Singles’ Day, also called Double Eleven, began as a day for unmarried or uncoupled people to celebrate their lives on November 11, 1993. In China, however, Singles’ Day has become the biggest online shopping day in the world, which was created in 2009 by Alibaba’s CEO Daniel Zhang to increase online sales. Since then, it has grown into a cultural phenomenon.

China Singles’ Day, as a shopping day, takes place on November 11 each year. There are sharp discounts and other promotions (促銷) designed by Alibaba to attract online customers. In 2015, E-commerce giant Alibaba broke records with sales of $14.3 billion on China Singles’ Day, with online sales increasing 60 percent from last year, according to Alibaba. “Most people shop on mobile phones or ipads and online shopping has become a comfortable channel for most consumers”, said Kitty Fok, China manager for market research. “China is a big market with close to one billion smart, connected device users. It is good news for both Alibaba and their competitors,” she said.

The company is focusing on international e-commerce for future Singles’ Days, reported Reuters. “Within the next five years, we expect China will become the world's largest e-commerce market for imported products,” President Michael Evans told reporters on Wednesday. Alibaba Chief Executive Daniel Zhang said in a statement that Singles’ Day would mean that “the whole world will see the power of Chinese consumption.” Over 130 million users visited Alibaba’s marketplace app, Taobao, reported the BBC.

1.What does Alibaba expect to do on Singles’ Day?

A. Celebrate single lives B. Defeat competitors

C. Develop firm cultures D. Increase online sales

2.What is the meaning of the underlined word discount in the second paragraph?

A. Smart products B. Crazy buying

C. Low prices D. More advertisements

3.What will make Singles' Days more popular according to Kitty Fok?

A. The popularity of smart, connected device users.

B. The potential power of Chinese consumption.

C. The cooperation with the international e-commerce.

D. The promotions on Alibaba's marketplace app, Taobao.

4.What attitude does President Michael Evans hold toward the future of China Singles’ Day?

A. doubtful B. optimistic

C. negative D. uncertain

Parents are fighting for their child’s right to rest across the country. Twenty-three elementary schools in Orange County, Florida, have been cutting back on rest, and even canceling it to increase class time.

In a recent Orange County School Board meeting, parents demanded that rest time be carried out in all local schools for all students. Angela Browning, a parent in the area, said that schools’ rest is ranging from zero to 30 minutes per day. “Five-year-olds not getting rest means abuse,” said Browning, whose twins in the second grade benefit from taking a break and learn better.

The main reason for reducing the rest time is Common Core exams including math, language arts and literacy, where the students’ performance often controls teachers’ pay and sometimes teachers may lose their jobs. Many teachers are using that extra 20 minutes that would have been spent on the schools’ scores, everybody is stressful,” said Diana Moore, president of the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association.

The decision of whether reducing rest takes place, and for how long is up to each school’s rule. “Florida law requires that districts provide 900 teaching hours during the school year,” Florida’s Department of Education press secretary Cheryl Etters said in a statement. “Whether test is part of the school day is a decision made by the school board.”

Reducing test also can take away an opportunity for children to learn social skills, according to many experts. “In society, who cares if you have straight A’s and you get a scholarship to Harvard if you lack social skills?” said Mallet, a mother of two children.

1.What will Angela Browning agree with?

A. Kids of five years old had better get more break time.

B. Proper rest time improves children’s learning efficiency.

C. The more rest children have, the higher grades they will get.

D. Elementary schools should limit kids’ rest time to 30 minutes.

2.What drives so many teachers to reduce students’ rest time?

A. Parents’ demand

B. Students’ lack of social skills

C. Students’ bad behavior

D. The link between their pay and school’s scores

3.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Social skills are more important than high scores

B. Whether students get A’s in school is very important

C. Graduates from Harvard can’t find good jobs.

D. Rest time has nothing to do with students’ social skills

4.What’s the main idea of the text?

A. The government is to order schools to increase rest time.

B. Students expect to get more time to play in school.

C. Parents struggle for the rest right for their kids in school.

D. Teachers’ pay is related to their performance in teaching.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

Anxious about being alone? Don’t be. 1. , some researchers suggest it is wise for us to overcome the anxiety that seems to accompany loneliness, as there are lots of benefits of being alone.

We miss joy and pleasure less.

2. . This kind of fear causes us to give up much fun. For example, people have activities that they want to do—see a movie or a show that’s coming to town for one night only—but they lack friends to go with them, and so they miss it, 3. .

4. .

In a previous study, researchers found that those who spend a lot of time with close friends may be less associated with others, causing others feel they are cold and proud. So learning to be alone means leaning to get along well with strangers.

We become better people.

Some experts think being alone can provide us a good environment for us to reflecting on our actions and thinking about future personal improvements. 5. .The process allows us to look back upon the past, and return to the world with more insight and energy.

A. For many, the idea of going to a concert or out to dinner alone is terrified.

B. However, doing an activity alone isn’t any less enjoyable than taking a friend

C. The followings are the advantages of doing so

D. We’re kinder to strangers

E. Spending some time to do these things can make us happier and more independent

F. We can have fun with other friends

G. Although being alone isn’t our most comfortable state

完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

I was so thrilled and a little frightened when I began to be a student in a kindergarten. The large classroom was full of books and toys, the two things I ________ . I had been always interested in them. But it was also full of kids all ________ than me. Because my birthday was in late September, I was bound to be the youngest kid in my class until 7th grade.

I think that my mom realized I was a little ________ . That was why she was always there to ________ me up right after school when I could have ________ taken the school bus like my classmates did. I would get on and take the front seat next to her and tell her all about my ________ . Sometimes we would even read a book and wait ________ all the cars and buses had left before we ________ home. I cherished those ________ times when I had my mom all to myself. I felt so________and peaceful when we sat in the car together. Beginning the new challenge of ________ didn’t seem so difficult when I knew that I could ________ my happiness and sadness with her. Being a tiny, little kid in a scary world wasn’t so________ either. I knew that my mom loved me and that was all I ________ to be loving, joyful and strong.

As I ________ those happy times, now I can see that they also ________ me for another special relationship I would find later in life. All those times I spent ________ to and being with my mother helped me ________ my heart to the world. Her beautiful love helped me ________ to love. Her comforting arms guided me to comfort others. Mom, I love you forever and will be always ________ to you for what you gave and taught me!

1.A. liked B. bought C. brought D. chose

2.A. younger B. smarter C. older D. taller

3.A. allergic B. afraid C. confident D. shy

4.A. pick B. bring C. ring D. take

5.A. nervously B. easily C. hurriedly D. calmly

6.A. idea B. plan C. wish D. day

7.A. when B. until C. though D. because

8.A. drove B. rode C. walked D. ran

9.A. difficult B. endless C. special D. sad

10.A. upset B. safe C. quiet D. cool

11.A. adventure B. independence C. school D. work

12.A. share B. handle C. remove D. provide

13.A. nice B. attractive C. exciting D. frightening

14.A. tend B. used C. agreed D. gained

15.A. get close to B. make up for C. look back on D. keep up with

16.A. prepared B. rewarded C. helped D. forgave

17.A. replying B. referring C. attending D. talking

18.A. warm B. open C. hurt D. order

19.A. decide B. promise C. succeed D. learn

20.A. kind B. open C. grateful D. true

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

In the past, human activities 1. (have) little effect on global warming, but now they have caused the rise of the earth temperature. All scientists agree that the increase in the temperature results 2. the burning of fossil fuels. One of some byproducts 3. (call) greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide which can trap more heat energy in the atmosphere.

Over the last 100 years, the temperature of the earth 4. (increase). The 5. (attitude) towards this rise are completely different. Some are positive 6. others are negative. Those who are positive think that without the greenhouse gases the earth would be 7. (cool) than it is, 8. would not be suitable to live on. Others think the rise of the earth temperature may cause severe storms, floods, droughts and so on.

9. (actual), green house gases will continue to build up in the atmosphere. Luckily, we human beings are doing what we can 10. (reduce) green house gases. More importantly, individuals can make a difference.

單詞拼寫

1.The company is __________(籌備) a splendid wedding for this young couple.

2.A journalist sometimes must use research to _______(告知) themselves of the missing part of the story .

3.Every day we should give ourselves some __________(靈活的) time to review what we have learned.

4.I was _________ (委派) as a volcanologist working for this organization.

5.You will become __________ (精神上) addicted when you often smoke.

短文改錯

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（﹨）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意: 1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

Last night, I go to my friend’s birthday party. I made some new friend and we talked happily. One new friend showed us the pictures of the places he had been visited. We extreme admired him because all of them were also eager to travel to different places. However, we haven’t taken action for variety reasons till now. He told us we had so much energy see the world. We should carry out our travel plan once we have an idea. What he told us is right, and most young people haven’t realized this. We should do what we want to do instead of waste our youth.

書面表達(dá)

假定你是李華，來自美國的Tom想交一位筆友(pen pal)，請你給他寫封自薦信，介紹你自己，內(nèi)容包括：

1. 個人基本情況；

2. 興趣愛好；

3. 英語水平；

注意：1. 詞數(shù)100左右；

2. 可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3. 結(jié)尾已給出（不計詞數(shù)）。

Dear Tom,

I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Yours，

Li Hua

Many expels say that Billy Wilder changed the history of American movies．He is often called the best movie maker Hollywood has ever had．

He was known for making movies that offered sharp social comment and adult sexual situations．Wilder was one of the first directors to do this．

Between the middle 1930s and the 1980s，Billy Wilder made almost fifty movies．During that time he received more than twenty nominations(提名)from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences．He won six of the Oscar awards．Wilder made famous movies like“Sunset Boulevard”．a(chǎn)nd“Double Indemnity．”He also directed“The Lost Weekend”，and“The Seven Year Itch．”

Wilder was born in 1906 in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire．He started law school in Vienna，Austria at the beginning．Then he decided to abandon the major．By the 1920s，he was writing movies in Germany．However，the Nazis had risen to power in the nation．Wilder was Jewish，and he recognized that he had no future in Nazi Germany．Then he left Europe for America．

Billy Wilder had only eleven dollars when he arrived to settle in the United States in 1934．He formed a writing team with Charles Brackett．The two writers created many films together．

Wilder and Brackett wrote several successful movies．Wilder always praised this man as a friend and teacher whose humor and expert direction greatly influenced his work．

In his love stories．Billy Wilder did not follow the Hollywood tradition of sweet boy-meets-girl situations．He had an unusual way of showing relations between men and women．For example，one of his most successful films was“Hold Back the Dawn．”In 1944，Billy Wilder made a film called“Double Indemnity．”Some critics(評論家)said this movie established him as one of the greatest Hollywood directors．Billy Wilder died in Los Angeles in 2002 after battling health problems．

1.What does the text mainly talk about?

A．The history of American movies．

B．The famous director—Billy Wilder．

C．The famous movies by Billy Wilder．

D．Billy Wilder and his friends．

2.What’s the proper order of Wilder’s life events?

a．He formed a writing team．

b．He won six of the Oscar awards．

c．He started law school in Vienna．

d．He settled in the United States．

A．c，d，a，b B．a(chǎn)，b，d，e

C．b，c，d，a D．d，a，b，c

3.Why did Wilder leave Europe?

A．He wanted to make a fortune in America．

B．Nobody helped him make films．

C．The Nazis came into power．

D．He was in great need of Charles’s help．

4.For what purpose does the author use the example“Hold Back the Dawn”?

A．To explain it’s a most successful film．

B．To show Wilder’s different directing style．

C．To argue the traditional influence on Wilder’s film．

D．To indicate Wilder’s unusual character．

Now that newsrooms are becoming less popular in the US，young people have begun to tell their own stories．

GlobalGirl Media，a nonprofit organization that teaches teenage girls digital storytelling skills，was started by award-winning filmmakers Amie Williams and Meena Nanji in Los Angeles in 2010．

“By giving girls a voice，you introduce a different story，and change the existing one，”said Danny Glover，a member of the GlobalGirl Media advisory board．

“When the camera’s in my hands，I feel like I can’t lose，”Said Cheyenne Grisez，14．“It makes me happy and I feel like I can do anything．”

On the final day of the summer academy in California，Williams worked with Grisez and Camila Prado，15，on a short film about Prado’s fight against an eating disorder．In the film，Prado bravely interviewed her parents and sister about how she was able to beat her depression and eating disorder．This film and others the girls had made were shown to parents and friends on the last day of the academy，celebrating their hard work．

“It’s their story，and nobody knows how to tell it better than they do，”Williams said．

“These girls are from really difficult backgrounds．They feel trapped sometimes．They feel alone．”Williams said．“The camera gives them a way to look at their world in a different way and get out of that feeling．’’

Girls in the program practice their skills and build confidence by going out in the community and interviewing people for the short films．Many of them had no experience，but found they had good storytelling skills．

“I work with these girls．Every day I leave inspired and completely grateful，because I know that．due to the work we're doing with them，things will be better，”said GlobalGirl Media summer academy project director Heather Faison．

1.Why do many American girls like to tell stories using the camera?

A．Their parents hate to give them a hand．

B．The camera can help them out of their trouble．

C．They can make profits from their documentaries．

D．They desire to improve their photo skills．

2.What do we learn about GlobalGirl Media from the text?

A．It gives girls digital storytelling skills．

B．It gets much money from girl students．

C．It was founded by the government．

D．It has newsrooms in California．

3.What difficulty did Prado overcome by making her film?

A．Self-harm． B．An eating disorder.

C．Poor school scores． D．Teenage depression．

4.Who directed GlobalGirl Media summer academy project in California?

A．Meena Nanji． B．Amie Williams．

C．Danny Glover． D．Heather Faison.