【正文】 ingles’ Day came into being. B. Why Singles’ Day became popular. C. When Singles’ Day was started. D. Who first celebrated Singles’ Day. 15. Why did China’ s Singles’ Day bee a major shopping day? A. Because singles celebrated their happy lives on November11. B. Because students at Nanjing university took part in activities together. C. Because an annual online sale was started on that day by Alibaba. D. Because single students chose that day to buy themselves gifts. 16. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “ soared” in Paragraph3? A. Increased sharply. B. Decreased quickly. C. Returned gradually. D. Appeared suddenly. E English is the most widely used language in the history of our pla. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world’ s books and three quarters of international mail are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabularyperhaps as many as two million words. However, let’ s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweetmeats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’ t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes（自相矛盾的說法 ), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them. And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’ t fing, grocers don’ t groce, and hammers don’ t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’ t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geeseso one moose, two meese? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next? English was invented by people, not puters, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. That’ s why, when stars are out, they are visible。 Everyone wants to perform well at school. Add these tips to your life and you should be on your way to being a top student! 21 I cannot stress how important it is to pay attention to what your teacher is teaching you. Take part in class discussions if you have something worth adding. Pay attention during class, especially during lectures. Taking notes is important. You don’ t need to write down every single word your teacher says but write down what he or she writes on the board, or any special fact you think you might need for a test. 22 This way it will help you learn more effectively by actually thinking about what you are writing. Don’ t skip school. You will be missing out on stuff. 23 However, you will have more work and you have missed lectures. Also, try not to be late for class. It’ s most likely that your teacher won’ t appreciate it and you will get yourself behind. 24 If you have an “ I don’ t care about school or this class” attitude, then teachers will be less willing to help you with problems or offer you extra credit. The same goes for lazy attitude. Have a respectful attitude to the teacher and other students. Try not to laugh when other students make mistakes. Always ask questions. 25 If you don’ t understand, ask someone. Read your textbook and notes, and then if that fails, seek help. Ask a teacher, friend, classmate, parent, etc. Get a tutor if you need one. A. Be prepared. B. Write in your own words. C. Pay attention to everything the teacher says. D. Staying anized will be helpful. E. There is no shame in needing some help. F. It is true that you could make up the work. G. Keep a good attitude towards things. 第二部分 完形填空（共 20小題；每小題 ，滿分 30分） 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(xiàng)（ A、 B、 C 和 D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 Before the 17th century, most of the native English speakers lived in England. After the 17th century, British people began to move to other _66_ (country). Gradually, English was spoken there. At present _67_ (many) people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before. _68_ (luck), native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’ t speak the same kind of English. English _69_ (change) and developed when cultures met and municated with each other over the past centuries. The English _70_ (speak) in England between about AD450 and 1150 was very different _71_ the modern English we speak today. It was the new settlers that enriched the English language and _72_ (especial) its vocabulary. The English language was settled by the 19th century _73_ two big changes in English spelling happened. English now is also spoken as a foreign _74_second language in South Asia. China may have the _75_ (large) number of English learners. 第三部分 短文改錯（共 10小題；每小題 1分，滿分 10分） 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。 刪除 ：把多余的單詞用 \劃掉。自從進(jìn)入高中后，你的父母就不要你做家務(wù)，在家里父母也不敢大聲說話