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。

Wrong Reasons for Going to College

A college education can be priceless. ____1.___ If any of these following factors had a big influence on your decision, you’re probably right to second-guess yourself.

◆Because someone else expects it from you.

Perhaps you come from a family where everyone goes to college. Or maybe, you’re the kid that everyone is proud to believe will be the first to get there. ____2._____. It’s become so much a part of the air you breathe that you’ve never stopped to consider whether you want to go or whether you’re ready to go.

◆Because all your friends are going.

In only a few weeks’ time, the whole friend group will be scattered to a half dozen different colleges in a half dozen different places. ____3._____Friends would wonder what’s wrong with you. Some would take it as a betrayal of the dreams you’ve dreamed together and the plans you’ve made.

◆____4.___

It’s been tough to find even a summer job. You don’t have an alternative plan. Everyone else is doing it (see above). You think you might as well go to school. That is the lamest of reasons to spend $20,000 or more in the next year.

◆Because you are afraid you’ll regret it if you don’t go.

Your uncle tells you that his one regret in life is that he didn’t go to college. Others tell you that they could have gone so much farther in their career if only they had a college education. ____5.____ So this is not a persuasive reason for you to go to college.

A. That’s much too fine.

B. Not to go would be set yourself apart.

C. Because you don’t know what else to do.

D. Everyone seems more excited than you are.

E. It seems that for years everyone has just assumed that of course you’ll go.

F. Whatever the story is, there are always people who regret decisions they’ve made.

G. But maybe in your heart you know that you are going for the wrong reasons.

短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。

I received your letter dated April 16 the day ago yesterday. Every of our family are greatly delighted to learn whether you are getting along very well with your lessons. Time passes quickly. In dozens of day, you'll finish middle school. What please us most is that you do very good to make up your mind to enter for the college entrance examination this summer. What wonderful it is! Dad, as well as Mom and I , are with you. We wish you to make better use your time .The fuller preparations if you make, the surer of success you'll certainly be.

Imagine this: you get up in the morning and put on a custom printed T-shirt. Then you eat some 3-D printed food and relax on your printed sofa. Perhaps you take a ride in a printed electric car to the hospital to get a printed tooth fitted.

Though some of these things may seem impossible, they’re closer to reality than you might think. The world of 3-D printing is coming to a store near you soon.

The idea of 3-D printing is to produce complicated shapes in a very personalized way. If you want to make a totally new object, you need to make a virtual design in a CAD（computer aided design）file first. Or you can use a 3-D scanner to make a digital copy of an object. Then, based on the design or copy, the 3-D printer makes paper-thin slices out of liquid, plastic, or metal and puts them together to create the object you want.

There are many areas in which 3-D printing can change our lives. One such area is health care. Researchers have developed simple 3-D printed organs, which can be used in life-saving operations. A 17-year-old boy in the US has also recently developed a brain-powered, 3-D printed replacement hand. From heart monitors to fake limbs（四肢）, we can soon be living longer thanks to 3-D printed technology.

Another area that 3-D technology looks sure to change is food. Can you imagine being able to print your favorite dishes at home at the touch of a button? Even big companies are behind the trend. Hersheys, one of the largest chocolate makers in the world, recently announced that it would start producing chocolate with the help of 3-D printers. NASA, the US space agency, has reportedly spent $125,000 （767,594 yuan） developing a “3-D pizza printer”.

It is not yet clear how long it will take until 3-D printers are available to everyone. But one thing is for sure: the possibilities are endless.

1.The purpose of the first paragraph is to ________.

A. list some major 3-D printing breakthroughs

B. describe the characters of 3-D printing

C. picture a future life with 3-D printing

D. describe the benefits that 3-D printing has brought to our lives

2.Compared with traditional manufacturing procedures, 3-D printing ________.

A. isn’t practical in daily life

B. relies less heavily on the use of 3-D scanners

C. can produce complicated products in larger sizes or numbers

D. has an advantage in meeting the personal needs

3.We can infer from the article that ________.

A. there is still a long way to go before everyone can have access to 3-D printing

B. 3-D printed organs and limbs are as effective as real ones

C. big food companies are major players in the 3-D printing industry

D. people can create any object with any material by 3-D printing

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A. What is 3-D printing?

B. A new technology-3-D printing.

C. How to use 3-D printing?

D. The development of 3-D printing.

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。

For centuries, everybody knows laughter is the best medicine. Besides bringing joy, the doctor also 1. （believe） that laughter helps release stress, which is the cause of many diseases.

The celebration of World Laughter Day is 2. （mean） to bring good health, joy and world peace. It is a special day that can 3. （celebrate）annually by anyone on the first Sunday of May. All people need to do is laugh aloud and wildly. The fun event was started 4.__ Indian physician, Dr, Madan Kataria.

His quest to make the world a happier place 5. （begin） in 1995, with the introduction of Laughter Yoga（大笑瑜伽课）, a fitness class 6. people practice breathing exercise and uncontrolled laughter.

Though only five students attended the first class, this fun way of exercising soon began to spread and in a short time it began to be held 7. more than 70 countries around the world.

Members get together every day or twice a week 8. exercise by simply laughing out loud, waving their hands and making funny faces each other to keep the laughing going.

In 1998, in an attempt to spread the laughter to every person, the physician declared the first Sunday of every May World Laughter Day. Not 9. （surprise）, it became an instant hit. To make it more fun, Dr. Kararia suggested 10. （organize） the celebrations in public places so that other people could join in. Some even awarded prizes to participants who could perform this feat in natural and effortless way.

Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties（地方特色菜）in Germany, Spain and France. At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handed frying and baking while

mixing drinks for dozens of friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like making drinks out of dining-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network.

Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Lieberman’s charisma is key.“Food TV isn’t about food anymore,” says Flay. “It’s about your personality and finding a way to keep people’s eyeballs on your show.”

But Lieberman isn’t putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline company was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights, Lieberman got the job.

1.We can learn from the text that Lieberman’s family __________.

A. love cooking at home B. have relatives in Europe

C. often hold parties D. own a restaurant

2.The Food Network got to know Lieberman __________.

A. at one of his parties

B. from his teachers

C. on a television program

D. through his taped show

3.What does the underlined word “charisma” in the text refer to?

A. A way to show one’s achievement.

B. A natural ability to attract others.

C. Lieberman’s after-class interest.

D. Lieberman’s fine cooking skill.

4.Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job?

A. He could prepare meals in a small kitchen.

B. He was famous for his shows on Food TV.

C. He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals.

D. He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches.

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。

Customer service refers to the way that companies behave towards their customers. 1. However, many a time organizations don’t focus on customer relationship management, and that’s what makes customers angry, which is one of the reasons why companies lose their customers. 2.

First of all, you need to realize the great value of the customers. It’s they who are the boss, and it’s because of them that you get your pay checks. So do take your customers seriously.

3. You need to ask the customers the right kind of questions and think of the possible solutions which you can provide. Understand how they feel according to a particular situation, their body language, tone of voice and words they speak. Never make assumptions （臆断）and think that you know what the customers want.

4. Treat customers as individuals and the best way to do that is using their first name and finding ways of praising them in a sincere way.

In addition, there are some other skills which will help you in serving your customers better. For example, once you finish solving the problem for the customers, before ending the call, always remember to ask if there is anything else you can do for them. End the call with a “thank you”. If the customers are angry, let them express their anger completely. 5. Once they’ve finished speaking, try to calm them down by apologizing.

In a word, always remember that if the customers remain happy, you’ll be in business.

A. Never interrupt or start speaking until they’ve finished.

B. You can bring in as many new customers as you want.

C. So customer service is important and you should know how to improve it.

D. Finding out the needs of the customers is another important customer service tip.

E. Making customers feel they are important is an excellent way to serve them better.

F. It’s the quality of service that determines whether the customer remains with the company.

G. More companies are finding that their customer service should not be limited to Stores.

书面表达

假设你即将参加你校主题为“Preparing Myself for College Life”的英语演讲比赛。请根据提示写一则简短的英语演讲稿。构想一下你的大学生活和你打算怎么做来适应大学生活。内容要点应包括：

1. 确定新的学习目标；

2. 学会独立生活；

3. 参加各种活动；

4. 处理好与同学的关系。

注意：1. 短文的内容要连贯、完整；

2. 字数：100 左右(开头己给出的单词不计入单词总数）。

Preparing Myself for College Life

Hello, everyone! My college life is right around the corner and I’m getting ready for it.

____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

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That’s all. Thank you!

Mr. Black, as well as the professor who________ from Beijing University, ________ to attend our school meeting.

A. come; is B. comes; are C. comes; is D. come; are

Take care! Accidents _________ happen along this part of the road.

A. will B. would C. must D. Shall

As a famous public figure, you have a duty to _______ yourself, especially in public places.

A. focus B. behave C. guide D. operate