Hiking can be a pleasant as well as a not so pleasant adventure. You will have to take a number of measures so that your hike is a pleasant experience.

Hiking Tip 1 — Start Early

Most hiking experts hold the opinion that it is rather sensible to start hiking at 3 or 4 in the morning, even if it is a full-day hike. Since most hikes are conducted at high altitudes, starting off early will make sure that you are back down during the afternoon hours.

Hiking Tip 2 — Be Light

Since we are anyway talking about the load you will carry, another important hiking tip is to carry fewer loads. If you are going on a hiking trail on a familiar path, you will need reduced survival items, as chance that you will get lost or hurt yourself on these hiking trails is little.

Hiking Tip 3 — Reduce the Number of Breaks

Once you start your hike, you should make sure you do not take too many breaks. You will need to maintain a consistent speed and minimize the number of stops which you take. Speed and rest stops help distinguish an inexperienced hiker from an expert hiker. An inexperienced hiker will have bursts of speed and energy and it will be followed by rest stops. This results in slowing down the general speed.

Hiking Tip 4 — Tip for Children

Do you plan to take your kids along with you on the hiking trail? Well, then you must be looking for hiking tips for kids! You will have to educate them about nature and also get them into an exercise routine before taking them on a hike. Kids have a tendency to run in the beginning. This exhausts them and they have to be carried, which is certainly not the best of ideas.

1.You are advised to start hiking early in order to ________.

A. finish your hiking in a day

B. enjoy your hiking completely

C. avoid getting tired

D. get back down early

2.What should you do if you are going hiking on an unfamiliar trail?

A. Carry enough survival items.

B. Keep a high speed.

C. Start hiking in the afternoon.

D. Carry fewer loads.

3.According to the text, inexperienced hikers ________.

A. don’t keep a consistent speed

B. will easily get lost

C. choose well-established paths

D. don’t stop to rest

4.If you want to take a kid for hiking, you should ________.

A. make sure of his safety

B. prepare him for it

C. educate him about hiking

D. give him some tips

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。

How to Say No to Your Boss

Saying “no” to a request can be a difficult thing, especially when the person making the request is your boss. 1. The following steps are helpful.

1. Give yourself some time to think about the request before saying “no”.

If the request arrives via email, don’t reply right away. 2. If your boss asks you in person or on the telephone, request some time to give it thought and tell her you will get back to her by a specific time. Consider the request carefully to determine whether you have to say “no”.

2. Prepare your answer before telling your boss “no”.

Anticipate questions she might ask in response to your answer, and decide how you want to answer them. Rehearse your conversation with your boss out loud to help build your confidence before the real conversation.

3. Choose the right time and place to speak with your boss.

Have the conversation in private if your work situation allows you to get a moment alone with your boss. Keep in mind your boss’s workday pressures and work style. If she is a morning person and gets grumpy（脾气暴躁的）in the afternoon, be sure to speak with her before lunch.

4. 3.

If your boss is asking you to take on more responsibility, that shows that she has faith in your ability to do the job. Acknowledge that it means a lot to you before telling her that you feel you cannot do it.

5. Tell your boss why you have to say “no” to the request.

4. Your boss will be grateful that you answered honestly, rather than trying to take on a project you cannot handle.

6. Offer an alternative solution.

For example, if your boss asks you to serve on a committee, suggest someone else in the company that you think may be interested and capable of serving. 5.

A. Pay your boss a compliment while denying her request.

B. Even if you try your best to do everything the boss lets you do, there are times when you can’t do and have to say “no”.

C. Put yourself in your boss’s shoes and consider how the company will be affected if you refuse the request.

D. Maybe you could offer to share the workload with someone else.

E. Most employers respect honesty in their employees.

F. Try a compromise.

G. Set the request aside and think about it for a while.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

There is an old Spanish Proverb which states, "Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week". How many times have we ________ dreams until tomorrow? I’d say too many. Our dreams should not, and cannot ________. We have to go for them now! Here is why.

As you know, tomorrow is not promised. Nobody likes to talk about death, but the ________ is: everybody is going to die at one point. ________ of us know the day, or the hour. ________, today is all we have. Don’t go to your grave with ________ dreams. Make the ________ to go after every dream, big or small right now.

Unless you take the first step, your dreams will never ________. You can ________ about writing the great American play, but it’s never going to happen unless you actually put pen to ________. You can dream about finding a cure ________ cancer, but it will never happen unless you actually go to school to become ________ with the necessary tools to find that cure. In other words, dreams don’t work unless you do. They ________ you to get your head out of the clouds, and actually do the work to make them happen.

You can’t let fear win. One of the biggest dream ________ is fear. There are so many people who could ________ amazing things if only they weren’t afraid. Just think about all the things you’ve wanted to do, but allowed fear to ________ you of the fact that you weren’t capable, or good enough. In the movie After Earth, Will Smith’s character says, "Fear is not ________. It is a product of thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is what exists. But fear is a choice." Choose not to let fear ________ you from achieving your dreams.

Imagine how much ________ you’ll be if you’re living the life you always dreamed about. The only thing that is stopping you is you. There are so many amazing ________ and people waiting for you. So don’t keep your dreams waiting. Go after them today!

1.A. put offB. take offC. set offD. see off

2.A. stopB. disappearC. showD. wait

3.A. theoryB. puzzleC. realityD. concern

4.A. NoneB. NobodyC. AllD. Neither

5.A. HoweverB. ThereforeC. InsteadD. Otherwise

6.A. unfulfilledB. unsatisfiedC. undoneD. unreasonable

7.A. choiceB. decisionC. mistakeD. difference

8.A. realizeB. recognizeC. come trueD. come out

9.A. thinkB. talkC. walkD. dream

10.A. woodB. paperC. bookD. iron

11.A. ofB. asC. toD. for

12.A. equippedB. matchedC. filledD. compared

13.A. requestB. orderC. requireD. command

14.A. supportersB. friendsC. killersD. opponents

15.A. achieveB. have achievedC. loseD. have lost

16.A. tellB. convinceC. persuadeD. remind

17.A. lovelyB. acceptableC. falseD. real

18.A. saveB. shelterC. stopD. protect

19.A. excitedB. happierC. upsetD. more crazy

20.A. advantagesB. informationC. opportunitiesD. dangers

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。

It is suggested that extinct animals can possibly come back to life through cloning sometimes, but 1. (fortune), this is either impossible 2. unsuitable. The reasons are as follows：

3. is required is that you need perfect DNA and enough 4. (diverse) in the group to overcome illnesses, which means having animals with their genes 5. (arrange) in different ways. The advantage is 6. if there is a new illness some of these animals may die, but others will survive. A suitable habitat would 7. (need) for the extinct animals to lead a natural life, so it would be 8. (fair) to clone any of them if they were to live in a zoo.

9. (base) on the reasons above, we are a long way from being able to clone extinct animals, so the chance of dinosaurs ever returning to the earth is 10. (mere) a dream.

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：把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仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

There is an old woman in our town calls Old Alice who said to be 108 years old. This can't be proved though she doesn't have a birth certificate. All her personal papers are destroyed during World War Ⅱ. I don't know if she really is so old, and it doesn't matter. She certainly looks very old. Of course, she is often asked question by people who want to be told the secret of long life. Old Alice always answered them like this, “If you are offered cigarette, never accept it; if you are annoyed by someone, never lose his temper; and if you are asked foolish questions, never answer to them.”

假定你是李华，在校报英语专栏看到了学校“英语文化节”的一则招募启事。请阅读启事，并根据写作要点和写作要求写一封应征邮件。

Volunteers Wanted

Our annual English Festival, which will be held on October 15-17, 2016, is now looking for 20 student volunteers to provide service for Talent Show, Speech Contest, and English Debate. If you are interested, please send an application email at your earliest convenience to Ms. Chen at chenlaoshi@aef.com.

写作要点：

1. 表示写信意图；

2. 陈述应征目的；

3. 说明应征条件（性格、能力等）。

写作要求：

1. 邮件词数不少于100；

2. 开头和结尾部分已写好，不计入总词数；

3. 可根据情况增加细节，使行文连贯。

Dear Ms Chen,

I’m Li Hua, a student from Class 11, Grade 3. ____________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

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_______________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours truly,

Li Hua

On a Sunday morning, I was driving down a road and saw something I couldn’t believe. A little girl, less than two, was pushing her stroller (婴儿车) across the road. It was Sunday morning and traffic was not heavy.

I stopped my car at once and ran toward her. This little girl knew enough to run from a stranger. I tried to catch her in order that I could get her out of the road.

Suddenly her father came running down a hill across the road from where I had parked my car. He ran right to her and caught her up, saying “bad girl” to her. I picked up the stroller and gave it to him. The father grabbed the stroller and walked toward where he came from without a word.

I went back and sat in my car for a few minutes with my son. My hands were shaking and tears were about to run out of my eyes. “Do you feel cold, Mom?” asked my son. I just shook my head.

After this happened, I thought about how thankful I am. Even though the father didn’t say thank you, I feel that I did something good. Doing something for someone else is pleasing, even when it’s only a matter of being in the right place at the right time.

I didn’t really “save” her, but I feel like it was important that I happened to be there. It is sad that I was the only one who stopped. It really made me a little disappointed that no one else stopped to help.

1.When the author saw the little girl, ________.

A. the girl had lost her way

B. she was driving to work in a hurry

C. the girl feared to go across the road

D. there weren’t many cars on the road

2.The little girl ran away from the author because ________.

A. she wanted to stay on the road

B. she didn’t know the author at all

C. she wanted to look for her father

D. she needed to catch her stroller

3.The author thought that her help was ________.

A. really necessaryB. worth praising

C. not welcomeD. not useful

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The girl’s father didn’t like the girl at all.

B. The girl’s father had wanted to thank the author.

C. The author shared her experience with her son.

D. The author felt sad that no one else helped the girl.

One of the most important things in the world is friendship. In order to have friends, you have to be a friend. But how can you be a good friend at school?

Listen — Listen when they are talking. Don’t say anything unless they ask you a question. Sometimes it’s not necessary for you to have anything to say; they just need someone to talk to about their feelings.

Help them — If your friend is ever in need of something, be there to help them. You should try to put them first, but make sure you don’t do everything they want you to do. Try to take an extra (额外的) pencil or pen with you to classes in case (以防) they forget one. Have a little extra money in your pocket in case they forget something they need.

Be there for them — Try to make something for your friend to help make them feel better in hard times. Making cards and encouraging them are among the nicest things you can do for a friend. Marilyn Monroe, a famous U.S. actor, once said, “I often make mistakes. Sometimes I am out of control. But if you can’t stay with me at my worst, you are sure not to deserve (值得) to be with me at my best.” Always remember this! If you don’t want to stay with your friends when they’re in hard times, then you don’t deserve to be with them when they’re having a good time!

Make plans — Try to make plans with your friends. Go shopping, go for ice cream, have a party, go to a movie and so on. Take time to know each other even better by doing something you both enjoy. By planning things together, you both can have a good time. And you’ll remember these things when you’re all old!

1.While your friend is talking to you about his or her feelings, you should ________.

A. give him or her some advice

B. just listen unless asked

C. calm him or her down

D. share your feelings as well

2.When we provide help for our friends, we should ________.

A. try to do everything for them

B. put them before ourselves

C. change their bad habits first

D. ignore their faults

3.What can we learn from Marilyn Monroe’s words?

A. Life without a friend is death.

B. A friend is easier lost than found.

C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

D. A man is known by his friends.

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. How to find a good friend.

B. How to help friends in trouble.

C. How to be a good friend.

D. How to make more friends.

A new book called “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua has caused a debate (争论) about cultural differences in parenting. Amy Chua is a teacher in an American university and both of her parents are Chinese. In the book, Ms. Chua writes about how she taught her daughters. She told NBC television that she had a clear list of what her daughters were not allowed to do, such as having a play date, watching TV or playing computer games and getting any grade less than an A.

Many people are against Amy Chua’s parenting style (风格), even her husband, who is American. They say it is rude and unfair to children. But she says her parents raised her and her three sisters in that way.

Ms. Chua says after her younger daughter shouted “I hate my life! I hate you!” she decided to retreat because she was afraid of losing her daughter. But she also says American parents often have low expectations of their children’s abilities.

“The debate is about what it means to be a successful parent and what it means to be a successful child,” said Stacy DeBroff, who has written four books on parenting. She says Amy Chua’s parenting style is not limited to Chinese families. It is a traditional way of parenting among immigrants (移民). They hope to get a better future for their children.

She also sees a risk (风险). When children have no time to be social or to develop their own interests, they might not develop other skills that they need to succeed in life. DeBroff advises parents to develop their own style of parenting and not just repeat the way they were raised.

1.Which of the following words can best describe Amy Chua?

A. Polite.B. Cruel.C. Strict.D. Popular.

2.The underlined word “retreat” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.

A. give upB. go onC. go outD. give out

3.According to Ms. DeBroff, _____.

A. Amy Chua’s parenting style should be forbidden

B. Americans should learn from Amy Chua

C. parents should have their own parenting style

D. Amy Chua’s style is bad for children’s growth

4.In which part of a newspaper can you read the passage?

A. Business.B. Entertainment.C. Sports.D. Culture.

A student was one day taking a walk with his teacher. As they went along, they saw a pair of old shoes lying in the path. They were a poor farmer’s, who was working in the nearby field.

The student turned to the teacher, saying: “we will hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those trees, and wait to see what he will do.”

“My young friend,” answered the teacher, “we should never make fun of the poor. Why not put a coin in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch?” The student did so and they both hid themselves behind the trees. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes.

After putting on his coat, he put his foot into one of his shoes, and felt something hard. Then he bent (弯腰) down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Surprised, he looked at the coin, turned it around and looked at it again. He then looked around, but no person was seen. He put the money into his pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe. His surprise was doubled on finding the other coin.

He couldn’t control his feelings and fell to his knees, looked up to the sky and expressed his thanks. Then he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread. He said the help would save them from dying.

The student stood there deeply moved, and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the teacher, “are you not much happier than if you had hidden the shoes?”

1.When the student saw the shoes, he wanted to ________.

A. steal them

B. find their owner

C. play a joke on the owner

D. give the owner some money

2.When the farmer saw the second coin, he ________.

A. was very excited and grateful

B. was worried and looked up at the sky

C. was surprised and decided to find the owner

D. spoke of his difficulties and asked for more help

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. It is never too late to learn.

B. All good things come to an end.

C. Where there is a will, there is a way.

D. True happiness comes from helping others.