【题目】 ______________enough money, the young man was unable to buy his girlfriend expensive jewellery.

A. Not to save B. Not saving

C. Not having saved D. Not saved

【题目】Blood is important to support our lives. But for now, the only way we can get more of it is through donation. And donated blood has its own problems. First of all, certain blood types are extremely rare. Type O negative blood (O-), for example, only 【1】(exist) in 7 percent of people, according to Sunday Times. There are fewer 【2】(donate) and therefore there isn’t enough of this type of blood for everybody who needs it. In addition, donated blood comes from various people, which means that it has to 【3】 (examine) carefully for diseases such as HIV to make sure that it’s safe for transfusion(输血).

This is__【4】 scientists all over the world have been trying to make blood in labs. And now, someone finally succeeded—Marc Turner at the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service has produced blood fit for transfusion, reported Forbes. Different from many ____【5】 scientists, who have tried to make blood by mixing up different ingredients together, Turner chose to grow blood 【6】(direct) from human stem cells. He developed 【7】 special technique to create a chemical environment similar to that in our bone marrow (骨髓). This environment encourages stem cells to develop fully 【8】 red blood cell.

According to Turner, his artificial blood is 【9】 (likely) to contain disease viruses or produce side effects. And the best part is that 【10】 he managed to produce was type O- blood. Not only is it a rare blood type, it’s also a universal type, which means it can be transfused into any patient.

【题目】—You seem to be fond of classical music.

—_______________. As a matter of fact, I like jazz music better.

A. I don’t agree B. Not really

C. I couldn’t agree more D. No doubt

【题目】5 Ways Pets Improve Your Health

Pets help relieve stress

________【1】A powerful hormone(荷尔蒙) is released when you look at your companion animal, which brings feelings of joy. It is also accompanied by a decrease in a stress hormone.

Pets boost your fitness

A dog is the best companion for a stroll---even better than a friend. _______【2】 A separate study found that dog owners walked 300 minutes a week on average, while people who didn’t own dogs walked just 168 minutes a week.

Pets provide social support

Pets can provide social support for their owners, who tend to have more overall benefits than non-owners. The calming presence and the social bond that pets bring can be very powerful. Animals give something to focus on instead of the negative thoughts a depressed person may have. ________【3】

Pets boost your self-esteem(自尊)

Pets are completely non-judgmental. ______【4】_ And that boosts self-esteem. Confidence can be improved by the fact that dogs love you no matter what, and to the same extent, cats are very loving to their owners.

_______【5】

Whether your parents and you take turns walking the dog or it is always your job to feed the cat, research has proven having a pet is good for the whole family. Pets can be a very important bridge between family members. Pets can also provide the ultimate learning experience---how to treat others with kindness, caring, and responsibility.

A. Pets improve relationships

B. Pets bring your family closer together

C. Dog walkers improved their fitness more than people who walked with other people.

D. Simply being in the same room with your pet can have a calming effect.

E. So they are more likely to take on leadership roles and tend to be more confidence.

F. When a pet pays attention to you, it is giving you unconditional love and acceptance.

G. They don’t care what you look like or how you behave---they love unconditionally.

【题目】Iceland is experiencing a book boom（繁荣时期）.

It is hard to avoid writers in Reykjavik. There is a phrase in Icelandic, “ad ganga med bok I maganum”, meaning everyone gives birth to a book. Literally, everyone “has a book in their stomach”. One in 10 Icelanders will publish one.

“Does it get rather competitive?” I ask the young novelist, Kristin Eirikskdottir. “Yes. Especially as I live with my mother and partner, who are also full-time writers. But we try to publish in alternate years so we do not compete too much.”

“Writers are respected here,” Agla Magnusdottir tells me. “They live well. Some even get a salary.” Magnusdottir is head of the new Icelandic Literature Centre, which offers state support for literature and its translation. “They write everything --- modern sagas(长篇英雄故事), poetry, children's books, literary and extraordinary fiction --- but the biggest boom is in crime writing,” she says.

So what has led to this phenomenal book boom? I would say it is due to a crop of good writers, telling interesting tales with elegant economy and fantastic characters.

Iceland's black lava(火山岩) riverbeds, its steaming, bubbling earth, with its towering volcanoes and fairytale streams also make it the perfect setting for stories. Solvi Bjorn Siggurdsson, an Icelandic novelist, says writers owe a lot to the past. “We are a nation of storytellers. When it was dark and cold we had nothing else to do,” he says. “Thanks to the poetic works and medieval（中世纪的） sagas, we have always been surrounded by stories. After independence from Denmark in 1944, literature helped define our identity.”

Siggurdsson shows respect to Iceland's Nobel Literature winner, Halldor Laxness, whose books are sold in petrol stations and tourist centres across the island. Locals name their cats after Laxness and pay a visit to his home. “When Laxness won the Nobel Prize in 1955 he put modern Icelandic literature on the map,” Siggurdsson tells me. “He gave us confidence to write.”

【1】The underlined phrase in the passage suggests that ________.

A. Icelanders love collecting books.

B. Icelanders love writing very much.

C. there are a lot of great books in Iceland.

D. it is competitive to publish a book in Iceland.

【2】What kind of book is the most popular in Iceland?

A. Poetry. B. Medieval sagas.

C. Crime novels. D. Children’s stories.

【3】 Which of the following is true according to the passage?.

A. Siggurdsson won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955.

B. Icelanders publish books to increase their income.

C. Writers in Iceland don’t benefit from its literary tradition.

D. Iceland possesses some factors to be a perfect setting for stories.

【题目】The moment Hans finished his driving test perfectly, he got out of the car__________, for this was the third time he had taken the test.

A. in a hurry B. in relief

C. in peace D. in shock

【题目】_______ the U.S.-China relationship as “the most consequential(重要的)” in the world, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for greater cooperation between the two powers.

A. Described B. To describe

C. Describing D. Having described

【题目】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短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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(∧), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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。

Boys and girls,

Attention, please! I have an announcement to make. Our class is going to pay visit to a model high school in Wednesday morning. We will go there by school buses at 8 a.m. All the students are required to gather at the school gate on time.

Having been reached the model high school, I will start from the main building. Then we willvisit the lab building, which students usually do experiments. After that, we will go to the art center opposite to the lab building. Farther outside you will hear the students playing musical instruments. But between the lab building and the art center lie a beautiful fountain, the center of the schoolyard. Finally we would arrive at the playground at the back of the school, a place for students to do all kinds of sports. That’s all. Thank you.

【题目】It was 6 p. m. on 24 January 2001, the first day of Chinese New Year. As I drove along the road, a small car flew across the centre double amber lines(双黄线) from the ____ direction and crashed into my car head-on. I was ____ and was awakened by the ringing of my mobile phone. It was a travel agent, asking me ____ I had arrived at the Mandarin Oriental for my work.

I was ____ to Kuala Lumpur General Hospital. But the hospital staff was too ____to attend to me, so I called a friend and told him about the ____. Some friends arrived very soon after and sent me to a private hospital nearby.

I was given ten months’ medical leave and then I was ____. My heart ____, knowing that it meant I couldn’t work. As a tour guide and tour leader, I only got paid if I took on more work. I felt completely ____, but a lot of unexpected blessings came my way. Friends and relatives ____ me with my banking, insurance or simply came to cheer me up.

But I was only 30, and wanted to see the world. When the casts were removed, I did not let the sight of my weak legs ____ me. I worked hard at my physiotherapy(物理疗法) with only one aim: I must ____ again. ____five months of tiring therapy up to three sessions a week, I was back on my feet. After eight months, I was walking ____ the aid of walking stick. By February the following year, I ____ my job again.

The accident made me____ how lives can change in a split second. I recall the Chinese family drove me to the hospital ____ my bloodied condition on Chinese New Year. The kindness I’ve experienced taught me never to ____ hope. I value life ____ , not only my own but also everyone I know, and will always try to help when I know of someone ____.

【1】A. same B. opposite C. right D. left

【2】A. unhappy B. unbelievable C. unconscious D. uncertain

【3】A. why B. when C. if D. how

【4】A. driven B. arriving C. walking D. going

【5】A. sad B. angry C. excited D. busy

【6】A. hospital B. staff C. travel D. accident

【7】A. hired B. fired C. employedD. missing

【8】A. sank B. flew C. disappeared D. beat

【9】A. hopeless B. valueless C. meaningless D. careless

【10】A. laughed at B. left C. helped D. talked

【11】A. cheer B. excite C. discourage D. shock

【12】A. work B. drive C. lead D. walk

【13】A. Before B. After C. since D. until

【14】A. without B. by C. on D. under

【15】A. lost B. looked for C. gave D. returned to

【16】A. discuss B. realize C. study D. follow

【17】A. in spite ofB. although C. as D. despite of

【18】A. give in B. give off C. give out D. give up

【19】A. less B. better C. more D. worse

【20】A. in hospital B. in trouble C. out of work D. in poor health

【题目】 When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.

Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.

Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, "Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business."

Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans' corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.

【1】 Helene tied several chopsticks together to show ______.

A. the strength of family unity

B. the difficulty of growing up

C. the advantage of chopsticks

D. the best way of giving a lesson

【2】We can I earn from Paragraph 2 that the An family ______.

A. started a business in 1975

B. left Vietnam without much money

C. bought a restaurant in San Francisco

D. opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles

【3】 What can we infer about the An daughters?

A. They did not finish their college education.

B. They could not bear to work in the family business.

C. They were influenced by what Helene taught them.

D. They were troubled by disagreement among family members.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. How to Run a Corporation

B. Strength Comes from Peace

C. How to Achieve a Big Dream

D. Family Unity Builds Success