2 . 阅读下列表述，若与报纸笔试文章内容相符请在对应位置填“正确”不符填“错误”。
1. As more industries look to fill technology jobs, it’s more important that women are equally represented.

--Tech industry equality( )

2. Niksen means being free and doing nothing.

--Enjoying your life’s pauses ( )

3. Gerald Kerth’s words suggest that humans and animals make and maintain friendships in similar ways.   

--Social bond of animals( )

4. When the author changed her life style, she had more time for important things.

--Enjoying a quiet life ( )

5. Taking the crown from Tate Modern, the British Museum attracted lots of visitors from around the world in 2018.

--Tate is UK’s top spot for visitors ( )

6. “Late boomers ” are people whose talents were not noticeable in life.

--Reaching your creative peak ( )

7. The author value letters from her family members because they made her feel close to her family.

--The power of a letter( )

8. Dispatch Magazine noted that Mendes played the piano and guitar as well as he sang.

--Making his mark( )

9. Ground zero, Chernobyl and Hollywood are typical places for dark tourism.

--Dark tourism( )

10. In the photo that I took from the trip, I look messy, though happy.

--Tough travel turns out great( )

3 . Zak’s grandfather, Stan, was very famous. Why? Because he had a very, very, very long white beard(胡子).

One day, Zak asked his grandfather, “When you sleep，do you put your beard over or under the quilt(被子)?”“I’m not sure. I never care about that, ”said his grandfather. “I’ll look tonight.”

Stan got into bed that night and pulled up the quilt. Then he remembered his grandson’s question. Aha!His beard was under the quilt. But wait. Did that feel right?

He lifted his beard from under the quilt and put it above it. This also didn’t feel right. So he put the beard under the quilt again. But he soon felt it would be better if it were out. The beard went in and out—first under the quilt, then over it, under, over, all night long.

Stan spent a sleepless night.In the morning, he was so tired and unhappy that he cut his long beard right off!

Stan’s wife was so happy. She advised Stan to cut that beard off many times, but he never did it. Now a simple question made him do that．
根据上述内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的写“A”，错误的写“B”。
1. Stan was very famous for his long white beard.
2. Stan never cared about Zak, his grandson.
3. In the very beginning,Stan’s beard was under the quilt.
4. That night Stan was sleepless and tired because of the question.
5. Stan listened to his wife’s advice to cut the beard off.

4 . —Did you see a man in black pass by just now?
—No,sir.I___a newspaper.

A．read	B．was reading
C．would read	D．am reading

5 . 单词拼写，根据括号内的要求写出单词的正确形式
1. simple     _________( 副词)
2. strong _________( 名词)
3. five _______(序数词)
4. influence __________（形容词）
5. honest __________(名词)
6. leave   ______(过去分词)
7. attract     __________(形容词)
8. believable ___________( 反义词)
9. ______________(星期三)
10. _____________( 八月)

6 . 短文改错
短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词的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。
As summer vacation are coming soon, my classmates are trying very hardly to get train tickets to go home. But I have made up my minds to spend the vacation far from home for first time in my life. My parents have agreed to visiting me, and I will have a different vacation. When they came here, I will show them around my university and the city just as well. I have decided to buy them some nice gifts. It will be a big surprising for them. My parents have done a lot for me, but I think it is high time that I did anything special to express my thanks.
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7 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处胡最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项，此题答案请答在答题卡上。Starting high school means changes in your life. Most teenagers look forward to the first day of high school, but still feel a little bit nervous. In order to make your high school life easier,     1    ________Learn all you can about your first day before the first school day. Take part in some activities that are held at the school for new students to know the school better. If parents are invited to these activities, take yours with you. Carefully look over all the materials you receive.     2    ________Get the things you will need for class. But the things suggested on your teachers’supply lists and place your materials for each class separately.     3    ________If you find you’re not doing well in a subject, make use of after-school study groups or ask your teacher to help you with your schoolwork. Consider private tutoring to get you through a difficult time.There’s more extracurricular(课外的) activities in high school than in middle school, such as clubs, music and theatre groups, student government, and sports teams. Make friends and be seen at such school activities.     4    ________Ask someone in the school office about opportunities to take part in school activities if you don’t know how. This is a good time to do what you like doing and an opportunity to try new things. Who said school has to be all work and no play?Since you’re attending more activities in high school than in middle school,     5    ________

A. you can follow these tips.

B. Keep up with your high school workload.

C. Here are some tips for you to follow,

D. All work and no play makes Jake a dull boy.

E. you’ll have to learn to manage your time.

F. Be sure you know where the school’s buildings are.

G. Join a club or other organizations to meet people and develop friendships.

8 . Mo Yan, 2012’s winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in the small town of Gaomi in Shandong Province. His parents were farmers. And as a young boy Mo took care of the family’s goats. Each day he took the goats outside and watched over them when they ate grasses.
It was a lonely job, but Mo was a smart boy. He enjoyed the green, open land of Shandong. He enjoyed looking up at the blue sky and the white clouds, To pass the time he talked to the goats. He told them his thoughts and some stories. It was the beginning of his life as a storyteller.
During the Cultural Revolution（文化大革命），Mo had to leave school and work for a company. This was difficult for Mo, because he loved books and he loved reading. Luckily, he found a friend who would lend him books. Later, Mo became a soldier and to continue his education. In the end he graduated from Beijing Normal University. This is where he began to write.
Although Mo had left Gaomi, Gaomi never left him. Many of his books talk about rural life and the people of Gaomi, For Mo, all of man nature can be seen in the village life of Gaomi. Mo is famous now, but he remains a true son of soil.
1. Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012.
2. As a young boy Mo Yan took care of his family’s goats and he hated the job.
3. Mo Yan continued studying in a middle school during the Cultural Revolution.
4. Mo Yan graduated from Beijing Normal University and this is where he began to write.
5. Gaomi never left Mo Yan because many of his books talk about rural life and the people of Gaomi.

9 . Two years ago, Shirley, wife, mother and doctor, found herself worn out. She got up earlier, and went to bed later, just to meet everyday ____, but lacked ____ for the things that mattered most.

She and her husband, a lawyer, began searching for ways to ___ their lives. “We had to decide what was really ____,” says Shirley. They knew they wanted more time to ____ with their three-­year-­old son, to exercise and eat right, and to develop friendship.

So the couple chose to live more simply, shopping with care for necessities and enjoying inexpensive ____ such as reading, cooking and going to the park.

Then Shirley ____ her job and began working part time. She printed business cards that ____ “At your service, buy ____ a little time” and helped clients (客户) with personal tasks like shopping, paying bills and ____ parties. “I still work hard, but being able to control my hours makes a ____,” she says, “I can spare time to take my son to the ____ or play basketball with him. My stress and headaches are ____.”

Shirley and her husband are ____ alone in wanting to ____ and live a satisfying life. A survey found that 54 percent of parents say they have little time with their children, and 47 percent of married couples ____ that they lack time together. ____ does the time go?

For most people, ____ and commuting (通勤) take up most of the day. Simplifying means becoming ____ of the ways we use money, time and energy, and finding ways to make things easier. Then we have to gain ____ over life and have time for the pleasures.

1.

A．activities

B．services

C．demands

D．exercises

2.

A．time

B．strength

C．money

D．ability

3.

A．lead

B．simplify

C．adapt

D．consider

4.

A．comfortable

B．interesting

C．important

D．hard

5.

A．study

B．help

C．meet

D．play

6.

A．pleasures

B．places

C．tasks

D．goods

7.

A．found

B．received

C．took

D．quit

8.

A．read

B．wrote

C．showed

D．told

9.

A．us

B．yourself

C．children

D．herself

10.

A．attending

B．organizing

C．having

D．going

11.

A．life

B．result

C．balance

D．difference

12.

A．office

B．hospital

C．park

D．school

13.

A．gone

B．better

C．strong

D．obvious

14.

A．a bit

B．far from

C．much too

D．more than

15.

A．keep pace

B．settle down

C．take off

D．slow down

16.

A．expect

B．doubt

C．complain

D．imagine

17.

A．How

B．When

C．Where

D．Why

18.

A．traveling

B．reading

C．shopping

D．working

19.

A．aware

B．afraid

C．proud

D．sure

20.

A．value

B．control

C．success

D．experience

10 . 假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。
修改：在错词下面划一横线，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。
Three years ago I failed an important exam in my life and became a student in a ordinary school. Disappointing as I felt at the shabby campus and the poorly-equipped classroom, I found the teachers patiently and considerate. Besides, I enjoyed the friendly atmosphere in class. I decided make the best of it. I worked hard and get along well with my teachers and classmates. Whenever I had difficulties, they were always available. Soon, I became one of the top student in my class, and which greatly increased my confidence and got him motivated.
My experience tell me that it is not what you are given but how you make use for it that determines who you are.
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