2015 A
An important part of learning something is making sure you plan your time and use it well. If you want to remember things well, you need to review information you’ve learned. Try to follow the advice: DO DON’T ●Make a study timetable at least three weeks before your ●Study for hours every night a week before your exams and follow time to relax and have fun. exam! Studying for hours the night before will make you tired and your brain won’t work well. ●Review little and often. ●While you’re studying, have short regular breaks. A ●Study for a long period of time without a break. short break every 45 minutes is good idea. Stand up and You probably won’t remember information very walk around— you will feel more awake. well if you do this ●Try making a weekly plan showing what you do every ●Worry too much. If you feel nervous, you won’t day(school, travel, meals, etc). You might see where learn as well as if you’re relaxed. you’re wasting time that you could use to study or read. 21. When learning something, you’d better make a plan first. 22. Make sure to review as much as possible every time.
23. You’ll feel more awake after a 45-minute break while studying. 24. If you worry too much, you can’t learn well. 25. You should stay up late the night before exams.
B
Dear Alan,
Guess what? I have a chance to choose my new place to live in! I’m excited and a little nervous. Could you please give me some help?
I’m not sure whether I will live in a house or in an apartment. On the one hand, a house will be too big for just one person, so maybe I should rent an apartment. On the other hand, if I rent a house, I could find someone else to share with me. The only problem is that a house full of people might be too noisy for me. I prefer to have my own space. The city has some nice apartments, but they are also too expensive. However, if I could find a two-bedroom apartment and get a roommate, that would make it more affordable. I just need to search for a roommate who is neat and quiet. You know I can’t live with someone who is loud and messy. I don’t have a car, so I also need to think carefully about the location. I probably need to look for somewhere near a bus stop or an underground station. That way I will have more time to study and spend less time traveling. I’m looking forward to your reply.
Love, Victor
26. Victor feels excited because .
A. he has a new house to live in B. he can decide where to live
C. he is going to see Alan D. Alan helped him out with his problem 27. Victor wants to share the house with a (an)person.
A. neat and quiet B. outgoing and messy C. neat and loud D. quiet and messy 28. If Victor finds a roommate, he will .
A. waste money B. buy a car C. save money D. have more time to study
29. Victor doesn’t have a car, so he wants.
A. a two bed-room apartment B. to ask Alan for help
C. to have his own space D. a place with convenient traffic 30. According to the passage, the underlined word “traveling” means in Chinese.
A. 观光旅行 B. 路途奔波 C. 广为流传 D. 跋山涉水
C
When he was a teenager, Hunter Adam was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental health problems.
When he left the hospital, Adam decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, USA. But when he was there, he did things in a different way. For example, he didn’t like the doctor’s white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn’t like Adams because he was too different.
But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in the hospital and often dressed up like a clown to make the children laugh
When he finished medical school and become a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called “the Gusundheit Institute”，together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.
Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1988, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said,:”hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend. I enjoyed playing him.” 31. When did Adams have mental health problems?
A. after he left medical school B. during the 1980s
C. When he was a teenager boy D. after the film came out 32. Why did the doctors at the medical school dislike Adams?
A. because he was a warm person B. because he had mental health problem C. because he was a clown D. because he wasn’t the same as others 33. The Gusundheit Institute
A. was a hospital B. belonged to Universal Pictures C. could make films D. was a medical school 34. According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?
A. Adams wore shirts instead of white uniforms when visiting patients B. Robin Williams believed that patients need a doctor who is a friend. C. In Adams’ opinion, not only medicine was needed for patients D. Robin Williams was an actor 35. The passage mainly tells us about
A. how to cheer up patients B. people with mental health problems C. a film about Adams D. a doctor named Hunter Adams 阅读理解 ABBAB BACDB CDABD 2014
阅读理解 阅读下列短文，做出正确判断或者选出最佳答案。A篇为判断正（A）误（B）题，B、C 篇为选择题。（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
A
Do you try to save electricity(电) and magazines at home? Do you make your bed every day? Read about the home habits of Americans. Are they the same as yours? Lights out Saving magazines Are you careful about saving How long do you save magazines? About electricity?25% of people turn off lights half the population throws away old ones when they leave a room.8% never do 80% after six months. But 20% keep them for leave the lights on when they go out in the years and years. evening. Clean and tidy Making beds and doing dishes Are you an organized person? 13% of 74% of people make their beds every people like to keep the rooms clean and morning 5% never do. And 3% actually tidy. products around the house. change their sheets(床单) every day. 58% of Americans do, but 5% let theirs sit for several days. 26. The passage mainly talks about the home habits of Americans. 27. 80% of Americans go out in the evening with the lights on. 28. One fifth of Americans keep magazines for years and years. 29. Most Americans like to keep the rooms clean and tidy.
30. The people who make the beds are as many as those who wash the dishes every day.
B
Many people think the dinosaurs(恐龙) were the biggest animals that ever lived. They are wrong. The world’s biggest animal is still living and it lives in the ocean. It is called the blue whale(鲸鱼)。Blue whales can be as long as 30 meters and weight as much as 1,000 kilos. The largest dinosaurs weighted only 500 kilos.
The whale is not only the world’s biggest animal. It is also one of the smartest. We know that whales can communicate with each other, although we do not know what they are saying. Perhaps one day we will learn how to communicate with whales, and then they will be able to tell us about themselves.
Although they live in the ocean, whales don’t lay eggs like fish do. They are mammals(哺乳动物). They give birth to babies and produce milk inside their own bodies to feed them. Humans are also mammals.
There are lots of stories about whales, but perhaps the most famous story is Moby Dick, which was written by an American writer named Heman Melville. In the book, a sailor named Captain Ahab spends a lot of time trying to find and kill enormous white whale named Moby Dick.
Sadly, there are not many kinds of whales left. People have killed them for food and other things for thousands of years. However, there are now laws to stop people killing most kinds of whales. So perhaps there will be more of them in years to come.
31. which picture shows the currect size of the largest whale?
The common home has fourteen cleaning Do you wash the dishes right after eating? A . B. c. D.
32. Whales can .
A. tell us about themselves B. lay eggs C. communicate with each other D. live on land 33. Moby Dick is
A. a story written by Heman Melville B. a sailor
C. the name of a blue whale D a famous dinosaur 34. There are not many kinds of whales left because __________ .
A they don’t lay eggs B people have killed them C They live in the ocean D there are laws against them
35 The passage is mainly about_________
A. The world’s biggest animal B. lots of stories about whales
C. laws to stop people killing whales D. the differences between dinosaurs and whales
C
Some people can never be forgotten. That’s because their names become common words. As many as 50,000 words in the English language get their meaning from people’s names. Some are real people, others are characters in books or stories.
Often a new dish is given the name of its inventor. The Chinese dish Gongbao chicken was created in Sichuan Province by Ding Baozhen. He served the hot dish when he was governor (总督) of the province from 1876 to 1886. After Ding died, people named the dish for him.
The fisherman Willem Beukelz begin to pickle(腌制) fish in the 14 century. His method of pickling fish was widely used, but people didn’t pronounce his name “Beukelz”. Soon “pickles” became popular in many countries.
Granny Smith apples are named for Maria Ann Smith, a grandmother. Maria was born into a farm family in Britain in 1799 and married Thomas Smith at the age of 19. Then they moved to Australia. On their farm near Sydney. The grew apple trees. Their special kind of apple became known in Australia as a Granny Smith.
More than just foods take people’s names. Many people enjoy riding on a Ferris wheel, named for engineer George W.G. Ferris. He designed the frst one for Ghicago’s World Columbian Exposition in 1893.
Scientific law, diseases (疾病)， sports terms and places around the world also use people’s names. You can’t escape them. They’re everywhere!
36. About 50,000 English words get their meaning from A. People’s interests B people’s names
C. the names of places D. the names of countries 37. Who created the hot dish Gongbao chicken?
A .Maria Ann Smith B. Willem Beukelz C. Ding Baozhen D George W.G. Ferris 38. The method of pickling was from
A. a farmer B. a governor C. an engineer D. a fisherman 39. Which statement about Granny Smith apples is true? A. The name is from Maria’s grandmother.
B. Mania named the apples before she got married. C. Granny Smith apples became famous in Australia. D. The smiths grew apples on their farm in Britain
40. Which of the followings was named for its inventor earliest?
A. Granny Smith apple B pickles C Gongbao chicken D Ferris wheel 26-30 AAABB 31-35 DCABA 36-40 BCDCB 2013
阅读理解阅读下列图表或短文，选出最佳答案或做出正误判断。A，B篇为选择题，C篇为判断正(A)误（B）题。（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
A
Sam was a fifteen-year-old boy living with his little sister,Julie.Their parents had passed away long ago.Sam had taken care of Julie by himself.
One day,Sam woke up at three in the morning as usual.When Julie was sleeping alone.Sam left their little house to send newspapers.When he found an old man sitting in front of their house.Sam was so surprised that he stopped to look at him closely.It was an icy morning and he looked very old.
The poor old man didn't have anything to cover himself with.Sam went into his house to get the old man a blanket.However,there were no extra blankets,so Sam thought hard and toos his father's coat.It was the only thing ofhis father's that he had left.Sam wrote a short note.\coat.I hope it fits you well.\went to work.When he came back three hours later,both the man and the coat were gone.Sam thought that it was the best thing he could have done with his father's coat.
That afternoon,Sam hurried home after school because Julie was at home alone.However,Julie and the old man were standing in front of the house,and Julie shouted to Sam,\
The grandfather smiled and said,\grandson is.This coat was the one I gave my son a long time ago!\
26.How was the weather when Sam saw an old man in front of his house?____. A.Hot and sunny B.Rainy C.Icy and cold D.Windy 27.Sam's morning job was to ____.
A.take care of his sister B.go to school C.send newspapers D.look for his grandfather
28.\A.died B.went on C.left home D.passed by 29.Sam covered the old man with his father's coat because ____. A.his father's coat fitted the old man well
B.the coat was the only thing that his father had left C.he knew the old man was his grandfather then D.he had no extra blanket
30.What is the story mainly about? A.Father's coat was missing.
B.Sam found his grandfather through an act of kindness. C.An old man was too cold to live on. D.Sam took care of his sister by himself.
B
Dear Micheal,
How's your vacation?I'm visiting my uncle in Spain.He lives in the sunny and beautiful city of Valencia,in Spain. Yesterday,I had great fun.My uncle took me to the tomato festival in Bunol,which is just 30 miles away from where my uncle lives.You have probably never heard of this festival before.Neither had I.The tomato festival is called \where the festival took place,it was very crowded with people from all around the world,and many trucks were carrying tomatoes.My uncle told me the crowded people here were around 38,000 and this was more than four times the population of Bunol.
The tomato fight started as soon as the first banger was beaten.Then everyone including me started throwing tomatoes at each other.I took red tomatoes and threw them at anyone that ran,moved,bent down,or turned