【題目】I know what I shall be doing for the next three years but I haven’t thought _______ that.

A. without B. for C. against D. beyond

【題目】Goedeker's loves to see happy customers, so every year we host a drawing competition in January and July, and one lucky person receives an iPad Mini. Goedeker’s customers can enter the competition through many ways, such as sending product or customer reviews.

When I spoke to July’s drawing winner, I couldn’t believe the encouraging story behind her efforts. Sari Bailey entered the drawing competition in hopes of winning the iPad Mini for her blind granddaughter, Aubrey. Aubrey, soon-to-be 4 years old, was born with a rare condition called Septo-Optic Dysplasia. The condition, also known as De Morsier’s Syndrome, happens when the optic(視覺(jué)的) nerves do not develop fully before the baby is born. Aubrey once had an iPad Mini, given to her by the Gia Foundation, which provides an iPad Mini to the blind once a year. However, it was stolen, and her family did not know how they could replace it. The iPad was extremely important to Aubrey’s development, as she uses it for intensive therapy(強(qiáng)化治療). Each week, Aubrey works through an hour of physical and speech therapy.

While Aubrey may struggle with her sight, she loves music and plays the piano and sings fairly well for a three-year-old! As one can imagine, the iPad plays a huge role in this. She also finished her first year of school in May.

Sari says, "We are very happy for her progress. We like to have as many tools for learning as possible available to Aubrey, thus, my desire for the winning of the iPad Mini! She is a very special little girl and I love her dearly."

Here at Goedeker’s, we wish Aubrey the very best, and we hope she loves the new iPad Mini!

【1】Why did Sari take part in the drawing competition?

A. To win an iPad Mini for her granddaughter.

B. To make customers at Goedeker’s happy.

C. To encourage her granddaughter to draw.

D. To prove her drawing talent to her family.

【2】How long has Aubrey been suffering from her illness?

A. More than 1 year. B. Around 2 years.

C. Less than 3 years. D. Almost 4 years.

【3】The iPad Mini is special to Aubrey because________.

A. it’s a prize received by her grandmother

B. it’s a tool for the treatment of her illness

C. it’s something her family can’t afford

D. it teaches her to sing and play the piano

【4】Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. The Yearly Competition at Goedker’s.

B. The Brave Girl Fighting Rare Disease

C. iPad Mini Winner Shares the Love

D. The New iPad Mini from Grandmother

【題目】There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving birds 【1】 . She cared them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song. The girl felt the great love from the birds.

【2】 . The larger and the stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that he would fly away. As he flew close, she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him. 【3】 . She opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. Her desperate love had killed him.

She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom. He needed to fly into the clear, blue sky. 【4】 . The bird circled once, twice, three times.

The girl watched delightedly at the bird’s enjoyment. 【5】 . She wanted the bird to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest songs that she had ever heard.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, while the best way to keep love is to give it wings!

A. She gave them some delicious food and left.

B. Suddenly she felt the bird go softly.

C. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss.

D. One day she left with the two birds at home alone.

E. She took them home and put them in a small cage.

F. One day the girl left the door of the cage open.

G. She lifted him from the cage and threw him softly into the air.

【題目】Cheating is when a person misleads, deceives or acts dishonestly on purpose. 【1】 If a basketball team is for kids under 8, it's cheating for a 9-year-old play on the team. At school, in addition to cheating on a test, a kid might cheat by stealing someone else's idea for a science project. 【2】 This kind of cheating is called plagiarizing (抄襲).

【3】 Jeff is doing it by sneaking answers to a test. And it's also cheating to break the rules of a game or contest or to pretend something is yours when it isn't. When people cheat, it's not fair to other people.

It's tempting(誘惑人的) to cheat because it makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answer on the rest. 【4】 And it won't help on the next test-unless the person cheats again.

【5】 They want to get good grades but hate hard work. Other kids might feel like they can't pass the test without cheating. Even though there seems to be a "good reason" for cheating, cheating isn't a good idea.

A．Some kids cheat because they're lazy.

B．Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways.

C．But it doesn't solve the problem of not knowing the material.

D．Some kids cheat once and feel so bad that they never do it again.

E. For kids, cheating may happen at school, at home, or while playing a sport.

F. There are plenty of reasons why a kid shouldn't cheat, but some kids have already cheated.

G. Kids may also cheat by copying a book report off the Internet and handing it in as it's his or her original work.

【題目】Dick was a twenty-year-old man. His father was a teacher and taught chemistry in a middle school and his mother worked in a shop. They lived a happy life until his parents died one night when suddenly an earthquake broke out. All that happened on his sixth birthday. Luckily his sister who was two years senior to him took him to see their aunt in the city and they did not stay at home. Everything was destroyed in the earthquake and the two children got into trouble. Thanks to their aunt who was not rich enough, they grew up but they lived a hard life. His sister was so sad that she became a nun(修女). After he finished middle school, he was introduced to an owner of a hotel and began to work there.

One day the young man fell to the ground while he was cleaning a window on the second floor. He was sent to the hospital and the doctor looked him over. One of his legs was broken and he had to be in hospital. He said to the nurse, “I’m a poor man, madam. Arrange a third-class ward(病房) for me, please.”

“Can’t anybody help you?”

“No, madam,” answered Dick. “I have only a sister. She’s a nun and she’s poor, too.”

“I don’t think so,” the nurse said angrily. “Nuns usually marry God. And God is the richest in the world, you know!”

“Well, then, ” Dick said with a smile. “Please arrange a first-class ward for me and post the bill to my brother-in-law.”

【1】How old was Dick’s sister when the earthquake happened?

A. 6 B. 8 C.10 D.12

【2】The sister and brother lived a hard life because ____________.

A. they lost all as a result of the earthquake

B. they were too young

C. they were hurt in the earthquake

D. they had to look after themselves

【3】Which of the following is true?

A. The nurse would arrange a third-class ward for Dick.

B. The nurse would arrange a first-class ward for Dick.

C. The nurse would post Dick’s bill to God.

D. Dick had a rich brother-in-law.

【4】From the story, we know that the boy is very .

A.silly B. kind C. humorous D. Lucky

【題目】 The United Nations says hunger kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis ________.

A. combining B. combined

C. being combined D. having combined

【題目】List of winners of 71st Golden Globe Awards

FLIM

Best Drama: "12 Years a Slave"

Best Comedy : "American Hustle"

Best Actor, Drama: Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Actress, Drama: Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"

Best Actor, Comedy : Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Best Actress, Comedy : Amy Adams, "American Hustle"

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity"

Best Foreign Language Film: "The Great Beauty," Italy

Best Original Song: "Ordinary Love," "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"

TELEVISION

Best Drama Series: "Breaking Bad," AMC

Best Comedy Series: "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," FOX

Best Actor, Drama: Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"

Best Actress, Drama: Robin Wright, "House of Cards"

Best Actor, Comedy: Andy Samberg, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"

Best Actress, Comedy: Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"

Best TV Film : "Behind the Candelabra," HBO

Best Actor,Television Movie: Michael Douglas, "Behind the Candelabra"

Best Actress, Television Movie: Elisabeth Moss, "Top of the Lake"

Best Supporting Actor, Television Movie: Jon Voight, "Ray Donovan"

Best Supporting Actress, Television Movie: Jacqueline Bisset, "Dancing on the Edge"

【1】Who wins the best film comedy actor title at the 71st Golden Globe Awards?

A. Matthew McConaughey B. Leonardo DiCaprio

C. Amy Adams D. Jared Leto

【2】If you want to see your favorite star Elisabeth Moss, you should watch_____________.

A. Blue Jasmine B. Breaking Bad

C. House of Cards D. Top of the Lake

【3】Which of the following is the best TV film at the 71st Golden Globe Awards?

A The Great Beauty B.Mandea：Long Walk to Freedom

C. Behind the Candelabra D.Dancing on the Edge

【題目】China made a commitment to the world in the Copenhagen Summit that by 2020, the carbon-intensity of its economy ______ fall 40% to 45%.

A. shall B. may C. must D. should

【題目】The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.

The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King's baker in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.

By eight o'clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul's and the Guildhall among them.

Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.

The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.

After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect, wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them was new St Paul's.

The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.

【1】It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that ______.

A. many famous buildings were destroyed

B. the birds in the sky were killed by the fire

C. some people lost their lives

D. the King's bakery was burned down

【2】Why did the writer cite (引用)Samuel Pepys’ words?

A. Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.

B. Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.

C. To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.

D. To show that poor people suffered most.

【3】How was the fire put out according to the text?

A. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.

B. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.

C. People managed to get enough water from the river.

D. The king and his soldiers came to help.

【4】Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread (擴(kuò)散)of the big fire?

(a) There was a strong wind.

(b) The streets were very narrow.

(c) Many houses were made of wood.

(d) There was not enough water in the city.

(e) People did not discover the fire earlier.

A. (a) and (b)

B. (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)

C. (a), (b), (c) and (d)

D. (a), (b) and (c)

【題目】In the USA, many high schools and some colleges and universities have a special celebration(慶典) once a year called Homecoming. Former students and teachers come back to the school to enjoy the memories of their time there and the many Homecoming activities. Homecoming might last for only one day or for several days, even one week.

High schools usually choose one boy and one girl from the senior class to be the “Homecoming King” and “Homecoming Queen”. The students usually choose a boy and a girl who have done a lot for the school.

Most schools have a Homecoming parade(游行). The school band will often lead the way, followed by many different cars and trucks. Most schools also have a football game for Homecoming—and, of course, tailgate parties. A tailgate party is a group of people drinking and eating around the back, or tailgate, of someone’s pick-up truck.

There are many other activities that might be a part of the Homecoming celebration. There might be a school-wide picnic one day; another day, there may be plays, concerts, competitions or games, all depending on a school’s traditions.

Homecoming celebrations nearly always end with a dance and/or a great dinner. The school is decorated beautifully, and a band is paid to come and play. Students dress up: guys in suits and girls in beautiful dresses.

【1】Homecoming in the USA _____.

A. is held only in high schools

B. is held to celebrate the birth of schools

C. might be prepared for students only

D. might last from one day to one week

【2】“King and Queen of Homecoming” are chosen according to _____.

A. their contributions (貢獻(xiàn)) to the school

B. their healthy bodies

C. their excellent grades in study

D. their good-looking faces

【3】All the activities might be found at the Homecoming except _____.

A. a parade B. a football game

C. a picnic D. an exam

【4】Homecoming celebrations usually end with _____.

A. a play or concert B. a dance or a dinner

C. a picnic or a dance D. a competition or a game