Sadness and happiness are often talked about by people in their spare time. Most people want themselves to be happy for ever, but few know how to find happiness. Others say if you own lots of money and success, you will be happy. However, money and success alone do notbring lasting happiness. A famous a Greek thinker, Aristotle, said, “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” That’s to say,we make our own happiness. Here are a few suggestions to help you be happier.
The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. Too often, we spend so much timethinking about the future. For example, getting into college or getting a good job, which we fail to enjoy thepresent. You should enjoy life’s simple pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. People who have several close friends often live happier and healthier lives.
Another secret to living a happy life is to be active. Many people go dancing or play sports. People can forget about their problems and only think about the activities. Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. Studies show that people feel good when they spend their time helping others. If you want to feel happier, do good things for someone. You can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping or help out with some things around the house for an elderly person.
If you do above, you will be happy.How many suggestions of happiness are mentioned in this passage?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
If you want to enjoy the simple things in life, you can ________.
| A．listen to your favorite music | B．remember some problems |
| C．think about getting into college | D．read a bad book |
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
| A．Money and success alone do notbring you lasting happiness. |
| B．If you want to feel happier, you can go shopping for an elderly person. |
| C．Spending so much time thinking about the future can enjoy the present. |
| D．Active person may live a happier life than inactive person. |
What’s the main idea of this passage?
| A．How to live a happy life. | B．How to depend upon ourselves. |
| C．How to help the old people. | D．How to get a good job. |
Not only adults but also teenagers have problems in their life. Here is a survey showing the main problems of .
They feel stressed because they have homework to do both at school and at home. They have lots of exams . And parents usually send them different classes at weekends. As a result, so many of them almost become bookworms(书虫). On holidays, they could hardly have time to do what they are interested in. Now more and more teenagers short-sighted. They often read in bed or keep for a long time without having a rest. Some of them are crazy about playing computer games. Some too much watching TV. serious problem among teenagers is that many of them are becoming fat. They eat too much junk food, but they take little exercise.
I think teenagers should think of ways on how to the problem. They should make a plan for study and hobbies and find time to relax as much as possible.
A．adult B．adults C．teenager D．teenagers
A．too many B．too much C．much too D．many too
A．join B．to be taken C．to take D．to join
A．to B．for C．of D．in
A．our own B．their own C．his own D．they own
A．are getting B．are getting C．got D．are become
A．red B．read C．to read D．reading
A．pay B．cost C．spend D．take
A．Another B．Other C．Others D．Some
A．doing with B．do with C．dealing with D．deal with
The Malaysian government announced that Malaysian flight MH370 lost the contact with the Air Traffic Control the morning of March 8th. The flight at 00:41 a.m. that morning and planned to arrive in Beijing at 6:30 a.m. It carried 239 passengers, 154 Chinese. The passengers come from 14 countries and areas. Nobody knows what happened to the plane. Over twenty countries took part in it. On March 24, Prime Minister of Malaysia said that MH370 crashed in southern Indian Ocean and none of the passengers survived. When we heard the bad news, we were very sad. So far the plane wreckage(飞机残骸) yet. We hope they will find it soon.
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假如你是于伟，请给你的美国朋友Frank写一封email，向他介绍你参加过的或者熟悉的一次有趣的活动，例如：采摘、野餐、郊游、聚会、竞赛、节日等等。内容包括活动的时间、地点、人物、活动期间的所做、所见、所感，然后向你的笔友发出邀请，请他来参加暑期中的另一次活动。
要求：1. 邮件要包括以上要点，鼓励适当发挥，是内容连贯、生动有趣。
2.词数100左右。邮件的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
请将答案填写在答题卡指定位置。
词汇提示（仅供参考）：
strawberry（cherry，fig）-picking 草莓（樱桃、无花果）采摘 ripe 成熟的
greenhouse 温室 practice base 实践基地 ladder 梯子，rope 绳子，tie 捆住
| class, badly, parents, school, home, only a few, happy, again, office, sad |
In the United States, headmasters and teachers discipline(惩戒) students in several ways. The teacher often writes or calls the student’s parents. Sometimes students have to stay atfor an extra hour. If a student behaves
, the headmaster can suspend(勒令……休学) the student. The student cannot come to school for one, two, or three days. Sometimes, when the headmaster suspends some students, they are
. “A three-day vacation!” they thought.
Mr Lazares, a headmaster, didn’t like to suspend students. When the boy who was not behaving well in class was sent to his , Mr. Lazares telephoned the boy’s parents. “If you come to school with your son, I won’t stop him having classes,” he said. The boy’s father came to school and went with his son to every
. Other students stared at the boy and his father. The boy was embarrassed. After that, he behaved better. He didn’t want his father to come to school
. Other students behaved better, too. They thought, “I don’t want my
to come to school!”
That year, about 60 parents came to school with children who didn’t behave well. The next year, parents had to come to school. The students were behaving better.
Why do we like drinking water from plastic bottles? Some people think it is healthy and clean. Others drink bottled water because it’s easy — you can carry it around with you. In hot countries, like Greece, we often buy bottles of cold water in the summer.
However, making lots of plastic is not a good idea for many reasons. First of all, we need a lot of oil for plastic products. We usually use oil as a source(资源) of energy. If we reduced the number of bottles we made, we wouldn’t need so much oil. Plastic bottles also pollute the environment. If we recycled all our plastic bottles, we wouldn’t need so much space for rubbish dumps. But in Greece, we don’t recycle much of the plastic we use. In 2006, Greeks recycled only about 10% of plastic waste. The rest became rubbish on land and in rivers and sees. So next time you want to throw away a plastic bottle in the litter bin, stop and think. If you recycled it, you would help the environment. But what can you do when there isn’t a recycling bin near you? Well, there are loes of useful ways that you can use your bottles again. For example, an empty bottle makes a great piggy bank for your pocket money, and if you cut a bottle in half, you will have a plant pot. Go green! You can make a difference.
What is not mentioned about bottled water in this passage?
| A．It’s healthy. | B．It’s clean. |
| C．It’s easy. | D．It’s expensive. |
Plastic products are made from .
| A．energy | B．oil |
| C．rubbish | D．plants |
of plastic waste became rubbish in Greece in 2006.
| A．10% | B．50% | C．80% | D．90% |
Which is the best way to deal with used plastic bottles?
| A．To recycle them. | B．To make a piggy bank. |
| C．To make a plant pot. | D．To drop them into the river. |
The underlined part in this passage tells us “ ”.
| A．To make a different life, you’d better go outside. |
| B．To look different, you’d better wear green clothes. |
| C．To protect the environment, you can do something. |
| D．To go green, you should use plastic products. |
Each nation has many volunteers(志愿者) who help to take care of others. They books to the people in hospitals or homes for the aged. Sometimes they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their .
Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or . They paint, clean up, their houses or do their shopping.
For boys who no longer have , there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or fishing places and help them to get to know things that boys learn from their fathers.
Each city has a number of clubs boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts (工艺). Some of these clubs organize short trips to the mountains, beaches, or other places of interest . Most of these clubs use high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to the names of boys and girls.
Volunteers believe that the happiest people in the world are those who help to i happiness to others.
A．sell B．read C．throw D．show
A．voices B．speeches C．songs D．problems
A．young B．happy C．old D．hungry
A．pollute B．repair C．build D．remove
A．brothers B．sisters C．fathers D．mothers
A．usually B．never C．only D．seldom
A．which B．who C．when D．where
A．nearby B．faraway C．abroad D．home
A．report B．forget C．remember D．choose
A．cause B．bring C．take D．lend
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假如你是王昆，你的美国网友Tom对中国的传统节日“春节”非常感兴趣，请你以“My Favorite Festival”为题，写一封E-mail.，给他做一介绍。
1．要点包括：节日简介、节日准备、节日活动等；
2．字数要求：100字左右。
3．提示：the Spring Festival, traditional, get together, clean up, be dressed in…
| △Subject: My Favorite Festival From: Wang Kun |
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The first day of school, our professor introduced an old lady Rose to us.
“Why are you in college at such an age?” I asked her. She replied, “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” We became friends quickly.
At the end of the term I invited Rose to make a speech to our football team. I’ll never forget what she taught us. She said, “There are some secrets of staying young and being happy. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You must have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you will die. There is a huge difference between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t need any talent or ability. To grow up, you must always find the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The people who are afraid of death are those with regrets.”
At the end of the year, Rose finished her college. One week after graduation, Rose died peacefully in her sleep. We would always remember the great woman.From the passage, we can learn that Rose ________.
| A．went to college at an old age |
| B．became a professor later |
| C．once worked in a hospital |
| D．died before college graduation |
At the end of the term the writer invited Rose to ________.
| A．go to a party | B．play football |
| C．make a speech | D．write a book |
The underlined word “talent” in the third paragraph means “________” in Chinese.
| A．训练 | B．方法 |
| C．途径 | D．才能 |
If you want to stay young and be happy, ________, according to Rose.
| A．never grow up |
| B．don’t be afraid of death |
| C．have a dream and never lose it |
| D．don’t find the opportunity in change |
What is the best title of the passage?
| A．Laughing every day |
| B．Never too old to learn |
| C．Growing old and growing up |
| D．How to stay young and being happy |
The Vietnam (越南) War broke out. The young husband the army and died in the war. His wife and son began to have a life after that. Even though their life was very hard and sometimes they didn’t have enough food to eat, the still decided to raise her son by herself.
Several years later her son immigrated (移民) to America finally became an engineer. He often sent letters to his mother with much money. However, with many excuses, the son to come back home to visit his mother.
his mother died, the son returned. But he didn’t cry. His mother left a box behind. During the funeral (葬礼), the son opened the box and cried and shouted, “Mom! Mom!” looked at each other and then looked at the box. It was full of $100 bills and a piece of paper.
It read, “Son, I don’t spend too much money. I miss you a lot. Every time I heard a motorcycle , I ran out of the door but it wasn’t you. I saved money you in case (以防) you get sick.”
A．joined B．moved C．found D．sent
A．comfortable B．easy C．hard D．happy
A．son B．father C．husband D．wife
A．but B．and C．so D．or
A．refused B．agreed C．asked D．offered
A．Before B．When C．While D．As
A．slowly B．hardly C．quickly D．suddenly
A．Nobody B．Anyone C．Everyone D．Somebody
A．passing by B．going away C．showing up D．running off
A．with B．on C．to D．for
我们通过朗读来提高英语口语水平。
We improve our spoken English _______________.大卫总能想出一些好主意。
Dave can always _______________ some good ideas. 汤姆很友好，也很容易相处。
Tom is very friendly and easy _______________. 这个实验室是用来做医学研究的。
The laboratory_______________ doing medical research. 出乎他的意料，他的计划很有效。
_______________，his plan worked out fine. 艾米过去留着卷发，但是现在是直发。
Amy _______________ have curly hair, but now she has straight hair. 我妹妹比我更外向。
当老师进来时，你们在干什么？
五年后将会有更少的空闲时间。
自从2000年以来他就住在这儿。
你能告诉我银行在哪儿吗?
(B)阅读下面短文，将短文中划线部分的句子翻译成中文，并将其答案写在答题卡的相应位置上。
There is a big, beautiful country in South America. It’s easy to see the country on the world map. It looks like a heart. It’s Brazil(巴西). Brazil is the biggest country with the most people in South America. It is a land with colorful culture.
Brazil is a country that makes you want to dance. Carnival(狂欢节) is the best thing to show this. And you should never forget Brazilian soccer. Brazil has a famous soccer team and some great players.
Boys and girls, this summer vacation is the time for you to prepare(准备) yourself for the future. The following is some advice on how to have a wonderful vacation.
Exercise. You have worked hard most of the time. So you need to join in outdoor activities. They can bring your whole body into action. You can benefit(受益) from different kinds of exercise such as swimming, running and mountain climbing.
Learn some life skills. One day, you will live alone. You can’t depend on your family any longer. So, you should learn to cook, wash and other skills.
Go for a journey. Travel to places of interest. In this way, you’ll understand cultures that are different from that of your hometown. Beautiful sights can also make you relaxed.
Enjoy family time. Don’t always sit in front of a computer alone. It’s great fun for you to spend time with your family.
If you follow the advice above, your summer vacation will be filled with joy and success.
| Advice |
How to |
| Exercise |
You should take part in You can swim, run and go mountain climbing. |
| Learn some life skills |
You will live alone and You should learn to cook, wash and other skills. |
| Go for a journey |
Travel to places of interest. You will understand |
| Enjoy family time |
You shouldn’t always sit in front of a computer alone. You will have great fun |
Would you like to have an electric car? Do you know this kind of quiet and clean cars run on electricity(电)?
In the future, more and more people will have cars, so the cars will be in great need. But the oil won’t keep up with the number of cars on the road. So the price of oil will go up.
Electric cars aren’t perfect just yet. It can take eight hours to charge(充电) a car for only 100 miles of driving. How far that car travels depends on the weather and traffic.
Price is a problem, too. Electric cars cost much more than cars using oil. The good news is that electric-car technology(技术) is getting better. As it does, the prices of this kind of cars are going down.
To charge the car, the US Department of Energy is paying for at least 10,000 charging stations around the country. And it will cost about three dollars for each charge.
Now carmakers are looking for other ways to make the car cheaper. Then more people will use electric cars, and we’ll have a clean and nice world in the future. Why will the cars be in great need in the future?
How long does it take to charge an electric car for only 100 miles of driving?
Are electric cars cheaper than cars using oil at present?
How much should people pay for each charge?
What will the world be like if most people use electric cars?
补全对话
（在下面对话的空白处填上适当的话语，使对话完整。话语可能是句子、短语或单词。并将答案写在答题卡的相应位置上。每小题1分，共5分)
A: Hello, Henry, you look unhappy. ?
B: Hello, Molly, I have to write a report about the most useful invention for my history class.
A: That’s not too difficult.
B: But I have to hand it in tomorrow.
A: You’d better hurry up. ?
B: I’m going to write about the computer.
A: Maybe everybody is going to write about that. write about some older things, like clocks?
B: That’s a good suggestion! But I don’t know much about that.
A: Don’t worry. .
B: Really? It’s very kind of you. .
A: You’re welcome.
Betty and I are best friends. Our birthdays are on the same day, so every year we have a birthday party together. But this year we had a costume party instead.
While we were writing the invitations, my mom came in and asked, “Nancy, what about inviting John?” John had been in our class for only a few months, but he was already getting better grades in math than anyone else in our class. “Mom, he wears the same pants to school every day. How could he even afford a costume?” Mom said nothing.
The next day, mom gave me an envelope(信封) with a shopping card in it. “I thought it would be nice for you to give this to John.” Mom said. But how? We didn’t want to make John embarrassed. We discussed it for a long time. Finally, Betty and I had a good idea.
On the day of our party, John arrived, in an old sheet(床单)，but still in the same brown pants as usual. Before eating the birthday cake, Betty said in a loud voice, “Now it’s time for the great prize game.” It was a math game. None of us were surprised when John gave the right answer first and walked off with the envelope.
Everything went well as we planned. John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt the next week. He felt happy. So did we. Nancy and Betty are ______.
| A．best friends | B．cousins |
| C．sisters | D．brother and sister |
John did best in ______ of all the class.
| A．English | B．games |
| C．math | D．science |
______ had the idea of playing a math game.
| A．Nancy’s mother | B．Nancy |
| C．Betty | D．Betty and Nancy |
John got ______ as the prize for the math game.
| A．an envelope | B．a shopping card |
| C．a birthday cake | D．a new pair of pants |
Betty, Nancy and John all felt ______ in the end.
| A．happy | B．embarrassed |
| C．surprised | D．sad |
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