【題目】Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?

In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It 【1】(be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it 【2】(actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of 【3】 most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.

【4】the river wasn’t changed in a few days or even a few months. It took years of work 【5】(reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is 【6】(clean) than ever.

Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit 【7】 is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?

While there are 【8】(amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the【9】(change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be 【10】(patience).

【題目】__________ the warm and sunny weather, bananas grow very well in Hainan.

A. Next to B. Such as

C. Instead of D. Because of

【題目】【原創(chuàng)】Times were tough in our household.My husband was out of work and there was no sign of anything for him.In addition to going to nursing school full-time,1 was working three part-time jobs to put food on the table for our family of five.

After a rather__ meal one night,I answered the ringing phone. With no ,a voice asked,’’Do you need food? Come to my place and I can help you.”Directions followed and he hung up the phone. No in-depth conversation or queries as to our situation. It was up to us to decide whether we a voice on the telephone.

1 was desperate. With food in the cabinet and no prospect of a job for my husband, I had to take a , swallow my pride, and accept the strange offer. Was there a ?When I uneasily got to a ranch home as ,I found there was no car in the garage. ,lined up in orderly rows were tables filled with varieties of food. A craggy （輪廓分明有皺紋的）gentleman me, not much different than our phone conversation!’’Look around. If you see what you want,__ yourself.”'He handed me paper bags and turned to another new arrival, passing along the same .This couldn't be real!

I guiltily filled the paper sacks with what we needed and gratefully thanked the elderly man.�！疊e here next week. You’ll of the food by then “was his reply,

Then I learned the thing. Widowed and retired, he wanted to do something in his golden years to fill his time. Daily, he drove his pickup truck and begged for items and canned goods from local grocery stores and folks like us who had fallen on hard times.

I never knew what our weekly menus would be I had “shopped" in the garage, but I knew, with our bellies full, we could focus on paying necessary bills.

【1】A.worrying B.boring C.confusing D.promising

【2】A.just B.even C.ever D.also

【3】A.delicious B.necessary C.simple D.ordinary

【4】A.information B.communication C.introduction D.instruction

【5】A.physical B.financial C.educational D.social

【6】A.trusted B.accepted C.recognized D.satisfied

【7】A.certainly B.originally C.actually D.barely

【8】A.chance B.step C.decision D.measure

【9】A.future B.possibility C.trap D.kindness

【10】A.appointed B.directed C.guided D.requested

【11】A.Therefore B.Besides C.Instead D.However

【12】A.discovered B.greeted C.reminded D.examined

【13】A.help B.enjoy C.behave D.seat

【14】A.welcome B.supply C.assistance D.message

【15】A.mostly B.eventually C.absolutely D.accidentally

【16】A.leave out B.drop out C.run out D.get out

【17】A.interesting B.worthwhile C.mysterious D.astonishing

【18】A.usable B.additional C.acceptable D.valuable

【19】A.recalled B.sought C.identified D.inspected

【20】A.although B.since C.before D.until

【題目】There is an English saying: “【1】.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. 【2】.

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise.【3】If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated(忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program.【4】.

【5】They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

A. Laughter can prolong one’s life

B. Laughter is the best medicine

C. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health

D. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice

E. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet

F. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh

G. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain

【題目】 If you’re a foreigner looking for a place that has everything, there’s only one place to visit, and that’s New York. It’s a whole world in a city.

The World of Theater

All of New York is a stage, and it begins with Broadway. Where else can you find so many shows in one place? Only in New York !

The World of Music

Spend an evening with Beethoven at Lincoln Center. Swing to the great jazz of Greenwich Village. Or rock yourself silly at the hottest dance spots found anywhere.

The World of Art

From Rembrandt to Picasso. From Egyptian tombs to Indian teepees. Whatever kind of art you like, you will find it in New York.

The World of Fine Dining

Whether it is roast Beijing Duck in Chinatown, Lasagna in Little Italy, or the finest French coq au vin(chicken cooked in wine) found anywhere, there is a world of great taste waiting for you in New York.

The World of Sights

What other city has a Statue of Liberty? A Rockefeller Center? Or a Bronx Zoo? Where else can you take a horse-drawn carriage through the Central Park? Only in New York!

【1】What do you think the underlined word Rembrandt was / is?

A. A musician. B. A place in the World of Art

C. A place in New York. D. An artist.

【2】Which of the following programs can a visitor have only in New York?

A. To spend an evening with Beethoven.

B. To see the Statue of Liberty.

C. To taste the finest French coq au vin.

D. To enjoy the Beijing roast duck.

【3】The purpose of writing this text is to ___________ .

A. help the readers get a better understanding of New York

B. supply the readers with some information about New York jobs

C. try to persuade the readers to visit New York

D. tell the readers where New York lies

【題目】Alibaba started taking the lead in China, simply enough, by connecting big Chinese manufacturers(制造商)with big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business site, Alibaba.com allowed business to buy almost everything. Alibaba’s advantage wasn’t hard to identify: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its marketplaces attract 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year—and Alibaba is just the middleman. It encourages people to use its markets—not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.

If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience. I moved to Beijing almost a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings, and anything else my wife wanted. “You’re looking for what exactly? Why not try it? ” my Chinese teacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.

Alibaba’s original business-to-business model now is secondary to consumer buying. Chinese retail（零售）buying makes up 80% of Alibaba’s profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you’ll ever find. TMall.com is Alibaba’s other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.

What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U.S. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping—big-box retailers especially —in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites. In smaller towns than Beijing, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.

I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how extensive the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. I’m not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.

【1】Alibaba’s advantage mainly lies in ___________.

A. its big size

B. its business-to-business service

C. its not charging small sellers

D. its low price

【2】What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the passage?

A. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites

B. Alibaba will continue to develop.

C. Alibaba stands out as the best online site.

D. Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers.

【3】【改編】We can infer from the passage____

A. The author’s Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover.

B. Taobao has no apparent advantage compared with other similar online sites.

C. Alibaba’s business-to-business service earns much more money than retail now.

D. TMall.com provides more profit than Taobao.

【4】【改編】The passage mainly talks about_____

A.Alibaba has a great influence on people’s daily purchase in China.

B. The influence of shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.

C. Shopping online is TaoBao..

D. How the author purchases online in China.

【題目】Many experts hold the view __________ teacher's development is __________ the key to better education lies.

A. which; where B. which; which

C. that; where D. that; in which

【題目】A new study warns that about thirty percent of the world's people may not have enough water by the year 2025.

A private American organization called Population Action International did the new study. It says more than three-hundred-thirty-five-million people lack enough water now. The people live in twenty-eight countries. Most of the countries are in Africa or the Middle East.

P-A-I researcher Robert Engelman says by the year 2025, about three-thousand-million people may lack water. At least 18 more countries are expected to have severe water problems. The demand for water keeps increasing. Yet the amount of water on Earth stays the same.

Mr. Engelman says the population in countries that lack water is growing faster than in other parts of the world. He says population growth in these countries will continue to increase.

The report says lack of water in the future may result in several problems. It may increase health problems. Lack of water often means drinking waters not safe. Mr. Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of diseases, such as cholera, which are carried in water. Lack of water may also result in more international conflict. Countries may have to compete for water in the future. Some countries now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. This is true of Egypt, the Netherlands, Cambodia, Syria, Sudan, and Iraq. And the report says lack of water would affect the ability of developing to improve their economies. This is because new industries often need a large amount of water when they are beginning.

The Population Action International study gives several solutions to the water problem. One way, it says, is to find ways to use water for more than one purpose. Another way is to teach people to be careful not to waste water. A third way is to use less water of agriculture.

The report also says long-term solutions to the water problem must include controls on population growth. It says countries cannot provide clean water unless they slow population growth by limiting the number of children people have.

【1】 are expected to have severe water problems by the year 2025.

A. 46 countries B. 18 countries

C. 28 countries D. No countries

【2】All the following are true except .

A. Lack of water may cause conflict between countries

B. New industries need a lot of water

C. There are solutions to the water problem

D. Egypt now has enough fresh water

【3】It can be inferred that .

A. There is connection between providing clean water and slowing population growth

B. Lack of water may also result from international conflict

C. The ability of developing has nothing to do with lack of water

D. It is not known whether diseases have something to do with lack of water

【4】The best title of the passage would be .

A. World Conflict B. World Water Shortage

C. Diseases and Water D. Population and Water

【題目】We all have fond memories of taking a few lazy months off after the stress of A-levels. So now that summer has arrived, let’s take full advantage. It goes without saying that summer vacations are the perfect time to go traveling.

Tickets go up greatly when you turn 26, so make the most of cheaper rates while you’re eligible.

Overseas volunteering won’t amaze future employers, but it can be very useful. Finding a reliable (可靠的) company that won’t cheat you is important, as is discovering a program that interests you. There are plenty of websites where you can see other people’s suggestions.

Of course for most of us, money is tight. To avoid overspending you can combine employment and vacation. Hannah Warn, a psychology (心理學(xué)) student at the University of Winchester, is spending her summer at Camp America where students enjoy a good time on a summer camp. “Being thrown into something where I don’t really know what to expect is exciting,” she says. “It gives me a chance to experience being away from home in a different way.”

Those with a talent for languages might also consider working abroad as an au pair (互惠工人). The work may be a chance to involve yourself in a new culture while your employer pays most of the bill.

If you have an idea of the sort of career you’d like, getting work experience is wise. In many careers, graduating with only your degree to show for your three or four years just won’t make it. Send applications (申請(qǐng)) off early and to as many places as possible. Make sure you take a well-earned break this summer.

【1】【改編】From the passage,we can infer that .

A. students will be offered part-time jobs during the vacation

B. students may employ lower-price tickets when they are traveling

C. students should have a longer summer vacation than ever

D. students will be offered part-time jobs during the vacation

【2】The underlined part “you’re eligible” in Para. 2 can best be replaced by “ ”.

A. you have more free time B. you’re tired of school life

C. you enjoy traveling a lot D. you’re of the right age

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the example of Hannah Warn?

A. Camp America offers jobs to students.

B. Psychology students are good at saving money.

C. Students had better choose a camp related to their future job.

D. A camp is a good place to combine employment and vacation.

【4】【改編】From the passage, we may conclude that the one who is more likely to seek a job after graduation is _____

A. John, who got extraordinary academic records during his university years.

B. Lily, who worked abroad as an au pair during summer vacations.

C. Tom, who got working experience relevant to his future job in college.

D. Mary, who got a degree after studying four years in a famous university.

【題目】There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee(擔(dān)任考試委員會(huì)主席), the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the exam room and got seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.

The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned out to be OK.

Then the professor asked about the cure (藥劑) for illness, and the student, too, answered just as right.

“Good,” said the professor, “and how much will you give the patient?”

“A full spoon”, answered the student.

“Now you may go out and wait for what you can get.” said the professor. At the same time, the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. “A full spoon is too much,” he thought to himself. Anxiously he opened the door of the room and cried, “Mr Professor, I’ve made a mistake! A full spoon is too much for a patient. He can take only five drops.”

“I’m sorry, sir.” said the professor coldly, “But it’s too late. Your patient has died.”

【1】The students were afraid of the professor because_________.

A. they often angered and disappointed him

B. he often misunderstood them and give them bad markers

C. their answers often astonished him

D. their answers seldom satisfied him

【2】Before he left the room the student was almost sure that ______.

A. his last answer was satisfying

B. he had passed the exam, and the only thing was to wait for the mark

C. he had made a mistake

D. he had not done well in the exam

【3】Which of the following is Not true?

A. The patient will be in danger if he’s taken as much as a full spoon.

B. The doctor will be in trouble if he’s given the patient a full spoon.

C. Since one spoon is less than five drops, the patient will be all right soon if he takes only one full spoon at a time.

D. If the patient wants to remain safe, he should take no more than five drops at a time.