【題目】British MPs (國會議員) have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man, in a historic move. The UK is now set to become the first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of babies from three people. In a free vote in the Commons, 382 MPs were in favour and 128 against the technique that stops genetic diseases being passed from mother to child. During the debate, ministers said the technique was “l(fā)ight at the end of a dark tunnel” for families.

A further vote is required in the House of Lords. If everything goes ahead then the first such baby could be born next year. Supporters said it was “good news for progressive medicine” but critics say they will continue to fight against the technique that they say raises too many ethical (倫理的) and safety concerns. Estimates suggest 150 three-person babies could be born each year.

Prime Minister David Cameron said: “We're not playing god here; we're just making sure that two parents who want a healthy baby can have one.” The method, which was developed in Newcastle, should help women like Sharon Bernadi, from Sunderland, who lost all seven of her children to mitochondrial (線粒體的) disease. Ms Bernadi said she was “overwhelmed” by the decision.

Mitochondria are the tiny compartments (隔間) inside nearly every cell of the body that transform food into useable energy. They have their own DNA, which does not affect characteristics such as appearance. Defective mitochondria are passed down only from the mother. They can lead to brain damage, muscle wasting, heart failure and blindness. The technique uses a modified version to combine the DNA of the two parents with the healthy mitochondria of a donor woman. It results in babies with 0.1% of their DNA from the second woman and is a permanent change that would be passed down through the generations.

【1】 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The new technique is intended to provide the parents a healthy baby.

B. The mitochondrial disease can lead to various fatal illnesses.

C. Britain is the first country to have created three-person babies.

D. All of Ms Bernadi’s children died of a genetic disease.

【2】 The underlined word “defective” is closest to the meaning of ________.

A. strangely-made B. normally developed

C. functioning perfectly D. not functioning properly

【3】 It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. Mitochondria are inside nearly every cell that change food into useable energy

B. DNA of Mitochondria can affect a person’s appearance

C. in medical science ethical factors should be taken into consideration

D. the donor woman’s DNA will not be found in the three-person baby

【4】 Prime Minister David Cameron _________ the creation of such babies.

A. is in favour of B. throws doubt on

C. objects to D. is indifferent to

【題目】Do you like travelling? Staying 【1】 (health) while 【2】 (travel) can help to ensure your trip is a happy and enjoyable one. 【3】 you are travelling abroad, here are the tips you need to make your trip much 【4】 (easy):

Make sure you have got signed passport and visas. Also, before you go, fill in the emergency information page of your passport! Make two copies of your passport identification page. This will help a lot if your passport 【5】 (steal). Leave one copy at home with friends or relatives. Carry the other 【6】 you in a separate place from your passport.

Read the Public Announcements or Travel Warnings for the countries you plan to visit. Get yourself familiar with local laws and customs of the countries to 【7】 you are travelling.

Leave a copy of your itinerary(旅行日程) with family or friends at home so that you can be contacted in case of an emergency.

Do not accept packages from strangers. Do not carry too much money or 【8】 (necessary) credit cards. If we make enough 【9】 (prepare), we will succeed. Have 【10】 good time!

【題目】Eating slowly can help you to better understand your real hunger signals and can help you to recognize reasons for faster eating, such as emotions or simply liking the taste of a food. However, eating slowly is not a decision that you make suddenly._ 【1】_

Adjust your mind. Do not even attempt to acquire the habit of eating slowly before you're mentally ready. Relax and use your imagination to create mental images that your brain will remember. As part of this mental process, imagine yourself lean and fit.

【2】 Eating slowly isn't just about slowing down the chewing ; it also about slowing down your food choices. As you pick out the processed food, replace it with healthy, unprocessed or less processed choices.

Always relax before you start eating. Take a few deep breaths through the nose and not through the mouth. As you do so, hold your breath briefly and exhale(呼氣) slowly by the mouth._ 【3】__In this way, you remove any risk of comfort eating.

Drink a glass of water or eat a small bowl of soup before your main dish. This will help you sense of fullness. Be aware that not everyone advocates drinking during a meal though, as some people believe that this can remove the nutrients from your meal __【4】___

Spend at least 20 minutes on your meal. __【5】_ Eat your last portion slowly , if you are still hungry after 20 minutes ,it means you are eating too fast !

A. Put the forks down after putting food in your mouth.

B. Get rid of the stress before you start eating.

C. It's a habit that you need to acquire with practice.

D. However, specialists believe water actually aids in digestion.

E. Remove as many processed foods from your plate or food storage as possible.

F. Have a wall clock in plain view from the table to adjust your eating speed.

G. It is wise to speak to your doctor about this, if it's still a problem for you.

【題目】第一節(jié)：短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤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（∧），并在其下面寫上該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在其下面寫上修改后的詞。

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。

With more and more cars come into our families, we are happy that it has greatly improved our life. But unlucky, it has also brought many problems, such heavy traffic and traffic accidents.

Traffic safety is everybody’s business. We must obey the rules. For examples, we must walk on the sidewalks. When we cross zebra–crossing, stop and look right and left, and then go across fast. Don’t play the football on the road. Beside, we can tell our parents not to drink before we drive, not to run through red lights, not to use cell-phones while driven etc.

We can say cars are coming into our life, but only when everybody thought traffic safety is his or her business can we be safe driving on roads and walk on sidewalks.

【題目】Welcome to Gold Coast Wax Museum

The Gold Wax(蠟像) Museum is one of the Cold Coast's longest running attractions. It's a collection of famous figures. It's Australia's largest museum of its kind, featuring more than 110 life-size wax figures copies of British and Australian History.

The Wax Museum is visited by many thousands of people each year who are shocked at the amazing realism of the life-size figures in authentic costumes. This is your invitation to wander through at your leisure and meet many important and famous people's figures on Queensland's Gold Coast.

Come face to face with such celebrities as Michael Jackson, President Obama, past President John F. Kennedy, King Hussein, members of the Royal Family, and many others whose lives have all left an indelible (擦不掉的) mark on our world. Information cards are located alongside each figure.

The Gold Coast Wax Museum contains figures which have been made by leading local and overseas sculptors to international standards, equal in quality to the world's best, as seen in Europe, the United Kingdom, and U. S. A. The detail in the figures is amazing -and includes hair applied one strand at a time, requiring many working hours for one hand, and the eyes are so real that they seem to follow the viewer around.

Price

Child (1-3yrs) free

Child (4-12yrs) $ 22. 00

Adult $ 29. 00

Family (2 Adults + I Child) $68.00

Opening hours

Open 7 days a week, 10 a. m. to l0 p. m.

Closed at Christmas Day (25 Dec.) and Anzac Day (25 Apr.)

span>Location

Ferny Ave, Surfers Paradise ( Gold Coast ) QLD

How to get there

You can choose any of the Gold Coast airport transfers, car rentals, shuttles and private transfers to/from your hotel. Many coach operators also offer Gold Coast transfers to surrounding attractions, beaches, and the more distant destinations, throughout the day.

What to bring

Bring your sense of adventure and your camera and see something exciting and quite unique.

For further information, please click here to see more about the Gold Coast Wax Museum.

【1】 If you visit the Gold Coast Wax Museum, you can

A. see many members of the Royal Family in person in the Museum

B. enjoy some world-class vivid max-works in the Museum

C. meet many leading local and international sculptors in the Museum

D. come at any time of the year except at Christmas Day

【2】If a couple and their l0-year-old son visit the Gold Coast Wax Museum, they may pay_____．

A. $87 B. $80 C. $68 D. $58

【3】You will most probably find this passage ______.

A. in a guidebook B. in a magazine

C. in a text book D. on a webpage

【題目】假如你是班長，看到班上有部分同學在完成作業(yè)時，不是獨立完成而是經常抄襲他人的作業(yè)。針對這種現(xiàn)象，你班召開班會課進行討論，請你以“My opinion on copying others’ homework”為題，在班會課上談談你自己的看法。

注意：1. 必須包括所有內容要點，可適當發(fā)揮；

2. 詞數(shù)：150左右。標題與開頭已為你寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)。

My opinion on copying others’ homework

Today we are going to have a discussion about copying others’ homework. Here I’ll say something about it first. __________________________________________

【題目】短文改錯（每小題1分,共計10分）(請按要求改錯，否則不得分!)

英語課上，老師要求同桌同學相互修改作文。假設以下書信為你同桌所寫，請你對其進行修改。文中共有10處錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤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（∧），并在此符號下面寫出該加的詞。

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。

One afternoon, when I was on my way home, the weather changed suddenly. Darker clouds were gathering. I began to feel worried so I didn’t have both a raincoat or an umbrella with me. It soon started to rain. Just as I was hurrying up home,I heard someone calling me from behind. I turned to have a look and find that he was Liu Wei, good neighbor of mine. He offered to share her umbrella with me. We walked all the ways home. With Liu Wei’s help, I would have got wet to the skin. How thankfully I was for his help.

【題目】假設你是李華，你的英國筆友Bob將于九月到你所在城市的建新華文學校學中文，來信請你在學校附近為他找一套住房。請根據(jù)圖畫提供的信息，寫信介紹住房的情況，并告知住房面積為25平方米，月租500元。

注意：1．詞數(shù)：100左右。2．參考詞匯：房租 rent (n．) 。

Dear Bob,

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

【題目】中國人出國旅游的不文明行為越來越受到廣泛關注。請以表格中所列舉的事實為依據(jù)，寫一則英語短文，談談自己的看法。

注意：

1. 文章必須包括表格中的提示內容，可以增加細節(jié)使行文連貫；

2. 詞數(shù)100左右；

3. 開頭已經給出，不計入總詞數(shù)；

4. 參考詞匯：亂丟 (垃圾) litter；吐痰 spit；形象 image；聲譽 reputation

As more and more Chinese go traveling abroad, reports about their bad manners flood in.

_________________________________________________________________________

【題目】Americans plan parties for many reasons. As in other cultures, many Americans attend parties for weddings and religious or national holidays. But some parties are especially American. For example, a group of neighbors may gather on their street to eat food, play music and visit with one another. This is called a block party. A woman might invite a group of women to a party called a baby shower for a friend who is about to give birth. Guests bring presents for the new baby.

Americans also attend tailgate parties. A tailgate is the back end of a truck or other vehicle that opens down. The tailgate parties are a big part of sports culture in the United States. Friends bring food and drink to a sports event. They eat together in the parking area of the sports stadium.

Birthday parties are also very popular. Many parents organize a party for their child around a theme. Birthday parties usually include gifts and a birthday cake with candles. In many parts of the United States, cupcakes have become a popular replacement for cakes.

Birthday parties can be low cost or very costly. Some parents take their children’s birthday parties very seriously, even when the child is too young to fully understand the celebration.

One group of parents started a website called Birthdays Without Pressure. They decided that some parents were under too much social pressure to plan costly parties for their children. The group sees this movement as an example of America’s culture of “too much stuff”. The group’s website gives suggestions on how to keep birthday celebrations simple, meaningful and fun without spending a lot of money. Their advice may be very helpful during this period of economic recession (蕭條)．

【1】What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Reasons for parties B. Birthdays without pressure

C. Different parties in the world D. American parties

【2】How many kinds of parties does the passage mention?

A. 5. B. 7. C. 6. D. 8.

【3】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Birthday parties are the most popular in America.

B. Some parties in America are the same as in other countries.

C. There’s a party for the mother before her new baby is born.

D. Block party is especially American

【4】The purpose of Birthdays Without Pressure is to advise people to _________.

A. relieve people’s pressure

B. make birthday parties meaningful and costly

C. have meaningful birthday parties with low cost

D. spread America’s culture