【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的七個選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項，選項中有兩項為多余選項。

A research has discovered that your gift for happiness is determined by your genes to a large degree. 【1】 . We can do this by overcoming negative emotions and developing positive emotions.

Strategy（策略）1: 【2】

The first step is to make a choice to be happy. In Seeking Happiness, Bertrand Russell said, “Happiness must be an achievement rather than a gift of the gods, and in this achievement, effort must play a great part.”

Once you’ve decided to be happier, you can choose strategies for achieving happiness.

Strategy 2: Develop gratitude（感激）.

In Authentic Happiness, psychologist Martin Seligman encourages readers to perform a daily “gratitude exercise”. 【3】

Strategy 3: Remember, money can’t buy happiness.

Research shows: 【4】 . Yes, “we always think that some things are wrong because they cannot bring us happiness,” writes Daniel Gilbert in Stumbling on Happiness.

Strategy 4: Take part in meaningful activities.

“People are seldom happier,” says Jackson, “than when they’re doing meaningful activities”. Yet, he has found that the most common leisure（休閑）activity — watching TV — produces some of the lowest levels of happiness. 【5】 Active leisure that helps a person grow does not come easily, he writes in Finding Flow.

A. Choose to be happy.

B. Achieve happiness.

C. To get more out of life, we need to put more into it.

D. Yet, psychologists believe we can pursue happiness.

E. Happiness is decided by a good many aspects.

F. More money doesn’t necessarily bring extra happiness.

G. This shifts people away from bitterness, and promotes happiness.

【題目】This year, Face book, the social media website announced that it would cooperate with several news organizations — including The New York Times, The Guardian, and the BBC — to place news stories directly into users’ personal Face book webpage. Stories published using Face book Instant will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher, who will keep all the advertising income the stories earn — at least for now. The deal shows how important social media has become to news organizations, and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing — and has been for a while.

Many thought of it as the death of the newspaper, when Google News began in 2002. It had no human editor. Instead Google used, and still uses, a secret computer program that selects and displays news stories according to the reader’s personal interests, More recently, Associated Press and Yahoo have been publishing computer-written articles. Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports — areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data.

I think we should be concerned about such developments. One concern is that Facebook, Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline （副業(yè)）, a way of putting people in front of advertisements. It isn’t their primary function — so if it stops making them lots of money, they’re likely to stop doing it.

There’s another concern that computer-written articles are not actually journalism at all, because what a human news team produces is actually quite complex. A well-written news story puts information in context, offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge.

Although economics and speed of delivery mean readers will probably choose a computer-written story over a carefully shaped article — at least for daily news — I don’t think the computers will be writing any in-depth articles for a while yet.

【1】What is the main purpose of the article?

A. To report on a new computer service offered by Facebook.

B. To advise readers against reading computer-written news.

C. To express concern about recent trends in online news.

D. To describe the process of online news reporting.

【2】Computer-written news reports have so far focused on sports and finance because ________.

A. these are the most popular topics for online readers

B. writing style is less important than accuracy in these areas

C. information on these topics is more easily available

D. there are fewer journalists specializing in these areas

【3】What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Business. B. Advertising.

C. Facebook. D. Journalism.

【4】In Paragraph 4, which of the following is mentioned as a characteristic of a well-written news article?

A. The information presented is up-to-date.

B. The author’s opinion is clear.

C. The language used is vivid.

D. Different views on the topic are presented.

【題目】語法填空（共10小題，每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當?shù)膬?nèi)容或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。(每空所填的詞最多不超過3個)

Now, please allow me to _【1】 (introduce) Lhasa to you. Lhasa is _【2】__ capital city of Tibet, which is __【3】____(locate) in the Southeast of Tibet. It is a city with a history of more than 1300 years. It is famous for the Potola Palace. Besides, it’s also an ___【4】_(attract) city, attracting tens of millions of visitors from home and abroad each year. There are many _【5】__(place) of interest and people are very _【6】__(friend). With the 【7】___(develop) of modern transportation, traveling becomes___【8】__(easy). It takes only 2 hours to fly ___【9】__ Chengdu to Lhasa. If you have a chance to come to Tibet, welcome __【10】_ Lhasa.

【題目】短文改錯

假定英語課上英語老師要求同桌之間互相修改作文，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。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在該詞下面寫出該加的詞。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1．每處錯誤及修改均僅限一詞。

2．只允許修改10處，多者（從11處起）不計分。

My list of favorite books are long. I read a lot and I just keep finding new favorites. In my family, we often talk about the books we are reading and passing around our favorites. It benefits a whole family.

I discovered how share favorite books can help strength a friendship long ago. When I was a kid, my friend Liz became very sicker and was going to miss a lot of school. I fill a big bag with some of my favorite books for her read. She never forgot that. Today, she lives thousand of miles away from me, but she sometimes e-mails with me about the books she is reading.

【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

If happy is what you want to be, you must take responsibility and stop expecting things or people to make you happy. You are the source of your own happiness, so stop looking elsewhere. 【1】 Here are a few ways for you to follow:

Be thankful to others. 【2】 It is too easy to take those around us for granted. Show them the same consideration you would like shown to you.

【3】 This goes beyond(超過) politeness; it is a form of giving. Treat everyone you meet as if they have a big sign on their chest saying “make me feel important.” If you do this you will discover a hidden source of joy.

Perform acts of kindness. Don’t wait to be asked. 【4】 It doesn’t need to be a big thing, hold the door for a stranger, or smile at anyone you make eye contact with. Look for chances to make others feel good.

Make a decision to be happy. This is the most important step on the road to a happy life. 【5】 You are the key to your own happiness, so go ahead, unlock it once and for all.

A. Respect other people.

B. Be polite to other people.

C. Instead of looking for happiness, start creating it.

D. You can change your feelings by acting the way you want to feel.

E. If you see a chance to do something nice for someone else, do it!

F. Simply make up your mind to be the happiest person you know, and you will be.

G. Be grateful to the people in your life, and practice saying thank you for any politeness they show you.

【題目】The Winner’s Guide to Success

Do you know what makes people successful? To find out the answers, an American scholar recently visited some of the most successful people in America. 【1】

Be responsible for yourself.

Sometimes you may want to blame others for your failure to get ahead. In fact, when you say someone or something outside of yourself is stopping you from making success, you are giving away your own power. _【2】

Write a plan.

It is very difficult trying to get what you want without a good plan. It is just like trying to drive through strange roads to a city far away. _【3】 Without this “map”, you may waste your time, money and also your energy; while with the “map” you’ll enjoy the “trip” and get what you want in the shortest possible time.

_【4】

Nothing great is easy to get. So you must be ready to work hard — even harder than you have ever done. If you are not willing to pay the price, you won’t get anything valuable.

Never give up.

__【5】 When you are doing something, you must tell yourself again and again: Giving up is worse than failure because failure can be the mother of success, but giving up means the death of hope.

A. A good plan is like a map to you.

B. It seems to us that everyone knows this. But it is easier said than done.

C. Some people achieve success much later in life because they didn’t work harder earlier.

D. You are saying you have more control over my life than I do.

E. Someone else’s opinion of you doesn’t have to become your reality.

F. Be willing to pay the price.

G. Here are some keys to success that they give.

【題目】Mark Twain, the famous American writer and a great master of humor, liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him. One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man, one of his friends.

The young man said that he had an uncle with him. He told Mark Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled, and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.

"You bring your uncle to my talk this evening," said Mark Twain. "I'm sure I can make him laugh."

That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front. Mark Twain began to speak. He told several funny stories and made everyone in the room laugh. But the man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories, but the old man still kept quiet. Mark Twain continued to tell his funny stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed.

Some days later, Mark Twain told another friend what had happened." Oh," said his friend, "I know that man. He's been deaf for years."

【1】The writer wrote the passage mainly to ________.

A. tell readers Mark Twain liked playing jokes

B. tell readers a joke played on Mark Twain

C. tell readers Mark Twain was a great writer

D. tell readers how to tell a funny story

【2】One day Mark Twain met ________ at lunch.

A. a friendB. his brotherC. his teacher D. a young girl

【3】Mark Twain stopped finally because he was ________.

A. disappointedB. sorryC. ill D. sleepy

【4】Mark Twain couldn't make the old man laugh because ________.

A. his jokes were not funny

B. the old man wasn't interested in the jokes

C. the old man could tell more funny jokes

D. the old man was deaf

【題目】Shakespeare's Birthplace and Exhibition of Shakespeare's World

Welcome to the world-famous house where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and where he grew up. The property(房產(chǎn)) remained in the ownership of Shakespeare's family until 1806. The House has welcomed visitors travelling from all over the world，for over 250 years.

◆Enter through the Visitors' Centre and see the highly-praised exhibition Shakespeare's World, a lively and full introduction to the life and work of Shakespeare.

◆Stand in the rooms where Shakespeare grew up.

◆Discover examples of furniture and needlework from Shakespeare's period.

◆Enjoy the traditional(傳統(tǒng)的) English garden, planted with trees and flowers mentioned in the poet's works.

The Birthplace is within easy walking distance of all the car parks shown on the map；nearest is Windsor Street(3 minutes' walk)．

The House may present difficulties but the Visitors' Centre, its exhibition, and the garden are accessible(可進入的) to wheelchair users.

The Shakespeare Coffee House(opposite the Birthplace).

【1】How much is the admission for a family of two adults and two children?

A．￡9.80.B．￡12.00.C．￡14.20. D．￡16.40.

【2】Where is the nearest parking place to Shakespeare's Birthplace?

A．Behind the exhibition hall.

B．Opposite the Visitors' Centre.

C．At Windsor Street.

D．Near the Coffee House.

【3】A wheelchair user may need help to enter ________.

A．the HouseB．the garden

C．the Visitors’ CentreD．the exhibition hall

【題目】短文改錯：（10分）文中共有10處語言錯誤。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加上一個漏字符號（∧），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）不記分。

My dream school starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 3:30 p.m. They are three lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon. We didn’t need to do so much homework. Therefore, we have more time with after-school activities. For example, we can do reading for one and a half hour and play sports for one hour every day.

My dream school look like a big garden. There are all kinds of the flowers and trees around the classroom buildings. We can lie on the grass for a rest, or sat by the lake listening music. The teachers here are kind and helpfully. They are not only our teachers but also our friends.

【題目】你是學(xué)生會主席李華。學(xué)校決定舉辦春季運動會，并邀請專業(yè)運動員和教練來校進行賽前培訓(xùn)，請根據(jù)以下信息提示，寫一則英文通知。（標題和落款已給出）

1. 運動會于下周六在操場舉行；

2. 所有同學(xué)自備座椅觀看比賽；

3. 每班選派5名以上運動員及5名拉拉隊成員；

4. 本周六在校禮堂舉行賽前培訓(xùn)。

注意：1. 可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫；2. 詞數(shù)100左右。

3. 提示詞: 拉拉隊：cheering squad