Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage. (12分)

         People of all ages, especially young children, follow comic strips in newspapers, magazines and the movies. Who is your favourite superhero --- Spideman? Wonder Woman? These heroes have been around for a long time. Comics came out even earlier. In ancient times, people made funny drawings of animals _____ paper.

         Comic strips first came out during the 1800s and remain much the same style today. These comics are drawn in connected boxes. The boxes usually show a dramatic _________. Some comic strips are printed in newspapers, which often continue from day to day. Some people even read the comics before they read the front page.

         The comic books first _____ during the 1930s. It seemed that everyone wanted to read comic books. They loved reading about the adventures of The Man of Steel and Batman. During the 1940s, the nation was at war and some comic book characters, such as Captain America, reflected （反映）the times. Others, such as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, made people laugh during this _______ time in history.

         After the war, people became __________ interested in old comic book characters, so new superheroes had to be made. The new superheroes, such as Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Spideman, talked and acted more like real people. As time went on, comic books had to _________ TV because TV has offered a lot of fun to people.

         Comic strips are usually good for a laugh or at least a smile. But they have held a place in history. They take people away from their daily lives into another world. In this world, the hero always wins, and failure only comes to the bad guys.

1.A. with                      B. on                            C. without                   D. over

2.A. story                    B. copy                        C. collection                         D. picture

3.A. grew                    B. knew                       C. appeared                         D. finished

4.A. happy                  B. alone                       C. noisy                                 D. terrible

5.A. more          B. much                       C. less                                    D. little

6.A. link wih                B. compete with        C. talk with                           D. communicate with

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (14分)

         You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong. But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? Here are seven steps toward a smarter brain.

Limit your TV viewing

Never spend too much time on TV viewing, for it n__1.__ very little brain activities. Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do. If you do watch TV, choose something educational and meaningful.

Travel

Travelling to a____2.__ country forces you to see and do things in a fresh way, bringing stimulation to the brain. Learn a new language

Learning a new language involves different learning methods. Learning a language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory p___3.___ that you may meet in later years.

Read often

As you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren’t familiar. Reading makes your vocabulary much l___4.__ if you always search for words and definitions that you don’t know. Each week, choose an animal, a bird or fish, and read everything you can about it. Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject.

Calculate w_____5.___ you shop

As you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head. See how close you get to the actual total.

Use your non-dominant（不占優(yōu)勢的）hand

If you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed. Doing familiar things in a different way will make your brain c____6.__ new neural （神經(jīng)）networks.

Wechat（微信）!

Read messages from people who has different interests. And some say that learning to express y____7.___ in just 100 words is a great brain challenge.

Have a try and do these every day. Little by little you can get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make your brain smarter!

Answer the questions.

         My daughter, Tina, began to look for a job several months before she graduated from university. “Because of the financial crisis（金融危機(jī)）, it is more difficult to get into a company than to take the college entrance exam.” I told her, “You shouldn’t have too much hope or you would feel really disappointed.” Tina applied for a position in a company in the city center. The competition was fierce. The company was to employ only one among the twenty people. Tina said to me, “I am not afraid of disappointment. As long as I try, there will always be hope! ”

         Everything seemed to go quite well and Tina passed the first round and entered the final in a week’s time.

         On the day of the final interview, Tina and two other candidates （候選人）arrived on time, waiting for the test. To their great surprise, the interview was quite simple, and the intereviewer only chatted with them for a moment. The interviewer said to them, “All of you are super. Please go home and wait for our anwer. We will tell you the result in three days. Good luck to all of you!” On the third day, Tina received the message from the company telling her that she was not employed. She felf upset. In order to comfort her, I pretended to be relaxed and said, “It does not matter! I believe you will have more opportunities in the future!”

         Late in the afternoon, Tina suddenly told me excitedly on the phone, “Dad, good news. I’ve mde it! ” I could not wait to ask her, “What’s the whole matter?” Tina told me that she received a second message saying that she was employed. She was so confused that she made a call to the company. In fact, the message Tina got in the morning was alse part of the test of the interview. The three candidates received the same message this morning and only Tina’s reply was satisfying to the company. “How did all of you reply?” I asked. “One did not reply. The other said ‘Goodbye’ and I said ‘Thank you’ .”

1.Has Tina graduated form universtiy? （此題1分）

2.In the writer’s opinion, which was more difficult, to get into a company or to take the college entrance exam?

3.How many people entered the final round of the competition?

4.Why did the writer pretend to be relaxed when he learned Tina was not employed?

5.What does the underlined sentence mean “I’ve made it!” mean in English?

It means “_______________________________”.

6.What can we learn from Tina? (Give at least two points.) （此題3分）

Write at least 60 words according to the given situation. (根據(jù)所給情景，寫一篇不少于60詞的短文，標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)不占格。)

Situation: Nowadays many students go to school by bike, by car, by underground ... How do you go to school? What do you think of it? 眼下不少學(xué)生騎自行車、乘私家車、乘地鐵等方式上學(xué)。你是怎么去學(xué)校的？你覺得你的方式如何？談?wù)勀愕南敕?img src="http://thumb.1010pic.com/pic6/res/czyy/web/STSource/2014022503024174653488/SYS201402250305307853414831_ST.files/image001.png">并簡述其理由。

Words and patterns for reference（以下單詞或詞組可供選用）

choice, convenient, save time, stop ... from

（注意：文中不得出現(xiàn)任何姓名、校名及其它相關(guān)信息，否則不予評(píng)分。）

詞組互譯（10分）

1.意見一致                 

2.展覽；陳列                

3.一點(diǎn)也不                  

4.擋道的                    

5.目前；現(xiàn)在                 

6.令某人驚奇的是             

7.入睡                       

8.做決定                     

9.處理；應(yīng)付                 

10.生…的氣                   

11.suit sb.(fine)                 

12.stay away from              

13.turn off                    

14.let…down`                 

15.belong to                    

16.get along with                

17.instead of                    

18.take pride in                 

19.make mistakes              

20.be afraid to                  

---   do you improve your listening?

---I improve it   listening to tapes.

A. How; with      B. What; by    C. How; by    D. What; with

All of us were       at the       news.    

A. frustrating, frustrating     B. frustrated, frustrated,

C. frustrating, frustrated      D. frustrated, frustrating

Jane is so shy that she is terrified of      in front of a group.

A. spoke        B. speaking      C. speaks     D. speak

 My grandfather      us stories when I was young.

A. was used to tell           B. used to telling

C. used to tell               D. use to tell

We ___________to speak aloud in the public place.

A. shouldn’t be allowed          B. should allow

C. should be allowed            D. shouldn’t allow