A wise man was walking from one town to another with a few of his followers, and they happened to pass a lake. So they stopped there to   1  for a while, and the wise man said to one of his followers, “I am very  2 . Could you please  3  me some water from the lake?”

The follower walked to the lake  4  the wise man requested. Some people were washing clothes in the water, and right at that moment, several carts (手推車) started crossing the lake.  5  , the water became very muddy.

Then he went back and told the wise man that the water was very muddy and not   6  to drink.

After they had rested for about half an hour, the wise man again asked the   7  follower to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. As requested, the follower went to the lake. This time he found that all the mud had   8   to the bottom. The water was very   9 and looked fit to drink. So he    10 his water bottle and took it to the wise man.

The wise man took the water bottle and drank, then looked up at the follower. “See what you did   11   the water clean?” he said. “You let it be for a while and the mud settled down on its own,  12  you could get some clear drinking water. Your mind can also be like that lake when it is   13   by something. If you just let it be and give it a little time, it will most likely settle down on its own   14  being put in any effort at all to   15   it.”

1.                A．rest           B．look           C．watch    D．see

2.                A．hungry         B．thirsty          C．happy    D．sad

3.                A．get            B．give            C．take D．bring

4.                A．while          B．before          C．a(chǎn)s   D．until

5.                A．However       B．Instead         C．In addition D．As a result

6.                A．fit             B．a(chǎn)ble           C．important D．interesting

7.A. different   B same          C. other            D. left

8.                A．gone           B．been           C．settled   D．lived

9.                A．dirty           B．clear           C．fresh D．sweet

10.               A．got            B．finished        C．reached   D．filled

11.               A．making         B．to make        C．made D．had made

12.               A．so that         B．in order to      C．because   D．when

13.               A．woken         B．left            C．disturbed D．given

14.               A．without         B．with           C．a(chǎn)fter  D．like

15.               A．prevent        B．calm           C．protect    D．fix

Now more and more people like talking about something that they are interested in. Here is a page from an Internet Forum (論壇). Some people are discussing who is a better singer.

Internet Forum

1.Who likes Andy Lau best?

A．Lucy             B．Anita             C．Tom              D．Peter

2.Who think(s) Jacky Cheung a better singer ?

A．Anita             B．Peter             C．Tom              D．Anita and Peter

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Nobody likes Jacky Cheung’s movies.

B．Jacky Cheung is a good singer and actor.

C．Lucy has never seen an Andy Lau’s concert.

D．Anita thinks Andy Lau’s voice is more special than Jacky Cheung’s.

Michael Jordon is the greatest basketball player of all time. Once he was making a television advertisement, all he needed to do was to miss a shot.

For Michael, this was difficult. He had conditioned(定位) himself to succeed whenever he was throwing the ball. Every time he threw a basketball, it went in. Every time he tried to miss a shot, he couldn’t. In total, it took him over 20 attempts (嘗試) before he missed a shot.

For Michael, success is a strong habit. It took him a lot of time to break it. Just like drinking, smoking and collecting things, success is also a habit. Once it is formed, it is difficult to break. Many people think that success is difficult to keep. They feel that it will be hard work and will need too much action and focus. The truth is that it is simply a habit, and as easy to keep as any other habit.

Spend some time making success a habit in your life. Once you have developed it, it is not something you want to change again.

1.In the advertisement Michael Jordon needed to ______________.

A．miss a shot        B．throw the basketball in                   C．keep his habit   D．develop his skills

2.The writer used the example of Michael Jordon to tell us ________.

A．he is the best basketball player of all time     B．he had worked very hard to be successful

C．success is a strong habit                  D．success is a habit that is not difficult to break

3.Which of the following is not the habit mentioned in the passage?

A．drinking          B．smoking           C．collecting things    D．working hard

4.If you want to succeed , you must____________.

A．miss the shot                           B．make success a habit

C．keep throwing                          D．make an advertisement

Computers can help many workers. They can also help thieves.

There was one thief who worked in a bank of the United States. He paid for everything he needed by check (支票). Then he told the computer not to take any money from his account for the checks he wrote. The bank’s computer did what he said. And it did not take any money from his bank account. One day the computer broke down. People had to do the computer’s work. They soon found out what was happening.

Another thief, who worked for a bank saw people filling in deposit forms (存款單). Many of these people did not know their account numbers, so they wrote only their names on the forms. They left empty places for their account numbers. The thief wrote his own account number in this place. When the computer read these forms it looked only at the account numbers. It did not look at the customers’ names. It paid the money on these deposit forms into the thief’s account .                           

Then there was the bank worker who told the bank computer to take ten cents off every customer’s account each month and put it into his own account. For a long time the bank’s customers did not notice that they were losing ten cents every month. But then someone did notice and told the bank. That was the end of that little game!

1.What was the first thief?

A．A computer engineer.                    B．A customer.        C．A bank worker.  D．We don’t know.

2.How did the first thief steal money from the bank?

A．He broke the computer down and stole money from it.

B．He paid for everything by check instead of cash.

C．He took money away from the bank.

D．He told the computer not to take away money from his account.

3.How many kinds of crimes in a bank are mentioned?

A．Two.             B．Three.            C．Four.             D．Five.

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A．None of the thieves has been caught by the police up to now.

B．A lot of money is missing from the bank of the United States each year.

C．The computers in the bank will be changed to prevent money from being stolen.

D．There will be no crimes in the bank any more since so many crimes have been found out.

Scientists who study the climate are still arguing about how fast the earth is warming and how much it will warm, but they do agree that the earth is warming and that it will keep warming if we don’t do anything about it.

Scientists agree that the burning of fossil fuels (化石燃料) like oil and coal cause greenhouse gases to escape into the air and that these gases are causing most of the warming. Another cause is deforestation (cutting down trees) . Trees soak up carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases, from the air.

There are already some changes happening because of global warming. Sea level is rising and some animals are already moving to new homes. It’s already too late to stop global warming completely.

If the warming gets worse, as scientists expect, there may be some kinds of plants and animals that is disappearing because they can’t move to new homes. There may be more storms and floods. Sea level may rise so much that people have to move away from the coasts. Some areas may become too dry for farming.

Global warming is a very difficult problem to fix. People are having a hard time agreeing on what to do about it. For example, everyone agrees that wasting energy is a bad thing to do. But some people think that the federal government (聯(lián)邦政府) should make laws about it, while other people think it should be up to each person or business to decide what to do.

Many states and businesses in the United States are not waiting until the federal government decides what to do. They have already started working on the problem.

1.What are the scientists arguing about in the passage?

A. How fast is the earth warming?                  B. How much will the earth warm?

C. The earth will keep warming if we don’t do anything about it.    D. Both A and B.

2.What does the underlined phrase “soak up” mean?

A．take in            B．grow up           C．take off           D．set up

3.What may be the causes of global warming?

A．The disappearance of plants and animals and the wasting energy.

B．The burning of fossil fuels and storms and floods.

C．The burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.

D．The rising of sea level and deforestation.

4.What is the best title of this passage?

A．The reason for global warming             B．How to stop global warming

C．The changes to the world                 D．The global warming

根據(jù)句子意思，用括號(hào)中所給漢語提示或英語單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。在答題卡標(biāo)有題號(hào)的橫線上，寫出空缺處所填單詞的正確形式。（每空一詞）

1.The witness was asked to      the suspect. (描述)

2.He is hard-working and always uses his free time        (明智).

3.I have       （決定）to write a complaint letter for my broken bike.

4.His attractive performance on the stage comes from           (日常)practice.

5.The coldest month in Yangzhou is January while the        (熱),month is July.

6.If you want to stay     (health), you’d better go to bed early and do some exercise.

7.He devoted all his efforts to       (educate) children.

8.Alice found       (she) alone in the hole. She was very lonely.

9.Miss Wang found Jane was too        (care)because of so many mistakes in the exercise.

10.Do you know the        (interview)names from CCTV? I am not familiar with them.

閱讀下列短文，根據(jù)短文中的信息完成文后表格。（每空一詞）

One of the most powerful tools you can use to improve your reading comprehension is mind mapping. It is possible to create maps by simply using a pen and paper.

The first step is to draw a circle or box at the center of the page. Inside your shape write down the main idea that your mind map will focus upon. For example , if you were creating a mind map about the geography of the United States , then you would write down “the geography of the United States” in the middle of your page inside your circle.

Next you draw branches from your central idea. Much like a tree grows branches . Simply draw a line moving away from the central theme. In the case of the geography of the United States , you would probably draw 50 lines. Each line represents one of 50 states. These are the main categories(分類) with your primary concept（概念）.

Each of lines can then have branches off of each. These would represent the main example under each category. For example , under the line titled, “ Texas,” you would find lines called Austin, Houston, and Dallas, you might draw a series of lines to represent some of its main sections like “ South Dallas” and “ Highland Park” .

You continue to draw your mind map much like the structure of branches on a tree. Mind map helps improve your comprehension because they enable you to quickly see relationships between main ideas, categories , examples, and details that might otherwise be missed if you use more traditional note taking strategies(策略).

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和首字母提示，在下文空格處填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~使短文完整。（每空一詞）

There once lived in China a very foolish king and queen. One day the queen had a baby d 1. . When they saw their baby, they b2.   cried out, “My goodness! How small it is! It’s hairless and toothless! It’s a monster!” They sent for all the doctors in the country and ordered them to prepare some

m3.   for her.

“When she drinks your medicine, she must grow to the right s  4.  and have hair and teeth,” the king said, “If you don’t do this, you’ll have a beating.”

The doctors thought it i5. , but they dared not say anything a 6.  the king’s order. Just then an old doctor stepped forward. “Oh, we shall certainly obey your order,” he said, “but it t7.   time. We have to dig a mineral from the Kun Lun Mountains when the snow melts(融化) for the second time. The snow melts on those mountains only once in six years. So we need t8.      years.” 

At last the king agreed and the doctors took away the little princess. On her twelfth birthday, they brought her back to her parents w9.  long black hair and beautiful teeth. The king and queen were very happy and gave the doctors expensive p10.   .

將下列句子譯成英語，并將所譯句子寫在答題卡上標(biāo)有題號(hào)的橫線上。  

1.對(duì)每位學(xué)生來說按時(shí)上交作業(yè)是必須的。

2.你知道他們交了多少年朋友嗎？

3.H7N9病毒很可怕，可能會(huì)使很多人失去生命。

4.揚(yáng)州是一個(gè)擁有2500多年歷史的文化古城。

5.在古代，揚(yáng)州就因美麗而聞名天下。