1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What does the speaker think of the wedding in Italy?

A．It is typical.

B．It is boring.

C．It is impressive.

2. Where did the bridegroom meet the bride?

A．In Italy.

B．In France.

C．In England.

3. What often happens at American weddings according to the speaker?

A．Long speeches are given.

B．A big dinner is served before the wedding.

C．Everything about wedding is made at home.

4. Why did the family cut up the bridegroom’s tie?

A．To play a joke on the bridegroom.

B．To make the bridegroom different.

C．To raise money for the new couple.

2 . 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。

Nanjing, the capital city of China’s Jiangsu Province and located ( 位于) along the Yangtze River Delta (三角洲),     1     (be) once the capital of the Ming Dynasty and is recognized as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China alongside Beijing, Xi’an     2     Luoyang.

But if you’ll only be visiting for 72 hours, there are a few     3     (experience) that you shouldn’t miss out on.

Any trip to Nanjing, no matter     4     short it is, wouldn’t be complete without some excellent food. Nanjing cuisine is a part of Jiangsu cuisine and often shows the area’s     5     (local) grown produce and fresh seafood.

The city is also considered the birthplace of Peking Duck, but it also prepares a local favorite: Nanjing salted duck,     6     is served cold after being cooked in very salty water.

The area’s close     7     (connect) to the river delta ensures that travelers will have a taste of seafood, such as hairy crab.

Nanjing is known for     8     (it) cultural and political importance. Today, travelers can visit numerous temples (寺庙) within the city and walk along Stone City, the remains of the city’s ancient fortifications (防御工事), at a local park.

Nanjing is also home     9     one UNESCO World Heritage Site — the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty, located in the Zhongshan Mountain National Park, where many other    10     (importance) sites, such as Dr. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, are also located.

3 . A huge section of the Milne Ice Shelf, located on Ellesmere Island in the northern Canada, collapsed into the Arctic Ocean, according to the Canadian Ice Service. This created an “ice island” which is about 30 square miles in size. As a comparison, Manhattan Island is about 23 square miles.

“Entire cities are that size. These are big pieces of ice,” Luke Copland, a glaciologist at the University of Ottawa who was part of the research team studying the ice shelf, told Reuters. “This was the largest remaining intact (完整的) ice shelf, and it’s collapsed, basically. ”

The Canadian Ice Service said on Twitter that “above-normal air temperatures, offshore winds and open water in front of the ice shelf are all part of the recipe for the ice shelf to break up.” A huge section of the Milne Ice Shelf has collapsed into the Arctic Ocean, producing a 30-square-mile ice island.

The ice shelf has now been reduced in area by about 43%. An ice shelf is a thick slab of ice, attached to a coastline and extending out over the ocean, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. “Some shelves have existed for thousands of years,” the center said.

So what’s going on up there? Though the planet is warming worldwide due to climate change, the Arctic has been warming at a rate twice that of the rest of the world. This summer has been particularly warm: Arctic sea ice melted to its lowest July level on record and in June, a town in Siberia soared (急升) to 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, believed to be a record high for the Arctic.

“When I first visited those ice caps, they seemed like such a permanent fixture of the landscape,” Mark Serreze, director of the NSIDC and geographer at the University of Colorado, Boulder, said in a statement. “To watch them die in less than 40 years just blows me away.”

1. Why does the author mention Manhattan Island in Paragraph 1?

A．To stress that Manhattan Island is vital for Canada.

B．To introduce where Manhattan Island locates.

C．To say the great collapse is terrible.

D．To compare two different places.

2. What’s one reason that made the ice shelf collapse?

A．Its location.

B．Its huge body.

C．Special intact form.

D．Higher air temperatures.

3. What do we know from Paragraph 5?

A．Arctic sea ice melted to its lowest in June.

B．Climate change brings about great changes.

C．The earth is warming because of the loss of ice shelf.

D．The Arctic warms more slowly than the rest of the world.

4. What is Mark Serreze’s attitude to the collapse?

A．Shocked.	B．Humorous.
C．Scientific.	D．Neutral.

4 . Plenty of audiences have warned: don’t see the new French movie The Taste of Things on an empty stomach. Juliette Binoche plays a longtime personal cook to a man who’s a gourmand (美食家). They share a passion for food. Filled with delicious meals, the film celebrates food, and all the work and love that go into making it.

When you see a delicious meal in a movie or an ad, chances are that it’s not fit to eat. Food stylists have been known to substitute glue for milk, and coat meat with motor oil. All this was a big “No” for Vietnamese French director Tran Anh Hung.

Tran says he wanted everything in The Taste of Things “to be real,” from the raw ingredients (食材) to the menu to the way the cooks move in the kitchen. Real food can’t always handle multiple takes. Plus, Tran needed to show dishes at different stages of preparation. So he needed a lot of everything. For a classic French dish, “we needed 40 kilos of meat for the shooting.” He also had to find vegetables that looked like they were harvested in the 19th century. “They’re not as beautiful as today,” he says, “They’re not straight, and they have many spots on the skin.”

After doing extensive research into the history of French cuisine and working with a historian, Tran enlisted three-star chef Pierre Gagnaire to make sure the menu he’d come up with worked in real life.

Gagnaire also cooked for Tran for five days, so the director could study his movements in preparation for filming. Tran says watching Gagnaire move around the kitchen taught him that “simplicity is important and you don’t need to have the perfect gesture for this or that. You need only to be very free.” Gagnaire says the movie feels like a gift. “For my creativity, it’s an honor,” he says. The famous chef agreed to take a small part in the film.

“When you leave this film, you feel calm because instead of violence, there’s tenderness,” Gagnaire says.

1. What can we say about The Taste of Things?

A．It shows that food represents love.

B．It gives audience a good appetite.

C．Its characters only focus on cooking.

D．Its story is based on a food stylist.

2. Which of the following best describes Tran as a film director?

A．Romantic.	B．Caring.
C．Demanding.	D．Humorous.

3. Why did Gagnaire cook for Tran for five days?

A．To get a role in Tran’s movie.

B．To give Tran some inspiration.

C．To test Tran’s menu for the film.

D．To show Tran his food creativity.

4. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To show a film shooting style.	B．To recommend a film.
C．To call on people to save food.	D．To promote food culture.

5 . The moment he retired, he _______________ in the country.

一退休，他就迫不及待地想到乡村过平静的生活。

6 . Social media is so common in our society that almost everyone is connected to some forms of it, whether it is Twitter, Facebook or even Pinterest. We are in a fast­paced, technologically­evolving society and we are addicted to social media. In fact, we crave (渴望) social media.

    1     We share what we’re doing, how amazingly we did on a test and so on. Simply speaking, we love people knowing what we're doing. It has become a place that can define us.

Our social networks can tell a story about us, and if you’re like me, you want to make sure that the story your Twitter or Facebook tells about you is a good story.     2     How does one ensure a positive online reputation? Here are some tips.

1. Keep it clean:     3     Party photos with alcohol are an absolute no­no. Would you want to have your boss see these photos? Make sure to post contents that you feel positively reflects you, your creativity and your skills.

2. Don’t trust privacy settings: You have a private Twitter account so you can post anything you want?     4     Privacy settings make it harder to see your full account, but it’s not impossible. You shouldn't rely on privacy settings as a way to protect inappropriate (不适当的) content.

3. Ensure you’re polished: Keep it classy (优等的)!     5     Think about what you want people to think of you and go with it.

Like it or not, your social networks reflect you — make sure you look like the shining star that you truly are.

A．This is not the case.

B．It is always like this.

C．Be sure about what you’re posting.

D．Discover what you want people to think of you.

E．Social media is just a tool to interact with others.

F．We post almost every aspect of our life on social media.

G．One’s online reputation (名声) couldn't be more important.

7 . 现今，大城市普遍存在着交通问题。它不仅给人们的生活和工作带来不便而且还威胁到了人们的生命安全。请以“Traffic Problems in Big Cities”为题，根据以下内容提示完成作文：

1. 描述两个常见的交通问题；

2. 简要分析导致这些交通问题的主要原因；

3. 根据你的分析，从社会规范（rules and regulations）和个人行为两方面谈谈你得到的启示（不少于两点）。

注意：词数120左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Nowadays, traffic problems are common in big cities.

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8 . 这名男子在汽车被修的时候拿出手机看了最新的电影。
The man took out his phone and saw the latest film while his car ________________.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When did David come back last night?

A．At 6:00 pm.

B．At 7:00 pm.

C．At 8:30 pm.

2. Why did David go out last night?

A．To watch a movie.

B．To read in a library.

C．To have some discussions.

3. What does David suggest the woman do?

A．Apply to work for the club.

B．Contact Lucy for more information.

C．Learn more about the neighborhood.

10 . 当我走进会议室的时候，这台机器的优缺点正在被讨论。
The advantages and disadvantages of this machine ________________ when I went into the meeting room.