Le Val de Cantobre, Aveyron (France)
It’s in the grounds of a medieval（中世纪的）house. There’s a swimming pool, a river and a pizza restaurant. The scenery around the park is beautiful and great for walking. A week’s stay will cost you about €280.
For more information please go to www.eurocamp.co.uk.
Four Seasons Tented Camp, Golden Triangle (Thailand)
This must be one of the best campsites in the world. Instead of tents, there are “canvas cabins（帆布船舱）”. And there’s a gourmet restaurant, a spa and a pool. There are only 15 of cabins to rent so you’ll have to book early. The campsite can only be reached by river boat, but once there you can learn to ride an elephant. Unfortunately, it isn’t cheap, and two nights at the Four Seasons will cost you about €1,500!
For more information please go to www.Fourseasons.com/goldentriangle.
Three Cliffs Bay, Gower (Wales)
The Three Cliffs Bay is in a beautiful part of the country, and it won’t cost you much either: a family tent (2 adults, 2 children) is about €28 a day. There’s a camp shop where you can buy food and drinks, and there are pubs and restaurants nearby so you won’t even have to cook. You can water-ski from the beach, or go walking along the Gower Way.
For more information please go to www.Threecliffsbay.com.
Longitude 131, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Australia)
Lying in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, near the huge red rock formerly known as Ayer’s Rock, this is more like a hotel than a campsite. There’s a restaurant, a pool and even a library. The only problem is that it’s a bit expensive — around €1,500 a night.
For more information please go to www.Longitude131.com.au.
1.If a couple want to stay in Le Val de Cantobre for two days, they need to pay about .
A. €160 B. €56 C. €280 D. €80
2.Which statement about Four Seasons Tented Camp may be right?
A. You can learn how to row a boat there.
B. You can arrive there either by boat or elephant.
C. It costs €1,500 per person per night.
D. It has a limited number of cabins.
3.If families like water-skiing, they can find information on .
A. www.eurocamp.co.uk
B. www.Longitude131.com.au
C. www.Threecliffsbay.com
D. www.Fourseasons.com/goldentriangle
4.What do we know about Longitude 131?
A. It is made of rocks. B. It is the most expensive.
C. It is located on a bay. D. It is a real hotel.
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We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money, but most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?” “When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?” When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it’s too late.
Why did we go wrong about our friends or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don’t really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “You’re a lucky dog.” Is he really on your side? If he says, “You’re a lucky guy” or “You’re a lucky gal”, that’s being friendly. But “lucky dog”? There’s a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn’t see it himself. But bringing in the “dog” bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn’t think you deserve your luck.
“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for” is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Being wrapped（包裹）up in this expression is the thought that your problem isn’t important. It’s telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven’t got a date for Saturday night.
How can you tell the real meaning behind someone’s words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says consist with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.
1.When recalling（回忆）things that have happened between our friends and us, we may .
A. feel good to have friends standing by us
B. think it was a mistake to view some people as friends
C. misread some of our friends’ true feelings
D. keep looking back to find mistakes we’ve made
2.By saying “You’re a lucky dog,” the speaker .
A. is just being friendly
B. expresses the same meaning as “You’re a lucky guy”
C. may have a hidden envious feeling
D. intends to put the listener down
3.In listening to a person, the important thing is .
A. to listen carefully to how he utters his words
B. to observe his tone, his posture, and his clothes
C. to stop for a while and decide whether to believe him
D. to check his words against his manner, tone and posture
4.This passage tries to tell you how to .
A. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you
B. say things appropriately to avoid mistakes
C. keep people always faithful to you
D. avoid regret about making mistakes
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Fear may be felt in the heart as well as in the head, according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear.
Tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment when their hearts are contracting（收缩）and pumping blood around their bodies, compared with the point when the heartbeat is relaxed. Scientists say the results suggest that the heart is able to influence how the brain responds to a fearful event, depending on which point it is at in its regular cycle of contraction and relaxation.
Sarah Garfinkel at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School said: “Our study shows for the first time that the way in which we deal with fear is different depending on when we see fearful pictures in relation to our heart.”
The study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces. Dr Garfinkel said, “The study showed that fearful faces are better noticed when the heart is pumping than when it is relaxed. Thus our hearts can also affect what we see and what we don’t see and guide whether we see fear.”
To further understand this relationship, the scientists also used a brain scanner（扫描仪）to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a person’s feeling of fear.
“We have found an important mechanism by which the heart and brain ‘speak’ to each other to change our feelings and reduce fear,” Dr Garfinkel said.
“We hope that by increasing our understanding about how fear is dealt with and ways that it could be reduced, we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety disorders, and also for those who may be suffering from serious stress disorder.”
1.What is the finding of the study?
A. Fear is a result of one’s relaxed heartbeat.
B. One’s heart affects how he feels fear.
C. Fear has something to do with one’s heart health.
D. One’s fast heartbeats are likely to cause fear.
2.The conclusion was drawn by analyzing .
A. volunteers’ heartbeats when they saw terrible pictures
B. the time volunteers saw fearful pictures and their health conditions
C. volunteers’ reactions to horrible pictures and data from their brain scans
D. different pictures shown to volunteers and their heart-brain communication
3.Which of the following is closest in meaning to “mechanism” in Paragraph 6?
A. Order B. Treatment
C. Machine D. System
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The president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, is asking for foreign help to fight forest and agricultural fires in his country. According to Mr Widodo, Indonesian helicopters are only able to carry a small amount of the water needed to put out the fires. “It’s time that countries joined hands to act before everything is too late,” the Associated Press reported his comment.
The Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space says more than 1,300 fires are burning across the country. The government has sent about 25,000 soldiers, police and firefighters in six provinces to battle the fires.
Indonesian farmers and some businesses often burn rainforest to clear land at this time of year. The burning usually takes place during the country's dry season. But a large rise in palm（棕榈）oil production on peat lands is blamed for the many fires this year. Peat is made partly of dead plants, which burns easily and is often used as cooking fuel.
The resulting thick, black smoke has polluted skies over Indonesia and four other countries. The burning has worsened air quality, closed schools and caused any outdoor activities to stop. The smoke is not only affecting people; it is affecting wildlife. In Indonesian Borneo, an animal rescue center says some of its animals have developed breathing problems. If the fires continue, a lot more could become sick and some could die.
Scientists have warned that the fires this year could be worst ever because of a weather system called El Nino. They say the weather system has created extremely dry conditions in Indonesia.
1.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. Countries should hold hands in the fight against fires.
B. It takes countries time to figure out ways to fight fires.
C. It’s too late for countries to make efforts together to put out fires.
D. Countries should work together to put our fires as soon as possible.
2.Which statement is true according to the passage?
A. El Nino might help relieve the dry conditions in Indonesia.
B. Many animals have become sick and died because of the fires.
C. 25,000 people from home and abroad have been sent to fight fires.
D. Some other countries besides Indonesia have been affected by the fires.
3.What is the main cause of the many fires this year?
A. The increase in palm oil production.
B. The burning of rainforest.
C. The extreme dry weather.
D. A weather system called El Nino.
4.This passage might be found in .
A. a government report B. a news report
C. a firefighting guide D. an agricultural book
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp
Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit — and that can be a very annoying thing. 1. Read on for some techniques worth trying.
1. 2.
People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer's disease（早老性痴呆症）, according to a recent study. 3. Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There’s evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.
2. Go for a walk.
Mildly raised glucose（葡萄糖）levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain. 4.
3. Learn something new.
Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation（刺激）limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time. 5. Or go dancing with your friends.
A. Focus on the future.
B. This can be especially harmful to the aged.
C. It should be something like learning gardening.
D. So take a few minutes each day to do some reading.
E. But don’t worry if your schedule isn’t filled with life-changing events.
F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.
G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was successful at my job. It was not easy, but it ________ me and my family a wonderful lifestyle. I’d worked for the same company for twenty years. ________ , one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was ________ explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there ________ they talked on and all I could think was, “I’ve ________ .” I’d been so well respected; ________ I was of no value.
For six weeks, I was in a very ________ place. I wandered around my house like a zombie（僵尸）. I could ________ things needed doing, but would not do anything. My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive in everything ________ me.
Then, in late June, my youngest son’s football team made the city cup final. The year before, he’d been very sad when I ________ the same final, so he was ________ when I told him I’d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me ________ him on was unbelievable. The whole summer I attended match after match and performances of my elder son’s band — I ________ went to another city to watch him play. These moments were so ________. My life had been so much devoted to ________ for so long, and I felt ________ that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world.
________ , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose — I was someone’s mum! I felt a sense of being ________ again. Now I feel more positive about my professional ________ and I’m getting on better with my family than I ever have. Losing my job has made me realize just how ________ it is to achieve real balance in life.
1.A. afforded B. promised C. showed D. left
2.A. Therefore B. Anyhow C. However D. Otherwise
3.A. quickly B. gently C. partly D. easily
4.A. until B. after C. as D. so
5.A. finished B. changed C. tried D. failed
6.A. finally B. immediately C. suddenly D. shortly
7.A. secret B. quiet C. lonely D. dark
8.A. see B. get C. suggest D. understand
9.A. defended B. deserted C. directed D. disturbed
10.A. watched B. missed C. lost D. won
11.A. disappointed B. worried C. honoured D. delighted
12.A. cheering B. taking C. leading D. passing
13.A. just B. even C. still D. almost
14.A. hopeful B. strange C. meaningful D. difficult
15.A. work B. family C. matches D. performances
16.A. successful B. thoughtful C. thankful D. peaceful
17.A. Unexpectedly B. Doubtfully C. Disagreeably D. Naturally
18.A. employed B. valued C. comforted D. encouraged
19.A. education B. future C. relationship D. experience
20.A. important B. interesting C. simple D. surprising
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。注意：请将答案写到答题卷上，写在试卷上答案无效。
Philip is sometimes not welcomed by other third graders. He was tricked sometimes, not because he was older, 1. because he was “different”. Philip, 2. suffered from Downs Syndrome（唐氏综合症）, was “different”, with his strange 3. (face) characteristics, slow responses and mental problems. 4. a beautiful spring morning, the children were to go out and discover 5. symbol of “new life” for themselves, which they would place inside plastic eggs.
After the children returned to the classroom, the teacher opened their eggs one by one, 6. (encourage) each child to explain the meaning of “new life” in his or her egg. The first opened egg contained a flower. In another was a butterfly. 7. the teacher opened the last egg, it was empty. “That’s stupid. Whose is it?” said someone. The teacher felt a pull at his shirt. It was Philip. Looking up, Philip said, “It’s 8.. I did it. It’s empty. I have new life, because the tomb（坟墓）is empty.” At that time, not a sound 9. (hear) in class at all. From that day on, Philip became a real part of the group. They forgot his disease and welcomed him, and 10. made him “different” was never mentioned again.
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单词拼写
根据所给中文或句子的意思填出正确的单词。注意：将答案转移到答题卷时，请写出完整的单词。
1.Take these p twice a day – they’ll ease your pain soon.
2.What skills should an applicant p before he applies for this job?
3.The work might seem endless now, but I assure you if you keep on, all your efforts will e repay you.
4.Replacement is g if the products are not up to the standard, as long as you can prove you buy them here.
5.Many people have experienced the joy of standing on a moving ship, and watching a group of dolphins swim a .
6.Since then, Cuba has seen its tourism develop slowly but ______________（稳定地）.
7.My experience as an HR manager has taught me that we should stick to the principles and be ____________（灵活多变的）as well when dealing with people.
8.The school tries to treat students as individuals and to help each one to achieve their full __ （潜能）.
9.I quit! I’ll never make paper cutting as delicately as you do with my ____（笨拙的）hands.
10.We can’t turn a blind eye to unfairness. But ____（提倡）fairness doesn’t mean answering violence with violence.
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选词组填空
请根据下列句子从方框内选择适当的词组填入空白处。（有一个选项为多余项。）
| in spite of opposed to anxious about appeal to a large number of a great deal of vary from … to let out make one’s way on behalf of exchange … for |
1.Here are one hundreds dresses of the latest style. Choose whichever _______ you.
2.Please allow me the honor, ___ my government, to extend warmest welcome to your visit.
3.In the center, children are exposed to different games, _______ simple __________ complex.
4.The travelers __ across deserts, through forests and finally to a beautiful valley, where they stopped to take a rest.
5.Anyone __ this plan should submit their reasons for going against it, or we’ll put it into practice soon.
6.I know you have ____ questions. Be patient, I’ll answer them one by one.
7.She put her own life at risk _____ my repeated warnings.
8.It won’t be necessary for you _____ RMB ___ foreign money when you travel abroad after RMB joins the SDR.
9.The fans were so excited to see the Hollywood star that they _______ screams.
10.__ her child’s safety, the young mother couldn’t fall asleep.
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短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
April 23rd is World Reading Day, this reminds us of the importance of reading. We are supposed to read more in that special day. But the situation for we to read nowadays is not satisfying.
For example, when we are at home, we would rather to watch TV or go on the Internet than read books. As a result, we spend such little time on books. However, reading books have many advantages. Not only can our abilities and skills be improving, but also we can get some information from reading. Beside, reading can bring us happiness.
I think it good habit that in our spare times we read more books of great use.
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书面表达
假设你是李华，你参加了某旅行社组织的一次旅游，你对其中的某些服务不满意。所以，你想就此事给该旅行社写一封投诉信。
内容包括：1.写信目的；2.不满之处；3.表达期望。
注意: 1. 词数100左右；2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Madam / Sir,
My name is Li Hua, who is a customer of your travel agency.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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