Since around the later part of the 1950s, society started to realize that tobacco cigarettes caused health problems. As research progressed along with increasing numbers of people that developed lung cancer, emphysema, and other smoking related illnesses, cigarette smoking has become less accepted and popular. Unfortunately, the nicotine contained in cigarettes is one of the most addictive substances on the planet and makes quitting smoking one of the hardest things to do. In 2003, Chinese pharmacist, Hon Lik invented the electronic cigarette as a safer, and cleaner way to breathe in nicotine after his father, a heavy smoker, passed away from lung cancer attributed to smoking tobacco cigarettes.

Hon Lik applied for his first patent on the electronic cigarette in 2003 and afterwards introduced e-cigs to the Chinese market in the following year through his employer, Golden Dragon Holdings. Golden Dragon Holdings later changed the company’s name to “Ruyan” in order to better match the company’s name(Ruyan means “almost like smoke”)to the new product. Since the renaming, the Ruyan company has continued e-cigarette development and grown to be one of the largest global e-cig manufactures.

Dr.Sam Han, CEO of Cixi E-CIG Technology, Inc, Ltd. also has a number of e-cig related inventions, including four patents in the United States and two in China that are electronic cigarette and e-liquid technology related. Similar to Hon Lik’s father. Dr. Han was a heavy smoker for more than 40 years before beginning to work on electronic cigarette technologies in order to help himself and others make the shift to vapor smoking. Dr.Han continues to market and conduct R&D in e-cig related techonologies to this date.

After the successful deployment of Ruyan and Cixi E-CIG electronic cigarettes in China and Asia, the products started to be sold in significant quantities on the Internet.

1.How many years is it since the electronic cigarette was first invented according to the passage?

A. About 5 years. B. About 11 years.

C. About15 years. D.About 20 years.

2.What’s the direct reason why Hon Lik invented the electronic cigarette according to the passage ?

A. Tobacco cigarettes caused health problems.

B. Tobacco cigarettes were too expensive for customers to buy.

C. Quitting smoking became one of the hardest things to do.

D. His father died from lung cancer due to smoking tobacco cigarettes.

3.Since when have Chinese smokers have been able to buy Hon Lik’s electronic cigarettes according to the passage?

A.2000. B.2003. C.2004. D.2005.

4.What’s the correct order of the following events according to the passage?

① Hon Lik applied for his first patent on the electronic cigarette.

② Hon Lik’s father died from lung cancer because of smoking tobacco cigarettes.

③ Hon Lik’s electronic cigarettes were introduced to the Chinese market.

④ The name of the company Golden Dragon Holdings was changed to “Ruyan”.

A. ①③②④ B.①④②③

C.②④①③ D.②①③④

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to Motive Teens to Read

With lots of studies showing the benefits of reading, how can teachers motivate their students to open a good book or power up their e-reader?

Lead by Example

Require students to spend at least 20 minutes in dependent reading every day. By taking part in this regular activity themselves ,teachers show that they consider reading very important.1.________

Freedom to Choose

2. For those who forget their books ,provide them with access to novels, magazines or newspapers during required reading time.Consider allowing students to use their personal e—readers

Share Your Excitement

Teachers’ excitement for a particular book may have a huge influence on their students .3. ____ Then when it comes time for them to choose a new book, suggest your favorite.

Visit the Library

Make time to visit the school library and require students to borrow at least one book of interest.4. ____ By doing so, they can make sure the book fits their interests.

Stay Informed

Teachers can help motive students by finding out the latest popular young adult reading matter, such as “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins and the “Uglies” by Scott Westerfeld.

With varied activities competing for students’ time and attention, it can be difficult to encourage youngsters to read.5.________

Teachers who make independent reading a daily part of the classroom experience and find creative ways to motivate their students may be on the way to writing a success story.

A. They can read books in silence.

B. Give students a taste of what the book is about.

C. There is science fiction that they are interested in.

D. Encourage them to spend some time reading the book before borrowing.

E. However ,there is little doubt that reading can help with students’ studies

F. Therefore, they always find time to read even though they are terribly busy.

G. Allow students to pick their own literature ,as long as it is suitable for school reading.

某英文报社组织了一次有关“健康生活方式”的英语征文活动，你有意参加。对于这两种谚语：“An apple a day keeps the doctor away．”和“An hour walking a day keeps the doctor away．”，你更倾向于哪个，是饮食更重要，还是锻炼更重要，抑或是饮食锻炼都重要。请根据自己的生活体验，表明自己的观点并简要陈述自己的理由。注意:1．词数：120-150； 2．题目自拟； 3．文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称。

参考词汇：谚语proverb

Sometimes, kindness is a simple answer in a difficult and challenging world.

When my granddaughter, Skylar, was young, one day we went out and had a contest called “Who can make the most people smile. “ And we continue it today. When shopping, we were walking in the supermarket and noticed someone walking down the aisle with her head down. Skylar walked up to her and gave her a big smile. I watched her walk down the aisle, turned around and smiled at Skylar again or perhaps smiled at someone else.

Kindness is a chain that pulls us all together. Every single act of kindness has a ripple effect(连锁反应). In 2002, my dad had a series of strokes and other illness. My dad had been doing nice things for all sorts of people for years, from the street crossing guard, to the waitress in a restaurant, to a friend’s mother. That same day, I made cookies for the janitor（门卫） at the post office. When I gave him the cookies he actually looked a little embarrassed. “Why, Linda?” he asked. “Because I appreciate you!” I answered. “When I get here at 6 am and it is still dark out and it is a little scary, I know you are inside and I feel safe. And when I first moved here and my post office box was always empty, you always cheered me on. And you always keep this place clean.”

That evening his wife called me and said that he was overwhelmed(受宠若惊的). “No one even knows his name, let alone bakes him cookies!” she said. （278 words）

1.What was the author’s attitude to the contest in the supermarket?

A. positive B. negative

C. neutral D. curious

2.From the text, what can we know about the janitor?

A. He led a very poor life at that time.

B. He always went to work after six o’clock.

C. He was fond of baking cookies.

D. He was kind and grateful.

3.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Kindness can always be passed on.

B. An experience in a supermarket.

C. The importance of having a kind dad.

D. Smile makes your life meaningful.

Tu Youyou together with William Campbell and Satoshi Omura won the 2015 Nobel Prize for their work against parasitic diseases. Irish-born Campbell and Japanese Omura won half of the prize for discovering a new drug, avermectin, that has helped the battle against river blindness and lymphatic filariasis, as well as showing effectiveness against other parasitic diseases. The Chinese scientist Tu Youyou, an 85-year-old female scientist, was awarded the other half of the prize for the discovery of artemisinin(青篙素), a drug cure for malaria(疟疾) that has saved millions of lives all over the world, especially in the developing world.

When the news broke that Tu won the Nobel Prize, there were cheers as well as doubts. It also has highlighted differences in prize-awarding practices between China and the West. Some said the achievement was the result of collective efforts by lots of Chinese scientists, so it was unfair to award the prize only to Tu. Indeed, Chinese science awards are mainly presented to projects, instead of individual scientists. But Western awards tend to honor individual scientists who are the first to come up with a new idea or method. Li Zhenzhen, a researcher of the China Academy of Sciences said that the West believes that the advancement of science comes from individuals’ creative minds.

In 1969, Tu started to hold a government project aimed at eliminating malaria. Tu and her teammates experimented with 380 extracts in 2,000 candidate recipes before they finally succeeded in getting the pure substance qinghaosu, later known as artemisinin. In 2011, Tu was awarded the Lasker Debakey Clinical Medical Research Award, commonly referred to as “America’s Nobel Prize”. (278 words)

1.Why Tu Youyou could be awarded the Nobel Prize for ?

A. Because she discovered the avermectin, a drug cure for malaria

B. Because she contributed to the traditional Chinese medicine

C. Because she discovered the artemisinin which shows effectiveness against other parasitic diseases

D. Because she has saved millions of lives for the discovery of artemisinin.

2.What is the difference in prize-awarding practices between China and the West?

A. Chinese science awards are mainly presented to individual scientists, instead of projects

B. Chinese believes that the advancement of science comes from individuals’ creative minds

C. Western awards tend to honor individual scientists who are the first to come up with a new idea or method

D. Western awards are presented to both individual scientists and projects

3.How old was Tu Youyou when she was awarded the “America’s Nobel Prize”.

A. 85 B. 81 C. 46 D. 39

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Why Tu Youyou could be awarded the 2015 Nobel prize

B. Why Tu received the “America’s Nobel Prize”.

C. Tu Youyou won the 2015 Nobel Prize for the discovery of artemisinin

D. The difference in prize-awarding practices between China and the West

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1.If you are a housewife, you may choose .

A. B10132 B. B10062

C. B10134 D.B10133

2.Both Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s Dictionary and Computing for Seniors .

A. have the same discount

B. have similar pages

C. are in paperback

D. are the latest edition

3.Which of the following can be a guide for travelers?

A. Crossword Solver’s Dictionary

B. Computing for Seniors

C. Philip’s Complete Road Atlas

D. Mary Berry Cooks

4.The text is probably taken from .

A. A travel guide B. A textbook

C.A book review D. An advertisement

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

I live in the country and the water where I live is very rusty（腐蚀的）.Sometimes my toilet looks like it hasn’t been cleaned for 40 years. So I have found myself looking for tips on how to keep a toilet clean. 1.

1.Magic erasers! If you put a chunk（大块） of a magic eraser in the tank of your toilet it will clean every time you flush（用水冲洗）. 2. I think it’s a great idea to throw a used-up magic eraser in there rather than ripping up a new one too.

2. 3. If you poke a hole into a bottle of vinegar and then put the whole bottle into your toilet tank, the vinegar will help you use less water with every flush!

3. Wet dry sand paper works really well for scrubbing stubborn stains! 4. ，however ，as it will scratch the surface.

5. I think it would be a good idea to make full use of the suggestions above so that it can help you to fight against the stains the whole time you are away. (207words)

A. This really works!

B. A small bottle of vinegar!

C. Here is what I have found so far.

D. You can use wet dry sand paper whenever you like.

E. So there you have some tips for battling against rusty water in a toilet.

F. Do not use sand paper on any of your other bathroom surfaces.

G. It is necessary to use a new magic eraser.

完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The first day of school our professor asked us to know someone we didn't know. I turned ________ to find a little lady smiling at me .She said, "Hi handsome. I’m Rose, eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a ________ ?"

I laughed and responded, "Of course you ________!" and she gave me a big squeeze.(挤压)

"Why are you in college at such an innocent(无辜的) ________ ?" I asked.

She ________ replied, " To meet a ________ husband, get married, and have a couple of kids..."

"No seriously," I asked.

"I always ________having a college education and now I'm getting one!" she told me.

After class we talked a lot and became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would ________ class together and then talk nonstop. Actually, she easily ________ friends wherever she went.

________the end of the semester we ________ Rose to speak at our football banquet(宴会).

I'll never forget what she ________ us. As she began to________ her speech, she ________ her cards on the floor. As we laughed she________ her throat(喉咙) and began, "We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old________we stop playing. There are four ________ to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find ________ every day. You have to have a dream. When you________ your dreams, you die”.

She ended her ________ by courageously singing "The Rose."(258words)

1.A. round B.on C. off D. away

2.A.gift B. hug C. kiss D. dream

3.A. must B. may C. will D. should

4.A. time B. year C. age D. period

5.A. interestingly B. seriously C. innocently D. jokingly

6.A. tall B. poor C. rich D. small

7.A. waited for B. heard of C. hunted for D. dreamed of

8.A. attend B. leave C. skip D. have

9.A. had B. made C. found D. became

10.A. At B. By C. In D. To

11.A. invited B. required C. demanded D. told

12.A. gave B. taught C. spoke D. asked

13.A. tell B. deliver C. say D. speak

14.A. put B. lay C. left D. dropped

15.A. cleaned B. washed C. cleared D. opened

16.A. as B. so C. because D. if

17.A. steps B. answers C. secrets D. solutions

18.A. stories B. happiness C. dreams D. humor

19.A. find B. realize C. achieve D. lose

20.A. speech B. story C. dream D. song

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

I adopted a black-and-white young pig. He’d follow 1. ( I ) and my dog around and even learnt＿2.＿to bring back a tennis ball. After Angus grew too big 3. our backyard, he went to my uncle’s farm where we’d pay a visit ＿4.＿him weekly with food. But when we couldn’t find him after several months, we decided that he’d wandered off or passed away . My uncle happened ＿5.＿(have) a friend who owned a pig farm about 4 km away. One day, his friend saw a large pig that seemed 6. (be) at a loss. At the ＿7.＿(suggest) of my uncle, he threw a tennis ball. The pig fetched it ＿8.＿(immediate) and brought it＿9.＿. It was Angus! Now Angus is starting to enjoy ＿10.(him) at the pig farm with all the other pigs.

短文改错

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误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：把多余的词作斜线（\）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。

Anna and I have been good friends when we were children. Two years ago, her family got into trouble because a terrible accident. To cheer her up, I always try my best to help her.

One day she said she would invite us to have lunch. I began to worry: she had no money, and if I offered to pay, I would hurt her. We arrived at a restaurant, where was small but seemed nice and quiet. She paid for only one meal and we were started to enjoy the delicious food together. She told me that the restaurant let people work for the meal if they had no money.

Life cannot be easy for us, but we can still do anything for our friends. The world will be nice if everybody would like to share happiness with others.