The Water City of Venice

In 1980s, I went to Italy for business. One day, I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in neighboring town of Venice (威尼斯), Italy, the city of lights and__________.

As we enjoyed our coffee, a young man__________ glasses entered and sat at an empty table beside us. He called the waiter and placed his order saying, “Two cups of coffee, one of them there__________ the wall. ”

We heard this order with interest and found that he __________ with one cup of coffee but he paid for two.

When he left, the waiter_________ a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee”.

While we were still there. __________ middle aged men entered and ordered three cups of coffee. two on the table and one on the wall. They had two cups of coffee but _______________________three and left. This time also, the waiter did the same. He put a piece of paper on the wall saying, “A Cup of Coffee. ”

It was ________ and perplexing (困惑) for us. We finished our coffee, paid the bill and left.

After a few days, we had a chance _________ this coffee shop again. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man ________ dresses entered. As he seats himself, he _______________ the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.”

The waiter served coffee to this man with the customary(惯常的) respect. The man had his coffee and left _________ paying.

We were amazed to watch all this, as the waiter________a piece of paper from the wall and throw it into the rubbish bin.

Now it was no________for us—the matter was very clear. The inhabitants(居民) of this town showed great respect for the poor, then it________our eyes well up in tears.

Many years later, when I went to Venice for business again, I did the same thing as my appreciation to this beautiful world.

1.A. food B. noodles C. water D. coffee

2.A. wearing B. putting on C. wore D. put on

3.A. in B. besides C. next to D. on

4.A. served B. was served C. was serving D. would serve

5.A. put B. took C. got D. saw

6.A. two another B. other two C. more two D. two other

7.A. didn’t spend B. spent C. didn’t pay for D. paid for

8.

A. strange something B. something strange

C. funny something D. something funny

9.A. to arrive B. reached C. to go to D. got to

10.A. richly B. seriously C. poorly D. pretty

11.A. looked through B. looked at C. looked over D. looked up

12.A. with B. for C. without D. by

13.A. took off B. took on C. took after D. took back

14.A. choice B. surprise C. excitement D. sadness

15.A. hurt B. got C. made D. stood

1.C 2.A 3.D 4.B 5.A 6.D 7.D 8.B 9.C 10.C 11.B 12.C 13.A 14.B 15.C 【解析】文章讲述了一次作者去一家咖啡店遇到一件奇怪的事情。有的顾客总要多给一份咖啡的钱，然后服务员就往墙上贴一张纸条，上面写着“一杯咖啡”。一次作者有机会再去那家咖啡店，看到一个...

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的单词，或括号内单词的正确形式。

Money can make you happy only if you spend it in a clever way .

To start with ,1.(buy) a new car makes you happy.However,you’ll “lose”

this happy feeling when the car2.(get)old.But if you are made to spend a week traveling,it’s more possible that you’ll have the great experiences and the good feeling for a long time .A new study has3.(find)that spending money on experiences rather than material things makes people happier.

For material things ,it’s possible that you don’t leave 4.any little thing .If you buy a nice pen ,and someone else buys one with less money ,it’s possible that you may be unhappy that you spend so much money .It lets you down a lot.Oppositely, when it comes to experiences like5.(go)on a trip ,you won’t think like that .If the trip can be nice ,you’ll happily pay for it even though 6.(it) price may be very high. And the more ofen you go on trips,the7.(happy)you’ll be.

Material things can be compared more easily.If you buy an Ipad and then see a more suitable one. you may regret buying the first one.And 8. will drive you mad as well ,9.,if you just have a dinner at a good restaurant and then learn about a better one ,you’ll not regret the first meal.

It’s normal that material things can cause jealousy(嫉妒).For example ,you buy a new toy and find that your friend has a better one ,it may make you feel 10.(comfortable).Instead, if you just travel to a beautiful place ,no matter where your friends have gone,it won’t make the memory of your trip less pleasant.

1.buying 2.gets 3.found 4.out 5.going 6.its 7.happier 8.it 9.however 10.uncomfortable 【解析】如果你运用智慧使用金钱，那么金钱将让你快乐。一项新研究表明，比起花钱购买物质，花钱体验生活给人们带来更大的快乐感。购买物质的东西，由于有比较，可能会后悔，如果是...

文中有五处错误，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。

How do different things affect us ?We did a survey last week .Here are part of the results .Different people have different feelings about the same thing .The loud music makes Jack exciting .And he ofen listens to it in his spare time .And it makes Marc nervous .He dislikes it..When Annie hears loud music ,she wants to leave for as fast as she can.What about waiting people ?Helen is not patient ,and it drives her mad.

How do different things affect us ?We did a survey last week .Here are part of the results .Different people have different feelings about the same thing .The loud music makes Jack exciting .And he of...

书面表达

同学们，三年的初中生活就要结束了，在我们的成长过程中，既有快乐，也有烦恼。请用英文写一篇短文，内容包括：

1．你在学校或家里曾经遇到的最大问题或烦恼；

2．你解决问题或烦恼的过程；

3．你的感想。

要求：

1．词数80～100，开头已给出，不计入总词数；

2．文中不得出现真实的校名与人名。

My middle school life is coming to an end .During the three years， ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My middle school life is coming to an end. During the three years，not only did I have happy time, but I had kinds of problems. My biggest problem was too much homework. Homework seemed endless for me....

One day. David and his friends talked about who their closest________were. When it was his turn, he said, "My best friend is Amy,________81-year-old woman living in Florida."

Their friendship came________a game. In the game, David and Amy were on the same team. After this game, they became good friends. David even told her about his dream of music.

However, life was hard for David at that time. He hardly________time or money to play music. Most of the time. he had to work in a restaurant. He felt that his dream was hopeless(无望的). _____he almost lost heart, Amy gave him lots of help and supported his dream. Two years later, he decided________to New York for his dream. There he held his first concert successfully.

After the concert, a famous reporter in New York heard of their story. He wanted to know what _____. So he flew to Florida to interview her. To his surprise, the friendship between Amy and David was________than he could imagine.

Later, many people________by this story. But Amy thought it was nothing. She said, "As friends, we________give a hand when they need."

1.A. friend B. friends C. classmate D. classmates

2.A. the B. / C. a D. an

3.A. from B. below C. to D. at

4.A. have B. had C. has had D. will have

5.A. Before B. When C. Unless D. If

6.A. go B. going C. to go D. gone

7.A. Amy was like B. was Amy like C. is Amy like D. Amy is like

8.A. beautiful B. beautifully C. more beautiful D. the most beautiful

9.A. is moved B. are moved C. was moved D. were moved

10.A. should B. would C. mustn't D. can't

1.B 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.A 【解析】本文讲述了两个人之间令人感动的友谊故事。 1.句意：大卫和他的朋友们谈论他们最亲密的朋友是谁。A.朋友B.朋友（复数）C.同学D.同学（复数），后面提到了friend，说明是在讨论最亲密的朋友，各自最亲密的朋友不止一个，所以要用复数，故选B。 ...

Since my mother moved to live with us in the city, she has been much heavier than before. As time went by, her health got________. So I had to take her to see a________. My mother was told to lose weight by doing exercise every day. She had no choice but to follow________the doctor said. I told her that I would exercise with her every morning.

On the first morning, she got up very early________ran with me in our neighborhood. I tried to run slowly so that she could follow me. After________for some minutes, I told her the proper ways of exercise and the importance of eating healthy food. She listened to me carefully. It made me________that she told me everything very patiently when I was a kid. On the second morning, I praised her for keeping running with me.

But after two weeks, she wanted to________running because she thought the two-week exercise didn't work at all. To encourage her, I taught her how to use the facilities (设施) for exercise in our________. She began to exercise again.

With my help, it________her one month to develop a good habit of daily exercise. "Thank you, my dear daughter. Exercise brings health and happiness to me. I will_______worry about my health." Her words touched my heart deeply. I felt happy to make a big difference to my mother's life.

1.A. better B. stronger C. worse D. thinner

2.A. teacher B. waiter C. nurse D. doctor

3.A. that B. what C. which D. where

4.A. and B. but C. so D. or

5.A. swimming B. running C. playing D. eating

6.A. act B. eat up C. set up D. remember

7.A. give up B. hospital C. neighborhood D. put up

8.A. school B. hospital C. neighborhood D. cinema

9.A. cost B. spent C. took D. paid

10.A. never B. ever C. sometimes D. always

1.C 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.D 7.A 8.C 9.C 10.A 【解析】本文讲了通过作者“我”的很大的努力帮助妈妈养成良好锻炼习惯的故事。 1.句意：随着时间的推移，她的健康更差了。A.更好B.更强C.更差D.更薄。从后面看到妈妈被告知要每天锻炼，能够推断出她健康状况不好，故选C。 2.句意：所以我不得不带她...

Now, it seems that artficial intelligence （人工智能）is becoming more and more popular in our life, and it has greatly influenced the ways we live, work and play. Can you imagine that you can play table tennis with a robot one day?

Recently, a scientist has invented a special robot that can be a table tennis coach. That means people can practice table tennis not only with humans but also with a robot.

Named Forpheus, the smart table tennis robot is quite special. It can study the movements of human players and the speeds of the ball. In this way, it can exactly judge (判断) the player' skill levels (水平). Then it uses the information to change the ways to play. If the player are just beginners, Forpheus will play in a slow and easy way, but if the players are better ones, the robot will play in a faster and more difficult way. What's more, while playing, it encourages players to try their beat with words like "Good job!", "Come on!" and so on. At the same time, it gives some good advice to improve their skills. So it is both a good partner and a clever coach.

Science and technology is developing quickly these days and it's hard to imagine what will happen in the future. "In the next 20 years, it will be possible that one robot teaches another to play table tennis or even invents another one!" Takuoya, the inventor of the robot, said.

1.Artificial intelligence has influenced people's life in many ways.

2.Orpheus is the name of the inventor of the robot.

3.The robot can judge the skill levels of human players exactly.

4.One robot will probably teach another to play table tennis in the future.

5.The robot can encourage the human players, but it can't give advice.

1.A 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.B 【解析】本文介绍了一种可以和人打乒乓球并具备提高运动员技能的机器人。 1.句意：人工智能在很多方面影响了人们的生活。原文“it has greatly influenced the ways we live, work and play”（它极大地影响了我们的生活，工作和娱乐方式）说明人工智能影响很广，是正确的，故填A。 ...

Many animals around us are smart. Let’s get to know some of them.

Dolphins are smarter animals in the sea. Researchers put sea animals to a test. In the test, the researchers made red marks on the animal’s bodies and took them in front of a mirror. Many sea animals either ran away or fought with the ones in the mirror. However, when the dolphins saw themselves in the mirror, they tried to clean the red marks off their bodies. So the researchers believed that the dolphins knew the ones in the mirror were just themselves.

Bees work hard, and they are smart enough to learn something. Researchers found a group of bees and taught them to tell which horizontal line (水平线) was higher than the other. If they could find the higher line, they would get sugar as a prize. After training for a period of time, the researchers tested the bees. To their surprise, the bees found the higher horizontal line quickly and got sugar. Instead, when the researchers showed them vertical lines (垂直线), the bees simply flew away, because they knew there was no way to get sugar.

Chimpanzees (黑猩猩) are very human-like. They can learn fast and well. Researchers showed the numbers from one to nine on the screen. Chimpanzees and some college students were asked to remember where the numbers were after watching the numbers in less than a second. The adult chimpanzees and the college students performed almost the same, but the young chimpanzees performed much better. It was amazing.

1.In the test, the dolphins _______________.

A. felt afraid and ran away from the mirror

B. tried to fight with the ones in the mirror

C. didn’t find any red marks on their bodies

D. tried to clean the red marks off their bodies

2.When the bees saw the vertical lines, they _________.

A. flew away

B. found the higher line

C. stayed there

D. found the numbers

3._____________ performed better in remembering where the numbers were.

A. The adult chimpanzees

B. The old chimpanzees

C. The young chimpanzees

D. The college students

1.D 2.A 3.C 【解析】本文介绍了几种比较聪明的动物：海豚，蜜蜂和大猩猩。 1.句意：在测试中，海豚试图清除身体上的红色标记。A.感到害怕并逃离镜子B.试着和镜子里的自己打架C.他们的身上没有发现任何红色标记D.试图清除身体上的红色标记。原文“they tried to clean the red marks off their bodies.”（它们试图清除身体上...

A person has two ears but only one mouth. That means we should listen, not just speak. The word "listen" has the same letters as the word "silent". Listening silently is a good quality that we should have. Then why is it important to be a good listener?

Listening is really helpful.

When someone is sad or angry, he wants to express his poor feelings. At this moment, we need to listen silently first until he gets calm (冷静的). Then we may have a good talk with him. Maybe it is a good way to help him out.

Listening is a kind of love.

For example, we may think our parents are always talking too much. But in fact, they do so because they are anxious about our health, study and so on. If we listen patiently, our parents will feel we care about them. A loving silence is often more powerful (有力量的) than words.

Listening is polite behavior.

Sometimes, we just want others to listen to us but forget to listen to others. In fact, that's not polite. In order to show our respect(尊重) for others, we had better listen to them first. Then we can express our ideas.

Listening sounds easy， but it's not. Every head is a world. So we should learn to listen with our ears, eyes and hearts as much as we can, and try to make ourselves good listeners from now on.

1.When someone is sad or angry, we should _____ first.

A. listen to him silently

B. express our poor feelings

C. talk too much with him

D. tell his parents about it

2.The underlined word "anxious" here probably means "_______".

A. satisfied

B. angry

C. worried

D. excited

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. We should ask others to listen to us first.

B. We should express our ideas first.

C. We should let others respect us first.

D. We had better listen to others first.

1.A 2.C 3.D 【解析】本文简述了做一个好的倾听者是非常重要的并阐明了原因。 1.句意：当某人感到悲伤或生气时，我们应该先默默地听他说。A.默默地听他说 B.表达我们的不良情绪C.跟他说太多话D.告诉他的父母。原文“we need to listen silently first until he gets calm”（我们需要先静静地听，直到他平静下来），这...

Last month, a common graduation ceremony (毕业典礼) was held in Tianjin University, but it received much attention. Xue Minxiu, born in 1937, graduated with excellent grades after working hard for 4 years.

Going to a university has always been a dream for Xue. But for some reasons, she didn't have the chance when she was young. Even so, she never forgot her dream. In 2014, she was accepted by Tianjin University and finally her dream came true. Since then, Xue has been a model for the people around her. She got up at 5 o'clock every morning. Then she studied for a while before brushing teeth and having breakfast. Her room was filled with books and newspapers. Wherever she went, she would take books with her.

In fact, for her age, Xue had many difficulties during the four years. But nothing could stop her. Whenever she had problems, she would either solve them by herself or ask teachers for help. Through her hard work, she passed the exams and was named "a star student" during the first period of her college life.

"I think the true meaning of our lives is to challenge (挑战) and improve ourselves whether we are old or young. Xue said at the graduation ceremony. "For me, learning something I enjoy is a lifelong journey. I want to thank Tianjin University for giving me the chance to achieve my dream. Our lifetime is short, so we should make good use of it."

1.At the age of _______, Xue was accepted by Tianjin University.

A. 77

B. 85

C. 81

D. 73

2.With the help of ______, Xue solved her problems in study.

A. her family and friends

B. her teachers and herself

C. her teachers and classmates

D. her classmates and herself

3.What is the best title(标题) for the passage?

A. A Graduation Ceremony

B. A Hard-working Old Lady

C. A Difficult Examination

D. A University in Tianjin

4.Where do you think the passage may come from?

A. A science report.

B. A travel book.

C. A newspaper.

D. An advertisement.

1.A 2.B 3.B 4.C 【解析】本文讲述了一位77岁被天津大学录取的老奶奶的学习经历。 1.句意：在77岁时，薛被天津大学录取。原文“In 2014, she was accepted by Tianjin University”（2014年，她被天津大学录取），结合她的出生年份（born in 1937），得出是77岁被录取，故选A。 2.句意：在她的...