1 . Dear editor,

Several days ago, I heard that a dear friend of mine had killed herself. I was deep in sorrow by the sudden news. I can’t keep calm any longer.     1    

Life is so precious. If we can slip into death in an impulsive (冲动的) moment, what use in all our efforts and hopes? Our families, our ambitions, everything is thrown into total darkness.     2    Nevertheless, the suicide rate increases year by year, particularly of young people. Reasons may vary from person to person,     3    

First, today’s young people are morally weak. They hunger for success but can not face failure; they are eager to be understood but afraid of opening their hearts to others. They live in a wide world, from east to west, ancient to present, but their hearts beat in a narrow desert, closed tight, unable to communicate. Each becomes an isolated fortress(孤堡), lonely, and weak.

    4    . As a young teacher, she was devoted to her work but was disappointed with her students’ occasional failures. She fell in love with a colleague but he deserted her. With no friends, disappointed at. work and in love, death seemed to her the only remaining choice and she took it.

Another reason for the weakness of today’s youth, in my opinion, comes from society’s pressures.     5    On the other hand, society refuses to accept that children sometimes do fail. But failure. is more important because it can teach the young how to win next time.

What can we do to save the desperate young?

A．I’m always thinking about life and death

B．yet I think they share something in common

C．The young are forced to try too hard to succeed

D．My friend is a good example of that

E．And death allows no time for regret

F．people love success and are afraid of failure

G．failure is the mother of success

2 . It’s holiday season and time for shopping. There are a bunch of items on your shopping lists ranging from small gifts, toys and festive decorations to Christmas and New Year cards. What’s your first reaction to products labeled “Made in China”? If you still tend to relate “Made in China” to poor quality, you need to update your ideas. China’s ability to produce high-quality products has been recognized by a growing number of foreigners. It’s a misunderstanding to associate low quality with “Made in China”.

Cameron Purdy, a Web user, says that China manufactures poor-quality products does not mean it cannot manufacture high-quality products. He explains that the poor-quality products one purchases in the US for example, are made in the quality that the American companies ask for. “The price that you pay for the product has no relationship to the cost of its manufacturing,” suggested Purdy. For example, for an item priced at $20 in the US, the cost of manufacturing it paid by the American company is usually less than $1. To guarantee the room for profit, the Chinese co-manufacturer spends less than $1 to produce the item.

Amanda Wu, who lives in Shanghai, noted that many top brands have manufacturing factories located in China, and the most convincing example of China’s manufacturing quality is Apple products. On the back of the iPhone, one can find the product is Made in China—“Designed by Apple in California. Assembled (装备) in China. ”Chinese and foreign Web users commented that some Chinese products with good reputations around the world are Haier, Lenovo, GREE, Huawei and China Railway High-speed.

On the other hand, foreign misunderstandings can sometimes affect Chinese people’s minds. For instance, when Chinese people travel abroad, some would still avoid buying products Made in China. It’s time for the world to stop relating Made in China with low-quality products. Just remember, you get what you pay for.

1. How does Purdy make his point more convincing?

A．By using quotes.	B．By making experiments.
C．By making comparisons.	D．By giving examples.

2. How many Chinese products are well received worldwide in the text?

A．Seven	B．Six.
C．Five.	D．Four.

3. When abroad, Chinese people don’t buy Chinese products because of ________.

A．high price	B．low quality
C．old fashions	D．foreign misunderstanding

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Chinese products are the best in the world.

B．How to tell apart the quality of Chinese products.

C．How to improve the quality of Chinese products.

D．Chinese products don’t have to mean poor quality.

3 . A new study of 8,000 young people in the journal of Health and Social Behavior shows that although love can make adults live healthily and happily，it is a bad thing for young people. Puppy love（早恋）may bring stress for young people and can lead to depression. The study shows that girls become more depressed than boys, and younger girls are the worst of all.

The possible reason for the connection between love and higher risk of depression for girls is “loss of self”. According to the study, even though boys would say “lose themselves in a romantic relationship”, this “loss of self” is much more likely to lead to depression when it happens to girls. Young girls who have romantic relationships usually like hiding their feelings and opinions. They won’t tell that to their parents.

Dr Marianm Kaufman, an expert on young people problems, says 15% to 20% young people will have depression during their growing. Trying romance often causes the depression. She advises kids not to jump into romance too early. During growing up, it is important for young people to build strong friendships and a strong sense of self. She also suggests the parents should encourage their kids to keep close to their friends, attend more interesting school activities and spend enough time with family.

Parents should watch for signs of depression—eating or mood changes—and if they see signs from their daughters or sons，they need to give help. The good news is that the connection between romance and depression seems to become weak with age. Love will always make us feel young, but only maturity(成熟) gives us a chance to avoid its bad side effects.

1. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Romance is a two-edged sword for adults.

B．Parents should forbid their children’s love.

C．Puppy love may bring young people depression.

D．Romance is good for young people.

2. Which of the following is more likely to have depression?

A．Young people who have a strong sense of self.

B．Young boys whose parents watch for their behavior.

C．Careless parents whose children are deep in love.

D．Young girls who always hide their feelings and opinions.

3. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Lacking love can lead young people to grow up more quickly.

B．The older a woman is, the less likely she seems to lose herself in romance.

C．Parents should help their children to be aware of the signs of depression.

D．Early love makes young people keep close to their friends and parents.

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards puppy love?

A．Confused	B．Disinterested
C．Disapproving	D．Scared

4 . Most drinks stating that they are fruit flavored contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small quantity of fruit, according to a study carried by the British Food Commission."Shoppers need to check the labels before buying drinks, though sometimes the actual content can be nonexistent," said Food Commission spokesperson Ian Tokelove. "Food production is highly competitive.    1    It will increase profits, and consumers won't always realize they are being tricked."Flavorings are focused on the flavors of natural food products such as fruits, meats and vegetables, or creating flavor for food products that do not have the desired flavors. Researchers analyzed the contents of 28 strawberryflavored products sold in stores.    2    Of the 11 products that did contain strawberries, five of them contained less than one percent real fruit. In addition, each juice box contained nearly eight teaspoons of sugar.    3    Let's take jam as an example. Some strawberryflavored jam was labeled as containing no artificial color1 s, flavors, or sweeteners, but it contained ly no strawberries at all.    4    Consumers have the rights to know clearly about what they have bought. Under current UK law, food packages do not have to distinguish between natural and artificial flavoring. "Describing a product as strawberry flavor and covering the surface of the packet with pictures of strawberries is misleading.    5    Unfortunately, it is also legal and widespread," Tokelove said. "It's time to take measures to protect the consumers' rights."

A．They found that about 60 percent of them didn't contain any fruit at all.

B．Even products advertised as more natural often contained no fruit.

C．The products which contain real fruit are popular with people.

D．Actually the product contains just a tiny percentage of strawberry or even no fruit at all.

E．It is important and necessary to demand a small amount of flavoring in the products.

F．If companies can cut their costs by using flavoring, they are likely to do so.

G．The Food Commission suggested all flavors used in a product should be listed on the packaging.

5 . The character "duang" is so new that it does not even exist in the Chinese dictionary.
But it has already spread like wildfire online in China, appearing more than 8 million times on China's micro-blog site Weibo, where it spawned a top-trending hashtag that drew 312,000 discussions among 15 ,000 users.   On China's biggest online search engine Baidu,it has been looked up almost 600,000 times.   It's been noticed in the west, too.

But what does it mean? "Everyone's duang-ing and I still don't know what it means! Looks like it's back to school for me," said Weibo user Weileiweito. Another user asked, “Have you duang-ed today? My mind is full of duang duang duang.’’‘‘To duang or not to duang, that is the question," wrote user BaiKut automan.

“Duang"seems to be an example of onomatopoeia（拟声词），a word that phonetically imitates a sound.   It all seems to have started with Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan, who in 2004 was featured in a shampoo commercial where he said famously defended his sleek（光亮的）,   black hair using the 'rhythmical-sounding "duang".   The word resurfaced again recently after Chan posted it on his Weibo page. Thousands of users then began to flood Chan's Weibo page with comments, coirung the word in reference to his infamous shampoo appearance.

The word appears to have many different meamngs, and there's no perfect translation, but you could use it as an adjective to give emphasis to the word that follows it. A kitten might be "duang cute", for example.   Or you might be "very duang confused" by this blog.

For readers of Chinese characters, the Jackie Chan theme is also apparent from the quirky way in which the word is written:a combination of Chan's Mandarin names.

1. What does Paragraph l mainly talk about?

A．Many countries use the word "duang".

B．Debates arise online about the word "duang".

C．Chinese dictionaries will contain a new character.

D．The word "duang" is used very often on the Internet.

2. From what the persons mentioned in Paragraph 2 said, we can learn          ．

A．“duang"is popular among students

B．young users can use "duang" freely

C．using "duang" is recognized as afashion

D．different people have their own understanding of“duang"

3. Why did Jackie Chan use the word "duang"in 2004?

A．To invent a new character.

B．To advertise for an action film.

C．To show off his good hair in an ad.

D．To ask his fans to flood his Weibo page.

4. The underlined word "quirky" in the last paragraph probably means“        ”．

A．unusual

B．modem

C．perfect

D．quick

6 . For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping- watching TV and buying things by phone.     1     In a number of European countries, people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and many other things.

    2    For example, the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in 15 European countries, and in one year it made $100 million. In France there are two teleshopping channels, and the French spend about $20 million a year to buy things through those channels.

In Germany, until last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for 1 hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can open for tele-business, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company.     3    

Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without leaving their homes. With all the problems of traffic in the cities, this is an important reason, but at the same time, other Europeans do not like this new way of shopping.     4     Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things for sale on TV. Good quality is important to them, and they believe they cannot be sure about the quality of the things on TV.

    5     They will have to be more careful about the quality of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see in person.

A．Now teleshopping is starting in Europe.

B．They call teleshopping “Junk on the air”.

C．Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden.

D．German businesses are hoping this new teleshopping will help them sell more things.

E．The need for high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be different from the American companies.

F．Teleshopping is popular among people.

G．German teleshopping business is controlled by American.

7 . 第二节：完形填空(共20小题, 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Throughout history, people have been the victims of pickpockets. Today, _______ is one of the most rapidly increasing _______. Pickpockets are increasing _______ and developing better methods to practice their skill. _______ one million Americans lose money to pickpockets every year. No one is really safe _______a skilled pickpocket. His victims, or “marks” _______ they are rolled, can be rich or poor, young or old. _______ the 18th century, pickpockets _______in England. Large crowds of people would gather to watch the hanging _______ was supposed to be a warning to other pickpockets. __________, in time the practice was discontinued.

Police officials say that most __________ pickpockets come from South America. __________ these expert pickpockets __________ in special schools called Jingle Bell School. A pickpocket graduates from a J. B. __________ he is able to steal a wallet from a dressed dummy that has __________ inside its pockets!

Some of the __________ places of pickpockets are banks, airports, supermarkets, trains and bus stations. __________a pickpocket will work with another pickpocket __________ his partner. __________ being the victim of a pickpocket, it is __________ to be very careful when in the midst of large gatherings of people.

1.

A．pick pocketing	B．stealing pickpockets
C．to pickpocket	D．to steal pickpockets

2.

A．headaches

B．faults

C．mistakes

D．crimes

3.

A．by far

B．at random

C．in number

D．out of order

4.

A．Automatically

B．Obviously

C．Approximately

D．Subsequently

5.

A．against

B．with

C．out of

D．from

6.

A．since

B．as

C．so

D．thus

7.

A．At

B．Since

C．From

D．During

8.

A．were hanged

B．would hang

C．were hung

D．must be hung

9.

A．what

B．of which

C．which

D．among whom

10.

A．Therefore

B．At once

C．Because

D．However

11.

A．attractive

B．convenient

C．efficient

D．serious

12.

A．Much of	B．A large amount of
C．Many of	D．A great number

13.

A．are researched

B．specialize

C．are trained

D．major

14.

A．where

B．when

C．although

D．however

15.

A．money

B．jewelry

C．bells

D．rings

16.

A．favorite

B．liking

C．favored

D．be liked

17.

A．Seldom

B．Once

C．Often

D．Forever

18.

A．like

B．being

C．for

D．as

19.

A．To avoid

B．To neglect

C．Trying not

D．To forget

20.

A．critical

B．fortunately

C．important

D．obvious

8 . From self-driving cars to carebots (care+robots) for elderly people, rapid development in technology has long represented a possible threat to many jobs normally performed by people. But experts now believe that almost 50 percent of occupations existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to change businesses.
“The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how we work, and a revolution will necessarily take place in how we plan and think about workplaces,” said Peter Andrew, Director of Workplace Strategy for CBRE Asia Pacific.
A growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence, social skills and the ability to use artificial intelligence.
The report is based on interviews with 200 experts, business leaders and young people from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. It shows that in the US technology already destroys more jobs than it creates.
But the report states: “Losing occupations does not necessarily mean losing jobs — just changing what people do.” Growth in new jobs could occur as much, according to the research.
“The growth of 20 to 40 person companies that have the speed and technological know-how will directly challenge big companies,” it states.
A 2014 report by Pew Research found 52 percent of experts in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few years. The optimists pictured “a future in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create,” according to Aaron Smith, the report's co-author.
“Technology will continue to affect jobs, but more jobs seem likely to be created. Although there have always been unemployed people, when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobs. There is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change,” Microsoft's Jonathan Grudin told researchers.
1. According to the report, _____.

A．people won't necessarily lose jobs

B．big companies will face fewer challenges

C．small companies will win against big companies

D．most people will become interested in technology

2. We can infer from the text that in the future _____.

A．people will face many difficulties

B．people will take up more creative jobs

C．artificial intelligence will threaten people's lives

D．most jobs will be done in traditional workplaces

3. What is the attitude of most experts in artificial intelligence and robotics to the future?

A．Mixed.

B．Worried.

C．Hopeful.

D．Doubtful.

4. Jonathan Grudin's words in the last paragraph suggest that _____.

A．there will be enough jobs for people

B．things will change a lot in a few years

C．many people will become unemployed

D．technology will totally change future jobs

9 . A new report says plastics are responsible for $13 billion in damage to the oceans and the undersea environment. The findings were announced recently at a United Nations conference.     1    .

Plastic thrown away carelessly makes its way into rivers and other waterways.     2     After a while, it collects in the sea. And plastic never goes away. Plastic is not biodegradable—destroyed by bacteria or natural processes. Instead, it just breaks up into smaller pieces over time. The oceans contain a lot of chemicals and other pollutants (污染物).     3    . That means harmful material may get into our food supply.

    4    . Human beings cause pollution and they can take steps to stop it. They can use fewer single use product containers and throw plastics away correctly. Plastic recycling programs also works—where old bottles and other plastics are collected, broken down and used to make new products. We could reuse bottles in our households many times if we wish to, rather than end it after the first use. We could, when we get rid of that plastic, recycle it and reuse it, which replaces the need for raw materials.

The report also calls on companies to improve methods for using plastics.     5    . And it calls for information about the way plastic is thrown out or removed from use. By putting a new value on plastic, industry has a special reason to clean up the environment. But all of the companies must join to deal with the problem.

A．Then, fish may eat the plastics.

B．But people can make a big difference.

C．Plastics should be gathered together and reused.

D．It is convenient to use plastic bags in everyday life.

E．It asks for them to better measure and control plastic use.

F．The plastic eventually reaches coastal areas and ocean waters.

G．The report tells about harm to sea life and what might be done to improve the situation.

10 . A few years ago, a company called Space Marketing came up with a plan to send a mile–long advertisement into space. To advertising agencies (机构), it would have been “a dream come true”. However, advertising standards agencies finally decided not to allow Space Marketing to go ahead with their plans and they were forced to give them up.

Space may indeed be the final place for advertisers, because on Earth we are already surrounded by advertising wherever we are and whatever we are doing. Apart from the obvious adverts that we see every day on TV, and in newspapers and magazines, there is a whole “other world” of advertising messages for our attention. There are ads that we see on the side of the bus we catch to work, for example. And what about the logos (商标) we see on the clothing of the people we walk past in the streets?

Most of the time, we are probably not even aware of (意识到的) these less obvious advertising methods, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t work. Take “product placement”, for example. You are in a cinema, watching the latest Hollywood movie. Look carefully at the make of car your favorite actor is driving. And what about his watch? Can you see what brand it is? Chances are, you can, and the company that owns the brand is likely to have paid thousands for it to appear in the film.

So, whether Space Marketing finally succeeds in sending ads into space or not is perhaps less important than it might seem. This would not change a thing. Our everyday lives are already strongly influenced by advertising whether we realize it or not.

1. What happened to the plan of sending an ad into space?

A．It came to nothing.

B．It was a dream come true.

C．It had to wait a few years before it was carried out.

D．It was supported by the advertising standards agencies.

2. How does the author explain the “other world” of advertising messages?

A．By showing research findings.

B．By explaining research findings.

C．By giving instructions.

D．By using examples.

3. As a form of advertising, product placement ________.

A．costs a little

B．doesn’t work

C．is less obvious than TV ads

D．mainly appears in Hollywood movies

4. What does the author suggest at the end of the text?

A．We live in a world of advertising.

B．We’ve changed a lot because of advertising.

C．Space Marketing leads in the advertising industry.

D．Space ads will mark the beginning of a new world.