The new policy allows a couple to have a second birth _____ either is an only child.

              A. although                            B. whether                                          C. unless                                          D. if

Health experts believe that even a little exercise is far better than _____ at all.

              A. little                             B. none                                                        C. everything                            D. anything

To find more about university courses, my boy, _____ to this address.

              A. to write                            B. writing                                          C. written                                          D. write

Ending his gap year, Mike returned home, _____.

              A. safe and sound                                                                      B. safe but sound

              C. safely and soundly                                                                      D. safely but soundly

The Lakers were ahead during the first half of the match, but they _____ in the last five minutes.

              A. beat                                          B. were beating                            C. were beaten                            D. are beaten

_____ everyone wants to be friends with her reflects her popularity among people.

              A. What                                          B. That                                          C. Where                                          D. Whether

Five people won the “China’s Green Figure” award, a title _____ to ordinary people for their contributions to environmental protection.

              A. being given              B. is given                                          C. given                                          D. was given

Mr. Brown, the students working on the project have finished their report. _____ they bring it to you today or tomorrow?

              A. Need                            B. Shall                                          C. Will                                          D. Must

­—May I speak to your manager at 4:00 this afternoon?

—Sorry, Sir. He _____ to a meeting soon.

              A. is going                            B. has gone                            C. will have gone              D. would go

—How nice to have a walk around the lake.

              —Indeed. I like _____ when the weather is like this, sunny and warm.

              A. this                                          B. that                                                        C. it                                                        D. one

Mum, I was wondering if you could lend me a few dollars till I _____ next month.

              A. get paid                            B. got paid                                          C. have paid                            D. will pay

—Isn’t it a surprise that I happened to meet Francis Mathews at the Christmas party last week?

              —If my memory serves me correctly, you _____ each other for exactly two years.

              A. hadn’t seen              B. haven’t seen                            C. didn’t see                            D. don’t see

The picture of the park _____ memories of our class’s trip last year, when Mr. Smith began to take charge of our class.

              A. called up                            B. reminded                            C. turned up                            D. came up

The young manager is well known for his problem-solving skills, _____ is important for a successful leader.

              A. it                                B. that                                 C. what                                            D. which

People just wonder ________ that makes the housing price so high.

A. what it is                             B. what is it                C. why it does                D. Why does it

Section B (18 marks)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.

When I was in high school, I didn’t know anything about engineering. At that time, when the car I drove needed repairing, I was afraid to take it to the _36 . Because honestly, the mechanic could have _37__ me an electric can opener and said, “This is part of your car and it’s _38 -----pay me to fix it.” Then I wouldn’t have known any better.

At the end of my junior year of high school, I heard about a summer program __39_ to interest girls in engineering. The six-week program was free, and students were _40_ college credits and a dorm room at the University of Maryland. I applied to the program, not because I wanted to be an engineer, but because I was looking forward to __41 and wanted to stay away from my parents for six weeks.

I was accepted to the program and I earned six engineering credits. The next year I entered the university as an engineering student. Five years later I had a degree and three good job offers.

I can’t help shaking _42__  I hear about studies that show women are __43_ when it comes to math. They imply that I am a little stupid. I’m not, but I _44__ know that if I hadn’t met with that summer program, I wouldn’t be an engineer.

When I was growing up, I was told, as many students were, to do what I was best at. But I didn’t know what that was. Most people think that when you are _45__ something, it comes easily to you. But this is what I discovered: just because a subject is _46__ to learn, it does not mean you are not good at it. You just have to grit your teeth and work hard to get good at it. Once you do, there’s good __47_ that you will enjoy it more than anything else.

36. A. engineer       B. salesman       C. factory       D. mechanic

37. A. shown         B. given          C. brought      D. taken

38. A. old            B. broken         C. fixed        D. dirtied

39. A. designed       B. performed       C. controlled    D. described

40. A. sent           B. afforded         C. offered      D. awarded

41. A. independence    B. success         C. happiness    D. beauty

42. A. until           B. when           C. since        D. before

43. A. at a disadvantage    B. at a loss     C. in a trap      D. in a shock

44. A. never           B. do            C. hardly        D. nearly

45. A. good at         B. bad at          C. interested in   D. devoted to

46. A. easy            B. funny         C. difficult       D. interesting

47. A. will            B. feeling         C. desire         D. chance

Section C (12 marks)

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

Scientists find that hardworking people live longer than average people. Evidence shows that the jobless are in poor health compared to the job-holders. A research shows that _48_ the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate may increase by 2%. All this comes to one point: work is helpful to health. Why is work good for health？It is because work keeps people busy, away from loneliness and anxieties. _49__ research shows that people feel unhappy, worried, and lonely when they have nothing to do. _50_, the happiest are those who are busy. Work serves _51_ a bridge between man and reality. By work, people come into contact with each other. By cooperation, they find friendship and warmth, _52__ are all helpful to health. The loss of work means the loss of everything. 53_ affects people spiritually and makes them liable to diseases. Besides, work makes one feel one’s value and status in society. When a doctor successfully operates on a patient _54_ a teacher sees his students make progress in their studies, he is happy beyond words.

From the above, we can come to the conclusion that the _55_ work you do, the happier and healthier you will be. 

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
     You probably heard those lines in grammar school, but do you really agree that harsh (严厉的) or negative words do not harm us? Words have power. Surely we all have had our feelings hurt by something someone said.
     We may not say words to hurt others, but the way we interpret (解释) them and how we say them may cause great harm. Here’s an example:
     An ancient king dreamed all his teeth had fallen out. He sent for a wise man to explain his dream to him: the dream means that all your s will die and you will be left alone!
     The king was very angry and threw the interpreter into prison. He then sent for another interpreter who said, "Congratulations! King! You will live many more years. In fact, you will survive all your s. Long Live the King!"
     Both interpreters gave the same interpretation, but there was a huge difference in the way they said it.
     Our speech must be understood by those who hear our words, but the way we say things and the intention behind them have as much power as the words themselves. Words can cause anger or appreciation. Which would you rather receive?
     People who say harsh and negative things may not mean to harm, but have you ever known anyone who is a naysayer? They often look at the dark sides of things. They always see the glass as half empty rather than half full. How do you feel when you are around this type of person? Remember: words have power. Use them wisely.

56. The author mentions the story of the ancient king to show that _____.

A. one dream sometimes has different explanations

B. good words can bring good luck to people

C. people should be careful when talking to a king
D. different ways of saying things have different effects

57. The underlined word "naysayer" in the last paragraph refers to a person who always _____.

A. has a negative attitude                B. likes to be praised

C. talks big                           D. likes to repeat what others say

58. According to the text, how can people understand each other better?

A. By sharing different life experiences.    B. By accepting different habits.

C. By properly using words.              D. By recognizing different values.

59. The author wrote the last paragraph to ______.
A. show how the dark sides of things affect people

B. advise people to see and say things positively

C. show how harsh and negative words hurt people
D. advise people to stay away from negative people

60. The passage mainly talks about ______.
A. the power of words                  B. the cruelty of the king

C. how to understand others              D. how to build good relationships

It must be something that many American companies hold a baby contest. Of course, babies are wonderful, and many parents would be the first to agree. Companies really bring in much money.

Walgreens Baby contest

If you play the new Baby Milestones Challenge Contest by BabyCenter & Walgreens, you could win $1,000 in Walgreens & Beauty.com Gift Cards and Certificates. You can play the instant winner if you get a $ 25 Walgreen’s gift card, but you also have to write down your email address and receive all their sales and other information for the contest.

Kids and Babies

Kids and Babies are accepting entries for May 2013 Free Photo Contest. Baby Photo Galley with theme albums and age group albums is moved to the new website Cute Baby Gallery. Check KidsandBibs.com for their Baby Photo Contest blog’s latest update. The Grand prize is $ 25,000. The catch: Winners are decided by the visitors coming to the site and voting for their favorite babies, so you have to advertise their site for them.

Parents.com

Perents.com has a website only for their members, but if you are into baby photos, it is well worth surfing. You could receive offers on free samples, money-saving coupons (优惠券), and chances to win the latest contests.

Avon 

Avon is another company that has a baby photo contest this spring. Avon is advertising their newest collection. It is Avon’s only collection for the photos of babies. Babies’ age: newborn to 2 years. Just go to TinyTillia.com and upload your recent baby’s photos. The first place baby will be featured in a Tiny Tillia Storybooks and win a $ 5,000 U.S. Savings Bond. Ten beautiful girls will win $ 300 worth of Tiny Tillia products.

The tip is to run a search engine for all the latest contests going on and start entering them today. You could be lucky and win enough to put your baby through college! Have fun!

61. In the author's opinion, companies’ action of holding a baby contest        .

A. is not reasonable at all       

B. is funny and interesting

C. attracts parents' attention     

D. can cost a company much money

62. What is the basic condition for you to play the instant winner in Walgreens & Beauty.com?

A. Getting a gift card           

B. Getting a certificate

C. Winning 1,000 dollars        

D. Receiving information for the contest

63. If you want your baby to win the 2013 Free Photo Contest, you will _______.

A. have to spend $ 25,000        

B. take your baby to the gallery in May

C. upload more photos of your baby

D. have to help to advertise their site

64. What can we learn from this passage?

A. Free Photo Contest will be held in March, 2013．

B. Avon is a website that will hold a baby photo contest．

C. Parents. com accepts the photos of all kinds of people' babies．

D. Parents can upload their one-year-old baby’s photos to TinyTillia. com．

65. In the last paragraph, the author advises parents to _________ .

A. try their best to take good care of their baby

B. enter the contests as soon as possible

C. encourage their kids to go to college when they grow up

D. find more tips for winning the contests

  In a recent study, researchers have estimated the energy required to produce bottled water, including the energy required to manufacture plastic, make the plastic into bottles, process the water, fill and seal the bottles, transport the bottles, and chill the bottles for use. Combining all the energy input totals for treatment and distribution, researchers found that producing bottled water requires between 5.6 and 10.2 million joules(焦耳) of energy per liter, depending on transportation factors. That's up to 2, 000 times the energy required to produce tap water.

To break down the energy requirements, researchers found that producing the plastic bottles and transporting the bottles greatly dominated(控制) the energy input. Although some companies are experimenting with producing lightweight bottles or using recycled materials, the researchers calculated that the manufacturing cost is about 4 million joules of energy per plastic bottle weighing 38 grams, and the cap weighing 2 grams.

“Our previous work had suggested that bottled water production was an energy­ intensive process, but we were surprised to see the results,” the researchers said.

Transportation costs vary depending on the distance and mode of transport, and both factors depend on the type of bottled water. There are two main kinds of bottled water in the US. “spring water”, which comes from an underground spring, and “purified water”, which is city tap water that has received further treatment. For purified water distributed locally by truck within Los Angels, the total transportation energy is about 1.4 million joules per liter. In the second situation, spring water shipped from Fiji (such as Fiji Spring Water) across the Pacific to Los Angels, and then delivered locally by truck, requires about 4 million joules per liter for transportation. For the spring water, the transportation energy equaled (in the case of Fiji) the energy required to produce the bottle.

With this data, the researchers hope that future studies will have the ability to make specific estimates for different situations, and possibly find ways to cut energy costs.

66. From the first paragraph we can know that the energy required to ______.

A. produce bottled water includes the energy required to drink it

B. distribute bottled water includes the energy for producing the bottles

C. distribute bottled water is much smaller than the energy for treating it

D. produce bottled water is much smaller than the energy for producing tap water

67. To reduce the energy required to produce bottled water, some companies are trying ______.

A. to fill tap water into the plastic bottles directly

B. to replace the plastic bottles with metal containers

C. to produce lightweight bottles with recycled materials

D. to use bicycles to transport and deliver bottled water locally

68. What's Paragraph 4 mainly talking about?

A. Treatment of bottled water needs no energy input at all.

B. Bottled water production is an energy­ intensive process.

C. Transportation of bottled water takes up the most energy input.

D. Production of the plastic bottles greatly dominated the energy input.

69. We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. there are two main kinds of bottled water in the US

B. world consumption of bottled water has been increasing

C. transportation costs have something to do with the mode of transport

D. bottled water produced in Spring is more expensive than purified water

70. What's the main purpose of the passage?

A. To help consumers themselves make more environmentally sustainable choices.

B. To advise the government to take severe measures to stop producing bottled water.

C. To urge the consumers to drink tap water instead of bottled water for the sake of the earth.

D. To try the best to find ways to produce bottled water cheaply and quickly for the companies.

Section A (10 marks)

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Would you work for nothing? Non-paid internships(实习生) have been common in the US for some time now. But these days, they are becoming more and more popular in other countries, too. Is this a good thing?

For young people, there are clear benefits to doing an internship. Firstly, interns get a valuable insight into an industry they might be interested in working for. Also, having done an internship looks good on your CV, which is very important in today’s competitive job market. A lucky few may be hired at the end of the internship, so it’s a good way of getting a foot in the door. For other interns, there is even extra welfare: deals on clothes if they’re working in the fashion in industry, free trips if they’re working for a travel agency…and so on.

There are obvious benefits to companies, too. They can help select employees who are better. “If you put two young people to work as interns for twelve weeks, you’ll soon see who is good.” said one manager. Besides, they can save money. “If I use interns, I don’t have to pay another salary, or worry about paying pensions or giving people overtime pay.” said another.

So, what do interns do? Most tasks are fairly routine. These may include photocopying, filing documents, or writing up notes from meetings. At times, interns may be given jobs with more responsibility, such as making sales calls, writing newsletters or updating websites.

However, for some interns the experience can become unpleasant. “I worked for a theatre company for six weeks and spent the whole time photocopying scripts and making the tea and coffee. It is dull.” said one intern. On the other hand, non-paid internships violate the labor law in some countries, where workers must be paid the minimum wage and paid for overtime.

Internship can provide benefits to both sides, but these unpaid workers are also easy to take advantage of!

                         Title 71.____________

I. Facts:

▲72. __________ in the US.

▲More and more popular in other countries.

II. 73.___________:

▲For young people

●Getting a valuable insight into 74.___________.

●Looking good on their CV.

● 75.__________ after the internship.

▲For others

●Extra welfare such as deals on clothes and 76.__________.

▲ 77.__________.

●Helping select 78.__________.

●Saving money.

III .Duties:

▲79.___________ tasks.

▲ More responsible jobs.

IV. Problems:

▲Doing 80.__________.

▲Violating the labor law in some countries.

Section B (10 marks)

Directions: Read the following passage, Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage.

In Britain and other countries, young people usually take a “gap year”, a year off between high school and college. This idea never gained a big following in the United States. Recent news reports have suggested that interest may be growing, though there are no official numbers.

Charles Deacon, the dean of admissions estimates that in the current first-year class of one thousand six hundred students, only twenty-five percent decided to take a year off. He says this number has not changed much over the years. He says the most common reasons to have a chance to travel, but international students may take a gap year to meet requirements at home for military duty.

Some high school graduates see a year off as a chance to recover after twelve years of required education. But it can also give students a chance to explore their interest.

Many colleges and universities support gap-year projects by permitting students to delay their admission. Experts say students can grow emotionally and intellectually as they work at something they enjoy. The Harvard admissions office has an essay on its Website called “Time Out or Burn Out for the Next Generation”. It praises the idea of taking time off to step back, think and enjoy gaining life experience outside the pressure of studies. Of course, a gap year is not for everyone. Students might miss their friends who go on directly to college. And parents might worry that their children will decide not to go to college once they take time off. Another concern is money. A year off, away from home, can be costly.

Holly Bull is the president of the Center for Interim Programs. Her company specializes in helping students plan their gap year. She notes that several books have been written about this subject. And she points out that many gap-year programs cost far less than a year of college.

81. How do many colleges and universities support gap-year projects? (No more than 8 words)

82. According to Charles Deacon, how many students in the current first-year class of his school decided to take a gap year? (No more than 8 words)

83. What is the purpose of some high school students taking a gap year?( No more than 6 words)

84. Why do parents worry about children’s gap year? (No more than 15 words)

Section C (25 marks)

Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

在我们身边，经常可以看到一些人，无论是乘车、走路，还是吃饭都在低头摆弄手机。他们与人交流的时间远远不及玩手机的时间，这些人被称为“低头族”。近期，很多媒体都开始关注起了“低头族”带来的方方面面的影响。请你就此现象写一篇文章。

要求： 1. 描述此现象；

       2. 陈述此现象带给人们的危害（至少两方面）；

       3. 你的建议。

注意： 1.词数不少于120；

       2. 不能使用个人的真实姓名和学校名称。

参考词汇：低头族： looking-down group