1 . 你校将举行中国传统手工艺品展。请给你的外国朋友Chris写一封电子邮件，内容包括以下要点：
（1）A traditional Chinese handcrafts exhibition will be held in our school hall.
（2）It will last from September 23 to 26.
（3）At least one hundred pieces of handcrafts will be on display.
（4）There will also be live shows.
（5）You are sure to be drawn to the exhibition.
注意：
（1）词数80左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
（2）可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
（3）短文必须包括所给出的要点；
（4）请勿提及与考生相关的真实信息。

An Invitation to the Traditional Chinese Handcrafts Exhibition

Dear Chris,
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Yours,

Li Hua

2 . Biar Kon, a 17-year-old student, whose parents were working in neighboring Sudan, moved to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to attend school. Once he _______, he needed to get some documents from the Sudanese embassy(大使馆). But when he went to look for the embassy, he couldn’t find it. He asked a few people for _______, and no one knew where it was. Then an older woman tapped him on the back.

The woman told Kon that she had seen him asking questions of multiple people as they _______, and she wondered if he needed money for food, or a place to stay. Then Kon realized that the woman thought he was _______.

They cleared up the _______, and the woman was able to offer her help. The woman’s _______ left a deep impression on Kon. And it inspired him to _______ five years later, when he moved to Boston, Massachusetts. One day, outside a coffee shop, he _______ a man who was begging for change. Kon _______ that moment five years earlier, when the woman in Nairobi had ________ him for a homeless person. So he went up to the man to see what he could do. “He told me why he was on the street—because he made a（n） ________ mistake when he was in high school, and he couldn’t get a ________ now,” Kon recalled. Kon bought the man some breakfast, and gave him a little bit of money.

Today, it’s an encounter he ________. For him, it is a ________ that you never know what people are going through unless you talk to them ________ — the way the woman in Nairobi made an effort to talk to him.

1.

A．worked

B．arrived

C．changed

D．graduated

2.

A．permission

B．comments

C．explanation

D．directions

3.

A．passed

B．watched

C．struggled

D．hesitated

4.

A．awkward

B．homeless

C．careful

D．shy

5.

A．evidence

B．difficulty

C．confusion

D．conflict

6.

A．generosity

B．wisdom

C．responsibility

D．confidence

7.

A．put it aside

B．take it easy

C．kick it off

D．pay it forward

8.

A．persuaded

B．spotted

C．questioned

D．inspired

9.

A．witnessed

B．reported

C．recalled

D．shared

10.

A．praised

B．thanked

C．blamed

D．mistaken

11.

A．common

B．unintended

C．serious

D．similar

12.

A．clue

B．rise

C．job

D．solution

13.

A．creates

B．expects

C．deserves

D．values

14.

A．reminder

B．protector

C．challenge

D．practice

15.

A．secretly

B．actively

C．loudly

D．anxiously

3 . Best Time to Visit

The best time to visit Toronto is typically in the spring (April and May) or during the fall (September to early November). At these times, you’ll likely find fewer crowds, cheaper accommodations, and the best weather for sightseeing as it is neither too hot nor too cold.

Getting Around

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) makes it easy to get around the city via many buses, subway, and streetcars. Figuring out how to get where you want to go is easily done using the TTC’s convenient Trip Planner.

Travel Tip

While you may choose to base yourself near many of the city’s main landmarks, it’s also worth taking some time to explore some great neighborhoods that each offer their own unique charms, including colorful Kensington Market, the Junction, Leslieville, and Little India.

Things to Do

Get a Dose of Art & Culture: The Royal Ontario Museum is Canada’s largest museum and showcases everything from art and archaeology to natural science in over 30 galleries. Or, stop by the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), one of the largest art museums in North America with a collection of more than 90,000 works of art.

Take in the Views From the CN Tower: High-speed elevators send visitors to the top of the tower in just 58 seconds for full views over the city. You can even try EdgeWalk to experience a hands-free walk around the main pod of the tower, 116 stories above the ground.

Spend a Day in the Distillery District: Explore the historic Distillery District to walk casually among Victorian-era buildings on pedestrian-only cobblestone streets filled with shops, cafes, and restaurants.

1. If a tourist travels to Toronto in October, what is he likely to find?

A．Free attractions.	B．Discounted hotels.
C．Extreme weather.	D．Crowded scenic spots.

2. What’s the main function of the TTC’s Trip Planner?

A．Help people buy tickets.	B．Help tourists in urgent situations.
C．Guide people to their destinations.	D．Introduce scenic spots to tourists.

3. What do we know about the Royal Ontario Museum?

A．It is home to over 90,000 artworks.

B．It’s noted for its Victorian-era buildings.

C．It’s one of the largest museums in Canada.

D．Its displays range from art to natural science.

4. Where may those seeking for adventure and thrill choose to go ?

A．Little India.

B．EdgeWalk.

C．The Junction.

D．The Distillery District.

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Planning Your Trip in Toronto

B．Some Hidden Truth about Toronto

C．The Main Tourist Attractions in Toronto

D．The Reasons for the Popularity of Toronto

4 . 假定你是李华，你们班最近在英语课上就What Makes a Good Student这一主题进行了讨论。

请综合你们小组的以下观点进行发言，并且倡导全班同学做好学生。

A: A good student should be active in class and enthusiastic about his or her study.

B: A good student should be hardworking and independent. He or she loves to explore.

C: A good student should be able to communicate with others easily. He or she enjoys teamwork.

D: A good student should be healthy both physically and mentally.

E: A good student should be helpful and creative.

注意：1. 词数100左右，文章开头已给出，不计入总词数;

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

What Makes a Good Student

We have just discussed what makes a good student. Here are some of our ideas.

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5 . International Literacy (读写能力) Day, also called World Literacy Day, was set in 1966 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The purpose was to help improve the world’s ability to read and give people better opportunities in life.    1    

·Collect Books to Donate

Kids in some poor communities might have difficulty getting chances to read the books they need to improve their skills and become better readers.    2    . Keep an eye out for books that can be donated.

·Tutor (辅导) a Student How to Read and Write

    3    . They can use extra help from a tutor to get skills as well as confidence. Go to the local library or school to find out ways that literacy programs can use extra help with tutoring

·    4    .

In addition to helping someone read locally, it’s also possible to get connected with a literacy organization through the World Literacy Foundation. This organization mainly focuses on helping children from low-income backgrounds.    5    

A．Connect with a Literacy Organization

B．Some children struggle to read and write

C．Collect books for them from used bookstores

D．And it also helps the children to become lifelong readers

E．Here are tips about how to celebrate International Literacy Day

6 . I received a phone call from a credit card company. With the craziness of the holidays, I had missed a _________. The agent I spoke with was _________ and we actually chatted about life and _________ and the craziness it can cause in one’s life. All in all, the _________ phone call was probably only about forty-five _________, including making a payment.

A few days later, as I’m walking to _________ the mail, I notice a box from an online _________ delivery company. My first thought is, “Oh, no, someone _________ a package.” I pick it up to see if the _________ is close so I can drop it off. To my surprise, it not only has my address but my __________!

I take it inside. And I’m not going to __________ here; I’m already teary-eyed. When I open the box, there are roses in a beautiful vase. I find the __________ and the surprises just keep coming. Not only have I got flowers, but they are from a complete __________ in a different state!

The agent has sent me flowers with a note of __________ from one mom to another. I cry like a baby. I’m so __________ that not only a stranger but someone I only talked to for less than an hour took the time to __________ me some encouragement and flowers!

To that __________, wherever you are, I hope you know you __________ my day. It is things like this that __________ me that while there is trouble and hate in the world, there is also generosity and __________ for our fellow man.

1.

A．chance

B．payment

C．shot

D．conference

2.

A．embarrassed

B．tolerant

C．understanding

D．delightful

3.

A．motherhood

B．childhood

C．likelihood

D．neighborhood

4.

A．average

B．strange

C．expected

D．total

5.

A．hours

B．minutes

C．seconds

D．weeks

6.

A．reach

B．take

C．check

D．answer

7.

A．flower

B．food

C．snack

D．toy

8.

A．sent

B．posted

C．claimed

D．misdelivered

9.

A．account

B．postbox

C．package

D．address

10.

A．credit

B．name

C．resume

D．status

11.

A．complain

B．boast

C．lie

D．explain

12.

A．card

B．secret

C．item

D．article

13.

A．loser

B．stranger

C．winner

D．visitor

14.

A．appreciation

B．warning

C．apology

D．encouragement

15.

A．confused

B．depressed

C．touched

D．amused

16.

A．call

B．send

C．owe

D．assign

17.

A．agent

B．offer

C．case

D．manager

18.

A．achieved

B．spoiled

C．made

D．accomplished

19.

A．request

B．advise

C．demand

D．remind

20.

A．love

B．modesty

C．passion

D．integrity

7 . 根据题目所提出的具体要求，在答题卡上写出一篇连贯完整的英语短文。词数不少于60。

假设你是李华，你校本周一举行了消防演练(fire drill)活动。请给校报英语专栏写一篇稿件，记录演练过程并表达感想。可参考如下内容。

开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

·go out of the classroom when hearing the fire alarm go off

·go downstairs, use a towel to cover the nose and mouth

·take us three minutes to reach the sports field

·the firemen praise us

·…

In order to raise our safety awareness and practise our skills for self-protection, we had a fire drill in our school this Monday.

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8 . Hundreds of dead migrating (迁徙) songbirds covered the ground like a carpet on Thursday in Chicago.

Nearly 1,000 songbirds died throughout the night after crashing into the glass of the McCormick Place Lakeside Center due to a deadly combination of excellent migratory conditions, rain, and the low building’s lighting and window-lined walls, according to bird experts.

Window hits are a problem in almost every major city in the United States. Birds cannot see transparent (透明的) or reflecting glass and are unaware that it is a dangerous block. They rush for plants or bushes they see through windows or reflected in them, killing themselves in the process.

Night-migrating birds depend on the stars for direction. Building lights both attract and confuse them, resulting in window hits or birds flying around the lights until they die of exhaustion, a phenomenon known as deadly light attraction.

According to Stan Temple, a retired bird expert from University of Wisconsin-Madison, conditions were ideal for a big wave of songbird southern migration over Chicago on Wednesday evening. “You had all these birds that were just eager to set out, but they’ve been held up with this unusual September and October with temperatures way above normal,” Temple said.

To avoid irregular air movements and predators (捕食者), little songbirds graze to absorb energy during the day and travel at night. They’ve been waiting for north winds to push them south, but September’s unusually warm south winds left the birds in a holding position here, according to Temple. A wind moved south on Wednesday evening, offering a good chance, and millions of birds took to the air.

“Pre-dawn rain forced the birds to fly low, and they found McCormick Place’s lights on,” said David Willard, a manager at the Chicago Field Museum.

According to Ann a Pidgeon, a bird biologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, window hits and deadly light attraction are simply avoidable. Building managers can simply decrease their lights, and building designers can create windows with bird-friendly marks in the glass. People can also add screens, paint their windows, or put stickers on the glass.

1. Which of the following probably caused the songbirds’ death in Chicago?

A．Window hits.

B．Hunger.

C．Diseases.

D．Bird hunts.

2. What does the underlined word “graze” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A．Play.

B．Eat.

C．Grow.

D．Wait.

3. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

A．The importance of protecting birds.	B．The prediction of the songbirds’ future.
C．The further study of the songbird event.	D．The ways to avoid the disaster for birds.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Human activities have affected wild life.	B．Climate change is challenging the world.
C．Technology helps the protection of nature.	D．Animals learn to adapt to the environment.

9 . Best friends Tommy, 17, and Daniel, 15, decided to sign up for their school’s robotics team in their freshman year, and began their journey towards changing lives for the better.

They began their work with 3D printers to create parts for their robots, but they wanted their impact to be greater. “It started off with a team idea,” Tommy said. “We were trying to figure out how we could make a difference to society as a first-year robotics team. We later thought of the idea of using 3D printers to make prostheses (假肢), like hands.”

The team worked with IMAHelps, a nonprofit organization, and received help from the Science Robotics Initiative. Shortly after, they began working with their first person in need of a prosthesis.

“We started off with making an artificial (人造的) arm for Samantha, a 12-year-old little girl in Ecuador who lost her arm in a bus accident,” Tommy explains. “We got her measurements and then made the prosthesis. IMAHelps brought it to Samantha and it fit her perfectly and worked well.”

“Samantha had a dream to write, and we wanted to help with that,” adds Daniel.

It didn’t take long for other kids to see Samantha’s prosthesis. A young man named Ernest Priester, 13, asked to have an artificial foot. Later, the team offered to make him one for free. “He started tearing up. It brought so much joy to his eyes.” Tommy says.

This July, the team traveled to Ecuador to deliver four more prostheses to those in need. “We were so happy to help,” Tommy shares.

The team also plans on continuing to give away their 3D creations. “You can do whatever you want to do when it comes to helping people and changing the world,” Tommy says. “There are no age limits.”

“By offering a little bit,” adds Daniel. “We can change a lot.”

1. To make the robotics team’s impact greater, Tommy and Daniel decided to________.

A．create robot parts	B．start a robotics course
C．make prostheses	D．invent a 3D printer

2. What did the robotics team do for Samantha?

A．They set up IMAHelps for her.	B．They made her an artificial arm.
C．They offered her medical treatment.	D．They gave her instructions on writing.

3. How does Tommy feel about what they are doing?

A．Curious.

B．Relaxed.

C．Regretful.

D．Pleased.

4. Which of the following words can best describe Tommy and Daniel?

A．Caring.

B．Calm.

C．Honest.

D．Brave.

10 . Change can be hard. It means a lack of certainty and predictability.     1     Here are some tips to give your teen to help them cope with change in a healthy way.

    2     Many times, our first response to change is to either deny it, fight it, or run away from it. Unfortunately, none of these strategies help us cope with change successfully. Most of the time we can’t control change, but we can control our response to it. Sometimes, simply saying “things are changing, and that’s OK” can make us feel better.

Control what you can.     3     Having some things that stay the same like walking the dog every evening after dinner reminds us that some things are still the same and allows our brain to rest. It can also help to plan whatever is still in our control or set goals for areas we want to see improve. Useful strategies can include focusing on the problem at hand, developing a plan for action, and asking for advice.

Identify your fears. Our imaginations can get the best of us sometimes, and we might exaggerate the problem. Honestly evaluate the change and consider what the worst case is. Determine what specifically is making you worried.     4    

Talk about solutions more than feelings. One of the most common myths (谬见) of coping with unwanted changes is the idea that we can “work through” our anger, fears, and frustrations by talking about them a lot.     5     In fact, research shows that repeatedly broadcasting negative emotions can make us feel worse. As you talk about the change you are facing, make sure you are focusing on the problem and possible solutions, and avoid focusing solely on your feelings.

A．Take a fair attitude.

B．Acknowledge the change.

C．This isn’t always the case.

D．Look at the positives that will come out of the change.

E．It helps to have other areas of our life follow a predictable schedule.

F．You might realize that the worst case is not as bad as you imagined.

G．However, change is necessary for growth and it is normal to fear what we don’t know.