【题文】Alexander the Great was the great Macedonian(马其顿)Emperor．As a young man he once       himself a famous horse with his extraordinary power of observation and wisdom．
One day，his father，King Philip，received a horse as a(n)       ．Together with some of his men as well as the prince，the King        with him his new horse out on a wide plain to     ．But they soon found that the horse was very        ．It kicked and shouted loudly so that no one could get on its back．The King was         and gave orders for        to be taken back at once．But the prince，Alexander，was sorry to  48  this．
“It’s a pity to        such a fine horse just because      man is brave enough to get on it，”said he．
“Your        are brave，”said the King，feeling that his son        without thinking．“But are you brave enough to do that?’’
The young man went up to the nervous animal，took the bridle(缰绳)and turned its          to the sun．He did so because he had         that the horse was afraid of its own shadow       kept moving upon the ground before his eyes．
With its face to the sun，the horse could no longer see the shadow．It soon became       ．The young man patted it      and by and by he jumped upon its back．Then it se      at a great speed with the brave prince holding on．It ran farther and farther into the plain till at last it became tired and A1exander rode it back．
The horse was thus given to the brave man．For many years it fought battle after battle together with him．One day in a fierce battle，both of them got seriously       ．The horse struggled to carry Alexander on its back and ran home．Then it died．        his horse，Alexander had a city built and named the city Bucephalus，which was the name of his horse．

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A．brought B．gave C．declared D．won

【小题2】

A．honor B．prize C．present D．reward

【小题3】

A．rode B．pulled C．took D．had

【小题4】

A．ride B．drive C．feed D．run

【小题5】

A．ridiculous B．nervous C．strong D．wild

【小题6】

A．happy B．angry C．curious D．satisfied

【小题7】

A．it B．him C．her D．this

【小题8】

A．find B．do C．hear D．say

【小题9】

A．deliver B．kill C．release D．1ose

【小题10】

A．a B．one C．such D．no

【小题11】

A．actions B．words C．comments D．conclusions

【小题12】

A．told B．spoke C．chatted D．talked

【小题13】

A．head B．side C．body D．tail

【小题14】

A．consulted B．expected C．observed D．predicted

【小题15】

A．who B．as C．which D．it

【小题16】

A．curious B．exhausted C．quiet D．excited

【小题17】

A．fiercely B．firmly C．tightly D．gently

【小题18】

A．off B．up C．aside D．about

【小题19】

A．harmed B．burned C．wounded D．damaged

【小题20】

A．In favor of B．In memory of C．In face of D．In terms of

【题文】Ever feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day? A group of time-challenged Canadian    women are wishing for a 25-hour clock．
Jessie Behan，president of the 25th Hour Coalition(联盟)which is a group of Canadian    women who have changed to a longer day，said the struggle for women to maintain work-1ife balance motivated her to research the body’s natural clock．“Many of my girlfriends are having kids，getting married，and I see the sufferings of dealing all that when you’re a working woman，”she said．“Women like myself are sick of living their lives by a 24-hour clock．”
A 2007 study by Charles Czeisler found a switch to longer days could be beneficial，especially for frequent travelers，shift workers，astronauts and those who experience trouble sleeping or waking．
In a similar study，Czeisler showed the body’s natural clock averages 24 hours and 11 minutes in both young and older people．The current 360-degree clock has 720 minutes，giving each minute 0．5 degree．With the new 25-hour day，30 minutes is added to each 12-hour period making each minute 0.48 degree．
While still a relatively small movement—the 25th Hour Coalition has 160 Facebook members，Behan is hoping for large changes．“The goal is to get as many women on board；there’s no harm in just trying it out and seeing．If it gets big，maybe the government will decide to standardize it．”
A recent online survey by Reader's Digest，which included 150 people in each of the 13    countries，suggests it's not just Canadians looking for longer days．Readers were asked“what would you do with an extra hour”if given a choice between sleep，work，exercise and family time．In Spain，half of respondents(被访者)said they’d like an extra hour in the day to devote to family time．The same was found for respondents in Brazil，the US and Britain，who chose family time over sleep，which came in at a close second．Only in India did work top the list with 50 percent of respondents claiming they could use an extra hour at the office．
【小题1】Some Canadian working women are campaigning for the 25-hour day in order to_______．

A．have more chances at work

B．keep a balance between life and work

C．experience something new

D．have a better sleep

【小题2】Jessie Behan want more women to join the 25th Hour Coalition because she________．

A．intends to make more Facebook friends

B．hopes to get benefits from more people

C．considers it is harmless to form such an organization

D．thinks it can help those women to realize their dreams

【小题3】What is implied in the last paragraph?

A．Respondents from most nations want more family time．

B．Respondents from developed countries experience more stress．

C．Most Canadian respondents claim that they need more family time．

D．Indians are the most hardworking of the 13 nations．

【题文】Economists have studied how markets work for a long time．Generally，they work well．But markets do not always perform as expected．Jean Tirole of France won the Nobel Prize in Economics for studying why markets are imperfect，or inefficient，and what governments can do to regulate them．
The Nobel prize committee announced the $1．1 million prize in Stockholm to Jean Tirole．Itcalled Mr．Tirole“one of the most influential economists of our time”．The organization said he had done important research in a number of areas．But it said，“most of all he has clarified how to understand and regulate industries with only a few powerful firms．”
Mr．Tiro1e works at the Toulouse School of Economics in Toulouse，France．He is 61 years old．For about 30 years，Mr．Tirole has researched periods when markets failed，that is，when they did not provide good results in price and competition．He looked at how a small number of large companies，or even a single company，can strongly influence industries.  Banking and telecommunications were among the industries he studied．
The Nobel committee said that unregulated markets often produce socially undesirable results. They can result in higher prices or companies that use their market position to block others· The committee said it chose Mr．Timle because he thought about how best to regulate markets．For example，Tore Ellingsen，Chairman of the committee that awards the economics prize，says Mr·Tirole showed the need to develop better rules for the banking industry．This became urgent after the world financial crisis of 2008—2009．
The economics Drize is called the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alflred Nobel．Alfred Nobel did not establish the prize．It was first presented in 1969．
【小题1】The passage tells us that Jean Tirole______________.

A．has studied the economics in Sweden

B．is the first to win the Nobel Prize in Economics

C．is highly praised by Chairman of the committee

D．has made regulations for large companies

【小题2】We can learn from the passage that___________________.

A．Jean Tirole's research made the markets imperfect or inefficient

B．banking and telecommunications are strongly influential industries

C．the world financial crisis of 2008—2009 regulated the markets

D．Alfred Nobel was unwilling to establish economics prize

【小题3】The underlined word“undesirable”in Paragraph 4 can best be，replaced by_________.

A．harmful	B．unbelievable
C．beneficial	D．convincing

【小题4】What is the article mainly about?

A．The 1ife of Jean Tirole．

B．The research of Jean Tirole．

C．The history of Nobel Prize in Economics．

D．Jean Tirole Wins Nobel Economics Prize．

【题文】Even the hardest days contain lessons that will help you be a better person．Feeling down? Consider these things to remember when you’re having a bad day．
No one promised life would be perfect．If you look for perfection，you’11 never be content．Don’t condition your happiness on meeting every expectation you set for yourself．It is good to be ambitious，but you’11 never be perfect．If you expect otherwise，your life will be filled with disappointments．
Success doesn’t happen overnight．Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit．Don’t kid yourself into thinking success will come quickly．It isn’t easy to be patient，but anything worth doing requires time．If you get frustrated，remind yourself why your goal is important．
There is a lesson in every struggle．And once the storm is over，you won’t remember how you made it through or how you managed to survive．But one thing is certain．When you come out of the storm．you won’t be the same person who walked in．That’s what this storm’s all about．Don’t complain about how terrible your life is．If you search for the lesson in your present struggle，you’11 be able to make positive changes that would prevent similar situations in the future．
Without hard times，you wouldn’t appreciate the good ones．Strength does not come from winning．Your struggles develop your strengths．When you go through hardships and decide not to give in，that is strength．It is hard to find much to smile about when you fail，but how else would you improve yourself? If you look at failure as a part of your evolutionary process，you’11 stay positive and pursue your goals for as long as it takes．
【小题1】Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A．Every person has to go through hard times

B．We can learn a lot from our struggles

C．We should accept the fact that life is not perfect

D．Things to remember when you are having a bad day

【小题2】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Success will come quickly．

B．Hard work leads to success．

C．Success calls for patience．

D．Confidence is the first step to success.

【小题3】We can learn from Paragraph 4 that____________．

A．1essons from struggles make us stronger

B．all things are difficult before they are easy

C．we should forget how we managed to survive

D．similar situations in the future will never appear

【小题4】What can we infer from Paragraph 5?

A．Hard times make us lose heart and be short of courage.

B．Perseverance in time of hardships develops our strengths．

C．Smiles when you fail will not help to improve yourself．

D．We should try to avoid failures in the evolutionary process.

【题文】Using a computer or smartphone at night can cause us to pile on the pounds，new research has revealed．
The study found a link between blue light exposure(blue light is produced by smartphones and computers)and increased hunger．It found that exposure to blue light increases hunger levels for several hours and even increases hunger levels after eating a meal．Blue light exposure has also already been shown to cause decreased  sleepiness in the evening，increasing the risk of sleeplessness．
The leading researcher，Ivy Cheung，from Northwestern University in Chicago，said，“A single three-hour exposure to blue-enriched light in the evening greatly affected hunger and metabolism(新陈代谢)．These results are important because they suggest that controlling environmental light exposure for humans may represent a novel approach of influencing food intake patterns and metabolism．”
The study group consisted of 10 healthy adults with regular sleep and eating schedules. They completed a four-day trial under dim(昏暗的)light conditions，which involved exposure to less than 20 lux(勒克斯，照明单位)during 16 hours awake and less than 3 lux during eight hours of sleep．On the third day they were exposed to three hours of 260 lux，blue-enriched light starting10.5 hours after waking up．and the effects were compared with dim light exposure.
Ivy Cheung said more research is needed to determine the functions involved in the relationship between light exposure，hunger and metabolism．
【小题1】What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．How blue light exposure affects hunger．

B．Why blue light exposure influences sleepiness．

C．What is the link between blue light exposure，hunger and sleepiness．

D．Who has found the effects of blue light exposure on hunger and sleepiness．

【小题2】The underlined word“novel”in the third paragraph probably means“___________”.

A．unusual	B．unforgettable
C．temporary	D．controversial

【小题3】What can we learn from the passage?

A．Blue light exposure can make us lose weight at night．

B．Blue light exposure has no effect on sleeplessness．

C．The researchers drew their conclusion by comparison．

D．Ivy Cheung has found the relationship between light exposure and hunger．

【小题4】Where would you be most likely to find the passage?

A．On a notice board．	B．In a health magazine．
C．On a business website．	D．In a college newspaper．

【题文】假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第1l处起)不计分。
I’m very grateful to my English teacher．In the past，my biggest shortcoming used to being carelessness，that worried me a lot．To make matters worse，I was so anxious to seek the fundamental reason in my failure．I just devoted me to huge amounts of practice，not paying attention to repeated mistakes．Fortunately，my teacher noticed it and offers to have a long talk with me．She gave me lots of advices on how to get rid of it．After I was persuading to change my attitude，I finally got the right way to rid myself of carelessness and gained confidence as well as.It was the support she had given me made me what I’m today·

【题文】假如你是某中学的学生Tom。前不久，你参加了全国英语演讲比赛并获得一等奖。请用英语给校刊写一篇文章，谈谈你的体会。内容主要包括：
1．付出才有回报；
2．收获自信和友谊；
3．感激之情。
注意 1．词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节以使行文连贯；
3．开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Looking back to the National English Speaking Competition I took part in several days ago，I have a lot to share with you．

【题文】Dear fellow students，
May I have your attention，please? Now I'd like to make a speech here．As we know，waste 【小题1】     (become)a common scene on campus recently．Some pour the remains of a meal where there is still much  【小题2】       (1eave)；others 【小题3】      (simple)walk away after washing hands，leaving the water  【小题4】      (run)；students leave the classroom every day【小题5】      noticing whether fans are switched off．Has thrift(节俭)，one of the national tradition  【小题6】      developed from our long history gone? 【小题7】      so，find it back!
We don't have to take great pains to control waste，but action and a grateful heart are needed；thank the water that runs through our fingers，and save it for poor Arabian or African countries struggling in water【小题8】     (short)；thank the light we enjoy because in poor areas，children share【小题9】      dim lamp reading；thank all the paper we are able to use，for trees are cut down 【小题10】      (satisfy)our needs；thank everything nature can offer and everything we can own.
Live and act，so the tradition of thrift will never fade．

【题文】THINK“ADDING VALUE”(and you’11 get more money)
Most people either“like”their job，“love”their job or“hate”their job．Everyone wants to make more money regardless of how they feel about their job．The secret to making more money is，focus on adding value．Think less of what you can have or acquire．【小题1】 You don’t always have to do more though we always can do more．What you might consider is“doing different”．Let me explain．
1．Do you choose to be happy at work? It’s a choice．And you can do it．It’s a lot of“mind over matter”．Mind what’s important and the rest doesn’t matter．【小题2】 When you choose to be happy，you will affect others in the workplace．
2．  【小题3】 Michael’s definition of a“drag”is，a person who“drastically reduces all good．”Of course，they have a bad attitude．If you’re this kind of person，you can change．Start being positive．Start by giving subtle and honest praise to co-workers．Just start looking for authentic reasons to give others some praise．It will set you apart from everyone else．People will recognize you as being more caring and more interested in them．Your influence will skyrocket especially if you’re in an environment where there is little praise and encouragement．
3．CHOOSE what you are going to think．Most people have given in to CNN，ABC，NBC，“the way things are”，society，drama，negativity and the like．It’s time to take back charge of your brain．Get your focus directed．Like Paul said in the bible，“Think on these things．Things that are true，are of a good report，are honorable，are positive．”【小题4】 If you have nothing to read that is positive，send me your email address and I'll send you a free copy of my‘Powerful Attitudes’ebook．Read a little every morning．It will positively and powerfully affect the rest of your day．
When you change yourself，you will add value in your workplace．Like the late great business philosopher，Jim Rohn said，“You can take out the garbage at McDonalds and earn minimum wage．But if you take out the garbage and whistle as you do it every day，you’re likely to earn 50 cents more per hour．”Add value to your workplace by controlling your own attitude．【小题5】

A．Start your day by reading something positive．

B．Think more of what you can do，produce or create．

C．Just be yourself and create a strong self image．

D．Are you a“drag”?

E．Your attitude and your happiness is important．
F．Fall in love with it．
G．You will advance faster and in time，make a lot more money．