1 . Welcome to the world-famous house where William Shakespeare was born in l564 and where he grew up. The property (房产) remained in the ownership of Shakespeare’s family until 1806. The House has welcomed visitors traveling from all over the world for over 250 years.

◆Enter through the Visitors’ Centre and see the highly-praised exhibition Shakespeare’s World, a lively and full introduction to the life and work of Shakespeare.

◆Stand in the rooms where Shakespeare grew up.

◆Discover examples of furniture and needlework from Shakespeare’s period.

◆Enjoy the traditional English garden, planted with trees and flowers mentioned in the poet’s works.

OPENING TIMES

20 Mar to 19 Oct

Mon to Sat: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm        Sun: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

20 Oct to 19 Mar

Mon to Sat: 9:30 am to 4:00 pm        Sun: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

The Birthplace is within easy walking distance of all the car parks shown on the map; nearest is Windsor Street (3 minutes’ walk).

The House may present difficulties but the Visitors’ Centre, its exhibition, and the garden are accessible to wheelchair users.

The Shakespeare Coffee House (opposite the Birthplace).

ADMISSION: Adult: ￡4.90 Child: ￡2.20 Family: ￡12.00 (2 adults + up to 3 children)

1. When does the House start to receive visitors on Sunday in December?

A．8:30 am.

B．9:00 am.

C．10:00 am.

D．4:00 pm.

2. Where is the nearest parking place to Shakespeare’s Birthplace?

A．At Windsor Street.	B．Near the Coffee House.
C．Behind the exhibition hall.	D．Opposite the Visitors’ Centre.

3. How much is the admission for a family of two grown-ups and two children?

A．￡9.80.

B．￡12.00.

C．￡13.20.

D．￡16.90.

2 . Scientists may have found a way to reduce shortage of type O blood. Type O is the kind of blood that hospitals most often need. What the researchers are testing is an easier way to make type O blood out of other kinds of blood.

There are four main kinds of blood. Most people are born with one of these four: Type A, Type B, Type AB or Type O. Type O can be safely given to anyone. So it is commonly used when a person is injured or sick and has to have blood.

Type O is the most common blood group. But the supplies of it available in hospitals and blood banks are usually limited. This is because of the high demand for it. Type O blood is used in emergencies when there is no time to identify the patient’s blood type.

Giving A, B or AB to someone with a different blood type, including O, can cause a bad reaction by the person’s defense system. Their immune system can reject the blood. This immune reaction can be deadly.

The differences among blood types are linked to whether or not red blood cells contain certain kinds of sugar molecules (分子). These molecules are found on the surface of the cells. They are known as antigens (抗原), these antigens are found with Type A, B and AB blood but not with Type O.

More than twenty-five years ago, scientists found that the antigens could be removed to create what they called universal-type cells. They could be removed with chemicals called enzymes (酶). But large amounts of enzymes were required to make the change.

Doctor Henrik Clausen of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark led the study. The next step, he says, is to complete safety tests. The team is working with the American company ZymeQuest to test the new method. If it meets safety requirements and is not too costly, it will become a widely used life-saving tool to increase the supply of universal blood.

1. How do scientists deal with the problem of lacking type O blood?

A．Make type O blood out of other kinds of blood.

B．Make the most of the present type O blood.

C．Develop new ways of using type O blood.

D．Appeal to more people to donate type O blood.

2. What make people have different kinds of blood?

A．Sugar molecules in red blood cells.	B．Peopled different living conditions.
C．The variety of people’s cells and genes.	D．People’s various immune systems.

3. What can we infer from the text?

A．Antigens could not be removed to create universal blood.

B．A Danish company wanted to involve itself in studying blood.

C．Type O blood and Type AB blood can be safely given to anyone.

D．The new method is not safe enough to be put into use in hospitals now.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Four Different Kinds of Blood.	B．A New Way to Make Type O Blood.
C．The Latest Research on Blood Type.	D．Find the Proper Type of Blood.

3 . I was never very neat while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but my always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Overtime, Kate got neater and I got my merriser. She moved to push my dirty clothing over and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.

Who broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, “Take your shoes away! why under my bed!” Suddenly I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.

The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up. She quickly crawled (爬) under her covers, crying. Obviously. that was something she could not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy (同情) rose up in my heart.

Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bad. Cleaned the suckers and swept the floor even on her side. I got so absorbed into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching. Her tears dried and her expression was such disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me. “Thanks.”

Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.

1. What made Kate so angry one evening?

A．She couldn’t find her books.

B．She heard the writer shouting loud.

C．She got the news that her grandma was ill.

D．She saw the writer’s shoes beneath her bed.

2. Why did the writer tidy up the room?

A．Because she was scared by Kate’s anger.

B．Because she hated herself for being so messy.

C．Because she wanted to show her care.

D．Because she was asked by Kate to do so.

3. How is paragraph 1 mainly developed?

A．By analyzing courses.

B．By showing differences.

C．By describing a process.

D．By following time order.

4. What might be the best title for the story?

A．My Friend Kate.

B．Hard Work Pays off.

C．How to Be Organized?

D．Learning to Be Roommates.

4 . 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:在错的词下画一横线,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。

I’m quite health. I very rarely get colds, although, unusually for me, I had a badly cold and a bit of a fever last week. But that’s because I was stupid enough to playing football in the rain. I don’t often get things like flu, neither. Last winter almost all my classmates get flu, but I didn’t. I think I don’t get these things because of I take a lot of exercise and is very fit. Two years before I broke my arm playing football. An injury was quite painful and I couldn’t move my arm a month. I hated that.

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A Young Designer’s Way to Fashion Success

Chinese designer Zhang Yan,     1     work has just hit New York’s and Chinese catwalks (T台), is slowly breaking the old idea about men in embroidery (刺绣) and fashion. Zhang has surprised the world with his unique embroidered Qipaos.

However, for the 26-year-old young man, his success is not easy.     2     (hold) the tiny needle properly in his big hand wasn’t     3     easy job for Zhang in the early days. What’s more, his parents were     4     (strong) against him, thinking that embroidery was women’ s work and it had no future,     5     Zhang did not give up. He believes the spirit of craftsmanship has nothing to do with gender (性别) when it comes to dreams.

Years of his hard work     6     (pay) off so far. His designs quickly drew attention and even earned him an     7    (invite) to the 2019 New York Fashion Week. Western audiences at the show     8     (amaze) by the charm of the embroidered Qipao, saying it showed a kind of Eastern power.

Feeling that his success has brought him a sense of national     9     (proud), Zhang hopes his experience can also help inspire teenagers     10     (follow) their dreams. “There are many ways to achieve success. As long as you keep going, you can make your dreams come true,” he says.

6 . Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents.Every day they are very busy trying to _________ in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me.They don’t act in the _________ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too _________ for them to say.Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is _________more out of the question.

One day,my mother was sewing a quilt.I sat down beside her.“Mom,I have a question to ask you.Is there _________ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.She didn’t answer immediately.She _________ her head and continued to sew the quilt.

I was very worried because I thought I had _________ her.I was _________ and I didn’t know what I should do.But at last I heard my mother say the following words:

“Susan,” she said thoughtfully,“Look at this thread.Sometimes it _________, but most of it disappears in the quilt.The thread really makes the quilt __________. If life is a quilt,then love should be a thread.It can hardly be seen __________, but it’s really there.Love is __________.”

I listened carefully but I __________ her until the next spring. At that time,my father suddenly __________ seriously.My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month.When they returned from the hospital,they both looked __________. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness.After they were back,every day in the morning and dusk,my mother helped my father __________ on the country road.

“Dad,how are you feeling now?”I asked him one day.

“Susan,don’t __________ me.”he said gently.“To tell you the truth,I just like walking with your mom.” __________ his eyes,I know he loves my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers,gifts and __________. But from this experience,I understand that love is just __________ in the quilt of our life.Love is inside,making life strong and warm.

1.

A．keep fit

B．rise early

C．earn money

D．collect money

2.

A．magic

B．romantic

C．difficult

D．attractive

3.

A．simple

B．easy

C．relaxing

D．luxurious

4.

A．still

B．also

C．even

D．much

5.

A．feeling

B．love

C．cry

D．smile

6.

A．raised

B．shook

C．nodded

D．bowed

7.

A．hurt

B．injured

C．wounded

D．harmed

8.

A．in great surprise

B．in a great embarrassment

C．with deep depression

D．at extreme sorrow

9.

A．happens

B．comes about

C．appears

D．runs

10.

A．warm and soft

B．hot and hard

C．thin and cool

D．strong and durable

11.

A．somewhere and sometime

B．anywhere or anytime

C．more or less

D．here and there

12.

A．inside

B．outside

C．faraway

D．nearby

13.

A．could believe

B．couldn’t understand

C．wouldn’t recognise

D．might know

14.

A．got sick

B．got stuck

C．threw up

D．became disabled

15.

A．quite healthy

B．very pale

C．fairly red

D．much surprised

16.

A．jump high

B．go hurriedly

C．run fast

D．walk slowly

17.

A．think about

B．talk with

C．worry about

D．laugh at

18.

A．Reading

B．Seeing

C．Saying

D．Writing

19.

A．fresh roses

B．gold ring

C．sweet kisses

D．beautiful jewelry

20.

A．a thread

B．a needle

C．the cloth

D．the cotton

7 . A few months ago I was at a bus stop in town in the evening. The bus came on time and I took the window seat. The bus route was by the seashore and I was enjoying the breeze (微风) while watching the sea waves. After a few minutes the bus made its next stop. A young boy and a girl got on. They were standing on my left when the bus pulled off. I looked at them curiously and realized that all the window seats were occupied (占据). They could sit but not together. Suddenly a different wave passed through my body and my inner mind gave me the advice to get up. I got up and offered them my seat. The young lady smiled kindly and said thanks. I occupied another seat and we parted our ways. I don’t remember whether I got off the bus before them or not.

Months passed by. Suddenly one day while I was standing at the same bus stop waiting some time for the bus to arrive I heard a voice.

“Excuse me, Uncle.” I looked in the direction of the voice. It was a beautiful young lady.

Puzzled, I said, “I do not recognize you.”

She said, “Do you remember you gave us your window seat?”

Puzzled, I said, “Maybe, but what is so great in that?”

She said, “If you had not given your seat that day, perhaps I would have not sat with my friend. By sitting together it helped us bridge a misunderstanding that had been between us forever. Do you know we are getting married next month?”

“Good! God bless both of you,” I replied.

The young lady again said thank you and went on her journey. I realized the importance of giving that day.

1. Why were the young boy and the girl standing on the bus?

A．Because they wanted to enjoy the sea view.	B．Because they couldn’t sit together.
C．Because there were no empty seats.	D．Because they preferred to stand.

2. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph probably means that the author had a feeling that ________.

A．he wanted to do something special	B．the sea wave made him upset
C．a wave from the sea flooded him	D．he wanted to make a sea wave in his heart

3. The author’s act of kindness helped the young boy and the girl ________.

A．begin to talk to each other again after a quarrel

B．sit together and become friends very soon

C．clear up a misunderstanding between them

D．know each other and get married

4. From the story, we can conclude that ________.

A．small things can create great happenings in life

B．it is giving rather than receiving that matters

C．offering one’s seat to others may win respect

D．we sometimes forget what happened in the past

8 . 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Tom来信询问你最喜欢的运动项目。请你根据以下提示，通过电子邮件想他介绍你最喜欢的运动。
1.何时开始喜欢此项运动；
2.现在练习的情况；
3.给你带来的益处。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

It was my best friends, Tina’s birthday last Saturday. Maria, Anna and I go to visit her. She lives in Rose Street not far away our school. In the morning we bought some presents and got here by bus. Tina, her parents and grandparents were very glad to see us. We gave the presents who we bought to Tina and she was very much happy. Then Maria and Anna helped Tina’s mother preparing lunch. I helped set the table but cut the cake excitedly with Tina. All of you had a great time. At 4 o’clock in an afternoon, we said goodbye and went back home.