1 . Directions: Translate the following sentences into English,using the words given in the brackets.
1. 在大多数情况下，缺乏鼓励会使孩子感到自卑。(inferior)
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2. 你认为花这么多的时间和精力在这样一个活动上值得吗？(worthwhile)
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3. 由于诸多原因，这家公司被禁止向任何中小学提供赞助。(ban)
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4. 由于缺乏类似的生活经历，很多学生发现难以认同这部影片里的角色。(identify)
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2 . When and where to go for the holiday _____ yet.

A．are not decided	B．have not been decided
C．is not decided	D．has not been decided

3 . Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the verbs given.
1. In the last 20 years, a large amount of money ________ (spend) on biking in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, and the city now has several new bridges only for biking and walking.
2. WeChat is a great way ________ (keep) in touch with people and quickly broadcast information about where you are and what you are doing.
3. Men, after all, have significantly fewer choices than women, when it comes to ________ (make) indirect communication through clothing.
4. According to a housing research organization, the house price in China ________ (rise) to its high point by the end of last year.

4 . We’ve been told the good news, but when and where to go for the exciting paid vacation ________ yet.

A．are not discussed	B．have not been discussed
C．is not discussed	D．has not been discussed

5 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Welcome to Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world and the Official Residence of the Queen of Britain. Over a period of nearly 1,000 years it has been    1    continuously, and altered and redecorated by monarchs(君主) one after the other. Some were great builders, strengthening the Castle against    2    and rebellion; others, living in more peaceful times, created a grand Royal residence. William the Conqueror chose the site, high above the river Thames and on the edge of a Saxon hunting ground. It was a day’s march from the Tower of London and intended to guard the western    3    to the capital. The outer walls of today’s structure are in the same position as those of the    4    castle built by William the Conqueror in the 1070s.The Queen uses the Castle both as a private home, where she usually spends the weekend, and as a Royal residence at which she undertakes certain formal duties. Windsor Castle is    5    used by the Queen to host State Visits from overseas monarchs and presidents. Every year the Queen takes up official residence in Windsor Castle for a month over Easter (March-April).

The Castle is huge, so people tend to head for the most    6    bits -- the State Apartments, St. George’s Chapel, the Gallery and the delightful Queen Mary’s Dolls House. Works of art, antique furniture, curiosities and impressive architecture reflect the tastes of many different royal generations. The State Apartments are    7    decorated formal rooms still used for state and official functions.

The magnificent and beautiful St. George’s Chapel was started in 1475 by Edward IV and was completed 50 years later by Henry VIII. It    8    among the finest examples of late medieval architecture in the UK.

The Drawings Gallery    9    the exhibition “The Queen: 60 Photographs for 60 Years”. The exhibition presents portraits of the Queen    10    in brief moments on both official occasions and at relaxed family gatherings.

A. uprising 　　　　B. original　　　 　 C. frequently 　　　　D. spectacular E. features 　　　 　F. luxuriously　　　 G. captured 　　 　　H. approaches I. inhabited 　　　　J. matters 　　 　　K. ranks

6 . Fill in the blanks in the right form with the given verbs.
1. This time last year, the bridge _________ (build).
2. To our surprise, this kind of shoes _________ (sell) well.
3. It _________ (rain) for a week; when will it stop?
4. Great changes _________ (take place) in my hometown in the past few years.
5. By the time Juan gets home, his father _________ (leave) for London.
6. This is the second time you _________ (ask) to give a lecture.
7. When Li Ming hurried home,   he found that his mother _________ (not send) to hospital yet.
8. Don’t delay! Tack _________ (wait) for you anxiously at the moment.
9. At this time tomorrow the doctor _________ (operate) on a patient.
10. I am not used to _________ (treat) like this.

7 . Birthday facts

Many centuries ago, birthdays were considered a time when the bad spirits were able to harm you. It was believed that you should have your friends and family around you    1     their good wishes and present-giving would keep the bad spirits away. People also believed that, by lighting candles, they were sending a signal or wishes to the gods.

Later on, candles started     2     (use) on birthday cakes. One story about the beginnings of the birthday cake is    3     it started with the Greeks, who made round cakes     4    (represent) the full moon for their moon goddess . They also placed candles on the cake to make it light, again like the moon.

However, the Germans are said to have first used cakes and candles. They used a sweet cake and they put a large candle in the centre of the cake to mean “the light of life”.

The “Happy Birthday” song is more than a hundred years old. The music was written in 1893 by two sisters, Patty and Mildred Hill,     5     were schoolteachers in Louisville, Kentucky. The music was first used as a morning greeting to their students     6    (entitle)“Good Morning To All”. In 1935, the words legally     7    (belong)     to the Hill sisters, and the copyright has been bought and sold for millions of dollars ever since. The present copyright is owned by Warner Communications. They bought it in 1989    8     more than $22 million.

‘Happy Birthday to you’     9     (recognize) around the world and has been translated into many different languages. And children still love to make new versions of     10    .

8 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Japanese firms encourage daytime naps

Imagine working for an employer who, aware that you’re probably not sleeping enough at night, allows you to down tools and nap as part of your regular work     1     -- and not just forty winks at your desk, but a restorative snooze in a quiet room.

These are some of the measures being used by a growing number of companies in Japan to counter an epidemic of sleeplessness that costs its economy a(n)     2     $ 138 bn a year.

Tech startups have been quickest to     3    the “sleep debt” among irritable and unproductive employees. Last year, Nextbeat, an TT service provider, went as far as setting up two “strategic sleeping rooms” -- one for men, the other for women -- at its headquarters in Tokyo. The aroma-infused rooms     4     devices that block out background noise, allowing workers to stretch out on sofas for a(n)     5     nap. Mobile phones, tablets and laptops are banned.

“Napping can do as much to improve someone’s     6    as a balanced diet and exercise,” Emiko Sumikawa, a member of the Nextbeat board, told Kyodo news agency.

Nextbeat also asks employees to leave work by 9 pm and to avoid doing excessive overtime, which has been     7     for a rising rate of death from overwork.

Japanese workers have more reason than most to submit to （服从）the     8     for a daytime snooze, whether at work or during long commutes.

A survey conducted using fitness trackers in 28 countries found that Japanese men and women sleep, on average, just 6 hours and 35 minutes a night -- 45 minutes less than the international average -- making them the most sleep-deprived of all. Estonians, Canadians, Belgians, Austrians, as well as the Dutch and French, all get a comparatively decent night’s sleep, according to the survey.

The government has also come to appreciate the     9     of a well-rested workforce, with the health ministry recommending that all working-age people take a nap of up to 30 minutes in the early afternoon -- advice     10     embraced by some of the country’s politicians.

9 . His sister left home in 1998, and_________________ since.

A．had not been heard of	B．has not been heard of
C．had not heard of	D．has not heard of

10 . The school board is made up of parents who ________ to make decisions about school affairs.

A．had been elected	B．had elected
C．have been elected	D．have elected