1 . 假定你是李华，你的美国朋友 Tom听说在中国通过扫描二维码(scan QR codes)就可以轻松实现移动支付(mobile payment), 他对此感到很好奇。请你写一封邮件告知他移动支付在中国的相关情況。内容包括：
1. 在中国很流行，提供了便利;
2. 快捷且强大的功能：如买早餐,买火车票等等。
3. 改变了人们的生活。
注意：1.词数80字左右;
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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2 . All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when “their” player or team wins.

Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy! And think of people in cold countries. Think how many people love to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada. Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. They are about one hundred years old. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. Water－skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.

People from different countries often become good friends after a game together. Sports help them to understand each other. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace．

1. Why do people all over the world enjoy sports?

A．Because they want to keep healthy.	B．Because they are happy.
C．Because they want to live longer.	D．All the above.

2. Some people get excited when they watch a game because ________．

A．their favorite team wins	B．they win the game
C．they get the good news	D．they can’t help themselves

3. Which of the sports has a long history?

A．Water－skiing.	B．Basketball.
C．Volleyball.	D．Jumping.

4. People from different countries often become friends after a game together because ________．

A．they train their character in the game	B．they understand each other
C．they are friendly to each other	D．they help each other

3 . Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn't mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or another, you'll have to stand up and say—problems, I don't want you in my life.

    1    Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children—the list goes on. Apart from these, the inner conflicts within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in different shaped and colors and feelings.

But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems.

Talk, it really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help.     2    Talking helps you move on and let go.

Write your problems.     3    When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system. You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems. By doing this, imagine yourself throwing away the problems from your life.

Don't lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, don't lose faith and hope. Even if you lose all your money, family…you should still have faith.     4    

Your problems aren't the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, there are another one million people whose problems are huger than yours.     5    Your problems might just seem big and worse, but in reality they can be removed.

Go about and solve your problems because every problem, however big or small, always has a way out.

A．Of course, we've been fighting troubles ever since we were born.

B．When we have a problem, a pressing, critical, urgent, life-threatening problem, how do we try and solve it？

C．Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you don't want a real person to talk with.

D．But the truth is that when you talk about it, you're setting free the negative energies that have been gathering within you.

E．We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack.

F．Tell yourself：when they can deal with them, why can't I？

G．With faith and hope, you can rebuild everything that you lose.

4 . Everyone needs friends.There is an old saying, "Friends are God’s way of taking care of us." But how do you find real friendship and keep it?

The American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to make friends.Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree.You plant the seed(种子)and take care of it to make it grow.

First, you should choose a friend.What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks.A good friend should be kind and patient(耐心).For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his best to help.To make a good friend, you cannot be too shy.You should make each other happy and share your lives.

But things cannot always be happy.Even the best friends have fights.What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her.When there is no one around, have an honest talk.If he or she doesn't want to talk, you could write a letter.

There are three steps to being friends again:

Tell him or her how you are feeling; say what your friend has done wrong, and explain why you did this or that.Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life.

1. Sally wants to tell students the ways to            .

A．make friends

B．plant trees

C．get happy

D．keep fit

2. What makes good friends? A good friend should              .

A．be lovely and cool	B．have good looks
C．have lots of money	D．be kind and patient

3. According to the text, you can             your friend after a fight.

A．buy a present for	B．never say a word to
C．write a letter to	D．have dinner with

4. What is the best title of the text?

A．Teenagers and friendship.	B．Finding and keeping friendship
C．The trouble of growing up.	D．Good friends around you.

5 . This could be the perfect gift for the partner, who embarrasses you on the dance floor. Smart socks, which can teach to dance, may be the answer for anyone with two left feet.

The socks have been developed as a running tool to help runners improve their skills. Thanks to the socks, users can accurately record not only how far and fast they run but also how well. It means the user maximizes their performance, and reduces damage to body and prevents hurt. The hi-tech socks are made of special fibers that watch the movements of your feet. They look, feel and can be washed like normal clothes.

Sensors (传感器) record each movement and send it by an ankle transmitter (脚踝发射器) to a smart phone. Then a “virtual coach” application shows the information and can tell the user what they are doing wrong, and help to improve skill in any task with feet.

The socks should be useful to athletes and weekend joggers. “People think running is so easy and of course everybody can do it but not necessarily safely and well,” Dr. Davide Vigano said. A recent study showed that between 60 and 80 percent of runners got hurt per year. This is pretty much more than any other human activity. Researchers say the technology can also be developed to teach people how to dance, play sports such as golf, or even to help to teach women to walk better in high heels.

Mr. Vigano said, “People could all benefit from the idea. We have had interest from all sorts of sports, like skiing, football, cycling and golf. Anything where you have to use your feet can use it. It could even be put in high heels to help women walk in them safely.”

Socks are just the start, and the technology could be used in gloves, hats and boots. The socks, anklet and software package, are expected to be sold for around￡120, which will go on sale in March.

1. What does the underlined part “anyone with two left feet” refer to?

A．People who are disabled.

B．People who are interested in dancing.

C．People who are not good at dancing.

D．People who invented the socks.

2. What’s special about fibers that the socks are made of?

A．They feel much softer than normal clothes.

B．They can monitor the movement of feet.

C．They are expensive to produce.

D．They act as a smart phone for users.

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the socks?

A．They can improve the skill of running.

B．They can help women walk better in high heels.

C．They can teach people to dance well.

D．They can be worn for days without washing.

4. According to Dr. Vigano, ________.

A．everyone can make good use of the smart socks

B．users can run as fast as they like with the socks

C．60 to 80 percent of runners would like to buy the smart socks

D．no runners will get hurt, thanks to the socks

6 . America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.

Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

For the Americans, it is often considered friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

1. The writer of this passage must be ______.

A．an American	B．a Chinese
C．a professor	D．a student

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

B．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

C．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

D．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

3. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.

A．warmly welcomed at the airport	B．offered a ride to his home
C．treated hospitably at his home	D．treated to dinner in a restaurant

4. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

A．Friendships between Chinese	B．Friendships between Americans
C．Americans’ hospitality	D．Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships

7 . 你是李华，两周前你从网上购买了一套书虫系列读物（Bookworm Series）昨天才到货，且包装破损，数量不足。请就此向网店客服写邮件投诉。要点如下：
1.    介绍购物情况
2.    反映存在问题
3.    提出解决方案
注意：
1.    词数100词左右
2.    可适当增加细节，使行文连贯
3.    开头结尾已给出，不计入总词
可能用到的生词：投诉complaint n.
To whom it may concern,
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Sincerely,

Li Hua

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式每空最多填3个单词。

In my opinion, we should try our best       1    (realize) our goals even though     2    is little hope. The efforts seem to be the lights in the darkness, leading the way to hope and success.

I used to be     3    shy girl in my primary school. I was weak in English at that time, especially for     4    (speak) English. So I was afraid to answer the teacher’s questions during English classes. After I entered my dream middle school, something     5    (change). I started to read many    6    (interest) English stories and my English teacher was patient to help me a lot. I studied hard in class and practiced by watching English films and listening to English songs in my free time. Little       7    little, I found    8    more and more interesting to learn English. I could even talk with my classmates       9    (fluent) in English and I was not shy any more. At last, I got high grades in English and I had       10    (confident) to do it better in the future.

9 . Sagrada Familia ( 2,056,448 visits/year)

Opening hours: 09:00-18:00 (October-March)       09:00-20:00 (April-September).

Admission: $11, or $10 with the Barcelona Card.

Disabled access: Yes.

The temple has been under construction since 1882 and they’ve still got another 30 to 80 years to go before it will be finished. The project’s vast scale (规模) and its special design have made it one of Barcelona’s top tourist attractions for many years.

La Pedrera (1,133,220 visits/year)

Opening hours: 09:00-18:30 (November-February)       09:00-20:00 (March-October)

Admission: $9.50. Save 20% with the Barcelona Card.

Disabled access: No.

This building used to be called Casa Mila, but nowadays it’s more commonly known as La Pedrera. It was made of bricks and had colorful tiles (瓷砖).

Barcelona FC Museum (1,032,763 visits/year)

Opening hours: 6th April-4th October: (Monday to Saturday) 10:00-20:00; the rest of the year: 10:00 to 18:30.

Admission: $8.50 for entry to museum and an extra $17 for a guided tour.

Disabled access: Yes.

It is now generally considered as the best football museum in the world. You can see so many trophies (奖杯), pictures and statues of great football players. I’m not a football fan but I still enjoyed walking round this museum.

Miró Museum (518,869 visits/year)

Opening hours: Check website for details as they vary depending on the time of the year.

Admission: $8. Save 20% with the Barcelona Card.

Disabled access: Yes.

This museum has a wide range of Miró’s works dating back as far as 1914. This artwork collection includes not only his paintings but also a good selection of sculptures.

1. What can we know about the four tourist attractions?

A．Sagrada Familia is the largest building in Barcelona.

B．La Pedrera is well known for its colors.

C．Barcelona FC Museum will attract football fans.

D．Miró Museum was built in as early as the year of 1914.

2. If you visit the Barcelona FC Museum with a tour guide, you should pay            .

A．$8.5

B．$25.5

C．$17

D．$25

3. What do the four attractions have in common?

A．They are famous for their architectural styles.	B．They are all accessible for the disabled people.
C．Their opening hours are changeable in different times.	D．Tourists can get a discount of 20% with the Barcelona Card.

10 . God has a way of allowing us to be in the right place at the right time.

I was walking down a dark street late one evening when I heard screams coming from behind a clump of bushes (灌木). Alarmed, I slowed down to listen and soon realized that what I was hearing was the unmistakable sounds of a struggle: mad fighting and tearing of clothes.

Only yards from where I stood, a girl was being attacked. Should I get involved? I was worried about my own safety, and regretted having suddenly decided to take a new route home that night. What if I became another victim? Shouldn’t I just run to the nearest phone and call the police?

The girl’s cries were growing weaker. I knew I had to act at once. How could I walk away from this? I finally made up my mind. I could not turn my back on the fate of this unknown girl, even if it meant risking my own life.

I am not a brave man, nor am I physically strong. I didn’t know where I got the courage and strength, but once I had decided to help the girl, I became strangely different. I ran behind the bushes and pulled the attacker off the girl. Struggling, we fell to the ground, where we wrestled for a few minutes until the attacker jumped up and escaped.

Out of breath, I stood up and approached the girl, who was behind a tree, sobbing. Not wanting to frighten her further, I at first spoke to her from a distance. “It’s okay,” I said softly. “The man has run away. You’re safe now.” There was a long pause and then I heard the words, spoken in wonder, in amazement. “Dad, is that you?” And then, from behind the tree, out stepped my youngest daughter, Katherine.

1. The third paragraph mainly tells us that

A．the situation was really dangerous at the moment	B．the author made a serious mistake that night
C．the author was struggling mentally before taking action	D．it was selfish of the author to care about his own safety

2. The author risked his own life to help mainly because            .

A．he felt deep sympathy for the girl	B．he wanted to earn respect from others
C．he knew the police would come to help	D．he found the attacker was weaker than him

3. According to the text, the author ____.

A．usually took another route home every evening	B．called the police before he went to save the girl
C．usually turned to the police for help when in trouble	D．was sure of his ability to save the girl from danger

4. Which of the following words can best describe the ending of the story?

A．Inspiring.

B．Puzzling.

C．Unexpected.

D．Disappointing.