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	Target	Target+
How to Qualify	Free to join	$1,500 in purchases per year
Discounts	1% discount	2% discount
Points on Purchases	1 point per $1 spent	2 points per $l spent
Free Shipping	Accumulate 100 points to get $1 return
	Free shipping On purchases $35 and up	Free shipping No minimum purchase required
Access to Special Sales	Yes	Yes, Elite access
Returns & Exchanges	Standard 15 days	30 days
Birthday Gift	Yes	Yes

1. What website is Target. com?

A．A study website.	B．A shopping website.
C．A database website.	D．A dating website.

2. What do Target+ members enjoy while Target members don’t?

A．Birthday present.	B．Unconditional returns.
C．Access to special sales.	D．Unconditional free shipping

3. How much does a Target+ member save on a $150 purchase?

A．$1.5.

B．$2.5.

C．$3.

D．$6.

2 . Don’t_____________ your skin to too much sunshine.

A．expose

B．explore

C．explode

D．export

3 . T. S. Eliot wrote of “Distracted from distraction by distraction /Filled with fancies and empty of meaning.” T. S. Eliot never had a smartphone.

Neither did I for a long time. No Facebook account; not even email. But according to my date of manufacture, I’m supposed to be a digital native. Perhaps it’s because by the age of 20 I was living in the Welsh countryside with no signal and no Wi-Fi.

When I finally fell into the digital world, I fell hard. Unlike my friends for whom social media and mobile technology had grown and flowered around them, for me it was a sudden immersion. I got Facebook, Twitter and Gmail accounts at the same time that I got an iPhone 4. I would check my phone; five minutes later I would check my phone again. I was addicted and it started to affect my relationships with friends and family

One night, without a word, I abandoned my iPhone and bought a Nokia 3310 and became the talk of the town. Soon I became aware that not only had I stolen secret time back from the hurried days, but somehow a secret space as well. I could stretch out, free to think again, to be wholly creative and to learn meaningfully.

But, wherever I went I got bloody lost. Wandering blindly around London, only to miss appointments, became a frequent pastime (消遣). What did we do before Google Maps? I was useless. The change was worth it, though. I’ll sound like an overstatement but I think it changed my life. My choices are broader and healthier because I’m not being screamed at all day.

I bought a new Samsung phone last week. I had been scared of the rate of progress, crying: “Stop the train! Stop the madness.” But I want to be part of building the future, and to do that, you’ve got to swim in contemporary waters. Rejecting the modern world doesn’t help anyone. It slows you down and I need to be efficient. Time will tell whether I’ve mastered the wisdom to reject constantly checking my phone.

1. What can be learned about the author when she lived in the Welsh countryside?

A．She read a lot of T. S. Eliot.	B．She had no friends to talk with.
C．She had no access to the Internet.	D．She was afraid of the digital world.

2. Why did the author buy the Nokia 3310?

A．She thought she needed a spare phone.	B．She found her iPhone stopped working.
C．She wanted to attract people’s attention.	D．She hoped to break her smartphone addiction.

3. What happened after the author used the Nokia 3310?

A．She led a simple and healthy life.	B．She found her life was in a mess.
C．She spent more time with her friends.	D．She became an example for other people.

4. For what purpose did the author buy the Samsung phone?

A．To seek wisdom.	B．To stop her madness.
C．To keep pace with the times.	D．To get back to the real world.

4 . 选词填空

be responsible to     be addicted to        set good examples   give way to    in harmony with     be in ruins            ups and downs               keep the balance                  be curious about     a herd of

1. I know I’ll study harder as a senior high school student and get used to ___________a lot more.
2. “Living legends of sports” must be athletes who are masters in their sports and also ________ for others.
3. when an earthquake happened, in less than one minute a large city __________.
4. Despite the many   ___________ in its history, China is widely known for its ancient civilization, which has continued all the way through into modern times.
5. Some students even ____________the internet and cannot concentrate on school and family life.
6. I often ask questions, so I ____________ everything.
7. There comes a time when the old must ____________ the new.
8. Finding and ____________   between process and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.
9. On the plain in front of us , we can just make out ___________ graceful animals.
10. Only when we learn to exist ____________nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答小题。
1. What did the man study in college?

A．Art history.

B．Medicine.

C．Business.

2. How do the speakers know each other?

A．They’re neighbors.

B．They’re salesman and customer.

C．They’re teacher and student.

3. What is the man’s advice for the woman?

A．Doing what her father suggests.

B．Exploring all the possibilities.

C．Making a decision as early as possible.

6 . Everyone needs to be part of a family no matter what it consists of. A family may consist of all or any of the following: parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins and more.     1    

Show sincere concern for your family members. Do not keep your feelings in your heart.     2    

If you care about them, then let them know about this. Go out of your way to remind each family member what glues you all together — love, care and support.

Care about the interests of each of your family members.     3     Ask them how their hobbies, their interests and their work are going. Be an active listener when they tell you and think about what you can do for them if they have any trouble.

    4     It is very important that you let them know about your life, so that they can understand you and generally know what’s going on in your life. In turn, it is equally important that you know about their lives, too, so that they feel understood, supported and can be reassured that they are not alone.

Try small gestures. Even the smallest things count. With a simple text or a brief phone call, you can make someone’s day.     5    When you know that someone is going through a hard time, call him and tell him that you would like to do everything for him.

A．Spend time with your family members.

B．There are some ways to help protect the family.

C．Talk to your family members.

D．If you love them, then tell them that you love them.

E．Learn what they love doing and ask questions about it.

F．It’s obviously important to do your best to make the family happy.

G．Just make sure you leave a positive message that will make him feel happy.

7 . Any visitor to the local library in our town would catch sight of a teenage boy reading books carefully. He would _______ to linger(流连) in the library reading not only a wide range of literary works but also articles in famous periodicals(期刊）till closing time. The librarian had to share his _______ to satisfy the teenager’s desire for books when he happened to_______ into the boy’s father.

The boy was called Tarun Kanti, who also took a(n) _______ interest in sports, dancing and drama. His talent had earned him a lot of _______ in the town despite his young age. But things _______ obviously after his father’s untimely death. Kanti _______ his responsibilities as the eldest son. He began to devote his part time to working to _______ his family and insisted on(坚持) studying _______ and ranked(排列) first in the district during the high school graduation examination. Later, he ________ a master’s degree in Yale University.

After retirement Kanti suffered from a rare heart disease that took away his life at the age of 64. ________ his unhealthy condition couldn’t dim(使暗淡) his love for work. He was still ________ in his research during the last days of his life. Almost everyone who had spent time with him during his last days had no ________ that he was dangerously ill.

When he lay lifeless in the library of his residence, many of his colleagues and friends ________ in to have a last glimpse（一瞥) and pay their final tributes(悼念). In great ________ I prepared to take a last look at my lifelong hero— my elder brother Tarun Kanti.

1.

A．continue

B．prepare

C．attempt

D．promise

2.

A．leisure

B．inability

C．experience

D．knowledge

3.

A．look

B．turn

C．knock

D．lay

4.

A．practical

B．unusual

C．particular

D．strong

5.

A．wealth

B．respect

C．comparison

D．benefit

6.

A．occurred

B．ended

C．changed

D．spread

7.

A．realized

B．refused

C．ignored

D．acknowledged

8.

A．satisfy

B．appreciate

C．protect

D．support

9.

A．unwillingly

B．mistakenly

C．hard

D．independently

10.

A．completed

B．obtained

C．required

D．accepted

11.

A．And

B．Since

C．So

D．But

12.

A．absorbed

B．skillful

C．concerned

D．successful

13.

A．reason

B．doubt

C．choice

D．idea

14.

A．broke

B．checked

C．poured

D．gave

15.

A．sadness

B．annoyance

C．regret

D．surprise

8 . 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。续写的词数应为150左右。

Meet Hagen, a 6-year-old boy who recently celebrated his sixth birthday. Hagen is traveling with his family to Dallas with his amazing Buzz Lightyear(巴斯光年) toy. Traveling with kids is always busy, and the family had other things on their minds, so the tiny toy was unfortunately left behind.

Hagen’s mother said that when they landed, they thought they had gathered all their things and they headed to the taxi. It wasn’t until they were in the taxi that Hagen started crazily asking for his Buzz and his mother quickly realized that they did not have Buzz and he was still on the plane. Hagen was upset because he saw the toy as his best friend.

When the family understood this, it was too late to turn around their car heading for the family gathering as the plane had already departed(启程) for Little Rock, Arkansas. Hagen’s mother knows that losing a toy is never a pleasant feeling, especially for a 6-year-old and the toy is a big talking Buzz Lightyear action figure. So she had to lie that Buzz was on an awesome space task, and Hagen would get reunited with Buzz some day.

Well, LIT Ramp Agent Jason noticed Buzz all alone on the plane and his first idea was that he was probably here on a mission—and a mission did actually happen. Together with another colleague, Beth, Jason found out whose Buzz this was—there was a name on the foot and the airline’s contact information, so it wasn’t too hard—and they took Buzz on an adventure before sending him back.

Jason located Hagen according to name printed on the bottom of Buzz’s boot, ‘Hagen’. Only one passenger had flown on the plane with that name. That allowed them to locate the email of Hagen’s mother from their reservations. Then they posted the amazing pictures that Jason had taken with Buzz on his personal Facebook. The address of Hagen’s mother was given to Jason and he let Hagen’s mother know he’d be mailing him back to them.

Para. 1: Hagen got the package some days later.
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Para. 2: Hagen wrote a thank-you letter to Jason to express his feelings.
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9 . Portugal’s white storks (鹳) were once a migratory bird (候鸟), known to leave the area each winter to travel to Africa’s warmer climate, but recently they have been staying put.

Surprisingly, though, the storks’ number has actually been on the rise. There are now thought to be more than 14,000 birds in Portugal in winter — a ten-time increase over the last 20 years. Any unusual change of an animal’s natural behavior often has negative influences.

It has been thought that their increase has a close relationship with a growing number of landfill sites (垃圾填埋场) in the area, providing the birds with a supply of fatty and dirty rubbish to eat, including junk food. Was it the junk food that stopped them migrating, or is Europe’s warming climate to criticize? Researchers sought to figure out exactly why their natural behavior had changed in this way. To understand, a team kept an eye on 48 white storks by equipping them with small GPS computers, which recorded their movements five times a day, checking how often they traveled to landfill sites as well as how fast they flew.

The conclusions were shocking. The birds also established more homes next to landfill sites — the team said that 80% of white storks were spending most of their time by the rubbish all year round, according to the results. The storks eat almost anything. “Every time after a truck with rubbish came, they collected what they could,” says Aldina Franco of the University of East Anglia in the UK. The storks have even been known to eat plastic, including old computer parts. “Really what they are trying to get at is rubbish that we throw away... like hamburgers, burnt meat and fish,” said Franco.

This rich and colorful supply of food will soon become hard to find, though, as new laws from European Union (EU) order that waste food be recycled. Open-air landfills will also be replaced by covered equipment, which birds will not be able to eat.

The white storks therefore face an uncertain future. Will they migrate to Africa as they had done for hundreds of years before, or will they stay put? No one knows. “I wonder what the Portuguese storks will do once the landfill sites are all closed, and we are going to continue to watch these storks and see how they will respond to the changes,” said Aldina Franco.

1. What do you know about the team’s research?

A．Researchers equipped 48 small computers on white storks.

B．The GPS computers were used to record white storks’ movements.

C．The conclusions the team got were the same as they predicted.

D．Researchers found Europe’s warming climate accounted for storks’ staying put.

2. What can be inferred from paragraph 4?

A．The landfill made the storks lose their homes.

B．The landfill helped increase the number of storks.

C．Open-air landfills will be replaced and storks will die out.

D．The landfill gave the storks food and in turn, influenced where they lived.

3. What can we learn from what Aldina Franco said?

A．He will continue to do research on white storks.

B．The Portuguese storks can eat whatever we throw away.

C．People should prepare more healthy food for white storks.

D．White storks will migrate to Africa if the landfill sites are closed.

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

A．White Stork Will Migrate Again After Rubbish Is Recycled

B．White Storks’ Staying Put Contributed to Rubbish Recycling

C．White Storks’ Staying Put in Winter Concerned Scientists

D．Climate Change will Be the Test for White Storks’ Migration

10 . Avoid These Five Gardening Mistakes

Much of gardening is learned by trial and error — that means, from mistakes. We have all been in that situation. Here is a list of five common gardening mistakes with advice on how to avoid them.

Not testing soil

Having the right pH level, a measure of acidity(酸性), for the soil is important for gardening success.     1    . Tomatoes, for example, grow best in soil with a pH between 6.0-6.8. Blueberry plants, however, will likely turn yellow and produce little if the pH is higher than 5.5. That is because nutrients are suitable for plants only at target pH levels.

Watering incorrectly

Most garden plants require 2.5 to nearly four centimeters of water weekly. The water could come from rainfall or from your home. Mold and bacterial(霉菌、细菌引起的) diseases, however, could spread if too much water becomes caught between plant parts.     2    . Make sure to direct water to roots, where it is needed. Avoid watering leaves, fruit and flowers.

Not composting(堆肥）

    3    . It improves the drainage(排水) of heavy clay soil, increases the water-holding ability of sand and adds high-quality nutrients. Add compost into new beds, or add an amount equal to half the removed soil to individual planting holes.

    4    

A plant that needs “full sun” will likely disappoint if planted in an area without sunshine. The same is true the other way around. And do not put “drought-tolerant(耐旱的)” plants, or plants that can survive long periods without water, in “poorly-draining, wet soil.” Choose the plants that are right for your growing conditions. The result will be a better-looking, healthier garden that requires less care and less work.

Improper mulching(用覆盖物覆盖)

Mulch is material made out of old leaves, wood or compost.     5    . It also prevents unwanted plants, or weeds from growing. So, it is an important part of every garden. Mulching incorrectly, however, can kill your plants.

A．Wrong plant, wrong place

B．Close your eyes to plants or flowers

C．It can keep water and heat in the soil

D．The pH level isn’t the same in different parts of the garden

E．Compost, made of food or plant waste, is a gardener’s best friend

F．Add five to seven centimeters of water around plants several times a day

G．Too much water can spread these problems from infected (传染) leaves to healthy ones