1 . 假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Christopher听说你刚入住新家，来邮件询问你新家的有关情况。请就此给他回一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 新的邻居； 2. 周边环境； 3. 入住感受
注意：1.词数：100词左右
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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2 . I have the bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book to see how it ends while I’m still in the middle of it. This habit ______ people around me. Often my ______ wouldn’t be confined(局限) just to the books I read but also to what others were ______ as well. Finally, one day my daughter told me with a little _______. “Dad, please just read a book one page at a time like everyone else!”

At times I didn’t ______ this bad habit to just reading books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my life and _____ what to do months and even years from now instead of ______ each day as it is intended. I knew that the book of my life wasn’t done yet and that I had many ______ left to go.________, that didn’t stop me from trying to write the ______ half-way through. Time and again, I would ______ jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it ______ so I could reach that storybook happily ever after ending. Life, however, doesn’t ______   like that. It loves to ______ us, and you never know what new problem or opportunity each new day will bring.

Life has often had to ______ me to slow down. Recently, when I found myself ______ to that bad habit of rushing ahead and living in the ______ again, I felt a special voice gently telling me, “ Live one day at a time.” Then I smiled, and turned the book of my life back to the ____ page. Each of us has to live the book of life one page and one day at a time. Each of us has to write it ______ and moment by moment. We have to trust that it will bring our ______ to its perfect end.

1.

A．concerned

B．annoyed

C．frightened

D．embarrassed

2.

A．impatience

B．difficulty

C．influence

D．effort

3.

A．demanding

B．carrying

C．writing

D．reading

4.

A．interest

B．excitement

C．anger

D．sadness

5.

A．extend

B．spread

C．limit

D．devote

6.

A．bring out

B．let out

C．try out

D．figure out

7.

A．fearing

B．enjoying

C．doubting

D．imagining

8.

A．pages

B．things

C．reports

D．novels

9.

A．Indeed

B．Still

C．Surely

D．Finally

10.

A．ending

B．plot

C．outline

D．passage

11.

A．happily

B．carefully

C．unwillingly

D．foolishly

12.

A．counted

B．left

C．happened

D．backed

13.

A．start

B．finish

C．work

D．change

14.

A．touch

B．amuse

C．worry

D．surprise

15.

A．allow

B．force

C．remind

D．encourage

16.

A．admitting

B．returning

C．responding

D．referring

17.

A．present

B．memory

C．dream

D．future

18.

A．right

B．first

C．new

D．blank

19.

A．more or less

B．line by line

C．one by one

D．now and then

20.

A．story

B．job

C．plan

D．hope

3 . In this Pennsylvania city, Pittsburgh is shrinking but getting wealthier. Since 2000, its population has declined by 95,000 while its income per capita (人均) has shot up 24 percent. The trend is taking hold in many other cities, like Buffalo in New York, Providence in Rhode Island and New Orleans.

Some of these areas have created more high-paying jobs in energy, health care or education. Others have managed to reshape their producing industry for a new economy. Higher-paying jobs have a greater effect because they create demand for additional services. "The story in Pittsburgh is very positive, and other areas are looking at it as an example of the transformation that might be possible，”said Guhan Venkatu, who wrote an economic history of the area called “Rust and Renewal” for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have helped bring tech jobs and innovation(革新) to the area by sponsoring tech centers that help graduates start companies without moving to Silicon Valley or San Francisco. This has helped keep Pittsburgh's educated young population growing even as the entire population in the city has dropped.

Pittsburgh has more STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) jobs than other shrinking cities, about 80, 000 or 7% of all jobs. STEM jobs add productivity and income growth to the area. Manufacturers of high-tech medical equipment in the Pittsburgh area also have doubled employment in the last 10 years.

However, some experts question whether growing income per capita can really make up for a declining population. According to Patrick Adler, a researcher at the University of Toronto, population loss does matter if it means lower-skilled workers have fled because of a lack of opportunity. What's more, high-paying jobs in education and health care can disappear if the population declines too greatly. So it'd be wise to find ways to increase the population.

1. In what aspect does Pittsburgh set a good example?

A．Transforming old energy into new energy.

B．Creating more well-paid jobs.

C．Prohibiting the manufacturing.

D．Sponsoring higher education.

2. How do some academic institutions help with the local economy?

A．By helping to attract more talents from other areas.

B．By providing much technical support to local companies.

C．By hosting tech centers for local educated graduates.

D．By assisting in employing a large number of educated youths.

3. Why is Patrick Adler mentioned in the last paragraph?

A．To show the disadvantage of a declining population.

B．To suggest increasing high-paying jobs.

C．To raise doubts about growing income per capita.

D．To tell a reason why lower-skilled workers flee.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．How Fast Job Growth Is Related to Population Growth

B．How Less-crowded Cities Plan Their High-tech Economy

C．Why Some Cities Are Losing People but Getting Wealthier

D．Why Some Cities Are Suffering From a Shrinking Population

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What time was the plane originally scheduled to leave?

A．At 3:00.

B．At 4:00.

C．At 5:00.

2. Why is the woman worried?

A．The weather is bad.

B．The report is not finished.

C．An appointment will be delayed.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the man’s brother go to the man’s place?

A．To study.

B．To work.

C．To travel.

2. Where does the man work in the morning?

A．At a university.

B．At a restaurant.

C．At a bookstore.

3. What language is the woman starting?

A．French.

B．Spanish.

C．Japanese.

6 . 假设你叫李华，现在英国曼彻斯特大学留学，受到邀请，你准备参加“东方文化俱乐部”举办的用英语讲故事活动，让世界了解中国文化。你故事的内容是“凿壁偷光”。内容包括:
1. 概述故事的含义;
2. 谈谈个人感想.
注意:
1. 可适当发挥，使文章内容充实，行文连贯；
2. 文中不能出现考生的具体信息。
参考词汇:凿壁:make a hole in the wall
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7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．What job to do in the future.

B．Which professor to follow.

C．What abilities to possess.

2. What subject does the man probably prefer?

A．History.

B．Politics.

C．Art.

3. What do the woman’s parents expect her to be?

A．A restaurant manager.

B．A politician.

C．A teacher.

4. What is the woman good at doing?

A．Dealing with people.

B．Working with kids.

C．Painting pictures.

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How did the servants deal with their earnings in Victorian times?

A．They paid for the housing.

B．They bought food and clothes.

C．They sent them to their families.

2. What was a nurse’s main duty?

A．Cooking meals.

B．Looking after children.

C．Educating children.

3. How did the Victorian upper class parents treat their children actually?

A．Cruelly.

B．Kindly.

C．Strictly.

4. What will the speaker talk about next?

A．Lower class families.

B．Upper class children’s situation.

C．Comparisons between upper and lower classes.

9 . “Always” and “never”, two words opposite in meaning, tend to characterize the vocabulary of black and white thinkers. Black and white thinking means seeing the world in terms of ________. If things aren’t _____, then black and white thinkers feel terrible. What a _____ way to live! In real life, situations are almost always shades of _____, not absolute black or white. Black and white thinking ________ to exacerbate（加剧）depression, conflicts in marriage, anxiety and many other everyday _____. Give yourself and the ones you love a break and ____ the beauty of shades of gray.

When small children are learning to use words and organize their thoughts, it is _______ for them to see and ________ their world in very black and white terms. When young children feel they are not ______, they think they _______ be hated. When a child feels his/her parents don’t pay ______ attention to him/her, that child will say, “You never pay attention to me.” Developmental psychologists _______ this “primitive thinking”.

_______, adults often regress（倒退） to primitive thinking. Adults tend to regress to primitive thinking _____ they have a hard _______ and feel frustrated by their own emotions. A regression is a slipping back from mature thinking to immature thinking.

If you learn to ________ the gray thinking in the difficult experiences you encounter in your life, you will be _____equipped to come out on top. Regression is not the only conclusion when you feel stressed, angry and confused. You can start to recognize when you are ______ to black and white thinking, and then make the choice to get rid of those extreme thoughts in favor of ____ living.

1.

A．definitions

B．impressions

C．extremes

D．influences

2.

A．beautiful

B．perfect

C．amazing

D．lively

3.

A．difficult

B．simple

C．single

D．noble

4.

A．red

B．pink

C．blue

D．gray

5.

A．appeals

B．tends

C．aims

D．plans

6.

A．concerns

B．emotions

C．problems

D．experiences

7.

A．discover

B．invent

C．create

D．design

8.

A．strange

B．hard

C．impossible

D．normal

9.

A．recall

B．enjoy

C．inform

D．express

10.

A．protected

B．loved

C．injured

D．guided

11.

A．might

B．could

C．must

D．should

12.

A．enough

B．little

C．pure

D．positive

13.

A．determine

B．weigh

C．name

D．react

14.

A．Gradually

B．Finally

C．Unfortunately

D．Immediately

15.

A．when

B．where

C．how

D．why

16.

A．routine

B．choice

C．time

D．imagination

17.

A．organize

B．arrange

C．recognize

D．observe

18.

A．worse

B．more

C．less

D．better

19.

A．giving away

B．giving in

C．giving back

D．giving out

20.

A．wealthy

B．long

C．dark

D．healthy

10 . Every animal sleeps, but the reason for this has remained foggy. When lab rats are not allowed to sleep, they die within a month.     1    

One idea is that sleep helps us strengthen new memories.     2     We   know that, while awake, fresh memories are recorded by reinforcing (加强) connections between brain cells, but the memory processes that take place while we sleep have been unclear.
Support is growing for a theory that sleep evolved so that connections between neurons(神经元) in the brain can be weakened overnight, making room for fresh memories to form the next day.       3    

Now we have the most direct evidence yet that he is right.     4    The synapses in the mice taken at the end of a period of sleep were 18 per cent smaller than those taken before sleep, showing that the connections between neurons weaken while sleeping.

If Tononi’s theory is right, it would explain why, when we miss a night’s, we find it harder the next day to concentrate and learn new information — our brains may have smaller room for new experiences.

Their research also suggests how we may build lasting memories over time even though the synapses become thinner. The team discovered that some synapses seem to be protected and stayed the same size.     5     “You keep what matters,” Tononi says.

A．We should also try to sleep well the night before.

B．It’s as if the brain is preserving its most important memories.

C．Similarly, when people go for a few days without sleeping, they get sick.

D．The processes take place to stop our brains becoming loaded with memories.

E．That’s why students do better in tests if they get a chance to sleep after learning.

F．“Sleep is the price we pay for learning,” says Giulio Tononi, who developed the idea.

G．Tononi’s team measured the size of these connections, or synapses, in the brains of 12 mice.