—Driving less and walking more is good for our health.

一So I’d rather ______ an hour's walk to work than consider _____ a car.

A. take； drive B. take； to drive

C. take； driving D. taking； driving

--- He hasn’t watched the movie “So Young”, has he?

--- ______. He told me it was very moving and he’d like to watch it a second time.

A. Yes, he has B. Yes, he hasn’t

C. No, he hasn’t D. No, he has

—What do you think of the book？

—Oh, excellent! It’s worth_____________ a second time.

A.to read B.read C.being read D.reading

—I think this will be the best movie of this year. It’s so great!

—Well, _______. Anyway, the story itself is not bad.

A. It’s my pleasure.

B. That’s a very good idea.

C. I totally agree with you.

D. I’m not sure if you are right.

完形填空 先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從下面四個(gè)答案中選擇可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案。

One day a young man put an ad (廣告) in most of the newspapers in England. He said that his parents ______ him millions of pounds (英鎊). He graduated from Oxford University. Everyone knows this university is one of ______ universities in the world. So he had got a great education there. He’d like a girl to be his ______ . The girl must be like the one in the books written by Somerset Maugham, ______ Maugham was his favourite.

This ad was read and known ______ by parents and young girls all over the country. Parents went to shops to ______ the books. They bought those books for their daughters ______ presents. Girls tried to get those books _______ . They wanted to know what kind of person the writer liked so that they could marry the young man.

All the books written by Maugham ______ in a short time and the writer became famous.

Can you guess who the young man was? It was Somerset Maugham ______ ! What a clever man he was!

1.A. give B. gave C. has given D. will give

2.A. the most famous B. more famous C. most famous D. famous

3.A. friend B. classmate C. wife D. teacher

4.A. though B. so C. but D. because

5.A. truly B. wrongly C. slowly D. quickly

6.A. look at B. look over C. look for D. look after

7.A. as B. with C. for D. like

8.A. to keep B. to sell C. to read D. to show

9.A. are sold out B. were sold out C. have sold out D. sold out

10.A. himself B. herself C. itself D. themselves

With the development of science and technology, our daily life is becoming more colorful and more convenient (便利).

1.You needn’t use ______ when you take photos or video with Google Glass.

A. a camera B. a screen C. a battery D. your hand

2.The digital Library tells us something about a library without ______.

A. books B. computers C. bookshelves D. reader

3.Which one of the following can reduce our housework in our daily life?

A. The underwater hotel B. Google Glass

C. The Wool & Prince shirt D. The digital library

I would like to talk to you about one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. I was born and raised there and now I visit it from time to time. My family moved to the city, so I only go back to see friends or to camp and fish.

I grew up in a small town called Antonito Co. It is surrounded by mountains. So camping is a big source of happiness in the valley. There are so many beautiful places to hike.

The town itself is very small. It is said that if you blink (眨眼) when you’re going through it, you’ll miss it. This has some truth in it considering the size of the town. We have one grocery store (雜貨店), a tiny post office , and a tiny bank. There are also a few gas stations, bars, some excellent restaurants, a small hospital and of course several schools. However, for clothing and shoes, you have to drive thirty miles to Alamosa to shop there.

Everyone in the town is nice and we all know each other. The crime rate (率) is zero unless you count some weekend fights that break out because some people drink too much. The classes in school are small, so you get a lot of attention from the teacher.

You’re probably wondering why I don’t live there. Well, I can’t get a job there. A lot of the businesses are family-owned. And they never fire(解雇) their employees. So the employees work there usually until they retire(退休). Most people have to go to other places to get a job.

1.What can you find in the writer’s hometown?

a. bank

b. a post office

c. some gas stations and bars

d. a clothing store

e. a shoe shop

f. some restaurants and a hospital

A. abce B. bdef C. abcf D. cdef

2.Which is the following statements is TRUE?

A. Teachers pay more attention to the students because they work hard.

B. It is great fun for the writer to go camping in the valley.

C. It’s common to see some drunken people in the writer’s hometown.

D. The writer moved to the city because he didn’t like his hometown.

3.We can learn from the last paragraph t hat in the writer’s hometown .

A. not many job chances are provided

B. employees don’t make much money

C. most people live a very hard life

D. only the old still live there

We may know that there are four basic stages that human beings pass through when they enter and live in a new culture. This process, which helps us to deal with culture shock(文化沖擊), is the way our head and our personality react to(對(duì)…做出反應(yīng)) the strange new things we meet with when we move from one culture to another.

Culture begins with the “honeymoon stage”. This is the time when we first arrive in which everything about the new culture is strange and exciting. We see new things, hear new sounds and language, eat new kinds of food. This stage can last for quite a long time because we feel we are very excited.

Unluckily, the second stage can be more difficult. After we have got used to our new life, we can become very tired and begin to miss our homeland and our family, friends, pets. All the little problems in life seem to be much bigger and more disturbing when you face them in a foreign culture. This time of cultural adjustment(調(diào)整) can be very difficult and lead to pulling away from the new culture.

The third stage is called the “adjustment stage”. This is when you begin to realize that things are not so bad in the host culture. Your sense of humor usually becomes stronger and you realize that you are becoming stronger by learning to take care of yourself in the new place. Things are still difficult, but you are now a survivor!

The fourth stage can be called “at ease at last”. Now you feel quite comfortable in your new place. You can deal with most problems that you have. You may still have problems with the language, but you know you are strong enough to deal with them.

There is a fifth stage of culture shock which many people don’t know about. This is called

“reverse culture shock”. Surprisingly, this happens when you go back to your own culture and find

that you have changed and that things there have changed while you have been away. Now you feel a little uncomfortable back home. Life is a struggle!

1.How do you feel during the first stage of culture shock?

A. Lonely and sad. B. Bored and homesick.

C. Angry and impatient. D. Happy and excited.

2.How could the third stage be described?

A. Adjustment. B. Pulling away C. Shock. D. Anger.

3.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Human beings would pass through four stages when they begin to live in a new culture.

B. Entering and living in a new culture is challenging(挑戰(zhàn)).

C. It is much fun to live in a new culture.

D. Life in a new culture is a struggle.

A secret to win

Once a 10-year-old boy decided to learn judo (柔道) though he had lost his left arm in a car accident.

The boy began lessons with an old Japanese sensei, a judo teacher. Three months later, he was still practising with the same move. So he asked, “Sensei, shouldn’t I be learning more moves?”

“This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you’ll ever need to know,” the sensei replied.

The boy kept training. Months later, the sensei took him to his first match.

Surprisingly, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match was more difficult, but after some time, his opponent (對(duì)手) became impatient. The boy used his one move to win the match and now was in the final.

This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy seemed to lose the game. Being worried that the boy might get hurt, the referee (裁判) called a break. Just before the referee wanted to end the match, the sensei came to him.

“No,” the sensei said, “l(fā)et him go on.” Soon after the match began, his opponent made a big mistake: he dropped his guard (防守). Suddenly, the boy won the match.

On the way home, the boy and the sensei talked about every move in each match. Then the boy gathered the courage to ask, “Sensei, how did I win the match with only one move?”

“You won for two reasons,” the sensei answered. “First, you’ve learned one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. Second, the only known guard for that move is for your opponent to catch your left arm.”

1.How many opponents did the boy face in the story?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

2.Why did the boy’s last opponent lose the game?

A. Because he failed to protect himself in time.

B. Because he was not strong and experienced enough.

C. Because the referee ended the match.

D. Because he was afraid to hurt the boy.

3.The boy could win all the matches mainly because ______.

A. his opponents made more mistakes than he did

B. his opponents were more impatient than he was

C. the boy was better at guard than his opponents were

D. the boy’s biggest weakness became his biggest strength

4.From the passage we can infer that ______.

A. disabled people are the best ones in learning judo

B. one can win achievements by keeping practising

C. it is important to find a good referee to win a match

D. it is useless to learn too much knowledge and skills

根據(jù)句意,用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。

1.How amazing! An 80-year-ol d man ________ (成功地) swam across the river yesterday.

2.The child ________ (說(shuō)謊) to the teacher about why he was late this morning.

3.Now many students ________(幾乎不) have enough sleep because of too much homework.

4.Mount Qomolangma is one of the natural ____________ (奇跡) in the world.