完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

As Apple fans paid attention to every detail, Twitter user, Pratiik Rege, joked that the Apple watch was set at 10:09 in all images because 10:10 was "just too mainstream." He actually may have been .

You may not have but the default setting (默認設置) in advertisements for many new watches is 10:10. Many well-known brands, Rolex and Tag Heuer, set their watches to this time for their advertisements. Could Apple have set their watch at 10:09 to they are ahead of the others? Perhaps, a quick look at other watch advertisements suggests Apple is not the first to the 10 past 10 time. That's because many companies show their watches at this time for artistic reasons. It makes therefore to adjust it by just a few minutes this standard time according to what particular brands think their watch best.

However, it is thought that around 10 past 10 shows the watch at the best .

If the logo is underneath the 12, this time also has the advantage of "framing" the brand name between the two hands. It's also a symmetrical (對稱的) time, making it to the eye. Often manufacturers photograph the watch with the second hand in a position emphasises this proportionality (均衡). Another favorite time with clock vendors has been 20 past 8, because of its symmetry. However, 10 past 10 is to be a more "positive" time by brand experts, as it looks as if the of the watch is smiling.

It's likely that Apple decided to set its time at 10:09 to itself within watch-making tradition. It may just be a minute in time, but 10:09 is further that Apple is taking its new watch very seriously, This is not being to as a "smart watch"; this is a watch that both wearable tech and the watch industry should take .

1.A. smart B. right C. honest D. lucky

2.A. believed B. discovered C. noticed D. known

3.A. inviting B. approving C. connecting D. including

4.A. pretend B. predict C. suggest D. announce

5.A. but B. because C. and D. so

6.A. be interested in B. catch up with C. turn away from D. take away from

7.A. hardly B. probably C. surely D. purely

8.A. sense B. mistakes C. efforts D. trouble

9.A. around B. from C. through D. behind

10.A. concerns B. suits C. adapts D. prepares

11.A. color B. place C. time D. angle

12.A. carefully B. directly C. confidently D. correctly

13.A. confusing B. surprising C. pleasing D. annoying

14.A. which B. what C. when D. where

15.A. defined B. supposed C. determined D. thought

16.A. time B. frame C. face D. heart

17.A. plan B. establish C. create D. finish

18.A. instruction B. understanding C. explanation D. evidence

19.A. referred B. remembered C. asked D. required

20.A. hopefully B. seriously C. successfully D. Strictly

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當?shù)膬?nèi)容(1個單詞)或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

I found a website about some qualities that are likely to lead to success while __1.____(surf) the Internet. I think the following qualities are essential if you want to succeed. One is never to give up; this is also called perseverance, which I think is of great importance. You must have faith __2.__ yourself and try your best to realize your dreams. You need to be focused rather than being __3.___(aim). Another quality that __4.___(help) you succeed is the ability to do and think about things in new and different ways. Most _5.____(success) people are not as conventional as the people around them. __6.___ others see failure, they see possibility. Where others see a closed door, they see __7.__ open window. To get success, you may find it important _8.___(see) how they have achieved success. You will be inspired by learning from them. Practising is just as important if you want to succeed, because practice makes perfect. Finally, ___9.__(honest) is fundamental as you climb the ladder of success. People who are dishonest _10._(rare) succeed.

短文改錯

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多兩處。 每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧)，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(＼)劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2. 只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起)不計分。

Nowadays more and more people are going abroad on holiday, some of whom even goes on holiday two or three times a year. In my opinion, there are two type of holidaymakers. The first kind always goes to seaside resorts. Their only aim is to have good time sunbathing. They spend their days on the sunshine and their evenings in getting drunk, and then slept soundly. This kind of traveler just needs to pack a pair of sunglasses together with everything that he needs it. The others kind of holiday maker goes to other countries to increasing knowledge of foreign lands. They make use of the chance to take photos, so a good camera is absolute essential. For them, going on holiday is educational. This kind of traveler will move from place to place every few days, enjoying the local food and get a proper feel of a place.

書面表達

假設你是李明，你想邀請你的筆友Tony來益陽旅游。請給他寫一封信，為他介紹你的家鄉(xiāng)益陽。要點如下：

1. 空氣和水質(zhì)量好，綠化面積大，環(huán)境未被破壞，氣候宜人，是全國宜居城市；

2. 民風淳樸，益陽人民熱情好客；

3. 特色食物與景點介紹，如擂茶，周立波故居等。

注意：1. 詞數(shù)100左右；

2. 切勿逐字翻譯，可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

參考詞匯：擂茶grinding tea 周立波故居 former residence of Zhou Libo

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NASA-s New Horizons probe（宇宙探測器）flew by Pluto（冥王星）this morning, sending back history's first up-close looks at the vast freezing-cold world. Closest approach came at 7:49 a.m. EDT. To celebrate, NASA gave out the latest photo of Pluto. It showed a reddish world with an amazing heart-shaped feature on its surface.

After today's close encounter, all the nine solar system's traditionally recognized planets have now been visited by a spaceship-a huge project begun in 1962 when NASA's Mariner 2 probe flew past Venus, a planet in the solar system. More than l,200 scientists, NASA guests and important persons, including 200 reporters, watched the flyby live at New Horizons' mission control center.

That close encounter has been a long time coming. The$723 million New Horizons mission launched in January 2006 but began taking shape in 1989. "New Horizons is'a capstone mission'," Glen Fountain, mission project manager told Space, com. "It is the first completion of the observations of our solar system. It-s giving us a new idea about how we human beings fit into the universe."

New Horizons "faced a crazy number of challenges," Stern, a driving force behind New Horizons said, "So many people stuck with this for so long. They got knocked down; they stood up. They got knocked down again; they stood up again.”

In a coincidence, today's close approach falls on the 50th anniversary of the first flyby of Mars, another planet, which was completed by NASA-s Mariner 4 spaceship.

There are no longer nine officially recognized planets, of course. The International Astronomical Union regarded Pluto as “a dwarf planet" in 2006 in a decision that remains controversial（有爭議的）today.

1.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Ideas still vary in the identity of Pluto.

B. Only scientists could watch the flyby live.

C. Mars is the first planet visited by a spaceship.

D. New Horizons mission aimed to observe the solar system.

2.Glen Fountain may probably agree that _____________________．

A. it is the most difficult to land on Pluto in the solar system

B. New Horizons mission is a long and troublesome project

C. their strong determination leads to the successful flyby

D. people are likely to find new ways to fit into space

3.Which is the best title for the passage?

A.A New Horizons Probe B. NASA's Huge Project

C. Pluto,a Controversial Planet D. A Close Approach to Pluto

Having spring around makes you feel different after such a long winter journey. The power of sunshine brings us a lot of comfort, optimism, self-confidence and of course a smile. Imagine how great it will be if we are so positive all year round!

Living like this is possible if you really think about it. In order to exist in such a state of happiness, we must have sunshine radiating from within ourselves, shining from our hearts, minds and souls. Actually，that’s your choice, and if you think that way then your own life will reflect that attitude of yours!

In order to make “sunshine” or rather, “l(fā)ight” part of our being, it is so important that you watch your thoughts, your words and your actions so that you will accept what you really feel you’d like to create in your own life. Watch your thoughts and really become aware of how many negative thoughts pass through your mind about yourself and other people around you. Watch to see how often you gossip (說閑話）about other people, which is actually often attached with feelings of jealousy (妒忌）and insecurity about yourself.

You are also supposed to take a close look at your “intention”. How many of you do something for another person without expecting to receive something in return? It might not even have to be a material or physical thing you expect； expecting to be recognized for what you have done is enough to create conditions on Having spring around makes you feel differentyour intention. Think about it!

Putting all of these together, it seems that most of us are creating monsters inside us just by simply talking, thinking and not putting our heart out with the right intention towards helping someone else. If you take all your negative attitudes in one hand and measure your need to feel “sunshine“ in the other, you will see how both these elements really contradict each other.

Be brave and break your patterns and your habits this spring, and by doing so，you will allow the true sunshine to take place by radiating out from your heart and into your life and the lives of the people around you!

1.You can have sunshine shining from your inside .

A. by measuring what you need

B. by helping someone else

C. by watching what you think, say and do

D. by changing your intention

2. According to the writer, you don t feel secure about yourself when you .

A. gossip about other people

B. take a close look at your intention

C. expect to be recognized for what you’ve done

D. become aware of your negative thoughts

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Expecting something in return for our help isn’t the right intention.

B. Breaking our patterns is the most important to get true sunshine.

C. If we don-t intend to help others, we create monsters inside us.

D. Negative attitudes have little to do with happiness.

4.The passage is written mainly to _ .

A. stress the importance of the positive life style

B. analyze the intentions and thoughts in our mind

C. offer advice on having sunshine from our inside

D. warn us about the bad effects of negative attitudes

Face-book chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chavez, chief of American Girl Scouts, are leading a campaign to discourage the use of the word “bossy”. Does the term destroy the confidence of young girls?

The campaign claims that terms like “bossy” are improperly applied to females， preventing schoolgirls from seeing themselves as future “l(fā)eaders”. From its first application, the word has been definitely connected more with women than with men. It first appeared in 1882，according to the Oxford English Dictionary, mentioning “a lady manager who was extremely bossy”. As late as 2008, the word appeared in reference to females four times more often than males, claim the Ban Bossy campaigners. “To me, the reference is always in association with women,” says Helen Trim, director of Fresh Minds. “I have three brothers and my family still call me ‘bossy’ today. ” Her father is the only other family member who could be considered in that way, says Trim，but nobody would ever call him so.

Some educators recommend that the word should be reclaimed, rather than banned. “But the thing with ‘bossy，is that there’s an infantile (幼稚的)element to it，” says Sara Mills, professor at Sheffield University. “You think of 'bossy' as being like a little kid who's claiming more than he has the right to claim. ”

It's not just “bossy” under fire. “Pushy” is another Face-book chief operating officer Sheryl Sandbergtarget. The implication is that women shouldn’t present themselves as powerful and confident, Mills suggests, which some women are willing to listen to and accept. Trim points out that many modern female business role models are able to be bosses without being labeled ‘bossy'. And she rarely, if ever，hears the word used within her company. But she says that the damage may be done much earlier in a woman’s life. “It does come about from those early teenage years. ” she says. “I think it’s impossible to ban a word, but if people are replacing it with words like 'confidence' or ‘a(chǎn)ssertiveness’，we would all be in a much better place. ”

1.More evidence is provided to show "bossy" is more applied to females by _ .

A. the Oxford English Dictionary

B. the Ban Bossy campaigners

C. Helen Trim at Fresh Minds

D. some experts in education

2. Trim's family still consider her bossy because .

A. she is expected to lead in her family

B. she is the boss of her company

C. she is a powerful and confident female

D. her father considers her that way

3.The underlined part "under fire most probably means .

A. definitely replaced

B. strongly criticized

C. improperly applied

D. eagerly expected

4.How does the author sound when referring to the campaign against "bossy"?

A. Objective. B. Angry.

C. Doubtful D. Optimistic.

Professional footballers have worryingly poor teeth that could be affecting their performance on the football ground, say dentists. Their study on players at eight clubs in England and Wales, in the British Journal of Sports Medicine，showed nearly 4 out of 10 had cavities (蛀牙）and that athletes often had worse teeth than the general population. Regularly taking sugary foods is one possible explanation.

The dentists, from the International Centre for Evidence-Based Oral Health at University College London, examined 187 players’ sets of teeth. They found 53% had dental erosion (腐蝕），45% were bothered by the state of their teeth and 7% said it affected their ability to train or play. Around 40 % had cavities, compared with 30 % of people of a similar age in the general population.

Prof Ian Needleman, one of the researchers, said： “These are individuals who otherwise invest so much in themselves so it，s a surprising finding.

“There are two main groups — some have a catastrophic Professional footballers have worryingly pooreffect, they have very serious disease that stops them in their tracks and they cannot play or train.

“There'11 be others experiencing pain affecting sleep or sensitivity every time they take a drink. ”

At this level of athlete, even small differences can be quite telling.

Nutrition is one of the primary suspects with having too many sugary or acidic foods during training potentially accounting for cavities and erosion. A lot of air in the mouth during exercise can also dry it out so there is less protection.

While these findings are worrying, clubs are attaching greater importance to dental health and educating their players. According to StijinVandenbroucke, head of medicine and sports science at West Ham United, oral health is an area where many athletes have greater problems than the general population and there are clear benefits of oral disease prevention for athletes and clubs.1.What does the passage tell us about professional footballers teeth?

A. Nearly 4 out of 10 players in the UK suffer from toothaches.

B. They have been invested a great deal by individual players.

C. Many players' poor teeth bother their career and daily life.

D. British footballers teeth are examined regularly.

2.What mainly results in professional footballers' poor teeth?

A. Experiencing too much training.

B. Eating food with too much sugar.

C. Breathing in lots of air during exercise.

D. Having little education of oral disease prevention.

3. These findings are worrying clubs because____.

A. footballers aren’t willing to give up sugary or acidic food

B. they've spent much on their players' oral disease prevention

C. footballers have more serious tooth problems than the public

D. players' oral disease may lead to bad performance in games

4.This passage is most probably taken from____.

A. a dentist's diary B. a sports newspaper

C. a medicine magazine D. a science report

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

Some people describe American society as a salad bowl while others think of it as a melting pot.

In a bowl of salad，all the ingredients are mixed together. 1.____ Together, however, the ingredients make up a unity. All the ingredients of a salad contribute to the finished product. They may be covered with the same dressing (調(diào)味醬），but the green vegetables, tomatoes and cooked corn can all be seen for what they are.

From this point of view, America is very much like a salad bowl where individual ethnic groups mix together, yet maintain their cultural uniqueness. People may work together during the day at similar jobs and in the same companies, but at night they may return to their ethnic groups where their own individual culture directs their way of life.

2.____ Each ethnic group has its own special customs, language, food and traditions to protect and defend. This idea of the salad bowl is referred to as cultural diversity； that is， American society is a collection of various cultures living together in harmony within one country.

3.____Here, society is like one large pot of soup. All cultural aspects are mixed together, sacrificing their original identity and keeping a bit of what they were to become a new reality. The Some people describe American society as a saladlonger the soup is cooked, the better the taste and the more likely it will be for the mixture to dissolve. In this sense, America can surely be seen as a melting pot where people from all over the world come to live and work together forming one nation. There are dozens of shared symbols. 4.____In such a culture, symbols like the flag and the nation’s official song serve to break down the walls which separate ethnic groups.

Whether a salad bowl or a melting pot, America can be best described as a mixture of both. 5.____

A. Both are correct depending on one-s point of view.

B. They never lose their shapes, colors or tastes.

C. This is why there is so much diversity within America.

D, In other words, America is a nation where there is unity in diversity.

E. Thus, one needs to abandon one's culture to be considered "American".

F. They serve to develop the various ethnic groups to create a new American culture.

G. The other theory, which is also used to describe American society, is the melting pot.

完形填空，閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A.B.C和D)中，選出可填人空白處的最佳選項。并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

When I was eight, I had to cross a crime-filled neighborhood to school. Nobody got involved when there was a ____，not even if a killing was happening directly across from our ____ ： “What’s that, Mom? Someone is screaming!”“Turn off the light! Stay ____! Keep your voice down!” Mom would ____.

Usually, I would see other girls that I knew, and I would catch up and we would____ together.

Along this route was an old grey house with a ____. It never caught my attention ____ a kind and lovely elderly lady ____us with a musical voice and a smile. “Look in my apple tree!” she said. “Do you see the Cedar Waxwings?” Well, I had never known what the ____ was called. My friends and I would, ____，look for the old lady to see if she was____ . She had taken this little yard and made it a small paradise of flower beds ： so ____that she probably had lived there for many years. She enjoyed our frequent visits and told us all kinds of things about birds and nature. We ____to love her.

But one day, we didn’t____ her. Though we looked, there was never a ____ of her： her garden began to look ____ and the greyness of the house seemed to take over the colorful When I was eight I had to cross a crime-filledmood. One of us ____to open the gate and knocked at the door, but the dear old woman would never greet us again. It was to be my first experience with death, though I didn’t know it then, a death to my childhood ____.

Every time I ____a bird，especially a Cedar Waxwing, I think of her. Every time I face a hardship, I remember her grace and dignity. Her____ in the old house made it beautiful.

1.A. gathering B. celebration C. murder D. crime

2.A. school B. house C. neighborhood D. town

3.A. awake B. low C. asleep D. active

4.A. reply B. shout C. announce D. whisper

5.A. walk B. play C.fight D. study

6.A. view B. pond C.yard D. mystery

7.A. until B. when C. because D. where

8.A. begged B. treated C. ordered D. greeted

9.A. fruit B. tree C. bird D.flower

10.A. once a year B. every school day C. occasionally D. rarely

11.A. gardening B. smiling C.reading D. watchlng

12.A. old-fashioned B.established C.tidy D. large

13.A. agreed B. expected C. tried D. grew

14.A. visit B. miss C. see D. love

15.A. sign B.story C. memory D.photo

16.A. fresh B. wild C. dirty D.green

17.A. promised B. planned C.threatened D.dared

18.A. pleasure B. innocence C. independence D. friendship

19.A. admire B.draw C. keep D. catch

20.A. death B. Labor C. presence D. Interest