1 . 概要写作

Before the 1830s, most newspapers were sold through yearly subscriptions(订阅) in America, usually $ 8 to $ 10 a year. Today $ 8 or $ 10 seems a small amount of money, but at that time the amounts were unaffordable to most citizens. Accordingly, newspapers were read almost only by rich people in politics or the trades. In addition, most newspapers had little in them that would appeal to a large audience. They were dull and visually unpleasant. But the revolution that was taking place in the 1830s would change all that.

The trend, then, was toward the “penny paper”---a term referring to papers made widely available to the public. It meant any inexpensive newspaper; perhaps more importantly it meant newspapers that could be bought in single copies on the street.

This development did not take place overnight. It had been possible（but not easy） to buy single copies of newspapers before 1830, but this usually meant the reader had to go down to the printer’s office to buy a copy. Street sales were almost unknown. However, within a few years street sales of newspapers would be commonplace in eastern cities. At first the price of single copy was seldom a penny ---usually two or three cents was charged --- and some of the older well-known papers charged five or six cents. But the phrase “penny paper” caught the public’s fancy soon there would be papers that did indeed sell for only a penny.

This new trend of newspapers for “the man on the street” did not begin well. Some of the early ventures（企业）were immediate failures. Publishers already in business, people who were owners of successful papers, had little desire to change the tradition. It took a few youthful and daring businessmen to get the ball rolling.

2 . 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。

From 1405 to 1433, Zheng He made seven historic voyages to Asia and Africa. Thanks to frequent friendly     1     (exchange) between China and foreign countries, Zheng He successfully     2     （promote）friendship between China and Southeast Asian countries to new heights. From 1403 to 1424, the number of envoys（使者）visit China a record 318 times,     3     average of 15 times a year.

Zheng He’s fleet traveled from the Western Pacific through the Indian Ocean to West Asia and the east coast of Africa,     4     （involve） three oceans and providing valuable records for the history of Chinese navigation（航海）. His voyages,     5     happened earlier than the Westerners’ Voyages of Discovery, came 87 years before Columbus, 92 years before Vasco da Gama, and 116 years before Magellan’s     6     （arrive） in the Philippines.

Sadly, many of the official Chinese records of these voyages were destroyed     7     his death. Zheng He’s rightful place in Chinese history     8     （confirm） by Deng Xiaoping in 1984. Following a more realistic evaluation of Zheng He’s achievements by scholars East and West, his standing as one of the     9     (great) maritime explorers of all time has at last been     10     (firm) recognized worldwide.

3 . 假定你是李华，你校交换生David对兵马俑十分着迷。请你写封邮件邀请他聆听一场有关兵马俑的讲座，要点包括:
1.时间、地点；
2.主讲人；
3.主题及内容。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：兵马俑terracotta warriors
Dear David,
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4 . 阅读短文,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。

Discovered in 1973 in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, Hemudu Cultural Ruins, 7,000 years old, are important village ruins in the Chinese New Stone Age. One     1     (wonder) characteristic of the Hemudu Culture is rice agriculture. Archaeologists have confirmed that our ancestors in Hemudu played     2     major role in spreading rice farming to the coastal regions in the southeast of China. The splendid primitive culture discovered in Hemudu is strong     3     (evident) of the fact that both the Yangtze River valley and Yellow River valley are the cradles of the Chinese civilization.

5 . 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。

California is the most multicultural state in the USA,    1     has attracted people from all   over the world. Today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language. Of    2    first Spanish to go to California, the majority were    3    (religion) men.

Most of   the people attracted from all over the world remained to make a life for themselves after the Gold Rush,     4     (make) it a multicultural society. Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period and    5     (increase) in number when the rail network from the west to east coast was being built.

6 . The Great Depression that followed the stock market crash of 1929 saw hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work. In the years of great fear and depression, a lot of American citizens looked desperately to the federal government for assistance. Of all the programs designed by President Roosevelt when he took office in 1932, few were more criticized---or had more lasting impact---than the Work Projects Administration, better known as the WPA.

The intention of the WPA, which functioned from 1935 to 1943, was to design and administer public works projects to help relieve unemployment. The majority of these projects involved historic or artistic attempts. The WPA’s Writers Project, for example, was responsible not only for such practical works as state guidebooks but also for the collection of historically valuable oral histories. Over 2,900 of these records were collected in 24 states. They provide an irreplaceable firsthand account of people’s diets, customs, celebrations, and political and religious beliefs at the time.

The artworks created through the Federal Arts Project are one of the WPA’s most lasting achievements. Out-of-work painters, both famous and unknown, created paintings that beautified schools, libraries, and government buildings, WPA photographers traveled across the country recording the hardships of life on small rural farms. When the United States entered World War Ⅱ in 1941, WPA artists were enlisted to produce posters supporting the war effort. Many WPA artworks, including hundreds of small drawings picturing scenes of everyday life, still exist today.

1. When did the Work Projects Administration begin to work?

A．In1929.	B．In1932.
C．In1935.	D．In 1943.

2. What can be inferred about the WPA?

A．It was made up of several components.

B．It was President Roosevelt’s favorite project.

C．It played an important role during World War Ⅱ.

D．It trained artists before sending them out to work.

3. How does the author mainly develop this text?

A．By examples.	B．By comparison.
C．Through a true story.	D．Through a persuasive argument.

4. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．President Roosevelt designed the WPA.

B．The WPA helped relieve unemployment.

C．WPA artists painted pictures in schools and libraries.

D．The WPA produced many valuable and lasting works.

7 . People live in the present. They plan for the future. History, ______, is the study of the past. Given all the ______ and pressures that come from living in the present and ______ what is yet to come, why bother with what has been? Given all the available branches of knowledge, why insist - as most ______ systems do - on history? And why encourage many students to study even more history than they are _____ to?

Any subject of study needs to be______: supporters must explain why it is worth ______. Like most widely accepted _____, history attracts people who simply ______ the information and modes of thought involved. But for people who are less interested in the subject and more ______ about why they should bother with it, a clearer explanation of its purpose is required.

____ do not perform heart transplants, improve highway design, or arrest criminals. In a society that quite correctly expects education to serve ______ purposes, history’s functions can seem more ______ to determine than those of engineering or medicine. History is in fact very useful, actually _____, but the products of historical study are often less ______ and immediate than those of other subjects.

History helps us understand people, societies and how they ______. For example, how can we ______ past wars (and future threats) without using historical materials? Unfortunately, major aspects of a society’s operation cannot be set up as precise experiments. ______, history must serve, however imperfectly, as our ______, helping us understand who we are and why we do what we do. This, fundamentally, is why we cannot ______ history.

1.

A．otherwise

B．besides

C．however

D．therefore

2.

A．causes

B．demands

C．choices

D．orders

3.

A．avoiding

B．fearing

C．celebrating

D．expecting

4.

A．financial

B．social

C．educational

D．political

5.

A．required

B．invited

C．forced

D．permitted

6.

A．introduced

B．explored

C．justified

D．dropped

7.

A．protection

B．attention

C．expectation

D．mention

8.

A．subjects

B．concepts

C．topics

D．concerns

9.

A．provide

B．receive

C．share

D．like

10.

A．doubtful

B．worried

C．thoughtful

D．certain

11.

A．Supporters

B．Historians

C．Audiences

D．Teachers

12.

A．public

B．multiple

C．different

D．useful

13.

A．difficult

B．sensible

C．secure

D．beneficial

14.

A．optional

B．attractive

C．accessible

D．vital

15.

A．valuable

B．interesting

C．obvious

D．instructive

16.

A．feel

B．behave

C．fight

D．live

17.

A．prevent

B．remember

C．evaluate

D．declare

18.

A．Consequently

B．Alternatively

C．Fortunately

D．Admittedly

19.

A．library

B．laboratory

C．clinic

D．museum

20.

A．make up for

B．give in to

C．get close to

D．stay away from

8 . BEIJING/SAO PAULO-Chinese traditions like cockfighting, like-flying and fireworks have been quite common in Brazil for many years.

Despite the thousands of kilometers between them, China’s historical and artistic mark on Brazil has existed for about 300 years, said Brazilian sinologist (汉学家) Jose Roberto Teixeira Leite in his book China in Brazil. “Influences from China can date from the colonial period, even up to the time after after Brazil’s independence.” The commercial relationship between the two countries has existed for a long time, he noted, adding that incoming ships would fill up Brazilian cities like Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Recife with Chinese products like porcelain (瓷器), silk and fans He also found Chinese influence not only in the arts and architecture of Brazil but also in the most diverse areas of Brazilian society, like the economy, medicine and popular culture. “At the end of the 19th century, in Pernambuco, (a state in northeastern Brazil), there was a custom that children slept with clothes decorated with Chinese dragons.” Teixeira added.

The book took him about 15 years to finish. “The impact of the book surprised me, though it was published by a university publisher and it had a print run of just 1,000 copies,” he said. “Some have said that the book represents a turning point in Chinese studies in Brazil.”

Besides, the sinologist did research on the mark and presence of China in the architecture and arts of Brazil. “It was through art that China awoke in me, first, curiosity, after that, interest, and finally, passion,” Teixeira said.

In 1992, the sinologist visited Macao to do research for his doctoral thesis about the marks and presence of China in Brazil, and that trip impressed him a lot. In 2013, Teixeira had a chance to visit the Chinese cities of Bejing, Shenzhen and Shanghai, and got to know “the past and present of the great country culturally, as well as its incredible material development.”

1. What does the underlined sentence imply?

A．Brazilian children’s love for dragons as Chinese children.

B．The development of China-Brazil frequent trade cooperation.

C．A further understanding of the cultures of the two countries.

D．China’s influence on most diverse areas of Brazilian society.

2. What marks a new stage of Chinese studies for Brazilian?

A．Children’s clothes.	B．The sinologist’s traveling.
C．The sinologist’s book.	D．China’s porcelain.

3. What fired the sinologist’s passion for Chinese studies?

A．Chinese art.	B．Chinese customs.
C．The history of China.	D．China’s development.

4. What is the best title for this passage?

A．The Impression of China on Sinologist.

B．China and Brazil in Eyes of Sinologist

C．An Introduction to Sinologist’s New Book

D．The Future of China-Brazil Trade Relations

9 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where does Thomas Manning work?

A．In the Guinness Company.

B．At a radio station.

C．In a museum.

2. Where did the idea of a book of records come from?

A．A bird-shooting trip.

B．A visit to Europe.

C．A television talk show.

3. When did Sir Hugh’s first book of records appear?

A．In 1875.

B．In 1950.

C．In 1955.

4. What are the two speakers going to talk about next?

A．More records of unusual facts.

B．The founder of the company.

C．The oldest person in the world.

10 . 假定你是李华，迪斯尼(Disney)公司正在筹拍电影"MuLan", 你的美国朋友Peter来信询问花木兰的有关背景信息。请你写一封回信，要点如下:
1.回信目的;
2.简要介绍花木兰;
3.恰当的结尾。
注意: 1.词数100左右;
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter，
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Yours,

Li Hua