The list _________ 19 trillion data _________ over nine years from 390 cities across 48 countries.

A. based on; collected B. based on; collecting

C. is based on; collected D. is based on; collecting

C 【解析】句意：这份名单是基于48个国家的390个城市9年收集的19万亿数据。based on以…为基础，是非谓语动词形式；be based on以…为基础，是谓语动词形式；collected收集，过去分词；collecting现在分词。根据句子结构可知，第一个空是该句的谓语动词，应带be动词形式，排除A和B；第二个空是作后置定语，修饰前面的名词data，数据，他们之间构成被动关系，应用过...

—Would you like to see the movie Beauty and the Beast with me this Friday evening?

— _________!

A. Really B. With pleasure

C. My pleasure D. Well done

B 【解析】句意：-这个周五的晚上你愿意和我一起去看《美女与野兽》这部电影吗？-很乐意去。Really?真的吗？With pleasure.很乐意去；My pleasure.我很荣幸为你服务；Well done.做得好。根据对的意思可知，这里是回答对方的请求，应选B。A表示惊讶；C是回答对方的感谢；D是夸奖对方。

It was a quiet village in which there was a military camp (军营). It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains ___________. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers. But it was ___________ for the young men to go outside. Mr. White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he ___________ let them leave the camp.

Once Mr. White was ill in bed. He couldn’t work and a young officer, Mr. Hunt, began to train the new soldiers ___________ him. Having stayed with them for some time, Mr. Hunt ___________ the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night ___________ and none came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood at the gate. It was five to twelve ___________ Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what ___________ to the young men. He started the car quickly and set off. At that moment the nine soldiers came back. It seemed they were all drunk. Of course they found the officer was___________.

“I’m sorry, sir,” said the first soldier, “I left the town on time. But something was wrong with my 60. ___________ on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made ___________ run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run __________.”

And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reason. It was the last soldier’s __________. He said, “I’m sorry, sir. I got on a bus on time, but... ”

Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out,“___________ you say something was wrong with your bus, I’ll punish (惩罚) you at once!”

“No, no, sir,” said the young man. “My bus was all right, but the dead horses were ___________its way!”

1.A. along B. around C. beside D. inside

2.A. easy B. necessary C. difficult D. impossible

3.A. hardly B. sometimes C. usually D. always

4.A. next to B. in front of C. together with D. instead of

5.A. liked B. knew C. cared D. hated

6.A. appeared B. passed C. fell D. reached

7.A. that B. when C. why D. while

8.A. has happened B. is happening C. happens D. was happening

9.A. excited B. angry C. surprised D. happy

10.A. bus B. horse C. car D. bike

11.A. itself B. this C. it D. that

12.A. back B. out C. away D. around

13.A. decision B. choice C. speech D. turn

14.A. If B. Since C. Before D. When

15.A. by B. under C. on D. in

1.B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.C 7.B 8.D 9.B 10.A 11.C 12.A 13.D 14.A 15.D 【解析】在离城镇很远的一个村子里有一个军营，被山包围。有一次Hunt军官让九个士兵去城镇度假，但他们很晚才回来，Hunt先生很生气，听了士兵们的理由他更加生气了。 1.句意...

I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”

At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, snatched the phone, tore off the wires (电线), and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!” And she swept it into the wastebasket.

I stood watching her, speechless, what on earth…?

She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All things in this room — if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go! ”

Then she turned to me, kissed me and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.

After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood (情绪) had changed. I was laughing. How could she have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.

1.Why did the writer shout, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are”?

A. He was impatient with the phone.

B. He was impatient with the secretary.

C. He was mad at the telephone.

D. He was angry with his agent.

2.The underlined word “antics" means _________.

A. surprising looks

B. sweet kisses and smart words

C. strange and funny behavior

D. reliable suggestion

3.We can infer (推测) from the passage that _________.

A. The secretary didn’t care about the writer

B. the writer sometimes couldn’t control himself well

C. the agent was not responsible for his own work

D. the writer’s wife was not intelligent

1.D 2.C 3.B 【解析】这篇短文讲述了作者有一次因为一点小事而情绪失控，他的妻子通过自己的一些滑稽、古怪的行为让作者意识到了这一点，并告诉作者要学会控制自己的情绪。 1.细节理解题。根据短文第一段So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became ...

The Phantom of the Opera (歌剧魅影)

The Phantom of the Opera, by Andrew Lloyd Webber, debuts (appears in public for the first time) in Shanghai, marking the production’s first Asian performance. Since it was first shown in London, the play has been seen by 58 million people all over the world. The Phantom of the Opera describes a mysterious person with a beautiful voice living under the Paris Theatre. The grand stage sets (场景) and music have made the musical famous throughout the world.

7:15 pm, December 18

200 — 2000 yuan

7:15 pm, December 19, 24—26, 31

100 — 800 yuan

Shanghai Grand Theatre, 300 Renmin Dadao

Tel: 5466-0206

Cello recital (大提琴独奏会)

Cellist Nina Kotova will stage a recital in Shanghai Kotova, from Russia, is an excellent musician and composer (作曲家). She attracted the world attention when she won first prize in an international music contest at the age of 15. She is a model and has graced (为…增色) the covers of many fashion magazines.

7:30 pm, December 15

50 — 500 yuan

Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan’an Donglu

Tel: 6386-2836

Pipa concert

Yang Jing plays the pipa in concert. The pipa player found her distinctive (有特色的) musical character through the ancient pieces of an ancient culture and the most contemporary music of the world. Rooted in the millennia-old (千年的) tradition of Chinese music, she builds on a vast (巨大的) body of musical history from the East and West.

7:15 pm, December 10

40 — l00 yuan

He Luting Concert Hall, 20 Fenyuan Lu

Tel: 6437-1192

1.This passage can be found probably in _________.

A. a novel (小说) B. a film C. a play D. a brochure

2.To attend two different concerts listed above will cost at least _________.

A. 80 yuan B. 90 yuan C. 140 yuan D. 240 yuan

3.We can know from the passage that _________.

A. Cellist Kotova’s photo can be seen on the covers of many fashion magazines

B. The Phantom of the Opera is a musical play performed at the Paris Theatre

C. Those who are interested in Chinese traditional music will watch a concert at the He Luting Concert Hall on Dec. 15

D. Yang Jing’s performance has nothing to do with the western music

1.D 2.B 3.A 【解析】这篇短文是三张海报，给我们介绍了三个活动，包括《歌剧魅影》、大提琴独奏会和琵琶演奏会。 1.推理判断题。这篇短文是三张海报，给我们介绍了三个活动，包括《歌剧魅影》、大提琴独奏会和琵琶演奏会。A选项是小说；B选项是电影；C是戏剧；D是手册，宣传册。结合文意我们可以知道，这样的短文应该可以在小册子上看到，因为一般宣传册是针对一些各种各样的活动的，...

In one way of thinking, failure is a part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The “spider story” is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider spinning a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times without success. On the seventh time he made it and went on to spin his web. Bruce is said to have taken heart and to have gone on to defeat the English... Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.

So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change so things will go right next time?

Second, is the goal you’re trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about this question, “If I do succeed in this, where will it get me?” This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.

The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that it’s a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You can’t win them all.”

1.The “spider story” mentioned in the passage is used to show that _________.

A. only failure can lead you to success

B. we can make it if we keep trying

C. failure is always terrible

D. people who fail have the same experience

2.The underlined phrase “bear in mind” in the last paragraph means _________.

A. take care B. forget C. recognize D. remember

3.The writer tells us to do all the things when dealing with failure except ________.

A. thinking about how it happened

B. believing that we can’t live happily if we fail

C. considering failure as a part of life

D. checking out whether our goals are right for the present situation

4.The main idea of this passage is _________.

A. what the value of failure is

B. that Edison and Bruce failed repeatedly before success

C. what failure is and how to deal with failure

D. failure may be considered as a way towards success

1.B 2.D 3.B 4.C 【解析】在我们的生活中，我们不可能事事、时时都能成功，每个人都会经历失败。那么面对失败我们应怎么做？短文中作者给了我们一些建议。 1.细节理解题。根据短文第一段的内容可知，这一段中作者给我们讲述了“蜘蛛的故事”，苏格兰的领袖Robert Bruce受到了蜘蛛坚持不懈努力攀爬的启发，重新获得信心，打败了英格兰人。我们可以知道，作者讲这个故...

补全句子，使B与A句意相符。

1.A: After we entered the room, we found nobody in.

B: After we _________ _________ _________ the room, we found nobody in.

2.A: He did a part-time job so that he could earn some money to buy a football.

B: He did a part-time job _________ _________ _________ _________ some money to buy a football.

3.A: James joined the rambles’ club five years ago. Now he is still in it.

B: James _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ the rambles’ club _________ five years.

4.A: When the cowboy was five, he began to learn how to ride a horse.

B: _________ _________ _________ _________ _________, the cowboy began to learn how to ride a horse.

5.A: They didn’t intend to go to Japan to study.

B: They _________ _________ _________ _________ going to Japan to study.

1.made entry into 2.inorder to earn 3.hasbeenamember offor 4.At theage of 5/five 5.hadno intention of 【解析】 1.句意：在我们进入房间之后，我们发现里面没有人。enter进入，是一个动词，同义短语是make entry into..，其中entry就是ente...

根据要求写句子。

1.I don’t think that Miss Prism would like to admit her mistake, _________ _________? (Tag question)

2.Those stories were too difficult for me to understand. (Rewrite the sentence with so.that.)_____________________________________________________________________

3.When did you inform the ladies stroking pets of the bad news? (Change it into passive voice.)

_____________________________________________________________________

4.Richard said, “Did you decide to join the evening class yesterday?” (Change it into indirect speech.)

_____________________________________________________________________

5.The underground train in Chengdu runs every three minutes during rush hours. (Raise a question according to the underlined part.)

_____________________________________________________________________

1.would she 2.Those stories were so difficult that I couldn’t understand them 3.When were the ladies stroking pets informed of the bad news (by you)? 4.Richard asked (me) if I had decided to ...

改错。

It was a sad weekend in the National Zoo in Washington, US. A series of goodbye events, includes “a dumpling party, heart-shaped ice cake feedings, and Q&As with keepers” is held, according to CNN. The figure was BaoBao, a three-and-a-half-year-old panda. On Feb 22, she said goodbye to the city before take a nonstop 16-hours flight to Chengdu, China. “It’s hard, and we know that we’re sending her back to be part of the breeding (繁殖) program and to make more baby panda,” Brandie Smith, senior curator of giant pandas at the National Zoo, told ABC News. “I think a lot of parents can understand the feeling. From the moment our kids are born, we train them to work hard and success on their own. So that’s why we’re doing for BaoBao.” Right after she was born, the panda became a star in Washington. After a online vote, she was named “BaoBao”, that means “treasure”. Visitors came to the National Zoo to have a look at her when she made her first public appearance in January 2014.

21. 1. 22. 2. 23. 3. 24. 4. 25. 5. 26. 6. 27. 7. 28. 8. 29. 9. 30. 10.

1.includes--including 2.is--was/ were 3.take--taking 4.16-hours---16-hour 5.and--but 6.panda--pandas 7.success--succeed 8.why--what 或在doing后加so 9.a--an 10.that--which 【解析...

五、完成表格。阅读下面短文，根据其内容，完成表格中所缺的信息，并将答案填在相应题号的横线上。

Should Children Be Allowed to Get Bored?

Children need time to stand and stare. They should be allowed to get bored to that they can develop their ability to be creative.

Children are expected by their parents to be reading a textbook all the time. However, research shows that it may slow down the development of their imagination, while boredom can give them opportunities to develop creativity.

Boredom is often linked with loneliness, but a writer named Meera Syal said boredom had helped here in developing her mind. She told researchers about her childhood. Having few things to do, Syal often talked with her neighbors. She also tried to do things like learning to bake cakes. “But importantly, I thought and wrote a lot, because I was bored,” Syal said. She kept a diary, filling her time with short stories and poems she made up.

Grayson Perry, an artist, grew up in a family with little money. He enjoyed himself by making up stories, drawing pictures for his stories and reading many books in the library. Bored but free, he spent hours looking out of the window, watching the changing clouds and seasons. Perry filled up his free time with what he liked. He became creative, because he could think freely.

Dr. Belton is an expert on the effects of emotions on learning. “Boredom could be an uncomfortable feeling,” she said, “But some young people cannot deal with that boredom creatively. So sometimes they may break a classroom window, or drive a car out for a mad race.”

Usually, when children have nothing to do, they would turn on the TV, the computer, or the phone. Their time on these things has increased, yet they need to have time to think about their experiences through playing or just watching the world around them.

It is this kind of thinking that can inspire the imagination. On the other hand, the TV or phone may cut short the thinking process. That can be bad for the development of creativity. “For developing the ability to be creative,” Dr. Belton advised, “perhaps we need to stand and stare, and stay off-line from time to time.”

The main idea	The writer emphasizes1. of allowing children to get bored.
2. boredom brings	1. Children have more chances to think 3. and freely. 2. Boredom helps to develop children’s mind. 3. Children have more 4. to enjoy what they like.
Conclusion	The TV, the computer, or the phone can’t help to develop creativity. If a person wants to be imaginative, the effective way is to 5..

1.importance 2.Advantages/ Benefits 3.creatively 4.time/chances/opportunities 5.think 【解析】这篇文章的作者认为我们应该允许孩子们去发呆、感到无聊，因为这样可以培养他们的创造性。文章中作者给了我们很多例子来说明这一观点。 1.根据文意可知，作者给我们讲述的是让孩子感到无聊的重要...