6. Where do the speakers usually go?
A. To the zoo.
B. To the river.
C. To the beach.
7. What do the speakers decide to do?
A. Visit the Browns.
B. Go to the castle.
C. Have a picnic by the sea.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。
8. Where are the speakers?
A. In a gym.
B. In a hospital.
C. In the street.
9. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Try to have more energy.
B. Walk to work from home.
C. Do some exercise regularly.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。
10. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A group.
B. A friend.
C. A poetry.
11. How often is the small book published?
A. Once a month.
B. Twice a year.
C. Once a year.
12. What is Janet fond of?
A. Editing poetry.
B. Writing poetry.
C. Organizing meetings.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题
13. What do we know about Winchester Island?
A. It is crowded with people.
B. It has a peaceful atmosphere.
C. It is a fun place to play there.
14. What does the man like most about the holiday centre?
A. It will bring more money.
B. It will attract more people.
C. It will provide sports activities.
15. Why doesn’t the woman like the new plan?
A. It will damage the environment.
B. It will need a large amount of money.
C. It will make many people lose their homes.
16. What do the man and the woman disagree on?
A. Whether the holiday centre should be built.
B. Whether the island is a good place to do sports.
C. Whether the tourists can go to the island.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题
17. When is it now?
A. At the beginning of a term.
B. In the middle of a term.
C. At the end of a term.
18. Why does the speaker suggest the students take the test?
A. To find better jobs.
B. To find out what they’re good at.
C. To make career plans before they graduate.
19. What can one work as if he’s good at communicating?
A. An editor.
B. An advertiser.
C. A private teacher.
20. What can we learn from what the speaker said?
A. The test is free of charge.
B. Students can take either date of the tests.
C. The test needs the teacher’s permission.
第二部分 单项选择（共15小题，每题1分，共15分）
21.It is said that books on ______ popular science are in ______ short supply.
A. the; a
B. /; /
C. /; the
D. the; the
22.The girl the teachers considered _____ was caught _____ in the exam, which surprised us very much.
A. to be the best; cheating
B. as the best student; to cheat
C. being the best; cheating
D. as a good student; to cheat
23. The population of Chongqing, _____from the countryside, are making their efforts to build their hometown into a more beautiful and modern society.
A. the majority of which are
B. of which the majority is
C. the majority of whom are
D. of whom the majority is
24. After finding her car stolen, ______.
A .a policeman was asked to help
B. the area was searched thoroughly
C. it was looked for everywhere
D. she hurried to a policeman for help
25. ---Where do you want to travel for summer, Canada or America?
---________ There’re so many nice places at home, you know.
A. So what?
B. Why not?
C. How come?
D. Why bother?
26. What would have happened, ______, as far as the river bank?
A. Edward Snowden had walked farther
B. if Edward Snowden should walk farther
C. had Edward Snowden walked farther
D. if Edward Snowden walked farther
27. —Darling, the headache ________ me.
— No wonder, you _________ the South Korean TV soaps since last night.
A. kills; have watched
B. is killing; have been watching
C. is going to kill; were watching
D. was killing; had watched
28. The news that the scientists in China are trying the ways to reduce the fog and haze was ______ on the radio yesterday.
A. turned out
B. found out
C. given out
D. carried out
---How do you find the movie Lucy?
---- Top notch! Never have I seen _____ before。
A. a better one B. a worse one
C. the best one
D. the worst one
30. Jessica suggested the problem worth paying attention ______ at the meeting.
A. to be discussed
B. to been discussed
C. being discussed
D. be discussed
31. Only under special circumstances ________to use the fire hose, otherwise they will be punished.
A. are people permitted
B. people are permitted
C. people permit
D. do people permit
32. After _______ seemed like an hour, Michael started off on his bike for _______ his dream leads him.
A. what; what
B. what; where
C. which; what
D. that; where
33. Whatever happens ,Ben, ________ drugs.
A. doesn’t take
B. not take
C. not taking
D. don’t take
34. Don’t answer the phone when the cell phone is being charged, for it ________ be very dangerous sometimes.
A. shall
B. should
C. can
D. must
35. As we all know, it was _________ that resulted in the terrible car accident.
A. because of her carelessness B. because she was careless
C. her being careless
D. she was so careless
第三部分 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）When we’re young, we dream of love and fulfillment. We perhaps think of nights in the moon or walks along the beach at sunset.
No one tells us that the
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moments of a lifetime are flashing by, unplanned and nearly always catch us off guard.
Not long ago, as I was reading a bedtime story to my seven-year-old daughter, Annie, I became aware of her
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look. She was staring at me with a charmed expression.
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, completing The Tale of Samuel Whiskers was not as
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as we first thought. I asked what she was thinking about.
"Mommy," she
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, "I just can't stop looking at your pretty face."I almost dissolved on the spot.
Not long after, I took my four-year-old son to an elegant department store, where the sweet notes of a classic love song
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us toward a musician playing a grand piano. Sam and I sat down on a marble bench nearby, and he seemed as absorbed in the pleasant
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as I was.
I didn't realize that Sam had
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next to me until he turned, took my face in his little hands and said, "
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with me."
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those women walking under the Paris moon knew the
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of such an invitation made by a round-cheeked boy with baby teeth! Although
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openly laughed and pointed at us as we glided and whirled around the open atrium(中庭), I would not have
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a dance with such a charming young gentleman if I'd been offered the universe.
A. saddest
B. greatest
C. shortest
D. longest
A. focused
B. scared
C. surprising
D. worried
A. Strangely
B. Patiently
C. Naturally
D. Apparently
A. easy
B. delicate
C. important
D. suitable
A. shouted
B. whispered
C. cried
D. screamed
A. drew
B. beat
C. fed
D. cut
A. title
B. subject
C. topic
D. theme
A. looked up
B. stood up
C. taken up
D. come up
A. Sing
B. Play
C. Dance
D. Go
A. As if
B. Even if
C. Only if
D. If only
A. shame
B. joy
C. pity
D. chance
A. shoppers
B. teachers
C. workers
D. managers
A. expected
B. accepted
C. traded
D. caught
B
Self-confidence does not necessarily imply a belief in one's ability to succeed. For instance, one may be
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at a particular sport or activity, but remain "confident", simply because one does not
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a great deal of emphasis on the result of the activity. When one does not always think of nagative results, one can be more "self-confident" because one is
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far less about failure or the
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of others following potential failure. One is then more likely to focus on the actual situation, which means that enjoyment and success in that situation is also more probable. Belief in one's abilities to perform an activity comes
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successful experience and may add to a general sense of self-confidence. Studies have also found a
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between high levels of confidence and wages.
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, those who self-report they were confident earlier in schooling earned better wages and were promoted more quickly over the life course.
49. A. good
B. experienced
C. poor
D. surprised
50. A. make
B. lay
C. play
D. take
51. A. talking
B. asking
C. worrying
D. learning
52. A. respect
B. disapproval
C. envy
D. dishonesty
53. A. through
B. to
C. towards
D. before
54. A.difference
B. link
C. similarity
D. distance
55. A. Aternatively
B. Immediately
C.Sharply
D. Seemingly
第四部分
阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
One day in l965, when I worked at View Ridge School in Seattle, a fourth-grade teacher approached me. She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed a challenge. "Could he help in the library?" She asked. I said, "Send him along." Soon a slight, sandy-haired boy in jeans and a T-shift appeared. "Do you have a job for me?" he asked. I told him about the Dewey Decimal System for shelving books. He picked up the idea immediately. Then I showed him a stack of cards for long-overdue books that I was beginning to think had actually been returned but were misshelved with the wrong cards in them. He said, "Is it kind of a detective job?" I answered yes, and he became working. He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and announced, "Time for break!" He argued for finishing the finding job; She made the case for fresh air. She won. The next morning, he arrived early. "I want to finish these books," he said. At the end of the day, when he asked to be a librarian on a regular basis, it was easy to say yes. He worked untiringly. After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy's home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother announced that the family would be moving to neighbouring school district. Her son's first concern, she said, was leaving the View Ridge library. "Who will find the lost books?" he asked. When the time came, I said a reluctant good-bye. I missed him, but not for long. A few days later he came back and joyfully announced: "The librarian over there doesn't let boys work in the library. My mother got me transferred back to View Ridge. My dad will drop me off on his way to work. And if he can't, I'll walk!" I should have had an inkling(感觉) such focused determination would take that young man wherever he wanted to go. What I could not have guessed, however, was that he would become a wizard of the Information Age: Bill Gates, tycoon of Microsoft and America's richest man. 56. What was the author when the story happened?
A. A teacher.
B. A librarian.
C. A detective.
D. A professor. 57. What was the boy told to do on his first day in the library?
A. To rearrange the books according to the new system.
B. To put those overdue books back to the shelves. C. To find out the books with wrong cards in them.
D. To put the cards back in the long-overdue books. 58. The boy got transferred back to View Ridge because _______.
A. he did not like his life in the new school
B. the transportation there was not convenient C. he missed his old schoolmates and teachers
D. he was not allowed to work in the school library 59. What impressed the author most was that the boy _______. A. had a thirst for learning
B. had a strong will C. was extremely quick at learning
D. had a kind heart
B
They’re WILD animals
By Ernst-Ulrich Franzen
March 11, 2010 (3) Comments
The story about the woman who lost some fingers while feeding a bear at a zoo in Manitowoc, after she ignored warnings and barriers(栅栏), reminded me of the story I heard about a couple who put their baby on the back of a wild horse in South Dakota to get a really cute picture. We all do silly things at times — no one is immune — but treating wild animals as lovely pets has to fall into a special category. Teddy bears and Disney movies aren’t actually representative of real bears.
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1. TosaLeft - Mar 11, 2010 10:46AM
Don’t you think that maybe, just maybe some alcohol was involved?
2. tk421 - Mar 11, 2010 11:09 AM
It was already approved that alcohol was involved. Stories that begin with a drunk person saying “Hey, I got an idea, watch this!” rarely end well.
3. Tristan Kloss - Mar 11, 2010 11:41 AM
Alcohol certainly isn’t involved when people decide to keep “pets” like chimpanzees, baby tigers, etc. Stupidity, definitely. Dogs are pets because of thousands of years of domestication. Even farm animals, which have been kept by humans for thousands of years as well, aren’t let in the house. So why keep animals that treat human contact with, at best, indifference(冷淡、不在乎) and, at worst, violence?
60．In Ernst-Ulrich Franzen’s opinion, the woman lost her fingers because ________.
A. the zoo keepers didn’t warn her of the danger
B. she didn’t know the bear was a wild animal
C. she was somehow influenced by cartoon characters
D. she climbed over the barriers and angered the bear
61．TosaLeft thinks the wounded woman ________.
A. may have been drunk B. may be a little stupid
C. was addicted to wine
D. fed wine to the bear
62．tk421 means a drunk person ________.
A. should be forbidden to enter the zoo
B. usually gets himself into trouble
C. is often fond of making up stories
D. usually likes to show himself off
63．What does Tristan Kloss think of people treating wild animals as pets?
A. Kind.
B. Illegal.
C. Loving.
D. Stupid.
C
In spite of the uncertainty of the economy, the movie industry has been stricken by a box-office outburst. Suddenly it seems as if everyone is going to the movies, with ticket sales this year up 17.5 percent, to $1.7 billion.
And it is not just because ticket prices are higher. Attendance has also jumped, by nearly 16 percent. If that pace continues through the year, it would amount to the biggest box-office increase in at least two decades.
Americans, for the moment, just want to hide in a very dark place. People want to forget their troubles, and they want to be with other people. Helping feed the outburst is the mix of movies, which have been more audience-friendly in recent months as the studios have tried to adjust after the discouraging sales of more serious films.
As she stood in line at the 18-screen Bridge theater complex here on Thursday to buy weekend tickets for “Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience,” Angel Hernandez was not thinking much about escaping reality. Instead, Ms. Hernandez, a Los Angeles parking lot attendant and mother of four young girls, was focused on one very specific reality: her wallet.
“Spending hundreds of dollars to take them to Disneyland is ridiculous right now,” she said. “For $60 and some candy money I can still be a good mom and give them a little fun.”
A lot of parents may have been thinking the same thing Friday, as “Jonas Brothers” sold out more than 800 theaters, and was expected to sell a powerful $25 million or more in tickets.
The film industry appears to have had a hand in its recent good luck. Over the last year or two, studios have released movies that are happier, scarier or just less depressing than what came before. After poor results for a rush of serious dramas built around the Middle East, Hollywood got back to comedies.
64．Which of the following is not a reason for the improvement of the movie industry?
A. A growing number of people are going to the cinema.
B. People are richer with the development of economy.
C. More comedies are made than serious films.
D. People have to pay more to watch a movie.
65．Ms. Hernandez purchased the movie tickets because ________.
A. she tried to escape reality
B. she was a crazy movie fan
C. she was fond of Disneyland
D. she wanted to please her kids
66．According to the text, which of the following number is not used to describe the shooting up of the movie industry?
A. 17.5%
B. $1.7 billion
C. $60
D. $25 million
67．The passage is developed mainly by ________.
A. presenting the effect and analyzing the causes
B. following the order of time
C. describing problems and drawing a conclusion
D. making comparison of ideas
D
When travelers think of an Adriatic cruise, scenes of Venice, Italy—its canals, bridges, piazzas, and stunning architecture—come to mind. It's one of the most popular cruise destinations in Europe. And for many, the sail-away from Venice, through its Giudecca Canal, is an awe-inspiring experience.
Venice may be known as La Serenissima, or "the most peaceful," which, however, isn't entirely accurate these days. Venetians have been increasingly concerned about the impact of tourism and the potential for an environmental disaster off its shoreline due to the number of cruise ships that enter and exit its lagoon(泻湖).
That's why earlier last month, Venice announced a new policy to forbid the transit(穿越) of cruise ships to the city via the Giudecca Canal. It's not that the city wants to shun the cruise industry altogether: It simply wants to force traffic further away from the landmarks along the shoreline. City officials say that most ships will now transit the Contorta Sant'Angelo Canal.
Additionally, the city is clamping down on the size of ships that can visit Venice, as well as the total number of ships that call on it on a daily basis. As of January 2014, Venice plans to reduce the visitations of larger ships (those that are 40,000 tons or heavier) by 20 percent. This effectively caps the number of ships that can enter per day to five. In November, ships heavier than 96,000 tons will not be allowed to enter Guidecca Canal at all.
How the city plans to carry out the new five-ships-per-day rule remains to be seen and have yet to be announced. Which ships will be allowed passage? Will it be first-come, first-served? However they proceed, cruise line executives want their passengers to know that Venice will remain a regular port of call—even if the transit to and from the city must evolve.
68. Before last month, toursits left Venice by ship through ______.
A. the Giudecca Canal
B. La Serenissima
C. the Contorta Sant'Angelo Canal
D. the Adriatic Sea
69. The new policy was issued in order to_____________.
A. stress the accuracy of Venice's fame for peace
B. reduce the damage to Venice's enviironment
C. depend less on the crusie industry
D. limit the number of toursits
70. It can be learned from the passage that _____________.
A. People in Venice are complaining about the toursits' behaviors.
B. Venetians are often bothered by noise and pollution.
C. The city government has announced the concrete ways to carry out the new five-ships-per-day rule.
D. The new policy will not discourage the tourism from developing.
71. What does the underlined phrase "clapming down on" mean?
A. limiting
B. abandoning
C. banning
D. punishing
E
The moral view of violence, labeling it as bad and wrong, has done little to end it. The alternative view is to release our judgments and see violence for what it is: a form of suffering. This is a difficult change for many people. Not only are they in the habit of making knee-jerk(下意识的) judgments, but violent people cause harm, and therefore their suffering seems to deserve less sympathy.
You hurt me, so why should I have sympathy for you? It should be the other way around. Does it take a saint(圣人) to make the change from strong anger to sympathy?
Turning points arrive when we can make a choice not to suffer in silence. We then strike a soul bargain that is fearful but necessary. The bargain is that redemption(解救) is possible through love.The absence of love is absolutely the problem, and love is absolutely the solution. We don’t have to reach into another area to locate the magic power of love that is available to us here and now.
The problem is that love comes through a fallible human being. The rule is constant work on the spiritual path to clear away the obstacles that prevent love from coming through us. The work is much more like working on blocked pipe system than it is like copying a saint.
Hope is the emotion that keeps this dogged work even when results seem to be slow or impossible. Can I love the terrorist who harms my country? Can I love the criminal who wants to harm me? At the level of the soul I already do, and the spiritual path is a means to arrive at that level.
No one is required to leap into sudden sympathy for terrorists, or even to announce publicly that our enemies deserve love. But in our souls each of us harbors the knowledge that only love is going to bring violence to an end. No matter how you and I live our outward lives, our spiritual lives must remain devoted to that vision.
Which one is NOT true for moral view of violence?
A. It thinks violence is bad and wrong.
B. It plays an important role in ending violence.
C. It is a knee-jerk judgment of people.
D. It thinks violent people deserve less sympathy.
Why should violent people deserve sympathy?
A. Because we should perform like a saint.
B. Because love is absolutely the solution.
C. Because our spiritual lives must remain devoted to that vision.
D. Because they are first in suffering then choose violence, so they need love.
What's the meaning "The problem is that love comes through a fallible human being"?
A. Human being is full of love.
B. It is difficult and long way.
C. Human being is easy to make friends.
D. It's a problem to get love from an imperfect huan being.
Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Violence Is Harmful to Us
B. Love Can End Violence
C. Change Our View of Violence
D. Our Soul Needs Purifying
第五部分 写作(共两个写作任务，满分35分)
写作一（满分15分）
请结合材料，按要求用英文写作，词数不少于60。
USA data shows that nowadays boys tend to perform worse than girls in all aspects in school, which is known as the “boy crisis”. Experts suggest that same-sex schooling may be a possible solution to the problem.
要求：(1)就此材料发表你的感想；
(2)应紧扣材料、有明确的观点；
(3)在答题卡上作答。
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写作二(满分20分)
假如你是新华中学的李明，于2014年12月2日在Amazon图书网站购买了外文小说Twilight。在阅读过程中，发现小说缺页严重，你想通过网站客服解决该决问题，特写了一封邮件，内容如下：
1. 购书时间及书名；2.书籍的问题；3. 希望有合理的解决方法；4. 期待尽快得到回复并表示感谢。
要求：(1)包括所有内容；
(2)信的开头和结尾已写好(不计入总词数)；
(3)词数不少于80：
(4)在答题卡上作答。
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I am a student from Xin Ming Middle School. __________________________________________________
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Yours ,
Li Ming
写作二（满分20分）
On Dec. 2nd I ordered