingly suspecting that there’re potential problems of social media. Things like cyberbullying (网上欺凌) , screen addiction, and being exposed to endless filtered images (美颜) that make it impossible not to make comparisons between yourself and others often make the news. In July, a big study came out in the journal JAMA titled “Association of Screen Time and Depression in Adolescence.” This big headline seems to confirm what a lot of people have been saying — screen time is horrible for young people.

The study followed over 3,800 adolescents over four years as part of a drug and alcohol prevention program. Part of what the investigators measured was the teens’ amount of screen time, including time spent on social media, as well as their levels of depression symptoms. One of their main findings was that higher amounts of social media use were associated with higher levels of depression. That was true both when the researches compared between people and compared each person against their own mental health over time.

Case closed? Not so fast. Before we end the debate once and for all, let’s take a closer look at this and other studies. Let’s ask ourselves: what exactly is the relationship between social media use and depression? It turns out there are several warnings.

1. Why do people sometimes feel bad when looking through Instagram?

A．They lack contact with old friends.	B．They can travel nowhere.
C．They don’t look perfect.	D．They feel unbalanced.

2. Why is the article in journal JAMA mentioned?

A．To comment.

B．To prove.

C．To suggest.

D．To explore.

3. Which may agree with the findings of the study?

A．Depression is related to social media use.

B．Teens’ amount of screen time is limited.

C．It is not easy to tell reasons for depression.

D．Social media contributes to physical health.

4. What’s the best title of the text?

A．How to reduce depression?	B．Does social media cause depression?
C．Shall people reduce screen time?	D．Why is it time to give up social media?

10 . As an only child, Nicole Renae often felt lonely in her youth. But that all changed when she turned ten. For her birthday, Renae’s grandmother surprised her with an adorable gray puppy named Chloe.

From the very start, the two were inseparable. “She was my best friend,” Renae says. But when Renae was 14, her father got a new job that came with devastating news: He’d be working at home, and the house needed to be free of audible noise.

With no easier option, the family sent Chloe to a humane society. Though they were optimistic that the dog would find a new home with people who loved her, they couldn’t know for sure.

In time, Renae grew up, got married, and had a child of her own. Remembering the joy that having a dog had brought her as a kid, Renae wanted her daughter to experience the same. She had it in her mind that she would adopt a puppy, but then one day she saw a post on Facebook about a senior dog that needed a new home. The dog in the photograph looked a lot like Chloe — she was even named Chloe. In an instant it was decided: She would adopt this older dog.

When she met Chloe, Renae was struck with a strange feeling. The dog seemed so familiar. And Chloe appeared to feel the same way about Renae. Chloe reminded Renae so much of her old dog that the emotion overwhelmed her.

“I was crying,” Renae says. “I just knew in my heart that it was her.”

Still, eight years had passed since Renae had seen Chloe last, so the notion (突然的想法) seemed to be little more than wishful thinking.

But her mom realized there was a way to test the theory: Their Chloe had been microchipped as a puppy. They found the ID number, then Renae took her new Chloe to the vet to be scanned. Sure enough, she also had a microchip.

“The numbers were a match,” Renae says. “I felt like I’d won the lottery (彩票).”

1. Why did the family get rid of Chloe when Renae was young?

A．To escape from noises.	B．To rehouse the senior dog.
C．To guarantee Renae’s safety.	D．To help build the humane society.

2. Why did Renae want to adopt a puppy?

A．To give her daughter pleasure of keeping a pet.	B．To strike up a friendship with a pet.
C．To search for her old dog Chloe.	D．To remind herself of her Chloe.

3. How did the family confirm Renae’s notion?

A．With a careful health check.	B．By matching microchips.
C．By putting the dog to the test.	D．By letting their feelings be their guide.

4. What does the author want to do by telling the story?

A．Think highly of lasting friendship.

B．Appeal to people to care for animals.

C．Share a story with a thrilling ending.

D．Show many wrong decisions are hastily taken.