【题目】书面表达。

假定你是Li Hua，你的外籍教师Bill帮你排练了一首英文歌曲。在学校的圣诞节晚会中，你的表演取得了成功。请你写一封电子邮件，向他描述一下晚会及你表演的情况，并向他表示感谢。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Bill,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

【题目】Nowadays many parents leave their work in order to provide necessary help for their children when they reach Senior Three. They usually live with their children in the rented apartment to keep their children___【1】_____(陪伴).There are positive effects as well as negative effects over the issue.

The advantage is obvious. With parents preparing food and doing all the washing, children can eat41．__【2】_______(有规律) and have more time to study and enjoy themselves. Most of all, children can enjoy the love of their parents every day.

However, it costs more money and gives students more43．__【3】_______(压力) because they have to think about how to44．__【4】_______(回报)their parents.

【题目】I found the lecture hard to follow because it ______ when I arrived.

started

B. was starting

C. would start

D. had started

【题目】Every evening, Blackie would be waiting for Alan to come back from school. He would greet Alan with a woa woa and a wagging tail. Blackie was a dog and Alan was his master. Blackie liked to play with Alan.

One evening when Alan returned from school, there was no woa woa and a wagging tail. Blackie was missing. Early the next morning, Alan and his brother went__【1】__ (look) for Blackie. They walked and searched from morning to evening, ___【2】__(shout) “Blackie, Blackie!”But there was no woa woa and a wagging tail. The children were very sad and tired.

One day, the children heard a woa woa coming from a house. It sounded like Blackie. The children ran to the house and __【3】__(ring) the bell. A man opened the door. The children asked,“Uncle, have you seen a black dog?” The man replied,“No.”But the children still heard a woa woa coming from the house.

The children decided to climb a small hill that leads to the back of the house. It was not easy to climb the hill. They had to hold on to twines and pull__【4】_ (they) up the slope. When the children reached the top, they saw Blackie tied to a chain. Then the man realized that he could no longer hide the ___【5】__(true) from the children so he returned Blackie to them. Blackie looked __【6】__(happiness) and greeted the children with a woa woa and a wagging tail.

【题目】The Fitting-in of Suzy Khan

The first time I saw Suzy Khan, I knew I had to help her. She was really small for her age of 12. The boy in my class often about her and laughed their heads off. She would open a book, pretending to read, with tears dropping on the open page.

All I knew was that she was an orphan (孤儿) from Africa. She had just been adopted by a family in town who that the best way for her to learn American ways of life was to be with american kids. I looked down at this girl and promised myself that somehow I would help her.

But how could I help her in with us? There had to be a .

One day, when I went into the classroom, I saw that Suzy had her geography book to a picture of a train, and in her notebook, she had made a(n) (7) copy.

I was surprised and thought that she could do something in the coming (8) show. So, I took her to see the art teacher, Miss Parker, and showed her what Suzy had . “why, it’s wonderful,” said Miss Parker, who then showed us a poster she had painted the talent show. “I need more of these, but I just don’t have enough . Could you help me, Suzy?”

On the day of the talent show, Suzy’s were everywhere ---- all over the hall and all over the school, each one different.

“And finally,” said Mr Brown, the schoolmaster, at the end of the show, “we have a (n) award. I’m sure you’ve all noticed the wonderful posters.” Everyone nodded. “One of our own students them.”

I could hear everyone whispering. “Who in our school could draw well?”

Mr. Brown waited a while before saying, “ this student worked so hard on the posters, she deserves a ,too. Our mystery(神秘) artist is our new student ---- Suzy Khan!”

Mr. Brown thanked her for all the wonderful posters and gave her a professional artist’s set. “Thank you,” she cried.

I , at that time when I was looking at her excited face, she’d probably never anything in her whole life.

Everyone started to their hands. Suzy Khan gave them a shy smile and the applause was defening. I knew then Suzy was going to be all right.

【1】 A. joked B. cared

C. trains D. worried

【2】 A. reported B. decided

C. complained D. questioned

【3】 A. rich B. proud

C. tiny D. popular

【4】 A. come B fall

C. fit D. tie

【5】 A. manner B. pattern

C. choice D. way

【6】 A. read B. taken

C. opened D. put

【7】 A. free B. perfect

C. final D. extra

【8】 A.are B.talk

C.quiz D. talent

【9】 A. colored B. written

C. carved D. drawn

【10】 A. at B. after

C. for D. around

【11】 A. room B. time

C. paper D. interest

【12】 A. gifts B. books

C. photos D. posters

【13】 A. special B. academic

C. national D. rayal

【14】 A. painted B. found

C. printed D. collected

【15】 A. very B. that

C. quite D. too

【16】 A. If B. Though

C. Unless D. Since

【17】 A. prize B. rank

C. rest D. place

【18】 A. replied B. realized

C.remembered D. regretted

【19】 A. offered B. valued

C. owned D. controlled

【20】 A. clap B. wave

C. raise D. shake

【题目】 The interview has been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well.Then，suddenly the interviewer asks an unexpected question.“Which is more important，law or love?”

Job applicants in the west increasing find themselves asked strange questions like this.And the signs are that this is beginning to happening in China.

Employers want people who are skilled，enthusiastic(热情的） and devoted.So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicant will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are.In response(应答），employers are increasingly using questions which try and show the applicant’s true personality.

The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Kiersey Personality Sorter.It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems，rather than what they know.This is often called aptitude(倾向性）testing.

According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult.“When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she will think there is a right answer and they may well fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.”

This is sometimes called the prisoner’s dilemma(窘境）.Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest，but they fail because they don’t understand what the interviewer is looking for.Remember that in an aptitude test，the correct answer is always the honest answer.

3【1】The writer wrote the passage to ______.

A.give you a piece of advice on a job interview

B.tell you a piece of advice on a job interview

C.describe an aptitude test

D.advise you how to find a good job

【2】Now employers want to hire workers______.

A.who know much more than others

B.who are better skilled than others

C.who are able to solve different problems

D.who will work harder than others

【3】According to the writer，in an aptitude testing，Chinese job applicants should______.

A.not tell the truth

B.learn to tell what they really think

C.be more enthusiastic

D.try to find out what the examiner really wants to know

【4】From the passage we know that ______.

A.job applicants are always asked such questions

B.more Chinese applicants fail to find a job

C.applicants should not act as reasonably as a prisoner

D.aptitude testing is becoming popular the world wide

【题目】 Choosing the Right Resolution

Millions of Americans began 2014 with the same resolution they started 2013 with, a goal of losing weight. However, setting weight loss as a goal is a mistake.

To reach our goal of losing weight-the output, we need to control what we eat-the input(输入). That is, we tend to care about the output but not to control the input. This is a bad way to construct goals. The alternative is to focus your resolution on the input. Instead of resolving to lose weight, try an actionable resolution: “I'll stop having dessert for lunch,” or “I'll walk every day for 20 minutes.” Creating a goal that focuses on well-specified input will likely be more effective than concentrating on the outcome.

Recently a new science behind incentives(激励), including in education, has been discussed. For example, researcher Roland Fryer wanted to see what works best in motivating children to do better in school. In some cases, he gave students incentives based on input, like reading certain books, while in others, the incentives were based on output, like results on exams. His main finding was that incentives increased achievement when based on input but had no effect when based on output. Fryer's conclusion was that the incentives for inputs might be more effective because students do not know how to do better on an exam, aside from general rules like “study harder.” Reading certain books, on the other hand, is a well-set task over which they have much more control.

As long as you have direct control over your goal, you have a much higher chance of success. And it's easier to start again if you fail, because you know exactly what you need to do.

If yo want to cut down on your spending, a good goal would be making morning coffee at home instead of going to a cafe, for example. This is a well-specified action-based goal for which you can measure your success easily. Spending less money isn't a goal because it's too general. Similarly, if you want to spend more time with your family, don't stop with this general wish. Think about an actionable habit that you could adopt and stick to, like a family movie night every Wednesday.

In the long run, these new goals could become a habit.

【1】 The writer thinks that setting weight loss as a goal is a mistake because .

A. it is hard to achieve for most Americans

B. it is focused too much on the result

C. it is dependent on too many things

D. it is based on actionable decisions

【2】 In Roland Fryer's research, some students did better than the others because .

A. they obeyed all the general rules

B. they paid more attention to exams

C. they were motivated by their classmates

D. they were rewarded for reading some books

【3】 According to the writer, which of the following statements is a good goal?

A. “I'll give up dessert.”

B. “I'll study harder.”

C. “I'll cut down my expenses.”

D. “I'll spend more time with my family.”

【4】The writer strongly believes that we should .

A. develop good habits and focus on the outcome

B. be optimistic about final goals and stick to them

C. pick specific actions that can be turned into good habit

D. set ambitious goals that can balance the input and output

【题目】The truth that trees are vital to our life is not a secret. They provide us with food, wood and most 【1】 (important), oxygen. Now there is one more thing we can add to this list—blocking out harmful bacteria from water.

The discovery 【2】 (make) by a team 【3】 (consist) of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and high school students who were seeking a natural water filter—one that would help communities in developing countries that do not have 【4】 (accessible) to modern water filter systems.

The 【5】 (research), led by Professor Rohit Karnik, decided to turn to trees for help because they could allow liquid to flow through, while blocking out air bubbles.

They began by cutting 1.5-inch-wide sections of tree bark from the branches of a white pine tree. The people related then tested the wood’s filtering ability by pouring water containing red dye particles of different sizes through. To their amazement, they found that it was effective in trapping all the articles. 【6】 (encourage), the team conducted another experiment, this time with water that contained bacteria. Sure enough, the sapwood held back 99% of the bacteria, allowing only 1% to flow through.

【题目】阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填人一个适当的英语单词，所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确，并将该词完整地写在答题卡中相应的横线上。

Dear editor,

My hometown used to be a beautiful place. Thick trees and green grass could be seen _【1】__(到处). In __【2】__to build houses and grow more crops, people cut down more and more trees. 【3】_ time going on, the whole forest was almost __【4】_(毁灭). Gradually the green hills have c__【5】___ into wasteland. As a result, sandstorms strike us now and then, from _【6】__ we suffer a lot. So, I do hope all the people will r_【7】_the terrible result of _【8】_caring about our environment. What's___【9】__, we should take good care of the forests and plant trees instead of cutting them down to improve our living c__【10】___.

【题目】 The kids in this village wear dirty, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mud. They have no school. Yet they all can chant the English alphabet, and some can make words.

The key to their success: 20 tablet computers(平板电脑) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a U.S. group called One Laptop Per Child.

The goal is to find out whether kids using today’s new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers exist. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers analyzing the project data say they’re already amazed. “What I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten,” said Matt Keller, who runs the Ethiopia program.

The fastest learner—and the first to turn on one of the tablets—is 8-year-old Kelbesa Negusse. The device’s camera was disabled to save memory, yet within weeks Kelbesa had figured out its workings and made the camera work. He called himself a lion, a marker of accomplishment in Ethiopia.

With his tablet, Kelbasa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many English animal names he knows. Then he spelled words on his own. “Seven months ago he didn’t know any English. That’s unbelievable,” said Keller.

The project aims to get kids to a stage called “deep reading,” where they can read to learn. It won’t be in Amharic, Ethiopia’s first language, but in English, which is widely seen as the ticket to higher paying jobs.

【1】How does the Ethiopia program benefit the kids in the village?

A. It trains teachers for them.

B. It contributes to their self-study.

C. It helps raise their living standards.

D. It provides funds for building schools.

【2】 It amazed Keller that with the tablet Kelbesa could _______.

A. learn English words quickly.

B. draw pictures of animals.

C. write letters to researchers.

D. make phone calls to his friends.

【3】 What is the aim of the project?

A. To offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs.

B. To make Amharic widely used in the world.

C. To help Ethiopian kids read to learn in English.

D. To assist Ethiopians in learning their first language.