15．One day a professor entered the classroom and announced a surprise test．Hearing that，his students were all seated and waited quietly for the test to begin．The professor handed out the test papers with text facing down at the desk．Once he was done，he asked them to turn the test pages and begin．
The students were confused to see that there was not a question but just a black dot in the center of the page．The professor noticed the students'facial expressions and told them，"I want you to write about what you see there．"
The students were still in puzzle but got started with the test．At the end of the class，the professor took all answer sheets and started reading each answer from each sheet in front of all students．All of them described about the black dot and tried to explain its position．After the professor finished reading，the whole class fell into silence．
"Now，"the professor began to explain，"don't worry．I am not going to give you grades for this．I just want you to think about something．Here everyone focused on the black dot and wrote about it，but no one wrote about the white paper．The same is with our lives．The white paper represents our whole life and the black spot represents problems in our life．Our life is a gift given to us by God，with love and care．We always have reasons to celebrate-our friends around us，the job that provides us our livelihood and the miracles we see everyday．Still we just focus on day to day problems like health issues，lack of money，problems in relationships etc．，but we never see that these problems are very small compared to everything we have in our lives．"

25．Why did the professor give the surprise test？C
A．To grade his students．
B．To puzzle his students．
C．To inspire his students to think．
D．To develop his students'writing ability．
26．What made his students at a loss at first？B
A．The black dot in the centre．
B．The paper without questions．
C．The paper with text facing down．
D．The professor's facial expressions．
27．Which of the following best states the moral lesson of this story？C
A．Heath counts more than money．
B．Think twice before you take action．
C．Take eyes off problems and enjoy blessings．
D．Life is a gift，so always love everyone around you．

14．It is Tim who has broken the 100-meter-race record，       has surprised us all．（　　）

A．

that

B．

where

C．

which

D．

what

13．       he had only entered the contest for fun，he won first prize．（　　）

A．

Since

B．

Unless

C．

As

D．

Although

12．The girl，whose health        after taking the medicine，was only six years old．（　　）

A．

ruined

B．

was ruined

C．

has ruined

D．

had ruined

11．---When did the accident       ？
---I don't really notice it，maybe at 8o'clock．（　　）

A．

occur

B．

experience

C．

recycle

D．

damage

10．He        from the company in order to take a more challenging job．（　　）

A．

replaced

B．

resigned

C．

retired

D．

returned

9．假如你叫李华，你们学校下周六将举行Run for Love 公益活动，旨在为贫困地区的学生和残疾儿童募捐．请给你的朋友Tom 写封电子邮件邀请他一同参加，要点如下：
1．活动的时间、地点及目的；
2．活动的内容：跑步、捐款等．
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，但不计入总词数．
Dear Tom，
I'd like to invite you to join us for the Run for Love．The activity sponsored by some charitable organizations is intended to raise money for students in poor areas and disabled children who need medical treatment．（高分句型一）It is to be held on the playground of our school at 9 am next Sunday．Students，as well as teachers，parents and sponsors，are invited to participate in it．（高分句型二）
The first part of the activity is 800 metres，1，500 metres and 3，000 metres runs．After that，the money-raising part will start．I think the activity not only helps people in need but is a good chance for us to do exercise．（高分句型三）If you are interested，we can go there together．
Looking forward to your reply．
Yours，
Li Hua．

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仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
When you abroad，you may find many things are different-the food，the customs，and the language．The last of these is the most important，as you need communicate with the people there to make the more of your stay．So I advise you to find the good school，which you'll meet people and improve your language skills．I found things got a lot of better for me once I'd joined a local tennis club．I really enjoyed it，and I made plenty of friend there．I am not homesick any more but I began to find my way around．All in all，I'd say it's essential to have a positive attitude，and then you'll certain enjoy yourself．

7．"Thank you"is the most under-appreciated and under-used phrase on the planet．It is appropriate in nearly any situation．（36）CLet's cover some common situations where we say all sorts of things，but should say"thank you"instead．1．When you are receiving praise．
We often ruin praise by acting overly humble（谦逊的）．The problem is that by devaluing the praise，you don't acknowledge the person who was nice enough to say something．（37）F
2．When you are running late．
It is stressful for the person who is running late and it is disrespectful to the person who is waiting．It might seem strange to thank someone for dealing with your late arrival，but that's exactly the correct response．Most people stand in the door and say"Sorry，I'm late．"（38）E Saying"Thank you"turns the table and acknowledges the sacrifice the other person made by waiting．
3．When you're comforting someone．
When someone comes to you with the bad news，it can be awkward．You want to be a good friend，but most people don't know what to say．What we fail to realize is that it doesn't matter if you don't know what to say．（39）D
4．When you are receiving helpful feedback（反馈）．
Feedback can be very helpful，but we rarely see it that way．Whether it is an unflattering performance review from your boss or an e-mail from an unhappy customer，the standard reaction is to get defensive（防御性的）．（40）G
 
A．Thank them for what they did despite your error．
B．You can win the argument in the way you live your life．
C．Besides，it is a better response than most of the things we say．
D．All you really need is to be present and thank them for trusting you．
E．The problem is this response still makes the situation embarrassing．
F．Simply saying"Thank you"fully acknowledges the person who made the promise．
G．That's a shame because the correct response is to say"Thank you"and use it to improve．

6．How to Improve Speed Reading Skills
Speed reading is one of many skills that can improve your reading comprehension and shorten your study time．（36）D．
Look at groups of words，not single words．
（37）E．However，if you can get into the habit of reading groups or chunks of words at one time，then you can read much faster．Start by trying to look at a group of three or four words at once，then work up to looking at an entire line of words．Focus on words that give the sentence meaning，such as the nouns and verbs and pay less attention to the filler words，such as"A，the，and，etc．"
Scan for keywords．
Scanning is a highly effective way of extracting answers from a text without really reading it．If you know exactly what you are looking for-a name，a date，a statistic，or a specific word-you can find it quickly by skipping over large chunks of the text．To scan，first visualize the word，number，or phrase you would like to find．（38）B．The information you are looking for should pop out at you．
（39）A．
You can train yourself to read faster by timing yourself as you go．Start by getting your base time．Set a timer for fifteen minutes，and speed read as you normally do．（40）G．Do not count the words，just the pages or paragraphs．Record your figures：for instance，you might write"15min/6.5pages．"

A．Race the clock．
B．Then，run your eyes rapidly over the text．
C．Check your comprehension．
D．Here are some Speed Reading Techniques．
E．If you read a text one word at a time，then this will slow your reading speed way down．
F．One of the reasons you read slowly is that you have to pause sometimes to understand what a passage is saying．
G．When the timer goes off，check to see how far you have got．