Nowadays more and more Chinese parents invest large sums of money to send their children to study abroad. With countless difficulties to face and solve while studying abroad, overseas students should pay attention to the following things.

● Adjust mental attitudes. Experts consider psychological preparation as the most important thing for students studying abroad to consider.1.

● Adapt to new learning methods. Chinese students have got accustomed to the domestic exam-oriented education style. They will face changes in the educational system while studying abroad. 2.

● Be willing to communicate. With no relatives or friends by their sides, the first feeling of Chinese students is loneliness, which makes it especially important to learn to develop relationships with people around them. 3.Foreigners really like children of this kind and are willing to help them.

● 4.Students should ask related teachers to help make plans consistent with their practical condition. Learning plans require students to hold on to the primary direction of their overseas studies and arrange learning content for each course and semester. After the plan is made, they should strictly keep to it.

● Develop self-motivation for learning. Foreign children are used to learning by themselves in or after class. 5.So studying abroad requires that they should adapt to overseas studies as soon as possible and try their best to learn actively and independently.

A.Students must know they are going abroad to study and not for leisure.

B.Try to find more solutions to adjusting to the open education.

C.Make and stick to learning plans.

D.However, Chinese children are used to teacher-centered education.

E.They should go out of their way to be friendly and strike up conversations.

F.Help children with financial planning.

G.Students should prepare themselves for the attitudes.

    Getting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.

In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.

Though the belief in the advantage of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War Ⅱ. Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?

Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of disease. On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist(免疫学家), encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gaining some ground.

1.The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed bath houses because       .

A.they lived healthily in a dirty environment.

B.they thought bath houses were too dirty to stay in

C.they believed disease could be spread in public baths

D.they considered bathing as the cause of skin disease

2.Which of the following best describes Henry IV’s attitude to bathing?

A.disapproving B.Curious. C.Approving. D.Uninterested.

3.How does the passage mainly develop?

A.By providing examples. B.By making comparisons.

C.By following the order of time. D.By following the order of importance.

4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A.To stress the role of dirt. B.To introduce the history of dirt.

C.To call attention to the danger of dirt. D.To present the change of views on dirt.

    When it comes to helping developing countries, we often think about offering money in order that they can build schools and hospitals, buy food and medicine, or find clean water supplies. These seem to be the most important basic needs in their lives. However, it's far from enough. We have to come up with better ideas.

A man called Nicholas Negroponte invented a cheap laptop computer, which he decided to invent after he visited a school in Cambodia. The laptop which Mr. Negroponte has designed is not the same as the normal one that you can buy in the shops. One difference is that it will be covered in rubber so that it is strong and won't be damaged easily. As an electricity supply can be a problem in developing countries, the computer also has a special handle in order that children can wind the computer up to give it extra power just as easy as setting a clock.

This special laptop computer will cost less than 100 US dollars and Mr. Negroponte wants to produce as many as 15 million laptop computers in the first year. The idea is that these computers will help the children’s education as they will be able to access the Internet. These computers might not benefit the people in developing countries immediately, but by improving children’s education they should help people to find their own solutions to their problems in the long term.

Another idea to help children in developing countries is to recycle old mobile phones so that they can be used again in the UK and probably in many other countries too, millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year. The waste crested by throwing away these old phones is very bad for the environment, so it seems to be an excellent idea to achieve two important goals at the same time. We will reduce the waste we produce and help others, in other words, we will be able to “kill two birds with one stone” and that is always a good thing.

1.The underlined phrase “wind up” in paragraph 2 means      .

A.吹风 B.给……上紧发条 C.拆开 D.带走

2.The laptop computer that Mr. Negroponte has designed       .

A.will be damaged much easier than the normal one

B.has a special handle to access the Internet

C.is cheap and can run with extra power

D.can be helpful to find the people’s own solutions

3.Mr. Negroponte’s cheap computer is mentioned in the passage to        .

A.illustrate the kindness of people in the developed countries

B.tell us what high technology can help people

C.show how to find business opportunities in developing countries

D.give an example of how to help developing countries

4.Which is the best idea the author gives us to help the developing countries?

A.We need to think about more ways to help people in developing countries，not just throw money at the problem.

B.We should spend much money helping people in developing countries build more schools and hospitals.

C.We should think about giving help to developing countries by giving them all we have.

D.We should help the people in developing countries by improving children's education immediately.

    An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade(铲) his potato garden, but it was hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation:

Dear son, I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden, because your mother always loved planting time. I’m just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my trouble would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you were not in prison.

Love, Dad

Shortly, the old man received this telegram:

“For Heaven’s sake, Dad, don’t dig up the garden!! That’s where I buried the GUNS!!”

At 4 am the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what had happened, and asked him what to do next.

His son’s reply was :“Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It’s the best I could do for you from here.”

No matter where you are in the world, if you have decided to do something deep from your heart, there is nothing that can stop you from doing it. It is the thought that matters , not where you are or who you are.

1.Why did the old man write a letter to his son?

A.To show his love for him. B.To ask about his situation.

C.To tell about his trouble. D.To give him some advice.

2.The police officers dug up the old man’s garden_______.

A.to search for some gold B.to search for some guns

C.to offer him some help D.to give him a surprise

3.After the police officers left, the old man felt_______ about what had happened.

A.puzzled B.worried C.satisfied D.excited

4.We can infer from the story that the son is______.

A.lazy B.honest C.clever D.brave

    In the coming months, we are bringing together artists from all over the globe, to enjoy speaking Shakespeare’s plays in their language, in our Globe, within the architecture Shakespeare wrote for. Please come and join us.

National Theatre Of China  Beijing｜Chinese

This great occasion(盛会) will be the National Theatre of China’s first visit to the UK. The company’s productions show the new face of 21st century Chinese theatre. This production of Shakespeare’s Richard III will be directed by the National’s Associate Director, Wang Xiaoying.

Date & Time: Saturday 28 April, 2.30 pm & Sunday 29 April, 1.30 pm & 6.30 pm

Marjanishvili Theatre  Tbilisi｜Georgian

One of the most famous theatres in Georgia, the Marjanishvili, founded in 1928, appears regularly at theatre festivals all over the world. This new production of As You Like It is helmed(指导) by the company’s Artistic Director Levan Tsuladze.

Date & Time: Friday 18 May, 2.30 pm & Saturday 19 May, 7.30 pm

Deafinitely Theatre  London｜British Sign Language(BSL)

By translating the rich and humourous text of Love’s Labour’s Lost into the physical language of BSL, Deafinitely Theatre creates a new interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy and aims to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds by performing to both groups as one audience.

Date & Time: Tuesday 22 May, 2.30 pm & Wednesday 23 May, 7.30 pm

Habima National Theatre  Tel Aviv｜Hebrew

The Habima is the centre of Hebrew-language theatre worldwide. Founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution, the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s. Since 1958, they have been recognized as the national theatre of Israel. This production of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice marks their first visit to the UK.

Date & Time: Monday 28 May, 7.30 & Tuesday 29 May, 7.30 pm

1.Which play will be performed by the National Theatre of China?

A.RichardⅢ. B.Lover’s Labour’s Lost.

C.As You Like It. D.The Merchant of Venice.

2.What is special about Deafinitely Theatre?

A.It has two groups of actors. B.It is the leading theatre in London.

C.It performs plays in BSL. D.It is good at producing comedies.

3.When can you see a play in Hebrew?

A.On Saturday 28 April. B.On Sunday 29 April.

C.On Tuesday 22 May. D.On Tuesday 29 May.

假如你是李华，你的美国网友Tom对遍布中国大街小巷的扫码支付很感兴趣，特意给你写信想了解一下。你根据以下提示给他回信：

1．中国扫码支付的现状；

2．扫码支付方法：在智能手机上打开支付宝或微信app，扫描二维码；

3．扫码支付的好处。

注意：1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：扫码支付Scan to Pay；支付宝Alipay；微信WeChat；二维码QR code

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2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

In the summer holiday following my eighteen birthday, I took driving lessons. I still remember how hard first day was. Before getting into the car, I thought I had learned the instructor’s orders, so once I started the car, my mind goes blank. I forgot what he had said to me altogether. The instructor kept repeating the word, “Speed up!” “Slow down!” “Turning left!” I was so much nervous that I could hardly tell which direction was left. A few minutes late, the instructor asked me to stop the car. It was a relief and I came to a suddenly stop just in the middle on the road.

    Brandon and Derek's mother, Beth Lash, shared a Facebook video on Dec. 25, 2017. It captured the moment when Brandon_________his card out loud. On Brandon Lash's 24th birthday, his little brother, Derek,_________him with a rather large card filled with an even bigger_______.

“I have always_______ you," Brandon reads from the front of the card, _______ by his brother.

"I love spending time with you... I'm so _______ I have you for my brother. You have always been there for me, even though I get on your nerves sometimes. You will always have a piece of my heart," Brandon continues, opening up the _______ .

"And now you will have my_______, too. We are a _______ match," Brandon reads,__________the card to the floor and breaking down into ________

Brandon has kidney disease and is currently in chronic(慢性的) failure and has extremely low kidney function. He receives__________three times a week, and was told that he had been recommended for the transplant list. Unfortunately, his parents are not a match, but__________his brother is.

“I can’t believe Derek would__________so much all this for me,” Brandon tells the publication. “He's giving me a__________to have a healthy life again. I__________can't believe it's happening.”

“I__________seeing him sick and knew something needed to be done to make him healthy again,” Derek adds. "Not only was it the__________thing to do, but the only thing to do. He's my brother... We didn't know__________he could be on the transplant list, and I knew I just wanted my__________brother back."

1.A.read B.sang C.called D.shouted

2.A.provided B.issued C.presented D.supplied

3.A.claim B.award C.smile D.surprise

4.A.taken charge of B.looked up to C.got hold of D.lived up to

5.A.signed B.drawn C.written D.described

6.A.thankful B.satisfied C.awkward D.confused

7.A.paper B.card C.book D.cover

8.A.nerves B.eyes C.kidney D.heart

9.A.perfect B.possible C.equal D.friendly

10.A.losing B.dropping C.throwing D.blowing

11.A.screams B.worries C.laughs D.tears

12.A.treatments B.experiments C.directions D.observations

13.A.finally B.possibly C.luckily D.exactly

14.A.advise B.experience C.allow D.sacrifice

15.A.chance B.fortune C.accident D.occasion

16.A.always B.already C.forever D.still

17.A.regretted B.minded C.hated D.opposed

18.A.fair B.right C.normal D.real

19.A.when B.how long C.how much D.while

20.A.lovely B.brave C.honest D.healthy

    Roger Sperry and Robert Ornstein of the California Institute of Technology, Nobel Prize winners, discovered that the human brain has two sides, and each side has different work to do.

The left side of the brain controls language and number and it analyses and reasons. 1. It controls our appreciation of music and our sense of rhythm. It is also the right side of our brain which daydreams.

Leonardo da Vinci was the great painter and sculptor. He was also an architect, a scientist and an inventor! 2. When he invented machines he used both his imaginative ability and his analytical (分析)ability.

3. Albert Einstein enjoyed art, playing the violin and sailing. Indeed, Einstein said his scientific discoveries grew from his imagination rather than from analysis, reason and language. He said that written and spoken words were not important in his thinking. The story goes that Einstein was daydreaming one summer's day while sitting on a hill. He imagined that he was riding on sunbeams to the far distance of the universe. Then he found that he had returned to the sun. So he realized that the universe must curve(弯曲).4. He then used the left side of his brain to apply analysis, number and reason. And finally he used language to explain it.

Traditional education in schools encourages us to use the left side of our brains. Language, number, analysis and reason are given more importance in our schools than imagination and daydreaming. Why don't we give more value to visual thinking? Why jump on one foot if we have two perfectly good legs!

5.We need to use our imagination to think of solutions to problems and to enjoy emotional and artistic experiences. And we need to be logical and to be able to analyze and organize in order to survive day by day.

A.We benefit by thinking creatively.

B.We all need both sides of our brain.

C.He got this idea by using his imagination.

D.Great scientists and great artists are similar.

E.He was considered crazy for his strange ideas.

F.He used both sides of his brain within each activity.

G.The right side controls our imagination and our understanding of space.

    If you wear glasses, chances are you are smarter. Research published in the famous British journal Nature Communications has found that people who displayed higher levels of intelligence were almost 30 percent more likely to wear glasses.

The scientists studied the genes of thousands of people between the ages of 16 and 102.The study showed intelligence can be connected to physical characteristics. One characteristic was eyesight. In out of 10 people who were more intelligent, there was a higher chance they needed glasses. Scientists also said being smarter has other benefits. It is connected to better health.

It is important to remember these are connections which are not proven causes. Scientists call this correlation. Just because something is connected to something else does not mean one of those things caused the other. And it’s worth noting that what constitutes intelligence is subjective and can be difficult, if not impossible, to measure.

Forget genes though. Plenty of proof shows wearing glasses makes people think you are more intelligent, even if you do not need glasses. A number of studies have found people who wear glasses are seen as smarter, hard-working and honest. Many lawyers use this idea to help win their cases. Lawyer Harvey Solves explained this. Glasses soften their appearance. He said Sometimes there has been a huge amount of proof showing that people he was defending broke the law. He had them wear glasses and they weren’t found guilty.

Glasses are also used to show someone is intelligent in movies and on TV. Ideas about people who wear glasses have begun to shift. People who do not need glasses sometimes wear them for fashion only. They want to look worldly or cool. But not everyone is impressed by this idea, though. GQ magazine said people who wear glasses for fashion are trying too hard to look smart and hip (时髦的). However, that hasn’t stopped many celebrities from happily wearing glasses even if they do not need them. Justin Bieber is just one high-profile fan of fashion glasses.

1.What does the new study show?

A.People wearing glasses are smarter.

B.People wearing glasses are healthier.

C.Wearing glasses can make people cleverer.

D.Wearing glasses is associated with higher IQ.

2.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 3 mean?

A.Shift. B.Link. C.Proof. D.Consequence.

3.Why do some lawyers ask their clients to wear glasses in court?

A.Because it can create a moral image.

B.Because it can mislead the witnesses.

C.Because it can highlight clients’ qualities.

D.Because it can prove the clients’ innocence.

4.What is the general attitude to those who wear glasses for fashion?

A.Positive. B.Negative. C.Mixed D.Indifferent.