1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When did the man’s boss call Jeff?

A．In the morning.

B．In the afternoon.

C．In the evening.

2. How did Jeff explain everything?

A．Over the phone.

B．By e-mail.

C．In person.

3. Why didn’t Jeff come to the office on Tuesday?

A．He was sick.

B．He was off the day.

C．He was working somewhere else.

4. How does the woman sound in the end?

A．Excited.

B．Angry.

C．Surprised.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How will the listeners go to the Isle of Man from Heysham?

A．By train.

B．By plane.

C．By ferry.

2. What will the listeners do on day 1?

A．Do a little light shopping.

B．Meet the tour manager.

C．Have lunch in the hotel.

3. Where will the listeners go on day 2?

A．The town of Peel.

B．The mountain Snaefell.

C．The village of Laxey.

4. When will the listeners tour around a small island?

A．On day 3.

B．On day 4.

C．On day 5.

3 . My 23-year-old son Dan packed, ready for the journey to work abroad for a year. It was a milestone, _________ the transition from his school days to adulthood.

I looked _________ at his face when we were to say goodbye, trying to remember every feature, meanwhile, _________ to say something that had long buried deep in my heart. However, not a sound came over my lips.

This wasn’t the first time I had let such an opportunity _________. On his first day in preschool, I accompanied him to the bus stop. His _________ and curiosity filled all the way. But even still, he boarded the bus and disappeared, I was _________. There still were many other _________ like this.

Now I stood in front of him, trying to recall all the times I had let go of. How often has that not happened to us all? A son graduates or a daughter is married. But at those ceremonies, we don’t seize the _________, telling them what they _________ to us.

Here and now, I knew it really mattered; but I still found myself nervous and uncomfortable. Why does it have to be so __________?

I gathered all my courage. “Dan,” I __________ stammered out (结巴地说出), “If I had the choice myself I would have chosen you.”

I was not sure whether he __________ what I meant. But then he stepped __________ me and put his arms around me. For a short while the world and everything was gone, there were only Dan and me.

What I told Dan was clumsy and commonplace. Yet it was __________.

Then he __________ the airport with his girlfriend in a taxi.

1.

A．making

B．leaving

C．marking

D．setting

2.

A．closely

B．tightly

C．quickly

D．hurriedly

3.

A．hard

B．eager

C．afraid

D．unwilling

4.

A．put down

B．take away

C．set off

D．pass by

5.

A．excitement

B．confusion

C．devotion

D．creation

6.

A．careless

B．selfless

C．wordless

D．hopeless

7.

A．places

B．reasons

C．directions

D．cases

8.

A．chance

B．clue

C．fortune

D．wonder

9.

A．contribute

B．mean

C．lend

D．happen

10.

A．hardworking

B．tiring

C．difficult

D．boring

11.

A．finally

B．formally

C．exactly

D．repeatedly

12.

A．formed

B．written

C．heard

D．caught

13.

A．in

B．towards

C．on

D．against

14.

A．anything

B．nothing

C．something

D．everything

15.

A．searched for

B．worked for

C．headed for

D．applied for

4 . A. Human feet will become just one big toe.

In a lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1911, a surgeon named Richard Clement Lucas made a curious prediction that the “useless outer toes” will become used less and less, so that “man might become a one-toed race” in the next century. Look and check your toes.

B. Our houses will be cleaned by hoses.

In a 1950 article titled “Miracles You’ll See in the Next 50 Years,” the New York Times’ longtime science editor Waldemar Kaempffert predicted that by the 21st century, all you’ll have to do to get your house clean is “simply turn the hose on everything.”

That’s because he imagined furniture would be made of synthetic fabric or waterproof plastic. “After the water has run down a drain in the middle of the floor” all you’d have to do is “turn on a blast of hot air” to dry everything. A mercy for housewife, right?

C. We’ll live in flying houses.

Inventor, science writer, and futurist Arthur C. Clark—who co-wrote the screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey—believed that the boring houses of 1966 would be extremely different by the time we reached the 21st century. Evidently, the houses of the future would have nothing keeping them on the ground and they would be able to move to anywhere on the earth on a whim (异想天开). So easy to travel abroad!

D. We’ll eat candy made of underwear.

In Popular Mechanics, Waldemar Kaempffert predicted that all food would be delivered to our homes in the form of frozen bricks by the 21st century. “Cooking as an art is only a memory in the minds of old people,” he wrote. And, thanks to advances in cooking technology, Kaempffert predicted it would even be possible to take ordinary objects like old table cloth and “silk-like underwear” and bring them to “chemical factories to be made into candy.” No, thanks! Not at all!

1. How many toes would become useless and disappear in his left foot, according to the surgeon?

A．Five.

B．Four.

C．Three.

D．Two.

2. What’s the writer’s attitude towards the candy made of underwear?

A．He likes it very much.	B．He thinks it acceptable.
C．He completely rejects it.	D．He would like to have a try.

3. What do all the articles have in common?

A．They were all put forward by the greatest minds at their time.

B．Although they sounded unbelievable, they were well received.

C．They appeared in the same magazine almost around the same time.

D．They were interesting predictions about the century we are living now.

5 . 阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A.in     B.others     C.group     D.The     E.but     F.afraid G.could     H.What     I. to make     J.are discussing

Some people like talking with others,     1     some people are shy. If you fall into the second group, it can be hard     2     friends. But you can change the situation.

    3     are you interested in? If you like basketball, you     4     talk with some of your classmates who like basketball.    5     easiest way to start talking to people is to find something you have     6     common. When you are standing beside a     7     of your classmates, join in their discussion if you know something about the subject they     8    .But if you don’t, you shouldn’t be     9     to say so. Once you start talking to one person, it will get easier to talk to     10    .

6 . Amy was a 3rd-grade student. Ever since she started school, someone teased (讥笑) her about her speech or her limping (跛行) every single day. Amy was _______ it and the teasing made her feel all alone.

One morning _______ she rounded the corner across the hall, she knocked into a 5th-grade tall boy.“_______ it, fool!” The boy shouted, and _______ the way Amy limped.

Back home at the dinner table that evening, Amy was _______. Her mom knew that things were not going well at _______. That’s why she was eager to have some exciting news to _______ with her daughter.

“There’s a _______ competition run by a local newspaper,” Amy’s mom announced. “Write a letter to the editor, my dear; you might win a prize.”

Amy smiled and started _______ about what she wanted most by now. An idea came to her. Out came pencil and paper, and Amy went to ________ her letter.

Dear Editor,

My name is Amy. I am nine years old. I have a ________ at school. Can you help me? Kids laugh at me ________ the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy (脑瘫). I just want one ________ that no one laughs at me or makes fun of me.

Love, Amy

A week later, a picture of Amy and her ________ made the front page of the local newspaper. The story spread quickly. Amy ________ did get her wish of a day without teasing at her school.

Amy was not teased any longer.

1.

A．tired of

B．satisfied with

C．surprised at

2.

A．if

B．when

C．until

3.

A．Forget

B．Repeat

C．Watch

4.

A．felt

B．walked

C．lost

5.

A．clever

B．curious

C．quiet

6.

A．home

B．school

C．work

7.

A．make

B．learn

C．share

8.

A．wish

B．speech

C．dance

9.

A．thinking

B．talking

C．worrying

10.

A．look for

B．take out

C．work on

11.

A．class

B．competition

C．problem

12.

A．because of

B．except for

C．far from

13.

A．week

B．day

C．hour

14.

A．advice

B．gift

C．letter

15.

A．finally

B．hardly

C．usually

7 . We use our middle names when filling out official papers, and when we write our initials (姓名的首字母) on something. But except that, we don’t use them every day. So why do we even have middle names in the first place?

Some people might answer, “It’s so my mom has three names to shout at me, so I know I’m in trouble.”

But there is history behind it, and it dates back to ancient Rome. At that time, people had three names, a personal name, a family name, and another name which showed what branch of family you were from. The more names you had, the more respected you were by others.

This tradition of names spread over to Western cultures in the 1700s.Aristocrats (贵族) would give their children long names to show their high place in society. Spanish and some other cultures would give their children names from their parents’ previous generations to be able to keep track of the child’s family tree.

But the way we use middle names today started in the Middle Ages when Europeans named their children with the given name first, baptismal (洗礼的) name second, and family name third. The tradition was spread to America as people started to go overseas.

Today, some people don’t even have middle names, some prefer to be called by their middle name, and some never even use theirs. But, just feel lucky that we don’t need to keep track of our family tree like some aristocrats used to and end up with 38 names.

1. When would we use middle names?

A．When calling our friends.

B．When writing to our parents.

C．When filling out official papers.

2. How might a mother feel when she shouts out her child’s three names.

A．Proud.

B．Angry.

C．Happy.

3. Why would aristocrats give their children long names?

A．To show their high place in society.

B．To show their respect for others.

C．To show their good memory.

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．It’s Cool to Have 38 Names

B．We Don’t Need Family Names

C．Why Do We Have Middle Names?

8 . Can you imagine that there are a huge number of tiny waste pieces in the Arctic (北冰洋的) sea ice? Because of the waste pieces,30,000 kinds of animals are in danger. It’s true that one person’s acts alone can’t help the planet. But each one of us can find ways to make our contributions.

In the home, we could try not to waste foods. Use a digital meal planner to get a right amount of food so that everything we buy and cook gets eaten. Learn how to store foods to keep them fresh longer. Be sure to use proper ways to keep our home warm. For example, we can replace old windows with energy-saving ones.

At the store, we could green our habits. Buy reusable plates, but not single-use ones. Buy home tissue (纸巾) not made of materials which may lead to destruction (破坏) of forests. Buy glass cups instead of paper ones.

In the community, we could help keep its plants healthy. Take part in tree-planting projects or grass-cutting activities to help plants grow well.

Our actions alone can’t save the planet, but the above ways and habits can help.

1. What puts so many animals in danger?

A．Cold ice.

B．Waste pieces.

C．Bad weather.

2. Why should we use a digital meal planner?

A．To avoid wasting foods.

B．To cook delicious foods.

C．To keep foods fresh.

3. What does the word “reusable” in the passage mean?

A．That can be kept long.

B．That can be used again.

C．That can be thrown away.

4. Why does the author write this passage?

A．To describe the future of the planet.

B．To encourage an environment friendly life.

C．To introduce shopping places for green products.

9 . Most Popular Projects

1. Where will a volunteer teach English?

A．In Costa Rica.

B．In Ghana.

C．In Nigeria.

2. What will volunteers do in Ghana?

A．Dig water wells.

B．Help build houses.

C．Talk with people.

3. How long will it take to finish these two projects?

A．2 weeks.

B．3 weeks.

C．5 weeks.

10 . 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。

Walter worked for a food store. He carried food to the homes that ordered it on the telephone. He wore the same clothes every day. He walked in a strange way. When we saw him coming down the street with the food, we would stop playing our games and follow him down the street, trying to walk as he did.

Walter did not bring food to our house. Mother was afraid of him. She went to a different store and brought the food home herself. When Grandmother came to live with us, things changed.

Grandmother liked all sorts of people. During her life, she had made friends with men who drank too much. women who ate too much, and people who were just very lonely.

Grandmother liked people for what they were. If she knew a man who drank too much, she would not tell him to stop drinking. She would tell him how to drink and still be a gentleman. The important thing to Grandmother was that things were done well in the right way and with control.

When Grandmother learned about Walter, she told my mother she wanted Walter to bring food to our house. Mother, of course, was strongly against it. But in vain.

The first time Walter came to our house, they became very close. He told Grandmother he wanted a real friend but did not know how to make friends. Grandmother seemed pleased, and she began to read books to Walter, a little from a book each time he came. The first book was called How to Dress When You Go out With a Friend. The next one was about the problems of early friendship and how to become better friends. Walter seemed to enjoy the readings. At least he listened.

Grandmother almost finished reading one day when Walter stopped her.

“Mrs. Gorman, I have a real friend,” he said. “I like her very much.”

“How wonderful!” Grandmother answered. “I hope you brush your hair and wear a coat when you see her. And you must promise me that you will always be a gentleman.”

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答，
The next book Grandmother read to Walter was How to Respect Your Friend.
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Then one day, I saw Walter and he looked very different.
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