【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号后单词的正确形式。

One Sunday morning in August I went to a local music festival. I left it early because I had an appointment 【1】 (late) that day. My friends walked me to the bus stop and waited with me 【2】 the bus arrived. I got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then I noticed a man seated at the front. He 【3】 (pretend) that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice. He must be 【4】 (mental) disabled.

Behind him were other people to 【5】 he was trying to talk, but after some minutes 【6】 walked away and sat near me, looking annoyed.

I didn’t want ___【7】__ (laugh) at for talking to him but I didn’t like leaving him 【8】___ his own either.

After a while I rose from my seat and walked to the front of the bus. I sat next to the man and introduced myself. We had 【9】 amazing conversation. He got off the bus before me and I felt very happy the rest of the way home.

I’m glad I made a choice. It made 【10】 of us feel good.

【题目】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 Make Friends

Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. Good friendship has many benefits. It offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes good health. There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools. Such changes often leaves us without a friend. 【1】 . But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.

1.Associate with others.

The first step to making friends is associating with other people. You can go to public places to meet new people. Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such

places.

2.Start a conversation

Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends. 【2】 You can always start the conversation. Being able to make small talks is a very useful skill in relating with other people.

3. 【3】

Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friends together, Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience.

Let it grow.

4. Stay in touch

It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend. 【4】 . The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.

5.Enjoy your friendship

The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves. 【5】 Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be. Become the kind of friend you will want your friend to be to you.

A. Be cheerful.

B. Do things together.

C. Do not wait to be spoken to.

D. Try not to find fault with your friends.

E. Making new friends comes easy for some people.

F. For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.

G. So you will need to give your friend time to react to you.

【题目】Shyness equals (等于) losing opportunities, less pleasure and fewer social connections, but there are ways to make it a thing of the past.

When I was fifteen, I was shy. I remember an attractive girl trying to talk with me. My shyness made me focus on me instead of her. I heard my own voice but not hers and I thought about what I was trying to say instead of what she was trying to say.

To overcome shyness you need to learn to relax. This gives you the space to practice certain conversational skills. Relaxed socializing (社交) is so pleasurable. To start reducing your own shyness, I want you to absorb the following tips and ideas and start to put them into practice.

Focus your attention away from yourself. Notice what other people are wearing and make a mental note, listen to their conversation, imagine where they might live, and make a point of remembering names. Not only does this give you more to talk about, it also reduces social anxiety, leaving you feeling calmer.

Ask people open questions. Many people like to talk about themselves and will find you interesting if you find them interesting. Ask questions that require more than a “yes” or “no” response such as “What do you like about this place?’ rather than “Do you like this place?” Once they have answered, you can use add-on (追加) questions connected with the first such as “What other places do you like in this city?” Next you can express your views. This is a great way to get the conversation going.

Now I love meeting new people and suspect that my current social confidence would be unrecognizable to my fifteen-year-old self.

【1】 The author didn’t pay attention to what the girl was saying because .

A. her voice was very low

B. he was shy and nervous

C. he was attracted by her appearance

D. he wasn’t interested in her topic

【2】To get rid of your shyness, you should .

A. pay much attention to yourself

B. find a beautiful girl to talk with

C. learn to talk to others in a relaxed way

D. ask people some interesting questions

【3】It can be inferred from the text that .

A. people will notice our appearance if we focus on their looks

B. shy people will have no friends unless they change themselves

C. shy people may suffer a great deal and may be less happy

D. girls like to show off their voices in front of boys

【4】Which of the following questions will the author probably advise us to ask?

A. What a lovely day, isn’t it?

B. Do you like playing basketball?

C. Do you think he will pass the exam?

D. Why do you find that English is hard to learn?

【题目】短文改错

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。

Last week we held a discussion on which we should do for our school before we graduate．The students in our class have different suggestion．Some students thought that we can collect money to buy some books for the school library or everything else for the schoo1．Other students argue that there’s not necessary to spend money．We can study hard and make our school feeling proud of us．

In my opinion, we don’t have to spend money. We can do something meaningfully without money. For an example，we can do some voluntary work to beautify the school and try to get better results in the coming exams so that our school will proud of us．

【题目】Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.

What to Expect

The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.

Accommodation Zones

Homestays are located in London mainly in Zones2, 3 and 4 of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential(居住的). Zones 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less crowned area. It is very convenient to travel in London by Underground.

Meal Plans Available

Continental Breakfast

Breakfast and Dinner

Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner

It’s important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal（谷物类食品），bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert, fruit and coffee.

Friends

If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host’s permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.

Self-Catering Accommodation in Private Homes

Accommodation on a room-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practice English at home quite as much.

【1】.The passage is probably written for________.

A. host willing to receive foreign students

B. foreigners hoping to build British culture

C. travellers planning to visit families in London

D. English learners applying to live in English homes

【2】What can be inferred from this passage?

A. a Continental Breakfast normally consists of bread, fruit and tea or coffee

B. you cannot invite your friend over to a visit as it is an invasion of your host’s privacy.

C. Zone 4 is less crowded than Zone 2.

D. Accommodation in the city centre is not provided.

【3】Why do some people choose self-catering accommodation?

A. To experience a warmer family atmosphere.

B. To enrich their knowledge of English.

C. To entertain friends as they like.

D. To enjoy much more freedom.

【题目】Most mornings, the line begins to form at dawn: scores of silent women with babies on their backs, buckets balanced on their heads, and in each hand a bright-blue plastic jug. On good days, they will wait less than an hour before a water tanker goes across the dirt path that serves as a road in Kesum Purbahari, a slum on the southern edge of New Delhi. On bad days, when there is no electricity for the pumps, the tankers don’t come at all. “That water kills people,” a young mother named Shoba said one recent Saturday morning, pointing to a row of pails filled with thick, caramel (焦糖)-colored liquid. “Whoever drinks it will die.” The water was from a pipe shared by thousands of people in the poor neighborhood. Women often use it to wash clothes and bathe their children, but nobody is desperate enough to drink it.

There is no standard for how much water a person needs each day, but experts usually put the minimum at fifty liters. The government of India promises (but rarely provides) forty. Most people drink two or three liters—less than it takes to wash a toilet. The rest is typically used for cooking and bathing. Americans consume between four hundred and six hundred liters of water each day, more than any other people on earth. Most Europeans use less than half that. The women of Kesum Purbahari each hoped to drag away a hundred liters that day—two or three buckets’ worth. Shoba has a husband and five children, and that much water doesn’t go far in a family of seven, particularly when the temperature reaches a hundred and ten degrees before noon. She often makes up the difference with bottled water, which costs more than water delivered any other way. Sometimes she just buys milk; it’s cheaper. Like the poorest people everywhere, the people of New Delhi’s slums spend a far greater percentage of their incomes on water than anyone lucky enough to live in a house connected to a system of pipes.

【1】The underlined word “slum” most likely means ______.

A. a village

B. a small town

C. a poor area of a town with badly-built, over-crowded buildings

D. the part of a town that lacks water

【2】Sometimes the water tanker doesn’t come because ______.

A. the weather is bad

B. there is no electricity

C. there is no water

D. people don’t want the dirty water

【3】Which of the following statements is wrong?

A. water is the biggest expense for people in New Delhi’s slums

B. Shoba has a family of seven people

C. in Kesum Purbahari milk is cheaper than bottled water

D. Americans uses the largest amount of water each day

【4】The passage mainly tells us ______.

A. how women in Kesum Purbahari gets their water

B. how much water a day a person deeds

C. that India lacks water badly

D. how India government manages to solve the problem of water

【题目】根据下列句子单词首字母或所给汉语注释，在横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

【1】After the police arrested him, they went to the thief’s house to （追回）the stolen jewelry.

【2】Some adverts about __________（环境）protection cater for our conscience or our desire to be respectable citizens.

【3】Though he has retired, still he reads newspapers every day to keep himself i of the latest news.

【4】Oh, I’ve put on weight recently. I should eat less and take exercise on a r basis.

【5】As we know, Wardian cases improved the __________ （存活） rates of plants transported long distances.

【6】In the center of the b of flats, there is a small courtyard where I can plant some flowers.

【7】In France the children place their shoes by the fireplace, a tradition d back to when children wore wooden peasant shoes.

【8】I was quite annoyed the other day, with Xiamen Airline c me extra for the overweight luggage.

【9】The young girl has been __________（提拔）from an ordinary office clerk to a manager due to her excellent performance.

【10】These comments came in r to specific questions often asked by local newsmen.

【11】Some cigarette advertisements are not aimed at mature audiences but instead t at children.

【12】Another __________（潜在）dangerous sea animal is the jelly fish, which can cause severe pain to anyone who touches them.

【13】If an alarm is s , do get out of the water as quickly as possible, as sharks are spotted nearby.

【14】Many countries have a government organization to deal with customers’ __________（投诉）about ads.

【15】Teaching as a career ____________（吸引）to many young people because of the long holiday.

【题目】短文改错

请修改下面的短文。短文中共有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。

One night a man came to my house and told me what a family with eight children hasn’t eaten for days. I took some rice and followed with him. When I came to the family, I gave the rice for the mother. She divided it into two, and went out, carry half of the rice with us. When she came back, I asked her, “Why did you go?” She answered, “To my neighbors. They are hungry, either.” I used to think that when we were suffered, we were so focused on ourselves that we had time for others, but what she did made me realize I was wrong.

【题目】The eye doctor instructed her patient to read a chart on the wall.He looked at it and read,“A,B,F,N,L and G.” The doctor turned the light back on and wrote in her notebook.

“How about that,Doc?”the patient【1】(wonder).

She replied,“Let's put it this way-they're numbers.”

“【2】Doc,"he argued,“this is the way I see it!”

Much of my happiness or unhappiness is a result of my habit."This is the way I see it,"I tell【3】(me).

I see some problems as challenges that encourage me【4】(take) action and others as obstacles that stop further progress.It's just the way I see it.

And sometimes I see new situations as fun,and other times I see them as fearful.

My life can be OK if I see it that way,or it can be a major source of stress.And an unexpected thing in my schedule can be a bother or,if I see it that way,【5】(possible) the most important thing I could do that day.Even【6】 embarrassing mistake can be the beginning of a new learning.

One of the greatest【7】(secret) to my happiness is forgetting that it is not always about what is happening to me—it's【8】(much) about the way I see it.

Like Marcel Proust said,"The real voyage of discovery【9】(lie) not in seeking new landscapes, but【10】having new eyes."It's the way we see it.

【题目】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。

No matter what problem we’re facing, we always find solutions. 【1】 If you need great happiness to help you through the day, be sure to remember these things:

1. Accept it.

Although it may seem challenging to accept a negative situation, it’s your best way in moving toward a resolution. 【2】 What you can do is only focus on how to improve the circumstances now.

2. Don’t waste time considering it.

Working on a problem a long time can only make it bigger than it already is. Not only will you feel worse in the long run, but also, you’ll lose valuable time when you could be working toward a solution. 【3】 .

3. Don’t compare yourself to others.

When you’re struggling through a tough situation, comparing yourself is the last thing you should be doing. 【4】 Therefore, instead of comparing, you should look at the happiness within yourself.

4. Make a plan of action.

【5】 If you don’t like the way something is, do what you can in your power to change it. In financial situations, you can work on a budget（预算） and prioritize(优先考虑) your costs. In a fight with a loved one, you can take some time to cool down and improve things by talking it out.

A. You can’t change what already happened.

B. Keep an optimistic mind towards what you can’t get.

C. Don’t let a bad situation get the best of you—take steps to let it go.

D. You have no idea what struggles another person could be going through.

E. It’s impossible to succeed if you’re in low spirits.

F. It may be hard to look on the bright side, but everything passes in time.

G. The best way to overcome a negative time is to find a way out of it.