There is no better way to enjoy Scottish traditions than going fishing and tasting a little bit of whisky(威士忌) at a quiet place like the Inverlochy Castle. When Queen Victoria visited the castle in 1873, she wrote in her diary, “I never saw a lovelier spot,”

Scotland is not easily defined. In certain moments, this quiet land of lakes and grasses and mountains changes before your very eyes. When evening gently sweeps the hillside into orange light, the rivers, teeming with fish, can turn into streams of gold. As you settle down with just a fishing pole and a basket on the bank of River Orchy, near the Inverlochy Castle, any frustration(烦恼) will float away as gently as the circling water. It’s just you and purple, pink, white flowers, seeking a perfect harmony. If you are a new comer to fishing, learning the basics from a fishing guide may leave you with a lifetime’s fun. For many, fishing is more than a sport; it is an art.

Scotland offers interesting place where you can rest after a long day’s fishing. Set against a wild mountain and hidden behind woodland, the beautiful Inverlochy Castle Hotel below the Nevis is a perfect place to see the beauty of Scotland’s mountains. Ben Nevis is the highest of all British mountains, and reaching its 1,342-metre top is a challenge. But it’s not just what goes up matters; what comes down is unique. More than 900 metres high, on the mountain’s north face, lies an all-important source of pure water. Its name comes from the Gaelic(盖尔特) language “usqueb” or “water of life”; And it is the single most important ingredient(原料) in Scotland’s best-known drink: whisky.

1.How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed?

A. By making comparisons.

B. By following time order.

C. By analyzing causes.

D. By giving descriptions.

2.What is Ben Nevis specially noted for?

A. The challenge up to its top.

B. The water from the mountain.

C. The beauty of its surroundings.

D. The Inverlochy Castle Hotel.

3.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To introduce Scottish traditions to tourists.

B. To describe the pleasures of life in Scotland.

C. To show the attractions of Scotland to readers.

D. To explore geographical characteristics of Scotland.

4.What does the story of Queen Victoria show?

A. The Queen is rich in tour experience.

B. The year of 1873 is special for the Queen.

C. Tasting whisky is better than going fishing.

D. The castle’s a good place to go in Scotland.

For humans, climbing Mount Qomolangma is seen as a great impressive achievement. People make movies, write books, and have essentially developed a whole industry surrounding the challenge that is this mountain. While we consider climbing the mountain as an athletic achievement, there is one animal, the bar-headed goose, does not think so.

As the species migrates (迁徙) from Central Asia to Southeast Asia every autumn, it must cross over the Himalayan range. These mountains force the bar-headed goose to fly at around 30,000 feet above sea level, which is the highest altitude for migratory birds.

These geese have special adaptions that allow them to survive at the altitude. For example, a special protein (蛋白质) in blood cells that transports oxygen throughout the body allows their blood cells to combine with oxygen. Their circulatory system provides a constant supply of fresh, oxygenated blood to their wing muscles (肌肉). They have much larger lungs than other birds, which give them the ability to take in more air.

Scientists initially believe that the geese flow at an extremely high altitude for the full length of their migration. But later the data suggests that the birds use a much more effective way of travel. Instead of remaining at an extremely high altitude to fly over the mountain range, the geese hug the mountains, flying up and down depending on the obstacles (障碍物) in their way. This works better for them because they don’t have to use all their energy flying in an area with low oxygen; they can spend time flying at lower altitudes.

The geese also make use of nature to make this work easier. To fly down, they simply allow gravity to pull them. To fly back up, they make use of orographic (地形的) lift, which happens when flowing air meets an obstacle, such as a mountain. The mountain forces the air up, creating an upward draft. The birds take advantage of this draft, expending less of their own energy to fly up the mountain.

The way these birds have adapted to flying across the Asian continent during their annual migration is certainly an amazing way to see nature at work.

1.What does the underlined part "this work” in Paragraph 5 most probably refer to?

A. To fly down. B. To fly back up.

C. To fly over the mountain. D. To fly at lower altitudes.

2.How do the geese behave while crossing over the Himalayan range?

A. By flowing at an extremely high altitude all the way.

B. By taking advantage of the orographic lift.

C. By smoothing the obstacles in their way.

D. By forcing the air up, creating an upward draft.

3.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. The geese’s amazing migration.

B. The highest flying record of geese.

C. The flying mystery of geese.

D. Mount Qomolangma and its geese.

Keeping Safe in Your House During a Fire

Thought you may not think you’ll ever fall victim to a house fire, it’s better to be prepared to avoid panicking. To increase your chances of survival, just follow these steps.

(1)React as soon as you hear your smoke alarm go off. On hearing your smoke detector or alarm going off and seeing a fire, exit your home as safely as possible. 1.

(2)Safely exit through doors. If you don’t see smoke at the door, open it slowly and pass through it after making sure the door feels cool. If there is a fire preventing you from exiting the room, close the door.

(3)Protect yourself from smoke inhalation(吸入). Get low to the floor and crouch or crawl on your hands and knees to avoid the smoke. 2. Cover your nose and mouth if you have to walk by or through a heavily smoke-filled room.

(4) 3. If your clothes catch fire, immediately stop what you’re doing, drop flat to the ground, and roll around until you put the fire out.

(5)Prevent the smoke if you can’t get out. 4. Close your door and cover all vents(通风口)and cracks(缝隙)around it with cloth or tape to keep the smoke out.

(6) Call for help from a second story window. 5. You can take a sheet or something else---white preferably---and hang it out the window to signify that you needed help when the first responders get there.

A. If you are trapped in your second story room, get to an area where people can find you.

B. Do not try to get your phone, valuables, or your other important possessions.

C. Smoke inhalation causes people to become unconscious.

D. Escape from a second story window if you can.

E. You are probably a lot safer by closing doors.

F. Stop, drop, and roll if your clothes catch fire.

G. If you can’t escape your home, don’t panic.

I sat down at my desk and started writing an emotional letter of gratitude(感激). But _______it came to actually placing the letter into the mailbox. I_______.

The letter was to a teacher whose volunteer efforts had _______my view on the world and I felt I should let her know how her _______positively influenced my life.

I could have easily sent her an e-mail, _______that seemed a bit_______for such an important thank-you. That’s why I ended up _______the letter. But now I hesitated. We had _______merely by Facebook comments and occasional private messages. I _______knew her. Maybe my letter was too heartfelt. “People don’t normally do this,” I thought to myself.

Thinking a while, I put the envelope in the mailbox ________.

A couple of weeks later I received a Facebook response from her. It turned out she was________a tough time and my note meant the ________ to her. She said she had no idea that she was making such a(n)________to others.

Not only did this letter make her happier, but her ________increased my joy as well. I was so ________that it made such a difference to her that I decided to write a gratitude letter to________each month.

I’ve been doing this for two years now and it’s________transformed my life. I’m more likely to seek out the________in others and more thankful for the beautiful life I’m ________. Cultivating (培养) ________is a great skill to practice. Life is too short not to do it.

1.A. after B. if C. because D. when

2.A. smiled B. burst C. rejected D. froze

3.A. changed B. balanced C. weighed D. supported

4.A. example B. picture C. memory D. call

5.A. and B. but C. in case D. in order

6.A. normal B. hard C. wonderful D. lame

7.A. posting B. polishing C. handwriting D. folding

8.A. made sense of B. come into being C. kept in touch D. got on with

9.A. really B. barely C. still D. also

10.A. immediately B. away C. again D. eventually

11.A. gong through B. breaking through C. breaking away from D. having access to

12.A. dream B. world C. tip D. warning

13.A. mess B. difference C. effect D. effort

14.A. exploration B. expectation C. reply D. greeting

15.A. curious B. confident C. excited D. hopeful

16.A. anyone B. her C. someone D. each other

17.A. greatly B. negatively C. slightly D. simply

18.A. nature B. ambition C. honesty D. goodness

19.A. living B. giving C. desiring D. wasting

20.A. writing B. appreciation C. direction D. protection

Qigong, 1.(call) “Life Energy Cultivation” in China, is a practice of focusing on breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, and healing(愈合). If you have taken Chinese lessons, you must be familiar with Confucius, according to 2.qigong provides a means to become a Junzi(gentleman) through awareness of morality. Taoism considers qigong to be able to provide a way to achieve spiritual improvement. Qigong is3. (traditional) viewed as a practice to balance qi (inner life energy), which is now practiced throughout China and worldwide.4.a form of gentle exercise, qigong is made up of movements that are typically repeated, strengthening the body. Qigong 5.(believe) to help develop human potential, allow access to higher degrees of awareness, and awaken6.(one) “true nature”.

What makes qigong special is that it can be done 7. (lie), sitting , or standing; thus it is 8.(access) for disabled persons, seniors, and people recovering from injuries. As a healing art, qigong practitioners focus on prevention and self-healing, which has been widely used in China as part of traditional Chinese medicine, and is included in the curriculum of Chinese 9.(university). Besides, qigong is practiced for self-cultivation as a means to get rid of 10.complexity of the earth.

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仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

When I was a kid, my father and mother were made me join a tennis club in the center of our city. Every day both my parent would take me to club after school. I played tennis ,ate snacks and did my homework here. It was basically my second family. A woman whose name was Li Li, my first private coach, was as a mother to us. She not only taught me everything that I know about what to play tennis, but treats me well. She was kind or always trained me with great patient. In my heart, she was the best coach in our city.

假如你是李华，在伦敦做交换生，昨天你的室友Tony在校园摔倒后住院。请给校求助中心写封邮件，寻找帮助Tony的中国学生。

注意：1.词数100左右

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文流畅。

3. 邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

DearSir/Madam,

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

Waiting For You

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street Cambridge MA

（1）Art Study Center Open Hours

Through December 21, the Art Study Center will hold special open hours on Mondays, from 1pm to 4pm. The Art Study Center is located on Level 4. Please be prepared to present a photo ID. The workers will charge you 25 cents for access. Level 4 will check bags, coats, umbrellas, and any food or drink. Do remember to put things in the lockers on Level 1.

（2）Student Guide Tour

These tours, designed and led by Harvard students from a range of scientific groups, focus on animals and plant life. They provide visitors a unique view into learning about creatures. Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk. Free with museums admission. Tours are limited to 15 people; no registration required. Tours are offered every Tuesday and Friday at 2pm, and every Saturday and Sunday at 3pm. Note that there will be no tours on Friday, November 27 or Saturday, November 28, because of the Thanksgiving break.（3）Art Study Center

The public is welcome to visit the museums’ Art Study Center. However, you need to show the tickets. The tickets’ details:

$15 Adults

$13 Seniors (65+)

$10 Non-Harvard students (18+)

Free Harvard faculty, students, and staff (plus one guest)

Free Youth under 18

Free Cambridge residents (proof of residency required)

1.What should the visitors know about the activities?

A. Any adult needs a $15 ticket to visit the Art Study Center.

B. Visitors can join the Student Guide Tour on Sunday mornings.

C. Any Harvard staff can visit the Art Study Center with a friend for free.

D. A group of 20 visitors should gather together to join the Student Guide Tour.

2.Which information can be found in the text?

A. One can take hotdogs to Level 4.

B. No ticket is required for the Student Guide Tour.

C. The Art Study Center needs registration.

D. The Art Study Center will hold special tours on Tuesday and Friday at 2pm.

3.The Student Guide Tour might be led by students good at ________.

A. art B. science C. literature D. politics

It was at her company’s annual picnic that my mother met my father, and he walked her home. The next week, from his home in Chicago, he sent her a post card: Remember me please. Do be calling you one of these days.—David.

She still has that post card. I am not sure what made her save. Though he already had his heart set on her, she hadn't chosen him yet, at least not consciously.

My father, a salesman for a big electronics company, often told us while we were growing up, it was blind luck that he was at the picnic that day. He was in town to meet with clients and happened to stop by the branch office that Saturday morning to make a call. It was the manager of a local radio station where my mother worked as a writer. “Dave! Glad you’re in town!” he said, and invited him to come right over to their annual picnic. Later my mother dated him when he was in town. Eventually, one night a few months later, she woke her mother and told her she was going to marry Dave. A few months after the wedding, my father was transferred east. They settled in New York, in the house where I grew up.

Sometimes I think how time gets us together and puts us in a certain place where we’re faced with one option or another. We leave behind while others live by the choice we made. We could have lived full of different passions and joys, different problems and disappointments. Sometimes, particularly when I came home late to a sleeping house, my husband and daughter curled around each other. I think about the lives we would not have had if choices had brought us to a different place. And I tremble at the thought that I might have missed this life, this man, this child, this love.

1.According to the text, where did the author’s parents come across?

A. At the author’s home. B. At a local radio station.

C. At her father’s company’s picnic. D. At her mother’s company’s picnic.

2.It can be inferred from the text that ________.

A. the author’s father didn’t like her mother

B. the author’s mother always made right decisions

C. the author didn’t believe her mother

D. the author’s mother hadn’t decided to marry her father at first

3.Before meeting the author's father, her mother was ________.

A. a writer B. a manager C. a teacher D. a saleswoman

4.What do we know about the author?

A. She values her life now.

B. Time makes her life now perfect.

C. She is tired of her life now.

D. Her life now faces problems and disappointments.

Halloween is perhaps the third most popular holiday for parties, coming after New Year’s and Christmas. With Halloween, we have the opportunity to dress up for the night and “be someone else”.

Team Maker

If you are going to have games, you may require teams. One way to put together the teams randomly, thus encouraging guests who don’t already know each other, is to have them draw pieces from a cauldron(大锅) or witch’s hat. Beforehand, write enough words on pieces of paper to have one for every guest. On the pieces of paper write words like: Egyptian tomb, pyramid, magic wand, magic spell, black cat, etc. Everyone draws a piece of paper.

Dress Up the Dead

This game is not for the shy and may result in some small rude performance. For the game, you will need a put-together skeleton. They can be found in the Halloween section of many stores. The skeleton can be of wood or plastic, so long as it can be taken apart easily and can be recombined together. The host “buries” the broken up skeleton under a pile of sawdust, loose dirt or hay in the yard. The first team, while being timed, must discover all the skeleton pieces then run to where there’s a hook for hanging the skeleton. They must recombine the skeleton and then, donating parts of their own clothing, dress the skeleton in a shirt and pants.

Murder Mystery

Host a murder mystery as a play. Select players, either by volunteers or by random drawing or even have guests vote. While the players read over their parts, the rest of the guests arrange the room. Set up a row of chairs facing the party audience. This will be the “stage” where the murder mystery players will sit and perform their roles. The host keeps the game (play) moving, usually by playing one of the detective characters.

1.How can people form a team?

A. By giving a performance. B. By making a witch’s hat.

C. By writing some words. D. By drawing a piece of paper.

2.What persons are suitable for Dress Up the Dead?

A. Those who can tell stories.

B. Those who are not brave enough.

C. Those who don’t mind small rudeness.

D. Those who are not good at making up.

3.What is the function of chairs in Murder Mystery?

A. They are prepared for the audience to sit.

B. They are used to sit in and perform for the players.

C. They are prepared for the host to guide the players.

D. They are used to attract the audience’s attention.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A. Games for Halloween Party

B. How to Prepare for the Halloween Party?

C. The Reason Why Halloween Party Is Popular

D. What Is the Purpose of Halloween Party?