An old gentleman who lives a few doors away from me can always be seen with a bag. He goes out by himself and picks up plastic bottles, plastic bags and pieces of paper everywhere. He does it all carefully and never complains.

The children in the nearby school are probably responsible for some of that litter（廢棄物）. “There will come a time when they know better ,” he said . “ It’s just not yet . So, I’ll do it for them.”

Well, this morning I was out walking my neighbor’s dog when I saw another neighbor, a much younger man , out doing the same thing ! He had his two little sons with him and they were having good fun trying to pick up the litter.

When I commented（評(píng)論）on what a good job he was doing, he said , “ Well , an older fellow in our street does this . And my friend and I thought it wasn’t fair that he had to do it all the time , so now we take turns .”

Not only was he taking a turn , not only did he have a friend join in as well , but he was passing on the lesson to the next generation（代）！

By the time I had returned the dog to my neighbor I looked again and his children’ s friends had joined in !

This man was teaching a whole group of young children to keep their own street sanitary. An older man had set an example for him and now he was passing it on — the next generation is doing what he did and the generation to come after that !

1.The old gentleman picks up the litter _______.

A. to make money.

B. to keep the environment clean.

C. to set an example to children.

D. to help the cleaners.

2.The underlined word “ sanitary ” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_______”

A. polluted B. crowded

C. straight D. clean

3.What can we learn from the text ?

A. Two heads are better than one.

B. Like father , like son .

C. The power of example is endless.

D. No pains , no gains .

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容(1個(gè)單詞)或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

Alex: Kelly, I' 11 go back home to visit my family for several weeks.

Kelly: That' s great. It' s been quite a long time since you 1. (see) them, hasn't it?

Alex: Yes, but I'm thinking about 2. I should bring back from China for everyone---my little brother, my sister and my parents.

Kelly: You want to bring back some 3. (attract) things, don't you? How about a Weifang-style kite? You once mentioned that your brother is fond 4. collecting kites.

Alex: Hey, that' s a good idea! You and I had a lot of fun 5. (fly) kites together. I' m sure my brother would like a Weifang-style kite, too.

Kelly: You could also bring back some embroidery (繡品) from Suzhou, 6. is very famous.

Alex: Kelly, you're a genius(天才)! Not only is Su embroidery very colorful, 7. it represents Chinese traditions(傳統(tǒng)) too! My parents will really like it. Okay, now 1 have to decide what 8. (buy) for my sister. That' s really 9. difficult decision!

Kelly: Don't be so upset, Alex. Does she like drinking tea'? What about a Chinese teapot?

Alex: Sure, she' d love that. Another great idea! How do you think up these ideas so _10.__

(easy), Kelly'?

Kelly: Geniuses always do that!

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)的單詞的正確形式。

Daniel Davila can often 1. (see) walking around the city of San Francisco. Sometimes people are surprised to see him walking 2. any shoes or socks, 3. Daniel doesn’t mind at all. He likes to walk barefoot, and so 4. 740 other members of Dirty Sole Society, the club that Daniel started years ago. Daniel’s idea for this is to encourage others to live 5. (free) —free of shoes.

According to Daniel, the barefoot life has many advantages. 6. most important is simply that it feels good. He also says that 7. ( walk) barefoot allows you to experience the world directly by touching it with your feet. In addition, the feet do not smell so much 8. they stay dry, making it hard for bacteria to grow. And of course, walking barefoot keeps your feet 9. good shape, so it’s actually 10. (healthy) than wearing shoes.

Singer-songwriter Tori Kelly is close to a huge breakthrough. Her recent performances on the BET Awards shows have created a sensation（轟動(dòng)）in pop music. You couldn’t call Kelly an overnight success. Sure she’s only 22.

The Southern Californian girl first appeared in public on the talent show “Star Search” when she was only 10. But her real appearance came from posting videos on YouTube. Eventually Kelly made her way to “American Idol”, and advanced through to Hollywood. But she did not make the Top 24. That loss encouraged her to write more of her own material, which eventually became part of her first album “Handmade Songs by Tori Kelly”.

“Even just releasing music in general is an achievement. I get to put out a whole album of songs that I just put my whole heart into, and people are responding really well to it,” she said. “It’s like the best feeling in the world because these are songs about my life. So it’s really cool to be able to do what I love.”

“Handmade Songs” sold well enough to reach the top 10 in a number of music charts（排行榜）.She followed that success with live performances at clubs in Los Angeles. Recently, Kelly excited audiences at the Billboard Music Awards with her performance of her song “Nobody Love”.

The singer-songwriter says that being within reach of her goal is amazing. “I think all the awards shows I have done so far have just been so surreal,” she said. “Like, I always dreamed of being on different awards shows, sitting at home on my sofa and watching. I think as a kid I just always put myself on that stage, and the fact that it’s actually happening, that I get to be a part of these shows is unbelievable.”

Kelly released her full-length album “Unbreakable Smile” in June, 2015. Her single “Should’ve been us” is also rising on the Billboard Hot 100.

1.Tori Kelly is not an overnight success because_________.

A. she often performs on the shows all around the world

B. she has released a lot of albums since she was ten

C. she has been working to be a pop star for over ten years

D. she has won many awards in the music world

2.Which of the following is the first album of Tori Kelly?

A. “Unbreakable Smile”

B. “Nobody Love”

C. “Should’ve Been Us ”

D. “Handmade Songs By Tori Kelly”

3.The underlined word “surreal” in Paragraph 5 means______.

A. impossible B. dreamlike C. unworthy D. valuable

4.It can be known from the passage that Tori Kelly_______.

A. has a great gift for pop music

B. focuses on her career because she loves music

C. will change her profession soon.

D. will face more difficulties in the future.

書(shū)面表達(dá)

請(qǐng)閱讀下面短文，并按要求以O(shè)ur Life Rests on Our Choice為題，用英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)一篇150詞左右的文章。

Life is a matter of choice. Seemingly, it means a choice of concrete (具體的) things. But in fact, it means choosing a way of life. Life is to be lived and enjoyed, not to be wasted or complained about.

Hardly can we forget the time when our society faced the threat from the life-and death disease --- SARS. Yet, even during those dreadful times, some suffering people remained optimistic. Instead of wearing white masks, some people turned to color1 ful ones, and thus displayed a happy mood. And some creative people dubbed SARS to mean “SMILE AND REMAIN SMILING.” People who survive these kinds of circumstances decide in their minds to carry on in spite of the hardships.

Although we cannot choose our appearance, inborn gifts and even avoid unexpected disasters and adversities (逆境), we do have the right to choose to live optimistically, to love our lives, to have dreams, and to cherish hopes.

Every morning when we get up, we have a choice of how we want to approach life that day.

【寫(xiě)作內(nèi)容】

1. 用約30個(gè)單詞寫(xiě)出上文的概要；

2. 用約120個(gè)詞就“Our Life Rests on Our Choice” 談?wù)勀愕目捶ê透惺�，�?nèi)容包括：

（1）簡(jiǎn)要敘述你對(duì)“Our Life Rests on Our Choice”的理解；

（2）請(qǐng)舉例說(shuō)明你會(huì)選擇怎樣的人生態(tài)度；

（3）簡(jiǎn)要敘述你這樣選擇的理由。（至少2點(diǎn)）

1.闡述觀點(diǎn)或提供論據(jù)時(shí)，不能直接飲用原文語(yǔ)句；

2.作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

內(nèi)容完整，語(yǔ)言規(guī)范，語(yǔ)篇連貫，詞數(shù)適當(dāng)。

When the evening is coming, my dear son and I are preparing for the tape time. “Shoes on,” I remind 9-year-old Sam. “Snakes are always waiting for the chance to kiss you. But with our feet stepped into my car, we are safe.” We take blankets and cups of milk and head out to the shelter that serves as our garage. This has become our bedtime habit.

I press “play.” A motherly voice fills the car. My mother and my aunt send us books on tape obtained from secondhand shops or rescued from the back of drawer. Maybe no one in England lays cassettes anymore, but I still love them.

Sam rests on his seat. He’s sitting in the front seat. I am listening to the cassette. But I am also thinking. In a month’s time, my boy will be 10. Next year, he will be 11. And so it will go on, until he leaves me and his father and his sister to live out his own stories---as it is only right and proper he should.

Will he think back to the times when he sat in the dark in a car in Africa, listening to tales of Wales in World War Ⅱ, the finest lady detective of Botswana, or a country he has visited, and tells me he finds them “very interesting”? Will he think , when he is grown-up, the poor mum always makes the ancient tape player which is out of date work?

I like to believe that he will recall those wonderful moments. By then, perhaps, my child will realize a deep love of sharing and understanding by listening to the old tape player. I hope Sam will think that these evenings we spend in the car are a story themselves. It is his own first chapter. In time my boy will ease off the hand brake and roll out into the world. Until then, I’ll keep pressing “play”.

1.What habit did the writer and her son develop?

A. To play outside in the evening

B. To listen to tapes in a car

C. To drive in the evening

D. To read books together at night

2.How does the author think about Sam’s leaving the family in the future?

A. Interesting. B. Common and natural.

C. Absurd. D. Unbearable.

3. In paragraph4, the two questions can prove that ________.

A. playing with children is fun for parents

B. listening to stories is a good way to enjoy life

C. children need to ask questions in reading

D. Listening experiences will be part of Sam’s life

4.The best title for the passage may be “_______”.

A. A gift of a story player

B. A childhood full of love and story

C. Deep love for the tape player

D. The future life of our children

Growing mushrooms(蘑菇) is probably the easiest thing you can do if you are new to mushroom growing. Mushroom growing is becoming more and more common as restaurants are creating more dishes that include mushrooms.

Mushroom growing is easy. To start with you need to have a growing space where you are going to grow these mushrooms. It does not have to be too big enough for you to grow as many mushrooms as you need. When you have found the space that is perfect for you, you can start to research what kind of mushrooms you want to grow. There are hundreds of kinds to choose from but not all mushrooms are edible, which is an important fact you need to remember before you start. Don’t grow mushrooms you can’t use or sell.

When you figure out what kind of mushrooms you want to grow, you can make some preparations. Sometimes you need to hire some workers to help you if you have a large mushroom farm, or if you are trying to start a professional mushroom growing business. Trying to start a business by yourself can be stressful. If you don’t have time to take care of everything yourself, to hire a worker is the best bet.

After you have started the mushroom growing, you should regularly check and make sure that your mushrooms are growing properly and that they are not being attacked by any pesticides(殺蟲(chóng)劑) or any other animals that are potentially dangerous for them. That is the worst situation of mushroom growing. Protect your mushroom farm well with a fence or a gate so that only you and your workers can get in an out.

Mushroom growing is not difficult and is a really easy way to get started in the field of farming. You will possibly supply some of the great chefs(廚師) of the world with high-quality mushrooms that will be enjoyed by thousands of people around the world.

1. Many people are beginning to plant mushrooms probably because _______.

A. they are too common

B. they look very beautiful

C. there are more restaurants

D. they are in great need

2.The underlined word “edible” (in paragraph 2) probably means “________”.

A. easy to find B. expensive to buy

C. suitable to eat D. difficult to grow

3.Which of the following is the right order of planting mushrooms?

a. Choose the suitable mushrooms.

b. Protect your mushrooms well.

c. Find some people to help you.

d. Start to grow mushrooms.

e. Find a place to plant mushrooms.

A. b, d, a, e, c B. e, a, c, d, b

C. e, c, a, b, d D. d, c, b, a, e

4.What is the main topic of the passage?

A. It is easy to grow mushrooms.

B. You should hire other people to help you.

C. Growing mushrooms is not easy.

D. Tips for mushroom growing

Since my family were not going to be helpful about my taking a cooking job, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not to tell them about it till I’d got a permanent one.

I had seen an agency advertised in a local paper, so as soon as there was no one about to say “Where are you going?” I rushed out of the house in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as nervous as if I were going on the stage. Finding the place quite easily, I tore up three flights of stairs, and swung breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”

The simple atmosphere of the office calmed me, and I sat down on the edge of a chair. The woman at the desk opposite looked carefully at me. Then she questioned me in a low voice. I answered softly and started to feel helpless. She wondered why I was looking for this sort of job, so I felt I had to give her the idea of a widowed mother struggling against poverty. But I felt more helpless when she told me that it would be difficult to get a job without experience or references. Suddenly, the telephone on her desk rang. While having a mysterious conversation, she kept looking at me. Then I heard her say:

“In fact, I’ve got someone here who might suit.” She wrote down a number, and my spirits rose as she held out the paper to me, saying: “Ring up this lady. She wants a cook immediately. Cook a dinner for ten people tomorrow. Could you manage that, I wonder?”

“Oh, yes,” say I—never having cooked for more than four. Then I rushed out and called the lady, Miss Cathy. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for. “Are you sure?” she kept saying. Anyway she decided to employ me and a permanent position if I carried out the promise of my self-praise. I asked her what tomorrow’s menu was to be.

“Just a small, simple dinner: lobster cocktail, soup, turbot Mornay, fruit salad and a savory.” In a rather shaken voice I promised to turn up in good time tomorrow and rang off.

1.What did the author feel on her way?

A. Excited but worried.

B. Nervous and excited.

C. Easy and curious.

D. Helpless but excited.

2.Why didn’t the woman give the author the job at first?

A. Because the woman found that the author didn’t respect her.

B. Because the woman realized that the author made up a story.

C. Because the author hadn’t been a cook before or got a reference.

D. Because the woman had already hired a more suitable cook.

3.According to the passage, what would the author most probably do after the call?

A. Read some cookery book.

B. Call her family and tell them the news.

C. Go to the woman’s house.

D. Buy what the woman told her at once.