1 . Li Ziqi,a 29﹣year﹣old Chinese,amazes the world with China's countryside life. After releasing a short video on April 27 about planting and cooking peas, this Chinese food blogger _______ her followers on You Tube came to more than 10 million， the video being among the most _______on the platform. She really didn't expect such a _______ response.

Li's YouTube videos _______ her life with her grandmother in the rural parts of Sichuan Province. In the videos， Li， often _______ graceful traditional costumes like a fairy﹣tale character， makes seemingly everything from scratch with her own hands.

Unlike many other food bloggers， who cook dishes in the kitchen _______ with ingredients bought from the market,Li's videos set China's countryside as the stage and start with how the foods are planted and _______ in the field. She even rarely speaks in the _______ .

Apart from food， she's also known for her videos _______ traditional crafts， like ________ bamboo furniture. She says it was ________ by one of her grandfather's old benches.

Li's overseas followers have ________ her videos for showing the extraordinarily picturesque， simple and elegant side of China's rural life， but back home， there have long been ________ on whether her presentation is unrealistically poetic. In ________ ， she says what she shows is just a lifestyle she has long followed and appreciated. As a girl raised in the countryside， planting flowers， vegetable and trees is not difficult. Though there are ________ elements of rural life， she avoids them in the video to give the viewers a feeling of relaxation. For millions， this Internet star's videos are really a/an ________ from urban life.

"There are so many ________ in my mind of old craftsmanship and ________ food. Some are at the ________ of being forgotten in modern life. I hope to ________ them through my small efforts and show the world the beauty of China's rural life，" said Li.

1.

A．admired

B．witnessed

C．suggested

D．estimated

2.

A．popular

B．challenging

C．expensive

D．comfortable

3.

A．cold

B．narrow

C．calm

D．wide

4.

A．make up

B．center on

C．deal with

D．leave out

5.

A．making

B．designing

C．selling

D．wearing

6.

A．crazily

B．deliberately

C．directly

D．hurriedly

7.

A．harvested

B．enjoyed

C．sold

D．introduced

8.

A．lesson

B．process

C．meeting

D．interview

9.

A．changing

B．adopting

C．presenting

D．creating

10.

A．buying

B．building

C．choosing

D．finding

11.

A．inspired

B．covered

C．replaced

D．decorated

12.

A．urged

B．blamed

C．evaluated

D．praised

13.

A．contests

B．lectures

C．debates

D．exhibition

14.

A．anger

B．vain

C．return

D．response

15.

A．tough

B．unusual

C．easy

D．interesting

16.

A．help

B．support

C．benefit

D．escape

17.

A．celebrations

B．ideas

C．discussions

D．conclusions

18.

A．nutritious

B．optional

C．traditional

D．ordinary

19.

A．top

B．center

C．edge

D．bottom

20.

A．preserve

B．affect

C．update

D．sell

2 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form   of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
A New Hero is Here to Save the Day

It’s thought that when a hero like Batman is blessed with great power, he or she must endure loneliness and suffering as a result. The Flash(闪电侠), however, makes a fun, lightning-quick and optimistic superhero. After the wild success of TV series Arrow, a TV network launched The Flash,     1     (show) the image of this Superhero, who was only a supporting character in Arrow.

Like Spiderman, who gained the ability to make webs and climb walls after he     2     (bite)     by     a     spider, Barry Allen in The Flash was shocked into superhero-status by accident. A strike from a lightning put Allen into a nine-month unconscious state, and when he emerged, he found himself     3     (equip) with super speed.

Naturally,   Allen   slips   on   a colorful   suit   and   becomes   the   Flash,   a hero     4     extreme speed to fight super-powered bad guys. But the Flash also has other purposes, namely finding out the truth behind his mother’s death and his father’s unjust imprisonment.

In line with superhero series standards, The Flash features action and eye-popping special effects. There’s nothing terribly innovative here, but     5     we do get is a unique superhero   with   a   more   unusual personality.     6     Allen has gone through unpleasant childhood experience, in this show he grows into a superhero     7     powers include optimism. He’s got a group of scientists that not only save his life, but also provide him with emotional support and the tools necessary     8     (fight) crime.

A big surprise for me was that The Flash cast Prison Break star Wentworth Miller as a bad character, who uses a gun that     9     turn anything into ice. US shows began their entrance into the Chinese market with Friends, but Prison Break pushed interest in US TV series to a new height largely thanks to Miller’s wonderful acting. Now Miller’s back to act in The Flash.     10     is a nice surprise that this new show serves as a platform for Prison Break fans to revisit their old favorite, although this time around he’s an antagonist(反派角色).

3 . Once again DC Comics and Warner Bros. have divided fans and critics over their latest superhero film.

There had been worrying news about Justice League in the months before its release, with a lot of reshoots of scenes, a new director being brought in to finish the film after original director Zack Snyder’s tragic loss of his daughter and, of course, a lot of talk about Ben Affleck’s future in the role of Batman.

Some people are saying that Justice League is another big disappointment, that it could have been incredible and instead fails to really entertain. Others say that Warner Bros. have finally got it right and that the future for the League looks bright.

My opinion lies somewhere in the middle. The film was by no means a disappointment: it was exciting, funny and a lot of fun to watch. There’s something special about watching the heroes from your childhood brought to life on the big screen and maybe that is affecting my opinion.

However, I will say that a lot of work needs to be done if the producer wants to make a great success. Although the film was good, it was obvious which scenes had been reshot and how the characters had been changed. I also have to mention the several scenes in which the special effects were very badly done; these are the kinds of problems that you don’t expect to see in a film with such a big budget.

Another point to add is that it is good to see the producer making Superman slightly a brighter character and adding some jokes to the plot to keep things fun. But the producer must be careful not to make the mistake that another film producer—here, not mentioning the name—is coming very close to doing: turning all of the films into bright and colorful shows and losing a lot of seriously good stories.

In the end, Justice League is not a perfect film but it is definitely not a terrible one. A lot of work is still to be done but I hope that DC does not completely lose its darker side.

1. Before the release of Justice League, many people showed their ______.

A．pity for the director, Zack Snyder	B．concern about the film’s quality
C．higher expectation of the new director	D．support for the actor, Ben Affleck

2. According to the author, what’s special about Justice League?

A．It advocates social justice.	B．It brings lots of fun to the audience.
C．It has some brave heroes.	D．It brings back childhood memories.

3. In Paragraph 5 the author mainly wants to express his ______.

A．views on the film’s weakness	B．advice to the film’s director
C．love for the film	D．expectation of the film’s sequels

4. The author mentioned another film producer to ______.

A．stress the importance of fun in a film

B．show Justice League’s lack of a serious plot

C．serve as a warning to the producer of Justice League

D．set an example for the producer of Justice League

4 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Aunt Jane is now well over seventy, but she is still a great cinema-goer. The cinema in our town closed down years ago and sometimes she has to travel twenty miles or more to see a good film. And once a month at least she goes up to London to see     1     (late) foreign films. Of course she could see most of these films on television, but the idea does not attract her. "It isn't the same," she says. "For one thing, the screen's too small. Besides, I like going to the cinema!"

However, one thing which has always puzzled us is that     2     Aunt Jane has lots of friends and enjoys company, she always goes to the cinema alone. We discovered the reason for this only recently-from Mother. "It may surprise you to lean that Aunt Jane wanted to be an actress when she was young, "she told us. "She used to wait outside film studios all day, just     3     (appear)in crowd scenes. Your aunt has probably appeared in dozens of films. Sometimes she did not even know the name of the film they     4     (make). Therefore, she couldn't go to see     5     in the film at the cinema!

"All the time, of course, she was looking for a small part in a film. Her big chance came     6     they started to make a film in our town. Jane managed to meet the director at a party and he offered her     7     role as a shopkeeper. It really was a very small part, but it was an important moment for Jane. Before the great event, she rehearsed for days. In fact, she turned the sitting-room into a shop! We all had to help, going to and out of the shop     8     she could remember her words perfectly And     9     the actual day she was marvelous. Jane thought that this was the beginning of her film career!

"Unfortunately, in the end, they did not include the shop scene in the film. But nobody told Jane! When the film first appeared in London, she took all her friends to see it. And of course she wasn't in it! It was a terrible blow! She stopped     10     (go)to film studios and gave up the idea of becoming an actress. She still loves the cinema, as you all know, but from that day she has always gone alone!"

5 . Comments on the July Issue of Reader’s Digest

Jennie Gardner, Bath

I couldn’t agree more with Lee Child, that books are really important. Yes, you can get lost in them but you can also find yourself and new worlds and possibilities in them. Books help us to forget and remember. They remind us both of what’s really important and what’s not.

And, as Lee says, they let us hold the whole world in our hands, We can feel the weight of this word, we can mark our favourite spots, add in our own thoughts and see our progress through the pages as the story leads us back home, allowing us to re-find ourselves along the way.

Jayne Wile, North Wales

Brian Blessed’s I Remember was most enjoyable. I love Brian, a popular actor of stage and screen. It was interesting to learn more about his life. I noted how he enjoyed being involved in the Space Program, doing 600 hours training in Moscow and I have to agree with his thought：”We need to get out to Mars because the Earth has got to rest.” Mars has always been a source of inspiration for explorers and scientists.

Melanie Lodge, West Yorkshire

I was thrilled to read author Lee Childs If I Ruled The World. I was most impressed that he wanted to make teachers the most respected and highest paid professionals.

I work as a teaching assistant in a primary school and have done so since my youngest daughter began school 12 years ago. Until then I had no idea just how much planning was involved in each lesson and how much patience was required in a class of 30 children! I also agree with Lee that there’s nothing more rewarding than finishing a good book.

1. What is Jennie Gardner’s comment mainly about?

A．Books make us get lost.	B．Books mean a lot in life.
C．Books help us progress.	D．Books bring us possibilities.

2. What do we know about Jayne Wile?

A．He once got trained in Moscow.

B．He joined in the Space Program.

C．He thinks it necessary to explore Mars.

D．He’s a popular actor of stage and screen.

3. What can be inferred from Melanie Lodge’s comment?

A．She better knows how to teach.

B．She thinks teachers are overpaid.

C．She finds teaching more rewarding.

D．She used to work in a primary school.

4. Which of them have a similar opinion according to the passage?

A．Brian Blessed and Lee Child.

B．Jayne Wile and Jennie Gardner.

C．Melanie Lodge and Jayne Wile.

D．Jennie Gardner and Melanie Lodge.

6 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last week, my friends and me went to watch Jay Chou’s performance in Guangzhou. There are crowds of cheerful fans there, many of who came from other cities. Jay began his performance with one of his most famous song. We all cheered and shouted out his name, but some even cried with joy. When Jay began to sing the seventh song it called Sunny Day, it started to rain. Therefore, the concert was not interrupted and we got even more exciting in the rain. At last, Jay finished the concert with a speech, thank his fans for always supporting him. What memorable experience!

7 . How long have you not written a character?

Popular TV program National Chinese Characters Contest has brought people's attention back to written Chinese.

The    1    (compete)is the Chinese version of a classic word game American Spelling Bee, Pupils,    2    usually come from the fifth or sixth grade,    3    (divide)into different teams and try to write down every word according to Its pronunciation.

In less than two hours, the contestants need to solve dozens of questions    4    ( concert) error- prone(容易出错的) characters. Many students keep up with the show. They refer to    5    as “the interesting Chinese lessons on TV”. Teachers and parents are also happy to see that children can learn and have fun at the same time.

The program has gone beyond the circle of primary school students. “It is     6    (surprising) instructive. I have corrected a lot of my own mistakes by watching the show,” said    7    adult viewer.

Guan Zhengwen, chief director of the show, considers written Chinese    8    the root of Chinas    9    (culture)

heritage, “TV shows on Chinese language mean more than just a trend,” he said. “Mass media need to seek innovation(创新) in order to preserve our culture, We hope that National Chinese Characters Contest will get more people    10    (brush)up our written language.”

8 . Chinese audiences seemed not to have been satisfied with the third season of the highly anticipated food documentary A Bite of China.

Even though the series has maintained high viewership ratings since its comeback last week, much higher than other programs aired at the same time, the ranking on Douban, a social networking website featuring films, literature and events, slipped to 4.2 out of 10, as of Tuesday, compared with 9.3 and 8.4, respectively, for the first two seasons.

Picky viewers complain that some of the narration is not accurate, while others pinpoint misleading content. At the same time, food blogger @barbara questioned whether it is appropriate to give a close-up shot of the poisonous plant Nandina(南天竺)in a food program.

A Bite of China, which debuted in 2012, became hugely popular nationwide for its quality introduction of some rarely-known and mouth-watering domestic cuisine. In the new show, however, watchers are not satisfied with “irrelevant” food references, such as lipsticks made of Chinese traditional medicine and martial arts master.

The first episode introduced a hand-made iron frying pan from east China’s Shandong province, which prompted thousands of Chinese Internet users to buy one from China’s leading e-commerce website Tmall in the next few days. Sales of the pan at “Zhensanhuan” surged 6,000 times compared with a year ago, according to Beijing Youth Daily.

In response to overwhelming criticism and questions, A Bite of China production crew responded on Weibo that they seek innovation despite the risks following the first two phenomenal seasons.

“It is unavoidable to make comparisons with the first two, and some audiences may not accept the changes,” the crew said. “We explore the culture and civilization behind food, and give food a historic touch. That’s why we feature culinary(烹饪的)tools, feast and rituals, as well as a healthy diet to show Chinese wisdom and philosophy, which has not been shown in any food programs before.”

1. Why does the passage mention Nandina?

A．Because some of the narration is not accurate.

B．Because it may be improper to give a close-up shot of a poisonous plant.

C．Because it is misleading content.

D．Because it is not attractive at all to most picky viewers.

2. Which of the following elements leads to viewers’ dissatisfaction with the new show?

A．some mouth-watering domestic cuisines

B．food-unrelated items

C．some rarely-known cuisines

D．the increasing sales of the pan at “Zhensanhuan”

3. According to its production crew, what is unique to ‘A Bite of China III’?

A．It makes comparisons with the first two episodes.

B．It tells the story of some martial arts related to food.

C．It receives overwhelming criticism and questions from audience.

D．It focuses on cooking tools, rituals and healthy eating.

4. What is the best the title for the passage?

A．'A Bite of China III' Draws Criticism from Audiences

B．'A Bite of China III' Maintains High Viewership Ratings

C．'A Bite of China III' Changes for the Worse

D．'A Bite of China III' Explains its Purposes

9 . What impression does the man have on Peter?

A．He’s getting better.

B．He’s never been good.

C．He’s not as good as he was.

10 . Despite his knee and finger injuries, Kobe Bryant ignores his pains as the NBA season nears. He is leading the Los Angeles Lakers in their attempt to win a third NBA championship in a row, as they did at the beginning of the century. The Los Angles Lakers superstar has the perfect record since his start in 1996. He has five NBA championships, 12 NBA All-Stars and a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.

But along with the awards, there has long been talk about Bryant. People say he is a selfish player with only a few friends. He won three NBA championship titles with Shaquille O’Neal, but rather than becoming friends, they couldn’t get along       well with       each other. Lakers Coach Phil Jackson still remembers a talk he and Bryant had. “I talked to him a little bit about leadership and his ability to be a leader, and he said he was ready to be a captain ” Jackson told ESPN. “ But I said no one was ready to follow him. Bryant’s path of self-discovery took him Light years. O’Neal left the Lakers in 2004. Bryant went on to lead the team to victory last year and again this summer. Last week,       NBA rookies(新秀）voted Bryant their favorite player.

Mark Medina, sports reporter with the Los Angles Times has seen Bryant grow. “ Kobe has been improving

his relationship with teammates and accepts that sometimes less       is more,” he wrote. “ He has learned that he has to give to get back in return. And so he has become a giver rather than a demanding leader. That has been great for him and great to watch,” Jackson told Medina. Bryant has shown through talent       and       hard work that others can follow his lead.
1. What can we know about Kobe and O’Neal?

A．They were in conflict.	B．They were good friends.
C．They envied each other.	D．They often helped others.

2. What can we learn from Jackson’s words?

A．He didn’t like Kobe or O’Neal.

B．Kobe had no talent for leadership.

C．Kobe’s leadership should be improved.

D．Kobe’s teammates preferred O’Neal to him.

3. Kobe developed his relationship with his teammates by      .

A．inviting O'Neal to come back	B．learning to become a giver
C．winning the trust of the coach	D．turning a demanding leader

4. What may be the best title for the passage?

A．A grown-up NBA star

B．A hard-working NBA star

C．The high praise from Kobe’s coach

D．The relationship between two NBA stars