There once was a very honest shopkeeper whose business was to provide goods to the local people. He would open his shop at 8:00 a.m. after having his breakfast and at 1:00 p.m. he would go for lunch. In the evening at 8:30 p.m. he closed his shop to complete his daily routine.

However, to get time for lunch was really difficult because he didn’t have anybody to help him at that time. Therefore, it was his daily practice that whichever customer was shopping at 1:00 p.m. would be asked to oversee (看管) the shop until the shopkeeper returned from lunch.

One day, a group of four thieves planned to steal from his shop while he was gone for lunch. One of the thieves went at 1:00 p.m. to be the customer that would be asked to oversee the shop.

The thief, pretending to be a customer, went in at 1:00 p.m. and started buying several items. As planned, the shop-keeper asked the thief to sit on his chair for thirty minutes until he returned from lunch.

Then, the other three thieves quickly came and told the pretended customer to help, but something had changed within him and he knew deeply in his heart that if he was given responsibility for the shop, he should not perform any dishonest acts during that time. His friends did not agree. As the now honest man tried to stop them, they resisted (抵抗) and a fight started. And at the same time the shopkeeper returned and asked why there was a fighting. The now honest man explained the entire plan.

The shopkeeper had been searching for an honest man who could take ownership of the shop and run it. The shop-keeper felt that he had found the right man.

1.What is the problem for the shopkeeper?

A. Nobody could prepare lunch for him every day.

B. He had nobody to keep the shop when he went for lunch.

C. He was too busy to have lunch every day.

D. He couldn’t find a person to work at the shop.

2.Why did the thief go to the shop at 1:00 p.m.?

A. Because he thought he would be asked to keep the shop.

B. Because the shopkeeper invited him to lunch then.

C. Because the shop was closed at that time.

D. Because he thought he could buy cheap things then.

3. When the shopkeeper returned from lunch, he found _______.

A. everything in his shop was stolen

B. the thief became the new owner of the shop

C. there was a fighting in his shop

D. the thief helped his fellows steal things from his shop

4. From the passage, we can infer that _______.

A. once a thief, he will always be a thief

B. an honest man will be responsible for his action

C. you can’t believe in a dishonest man forever

D. trust can change a thief into an honest man

Love, success, happiness, family and freedom----how important are these values to you? Here is one interview which explores the fundamental questions in life.

Question: Could you introduce yourself first?

Answer: My name is Misbah, 27 years old. I was born in a war-torn area. Right now I’m a web designer.

Q: What are your great memories?

A: My parents used to take us to hunt birds, climb trees, and play in the fields. For me it was like a holiday because we were going to have fun all day long. Those are my great memories.

Q: Does your childhood mean a lot to you?

A: Yes. As life was very hard, I used to work to help bring money in for the family. I spent my childhood working, with responsibilities beyond my age. However, it taught me to deal with problems all alone. I learnt to be independent.

Q: What changes would you like to make in your life?

A: If I could change something in my life, I’d change it so that my childhood could have taken place in another area. I would have loved to live with my family in freedom. Who cares whether we have much money, or whether we have a beautiful house? It doesn’t matter as long as I can live with my family and we are safe.

Q: How do your get along with your parents?

A: My parents supported me until I came of age. I want to give back what I’ve got. That’s our way. But I am working in another city. My only contact with my parents now is through the phone, but I hate using it. It filters(過(guò)濾) out your emotion and leaves your voice only. My deepest feelings should be passed through sight, hearing and touch.

1. In Misbah’s childhood, .

A. he was fond of getting close to nature

B. he liked living in the countryside

C. he was free from worry

D. he often spent holidays with his family

2.What did Misbah desire most in his childhood?

A. A colorful life. B. Peace and freedom

C. A beautiful house D. Money for his family.

3.How would Misbah prefer to communicate with his parents?

A. By chatting on the Internet.

B. By calling them sometimes.

C. By writing them letters

D. By paying weekly visits

4. If there were only one question left, what would it most probably be?

A. What was your childhood dream?

B. What is your parents’ view of you?

C. What is your biggest achievement?

D. What was your hardest experience in the war?

Nowadays they are giving homework even during the holidays and I hate that very much. But I think there is a reason for it. Homework is given so that we can remember whatever we have learnt. Regular drilling and repetition make perfect. But teachers have started to give too much homework. Anything in excess (過(guò)度) is bad.

Jane

What’s the use of just homework without allowing children to get an insight (洞察) into the subject? It just makes them bookworms but nothing else. Homework such as writing some things 5 times at home will just make them memorize things but not put them into use. I regret to say that teachers find it easy to bundle (歸攏) the children with homework rather than making them get interested to understand what they learn. The same trend continues even in college. I find that most of the so-called high scorers are unable to answer simple things in an interview.

Sally

It is OK to give homework. But it should be given less. We are spending most of our time in school and at least we must be free in our home. If you give homework, we will be very tired and we wouldn’t be able to pay attention to extra-curricular activities, which in turn may affect our physical and mental health. So please give less homework to us.

Johnson

It is part of our work to give students homework. There will be some punishments if we won’t do our work. So I have to do that though I know such a teacher is not liked by students.

1.Who thinks that too much homework may do harm to students’ physical and mental health?

A. Sunny. B. Jane.

C. Sally. D. Johnson.

2.Who thinks homework should help students learn something practical?

A. Sunny. B. Jane.

C. Sally. D. Johnson.

3.What problem do the speakers talk about?

A. Whether students should be punished without doing homework.

B. What kind of homework should be given to students.

C. What role homework plays in helping students to learn.

D. Whether teachers should give homework to students.

The people below are all looking for a course on Chinese to study. Read the following information about the six courses. Decide which course would be the most suitable for the people mentioned in questions 57-60 and then mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet.

1.______ Mathew majors in media and hopes to understand Chinese broadcasting and TV News and communicate with the Chinese people.

2.______Sarah is a Learner of Chinese with a fairly good knowledge of basic Chinese grammar and a vocabulary of 2500, hoping to improve her Chinese ability in speaking, reading and writing.

3.______Lois majors in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and hopes to improve her ability in translation.

4.______Georgia specializes in the Chinese language and culture at the average. He plans to have a tour in China.

A. Intermediate (中等) Chinese Comprehensive Course

40 lessons in all, focusing on the training of the comprehensive skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing of intermediate Chinese. To enable the students to recognize, understand and use the active and less active words, to improve their ability of expressing themselves in paragraphs and discourse, to master the new words, patterns, grammatical structures, paragraphs and discourse and means of connections so as to express the meaning of the texts correctly and fluently in paragraphs and discourse.

B. News Listening

Based on frequently used words, typical sentences and information and concentrating on improving the ability of listening comprehension. To improve the ability of collecting information, to grasp the knowledge and skills they have learned and to understand the broadcasting and TV news of similar themes and relevant level of difficulty with the correctness of 80%. To build up the foundation for further study.

C. Elementary English-Chinese Translation

25 classes in total, including various styles such as poems, popular science, political comments and news, about every aspect of everyday life. The texts vary from easy to difficult and combine theory with practice as well as translation and interpretation. About 185 hours are needed. To familiarize the learner with the equivalent (對(duì)應(yīng)的) Chinese expressions of English. To enable them to know usage of Chinese and English words and sentences, cultural differences and the background knowledge.

D. Elementary Spoken Chinese in Business

24 units in all. Chinese words and expressions in business and trade are introduced in the form of vivid situational dialogues, notes and exercises. To enable the learner to master the words and expressions of elementary spoken business Chinese and to communicate with others in trade and business.

E. Chinese Human Geography

Introduction to geographic environment and cultural phenomena in various parts of China, such as natural features, historical backgrounds, religious sites, ancient battle fields, dramas and arts, traditional products, and special food, etc. Through the introduction to historical and cultural sites and scenery, the learner will have a general view about Chinese geography, history, culture and regional features.

單詞拼寫 (共10小題, 每小題1分, 共10分)

1.He speaks French so f____________ that some people often mistake him for a Frenchman.

2.As was expected, he was a______________ to Beijing University.

3.To improve the sale of their product, they a________ them in the newspapers and on TV.

4.The United Nations should solve the problem in this area in a p__________ way.

5.There is no d________ that MoYan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, has been absorbed in writing for decades.

6.Heavily as it rained, they were still out in s________ of the missing boy.

7. In some countries, especially in some poor countries, women are not really e________ to men.

8.I would p_________ playing outdoors to watching TV.

9. Many support the former idea, but I am for the l____________.

10. Because of the global warming, there are more and more natural d________.

假如你是某英語(yǔ)雜志社“學(xué)生心聲”的編輯。最近，你收到高一年級(jí)新生李越的來(lái)信。他在信中反映進(jìn)入高中后，覺(jué)得壓力很大，成績(jī)也一落千丈。請(qǐng)你用英語(yǔ)給他寫一封回信，提出以下建議：

制定學(xué)習(xí)計(jì)劃，合理安排時(shí)間。

參加體育鍛煉。

……

注意：（1）短文須包括上述全部要點(diǎn)，應(yīng)適當(dāng)增加內(nèi)容，以使行文連貫。

（2）詞數(shù)：100左右。開(kāi)頭和已給出，不計(jì)入詞數(shù)。

Dear LiYue,

I’m sorry to know that you are at a loss. ______________________________

“ Blood Moon” appeared in the sky between 6:24 pm and 7:24 pm on October 7,2014, which is quite unique for moon.

A. a; a B. the; the

C. a; the D. the; a

The Scottish independence referendum(公投) was held on Sept 18, 2014, Scottish people decided whether or not to stay in the UK.

A. that B. where

C. which D. Who

My good performance in the job interview left me about my future and what I can do here.

A. puzzled B. sensitive

C. optimistic D. pessimistic

You can the details；just give us the main facts．

A. leave out B. set out

C. put out D. take out