信息匹配（共1小题）

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从下面方框内的七个选项中选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通畅、结构完整。

We have to accept the truth:sometimes we just want to shout out loud．We all have unpleasant experiences．1. Our friend may call to tell us at the last minute that he or she can't come when we have cooked dinner for him or her．We may be really mad but we can't express our dissatisfaction with our child or friend．2. According to ancient Chinese wisdom．we should about in a loud voice instead of keeping silent

In fact,shouting is good for our health．

“Chinese people have passed on the practice from ancient times to now as a part of traditional medicine．3. It's a part of our local culture,”said Mrs．Li,a 60-year-old women from Hangzhou．

Mrs．Li is a member of a group of people who love shouting．Each morning,she and some of her friends climb to the top of a hill and let our loud shouts before starting their daily exercise 4. .

Dr．Peter ,an American doctor,agrees that shouting can have a good influence on people's health．

5. It will make you healthier．

A.Shouting is considered bad manners in most customs

B.My parents taught me to do this.

C.They believe that shouting is good exercise for their lungs(肺)

D.Our child may make a mess on the floor which we just cleaned.

E.Try not to disturb(打扰)other people when you let our your shouts.

F. So we just say nothing and keep the feelings to ourselves.

G. So,next time you start your morning run,why not try to shout our first?

完形填空（共1小题）

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。

Once there was a family of squirrels who lived in a large oak tree．They had lived there for many generations and it gave them all that they needed to ,so they never left its branches．Then the tree started to die and it stopped producing for them, so the family of squirrels had a to decide what they should do next．

The oldest son, Nifty, said,“ We need to ．we will starve to death we stay here ,”Uncle Nutty answered,“We can't do that．We'll be for sure．The hawks,foxes and bears are just waiting for us to leave this ．”After much discussion, the whole family decided to in the old oak tree except for Nifty, Nifty the tree and was never heard again．“See?” Uncle Nutty said to the of the family, “I told you that the hawks, foxes or bears would get him!”

However, the squirrel were , so one by one they left．Eventually, only Uncle Nutty was left in the old oak tree．You could 12 his ribs(肋骨) through his skin as it had been a long time since he had last13 ．Meanwhile, just 100 meters away in the same ,the rest of the squirrel family were living 15 together in a lovely oak tree that was supplying all of their needs．

The world is always changing．Book publishers, DVD rental companies and car manufacturers might be a few years ago, but they are hurting now．Yet some people are hanging on, thinking that the to change is greater than that to stay where they are．They're ! Don’t be Uncle Nutty．Change now before it's too ．

1.A．hide B．produce C．grow D．live

2.A．protection B．clothes C．food D．apartment

3.A．performance B．class C．meeting D．plan

4.A．improve B．move C．try D．develop

5.A．if B．unless C．before D．though

6.A．met B．remembered C．killed D．discovered

7.A．mountain B．village C．family D．tree

8.A．jump B．stay C．lie D．sit

9.A．left B．cut C．planted D．watered

10.A．children B．member C．rest D．other

11.A．brave B．angry C．bored D．hungry

12.A．imagine B．see C．touch D．count

13.A．eaten B．rested C．fought D．walked

14.A．pool B．garden C．forest D．sea

15.A．worriedly B．carelessly C．fearlessly D．comfortably

16.A．upset B．popular C．grateful D．disappointed

17.A．even B．still C．always D．never

18.A．aim B．reaction C．answer D．risk

19.A．wrong B．smart C．dishonest D．proud

20.A．obvious B．worrying C．late D．far

阅读填空（共1小题）

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。

Today I kept a promise and had lunch with a friend I had not seen for a while．I was extremely tired 1. school, work and my 5-hour art lab I had just come from and I 2. (real) wanted to go home after a long day．But I kept my promise not 3. (upset) my friend this evening．

As it turned out, we had such a good time that I stayed 4. (long) than I had planned and saw how much the occasion 5. (mean) to my friend．We usually have been busy with our own daily life, and it felt as if we had never had such 6. long break．

I extremely wanted to go home and hide under the covers today But in 7. (keep) my promise to meet with a friend, I not only was kind to another person, 8. was also kind to myself．

I got some much 9. (need) self-care out of the occasion and was able to make the day of another person meaningful-someone who had just been as busy as me and still kept his promise to have dinner with 10. (I)．

短文改错（共1小题）

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（\）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。

Though I have lived in Canada for long time．I still haven't got used to the life there．This is probable because North American manners and Chinese manners are so different．

In China, being modest(谦逊的)are a virtue(美德)If someone praises you and says what your English is excellent, you should day, “No, My English is still poor．”And in North America, this is usually a sign of being weaker and not confident(自信的）．You should just say，“Thank you”

In the Canada, people only ask children about their ages．Beside, people in China often stand up to offer an elderly person a seat on the bus．In North America, however, an elderly person may feel embarrassing(尴尬的）about being offered a seat．

书面表达（共1小题）

假设你是某国际学校的学生会主席李华，留美博士、著名英语教育专家龚亚夫将来你校做报告。请你根据以下内容写一份英语海报，告知你校学生参加。

注意：

1．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2．词数：120左右，标题已给出，不计入总词数；

3．参考词汇：专家specialist 礼堂auditorium

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136 Crestview Circle

Dover, Connecticut

November 16, 2015

Gander's Furniture Store

Stamford, Connecticut, 09876

Dear Sir,

I am writing about your November bill, which I am returning with this letter．I am not going to pay this bill．Last month I bought a table and four chairs for $65．50．They were sent to me on October 18．That night one leg of the table broke while my wife was putting our dinner on it．It fell on one of the chair, and that broke, too．Our $ 2．50 steak landed on the floor, and the dog ate it．

I spoke to the salesmen who had sold me the table and the chairs．He told me to write you a letter．I wrote you on October 20, saying that I was not going to pay for the furniture．On October 21 some men came and took it back to the store．

Please do something about your records．I do not want to receive another bill for the furniture which I returned．

Yours truly

Albertson

1.From the letter we know that Mr．Albertson actually paid _____ for the furniture

A．no money

B．$ 68．00

C．$ 2．50

D．$ 65．50

2.Why did Mr．Albertson write the letter to the furniture store?

A．He wanted the manager to blame the salesmen for the bad furniture．

B．He had paid for the furniture but was asked to pay again．

C．The furniture he bought was badly made and he wanted to return it．

D．He didn't want to receive a second bill for the furniture he had returned．

3.When Mr．Albertson was writing the letter he felt _____．

A．disappointed

B．angry

C．worried

D．calm

B

“Folk singers are more like poets than singers,” Li Yahe, a music businessman, once told China Youth Daily．

That saying perfectly describes Zhang Lei, the 34-year-old champion of the fourth “Voice of China” singing competition, which ended on Oct 7．

Critics thought Zhang's success as a victory for folk singers．The Voice of China used to attach great importance to singing skills and vocal techniques, which are not necessarily what folk singers are good at．“Folk songs are more about emotions and storytelling,” said Li．

Folk is one of the oldest musical styles．It dates back to ancient times, when people sang about their everyday lives and the society around them．

A powerful comeback

Folk music became popular again in the Western world in the 1960s．During social revolutions, many young Westerners turned to the simple rhythms of folk．Pioneers included US singer Bob Dylan, whose songs are reflections of some social issues like the Vietnam War．Singers at that time used traditional folk instruments like the banjo, the upright bass, the mandolin and the piano．

In the late 1970s, folk music was introduced to Taiwan．The rise of singers like Lo Tayu and Chyi Yu popularized folk music, particularly among young Chinese people．

At that time, folk tunes were based on simple song structures, with pleasant chord progression and pretty lyrics, just like during old times．But they focused more on the dreams and sorrow of youth than on politics．

This continued to be the case when the folk “wave” swept Chinese mainland in the 1990s．

Folk pioneers

Sadly, it didn't last long in China．Folk gave way to pop in the late 1990s, when people started living more fast-paced lives．But that didn't mean folk music had disappeared from the music world entirely．

“The drop in the popularity of folk songs is because the business mode of the music industry is outdated, not because of the music itself,” folk singer Song Ke once said．

He was right．Recent years have seen folk songs gaining popularity, with the appearance of singers like Li Jian and Song Dongye．

“The popularity of the Internet has shocked the traditional profit model in music industry,” Lu Zhongqiang, manager of 13-Month, a music recording and publishing company, told Tencent Entertainment．

“Not-so-well-known music starts showing its strength when the production of mainstream music is declining,” he added．

1.Which would be the best title of the passage?

A．The History of Folk Music

B．Folk Music Pioneers

C．The Folk Music Industry

D．The Voice of China

2.The underlined world “it” in the last but four paragraph means________．

A．the popularity of folk music

B．the focus of folk music

C．the tradition of folk pioneers

D．the new model of pop music

3.Which statement is true according to the passage?

A．The Voice of China is very popular among young Chinese people

B．Folk music once was a way to voice opinions about social issues

C．Folk songs are more about expressing emotions than storytelling

D．Outdated music mode is what leads to the decline of folk songs

4.Which word can best describe the attitude of Lu Zhongqiang towards folk music?

A．Objective

B．Confident

C．Critical

D．Worried

C

Every people uses its own special word to show its ideas and feelings．Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years．Others are popular for just a short time．One such American expression is “Where's the beef?” It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be．In the early 1980s “Where's the beef?” was one of the most popular expressions in the United States．It seemed as if everyone using it at the time．

Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and food is more popular in America than a hamburger made from beef．In the 1960s a businessman named Ray began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price．Ray called this “McDonald's”．Ray became one of the richest businessmen at last in America．

Other business people watched his success．Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants．One company called “Wendy's” said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald's or anyone else．The Wendy's Company began to use the expression “Where's the beef?” to make people know that Wendy's hamburgers were the biggest．The Wendy's television advertisement showed three old women eating hamburgers．The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat．One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef．“Where's the beef?” she shouted in a funny way．The advertisement for Wendy's hamburger restaurants was a success．As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression “Where's the beef?”

1._______ started McDonald's restaurant．

A．McDonald

B．Ray

C．Wendy

D．Three old women

2.Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought _______．

A．they could sell hamburgers at a low price

B．beef was very popular in America

C．they could make a lot of money

D．hamburgers were easy to make

3.Wendy's made the expression known to everybody _______．

A．by a television advertisement

B．with many old women eating hamburgers

C．while selling bread with a bit of meat in it

D．at the McDonald's restaurant

4.We can learn from the passage that the expression “Where's the beef?” means that _______．

A．the beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be

B．the hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be

C．Wendy's beef is the biggest one in American restaurant

D．it is used when something is not as good as it is said to be

D

When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结)．To show this, she pick up one chopstick, taking it as one person．Then she easily broke it into two pieces．Next, she tied several chopsticks together, taking them as a family．She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks．This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up

Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California．However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money．They moved their family to San Francisco．There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop．Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant．The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young．However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard．

Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business．They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles．Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful．Daughter Elisabeth explains, "Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace．Without the strength of the family, there is no business．”

With three generations of Ans working together, now the Ans'business makes more than $20 million each year．Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together．Now they are a big success．

1.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．How to Run a Corporation Well

B．Strength Comes from Peace

C．How to Achieve a Big Dream

D．Family Unity Builds Success

2.What can we infer about the An's daughters?

A．They went out to work for themselves before graduation．

B．They all would not like to work in their family business．

C．They were deeply influenced by what Helene taught them．

D．There always were disagreements among family members

3.Helene once used chopsticks to show ______

A．the quality of the chopsticks

B．the difficulty of being united

C．the strength of family unity

D．how to be a strong person

4.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An's family ______

A．began to run a restaurant in 1975

B．left Vietnam without much money

C．bought a restaurant in Los Angeles

D．opened a sandwich shop in San Francisco

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。

Public Speaking Training

Get a coach：

Whatever the presentation, public speaking is tough． 1. ．Since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses, here are some things to look for when deciding the training that's right for you．

2. :

Any training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well． 3. ．You already do lots of things well, so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldn’t do．

Turn your back on too many rules:

If you find a public speaking course that looks as though it's going to give you lots of dos and don'ts, walk away! Your brain is so full of what you're going to be talking about．So trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worse． 4. ．Your audience can be your friends．

You are a special person not a clone:

Most importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits．You aren't like anybody else． 5. , not try to turn you into someone you're not．

A．Check the rules about dos and don'ts

B．So, get help

C．Focus on positives．

D．As far as we're concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about public speaking

E．Nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you aren't doing well

F．Your training course should help you bring out your personality．

G．You should think highly of the Public Speaking Training．