阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。(请注意问题后的词数要求)

　　The Japanese love to give gifts．This habit is not practiced only on special occasions, but it's widely accepted as social duty and responsibility．Because gift-giving is such an important social aspect of Japanese life．It's important to be aware of some key factors．

　　Devalue the gifts you give．The important thing is to act and seem modest．You don't want the receiver to think that you are arrogant or proud．Denigrate(贬低)your gift as much as possible．It doesn't matter if the label on the box bears the symbol for a famous brand．The Japanese value the appearance of a modest gift-giver who tries to stay away from praise．

　　Praise the gift you receive．Although praising may seem obvious, overpraising the gift is the key．It's also important to praise the fine taste of the gift-giver in making that particular choice for you．And don't forget to give a thousand and one thanks．

　　unless you are urged to do so．And when you do, you must take the utmost care in unwrapping it．Don't look eager, and be careful that you don't tear the paper or cut the ribbon．After observing, praising, and thanking, be sure to rewrap the gift as if it had never been opened．Try to appear as if you take great pride in the value of the gift．

　　Choose gifts with practical value．In general, don't buy things such as ornaments, vases, and kitchenware; it's already assumed that everyone has these things．To do so may suggest that you don't approve of the other person's taste．Also, most Japanese houses are very small and don't have extra space for useless junk．

1．What is the best title for the passage?(no more than l0 words)

2．Fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words．(no more than 6 words)

3．List three kinds of things you'd better not buy for a Japanese friend．

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4．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese．

5．What do the Japanese usually do when they receive a gift?(no more than l0 words)

第四节：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。

　　Active listening is an essential skill in learning．It is when you listen carefully to make sure you understand and learn the information that is being conveyed．　　1　　 Here are some things which can help you to listen actively．

　　◆Listen for the main point and major subpoints．　　2　　 Listen carefully and make sure you understand what the purpose of this lecture is．As you take down notes, keep the main point in mind and make sure you understand how these notes are related．

　　◆Listen for an organizational structure．Listen carefully to figure out how the ideas are organized and they will make more sense．

　　◆Pay attention to organizational cues．　　3　　 Pay close attention to the introduction, as it will probably indicate how you should organize your notes．If the lecture begins with, “Today I'm going to talk about three ethnic conflicts in the Middle East, ” then you have a good idea of what's going to follow．Listen for “signpost” words to indicate a transition for one point to the next, such as “next” and “finally” and numerical signposts like “first” or “third”．

　　◆Listen with your eyes．　　4　　 Watch the teacher and be aware of how he or she uses hand gestures, eye contact and other body language to convey points．

　　◆Remove distractions．Put away the campus newspaper, your cell phone and anything else that might be more interesting than the lecturer．

　　Learning to concentrate and listen actively is an endurance skill．　　5　　

A．Speakers communicate information through nonverbal communication．

B．Unfortunately, many students don't know how to listen actively when they attend classes．

C．If your teacher indicates that something is important, mark it．

D．Make yourself do it, and it will get easier over time．

E．Listen carefully for words and phrases that reflect the organizational structure of the lecture．

F．Your teachers’ notes are probably organized into some kind of outline．

G．Don't just write everything down．

阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。

　　(1)The British summer is extremely beautiful．Trees, flowers, birds and butterflies make the whole country like a big garden．However, many British people have noticed that butterflies have been gradually disappearing from this picturesque scenery during the past several years．What has happened to them?

　　(2)Butterfly Conservation, a charity in the UK, is running a survey to help answer this question．The result is more serious than people expected．According to the survey, among 59 butterfly species found in Britain, more than three quarters of them are suffering a declining population, including the most popular ones．What's more, half of all butterfly species are in the danger of dying out．Some common species such as the small Tortoiseshell butterfly and the Wall butterfly are dropping dramatically．The latter cannot even be seen in many parts of central and southern England．The Blue butterfly was commonly seen in the south．However, it has started colonizing(迁徙至)Edinburgh in the past few years．

　　(3)The numbers of butterflies have dropped to a record low in the past three years largely because the summer in the UK is getting cooler and their habitat is also worsening．Fortunately Britain is experiencing a long hot summer this year compared to the last few summers．Conservationists believe the warm weather will bring some benefit to the butterflies．

　　(4)Sir David Attenborough, president of Butterfly Conservation, said：“Large quantities of butterflies tell us that all is well with nature．When they decline it's a warning that other wildlife will be soon ________．”

　　(5)The survey is still going on．The public are also encouraged to keep track of the UK's butterfly population．The organizers hope the survey will help raise public awareness of the value of butterflies in the UK．Butterflies give an indication of the well-being of nature and the environment．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(no more than 10 words)

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2．List two reasons for butterflies’ reduction in number．(no more than 10 words)

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3．Complete the following statement with proper words．(no more than 4 words)

But a large number of British people have realized that butterflies ________ from the beautiful scenery since a few years ago．

4．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words．(no more than 5 words)

5．What does the underlined word “them”(paragraph 2)probably refer to?(no more than 4 words)

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求)。

　　(1)Our character, basically, is a mixture of our habits．“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; ________ , reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny(命运), ” the maxim goes．

　　(2)Habits are powerful factors in our lives．Because they are often unconscious patterns, they constantly daily affect our character and produce our effectiveness or ineffectiveness．

　　(3)As Horace Mann, the great educator, once said, “Habits are like a cable．We weave a rope of it everyday and soon it cannot be broken．” I personally do not agree with the last part of his expression．I know habits can be learned and unlearned．But we also know it isn't a quick fix．It involves a process and a tremendous effort．

　　(4)Those of us who watched the lunar voyage of Apollo 11 were shocked as we saw the first men walk on the moon and return to earth．But to get there, those astronauts had to break out of the tremendous gravity pull of the earth．More energy was spent in the first few minutes of lift-off, in the first few miles of travel, than was used over the next several days to travel half million miles．

　　(5)Habits, too, have tremendous gravity pull-more than most people realize or would admit．Breaking deeply developed habitual tendencies such as procrastination(拖延), impatience, criticalness, or selfishness that go against basic principles of human effectiveness involves more than a little willpower and a few minor changes in our lives．“Lift off” takes a tremendous effort, but once we break out of the gravity pull, our freedom takes on a whole new situation．

　　(6)Like any natural force, gravity pull can work with us or against us．The gravity pull of some of our habits may currently be keeping us from going where we want to go．But it is also gravity pull that keeps our world together, that keeps the planets in their orbits and our universe in order．It is a powerful force, and if we use it effectively, we can use the gravity pull of habit to create the order necessary to establish effectiveness in our lives．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(no more than 8 words)

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2．Please complete the blank in the para．1(no more than 3 words)

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3．Why does the author say habits have powerful effects on our lives?(no more than 15 words)

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4．What does the writer mean by refering to gravity pull?(no more than 13 words)

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5．What does the underlined “ it ” in line3 para3 refer to?(no more than 3 words)

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　　Have you had a headache during a test? Have you ever been so worried about something that you have a headache or even can't sleep at night? If so, then you know what stress is．Stress is what you feel when you are worried about something．This worry in your mind can make your body feel bad．You may feel angry, sad, scared, or afraid-of which can give you a stomachache or a headache．

　　However, there are different kinds of stress．Some kinds of stress are good and others are bad．Good stress might happen when you're called to answer questions in class or when you have to give a speech．This kind of stress can help you to get things better done．For example, you may do a better job on your test if the stress pushes you to prepare better before the test．

　　On the other hand, bad stress can happen if the stress lasts too long．________ If your parents are fighting, if a family member is sick, if you're having problems at school, or if anything else makes you unhappy every day．That kind of stress isn't going to help you．And it can actually make you sick．

　　The best way to fight the stress is to have a balanced life．Make sure you keep yourself in mind：Sleep, Exercise, Leisure(休闲), and Food．If you get enough sleep and eat properly, and if you exercise and leave time for fun, you'll probably feel less stressed．

1．What's the best title of the passage?

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2．将划线句子转化成定语从句．

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3．Fill in the blank in paragraph 3 with proper words．(no more than 5 words)

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4．List at least three ways to keep away the stress．(According to the passage)

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5．What is“so”referred to?

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请阅读下列学位申请者的信息，从A、B、C、D、E和F6个国家中为每位中请者选出最合适的留学国家，选项中有一项是多余选项。

　　1．Zhang Yuan has passed the IELTS and hopes to go to a foreign country for further study with easier access to visas and international environment, regardless of the tuition fee(学费)．

　　2．Wang Ying doesn't have so much money and wishes to study art at a university in a foreign country as an international student．

　　3．Li Ming would like to take on campus part-time jobs while studying in a foreign country and wishes to go on staying in the country after he finishes studying there．

　　4．Li Hong can afford a tuition of about 200, 000 Yuan．She wishes to study in a foreign country with good climate and wishes to go on staying in the country after she finishes studying there．

　　5．Zhang Hua has passed the TOEFL and GRE．He wants to have more chances of getting scholarships to study in a foreign country．

　　New friends, Fresh lifestyle, Better career opportunities…Those are attractions of overseas study for young people in China．“Start early, finish strong．”Some of them say．

　　More than 300 universities from 27 countries and regions were represented at last weekend's international education exposition(展览)．

　　Gaining lasting happiness has long been a subject of interest for scientists and surveys alike．But what makes us really happy and what lasting benefits does happiness have?

　　Scientists from the University of Illinois found the people who are happy and positive about life live longer．The researchers found “clear evidence” that happiness is key when it comes to better health and longer lifespan(寿命)．

　　A British study, which tracked members of 40,000 households across the country, concluded that eating a family meal at least three times a week is the key to happiness because it helps build a strong connection between parents and their children．

　　Research has also suggested that happiness begins at 50．A study from Stony Brook University, New York, found that stress, anger and worry fade(消退)after your 50^th．Women were also reported to suffer greater stress, worry and sadness at all ages．

　　Money makes the world go round, but it is not the key to happiness, according to other studies．However, other studies have found money can ________ after all, but only if you spend it wisely．Indeed, that might be why a good holiday can improve your happiness levels “for up to two months” after－although the break has to be “very relaxing” to have such an effect．

1．What is the key to better health and longer lifespan according to the text?(within 3 words)

2．What is the key to happiness according to a British study?(within 12 words)

3．Why do people feel happier after their 50th according to a study in a New York university?(within 12 words)

4．Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words．(within 5 words)

5．Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

Scientists have always been enjoying the researches on going after continued happiness．

　　Toms Shoes is a shoe company run by a former reality television competitor．It uses social media far more than traditional advertising, and it takes advantage of socially recognized ideas to build a for-profit(营利的)business．

　　Founder Black Mycoskie, an entrepreneur(企业家)who once appeared on the show The Amazing Race got the idea to start the company during a trip to Argentina after noticing that many children didn't have shoes．He created a company with the condition that for every pair of the shoes a person purchases, the company will donate another pair to a needy child．

　　Mycoskie recently visited the offices of msnbc．com, where he told us that there was no way Toms would have survived 10 years ago．He also said he didn't think the company would have been nearly as successful if it hadn't hit on the idea of combining charity with the for-profit business．

　　In keeping with both the company's amazing marketing efforts and its charity focus, Toms is hoping to persuade people from all walks of life to take off their shoes this April 5．The One Day Without Shoes event comes as Toms has gotten ready to put another product on the market later this year．The company will again donate one item for each item that will be bought, but Mycoskie would yet reveal what the new product will be．With the new product, however, Mycoskie said he hoped to change the company into less of a shoe company and more of a “one for one” company．

1．What does Toms Shoes use to build its business?(No more than 5 words)

2．What will happen if a pair of shoes is sold by the company?(No more than 14 words)

3．How many pairs of shoes at least has Toms Shoes made until now?．(No more than 8 words)

4．Why has the company been so successful?(No more than 10 words)(3 marks)

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　　Doctors say anger can be extremely damaging, unless you learn how to deal with it．They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer．

　　Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time, some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way．Others burst with anger, and scream and yell．But other people keep their anger inside, They can not or will not express it．This is called ________．

　　For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person's health than expressing it．They said that when a person is angry, the brain release the same hormones．They speed the heart rate．Raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc．in general the person feels excited and ready to act．

　　Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous．They be-lieve that those who express anger violently may be likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face greater danger of high blood pres-sure．

　　Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger．They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about．If it is, they say,“Do not express your anger while angry．Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably．”

　　Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry．They said that laughter is much healthier than anger．

1．What bad results can anger cause?(Please answer within 10words．)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

If you don't express your anger you may have more chances of having high blood pres-sure．

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3．Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words)

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4．List the three ways the author mentions people express their anger．

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5．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese．

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阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。

　　[1]Before applying to colleges, many students wonder, what's the point of it all? This is an important question to ask yourself．College is a huge investment, not only of money, but also of 2-4 years of your life．No one should attend college without a very good reason．

　　[2]Some people go to college to earn more money．On average, people who obtain a Bachelor's degree will earn more than＄1 million dollars more over the course of their lifetimes than people who don't attend college．Those who go for Master's, Doctor's, and professional degrees do even better．Holders of these degrees are suited to many high paying jobs while ________．

　　[3]Some go for the experiences．College is an amazing life experience．Students not only receive a traditional classroom education, but also learn a large amount about the ways of the world．For many students, college is the first time they live away from home．This creates a great opportunity to meet different types of people and have many brand new experiences that Call make you a much wiser and worldly person．

　　[4]Some others seek after a dream．For many people college is great way to start the next step towards achieving a dream．It Can help you break into a new career path or achieve expert status in your chosen field．

　　[5]However, there're also some people going to college because“my parents and family expect me to”or“I don't know what I want to do with my life”．If your main reason for going to college is one of these, you should reconsider your motivations seriously．If you go without a true purpose, you can end up finding what you spend on it might never be worth it．

1．How does the author further explain his point of view?(no more than 10 words)

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2．Fill in the blank in Paragraph2 with proper words．(no more than 5 words)

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3．How could experiences mentioned in Paragraph3 change people?(no more than 8 words)

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4．Why could going to college help the students seek after their dreams?(no more than 20 words)

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5．What is the main idea of Paragraph5?(no more than 10 words)

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