【题目】书面表达

世界在不停地发展，科学技术、交通、医学、能源以及环境等等都在发展。请同学们预测2050年时世界变化的样子，就其中两个方面写一篇100字左右的短文。

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【题目】It's hard being an astronaut's son. I mean, everybody expects you to be special or ________. But I’m just a common student, and I' m common in all kinds of ball games, too.

I often wonder ________ my father ever had a son like me. He' s so special and so good at ________. So I used to dream about doing something special to make him ________ me.

In one class, my teacher ________ a Father' s Day essay contest to us. He also told us the winners' essays would ________ in front of all the parents and students. After school I walked home, ________ my father, who I would write about in my essay.

I still remember he stayed by my side in the ________ when I was a little kid and had an awful dream. He surprised me ________ a new puppy dog at my eighth birthday party. He sat and tried to explain the meaning of life to me when Grandpa Bob died. To me, he wasn't a world-famous astronaut, just my dad.

I wrote about all these ________ in my essay. One of our classmates said, "I believe you'll win the contest, David. You're the only one in our school who ________ write about being the son of an astronaut. "I shrugged(耸肩). I hadn' t shown anyone the essay, but now I ________ hoped I wouldn't win. I didn't want to win just because my father was an astronaut.

I won the second prize. ________ I finished reading my essay, the whole school applauded(鼓掌). I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat. Dad nodded to ________, cleared his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder. "Son, this is the most ________ moment of my life," he said. It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I'll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was enough just to be my father' s son.

【1】A. strangeB. honestC. perfect

【2】A. whyB. whatC. whether

【3】A. somethingB. everythingC. nothing

【4】A. proud ofB. interested inC. patient with

【5】A. reportedB. announcedC. explained

【6】A. be writtenB. be readC. be copied

【7】A. worrying aboutB. looking forC. thinking of

【8】A. silenceB. darkC. sadness

【9】A. toB. forC. with

【10】A. dreamsB. expectionC. memories

【11】A. shouldB. couldC. had to

【12】A. hardlyB. mostlyC. even

【13】A. WhenB. AlthoughC. Since

【14】A. meB. themC. us

【15】A. embarrassingB. relaxingC. valuable

【题目】My dearest son and daughter,

The story of New Jersey high school student Rachel Canning suing (起诉) her parents for child support and high school education inspired me to write you a little letter. Let me just put this out there: the only way I expect to see you in a court is as a lawyer or a judge.

There are two things about this case that seem to be disaster.

First, it’s natural for parents and children to argue. I can guarantee that we will disagree. One or both of you will, at some point, scream at the top of your lungs the various ways you hate me. And I won’t always like you, either. But I will always love you and do everything I can to keep your best interests as my focus, even when I’m so angry. We are family. That means we are as much a part of one another as the flesh, blood and bones in our body. And we all should think about it very deeply instead of breaking that bond.

Second, I’ll be honest, no matter how far apart we are on your life choices, your father and I will most certainly pay everything we can for your higher education. But that doesn’t mean you deserve it. To be clear, that is a privilege we happily extend (给予) to you—not a right you are born with. And you will have to work hard to earn that privilege. Growing up is hard work.

If I do my job properly as your mother—and you do yours as my children—you would sooner get a job or two, and find a way to make your dreams come true than go to trial over what you think you have the right to.

Love always,

Mom

【1】The mother writes this letter because she wants her children to ______.

A. be prepared for education

B. learn a lesson from the case

C. take up the legal profession

D. remember Rachel Canning

【2】When in disagreement, the mother expects her children not to ______.

A. guarantee anything

B. scream out their anger

C. break the family bond

D. forget their best interests

【3】The mother thinks of parents’ paying for their children’s higher education as ______.

A. a way in which children realize their dreams

B. a test of whether parents love their children

C. a privilege that children should earn

D. a right that parents are born with

【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。

Most students have had a love-hate experience with procrastination(拖延). Here are some tips to help you reduce this age-old practice.

◆Set goals.

In order to achieve a particular result, you should constantly set and update goals. It can be beneficial to mark all deadlines in a planner. And then you think about how much time you need to meet them all._ 【1】___.

◆ 【2】

Sometimes you may consider some work or a class pointless and not useful to your further studies. However, when these thoughts arise and you think that getting a pint of beer is a better idea than getting a good grade, remind yourself what the ultimate goal of your schooling is. Remind yourself why you wanted to go to school and take this program in the first place.

◆Turn off the Internet.

The most common things that take your attention away are those found on the Interne-social media sites, and videos. If you do not need the Internet to do your work, turn it off so that you are not receiving notices while completing your work. 【3】 You can take a break from being connected to the cyber world in order to do your school work. If you feel the need to check messages and websites often, set times when you will allow yourself to do so rather than constantly staying connected.

◆ 【4】

Being productive for all hours of every, day does not work-you do need breaks, and as a student you have the right to have a lot of fun. 【5】 Ideally, social and relaxation plans should be made for after a significant portion of work is complete. This way, while you are working, you can keep in mind that once you have finished your work you can go out and not worry about your assignments.

A. The same goes for your cell phone.

B. Have something to look forward to.

C. Do not worry about your assignments.

D. Remind yourself of what you are doing.

E. It can be difficult to mark all deadlines in advance.

F. So plan time to go out with friends or do something relaxing.

G. Additionally, make a daily schedule in order to reach necessary goals before going to bed.

【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。

Homesickness

Only a person far away from home and knows what happiness is.

It is the welling-up tears in your eye, the lump in your throat, and the waving hands when the train is drawing out of the station and take you away from home. It is the strength which you walk several miles to your home with heavy bags in your hands after a long tired trip and the excitement at the doorstep.

It is the sudden delight of closeness what strikes you when you meet a person from a same town, or even a stranger who has just been there.

It is the fear of sing “Home, Sweet home” in case of a burst of tears. It was the whisper of “Mummy” in dreams.

So warm a word is home, and so a sweet sadness is homesickness.

【题目】Stephen Hawking, who is the most famous physicist, was born in Britain on January 8th, 1942. As a child, he was enthusiastic about 【1】 (design) complicated toys but 【2】 (fortune), in his twenties, he suffered 【3】 a disease that was impossible to be cured, 【4】 was a great challenge for him. However, not only was he positive about the misfortunes 【5】 eventually he defeated all the obstacles but also he was 【6】 (absorb) in his research in the universe. In 1988, his best-seller A Brief History of Time was published, 【7】 which he put forward the idea 【8】 time itself has a beginning, and that it will have 【9】 end. In conclusion, he has made outstanding 【10】 (contribute) to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity.

【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。

Empathy

Last year, researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy, the ability to understand other people, among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years. _【1】__ Today, people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.

Jennifer Freed, a co-director of a teen program, has another explanation. Turn on the TV, and you’re showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting, competing, and generally treating one another with no respect. __【2】_

There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature. __【3】_ Researchers have also found that empathetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect. Besides, empathy can be a cure for loneliness, sadness, anxiety, and fear.

Empathy is also an indication of a good leader. In fact, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers. _【4】__ “Academics are important. But if you don’t have emotional (情感的) intelligence, you won’t be as successful in work or in your love life,” she says.

What’s the best way to up your EQ (情商）? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others. __【5】__

To really develop empathy, you’d better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital, join a club or a team that has a diverse membership, have a “sharing circle” with your family, or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.

A. Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person.

B. That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.

C. “One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking,” Freed says.

D. Humans learn by example—and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic.

E. Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else—both what they think and how they feel.

F. Good social skills—including empathy—are a kind of “emotional intelligence” that will help you succeed in many areas of life.

G. Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships.

【题目】In early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up.

“You can’t say it’s not a great university, just because Papa went there.”

“That’s not it at all. And it is a top university. ”She was still holding the pieces in her hand. “But we can’t afford to send you to college.”

“I wouldn’t dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things aren’t that bad, are they?”

“No,”she said. “I don’t expect you to help support us.”

Father borrowed money from his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop. His chief customers were his old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small investment (投资) could show returns. What’s more, they had not wanted enough to be rich and successful；otherwise they could not possibly have managed their lives so badly.

I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to repeat their mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power to go what I wanted. After months of hard study I won a full college scholarship（奖学金）. My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and my mother eventually gave in before my success.

【1】The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because ________.

A. his father graduated from the university

B. his mother did not thinks it a great university

C. his parents needed him to help support the family

D. his parents did not have enough money for him

【2】The father started his small shop with the money from ________.

A. a local leagueB. his university

C. his relativesD. his college friends

【3】According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn?

A. To get a well-paid job for himself.

B. To improve relations with his mother.

C. To go to his dream university.

D. To carry on with his father’s business.

【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。

Some of us is having problems with our parents, as they often look for our school bags. I fully understand when we are not comfortable about it, but there’s no need to feel too sadly. Our parents check our bags to make it sure we’re not getting into trouble. They had probably heard some horrible stories about other kid and think we might do the same. Or perhaps they just want to connect with us and are doing it all wrong. I suggest that we telling them we want them to trust us as much we’d like to trust them.