— Let's give up. It's too late. I don't think any bus will come.

— I don't care. I'll get there ________ I have to walk all the way.

A.    as if             B.  so that    C. even if     D. now that

—Have you heard of ________ death of Steven Jobs?

— Yes. It must be________ shock to Apple fans.

A. the; a 　　　 B. a; the　 　　　　　 C. the; the　 　 　　　　D. a; /

—We are planning to have a casual get-together this Saturday or Sunday. Are you coming?

— ________. I’ve got rather a busy day this weekend.

A. I hope so　　　　　　 　 B. Sounds great　　 　 C. You’d better not 　 D. I’m afraid not

英國Warwickshire學(xué)校將組織學(xué)生來你校交流學(xué)習(xí)中文。經(jīng)安排，Tracy 住在你家。假設(shè)你是李華，請你給Tracy寫封電子郵件，介紹她來中國后的有關(guān)事宜，信的要點如下：

★生活安排：食宿，交通；

★漢語學(xué)習(xí)：每周一至周五，每天四節(jié)課；

★課外活動：文體活動，社會實踐活動。

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 [1 ] There are many TV programs on Chinese food，but few are like A Bite of China. Direct­ed by award-winning film maker Chen Xiaoqing, A Bite of China is filled with not just mouthwa­tering images of various foods, but also the beautiful process of food-making. The program is sure to attract both experts and ordinary audiences.

[2]  “We have some interesting shots of food-making, but how to create dishes is only one aspect of food culture. The program tries to bring something new by presenting more cultural ele­ments related to dishes, such as eatting habits and the traditions of eating. ” said Chen. One episode(劇集，部)，for example, centers on the staple foods. It explains why rice is the main food of the southern Chinese diet, while wheat flour ___________________.

[3]  The show is not only about dishes. Every episode will interview different people, who will tell stories about their adventures with food. “As a saying goes, ‘ you are what you eat', Chen says. ⁴⁴ Food is always connected with people. To get enough good stories, the production team spent three months doing research and interviews in about 60 cities before they started shoot­ing last July.

[4]  An episode about pickles(泡菜)，for instance, is about a white-collar woman in Bei­jing, who returns to her hometown and makes pickles for the first time for her lonely mother.

[5]  Another episode contains joyful moments of sons and daughters making New Year cakes (rice pudding) after they return home from big cities to celebrate with their parents, who have been staying in their home village.

[6]  Chen says the seven episodes might not be enough to show the glory of Chinese food cul­ture. He's planning a second and third installment.

76.   How different is A Bite of China from other food programmes? (no more than 15 words)

    ___________________________________________

77. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words, (no more than 8 words)   ______________________________________________________

78.  What is the main idea of Paragraph 3? (no more than 8 words)   

    _____________________________________________________

79. Traditional food has become a symbol of       _____in the stories of Paras 4 and 5. (no more than 2 words) __________________________________________________________________________________

80. Why did Chen make A bite of China according to the passage? ( no more than 12 words) ___________________________________________________________________________________

We have all heard of the smartphone and most of us will have one. Not far behind ： the smart home. In the latest issue of Journal Science，Washington State University's Diane Cook says it won't be long before our homes act as “ intelligent agents” to predict our needs and deal with tasks that improve our health, energy efficiency, even social media.

“Many homes are already halfway there, with computers helping warm food, record TV shows, and turn on coffee makers. What we're trying to do is get the home to think about what you need as a whole and use different parts to do the right things. ” she says.

Cook has been working on such smart homes since 2006. Some test homes already show that the technology can help monitor the elderly people and remind them to complete ordinary activities like rising, eating and taking medicine.

Similarly，the home can itself control energy use. Smart home technologies can run washing- machines at off-peak times, turn off unneeded appliances(家用電器）and put out lights in empty rooms. Many communities now are testing the concept of the smart home.

While the smartphone lets people take their social media with them, the home could act like a car's Bluetooth, making hands-free conversation from any room a reality. Cameras will let the people “ talk face to face from anywhere".

Although the technology is available，technologies like in-home cameras raise privacy con­cerns. The technologies，like many others，face a challenge of being accepted and adopted, says Cook. She has seen that in particular with the elderly participants in her studies.

“People will soon understand what these technologies do and see how user-friendly they are. I bet some technologies will develop fast once they're starting to be used. ”

71.  According to the passage，all of the following statements about the smart home technology are TRUE except that  .

A.  it is a completely new concept

B.  some tests are being carried out

C. it helps people do housework

D. it will soon become a reality

72.  According to Cook, the smart home technology can benefit _______.

A.  the teachers monitoring their students

B.  the housewives with babies to attend

C. the nurses in the hospital nearby

D. the senior people who need taking care of

73.  According to Paragraph 4, the smart home technology helps people _______.

A. make more money                                   B. use new energy forms

C. improve the energy efficiency                   D. develop good habits

74.  One of the obstacles that prevent the smart home technology from being accepted is ____

A. the concern about people's privacy            B. the concern about the cost from it

C. the concern about the loss of tradition     D. the concern about elderly people

75.  How does Cook think of the smart home technology?

A. useful but much too costly.                     B. challenging but promising.

C. convenient and affordable.                       D. user-friendly and practical.

To get your family working and learning together~ and also help some beautiful insects in spring一try a backyard butterfly garden. With just a little planning, you can create an attractive habitat for butterflies.

The biggest problem facing butterflies is destruction of habitat. Even if your garden offers just a few butterfly-friendly flowers in pots or containers, it can help the insects' population, just like chicken soup for a cold.

Choose special plants on which butterflies feed. Wherever you are, simple flowers such as daisies and violets can serve as butterfly-friendly snacking spots. Some milkweeds can be espe­cially tasty to some butterflies. They provide a place for them to stop, too.

Understand that caterpillars(毛毛蟲），the butterflies' babies, are going to eat the plants in the garden, including some vegetables you may have planned to serve at your dinner table. However, you'll be rewarded for the sacrifice when caterpillars turn into flying butterflies.

Avoid using pesticides(殺蟲劑) on vegetable gardens for the sake of butterflies. Put tomato leaves overnight in water, and then spray the solution onto plants as an effective and natural pesti­cide that won't harm butterflies.

Butterfly gardening can be budget-friendly, too. Don't overlook smaller, less costly flowers that will attract tiny but lovely butterflies. Plants native to your region are most beneficial to the environment and require less maintenance.

Butterflies enjoy being exposed to the sun. Put flat rocks near feeding spots for them to rest. While butterflies can get most water they need from feeding, many like gathering around wet places. Simply create a damp area of ground which butterflies can easily see, and where they are sheltered from the wind.

Don't be disappointed if you don't draw a lot of butterflies immediately. Just keep at it, and they'll find your yard.

66. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. Ways butterflies set up their habitat in spring.

B. An advertisement promoting butterflies to gardeners.

C. Approaches to feeding butterflies at low cost.

D. Advice on creating a butterfly-friendly garden.

67.  The reason for choosing special flowers and milkweeds is that they _______

A. provide butterflies with their food

B. serve as a spot to rest for butterflies

C. harvest vegetables for dinner table

D. taste delicious to some caterpillars

68.  The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 suggests that _______

A. butterflies always live on caterpillars

B. keeping a butterfly garden makes no sense

C. it's worthwhile to keep a butterfly garden

D. caterpillars may eat some butterflies

69.  The underlined word "solution" in the fifth paragraph refers to _______

A. solid chemical from the tomato leaves

B. liquid used to kill the harmful insects

C. a method used to solve a problem

D. a device used to catch butterflies

70.  According to the passage, _______.

A. cheaper wild flowers should be avoided

B. a butterfly garden can be planned in a cheap way

C. native plants are usually expensive to keep

D. having a butterfly garden must be very costly

School bullying(欺凌）has long been seen as an unfriendly practice of adolescence with ter­rible results. Now the “Be More Than a Bystander” campaign organized by Advertising Council, a nonprofit organization, is aiming to remove school bullying by urging parents to teach their chil­dren to face such behavior.

It makes use of a series of television, print and online ads to promote the idea that if witnes­ses know what to do, they can take various steps, such as moving the victim away from the situa­tion or reporting it to an adult, to stop the bullying.

"Parents talk to their kids about drugs, sex, drinking and driving，” said Peggy Conlon, president of the Ad Council, “but they are not always active in bullying-control. ” 80% of high school students see bullying behavior firsthand at least weekly，but parents are less aware of it, with only about 50 percent realizing that bullying occurs frequently, according to a research by DoSomething. org.

The council tested many ways and decided on the parental focus after reading a report from DoSomething. org. It wants to remind parents that what their kids are witnessing is serious, and it can have terrible effects.

”Parents are still influential," said Ms. Thomas, a volunteer for the campaign, “ We've changed the culture of letting friends drive when they're drunk. The message we want to convey now is that your involvement can make a difference. ”

The activity is winning support from all the walks of life. The medical company Johnson & Johnson is providing funds. AOL is donating space for ads, a video feature on its home page. Magazines like Parenting as well as some newspapers nationwide will also run print ads free to spread awareness of the anti-bullying campaign.

61. What is the purpose of the “Be More Than a Bystander” campaign?

A. To offer students advice on conflict management.

B. To get rid of school bullying with the help of parents.

C. To make the organizer become better known.

D. To inform parents of the risk of school bullying.

62. What does the second paragraph mainly tell the readers?

A.  How the campaign works.

B.  Why the campaign is organized.

C. What measures parents should take.

D. How serious school bullying is now,

63. What can we learn from the third paragraph about parents?

A. They consider drugs, sex, drinking and driving as nothing serious.

B. They often fail to give enough concern about school bullying.

C. They often keep track of their kids' behavior at school.

D. They believe that their kids are free from school bullying.

64. Ms Thomas think parents must get involved because they _______

A.  are better at dealing with bullying

B.  have better relationship with their kids

C.  know much about the school culture

D. can have more influence on their kids

65. According to the passage we can conclude that _______

A.  school bullying will disappear in school

B.  Advertising Council can make some profit

C.  the media will contribute a lot in the campaign

D. parents have done enough with bullying

Gangnam Style is a song by the South Korean pop artist PSY. By the end of October 2012, the song reached the number one position online in 33 countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Although its recep­tion in Japan remained lukewarm, the song topped China' s Baidu 500 download list.

“Gangnam Style" has become a new Korean expression that refers to a lifestyle in the Gangnam district of Seoul, where peo­ple are trendy and modern. The term was listed in Time's weekly vocabulary list as a manner associated with luxurious lifestyles in Gangnam district of Seoul. PSY said in an interview that he had a sense of humor by pretending to be “ Gangnam Style" when everything about the song, dance, looks, and the music video is far from being high class.

People who are actually from Gangnam never think that they are. So this song is actually tea- sing(諷刺）such people as are keen to be famous, saying that they are “Gangnara Style”，but in fact they are showy and silly.

In the song，“ Oppan Cangnam style ” has been translated as “ Big brother is Gangnam style”，with PSY referring to himself, “Oppa”，a Korean expression used by females to refer to an older male friend or older brother, which is also used by Korean-Pop fans to address their K- pop idols.

PSY added that his Korean fans have very large expectations about his dancing, so he felt a lot of pressure. In order to keep up with expectations, he stayed up late for about 30 nights to come up with the “Gangnam Style” dance. Along the way, he had tested various animal-inspired dance moves, including panda and kangaroo moves, before settling for the horse，which involves pretending to ride a horse.

56. What's the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. Gangnam Style is popular only in western countries.

B. Gangnam Style can be downloaded from China’ s Baidu.

C. Gangnam Style has become famous around the world.

D. Gangnam Style is welcomed in all the Asian countries.

57. The term of ” Gangnam Style" is used to describe ____people in Gangnam district of Seoul.

A. fashionable   B. serious                    C. independent                      D. strange

58. The song of Gangnam Style is intended to make fun of those who _______.

A. take some pop stars as their idols

B. know much about singing and dancing

C. try so hard to be something that they're not

D. are too old to sing and dance on the stage

59. What tune does the song of “ Gangnam Style" have?

A. serious               B. instructive                 C. passive                     D. funny

60. Which of the following is TRUE according to the last paragraph?

A. PSY used various animals' moves in his dance.

B. PSY designed his dance imitating many animals.

C. PSY refers to his fans as ” Oppa" in Korean style.

D. PSY's dance contains the riding horse moves.

When I entered the Latin class as a high school freshman ，I had no idea that the teacher would be one of the most influential people in my life. Miss Siegesmund 36 out as a graceful lady, dressed 37 in a colorful suit. Her dark brown hair shone like gold ，and she was ele?gant. “ 38 are not supposed to be attractive. ” I thought to myself. However, she soon proved to have a winning personality to 39 _ her looks.

At first, I was so shy that I often crossed the street to 40 _talking to classmates and re?mained 41 around others. My mother did not believe in praise as it would 42 too much pride in myself. This strange 43 had a negative influence on my childhood,

I 44 in my Latin class as Miss Siegesmund believed in me. She listened to 45 I said. Her Latin class was fun and the stories from Roman history seemed to come 46 _. She taught good study habits, and I received an A in every class. I 47 _participated in a speech contest before the entire student body. Can you imagine the 48 I had made to arrive at that point? I 49 third in the contest. Miss Siegesmund said, “You should have won. You were 50 !” I thought to myself, “She has so 51 faith in me. ” Soon, my high school days hit an even — 52 peak.

I think of myself as a little dove with a 53 wing. My teacher became my 54 on earth. She mended my wing and 55 _me to fly. I shall never forget her for she was one of the most influential people in my life.

36. A. sang　　　　　　 B. spoke　　　　　　　　　　　 C. stood　　　　　　　　　　　 D. picked

37. A. fashionable B. fortunately　　　　　　　 C. casually　　　　　　　　　 D. particularly

38. A. Students　　　 B. Teachers　　　　　　　　 C. Classmates　　　　　　　 D. Freshmen

39. A. match　　　　　 B. adjust　　　　　　　　　　　 C. change　　　　　　　　　　 D. ruin

40. A. keep　　　　　　 B. practise　　　　　　　　　 C. enjoy　　　　　　　　　　　 D. avoid

41. A. disappointed B. embarrassed　　　　　　　 C. delighted　　　　　　　　　 D. astonished

42. A. result in　　　 B. make up　　　　　　　　　 C. go with　　　　　　　　　　 D. take out

43. A. excuse　　　　 B. cause　　　　　　　　　　　 C. case　　　　　　　　　　　　 D? belief

44. A. changed　　　 B. suffered　　　　　　　　　 C. relieved　　　　　　　　　　 D. admitted

45. A. however　　　 B. whatever　　　　　　　　　 C. whenever　　　　　　　　 D. whichever

46. A. simple　　　　　 B. true　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. alive　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. lovely

47. A. hardly　　　　　 B. ever　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. even　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. never

48. A. progress　　　 B. fortune　　　　　　　　　　 C. promise　　　　　　　　　　 D. decision

49. A. spoke　　　　　 B. placed　　　　　　　　　　　 C. believed　　　　　　　　　　 D. found

50. A. realistic　　　　 B. flexible　　　　　　　　　　 C. reliable　　　　　　　　　　 D. fantastic

51. A. few　　　　　　　 B. much　　　　　　　　　　　 C. little　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. many

52. A. wider　　　　　 B. deeper　　　　　　　　　　　 C. higher　　　　　　　　　　　 D. larger

53. A. broken　　　　 B. lost　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. fallen　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. ruined

54. A. mother　　　　 B. model　　　　　　　　　　　 C. aim　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. angel

55. A. applied　　　　 B. drove　　　　　　　　　　　 C. allowed　　　　　　　　　　 D. informed