【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to Motivate Yourself to Study

Studying can be one of life’s most boring activities. 【1】 But you can change your attitude towards the hardship of studying by reminding yourself of a few basic but important truths!

Remind yourself of your purpose. 【2】 Where do you see yourself in 5, 10, or even 20 years? The time you spend studying now will help to make your future dream a reality. Whether you are working towards a degree, a special skill, or some type of personal achievement, the act of studying is like a bridge between where you are now and where you want to be in the future.!

【3】 A well-educated person is a powerful person. Knowledge is priceless. A well-educated, knowledgeable person is a person who is able to navigate and excel better within the world around him/her.

Dare yourself to succeed. 【4】 When you get over the barriers, you’ll realize that personal achievement and fulfillment are wonderful things. Allow yourself to do the things that can contribute to your personal achievement and fulfillment –like studying!

Always keep a positive attitude. Your attitude towards study can have a huge impact on your motivation! 【5】 But if you have a positive attitude towards your study, you will be able to boost motivation, just by having a positive attitude towards it.

A.Is it never too old to learn?

B.Realize knowledge is power.

C.What are your goals in life?

D.Devote your spare time and energy to study.

E.Thinking negatively is not helpful and will not help you to get motivated.

F.In fact, the very nature of studying goes against the basic human desire to maximize pleasure.

G.Tell yourself you can successfully overcome any real or imagined difficulty standing in your way.

【题目】短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词作斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

How time flies! I can never forget how I became a good table tennis player. The first day I went to high school, I saw some of my classmates played table tennis. Amazed at how skillful they were, I was determined to play just as good. Later on, I often watch them carefully to learn their techniques.

Then I kept practicing hardly until I became too confident enough to challenge the good players. At the end of term, I became one of the best players in my class. I am really proud for this experience. It helps me realize that I can fulfill our potential but achieve our goals through hard work.

【题目】书面表达

假设你是李华，你的好友王琳代表你们班参加市里举行的中学生英语口语竞赛并获得了一等奖。请你用英语给她写一封电子邮件，内容要包括以下几点：

1.对她的成功表示祝贺；

2.说明她取得成功的原因；

3.请她告诉你学习英语的经验。

注意：1.词数不少于100；邮件开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总数；

2.适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Wang Lin,

I’m just so glad to hear that you have won the–first prize in the Oral English Competition

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Yours,

Li Hua

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Singles’ Day falls on November 11th every year in China, 【1】________ is recognized as a day for people who have no girlfriend or boyfriend. Couples and lovers have Valentine’s Day in 【2】_______ (celebrate) of their love, but how about the singles? There must be a day they can celebrate even without a partner. That’s 【3】_______ people created Singles’ Day.

On Singles’ Day many singles choose to say goodbye to their single lives, 【4】________ (attend) blind date parties, and some people even decide to get 【5】________ (marry) to strangers. 【6】_______ this day has recently become more of a time for shopping, because many shops online will give customers great discount 【7】________ (promote) their goods.

More and more people are 【8】________ (will) to shop online to get what they want, and I am one of them. I just can’t help buying things 【9】________ I need them or not. 【10】________ (honest) speaking, some of the things that I bought have been put aside forever in my closet.

【题目】阅读表达

阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题。

Years of expecting this time has finally arrived; there were times when I thought we would never get here. We are having three graduations in one family. My daughter is graduating from 4-year College in nursing, and my son is graduating from a high school, and I also just graduated last week. The dream was planted many years ago. I had always dreamt of going back to school, but it was too worrying and too hard.

Three years ago, I lost one of my dear friends. She died suddenly someday. All those thoughts of “someday” seemed to take on different meanings. So, I decided to take a course, then I took two. I finally took 4 courses. When I was in the second week of school, my family was in a terrible car accident. My husband, my two children and I were on our way to visit my another daughter at work in another city for her twenty-third birthday, and we were hit by a truck a half mile from our house. My husband was seriously hurt, and I was told by doctors many times it was a miracle(奇迹) that he had survived a serious head injury.

The three of us were barely passing after that time period. I had a broken arm and could not write. However, none of us had cold feet. As one of the top ten students in the college, my daughter graduated from college and got her Bachelor’s Degree. My son was admitted to a famous university after his graduation. I am proud of them.

As my password, I called myself “mountain climber.” The journey was difficult and every hill seemed higher to climb. Last week, the highlight of my life was walking across that platform and getting my degree six months before I turn fifty. I am proud of myself, too.

【1】What was the author’s dream? (no more than 8 words)

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【2】What does the miracle refer to? (no more than 8 words)

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【3】How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3? (no more than 6 words)

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【4】Why is the author proud of herself? (no more than 13 words)

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【5】Do you agree with the author’s view on life? Give reasons in your own words (no more than 20 words)

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【题目】My father often talks about his definition of success. He tells us that it isn’t measured in money or material things, but in love and joy. While my brothers and I were all raised together under the same roof, I wonder how different we can be sometimes. Four kids, four different life paths, personalities and ambitions.

We must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that’s what makes us so unpredictable and unique. In today’s world, expecting every child’s education to be the same, progress at the same rate and be measured against the narrow standards of performances is not just outdated, it’s also harmful to young people.

I experienced this disconnect(脱节) firsthand after graduating from college. I had many opportunities in front of me, but they didn’t test my limits and my creativity to pursue my passions. At first, I took a job at a big consulting firm. However, I couldn’t shake my passion for music. I had followed the somewhat predictable path of a college graduate, but I was crazy about how to become an artist. Now I am a nine-time Grammy Awards winner who has sold multiple Top 10 Albums.

Imagine what it would look like if our schools were set up to help people discover and pursue a personal passion instead of a predictable path? The good news is that a number of individuals and organizations are finding new ways to innovate in education. The goal is to create more student-centered environments that help young people not just do better in school but also discover what they love.

We can’t live lives of joy if we can’t discover what we love doing with our lives. So let each person discover the power and uniqueness of his or her own passion.

【1】What does the writer’s father think success should be measured in?

A. Pleasure. B. Ability. C. Wealth. D. Fame.

【2】We can infer that the writer _________________________.

A. is devoted to reforming the education system

B. pursued his passions once he left college

C. realized his dream before his graduation

D. finally became an outstanding singer

【3】Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Where there is a will, there is a way.

B. Let every child’s light shine.

C. All that glitters is not gold.

D. Let bygones be bygones.

【题目】A glass a day keeps obesity(肥胖) at bay. Alcohol has always been thought to cause weight gain because of its high sugar content（含量），but new research suggests a glass a day could form part of a diet. Looking at past studies they found that, while heavy drinkers do put on weight, those who drink in moderation can actually lose weight.

A spokesman for the research team at Navarro University in Spain says, “Proper alcohol intake, especially of wine, may be more likely to protect against, rather than promote, weight gain”. The International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research reviewed the findings and agreed with most of the conclusions, particularly that current data do not clearly indicate if moderate drinking increases weight.

Boston University’s Dr. Harvey Finkel found that the biologic mechanisms(生物学机制) relating alcohol to changes in body weight are not properly understood. His team pointed out the strong protective effects of moderate drinking on the risk of getting conditions like diabetes(糖尿病)，which relate to increasing obesity. Some studies suggest that even very obese people may be at lower risk of diabetes if they are moderate drinkers.

The group says alcohol provides calories that are quickly absorbed into the body and are not stored in fat, and that this process could explain the differences in its effects from those of other foods. They agree that future research should be directed towards assessing the roles of different types of alcoholic drinks, taking into consideration drinking patterns and including the past tendency of participants to gain weight.

For now there is little evidence that consuming small to moderate amounts of alcohol on a regular basis increases one’s risk of becoming obese. What’s more, a study three years ago suggested that resveratrol, a compound present in grapes and red wine, destroys fat cells.

【1】The passage is mainly for those ______.

A. who produce wine B. who are eager to gain weight

C. who go on a diet D. who have a drinking habit

【2】The underlined phrase “in moderation” in the first paragraph means_______.

A. properly B. carefully C. excitedly D. never

【3】Why has alcohol been thought to cause weight gain?

A. Because its calories are stored in fat.

B. Because it is rich in sugar.

C. Because it changes drinking patterns.

D. Because it increases the risk of diabetes.

【4】What can we learn from the text?

A. The specific roles of different types of alcoholic drinks are very clear.

B. Resveratrol is proved to increase the risk of becoming fat.

C. The research found moderate drinking has a strong protective effect.

D. Current data clearly show that moderate drinking increases weight.

【5】What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

A. How to do some easy experiments.

B. How to prove the findings mentioned above.

C. How to make wine in a healthy way.

D. How to reduce the calories contained in wine.

【题目】单词拼写

【1】They were discussing something in a(n)________(低语).

【2】It is out of question that he will be ________(任命) Chief Engineer of the railway.

【3】It is _________(非法）to people to harm the environment.

【4】I had i_________ to catch the early train, but I didn’t get up in time.

【5】We ought to take part in various after-school a________ to improve ourselves.

【6】As a r________ for his bravery, the soldier was given a gold medal.

【题目】I am considering ______ a nurse after I leave school, which is considered ______ “ an angel in white”.

A. becoming; being B. becoming; to be

C. to become; to be D. to become; being

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项.

Each year there is an increasing number of cars on roads and streets as millions of new cars and trucks are produced. One out of every six Americans works at putting together the parts of cars, driving trucks, building roads or filling cars and trucks with gas. 【1】

Most Americans would find it hard to imagine what life would look like without cars. 【2】. The polluted air becomes poisonous and dangerous to health.

【3】. That’s what several of the large car factories have been trying to do. But to build a clean car is easier said than done. Progress in this field has been slow.

Another way is to take the place of the car engine by something else. 【4】. Many makers believe that it will take years to develop a practical model that pleases man.

To prevent the world from being polluted by cars, we’ll have to make some changes in the way many of us live. Americans, for example, have to cut down on the number of their total cars. They are encouraged to travel and go to work by bicycle. Bicycling is thought to help the air clean. But this change does not come easily. A large number of workers may find themselves without jobs if a car factory closes down. 【5】.

Although cars have led us to a better life, they have also brought us new problems.

A. Inventors are now working on steam cars as well as electric cars

B. Americans know cars very well.

C. However, some have realized the serious problems of the air pollution that is caused by cars.

D. One way to get rid of the polluted air is to build a car that does not pollute.

E. However, the number of vehicles has continued to increase in recent years.

F. Americans won’t live without cars!

G. Thus the problem of air pollution would become less important than that of unemployment..