1 . My family just got back from a wonderful vacation. It was 10 days of good food, great sun and beautiful beaches. One day nearly ruined our trip, though. I had caught a bad cold, and I was thinking about staying at home. But my wife had her heart set on the beach, and because we have three small children, I came along to help out.

We arrived, and my wife was in heaven. I wasn't as enthusiastic. The sand wasn't nearly as soft as I like. And the surf was much rougher, which certainly didn't please my kids.

As I kept comparing this beach to other ones, my mood deteriorated. I was about to get into another big argument with my wife when I remembered three little words: "Disagree and commit". It's a principle that encourages healthy discussion and disagreement during the decision-making process, but that requires full support for a decision once made.

In the case of our vacation, I had agreed to let my wife pick the beach for the day. Because of my cold, I would have found something wrong with just about any beach. And complaining would have just made everyone else unhappy, too. So, I did the opposite. I looked for all the great things about the beach and voiced them out loud. And guess what? I survived those hours on the beach.

In all our relationships, we're looking for support. Of course, good friends should be able to have healthy disagreements. But when it comes to making decisions, there are times when all the discussion in the world won't change another person's mind. When that happens, ask yourself: Can I disagree and commit? If you can, you'll show your partner you're willing to go all in and they'll do the same for you.

I know it's saved my most precious relationships countless times over the years. And it's a major reason why after 11 years of marriage, three kids, and even the stress of a family vacation, the relationship between my wife and me is stronger than ever.

1. What almost ruined the author's family vacation?

A．The trip to the beach.	B．The kid's bad cold.
C．The author's three kids.	D．The heart attack of his wife.

2. What does the underlined word "deteriorated" in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Got silent.	B．Turned thrilled.
C．Became terrible.	D．Remained calm.

3. How did the author translate "disagree and commit" into his action?

A．By comparing the beach to others.

B．By complaining about the dry sand.

C．By pointing out good things about the beach.

D．By having a violent argument with his dear wife.

4. What does the author suggest doing in relationships?

A．Trying to change others' minds.

B．Finding disagreements with others.

C．Expressing the complaint and anger.

D．Supporting others though disagreeing.

2 . As a computer engineer, there's always a new challenge just________(即将到来).（根据汉语提示完成句子）

3 . 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。续写的词数应为150左右。

Lily was cleaning windows, and it was what she must do for her family's new Chinese restaurant. Everything had to be absolutely perfect: unique decorations, skillful employees, and delicious traditional food. Then customers would love the place, making the business a success.

Lily's family had just moved here from San Francisco, having bought a small restaurant, which was opened yesterday. She was new in the neighbor and had few friends. The first few days at her new school hadn't been easy, either. She found it hard to talk to people she didn't know and it seemed like the students hadn't even noticed her. She was eager for a friendship, though.

Lily shifted her vision to look outside the restaurant as a girl about her age, with abundant red hair, walked up the street. The girl paused to study the sign announcing their opening and then looked directly at Lily with a friendly smile. Lily smiled back shyly and lifted a hand, accidentally waving with the cleaning cloth. The girl smiled at her amusement and waved back happily.

Lily hesitated, not accustomed to starting friendship, but she felt courageous, so she opened the door. "Hello," she said, adding the first thing that entered her head, “do you like Chinese food?”

“I don't know, but I like to try new things," the girl remarked, and then she introduced herself as Gabriela.

Lily could not think of additional conversation until she had a sudden idea.

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The following day, Lily was doing her restaurant routine when she heard an unexpected knock.

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4 . Will human beings find intelligent alien (外星的) life anytime soon? Probably not, according to theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.

Hawking made the prediction during the Breakthrough Starshot announcement in New York City on April 12. At the news conference, Hawking, along with Russian billionaire sponsor Yuri Milner and a group of scientists, detailed a new project that aims to send a large number of tiny, wafer-size (薄饼大小的) spaceships into space to the neighboring star system Alpha Centauri (半人马座阿尔法星).

If these tiny spaceships travel at 20 percent of the speed of light, they'll be able to reach Alpha Centauri in just 20 years, Milner said. Once there, the spacecraft will be able to do a 1-hour flyby of Alpha Centauri and collect data that's impossible to gather from Earth, such as taking close-up photos of the star system, studying space dust molecules (分子) and measuring magnetic fields (磁场), said Avi Loeb, chairman of the Breakthrough Starshot Advisory Committee and a professor of science at Harvard University.

In addition to learning about space technology, the audience wanted to hear about aliens--specifically, when scientists might find them.

Hawking took questions from reporters in advance so that he would have time to prepare his answers.

Hawking has famously predicted that intelligent aliens might threaten humankind. Indeed, when asked about what Earthlings should do if we came across intelligent alien life, he said, “We should hope that they don' t find us.”

Other researchers at the conference offered a more optimistic view of alien life.

1. What are the wafer-size spaceships mainly designed for?

A．Looking for aliens.	B．Doing a 1-hour flyby.
C．Landing on Alpha Centauri.	D．Collecting data about Alpha Centauri.

2. Stephen Hawking might agree that________.

A．pretty soon human beings will find alien life

B．we may find alien life a danger to human beings

C．Alpha Centauri is suitable for human immigration (移民)

D．scientists should be sent into space to collect data

3. The underlined word “Earthlings” in Paragraph 6 probably means________.

A．sponsors	B．reporters
C．human beings	D．scientists

4. The next part of the passage will probably deal with________.

A．analysis of the data collected

B．other questions from reporters

C．possible ways to defend us against aliens

D．other scientist’ opinions on alien life

5 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词。2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Jack,

Thanks for your kind help while my stay in Britain. With your help, I have made great progresses in my English study.

How is Mr. Richard? I want to know something about her life. I want to keep in touch for him, and unfortunately without his address I can’t contact with him. Did you have his e-mail address or telephone number?

Would you like to visit Beijing during summer holiday? You see, Beijing is a very good tourist city, that is well-known for its culture and places of interesting. I can show you around the city then. I am sure you will stay here happy and learn a lot of things.

Yours，

LiHua

6 . Lots of children want to know what to give their mom for Mother’s Day. Of course, a handsome card is always great, but it can be ________ to come up with that extra something.

One day, my friend Ollie and I were discussing what gift is good enough for his ________ Abuela, who is pretty much like a mom to him. Right then, Abuela walked ________ with a tray (托盘) of food. “Sweetie, won’t you ________ us for lunch? We’re having sandwiches. It’s my speciality.” she said to me. “This is delicious!” I said after taking a ________ and then asked. “Speaking of delicious, what’s the most delicious food you’ve ever eaten?”

She thought for a minute. “Well, nothing could ________ the special strawberry ice cream my grandmother made when I was a girl on certain ________. ” We winked at each other, knowing that we had already ________ a Mother’s Day surprise his grandmother would love.

Over the next few days, Ollie and I asked everyone we knew if they ________ to have an old-fashioned ice-cream machine hanging around----but no ________. So my dad helped us search for some recipes online, and ________ we found a fun one that didn’t require any fancy __________, just a couple of empty coffee ________ in different sizes.

Mother’s Day finally arrived, we were pretty ________ to make the ice cream. Sitting outside, we all took turns rolling the can ________ we sang the Mother’s Day song for Abuela. We had to roll the can for half an hour, but it was so much ________! When the ice cream was finally ready, Abuela was the ________ to try it. “Mmm! The ice cream you made is even ________ better than I remember!” Abuela smiled from ear to ear.

For Mother’s Day, ________ time together while we made the ice cream was just as much fun as eating it. It is ________ with love that means more than gifts.

1.

A．easy

B．tough

C．different

D．funny

2.

A．father

B．mother

C．aunt

D．grandmother

3.

A．out

B．by

C．inside

D．around

4.

A．help

B．join

C．blame

D．ask

5.

A．bite

B．chance

C．look

D．breath

6.

A．compare

B．cover

C．beat

D．make

7.

A．conditions

B．occasions

C．spots

D．times

8.

A．learned

B．witnessed

C．revealed

D．found

9.

A．attempted

B．managed

C．pretended

D．happened

10.

A．time

B．luck

C．surprise

D．facility

11.

A．fortunately

B．specially

C．obviously

D．oppositely

12.

A．technique

B．material

C．equipment

D．ingredient

13.

A．cans

B．bottles

C．bags

D．boxes

14.

A．anxious

B．excited

C．exhausted

D．satisfied

15.

A．before

B．after

C．so

D．while

16.

A．interesting

B．complex

C．fun

D．simple

17.

A．first

B．second

C．next

D．last

18.

A．perhaps

B．almost

C．enough

D．far

19.

A．costing

B．spending

C．taking

D．making

20.

A．flavor

B．hope

C．company

D．joy

7 . On Wednesday I was at Planet Fitness when a girl _________ wearing a great-looking jacket. I had a desire for it, but didn’t say anything. Time _________ and I noticed she was about to leave. I was _________ to someone with the words? “Hey, there’s that girl in that _________ jacket. I’m going over and tell her how much I like it.”

I wasn’t sure how some _________ would react to my enthusiasm about her jacket, but it didn’t stop me. I _________ walked over and introduced myself and told her how much I loved her jacket. She _________and said her name was Amanda and she worked for this company that _________ the jacket. She went on to _________ me how everything was American made. She then __________ me a business card with her name on it.

Yesterday, I got __________ looking for ADDIX Gear—the name of the __________ I could see they __________ made sports clothing for teams. I sent a __________ and was told they didn’t sell retail (零售), but they were thinking of __________.

I wasn’t sure I would ever see Amanda again, __________ she was in the locker room when I got to Planet Fitness yesterday. I told her how I had gotten online etc.

Amanda __________ me that she had her phone number on the card. She told me to __________ her and she would have a jacket like hers made __________ for me. I asked how much it would cost and she said it will be __________ for me! WOW!

1.

A．came back

B．came in

C．went away

D．went out

2.

A．set

B．varied

C．passed

D．existed

3.

A．talking

B．introducing

C．admitting

D．applying

4.

A．red

B．colorful

C．poor

D．great

5.

A．stranger

B．customer

C．conductor

D．athlete

6.

A．slowly

B．quickly

C．hesitantly

D．proudly

7.

A．apologized

B．doubted

C．smiled

D．calmed

8.

A．transported

B．sold

C．printed

D．made

9.

A．teach

B．show

C．offer

D．tell

10.

A．handed

B．threw

C．pushed

D．rewarded

11.

A．upstairs

B．downtown

C．online

D．home

12.

A．publisher

B．company

C．shop

D．jacket

13.

A．actually

B．roughly

C．causally

D．probably

14.

A．postcard

B．message

C．reply

D．letter

15.

A．quitting

B．cutting

C．riding

D．starting

16.

A．and

B．so

C．but

D．as

17.

A．reminded

B．hoped

C．cheated

D．promised

18.

A．call

B．email

C．hug

D．cover

19.

A．even

B．ever

C．just

D．yet

20.

A．unfit

B．late

C．expensive

D．free

8 . “What is the meaning of life?” This is a _______ that we all ask ourselves at one point or another of our _______ here. It is a question that I have asked myself many times over the years.

The best answer that I ever _______ was written by the great psychologist, Viktor Frankl who had _______ the Nazi Concentration camps in World War II. Frankl wrote that “The meaning of life is to give life meaning.”

When I was a young boy I gave my life meaning by _______ playing, running, jumping, swimming， _______ and riding my bike. When I went to _______ I gave my life meaning by learning, studying hard, getting good _______ and trying to make my Mom and Dad _______ . When I was a teenage boy I found meaning in playing sports, hanging out with my friends, and trying to ________ girls. In college I found my meaning by deciding what I wanted to study and what ________ I wanted to prepare for. When I was working ________ a teacher I found meaning in helping to open young ________ to new ideas and old wisdom. When I ________ and had children I found meaning in protecting， providing for, and ________ those I loved.

As I got older, I began to realize that meaning isn't something that ________ and goes.

We can give meaning to every moment of our lives here. We can bring meaning to the thoughts we ________. We can bring meaning to the things we do. We can bring meaning to the hearts we ________ . All we have to do is love. It is love ________ gives life meaning and makes life ________ living.

1.

A．question

B．choice

C．decision

D．advice

2.

A．society

B．dream

C．existence

D．conditions

3.

A．came across

B．came out

C．came up

D．came to

4.

A．worked

B．escaped

C．managed

D．survived

5.

A．actually

B．simply

C．fully

D．lonely

6.

A．crying

B．laughing

C．complaining

D．worrying

7.

A．work

B．university

C．school

D．camp

8.

A．friends

B．books

C．grades

D．behavior

9.

A．anxious

B．sad

C．optimistic

D．proud

10.

A．impress

B．observe

C．respect

D．support

11.

A．major

B．position

C．purpose

D．career

12.

A．with

B．as

C．against

D．for

13.

A．minds

B．ideas

C．opinions

D．feelings

14.

A．graduated

B．married

C．changed

D．grew

15.

A．looking over

B．going over

C．watching over

D．taking over

16.

A．runs

B．stands

C．comes

D．flies

17.

A．provide

B．imagine

C．suggest

D．think

18.

A．feel

B．touch

C．meet

D．share

19.

A．that

B．what

C．whether

D．which

20.

A．by

B．for

C．like

D．worth

9 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

In the past, people only printed books and magazine to read. However, in recent years, the way to reading has been changed greatly. Some paper books have replaced by e-books. More and more people prefer to read e-books in the computer.

In my opinion, reading e-books can bring great benefits. First of all, comparing with paper books, e-books are many more convenient to read. We can read e-books whenever we are freely and wherever we are. It is especially good for those that are always on the go. Second, reading e-books is the good way to protect the environment because we need not to cut down trees to produce paper any more.

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10 . The future of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, which will open on Tuesday, has been doubted by some experts due to their low expectations as to its logistic(后勤的) functions. But instead, the bridge will play an important role in promoting the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

According to research made by the One Country Two Systems Research Institute, the grand bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macao and Zhuhai will have limited effects on freightage(货运) but it will have a meaningful influence on passenger traffic.

Under the economic environment of the Bay Area, particularly the western part, the bridge's transport function will focus on passenger traffic.

The bridge will give a big improvement to cross-boundary passenger traffic as using it will not only be less time-consuming than the currently used circuitous(迂回的) land routes, it will also be more economical than travel by sea. Demand for cross-boundary passenger transport is expected to increase greatly.

And prospects(前景) for the bridge's traffic volumes have received a improvement from two policies. The first is that the bridge charge for vehicles will be driver-friendly — between 60 yuan ($8.66) and 300 yuan per trip.

The second policy is connected with private car drivers. Hong Kong drivers without a mainland license can apply for a permit online and drive around Guangdong for a short period after entering the province through designated(指定的) ports.

Along with other favorable policies, which have already been carried out, the operation of the bridge is likely to strength regional unity.

Greater cooperation between Hong Kong and the western Pearl River Delta is a major value of the bridge.

1. According to the passage, we know that        .

A．Some experts once thought poorly of the future of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

B．The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is only used for passenger traffic

C．Travel by sea will be replaced

D．Charge for vehicles will be high

2. The influence of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge includes        .

A．Make the transportation easier in this area

B．Improve tourism

C．Promote cooperation among Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao

D．All of the above

3. A Hong Kong driver without a mainland license can        .

A．enter the mainland through any port

B．stay in Guangdong for a short period

C．live in Guangdong as a citizen

D．drive around the mainland for a short period