I've been working as a professional clown(小丑)for nearly two years. Before that, I was an actor for nine years. I was never famous, but I was quite successful! I changed jobs because I wanted to do more in life than make people laugh. What if I could help people, too?

As a clown, I try to encourage sick children in hospital to laugh and smile. When you laugh, your mind and body relax. Clearly, people who laugh more don't have as many colds or other problems! Children who laugh a lot often get better results in their studies, too.

It isn't an easy job. Not all sick children get better, and sometimes I come home and cry. But I always go back to work the next day with my red nose on. l don't earn much money as a clown, but I feel very lucky to work with such brave and wonderful patients.

I became a laughter yoga(瑜伽)teacher more than two years ago. Before that, I was a dentist! My job was very difficult, and I used to feel fed up. Now I still improve people's health, but everything else is completely different. Everyone has fun in a laughter yoga class, including the teacher!

No, laughter isn't "magic". It doesn't prevent all illness, keep you young, or make you beautiful. But did you know that it's an excellent kind of exercise? You move your whole body when you laugh!

Sometimes I work with famous people. It's true that being rich can be stressful! Some famous people can be unpleasant at times, but I try to change their bad feelings. Laughter is excellent for people like musicians, artists and writers, because it helps people to be more creative.

1.According to the passage, we can see that both writers       ·

A. have changed their jobs

B. like sports very much

C. feel unhappy at work

D. are looking for jobs

2.The second writer mentions famous people in the passage to show that       ·

A. they are always rich

B. they have stress sometimes

C. they like funny people

D. they are good at doing yoga

3.The underlined part "fed up" is closest in meaning to       ·

A. interested        B. satisfied

C. relaxed           D. bored

4.It can be learned from the passage that both writers think of their jobs as       ·

A. happy moments to learn from other people

B. great chances to make themselves well known

C. rich experiences of acting on the stage

D. good ways of making people happy and healthy

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Have you ever played the Go game(围棋)before? If yes, you may know how challenging it can be. The Go game is usually played _________  two people. But on March 9, Google's computer program AlphaGo challenged world human Go champion Lee Sedol(李世石)of South Korea. And AlphaGo _________ Lee 4-1.

A1phaGo, an artificial intelligence (AI, 人工智能)program made _________ Google's DeepMind , has studied 30 million moves from games played by human experts. It has also played against itself to remember those moves _________ , AlphaGo is able to find out what the board will likely look like several moves ahead of time. So then it can make the best _________ .

AI is when computer or computer software are able to have intelligent behavior, such as thinking or _________ like a human. In our daily life, we already use AI in some ways - Apple's Siri and _________ engines like Baidu and Google.

British computer scientist Alan Mathison Turing is considered the father of AI. He _________the Turing Test(图灵测试)to find out _________ machines could actually think. The Turing Test goes like this: A computer can be called intelligent if it could fool a human into believing that it was human, Turing wrote in 1950.

Some people may worry whether computers are now smart enough to do everything. But experts say that is not the _________  . Real life problems can be more complicated(复杂的)than the Go game.

1.A. between          B. in                C. among        D. of

2.A. hit             B. win               C lose          D. beat

3.A. in              B. by               C. of            D. from

4.A. In this way      B. After all         C. As usual      D. In public

5.A. designs         B. mistakes         C. choices        D. possibilities

6.A. smiling          B. walking           C. acting       D. looking

7.A. Internet        B. website           C. search        D. computer

8.A. created         B. invented          C. discovered     D. found

9.A. when           B. whether           C. what           D. why

10.A. way           B. end               C. reason        D. case

一I've made little progress in English during this term.

一Don't worry.       .

A. It's never too old to learn

B. Well begun is half done

C. The early bird catches the worm

D. Rome wasn't built in a day

Can you imagine       in the future?

A. what will our city like

B. what our city will look like

C. how will our city look like

D. how our city will like

I won't go to Linda's party unless       .

A. I will be invited

B. I am invited

C. I will not be invited

D. I am not invited

Three years has       since we last       each other.

A. passed; have met                    B. past; have met

C. passed; met                         D. past; met

Three letters       to her, but there is still no reply.

A. have sent        B. sent

C. have been sent   D. will be sent

一What did you save your money for?

一         a new mobile phone.

A. To buy           B. Buy             C. Buying          D. Bought

The plan we       seems to be a big success.

A. carried away      B. gave out

C. carried out       D. gave in

Tomorrow is my grandfather's       birthday. What should I buy for him?

A. fourteenth       B. fourteen

C. ninetieth        D. nineties

It's a good idea to       a tent when you go camping.

A. put out          B. put up

C. put away       D. put off

It's really       to see such an       film.

A. interesting; amazing   B. interested; amazed

C. interested; amazing    D. interesting; amazed

Five       teachers are teaching those       students patiently.

A. women; boy        B. women; boys

C. woman; boy        D. woman; boys

Put your heart into it,         you can't learn well.

A. and             B. but             C. or               D./

Most girls like talking about pop stars       boys like playing computer games.

A. when           B. while            C. as               D. since

Have you heard_______the terrible accident happened______the afternoon of April 2?

A. from; in         B. of; in            C. of; on            D. from; on

If all of us give       helping hand, our world will be       better one.

A. a; the                B. the; a               C. the; the   D. a; a

书面表达随着互联网的发展，智能手机( smartphone )已被广泛使用。我们身边的“低头族(phubber)”随处可见。请根据图中所示，结合表格所提供的信息，以“Refuse to be phubbers”为题写一篇短文。

要求：1.词数在90左右，文章开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

2.条理清晰，语义连贯，句式规范，字迹工整。

3.文中不得出现真实的人名和校名等相关信息。

Refuse to be phubbers

With the development of the Internet，  smartphones are widely used among people.  Phubbers can be seen here and there.

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答案写在答题卷标有题号的横线上。

One day John invited me to his farm.  When I arrived at his farm，I was surprised to see a pig with three artificial(人造的)legs.  I asked John why the pig had them.  He said， “One day， while I was checking one of the tires(轮胎)of my car，  the car suddenly started to move slowly and then I was trapped under the wheel. Just then Pinky，the pig，  saw this.  It ran back to the house and pulled my wife out of the house.  Then my wife realized something was happening and then helped me get out of wheel.  It's a smart pig.

“The story is amazing， but it can't explain why Pinky has the artificial legs，”I said.

“Well，  let me tell you another accident. Once，my son hit his head on a stone while swimming in a lake.  He began to，down when pinky jumped into the water， swam to him and pulled him up onto the bank，”John said.

“Great!  Most pigs can't swim， but Pinky can !” I said.

“Last year， a strong fire broke out in my house.   My family were asleep at that time.  Pinky kept barking around the house until we all woke up.  We rushed out just several minutes before the house collapsed(倒塌)，”John continued.

“ Pinky is actually a special pig， but I really want to know why it has three artificial legs ，” I said anxiously.

“Well，”said John，“Pinky is so good that we can't eat it up at one time.”

1.How many times has Pinky saved John and his family?(1分)

2.How did Pinky help John and his family when their house was on fire while they were asleep? (2分)

3.Do you like this story? Why or why not? ( 3分)

翻译句子，将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卷标有题号的横线上。

1.我认为这洗衣机不值得修理。

2.为了减少污染，我们应该多骑车来代替开车。

3.警方直到一年半以后才查明了真相。

4.很遗憾没给那位选手机会来展示自己的天赋。

5.你们学校新的图书馆是去年建造的吗?

词汇检测，根据下列句子所给的汉语注释或对话情景提示，写出句子空缺处各单词的正确形式，每空格限填一词，写在答题卷标有题号的横线上。

1.No one can avoid being influenced by        .(广告)

2.Eating          (健康) is good for us everyone.

3.The manager looked even          (发疯的)when he found his flat in a complete mess.

4.My robot doesn't work properly and I will have it        (检查)next week.

5.The boots are one of the         (登山者). He's looking for them everywhere.

6.In the dangerous moment，Edison rushed out and carried the boy to        (安全).

7.John         (后悔)not attending the important conference the day before yesterday.

8.—How is Susan !

—Oh，she lives abroad， so I can         see her.

9.—Have the twins been to Japan?

—Yes，but         of them can speak Japanese.

10.—It's a top secret.

—OK， I see.  I will keep the secret           you and me.

Twenty years ago，I drove a taxi for a living.  One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2：30 a. m. . When I arrived to collect，I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked，“Just a minute，”answered a weak，elderly voice.  After a long pause(停顿)，the door opened.  A small woman over eighty stood before me.  By her side was a small suitcase.  I took the suitcase to the car， and then returned to help the woman.  She took my arm and we walked slowly towards the car.  She kept thanking me for my kindness.

“It's nothing ，” I told her . “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother

treated.”

“Oh，you're such a good man.”She said.  When we got into the taxi，she gave me an address，and then asked，“Could you drive through downtown ?”

“It's not the shortest way，”I answered quickly.

“ Oh ，  I'm in no hurry ， ”  she said.  “ I'm on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don't have any family left.  The doctor says I can't live very long .”

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).

For the next two hours，we drove through the city.  She showed me the building where she had once worked，the neighborhood where she had lived，and the furniture shop that had once been，a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she'd ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness，saying nothing.

At dawn，she suddenly said，“I'm tired.  Let's go now.”We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much do I owe you?” she asked.

“ Nothing .” I said.

“You have to make a living，”she answered.“Oh，there are other passengers，”I answered.

Almost without thinking，  I bent and gave her a hug(拥抱). She held onto tightly.  Our hug

ended with her remark，“You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

1.The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he        .

A. wanted to do her a favor

B.  shut off the meter by mistake

C.  had received her payment in advance

D.  was in a hurry to take other passengers

2.In the underlined sentence，the old woman did so because          .

A.  she was tired to speak

B.  she might be lost in her memories

C.  she was frightened

D.  she was too excited to speak

3.Which is the right time order of the following events ？

a.  We drove in silence to the address she had given to me.

b.  The door opened and a small woman stood before me.

c.  She showed me the building where she had once worked.

d.  I found the building was dark except for a single light.

e.  She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.

A. bcade         B. ached            C.  acedb           D. dbeca

4.What can we learn from the story?

A.  Giving is always a pleasure.

B.  People should respect elderly people.

C.  An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

D.  People should learn to appreciate others' concern.

Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners，but then stopped for a while.  He had forgotten her name.

Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation.  When she came back，she couldn't remember where she'd put them.

Perhaps you've had such experiences like these.  Most people have.  But most of them haven't realized that they have a memory problem.  Neither do they know a simple but important fact： Memory can be improved.  If you'll just accept that， the following will show you how.

First，relax.  If you are over worried about remembering something，you'll forget it.  If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad，your mind will come to believe it and you won't remember things.  When you forget something， don't follow up with sayings like“Oh，my God !  I always forget things !” Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.

But relaxing isn't enough.  To improve your memory，you'll need to take an active role.  Like your body， your memory can be made strong through exercise.  Look for opportunities(机会)to exercise your memory.  For example，if you're learning a language，try to actively remember a lot of new words.

If you don't take notice of things actively，you won't remember them.  So，  you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day.  For example，don't just put your keys down! If you want to find them again， make a mind picture of the place where you're putting them.

1.The first two paragraphs just tell us        .

A.  Barbara was a very rich person

B.  Mark often forgot his friends' names

C.  examples of memory problems

D.  language problems of two persons

2.When you forget things，you       .

A.  must be too careless

B.  shouldn't lose heart about your memory

C.  must accept the fact

D.  shouldn't take notice of the result

3.According to the passage，      can make your memory better.

A.  realizing your memory problems

B.  talking to your friends

C.  making mind pictures of what you see

D.  doing sports every day

4.The purpose of the passage is to help you        .

A.  to improve your memory

B.  to introduce the guest

C.  to remember new words

D.  to forget unhappy things

1.At      ，students are having a painting lesson.

A. 9：30 a. m.      B. 11：35 a. m.

C. 1：30 p. m.      D. 2：15 p. m.

2.The underlined word “Alternatively”is closest in meaning to“      ”.

A.  As another choice                  B.  For this reason

C.  At the same time                   D.  In other words

3.Students can learn how to      according to the information in the table.

A.  make a video

B.  write a report on Drama

C.  play basketball

D.  surf the Internet safely

4.The information in the table is mainly for students to      .

A.  take classes                       B.  do their homework

C.  choose teachers                    D.  organize hobby groups

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

After seating myself in my room and turning on my computer，  I noticed a Post-it note stuck to my monitor(显示器). It read， “Don't turn on your computer.  You stayed up until midnight doing your homework last night.—Mom.”I _________ the note into the wastebasket.“Why do they _________? ”I thought. “They're never here anyway.”

Right after high school started，I almost lost contact with my parents.  With all their business  _________ ，they asked the neighbors to watch over me. Of course，the neighbors didn't do such a(n) _________  job，as they had kids of their own to worry about. The only means of communication between me and my parents was through Post-it notes.

After spending about eight hours away from home，I usually came home to find the house  _________    empty. It made me sad.  I would come home from school to be welcomed by _________ ，to talk to no one and to be watched over by my neighbors.  That was when I started _________ more clubs and staying after school more often so I didn't have to feel so lonely.  Luckily，at school，my friends were there for me. They were all there to give me a ________ or talk with me when I wanted to talk.  I felt great when I was at school.  Yet， something was still _________ — my parents.

Now I realize that nobody can take the place of my parents.  I wish that they would be there at home，waiting for me to come back from school.  There are too many things my parents don't know about me. I wish that they actually had a( n) _________ to understand me.  I want them to understand that they're my parents and I'm their kid and I need them.

1.A. showed           B. threw         C. led             D. pulled

2.A. check            B. know          C. care            D. speak

3.A. designs          B. dreams        C. trips           D. partners

4.A. free             B. easy          C. careless       D. good

5.A. suddenly         B. especially    C. completely     D. necessarily

6.A. everybody        B. anybody       C. somebody        D. nobody

7.A. creating         B. joining       C. finding         D. serving

8.A. hand            B. wish          C. suggestion      D. reason

9.A. surprising       B. missing       C. exciting        D. amazing

10. A. excuse        B. chance        C. task            D. place

—A homeless man won a lottery ticket.  He became rich over night.

A.  Better safe than sorry.

B.  The early bird catches the worm.

C.  Every dog has its day.

D.  When the cat is away， the mice will play.

We'd better     subjects like age，weight or money while talking in western countries.

A.  agree        B.  afford            C.  allow        D.  avoid

—That's a nice hair clip.  Could you tell me     ?

—I made it with my sister's help.

A.  how did you make it

B.  how you made it

C.  who did you make it for

D.  how you made it for

    ，when Marx was already     ，he began to learn Russian.

A.  In 1870s； in his fifties

B.  In 1870s； in fifties

C.  In the 1870s； in his fifties

D.  In the 1870s； in fifties

More and more couples would rather     a second baby     their first child can feel less lonely.

A.  have； in order to

B.  to have； in order to

C.  have； so that

D.  to have； so that