16．W：Hi，dad!Come over here!Be quick!
M：Yes？What for？
W：There's a football matchonTV．Hurry up，dad？
M：Yes，I'm coming．
W：Let's turndownthe TV a little so that we won't bother our neighbors．It's too late now．
M：Yes．A h，what time is it now？
W：Let me have a look first．Er．It's half past eleven bymy（I） watch．
M：Eleven thirty？I thinkitis high time that you went to bed now，Rose．
W：But the football match is so exciting!I enjoywatching（watch） football matches just like you．I don't want to miss suchanexciting game．
M：You will be late for school if you stay up too late watching TV．Furthermore，if you get to school late，youwill be punished（punish） by your teacher tomorrow．Therefore，you'd better go to bedimmediately（immediate） and take a good sleep．
W：No，I won't，dad．I will turn on my alarm clock，and it will wake meupat the right time．
M：But it doesn't do if you don't take enough sleep．That will be tooharmful（harm） to your health．
W：Never mind，dad．I will go to sleep at twelve sharp．

15．Sam，an unemployed man，said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life．The first thing was a blanket at a church raffle（抽奖）when he was 25 years old．But this was much bigger：it was 120，000!He had won the Big Cube（骰子），a state lottery（彩票）game．To win，a contestant must first guess which number a spinning cube will stop on．The cube has six numbers on it：1X，10X，50X，100X，500X，and 1000X．If he is correct，the contestant must then guess which of two selected variables（变量） is going to be greater．So，just guessing which number appears on the cube does not guarantee that you will win any money．Sam correctly guessed 1000X，but he still had to choose between two variables．One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours．The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV channels in a three-hour period．This was a tough decision．
Finally，Sam flipped（翻转）a coin．It came up heads，so Sam picked the teenager．He picked right．The stop sign was run only 76 times，but the teen clicked 120 times．Sixty-year-old Sam jumped for joy，for he had just won 1000 times 120，or 120，000．Sam dreamily left the lottery studio．Talking excitedly on his cell pho ne while crossing the street，he got hit by a little sports car．
Sam is slowly getting better．He was in the hospital for a month．His hospital bill was 110，000．And the insurance company for the little sports car's owner sued（起诉） Sam for 9，000 worth of repairs．Also，Sam still has to pay taxes on his winnings．Sam doesn't play the state lottery any more．He says it's better to be unlucky．
21．Sam won the blanket  years agoC．
A．25       B．60       C．35         D．76
22．Sam won the lottery becauseA．
A．he was lucky   
B．he was good at math
C．he was smart   
D．he was tough
23．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．The lottery game was a complete lie．
B．Sam was quite familiar with the boy．
C．The owner of the car is now in hospital．
D．Sam will have none of the prize money left．
24．Sam's experience shows thatD
A．everything has its time and that time must be watched．
B．he who risks nothing，gains nothing．
C．everything comes to him who waits．
D．he who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday．

14．Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling．Recycling in the home is very important of course．However，being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need．We are dealing with the results of that-overconsumption in the greenest way as possible as we can，but it would be far better if we did not bring so much material home in the first place．
The total amount of packaging has increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005．It now makes up a third of a typical household waste in the UK．In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard．
Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment．The UK，for example，is running out of it for burying this unnecessary waste．If such packaging is burnt，it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect．Recycl ing helps，but the process itself uses energy．The solution is not to produce such items in the first place．Food waste is a serious problem，too．Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need．However，few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue，encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags，for example．
But this is not just about supermarkets．It is about all of us．We have learned to associate packaging with quality．We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality．This is especially true of food．But it is also applied to a wide range of consumer products，which often have far more packaging than necessary．
There are signs of hope．As more of us recycle，we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary materials are collected．We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture，but we have a mountain to climb．
32．What does the underlined phrase"that overconsumption"refer to？A
A．Having more material than it is needed．
B．Recycling too many wastes．
C． Making more products than necessary．
D．Using too much packaging．
33．The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to showD．
A．the tendency of cutting household waste 
B．the increase of packaging recycling
C．the rapid growth of supermarkets  
D． the fact of packaging overuse  
34．According to the text，recyclingA．
A．helps control the greenhouse effect   
B．means burning packaging for energy
C．is the solution to gas shortage       
D．leads to a waste of land
35．What can be inferred from Paragraph 4？C
A．Unpackaged products are of bad quality．
B．Supermarkets care more about packaging．
C．It is improper to judge quality by packaging．
D．Other products are better packaged than food．

13．5月20日是中国学生营养日．某中学生英文报为此开展征文比赛活动，请根据以下要点写一篇征文，谈谈你对中国肥胖儿童现象的看法和建议．
        内容要点：
1．描述现状：中国肥胖儿童1200多万；
2．说明理由：常吃快餐，缺少锻炼；
3．提出建议…
注意：1．可根据内容要点适当发挥，但不要逐条翻译；2．词数120左右．

12．假定你是李华，准备在高中毕业后的暑假参加美国耶鲁大学的暑期课程（Yale Summer Session 2015）．请写一封电子邮件给负责人Ms Sullivan，说明自己的情况并询问相关事宜．内容主要包括：
1．介绍自己写邮件的原因；
2．询问暑期课程的设置情况（如课程内容、课程数量、时间安排等）；
3．询问参加暑期课程期间的住宿情况（如是否可以住在学 校宿舍里等）．
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好．
Dear Ms Sullivan，
I'm Li Hua，a middle school student from China．_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                      Yours sincerely，
                                                   Li Hua．

11．注意：1．每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
  2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
Wang ping was born in a ordinary peasant's family．In the past，his parents had to leave their hometown earn money to provide schooling for him．So he has to live with his grandparents．Though his grandparents loved him deeply，and they were too old to take well care of him．What was more，every time he saw other parents played with their children，he couldn't help crying．How a happy life they were living，he thought．Luckily，his parents can keep him company every day in this year，which makes him feel very happy．She will never forget the day he spent with his grandparents，though．

10．For the rest of March，a disease will sweep across the US．It will keep kids home from school．（36）DEmployees will suddenly lose their ability to concentrate．
The disease，known as"March Madness"，refers to the yearly  US men's college basketball tournament（锦标赛）．（37）FTeams compete against each other in a singleelimination（单局淘汰） tournament that eventually crowns a national champion．
Nearly 20 million Americans will find themselves prisoners of basketball festival madness．The fun comes partly from guessing the winners for every game．Friends compete against friends．（38）AColleagues against bosses．
Bigname schools are usually favored to advance into the tournament．But each year there are dark horses from little-known universities．
This adds to the madness．Watching a team from a school with 3，000 students beat a team from a school with 30，000，for many Americans，is an exciting experience．Some years ago，the little-known George Mason University was one of the final four teams．（39）GCollege basketball players are not paid，so the game is more about making a name for their uni versity and themselves．（40）CAbout 4billionwillbespentgambling（赌）ontheevent．Accordingto Media Life magazine，theeventwillbringin500 million in advertising income this year，topping the postseason income of every US professional league，including that of the NBA．

A．Husbands against wives．
B．The players will go all out for the games．
C．But that doesn't mean money isn't involved．
D．College students will ignore piles of homework．
E．People are willing to spend more money on watching it．
F．It begins on March 15 and lasts through the beginning of April．
G．Many people had never even heard of the university before the tournament．

9．Hu Li's heart sank due to the color of the air．Driving 140 kilometers from Tianjin City to Beijing last week，she held her breath as the air became a charcoal grey haze（炭灰色的阴霾）．The 39-year-old businesswoman has lived in Beijing for a decade，and this past month，she said，brought the worst air pollution she has ever seen．It gave her husband a cough and left her seven-year-old daughter housebound（足不出户）．"My husband as well as I is working here，so we have no choice，"she said．"But if we had a choice，we'd like to escape from Beijing．"
The extended heavy pollution over the last month，which caused punishment in return for a day last week-called the"airpocalypse"by internet users-has largely changed the way that Chinese think about the country's air．On one day，pollution levels were 30 times higher than levels considered safe by the World Health Organization （WHO）．Flights were cancelled．Roads were closed．One hospital in east Beijing reported they had treated more than 900 children for breathing issues．Bloomberg found that for most of January，Beijing's air was worse than that of an airport smoking area．
The smog's（烟雾） most threatening aspect is its high concentration（浓度） of PM 2.5-particulate matter that is small enough to breathe deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream，causing breathing infections，lung cancer and possibly damaging children's development．The WHO has estimated that outdoor air pollution accounts for two million deaths per year，65% of them in Asia．
32．Which conclusion can we draw from the first paragraph？C
A．Hu Li is living in Beijing．
B．Hu Li traveled to Tianjin for business．
C．The haze is harmful to people．
D．The pollution is the worst in Beijing's history．
33．The haze affected people mainly inB．
A．the way they traveled
B．the opinion about national air
C．the way they lived their life
D．the life style of internet
34．From the passage we know high concentration of PM 2.5D．
A．can lead to choke
B．can cause heart cancer
C．will damage children's development
D．will damage people's organ
35．What's the best title for the passage？B
A．Hu Li's attitudes to Beijing's haze
B．The damages of Beijing's haze
C．WHO suggests improving Beijing's air
D．What caused air pollution in Beijing．

8．Free Fun Guides
Free Admission to Hundreds of Museums Sept.25
What a weekend!This Saturday，Sept.25，hundreds of U．S．museums are admission free for the Smithsonian's annual Museum Day．
Unlike previous Museum Day celebrations，you must sign up for a free ticket that admits two people to any of the participating museums．That means filling out a form and having the ticket emailed to you．Not bad for a freebie that will give you admission to museums such as the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and the Air & Space Museum in San Diego．
Free Admission to National Parks & Public Lands
Would you rather visit a National Park for free instead of a museum for free？The choice is yours on Saturday，Sept.25，as all 392 National Parks and all other national public lands are admission free for National Public Lands Day．It falls on the same day as the Smithsonian Museum Day，when hundreds of U．S．museums are also admission free．
If you love the outdoors，consider signing up or just show up for one of the volunteer projects at the public lands sites on Saturday．Spend the morning helping clean up and restore our national natural treasures，and then spend the afternoon just enjoying and exploring them．
Free Books for Kids@Barnes & Noble!
If your kids love to read-and we hope they do!-be sure to sign them up for Barnes & Noble's summer reading programs so they can earn a free book!
It's easy for kids ages 12 and under to participate．For Barnes & Noble's Passport to Summer Reading program，just download and print out your passport．Read any eight books，make a list of them on the back of the passport and bring it to any Barnes & Noble by September 7．Choose your free book from the list．
FREE Night of Theater Across the U．S． in October
Hark!‘This is a chance to see this thing called the play，and not just Mr．Shakespeare's!It's the annual run of the Free Night of Theater，when hundreds of theaters in 120 U．S．cities give away thousands of tickets to local productions．
While the kickoff date is October 15，many of the theaters start releasing their free tickets by Oct.1 or in waves during the month of October for performance dates throughout the month．Ticket seekers are limited to two tickets for one performance．
Find your city on the Free Night of Theater Website and check the listings for performances，their dates and their ticket give away times and locations．
24．What is new about this year's Museum Day？A
A．People will get free tickets online．
B．Two museums offer free admission．
C．People can visit a museum for free．
D．People can visit museums online．
25．How is National Public Lands Day different from the other three events？B
A．It comes on Sept.25．
B．Visitors may choose what to visit．
C．Admission is free for people．
D．Visitors may do some volunteer work．
26．How can kids get a free book？C
A．By reading eighty books at any Barnes & Noble．
B．By downloading and printing out a passport．
C．By signing up a summer reading program and choosing one of the books they have read．
D．By signing up for a winter reading program．
27．Which of the following shows the similarity between Museum Day and Free Night of Theater？A
A．They take place once a year．
B．They last for the same length of time．
C．The tickets can be used in any U．S．city．
D．The same number of free tickets is given away．

7．I have always known my kids use digital communications equipment a lot．But my cellphone bill last month really grabbed my attention．My son had come up to nearly 2，000 incoming text messages，and had sent nearly as many．Of course，he was out of school for the summer and communicating more with friends from a distance．Nevertheless，he found time to keep a summer job and complete a college course in between all that typing with thumb．
     I was even more surprised to learn that my son is normal．"Teenagers with cellphones each send and receive 2，272 text messages a month on average，"Nielsen Mobile said．
     Some experts regret  that all  that  keyboard jabber（键盘闲聊） is making our  kids stupid，unable to read non-verbal cues such as facial expressions，gestures，posture and other silent signals of mood and attitude．Unlike phones，text messaging doesn't even allow transmission of tone of voice or pauses，says Mark Bauerlein，author called The Dumbest Generation：How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future．
     Beyond that，though，I'm not sure I see as much harm as critics of this trend．I've posted before on how I initially tried to control my kids'texting．But over time，I have seen my son suffer no apparent ill effects，and he gains a big benefit，continuing contact with others．
     I don't think texting make kids stupid．It may make them annoying，when they try to text and talk to you at the same time．And it may make them distracted，when buzzing text message interrupt efforts to noodle out a math problem or finish reading for school．
     But I don't see texting harming teens'ability to communicate．My son is as accustomed to nonverbal cues as any older members of our family．I have found him more engaged and easier to communicate with from a great distance．because he is constantly available by means of text  message and responds with faithfulness and speed．
21．What is Mark Bauerlein's attitude to texting？D
A．It is convenient for teens to communicate with others．
B．It is likely to cause trouble in understanding each other．
C．It is convenient for teens to text and ca ll at the sam e time．
D．It will cause damage to the development of teens'intelligence．
22．What would be the best title for this passage？A
A．For Teens，Texting Instead of Talking
B．For Parents，Caring Much for Their Kids
C．Disadvantages of Texting
D．The Effect of Communication
23．What does the underlined word"distracted"in the fifth paragraph mean？B
A．Confused．
B．Absent-minded．
C．Comfortable．
D．Bad-tempered．