Paris shocks tourists (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the article mainly about?
A. The different sides of Paris.
B. What makes Paris a great city.
C. The famous romantic spots in Paris.
D. Suggestions for tourists in Paris.
2. Those with the Paris Syndrome probably ______.
A. have a good impression of Paris after visiting it
B. consider Parisians the rudest people in the world
C. feel disappointed after some unpleasant experiences in Paris
D. dream of visiting Paris after they watch popular films about the city
3. What does the author suggest that tourists do?
A. Visit other parts of France instead of Paris.
B. Focus on places that you can see in postcards.
C. Dig deeper and explore the hidden corners of Paris.
D. Stop interacting with bad-tempered Parisians.



India gets around Mars (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. Why is the film Gravity mentioned at the beginning of the article?
A. To show how expensive it is to make a sci-fi film.
B. To show that the film is similar to real space missions.
C. To show that the Indian spacecraft cost less by comparison.
D. To show that a film is by no means more expensive than a space mission.
2. What is the main factor that brought down the cost of the Indian spacecraft?
A. The use of light, recyclable (可回收的) materials.
B. The simple instruments and small payload.
C. The use of home-made technology.
D. The low people cost in India.
3. Which is one of the main tasks of the Indian spacecraft?
A. To check whether there is life on Mars.
B. To study the atmosphere and surface of Mars.
C. To work with NASA’s Mars Curiosity probe.
D. To analyze methane in the atmosphere of Mars.
4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A. It is the first time that India has sent a spacecraft into space.
B. Some countries have already found microbes on Mars.
C. NASA’s MAVEN has the heaviest payload in spacecraft history.
D. Scientists from other countries also take an interest in looking for methane on Mars.





Love letters for all (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Why did the speaker keep getting letters in college?
A. She didn’t like using email or Facebook.
B. She wanted to make it convenient for her grandma.
C. Her mother didn’t believe in new technology.
D. Her mother insisted that writing would benefit her.
2. What did the speaker do when she was depressed after moving to New York?
A. She wrote letters to her mother just as she had done in college.
B. She asked strangers to write letters to encourage her.
C. She left love letters for strangers all over the city.
D. She tried to kill time in cafes and libraries.
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the speech?
A. Many people still wish to receive hand-written letters.
B. The people who sent letters to the speaker were mostly elderly people.
C. Many people asked the speaker for advice after she posted her promise on her blog.
D. The speaker would ask strangers some questions before she wrote them a letter.
4. What does the speech suggest that people do?
A. Spend more quality time with family members.
B. Write letters by hand for better communication.
C. Help those in need of help when possible.
D. Stop going online for your own health.




根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出正确的填入空白处。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Renaissance (文艺复兴): a time of “rebirth”, of reawakening (苏醒).
For many of us, the word Renaissance means great art, like the masterpieces created by Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. 1 Historians consider the Renaissance to be the end of the “Dark Ages” and the start of modern times.
In the Middle Ages, life was seen as a test of suffering that you had to pass in order to reach Heaven. Few people questioned the church – how could they? 2 So only the most important words – the words of the Bible – would be turned into books. Only highly educated or religious people would learn to read those words.
3 Better ways of printing books started to develop. In 1440, the German Johannes Gutenberg invented the first printing press (印刷机) in Europe.
With more books around, wealthy people who were not part of the church like merchants and scholars began to read more and to question what they read. They rediscovered non-religious texts like those of ancient Roman and Greek writers. Then they went back to the Bible and questioned the way the church had always used it to teach.
4 Humanists (人文主义者) believed in God but criticized the way the church abused (滥用) its power. They believed that man was free and that it was not a sin (罪恶) to enjoy life. According to humanists, life was full of beauty, waiting to be enjoyed.
5 Art had always been about pictures of religious scenes, but humanists started to use human and animal models. Renaissance art honored the human body to emphasize the importance of the individual (个人). The results were images of human beings that were much more accurate than stylized (程式化的) Medieval (中世纪的) art. The woman in the Mona Lisa is not a famous queen or religious figure; she is a simple woman, wearing a simple smile.
A. But technology soon began to change.
B. Humanist ideas started to be expressed in art.
C. But the Renaissance was much more than that.
D. During the Renaissance, money and art went hand in hand.
E. Books took a very long time to write out by hand.
F. The word “Renaissance” is borrowed from the French language, where it means “re-birth”.
G. Out of this new thinking came a school of thought called humanism.




从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. Just like the clothes a person wears, the food they eat and the friends with whom they spend their time, a person’s house ______ their personality.
A. remains B. develops
C. reflects D. destroys
2. Jack is late again. It is ______ of him to keep others waiting.
A. typical B. ordinary
C. common D. normal
3. It seems that living a green life is ______ easy and affordable. A small step makes a big difference.
A. exactly B. fortunately
C. surprisingly D. hardly
4. The new student went to the library the other day and searched for he could find about Mark Twain.
A. wherever B. however
C. whichever D. whatever
5. You’d sound a lot more polite if you made your request ______ a question.
A. in place of B. in the form of
C. in need of D. in the direction of

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
An accent (口音) can tell us a lot about a person: where they’re from, their social background. But 6. ______ you listen to the British closely enough, they may start to sound a little strange. That’s 7. ______ one in five change the way they talk to others, Daily Mail reported.
Britain is a small island, but it’s 8. ______ (make up) many accents. However, some people think they need to change 9. ______ so people can understand them better. Eight percent change their accent to sound posh (上流社会的). People with this kind of accent speak slowly and 10. ______ (clear), with a plain tone. They’ll do this to sound smart in a job interview, 11. ______ (hope) to improve their chances.
Even so, people who already sound upper class are not all happy either. Four percent of Britons change their accent to sound 12. ______ posh. People in public office, like politicians, who 13. ______ (know) to be upper class, will try to sound like the “common man” in order to gain support for elections (选举).
Besides, some parts of the country are more proud 14. ______ their accent than others. Only 2 percent of Scottish people change their accent, 15. ______ 16 percent of people from the middle of England admit toning down their accent.


D1 CBCD D2 BACD
D3 1. operation 2. head 3. difficult 4. sleep 5. alive
6. control 7. recover 8. Result 9. expected
10. responsibility/duty
D4 BBAD
D5 1-5 CBCAA 6-10 CDBAD
11-15 BDCDB 16-20 BABBC