Section A (15%)ALast Friday parents helped collect lots of money for a school by buying children’s pictures. The classrooms in a primary school in Bicester (18)______ (use) as an art gallery for a day and the school invited parents to come and look. All the pupils produced a work of art and each painting went on sale at $5. Hundreds of parents and relations came and, together, (19)______ spent over $2,000.Now the school is thinking of making the exhibition (20)______(big) next year by also contacting businesses (21)______ operate in the local area. One of the school children’s parents first had the idea after going to similar exhibitions (22)______ his home country, South Africa.The head teacher said he was delighted to see the school so full and he was very proud of（23）_____the children did. Now the school (24)______(decide) to use the money to buy books and CD players.BDeep sleep is important for everyone. The actual amount of sleep you need depends on your age. A young child (25) ____ _____ sleep ten to twelve hours, and (26)______ teenager about nine hours. Adults differ a lot in their sleeping habits. For most of them, seven to eight hours a night is enough, but some sleep longer, while (27)______ manage with only four hours.For a good night, (28)______ (have) a comfortable place to sleep is very important. Also, there should be plenty of fresh air in the room. A warm drink sometimes helps people to sleep, (29)______ it is not a good idea to drink coffee immediately before going to bed. (30)______ you have to travel a very long distance, try (31)______(go) to bed earlier than usual the day before the journey. This will help you to feel more (32)______ (relax) when you arrive.The Real Walkers Company offers a selection of small group walking holidays which explore some delightful hidden corners of Europe, the Americas and Australia. There is something for everyone to enjoy on these holidays, regardless of age or __33__ of fitness. The brochure includes various __34__ and a range of schedules. These range from __35__ tours of historic/historical cities to undemanding walking trips in unspoilt coastal and country regions and, for the more adventurous traveller, __36__ mountain or hill-walking explorations.But it would be unfair to give the __37__ that these holidays are just about walking. According to the brochure, an enjoyment of walking is often the thing that brings together a group of like-minded people, who __38__ the pleasure of good companionship in __39__ surroundings.The company believes that its tour leaders are the key to its success. These people are fully trained and are __40__ keen to make sure that each individual traveller __41__ full use of their trip.III. Reading ComprehensionSection A (10%)One recent study showed just two percent of the population with a job in agriculture. Y et smallfarms seem to be __42__ in many areas to meet a growing demand for locally produced food. The people operating these farms often have little or no__43__ in farming.Mark Mills once worked as a cook. He decided to leave his job and turn to farming. He says his __44__ was based on two things: a strong interest in agriculture and his lack of knowledge about what it takes to be a(n) __45__. Mark Mills was a history major in college. All he knows about __46__ food comes from growing plants in his home garden and 26 years of working in restaurants.In recent years, many Americans have developed a taste for __47__, locally grown fruits and vegetables. The number of farmer's markets has __48__ over 50 percent in the past 10 years. Mr. Mills' first year in farming was successful. The hardest part was not growing the crops, he says. The problem has been __49__ them, namely in exchange for money. Mr. Mills says his farm probably lost more money than it earned. __50__, his wife has a non-farm job and can provide financial support, at least for now.Experts say many new farmers need to __51__ themselves with another source of income.42.A. disappearing B. appearing C. cultivating D. performing43.A. struggle B. evidence C. patience D. experience44.A.decision B. hobby C. discussion D. doubt45.A.cook B. student C. farmer D. expert46.A.producing B. destroying C. creating D. contributing47.A. delicious B. sweet C. salty D. fresh48.A.reduced B. increased C. shared D. accessed49.A. releasing B. buying C. selling D. exposing50.A. Luckily B. Unfortunately C. Obviously D. Frankly51.A. adapt B. support C. enjoy D. serveSection B (15%)ADr charlotte Uhlenbroek recently returned to London after filming her second series, Jungle. It was difficult, 19-week trip, during which she explored the rainforests of Borneo, the Amazon and Congo, travelling around using variety of means of transport, including hot-air balloons and canoes. ―I’m interested in the way animals communicate with each other. It was sometimes dangerous making the program ---I even went swimming with piranha(水虎鱼)fish. But the worst thing was insects. On one occasion I had 70 sand-fly bites on my arm. Luckily I didn’t get sick. I prefer not to take tablets every day, but if I get a fever, take some medicine immediately.‖Filming the series was exciting, but also frightening at times. Her most challenging experience was climbing a 100-meter tree in Borneo, as she has a great fear of heights. ―I had to keep pulling myself further and further upwards. All I wanted to do was get down again. Suddenly the safety equipment didn’t look very strong and I thought that my ropes would break and I would crash to the ground.‖What did she enjoy most about returning to London? ―When I’ve been away in hot uncomfortable conditions for a long time I dream about an ice-cold drink and my bed at home! But the thing I look forward to the most is nice long showers. There wasn’t much water in some of the places we visited and I worried that I was using it all up and not leaving any for my colleagues on the camera team! ‖52.Charlotte found climbing the tree in Borneo so frightening because_______.A.she hates being in high placesB. she was unable to get downC.her equipment suddenly brokeD. she slipped and fell to the ground53.What does Charlotte miss most when she is away filming?A.Air-conditioning.B. An unlimited water supply.C. A comfortable bed.D. Iced drinks.54.Which best describes the TV series Jungle?A.The forest floor has hundreds of different insects-let Charlotte be your guide to thesefascinating creatures.B.Making her first television appearance, Charlotte explores some of the wildest places onearth.C.Charlotte looks at ways in which the animals of the rainforest manage to live beside theirhuman neighbors.D.Insects, piranha fish, hot-air balloons-it’s all in one day’s work for Charlotte in her latestseries.BFlappy BirdBe careful what you wish for, especially if you want to inventsomething new. Recently, Dong Nguyen, the designer of the mobile gameFlappy Bird, removed it from app stores. He said its success – it had beendownloaded more than 50 million times and was making him around£30,000 from advertising each day –had ruined his simple life. On hisTwitter account, he said: ―I cannot take this anymore.‖ OK, so regrettingmaking Flappy Bird isn’t quite the same as regretting making a gun, but Nguyen is just the latest inventor who wished he hadn’t created a monster.The LabradoodleThe labradoodle isn’t a monster –it’s attractive. But what’sunnatural is the way crossbreed (杂交的)dogs have been sold sincethe labradoodle’s inventor, Wally Conron, first created the dog in the1980s. ―I’ve done a lot of damage,‖ he told the media. ―I’ve created alot of problems. There are a lot of unhealthy and dropped dogs outthere.‖ Con ron came up with the labradoodle when he was workingfor the Royal Guide Dog Association of Australia to provide a dogfor a blind woman whose husband was easily affected by dog hair.What he didn’t expect was that the labradoodle – and other types of such dogs, many of which have health problems – would become so popular.The AK-47Six months before his death in December 2013, MikhailKalashnikov, the designer of the gun, wrote to the head of theRussian Orthodox Church: ―I almost cannot deal with my mental pain. If my gun killed people, does that mean that I, 93 years of age, the son of a poor farmer, am responsible for people’s deaths, even if they were enemies?‖Electronic T aggingThe electronic tag was originally made in the 1960s as a way oftracking former prisoners’ presence at school and work, and rewardingthem for good behavior. Its inventors, Bob Gable and his brotherKirkland, were later shocked that the tag had become a form ofcontrol and punishment. ―It’s not pleasant,‖ Kirkland Gable told theGuardian in 2010, ―but I’m not in control of the universe. I have to realize there are some things out of my control.‖Pepper SprayAfter police sprayed （喷射） peaceful protesters withpepper spray at a University of California campus in 2011, oneof the scientists who helped develop it in the 80s criticized itsuse.“I have never seen such an inappropriate use ofchemicals,‖ Kamran Loghman told The New Y ork Times.The Office CubicleIn the late 60s, a new form of office was designed to giveworkers privacy and increase productivity by providing more workspace. Instead, it became a way for companies to put employeesinto tighter spaces. These days, the cubicle is often connected withuniformity and soulless work. Its inventor, Bob Propst, said, in1997, ―the use of cubicles in modern corporations is crazy.‖Office Cubicle55. Which of the following is Wrong according to the passage?A. The labradoodle was originally created to help people have a better life.B. The inventor thought electronic tagging would give former prisoners more freedom.C. The office cubicle was intended to provide personal life and improve work performance.D. Pepper spray and the AK-47 were used to kill enemies.56. Which of the following inventions came first ?A. Flappy Bird.B. The labradoodle.C. The office cubicle.D. Pepper spray .57. What’s the best title of the six passages?A. Inventions their creators regret.B. Products their creators praise.C. Damages inventions cause.D. Benefits inventions bring.CWe may all like to consider ourselves free spirits. But a study of the tracks left by 50,000mobile phone users over three months has finally proved that the truth is otherwise.―We are all in one way or another boring,‖ says Albert-Laszlo Barabasi at the Center forComplex Network Research at Northeastern University in Boston, who co-wrote the study.―Spontaneous individuals are largely absent from the population,‖Barabasi and colleagues used three months’ worth of data from a mobile phone network totrack the mobile phone towers each person’s phone connected to each hour of the day, showingtheir general location. They conclude that regardless of whether a person typically remains closeElectronic Tagto home or wanders far and wide, their movements are probably predictable as much as 93 percent of the time.Surprisingly, the mobile phone data showed that individuals’ movements were more or less as predictable at weekends as on weekdays, suggesting that routine(日程) is rooted in human nature rather than being an effect of work patterns.The mobile phone records were handled to make out the most visited locations for each user. Then the probability of finding a given user at his most visited locations at each hour through the day was calculated.People were to be found in their most visited location for any given hour 70 percent of the time. Not surprisingly, the figure increased at night, and decreased at lunchtime and in the early evening, when most people were returning home from work.The team analyzed the randomness(随意性) of people’s traces to show it was possible in theory to predict the average person’s places as much as 93 percent of the time.―Say your routine movement is from home to the coffee shop to work: if you are at home and then go to the coffee shop it’s easy for me to predict that you are going to work,‖ says co-author Nicholas Blumm.This predictability was not much affected by differences in age, gender, language spoken or whether a person lived in a rural or urban setting.58.The ―spontaneous individuals‖ are most probably people who ______.A.are boring in some wayB.act with much freedomC.can live without a mobile phoneD.rely much on a mobile phone in life59.A phone user’s location is shown by_______.A.which mobile phone network he is connected toB.the content of his every phone callC.which mobile phone tower he is connected toD.how often he uses the phone every day60.According to the sixth paragraph, a person is more likely to ____ at night than in the earlyevening.A.return home from workB.be found at homeC.take home as his most visited placeD.go to his most visited place61.What is the passage mainly about?A. The factors that help determine one’ s routine.B. The predictability of one’s routine.C. The influence of mobile phones on one’s routine.D. The new application of mobile phone.Section C (6%)How T o Deal With A Bullying ProblemQuestion for Cindi:My son Greg is about to turn 13, he is in grade 8. He has been constantly bullied since we moved to this neighborhood. By our neighbor's son and a few boys up the street.In addition, he tends to get a lot of name calling at school. I have got in touch with his teacher this year and reported it to the principal. The boys up our street wrote on the school brick walls about him. The police were called and spoke with my son. They gave him their card. I have left two messages with them but have not had any response. Also, my son is telling them to get lost but they continue bullying him. For example, Writing notes to him and making fun of him constantly in front of his classmates. He does not want to report it. He gets very emotional and feels defeated. His father does not think he is doing enough fighting back. I believe he is. At the same time, his support of friends at school is not so supportive. I am at a loss. Please help.Response form CindiY ou and your son need some help! I am relieved to hear that you are not suggesting he fight back because that kind of action can lead to much more serious harm for your son. Please re-contact the school. Y ou may want to consider showing them the email you sent. Y our son deserves to feel safe at school, and it sounds as if he is being targeted. Set up a meeting with the teacher and the principal. Write out your concerns and what your son needs in order to feel safe and successful at school. Contact the school police officer and ask for some assistance. Expect some help and support from the school, for both your son and yourselves. If you are unsatisfied with the results of your meeting, contact the district official. It is also a good idea to keep a written record of all phone conversations and meetings that you attend. Act right away. Y our son needs you to support on his behalf. Good luck.(Note: Answer the following question and complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)62.What does Greg’s mother mainly complain about?63.Cindi is much satisfied that Grag’s mother_________________________________________.64. According to Cindi’s advice, Greg’s mother should __________ first, and then ________ ifshe is unsatisfied.IV. Translation(15%)65.我们都知道阅读对中学生有积极影响。