阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium (水族馆)
The all-new Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, situated in the heart of Melbourne's CBD, is one of Victoria's leading visitor attractions and an unforgettable outing for the whole family. Having 12 amazing zones of discovery, Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is the very place that you cannot miss when you visit the city.
◆ Opening Times
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is open from 9:30 am until 6:00 pm every day of the year, including public holidays. Last admission is at 5:00 pm, one hour before closing.
◆ Location (位置)
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is located on the corner of Flinders Street and King Street, Melbourne. It is situated on the Yarra River, opposite Crown Entertainment Complex.
◆ Getting to Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium
Train
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is a short walk from either Flinders or Southern Cross train stations.
Tram(有轨电车)
The Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium train stop is located on the free City Circle Tram route and also routes 70 and 75. City Circle trams run every 10 minutes in both directions.
Shuttle Bus
The Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is a free bus service, stopping at key tourist attractions in and around the City. Running daily, every 15 minutes from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
◆ Car Parking
While there is no public car parking at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, there are several public car parking lots available only a short walk away.
◆ Wheelchair Access
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium provides people in wheelchairs with full access to all 12 zones. Each floor also has wheelchair accessible toilets.
◆ Terms
Tickets will be emailed to you immediately after purchase or you can download and print your ticket once payment has been accepted. Please print out all tickets purchased and present at the front entrance of Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium. No ticket, no entry!
Leymah Gbowee, ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, dreamed of peace and made it happen, founding a movement of women who brought peace and a female president to Liberia.
On the night of her high school graduation party, surrounded by family, neighbors, and friends, Leymah Gbowee imagined a bright future. She planned to study biology and chemistry in college and become a pediatrician. Instead, Gbowee writes in her autobiography (自传), Mighty Be Our Powers, within six months of that party in 1989, everything around her was gone — her country torn apart by civil war, her family broken, her plans abandoned. And Gbowee never became a doctor. Gbowee saw civilians murdered before her eyes. She fled with relatives from one shelter to another, often went hungry. Upon returning to Liberia in 1991, she saw a terrible sight: everyone had fled, leaving their homes to the fighters.
Yet her spirit wouldn't die. She began studying under a UNICEF program. Finally, with her family's help, she imagined a movement of women demanding peace in Liberia and made it happen. Traveling from village to village, Gbowee began organizing women and persuaded women of different cultures to unite; under her leadership, thousands of women were dressed all in white to symbolize peace. Gbowee writes: "We were silent before, but after so many of us have been killed, fallen with diseases, and lost our children and families, war has taught us that the future lies in saying no to violence and yes to peace!"
The women had reason to fear, but Gbowee had no choice. Then women could register to vote. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became Africa's first female president in 2005. Gbowee's work was just beginning. She now travels around the world, meeting with everyone from presidents to CEOs to people living in tiny villages, fighting for women and girls.
Have you ever seen a car without a driver? It sounds crazy, but these computer-driven cars may soon be filling roads near you. Companies like Google and Tesla have been designing and testing such cars. They just need to run final tests to make sure whether they can run alongside human-driven cars on the road.
The cars have sensors (传感器) all around which can detect other cars and blocks in the road. Sensors on the wheels help when parking, so the car knows how far it is from the edge of the road or other parked cars. Road signs are read by cameras, and satellite navigation systems (卫星导航系统) are used so the car knows how to get to your destination. All you have to do is type in the address! Finally, a central computer system takes in all the information it receives from the sensors and cameras and uses this to work out when to stop and speed up.
Sounds like your idea of heaven? Sitting back, looking out of the windows and watching a film while driving would be possible with this new technology. Computers would drive more safely than people — they don't get disturbed by phones or talking, they would obey the speed limit and have quicker reaction in case of an emergency.
However, driverless cars have many disadvantages. Computers would have difficulties making some decisions: if a child ran into the road, would the computer choose to hit the child or turn quickly to hurt the car's passengers? And should children, or drunk people, be allowed in a driverless car by themselves? Besides these questions, many people may lose their jobs. For example, bus, taxi, train and tram drivers, as well as driving instructors.
I don't really want a driverless car — but it is only a matter of time before ordinary people will be able to afford them on our roads.
任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
Test anxiety can be a real problem if you're so stressed out over a test that you can't get past the nervousness to focus on the test questions and do your best work. Feeling ready to meet the challenge can keep test anxiety at a manageable level.
Be prepared. Some students think that going to class is all it takes to do well on tests. You will find your test anxiety eases when you start to study more regularly. The reason is that the more you know the material, the more confident you'll feel. Having confidence going into a test means you expect to do well.
Watch what you're thinking. If expecting to do well on a test can help you relax, what about if you expect you won't do well？ They can contribute to your anxiety. If you find yourself having these thoughts, replace them with positive messages. Not unrealistic positive messages, of course, but ones that are practical and true.
Accept mistakes. Another thing you can do is to learn to keep mistakes in view—especially if you are a perfectionist or you tend to be hard on yourself. Everyone makes mistakes, and you may have heard teachers refer to mistakes as learning opportunities.
If sitting for a test gets you so stressed out that your mind goes blank and causes you to miss answers that you know, then your level of test anxiety probably needs some attention. Your teacher or your school guidance counselor can be good people to talk to.
Take care of yourself. For some people, this might mean learning a simple breathing exercise. Practise breathing exercises regularly when you feel stressed. Then you can calm yourself down and get centered.
| A. Ask for help. B. Learn to praise yourself. C. This helps your body see these exercises as a signal to relax. D. But good study habits and skills are more important. E. So it's time to regard small failures as valuable experiences. F. Then you will become more interested in asking questions. G. You may send yourself some negative messages about the test. |
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
I think that sleeping is perhaps the most comfortable thing in the world. While 1, I will do nothing but close my eyes, leaving all the trouble behind. However, I 2 get up early almost every morning.
My class begins at 8:00 am, but the teacher asks us to arrive at the school before 7:15 am, so we will have 3 time to prepare for the classes. If you are 4, then you will lose one point. And when you lose 10 5, your parents' visit to school will be a must. Though I think it's 6 to arrive so early, I still don't want to lose any points.
One morning, my alarm clock 7 to work. I 8 with a start (吃惊) and found that it was already 7:00. I had lost two points that week, that is to say, I would lose three points in a 9. My teacher said that he 10 me to be late that morning. And my friends joked that my 11 was coming soon. I finally 12 to do something to change this. I bought a new alarm clock. It sings songs on time every morning 13 I turn it off.
The new alarm clock is perfect for a lazy cat like me. The first time I 14 it, I was able to get up at 6:00 the next morning. Proud of 15, I took a deep breath and found that the air in the early morning is surprisingly 16. I read some English books, 17 that morning is really fit for reading English. I hadn't realized 18 that morning is so wonderful.
"Life is 19 a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get," just as Forrest Gump said. Sometimes if you make a 20, you may find that things will end up with the better.
语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
Clancy had heard of the story that every year the killer whales helped whalers catch huge whales before he witnessed it with his own eyes many times.
On the afternoon he arrived at the whaling station. When he was sorting out his (accommodate), he heard a loud noise coming from the bay. Then he experienced how the "killers", (especial) Old Tom, helped lead the way and catch a whale.
First, pack of about six killers worked as a team to attack the whale. Then a whaler aimed the harpoon the whale and let it go. The harpoon hit the spot and being badly wounded, the whale soon died. Clancy was surprised 65.(find) the killers (drag) the whale's body swiftly down into the depths of the sea. He (tell) that the body wouldn't float up for around 24 hours, during the killers would have a good feed on its lips and tongue.
Sometimes, killer whales could help human beings. One day, one of the whalers, James was washed off the boat when they were out. Just as James was terrified of (abandon) by the other whalers, a shark appeared.
To Clancy's surprise, it was a killer whale came and saved James in time.
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
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：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last term, I hosted an exchange student naming Jim from the Great Britain to our school. He really cares for Chinese Culture. Jim asked me to show himself around the city on weekends. I took him to many local place of interest and we also go to the theater to watch a show of Peking Opera. He was so attracted by the performance as he decided to learn it. My father happened know a master of Peking Opera and introduced Jim to him. Jim was great honored to be one of his students. Put his heart into it, Jim made a rapid progress. When he returned to England, he gave a performance, for what he won many admiration from his classmates.
书面表达（满分25分）
1. 可以在固定的时间做饭，做饭时间可以根据个人需要进行调整；
2. 可以陪老人聊天、下棋、做运动等；
3. 及时处理突发事件，例如在老人突然病倒时及时拨打急救电话等。
请你根据以上内容写一篇发言稿，在新闻发布会上向大家推荐你公司的这一新产品。
参考词汇: emergency n.突发事件
Ladies and gentlemen,
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Thank you.
