—I am thinking of going back to school to get another degree.

—Sounds great! _____

A．Go for it B．Never mind

C．Well done D．That was good news

完形填空。

My grandfather dug water wells in Indiana and started his business during the great depression.

Although nearly everyone was out of work, people still needed ______ , so he didn’t lack jobs． ______, in those days, it was awfully hard to get paid for what you did. One morning, a farmer showed up with a ______ —a whole side of fresh beef on his shoulder. “I ______ this ought to make us equal on that digging，”he said to my grandfather. Grandfather ______.

It was wintertime, so the beef stayed fresh under damp cloth on the cold back porch(门廊). Each day, Nana stepped out onto the porch, ______ good piece of the meat, and carried it into the kitchen ______ it were pure gold.

After a few days. Nana noticed the ______ had been moved．She asked grandfather if he had touched the beef. He hadn’t. “Well, then. ”she said. “somebody’s been eating our meat. Do you always lock the back door?” My grandfather told her not to ______. She probably had moved the cloth herself, and had ______ forgotten.

This ______ for many days. Nana was ______ that someone was taking their meat, and grandfather just insisted she was ______ things. It wasn’t until much later that we learned the real story.

On the morning after grandfather set the meat out on the back porch door, he ______ some footprints near the door. He ______ followed the footprints to where they began. Soon the footprints in the snow led my grandfather to a house he instantly ______.It was the home of a poor single mother with two young children. Grandfather ______ turned around and walked back home. He didn’t say a word about it to anyone.

From then on, Nana would carefully ______ the lock on the porch door each night to make sure it was ______ . Then grandfather, after waiting for Nana to go to bed, would return to the porch and ______ the lock again. Nana never knew about the family they were helping to feed that winter.

1.A．beef B．water C．money D．food

2.A．Otherwise B．Thus C．However D．Besides

3.A．payment B．praise C．delivery D．gift

4.A．doubt B．claim C．discover D．expect

5.A．suspected B．hesitated C．agreed D．argued

6.A．selected B．bought C．preserved D．moved

7.A．now that B．even if C．as if D．so that

8.A．gold B．cloth C．tool D．porch

9.A．disappoint B．forget C．interrupt D．worry

10.A．suddenly B．simply C．exactly D．rarely

11.A．went on B．went over C．went by D．went up

12.A．reliable B．accurate C．strange D．certain

13.A．understanding B．remembering C．imagining D．enjoying

14.A．noticed B．marked C．guided D．chased

15.A．quickly B．finally C．curiously D．coldly

16.A．convinced B．recognized C．observed D．removed

17.A．hopelessly B．quietly C．gradually D．painfully

18.A．watch B．control C．mend D．check

19.A．safe B．free C．perfect D．open

20.A．exchange B．replace C．release D．adjust

阅读理解。

It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn’t think there would be any patients, sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five people showed up at my desk, a pale woman and four small children.

“Are you all sick?” I asked doubtfully.

“Yes.”she said weakly and lowered her head.

But when it came to descriptions of their presenting problems, things got a little puzzling. Two of the children had headaches, but the headaches weren’t accompanied by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still. Two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother complained of a cough but seemed to work to produce it.

Something was wrong, but I didn’t say anything but explained that it might be a little while before a doctor saw her. She responded. “Take your time; it’s warm here.”

I checked the chart after the admitting clerk had finished registering the family. No address—they were homeless. The waiting room was warm.

I looked out at the family sitting close to each other by the Christmas tree. The little one was pointing at the television and the oldest one was looking at the decorations on the Christmas tree.

I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a homeless family in the waiting room. The nurses, complaining about working on Christmas, turned to sympathy for a family just trying to get warm on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there’s a medical emergency. Only this one was a Christmas emergency.

We were all offered a free meal in the hospital cafeteria on Christmas Day, so we fetched that meal and prepared a large meal for our Christmas guests. Our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas Day.

Later, as the family walked to the door to leave, the four-year-old came running back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”

1.From the descriptions of the family’s presenting problems, the writer learned that ________.

A．one of the children had a language problem

B．the mother caught a bad cold

C．they were pretending to be sick

D．they got all infectious disease

2.The author made sure that the family were homeless by ________.

A．asking them some questions

B．listening to their descriptions of problems

C．observing their abnormal body language

D．checking their registered information

3.What kind of person do you think the writer is?

A．Careful and warmhearted. B．Hardworking and outgoing.

C．Serious and experienced. D．Loving and forgiving.

4.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A．Christmas Guests B．A Homeless Family

C．Beautiful Angels D．Christmas Emergency

阅读理解。

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Then complete the registration form and follow the instructions to upload one album of up to six photos of your child aged three months to eight years. You may provide one description and one album title that will be applied to all photos. Photos, without any brand names or trademarks, must be taken by participants, non-professional, unpublished and may not have won any prize or award. Photos must be .jpeg or .bmp image formats(格式) and cannot be over 3 MB.

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LIMIT：One entry per family, per child, per week. One weekly prize per child. For entries of more than one child in a family, the entry process must be completed separately for each child. No group entries.

1.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．you should buy something first before you enter the contest

B．the editors of the contest will decide who will win the prizes

C．you should send your entry before 12:00 a.m. on January 21, 2017

D．your entry will not be returned even if you don’t win the contest

2.Linda, a mother with seven-year-old twins, wants to enter the competition. She must ________.

A．provide a description and an album title for the kids’ photos

B．complete the entry process separately for each of her kids

C．go to Meredith Corporation to fill out the registration forms

D．provide the information to Facebook if she chooses Facebook Entry

3.To enter the competition, photos must ________.

A．contain brand names or trademarks

B．have won some prize or award

C．be taken by non-professional participants

D．contain parents’ personal information

4.The purpose of the passage is ________.

A．to advertise the website Facebook com

B．to attract photographers’ interest in a photo contest

C．to introduce two methods of entering a photo contest

D．to encourage parents with children to enter a photo contest

阅读理解。

Hong Kong, a city of seven million—and growing fast. By the year 2050 Hong Kong’s population will almost double. Where will these people live?

There’s only one place to go—up. Fast forward 50 years．This is the tallest man-made structure on the planet. Its name：Millennium Tower. It would stand twice as tall as anything built before. Over 60 thousand people would live or work here. Millennium’s designers think it represents the best solution for the coming population explosion.

It would cost ten billion dollars and consume more building materials than any single nation could produce. David Nelson, one of Millennium’s key designers, said：“It would be a massive project and a world project. But to actually realize it, resources would have to come from all over the globe. The challenge and the motivation for doing it would be to realize one of the world’s largest and most complex construction projects.”

Millennium would be more complex than anything ever built. So its builders won’t know for sure the building is safe until it’s up, and they can’t afford to make an error. Massive earthquakes have brought down entire cities in this part of the world. Can Millennium’s designers make it immune to these quakes of the earth?

For Millennium, like all the other buildings, safety is just one concern among many. It will need to be a home, one that welcomes people in. Getting people into the building and making sure they have a great experience well be what makes Millennium successful, but how to do it? For the design team, the secret was to bring all the elements of city life within. Cafes and restaurants, theatres and stores would provide entertainment. Health clubs, even schools and medical clinics would also serve the towers’ residents.

Millennium’s designers have proven something. Things that seem impossible today, might just become reality tomorrow. The engineering problems have, for the most part, already been solved. Our achievements are limited only by our imaginations.

1.Why did the designers decide to build Millennium?

A．Because they wanted to build the world’s most complex building.

B．Because Hong Kong’s population will greatly increase.

C．Because Hong Kong is developing fast as an international city.

D．Because it can bring huge profit after it is put to use.

2.What is TRUE about the project?

A．It will be completed in the year 2050.

B．It can accommodate all the residents in Hong Kong.

C．It is designed by designers from all over the globe.

D．It has to be strong enough to stand earthquakes.

3.The success of Millennium mainly relies on _______.

A．how many resources will be used

B．how many nations will work together

C．whether people can enjoy their life in it

D．whether it is safe for people to live in

4.How does the writer develop this passage?

A．By providing descriptions. B．By using figures.

C．By giving examples. D．By analyzing causes.

阅读理解。

On May 18，1969，NASA astronauts Thomas Stafford，John Young，and Eugene Cernan boarded the Apollo 10 lunar module(登月舱)—the fourth manned mission in the US Apollo Space program and only the second after Apollo 8 to circle the moon．Its mission was to circle the moon and thoroughly test the components and procedures to pave the way for the first lunar landing. The mission went perfectly without incident—at least that’s what every one believed.

However, that view has changed since February 22, after NASA released a digital recording of strange music heard by the space travelers．Then as they were re-entering the zone where they could communicate with ground control．One of the astronauts asked if they should report it．In response, Stafford expressed his doubts if anyone would even believe them．But they needn’t have worried. When NASA experts listened to the recordings，they thought the strange sounds were radio interference.

Michael Collins—the Apollo 11 pilot—said that the only reason why he was not shocked upon hearing them was that he had been forewarned by NASA officials．Collins also said that the music stopped as soon as the lunar module landed on the moon．

So why did it take NASA over 40 years to release the digital recording of the awful music only after it was featured in a recent television series NASA’s Unexplained Files? The US Space Agency says they have not been hiding them．In the press release that accompanies the release of the recording，NASA officials state，“The Apollo 10 audio clips were uploaded in 2012, but the mission’s sound recordings have been available at the National Archives for anyone that wanted to hear them since the early 1970s．”

Eugene Cernan, Apollo 10’s pilot who heard the sounds first，also released a statement saying，“I don’t remember that incident excited me enough to take it seriously．It was probably just radio interference．Had we thought it was something other than that，we would have briefed everyone after the flight. We never gave it another thought.”

While most people are ready to accept this logical explanation，there are some that believe otherwise. They guess the music proves the presence of aliens. Among them is Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden，who thinks the sounds came from a source in outer space．In the episode of NASA’s Unexplained Files, which discusses the origin of the strange music，the astronaut says, “Logic tells me that if there was something recorded on there，then there was something there．”

1.Apollo 10’s mission was to ________.

A．take the astronauts to the moon

B．detect alien music in outer space

C．prepare for the landing on the moon

D．move around and observe the moon

2.When the astronauts heard the sounds, ________.

A．they were excited about the discovery

B．they reported to NASA

C．they were heading back to the lunar ground

D．they thought they might be of little importance

3.According to the passage, ________.

A．the mission of Apollo 10 turned out to be unsuccessful

B．NASA made the TV series to clarify some space-related mysteries

C．Al Worden on Apollo 15 believes in aliens and logic

D．Michael Collins knew about the strange sounds before his flight

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

A．A TV program was released about NASA’s unexplained files.

B．The music heard by Apollo astronauts could be radio interference.

C．NASA releases strange music heard by 1969 astronauts.

D．Apollo astronauts heard strange sounds from outer space.

阅读理解。

The traditional distinction between products that satisfy needs and those satisfy wants is no longer adequate to describe classes of products. In today’s prosperous societies, the distinction has become unclear because so many wants have been turned into needs．A writer, for instance, can work with paper and pencils. These are legal needs for the task．But the work can be done more quickly and efficiently with a word processor. Thus a computer is soon viewed as a need rather than a want.

In the field of marketing, consumer goods are classed according to the way in which they are purchased．The two main classes are convenience goods and shopping goods．Two lesser types are specialty goods and unsought (未被要求的) goods. It must be emphasized that all of these types are based on the way shoppers think about products, not on the nature of the products themselves. What is regarded as a convenience item in France(wine，for example)should be a specialty goods in the United States.

People do not spend a great deal of time shopping for such convenience items as groceries, newspapers, toothpaste, aspirin, and candy. The buying of convenience goods may be done routinely, as some families buy groceries once a week. Such regularly purchased items are called staples. Sometimes convenience products are bought without enough thinking; someone has a sudden desire for an ice cream sundae on a hot day. Or they may be purchased as emergency items.

Shopping goods are items for which customers search. They compare prices. quality, and styles, and may visit a number of stores before making a decision．Buying an automobile is often done this way.

Shopping goods fail into two classes：those that are recognized as basically the same and those that are regarded as different. Items that are looked upon as basically the same include such things as home appliances, television sets, and automobiles．Having decided on the model desired, the customer is primarily interested in getting the item at the most favorable price. Items regarded as essentially different include clothing, furniture, and dishes. Quality, style and fashion will either take precedence(优先) over price, or they win not matter at all.

1.It can be learned from the first paragraph that ________.

A．a writer needs a word processor

B．needs and wants can’t be separated clearly

C．the way to distinguish the products is unimportant

D．a computer is a need rather than a want

2.The example of wine is used to illustrate that ________.

A．goods are classified differently in different counties

B．the type of a product is determined by its consumers

C．Frenchmen often drink but Americans sometimes do

D．one product may belong to many types

3.Staples are items that ________.

A．are convenient to purchase

B．are purchased without enough thinking

C．people “want but don’t need”

D．people are in constant need of

4.Shopping goods that are considered as basically the same are those that ________.

A．consumers don’t care where to buy them

B．consumers spend much time searching for

C．meet similar needs of the consumers

D．can be found in nearly every shop

单词填空。

1.There are many l_________ about the lake, one of which is that it was formed by the tears of a goddess.

2.Weather in England is u_________ —it can change in an instant.

3.The operation can p_________ his life at least by three or four years on condition that he is taken good care of.

4.D_________ with lung cancer, he never gave up on himself.

5.In Wales, the red dragon on the flag is a positive symbol, i_________ strength and a sense of national identity.

6.The wasteland used to be a pleasant, _________(肥沃的)spot, well wooded and rich in various fruits.

7.Having had a good night’s sleep, we were rowing _________(顺流而下) towards the sea.

8.In many ways, my _________(残疾) has helped me become more independent and grow stronger psychologically.

9.Easter is an important _________(宗教的) festival for Christians around the world.

10.At the current rate of decline, many rainforest animals could be _________ (灭绝) in less than 10 years．

根据课文内容填空。

We use“ 1. ”body language when we are introduced to strangers. Like other animals, we are on 2. until we know it is safe to relax.

At Wushan we made a 3. up the Daning River to see some of the smaller gorges.

The Chinese flag was 4. in the wind. On a 5. mountain was a sign in 20-foot 6. .

The director of a 7. tourist office, Meng Fanying, said the monster, which seemed black in colour, was ten metres from the edge of the lake during the most recent 8.．

They also think that there might be 9. creatures in other lakes around the world. Scientists, however, are 10. ．

根据要求完成句子。

1.不管是谁，美国人都不喜欢用姓来称呼彼此，因为这样听上去太正式了。

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2.只有你保持均衡的饮食，你才能保持健康。(倒装)

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3.我们本来是可以轻易走出森林的，但是我们没有地图。(虚拟语气)

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4.在一些旅游景点，游客们经常被以各种手段敲竹杠，这已经引起了广泛的关注。(非限定性定语从句)

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5.科学家们宣称在癌症研究上已经取得了重大突破。(不定式)

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