1 . From the beginning rivers have played an important part in life of man. Man of the earliest times used the rivers as a means of travel. Today rivers still serve as a great waterway for the transport and people.
In ancient times, man settled near rivers or on river banks and built up large empires.
Water is nature’s most valuable gift to man. Man needs water to irrigate his crops, to cook and to wash. In nations all over the world, rivers mean life and wealth. They feed and clothe nations around them.
Water is also a source of energy and power. Man builds huge dams across the rivers to control the water for irrigation and get the energy needed to drive generators. The electrical power is then directed to homes, cities, factories and television stations.
Man uses water each day. In a small way rivers help to keep man in good health and provide for his amusements. Various forms of water sports keep man strong and healthy.
1. Rivers have been important to man______.

A．since the last century	B．since they came into being
C．since a few hundred years ago	D．since the beginning of BC

2. Man in old times traveled from one continent to another_______.

A．by sea

B．by air

C．by train

D．by bus

3. Generators are machines that are used_________.

A．to direct electrical	B．to control
C．to build dams	D．to produce electricity

2 .        I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class at the age of 9! You can imagine how     1     (terrible) shy I was with so many eyes     2     (fix) upon me. I had no     3     (choose) but to prepare for it, though. First of all, I was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But the hardest part     4     (lie) in my oral presentation from my memory— for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began     5     I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my     6     (listener) were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back, delivering my speech with difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding— I made     7    ! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my     8     (confident) building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way     9     success is our fear. Overcome it     10     we will be able to achieve our goals.

3 . About five to seven million people who lived in England spoke English at the end of the 16th century.   Later in the next century, people from England overcame other parts of the world and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.
Look at this example:
British Betty: Would you like to see my flat?
American Amy: Yes. I’d like to come up to your apartment.
So why has English changed over time? All languages change and develop when cultures meet. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. Then between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers improved the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.
Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language. The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.
English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. For example, India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. During that time English became the language for government and education. Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.
1. When did English begin to be spoken in many other countries?

A．In 16th century.

B．In 17th century.

C．In 18th century.

D．In 19th century.

2. Shakespeare could use a wider vocabulary than ever before because English_______.

A．developed when new settlers came to Britain

B．was based on Germany during the 5th century

C．became the language for government and education

D．was spoken wide all over the world

3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．British settlers moved to America in the 18th.

B．It’s easy for Chinese people speak fluent English.

C．English once became the official language in India.

D．English was influenced by Danish invaders in AD 450 .

4. What showed the differences of American English spelling?

A．Samuel Johnson’s dictionary	B．Shakespeare’s books
C．French ruler’s language	D．Noah Webster’s dictionary

5. For what purpose does the author write the passage?

A．To settle English in many countries.

B．To understand English-speaking people.

C．To describe the development of English.

D．To tell people changes of American English.

4 . On Tuesday, Apple’ CEO, Tim Cook, announced the Apple Watch. It is like a normal watch, but it can do all the things a mobile phone does — and more.
At US $349, the Apple Watch is expensive____________________________________However, it seems that it will open another door for the use of computers. The watch taps you whenever a new message comes in. It prepares answers to questions you receive from friends. It checks your health. “It’s the most personal product we’ve ever made,” Cook said.
If the Apple Watch becomes popular, it will change the way the world communicates with computers. “It might not only be a change for Apple, but for the whole industry,” says technology expert, Daniel Ives.
How does it work?
The Apple Watch has a speaker that users can both hear and feel. You can press the side button to communicate with people quickly and easily. The Apple Watch also introduces health and fitness apps(应用程序)that can help people lead healthier lives.
You can try it.
According to Matt Vella, a writer for TIME magazine, the watch is “the most thrilling product since the iPad.”
After actually trying the watch, he says: “ There’s a lot we don’t know about the Apple Watch. How long will its battery last? How exactly will it connect with the iPhone? But wearing the watch answers some other questions. It is very comfortable. You can easily forget you are wearing the Apple Watch.”
1. What does the underlined sentence probably mean?

A．The Apple Watch will be successful as the Smartphone.

B．Contrary to popular belief, many people dislike the Apple Watch.

C．Some people don’t think the Apple Watch will be as popular as smartphones.

D．Some people think the Apple Watch will be more popular than smartphones.

2. Who is Tim Cook according to the passage?

A．An officer .	B．An editor.
C．A writer.	D．A teacher.

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．The Apple Watch has a speaker.

B．The Apple Watch can check your health.

C．You can send messages with the Apple Watch.

D．The Apple Watch doesn’t need a battery.

4. What does Matt Vella think about the Apple Watch?

A．Beautiful.	B．Exciting.
C．normal	D．Expensive.

5. This passage is about ________.

A．how to choose the Apple Watch

B．why people buy the Apple Watch

C．a new product

D．a new method

5 . Have you ever noticed that the more you have the more you want?   Let’s face it. Thinking our life is good enough doesn’t come naturally to many people. When we have high expectations of everything in life we will run into disappointment. Only when we are aware that needs are different from desires can we live with satisfaction. Here are a few ideas to help you be happier with what you have and who you are.

Focus on what you are thankful for. Most people want things to be better than they are, or when things are going well, we forget to appreciate what we have. Learn to reflect on how much better things are than they could be. Focus on what you are thankful for. Write down 5 things you are grateful for right now.

When we hold onto regrets from decisions we have made, it can really poison our wellbeing. Many people regret something they can no longer change, which ends up holding them back from moving forward in a more positive manner. What happened in the past is done and gone, so work to stay present and be mindful of the current moment to find more joy and fulfillment.

When we use other people as the measuring stick for our personal success and quality of life, we are likely to be less satisfied. Social comparisons can provide useful information when we try to learn from others, but they also hold our perspective in a discontented position. Compare yourself less with others so you can be satisfied more.

When you are focused on your big ambitions and future goals, you might elide the daily pleasures that surround you. Learn to slow down and absorb the wonder and beauty around you. Stay present and focus on the task you’re undertaking at the moment. Don’t let the life pass you by because you’re always on the go and distracted by ambition.

Practice looking at life through the lens of contentment and it will become more natural.

1. How can we live with contentment?

A．To change our lifestyle.

B．To have a motivation in life.

C．To give less attention to what we are grateful for.

D．To realize the difference between needs and desires.

2. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A．Make wise decisions.	B．Know the present situation.
C．Let go of regrets.	D．Remember the past.

3. The underlined word “elide” in Paragraph 5 probably means “        ”．

A．enjoy	B．change
C．create	D．neglect

4. What should you do to put yourself in a good mood?

A．Make time for simple pleasures.	B．Learn from successful people.
C．Focus on your future goals.	D．Create chance to learn more.

6 . New restaurants, galleries, temples and new architecture…These places are homes for people like us who live and work there. How would you want visitors to behave in your own home? Think about it.    1    There are many ways of doing this without sacrificing our own holiday.

Do your homework    2    Guides will help you when you get to site, but is that the best place to go? Is it popular only because the one-day tourist can see it easily or because it is really a worthwhile place to visit? You’d better check it out.

    3    Don’t go to your hotels for meals. Walk around, even if in the streets closest to your hotel. Eat in local restaurants.Talk to the locals. Learn a few in the local language and use them. You will surely get a smile from the hotel staff and street sellers .

Help preserve the sites. Most of the sites you visit may be visited by millions of people a year, so care needs to be taken to allow others to enjoy them as well. Some of these monuments are so old and fragile that they are sensitive to the touch of hands or bags and shows.    4    This way, you don’t encourage the use of those plastic bags that fly all over many sites.

And here’s the big one—good manners are nearly universal.    5    If that doesn’t sound like you, then give the world a break and stay home.

A．Experience the place.

B．Always have a cloth bag with you .

C．Read up on the places you want to visit.

D．Try to buy something from the local stores.

E．A good tourist is polite, positive and eco-sensitive.

F．We’ve cleaned up after ourselves and taken only good memories.

G．If we are good tourists, wherever we go, we try to make it a little better because of our visit.

7 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Jack and his 11-year-old son, Tony, love basketball very much. On Tony’s birthday, Jack decided to drive him ____ Chicago, more than two hours’ distance, for the first game of the World Championships. They had no ____ but hoped to buy two from other people.
After arriving in Chicago, they _____ in the streets for two hours carrying a _____ which said, “We need two tickets”. ____ the cheapest ticket was $175 and they could not ____ it. They were about to leave when a man ____ them. He pulled out two tickets and ____ them to Jack. “How much do you want?” “____! No money is needed!” said the man.
When asked, the man ____, “I am working for Joe, who hasn’t ____ a World Championships for 16 years. But he is ill and can’t make it this time. So he told me to give the two tickets away. The only ____ he set is to give the tickets to people I think will be deserving. A lot of people looked as if they might just take the tickets and ____ them right away. Then I saw you. You seemed very _____ and you made me ____ my Dad and myself when I was a child. I ____ wanted to go to see a World Championships game with my father at that time. But I never got the ____…”
How important and ____ the game was to Jack and his son! Here is _____ Jack said, “It’s the most worth ____ thing that happened to us. My boy and I must have turned to each other 30 times during the game. I can’t forget that night.”1.

A．in

B．to

C．through

D．for

2.

A．tickets

B．cards

C．passes

D．money

3.

A．rode

B．ran

C．walked

D．cried

4.

A．book

B．photo

C．magazine

D．sign

5.

A．But

B．And

C．Or

D．So

6.

A．offer

B．afford

C．keep

D．hold

7.

A．invited

B．asked

C．stopped

D．beat

8.

A．handed

B．sent

C．left

D．threw

9.

A．Cheap

B．Expensive

C．Terrible

D．Free

10.

A．agreed

B．explained

C．examined

D．appeared

11.

A．delayed

B．won

C．lost

D．missed

12.

A．record

B．time

C．rule

D．point

13.

A．lend

B．sell

C．tear

D．make

14.

A．boring

B．interesting

C．smart

D．anxious

15.

A．think of

B．care for

C．give up

D．belong to

16.

A．really

B．very

C．well

D．nearly

17.

A．ability

B．right

C．chance

D．dream

18.

A．unpleasant

B．funny

C．disappointing

D．unforgettable

19.

A．which

B．what

C．that

D．how

20.

A．hating

B．discussing

C．remembering

D．playing

8 . A new Australian research indicates that children with a stutter (结巴) do not suffer disadvantages at school, More than ten percent of children have a stutter by the age of four but they score just as high as other children on tests designed to judge their language, thinking skills and character.
Professor Reilly’s team studied over 1600 children from Melbourne, Australia. Their mothers had been filling out regular questionnaires since their babies were eight months old and the children were judged by a range of language and behaviour tests when they reached the age of four. Reilly and her colleagues asked the parents to call the study group if their children started showing signs of stuttering. Diagnoses were confirmed by a researcher, who then visited the homes of children with a stutter every month to check on their progress.
By the age of four, 181 of the children studied had been diagnosed with a stutter. Follow-up visits to the 181 children who were judged after diagnoses showed just nine no longer had a stutter one year later. Stuttering children scored 5. 5 points higher than that of their non-stuttering children on language tests and 2. 6 points higher on the test of non-verbal intelligence. The researchers said it was possible that stuttering could improve language skills, or that stuttering could result from very fast language development among some children.
The research suggests parents of children who stutter are usually advised to wait a year before looking for treatment —which can be expensive — to see if the stutter goes away by itself, unless the children become very unhappy or stop talking.
1. Children with a stutter at school _______.

A．are poor in their lessons

B．have normal language skills

C．work much harder than others

D．are looked down upon by others

2. According to Reilly, parents should make a telephone to the study members when ______.

A．they wanted to turn in the questionnaires

B．their children were rude to other people

C．they wanted to seek some practical advice

D．their children had a symptom of stuttering

3. The author shows the result of the research by _______.

A．presenting some statistics

B．offering some good examples

C．telling some interesting stories

D．performing some operations

4. Some children may stutter probably because_______.

A．they become angry very easily

B．their intelligence is very poor

C．they don’t have any patience at all

D．their language develops very quickly

5. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.

A．it costs quite a lot to treat children with a stutter

B．it is hard for stuttering children to speak normally

C．children with a stutter should be treated in a proper way

D．stuttering children can’t be any worse off than they are already

9 . A couple of years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out of the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator (短吻鳄) was swimming toward the shoe. His mother in the house was looking out of the window and saw the two as they got closer and closer together. In great fear, she ran toward the water, shouting to her son as loudly as she could.
Hearing her voice, the little boy became worried and made a return to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the alligator reached him.
From the bank. the mother caught her little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched his legs. That began a tug-of-war (拔河) between the two. The alligator was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too determined to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard her screams, raced from his truck, took aim and shot the alligator.
After weeks and weeks in hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred (留下伤疤) by the attack of the animal and on his arms were deep scratches where his mother’s fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved.
The newspaper reporter, who interviewed the boy after the injury, asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted his pants legs. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter. “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom wouldn’t let go.
1. The boy’s legs were scarred by_______.

A．his mother	B．an alligator
C．a farmer	D．a reporter

2. What does the underlined word “snatched” probably mean?

A．Kicked.

B．Touched.

C．Bit.

D．Knocked.

3. Why did the farmer help the mother?

A．He didn’t want to see the alligator killing the boy.

B．She was much too determined to let go of the boy.

C．Her nails dug into the boy’s flesh to hang on to the boy.

D．The boy lifted his pants legs to show his scars.

4. What did the boy think of the scars on his arms?

A．fearful.

B．Shy.

C．worried.

D．Proud.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．A Brave Boy	B．The scars of Love
C．A Helpful Farmer	D．A Mother and An Alligator

10 . One morning, Ann found a lost dog wandering around the local elementary school. Ann took photos of the dog and ____ 400 FOUND fliers（传单）everywhere____, her husband went to a store and bought some pet ____, warning their two sons not to fall in love with the dog. At the time, Ann’s son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was ____ from a heart operation, was 21 years old.
Four days later Ann was still looking after the dog, ____ they had started to call Riley. When she arrived home from work, the dog threw itself ____ the screen door and barked ____ at her. She was puzzled. ____ she opened the door, Riley rushed into the boys’ room where Ann found Jack suffering from a heart ____ Riley ran over to Jack, but the moment Ann bent ____ to help him the dog went ____
“If it hadn’t come to get me, the doctor said Jack ____ have died,” Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point,____ had called to claim the dog, so Ann ____ to keep it.
The next morning Ann got a call. A man named Peter ____ his lost dog and called the number on the ____
Peter drove to Ann’s house to ____ his dog, and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After ____ the dog saved Jack, Peter ____, “Maybe Odie was ____ to find you. Maybe you should keep it.”1.

A．put off

B．set out

C．gave out

D．gave off

2.

A．Meanwhile

B．Therefore

C．However

D．Otherwise

3.

A．supplies

B．clothes

C．chains

D．houses

4.

A．discouraging

B．recovering

C．treating

D．dying

5.

A．what

B．that

C．whom

D．as

6.

A．in

B．over

C．against

D．up

7.

A．quickly

B．weakly

C．hardly

D．madly

8.

A．As long as

B．Once

C．If

D．As soon as

9.

A．operation

B．injury

C．attack

D．hurt

10.

A．on

B．in

C．back

D．over

11.

A．silent

B．crazy

C．wild

D．hungry

12.

A．must

B．may

C．would

D．should

13.

A．somebody

B．anybody

C．everybody

D．nobody

14.

A．afforded

B．decided

C．refused

D．managed

15.

A．recognized

B．remembered

C．abandoned

D．accepted

16.

A．advertisement

B．flier

C．poster

D．newspaper

17.

A．put up

B．give up

C．pick up

D．make up

18.

A．learning

B．suggesting

C．reminding

D．seeing

19.

A．cried

B．sighed

C．answered

D．laughed

20.

A．supposed

B．ready

C．willing

D．ought