Who doesn’t have a clingy friend? You know, that person who often calls,texts, and e-mails. He often needs your attention, your feedback,or your help.Worse yet, he often gets antsy when you don’t reply immediately.

Is there ever a moment when you just want to turn off your phone and be alone? But you won’t do that to a friend. Actually there are better ways to deal with a clingy friend.

Give Yourself Some Time

If you really need some time for yourself, or you’re just tired of being the listener, just explain to your friend honestly that you want or need some time of your own.Even the most determined friends will understand and give you some space. Of course, those extremely clingy friends will still call, text, and e-mail. If that happens, just reply gently that you need some time for yourself.

Suggest an Activity for Your Friend

If you ‘re tired of different get-togethers and outings, then you should advise your friend to do something alone. If you both like sports, you could tell your friend to have a try at the new gym. If your friend likes your suggestion, but insists that you go along, just explain that you’ve already visited the gym. Mention that you enjoy the gym. If you’re lucky , he’ll try it, and like it.

Introduce Your Clingy Friend to Others.

Your clingy friend may just be lonely or have trouble meeting new people. If that’s the case , introduce him to others with similar interests. He may just make some new friends.

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There’s no reason for you to rudely tell your clingy friend that he’s a pain in the neck. Just follow the above advice to take your time back. After a while, your clingy friend should learn to value your time and your friendship.

1.What does the underlined word “antsy” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Busy B. Silent

C.Nervous D. Bored

2.What does the author suggest you do in the first advice?

A. Understand your friends.

B.Be honest with your friends.

C.Spend more time with your friends.

D.Keep your distance from your friends.

3.Which of the following can best fill in the blank of the last paragraph?

A. Give Your Friend Some Time

B.Take Your Time Back

C.Don’t Be Rude

D. Value Your Friendship

4.If a clingy friend calls you to play badminton with him but you want to be alone, you should NOT_________

A. reply gently that you want to be alone

B. introduce a new friend to him to play with

C. advise him to try another new game

D. tell him that you will meet an old friend soon

5.We can learn from the passage that clingy people______________

A. are very confident B. have little free time

C.don’t respect others D. don’t want to be alone

Tigers are among the most admired and most feared animals in the world . When we think of a tiger, we think of danger. We think of the big teeth and large feet of it. We also think of beauty.

The tiger is a hunter that hunts alone. In fact , tigers are probably better than any other land mammal(哺乳動物) at catching large animals without help. Even so, the life of this big-game hunter isn’t easy. Finding food can be difficult, especially for a tiger that is old or weak. Most of the animals it tries to attack get away. A tiger sometimes goes weeks without eating. When that happens, it may hunt animals that can be dangerous even for a tiger.

When they are in a bad situation, some tigers may even attack humans. But in fact, tigers kill very few people each year. Most tigers run away when they see people.

What tigers have done to people can’t compare to what people have done to tigers. Over the last 200 years, we have almost killed tigers in the wild(野外). Today, the tiger is one of the most endangered animals on Earth.

A tiger may live 20 years or more, if it is not disturbed by humans. Female(雌性的) tigers usually live longer than male(雄性的)tigers, because the males live more dangerously.

It isn’t easy for people to tell a male from a female unless the female happens to be with her babies.Only females take care of the young. The big difference between males and females is size. Male tigers are much bigger.

Tigers are big eaters. In a single year, one tiger must eat about 70 deer or other large animals. That is one reason why tigers hunt alone. If they lived in big groups, they could never find enough animals to feed them all.

1.What’s the topic sentence of Paragraph 2?

A. The tiger is a hunter that hunts alone.

B. A tiger sometimes goes weeks without eating.

C. The life of this big-game hunter isn’t easy.

D. Most of the animals it tries to attack get away.

2.The easiest way to tell a male tiger from a female one is by looking at their______

A. size B. running speed

C.way of hunting D.claws

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. A tiger can only live about 20 years.

B.It is people who make tigers endangered

C.Many people are killed by tigers every year.

D.Male and female tigers take care of their babies together.

4.According to the passage, why do tigers hunt alone?

A.They can run faster hunting alone.

B.They can’t get along well with other tigers.

C.They can hide themselves easily in this way.

D. They can’t find enough animals to share with other tigers.

5..The passage is most probably taken from __________________

A. A library guide B.a news story

C. a wildlife book D.a pet magazine

首先，請閱讀下面體育活動的簡介：

Golf

Scotland is traditionally regarded as the home of golf. There are over 400 golf courses in Scotland alone. The most important golf club in Scotland is in the seaside town of St.Andrews,near Dundee.

B.Horse racing

Horse racing, the sport of Kings, is a very popular sport with meetings being held every day throughout the year. The Derby orginated here, as did the Grand National which is the hardest horse race in the world.

C.Table Tennis (ping pong)

Table tennis was invented in England in 1880. It began with Cambridge University students using cigar boxes and champagne corks. Although the game originated in England, British players didn’t have much luck in international championships.

D.Badminton

Badminton takes its name from the Duke of Beaufort’s country home, Badminton House, where the sport was first played in the 19th century.

E. University Boat Race

In the 19th century, students at Oxford and Cambridge were huge fans of rowing. In 1829, the two school agreed to hold a race against each other for the first time on the Thames River. The Oxford won and a tradition was born

F. Fishing

Fishing is one of the most popular sports in the UK,with an estimated 3.3 million people taking part in the sport on a regular basis. Fishermen can be seen sitting beside rivers and lakes waitting for the unlucky fish to get caught.

閱讀下面任務(wù)的簡介，并為他們選擇合適的體育活動

1.Bill is a university students in Oxford University, who enjoys boat race. Having lived beside a river for more than ten years,Bill has developed great skills in rowing boat. Therefore, he would like to become a member of a boat-racing team in the city.

2.David retired last year from his company. He would like to find proper means to kill his time.However,as an old man, he would like some quiet sports so that won’t get too tired.

3.Mr. White , a successful businessman, admires the sports star Deng Yaping from China who can play table tennis very well. However, he has no time to learn to play table tennis, so he would like to choose a traditional sport of Scotland in his spare time to relax.

4.Tommy is a five-year-old boy whose parents have a high expectation on him. They want him to be one of the best table tennis players in the world and win honor for his motherland where the game was born.

5.Young Brown grew up on a farm where he learned to ride horses when he was still young. He used to watch Derby every year. But recently he has become very interested in playing badminton with his family and friends after a stressful work.

單詞拼寫（根據(jù)題中所給的首字母提示或漢語提示完整句子，每空一詞）（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）

1.Jim was very u_______ that you didn’t reply to his letters.

2.Police are trying to discover the i________ of the baby found by the side of a road.

3.In my opinion, travelling by trains is still one of the safety ways of t________.

4.It was very hot and the workers were standing under the s_______ of a huge tree.

5.Lily is so g_______ that she always gives the money and clothes to the poor.

6.It was ten in the morning but the _________ (窗簾）were still closed.

7.The ________ (航行）from England to India used to take six months.

8.John is very _________ (固執(zhí)的）and it drives me mad sometimes.

9.Believe it or not, ________ (極度的）poverty still exists in many rural areas.

10.It’s against my ________ (原則）to accept gifts from students.

短語填空 （從下列短語中選出一個合適的并用其適當(dāng)形式填入每個句子中，使其句意完整，共5小題，每小題1分，滿分5分）

1.Suddenly a strong wind came and __________ the roofs of their new houses.

2.Peter has lost his job, and the family is __________ a very difficult time.

3.He didn’t want to come at first , but at the last minute he _________.

4.When the party _________ , there was a great change in education policy.

5.The workmen have _________ a deep channel for the water.

用括號里的詞的適當(dāng)形式填空（共5小題，每小題1分，共5分）

1.Try not to say anything about the idea until you have understood it __________ (entire)

2.We did a lot of _________ (cycle)in France last year.

3.We crossed into _________ (German)from Switzerland last week.

4.The coal _______ (mine)were working underground in uncomfortable conditions.

5._________ (cruel) to animals will be strongly punished in some countries.

最近，我們高興地得知中國作家莫言被授予諾貝爾文學(xué)獎，很多外國人對莫言及其作品非常感興趣。 請根據(jù)以下的中文提綱，用120個單詞左右寫一篇關(guān)于莫言的英文介紹。

【寫作內(nèi)容】

姓名：莫言

出生時間：1955年2月17日

出生地：山東高密

職業(yè)：著名作家

主要經(jīng)歷：童年時在家鄉(xiāng)小學(xué)讀書，后因文革輟學(xué)；在農(nóng)村勞動多年；1981年，莫言開始創(chuàng)作生涯，發(fā)表了《枯河》、《秋水》、《民間音樂》等早期作品。

獲獎情況：2011年8月20日，《蛙》獲得第八屆茅盾文學(xué)獎。

2012年10月11日，獲得諾貝爾文學(xué)獎，這是首次中國人獲得這一獎項(xiàng)。

【參考詞匯】枯河：Dry River ; 秋水：Autumn Stream; 蛙：Frog

文革：China’s Cultural Revolution;

茅盾文學(xué)獎: Mao Dun Literature Prize

【寫作要求】 保證要點(diǎn)不遺漏的基礎(chǔ)上，可適當(dāng)?shù)脑鰷p內(nèi)容以保證銜接的連貫性；

Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, slow down instead of . Apply these in your everyday life, and you will find yourself being on your journey to simplification.

When you concentrate on one task, you find you have that you didn’t even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep one and then the other, it will take a long time, because one of them will keep slipping out of your hand and . But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your , make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back, get the other one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, and then you can be sure of success.

The stress of work is now great almost in all occupations. In the modern nuclear family, the stress that would have been shared among all the relatives is now on the individual partner.

If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day is not , then it’s not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities. A simple fact is that people tend to forget. The is equally simple: refuse to accept so many assignments.

“I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement. People who can handle stress are given more --- until one day they . Pay careful attention to the that tell you that you are under more stress than you can deal with. These signs come from various of life. You become ill, or your work efficiency .

If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say openly, “I can’t manage that.”

1.A. bringing up B. taking up C. giving up D. speeding up

2.A. operations B. advantages C. principles D. relations

3.A. appetite B. gift C. energy D. excuse

4.A. grabbing B. pushing C. enjoying D. exchanging

5.A. running off B. turning off C. catching up D. lying down

6.A. labor B. strength C. power D. force

7.A. equally B. largely C. formerly D. mainly

8.A. contracted B. concentrated C. congratulated D. constructed

9.A. proper B. short C. important D. enough

10.A. overloaded B. overdeveloped C. overcrowded D. overslept

11.A. answer B. solution C. problem D. destination

12.A. break up B. break off C. break out D. break down

13.A. phenomena B. signs C. problems D. parts

14.A. qualities B. directions C. aspects D. stages

15.A. improves B. decreases C. increases D. changes

Time magazine released its annual list of the 100 "Most Influential People in the World" on Wednesday. Jeremy Lin 1. (include).

“Jeremy Lin, New York Knicks starting point guard, is 2. individual that many children can aspire to be alike,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, “kids can learn a great lesson 3. the injured Knicks point guard who graduated from Harvard University.”

“Jeremy Lin’s story is a great lesson for kids everywhere because 4. fights back so many of the prejudices and wrong ideas that unfairly hold children back. He’s changed the idea 5. Asian-American guards somehow can’t succeed in the NBA --- and that being a world-class athlete on the court is somehow contradictory with being an excellent student off the court.” Duncan said.

“It’s great to see good values 6. (reward) in professional sports because that’s not always the case.” Duncan said in the Time report. “Often it’s the bling, the glam, the individual that gets celebrated --- not the team and working together to advance a goal 7. (big) than oneself.”

Lin’s teammates seemed to take pride 8. the up-and-coming basketball star, 9. Lin remained modest about the 10. (recognize) by tweeting, “Now my face is red.”

Will there be a time in our lives when cars don’t crash? When we can just sit back and relax and our cars will drive themselves. Auto technology experts say “yes”. And they say that some of those advances may happen quicker than you might think.

They will require the users to input the name of the destination or the complete address of the location that they want to go and the cars’ artificial intelligence takes them there automatically without a driver. They will run on solar power in the daytime and ethanol fuel (乙醇燃料) at night. Toyota, BMW and Honda will completely control the trade of driverless car business together and will have the cheapest driverless cars. Fossil fuels will be completely incompatible (不相配的) with these cars.

Driverless cars will not require a driver’s license of any grade to operate. Anyone with basic literacy and computer skills who are at least 16 years of age will be legally allowed to operate the vehicle with absolutely no restrictions. This would give the young users permission to operate the driverless cars on major highways as well as secondary roads without needing a separate classification. In addition to all this, drunken people will be able to use their own automobiles to return home because they are not “driving” the vehicle.

What’s more, car insurance will become obsolete because there will be no more automobile accidents after the year 2025. This is because the driverless car will have all safety methods in place by the car’s artificial intelligence to prevent automobile accidents. Global positioning systems will become mandatory (強(qiáng)制的) in all newly-manufactured cars after 2010, and will be the most important part in the driverless car.

1.Who will not be able to use driverless cars?

A. Adults with basic literacy and computer skills.

B. Adults who are drunk.

C. Adults without computer skills.

D. Adults without a driver’s license.

2.We can infer from the second paragraph that driverless cars .

A. will need fewer fossil fuels

B. will not need a human’s instructions

C. will run on solar power only

D. will be environmentally friendly

3.What will prevent the driverless car from crashing?

A. Artificial intelligence.

B. Global positioning systems.

C. The people inside.

D. Car insurance.

4.The underlined word “obsolete” in the last paragraph probably means “_____”.

A. difficult to get B. quite important

C. dangerous D. out of business

5.Which of the following may be the best title of the passage?

A. Car safety. B. Driverless cars.

C. The future cars. D. New technology in cars.