【題目】Alibaba started taking the lead in China, simply enough, by connecting big Chinese manufacturers(制造商)with big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business site, Alibaba.com allowed business to buy almost everything. Alibaba’s advantage wasn’t hard to identify: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its marketplaces attract 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year—and Alibaba is just the middleman. It encourages people to use its markets—not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.

If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience. I moved to Beijing almost a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings, and anything else my wife wanted. “You’re looking for what exactly? Why not try it? ” my Chinese teacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.

Alibaba’s original business-to-business model now is secondary to(對…來說是次要的) consumer buying. Chinese retail（零售）buying makes up 80% of Alibaba’s profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you’ll ever find. TMall.com is Alibaba’s other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.

What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U.S. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping—big-box retailers especially —in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites. In smaller towns than Beijing, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.

I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how extensive(廣大) the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. I’m not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.

【1】What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Alibaba B. a new store

C. a business D. a foreign website

【2】What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The author’s Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover.

B. Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.

C. Alibaba’s business-to-business service earns more money than retail now.

D. TMall.com provides more profit than Taobao.

【3】 What is the passage mainly about?

A. Shopping online is TaoBao.

B. Alibaba greatly influences people’s daily purchase in China.

C. The influence of shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.

D. How the author purchases online in China.

【4】What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the passage refer to?

A. Alibaba acts as a bridge between buyers and sellers.

B. Alibaba will continue to develop.

C. Alibaba stands out as the best online site.

D. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites.

【題目】Five Booming Careers in Health Care

Loving what you do is great，but knowing your career will be there tomorrow is even better. And when it comes to booming fields，the health care industry is one that's primed(準備好) for growth.

Want to prepare to take your place in the health care field？Check out these five indemand health care careers.

Career 1 Medical and Health Services Manager

If you want to take your leadership skills into the growing health care field，consider pursuing a career as a medical and health services manager.

As a medical and health services manager you might plan，direct，and organize health services in an entire health care facility，or a specific department or clinical area，says U．S. Department of Labor. Daily duties could include handling a facility's finances，creating work schedules，and making sure that health care services are delivered efficiently.

Career 2 Medical Assistant

If you are interested in working in a doctor's office，consider preparing for a career in the indemand field of medical assisting.

As a medical assistant，you could play a role in helping patients' visits go smoothly from when they first walk in the door. Your duties might include measuring vital signs，assisting the physician with examinations，recording health information，and scheduling appointments，according to the U．S. Department of Labor.

Career 3 Registered Nurse

Ready to put your helpful nature to use in the largest health care field？Look into prepping（準備） to pursue a career in registered nursing.

As a registered nurse，you could work closely with patients by providing care，education，and emotional support. You might give patients medicines and treatments，observe their conditions，or perform diagnostic(診斷的)tests，says the U．S. Department of Labor.

Career 4 Physical Therapist （理療師）Assistant

Want to enter an indemand health care field where you could really play a handson role in helping patients restore their physical functionality？If so，a career as a physical therapist assistant could be a good fit.

Under the supervision of a physical therapist，you could help patients regain movement as they recover from injuries，illnesses, or surgery. Your role in the rehabilitation process could include assisting patients with techniques(massage[按摩]，stretching)and therapeutic methods like electrical stimulation and mechanical traction，says the U．S. Department of Labor.

Career 5 Pharmacy Technician(藥劑師)

Prefer a health care career that is less handson？Consider pursuing a career in the growing pharmacy technician field.

Pharmacy technicians can be responsible for counting pills，filling prescriptions，providing customer service，and fulfilling administrative tasks under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist，according to the U．S. Department of Labor.

【1】As a medical assistant，your duties might NOT include ________.

A．scheduling appointments

B．providing customer service

C．a(chǎn)ssisting the physician with examinations

D．recording health information

【2】Which of the following is TRUE about a physical therapist assistant?

A．His/Her duty might include measuring vital signs and recording health information.

B．His/Her function includes assisting patients and providing customer service.

C．He/She could play a practical role in helping patients restore their physical functionality.

D．He/She can help patients gain movement as they are in the illness.

【3】What does the underlined word “rehabilitation” mean?

A．The process of recording somebody's name on an official list.

B．The process of cutting a part of a person's body in order to remove or repair a damaged part.

C．The process of helping somebody to have a normal life again after they have been ill for a long time.

D．The process of improving or becoming stronger.

【4】The author writes the passage mainly to ________.

A．a(chǎn)dvocate five booming careers in health care

B．persuade you to go into five booming careers in health care

C．introduce five booming careers in health care

D．classify health care into five careers

【題目】A new study from Harvard University revealed that the message parents mean to send to children about the value of sympathy (同情心）is being mistaken by the message they actually send. In fact they value achievement and happiness above all else.

The Making Caring Common Project at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education surveyed 10,000 middle and high school students about which is more important to them—achievement, happiness, or caring about others. Almost 80 percent of students placed achievement or happiness over caring about others. Only 20 percent of students considered caring about others as their top aim.

In the study “The Children We Mean to Raise: The Real Message Adults Are Sending about Values”, the authors refer to a reality gap, an incongruity (不一致) between what adults tell children they should value and the message we grown-ups actually send through our behavior.

Simply talking about sympathy is not enough. While 96 percent of parents say they want to raise caring children, and cite the development of moral character as “very important, if not essential”, 80 percent of the youths surveyed reported that their parents “are more concerned about achievement and happiness than caring about others”. Approximately the same percentage of the students reported that their teachers put their achievement over caring.

As the report shows, simply talking about sympathy is not enough. Children are sensitive creatures, fully capable of telling the true meanings in the blank spaces between well-organised words. If parents really want to let their kids know that they value care and sympathy, the authors suggest, they must make a real effort to help their children learn to care about other people—even when it’s hard, even when it does not make them happy, and yes, even when it is at odds with(與……不一致) their personal success.

【1】The first paragraph suggests that parents _____.

A. don’t intend to valuesuccess

B. fail to make students realize the importance of sympathy

C.value achievement less

D. regard achievement and happiness as the same

【2】What can be concluded from the study?

A. About 80% of the students are not caring.

B. Kids care more about achievement.

C. 20% of the students are not ambitious.

D. A majority of the kids are kind students.

【3】What may be the cause for the reality gap?

A. Children’s desire for getting individual achievement.

B. The generation gap between parents and children.

C. Children’s failure to understand parents’ well-organised words.

D. Parents’ lack of a real effort to guide children.

【題目】If a lot of people say a film is not good，I won't bother to see it，or I'll wait __________ it comes out on DVD.

A. whether

B. after

C. though

D. until

【題目】Our children feel stressed out by an educational system that actually uses stress as an educational technique. It's a constant pressure of homework deadlines，essays and exams. And our children are told at a young age that failing a test means that they are failures in life. They'll end up nowhere if they don't pass this or that exam. Our educational system is based on a very Western idea that life is a struggle and you'd better measure up. It's survival of the fittest. While there is some truth to this，not as much as people think.

Our ancestors didn't develop a constant stress environment. Back then，stress came quickly and was over quickly，it wasn't like the stress of modern education. Stress was originally just a shortterm biological response to danger；however，the constant stress of modern education rarely stops. It's long term，at least ten years and usually more.

Recent research has shown that the neurological(神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)的)response to stress is the same response that is found in depression. So，what's the solution? A number have been proposed，including but not limited to the following.

________.Exercise consumes energy that would otherwise build up in the stress response and could cause physical and mental problems.

Teach relaxation exercises. Allowing the mind and body to relax cuts off the stress response and reduces the neurological fatigue(疲憊)，enabling the individual to recover at least somewhat.

Pay attention to thinking. Training the stressed student to pay attention to his or her own mind to a point where he or she is sufficiently aware to shut off the stress response when necessary.

Of course，there's a logical answer to the problem. Just rearrange our teaching methods to encourage，rather than prevent，the natural curiosity and joy in learning that we are all born with. This would remove the stress and probably cut learning time in half.

【1】What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Getting rid of the modern education.

B．Helping children live a happy life.

C．Dealing with stress in modern education.

D．Taking measures to learn at school.

【2】How did our ancestors treat education?

A．They believed education could bring the best out.

B．They felt education could bring shortterm stress.

C．They thought education was the only way to success.

D．They knew the importance of good education.

【3】Which of the following is the best for the blank?

A．Try to save energy as much as possible.

B．Quite a few children avoid exercise.

C．Make sure that kids get exercise.

D．Set a few limits to your physical activities.

【4】If you are a teacher in a high school, ______.

A．you should leave students in a good mood

B．you should ignore the stressed student

C．you should relax yourself as far as possible

D．you should stick to your teaching methods

【題目】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: 在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧), 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。

All of us need friendship. An understanding between two friends mean both of them have similar ideas and trusting each other. Otherwise, it is impossible for him to help each other and to make their friendship to last long. As an old saying goes, “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” So really friendship should able to stand all sorts of tests. And it is wise to have as many good friends that we can. The more fiends we have, the more we can learn for one another, but the more pleasure we can share together.

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【題目】—Thanks for your help, but can you do me one more favour, please?

—______ , Sir. What’s it then?

A. Just a minute B. At your service

C. That’s right D. My pleasure

【題目】單詞拼寫 請根據(jù)首字母和漢語，在空白處填入適當?shù)膯卧~或單詞的正確形式。每空一詞(共10小題; 每小題1分, 滿分10分)

【1】I w___________(目擊) a terrible accident yesterday.

【2】An enormous animal _______________(在對面)us threw itself out of the water.

【3】I felt scared to___________(死) for a moment.

【4】The __________(屋頂) of the classrooms are made of grass.

【5】I could not ___________(參加) in the conversation.

【6】She is halfway through the __________（準備）year.

【7】Sara acknowledged her mistake and made an _________(道歉) immediately

【8】When I hear an _______(習語)that I don’t understand, I can ask my host family for help.

【9】The food is ________(變干) up in the can.

【10】In my essay, I gave my own opinion and explained it by_______(參閱)to other authors.

【題目】They can find whatever they need in the supermarket, ______ is always busy on Sundays.

A. which B. when C. where D. who

【題目】It just isn't fair __________ I was working as a waiter last month, my friends were lying on the beach.

A. whenever

B. though

C. for

D. while