1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式，并将相应答案写在答题纸上.

My friend and I looked over at the beaches and were highly excited. We had     1     (final) arrived at the Canary Island of Fuerteventura and were staying in the quiet coastal town El Cotillo. After     2     (hope) to visit the Canary Islands someday for so long, it was worth the wait to get a chance     3     (relax) in these beautiful surroundings (环境) .

The nearby beaches were beautiful with rich white sand and clean waters     4     weren't far from our hotel. People often walked by with     5     (they) dogs, and families played nearby but there were no crowds.

One evening weds covered a number of restaurants and bars (酒吧) as well as a market. We     6     (see) the Castillo de El Cotillo, a historic monument (纪念碑). It felt very safe to walk around, so I went for     7    evening walk alone along the nearest beach one night.

One day we took an exciting cart our of Fuerteventura with a(n)     8     (friend), knowledgeable guide and enjoyed views of mountains. We even drove up one. Our tour also showed us beautiful coastlines, and many local places of interest.

After seven days we left this wonderful island. I had been far away     9    home, but was in a homely, quiet place with lots of exciting     10     (thing) to see and do. I want to go back one day and experience some more.

2 . 假定你是李华，刚上高中一个月，请你按照以下内容写一封100词左右的电子邮件给你的英国笔友汤姆(Tom), 简单介绍你的学校、老师和自己的情况：
1.我的新学校是一所历史悠久的名校，有70个班，3500多名学生；
2.老师的教学方法与初中截然不同，上课方式很有趣；
3.课程比初中更有挑战性，但有信心学好；
4.与同学相处融洽，积极参加各种课外活动。
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3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Helen Keller couldn’t speak, read or write because she couldn’t see or hear. She was an exceptionally special girl.    1    (Luck), Anne Sullivan, who was a superb teacher, was brought in to help her. She put an object into Helen’s hand and spelt out the word on her other hand. Finally, Helen’s knowledge and vocabulary expanded and this changed her thinking process. But    2    was still hard for Helen to learn    3    (concept) like “love” and “think”. Helen was     4    (disappoint). However, one day, Helen made    5    breakthrough. She was making necklaces    6    she noticed that she had made some mistakes. She was uncertain how    7    (fix) them. When she did this, Anne touched Helen’s forehead and    8    (write) the word “think” on her hand. It was    9    first time Helen had understood such an abstract word! With Helen     10    (grasp) the key to language, she discovered more complex words. She now understood the beautiful truth of the word “love”.

4 . As a student, you must have met all kinds of teachers. Do you love and respect them a lot? Is there a complete understanding between you and them?    1    But I am lucky enough to have one. She is my English teacher, Miss Li.

Miss Li is very good at teaching English. She can explain the English grammar so clearly that even I, who hate English more than any other subject, can understand it well!    2    I always think I would do much better if Miss Li taught me physics, which usually has to be well-organized.

    3     I always felt ashamed if I happened to make a mistake or pronounce a word in the wrong way in the other English teachers’ classes. But whenever I have made a mistake in her class, she just smiles so friendly and naturally that I am convinced that making mistakes is just part of the learning process. Therefore, I don’t feel stupid at all!

Miss Li is very strict and serious.    4    , I keep coming to the other teachers’ classes late, but I’m always on time for her lessons!

Actually, Miss Li is deeply loved by all of my classmates. Any reason? We simply feel and know that she really enjoys teaching us. As soon as she enters our classroom, she just changes then and there. When she thinks we’re getting bored, she is always ready to tell us jokes and make us concentrate again    5    !

A．How we couldn’t miss her

B．We really enjoy her grammar classes

C．Miss Li never makes me feel awkward

D．What a luck to have such a good teacher

E．For many, the answer is usually not positive

F．In her class, I don’t dare to make any trouble

G．And her lecture is easy to follow

5 . 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。

Christmas was approaching, and I had absollutely no idea what to get for my wife. As usual, I had left my holiday shopping until the last minute. I always had the feeling that the perfect gift would somehow appear at the right time, although this didn’t always happen. This year I didn’t have any good ideas.

We had just moved to Italy. Donna was away attending a conference, so I had the rest of the week to work on the house and figure out what to get her as a Christmas gift before she got back.

My house companion (伴侣) while Donna was away was her cat, Princess. I was keeping Princess indoors in our new home until she became familiar with the place and then planned to slowly introduce her to the great outdoors.

However, one day as I was bringing in some groceries, to my shock and horror I suddenly found she was gone. Donna would be back in a few days and it would ruin Christmas for both of us if Princess was not back by then, safe and sound. Donna had already excitedly told me over the phone that she had found several fun toys and delicious snacks for Princess as Christmas gifts. She couldn’t wait to get back and wrap them up.

I was in big trouble. I had to find Princeess—and fast. So, I made a poster with her description and a hurried sketch (素描) of the cat that I personally drew because I couldn’t find a photo of her anywhere. I was sure my wife had hundreds on her phone, but I didn’t dare ask her for one. I didn’t want her to know that her precious cat had escaped.

Donna’s happy daily calls continued, as did my daily searches for Princess. I still hadn’t mentioned anything about the disappearance to my wife. I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. It would destroy her.

Finally, the day came for my wife to return.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I picked up Donna at the Venice airport but still didn’t have the courage to tell her what had happened.

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Just as I was about to break the bad newsabout Princess’s disappearing, guess who appeared walking up the driveway?

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6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Chongqing is a city different from other Chinese cities. With beautiful natural scenery and places of historical interests, Chongqing    1     (own) rich local culture color. The city has become a popular tourist destination at the upper reaches of the Yangtze River best known    2     its spicy food and unique landscapes.

When the night falls, decorative lights, lanterns, roadside lamps, bridges and towers all combine to form a number of ever-burning lights, each one     3     (represent) a part of the city’s past and present.

    4     (build) on the mountainous area, Chongqing is often called the mountain city of China. It is also often named as “burning furnace (火炉)” because of its burning summers     5     its typical foods: spicy hotpot.

As    6     Chongqing native, I can speak on the subject of every mountain and river here. Many times when someone asks me    7     (brief) the city, I can be more than happy to speak out the reasons behind its charm. The love for the city ruts deep in my blood, I have been witnessing (见证) Chongqing’s rapid economic    8     (develop) and all the great changes     9     have taken place here in the past 30 years. Looking back at the new look of the city, I am    10     (extreme) proud.

7 . It was 11 pm when Conrad saw the woman on the Main Street Bridge. She was standing by the railing (栏杆).

Maybe she’s ________ , Conrad thought as he continued driving his car home. His friend’s car had broken down, so Conrad was making a quick stop to ________ some tools before heading out to help.

With the tools in hand, instead of taking a ________, he chose to head back over the bridge. Something about that woman didn’t seem ________. Why would she be fishing this late?

As he crossed the bridge,Conrad saw the woman standing in the same spot. He ________ a U-turn and parked with his car lights flashing, blocking one of the four driveways. In case there was trouble, he hoped another driver would ________ and help.

He stepped out of his car and got a clearer ________ of the scene. The woman was in her 20s. “Hey, what’s going on?”Conrad called out.

She kept silent, but he kept probing (追根究底), eventually pulling from her that she was jobless, not doing well in school—________, life wasn’t working out as she’d hoped.

“Not everything goes as planned,” agreed Conrad. He started talking about the ________ in his life. As he talked, he ________ closer.

Then ________ without warning, she climbed onto the railing, saying, “I’m not worth it,”All of a sudden, bright lights ________. It was the police. Someone had ________ Conrad’s car for being parked on the bridge—just as he’d ________. The two officers took hold of the woman, and the woman was ________.

1.

A．imagining

B．training

C．fishing

D．observing

2.

A．discover

B．get

C．put

D．repair

3.

A．shortcut

B．circle

C．highway

D．breath

4.

A．formal

B．special

C．serious

D．right

5.

A．demanded

B．refused

C．pulled

D．abandoned

6.

A．make sense

B．take note

C．pick out

D．catch up

7.

A．picture

B．video

C．example

D．signal

8.

A．in turn

B．in advance

C．in short

D．in addition

9.

A．ins and outs

B．ups and downs

C．do’s and don’ts

D．right and wrong

10.

A．jumped

B．backed

C．remained

D．inched

11.

A．regularly

B．suddenly

C．gradually

D．increasingly

12.

A．bent

B．darkened

C．operated

D．appeared

13.

A．reported

B．hit

C．pushed

D．removed

14.

A．appointed

B．confirmed

C．doubted

D．hoped

15.

A．promoted

B．appreciated

C．saved

D．noticed

8 . A new tendency to misplace things can indicate you need to see a doctor. More than half of patients who begin experiencing memory problems can be effectively treated.     1     .

    2    . One way to be more mindful of where your things are is to put into words where you put them, says Mareen Dennis, an assistant professor of psychiatry (精神病学) at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. And saying that, either in your mind or out loud, focuses your attention on where you put it, so you’ll remember its spot later.

Take pictures. Ever walk around the parking lot because you can’t find your car?     3    , suggests Susan Whitbourne, a professor of brain sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The same advice applies to lots of things: photograph all those spots where you store easy-to-lose things, and when you can’t find them, pull up the photo.

Make your personal things stand out. Dennis recommends finding a color that you love and using key rings and phone cases of that color, ‘‘so that, when you’re searching, you’re always looking for your favorite color.”    4     .

Set up a routine (常规).     5    . That might mean placing a basket by your front door where you drop your keys and wallet immediately upon entering your home, or designating (指定) one container as the scissors’ container. Then, at the end of the day, “look through the areas where you’ve been, find the items that need to be takeen back home, and return them to their spots,” Dennis says.

A．Take a picture of your parking spot

B．You can read aloud to strengthen your memory

C．When you put something down, say its spot

D．So you won’t get stuck while looking for your car again

E．Dennis teaches her patients to make a “home for everything”

F．You could also put reflective tape on the TV remote, which will make it easier to find

G．Here is some advice from experts about how to overcome a tendency to misplace things

9 . Dogs can smell the difference between odors (气味) from humans when they’re stressed and when they’re calm, according to a study published Wednesdey.

Researchers first collected breath and sweat samples (样本) from study participants (参与者) to use as a baseline. Afterward, these people performed a task, counting backward from 9,000 in units of 17 in front of two researchers for three minutes.“If the participant gave a correct answer, they were given no feedback and were expected to continue, and if they gave an incorrect answer the researcher would stop them with ‘no’ and tell them their last correct answer,” said lead study author Clara Wilson.

The study team collected another round of breath and sweat samples after the task was completed. Additionally, the researchers collected reported stress levels, heart rate and blood pressure before and after the task. Thirty-six palticipants who reported feeling stressed and had increased heart rate and blood pressure had their samples shown to the dogs.

The researchers presented post-task breath alnd sweat samples from one person to 20 dogs along with two other blank control samples. The dogs needed to choose the correct sample at least seven out of 10 times to move onto the next stage.

In the second and final stage,the study team showed the four dogs that passed stage one the same samples they smelt in stage one along with a sample from the same individual collected before the task and a blank.

The dogs chose the right sample in 93.8% of the tests, which suggested that the stress odors were quite different. “It was fascinating to see how able the dogs were at discriminating between these odors when the only difference was that a mental stress response had occurred,” she said.

More experimentation needs to be done outside of a lab to see how applicable the results of this study are in the real world, Wilson said. These findings also open the door to future research to study if dogs can recognize different emotionss, plus how long the dogs are sensible to the Qdors, she said.

1. Why are participants asked to count numbers?

A．To build up their hearts.	B．To stress them out mentally.
C．To exercise their breathing.	D．To test their academic performance.

2. Which of the following can best explain the ulnderlined word “discriminating” in paragraph 6?

A．Telling apart.	B．Testing out.
C．Drying out.	D．Cleaning up.

3. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about regarding the study?

A．Expectations for the future research.

B．Supporting evidence for the research results.

C．A further explanation of the research methods.

D．A reasonable doubt about the research process.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Dogs Can Sense People’s Fear

B．Researchers Found Dogs Can Count

C．Dogs Can Smell When Humans Are Stressed

D．New Evidence of Dog Intelligence Was Found

10 . These days more and more people tend to buy man-made trees for Christmas, because they think they are good for the environment. But is it true? Which is more environmentally friendly—real or man-made? The simple answer is: it depends.

Real trees that still have their roots have little carbon footprint (碳足迹). They can be planted, brought inside for the Christmas period and then replanted.

But things are more complex for other trees.

Britain’s Carbon Trust estimate (估计) that a two-meter tall tree that doesn’t have roots has a carbon footprint of between 3.5 kg CO2e and16 kg CO2e depending on whether it is burnt—which is less polluting——or finds its way to a landfill (垃圾填埋场). “Unfortunately, we still see a lot of trees going into landfill,” says Sophie Neuberg, a member of Friends of the Earth. “And that’s very bad for the environment because they break down very slowly and create methane which is a greenhouse gas.”

The picture for plastic trees isn’t so encouraging. The Carbon Trust estimate a carbon footprint of around 40 kg CO2e for a two-meter tree, but its beauty is that it can be reused.

“It’s a good idea to get a good quality one that you can use for many years. Someone I know has had their plastic tree for 20 years,” Neuberg says.

This tendency toward reuse of plastic treess is supported by research published by the American Christmas Tree Association (ACTA) who estimate that 85% of US families with a man-made tree will reuse it and that on average man-made trees are reused for 11 years.

Jami Warner, director of ACTA repeats Neuberg’s advice. “Quality man-made trees are very easy to break down and very easy to store,” Wrner says. “If you take good care of it you can use it season after season or you can donate it to a good organisation.”

However, if you want a truly green Christnnas, you can simply replace the tree with the plants already in your house and decorate them for Christmas.

1. Why do people tend to buy man-made Christmas trees now?

A．They think it costs less.

B．They find it more convenient.

C．They consider it more decorative.

D．They believe it is more eco-friendly.

2. What is the worst way to deal with a used real tree?

A．Burning it.	B．Reusing it.
C．Throwing it.	D．Replanting it.

3. Which of the following may Jami Warner agree with?

A．Buying a good quality plastic tree.

B．Planting a tree in a pot and reusing it.

C．Using plants to replace Christmas trees.

D．Ignoring the tradition and canceling the tree.

4. In which section of a website can you find the text?

A．Business.	B．Education.
C．Health.	D．Environment.