Three Japanese tourists taking a holiday in Australia got stuck when their GPS to1d them they could drive from the mainland to an island，failing to mention the 15 kilometres of water and mud in between．

As they drove their hired car from Moreton Bay to nearby North Stradbroke Island，they started to notice the firm surface they were driving on giving way to the well-known bay mud．However，being confident that their GPS would direct them to a road soon，they decided to drive on，managing to travel around 500 metres before their car was up to its tires in mud．To make matters worse，the tide(潮汐)started to come in and soon forced them to seek help and abandon the vehicle．Just four hours later the car was trapped m two metres of water —to the great amusement of onlookers on the shore and passengers on passing boats and ferries．

Yuzu Noda，21，said she was listening to the GPS and“it told us we could drive down there．It kept saying it would navigate(導(dǎo)航)US to a road．But we got stuck…there's lots of mud”．She and her travel companions Tomonari Saeki，22，and Keita Osada，21,instead had to give up their plans for a day trip to the island and headed back to the Gold Coast of a lift from the RACQ tow truck(吊車)driver who was called to the trapped car. No such luck for the hired car，though—after assessing the situation，no attempt was made to recover it．The students from Tokyo，who are due to return home tomorrow，said the experience would not put them off returning to Australia for another visit. Mr·Tomonari said，“It has rained every day on our six day holiday．Hopefully next time we come back it will be sunny．”

The car was covered by insurance，but the tourists will have to pay up to about $1500 in extra charges．

1.Why did the three Japanese tourists get stuck?

A．There was no way to the island．

B．Their GPS had given the wrong information．

C．Their GPS was broken during their journey．

D．Their car was not made in Japan．

2.What did the tourists abandon their car?

A．Some onlookers went to save them．

B．They got stuck in the mud．

C．There came the tide．

D．They managed to travel around 500 metres．

3.How did these Japanese students get back?

A．They had to walk back to their living place．

B．They had to repair their GPS and drove back．

C．They had to turn to passengers on boats and ferries．

D．They had to take a lift from the tow truck driver．

4.What can we know from the passage?

A．The car was left where it was trapped．

B．The passengers saved these students in the end．

C．Mr．Tomonari got very down after the journey．

D．No money has to be paid thanks to insurance．

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

If you’re leading a group of people towards success，you must learn how to motivate others．Try one or more of the following ways of motivating people．

Treat people kindly．As a leader，you need to treat others helping you with the utmost respect and kindness． 1. you might not know it，but it’s one kind of important motivation when people are treated right．People enjoy knowing that they’re doing a good job and enjoy working with people that treat them with kindness．

2. When people are fully responsible，they’11 be more likely to find the motivation to complete the task．This is because，as a part of a group，they may not feel like their hard work matters，but when they’re responsible it certainly matters．They also know that they make a difference to the success of the project．

Be a good listener．No one likes to feel like they don’t matter．Having the final say doesn’t mean that you needn’t get any help with important decision making. 3. Always keep an open ear and you’11 be motivating your team to come up with good solutions and creative ideas．

Set realistic goals．Think long and hard about how your goal setting abilities can teach you to motivate others．You don’t want to set goals that are too easy．Your team might reach them quickly but they won’t be pushed to become the best they can be． 4. Your team will quickly lose motivation because they’11 never get the feeling of having met their goals．

Get to know your people．Keep lines of communication open and get to know your team by paying attention to their wants，needs，strengths and weaknesses． 5. So they’ll certainly be more motivated to work hard for somebody like this．

A．Give people responsibility．

B．Hand out praise when it’s necessary．

C．Offer a nice clean working environment．

D．People will know they have a considerate leader．

E．People enjoy feeling like they’re making a difference．

F．A trustworthy neighbor also provides a safe place to run in case of a fire．

G．Meanwhile，you don’t want to set goals that are impossible to achieve，either．

完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C、和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

We were moving．Our new home would be across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge，in another district of New York City．We were _________ the only home I had ever known．To my_________ ，it occurred right before the beginning of sixth grade．Not only would I not be able to _________ elementary school with my friends，but I would have to start a new school life with new students who had known each other _________ me．I spent the summer _________ to a new neighborhood，but making friends didn’t come _________to me．

In addition，the _________of starting a new school life hung over me like a black cloud．The first day of school arrived too quickly，as I hadn’t _________ well．I entered my new classroom trying very hard not to appear as _________ as I felt，but it wasn’t easy．Twenty-eight kids turned to_________ me，which made me more nervous．

Mr Bernstein welcomed me to the class and _________ me to the other students．Then he _________ me to an empty desk in the back of the room，next to another girl．Her name was Janet and she was assigned to be my _________．I slowly walked across the room to take my seat．

Mr Bernstein began to rapidly _________ the requirements for our class．After class，we walked to the cafeteria，sat together and happily talked a lot about our _________．We both had two sisters，and she lived about a fifteen-minute walk away from my house．In addition，her parents were as _________ as mine：no make-up，nail polish，or stockings．The smiles on both our faces broadened with each new _________．On that first day in a new school，things turned out to be quite _________．

It has now been over thirty-five years．A lot of things have been_________ in both of our lives：graduation，college，marriage，divorce，and children．But the _________that began from that first day of middle school is still going strong．

1.A．repairing B．purchasing C．destroying D．1eaving

2.A．sadness B．delight C．surprise D．embarrassment

3.A．visit B．select C．finish D．enter

4.A．except B．besides C．1ike D．with

5.A．responding B．objecting C．sticking D．a(chǎn)djusting

6.A．easily B．clearly C．sharply D．freely

7.A．regret B．fear C．curiosity D．excitement

8.A．slept B．prepared C．worked D．1earned

9.A．tired B．scared C．disappointed D．bored

10.A．a(chǎn)gree with B．1ook after C．stare at D．worry about

11.A．pushed B．compared C．took D．introduced

12.A．educated B．directed C．1imited D．employed

13.A．specialist B．servant C．partner D．a(chǎn)pplicant

14.A．understand B．prepare C．inspect D．detail

15.A．families B．friends C．neighbors D．teachers

16.A．a(chǎn)ngry B．strict C．generous D．patient

17.A．invention B．exchange C．a(chǎn)dventure D．setting

18.A．controversial B．a(chǎn)bsurd C．good D．terrible

19.A．changed B．indentified C．collected D．classified

20.A．responsibility B．challenge C．hardship D．friendship

語法填空

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容(1個單詞)或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

My aunt Betty is a typist who has always wanted to go on a time travel holiday．Last year she 1. (decide)to design her own time tour．She wanted to take a space capsule to AD 3050．The representative from 2. time travel company gave her the impression that the space capsule was easy 3. (handle)．He told her about its efficiency and safety. This increased her 4. (motivate)to take the DIY(Do It Yourself)time tour．However，her trip was not the instant success she had expected．When she pressed the switch to begin the journey there was a flash 5. the capsule’s engine died．No matter how hard she tried，Aunt Betty was unable to restart the engine，which made her 6. (terrify)．It seemed that the capsule was far from being efficient and 7. (rely)．She wondered whether some parts of the capsule had been manufactured from second-hand materials． 8. (obvious)it was quite unsafe for her to travel in，so instead of 9. (visit)settlements far in the future，Aunt Betty had to go to Hainan 10. her holiday!

短文改錯

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧)，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：在錯的詞下畫一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1．每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2．只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起)不計分。

A recent survey shows that many students have got into some bad living habit，which do great harm to their health．

As we a11 know it，health is more important than wealth．Without a healthy body，you cannot do everything even if you are a millionaire．In order keep healthy，it’s necessary to get rid of unhealthy habits and form good ones．

First of all，eat a healthy breakfast is a great way to start the day．You should eat more fruit and vegetables，which are rich of vitamins．Secondly，getting enough sleep．Early to bed and early to rise make you feel great all day long．Lastly，take exercise every day to make your body strong．

As long as you form regularly habits and keep them，you’ll have a strong body and live the healthy life．

書面表達

一次英語課上，老師要求每人就自己喜歡的一句名人名言用英語談?wù)勛约旱捏w會。假如你喜歡的名言是：The good seaman is known in bad weather．請你根據(jù)以下要點寫一篇發(fā)言稿。

1．說出該名言的基本含義；

2．舉例談?wù)勛约旱母邢搿?/p>

注意：

1．詞數(shù)100左右；

2．可適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

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We Chat, the Chinese social media smartphone app, saw an increase in user numbers of 41 per cent year on year to 500m at the end of 2014, in a sign that parent company Tencent is extending(拓展) its reach for the mobile internet. Revenue grew 24 per cent to Rmb20.98billion, slightly higher than forecasts, driven mainly by online gaming revenues.

It is unclear how much WeChat contributed to Tencent’s revenues but the app’s growth is a strong indicator of the company’s long-term health as it tries to adjust its business to be more suitable for mobile devices.

“We extended our leadership in games and online media, and made breakthroughs in emerging platforms such as online security?.?.?.?and mobile payments,” Ma Huateng, Tencent chairman, said in a statement.

WeChat is the second highest ranked app in China, behind QQ, Tencent’s other chatting app, which claimed to have 815m registered monthly users at the end of 2014. However, that figure is more than the total number of internet users in China, which the government puts at 640million.

Tencent has been unwilling to earn money through WeChat by flooding it with advertising, which could reduce efforts to increase the user base. But this is expected to change. Some analysts predicted that advertising would be introduced on later this year. Early attempts to test ads on the service have not always gone smoothly. After a BMW ad was introduced on some users’ feeds in January, many users complained of “discrimination” by Tencent’s data mining algorithm. They said it unfairly considered them as not wealthy or successful enough to view the sought-after BMW ad.

1.What is the main driving force of the Tencent’s income growth?

A、QQ B. WeChat

C. Online gaming D. Advertisments

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A. WeChat contributed most to Tencent’s profits.

B. WeChat is ranked behind app QQ in China.

C. Tencent wants to earn more through QQ

D. More advertising would not be introduced later this year.

3.What’s some users’ reaction after a BMW ad was introduced?

A. Unfair B. Untouched

C. Unclear D. Uninterested

4.What’s the best title of this passage?

A. WeChat , the Most Popular APP in China Now

B. Mobile Internet, the Most Potential Market for Tencent

C. Advertisements, the Most Important Part of Tencent’s Income

D. Tencent, the Most Influential Company in China

With these increased pressures and difficulty in ensuring a graduate job, more people are turning to recruitment(招聘) agencies for help. Luke Harper wrote for the Independent warning students to be cautious when using graduate recruitment agencies in their job hunt. The article’s main argument against graduate recruitment agencies is that they are looking to sign people up to the agency and harvest data, without having any real intention to personally find them a job.

The fundamental problem with this approach is a basic misunderstanding of how the recruitment part works. One of the more common ways is that recruitment agencies aim to find you a job to secure a fee from their clients（客戶）. Recruitment agencies operate as a business, not a careers service and are not expected to find you a job while you wait around.

There is no denying that among the recruitment agencies, there are some CV(簡歷) hungry, cut and shut agencies that are uninterested in the candidates they have on their books. However, nowadays these are in the minority and don’t tend to last very long.

Paul Farrer, Chief Executive of a leading recruitment agency is worried that a few bad apples are ruining the reputation of what is an excellent part. Farrer said “The trouble with such an imbalanced and misleading article is that some graduates may now be put off approaching recruitment agencies who may well be able to help them.”

Professionals in the industry are cautious of how some of the less respectable agencies operate. Earnest（認真的） recruiters believe that graduates should be aware that some of these agencies will take on graduates for all their details rather than helping them find a job, like Harper mentioned. To fight this, Farrar advises that “Graduates should have a simple checklist before approaching any agency. Has the agency taken the time to talk to me? Have they invited me to a face-to-face meeting? Have they guaranteed not to forward my CV to any employer without my permission? These three steps will safeguard every application.”

Farrer also pointed out that that is not the only safety net that graduates can rely on. He said “Graduates can also check to see if the agencies are members of either APSC or the REC, the two trade bodies they can make an official complaint to. The vast majority of recruitment agencies are professional organizations that help place thousands of graduates every year and poorly researched articles help no one.”

1.The main purpose of this passage is _______________ graduate recruitment agencies.

A. to advise readers to be cautious of

B. to argue against some misjudgment against

C. to explain why there is a prejudice against

D. to seek the solutions to the problems caused by

2.Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A. Luke Harper holds the same idea about jobs with Paul Farrer.

B. Recruitment agencies actually do the same work as a careers service.

C. Job hunters’ detailed information is of value to recruitment agencies.

D. A member of APSC or the REC will not cheat its clients.

3.What advice does Paul Farrer give graduates to avoid less respectable agencies?

A. Consulting professionals before giving their personal details to an agency.

B. Making a face-to-face investigation into an agency before approaching it.

C. Guaranteeing that the agency will not forward their CV to any employer.

D. Selecting some agencies that are monitored by official trade bodies.

4.What is the author’s attitude towards graduate recruitment agencies?

A. Neutral. B. Positive.

C. Negative. D. Not Clear.

The human body is designed to move. But modern lifestyles and office jobs rarely give us the chance to move around. As we know，we're while we're eating; we sit in the car and we sit while we watch TV. And many of us sit for many hours at work.

New research shows that sitting less than three hours a day might extend your life by two years. Peter Smith, a scientist at the University of Louisiana in the southern United States, says that sitting is ubiquitous in our lives, meaning it is something we do all the time, everywhere.

However, Mr. Smith says that does not mean you can sit for the rest of your waking hours. He also says you may exercise often, “We can't throw away physical activity. It's extremely important. We have 60 years of research showing us that.”

Mr. Smith and his colleagues are part of a new generation of researchers studying how sitting all day affects length of life. “Studies that have assessed the relationship between sitting and mortality(死亡率)or television viewing and mortality are very rare. There's only been a few of them, actually five or six now, in the last four or five years.” They found that cutting television time to less than two hours a day could add one－point four years to life.

Luckily, change is already coming to some offices, especially in the design of desks. A “standing desk” lets people stand while they work. Another new design is called the “treadmill desk.” A treadmill is an exercise machine that lets you walk in one place. Even some U．S. schools are beginning to experiment with desks that are part bicycle to keep children moving. That's one of the strategies that many companies are using now.

Mr. Smith also says studying this problem has inspired his team to make a few changes in their own lives.

1.The underlined word “ubiquitous” is closest in meaning to________．

A．dangerous B. awkward

C．comfortable D. common

2.Which view agrees with the opinion of Mr. Smith?

A. Sitting too long may help increase one's life.

B．Exercise is important and don't sit too long.

C．Watching TV is bad, but can broaden one's horizons.

D．Stopping watching TV is a necessary but hard task.

3.What does Mr. Smith think of his study in Paragraph 4?

A．It's a relatively new area of study.

B．It's a hot subject studied by experts.

C．It's a study that begins too late.

D．It's not ignored by many experts.

4.Why are the desks of all kinds designed for those who sit more?

A．To give them more comfort.

B．To improve their work efficiency.

C．To offer them the chance to exercise.

D．To seek pleasure while working.

Several months ago, I attended the opening event for a new children's literacy(讀寫能力) campaign at the Burbank Library in California. The campaign is called Marvel Comics Close－Up, aimed at using comic books to encourage kids to read. Disney and Marvel donated 210，000 books to libraries and schools across the country.

Stars from Disney XD participated. They read Spider－Man comic books to 70 kids from Boys & Girls Clubs in southern California. The stars included Drake Bell (Ultimate Spider－Man), Dylan Riley Snyder (Kickin' It), Olivia Holt (Kickin' It) and Cole Jenson (Crash & Bernstein)．

Drake Bell said that the Marvel reading campaign is aimed at kids who are bored with books, believing comic books are the answer for kids who say they'd rather play video games. “Comic books really get you into the story，” he told TFK(Time For Kids). “They are not just words or pictures on a page.”

Dylan Riley Snyder knows from his experiences that comic books have the power to inspire kids' imagination. His mom was a teacher and she used comic books to interest students who thought they weren't interested in reading. Dylan attended these classes. He would read the comic books and draw the characters along with the students. “It was a great way for these kids to start to enjoy reading，” Dylan said. “That's how I got interested in reading too. Now I can share my love for comic books with others through the Marvel Comics Close－Up program.”

David Levine is the Vice President of Disney XD Worldwide. He said great stories and great characters, like Spider－Man and The Avengers, were key to making reading fun. “Reading can encourage you to explore new things and take you to all sorts of exciting places，” he told TFK.

1.What is the main purpose of the Marvel reading campaign?

A．To donate books to libraries and schools.

B．To encourage students to use the library.

C．To excite children's interest in reading.

D．To introduce some new comic books.

2.By saying “They are not just words or pictures on a page” in Paragraph 3, Drake Bell means ________．

A．comic books make kids imaginative and interested

B．there are colorful pictures in most comic books

C．common books with only words are bad for kids

D．comic books are much better than common books

3.Who stressed the benefit of reading?

A．Drake Bell.

B．Dylan Riley Snyder.

C．Olivia Holt.

D．David Levine.