【題目】—I don't know about you, but I'm sick and tired of this weather.

— __________. 1 can't stand all this rain.

A. I don't care

B. It's hard to say

C. So am I

D. I hope so

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England took __________ lead after 31 minutes with __________ goal by Peter Nail.

A. the; a B. a; a C. the; the D. a; the

【題目】Our team took the lead after he made two three-point shootings, forcing the opposition team to make __________.

A. judgments B. agreements C. adjustments D. movements

【題目】It is said that some taxi drivers purposely ignore passengers. I think it really needs __________.

A. to regard B. to be regarded C. to regulate D. to be regulated

【題目】It was on the farm __________ I worked there for three years __________ I met the girl for the first time.

A. that; that B. that; where C. where; that D. where; where

【題目】The event of Turkey's 7.2 magnitude earthquake was ________ live by TV.

A. supported

B. covered

C. presented

D. arranged

【題目】We know that cigarette smoking kills． So, producers made electronic cigarettes as a safer smoking choice - safer than tobacco． Although e-cigarettes contain the drug nicotine like cigarettes, they do not use tobacco and you do not light them． They are powered by battery （電池）．

However, if e-cigarettes are so safe, why has the United States Center for Disease Control（CDC） seen an increase in telephone calls about e-cigarette poisonings?

The answer is children． Most of the calls are from people worried about children who have played with the devices, In the period of one month this year, the Center said 215 people called the Center with e-cigarette concerns． More than half of these calls were for children aged five and younger． The devices had made them sick．

Tim McAfee is director of the Center's Office on Smoking and Health, He says the problem is regulation． Meaning, the U．S． federal government does not control e-cigarettes even though they contain liquid nicotine． Mr．McAfee adds that liquid nicotine is a well-known danger． Mr．McAfee explains that nicotine poisoning happens when it gets into the skin, gets into the eyes or is swallowed． It can cause stomach pain or a sense of unbalance． And too much nicotine can kill,

Tim McAfee says e-cigarettes do not create the level of risk to people that tobacco products do．He notes that almost 500,000 Americans die each year from cigarettes． "So, cigarettes are the winner in that contest．" E-cigarettes do not contain hundreds of harmful chemicals that are found in real cigarettes． So, the U．S．Surgeon General Boris D． Lushniak has suggested that e-cigarettes may be a useful tool for adults trying to end their tobacco use．

But McAfee worries that teenagers may think electronic cigarettes are harmless． They could become addicted to the nicotine and then start smoking real cigarettes． In other words, he fears that for young people fake e-cigarettes could be a "gateway" to the real thing．

【1】 It can be inferred from the passage that______．

A． the CDC wants to develop a better type of e-cigarettes

B． the government is in favor of the use of e-cigarettes

C． Surgeon General Boris D． Lushniak is a heavy smoker

D． smokers most probably can't quit smoking using e-cigarettes

【2】 What is Tim McAfee's opinion about smoking?

A． Adults should use harmless e-cigarettes．

B． Smoking e-cigarettes can make a person sick．

C． He claims that regulations should be made to ban smoking．

D． He is concerned about the teens using e-cigarettes．

【題目】A large number of women in Western European countries wish that they were born men. The number is said as high as 60% in West Germany.

“Women often wish that they had the same chance as men have, and believe it is still men’s world,” said Dr James Holden, one of the scientists who did the study.

Anne Harper has a very good job for an international oil company. She also believes in “Women’ s Liberation(解放)”.

“I don’t wish that I were a man,” she says, “and I don’t think many women do. But I do wish that people would stop looking down upon us women. At work, for example, we often do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a lot of jobs that are usually the best ones and open only to men. If you’re a man, you have a much better chance of leading an exciting life. How many women pilots are there ... or engineers or scientists?”

【1】What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. 60% women in West Germany wish that they were born men.

B. Most women in Western European countries wish that their babies were all boys.

C. 60% Western European women wish that they were born men.

D. 60% Western European women who wish that they were born men are from West Germany.

【2】“It is still men’s world.” means “______.”

A. There’re more men than women in the world

B. There’re more men scientists or engineers than women scientists or engineers in the world

C. Women have not been given the same chance as men

D. Women cannot live without men

【3】Anne Harper considers that women should ______.

A. be well paid B. live a better life than men

C. be really liberated D. get better jobs than men

【4】Which is not true about Anne Harper?

A. Anne Harper has a very good job for an international oil company

B. she is one of the scientists who did the study.

C. She believes in “Women’ s Liberation.”

D. She doesn’t want to be a man.

【題目】The only survivor of one of the two Sandy Hook Elementary School first-grade classrooms where Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children tricked the gunman by playing dead, the girl’s pastor （牧師） said．

“She ran out of the school building covered from head to toe with blood and the first thing she said to her mom was, “Mommy, I’m OK but all my friends are dead” Pastor Jim Solomon told ABC News’ Lara Spencer this weekend．

“Somehow, at that moment, by God’s grace, she was able to act as she was already dead．” he said．

The girl, a 6-year-old whose name is not being announced for privacy （隱私） reasons, was the first student to appear from the lockdown （封鎖） at Sandy Hook, Solomon said．He said the young girl described the shooter to her mom in a way that only a young child can．

“Well, she saw someone who she felt was angry and someone she felt was very mad,” Solomon said．“I think it’s impossible without the help of God．She has wisdom beyond her years, for sure’’．

Of the 20 children killed on Friday, eight were boys and l2 were girls．Six staff members, all female, were also killed．The gunman, whose mother was also killed by him before he went to the schoo1 classrooms, was found dead at the present spot．

“The mom told me — and I thought this was very insightful （有深刻見解的） — that she was suffering from what she felt was survivor’s guilt because so many of her friends no longer have their children but she has hers,” Solomon said how the girl’s mother and father are handling the trauma （傷害）．“I don’t know whether I would have the type of faith that they have if the same thing happened to me．”

【1】How did the girl manage to avoid being shot?

A．She persuaded the shooter into not shooting her．

B．She hid herself under the desk．

C．She rushed out of the school building in time．

D．She pretended to be dead．

【2】The killing case which happened in Sandy Hook Elementary School ．

A．ended up with the shooter being killed

B．was a shooting by a group of people

C．was due to the gunman getting angry with the pupils

D．was not open to the public for the moment

【3】Which of the following is TRUE about the girl’s mom?

A．She was disappointed with the pastor．

B．She felt very dissatisfied with other parents．

C．She felt terribly sorry for those who had lost their children．

D．She strongly complained the police．

【題目】One day a few years ago, a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of London’s medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture. He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton(人體骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase(箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.

When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.

【1】Who wrote the story?

A. The teacher’s neighbor

B. The neighbor’s teacher

C. A medical school teacher

D. Rupert’s teacher

【2】Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A. the teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase

B. the teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert

C. the teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert

D. the teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert