When you write a text message or an email, you might put a smiling face or other pictures at the end to make the message more fun. These pictures are emojis. The first emojis were on Japanese mobile phones in the 1990s. Later, they were used on Apple’s iPhone and Android phones. Now they are everywhere!

Before emojis, there were emoticons. The word is a mixture(混合) of emotion(感情) and icon(圖標). Emoticons are made of the signs you can find on your keyboard, for example:-) for a smiley or @};---for a rose. The first use of :-)was in 1982 and it was called “joke marker”. Emoji is a Japanese word which means pictograph: e(picture) +moji (character). Emojis are real pictures, for example，or.There are 1851emojis that can be used on mobile phones and other devices. There are all kinds of emojis, from faces and weather to things in the kitchen and animal.

In England, we have a saying: A picture paints a thousand words. For many people, an emoji is like a punctuation mark(標點). It’s like the tone of voice when we speak on the phone, or hand movements(gestures) used in conversation. Emojis are also changing the way we write. The more we use emojis, the less we use slang(俚語), such as LOL or OMG.

When someone speaks and looks serious, we try to look serious, too, and when someone smiles, we smile as well. This is how we show empathy(同感) and make friends(and enemies!). But when we’re online, we can’t see the person’s face and there’s no emotion. The invention of emojis changed that! Scientists in Australia have discovered that when we look at a smiley face online, the same parts of the brain start working as when we look at a real smiley face. Our mood changes, and we try to change our face to match the emoji. This is something we learn as we get older. Our brains have developed this ability over the last two or three years. This means that emojis have created a new brain pattern(模式)in us!

1.Where does the writer of this passage possibly come from?

A.Australia B.Japanese C.America D.Britain

2.What is NOT true about Paragraph 3?

A.Some slang is used less often because of emojis.

B.We no more need words.

C.An Emoji adds emotions to our messages.

D.An Emoji makes people feel face to face.

3.What is (=￣ω￣=) according to the passage?

A.an emoji B.a picture C.an emoticon D.a sound

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Emojis will make our words disappear.

B.Emojis have greatly influenced us in many ways.

C.We don’t need to speak to others or meet others any more.

D.Scientists are worried about this invention of emojis.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和所給中文提示，在空白處寫出單詞的正確形式，每空限填一詞。

It was my 1.(第九) birthday last Sunday. We went to Red Star Town. My grandfather lived there when he was young. Red Star Town was called Taping Town before, and it was so famous that 2. (百萬) of visitors came here. However, the government started to tear down the wooden houses in this area when the underground station was built. villagers had to move to some new 3. (社區(qū)). Thus, 4. (自從) June 2000, Taping Town has become my grandfather’s5. (回憶).

There are some 6.(展覽) about things in Red Star Town now, such as old tools, transportations and furniture. I was deeply impressed by the tools people used to cook meals when there was no 7.(電) in the past. Surprisingly, some of the tools may still be8.(有用的) today.

I think it is 9.(必要的) to preserve the Red Star Town as a cultural heritage(文化遺產(chǎn)), because it shows the10.(發(fā)展) of our society.

閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容，在空格里填入一個恰當?shù)膯卧~(每空只填一個單詞)。

Sue and Jim were neighbours for five years but they were never interested in each other. Then one day, Sue saw Jim’s music collection. She noticed a rare punk rock CD that she also owned. At that moment, she realized that they both had the same interest in music and they started talking. Sue said, “I thought we had nothing in common until I saw his CD by the New York Dolls.” They are now married and living with each other.

Some psychologists (心理學家) think that your taste in music is  related to (有聯(lián)系的) your personality. As part of a test at the University of Texas, Austin, USA, volunteers created a CD of their favourite songs. The volunteers then listened to each other’s CDs and made guesses about the CD creator’s personality—outgoing, adventurous, happy, and so on. These strangers correctly guessed much more about each other’s personalities through their CDs than through their clothes or taste in films. For example, Sue and Jim love punk music, which means they have outgoing personalities. 

The psychologists who did the test found Snoop Dogg (hip-hop) fans are likely to be energetic and talkative. People who like U2 (rock/pop music) are generally independent and adventurous.

The psychologists also found that Louis Armstrong(jazz) fans tend to(傾向于) be shy. The psychologists were surprised to find that rap and heavy metal fans were also shier and quieter than many other music lovers. 

假設你叫李銘，你班新來了一位名叫Annie的美國女孩。為了感受、了解中國文化，本周末Annie打算出去游玩一下。作為同學，你很樂意當她的向?qū)�。請你根�?jù)Annie的出行意向，選擇一種你喜歡的方案，用英語寫一封email發(fā)給Annie。

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Dear Annie,

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Yours,

Li Ming

Don't you know TRENDY ZONE- THE IN ZONE? There are 5 FLOORS OF NON-STOP TRENDS! Welcome to 580 A Nathan Road, Mong Kok, Kowloon.

1.The underlined word "that" in Column 3 refers to________.

A.offer B.gift C.New Year D.Christmas

2.Who will probably like shopping in TRENDY ZONE?

A.Girls who love Japanese culture. B.Boys who want to find delicious food to eat.

C.Men who are expecting to get a good job. D.Women who like to buy vegetables every day.

3.Which of the following statements is true?

A.You can have special offers on weekends. B.You can get to TRENDY ZONE by subway.

C.You can find key chains on the fifth floor. D.You can see almost 120 gift shops here.

Coincidences （巧合）happen all the time, but last week something happened that really blew my mind.

I'm from Chicago, but I do business in Baltimore. That started on the night before an important business lunch. I usually sleep like a dog, but that night, I didn't fall asleep until at around 2 o'clock because the last time I looked, it was 1:45. The following morning, I woke up very late, as I rushed out, I noticed the number. Room 145. "That's odd," I thought.

The hotel waiter told me any bus that says "downtown" would take me there. As soon as I got to the bus stop, I saw a bus coming and I found it was 145; however. It didn't say "downtown". It came to a stop right in front of me and the doors opened. I don’t know what came over me, but I just got on.

The bus was empty. “What am I doing?' I thought to myself. I was just about to get off when I saw an envelope on a seat and picked it up. It wasn't sealed （封口）so I looked inside and my jaw（下巴） dropped. It was full of money. I started counting--140 dollars. "Almost" I thought. "That would have been strange, Then, I noticed something on the floor. A five-dollar bill had fallen out. Things were starting to get spooky（詭異）.

There was an address on the envelope: Bellmore Street and you can guess which number. I had to go there. So, I waited for the bus driver to stop and asked him how to get to Bellmore Street. “Is this a joke?" he asked as he pointed at a street sign. We were on Bellmore Street. So I got off and searched for the number. My heart was in my mouth when an old lady answered. She looked at me, and then at the envelope and simply said "Oh, thanks,” and closed the door. And that was it.

I stood there for a while. Then I remembered my business lunch. "What time is it?" I thought. I saw it was 12:45. But as I was walking towards the bus stop, I realized something. My watch was still set to Chicago time, which is an hour behind! The actual time was...

1.Which bus did the writer take?

A.Bus 145 that was going downtown. B.A bus that wasn't going downtown.

C.The first bus stopped that was going downtown. D.A bus that the waitress showed him to downtown.

2.Why did the bus driver stop at Bellmore Street?

A.Because that's where the next stop was.

B.Because the writer asked him to stop there.

C.Because that was the address on the envelope.

D.Because the driver wanted to play a joke on the writer.

3.How did the old lady feel when she saw the writer?

A.She was afraid to get her money back. B.She felt nervous when she saw the writer.

C.She didn't show any feelings on her face. D.She was angry that the writer had her money,

4.What is the correct order in which these events happened?

①The writer searched for the number on Bellmore Street.

②The bus came to a stop right in front of the writer.

③The writer realized that the actual time in Baltimore was 1:45.

④The writer was surprised to find so much money on the bus.

⑤The hotel waiter told the writer about the way to "downtown".

A.③⑤②①④ B.⑤③①②④ C.③④②①⑤ D.⑤②④①③

A feral child is a child who, from a young age, has lived with animals in the wild. What makes wild animals adopt these children and raise them as their own is a mystery. Since feral children have often had no contact with humans for a long time, they may be more like wild animals than people. Their stories, although often upsetting can teach us how people learn and use language — and perhaps even what it means to be human.

In Uganda in 1991, a tribeswoman saw a naked boy living with a troop of wild monkeys in the jungle. The woman was shocked and quickly told the people in her village about the boy. When they tried to take him away from the monkeys, the frightened boy threw sticks at them and climbed up a tree to hide. The monkeys fought fiercely, trying to stop the tribesmen from taking him away, but they did not succeed.

After his "rescue", the boy was taken to Kamuzinda Chritan Orphanage, outside Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. He was identified as John Ssabunnya, a boy who had disappeared three years earlier after his mother was murdered and his father went missing. John was only two years old when he disappeared.

John couldn't speak when he arrived at the orphanage. It was obvious that he did not know how to act in a human way-- he knew only how to behave like a monkey. However, he soon began to talk and was found to have a beautiful singing voice.

John shot to fame at the age of fourteen, when he toured the UK with a children's choir（合唱隊）. "His is a remarkable story. One day it could even be made into a film.” said tour organizer Hillary Cook.

1.The underlined word "had no contact with" in paragraph 1 is closest to________.

A.had no patience with B.had no communication with

C.had no quarrel with D.had no choice but stay with

2.What can we learn from Hillary Cook's words in the last paragraph?

A.John could not act like a human. B.John's experience is quite unusual.

C.John is like other boys in the choir. D.People saved John and protected him.

3.It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A.feral children are born with the talent to talk with animals

B.feral children are sure to be back to the human community

C.all feral children can be successful after living with humans

D.the study of feral children may help the research on language

4.The writer organizes the passage by_________.

A.using numbers B.showing opinions C.telling a story D.listing reasons

We like to believe that before we make a decision, most of the time, we take time to consider all the facts carefully. However, Experts believe that only 5% of our decisions are based on a rational （理性的）thought process. So, what influences our decision-making process?

We often leave decision-making to our instincts（本能）.Scientists have found out that if we had the choice, we like to avoid pain rather than get something. In fact, we're twice as happy when we try to avoid a bad situation than when we experience a good one. This is why when companies send ads, they use phrases like "How to avoid...", "Don't miss out!", etc.

There are also physical reasons that affect our decision-making. Psychologist （心理學家）John Bargh carried on an experiment where people were asked what they thought of a fictional person, while holding a cold or a hot cup of coffee. Those holding the hot cup believed the person to be warmer and more sociable than those holding the cold cup. So, when temperatures rise, the more likely we are to believe in strangers.

Stress is another thing which affects our decisions. Different situations are more or less stressful for different people. Researchers have found, though, that women are more conservative （保守的）about decisions when stressed, while men are to make riskier choices.

It may come as a surprise but every day from the minute we get up, we have to make countless decisions, like what to wear, what coffee to have and so on. Each choice makes our brain a little bit more tired, and this affects our decision-making. That's why important people, like presidents wearing the same three suits all the time, want to limit the small choices and spend more brain power （力量）on the bigger ones.

1.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

A. B. C. D.

2.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.Every day we have to make lots of big decisions.

B.People sometimes judge a person by what he wears.

C.What people wear influences their decision making.

D.Making fewer decisions helps to save brain power.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A.We make most of the decisions after our careful thinking.

B.People are likely to be happier to avoid something bad.

C.As the temperature is low, we are likely to believe others

D.People usually have risky decisions under heavy pressure.

4.The purpose of the passage is to__________.

A.tell us what influences decision-making B.advise people to make rational decisions

C.warn people not to make risky decisions D.show disadvantages of rational decisions

下面文章中有五處需要添加首句。請從以下選項(A、B、C、D、E和F）中選出符合各段意思的首句。選項中有一項是多余選項。

Should We Keep Animals In Zoos?

Zoos are popular places in communities around the world. They're places where people can learn about wild animals by seeing them up close. Some people, though, believe zoos aren't good for animals. They think wild animals should only live in the wild.

1.

Wild animals have been kept in cages for thousands years. Over time, people began speaking out about the practice of keeping animals in zoos. The rise of animal rights movement and groups have led many to question whether or not zoos are right.

2.

Zoos provide care for animals that they wouldn't receive in the wild. Animals are fed a healthy diet in zoos. Also, zoos have veterinarians who provide medical care for hurt or sick animals that would often be left to die in the wild. In some cases, zoos help animals to live longer.

3.

Though many animals live longer in zoos, some mammals live longer in the wild. Elephants live near twice as long in the wild as they do in zoos. Scientists believe the causes for this include elephants in zoos becoming stressed and depressed when they are forced to live in small spaces.

4.

It may seem like a good thing that zoos set animals back into the wild, but there are often problems with this practice. Zoo animals don't learn hunting skills since they are fed by zookeepers. They also have no idea to stay away from predators, cars or hunters in the wild.

5.

How much do zoos actually teach people about animals? A 2014 study showed that only 1000 out of 3000 children who visited a zoo learned something new. Groups such as PETA believe the biggest thing children learnt at zoos is that it's fine to keep animals in cages instead of in the wild.

A. Unable to go back

B. Caring for animals

C. Animals in the world

D. Spiritual problems

E. Rise of animal rights

F. The wrong lessons

Once upon a time, in the middle of a pool, there lived a frog. One day, a princess（公主）rowed______the pool in a boat. As she moved past, the frog raised his head and called to her.

"Kiss me, and I will______a handsome prince.”

"Not likely," replied the princess, "I rule my own kingdom; I______my own armies, I make my own laws. I need ______ prince, handsome or otherwise. What else do you have to offer?"

"Kiss me, and I will give you great ______.”

"I think not,” answered the princess, "I______all the money in my country. Your great riches won't bring me any______, just make my money less valuable. Is that the best you have to _______ !”

“Kiss me, and 1 will promise you attractive_______”

“Ha-ha," sneered (譏諷)the princess , “How very ______ ! I may be not good-looking______ beauty does not last."

"What do you want then?" the frog stuck to his ______.

The princess thought hard, and moved ______ .

"I want to be happy," she said quietly and kissed the frog.

"You______love, riches, beauty, and yet you want happiness from kissing a frog! This isn't a fairy tale you know." laughed the frog, diving into the clear, blue pool.

Actually, frogs always ______ you in the end. It’s hard to escape from them.

1.A.through B.past C.over D.across

2.A.knock into B.turn into C.talk about D.care about

3.A.lead B.plan C.teach D.guard

4.A.neither B.either C.no D.each

5.A.happiness B.beauty C.fame D.wealth

6.A.need B.search C.control D.provide

7.A.difficulties B.supports C.trouble D.practice

8.A.offer B.pay C.encourage D.show

9.A.hair B.brain C.clothes D.look

10.A.happy B.exciting C.funny D.wonderful

11.A.and B.but C.so D.or

12.A.review B.trade C.change D.fact

13.A.back B.aside C.close D.away

14.A.noticed B.refused C.expected D.promised

15.A.kick B.love C.make D.get