阅读下面短文，并借助上下文和插图补充所缺信息，每个空只需填写一个形式正确、意义相符的英语单词。请将答案写在答题卡相应题目的答题位置上。
One day a rich man _______ his friends to a party and they drank a lot of wine. At last there was only a pot(壶)of wine left. Who could
_______ it? They thought
______an idea and decided to have a match. The person who finished the painting of a snake
_______ could drink the wine, so they began drawing.
One of them drew quickly. After he finished, he saw others were still busy drawing. He said, “ How _______ you are! I am the first to finish the painting. I still have enough time to draw something else.” So he added feet to the snake. However, before he could finish the feet,
_____ man also finished drawing. He
________ away the pot and said, “
______ has ever seen a snake with feet? Snakes have no feet, so yours is not
_______ snake. I am the winner, I will get the wine.” With the words, he went away. The man looked at his
_______ and regretted wwhat he had done.
书面表达
假设今年暑假一批美国中学生要来你校访问，你准备参与与接待工作。为了提前做好各项准备，学校要求参与接待的学生用英语拟订一个接待计划。请根据下面的构思图来拟订你的计划。内容包括：
1．你计划要做的事情（图中1-3项内容）及其原因和目的；
2．你准备为来宾安排的1-2项活动。
Some US high school students will come to our school during this summer vacation.
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补全对话（5小题，每小题2分，共10分）
根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A: _____________?
B: Do you still remember that I bought this skirt the day before yesterday?
A: Yes, I do. ___________________?
B: Well, I’m afraid I’ll have to return it.
A: Could you tell me if there’s anything wrong with it?
B: My daughter found there was a hole when I showed her this skirt yesterday.
A: Oh, sorry. __________________?
B: Of course not. Do you have another one which has the same style?
A: Sorry, the skirt in the same style had been sold out by last week.
B: _________________! Then I don’t want any other style. I just want to return it.
A: ____________________. Please wait a minute.
B: Thank you very much.
词语运用（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答案写在下面题号后的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。
For Rachel Beckwith’s 9th birthday, she didn’t ask for toys, dolls or a new pair of shoes.____ _____, the girl made another interesting wish: She wanted her friends and family to donate money to the charity. She _____
____the charity could get more water so that people in developing countries could drink clean drinking water.
“On June 12th, 2013, I’m turning 11,” she wrote on her fundraising page. “I find out that millions of people don’t live to see their __________ birthday. And why? Because they didn’t have enough clean, safe water to drink. So I’m ____
_____my birthday like never before,” she wrote. “I’m asking everyone I know to donate to my campaign instead of ___
______for my birthday.”
Rachel’s goal amount was $300, ________she fell a bit short, raising $220 from her friends and relatives. That didn’t bother her much, and she said she could raise ____
______the following year.
Unfortunately, Rachel met a car accident. After spending several days in a hospital, she lost _______life.
But as news of her death spread, her story of raising money ______the charity did too. Now, the donation has got over $84,000. All the money will ___
__towards building wells in developing countries.
_________ A new study by researchers at the University of Wales Institute has some interesting results.
The study from the University of Wales Institute examined the ability of 25 people aged 18-30. _______ In one task they had to remember a list of eight letters, which were dictated to them.
Participants（参与者）in the study were tested under three different conditions: in a quiet environment, while listening to music they liked, and while listening to music they didn’t like.___ _____ The background music seemed to make memorization more difficult. However, scientists also found that listening to music before doing the tests seemed to help concentration.
“Despite (尽管) describing their self-selected music as more pleasant, their performance was poor, just as it was when they listen to music they disliked,” explained one of the researchers. _________
Another study seemed to further contradict (反驳) the idea that music could help with concentration. As a part of this research, university students were asked about their study habits. _________ And those who do listen to music prefer the instrumental songs.
So, if you are studying for an exam, turn off your iPad!
根据材料内容， 将A—E五个句子填入文中空缺处， 使短文内容完整、正确，并将其标号填写在下面题后的横线上。
| A．So, even if you’re listening to music you like, it’ll still influence your work. |
| B．The participants generally did better whey they were working in silence. |
| C．They were asked to remember information while listening to various sounds. |
| D．The researchers found that the majority of students prefer to work without music. |
E. Can music help you concentrate at work?
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