【1】 (date) back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), the Lantern Festival is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month【2】(mark) the first full moon of the lunar new year.

You Guoqing, 【3】folk custom expert in Tianjin, said the Lantern Festival was about going out for a colorful celebration rather than a family get-together. 【4】watching lanterns, 【5】 is also a day to appreciate the full moon, solve lantern riddles, watch art 【6】(performance) and eat tang yuan.

The festival was once also a time for romantic encounters. In feudal times, young women were not allowed to go out【7】(free), but Lantern Festival was an exception, 【8】 young men and women could meet up.

Some aspects of the festival, such as its romantic atmosphere, 【9】 (fade), but people 【10】 see the Lantern Festival as a day to rejoice and a chance to wish for happiness.

The Botox expert said that, of all his clients, office workers were most likely to show premature （過早的）signs of aging. “ If you are one of the unfortunate people who frown（皺眉）while you are concentrating on the screen then, over time, you will inevitably（不可避免地） end up with frown lines.’’ Dr. Prager said. “What is perhaps more surprising is the number of women with saggy jowls because they are sitting in one position for so long. If you spend most of the time looking down then the neck muscles shorten and go saggy, eventually giving you a second neck.”

Dr. Prager, who has a practice near Harley Street in London, said he encourages his clients（客戶） to put a mirror next to their computer so they can see if they are frowning at the screen. “When people are stressed or thinking hard about something, then they will often put on a ‘grumpy（脾氣暴躁的）face’ without even knowing what they are doing. When my clients put a mirror next to their desk, they are often shocked by the angry, frowning face which stares back at them.”

He said, “The women I am seeing at the moment have only been using computers at work for the last decade or so. But women in their 20s have grown up with them and use them for every single task. I think the problem is going to become much, much worse. In another ten years, they could be looking quite awful.”

Dr. Prager said there were several simple steps which could avoid “computer face” such as regular screen breaks and stretching the neck muscles. And, of course, there was always Botox. He said that , after a couple of sessions of Botox, the habit of “grumpy face” could be broken.

【1】According to the passage, which of the following are signs of aging?

A. Saggy jowls and short necks

B. Turkey neck and frown lines

C. Deep-set wrinkles and angry faces

D. Second neck and stressed muscles

【2】Why does Dr. Prager suggest a mirror for his clients?

A. To be aware of their “computer face”

B. To see if they have got a second neck

C. To make sure their make-up is perfect

D. To find more signs of premature aging

【3】From the last 2 paragraphs, we can know that_____

A. “computer face” is avoidable

B. we should give up using computers

C. we should break the habit of “grumpy face”

D. the younger generation is worse at computers

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏詞符號(hào)（∧）, 并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下面劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞。 2. 只允許修改10處。

Tom and Dick are next door neighbor who both work in same office. They often walk together to and from work. Once they were walking to home together while it suddenly start to rain. Tom quickly opened his umbrella and said proud, "My wife really has great foresight. She said this morning it would rain and told me carry my umbrella. "Dick smiled and walked up to her under the protection of the umbrella, said, "Mine has even greater foresight. She didn't let me carry one as she knew you'd share yours to me."

There's no reason why women return to school. Going back to school provides private and public benefits. College graduates, generally enjoy higher salaries, 【1】 (employ) more consistently, and work in nicer conditions. Collegeeducated people vote more, give more to charity, and rely _【2】 (little) on government support.

Making the switch from【3】 (support) to supporting oneself can be a challenge, 【4】 often a necessary one. Financial 【5】 (dependent) for women is key, says Nancy Schlossberg, professor at University of Maryland. “I think 【6】_ important for women to do some direct achievement, because chances are that women will live alone in later life, either divorced 【7】 never married.”

To Schlossberg, education is critical in the long run. She says, “You are going to do much better than before 【8】 you have a good education; you are going to be happier than before on condition that you have 【9】 education that enables you to do what you have to do in life. The question is 【10】 you are ready at this time to go for it.”

How to Improve Eyesight Naturally

Eyes are important for everybody. You must take care and try everything in hand to keep them in good condition. Here are some tips to improve your eyesight naturally.

【1】 Strain is known to be a factor in many health conditions and eye strain is no exception. Try meditation, yoga or other methods of stress relief to improve your vision and overall health.

Try palming.

Sit upright in a comfortable chair. 【2】 Cup your hands so that there is no pressure on your eyes. Let your fingers rest across your forehead. There should be no light entering your eyes. Palming should be done for a period of 5 to 10 minutes to start. Palming should be relaxing. It may help to do palming in a darkened room.

Avoid sugar as much as possible.

【3】 It will unpleasantly affect your eyesight, which affects the eyes by producing a larger amount of insulin (胰島素) in the blood. Therefore you shouldn't be having much fruit juice or something that contains a lot of sugar.

Exercise your eyes.

The only exercise most eyes get is daily rubbing when we're tired or suffering from eye strain. But eye exercise is actually good for your eyes and can improve your vision. 【4】 Blink as fast as you can for a few seconds, then close your eyes tightly, open and repeat. Do this exercise 3 to 4 times daily.

Eat healthy foods.

You probably hear the statement all the time that eating the right foods is necessary for good health. 【5】Fods that are high in fiber, vitamin C, D and betacarotene as well as other vitamins and minerals can help improve your vision. Here are a few foods that can be beneficial to good vision: carrots, eggs, blueberries, spinach, kale, grapes, and fresh garlic.

A．Reduce eye strain.

B．Keep your eyes moist.

C．Sugar is your eyes' worst enemy.

D．Give your eyes a workout with the following exercise.

E．You may not be aware that your diet affects your vision, but it does.

F．Close your eyes and cover them with the palms of your hands.

G．Be sure to get plenty of sleep so that your eyes don't strain to stay open during the day.

China's famous scientist, the Cloth Shoes Academician Li Xiaowen passed away on January 10th, 2015 in Beijing at the age of 68. Hundreds of thousands of netizens sang high praise for him online, showing their respect to the leading authority in remote sensing field. Following Li Xiaowen's last wish, his family held a simple funeral for him, while many admirers from all over the country came to the funeral for remembrance. Some national leaders including Premier Li Keqiang also sent a wreath.

Li was a professor at Beijing Normal University and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research achievements have advanced the development of remote sensing science, and made China one of the leaders in this field. He also received several famous science prizes from China. He published 1,878 essays on his blog since 2007. All his students have thumbed up to Li for his contributions to the development of remote sensing. He was known to everyone in the remote sensing circle, but was impressive on netizens for a photo.

In recent years, Professor Li's quiet and selfeffacing behavior was recognized through social media. In 2014, a photograph of Academician Li was taken by his student, in which he was attentively making a lecture with shabby clothes, grizzled hair and straggling beard, without socks, and wearing black cloth shoes. He looked like an old villager, rather than a famous scientist. The photo became popular on the Internet and earned him the title of the “Cloth Shoes Academician”. His simple plain image, kindness to all his students and dedication to his career are three important features on him. All these are precious to educational and academic community.

“The society is changeable but Academician Li is quiet. He faced all stuff with his characters of quietness and simplicity. It is clear that he has become the‘Teacher Immortal’．” said Ge Yuejing, a senior leader of Beijing Normal University.

【1】Why was Li Xiaowen popular with netizens?

A．He had great achievements while he lived a simple life.

B．He had high social status while he wore shabby clothes.

C．He was famous in the world while he was kind to students.

D．He was poor while he dedicated much to his career.

【2】The second paragraph mainly tells us ________.

A．why Li Xiaowen was called the “Cloth Shoes Academician”

B．how Li Xiaowen was loved by his students

C．how Li Xiaowen did his research

D．what achievements Li Xiaowen has made

【3】Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Premier Li Keqiang came to Li Xiaowen's funeral.

B．A good teacher needs to publish essays on the Internet.

C．Social media made Professor Li Xiaowen worldfamous.

D．Professor Li's attitude to life and his career earned himself high praise and respect.

Users simply log in, pick a restaurant, pay through the app and then pick up their food at a set time—usually around closing or after peak meal times. Orders through the app cost between 2 British pounds ($2.60) to 3.80 British pounds (about $5). Users aren’t able to pick the food items, but they get an idea of the type of food that will be available, according to Business Green.

Users also have the option to give meals to people in need by donating 1 British pound or more through the app. More than l, l00 meals have been donated so far.

To ensure the entire experience is super eco-friendly. Too Good To Go provides recyclable takeout packaging to participating restaurants.

Restaurants using the app make extra money by selling food what would otherwise have been throw away. And Too Good To Go itself makes money by taking a fee from participating restaurants on each sale.

Founded in Denmark last year. Too Good To Go launched this year in the UK and is expanding to other countries. The app is available in Brighton, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, and will be in London later this month.

“Food waste just seems like one of the dumbest(愚蠢) problems we have in this world,” co-founder James Crummie told Business Green. “The restaurant industry is wasting about 600,000 tonnes of food each year, and in the UK alone there are one million people on emergency food parcels from food banks. Why do we have these two massive social issues that are completely connected, yet there is not much going on to address them?”

Too Good To Go has already helped cut a significant amount of waste. So far, the app has saved 600 meals from landfills in the UK, reports Business Green.

【1】Why is the app introduced into UK according to the passage?

A. To help users find proper restaurants.

B. To reduce food waste in UK.

C. To help people in need of food.

D. To make orders of food much cheaper.

【2】Which of the following statements are TRUE according to the passage?

A. The app has made some progress in saving food.

B. The app has been used throughout UK by now.

C. You can make money if you are a customer.

D. The restaurants provide recyclable takeout packaging.

【3】From what James Crummie said we know that ________.

A. it’s stupid for the restaurant industry to waste so much food

B. food bank should provide more food to people in need

C. people don't pay much attention to food problems

D. it’s stupid trying to solve food problems by using the app

【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. How to use the app.

B. Who benefit from the app.

C. Food waste is the biggest problem.

D. Using an app can reduce food waste.

【題目】短文改錯(cuò)

Recently a survey has been done find out the reading interests of senior middle school students. With this survey, two thousands senior middle school students from ten schools in Lanzhou were interviewed. They were asking which they liked reading most among the four categories of English articles: news, stories, popular science articles and articles about learning methods.

The survey show that more than a half of the students like to read news most. Twentysix percent of the students say that English stories are his favorite. Only seven percent of the students are mostly interested in reading articles about learning methods. However, the number of students who enjoy read popular science articles doubles that of those which prefer reading articles about learning methods.

【題目】以下10個(gè)句子，每個(gè)句中只有一處錯(cuò)誤。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），并在符號(hào)下面寫上該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（﹨）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

【1】The number of the learners have increased by 30% since 2010.

【2】The woman as well as the children were invited to the birthday party last night.

【3】Only when the war was over did the family can return to their country.

【4】The mother was delivered by a healthy baby, which made everyone happy.

【5】Lin Qiaozhi devoted her whole life to show consideration to the patients.

【6】Just dream for things, however, costs nothing.

【7】This character was social failure but was loved for his optimism.

【8】You may find it astonished that she was married to a rich man.

【9】That was a generation where girls'education was placed second to boys’.

【10】He hasintended to catch the early bus, but he didn’t get up early.

【題目】

【1】When people manage to do something difficult, they will get a sense of a______.

【2】She studied history at university, and became a s________ in history 20 years later.

【3】You’ll be punished if you don’t o_______ the rules.

【4】The _________(觀眾) are touched by his performance.

【5】He works very hard to _________(養(yǎng)活) his family.

【6】The news of his marriage has__________(傳播開) among his fans.

【7】The famous superstar became the_______(焦點(diǎn)) of everyone’s attention.

【8】Everyone _______(強(qiáng)調(diào)) the importance of protecting the surroundings around us at present.

【9】She said it in w________, so most of us couldn’t hear what she said.

【10】My good friend e_________ me to dinner last night.