1 . 假设你是李华，你的新西兰笔友Nick 将于10月来四川旅游，特来信询问有关旅游景点的情况。请根据下表所提供的要点，写一封回信，并表示盼望他的到来。

旅游资源	许多世界著名的风景名胜，如九寨沟（湖水清澈见底；色彩斑斓）和都江堰水利工程（2,000多年的历史；仍在发挥作用）
相关信息	气候适宜；交通便利

注意：1.词数100左右；
2．信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；
3．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：都江堰水利工程Dujiangyan Irrigation Project
Dear Nick,

I’m glad to hear that you’re coming to Sichuan in October. 　

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

2 . Growing pains and gains

It’s not easy to grow up. Actually it’s far from easy. Growing up can be a real “pain” for some of us. We are always doing things that someone else makes us do and aren’t allowed to do all the things we like. Sometimes we feel stuck, sometimes we are fearful, and sometimes we just don’t understand why we can’t stay young forever. When we look back on all the challenges in life with a positive attitude, we realize that all of our growing pains actually turn into growing gains!

As a young girl my parents forced my sisters and me to do so many things that I never liked. They made me learn to play the violin and then the piano. At that time I hated music, just because it was what they wanted me to do. But looking back now, I am so glad that my parents encouraged me to take music lessons. Music has enriched my life in so many ways. I realize that my parents and teachers were always pushing me along. not because they wanted me to suffer(受苦)but because they wanted me to succeed in life. They’ve always wanted me to have a better life than they did themselves.

Every moment of our lives is either living or dying, so live life to its fullest! We are all going to experience growing pains, but they are just small pains in life. They might seem so huge at the time but we must be strong. Think about how we would feel if we had no fear and live life like that. The future is ours!

A little hard work and sweat never hurt anyone! If we realize that these pains are just small bumps(凸块)on our road to success we will realize that our growing pains are actually growing gains!

1. According to paragraph 1, we learn that when we are young, ______.

A．life is full of joy

B．life is easy for us

C．we know we can stay young forever

D．we sometimes can’t do things we like

2. When the author was young, she was forced by her parents to ______.

A．take music lessons

B．turn gains into pains

C．look back on challenges

D．live a successful life

3. What does the underlined phrase “to its fullest” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Directly.

B．Completely.

C．Carefully.

D．Terribly.

4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Growing pains are necessary for us to grow up.

B．We all have to experience growing pains.

C．A little hard work and sweat are harmful to us.

D．Life without fear is a better choice for us.

3 . Sharon, Aged 22

The most important thing to keep in mind when going into high school is to be yourself. Besides, I don’t know what your middle school was like, but high school teachers will not care about things such as how much homework you already have in one night. It’s best to just learn to deal with things and manage your time wisely so you can achieve everything you need.

Frank, Aged 21

I think almost every kid feels both nervous and excited before their first day. You will probably love it. I know I did. You should join in some sports or activities that will make your high school experience more enjoyable. Good luck！

Eddie, Aged 20

When I started high school I was really nervous too, especially since I had been home-schooled all through middle school and didn’t really know anyone, I suppose the best advice would be to just relax. The first couple of days can be a little bit hard, but things will become easier after you know it.

David, Aged 19

I’m not going to lie. The first day is kind of frightening. But you’ll get used to it. Don’t be afraid of anyone; upperclassmen will pick on you more if you let them know you’re afraid. Just take it easy. Making some friends and staying with them will greatly help you get used to high school quickly. After the first week it’s really not bad at all. Don’t worry.

1. What can we infer from Sharon about high school?

A．Teachers are quite strict.

B．Students often stay up at night.

C．Teachers provide little care for students.

D．Students should make good use of their time.

2. How did Eddie feel on his first day of high school?

A．Excited

B．Bored.

C．Worried.

D．Relaxed.

3. Who mentions the importance of friends?

A．Frank.

B．David.

C．Sharon.

D．Eddie.

4 . 如今， 越来越多的学生带手机上学， 这已经引起了人们的广泛关注。请你根据下表所提供的信息，写一篇80词左右的演讲稿， 反映这一现象并发表自己的观点。

大多数学生的观点	部分老师及家长的观点
1.便于和父母及朋友联系 2. 增加乐趣， 丰富学生的生活	1.分散注意力， 不能集中精力学习 2. 花费高
你的观点……

核心要点提示：
1. in favour of             
2.keep in touch
3. concentrate on          
4.spend too much money on ...
注意：1.词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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5 . Lectures on happiness are becoming increasingly popular in Harvard University. I went to one of them, which left a lasting impression on me. While we were listening with close attention, the speaker suddenly stopped and started a game, giving each person a balloon. Each one was asked to write their name on it using a pen. Then the 100 students from 25 schools were divided into two groups.

Now the two groups were in different rooms with their balloons flying in it. The first group of 50 students were asked to find the balloon with their name on it within 5 minutes. Everyone was hurriedly searching for their own name, pushing and running into each other, and there was lots of noise. At the end of 5 minutes, none of them could find their own balloon.

The second half, on the other hand, was asked to randomly (随机地) collect a balloon and give it to the person whose name was written on it. Within minutes everyone had their own balloon.

This is exactly happening in our lives. Everyone is hurriedly looking for happiness all around, not knowing where it is. Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness, and you will get your own happiness. And this is the purpose of human life.

1. What happened to the first group?

A．None made any noise at all.	B．None found their balloon
C．Everyone found their friends.	D．Everyone helped one another.

2. How many students found their own balloons in the game?

A．5.

B．25.

C．50.

D．100.

3. According to the text, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Everyone pushed each other in the two groups.

B．Students in the game come from the same school.

C．Our happiness comes from the happiness of others.

D．Students learned nothing about happiness in the game.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Finding Happiness	B．Having Lectures
C．Collecting Balloons	D．Playing Games

6 . One day Mr. White gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday—ten new pound notes. So Mrs. White went out shopping. She waited for a bus, got on it and sat down next to an old lady. After a while, Mrs. White noticed that the old lady's handbag was open. Inside it, she saw a wad(叠) of pound notes exactly like the ones her husband had given her. So she quickly looked into her own bag—the notes had gone! Mrs. White was sure that the old lady next to her had stolen them. She immediately thought of calling the police. But as she disliked making a fuss(小题大做), she decided to take back the money from the old lady's handbag and say nothing about it. She looked around to make sure nobody was watching. Then she carefully put her hand into the old lady's bag, took the notes, and put them into her own handbag.

When she got home that evening, Mrs. White showed her husband the beautiful hat she had bought.

"How did you pay for it?" Mr. White asked.

"With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course" she answered.

"Oh? What's that, then?" he asked, as he pointed to a wad of pound notes on the table.

1. Why did Mr. White give his wife ten pounds?

A．For a new handbag.	B．For new notes.
C．For her husband's birthday.	D．For her birthday.

2. What did Mrs. White buy using the money given by her husband?

A．A new handbag.	B．Stealing from an old 1ady.
C．Nothing.	D．A new hat.

3. What did Mrs. White decide to do when she found another ten pounds in the old lady's handbag on the bus?

A．She wanted to call the police.

B．She decided to talk with the old lady.

C．She decided to take away her own money and said nothing.

D．She decided to tell the lady and take the money away.

4. Which of the following sentences is wrong?

A．Mrs. White actually stole her money by herself.

B．Mrs. White in fact became a thief then.

C．Mr. White gave his wife some new pound notes for her birthday.

D．The money was still at Mrs. White's home.

7 . Have you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street? Perhaps they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” of human has kept rising, they have been given a new name — phubbers (低头族).

Recently, a cartoon made by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various social identities（身份）are buried in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes selfie (自拍照)in front of a car accident site, and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events eventually leads to the destruction of the world.

Although the ending sounds overstated (夸大), the damage phubbing can bring is real. Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it. “Continuously stretching (伸展) your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck,” Guangming Daily quoted doctors as saying, “the neck is like a rope that breaks after long-term stretching.” Also, staring at cell phones for long periods of time will damage your eyesight gradually, according to the report.

But that’s not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. At reunions with family or friends, many people tend to（往往） stick to their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere, Qilu Evening News reported.

It can also cost you your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed (抢劫) of their cell phones in broad daylight.

1. The author gives the example of a cartoon in Paragraph 2 ________________.

A．to advertise the cartoon made by students.

B．to inform people of the bad effects of phubbing.

C．to show the world will finally be destroyed by phubbers.

D．to warn doctors against using cell phones while treating patients.

2. Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “be buried in” ?

A．hide

B．use

C．cover

D．pay all attention to

3. A phubber may have all the possible problems except ____________?

A．His social skills could be affected.

B．His neck and eyesight will be gradually harmed.

C．He will cause the destruction of the world.

D．He might get separated from his friends and family.

4. The author’s attitude towards phubbing is ___________.

A．negative (消极的).	B．supportive.
C．optimistic.	D．objective (客观的).

8 . I am a girl, but I was born to be a rebel (叛逆者). I like games that can be _____ Some of the sports I like, even boys won’t play!

Wrestling (摔跤) is _____ seen as a sport for men, but I _____ to see if I could do it.

Every Saturday morning, I got out of bed early to go and watch my brother _____.From morning to night, I would sit watching the _____ have all the fun. Since then, wrestling has been part of my _____.

For three years, I _____ all the boys and became the best player in the team. My _____ memory of wrestling is when a boy walked off _____ because he’d lost to a girl.

My last ______ was at this year’s Girls’ State Wrestling Championships.

I was so ______. I was sure I would win. My heart was beating hard when the match started. I could see ____but my competitor. When the final whistle blew, I had ______ by four points. The cameras and ______ all turned to me: I was the new wrestling champion. I felt so ______. But after a few minutes of enjoying being a champion, ______ began to run through my knee. Because I hurt my knee, my ______ of being a national champion ended. Even so, I won’t lose heart and still ______ to wrestle next year when I go to college. I have   ___ that you can do anything you want if you stay positive and put your ______ into it.

1.

A．interesting

B．surprising

C．dangerous

D．famous

2.

A．usually

B．ever

C．hardly

D．never

3.

A．agreed

B．pretended

C．decided

D．happened

4.

A．roll

B．run

C．fight

D．wrestle

5.

A．boys

B．girls

C．teammates

D．friends

6.

A．way

B．life

C．work

D．study

7.

A．beat

B．hit

C．knocked

D．injured

8.

A．longest

B．shortest

C．deepest

D．worst

9.

A．shouting

B．smiling

C．laughing

D．crying

10.

A．chance

B．match

C．try

D．sport

11.

A．upset

B．great

C．pleased

D．excited

12.

A．anything

B．nothing

C．everything

D．something

13.

A．won

B．lost

C．led

D．gained

14.

A．hands

B．players

C．lights

D．photos

15.

A．shy

B．hopeful

C．happy

D．nervous

16.

A．air

B．blood

C．steam

D．pain

17.

A．dream

B．plan

C．goal

D．story

18.

A．remember

B．cycle

C．want

D．walk

19.

A．said

B．heard

C．learned

D．noticed

20.

A．time

B．heart

C．foot

D．wealth

9 . The secret powers of time

Do you think about the past?     1     Or do you worry about the future? Professor Philip Zimbardo describes three types (类型) of people.

● Past types.

You sometimes miss “the good old days”.     2    . You worry about making changes or new things trying You spend a lot of time with your family.

● Present types.

    3    . You like doing fun things with fun people. You don’t have a healthy lifestyle(生活方式). You avoid doing difficult or boring things.

●     4    .

You spend most of your time working, saving and planning for a better future. You eat well and exercise regularly. You don’t mind waiting for the good things in life.     5    . But they often don’t enjoy their free time because they are busy thinking about the next things.

According to Zimbardo’s research, everybody is sometimes the other types. However, we should try to have an equal balance of all three to be happy and successful.

A．Future types

B．Did you make friends

C．Do you enjoy the present time

D．You enjoy remembering your past

E．Many people dreamed to be teachers

F．The most important thing is to feel good at present

G．Future people are usually more successful in work

10 . A man was employed to paint a boat. He brought paint and____and began to paint the boat as the owner____. While painting，he____there was a hole in the body of the boat and decided to ___it. When he finished painting，he received his____and left.

The next day，the owner of the boat visited the painter and____him with a cheque (支票)， much____than what he was paid for the painting work. The painter was____.

“You’ve already paid me for painting the boat，sir!”he said.

“This is not for the paint job. It’s for repairing the____in the boat. ”

“Ah！But it was such a small service. ”The man said. “Certainly it’s not worth paying me such a high amount for something so____!”

“My dear friend，”the owner said，“You don’t understand. Let me tell you____happened. When I asked you to paint the boat，I____to mention the hole. When the boat dried，my kids took it and____a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a hole there.

“I was not at home at the time. So when I____and noticed they had taken the boat，I was   ___. Imagine my____and joy when I saw them returning____from fishing.

“Then，I examined the boat and found that you had repaired the hole!You now see what you did？You____the life of my children!”

Each of us has a moral duty to offer help，wipe tears，listen carefully and repair all the “hole” we____in our life journey，because a small act will make a big_____in the future.

1.

A．brushes

B．rulers

C．knives

D．pens

2.

A．ordered

B．hated

C．acted

D．wanted

3.

A．felt

B．noticed

C．sensed

D．heard

4.

A．repair

B．dig

C．make

D．prepare

5.

A．message

B．paint

C．money

D．fish

6.

A．dropped

B．presented

C．cooked

D．took

7.

A．lighter

B．higher

C．heavier

D．better

8.

A．happy

B．disappointed

C．surprised

D．embarrassed

9.

A．seat

B．chair

C．picture

D．hole

10.

A．small

B．huge

C．great

D．rude

11.

A．as

B．that

C．which

D．what

12.

A．forgot

B．regretted

C．stopped

D．remembered

13.

A．went by

B．went on

C．went over

D．went through

14.

A．drove

B．shared

C．returned

D．rewarded

15.

A．silly

B．excited

C．tired

D．hopeless

16.

A．relief

B．belief

C．sadness

D．worry

17.

A．sweetly

B．healthily

C．directly

D．safely

18.

A．hurt

B．saved

C．broke

D．designed

19.

A．come across

B．come in

C．come out

D．come into

20.

A．achievement

B．progress

C．difference

D．process