beginning of the holiday shopping season. Although it’s not an official holiday, millions of employers give their employees the day off, and many people use that day to get a jump-start on their holiday shopping. A similar day in Canada and Great Britain is called “Boxing Day”.

Black Friday has become somewhat of a marketing sensation in recent years. Since 2005, it has been the busiest shopping day of the year. To lure shoppers, retailers(零售商) routinely open their doors as early as 4 am and offers special sales and promotions to the shoppers that arrive early. Some of the special deals offered by stores are only available in limited quantities. That is why some shoppers intent on getting the best deals often camp out in front of stores overnight so that they’ll be the first in line when the doors open.

But why Black Friday? Historians believe the name started in Philadelphia in the mid-1960s. Bus drivers and police used “Black Friday” to describe the heavy traffic that clog city streets the day after Thanksgiving as shoppers headed to the stores.

Business, however, didn’t like the negative tone associated with the Black Friday name. In the early 1980s, a more positive explanation of the name began to circulate. According to this alternative explanation, Black Friday is the day when retailers finally begin to turn a profit for the year. In accounting terms, operating at a loss is called being “in the red” because accountants traditionally used red ink to show negative amounts. Positive amounts were usually shown in black ink. Thus, being “in the black” is a good thing because it means stores are operating at a profit.

Recently, for those who are too busy to shop on Black Friday-or who just don’t want to fight the crowds-the Monday following Black Friday has become known as Cybe Monday for the many online deals that shoppers can take advantage of from the comfort of their homes.

28. On Black Friday, the Americans______.

A. don’t have to go to work as usual B. look exactly like the Canadians C. are usually busing doing shopping D. star at home and relax themselves 29. The underlined word “lure” (in paragraph2) probably means______. A. attract B. protect C. persuade D. remind 30. Who probably don’t like Black Friday?

A. The bus businessman. B. The bus driver. C. The historians. D. The customers. 31. The author writes this passage in order to _____. A. state the development of Cyber Monday. B. tell the difference between red and black. C. introduce Black Friday to readers. D. explain the meaning of Boxing Day.

D

It was a cold and windy fall day. I, a fourth-grade pupil, jumped out of the car. “Bye Mom!” I yelled as she drove away. I ran in the front doors and saw my friends waiting for me. We started to walk down the hallway to our classroom. The

hallway was so loud as usual and you could hardly hear yourself talking. My friend Casey said to me, “Erin, your shoe is united.” “I will tie it when we get in the classroom, thanks though.” I replied. Well, I was wrong.

We were still walking to our class and my friend l Jenny was telling us jokes. As we were walking and laughing I stepped on my shoelace and fell on my face. “Are you okay Erin? “ My friends asked me. Well, I wasn’t because I had a bloody nose and blood got on my uniform. I looked up from the floor and I saw everyone was staring at me. I got up and tied my shoelace, put my backpack back on my back, and ran to my classroom.

I didn’t say anything to my friends. I put my stuff at my desk when I got in the classroom, got a tissue for my nose, and went up to the teacher and asked for a nurse’s pass to get my nose cleaned up. When I left the teacher, I saw my friends. I didn’t say anything to them. They were laughing and I thought they were laughing at me so I didn’t talk to them fop or the rest of the morning.

During lunch they came up to me and asked, ” so how is your nose?”

“Fine!” I yelled. ” I saw you laughing at me when I was on my way to the nurse.” “We weren’t laughing at you because Jenny told another joke.” 32. The students on the hallway were____.

A. reading together B. talking and laughing C. studying attentively D. playing basketball 33. Which of the following shows that the writer was wrong? A. He/she fell on his/her face badly. B. Blood flew down his/her nose slowly.

C. He/she took no notice of his/her friends. D. The teacher didn’t allow him/her to leave. 34. What probably happened after lunch? A. The writer forgave his/her friends. B. The teacher complained to the writer.

C. The writer made friends with other students. D. The writer quarreled with his/her classmates, 35. In this passage the write is mainly to tell us____. A. an adventure when he/she was young B. his/her friendship with his/her classmates C. a funny story he/she enjoyed very much

D. his/her experience when he/she was at school 第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15 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。

Ways to be more productive

Sometimes your productivity(效率)comes to a stop.___36___A coffee might help, but even then, completing that task seems like impossibility. Thankfully, there are some ways to help with this.

Eat more super foods

Just having pizza for lunch is not going to power you through the day.

___37___A study by Great Brain’s International Labor Organization found that the food one eats has a direct influence on productivity. It even said that eating proper foods could increase the productivity level by 20%

Look at pictures of cute baby animals

___38___But a recent study found that people were more productive after they looked at pictures of cute baby animals than those who didn’t.

Take a break

___39___This is especially for people who work at a computer. In 2011,

professors from University of Illinois explored a person’s ability to concentrate on computer tasks for an hour. The result: Those who took two short breaks in an hour weren’t worse than the people who worked straight through.

____40_____

If a person in the meeting is checking his phone and taking notes at the same time, he is no different from someone who is just smoking , according to researchers. A. Looking at pictures of animals seems like time-wasting. B. Get away from coffee.

C. That is not just personal experience talking. D. You can’t possibly do anything right now.

E. You can write down when you’re most productive F. Taking regular breaks increases productivity. G. Concentrate on one activity.

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）

第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出 可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once, a rabbit built a beautiful house, where he__41__ very happily. He built it so well that, when a great rainstorm__42__, which flooded nearly the whole forest, and the homes of many animals were destroyed, his__43__ untouched.

Soon, one after another, the __44__ animals came to his door, asking if they could spend that __45__ with him in his home. He __46__ each visitor in, and the house filled up__47__ until there was no room left. This discomfort didn’t __48__ the rabbit, because he felt he was being generous.

One day in spring, when all the animals had returned to their__49__ homes, the rabbit was hopping along so absent-mindedly that he did not __50__ that a lynx was watching him nearby. One of the__51__ who had spent the winter in the rabbit’s home saw this and warned him__52__ in time. And he invited the rabbit to come into his home __53__.

The lynx destroyed that home, __54__ the rabbit managed to escape and run to hide in the home of __55__ friend. For a whole day, the lynx __56__ the rabbit from house to house, from cave to cave, but the rabbit __57__ managed to save him. He was helped all the time by the friends because they were all given help by him in the winter.

The rabbit felt very__58__, not only because he had escaped the dangerous lynx, but

also because he had made so many friends in the __59__, thanks to his own __60__ to others. In his life he always tried his best to offer kindness to anyone in trouble. 41. A. worked B. lived C. slept D. studied 42. A. stayed B. rose C. left D. arrived 43. A. became B. g rew C. remained D. seemed 44. A. homeless B. fearless C. careless D. helpless 45. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter 46. A. forced B. stopped C. invited D. drove 47. A. slowly B. finally C. suddenly D. secretly 48. A. interrupt B. injure C. enjoy D. bother 49. A. large B. old C. broken D. modern 50. A. realize B. agree C. understand D. explain 51. A. flowers B. plants C. animals D. friends 52. A. still B. just C. even D. also 53. A. for sure B. on time C. in return D. at once 54. A. but B. and C. so D. for 55. A. last B. next C. other D. another 56. A. searched B. attended C. followed D. protected 57. A. never B. always C. hardly D. often 58. A. moved B. surprised C. worried D. puzzled 59. A. room B. town C. forest D. cave 60. A. patience B. kindness C. apology D. excuse

第II卷

注意事项：

用0.5 毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）

第二节（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）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix? In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio. It __61___（be）unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it ____62___ (actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of _63___most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.

But the river wasn’t changed in a few days __64____even a few months. It took years of work__65_____ (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is___66____ (clean) than ever. Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you leave a habit