When my father opened the gift, he asked 41 . "Where did you get it?" "I bought it at the Agins. It cost me ." I said. My father was shoc ke(震驚的)into silence.

　　Many years later, I learned that the watch was worth several hundred dollars， 42 I appreciated(感激)how wonderful Agins had been to me. I always felt 43 that I never had chance to thank her.

　　"What really amazes me to this day...my daughter." My father said, "Letting you 44 the watch for 11 dollars was unbelievable(難以置信的)enough. But the fact that she let you leave the store with a dollar for the card was a touch of 45 . I'll never forget it."

　　36. A. drove B. took C. rode D. started

　　37. A. watch B. bike C. purse D. card

　　38. A. wore out B. put out C. tried out D. took out

　　39. A. Thirteen B. Twelve C. Eleven D. One

　　40. A. card B. store C. gift D. style

　　41. A. sadly B. surprisedly C. politely D. quietly

　　42. A. or B. but C. and D. so

　　43. A. sorry B. thankful C. careful D. useful

　　44. A. see B. borrow C. have D. keep

　　45. A. help B. excuse C. cry D. kindness

　　四、閱讀理解(共12小題;每小題2分;滿分24分)

　　閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

　　A

　　International Pillow Fight Day is held every April around the world-from Amsterdam, Budapest, to New York. It has been celebrated since 2008. Hundreds of people go out with their pillows hitting each other's face, back and chest. People dress up as superheroes and animals, laughing and fighting.

　　The festival used to be a game to release(釋放)energy and stress. Nowadays besides bringing fun, International Pillow Fight Day has become a way to quickly collect pillows for the homeless. In 2014, about 2,000 pillows were collected for t he poor in Bronx and Brooklyn.

　　Rules: Bring your own pillows and don't hit anyone without a pillow or with a camera.

　　The Guinness World Record: The latest record of the largest pillow fight was set on October 27, 2013 in Chicago,with 4,500 pillows and 3,813 people.

　　46. The International Pillow Fight Day was first celebrated in .

　　A.2000 B.2008 C.2013 D.2014

　　47. The latest Guinness World Record of the largest pillow fight was set in .

　　A. Chicago B. Amsterdam C. Budapest D. New York

　　48. Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?

　　A. This festival can help people release energy and stress.

　　B. People celebrate this festival to have fun.

　　C. People can hit each other with pillows or cameras during this festival.

　　D. People celebrate this festival to quickly collect pillows for the homeless or the poor.

　　49. This article seems to tell us the festival is

　　A. special B. useless C. polluted D. meaningful

　　B

　　Patrick Johnson， an artist for the Washington Post, found some treasure(財寶)in his new house一35,000 dollars in a place where no one could see it. Although he had car and house payments(貸款)in his head, he still decided to return all of the money to the previous(先前) owner of the house, Mr. Williams. Would you have done the same?

　　Just hours after he had bought the house, Patrick came into the small house, where he was planning to lay out his tools and hang things up. He looked up and noticed a little hole in the wall. He didn't know what it was inside, so he walked towards the wall. It was very dark inside, but an old box caught his eye. "I caught the thing, it was heavy. I thought it might be some pieces of wood." he said. Actually it was not. It was filled with lots of dollar bills. But he and his wife knew they had to return the money to Mr. Williams.

　　"I've got two boys and we teach them to be honest and to do what is right. I knew this was a teachable moment that I would never get back again." Patrick said to his wife. "So I thought we would do something honest with it. It's been a great thing for us and our kids."

　　50. Patrick decided to return the money to .

　　A. his wife B. the bank C. their sons D. Mr. Williams

　　51. Patrick found the box .

　　A. outside the small house B. in his wife's room

　　C. in the hole of the wall D. among his tools

　　52. Patrick thought there might be in the box when he found it.

　　A. 35,000 dollars B. some pieces of wood

　　C. many famous pictures D. some expensive treasures

　　53. Patrick and his wife returned the money at last because .

　　A. they didn't need the money at all

　　B. their children asked them to do so

　　C. they wanted to teach their children to be honest

　　D. the previous owner of the house asked them to do so

　　C

　　In modern world, most people have at least one time-telling tool with them, such as mobile

　　phones, MPS players and mini computers. Since these small machines are so common, will

　　people stop wearing the 500-year-old watches? Maybe the answer is "yes". According to a

　　survey, most teenagers say it's unnecessary to wear a watch, they usually use their mobile

　　phones to tell the time.

　　However, watchmakers say that watches will get popular again when people reach their 20s

　　and 30s. By then, they want to spend money on a creative(有創(chuàng)意的)time-telling tool because

　　they think it's not enough if a watch can just keep good time, so watchmakers are trying their

　　best to produce new kinds of watches. Recently, a new kind of watches has been invented. It can

　　use different color lights to tell the time. This kind of watches makes people talk more about

　　modern watches again.

　　Also people want their time-telling tools to be beautiful, fashionable and practical(實用的)，

　　so watches are designed to meet the need of almost any personality(個性).Now more and more

　　watches can be used as compasses(指南針)，calendars and even USB drives…

　　All in all, a watch has become more important than the time it tells.

　　54. According to the survey, use mobile phones to tell the time instead of watches.

　　A. most teenagers B. the old people C. watchmakers D. most people

　　55. In this passage, watches can be used as different kinds of things except .

　　A. compasses B. calendars C. USB drives D. wallets

　　56. Recently, a new kind of watches uses to tell the time according to the passage.

　　A. different color lights B. sound C. pictures D. music

　　57. What's the main idea of the passage?

　　A. Most people want to spend money on mobile phones.

　　B. A watch has become more important than the time it tells.

　　C. Many watchmakers are worried about their products(產(chǎn)品).

　　D. Fewer and fewer people use watches to tell the time.

　　第Ⅱ卷(四大題，共51分)

　　五、詞匯檢測(共10小題;每小題1分，滿分10分)

　　根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語注釋或通過上下文，在答題卡上標(biāo)有題號的橫線上，寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。每空只寫一詞。

　　58. Do you know how many (胃)a cow has?

　　59. When I got (結(jié)婚)in 1965, my wife and I moved into a big house.

　　60. The driver was (懲罰)for driving after drinking.

　　61. You did your homework too (粗心).There are so many spelling mistakes.

　　62. I felt so (驕傲)of myself when I finished the work alone.

　　63. Having more (交流)with your parents can help you understand each other better.

　　64. IT is (發(fā)展)so quickly that no one can tell what a smart phone will be like in ten years.

　　65. 一What's the green lifetyle like?

　　一Save more energy, and produce. polution.

　　66. 一Can you tell the difference between these two pictures?

　　一Difference? Oh, no. They look quite .

　　67. The Apple Watch is very beautiful, but it's too expensive. So I can't it.

　　六、句子翻譯(共5小題;每小題3分，滿分15分)

　　將下列句子譯成英語，并將所譯句子寫在答題卡上標(biāo)有題號的橫線上。

　　68.你介意再給我解釋一遍這道題目嗎?

　　69.到目前為止，這小男孩還不習(xí)慣單獨睡在他自己的房間。。

　　70.這家書店里有如此多的好書，以至于我不知道選哪些了。

　　71.令人遺憾地，這則壞消息很快在村莊里傳開了。

　　72.這場雨對你們的比賽有影響嗎?

　　七、閱讀表達(共3小題;73題1分、74題2分、75題3分，滿分6分)

　　閱讀下面的短文并用英語回答問題，并將答案寫在答題卡上標(biāo)有題號的橫線上。

　　Today, an increasing number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are called the "Heads-down Tribe(低頭族) ".Are you a heads-down tribe member? Heads-down tribe members now can be seen everywhere.

　　More and more traffic accidents are happening because more drivers use mobile phones when they are driving. In order to make drivers pay more attention to driving, some new traffic rules have been made. For example, people who use mobile phones while driving in Taiwan are fined(罰款). Car drivers who break the traffic rule will be fined NT,000 .

　　As we can see above, using mobile phones may cause accidents and even cost a lot of money. Also, more and more strange facts happen to the "Heads-down Tribe". We can often see people in the restaurant e ating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones. It's strange that they don't talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have fun communicating with others on the other one.

　　Are mobile phones good or bad? It depends on how pe ople use them.

　　73. What do Heads-down tribe members always do?

　　74. What may happen if people always use mobile phones with their heads down according to the article?

　　75. Are you a heads-down tribe member? Why or why not?

　　八、書面表達(共1小題，滿分20分)

　　現(xiàn)在越來越多的人認識到保護動物的重大意義。我校將成立保護動物社團，決定組織以

　　"I want to be a volunteer of protecting animals"為題的英語演講比賽。請你以"王兵"的名義

　　寫一篇英語演講稿推薦自己，內(nèi)容如下:

　　品質(zhì) 善良，常照看無家可歸的貓和狗;

　　大方，多次捐款給慈善機構(gòu);

　　事跡 去年，組織慈善義演，為Save C hina's Tigers籌款; 上周，分發(fā)傳單呼吁人們保護動物;

　　感悟 動物是人類的朋友;

　　保護動物很重要;

　　打算 ……(自擬)

　　要求:

　　1.詞數(shù)90字左右，演講稿的開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

　　2.所寫短文必須包括以上內(nèi)容，自由發(fā)揮的內(nèi)容必須圍繞主題。

　　I want to be a volunteer of protecting animals

　　Hello, everyone. I'm Wang Bing. I want to be a volunteer of protecting animals. I think I have

　　many strong points for being a volunteer.

　　Thanks for listening!
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