【題目】閱讀理解
Best friends may be priceless but the cost of keeping the relationship alive is 23,870.
According to a study, a BFF (best friends forever) does not come cheap with devoted friends spending 4,679 on birthday presents alone over a lifetime. And while it costs nothing to be a shoulder to cry on, big-hearted Britons go the extra mile and spend 168 on pick-me-ups(提神物品) to get their mate through a rocky patch (艱難時(shí)刻)like the breakup of a relationship.
There's a further 242 spent on presents to show how much they mean from gifts bought on holiday to treats for no reason. And distance does not break up a close friendship as BFFs spend a whopping(巨大的) 18,000 on travel to see each other despite being miles apart because of university, jobs and marriage.
The study by cashback site TopCashBack found on average BEFs who marry can expect 431 spent on them and a further 283 on gifts when they have children. And they can rely on their pals to help out when they move houses as they will obtain 127 worth of housewarming presents and takeaways(a kind of food).
The survey based on a friendship lasting 40 years found more than eight in ten adults with a BFF felt their friendships were worth every penny.
TopCashback spokesperson Natasha Smith said: “Those friendships which stand the test of time are often the most important in our lives. However, they come at a cost. From train tickets once a month to flights and a new dress for a wedding on the Italian coast, the price paid for having a best mate can soon add up. But when we asked people to compare their friendship with the financial investment(投資), only 14% thought their friendship was equal to their investment with the vast majority thinking it was worth more."
（1）What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.generous
B.ambitious
C.troublesome
D.energetic
（2）To keep the relationship, where do BEFs spend the most money?
A.Buying birthday presents.
B.Cheering up a friend in low spirits.
C.Paying for holiday gifts and other treats.
D.Going a particular distance to visit friends.
（3）What is Natasha's understanding of BEF friendship?
A.It's costly and unaffordable.
B.It's expensive but worthwhile.
C.It's rewarding but hard to keep.
D.It's changeable but worth possessing.
（4）How is the passage developed?
A.By listing figures.
B.By giving examples.
C.By analying causes.
D.By making comparisons.

【題目】閱讀理解
To develop one's taste in English，the most effective way is to read English books extensively. However, one may be at a loss to choose the appropriate books，especially as a beginner.I would like to share some of my experience.
My first English novel was Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice，recommended by many English teachers and professors as an ideal book for English learners. But I had great difficulty in understanding the novel，let alone enjoying it. It's not the vocabulary that troubled me，but rather the way Austen constructs sentences，and her way of thinking，which seemed too remote to me at that time. My fading enthusiasm was much recovered after reading Hemingway's novel Farewell to Arms. I particularly liked his brief and lively style. So my first suggestion is，as a beginner, you'd better choose contemporary novels instead of classical ones.
However，reading novels is not the only way to improve your English. English essays can at once inform you，entertain you, and improve your taste in English. The best example is Bertrand Russell's work. Its language is plain, yet you cannot help feeling the elegance and the unique sense of humor. His simple language enables his philosophy(哲理) within the reach of ordinary people. Here comes my second suggestion—essays are indispensable.
Never follow other's opinions blindly，however famous or influential the person might be. As a saying goes，one man's meat is another man's poison. With that in mind，we are sure to find out our favorite writers through reading and develop our fine taste in English.
（1）What made the author's first English novel hard to understand?
A.Complex conversations.
B.Not knowing the social background.
C.The old-fashioned vocabulary.
D.Sentences and Austen's thinking pattern.
（2）Which can best replace the underlined word“ indispensable”?
A.necessary
B.challenging
C.related
D.inspired
（3）What advice does the author give in the last paragraph?
A.Choose books that challenging us most.
B.Read books that are instructive.
C.Don't be affected by other's choices.
D.Compare books before buying.
（4）What is the author's purpose of writing the passage?
A.Give comments on literature works.
B.Tell beginners how to choose English books.
C.Encourage people to read more English books.
D.Recommend first-class books to English learners.

【題目】根據(jù)短文理解，選擇正確答案。
Aerial performer Jennifer Bricker was born without legs, but she never let it stop her.
Wrapped in a loop of red silk hung from the ceiling Jennifer Bricker climbs and twists to the music. Her head hangs down and her strong arms let go as she balances on her back, high above the ground a move that's all the more daring because she has no legs.
Jennifer was a few months old when she was adopted by Sharon and Gerald Bricker. She had big brown eyes, a bright smile, and huge amounts of energy. When a doctor advised her adoptive parents to carry her around in a kind of bucket, they refused.
Jennifer soon learned to walk — and run — on her hands and bottom, and grew up fearlessly climbing trees and bouncing on the trampoline（蹦床） with her three older brothers. “My parents didn't treat me differently so I didn't grasp the concept that I was different. I knew I didn't have legs but that wasn't stopping me from doing the things I wanted to do.”
At the age of three she was fitted with artificial legs, but she never really took to them — she moved more freely without.
In 1996 the Olympic Games took place in Atlanta. Jennifer loved to watch the women's gymnastics team, and especially adored the 14-year-old Dominique Moceanu who competed for the US. When Moceanu and the women's team won gold, Jennifer decided she was going to be a gymnast, too. She took up power tumbling, which involves performing floor exercises down a runway. But Jennifer did not want any allowances to be made for her disability.
At the age of 10 she took part in the Junior Olympics and by age 11 she was tumbling champion for the state of Illinois.
Jennifer now travels the world as an inspirational speaker and acts as an aerial performer.
（1）Why did Jennifer determine to be a gymnast?
A.She knew that she was different from others.
B.She wanted to make allowances for her disability.
C.She was eager to participate in the Junior Olympics.
D.She was greatly influenced by Dominique Moceanu.
（2）What do we know about Jennifer Bricker?
A.She felt embarrassed without legs.
B.She was carried in a bucket as a baby.
C.She was brought up as a normal child.
D.She lost her legs when she was adopted.
（3）Which of the following can best describe Jennifer Bricker?
A.Self-respected.
B.Cautious.
C.Sensitive.
D.Clever.

【題目】根據(jù)短文理解，選擇正確答案。
Your next car might drive itself. After years of trials on city streets, driverless vehicles are now nearing the live phase. Last moth, a driverless bus began carrying passengers through Lyon, France, Most in the automobile industry think self-driving vehicles will be on the road by 2020 or before.
Driverless cars will at first be huddled with human-driven cars. But the first places where they will become dominant（統(tǒng)治的）are dense urban areas — precisely the spots most damaged by the automobile age. Many advanced cities are already reducing the role of human-driven cargo. Driverless cars will quicken that process and will bring us enormous benefits.
Driverless cars will reduce accidents by around 90 percent. That's big—the annual death toll on the world's roads is about 1.2 million a year. Pollution and carbon emissions will drop, because urban driverless cars will be electric. The old, otherwise they would stay at home most of the time and the disabled and teenagers will suddenly gain mobility.
On the other hand, driverless cars will bring catastrophe. The best thing about the automobile age was that it employed tens of millions of people to make, market, insure and drive vehicles. Over the next 20 years, the mostly low-skilled men who now drive trucks, taxis and buses will see their jobs reduced. Carmakers are especially scared. The few cars of the future might be made by tech companies such as Apple, Baidu and Google. Imaging the impact on Germany, where the automotive sector is the largest industry.
Dramatic change is coming, and driverless cars could arrive by 2020. But governments have barely begun thinking about it. Only 6 percent of the biggest US cities have factored them into their long-term planning.
A decade ago anyone hardly saw the Smartphone coming. It has bought an epidemic of mass addiction. Let's hope we do a better job of handling the driverless car.
（1）The underlined words “be huddled with” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by ““.
A.show up
B.exist together
C.get rid of
D.take the place of
（2）Why can driverless cars reduce pollution and carbon emissions?
A.Driverless cars reduce the number of cars.
B.Driverless cars will be powered by electricity.
C.Driverless cars save fuel by driving themselves.
D.Driverless cars will reduce too many accidents.
（3）What's the author's attitude toward driverless cars?
A.Doubtful.
B.Negative.
C.Objective.
D.Worried.
（4）What can we know about driverless cars?
A.They will not hit the road until 2020.
B.They will only be used in urban areas.
C.They will not cause any road accident.
D.They aren't still seriously taken by leaders.

【題目】根據(jù)短文理解，選擇正確答案。
Smart phones are so common these days. It's a wonder that our pets don't own one. But they don't necessarily have to. These four apps will help you take care of your best furry friend from dog training to first aid.
Pet First Aid
Price: $3.99
Pet First Aid helps you provide the basic care and attention that your four-legged friend might need in a medical emergency. The application shows owners how to treat illnesses with helpful videos, pictures and articles on subjects like cuts, wound treatment and more. A section called Pet Info lets you enter in information about your pets including when they had their last vaccinations, any medicines they take, or information about any diseases or conditions your animal suffers from.
Paw Card Pet Tracker
Price: Free
Paw Card helps you keep a record of your loved one's important information. Use it to record your pet's medical contacts, vaccinations, identity cards, medical conditions and medicines. Additional characteristics include a drawing showing your dog's weight over time.
Dog Park Finder
Price: Free
Dog Park Finder helps you locate dog-friendly parks and training locations in your area(USA)locations only). The app includes in formation on more than 2,200 off-leash(無(wú)需給狗拴鏈的) areas, user photos and more than 6，500 reviews, so you can have fun with your dog off the leash.
Dog Book
Price: Free
Dog Book is a social networking application for dogs. Like Face book, users can share with other people what's going on in their dog's life, share photos, and find great animal-friendly places to meet up.
（1）The app Pet First Aid is different from the other thee mainly in .
A.size
B.price
C.application
D.position
（2）If you want to keep a record of your dog's weight, you can use .
A.Dog Book
B.Pet First Aid
C.Dog Park Finder
D.Paw Card Pet Tracker
（3）Which one is the best choice if you want to find dog training locations?
A.Dog Park Finder
B.Pet First Aid
C.Paw Card Pet Tracker.
D.Dog Book
（4）From the text we can know.
A.Dog Book users can find off-leash areas
B.Dog Park Finder provides worldwide information
C.Paw Card Pet Tracker records your dog's information
D.Pet First Aid users can find the nearest hospital easily

【題目】閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)漢語(yǔ)提示,在空格上填入恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使句子完整。
（1）他與他的新上司胡新的討論注定會(huì)對(duì)他的記者生涯產(chǎn)生重要影響。
His discussion with his new boss, Hu Xin, strongly influence his life as a journalist.
（2）聽(tīng)上去汽車的發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)好像壞了。如果是這樣的話，我們最好立刻把它送到修理廠。
It sounds like something is wrong with the car's engineer. ,we'd better take it to the garage immediately.
（3）她以前從來(lái)沒(méi)有見(jiàn)過(guò)和羅伯特一樣打網(wǎng)球打得這么好的人。
Never before anybody who can play tennis as well as Robert.
（4）我正在玩游戲，這時(shí)突然停電了。
I computer games electricity was cut off.
（5）一看到他古怪的穿著，我們都笑了。(sight)
We laughed his strange clothes.

【題目】假定英語(yǔ)課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫(xiě)的以下作文。文中共有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），并在其下面寫(xiě)出該加的詞。
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。
修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫(xiě)出修改后的詞。
注意：1）每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均限一詞;
2）只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。
Nowadays more and more Chinese go to work with bicycle, leaving their cars at home. Why are so many people riding bicycles to work? They have different reason for it.
First, bicycles do not use up any fuel. Therefore, they cost less than other means of transport. Besides, bicycles do not need many space on the road, and it is easily to find a place for it. And everybody knows that riding a bicycle is healthy sport.
When people drive their cars to work or shop, they lost the chance to exercise, but the waste gas from the cars will pollute the air. And moreover, people feel annoying when looking for a parking lot in the busy city center. So I prefer riding a bicycle to drive a car.
We are looking forward to a cleaner and better environment by changing our life style.

Instead of watching TV or playing games on the computer at home, students will accumulate a lot of useful experience and knowledge 【6】 working in the community. Through some activities like that, students will become creative and active since they 【7】 (know) how to communicate and keep a good relationship with other people. Especially, in the future, some experiences from participating in community organizations will be very 【8】 (value) because it is a vital part in CV when students want to apply for a job.

To sum up, it will be 【9】 good idea for students to carry out unpaid community service in high schools. These programs will improve students’ life skills and 【10】 (they) understanding of life.

【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。
A new article in The Wall Street Journal has given us a deeper understanding of the relationship between what we earn and how we feel.Well,not true.People with higher incomes are happier than those who struggle to get by.To put a smile on your face with your money,you need to spend it strategically.Here are some ways to better spend your bank notes.
Buy experiences,not material things.
People think that experiences are only going to provide temporary happiness,but they actually provide both more happiness and more lasting value that help you better manage your life.

Anything you buy,including a product you think is special will become just another object.Buying small things can give us frequent small pleasures that are different each time they occur,as they forestall（搶先）adaptation.

It's also important to consider how what you're buying will affect how you spend your time.For example,you may have to spend a very long time on the road if you get a big house in the suburb,which will totally lower overall life satisfaction.
Try giving it away.
Elizabeth Dunn,associate professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Canada,found that in countries as diverse as Canada,South Africa and Uganda,giving away money consistently made people happier. A.Buy what you like.
B.Be sure to buy time,too.
C.More money,more smiles?
D.Money can't buy happiness,right?
E.Buy lots of little things,rather than one big thing.
F.With no much money to spare,people tend to stick to material goods.
G.This was even true for people who were ly poor themselves.

【題目】閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。
As is known to us, the year 2016 has one extra day in it — February 29th. This is because it's we call “a leap year”. Every four years, the year has 366 days in instead of 365.
It is called a leap year because hundreds of years ago in England, the extra day wasn't (legal) recognized. There is a well-known tradition in the UK (associate) with February 29th, introduced many centuries ago. Women are allowed to break with tradition and propose(求婚) to their boyfriends on this day. This all started back in the (five) century, when a famous Irish saint made a (complain) that women had to wait too long for men to propose. According to the legend, Saint Patrick said any female dreaming of a proposal could ask her boyfriend to marry her on this additional day in February. This so-called tradition (write) in law in the thirteenth century. Scotland passed a law allowing women to propose to men in a leap year. It was said that if the men refused, they had to pay a fine!
Now in 2016, there are calls February 29th to become a public holiday. Some people believe that it should be an (office) day off, because no one gets (many) payments for working an extra day in a leap year. For the moment though, the British still have to go to work on this day.