1 . Larry was on another of his underwater expeditions(探险)but this time, it was different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.
Larry first began diving when he was his daughter’s age. Similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. Since then, he had never looked back. Larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the             shore. He had hated them. They were either too big or too small. Then, there was the instructor. He gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down             without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even allowed to dive.
After the first expedition, Larry’s later diving adventures only got better and better. There was never a dull moment. In his black and blue suit and with an oxygen tank fastened on his back, Larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. Dangerous             areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.
Larry’s first expedition without his father was in the Cayman Islands. There were numerous diving spots in the area and Larry was determined to visit all of them. Fortunately for him, a man offered to take him around the different Spots for free. Larry didn’t even know what the time was, how many spots he dived into or how many photographs he had taken. The diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.
Larry looked at his daughter. She looked as excited as he had been when he was her age. He hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition. Already, she looked like she was much braver than had been then. This was the key to a successful             underwater expedition.
1. In what way was this expedition different for Larry?

A．His daughter had grown up.

B．He had become a famous diver.

C．His father would dive with him.

D．His daughter would dive with him.

2. What can be inferred from Paragraph2?

A．Larry had some privileges.

B．Larry liked the rented diving suits.

C．Divers had to buy diving equipment.

D．Ten-year-old children were permitted to dive.

3. Why did Larry have to stay in a cage underwater sometimes?

A．To protect himself from danger.

B．To dive into the deep water.

C．To admire the underwater view.

D．To take photo more conveniently.

4. What can be learned from the underlined sentence?

A．Larry didn’t wear a watch.

B．Larry was not good at math.

C．Larry had a poor memory.

D．Larry enjoyed the adventure.

5. What did Larry expect his daughter to do?

A．Become a successful diver.

B．Make a good diving guide.

C．Take a lot of photo underwater.

D．Have longer hours of training.

2 . Dream is strength. The strength can bring us wherever we want to get to and it can bring us a lot of wonders on our way to the place in our dreams.

Dream is beauty. Maybe you can see the things full of magic and maybe you will be moved by your own dream.    1    . But should we have our life without dreams? Of course not.

Everyone has his dreams and dreams are especially important to teenagers. As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize. Or they can be small,for example, you may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.     2    , what do you do with it?Do you ever try to make your dream come true?

Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams come true is the biggest challenge in our life.     3    , or that it is impossible for you to become a writer.    4    . In fact, everyone can fulfill his dream. The first thing you must do is remember what your dream is.Don’t let it leave your heart.Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true earlier because a big dream is made up of many small dreams.

You must never give up your dreams.    5    . But the biggest one comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important and face all these difficulties bravely.

A．These kinds of thoughts stop you realizing your dream

B．There will be many difficulties on the road to your dreams

C．Once you find a dream

D．You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects

E．Both big dreams and small ones are very important to our lives

F．The world is so real that the dreams seem weak

G．Your talent is one of the most important factors in living your dreams

3 . What does Linda’s mother want her to be?

A．A nurse.

B．A teacher.

C．A movie star.

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“ What is potential ?” you may ask.     1     simply, potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough. Who knows what beautiful works of art you will    2    , what medical advances you will make or what amazing technologies you will develop! The possibilities are    3    , and I have    4     in your ability to make a    5     to your family, to your community and to your country. Over the next three years, you’ll discover your potential while you develop as a student and a person.

5 . Children grow quickly, especially their feet. But many families cannot afford new shoes each time a child needs them. As a result, about 300 million children around the world go barefoot（赤脚的）. Those children risk picking up diseases from the soil. An American man may have a solution for those barefoot kids—a shoe that grows with the child.

Kenton Lee is the creator of The Shoe That Grows. He explains how the shoe works and how it’s able to last so long. “It grows in three places; the front, on the side, and on the back. It can last up to five years. The bottom is like tire rubber. The top is just high-quality leather.”

The shoe comes in two sizes: small that fits children aged 4 to 9 and large for children aged 9 to 14.

Lee got the idea for the shoe while working as a volunteer in Kenya. However, it was not easy to turn his idea into a reality. Finally, in 2009 Lee founded a non-profit organization called Because International. In the office, he kept a pair of his own shoes to help him remember his promise.

Because International works with several partner organizations. Together, they’re sent more than 50,000 pairs of shoes to 70 countries. Most are going to East Africa. And then also a lot of shoes go to Haiti, some of the Central American countries as well. Many of these areas do not have good sanitation（卫生设备）, and illness spreads easily.

A pair of shoes, he says, gives more than protection. It gives a child self-worth and more chances to succeed. Because it’s a small thing that really makes a big difference to keen them healthy and happy and having more chances to succeed. Kenton Lee adds that his goal is to help get The Shoe That Grows to as many children as he can around the world.

1. Why are so many children around the world barefoot?

A．They grow so quickly that their families can’t buy proper shoes.

B．Their families are too poor to buy them enough new shoes.

C．They don’t like wearing new shoes.

D．There are no shoes at all now.

2. We can know from the text that ________.

A．the shoes are designed for adults.

B．the shoes just grow in two places

C．Kenton Lee made great efforts to invent the shoes

D．Because International was founded to make much money

3. Kenton Lee kept a pair of his own shoes in the office to ________.

A．get himself to stick to his promise

B．let others know how hard he worked

C．encourage others to invent the shoes

D．make himself change shoes easily

4. According to Kenton Lee, ________.

A．it’s not necessary to improve sanitation in East Africa

B．Central America is the poorest place in the world

C．a small thing can really make a big difference

D．the shoes can make children succeed easily

6 . 阅读下面的文章，并按要求用英语写一篇150词的作文。
I am so looking forward to my college life. I have pictured it thousands of times in my mind. The free lifestyle and lively parties are always appearing in my mind. The great expectation of campus life endows me a lot of passion to keep studying. After one year’s study I would find my lifestyle.
The first thing for me is to learn more knowledge. Most students find a way to release themselves and skip or sleep in the class. They think study is just the task, so they give up improving themselves and take part in all kinds of activities, which bring them great joy. The wrong conception about college stage makes most students miss the best time to equip themselves with skills. I know my own responsibilities and dare not to loosen study.
[写作内容]
1.用30 词概括上面的内容；
2.你的梦想是什么？阐述拥有梦想使你的生活变得不同；
3.你认为实现梦想需要什么。
[写作要求]
1.写作过程不能引用原文中语句;
2.作文中不能出现真实的姓名和学校名字。
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7 . Children start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there’s no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to share your children’s curiosity. Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-olds to talk about science as a job. The children asked me “textbook questions” about schooling, salary and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one another in silence. Finally I said, “Now that we’re finished with your lists, do you have questions of your own about science?”

After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper （蚱蜢）eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?”

This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.

Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that, after asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical, complete and creative answers.

Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child involved in a science discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right” or “Very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior. But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying “That’s interesting” or “I’d never thought of it that way before”, or coming up with more questions or ideas.

Never push a child to “Think”. It doesn’t make sense, children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a smaller target for your disagreement.

Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass（放大镜）, and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates（蒸发）, set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop.

1. According to the passage, children can answer questions in a more logical, complete and creative way if adults ________.

A．ask them to answer quickly

B．wait for one or two seconds after a question

C．tell them to answer the next day

D．wait at least for three seconds after a question

2. In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word “lists” could best be replaced by ______.

A．any questions	B．any problems
C．questions from textbooks	D．any number of questions

3. The author mentions all of the following techniques for adults to share with their children’s curiosity except that adults should ________.

A．tell their children stories instead of reciting facts

B．offer their children chances to see things for themselves

C．be patient enough when their children answer questions

D．encourage their children to ask questions of their own

4. According to the passage, children are natural scientists, and to raise their interest, the most important thing for adults to do is _______.

A．to take them to travel around the world

B．to share the children’s curiosity

C．to explain difficult phrases about science

D．to supply the children with lab equipment

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where does the man dream about going?

A．To a desert.

B．To a big city.

C．To a quiet island.

2. How long would the man like to be away?

A．For around half a year.	B．For at least a whole year.
C．For about six years.

3. What did the young guy in the story do for work?

A．He was a travel agent.	B．He was a fisherman.
C．He ran his own Internet business.

4. What does the woman think about the young guy’s story?

A．She is impressed.	B．She isn’t interested at all.
C．She will do the same thing.

9 . Dear Max,

Your mother and I don’t yet have the words to describe the hope you give us for the future. Your new life is full of promise, and we hope you will be happy and healthy so you can explore it fully. You’ve already given us a reason to reflect on the world we hope you live in.

Like all parents, we want you to grow up in a world better than ours today. While newspapers often focus on what’s wrong, in many ways the world is getting better. Health is improving. The number of poor families is decreasing. Knowledge is growing. People are connecting. Technological progress in every field means your life should be much better than ours today.

We will do our part to make this happen, not only because we love you, but also because we have a responsibility to all children in the next generation. We believe all lives have equal value. Our society has its duty to improve the lives of all those coming into this world, not just those already here.

Today, most people die from five things — heart disease, cancer, stroke, neurodegenerative and infectious diseases — and we can make faster progress on these and other problems. Once we recognize that your generation and your children’s generation may not have to suffer from disease, we collectively have a responsibility to increase our investments (投资) a bit more towards the future to make this reality. Your mother and I want to do our part. Curing disease will take time. Over short periods of five or ten years, it may not seem like we’re making much of a difference. But over the long term, seeds planted now will grow, and one day, you or your children will see what we can only imagine: a world without suffering from disease.

There are so many opportunities just like this. If society focuses more of its energy on these great challenges, we will leave your generation a much better world. Our hopes for your generation focus on two ideas: advancing human potential (潜能) and equality. Our society must do this not only for justice or charity, but for the greatness of human progress.

Today your mother and I are devoted to spending our lives doing our small part to help solve these challenges. I, Zuckerberg, will continue to serve as Facebook’s CEO for many, many years to come, but these things are too important to wait until you or we are older to begin this work.

We will give away 99% of our Facebook shares — now about $45 billion — during our lives to advance this mission. We know this is a small contribution compared to all the resources and talents of those already working on these matters. But we want to do what we can, working alongside many others.

As we become parents and enter this next chapter（篇章）of our lives, we want to share our deep appreciation for everyone who makes this possible. We can make progress towards these opportunities only by standing on the shoulders of experts. And we can only focus on serving this community and this mission because we are surrounded by loving family, supportive friends and amazing colleagues. We hope you will have such deep and inspiring relationships in your life too.

Max, we love you and feel a great responsibility to leave the world a better place for you and all children. We wish you a life filled with the same love, hope and joy you give us. We can’t wait to see what you bring to this world.

Love,

Mom and Dad

1. When might the letter be written?

A．When Zuckerberg got married.	B．When people suffered from diseases.
C．After Zuckerberg’s daughter was born.	D．After Zuckerberg increased his investment.

2. The world is getting better in many ways EXCEPT that _______.

A．people’s health is improving	B．poor families become fewer than before
C．technology makes progress in few fields	D．people communicate with others more

3. Why does Zuckerberg want to increase investments towards the future?

A．Because he is the CEO of Facebook company.	B．Because he is devoted to helping those who are poor.
C．Because he hopes that his daughter will live a rich life.	D．Because he hopes future generations won’t suffer from diseases.

4. The writer’s attitude towards life is _______.

A．positive

B．negative

C．objective

D．subjective

5. What can we infer from the article?

A．Zuckerberg and his wife have inspiring relationships in their life.

B．People can’t make much of a difference within 5 years.

C．Society is only responsible for those already in the world.

D．People have made faster progress on five main deadly diseases.

6. The purpose of the letter is to _______.

A．tell his baby that he will donate 99% shares of Facebook

B．call on people to make efforts to improve living conditions

C．tell people that he is willing to make contributions to the world

D．express love for his daughter and what he will do for the future

10 . We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects(缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things_______!” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe_______.

These comments may come from stories about us that have been________for years—often from_____ childhood. These stories may have no _____in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical （操作机械的） skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life. ” How did these expectations________my development? I was never     _____to work on cars or be around_______. When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!

Six years later,______, I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. For my strong points, I________down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking. ” For the________, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills. ”

Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life_______ and told him about my_______ performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “_______is it that you can solve_______   mathematical problems, but you can’t solve easy mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I didn’t_______ from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to_______. At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been     _____my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true.     ____, if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have genetic defects that we can never get over, we can do well in almost________we choose.

1.

A．away

B．off

C．up

D．down

2.

A．them

B．myself

C．yourself

D．others

3.

A．said

B．spoken

C．spread

D．repeated

4.

A．as long as

B．as far back as

C．as well as

D．as much as

5.

A．evidence

B．wisdom

C．cause

D．meaning

6.

A．lead

B．improve

C．affect

D．change

7.

A．encouraged

B．demanded

C．hoped

D．agreed

8.

A．means

B．tools

C．facilities

D．hammers

9.

A．therefore

B．somehow

C．instead

D．however

10.

A．settled

B．turned

C．took

D．got

11.

A．short

B．other

C．weak

D．latter

12.

A．experiences

B．trips

C．roads

D．paths

13.

A．unexpected

B．poor

C．excellent

D．average

14.

A．When

B．What

C．How

D．Why

15.

A．challenging

B．advanced

C．common

D．normal

16.

A．handle

B．separate

C．suffer

D．come

17.

A．believe

B．doubt

C．adopt

D．receive

18.

A．weakening

B．strengthening

C．questioning

D．accepting

19.

A．As a result

B．At the same time

C．In addition

D．Instead

20.

A．everything

B．something

C．nothing

D．none