1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the first prize?

A．A two – week holiday.

B．A 500 – pound camera.

C．Two plane tickets to Jamaica.

2. When will the result of the competition come out?

A．On August 25.

B．On August 31.

C．On September 15.

3. What requirement do the photos need to meet?

A．They must be in black and white.	B．They must be taken by kids over 18.
C．They must have been taken on holiday.

4. What does the speaker remind the competitors to do?

A．Write their information on the back of the photos.

B．Take part in next month’s super sports competition.

C．Get their photos back after the competition.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is one thing the man is not going to pack for the trip?

A．A sweater.

B．A coat.

C．A jacket.

2. Which occasion will the man take part in definitely?

A．A party.

B．A date.

C．A wedding.

3 . Reading instruction in the classroom is a key concern for all teachers and there are many ways to go about it. However, is our determination to achieve excellence in reading skills in our children killing their love and enjoyment of a good book?

In my work with parents, I am frequently asked the best ways to encourage reluctant readers to be engaged with books. Parents report that their children return home from school with no inclination to pick up a book and read.

Any eager reader will gladly talk about the joy with a good book to read away the hours on a cold, rainy afternoon. Reading a good book is one of life’s greatest pleasures. We need to share these experiences with our children in order to assist them in developing into strong readers. But the use of boring, mass-produced home reading texts in children’s early years at school can be seen as the beginning of this negative cycle.

As children progress through their schooling life, there are many other instances of learning reading skills that don’t help reading development. Frequently, teachers feel the pressure to give their students “just enough” in terms of reading strategies to be able to achieve the test, which leaves little time to focus on reading for pleasure.

Kelly Gallagher, a high school teacher, outlines the term “Readicide” in his book. He says it’s: the systematic killing of the love of reading, often worsened by foolish, boring practices found in schools.

Recent research shows that many teachers tend to follow the traditional literacy practices that they have experienced in their own education, which can often have negative intentions for their students.

While teaching children key concepts for analyzing and evaluating texts is important, the manner in which it is done and time that is spent on this can lead to unexpected results. Schools aren’t to blame when it comes to not arresting students’ lack of interest in reading, but they have an important role to play in fostering reading enjoyment.

1. What does the underlined word “inclination” mean?

A．Energy	B．Task
C．Intention	D．Requirement

2. What does the term “Readicide” refer to?

A．To develop reading habits	B．To read for pleasure
C．To learn reading skills	D．To kill a love for books

3. According to the text, teachers at school ______.

A．focus on teaching reading strategies

B．ignore key concepts for analyzing texts

C．are to blame for students’ poor reading

D．fail to follow the traditional reading practices

4. What might be suitable title for the text?

A．Reading books is to experience pleasure

B．Learning to love books is even more important

C．Teaching reading helps reluctant readers

D．Getting pleasure from books makes capable readers

4 . To me, life without music would not be exciting. I realize that this is not true for everybody. Many people get along quite well without going to the concert, and listening to the record. But music plays an important part in everyone's life, whether he realizes it or not. Try to imagine, for example, what films or TV plays would be like without music. Would the feelings, the moving plot, and the greatest interests, be so exciting or dramatic? I'm not sure about it.

Now, we have been speaking of music in its more common meaning----the kind of music we hear in the concert hall. But if we look at some parts of music more closely, we discover them in our everyday life too----in the rhythm of the sea, the melody of a bird in the woods and so on. So music surely has meaning for everyone, in some way or other. And, of course, it has special meaning for those who have spent all their lives working on playing or writing music.

It is well said, “Through music a child enters into a world of beauty, expresses himself from his heart, feels the joy of doing things alone, learns to take care of others, develops his mind and makes his body strong.”

1. What does the writer say more about in the text?

A．Life full of music.	B．The importance of music.
C．Life without music.	D．The development of music.

2. From the text, we learn that many people .

A．go to the concert instead of enjoying music

B．get along quite well without music

C．don't realize the importance of music

D．think music would be less exciting than films

3. What does the underlined word “melody” mean in the text?

A．flying	B．living
C．looking	D．singing

4. From the last paragraph, we learn that music .

A．is very necessary for our everyday life

B．is very important, especially for children

C．can make our life exciting and dramatic

D．can enter another beautiful world

5 . The story I’m going to tell you happened two years ago when I was in high school in Poland. I came to school early on a sunny day, ____ I felt that there was something wrong. Students from my class were behaving ____.

I noticed that Tom was absent from school that day. Later, I ____ what happened. Tom had got sick and he had lung cancer, a very serious disease. It was _____ for my friends and me. I couldn’t believe that this had happened to him. He was so ____ and he was good at sports.

____ he had lung cancer, so he had to have an operation. It was successful. After that, he returned to school and felt very good. Twice a month he went back to the ____ for medical examinations just to make sure that everything was going well.

One day, the doctors noticed that the cancer had ____ to his brain. When I heard this ____, I felt like bursting into tears, “God, why do you do this, it is not ____.”

A lot of my friends ____ their faith and hope, and they even thought that there was no ____ for him to live, but he was strong. Tom was eager to live, and he said: “No way, I’m not going to ____. I will fight!”

The doctors made another operation on his brain. The operation ____ well and now he feels great and everything is fine. From Tom’s ____, I learned that whatever happens in our lives, we can’t give up or lose heart.

1.

A．so

B．but

C．for

D．and

2.

A．strangely

B．interestingly

C．naturally

D．impatiently

3.

A．spoke out

B．pointed out

C．worked out

D．found out

4.

A．disappointing

B．frightening

C．shocking

D．amusing

5.

A．kind

B．humorous

C．clever

D．healthy

6.

A．Therefore

B．Thus

C．Besides

D．Anyhow

7.

A．stadium

B．hospital

C．school

D．home

8.

A．adapted

B．crashed

C．turned

D．moved

9.

A．research

B．evidence

C．idea

D．information

10.

A．fair

B．perfect

C．honest

D．reliable

11.

A．held

B．lost

C．rebuilt

D．kept

12.

A．need

B．wonder

C．chance

D．doubt

13.

A．give off

B．give up

C．give out

D．give in

14.

A．went

B．observed

C．command

D．charged

15.

A．misfortune

B．achievement

C．accident

D．experience

6 . 阅读下面短文，根据文章的情节续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

During lunchtime, Emma suggested going to the zoo to feed the animals and her mom agreed.

“We’ll stop by the bakery and pick some bread up. Now hurry and eat and then we’ll go. It’s going to be a lovely day. Grandma is coming with us. She’ll be here any minute,’ mom said.

Emma ate her lunch and then ran into her room to get her shoes. The problem was that she could only find one of them. She looked under her bed, but all she could see were dirty towels and pants. She moved some of her toys out of the way, but still couldn’t find her shoe. After she’d checked everywhere in her room, she ran into the kitchen. “Mom, I can’t find my shoe. Will you wait while I look for it?”she asked.

Her mom thought about how many times she’d told Emma to clean her room up. She whispered something to Emma’s grandma and then said to Emma, “You will have to stay home. Your dad and I will take Ryan to the zoo. Grandma will stay here with you.”

“No! Please wait for me. I want to go to the zoo,”Emma cried. “I’m sorry, Emma. I’ve told you a dozen times to clean your room and you ignored me. You can’t find your shoe now. It’s your own fault for not doing as I asked. You will stay home.”

Emma ran into her bedroom, crying. Her mom came to the door and said, “Emma, clean that room of yours before I get home. I’ve told grandma not to give you any sweets until you finish the work.” She went out to the car with Ryan and Emma’s dad and then they drove away.

注意：(1)所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
(2)应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
(3)续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
(4)续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1：

Emma sat on her bed and cried for a long time.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2：

Emma and her grandma were sitting at the table, eating when her mom, dad, and Ryan came home._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7 . Rescue workers and thousands of volunteers are not the only ones who have won hearts and minds for their heroic efforts in the search for survivors after Tuesday's powerful earthquake in

Mexico. Fifteen dogs from the navy's canine（军犬）unit have assisted this week in the rescue efforts at the sites of collapsed buildings across Mexico City, where more than 50 people have been pulled alive from the ruins.

Of the canine heroes none is more famous or loved than Frida, a six-year-old white Labrador who in her distinguished service has won praise for her ability to detect people who have been trapped by various natural disasters. Over her admirable career she has found 52 people including 12 survivors in Mexico and other Latin American countries.

This week, Frida and Evil and Echo—two Belgian Shepherds that have also been specially trained for rescue efforts一were sent to the site of the collapsed Enrique Rebsamen School in southern Mexico City.

Equipped with goggles that protect her eyes from dust and smoke, boots to prevent damage to her paws while she climbs over rough ruins, Frida took to her work looking every bit the part of the ruins.

If Frida detects the presence of a survivor, she is trained to bark to alert rescue workers but if she detects a corpse she stops suddenly before proceeding, her handler explained.

Eleven children were rescued from ruins at the school but this time human rescue workers rather than the dogs were the ones who located them.

However, that hasn't stopped Frida from becoming a social media star and reaching a new level of fame this week. Videos and other social media posts that highlight the work of Frida and her impressive record of detecting people trapped by natural disasters spread quickly online.

While she has yet to detect anyone trapped in the ruins this week, she and other rescue dogs are continuing to work tirelessly, searching through spaces that humans cannot reach. With the possibility that there are still people trapped alive, time will tell whether she adds to her rescue record.

1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Severe earthquakes in Mexico	B．Undertaking rescue work.
C．People waiting for rescue	D．Special rescuers in Mexico.

2. What makes Frida a social media star?

A．Her rescue records and tireless work.

B．Her cooperation with the rescue team.

C．Her cool appearance with some special devices.

D．Her ability to search spaces beyond humans' reach.

3. What does the underlined word "corpse" in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．An article of clothing.	B．An unconscious animal.
C．A dead person.	D．A special signal.

4. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that_______ .

A．Frida will achieve nothing

B．Frida will probably work miracles

C．more dogs will be sent to the area

D．the rest of the rescue will be done by dogs

8 . Simple ways to improve your written English

Many people think it is really difficult to improve (提高) their writing in English. Don’t worry, though. Here are some simple steps that you can take to improve your written English.

● Increase your vocabulary.

To express yourself clearly, you need a good active vocabulary. That’s not just being able to know lots of words — it means actually being able to use them correctly.     1    

Tip: When you learn a new word, try to learn all the forms of that word.

●     2    

People often say that we learn to write best by reading. Reading in English is useful in many ways. It is a great way to get an idea of the different styles of writing and see how to use words properly.

Tip:     3     Learning shouldn’t be boring. Read each text several times to make sure you understand how to use new words and expressions in the text.

● Improve your grammar.

Grammar is very important because it improves the quality (质量) of your writing.

Tip:     4     The first time, look for general mistakes and the second time look for mistakes with the grammar point you are studying at the moment.

● Just do it!

The best way to improve your writing is to get a pen and paper and write. Be prepared to write several versions (版本) of each text.     5    

A．Know your readers.

B．Read widely and often.

C．Always check your writing twice.

D．Remember, practice makes perfect!

E．Choose books or articles that interest you.

F．Use simpler language and shorter sentences to show your ideas.

G．Do this by learning new words with example sentences, not just word lists.

9 . When I was a boy, our extended, immigrant family would sometimes gather at my aunt’s tiny house over the summer. Relatives from all over the country would come in to visit. The adults would crowd together in the living room to talk and catch up on each other' s lives. And the kids would be sent out into the front yard to play when dinner was slowly cooked for all of us.

Those were the days before video games, smart phones, and motorized toys, so we often ended up playing an old game. I remember one of those moments especially. As I was the youngest and smallest of all the kids there, I got caught first and couldn't catch anyone else. My brothers and cousins were all too fast for me, and I grew more and more frustrated. I finally fell my face first into the dirt. I got up with tears forming in my eyes. Then I saw one of my female cousins Susan standing there. She started to run but was going much slower than before. I easily caught up and seized her. Then she turned to me, smiled, and said, "I'm it! You'd better run!" I ran off laughing with glee while she turned and started to chase others.

Now I see how her act of kindness that day saved me from sadness and returned me to joy. It didn't matter that we hardly ever saw each other. I know we are family and she loves me.

In her wonderful book: Box of Butterflies, Roma Downey writes, "We are all one, we all belong to each other, and we are one big. beautiful family." Perhaps it is time that we all started to treat each other that way. Perhaps it is time that we shared our love, our kindness, our laughter, and our joy with everyone without fear. Perhaps it is time to finally and forever bring this world together in one big family reunion.

1. When the adults were chatting, the kids would__________.

A．play video games	B．sit in the front yard
C．learn to cook dinner	D．play traditional games

2. The author was able to catch Susan because________.

A．the others ran too fast	B．the author was good at running
C．Susan gave her a chance	D．Susan wanted to chase others

3. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The author is grateful for hat Susan did to her.

B．The author cant meet Susan any more.

C．The author urges others to love their family.

D．The author believes the world will become a big family

4. What could be the best title of the passage?

A．A memory of my childhood.	B．Sharing of goodness unites us.
C．Kindness brightens our life.	D．A good deed is invaluable.

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。

When foreigners negotiate, or register in certain areas of China, they may be     1    (surprise) at Chinese’s special fondness and preference for seals. To Chinese, seals are an art of deep cultural roots,     2     combines the essence of both calligraphy(书法) and sculpture and inspires generations to study, to appreciate and to collect.

It is believed that seals came out as early     3     8,000 years ago after our ancestors could make pottery wares(陶瓷)and had private property. They were assumed to make marks on     4    (they) own possessions to prevent them from being stolen. When the first dynasty     5    (found),the king began to use seals to empower(授权)and to show lordly credits. Only the king’s special seal was then called “Xi”,     6    (represent) the highest authority. The first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, had his “Xi”    7    (make) out of the invaluable and beautiful jade “Heshi Bi”.

Then the local governments also needed seals for     8     same function. Meanwhile, private seals were carved in a variety of lucky     9    (character)and vivid animal patterns.    10    (gradual). the sphragistics (印章学) came into being.