【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的七個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

Rhythm of Life

Choosing the right time to sleep, the correct moment to make decisions, the best hour to eat—and even go into hospital—could be your key to perfect health.

Centuries after man discovered the rhythms(節(jié)奏、韻律) of the planets and the cycles of crops, scientists have learned that we too live by precise rhythms that govern everything from our basic bodily functions to mental skills. Man is a prisoner of time.

But it’s not just the experts who are switching on to the way our bodies work. 【1】 Prince Charles consults a chart which tells him when he will be at his peak on a physical, emotional and intellectual level. Boxer Frank Bruno is another who charts his bio-rhythms to plan for big fights.

【2】 Sleep, blood pressure, hormone levels and heartbeat all follow their own clocks, which may bear only slight relation to our man-made 24-hour cycle.

Research shows that in laboratory experiments when social signals and, most importantly, light indicators such as dawn are taken away, people lose touch with the 24-hour clock and sleeping patterns change. Temperature and heartbeat cycles lengthen and settle into “days” lasting about 25 hours.

In the real world, light and dark keep adjusting internal clock to the 24-hour day. But the best indicator of performance is body temperature. As it falls from a 10 p.m. high of 37.2℃ to a pre-dawn low of 36.1℃, mental functions fall too. 【3】

The most famous example is the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island in the US. The three operators in the control room worked alternating(交替的) weeks of day, evening and night shifts. 【4】 Investigators believe this caused the workers to overlook a warning light and fail to close an open valve.

Finding the secret of what makes us tick has long fascinated scientists and work done over the last decade has yielded important clues. 【5】 For example, the time we eat may be important if we want to maximize intellectual or sporting performance. There is already evidence suggesting that the time when medicine is given to patients affects how well it works.

A. The rhythm of life is a slight beat.

B. The aim is to help us become more efficient(高效的).

C. Jenny Hope claims to have tested their body clocks to the limit.

D. This is a key reason why shift work can cause so many problems.

E. Experts say every aspect of human bodies is influenced by daily rhythms.

F. Many people study the state of their bio-rhythms before making their daily plans.

G. Such a dangerous combination never gave their bodies’ natural rhythms a chance to settle down.

【題目】New research has shown that you might not just be feeling blue; you may also be seeing it differently. Your mood may affect how you see the world around you, according to a new study. A team of researchers has proved that sadness could have an effect on the way we see colors.

The team, led by psychology researcher Christopher Thorstenson of the University of Rochester, found that people who had a sad mood were less accurate in identifying colors on the blue-yellow axis (軸), compared to people who weren’t feeling sad.

“We were already deeply familiar with how often people use color terms to describe common phenomena, like mood, even when these concepts seem unrelated,” Thorstenson said in a statement. “We thought maybe a reason why these metaphors (比喻) appear was that there really was a connection between mood and identifying colors in a different way.”

Thorstenson and his team are not the first to identify a link between a depressed mood and a difference in recognition. In 2010, Emanuel Bubl and his team at Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg in Germany first proved a link between mood and identifying colors. This was supported by a 2013 paper by Johnson Fam of the University of Singapore.

The team conducted two studies. In the first, 127 participants were chosen randomly to watch one of two video clips, which had been proved in previous studies to feel either sadness or amusement. They didn’t do that in a specific order. The entire group was then tasked with identifying the colors in 48 continued color changes. The group that had been shown the sad clip was measurably worse at identifying colors along the blue-yellow axis.

For the second study, 130 participants were randomly assigned to watch either a sad clip or a neutral (中性的) one. The sadness group showed reduced ability to identify colors along the blue-yellow axis than the neutral group.

【1】If one ________, the colors he sees might be different from those in others’ eyes.

A. is in a good moodB. has an eye illness

C. attends a speechD. doesn’t feel happy

【2】Who were the first to find out the link between mood and identifying colours?

A. Thorstenson and Johnson.B. Thorstenson and his team.

C. Johnson and his team.D. Emaneuel and his team.

【3】The sadness group in the second study ________.

A. felt happy when watching the video

B. performed better than the other

C. were less able to identify some colours

D. could only identify blue and yellow

【4】What does the underlined word in the fifth paragraph most probably mean?

A. In no specific place.

B. With no specific rule.

C. With no specific confidence.

D. At no specific time.

【題目】信息匹配（共1小題）

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

I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier（收銀臺(tái)）in her general store．【1】 _I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying “thank you．”

At first I was paid in candy．【2】 I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a．m．to 7 p．m．My father helped me set up a bank account． 【3】

By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling cosmetics（化妝品）I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye．Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “What color do you think I should wear?” I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup（化妝）ideas． 【4】

The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn’t need to be a rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listener．【5】 Expect they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed．

A．Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought．

B．Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before．

C．Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers．

D．My grandma’s trust taught me how to handle responsibility

E．I ended my selling a record amount of cosmetics．．

F．Before long, she let me sit there by myself．

G．Later I received 50 cents an hour．

【題目】翻譯句子

【1】我不知道這是不是因?yàn)槲议L(zhǎng)久無(wú)法出門的緣故，我變得對(duì)一切與大自然有關(guān)的事物都無(wú)比狂熱。

【2】事實(shí)上，當(dāng)不同文化互相交流滲透時(shí)，所有的語(yǔ)言都會(huì)有所變化、有所發(fā)展的。

【3】雖然她對(duì)去某些地方的最佳路線并不清楚，她卻堅(jiān)持要自己把這次旅游安排得盡善盡美。

【4】為了記下白天發(fā)生的一系列重要的事情，我熬夜到十一點(diǎn)半。

【5】John是如此堅(jiān)決以至于沒(méi)有人能夠說(shuō)服他改變主意。

【題目】請(qǐng)以Friendship為題，寫一篇介紹友誼的短文。要求內(nèi)容包括以下幾個(gè)要點(diǎn)，詞數(shù)在100詞左右。

1．人和人，人和動(dòng)物都能產(chǎn)生友誼；

2．朋友能提供精神上和物質(zhì)上的幫助；

3．朋友有好壞之分，友誼也有真假之別。

參考詞匯：精神的 spiritual ; 物質(zhì)的 physical; 真朋友 true friend; 假朋友 false friend.

【題目】短文改錯(cuò)

假定英語(yǔ)課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處錯(cuò)誤，

句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏詞符號(hào)（^），并在此符號(hào)下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)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(cuò)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(jì)分。

My dream school starts at 8:30 a.m and ends at 3:30 p.m. They are three lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon. We didn’t need to do so many homework. Therefore, we have more time with after-school activities. For example, we can do reading for one and a half hour and play sport for one hour every day.

My dream school look like a big garden. There are all kinds of the flowers and trees around the classroom buildings. We can lie on the grass for a rest, or sat by the lake listening music. The teachers here are kind and helpfully. They are not only our teachers but also our friends.

【題目】根據(jù)所給首字母填單詞。

【1】He i__________ all the “No Smoking” signs and lit up a cigarette.

【2】After staying in hospital for two weeks, he r__________ from his illness.

【3】She didn’t pass the exam, so she looked very u__________.

【4】Of the phrases “go crazy” and “go nuts”, the latter is used less f__________.

【5】The air pollution is more and more serious at p__________.

【6】The police are trying to find out the i__________ of the men killed in the accident.

【7】How can you r__________ my sister so quickly in the crowd?

【8】Her d__________ look showed us she has made a decision and never changed.

【9】Father is thankful to me for p__________ him to give up smoking.

【10】What’s your a__________ to the news that a shrimp cost 38 RMB in Qingdao?

【題目】It was the second time that we ________ in holding such important parties.

A. succeedB. had succeededC. succeededD. have succeeded

【題目】閱讀使人明智，閱讀使人充實(shí)。閱讀的好處很多，但是，目前許多中學(xué)生都不重視閱讀。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下表內(nèi)容寫一篇100字的英語(yǔ)短文，對(duì)這一現(xiàn)狀進(jìn)行分析并提出建議。文中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)的人名，校名和地名。開(kāi)頭已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)如下：

At present only a few students do some reading after class. Here are several reasons. ____________________________________________________________________________________________

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

How to improve your vocabulary

Vocabulary is a key part of learning a new language.__ 【1】 _ Maybe you can’t learn a hundred new words a day, but you can learn one or two a day, totaling thousands of new words over the years. Here are some tips for building up your vocabulary.

Make a plan to learn new words. If you want to improve your vocabulary more quickly, you have to make at least a small promise.___ 【2】__

Make you vocabulary practical（實(shí)用的）. __ 【3】__ For example, learn more of your trade language---- the words that are commonly used in your business or hobby or vocation(職業(yè)). Find better, fresher, clearer words to express what your friends are talking about.

_ 【4】_ As you read, if you come across a new word that you don’t understand. Don’t miss it. Take the time to look it up in a dictionary. Write it down and use it later.

When you learn a word, use it immediately and frequently. Put your new word into conversation with as many different people as you can._ 【5】 __ Use it in sentences. Write it on a card and practice it while waiting for red lights.

A.Repeat it to yourself.

B.They’re highly reusable

C.Start learning where you are.

D.Decide to learn one new word every day or two.

E.When you’re writing something, use a dictionary frequently

F.Start by learning the words that can express what’s most important to you.

G.The more you read, the more words you’ll see, and the more you’ll understand.