---Jenny, I think I’ll just have some coffee for a change．
---______．The coffee I bought yesterday is in the cupboard．
A. Change it, please B. Never mind C. With pleasure D. Help yourself
知识点：情景交际
D
With the successful launch of Tiangong-I, which was ______ breakthrough in space field, China's space dream took a step closer to ______ reality.
A. a; / B. the; a C. a; the D the; /
知识点：冠词
A
My partner wants to keep the company small _____ I’d like to expand it.
A. and B. or C. however D. while
知识点：连词/连接词
D
My opinion is ________the same as yours.
A. and so on B. on the other hand C. at risk D. on the whole
知识点：词组/短语辨析
D
They hope to turn our society into one ______ those in need can get help.
A. where B. which C. when D. who
知识点：定语从句
A
My friend Jack was the first person I knew ______an iPhone 5S.
A. using B. to use C. used D. having used
知识点：不定式
B
We can hardly believe such a young boy ______ travel around the world all by himself.
A. may B. need C. should D. must
知识点：情态动词
C
The tourists, had enjoyed themselves so much in the botanic garden, were worn out
A. all of what B. all of which C. all of them D. all of whom
知识点：定语从句
D
We must soon ______a new teacher to the class.
A. adapt B. appoint C. exchange D. abuse
知识点：动词/动词短语
B
This advertisement is a/an______ example of their marketing strategy
A. average B. specific C. typical D. flexible
知识点：形容词
C
It is none of your business ______ other people think about you. Believe in yourself.
A. how B. what C. which D. when
知识点：主语从句
B
--- Is your father a teacher of English in No. l Middle School?
--- No. But he ______ English there for ten years.
A. has taught B. has been teaching C. taught D. had taught
知识点：一般过去时及其被动式
C
The equipment for disabled people should be ______ easy reach in public places.
A. within B. near C. beyond D. around
知识点：介词/介词短语
A
---Are you free now? I’ve got something to tell you.
--- Ok, ______ you make your story short.
A. so long as B. even if C. now that D. in that case
知识点：连词/连接词
AA
--- You hate Lee, don't you?
---______I just think he is a bit annoying.
A. That's right B. Not exactly C. By all means D. Never mind
知识点：情景交际
B
完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Many years ago ,l was working at my job at a community college when a homeless woman came in. She began 36 as she lay on one of the sofas in the student rest room. 37 , she wasn't well. Without thinking too much I went next door to the Student Affairs office where I knew I could find 38 in the Lost and Found box. I 39 up a set of clothing and went back to my office, 40 I heard a colleague calling me. She told me that I should not 41 this person, as it would only lead to her wanting more help. I refused her 42 and went back to help the woman, 43 my co-worker's warning .
Two weeks later, while I was working, a very cute elderly man entered my 44 and asked to speak with me in private. Curiously, l gave him my full 45 and he told me that he had happened to hear my 46 with the co-worker about helping the 47 woman. He wanted me to know that it was always okay to help people and that was why he wanted to give me a 48 for $1,000. I burst into tears, because I 49 needed the money at the time, but also because I had never been 50 in such a way for helping someone!
We soon became good 51 and 10 years later he called me up suddenly and told me he wanted to help me 52 my first home! He 53 giving me $120,000 as part payment for my dream house in my home town. I asked him why he wanted to give me such a large amount of money and he said it was because I was a " giver" and that I 54 it ! To make a long story short, l was able to buy the perfect little home for myself, all because one day I did not 55 to help a homeless woman.
36 A. smiling B. talking C. shouting D. coughing
37. A. Luckily B. Clearly C. Strangely D. Sadly
38. A. clothes B. books C. food D. medicine
39. A. gave B. turned C. gathered D. made
40. A. while B. when C. how D. why
41.A.ignore B. disturb C. value D. help
42. A. advice B. request C. plan D. offer
43. A. more than B. rather than C. regardless of D. apart from
44. A. home B. office C. classroom D. dormitory
45.A. energy B. love C. care D. attention
46. A. disagreement B. discussion C. fight D. quarrel
47. A. young B. old C. sick D. wealthy
48. A. support B. check C. tip D. promise
49. A. anxiously B. eagerly C. hardly D. really
50. A. recognized B. measured C. taught D. praised
51. A. colleagues B. competitors C .partners D. friends
52. A. build B. buy C. rent D. repair
53. A. came out B. ended up C. carried on D. resulted in
54. A. deserved B. wanted C. needed D. enjoyed
55. A. fear B. fail C. hesitate D. attempt
知识点：完型填空
During the last fifteen years of my mother's life she suffered with Alzheimer's disease (老年痴呆). Until then she had been a bright, cheerful woman deeply interested and involved in the world around her. I would go home to visit her in Virginia and she would look at me in a puzzled way and ask, “Who are you?” I would answer, “I'm your son.” “Where do you live?” She would ask. “In California”, I would tell her. “Isn't that interesting,” she would say, “I have a son in California.”
She seemed simply forgetful and confused at the beginning of the disease, but later on she would go through periods of intense anxiety. She would pace through the house she had lived in most of her life crying uneasily that she wanted to go home. Or she would leave home and wander away if she were unattended for a short time.
Hoping to please her and put her mind at ease I would take her for a drive, visiting sites where she had lived as a child. In the yard of the hillside house in Shipman I sat in the car and admired the view of the old oaks and long green lawn. I pictured my mother there was a little girl playing with the pet lamb she had been so fond of. I looked to her for some response. She shook her head and said, “I want to go home.”
Over the years I have decided that what my mother was calling home was not a place, but a time. I suspect it was a time when she was much younger, when her children were still underfoot, when her husband was still vigorous and attentive.
Watching my mother's suffering set me wondering where I would have gone in mind if someday I couldn’t find home and wanted to go there. In this family we tend to be long-lived and we grow fuzzy (糊涂的) minded as the years go by. At eighty I have already noticed some alarming symptoms. My doctor says the forgetfulness is only natural and that it comes with age. Still the fear of Alzheimer's is haunting there. Someday if and when I become even more cloudy minded than I am now, unable to drive and unable to tell you where "home" is, my dear son, I expect I will ask you to take me home, I know you will do your best to find the place I need to be. I leave these notes for your guidance.
56. What's the main idea of the first two paragraphs?
A. The author’s mother suffered with serious Alzheimer's disease.
B. The author’s mother forgot who’s his son.
C. The author didn’t know how to cure his mother.
D. The author’s mother couldn’t find her home.
57. What is not the symptom of the author’s mother ?
A. cheerful B. confused C. forgetful D. uneasy
58. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “pictured”?
A. photographed B. appeared C. described D. painted
59. What can you infer from the third paragraph?
A. The author care much about his mother.
B. The author’s mother was fond of pet lambs.
C. The author saw a little girl playing with a pet lamb.
D. The author’s mother didn’t like her usual home.
60. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Take Mother Home.
B. Everyone will suffer with Alzheimer's disease.
C. A story about a son and a mother.
D. Where Is Home?
知识点：人物传记/故事类阅读
AACAA
You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. It’s the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart, they will become more
intelligent. A quick Internet search reveals plenty of products to assist you in the task. Whatever your age there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart’s music, but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.
The phrase “the Mozart effect” was made up in 1991, but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that sparked real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain. It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable. Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself; his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it ,we’ll become more intelligent.
The idea took off, with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children, and in 1998 Zell Miller, the Governor of the state of Georgia in the US, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music. It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozart’s music on purpose, even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk.
I’ll leave the debate on the impact on milk yield to farmers, but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent? More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn’t make us more intelligent.
61.What can we learn from paragraph 1?
A. Mozart composed many musical pieces for children.
B. Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent.
C. There are few products on the Internet about Mozart’s music.
D. There is little scientific evidence to support Mozart effect.
62.Why did many people believe in the idea of Mozart Effect?
A. Because a study described it in the journal Nature.
B. Because Mozart himself was a genius.
C. Because Mozart’s music is enjoyable.
D. Because Mozart’s music makes people relaxed.
63.The underlined sentence in paragraph3 suggests that .
A. people were strongly against the idea
B. the idea was accepted by many people
C. Mozart played an important part in people’s life
D. the US government helped promote the idea
64.What is the author’s attitude towards the Mozart effect?
A. Favorable B. Objective C. Doubtful D. Positive
65.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Listening to Mozart , necessary? B. What music is beneficial?
C. What is the Mozart effect? D. To be or not to be?
知识点：其他类型阅读
DBBCA
An eighteen-year-old high school student from Utah won the top prize in the Intel Science Talent Search in the United States. The winner received a computer and a scholarship for a college education.
The top winner received 100,000 dollars for college. Shannon Babb of American Fork High School studied the water quality of tile Spanish Fork River in Utah for six years. She found that people have a harmful effect on the river through human activity, including agriculture. And she suggested ways to improve the water quality in the future. These include educating the public not to put household chemicals down the drains（下水道）, which lead to the river eventually.
Seventeen-year-old Yi Sun of the Hanker School in San Jose, California, earned the second place. He won a 75,000-dollar scholarship for new discoveries about a mathematical theory known as random walks. His work could help computer scientists and chemists. Yi Sun was born in China.
The third-place winner was also seventeen and born in China. Yuan “Chelsea” Zhang of Montgomery Blair High School in Rockville, Maryland, won a 50,000-dollar scholarship. She researched the molecular genetics（分子遗传学）of heart disease. Her findings could aid the development of new medicines.
The Intel Science Talent Search is the oldest science competition for high school students in the United States. It is 65 years old this year. Past winners have gone on to receive six Nobel prizes and other top honors in science and math.
66. What do we know about the talent search project?
A. Most of its winners have received Nobel prizes.
B. The project includes researches in every area of science.
C. Only a small part of the students can attend the final judging.
D. Most of the winners come from Asian countries.
67. According to the text, .
A. water quality in Utah will be better than that in the other states
B. the river was polluted only by those living near it
C. Shannon Babb suggested more than one way to improve the water quality
D. household chemicals should be kept in the drains forever
68. Which of the following about the girl from Maryland is NOT true?
A. The scholarship she received was half as many as Shannon Babb.
B. Her discovery is of great help to Chinese medicine.
C. Her research will contribute to the cure of heart disease.
D. She and the second-place winner Yi Sun have something in common.
69. What is the text mainly about?
A. Three winners' contributions to science and math.
B. Three Chinese students won the Science Talent Search.
C. Great rewards were given to winners in the competition.
D. Winners of the Intel Science Talent Search in the US.
70. Where are you most likely to find this text?
A. In a newspaper. B. In a handbook. C. In a textbook. D. In a medical magazine.
知识点：人物传记/故事类阅读
CCBDA
Fahad Azad, an engineer in India, invented a robot named DuctBot．The toy-car sized DuctBot measured 23 centimeters in length, 19 centimeters in width and 9 centimeters in height and weighs just two kilograms．
The robot is designed to snake through dark, narrow air conditioning ducts （管道） and clean them．A pair of LEDs fitted on the robot light up the dirty scenery, so it can be captured （抓拍） by a camera．
In order to control it more easily, Mr. Azad chooses to fix DuctBot on wheels．The robot can clean off lots of dirt, as well as dead pigeons and insects．Keeping indoor air in good quality and monitoring carbon-dioxide levels in buildings with central air conditioning is a challenge．It is important in some places where clean air can mean a difference between life and death, such as hospitals．Dirty air has a bad influence on people's health．
EPSCO, a Dubai-based company which specializes in improving indoor air quality, read about Mr. Azad's invention in a national newspaper after he had won an international robotics competition．EPSCO had cleaning equipment, but it needed someone to get into those ducts to do the dirty, dangerous work．Across India, for example, the task still falls to children．They are small enough to go through those ducts．
In 2005, Mr. Azad who was still at university decided to do something about it．Six years later his own company, Robosoft Systems, has Bluestar, EPSCO and the Indian Navy, some leading air condition makers, as partners．
Mr. Azad and his ten employees are currently exploring robot designs to examine oil tanks or sewage （污水）pipes．Their biggest challenge is to make the robots user-friendly enough．Mr. Azad hopes that the robot could eventually be operated not by engineers but by workers．There will be lots of difficulties they need to overcome in the future．
71．What can we learn about Ductbot?
A．It is a toy car and popular with children．
B．It is designed to move like a snake in the ducts．
C．many LEDs are fitted on it to tell its location．
D．It is actually a camera to capture dirty scenery．
72．The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 2 refers to "____"．
A．the camera B．the conditioning duct
C．the LED light D．the dirty scenery
73．What can the Ductbot do for us?
A．Clean off the dirt in the ducts．
B．Control the central conditioning．
C．Reduce carbon-dioxide in buildings．
D．Protect more animals in city．
74．According to the text, EPSCO____．
A．has won an international robotics competition
B．hired children to clean the dirty ducts in the past
C．is the only partner of Robosoft Systems
D．specializes in improving people's health
75．What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A．Only engineers can operate the Ductbot now．
B．New ways have been found to examine oil tanks．
C．Azad's difficulties are impossible to overcome．
D．Azad's team are working to improve their robot designs．
知识点：人物传记/故事类阅读
BDABD
阅读表达 (共5小题;每小题3分,满分15分)
阅读下面的短文并用英语回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的词数要求）。
[1] Alice Munro wins the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first Canadian woman to take the award since it was founded in 1901.
[2] Munro,82, only the 13th woman given the award, was praised by the Swedish Academy during the Nobel announcement in Stockholm as the "master of the contemporary short story. " "We're not saying just that she can say a lot in just 20 pages---more than an average novel writer can---but also that she can cover ground. She can have a single short story that covers decades, and it works, " said Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.
[ 3] Munro said she always viewed her chances of winning the Nobel as " one of those pipe dreams" that "might happen, but it probably wouldn't. " Munro's daughter woke her up to tell
her the news. "It just seems impossible. A splendid thing to happen…More than I can say, " she said, overcome with emotion. " My stories have gotten around quite remarkably for short stories. I would really hope that this would make people see the short story as an important art, not something you play around with until you got a novel written. "
[4] Born in Ontario in 193I,Alice Anne Laidlaw studied journalism at the University of Western Ontario in London before dropping out to marry James Munro, a fellow student. She became a full-time housewife and mother of their children. She then moved to Victoria with her first husband and later returned to Ontario following their divorce. She married Fremlin in 1976.
[5] Three years ago, in an interview at Toronto's International Festival of Authors, Munro said she had battled cancer, but did not provide specifics. In June, she told the National Post she was "probably not going to write anymore. " Asked on Thursday whether she would reconsider that statement, Munro said______, " because I am getting rather old. "
76. What is the text mainly about? ( no more than 15 words)
__________________________________________________________________________
77. What is Peter Englund mainly talking about in paragraph two? ( no more than 5 words)
__________________________________________________________________________
78. Please explain the underlined sentence in paragraph three.
__________________________________________________________________________
79. How did Alice Munro get the news that she won the Nobel Prize? ( no more than 10 words)
__________________________________________________________________________
80. Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words. (no more than 5 words)
__________________________________________________________________________
知识点：阅读表达
写作 (满分30分)
假如你是新华中学的学生李华，偶然看到在你市求学的美国学生Tom在网上发帖，要大家给他推荐一本学习汉语的书。你手头正好有一本合适的书可以借给他。请你给他发一封电子邮件，要点如下：
1．说明写信原因；
2．描述书的情况；
3．约定见面时间和地点。
注意：
1.词数：120 -150；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,
I'm Ii Hua, a student of Xinhua Middle School._______________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes.
Yours
Li Hua
知识点：书面表达
Dear Tom,
I’m Li Hua, a student of Xinhua Middle School. The other day, I learned quite by chance that you were in need of a book to help you improve your Chinese. I happen to have one, which I think might help you.
The book, entitled New Practical Chinese, is intended for beginners at your level. Not only does it include the basic conversations in our daily life, it is also a window through which you can get to know Chinese culture and customs. Edited by three language experts, it has been popular with the readers ever since it came out two years ago.
If it is convenient to you, let’s meet at 3 pm. this Sunday at the entrance to the People’s Park, where I can give you the book face to face. If not, try to find another time that is suitable for both of us.