16．Rosalia Mera，the world's richest self-made woman has died at the age of 69 in August，2013．She started as a poor Spanish seamstress（a woman clothes maker），and later founded the well-known fashion retailer（零售商）Zara．Mera was the richest woman in Spain with a worth of 6，100，000，000 dollars．Mera was seriously ill while on holiday and died in a hospital in the town where she was born，La Coruna in northern Spain．
Having left school at 11 years old，Mera worked as a seamstress as a teenager before setting up a company，which would grow into one of the biggest clothes retailers in the world．Today the brand （品牌）name sits above 1，763 Zara stores around the world．
The Zara model grew up from the idea that first sent Mera into business：producing speedy and cheap imitations（仿制品）．Mera was one of the first players in the field of so-called"fast fashion"．Though she was extremely rich，Mera stayed close to home and was often seen talking with friends and neighbors in Galicia's bars．
The world's richest self-made woman

Name	Rosalia Mera	Brand name	（58）Zara
Home country	（56）Spain	Wealth	S6，100，000，000
Town of birth	La Coruna	Number of stores	（59）1763
Education	left school at the age of 11	Business model	fast fashion
First job	a teenager seamstress	Personality	hardworking and easy-going
Business	making and （57）retailing clothes	Age of death	（60）69

15．B．根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和所給中文提示，寫出空白處各單詞的正確形式，每空限填一詞．
Lionel Andres Messi is one of the greatest football stars in the world．
Messi was （46）born（出生）in Rosaris，Argentia on June 24，1987，His father was a（47）worker（工人）and mother was a part-time cleaner．He has two（48）brothers（兄弟）and a sister．At the age of five，Messi started playing football for a local club．He practiced （49）seven（七）hours or more each day．He was （50）full（充滿）of energy and ran fast．He soon showed great talent in playing football．
Messi never gives up even if he（51）loses/fails（失�。﹐r meets difficulties，In 2006，he （52）hurt/injured（受傷，傷了）his foot badly，but he came back three months later and scored three goals in a match against Real Madrid．His fans all stood up and cheered for （53）him（他）．When asked the secret of his success，Messi said，“I’m always working（54）hard（努力地）to be my best，first for my team，for the fans，and to try and （55）win（贏）．Playing football is part of my life．”

14．British tennis player Andy Murray waited seven years before he could realize his Grand Slam （大滿貫） dream．
On September11，2012，Murray beat defending champion（衛(wèi)冕冠軍）Novak Djokovic in the US Open final．The 25-year-old finally won his first everGrand Slam trophy （獎(jiǎng)杯） since he turned professional （職業(yè)的）in 2005．
It was a close match that lasted four hours and 54 minutes．The two are good friends and Djokovic is only seven days younger．Djokovic has won five titles （冠軍） while Murray was the runner-up in his last four Grand Slam finals．Would he be able to win a grand slam the fifth time of asking？Even Murray himself was not sure．
"I was still doubting （ 懷疑）myself right up to a few minutes before going on to play the match．I havebeen in this position many times and not tried hard to get through，"he told the Daily Mail after his victory．
But he did not think about his past disappointment （失望）too much．Instead，he fought through．"1 think just proving myself is probably the mostpleasing part about this match，"he said．
The victory comes four weeks after Murray won a gold at theLondon Olympics．He is now Britain's first male Grand Slam singles champion in 76 years．He is the new pride of the British people．

41．Murray has worked hard for seven years because he wanted toA．
A．realize his Grand Slam dream
B heat defending champion
C．turn a professional player
D．win in the US Open final
42．What do you know about Novak Djokovic from the text？C
A．He is seven days older than Murray
B．He finally won on September 11，2012
C．He has won five world championships
D．He beat defending champion Murray．
43．Even before the US Open final was started，MurrayD．
A．was still planning to make friends with Djokovic
B．was still doubting whether he would give up
C．was really proving himself to win the game
D was not sure whether he would win the game
44 What makes Murray become the new pride of the British people？A
A．The first male Grand Slam singles champion in 76 years
B．His too much disappointment in the pastfew years
C．The first singles champion at the LondonOlympics
D．His defending champion's position manytimes
45．The Chinese meaning of the underlined word"runner up"in the text isB．
A．冠軍        
B．亞軍      
C．愛(ài)好者     
D．參與者．

13．--I went to see you yesterday evening．But you weren't in．Where were you then？
--I      a walk by the lake with my husband．（　�。�

A．

was having

B．

am having

C．

have had

D．

have

12．Ted was hard-working．His success made him work_____．（　　）

A．

harder

B．

hardest

C．

more quickly

D．

most quickly

11．Jim's parents will celebrate theirforty years of marriage this Sunday．（四十）

10．Jim：Good morning．
Tom：（86）What's the weather like today？
Jim：It's cold and rainy today．What'sthe temperature，please？
Tom：It is-2°C．I am feeling （87）cold now．
Jim：You should wear warm clothes．Do you know what the
     weather will be like tomorrow？
Tom：Yes．（88）It will be sunny．
Jim：Great!Shall we go out for a picnic？
Tom：（89）Good idea． Shall we ask Judy to go？
Jim：OK．Please call her and seeif she can go with us．
Tom：All right．（90）See you．
Jim：See you．

9．Every year，wildfires（野火） destroy much forest land．homes are broken down，and thousands of people die．smokejumpers are stop helping to stop this．
  Smokejumpers are a special kind of firefight．they jump from places into areas that difficult to reach by car or on foot．they race to put out fires as fast as they can．
  At a fire site，Smokejumpers first examine the land and decide how to fight the fire．their main goal is to stop fire from spreading．using basic tools such as shovels and axes，smokejumpers clear land of burnable material like plants and other dry material．they carry water with them too，but not much．
  Although most smokejumpers are men，more women are joining．Most important are your weight and height．Smokejumpers in the U．S．for example，must be 54to 91kilograms，so they don't get hurt when they land，or get blown by strong winds．
Smokejumpers must be able to live in the wilderness．in Russia，many smokejumpers know how to find food in the forest and even make simple furniture from trees．
  They work is dangerous，the hours are long．But for these firefighters，smokejumpers isn't just a job．They love being able to jump out of planes，fight fires，and live in the forest．As 28-year-old Russian smokejumpers Alexi Tishin says，"This is the best job for the strong and brave．"

64．What are Smokejumpers？Smokejumpers are a special kind of firefighter．
65．Where do the jump from？They jump from planes．
66．What's their main goal？Their main goal is to stop a fire from spreading．
67．Why should they have proper weight？Because they won't get hurt when they land，or get blown by strong winds．
68．What's needed to be a smokejumpers？To be a smokejumper，one needs to have proper height and weight，be able to live in the wilderness and love his/her job．．

8．第一節(jié)　聽(tīng)句子，選出與所聽(tīng)句子內(nèi)容相關(guān)的圖畫．從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置．每個(gè)句子聽(tīng)兩遍．

7．不少獨(dú)居老人都希望自己的子女�；丶铱纯矗�（who）Many old people who live alone hope that their kids will visit them often．．