11. I would rather _______ than _______.

A. watch TV; do  some reading    B. play with friends; go fishing

C. do some reading; watch TV    D. go fishing; play with friends

D

Liverpool city council want to clear the city of fat pigeons. They say that people are feeding the birds, which makes them fat. The pigeons get bigger because their normal diet would consist of seeds and insects, not high-fat junk food they are eating in the city centre.

The council want people to know that everyone who feeds the pigeons is responsible for the streets being so crowded with these birds. They hope to encourage the birds to move away from the city centre and into parks and open spaces.

Ten robotic birds have been brought into the city centre to scare the pigeons away and visitors are asked not to give the pigeons any food. The mechanical birds - known as “robops” - will sit on the roofs of buildings. They can be moved around to different locations. They look like a peregrine falcon, which is a bird that kills pigeons. They even make noises and flap their wings to scare the pigeons. They hope that the pigeons will go away before the city becomes the European Capital of Culture in two  years.

12.Pigeons in Liverpool get fat because they eat ________ .

A.birds        B.seeds       C.insects    D.high-fat junk food

13.What do Liverpool city council try to do?

A.They want the pigeons to move out of the city centre.

B.They want people to feed the pigeons with healthy food.

C.They want people to keep the pigeons at home.

D.They want to keep robotic birds instead of pigeons.

14.The robotic birds are used to _________.

A.make the city colorful    B.drive away the pigeons

C.help feed the pigeons     D.show people directions

15.This passage is most probably a(n) __________.

A.notice      B.news report   C.short story  D.advertisement

第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Are you truly happy? Do you eve r know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?   16   The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.

Make a plan for achieving goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.

Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way.    17

When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow setbacks (挫折) to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the things back to their favor.

18   These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.

19    Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.

Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness.   20

A. What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.

B. On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be easily passed to you.

C. Being overweight or not eating foods containing nutrition has a negative effect on your mood.

D. These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.

E. Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.

F. There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.

G. It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节   完形填空(共20小题;每个小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I   21   a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a   22   moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of   23   for the coming test or sporting event.

In early grade school they   24   their notes. But as children grow older they become self-conscious (有自我意识的), and   25   he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer   26   my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to  27  them but I still needed to write them, I   28   until the day he graduated.

Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move   29   for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college,   30   two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and   31  , becoming a technical worker in Sacramento.   32   short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was   33     happy to have Marc back. Since I was   34   making lunch for his younger brother, I    35   one for Marc, too. Imagine my   36   when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son,   37   his lunch.

“Did I do something   38  ? Don’t you love me   39  , Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I   40   asked him what was wrong.

“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”

21.  A. carried    B. found        C. held        D. included

22.  A. difficult      B. comfortable        C. special      D. separate

23.  A. encouragement     B. congratulation      C. improvement    D. explanation

24.  A. answered    B. loved       C. wrote       D. examined

25.  A. lately      B. by the time       C. by the way      D. gradually

26.  A. enjoyed         B. received         C. understood    D. collected

27.  A. copy           B. take         C. read            D. send

28.  A. held up        B. continued        C. gave up    D. followed

29.  A. out         B. to college        C. to Sacramento   D. home

30.  A. completing    B. organizing      C. planning     D. comparing

31.  A. hopefully     B. particularly     C. certainly        D. finally

32.  A. Because of    B. Except for      C. Instead of    D. As for

33.  A. immediately       B. equally        C. especially    D. generally

34.  A. once     B. still           C. again     D. even

35.  A. fetched       B. packed        C. bought    D. filled

36.  A. fear         B. anger            C. surprise     D. disappointment

37.  A. waiting for    B. worrying about    C. asking about   D. caring for

38.  A. funny        B. strange          C. smart     D. wrong

39.  A. any more     B. enough      C. once more       D. better

40.  A. laughingly    B. interestingly       C. bitterly     D. politely

第二节   语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或口号内单词的正确形式。

Have you ever heard “Tuhao, let’s be friends?” Are you puzzled, wondering    41     it means? Then you’re possibly out of date.

Nowadays, the Chinese words “tuhao” and “dama” have become so familiar with many Chinese people that they often play jokes    42    each other when chatting about the daily life. For example, if you take out your new    43    (fashion) mobile phone, your naughty  friends may call you “tuhao”, laughing loudly and happily.

44   (amaze), the two wildly popular words have become hot words in English too. Recently, the BBC produced a program to introduce “tuhao”,    45    can be considered as “new  money (暴发户)” in English.

Besides, The Wall Street Journal has also borrowed  “dama” from the Chinese pinyin    46   (describe) bargain-hunting middle-aged Chinese women    47    (call) “a force in the global gold market”.    48    (expert) say the Chinese language’s influence on English will continue during    49   entire 21st century,    50    it is expected that “tuhao” will be welcomed by the Oxford University Press to appear in the new word lists.

第三部分   写作(共两节，满分45分)

第一节  单词拼写(共10分;每小题1分，满分10分)

51. The            (疲惫不堪的) climbers were rescued by helicopter.

52. The acceptance of new members is             (严格) controlled.

53. Because of his special experience, he was chosen to be an              (助理) to the president for energy affairs.

54. The symptoms of flu may be unpleasant, but they            (消失) within a few days.

55. An exchange of            (纪念品) is popular now.

56. He was wearing a very            (严肃的) expression and I knew something was wrong.

57. The book gives a short              (描述) of the city.

58. I want to thank everyone who has            (鼓励) and supported me.

59. The story was first written in English and later            (翻译) into Chinese.

60. Christophe Pires was born and brought up in France, but he speaks English            (流利地).

第二节   短文改错 (共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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(∧)，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线( )划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，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11处起)不计分

After five years away in my hometown, I find that the  neighborhood which I used to living in has changed a lot. The Sichuan Restaurant and the older fish shop across the street from our middle school were gone. There exist now a park where has a small river running through. The factory at the corner of Friendship Street and Zhongshan Road has been moved out of the city, and sports center has been built in their place. The market at the corner of Friendship Street and Xinhua Road has been given way to a supermarket. Besides the bookstore next to our middle school is still there.

第三节 书面表达 (满分25分)

假设你是高中生李华，有感于校园中存在的随意涂写(to scribble) 和乱丢垃圾(to litter)的行为，请用英语给校长写一封100-120个词的信。信中应包括以下内容：

1.说明写信目的;

2.对这些行为进行批评;

3.提出建议。

注意：信 的抬头、落款及信得第一句已给出(不计词数)。

November 4, 2015

Dear Mr. Headmaster,

I am Li Hua, a student from Class 1, Senior I.

___________________________________________________________________________

Yours faithfully,

Li Hua