信息匹配（共1小题）

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。

May the first is an important date in the college admission process in the United States．This is the last day for high school seniors to accept or reject offers of admission in the fall．But according to a recent report, there is a great change．Acceptance rates at the top colleges this year were lower than ever．1.

These days, college applicants are applying to more colleges because online and common applications make the process easier．2. On the other hand, deciding students for top colleges to accept can be difficult because it takes much time．Students may not like being put on waiting lists．Also, common colleges work more to get the students they accept to accept them．Some colleges hold visiting days that offer a chance to attend classes and stay overnight．Some universities send gifts． 3.

For many families, the most important thing colleges can do is show them the money, especially this year; the weak economy makes parents nervous． 4. The recent problems that spread from the housing market to credit markets have even affected student’s loans．So lately, top schools have to spare lots of money to increase their financial aid for students．

5. The Education Department expects the number of high school graduates to start to go down．This will happen as the last of the children of the baby boom generation finish high school．The number is not expected to start rising again until 2016．

A．Besides, top colleges are facing changes in the population．

B．What contributes to it?

C．But a mistake can be costly if it happens．

D．But top colleges ignore them．

E．They have international students who know English．

F．It can mean several acceptances to choose from．

G．They cannot afford college as planned．

完形填空（共1小题）

Joy in the Journey If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on．For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing．Let me explain．

Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house．As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to ．“What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors．“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the !” One of the brothers volunteered .

The older boys began to , telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was ．After a long silence, one of the picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and many other kinds of insects．He the lid and showed the wonderful to the scoffing（嘲笑的）visitors．Then he said quietly and , “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look at what we have found the way!”

Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig．And that is a goal is for — to cause us to move in the we have chosen, in other words, to keep us ! But not every goal will be fully ．Not every job will end ．Not every hope will come to pass．Not every love will last．Not every dream will be ．But when you fall of your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging life is lived．And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly ．

1.A．rest B．work C．watch D．laugh

2.A．house B．earth C．wall D．road

3.A．calmly B．patientiy C．excitedly D．impatiently

4.A．laugh B．think C．stare D．smile

5.A．important B．difficult C．impossible D．interesting

6.A．passers-by B．watchers C．visitors D．diggers

7.A．pulled B．removed C．broke D．pushed

8.A．contents B．scenes C．pictures D．jars

9.A．properly B．confidently C．carefully D．eagerly

10.A．in B．along C．to D．out

11.A．what B．how C．where D．which

12.A．way B．direction C．life D．sight

13.A．thinking B．moving C．digging D．living

14.A．made B．prepared C．kicked D．achieved

15.A．hopelessly B．pleasantly C．surprisingly D．successfully

16.A．come true B．realized C．made D．treasured

17.A．short B．lost C．out D．behind

18.A．breaking into B．turning to C．coming into D．holding to

19.A．when B．where C．which D．that

20.A．matters B．happens C．appears D．exists

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。

As we all know, games play a very important role in the growth of children．Children should grow along with playing games; for, 1._________ playing games, they can not only acquire knowledge, but also develop their abilities to get along with others．

However, most children are 2._______ (face) with a completely different situation．Most parents fear that games will prevent children from increasing new knowledge and 3.__________ the children will fail in the future examinations．So, instead of4._________ (let) the children themselves find and learn naturally from their surroundings, they force their children to take part in5._________ (variety) kinds of classes, learning English, playing6._________ piano or practicing drawing, etc．What’s more, some parents put away the children’s toys which are very useful in developing children’s 7._________ (imagine) and practical abilities．

Here is a piece of good advice to those parents: 8.________ you want to expect your child to be able to accomplish something, you must first of all develop his ability to adapt 9.__________ the new surroundings．That cram (填鸭式的) education can lead to nothing 10.__________ a failure in the children’s growth．

短文改错（共1小题）

8.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，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：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。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均限一词。

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

While visit France, we decide to do some shopping．Not far from the hotel there was a shop with all kind of clothing hanging up．When we went into the shop, a woman came up and asked that she could help us, but we said that we would like look around on our own．He looked at us rather strange．Not having found anything we needed, we thanked the woman and were left．Suddenly my husband started to laugh, pointing to a small sign with English, which reads “DRY-CLEANING SHOP．If you are a smoker, please don’t smoke here．”

书面表达（共1小题）

假定你校正在开展 “根除陋习、创建文明校园” 活动。请你以此为主题用英语写一篇发言稿，向全校学生倡议：

1．根除：乱扔垃圾、浪费食物、吸烟……

2．提倡：讲礼貌、互助……

注意：

1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．开头和结尾已为你写好, 不计入总词数。

Dear friends,

As is known to all, our school has launched a campaign against bad habits in order tobuild a civilized campus．

_____________________ ___________________

_____________________ ___________________

_____________________ ___________________

_____________________ ___________________

_____________________ ___________________

_____________________ ___________________

That’s all．Thank you．

A

Guided Walking Week April 2016

Dates: April 30th-May 7th 2016

Location: Abdet, Costa Blanca

A week of guided walking in the mountains around Abdet．Highlights include the climbing of Valencia’s highest summit (Sierra de Aitana), traveling completely around the impressive Puig Campana, and several explorations in the Sierra de Aitana．Ancient trails lead through spectacular canyons(峡谷) to abandoned settlements situated high in the mountains．You will discover the snow trader routes which lead from the incredible snow holes high in the mountains down to the villages and towns on the coast．These years, golden eagles have made a return to this area, and you may also see other animals—wild goats, foxes, wild pigs and red squirrels．

As part of the week you are invited to help clear some local walking paths．This involves clearing collapsed walls and rocks, cutting back fallen trees．This is of course optional and is just for half a day, it’s actually great fun!

Price:$499

Includes:

Accommodation in the beautiful mountain village of Abdet

All food-good home cooking

Beer, wine, soft drinks

Snacks and post walk treats

Packed lunches & drinks(except café/bar visits)

Expert guiding

Photos/Videos of your days in the mountains

Airport pick-up/return $25 each way(fly to Alicante)

Single room supplement $75

To book or get further information, please contact info@abdet．com．

1.What will you find during the guided walking?

A．Climbing Sierra de Aitana is the most exciting

B．Ancient trails have changed into highways．

C．The environment in Abdet is getting better．

D．Traders live in incredible snow holes．

2.What may you enjoy if you pay $499?

A．Packed lunches including bar visits．

B．Good home cooking breakfast only．

C．Bus stop pick-up/return each way．

D．Pictures and professional guiding

3.What do the details presented in the ad suggest?

A．Clearing walking paths is a must

B．People can book the walking online．

C．Accommodation conditions are tough．

D．The walking ends on April 30th 2016

B It was a hot, humid day, and my brother Walt and I had decided that the only way to survive it would be to go swimming in a deep swimming hole across Mr．Blickez’s pasture(牧场) and through some woods．

The only problem with our plan was that this pasture was guarded by a huge, mean Hereford bull．Mr．Blickez had told us that Elsie was the meanest bull in the township, maybe even the county, and we believed him．But the hotter it got, the more we thought there was something fishy about his claim．For one thing, we remembered Mr．Blickez liked telling tall tales; for another, Elsie seemed like an odd name for a bull．

Finally, I talked Mom into asking permission for us to walk through the pasture, but then another problem surfaced．Mom said she would talk to Mr．Blickez if we would take our cousin Joanie along with us．Joanie was almost two years older than me and a head taller．If her teasing ever got around my grade school, it would be all over for me．In fact, I still had a headache from a quarrel with her that morning．“I’m not going swimming with that dumb girl cousin．” I told my mom．

“Either Joanie goes with, or you stay home alone,” Mom said in her serious tone．I gave in and we set out．On our way across the pasture, Walt yelled suddenly．Elsie had approached him quietly and was licking(舔) his back．Joanie and I dove under the wire fence, but while I was on the ground I looked up and saw that Elsie wasn’t a big mean bull after all．She was going to keep licking my brother’s back as long as he stood still．

We had many good days growing up and visiting our secret swimming hole guarded by the so-called “big mean bull”．And as it turned out, for a girl cousin, Joanie hasn’t been too bad．She’s been one of my best friends over the years．

1.What’s the meaning of the underline word “fishy” in Paragraph 2?

A．Funny．

B．Interesting．

C．Doubtful．

D．Believable．

2.What’s the second problem the author has to face?

A．His mother insisted on his cousin going with him．

B．His cousin made jokes on him in his grade school．

C．He quarreled with his cousin and had a headache．

D．His mother failed to ask permission for him．

3.What does the author think of Elsie in the end?

A．Aggressive．

B．Unkind．

C．Bad-tempered．

D．Friendly．

4.What’s the passage mainly about?

A．The bull guarding Mr．Blickez’s farm．

B．The story of visiting the swimming hole．

C．How friendly the so-called mean bull was．

D．How the author changed his attitude to Joanie．

C Last year my summer holiday was spoiled by my bringing along a modern convenience that was too convenient for my own good: the iPad．Instead of looking at nature, I checked my e-mail．Instead of paddling a small boat, I followed my Twitter feed（推特简讯）．Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading four newspapers each morning．I was behaving as if I were still in the office．My body was on vacation, but my head wasn’t．

So this year I made up my mind to try something different: withdrawal from the Internet．I knew it wouldn’t be easy, since I’m bad at self-control．But I was determined．I started by giving the iPad to my wife．

The cellphone signal at our house was worse than in the past, making my attempts at cheating an experience in frustration （沮丧）．I was trapped, forced to go through with my plan．Largely breaking away from e-mail, Twitter and my favorite newspaper websites, I had few ways to connect to the world except for the radio—and how much radio can one listen to, really? I had to do what I had planned to do all along: read books．

This experience has had a happy ending．With determination and the strong support of my wife, I won in my vacation struggle against the Internet, realizing finally that it was I, not the iPad, that was the problem．I knew I had won when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi．“I don’t need it,” I said．

However, as we return to post-vacation life, a harder test begins: Can I continue when I’m back at work?

There are times when the need to know what’s being said right now is great．I have no intention of giving up my convenience completely．But I hope to resist the temptation to check my e-mail every five minutes, which leads to checking my Twitter feed and a website or two．

I think a vacation is supposed to help you rest your brain to become more productive．Here I hope this one worked．

1.What do we know about the author’s last summer vacation?

A．He was determined to enjoy the beautiful view．

B．His iPad ruined his plan of finishing a great novel．

C．He hated himself for acting as if he were working on vacation．

D．He felt satisfied that he had stuck to his usual timetable．

2.What did the author do to keep away from the Internet this year?

A．He cut off his cellphone signal．

B．He handed his iPad to his wife．

C．He refused to cheat in his house．

D．He listened to the radio most of the time．

3.When back at work, the author will probably choose to ________．

A．keep control of when and how to use the Internet

B．continue to road more and more books

C．stay away from the Internet for ever

D．stop checking what is being said right now completely

4.What is the author’s opinion of a great vacation in the passage?

A．A vacation is having nothing to do but read all day．

B．A vacation proves that a life of pleasure is overvalued．

C．A vacation means a change of pace to make one more creative．

D．A vacation is a period of time to do whatever one wishes to．

D Before I studied psychology, I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred．While I was right about that, I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke．When someone laughs at a joke, there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laugh—and the more reasons there are, the more powerful the joke will be．

I was attending a stand-up comedy show in Egypt, and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets, everyone laughed their hearts out．The main reason those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly．The joke wasn’t only funny, it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians．That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got．

The better a joke makes a person feel, and the more it includes other psychological factors, the more the person will like it．For example, if you envy one of your friends, and someone tells a joke that is funny and, at the same time, makes your friend seem stupid, then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you weren’t jealous of him．

In short, we don’t laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke．I strongly discourage making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh．All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a person’s emotions, he will certainly like it a lot．

1. What did the author find out after studying psychology?

A．Only good jokes make people laugh

B．Many factors lead to people laughing．

C．Funny things can make people laugh

D．Laughter can make people healthy．

2.Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?

A．They played a trick on the pedestrians．

B．The pedestrians behaved in a funny way．

C．They could feel the pedestrians’ happiness．

D．Their emotion was approved of by the show．

3.What does the underlined word “belittling” probably mean?

A．Annoy

B．Blame

C．Look down on

D．Make up to

4.Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

信息匹配（共1小题）

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。

High school can be quite the stressful time for any student．There are numerous stresses to deal with and the pressure can be more intense as you enter your senior year．__1._____ The answer is as follows．

____2.__ Adjust your approach to your specific situation．For instance, if you’re active in your community and your school and have a large family, you may feel depressed by having all these people involved in your life on a daily basis．__3.___ You just may need a moment to be alone and collect your thoughts before moving on to the challenges that face you．

___4.__ If your stress persists and you can’t figure out a way to handle it, you may want to try speaking to your school counselor(顾问)．If you don’t feel comfortable speaking to your counselor, try getting some other types of counseling．

Realize your limits, and plan around them．Don’t take on more than you can handle．If you take on too many things, you will be spread too thin and won’t be able to perform at your best in anything．______5.____ You will definitely feel more at ease!

A．Seek professional counseling．

B．Why does the stress come into being?

C．Try thinking of alternative ways to deal with stress．

D．When you feel relieved, you can have a happier life．

E．Taking some time out to be alone may be the best way to handle such stress．

F．But how on earth can you reduce some of the stress?

G．Evaluate what tasks and activities are most important and leave others behind．