一、閱讀理解
Brisbane is an exciting city, voted as one of the most liveable cities in Australia. Its fine food will make you hate to leave. Here are four famous restaurants.
Aria
For a fine dining experience in Brisbane, it is hard to go past Aria by award winning well-known chef Matt Moran. With a beautiful setting at the Eagle Street Pier overlooking the Brisbane River, Aria is all about beautifully presented food. This is what Alia differs from other restaurants. The menu here is seasonal with different lunch and dinner options, and prices are set depending on how many courses you choose.
Bavarian Bier Café
There are lots of fantastic restaurants that overlook the Brisbane River and the Story Bridge. A big favorite is the Bavarian Bier Café where you can enjoy amazing German food, with big cups of Bavarian beer to drink and cookies to go with it. Prices are quite reasonable and the views are some of the best you’ll get in Brisbane.
E’cco Bistro
Set in an old tea warehouse building, E’cco Bistro has been serving up amazing food in Brisbane for over 20 years. E’cco Bistro is run by chef Philip Johnson who focuses on using the best local produce to create dishes where the materials do the talking. The menu has a good variety of dishes at reasonable prices, with dishes such as lobsters with sweet and sour onions, carrot, mushroom.
The Plough Inn
Plough Inn is one of the best pubs to go to for food in Brisbane. No matter when you come in, it is sure to satisfy all of your appetite. Pub dining is huge in Brisbane and the dining experience has moved away from the basic pub bugs of old, now offering extensive menus with restaurant quality food. The pub atmosphere is still there however, and the food is generally still cheap, plentiful and not too fancy.
makes the food served by Aria special?
A. Its taste.B. Its price.
C. Its appearance.D. Its variety.
h restaurant would you like to go to if you are a lover of German food?
A. AriaB. Bavarian Bier Café
C. E’cco BistroD. The Plough Inn
which aspect is Philip Johnson expert?
A. Cooking food with local food materials.
B. Presenting his food in an attracting way.
C. Offering beer with delicious cookies.
D. Creating a traditional pub atmosphere.
Over the course of his long and amazing career, W. Somerset Maugham( 1874-1965) achieved great success as a novelist and a playwright. Not happy with just being a writer, Maugham was also a spy. But this was less of a success than his writing.
Dec 15, 20xx marked 51 years since his death, and Maugham’s works have never been out of print. Of Human Bondage(1915) was his masterpiece. The title comes from the great 17th century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza. The philosopher thought that human beings were slaves to what they wanted and needed. That’s exactly what Philip Carey, the hero of the novel, experiences.
Carey is a slave to his emotional needs. He doesn’t get much love when he is a child, so he looks for love later. After losing both his parents early in his life, Carey is raised by a paternal uncle who is emotionally cold. In his adult life, he goes from woman to woman and job to job, as he finds it a struggle to find either personal happiness or the right job for his talents. Not wanting to become a lawyer, he is eventually trained and qualified as a physician.
But true love is much harder to find. He finds that he attracts women he has no feelings for and falls in love with those who have no interest in him or, worse, try to take advantage of him. He is torn apart by the pain of his helpless love of a waitress and not being able to return the love of a young artist.
Although Maugham tried to hide it, the book is about his own life. Carey’s loveless childhood and romantic troubles were Maugham’s own. However, he managed to turn these painful details into a story that would interest readers who share his characters’ feeling.
Maugham does not just write about his life in the novel. He writes about deeply personal things in a way that speaks to everyone about their wants and needs.
which field did Maugham achieve great success?
A. Politics.B. Writing.
C. Sport.D. Philosophy.
can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A. Maugham’s works may never appear in print.
B. Maugham’s works become a big hit overnight.
C. Maugham’s works don’t top the best-seller list.
D. Maugham’s works are still popular among readers.
hero, Carey, in Of Human Bondage _________.
A. is the master of his own emotions
B. thinks it’s much easier to find true love
C. has strong emotional needs for lack of love
D. rescues himself from being a slave to his needs
is the article mainly about?
A. Maugham’s masterpiece.B. Maugham’s beliefs.
C. Maugham’s love for writing.D. Maugham’s popularity.
How to help yourselves facing the frequent occurrence of crowded stampede(踩踏) during the holiday?
If you are in a crowd, a first and most essential thing is to make yourself familiar with your surroundings. No matter where you are, make sure you always know how to get out.
Make yourself aware of the type of ground you are standing on, and know that in a crowd of moving people, wet or uneven ground can he slippery or dangerous, causing you to fall.
Be aware of the general atmosphere of the event, as panic situations can often be predicted. When in danger, a few seconds can make all the difference, giving you the possibility of taking advantage of your escaping route. Always stay closer to the escape route.
If you find yourself in the middle of a moving crowd, do not fight against the pressure, do not stand still or sit down, because you could easily get trampled(被踩踏). Instead, move in the same direction of the crowd; take advantage of any space that may open up to move sideways. Keep your hands up by your chest, like a boxer—it gives you movement and protects your chest.
If you fall, get up quickly. If you can’t get up because you are injured, get someone to pull you back up. If you have kids, lift them up. If you fall and cannot get up, keep moving by crawling in the same direction of the crowd, or if that is not possible, then cover your head with your arms and curl up into the fetal(胎兒的) position (do not lay on your stomach or back, as this dangerously exposes your lungs). The worst situation is to be pushed by the crowd against an immovable object. Try to stay away from walls, fences or barricades, as the crowd pressure can build up rapidly.
is the first important when you are in a crowd?
A. Protect your breast.
B. Call the ambulance quickly.
C. Press with the crowd tightly.
D. Be familiar with your surroundings quickly.
should you do if you fall and cannot get up in a crowd?
A. Shout at the crowd loudly.
B. Wait for someone to save you.
C. Cover your head with your arms.
D. Lay on the ground without moving.
should you do if you find yourself pressed in the middle of the crowd?
A. Cry for help and fight against the pressure.
B. Move towards the same direction of the crowd.
C. Keep still and wait for the crowd to leave slowly.
D. Keep bending down with a hand around your head.
is the suitable reader about the passage?
A. The people of all ages.B. The children.
C. The parents.D. The teachers.
What were you like as a teenager? I was a nightmare. I was rude to my parents, always stayed out late, never did my homework, hung out with the wrong people and made lots of bad decisions. Apparently, this is the age when teenagers are out of control and behave badly. Maybe，if you’re a teenager now, you think this is unfair criticism or it’s not your fault. Well, you might be right!
Experts have found that it’s a teenager’s brain that is to blame. Between the ages of approximately 13 to 19—a period known as adolescence—the brain is still developing in areas that control behavior. This has an influence on learning and multitasking(同時做多件事情), stress and memory, sleep, addiction, and decision-making. For parents, these consequences often manifest themselves in a variety of behaviors that they may have previously blamed on hormones or just moodiness(喜怒無常).
This is quite a new discovery, according to Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, who, speaking on the BBC radio program The Life Scientific, says, “when I was at university, the dogma(教條) in the text books was that the vast majority of brain development goes on in the first few years of life and nothing much changes after mid-childhood. That dogma is completely false.”
According to Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, students’ not being able to get their homework done on time has something to do with our prefrontal cortex—that’s the part of our brain right at the front, just behind the forehead. She says, “it’s involved in a whole range of very high-level cognitive(認知的) tasks such as decision making and planning—we know that this region is undergoing very large amounts of development during the adolescent years.” This is the part of the brain, mainly involved in planning, and, for a teenager, this hasn’t developed yet. So getting organized to do their homework, for example, can come as a bit of a challenge.
I wish I’d known about this because instead of telling my teacher I’d left my homework on the bus or that the dog had eaten it. Now I could say, “Sorry sir, my brain isn’t developed enough for the cognitive task of planning my homework.”
is the main idea of the text?
A. The growing pains of teenagers.
B. The dogma in the text hooks was false.
C. A new discovery about the teenager’s brain.
D. The students’ new challenge of doing their homework.
rding to the author, why is it a bit of challenge for students to do their homework?
A. The students are moody.
B. Hormones are to blame.
C. There is too much homework.
D. The brains of the students haven’t been developed.
does the underlined word manifest mean?
A. Develop.B. Show.
C. Abandon.D. Experience.
can we know from the text?
A. The vast majority of brain doesn’t develop after mid-childhood.
B. All of the students are nightmares for parents during adolescence.
C. Prefrontal cortex is undergoing large amounts of development during childhood.
D. The prefrontal cortex has something to do with many high-level cognitive tasks.
二、七選五
Helping your daughter say no to pressure
You are her greatest influence
1.. It may seem that they aren’t listening, but they truly are. When parents stay involved in their daughter’s lives, tell them their views and values, they lend to make belter choices for themselves.
Be straight about what cannot be done
Parents need to work out what is and what isn’t negotiable(可協商的). 2.. You have to do something. With things like drinking alcohol and when it comes to her personal safety, you have to let her know what is and isn’t OK.
Seek advice from friends and experts
3., yet when our children reach adolescence we seem to think we need to parent alone. Similarly, let her know that it is OK if she seeks advice from other adults such as her adviser or counselor(法律顧問).
e often we like to talk the talk but we have to walk the walk. Your daughter will learn so much from how you manage yourself and how you behave and respond, and similarly how you handle pressure.
Be aware of behavior changes
If your daughter becomes troubled with dieting, her phone keeps ringing or she begins spending too much time on the Internet, it may indicate that something goes wrong in her world. 5.. You also need to be a bit more aware of what might be going on in her world.
A. Be your daughter’s role model
B. If everything is non-negotiable, you will have conflicts
C. These are indicators that you need to have a conversation
D. If you expect her not to drink or smoke, she may follow you
E. Parents need to know their big influences on their daughters
F. Ask your daughter to consider the media and social influences
G. Parents will actively learn how to look after their newborn baby
三、完形填空
閱讀下面短文，從短文後各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。
Once there was a manager who was a single parent to his three daughters. One morning he asked his oldest daughter, Sonia, to ______ the breakfast dishes before going to school. Not ______ that she was already running late and facing punishment, he was astonished by her ______ burst into tears. Again, assuming that she was ______ trying to get out of an unpleasant household ______, he demanded that she dry her tears and get back to work immediately. She ______ obeyed him, but her anger could be clearly sensed. That morning he drove to ______ after dropping her daughter without expressing his ______ for her. He tried to work but couldn’t ______; all he could see was his daughter’s ______ tearful face. The man began to realize that his timing had gone wrong and he began to feel ______. He couldn’t wait till suppertime to ______. So he took permission from the school to take his daughter for ______ and said, “Sonia, I am very sorry! I had no right on asking you to ______ at home this morning without any ______ warning. I upset you at a time when you most needed my love and ______. And I let you go without saying ‘I love you’. I was wrong. Please ______ me.”
Sonia put her ______ around her father’s neck and hugged him and said “Oh, Dad, of course I forgive you. I love you too.”
The ______ of these restorative(促使康復的) words, “I am Sorry!” is such that they _______relationships—between us and our friends, between us and our loved ones, and between us and God.
1.A. setB. buyC. doD. arrange
2.A. recognizingB. realizingC. tellingD. explaining
3.A. reactionB. appearanceC. gestureD. words
4.A. evenB. everC. indeedD. merely
5.A. appointmentB. dutyC. decisionD. talk
6.A. hesitantlyB. joyfullyC. painfullyD. unwillingly
7.A. officeB. schoolC. garageD. supermarket
8.A. amazementB. agreementC. loveD. interest
9.A. concentrateB. completeC. performD. quit
10.A. delightedB. satisfactoryC. excitedD. scared
11.A. upsetB. regretfulC. disappointedD. honored
12.A. commentB. departC. chooseD. apologize
13.A. breakfastB. lunchC. supperD. holiday
14.A. deal withB. try outC. help outD. take on
15.A. previousB. preciousC. formalD. obvious
16.A. supportB. angerC. impressionD. promise
17.A. tolerateB. punishC. forgiveD. guide
18.A. legsB. armsC. handsD. ears
19.A. secretB. useC. advantageD. power
20.A. createB. breakC. mendD. deepen
四、語法填空
閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當的單詞或括號內單詞的正確形式。
Students at a university in East China’s Anhui province will probably not receive 1.(they) diploma if they fail a physical fitness test, a type of test that requires students to achieve long-distance running, standing long jump, etc. The test has caused much debate on social media 2.(concern) whether the university’s physical education should be a 3.(require) of their academic degree.
The decision 4.(announce) by Zhang Xiang, head of Anqing Normal University, in the last university’s sports committee meeting. The purpose is 5.(encourage) students to do more exercises after class, according 6. Xin’an Evening News, a local newspaper in Anhui province. The new regulation will come into force in 20xx and 7.(graduate) who fail to pass the fitness tests will not be given a bachelor’s degree in June next year.
However, it is not a one-time test like gaokao, China’s college entrance examination. Students 8. fail the tests before graduation will be offered another chance to retake the test, and 9. they fail it again, they will have to retake the test after graduation. 10.(fortunate), graduates who fail to pass the tests will not get a bachelor’s degree.
五、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。每處錯誤僅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元號(∧)，並在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除：把多餘的詞用斜線( )劃掉。
修改：在錯的詞下畫一橫線，並在該詞下面寫出修改後的`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。
Nowadays, many people like buying second-hand goods. The reason are as follows: First of all, second-hand goods are cheaper than new ones, enabled poor people to buy the things they want. Moreover, the second-hand goods trade makes possible for people to make good use of the goods what may be useless in their hands. Besides, the Internet provides a conveniently platform for second-hand goods. Therefore, there are some problems in the second-hand goods trade. For one thing, the quality of second-hand goods cannot be promise. For another, second-hand goods markets lack of enough management, and there exist many dishonest trade activities. In the word, the second-hand goods trade is a good trading way, but it need further perfection.
六、提綱類作文
假設你是李華，你的英國朋友Harry寫信向你瞭解網路對中國學生學習方式的影響。請根據以下提示，給他寫封回信。
1. 網路的發展給中國學生帶來了很多新的學習方式；
2. 學習方式的變化表現在課程選擇方式、教學方式、作業佈置等方面；
3. 你的感想。
注意：1. 詞數100左右；
2. 可以適當增加一些細節，使文章內容通順連貫；
3. 開頭和結尾已為你寫好，不計入總詞數。
Dear Harry,
I’ m glad to receive your letter. _______________________________________________________________
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
