1.题目要求：高二（三）班的全体同学将于2014年8月20日在学校图书馆举办一次活动，活动包括诗朗诵、讲故事、唱歌、舞蹈，现以全班同学的名义激请全体高中同学参加，届时，将请各班主任作为教师代表出席、请参加的师生每人准备好一个节目。发布通知的日期为2014年8月11日。（词数70-100)（本题20分）

2.An interesting project called Blue Zones is recording the lifestyle secrets of the communities withthe highest, hest concentrations of centenarians in the world.The people in the five regions in Europe, Latin America,Asia and the US that live to be 100 have alot going for them. Genes probably play a small role, but these folks also have strong socialties ,tightly-knit families and lots of opportunities to exercise.As we were examining the dietary secrets of the Blue Zones, as described in author Dan Buettner"s latest book, The Blue Zones Solution, we were struck by how essential tea drinking is in theseregions. In fact, Buettner' s Blue Zones Beverage Rule--a kind of guideline summarized from his 15or so years of studying these places--is:" Drink coffee for breakfast, tea in the afternoon, wine at 5p. tm"Science has plenty to say about the healthful virtues of green tea. Researchers are most enthusi-astic almt the components in green tea, as well as foods like cocoa. Why might they help so many Okina~vans in Japan break 1007 Some components in green tea can lower the risk of stroke,heart disease attd several cancers. One review study also found that drinking green tea can slightly improve metabolism (新陈代谢).If you find yourself on the island of Ikaria, the Greek Blue Zone in the middle of the Aegean, youwon't be offered any tea made with tea leaves. Instead, Ikarians typically make their daily cup oftea with just one fresh herb that they have picked themselves that day--either rosemary, wildsage,oregano,nmrjotmn,mint or dandelion,all plants that may have anti-inflammatory (消炎的)properties,which may help lower blood pressure. This could explain Ikaria' s very low dementia (痴呆)rate,since high blood pressure is a risk factor for the disease.What does the underlined word "centenarians" in Paragraph 1 refer to?

3.The Intemet users visiting our website are________young people between the ageof 13 and 20.

4.I think Chinese is___than maths.

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Once upon a time,a rich man wanted to make a trip(旅行）to another town.He triednot only to take things to sell but also to take money to1things with.He2take ten servants with him.They would3the things to sell and the food to40ntheir trip.Before they started,a little boy ran up to5and asked to6with them

The rich man said to the little boy,"Well,7may go with us.8you are the

smallest,the thinnest and the weakest of all my9,you can't carry a10load(担

子）。You must11the lightest one to carry."The boy thanked his master and choosethe biggest load to carry.That was bread.

＂You are12,"said his master."That is the biggest and the heaviest one."

boy said13and lifted the load gladly.

On the trip they walked for days and at last they got to the town.All the servantswere tired14the little servant.Do you know15? Most of the bread was eaten during the trip and a little was left when they arrived at the town11、（单选题）

6.Passage Four　　Ideas about polite behaviour differ from one culture to another.Some societies, such as America and Australia,for example, are mobile and very open. People here change jobs and move house quite often. As a m result, they have a lot of relationships that often last only ma short time, and they need to get to know people quickly. So it's normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard aspersonal.　　On the other hand, there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long-term relationships are more important. A Malaysian or Mexican business person, for example,will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business. But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society.　　To Americans, both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first. On the other hand, as a passenger from a less mobile society puts it, it's no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts ofquestions that you don't want to answer.　　Cross-cultural differences aren't just a problem for travelers, but also for people in daily life. Some societies have " universalist'' cultures. These societies strongly respect rules, and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way. "Particularist" ( 强调特性的)societies also have rules, but they are less important than the society's unwritten ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person. So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person.What can be learned from Paragraph 1?

7.根据以下资料，回答66-69题。We first think of the traditional or nuclear family．This is a two-generation family, the father and the mother and their own children．Most couples wanted to have four children, two boys, two girls. 　　Some nuclear families, however, may add one or more grandparents to come to live with them, that is three generations．This kind of family with grandparents, parents, and grandchildren is called an extended family．This family type was not very common during the later half of the twentieth century, but it's becoming more common now as an elderly grandparent moves in to live with a son or daughter．This is more possible now that American homes have become larger．What is interesting, however, is that after the grandchildren move out of the home and start their own families, this extended family shrinks back to a nuclear family, with just two generations again living together, a grandparent and parents, with the grandchildren coming only for occasional visits． 　　Now, the fatherless or motherless family is one kind of what we call a single-parent family．In the fatherless family it's just the mother and her children．As I said, this can be the result of the husband's death, of an unmarried mother, of a separation or divorce．There are also a growing number of motherless families--where the father raises the children, for any of the same reasons．A motherless family may also be fatherless, but still a family with one adult．This is becoming more common in the big cities where a grandmother will raise her daughter's children while the daughter goes elsewhere to work. 　　One other new kind of family is becoming increasingly more common．A single parent with one or more children will marry again．Perhaps the other parent is also a single parent．Together they will start what is called a blended family, which blends together or combines the children from two other families.68 What is true to the fact in America?

8.给笔友保罗（Paul)的一封信。提示：（1)过了一个很好的寒假，在寒假中与父亲一起回老家河北农村。（2)吃惊于家乡的巨大变化。几乎村里每家都有彩电，许多人家盖了新房。有的人家还有了摩托车和小汽车。（3)一位村民自豪地告诉我，他和一部分村民打算参加一个旅游团到国外旅游。（4)我表示羡慕他们，我对父亲说，将来大学毕业要回老家来，父亲也表示说他一退休就来。（5)你的名字小海。（本题20分）

9.____ when he saw his wife’s face did Tom realize the true meaning of her remark.

10.Not only I but also Douglas and Miranda ____________ fond of watching television.

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For several years,Americans have enjoyed teleshopping-watching TV and buyingthings by phone.Now teleshopping is starting in Europe.In some 1countries,peoplecan turn on their2and shop for clothes,jewelry,food,toys and3 things.

Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden.4,the biggest Swedish companysells different kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries,and in one year.itmakes$10 million.In France,there are two teleshopping channels.and the French5about$ 20 million a year in buying things through those channels.

In Germany,6last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for onehour every day.Then the government allowed more teleshopping.Other channels can7 for telebusiness,including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hourteleshopping company.German8 are hoping these will help them sell more things.Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without9.With all the trafficproblems in cities,going shopping is not an easy thing.Butat the same time,other Europeans10 like this new way of buying things.They call11"junk on the air".Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things12on TV.They think high quality is the most important thing,and they don't believe they can be sure about the quality of the things 13.

The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be14 the American companies.They will have to be more careful about the15of thethings they sell.They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannottouch or see by themselves.12.单选题

12.--The boy has to stay at home to look after his little sister,___?－-Yes,because his mother has gone shopping.

13.On television all over the world there are programmes about the work of the police．They are popular because they are usually very exciting．In London there is a television programme called"Police Five "--because it is on for five minutes once a week．A television reporter, Shaw Taylor, talks about crimes in the London area．He asks for public help．The police station needs the help of ordinary people because sometimes you or I have information that can be useful to the police. 　　Shaw Taylor shows pictures of paintings, jewellery (珠宝) and other things which thieves stole during the week．Sometimes he shows the car that the thieves escaped in．When people see men or things on the television programme which they may remember, they can tell the police where they saw them．With their help the police may catch more criminals. 　　Sometimes the police find a car or some money．Shaw Taylor shows them on television．The owners sometimes see them．Then they can telephone the police and say, "Thank you very much-- that's mine!" [单选题] The television programme is called "Police Five", because it is about the work of the police and __.

14.News has just been received of an air crash in the north of England. The plane,which was on acharter(包租)flight from London to Carlisle,was carrying a party of businessmen on their way to atrade fair. It seems likely that the plane ran into a heavy fog as it was approaching Carlisle and wasobliged to circle for some twenty minutes.Everything seemed to be going well. The pilot was inconstant radio communication with Ground Control when the engines suddenly cut out and allcontact was lost. The plane crashed on the site of the ancient Roman camp at Hadrian’s Hill, a placewell known to archaeologists(考古学家)and tourists.So far few details have been reported,but it is feared that at least twenty people lost theirlives,among them the pilot,who was killed instantly. The local ambulances and firemen were onthe scene within minutes of the crash, but additional help had to be rushed from other areas.Mr.Lesilie Collins,one of the survivors,told our reporter, “We passengers noticed the engines weremaking a funny noise. Of course we couldn’t see anything because of the fog,but the pilot saidthere was nothing to worry about.The next thing we know, the engines went dead. There was arushing noise—and after that I don’t remember any more.”Mr. Collins is now in hospital, being treated for minor injuries. We will be bringing you further newsof the crash as we receive it.In the meantime relatives are asked to ring 02?3457211 forinformation.What happened when the plane was nearing Carlisle?

15.The three____ made films of deaf people signing.填入____处的最佳答案是()。

16.Don't worry,Mum!__newsis good news,I'm sure Daddy will come backsoon

17.It is very___to listen to him.

18.He sent me an e-mail,__toget further information

19.While we were waiting,I __________around at the school building, which was one of those old Victorianstructures,completely out of date but still standing.请选择最佳答案()。

20.It was___fine day that they went to the park.