1.

Sleep, as we know, is important to us because it helps restore tired organs and tissues in our body. But how much sleep do we actually need?

2.

For most of us, eight hours seems to be about the right amount. Yet we know that there are a great many people who get along perfectly with less sleep and some who may even need more. A great deal depends on the way we live. But a good general rule to follow is to sleep as long as we have to in order to feel happy and be able to work at our best when we are awake.

3.

There are actually different levels of sleep. There is a deep sleep and a shallow sleep. In a shallow sleep our body does not get the same kind of rest as it gets in a deep sleep, so that after eight hours of a shallow sleep we may still feel tired. But a short deep sleep can be very restful.

4.

Alexander the Great was able to get a deep sleep whenever he needed it. Once, during the night before an important battle, he remained awake longer than anyone else. Then he wrapped himself in a cloak and lay down on the earth. He slept so deeply that his generals had to wake him three times to give command to attack!

5.

Normally when we go to sleep, our “ sleep center” blocks off nerves so that both our brain and our body go to sleep. One prevents us form wanting to do anything and the other makes our internal organs and limbs go to sleep. But someone will fall asleep (brain sleep) and keep on marching, because his body is not asleep!

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式

After graduating from college, Tom and Bob joined a company together. Both worked very hard. Several years later, the boss promoted Bob to manager, but Tom remained as 1. ordinary worker. Tom couldn’t take it. He handed his resignation to the boss, complaining that the boss didn’t value hard-working workers, but only promoted those 2. (please) guys.

The boss knew Tom worked very hard these years. So he said, “ Thank you, 3. I have a request. I hope you’ll do one more thing for our company 4. you leave. Perhaps you’ll change your mind.”

Tom agreed. The boss asked him to go and find anyone selling watermelon in the market. Tom went and return soon, and said he had found 5. . The boss asked how much per kg? Tom 6. (shake) his head, went back to the market and returned

7. (inform) the boss $1.2 per kg.

The boss told Tom to wait a second. He called Bob to come to his office and asked Bob to do the same. Bob went, returned and said 8. (gentle), “ Boss, only one person is selling watermelon. $1.2 per kg, and $10 9. 10 kg. he has 320 melons in all, of 10 10. are on the table. Fresh and red, each weighs about 2 kg.

Tow was very impressed and realized the difference between himself and Bob. He decided to stay to learn from Bob.

单词拼写

1.She （点头）when she passed me in the street.

2.I can’t just （想象）him saying that!

3.He （犹豫不决）before he answered because he didn’t know what to say.

4.If you （克服）a problem or a feeling, you successfully deal with it and control it.

5.There are tea leaves in the （底部）of my cup.

6.Light music can get you （放松）after a whole day of work.

7.I made an （道歉）to my host and left early.

8.He was （紧张）before the plane trip.

9.In which （方向）are you going, north or south?

10.He’s a （合伙人）in a Chicago law firm.

Weird Homes We All Wish We Live in

Your home is one of the biggest purchases you’re going to make in your entire life, but that doesn’t mean you can’t live somewhere you enjoy. If you’re looking for the weird, the wonderful, or just odd, then these houses are the top of the list.

Upside Down

Like the previous upside down home, this is the type of concrete house that is more interesting to really see from the outside than it is to actually live there. The door is near the top. If you want to live here, you are going to have to deal with the crowds exploring daily.

Satellite Home

Having an entire side of your house made of glass is just asking for a rock to be thrown by the local children. However, it also offers the best view surrounding the scenic home. The inside appeared to be separated into multiple tiers, with each tier broken down into various rooms.

UFO House

This home is located within Taiwan at present. For those who have wondered what it would be like to be kidnapped by aliens and forced to live within their ship for a few years, this house should offer some similar experience.

New Age Tree Fort

If you grew up a flower child, then chances are you either adapted that lifestyle into your own or would prefer to forget it. If it’s the former, then the tree fort-style home would be perfect to live within. It’s centered perfectly in the middle of a forested area, supported by metal beams, and built from strong wood.

1.Why can Satellite Home offer the best view around itself?

A. Because its outside is very interesting.

B. Because one side of this house is made of glass.

C. Because viewers can stand on its door near the top of the house.

D. Because it is centered in the middle of a forest.

2.The underlined word “kidnapped” probably refers to “___________”.

A. taken away B. let down

C. helped out D. brought up

3.What building materials are used for these weird homes according to this passage?

① Concrete ② Rock ③ Metal ④ Wood

A. ①②③. B. ①③④. C. ②③④. D. ①②④.

When I spent the summer with my grandmother, she always set me down to the general store with a list. Behind the counter was a lady like no one I’d ever seen.

“Excuse me,” I said. She looked up and said, “I’m Miss Bee.”

“I need to get these.” I said, holding up my list. “So? Go get them. ” Miss Bee pointed to a sign. “There’s no one here except you and me and I’m not your servant, so get yourself a basket from that pile.”

I visited Miss Bee twice a week that summer. Sometimes she shortchanged me. Other times she overcharged. Going to the store was like going into battle. All summer long she found ways to trick me. No sooner had I learned how to pronounce “bicarbonate of soda” and memorized its location on the shelves than she made me hunt for it all over again. But by summer’s end the shopping trip that had once taken me an hour was done in 15 minutes. The morning I was to return home, I stopped in to get some run.

“All right, little girl,” she said. “What did you learn this summer?” “That you’re a meanie!” I replied. Miss Bee just laughed and said, “I know what you think of me. Well, I don’t care! My job is to teach every child I meet life lessons. When you get older you’ll be glad!” Glad I met Miss Bee? Ha! The idea was absurd…

Until one day my daughter came to me with homework troubles. “It’s too hard,” she said. “Could you finish my math problems for me?”

“If I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it yourself?” I said. Suddenly, I was back at that general store where I had learned the hard way to add up my bill by myself. Had I ever been overcharged since?

1. What did the author’s grandmother always ask her to do during her summer vacation?

A. Make lists for her shopping.

B. Buy something in the general store.

C. Send lists to the lady in the general store.

D. Go to see the lady in a store.

2.How did the author first shop in the store?

A. She shopped with her grandmother together.

B. Miss Bee gave her a hand.

C. She asked a servant to help her.

D. She served herself.

3.What can we infer about Miss Bee?

A. Her tricks made the author finish shopping in a shorter time.

B. She neither shortchanged the author nor overcharged her.

C. Teaching kids lessons was Miss Bee’s job at that time.

D. Miss Bee used to learn to pronounce the names of some goods in the store.

4.The author mentioned her daughter to __________.

A. show her satisfaction with her kid’s homework.

B. tell readers Miss Bee’s influence on her.

C. inform readers of her irresponsibility for her kid.

D. express her opposition to Miss Bee.

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。

Here’s what you need to know about the various growth on your head.

Brush 100 times a day for healthier hair. Myth（传言）.

This is now known to risk damaging your hair. Brushing pulls out hair that isn’t ready to fall out. 1. . So brush gently for styling only.

Being stressed can make your hair fall out. Fact.

Severe stress can have a negative impact on your hair. All hair follicles（头发毛囊） normally undergo periodic “rest” periods. 2. , and make the hair fall out in the three months following the stressful event. Normally hair growth restores naturally, but it’s important to deal with stress and seek medical advice to rule out underlying illness.

Hair can turn white with fright. Myth.

You can’t lose pigment（色素）in your hair because hair is dead when it leaves the head. 3. , however. In rare cases this can attack only pigmented hairs, leaving gray and white hair behind.

4. . Fact.

When it’s cold, blood is transmitted to internal organs to maintain body temperature, which decreases blood flow to the head. In warm weather, increased circulation to the skin benefits follicle activity and increases the rate of hair growth.

Cutting hair by the moon speeds its growth. Myth.

Some people believe that cutting hair under a waxing moon (上弦月)promotes growth. However, the universally-recognized fact is 5. at any time.

A. Brushing your hair often is recommended.

B. A severe shock could cause hair to drop out.

C. Hair does not grow back more strongly after it’s cut.

D. Always being angry will cause your hair to fall down.

E. Sudden stress can cause them to enter this resting phase.

F. Hair grows faster in the summer.

G. It often breaks healthy hairs.

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。作文中共有10处语言错误，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。

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：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。

Hi Lana,

I am 61 years old and I am from New Zealand. I start teaching in China last February.

I decided that I reached 60 years I would like to do something different. I was lucky to have got a degree in English, that helped me find a job as a teacher in China. Now I work with two Canadian teacher. One, 57, has been here for four years, and the other, 63, have been teaching here for 6 years. He married with a lovely Chinese lady. The Chinese people are hard-working but the students are so willing to learn.

How an interesting country to live in!

I feel safer here than anywhere I lived. I have found her tips on teaching so usefully.

Thank you!

Dave

书面表达

假定你是李华，诺丁汉大学（The University of Nottingham）2016年计划在中国招收一批优秀高中毕业生，你准备报名。请你向该校招生负责人Dr Dan发一封电子邮件，包括以下内容：

1. 简要说明你的意向及个人情况；

2. 适当咨询申请入学的准备工作（如：笔试、面试的时间以及考查重点、学费等）；

3. 具体询问学校的课程安排以及学生的在校学习、课外活动、业余生活、住宿等情况。

注意：

1. 词数100左右。 2. 文中不能出现可能透露考生真实身份的任何信息。

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1.Which of the following magazines will probably provide you with articles about music and paintings?

A. Apollo.

B. The Week.

C. New Internationalist.

D. The Guardian Weekly.

2.Which of the following would you most probably read if you want to get

information from the world’s most popular newspapers?

A. Apollo & New Internationalist.

B. The Guardian Weekly & The Week.

C. The Guardian Weekly & New Internationalist.

D. Apollo & The Week.

3.The purpose of writing these four texts is to______.

A. tell the readers the latest news

B. introduce the four magazines to new readers

C. show the importance of the four magazines

D. get more readers to subscribe（订阅）

Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things that man and animals possess if they are used. If fire didn’t hurt when it burned, children would play with it until their hands were burned away. Similarly, if pain existed but fear didn’t, a child could burn itself again and again because fear would not warn it to keep away from the fire that had burnt it before. A really fearless soldier—and some do exist—is not a good soldier because he is soon killed; and a dead soldier is of no use to his army. Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which man and animals might soon die out.

In our first sentence we suggested that fear ought to be properly used. If, for example, you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too much. The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but instead, to use fear as your servant and guide. Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to decide what action to take.

In many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger. For example, you see a car coming straight towards you; fear warns you, you jump out of the way, and all is well.

In some cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger. For example, you cannot prevent an airplane crashing into your house, and you may not want to go and live in a desert where there are no airplanes. In this case, fear has given you its warning, you have examined it and decided on your course of action, so fear of the particular danger is no longer of any use to you, and you have to try to overcome it.

1.Children would play with fire until their hands are burnt away if _________.

A. they were not well educated at school

B. they were fearful of pain

C. they had never played with fire before

D. they had no sense of pain

2.People sometimes succeed in timely avoiding danger because _________.

A. they have gained experience

B. they jump out of the way in time

C. they are warned of the danger and take quick action

D. they are calm in face of danger

3.What is implied but not stated in the passage?

A. Fear is always something helpful

B. Too much fear is harmful

C. Fear is something that can be avoided

D. Fear ought to be used as our guide in our life

4.The best title for this passage should be __________.

A. The Value of Fear

B. Pain and Actions

C. No Pains, No Gains

D. The Reason Why People Fear