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

Save Your Time, Money and Stress with Savvy (懂行，悟性）Rental Car Strategies

Renting a car can be expensive, confusing, and stressful — but it doesn’t have to be. Here are several helpful strategies to save money, time, and stress on your next (and every) car rental.

Sign Up for Loyalty Programs

Rental car loyalty programs are free to join, so register for any programs you might use in the future. My favorite car rental loyalty program benefit is that I can skip the counter and head right to my reserved car. Some programs allow members to choose a car from the available pool. 1.

Optimize Your Strategy

Do you really need a rental car from the airport? For instance, if your flight arrives at night, take a free hotel shuttle and pick up your car the next day. The car rental location might even be at your hotel or can pick you up (or deliver the car to you). 2.

3.

For a city trip, you may not even need a rental car. Research whether mass transit（运输）, taxi, Uber, bike rental, and other transportation methods will suffice(足够）. Parking charges at downtown hotels may cost more than your car rental rate, so it may be doubly in your favor to give up a rental car. In some locations, a bike might be more efficient and economical than a car.

Search for Specials

4. In conjunction（结合）with your personal discount code, you may also find a last-minute rate, free rental day, or other promotion. My favorite annual travel deal is driving a car one-way out of Florida after Spring Break with rates as low as $1 per day.

Consider Alternative Rental Options

Major car rental companies might have an associated discount brand at your rental location, like Firefly for Hertz. 5.

An independent or smaller local agency may fit your needs; like A1 or Lucky Owl in Honolulu. Many people prefer to check rates on Hotwire and Priceline, especially for last-minute rentals.

A．Rental rates are likely lower away from the airport, plus you might save the cost of an entire rental day.

B．I use discount-finding websites to track my car reservations.

C．Smaller brands, like Thrifty and Fox, might offer better service and lower rates.

D．In addition to saving time and offering freedom of choice, loyalty members earn points and receive special promotions.

E．Check car rental company websites for current specials.

F．Skip the Car

G．Use a bike

完形填空，请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A 16-year-old in foster care has finally found a home. His adoption caseworker (社会工作者), who has known him since he was 7, will become his adoptive mother this month.

In October 2013, Davion Only spoke in front of a church congregation (会众) in St. Petersburg, Florida, and made an _________ for adoption. He had recently learned that his _________ mother, who’d been in jail since Only was born, had died. He had spent years bouncing between foster homes. “My name is Davion and I’ve been in foster care since I was born,” he said. “I know God hasn’t given up on me, so I’m not giving up either.”

The_________ plea (恳求) went viral, and Only’s foster agency_________ calls from more than 10,000 people, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Only _________ traveling to Ohio to live with a minister’s family. But after Only got into a physical _________ with one of his older would-be siblings (兄弟姐妹), the minister and his wife changed their minds.

Back in Florida, Only passed through four different _________ homes over the next year, until he called Connie Going, his adoption caseworker, to make a special _________ .

Only had known Going for nearly ten years, and had asked every year if she would adopt him but she always _________ . “I always believed there was a better family than us out there,” Going tells Yahoo Parenting. “He _________ so much in this world.”

But this past July, when Only called and asked again if she might adopt him, Going says something felt _________ . “In adoption there is a ‘claiming moment,’ when you know someone is your child. When he called me to ask, in that moment, I just knew,” she says. “When he asked me, my heart felt this _________ and I just knew he was my son.”

So Going, 52, invited Only to start spending time _________ the rest of her family — the other four children who she also adopted out of foster care. _________ , Going managed to rent a bigger home, got a lawyer, and started adoption _________ .

Only will officially join Going’s family on April 22, when the adoption _________ . “Today, I am feeling blessed and honored by being chosen to be the parent to all my children,” she says. “I work every day on being the best parent I can to them, to be patient and creative so that I can _________ all their needs.”

A spokesperson for Eckerd, Only’s foster agency, told the Tampa Bay Times they were _________ with the new development. “We are truly thrilled that Davion has been united with his forever family.“

While Going is waiting for the newest _________ to her family to become official in the eyes of the law, she says Only is already her child. “I want him to know he is _________ loved for who he is, the way he is,” she says. “The changes he chooses to make in his life, and the choices, are his to make. As a family we will be there through it all, the good and the bad for our lifetime. He is home.”

1.A. apology B．compensation C．appeal D．call

2.A. biological B．botanic C．adoptive D．adaptive

3.A. delighting B．satisfying C. annoying D．heartbreaking

4.A. received B．accepted C．made D．answered

5.A. avoided B．started C．gave up D．ended up

6.A. quarrel B．experiment C．examination D．fight

7.A. permanent B．full-time C．rich D．temporary

8.A. question B．request C．order D．resolution

9.A. determined B．hesitated C．involved D．devoted

10.A. declares B．develops C．discovers D. deserves

11.A. different B．the same C．surprising D．disappointing

12.A. force B．courage C．ache D．energy

13.A. on B．with C．in D．to

14.A. Particularly B．Constantly C．Previously D．Eventually

15.A. performances B．procedures C．persuasion D． production

16.A. goes across B．goes about C．goes through D．goes down

17.A. refuse B．ignore C．meet D．neglect

18.A. pleased B．angry C.disappointed D． enthusiastic

19.A. burden B．brother C．addition D．trouble

20.A. unconditionally B．conditionally C．partly D．amazingly

单词拼写

1.Most of these streak 条痕 are darker than the ________（ 周围的）sand.

2.They sat in a corner and _________（闲聊） of old times

3.I carried with me for years a vague模糊的______（印象） that he was a cold-hearted寡情的 man

4.The painter was busy ________ （调配，混合）his colours.

5.You can do a quick test to _______（证明，证实） this in any database

by opening a view and then pressing the down arrow.

6.The subject has been ________ （谈到，查阅）to cursorily粗略in the

preface.序言

7.This method is_________（计划，打算）for debugging调试only, as it lets me compare the result of aparse 解析with expected results.

8.What is the _______ （连接，关系）between the two ideas?

9.What a pleasant_______ （荫，阴凉处）this tree gives us!

10.I defeated him by knocking down his _________( 争论，讨论，辩论）

语法填空

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号的相应位置。（没给词的填一个词，给了词的，填词个数由所需词形决定）

This passage mainly tells us the __1.___(valuable) of a person. A collage student in this passage _2.____ (choose)the wrong major and became more and more frustrated. He thought he couldn’t be successful and achieve __3.__ dream. _4._, he only liked to listen to Yang’ s class and never __5.(absence). He put a note and showed his value to Yang. One day, Yang told him the __6._____(different) between different potatoes. So this student understood the life and became successful.

From this passage, I think, in our lives, we shouldn’t move back when we have trouble with our study or work. __7.______(contrary), we must try hard to make our lives better and be __8.__(value) one in these common people. If we do, like this, we will show our value by ourselves and be found by top people. So we may change our destiny and become 9.__(success)

All in all, I hope every one can show their value lively and __10._ (life)a successful life. Please remember：Be a potato, but be the best!

短文改错

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

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: 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

It was 6 pm when we arrived Belfast, so we went straight to the hotel that we booked online to check in after we got on the plane. On our way to the downtown, the taxi driver brief introduced the city, which had been in chaos for almost 30 years until the end of next century. After dropped our bags, we wandered around in the streets. The city was peacefully and people seemed to be enjoying their life very much. The place that we had our dinner was called “The Crown”, a pub dated back to 1826, when the first train ran from Belfast to Lisburn. We met two European girls having Chow Mein, fried noodles, when we were having a rest in the hall of the hotel later. They told us they have bought the noodles in a Chinese restaurant named Eastern Land. We decided not to go there the next evening so that we could taste it.

书面表达：暑假即将来临。你班同学讨论了假期计划，提出了不同看法。请根据提示写一篇有关讨论的英语短文，并谈谈你的看法。

注意：1. 短文必须写在答题卡的指定区域，词数80~120（不含已写好部分）。

2. 短文必须包括表中所列要点，可根据内容分段表达。

3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

4. 参考词汇：眼界——horizon（或view）

The summer holiday is coming. Our class have had a discussion about what to do during the holiday.

When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Wee k by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like ? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”

I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it.“That’s just for you,” he said.“You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”

Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.

1.What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?

A. He told her not to pay any attention to what her“enemy” had said.

B. He criticized (批评) her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.

C. He told her to write down all that her“enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.

D. He refused to take the list and have a look at it.

2. What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?

A. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.

B. She had made a list of my shortcomi ngs and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.

C. I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.

D. Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.

3. Why did her father listen to her quietly?

A. Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true.

B. Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.

C. Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.

D. Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.

4. Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?

A. Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend

B. The Best Advice I’ve ever Had

C.My Father

D. My Childhood

There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. Information in long-term memory can be remembered at a later time when it is needed. The information may be kept for days or weeks. However, information in short-term memory is kept for only a few seconds, usually by repeating the information over and over. The following experiment shows how short-term memory has been studied.

Henning studied how students who are learning English as a second language remember vocabulary. The subjects in his experiment were 75 college students. They represented all levels of ability in English: beginning, intermediate (中等), and native speaking students.

To begin, the subjects listened to a recording of a native speaker reading a paragraph in English. Following the recording, the subjects took a 15-question test to see which words they remembered. Each question had four choices. The subjects had to circle the word they had heard in the recording, Some of the questions had four choices that sound alike. For example, weather, whether, wither, and wetter are four words that sound alike. Some of the questions had four choices that have the same meaning. Method, way, manner, and system would be four words with the same meaning. Finally the subjects took a language proficiency test.

Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of their mistakes on words that sound alike; students with a higher proficiency made more of their mistakes on words that have the same meaning. Henning's results suggest that beginning students hold the sound of words in their short-term memory, and advanced students hold the meaning of words in their short-term memory.

1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Information in short-term memory is different from that in long-term memory.

B. Long-term memory can be achieved only by training.

C. It is easier to test short-term memory than long term memory.

D. Henning gave a separate test on vocabulary to his students.

2. From Henning's result we can see that ______.

A. beginners have difficulty distinguishing the pronunciation of words

B. advanced students always remember words by their meaning

C. it is difficult to remember words that sound alike

D. it is difficult to remember words that have the same meaning

3. The word "subject" in the passage means ______.

A. memory

B. the theme of listening material

C. a branch of knowledge studied

D. the student experimented on

4.The passage centers on ______.

A. memory B. two kinds of memory

C. short-term memory D. an experiment on student

Sports can help you keep fit and get in touch with nature. However, whether you are on the mountains, in the waves, or on the grassland, you should be aware that your sport of choice might have great influence on the environment.

Some sports are resource-hungry. Golf, as you may know, eats up not only large areas of countryside，but also tons of water. Besides, all sorts of chemicals and huge amounts of energy are used to keep its courses (球场) in good condition. This causes major environmental effects. For example, in the dry regions of Portugal and Spain, golf is often held responsible for serious water shortage in some local areas.

There are many environment-friendly sports. Power walking is one of them that you could take up today. You don’t need any special equipment except a good pair of shoes; and you don’t have to worry about resources and your purse. Simple and free, power walking can also keep you fit. If you walk regularly, it will be good for your heart and bones. Experts say that 20 minutes of power walking daily can make you feel less anxious, sleep well and have better weight control.

Whatever sport you take up, you can make it greener by using environment-friendly equipment and buying products made from recycled materials. But the final goal should be “green gyms”. They are better replacements for traditional health clubs and modern sports centers. Members of green gyms play sports outdoors, in the countryside or other open spaces. There is no special requirement for you to start your membership. And best of all, it’s free.

1. Which of the following is the author most probably in favor of?

A. Cycling around a lake.

B. Motor racing in the desert.

C. Playing basketball in a gym.

D. Swimming in a sports center.

2. What do we know about golf from the passage?

A. It is popular in Portugal and Spain.

B. It causes water shortages around the world.

C. It pollutes the earth with chemicals and wastes.

D. It needs water and other sources to keep its courses green.

3.The author uses power walking as an example mainly because ___________.

A. it is an outdoor sport

B. it improves our health

C. it uses fewer resources

D. it is recommended by experts

4.The author writes the passage to _______.

A. show us the function of major sports

B. encourage us to go in for green sports

C. discuss the major influence of popular sports

D. introduce different types of environment-friendly sports

The surprising experiment I am about to describe proves that air is all around you and that it presses down upon you. Air pressure is a powerful force. When you swim underwater, you can feel water pushing on your body. The air all around you does the same. However, your body is so used to it that you do not notice this. The pressure is caused by a layer (层) of air called the atmosphere. This layer surrounds the Earth, extending to about five kilometers above the Earth’s surface.

The following experiment is an easy one that you can do at home. But make sure that you are supervised (监督), because you will need to use matches. Now for the experiment.

What you need

● hard-boiled egg without the shell

● A bottle with a neck slightly smaller than the egg

● A piece of paper

● A match

Method

1) Check that the egg will sit firmly on the neck of the bottle.

2) Tear the paper into pieces and put them into the bottle.

3) Light the paper by dropping a burning match into the bottle.

4) Quickly sit the egg on the neck of the bottle.

Result

Astonishingly, the egg will be sucked into the bottle. Your friends will be amazed when you show them the experiment. But be careful when you handle matches.

Why it happened？

As the paper burns, it needs oxygen and uses up the oxygen (air) in the bottle. The egg acts as a scale in the neck of the bottle, so no more air can get inside. This reduces the air pressure inside the bottle. The air pressure must equalize, so more air from outside must enter the bottle. The outside air presses against the egg, and then the egg is pushed into the bottle! This proves that air is all around and that it is pressing down on us.

1.Why is there the need to take care when you are doing the experiment?

A. The bottle could break.

B. You need to light the paper with a match.

C. The egg needs to be shelled (脱壳).

D. The egg has to be perfectly placed on the neck of the bottle.

2. How did the egg get into the bottle?

A. The oxygen inside the bottle sucked the egg in.

B. It became soft without the shell.

C. The neck of the bottle was wide enough.

D. The outside air pressure forced it into the bottle.

3.The experiment is carried out to prove___________..

A. water pushes on your body when you swim underwater

B. the earth is surrounded by a layer of air called the atmosphere

C. the pressure of air around us has a powerful force

D. the air pressure is not equalized around us