The climate is changeable in this area. You should prepare more clothes ___________ the sudden change of weather.

A. in charge of B. in place of

C. in honor of D. in case of

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Childhood curiosity can last a lifetime and I learned this from my son, Bill. When he was very young, I often took him to the . He loved to read and often needed to the books he’d read in order to borrow more books. One unintended of his nonstop reading habits was that he even at the dinner table. His mother, Mary, and I did our best to him that, on certain social , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.

Every summer the teachers at his school give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books. He was so , and he always wanted to win. And he often . But the main reason why he read so obsessively (著迷地) was that he was so . He didn’t just want to learn about things. He wanted to learn about everything.

We helped his curiosity in every way. an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to the , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the exists somewhere. All you have to do is it.

Bill remains as much of a today as when he was a child, and he seems to everything he reads. He’s often to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets. He reads at the dinner table, though — which is a good thing because the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的): The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man, and Rats, Lice, and History.

1.A. school B. library C. office D. museum

2.A. pick B. store C. talk D. return

3.A. advantage B. explanation C. discovery D. consequence

4.A. play B. laugh C. read D. study

5.A. advise B. promise C. warn D. convince

6.A. issues B. occasions C. services D. duties

7.A. could B. should C. would D. might

8.A. sincere B. crazy C. competitive D. positive

9.A. went B. did C. failed D. proved

10.A. confident B. curious C. diligent D. excellent

11.A. simple B. past C. some D. any

12.A. develop B. protect C. examine D. follow

13.A. If B. Until C. Though D. Because

14.A. teacher B. newspaper C. dictionary D. partner

15.A. person B. answer C. book D. matter

16.A. use B. find C. tell D. ask

17.A. reader B. speaker C. maker D. user

18.A. imagine B. believe C. remember D. create

19.A. afraid B. eager C. careful D. sure

20.A. now and again B. at all time C. just now D. no longer

When you are traveling in Thailand，which means of transport is the best choice?

You can rent a variety of motorbikes or bikes in Thailand.It seems to be very popular in most of the beaches and islands along the places in the north.The most popular bikes are the little 125 cc Honda Dream which you can get for about 150 baht(銖)a day or as little as 3，000 baht per month，making it the cheapest way to tour Thailand for the people from other countries.

Sometimes you will have to go somewhere by taxi.When you are in cities in Thailand，especially in Bangkok，always remember to get a taxi that is going on the roads.Some drivers outside hotels refuse to use the milometer(計(jì)程表)．They will ask a price which is several times the price when they use the meter!

The quality of the roads in Thailand is generally pretty good，so renting cars is another way to get around.The big car rental companies may offer you slightly older cars at a very reasonable(合理的)price.It is a little surprising considering that the cost of buying a car in Thailand is more than that in the West.Petrol is also reasonably priced in Thailand，more expensive than American prices，but much cheaper than what is paid in Europe.In the past，Bangkok could be a difficult place to drive in—signs were generally in Thai only，making it a hard job to find exactly where you were by looking around.But now，the situation is improved.In a lot of places，even the farthest corners of the country，street signs are in both Thai and English.

1.What is the writer's advice about taking a taxi in Thailand?

A．To take a taxi driving on the road.

B．To take a taxi parked outside hotels.

C．To make sure there is a meter in it.

D．To bargain with the driver over the price.

2.It was difficult to drive in Bangkok in the past because ________．

A．there were too many traffic jams on the roads

B．there were no signs showing directions

C．the signs were written only in their own language

D．the quality of the roads was not good

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Renting a car to get around Thailand is very expensive.

B．Tourists can only rent a motorbike in the beaches and islands.

C．The price of petrol in Thailand is lower than that in Europe.

D．Cars in Thailand are cheaper than those in the West.

4.In which part of a magazine can this passage be found?

A．Entertainment. B．Tourism.

C．Market. D．Advertisement.

A new word has suddenly become wildly popular in China - "tuhao" - which loosely translated means "nouveau riche". There have been more than 100 million references to the word "tuhao" on social media since early September.

It's being used to describe everything from the new People's Daily building, to expensive celebrity weddings full of bling, and the new gold-coloured iPhone.

In Chinese "tu" means earth and "hao" means rich. To say someone is tuhao is to imply they come from a poor peasant background, and have made it rich quick - but don't quite have the manners, or sophistication to go along with it. It's like the term "nouveau riche", says Professor Steve Tsang at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies in Nottingham - but has even more negative meanings, suggesting a certain vulgarity(粗俗).

"Tuhao" is actually an old word - dating back perhaps as far as the Southern Dynasty 1,500 years ago - but it has always meant something rather different. During the communist revolution, from the 1920s to early 1950s, it was widely used to refer to landholders and gentry who would bully（欺負(fù)） those beneath them.

This new usage of the term took off in September after a widely-shared joke about a rich, but unhappy man, who goes to a Buddhist monk for advice, expecting to be told to live a more simple life. The monk replies instead with the phrase: "Tuhao, let's be friends!"

Chinese internet users are highly creative in their use of language, and are constantly inventing, and re-inventing words as a way of getting past censorship(審查) rules. But in this case, its popularity seems to be down to the fact that it expresses China's changing society so well - many people sneer at those with wealth, but are secretly jealous.

1. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Tuhao, a new popular word in China

B. The long history of Tuhao

C. The new usage of Tuhao

D. Tuhao, a newly-invented Chinese word

2. Which of the following may NOT be considered “tuhao”?

A. A vulgar nouveau riche

B. A bully landholder

C. A quick-rich peasant without proper manners

D. A Buddhist monk.

3. The last but one paragraph mainly tells us ______.

A. what the new usage of the word is

B. how the word becomes popular again

C. why the unhappy man went to the Buddhist monk

D. what advice the monk gave the unhappy man

4. What does the underlined word in the last paragraph mean?

A. respect B. envy

C. laugh D. disbelieve

Almost 70 percent of Chinese middle school students have serious problems with their parents, the Beijing Morning Post quoted a survey as saying.

The survey showed 6.62 percent of the surveyed students are afraid of their parents while 13.13 percent of them dislike their parents and 56.28 percent were extremely disgusted with or even hate their parents. Only 4.75 percent of the young people surveyed said they like their parents.

The recently conducted survey among 3,000 middle school students in a Beijing district asked questions about their attitude toward their parents and family education, the paper said.

For many families, conflict between parents and children center on the student's school grades, their weight and their friends. The survey showed that parental influence over children is decreasing, the paper said.

Xiao Xiao, a third year junior middle school student is perhaps typical of most kids when she complains; "I was scolded by my mother because I didn't come first in the class in a mid-term exam."

Xiao Xiao in fact is already one of the top students in her class, the paper said, stressing Xiao Xiao's parents hope she can study at the Beijing University or even attend Harvard in the future.

Sun Yunxiao, an expert with the China Youth and Children Research Center, said "parents expect unrealistically high expectations from their children."

The research centre's own survey of parents showed about 55 percent of parents hope their children will study for a doctoral degree and 83.6 percent require their children to rank in the top 15 of their class.

Conflicts between parents and their children not only come from too high education expectations. Other causes of disconnection between parents and children are family violence, parents' old fashioned ideas, interference in a child's privacy including their choice of friends and time spent surfing the web, the paper said.

Mr Hu, a father of a middle school student, wasn't surprised by the survey results. He says too much concern over school marks is putting tremendous pressure on families.

1. How many young people surveyed said they like their parents?

A. 39390. B. 19860.

C. 14250 D. 168840

2. What is the central conflict between parents and children in many families?

A. Family violence and divorce.

B. Parents’ old fashioned ideas.

C. Interference in a child’s privacy.

D. Students’ school grades, weight and friends.

3. Xiao Xiao is mentioned as an example to show that ______ .

A. parental influence over children is decreasing.

B. one should study hard to attend Beijing University as a student.

C. Parents today expect too high from their children.

D. today’s children spend too much time surfing the web.

4. As is indicated in the passage, _______ .

A. Most parents require their children to be the top ones in the class.

B. More and more parents have old fashioned ideas.

C. More and more families got divorced due to the high education expectations.

D. Most parents hope their children will attend Harvard in the future.

An energy watchdog is alarmed about the threat to the environment from the increasing electricity needs of gadgets（小裝置）like MP3 players, mobile phones and flat screen TVs.

In a report today, the Paris-based International Energy Agency says new electronic gadgets will be three times their energy consumption by 2030 to 1,700 terawatt hours（千瓦時(shí)）, which is equal to today's home electricity consumption of the United States and Japan combined.

The world would have to build around 200 new nuclear power plants just to power all the TVs, iPods, PCs and other home electronics expected to be plugged in by 2030,when the global electric bill to power them will rise to $200 billion a year, the agency said.

“Consumer electronics is the fastest growing area and the area with the least amount of policies in place to control energy efficiency, ” said Paul Waide, a senior policy analyst at the agency.

Electronic gadgets already account for about 15 percent of household electric consumption, a share that is rising rapidly as the number of these gadgets multiplies. Last year, the world spent $80 billion on electricity to power all these household electronics, the energy agency said.

“ Most of the increase in consumer electronics will be in developing countries, where economic growth is the fastest and ownership rates of gadgets are the lowest , ”Waide said.

“This will jeopardize efforts to increase energy security and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.” the agency said. Existing technologies could cut down gadgets’energy consumption by more than 30 percent at no cost or by more than 50 percent at a small cost, the agency estimates, meaning total greenhouse gas emissions（排放） from households’electronic gadgets could be held stable（穩(wěn)定的） at around 500 million tons of CO2 per year.

1. How many terawatt hours did the energy consumption of new electronic gadgets reach?

A. Nearly l, 700. B. Nearly 600.

C. About 200. D. About 60.

2. What is the condition in the area of consumer electronics?

A. There are a lot of rules to control the market.

B. There are few policies to control energy efficiency.

C. There are few choices for the customers.

D. There are lots of regulations to protect consumers' rights.

3. The underlined word “jeopardize” in the last paragraph probably means “________ ”.

A. harm B. inspire

C. strengthen D. encourage

4. We can know from the last paragraph that existing technologies ___________.

A. are able to control gadgets’energy consumption

B. could do nothing about gadgets’ energy consumption

C. could only cut down gadgets’ energy consumption by 30 percent

D. cut down gadgets’energy consumption at great cost

“If you have not played video games, your childhood should be called 'incomplete'.” That's from Zhan Zaozao, 29, the screenwriter（編劇）of Play to Grow Up, a 40-minute short movie.

It tells the story of two men growing up fans of video games and how they find happiness in games. While people think playing games makes one lazy and is a waste of time, Zhan tries to prove that one can make a living out of it. In the movie, the two heroes, Dunzi and Yanjing, who are in middle school, visit a video games room on the street each day after school.

But why make a short movie about video games, since there are lots to write about childhood, such as puppy love, sports and study? “Playing games is so important to everyone's childhood from little kids to teenagers, though it's a bittersweet experience,” said Zhan. According to him, his teachers and parents didn't allow video games, but they played games “under their noses ” anyway.

In the movie, the two playmates follow different paths after school. Dunzi opens a small store selling gaming products. Yanjing works as a manager in his father's company, After years of working and facing various problems in life, they get together again, build a video game machine and play on the street. Free, simple and happy. They rediscover the carefree childhood, which they have lost in the adult world.

Many consider playing games as a bad influence, but it isn't all true, according to Zhan. “It can change your attitude toward life,” said Zhan. “On the other hand, the movie also tells you that, although the world of video games is fun, you must face real life at the end of the day. ”

1. What is the purpose of Zhan writing the short movie?

A. To memorize his past.

B. To offer an exciting movie.

C. To prove that people can make life better with playing video games.

D. To prove that people can make a living out of playing video games.

2. What's the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A. The plot((情節(jié)）of the movie.

B. The end of playing video games.

C. The happy childhood.

D. The gathering of the two men.

3. What can we infer from the text?

A. Playing games is forbidden by all parents.

B. People can learn something from the movie.

C. Playing games is longed by the two heroes.

D. People in their childhood couldn't afford the games.

4. The writer writes the text to ______ .

A. criticize some parents' attitude towards playing video games

B. attract people to see the movie Play to Grow Up

C. show the film focusing on video games

D. promote the film Play to Grow Up

閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)括號(hào)內(nèi)的漢語(yǔ)提示，用句末括號(hào)內(nèi)的英語(yǔ)單詞完成句子，并將答案寫(xiě)在答題卡上的相應(yīng)題號(hào)后。

1._________________________the sun and rain all these years, the wires are seriously worn. (expose)

常年日曬雨淋，電線腐蝕情況十分嚴(yán)重。

2.________________________________where I was brought up, this town is more prosperous and exciting. (compare)

與我成長(zhǎng)的地方相比，這個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)更加繁榮、刺激。

3.He didn’t notice the teacher standing by his side, with all his attention___________________________. (concentrate)

他全神貫注地看書(shū)，沒(méi)有注意到老師站在他旁邊。

4.__________________________a drawback by some people is seen as a plus by many others. (regard)

被一些人認(rèn)為是缺點(diǎn)的常被別人看成優(yōu)點(diǎn)。

5.Much to my surprise, she burst into tears_________________________________________. (instant)

令我驚訝的是，她一讀到這封信就大哭起來(lái)。

6.There is no waste paper in the basket. It ______________________________by the assistant. (dispose)

紙簍里沒(méi)有廢紙。一定是被助手處理掉了。

7.I disagree that only when people have enough to eat and plenty to wear _________________________ to talk about environmental protection. (make)

我不認(rèn)為只有在人們解決溫飽問(wèn)題之后再談環(huán)境保護(hù)才有意義。

8.John was studying in his room __________________________________________ screaming. (hear)

約翰正在房間里做功課，突然聽(tīng)到一聲尖叫。

9.Had you told me beforehand, I _____________________________________ your wedding. (attend)

你要是提前告訴我的話，我就會(huì)去參加你的婚禮了。

10.Though the couple quarrel a lot, I’d rather their marriage______________________________ (break)

雖然他們夫婦經(jīng)常吵架，我但愿他們的婚姻不會(huì)破裂。

請(qǐng)根據(jù)以下提示，結(jié)合事例，寫(xiě)一篇英語(yǔ)短文。

If your life feels like it is lacking the power you want and the motivation you need, sometimes all you have to do is change your point of view.

注意：

無(wú)須寫(xiě)標(biāo)題，不得照抄英語(yǔ)提示語(yǔ)；

除詩(shī)歌外，文體不限；

文中不得透露個(gè)人姓名和學(xué)校名稱

詞數(shù)120詞左右。

I reminded Mr. Yang of the with Mr. Smith this afternoon, but he told me to put it off, because he had an important meeting to attend at 2:30.

A. impression B. expression

C. appointment D. conflict