Cosmetic surgery (整容手术) is not something to be entered into lightly. Unfortunately, in this modern world, we have become confused by very narrow standards of beauty. Images of stars who never seem to age are seen everywhere these days. We forget the fact that most of these images are the result of super photo manipulation (处理), driven by the extremely powerful beauty industry. We are all different — why should we all look the same? Isn’t there more to life than having surgery in order to have the same boring face that everybody else wants to have?

—Dr Elisabeth McKenna, Psychologist

Yes, it’s not real! That’s what I told my friends when they started asking me about my nose job. I’d always been sensitive to my nose, but it took me a long time before I decided to go for cosmetic surgery. I took advice from several doctors and after careful consideration I finally decided to have it done. I had been saving money from my part-time job and my parents helped me out with the rest. It was quite expensive but I don’t regret a penny of it. In fact I wish I’d had it done a few years ago. I’ m sure I wouldn’t have been laughed at so much at school.

—Debbie Caron, Student

It makes me really angry to think of the millions of people who spend much money on cosmetic surgery. Surgery should be carried out for medical purposes, not vanity (虚荣心). I would rather all the money spent on cosmetic surgery was used to treat people around the world who are in need but can’t get proper medical treatment. Furthermore, there are thousands of under-qualified doctors out there who only care about getting as rich as possible as quickly as possible. They don’t care about the psychological and physical damage they do. The whole industry makes me sick. We should do something to stop it.

—Danny Glass, Student

1.What does Dr Elisabeth McKenna suggest?

A. Don’t be fooled by “perfection”.

B. Cosmetic surgery often goes wrong.

C. The beauty industry needs improving.

D. It’s unnecessary to set new standards of beauty.

2.What did Debbie Caron’s cosmetic surgery bring to her?

A. More friends.    B. More worries.

C. More self-confidence.    D. More job opportunities.

3.How does Danny Glass feel about those who have cosmetic surgery?

A. They should be treated as patients.

B. They hurt themselves psychologically and physically.

C. They can have a new start.

D. They waste money and medical resources.

假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Robert最近给你发了一封内容如下的电子邮件，请你根据邮件内容和写作要点用英语给他回复。

写作要点：

1．对他的处境表示理解；

2．给他提出合理的建议；

3．愿意为他继续提供帮助。

注意：1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

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：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

This summer holiday, I make a trip to Sanya with my parents, which was unforgettable experience for me. In the morning, we got to the hotel located in the center of the city. After breakfasts, we began our travel. At first, we took the bus to an aquarium(水族馆).Wandering in it, and of course I saw such many different kinds of fishes that I couldn't believe my eyes, We could also see the show of dolphins. Then we had lunch in a restaurant , which position was near the aquarium.The seafood, which was very famous in China, was deliciously. After lunch, we went swimming. The sea was blue and the beach was golden. We all enjoyed us in the sea. During this trip, we also went to some places which were interested and well known in Sanya. All at all, we had a good holiday.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。

Our trip was fantastic, Every driver and every tour guide1.(be) knowledgeable, and tried to meet our interests and wishes. As Erich practiced his Chinese with them,they responded in English. The locations2.(select) by us were most interesting. Although I am not used3.sub-zero weather,4.was Harbin that I would recommend to any travel lover because it was so unique. All of the sights were unique with so much to offer. If we hadn't gone on the trip to Harbin, we would 5.  ( have) no chance to enjoy all the sights there then.

The hotel accommodation was comfortable, We had one experience when the power went off in a block that contained our hotel , but6.( fortunate), the power was restored within a few hours. The restaurants were as unique as the areas7.we went and a Chinese cuisine was enjoyed by all four. Our guides made certain that our meal was ready and to our8. (tasty).

If our son and daughter-in-law stay another year, we will discuss a repeat visit next year around the same time. As Erich and Caitlin are students at an in ternational university in Tianjin , the trip revolves around their academic schedules. We are quite pleased with the nice9. (serve) provided by the relevant people. 10.(show) our friends and family we have taken lots of photos and videos.

We went out to dinner tonight to celebrate my daughter's beautiful performance. We don't do this often because of our______budget.

I noticed a very______mom come in with her three children, maybe about age 4 or 5. She looked like she had just______work. She sat with her children quietly taking care of them and______all their needs. Then I noticed as soon as the last course______arrived, she took a bite of her food in a hurry and then one of the______had to go to the bathroom. They all left the table and she______them—so lovingly and______— especially after what may have been a long day at work. She was still wearing some kind of uniform.

I ______ myself from the table and quietly went to the hostess stand. I ______ $15 to the hostess and said, “Can you put this anonymously(匿名地) towards that mom of 3's ______？ I am hoping it will ______ at least the children's meals.” The hostess had such a lovely smile and accepted the ______. I didn't stand around ______ as I didn't want anyone—even my own family—to ______ what was going on. I wanted it to be completely anonymous.

For the ______ of my meal, I did all I could not to pay any more attention ______ to the table, as I didn't want her to suspect that it was me that had ______ their dinner.

It feels so ______ to live in this type of world, full of love and ______， instead of anger, sadness and self－service.

1.A. separate    B. previous    C. embarrassing    D. total

2.A. depressed    B. exhausted    C. graceful    D. excited

3.A. quitted    B. started    C. finished    D. lost

4.A. practicing    B. overlooking    C. recognizing    D. satisfying

5.A. finally    B. suddenly    C. luckily    D. really

6.A. customers    B. brothers    C. hostesses    D. kids

7.A. led    B. pushed    C. sent    D. hurried

8.A. desperately    B. naturally    C. patiently    D. silently

9.A. helped    B. excused    C. forgave    D. cheered

10.A. wrote    B. handed    C. returned    D. threw

11.A. bill    B. menu    C. table    D. price

12.A. support    B. improve    C. cover    D. enrich

13.A. invitation    B. order    C. decision    D. offer

14.A. more    B. long    C. twice    D. again

15.A. read    B. prove    C. know    D. confirm

16.A. rest    B. half    C. end    D. most

17.A. happily    B. safely    C. calmly    D. directly

18.A. paid for    B. looked into    C. prepared for    D. cleared away

19.A. crazy    B. perfect    C. difficult    D. wonderful

20.A. pity    B. kindness    C. wisdom    D. trust

If you’re a gamer who’s constantly glued to your phone, it could be time to ask for medical help.

On June 18, 2018, the World Health Organization（WHO）officially listed “gaming disorder” as a mental health condition. 1.

“Video gaming is like a non-financial kind of gambling （赌博）from a psychological point of view,” Mark Griffiths, a professor from Nottingham Trent University in the UK, told the Associated Press（AP）. “Gamblers use money as a way of keeping score, while gamers use points.”

2.“People need to understand this doesn’t mean every child who spends

hours in their room playing games is an addict, otherwise doctors are going to be flooded with requests for help,” Joan Harvey, a spokeswoman for the British Psychological Society, told AP.

3. For example, a 21-year-old Chinese woman surnamed Wu in Guangdong province went blind in one eye after playing the mobile game King of Glory for a whole day. “On days when I have no work, I usually get up at 6 am, eat breakfast and play until 4 pm,” she told the South China Morning Post.  “Then I’ll eat something, have a nap（小睡）and play until 1 am.”

Wu isn’t alone. According to a study published by China Youth Daily, about one in five young Chinese people play online video games for at least four to five hours per day. 4. In April, the Ministry of Education issued a notice asking Chinese schools and parents to prevent students from becoming addicted to the Internet and games.

Other countries have also taken action.  5. Meanwhile, in Japan, some mobile phones have a special mode for children that lets their parents control what games they can download and how long they can play.

A. This means it’s now on the same list as other mental illnesses.

B. Thankfully, measures have been taken to deal with the problem.

C. We often see people around us playing games on their mobile phones.

D. In South Korea, children are forbidden to play video games after midnight.

E. WHO’s main work is to improve the mental health of individuals and society.

F. But if you lose control over your gaming habits, you’ll face serious problems.

G. However, it doesn’t matter if you play your favorite game now and then.

Cold weather during winter months may keep many people from leaving home and running in the open air.

However, a new study shows that the drop in temperature is a good reason to run. In fact, researchers say, running in cold weather helps improve one’s performance.

Many people say running in the winter can be difficult. Two reasons are the low temperatures and bitter winds. Yet many runners might find it easier than running in hot weather.

That could be because lower temperatures reduce stress on the body. When you run in cold weather, your heart rate and the body’s dehydration (脱水) levels are lower than in warmer conditions. The body needs less water on a cold day than in warm weather.

This information comes from sports scientists at St. Mary’s University in London. John Brewer is a professor of applied sport science at St. Mary’s.

For this study, he and other researchers put a group of people into a room they called an “environmental chamber.” The researchers then recreated summer and winter weather conditions in the room. The test subjects were asked to run 10,000 meters under both conditions. Brewer says he and his team recorded biological measurements of the runners.

“We’ve got a group of subjects into the environmental chamber, we’ve changed the conditions to replicate the summer or winter and we’ve got them to run a 10km under both of those conditions and taken various measurements on each runner while they’ve been completing their 10km.”

Brewer says every movement runners make produces heat. He explains that one way in which we lose heat is by sweating. The body loses heat through droplets of sweat. He says the body also loses heat by transporting the blood to the surface of the skin.

1.What can we know about running in winter?

A. It increases pressure of the body.    B. It improves the function of body.

C. It makes your heart rate higher.    D. It needs more water than in summer.

2.What can we know about the research according to the text?

A. Researchers interviewed the subjects

B. Subjects were asked to run in winter and summer.

C. Subjects built the “environmental chamber”.

D. Biological measurements of the runners were recorded.

3.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “replicate” in Paragraph 7?

A. Combine.    B. Remember.

C. Copy.    D. Decorate.

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Environmental Chamber    B. The Way of Losing Heat

C. Running in Cold Weather Improves Performance    D. Biological Measurements of the Runners

Are you a procrastinator（拖拉者）? It’s a common problem. And it can be harmful, as previous research has shown that people who procrastinate have higher levels of stress and lower well-being, reported the Association for Psychological Science in the US. But a new study has found a way to deal with this problem: Be more connected to your future self.

Psychologists think that each person believes that they are really two people: “Present Me” and “Future Me”. “People act as if they prefer their current selves’ needs and desires to those of their future selves,” wrote psychologists Neil Lewis and Daphna Oyserman.

Oyserman and Lewis decided to try to find a way to make “Present Me” imagine exactly how “Future Me” would feel the night before a big paper was due, though “Present Me” hadn’t started yet. They made “Present Me” think about a far-off event as a number of days away, not months or years.

Thinking about events in this way meant that something like a friend’s wedding seemed 16.3 days sooner when considered in days rather than months and 11.4 months sooner when considered in months rather than years.

The researchers also tried to find out whether people would take action sooner if they were told a certain event was happening in X days rather than years.  For example, participants imagined they had a newborn child, and that the child would need to go to college in either 18 years or 6,570 days. The researchers found those in the “days” condition planned to start saving four times sooner than those in the “years” condition.

So if you think of your life in days instead of years, you may get things done quicker.

1.What did Oyserman and Lewis intend to do through their study?

A. To work on a solution to test if someone is a procrastinator.

B. To find out whether human beings usually have two different characters.

C. To discover procrastinators are more likely to have a lower sense of well-being.

D. To prove it’s helpful to connect our current selves more with future selves.

2.The underlined part “this way” in Paragraph 4 refers to “_________”.

A. setting up tough deadlines

B. following schedules strictly

C. counting in smaller units of time

D. imagining how your future self will feel

3.What helps prevent people from procrastinating?

A. Comparing their future selves with present selves.

B. Considering their current selves’ needs and desires.

C. Thinking about far-off events in days rather than years.

D. Marking important events on a calendar as a reminder.

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. A way to get things done in time.

B. The harmful effects of procrastination.

C. The reason to overlook future needs and desires.

D. The way to reduce stress and improve happiness.

Time flies, but the tracks of time remain in books and museums. This is what made a recent tragedy in Brazil even more terrible.

On Sept.2, a big fire ripped through the National Museum of Brazil. “ Two hundred years of work, research and knowledge were lost, ” Brazilian President Michel Temer wrote on Twitter after the fire. “It's a sad day for all Brazilians.”

Most of the 20 million pieces of history are believed to have been destroyed. Only as little as 10 percent of the collection may have survived, Time reported. Among all the items, there were Egyptian mummies, the bones of uniquely Brazilian creatures such as the long－necked dinosaur Maxakalisaurus, and an 11,500－year－old skull called Luzia, which was considered one of South America's oldest human fossils.

Besides these, Brazil's indigenous(本土的，土著的) knowledge also suffered. The museum housed world－famous collections of indigenous objects, as well as many audio recordings of local languages from all over Brazil. Some of these recordings, now lost, were of languages that are no longer spoken.

“The tragedy this Sunday is a sort of national suicide, a crime against our past and future generations,” Bernard Mello Franco, one of Brazil's best－known columnists, wrote on the O Globo newspaper site.

The cause of the fire is still unknown, as BBC News reported on Sept. 3. After the fire burned out, crowds protested outside the museum to show their anger at the loss of the irreplaceable items of historical value.

According to Emilio Bruna, an ecologist at the University of Florida, museums are living, breathing stores of who we are and where we've come from, and the world around us.

Just as underwater grass floats on the surface if it loses its roots, a nation is lost without its memories. The fire at the National Museum of Brazil teaches the world an important lesson: We should never neglect history.

1.What can be summarized as the main idea of the 3rd and 4th paragraphs?

A. Long history of South America.    B. Remains from the fire.

C. Mysteries to be solved.    D. History and knowledge burned up.

2.What opinion may be shared by Bernard Mello Franco and the protesters?

A. The government is to blame for the tragedy.

B. The museum should be rebuilt

C. The loss can't be made up for.

D. The criminal should be sentenced to death.

3.What does Emilio Bruna compare museums to?

A. Living stores of our past.    B. Underwater grass.

C. The oldest fossils.    D. National suicide.

4.What may be the best title of the passage?

A. Death of a civilization    B. Functions of museums

C. Gone with the fire    D. Brazilians' memories

The Metropolis Book Club

Membership

All you need to do is fill out the order form at the bottom of the page, select your first order from our book list and then post the completed form back to us.

Special offers for new members

As a special offer, you may choose any reduced-price books from our new members’ book list, to the value of 100 yuan in total. Tick the box on your form to order a free watch. Join before the end of this month and you receive another free book carefully chosen by our staff. Order an audio-book from the many on offer, at half the recommended retail price.

When you’ve joined

As a member you get around 50% off the publisher’s price of every book you buy, and what’s more, they come straight to your door. Your free club magazine arrives once a month to keep you up to date with the latest best-sellers we’ve added to our list. On the Internet, you can find all our titles for the year at our exclusive members’ website. Our website also has a book swap service where members can request or offer books for exchange.

Being a member

All you have to do is order four books during your first year. After that, you can decide on the number of books you wish to take. In each of your monthly club magazines, our experienced staff choose a “Book of the Month” for you, which is offered at an extra-special price. If you do not want this book, just say so in the space provided on the form and send it back to us. We always send the book if we do not receive this form.

Once we receive your order, your books are delivered within one week. And remember, you have up to a fortnight to decide if you wish to keep the books you have ordered. If they aren’t what you expected just send them back!

1.How can you become a member of the Metropolis Book Club?

A. By ordering a watch free of charge.

B. By sending the advertisement to the club.

C. By returning the completed order form

D. By choosing books with special prices.

2.What information does the monthly magazine give members?

A. The percentage saved on each book.

B. The names of all the books sold by the club.

C. The list of the newest books available to buy.

D. The books that can be swapped by club members.

3.What can we infer from the last part of the passage?

A. At least four books should be bought each year.

B. Members need to buy the “Book of the Month”.

C. The more books bought, the higher the member’s grade.

D. Members can look at the books before they buy them.

假设你是高中学生李华。你市戏剧院响应国家在校园促进传统戏曲文化的号召，将在12月20日表演传统京剧《霸王别姬》，学生可免费观看。你的朋友Tom对京剧很感兴趣，因此你想邀请他来观看表演。请你给他写封信，内容包括：

1．表演时间、地点；

2．表演内容；

3．计划与期望。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3.开头和结尾已为你写好。

4.参考词汇 《霸王别姬》Farewell My Concubine 市戏剧院the city theatre

Dear Tom ,

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Yours,

Li Hua

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

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：1．每处错误及其修改均限一词

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

In the summer holiday, we travelled to Qingdao and paid visit to my uncle there. It’s a long and bored journey. But at the moment I arrived, I fall in love with the city. It’s such beautiful a city that I can hardly find any word to describe it.The streets are clean and the sky is blue. If you walk along the coast, you can feel the wind blow on your face. The sea is vast and sometimes you can find a boat or a ship. You may also do some fishing as far as it is permitted. Moreover, I think the driver there drive too fast in the street. You can never be too carefully when crossing the street.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡上。

Pollution takes away all the beauty of the beaches of Hawaii. I hate to go to the beaches on 1.(sun) weekends and see rubbish bags2.(lie) on the sand, cigarette butts(烟头）3.(bury) in the sand, and soda cans floating in the ocean.

One thing that really annoys me is that I see tourists who visit Hawaii leave their rubbish on the beaches. I was always taught after drinking soda to throw the can into the place4.it should stay at --the trash can. Another thing that annoys me is that some people walk right by rubbish5.pretend that it's not there.

The dogs or the fish are not to blame for it.It's our fault and we must blame 6.(we).Everyone has to do his or her part7. (solve) this problem. It can’t be difficult to do the job.There are a lot of things that we can do.First of all,we can help pick8.rubbish along the beaches.We could also form organizations that help clean up our beaches, More9.(important),we need to start now before the beaches10.(damage) beyond repair.

The Fitting-in of Suzy Khan

The first time I saw Suzy Khan, I knew I had to help her. She was really small for her age of 12. The boys in my class often  ______ about her and laughed their heads off. She would open a book, pretending to read, with tears dropping on the open page.

All I knew was that she was an orphan (孤儿) from Africa. She had just been adopted by a family in town who ______ that the best way for her to learn American ways of life was to be with American kids. I looked down at this ______ girl and promised myself that somehow I would help her.

But how could I help her ______ in with us? There had to be a ______ .

One day, when I went into the classroom, I saw that Suzy had ______ her geography book to a picture of a train, and in her notebook, she had made a(n)  _______ copy.

I was surprised and thought that she could do something in the coming ______ show. So, I took her to see the art teacher, Miss Parker, and showed her what Suzy had  ______ . “why, it’s wonderful,” said Miss Parker, who then showed us a poster she had painted ______the talent show. “I need more of these, but I just don’t have enough  ______. Could you help me, Suzy?”

On the day of the talent show, Suzy’s ______ were everywhere ---- all over the hall and all over the school, each one different.

“And finally,” said Mr Brown, the schoolmaster, at the end of the show, “we have a (n) ______ award. I’m sure you’ve all noticed the wonderful posters.” Everyone nodded. “One of our own students ______ them.”

I could hear everyone whispering. “Who in our school could draw ______ well?”

Mr. Brown waited a while before saying, “ ______ this student worked so hard on the posters, she deserves a ______ ,too. Our mystery(神秘) artist is our new student ---- Suzy Khan!”

Mr. Brown thanked her for all the wonderful posters and gave her a professional artist’s set. “Thank you,” she cried.

I ______ , at that time when I was looking at her excited face, she’d probably never  ______ anything in her whole life.

Everyone started to ______their hands. Suzy Khan gave them a shy smile and the applause was deafening. I knew then Suzy was going to be all right.

1.A. joked    B. cared    C. trains    D. worried

2.A. reported    B. decided    C. complained    D. questioned

3.A. rich    B. proud    C. tiny    D. popular

4.A. come    B. fall    C. fit    D. tie

5.A. manner    B. pattern    C. choice    D. way

6.A. read    B. taken    C. opened    D. put

7.A. free    B. perfect    C. final    D. extra

8.A. art    B. talk    C. quiz    D. talent

9.A. colored    B. written    C. carved    D. drawn

10.A. at    B. after    C. for    D. around

11.A. room    B. time    C. paper    D. interest

12.A. gifts    B. books    C. photos    D. posters

13.A. special    B. academic    C. national    D. royal

14.A. painted    B. found    C. printed    D. collected

15.A. very    B. that    C. quite    D. too

16.A. If    B. Though    C. Unless    D. Since

17.A. prize    B. rank    C. rest    D. place

18.A. replied    B. realized    C. remembered    D. regretted

19.A. offered    B. valued    C. owned    D. controlled

20.A. clap    B. wave    C. raise    D. shake

No one likes to fail. Whether it’s at work, at home, or in another area of your life, failure is painful and it can also be costly in terms of time, money, or both.1. If you never suffer a failure, then you’re probably not pushing yourself to your full potential. The following are some tips on how to pick yourself up after you’ve failed.

Remember that other people fail too. 2. They’ll tell you about that great new contract(合同) they signed, not the deal that failed eventually though they worked on it for months. But failure is normal, and lots of people fail time and time again before meeting with success.

Remind yourself of your past successes. Failing doesn’t mean that you’re worthless, or that you’ll never achieve the things you want.3. Maybe you had high marks last term, or you lost weight, or you learned to play a musical instrument. You might want to write down a list of successes---things that you’ve accomplished over the past few years, whether big or small. If you ever lack confidence, you can go back and read over that list.

4. Your past successes are important, but so are your past failures. You’ve made mistakes before, and you’ve survived them. Perhaps you did badly in an exam, or lost your temper and had to apologize. It’s not fun to think about the times when things went wrong, but by acknowledging your failures, you can remind yourself that today is no different. Just as you recovered in the past, you can recover from your recent failure too.

5. Whatever goes wrong, you’re probably facing some sort of decision. Don’t rush into making a hasty decision, but do look for a forward path. That might require some deep thinking.

A. Make a decision.

B. Limit the damage caused.

C. Remind yourself of your past failures.

D. However, failure is a normal part of life.

E. Get some advice and support from others.

F. Most people don’t talk openly about their failures.

G. Think of all the times in the past when you’ve succeeded.

    In 1943, when I was 4, my parents moved from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to Fairbanks, Alaska, where adventure was never very far away.

We arrived in the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun. All that sunlight was fantastic for Mom’s vegetable garden. Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she didn’t care much about my bedtime.

Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk. That left me in a mess. I usually managed to find some trouble to get into. Once I had a little fire going in the dirt basement of a hotel. I had tried to light a barrel(桶) of paint but couldn’t really get a good fire going. The smoke got pretty bad, though, and when 1 made my exit, a crowd and the police were there to greet me. The policemen took my matches and drove me home.

Mom and Dad were occupied in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me, and they did! I had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me. I hadn’t turned 5 yet.

As I entered kindergarten, the serious cold began to set in. Would it surprise you to know that I soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail at school?

As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder, I think I knew him well because I was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday. At the time I didn’t realize what a superstar he was, but I do remember the ride well. I was wrapped (包裹) heavily and well sheltered from the freezing and blowing weather.

In 1950, we moved back to Coeur d’Alene, but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of Alaska.

1.What can be inferred about the author’s family?

A. His father was a cruel man. B. His parents didn’t love him.

C. His parents used to be very busy. D. His mother didn’t have any jobs.

2.What happened when the author was 4?

A. He learned to smoke. B. He was locked in a basement.

C. He was arrested by the police. D. He nearly caused a fire accident.

3.Which of the following is true?

A. Leonhard was good at driving dog sleds.

B. The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska.

C. Leonhard often visited the author’s family after 1950.

D. The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska.

4.What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A. To look back on his childhood with adventures.

B. To describe the extreme weather of Alaska.

C. To express how much he misses Leonhard.

D. To show off his pride in making trouble.

Are you sometimes a little tired and sleepy in the early afternoon? Many people feel this way after lunch. They may think that eating lunch is the cause of the sleepiness. Or, in summer, they may think it is the heat. However, the real reason lies inside their bodies. At that time—about eight hours after you wake up—your body temperature goes down. This is what makes you slow down and feel sleepy. Scientists have tested sleep habits in experiments where there was no night or day. The people in these experiments almost always followed a similar sleeping pattern. They slept for one long period and then for one short period about eight hours later.

In many parts of the world, people take naps（小憩） in the middle of the day. This is especially true in warmer climates, where the heat makes work difficult in the early afternoon. Researchers are now saying that naps are good for everyone in any climate. A daily nap gives one a more rested body and mind and therefore is good for health in general. In countries where naps are traditional, people often suffer less from problems such as heart disease. Many working people, unfortunately, have no time to take naps. Though doctors may advise taking naps, employers do not allow it! If you do have the chance, however, here are a few tips about making the most of your nap. Remember that the best time to take a nap is about eight hours after you get up. A short sleep too late in the day may only make you feel more tired and sleepy afterward. This can also happen if you sleep for too long. If you do not have enough time, try a short nap—even ten minutes of sleep can be helpful.

1.Why do you sometimes feel sleepy in the early afternoon?

A. Because you eat too much for lunch.

B. Because it’s hot in summer.

C. Because your body temperature goes down at that time.

D. Because you didn’t have a good sleep last night.

2.What can we learn about “naps” according to the last paragraph?

A. All the people in warmer climates take naps in the middle of the day.

B. Doctors need to take naps while employers don’t.

C. If you take naps every day, you’ll never suffer from heart disease.

D. Taking naps regularly is good to people’s health.

3.If you get up at 6:30 am, what is the best time for you to take a nap?

A. About 12:30 pm.    B. About 1:30 pm.

C. About 2:30 pm    D. About 3:30 pm

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. All for a Nap    B. Just for a Rest

C. A Special Sleep Pattern    D. Taking Naps in Warmer Climate

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Similarly, if we drink a little more water every day, we may find that we need to go to the doctor a lot less often. A healthy diet is made up of water and a great many different kinds of foods. We know that healthy foods like fruits, vegetables and fish, are important as they provide us with energy and fiber, without giving us too much fat and sugar. But why is water important?

The human body needs water to survive. Water is important as it carries poisons and waste out of our bodies. So, doctors advise us to drink plenty of water, much more than the small amount we need to stay alive.

Some doctors believe that water is important for our health in all kinds of ways. They believe that a great many illnesses and health problems start as a result of dehydration(脱水)—a lack of water in the body. Most people are dehydrated at least some of time, although they probably don’t know it. It is surprising to learn that if we feel thirsty, we are already in the first stage of dehydration. In fact, we are advised to drink water before we feel thirsty.

These doctors think that health problems such as headaches, high blood pressure and asthma(哮喘) could be helped if people drink more water. They also believe that drinking more water can help people who are overweight. Water contains no calories so it will not make us put on weight. If we drink water, we will probably drink less sugary soft drinks such as Coca-cola. Doctors also believe that drinking more water may stop people from overeating. They say that many people think that they are hungry when they are, in fact, thirsty. Doctors suggest, therefore, that we eat less food and drink more water. There are still many health problems that cannot be solved by drinking water, so we should not stop going to seeing the doctor completely. However, if we make a decision to drink water every day, we may find that we need to go to the doctor a lot less often.

1.From the text, we know water can carry_________.

A. poisons and waste out of our bodies

B. fruit, vegetables and fish in our bodies

C. sugar and fat out of our bodies

D. energy and fiber in our bodies

2.Some doctors think that________.

A. people eat too much sugar

B. water is not important for our health

C. we should go to the doctor less often

D. some health problems are caused by a lack of water

3.Lack of water caused people to put on weight too much because_______.

A. they think they are thirsty and eat less

B. they think they are hungry and eat too much

C. water has no calories

D. it makes them thirsty

4.Which of the following isn’t mentioned in the passage?

A. Drinking more water may stop people from overeating.

B. The amount of water a person should drink in a day.

C. Some healthy problems start because of a lack of water.

D. Fruit provides us with energy and fibre.

Teachers’ Day is, interestingly, not celebrated on the same day all over the world. In some countries it is marked by a holiday, in others it is a working day.

International Teachers’ Day is celebrated on October 5. Being held ever since 1994, it is in honor of teachers' organizations worldwide. Its aim is to encourage supports for teachers and to meet the needs of students.

China ― In 1939, Teachers’ Day was set for August 27, Confucius' birthday. In1951, the celebration was stopped. However, it was founded again in 1985, and the day was changed to September 10.

India ― Teachers’ Day is celebrated on September 5 in honour of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the second president of India, whose birthday falls on that day.

Russia ― In Russia, Teachers’ Day was celebrated on the first Sunday of October between 1965 and 1994. Since 1994, the day is observed on the October 5, just the same day as World Teachers Day.

The US ― In the US, Teachers’ Day is non-official holiday. It is celebrated on the Tuesday of the first full week of May. A number of activities are organized in schools to honor teachers. The celebrations can continue for the whole week of May.

Thailand ― In Thailand, National Teachers’ Day is celebrated every year on January 16. The first Teachers’ Day was held in 1957. The day is a holiday in schools.

1.Which of the following has the same meaning as the underlined word “observed”?

A. stopped    B. held

C. celebrated    D. fell

2.Which of the following is possibly true?

A. China has celebrated Teachers’ Day since the year 1931.

B. Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s birthday is in September

C. Teachers’ Day is an official holiday in the United States.

D. Teachers’ Day is a working day in schools of Thailand.

3.From the passage we can learn that ________.

A. The first Teachers’ Day was held in 1965 in Thailand

B. Teachers’ Day falls on Confucius' birthday in China

C. International Teachers’ Day aims to benefit the students

D. A lot of activities are held on Teachers’ Day across the world

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There was a boss who made a contract with his workers: he will pay their salary each week, but not in cash. Instead, the workers would choose some goods in a shop, which equal the value of their salary. Then he will pay the cash to the owner of the shop.

But one day, one of the workers complained to his boss, “The shop owner said ‘no cash, no goods’. And he requested us to pay in cash.” For that reason, the worker asked the boss to pay him in cash, too. The boss agreed. After a while, the shop owner came to the boss, asking him to pay for his workers.

The boss was confused and looked into the issue, and finally found out that the worker told a lie. However, he paid the shop owner as usual, because he must keep his promise, even he was cheated and had to pay more money.

Good merchants won’t scrap(废除)their contracts. They won’t sign contracts easily and usually chaffer(论价)for their benefits if they have to sign them. But after that, they will definitely follow them whatever the price.

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Time for Americans to act on climate change

The climate crisis is worsening at a rate that is becoming harder and harder to ignore. For more than two decades, scientific reports have made it clear that global warming is real, that humans cause it and that the consequences will be disastrous.

The scientific community has become increasingly panicked over the past year. The latest assessment from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change painted a far more terrible picture than its previous analyses, and the long-awaited National Climate Assessment made clear that climate change represents a severe threat to human health as well as our economic security. Out of this panic came the treaty(条约)reached this past weekend by world leaders to keep the Paris climate agreement alive.

Yet many Americans still don’t regard the threat as a key priority for our government, and support President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris treaty. Campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies have convinced elected officials to look the other way. A certain amount of despair has resulted in widespread apathy(漠然).

But there is another reason that has been discussed far less openly. While a growing number of people understand that climate change will have significant worldwide consequences, many Americans have an intuitive(直觉的)belief that their nation is more capable than others of adapting to a changed environment. Why? Because they have before.

This historical success, however, resulted from the federal government taking science seriously, and making investments to urge revolution and innovation.

But these innovations did not happen by themselves, or simply because of the United States’ rich resources. They depended on consistent support from the leaders about the need to take action when faced with crises. This has been especially true in the environmental crisis.

President Bill Clinton had a shockingly modest record of advancing climate security, particularly given that his vice president, Al Gore, had been one of the most outspoken environmentalists in Congress. By far Clinton’s biggest accomplishment was assigning Gore to participate іn thе Куоtо Рrоtoсоl negotiations. Сlіntоn сhоѕе, hоwеvеr, tо аvоіd whаt ѕurеlу wоuld have been a terrible fight in the Senate to gain approval of the treaty. While this effort probably would have failed, it would have signaled to the American people how seriously the Democratic Party took climate change.

Thus, the time has clearly arrived for progressive candidates to start campaigning on a platform built around the need for a sustainability revolution. Such a plan should include a carbon tax, well-funded clean energy research, evolved agricultural policies and smarter public transport. Given that Generation X and millennials(千禧一代)never bought into the fiction that the United States is immune to the dangers of global warming, the time is ripe to make climate security a crucial government responsibility. Only by doing so can we begin the long-overdue(拖延好久的)campaign to save the planet.

Time for Americans to act on climate change

    Stars blazed(猛烈地燃烧)in the sky above Spook like a million tiny suns. They shone through the mists, which had during the last year become thinner and weaker. At first, he had thought the world itself was changing. Then he had realized that it was just his feeling. Somehow, by burning tin in his body for so long, he had permanently strengthened his senses to a point far beyond what other Allomancers could attain.

The burned tin had begun as a reaction to Clubs’s death. Spook still felt terrible about the way he’d escaped, leaving his uncle to die. During those first few weeks, Spook had burned his metals as almost a self-punishment he’d wanted to feel everything around him, take it all in, even though it was painful, or perhaps because it was painful.

But then he’d started to change, and that had worried him. But, the crew always talked about how hard Vin pushed herself. She rarely slept, using pewter(白镴)to keep herself awake and alert. Spook didn’t know how that worked he was no Mistborn, and could only bum one metal but he figured that if burning his one metal could give him an advantage, he’d better take it, because they were going to need every advantage they could get.

The starlight was like daylight to him. During the actual day, he had to wear a cloth tied across his eyes to protect them, and even then going outside was sometimes blinding. His skin had become so sensitive that each little stone in the ground felt like a knife jabbing(猛刺)him through the bottom of his feet. The cold spring air seemed freezing, and he wore a thick cloak(斗篷).

However, he had concluded that these discomforts were small prices to pay for the opportunity to become whatever it was he had become. As he moved down the street, he could hear people turning over and over in their beds, even through their walls. He could sense a footstep from yards away. He could see on a dark night as no other human ever had.

________________. Always before, he’d been the least important member of the crew the dismissible boy who served as a handy man or kept watch while the others made plans. He didn’t feel annoyed with them for that he’d been right to give him such simple duties. ________________. Because of his street dialect, he’d been difficult to understand, and while all the other members of the crew had been carefully picked, Spook had joined through the back door since he was Clubs’s nephew.

Spook sighed, sticking his hands in his trouser pockets as he walked down the too-bright street. He could feel each and every thread of the cloth.

Dangerous things were happening he knew that: the way the mists lasted longer during the day, the way the ground shook as if it were a sleeping man, periodically(周期性地)suffering a terrible dream. Spook worried he wouldn’t be of much help in the critical days to come. A little over a year before, his uncle had died after Spook fled the city. Spook had run out of fear, but also out of a knowledge of his lack of power. ________________. He wouldn’t have been able to help during the campaign.

He didn’t want to be in that position again. He wanted to be able to help, somehow. He wouldn’t run into the woods, hiding while the world ended around him. He was sent to gather as much information as he could about the Citizen and his government there, and so Spook intended to do his best. If that meant pushing his body beyond what was safe, so be it.

He approached a large crossing. He looked both ways down the intersecting(交叉的)streets the view clear as day to his eyes. I may not be Mistborn, and I may not be emperor, he thought. But I’m something. Something new. Something people would be proud of Maybe this time I can help. ________________.

1.What is the real “change” according to Paragraph 1?

A. The thinner and weaker mists. B. The changing world.

C. Spook’s sensitive feeling. D. Allomancers’ strengthened senses.

2.Why on earth did Spook start burning tin?

A. To make himself strong. B. To erase an emotional debt.

C. To show his honor to Vin. D. To feel pain of his uncle.

3.What does the example of Vin serve as in Paragraph 3?

A. A reminder of Spook’s own pain.

B. An encouragement to Spook’s persistence.

C. A comparison for Spook’s burning metal.

D. An implication of Spook’s own change.

4.What discomforts was Spook suffering when moving down the street?

① The shining daylight that almost made him blind.

② The little stones that jabbed him like a knife.

③ The cold spring air that seemed freezing.

④ The sleepless people that turned over and over in their beds.

⑤ The awakened awareness of being unimportant when keeping watch.

⑥ His street dialect that made him hard to understand.

A. ②③ B. ①②③ C. ②③④⑥ D. ①②③④⑤⑥

5.Where can the following sentence most probably be?

“Perhaps he’d find a way to become useful to the others.”

A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④

6.What can we learn about Spook from the article?

A. He’s guilty and weak nephew of the great Clubs.

B. He’s a carefully-picked and most powerful member of the crew.

C. He’s a proud and self-sacrificing handy man of the crew.

D. He’s a strong-willed and outstanding Allomancer.

Captain America and Blackpanther were about to defend Earth from the criminal Thanos when Kevin Foley first noticed something was wrong. Foley, a 46-year old information-technology worker from Kyle, Texas, was heading into the theater to see Avengers: Infinity War when he realized he was having trouble breathing normally. The same symptom struck again during another movie the following night, but more severe this time. Once the cast on the second film rolled, Foley took action: he looked at his wristwatch. It was a bigger step than you might imagine, because Foley was wearing an Apple Watch equipped with medical sensors and experimental software to track basic functions of his heart. And the watch was worried. It had, according to the display, detected signs of an irregular heartbeat.

Before long, Foley was in an emergency room, where doctors hooked him up to an ECG(心电图), which showed that he was in atrial fibrillation(心房颤动), an irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots(血栓), stroke and other potentially disastrous diseases. Foley spent the next few days in the hospital while doctors worked to return him to a normal heart rhythm eventually turning to a procedure called electrical cardioversion to shock his heart back to normal. Foley is doing fine now. But he believes that, if not for the warning on his watch, he might not have sought help in time. “I would have never known,” he says.

Foley and his watch were part of an experiment run by Apple and Stanford’s medical school. But beginning Dec. 6, anyone can get an on-the-fly heart checkup, assuming they’ve paid $399 or more for an Apple Watch. That’s when Apple will launch a software update that turns its latest model, called the Series 4, into a personal ECG, thanks to an innovative new sensor. Though less complicated than hospital ECG machines, the watch version can still provide basic information and warnings of potential risks worthy of a closer look by a medical professional.

For Apple, this new ECG-on-your-wrist is its biggest bet yet that personal technology will inevitably include personal health. Along with competitors, Apple has already offered fitness functions, such as apps to track the steps you’ve walked. But with the new ECG scan, Apple is moving straight into medical aspects of heath, a distinction underlined by the fact it sought and received Food and Drug Administration clearance for the clearance for the heart monitor.

1.What’s the function of the story of Foley in Paragraphs 1 and 2?

A. To arouse the readers’ interest.

B. To raise a common problem.

C. To lead the readers to the topic.

D. To guide the readers to do first aid.

2.How can Foley’s wristwatch detect signs of an irregular heartbeart?

A. By being equipped with an innovative new medical sensor.

B. By being hooked straight up to an EGG in an emergency room.

C. By being paid not less than $399 for the latest Apple Watch.

D. By being accessible to Food and Drug Administration clearance for the heart monitor.

3.According to the passage, if someone wants to get an on-the-fly heart checkup, he or she ________.

A. can equip himself/herself with an ECG machine

B. can purchase an Apple Watch of any model

C. can buy a new Apple Watch Series 4

D. can have his or her old Apple Watch updated

4.The purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. advertise and promote a new kind of Apple watch

B. inform us of a new function of the latest Apple Watch

C. tell us a lucky story of Foley’s being saved by his new Apple Watch

D. warn us of the danger of not being equipped with the latest Apple Watch

    “The world feels anxious and divided, and Facebook has a lot of work to do whether it’s protecting our community from abuse and hate, defending against interference by nation states, or making sure that time spent on Facebook is well spent,” Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook in January.

If the tech firm succeeded, Facebook would end 2018 on a much better path. But the cracks in Zuckerberg’s social media empire only grew as scandals(丑闻)about data misuse, security and even Facebook’s leadership piled up.

The social network has faced criticism many times since launching 14 years ago, but the public uproar reached new heights in 2018. Facebook’s missteps, even as it tried to fix its problems, were yet another reminder of what happens when a company grows rapidly with little oversight(监管). They also set the stage for another showdown between the tech powerhouse and lawmakers who have their own ideas on how to manage a platform used by 2.3 billion people every month.

“I think there’s just a general growing consensus from both parties in Congress that self-policing is not going to work,” Democratic senator Mark Warner of Virginia said in an interview. Facebook pointed to a series of notes Zuckerberg published this year outlining what the tech firm has done to combat(战斗，争论)election meddling(好干预的), as well as hate speech, misinformation and other offensive content. The social network pulled down more than 1.5 billion fake accounts, launched a database of political ads and announced the creation of a Supreme Court like independent body to oversee content appals.

But in many ways, Zuckerberg fell short of his New Year’s resolution(决议). UN investigators said Facebook played a role in spreading hate speech that fueled ethnic cleansing(清洗)in Myanmar. Media outlets found loopholes(漏洞)and errors in Facebook’s political ads database. Users questioned whether they should delete Facebook after learning that Cambridge Analytical, a UK political consulting firm with ties to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, gathered data on as many as 87 million Facebook users without their permission.

In short, Facebook’s problems ballooned out of the company’s control.

“They created a platform where sharing was mindlessly easy and interacting with each other required almost no forethought at all,” said Woodrow Hertzog, a law and computer science professor at Northeastern University. “As a result, there was massive sharing, including leaking of personal information that put lots of people at risk.”

1.What can be inferred about Facebook from the passage?

A. It is a platform where people can easily share well-selected information.

B. It is a social network that has faced criticism because of data misuses from Zuckerberg.

C. It is a social network which grows rapidly without enough management from the government.

D. It is a popular app that 2.3 bllion people use for information and communication every day.

2.The underlined word “uproar” in Paragraph 3 has the similar meaning to “________”.

A. crack B. criticism C. disagreement D. argument

3.What is the best title of this passage?

A. A tough challenge for Facebook B. Zuckerberg’s new year resolution

C. Criticism of Facebook for misusing D. A dark future for Facebook

Hungary’s capital sparkles(闪耀)in winter and it’s a great place to see in the New Year. There’s festive cheer on tap, with concerts, folk dancing and stalls selling wine or fruit brandy and traditional chimney cake outsides. New Year’s Eve is celebrated with fireworks over the Danube(多瑙河), and it’s worth booking one of the many river cruises(巡游)with dinner and DJs (free and open 24/7, but likely to be crowded).

A four-night trip with Travel Republic costs £449 for a family (2 adults with 1 child under 6), departing Stansted on 28 December with Ryanair, with B&B accommodation at the central Atrium Budapest Hotel.

For a slightly more cerebral(理智的)New Year’s Eve, Stockholm is a smart choice. The main celebration is at Skansen, Sweden’s oldest open-air museum. Enterainment starts at 8 p.m. with singing and dancing, and peaks with a recitation of the poem Ring Out. Evening tickets are £l4 for adults (children under 6 go free), or there are new day and evening combination tickets (£l6 adult/£5 child). On New Year’s Day, early birds can try an introduction to ice skating (8 a.m. daily, £139).

Book it Ryanair, Norwegian and SAS fly to Stockholm from several UK airports.

The land of fire and ice lives up to its name on New Year’s Eve, when about 90 bonfires(篝火)are lit across the country. Some bonfires are accompanied by Icelandic singing; most start about 8 p.m. and finish by 10 p.m., which can be a good time to see the northern lights. After the fires, everyone goes home to watch Áramótaskaup, a TV show that has been running on 31 December since 1966. But that doesn’t mean the party is over just before midnight, they all come back out to let off an astonishing amount of fireworks, with profits going to Icelandic Search and Rescue Association, which does life-saving work, and is run by volunteers and is a cause close to most Icelanders’ hearts.

Book it Wow Air and Wizz Air, easyJet and Icelandair fly to Reykjavik from several UK cities.

1.According to the passage, when travelling to one of the three cities on New Year’s Eve, you can ________.

A. have a free but maybe uncomfortable cruise along the Danube

B. go ice skating with your close friends in Stockholm

C. light the bonfires in Iceland and join in Icelandic singing

D. watch Áramótaskaup and be a volunteer to let off fireworks

2.If an English couple with a child aged 5 want to celebrate the new year by enjoying poems, how much will they pay at least?

A. £14.    B. £21.    C. £28.    D. £37.

We don’t meet people by accident.

Every person you meet will have a(n) ____ in your life, big or small. Some will help you grow and inspire you to do better, ____ some will let you down or even hurt you. At the same time, you are ____ some role in their lives as well. After all, paths ____ for a reason and we are supposed to treat people with significance.

The best teachers are those who don’t tell you how to get there but ____ the way.

There is no better joy than ____ people see a vision for themselves, seeing them go to levels ____ than they ever would have imagined on their own. But that doesn’t ____ you have to fix them or enable them; instead, ____ them to the source of their own power. Offer them support and ____ to fight as they find their own way and show you ____ they’re capable of. All you have to do is believe in them.

Never ____ someone even if he fails unless you are helping them up.

We like to think of life as a meritocracy(精英), so it’s easy to look down on someone who isn’t as ____ or accomplished or well educated as you are. But you have no idea how ____ that person has already climbed or where they will ____. Time could easily reverse(翻转)your ____, so be sure you treat everyone with ____.

____ those who have supported you, forgive those who have ____ you, help those who need you.

Business is complicated, life is complex, and leadership is difficult. Treat all people including yourself with love and compassion(同情), and you can’t ____.

Treat people the way you want to be treated and life will instantly get better.

1.A. chance    B. role    C. relation    D. place

2.A. while    B. if    C. when    D. though

3.A. changing    B. creating    C. finding    D. playing

4.A. cross    B. end    C. wind    D. begin

5.A. push    B. find    C. show    D. feel

6.A. helping    B. making    C. having    D. letting

7.A. better    B. higher    C. richer    D. farther

8.A. say    B. mean    C. explain    D. describe

9.A. attach    B. relate    C. adapt    D. guide

10.A. motivation    B. shelter    C. prediction    D. evidence

11.A. that    B. which    C. what    D. how

12.A. look down on    B. take care of    C. put up with    D. show respect for

13.A. lucky    B. wise    C. enthusiastic    D. successful

14.A. far    B. long    C. many    D. much

15.A. work out    B. fade away    C. end up    D. get along

16.A. instructions    B. positions    C. directions    D. situations

17.A. equality    B. respect    C. quality    D. identity

18.A. Praise    B. Appreciate    C. Tolerate    D. Expect

19.A. hurt    B. hated    C. interrupted    D. annoyed

20.A. go back    B. go wrong    C. go blind    D. go out

I’m going to Syria. Would you please tell me your experiences there?

________. Let’s discuss it over dinner.

A. Never mind    B. Go ahead    C. By all means    D. It just depends

I can’t understand why he ________ so angry. I meant no offence.

It’s typical of him to be so sensitive.

A. must have been    B. should have been    C. might have been    D. can have been

________ offensive nicknames are seen as a form of bullying at school, next time you want to call someone by its nickname, weigh it before you do.

A. Since    B. Unless    C. Although    D. Before

The lecture ________, a lively question-and answer session followed.

A. being given    B. had been given    C. to be given    D. having been given