A lot of kids and adults say they get nervous during social situations. Maybe it’s speaking up in class or making a phone call or just trying something new. You might feel butterflies in your stomach, or your heart may beat faster or you get suddenly sweaty. 1. And if fear of being embarrassed or making a mistake is getting in your way, there are some things you can try on your own to help.

2.

Experts agree that avoiding situations that make us anxious can actually make things worse in the long run. Getting out of something you didn’t want to do might make you feel better in the moment, but you will still feel anxious the next time you’re asked to do it.

Push yourself.

While leaving your comfort zone isn’t easy, it can be very good for you. That’s because anxiety tends to go away when you start doing the things that make you anxious.3. You might find you have the skills to handle it. And next time you’re in that situation you might feel less self-conscious.

Practice a lot.

As an experiment, try doing something that makes you nervous.4. Whatever you do, you’ll find that it gets easier over time. That’s because by practicing the things that make you nervous you are actually improving your ability to easily handle them.

Relax yourself.

Instead of trying to relax by watching television or visiting a website, try a deep relaxation practice that has a physical effect on the mind.5.

A.Don’t avoid something.

B.Being nervous is uncommon.

C.Pay no attention to your original thoughts.

D.Those things are your body’s reaction to fear.

E.Start with little things like answering questions in class.

F.So try to face your anxiety and fear and see what happens.

G.For example, doing things like yoga can also help you stay calm.

    Your colleague’s sharp comment keeps replaying in your mind. Two of your students are trapped in a “he said/she said” battle. When you reflect on your emotional reactions, you sometimes get caught up in cycles of negative feelings, which can make you feel even worse. If so, the answer may lie in a skill called “self-distancing”，the ability to take a step back and view yourself more objectively. According to a research, when people adopt self-distancing while discussing a difficult event, they make better sense of their reactions, experience less emotional suffering, and display fewer signs of stress.

But what might self-distancing look like in action? Consider a typical “he said/she said” student conflict where they are each focusing on their own feelings. One is thinking，“I can’t believe he did that to me.” And another insists, “She really hurt my feelings.” However, if you ask them to take the self-distancing, they might step outside of themselves and ask broader questions: “Why was he so hurt in this situation?” or “How did her anger affect him?”

Although this approach may sound too simple to be effective, studies indicate that a change in point of view can have a powerful effect on the way people think, feel, and behave. Here are several different techniques you can try.

First，consider how a thoughtful friend might respond after quietly observing their situation. Besides, avoid using the pronoun “I”. Focus on using third-person pronouns, he, she, they, and they were able to see the stressful event as challenging rather than threatening. Finally, ask yourself, “How would I feel about this one week from now or ten years from now?” This form of mental time travel may be effective because our attention is directed away from our immediate, concrete circumstances.

1.What is self-distancing?

A.Getting stuck in negative emotions. B.A stressful situation.

C.A study on relieving emotional stress. D.Reflecting on yourself objectively.

2.Paragraph 2 is developed by____.

A.example B.definition

C.classification D.process

3.Which of the following statement uses the techniques of self-distancing?

A.I’m angry with him.

B.How I wish I could go back to the past!

C.How did these two people get to this point?

D.He grabbed my notes, and then, and then...

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A.Why Self-distancing Matters

B.The Application of Self-distancing

C.Breaking the Cycle of Negative Reflection

D.Ways to Reflect on Emotional Reactions

    Throughout our daily lives, we have known plenty of people and will know more. But how can we tell if someone is trustworthy? In a paper published recently in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, researcher gave us the answer.

The researchers asked 401 adults from the United States to fill out a questionnaire measuring their guilt-proneness(内疚倾向) in different situations as well as several other qualities, and then play a short online game. In this game, Player 1 is given $1, which they can choose to give to Player2. Any money given to Player 2 is then automatically increased to $2.50. Player 2 can then decide whether to keep all of the money or behave in a trustworthy way by returning a portion of the money to Player 1. The researchers found more guilt-prone people were more likely to share the money with Player1. Actually, in follow-up studies, guilt-proneness predicted trustworthiness better than other personality qualities the researchers measured.

Why might guilt lead to trustworthy behavior? The researchers found people who were guilt-prone also reported feeling an obligation to act in ethical(合乎道德的) and responsible ways while interacting(互动) with their partners in the game. People who are guilt-prone tend to avoid engaging in behavior that might harm or disappoint others. If they do something bad, guilt encourages them to try to make things right again.

Then， how can we use this research to ascertain whether someone is trustworthy? “One way to do this might be observe how they respond to experience regret,” lead author Emma Levine, assistant professor at the University of Chicago Levine, explains. Another way is to ask them to describe a difficult dilemma they faced in the past, suggests co-author Taya Cohen, associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University. This is particularly effective, Cohen and her colleagues have found, because it allows us to see if they’re concerned about the effects their actions have on others.

1.What may make others feel that we are reliable according to the text?

A.Our good qualities to help them out.

B.Our tendency to experience guilt.

C.Our kind attitude towards them.

D.Our team spirit in the game.

2.What may connect guilt with trustworthy behavior?

A.A sense of responsibility.

B.A feeling of disappointment.

C.The way one interacts with others.

D.The ability to tell right from wrong.

3.What does the underlined word “ascertain” in the last paragraph mean?

A.Ask B.Express

C.Describe D.Determine

4.How is the text organized and developed?

A.By providing background.

B.By making a lot of comparisons.

C.By answering the raised questions.

D.By analyzing effects of guilt-proneness.

    In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animals. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.

From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, but sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don’t get to see this soft side of others. Often, we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we're brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that’s in them.

Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning (按喇吼)or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty-four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.

No more angry shouts and no more horns!

When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, “I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can. And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn’t get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.

Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don’t feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often, it would be better if we don’t, pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared.

1.People will feel happy, according to the author's findings, when __________.

A.they offer their help to others B.they receive others’ help

C.they feel others’ kindness to them D.they show their weakness to other people

2.Why does the author feel sad sometimes?

A.Because he has a soft heart, showing sympathy to others.

B.Because he is disabled and relies much on others.

C.Because some people pretend to be kind, but in fact they are not.

D.Because some people fail to see the kindness in others.

3.What did the other drivers do when they saw the flashlights?

A.They sped up to pass because they didn’t want to wait.

B.They stopped their cars to offer help.

C.丁hey put on their flashlights too.

D.They waited with patience.

4.In this passage, the author advises us to _________.

A.be independent of others and handle problems by ourselves

B.accept help from others for everything

C.admit our weakness

D.show our bravery

    The hotel roof top bar will never go out of style. Whether it’s on the 6th floor or the 65th, there’s something undeniably appealing about dining, drinking, swimming and yoga-ing high above the streets of the city below. Here are some of the best (relative) newcomers.

Qr Melbourne

The locally loved rooftop at QT is something of a chameleon (变色龙). By day, it’s the site of pop-up yoga sessions that allow guests to take in the skyline from within their downward does. At mealtime, it’s a place to dine on vegetables from chef Andrew Harmer’s rooftop garden. And after dark, it becomes a happening bar serving high-concept cocktails.

The Silo, Cape Town

The design of this new hotel ensures that every room has a dizzying view, but the roof top is especially enjoyable. The rooftop, which feels like it’s floating above Cape Town, has fantastic views of Table Mountain, Lions Head and the ocean. There’s a guests-only infinity pool (无边际游泳池) and a restaurant and a restroom with 360-degree views over the city.

Aria Hotel Budapest

The pride of this hotel is its High Note Sky Bar, with a year-round rooftop garden that offers wraparound (全景的) views over the city of Budapest. The bar managers chefs and bake chefs work together to ensure maximum enjoyment.

The Winery Hotel, Sweden

It’s the sixth floor of this hotel in Solna, where the rooftop life comes alive. Along with a restaurant that serves wine, cocktails and spaghetti, the hotel hosts DJ sessions that create the sensation of being in a much larger city.

1.What’s special about the rooftop at QT?

A.The rooftop is a chameleon.

B.The rooftop can function as different sites.

C.The roof top serves high-concept wine.

D.Guests can dine on meat from Andrew Harmer’s rooftop garden.

2.According to the text, in which hotel might you order baked bread?

A.OT Melbourne.

B.The Silo. Cape Town.

C.Aria Hotel Budapest.

D.The Winery Hotel, Sweden.

3.What do the four hotel roof tops have in common?

A.There’s a year-round roof top garden.

B.There is yoga-ing on all four root tops.

C.Guests can enjoy themselves at the hotel roof tops.

D.There’s a restroom for guests to appreciate the view.

假定你是李华，来自武汉光明中学。在新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情期间，你新西兰的笔友Andy通过组织募捐活动援助了你的城市，请你写封邮件表示感谢。内容包括：

1.表达感谢；

2.介绍情况；

3.你的期望。

注意词数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，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：新型冠状病毒肺炎COVID-19;疫情epidemic

Dear Andy，

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes to you.

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。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。

During the Spring Festival, my classmates and I visited the Nursing Home in our city. The elderly people here expressed their warm welcome for us arrival. We brought them some fruits and flower. Then we set out to cleaning the windows, sweep the floors, wash their clothes and so on. We all worked very hardly. After that, we sat down, chat with them happily. They told us many old interesting stories and we share some recent hot topics with them. Three hours had passed since we knew it. At end of our trip, they said we had made their day.

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。

Most Chinese people are familiar with shadow puppetry (皮影戏). Thinking about shadow puppetry, they are reminded of their experience of watching shadow play in some temple fairs 1. they were little. But now, one can enjoy a whole shadow show just by2.(put) on a Virtual Reality (VR) headset (耳机). “ We’ve been looking for a connection between traditional art and modern technology,” said the VR game3. (design) Zhang Qing.

Shadow puppetry is a Chinese folk art 4. (know) for its unique storytelling techniques，5. dates from 2,000 years ago. However, since films and TV series 6. (be) major entertainment options nowadays, shadow plays are in decline. To revive the ancient art via VR, Zhang visited puppeteers at Houma city in north China’s Shanxi Province where shadow puppetry once 7. (boom). A puppeteer Zhu Chao says that he only gets to perform five or six times a year and the art is far8.its peak. Zhu hopes the combination with technology VR can attract 9. (many) young people and pass down this ancient art as it is 10.(gradual) fading away.

    There are advantages and disadvantages to coming from a large family. The disadvantages are never so  _______ as when someone wants to go to _______ .For a large family with a single parent, they  _______.

My mother made just enough to pay the bills and _______the other children at home. If I desired to go to college, it was up to me to _______ ways. I found that I qualified for some grants (助学金）because of my _______ and my SAT scores. There was enough to _______ school fees, but not enough for room and _______. I accepted a tough job as part of a work-study program —_______ dishes in the school cafeteria. It was the ________ work I had ever done. And my________ went up and down.

Just when I thought my college career was coming to the  ________ ，an angel appeared. He  ________ asked me to cook meals for his grandparents and help them get up and go to bed on ________ but paid twice the money I’d made washing dishes. Now I would have time to study.

Grandma spent hours playing her old off-key piano. One day，she ________ to teach me the art because she thought my life needed some fun. Weekends in their house became more than just ________ and cooking; they were filled with ________sounds.

Sadly, during Christmas break Grandma died of a chest cold. Then Grandpa was put in a retirement home. Surprisingly, I ________ an envelope from Grandma. In it was enough money to pay for the rest of my school year and a request that I ________piano lessons.

Now, years later, when I walk by a piano, I ________and think of the scene where Grandma is playing the piano too, smiling at me.

1.A.tiresome B.apparent C.impressive D.delicate

2.A.work B.bed C.class D.college

3.A.double B.decline C.appear D.spread

4.A.educate B.help C.support D.satisfy

5.A.depend on B.pick up C.find out D.set aside

6.A.situation B.background C.statement D.story

7.A.escape B.cover C.face D.cancel

8.A.clothing B.food C.transport D.shelter

9.A.cooking B.serving C.preparing D.washing

10.A.worst B.shortest C.hardest D.latest

11.A.grades B.spirits C.pains D.gains

12.A.destination B.top C.middle D.end

13.A.simply B.deliberately C.honestly D.calmly

14.A.Sundays B.weekends C.weekdays D.holidays

15.A.preferred B.planned C.decided. D.offered

16.A.books B.dishes C.cares D.words

17.A.noisy B.various C.wonderful D.strange

18.A.accepted B.remembered C.received D.fetched

19.A.run B.take C.give D.review

20.A.cry B.whisper C.tremble D.smile

    We all want to go somewhere — somewhere that has been on our bucket list ages.1. We often picture the scenes like four cities in seven days, “must-see’s” in Tokyo，famous landmarks in Europe and so on. It’s as if the faster we’re checking things off our list, the more we are experiencing.

2. Traveler, the South Korean reality show, can perhaps give us some idea of what travel is like Traveler's travelers don't have a mission and there isn’t a competition for them to win.

Instead, it focuses on “depicting (描绘) the real experience of traveling by showing the processes of finding a place to stay or grabbing (拦下) a taxi”, according to The Korea Times. 3. It isn’t about getting or not getting somewhere as quickly as possible, but about simply being excited as you’re getting there or not getting there at all.

4. You may ignore the guidebook’s recommendation and ask local people where they prefer to eat and hang out. And you’ll be surprised by what a place has to offer when you’re not busy rushing around and checking things off your bucket list.

Travel is just like life. There is little fun in it if everything is predictable. 5. But as travel blog CheeseWeb puts it, as long as you keep an open mind, you’ll see that “everywhere is ‘somewhere”’.

A.It’s true that we all want to go “somewhere”.

B.But do you know what you are experiencing?

C.Why not stop rushing you off your feet and slow down?

D.This is actually the concept of what’s called “slow travel”.

E.So, we tend to squeeze as many sights into our trip as possible.

F.You may try to wander off the main road and take a back street instead.

G.However, concerning it’s probably not quantity that counts but quality.

    In a classic episode (片段）of The Simpsons, Homer's class reunion ends in shame when one of Homer’s guilty secrets is exposed: he never graduated from high school. To get his diploma, he must pass a science test. As he sits down to retake the exam, he holds one of his trademark dialogues with his brain. “All right，brain. You don’t like me and I don’t like you. But let’s just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer.”

Many a true word is spoken as a joke. Homer Simpson’s Everyman character really is an Everyman. For most people, engaging in the kind of effortful thinking that is required to pass a science test feels too much like hard work. It is so much easier to quit and let the brain’s autopilot take over.

And no wonder. Evolution has blessed the human brain with all kinds of mental shortcuts that make life manageable. If we had to think about every action or weigh up every decision, we would break down. As a result, certain ideas and modes of thinking come naturally to us, such as effortless thinking.

But at huge cost. Our mental shortcuts work fine at the level of individuals and small-scale societies, but in an increasingly interconnected and globalized world, they are a danger to society. Effortless thinking is at the root of many of the modern world’s most serious problems: terrorism，hatred, inequality and religious extremism. All are caused by people disengaging their critical thinking and going with their gut (非理性的）feeling.

Everybody is capable of gut feeling, but also of the critical thinking. Both thinking styles are needed to make the world go round. Unfortunately, the latter requires training that is unavailable or unappealing to many people.

One of the bright spots in 2017 was the start of a movement called the March For Science. Those who believe in the power of science need to keep on marching, or give more power to people who don’t much like their own brains — or other people’s.

1.What does the author want to convey through Homer's story?

A.Feeling is very important.

B.Drinking beer is harmful to one’s brain.

C.High school seniors should work hard.

D.Most people hate effortful thinking like Homer.

2.What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A.Our mental shortcuts function well.

B.Effortless thinking is expensive for people.

C.Effortless thinking is dangerous to society.

D.People prefer effortless thinking to critical thinking.

3.What does the author think of critical thinking?

A.It makes the world go round.

B.It needs necessary training.

C.It works fine at the level of personal affairs.

D.It leads to the March For Science in 2017.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.We Need to March Towards Science

B.Thinking Contributes to Social Problems

C.Effortless Thinking Is Out of Date

D.Critical Thinking Is Urgently Needed

    More than half of UK species have suffered declines in recent years and 15 percent are at risk of vanishing (消失), a report has warned. There is little evidence to suggest the rate of loss is slowing down.

Farming is key to what is happening,with more intensive agriculture affecting nearly half of the species studied and responsible for nearly a quarter of the total impact on wildlife. A loss of mixed farms, changes to sowing patterns,increased use of pesticides and fertilizers and a loss of habitat (栖息地）have taken their toll. The report said government farming policies had led to dramatic changes in farming practices,almost doubling wheat and milk yields since the 1970s, but often at the expense of nature by interrupting the food sources and habitats species rely on.

Climate change is also increasingly affecting UK nature although the impacts are mixed with some species spreading north or surviving better in warmer winters, but others are hit by the loss of coastal habitat, increased sea temperature and wilder weather. In the long term, global warming poses one of the greatest threats to nature around the world. Wildlife is also being hit by urban development, loss of town green areas, changes to the way land and forests are managed and over-abstraction (过度抽取)of water.

“The natural world needs our help as never before,” said naturalist and TV presenter David Attenborough. “We must work together, governments, conservationists, businesses and individuals to help it.”

The good news is that the creation of new wetland by conservation programs and the planting of new woodland, as well as wildlife-friendly farming programs, are providing habitats for struggling species. Reintroduction of species such as the pine marten (松貂)and large blue butterflies is also helping, but more needs to be done, the report said.

1.What does the underlined phrase “taken their toll” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Cost much money. B.Had bad effects.

C.Changed farming policies. D.Interrupted the food sources.

2.What is the main cause of UK species decrease?

A.The development of agriculture.

B.The over-use of water.

C.The change of climate.

D.The loss of habitats.

3.What does the author intend to tell us in the last sentence?

A.More large blue butterflies are needed in UK.

B.More should be done for the diversity of species.

C.The report sounds the alarm for the UK’s wildlife.

D.Enough measures have been taken to protect the natural world.

4.Where is this text most likely from?

A.A poster. B.A brochure.

C.A magazine. D.A notice.

    As an elementary school student in New York City, Robert Lee would stare in disbelief at his classmates throwing away half-eaten sandwiches after lunch. His Korean immigrant parents had taught him not to waste food.

While studying finance and accounting at New York University, Robert remembered this lesson all the time. When Robert and his friend Louisa Chen entered a college entrepreneurship (创业）contest，they proposed an idea for a food-rescue nonprofit group： Their program would deliver leftovers from the dining hall to homeless shelters seven days a week all by volunteers. Their idea won the competition. With the $ 1,000 prize, they founded Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) in July 2013. In just the first few weeks, Robert’s team delivered a donation of enough spaghetti and meatballs to feed 20 people at a New York City homeless shelter.

Robert, who had taken a job as an analyst at J. P. Morgan, devoted his spare time to creating a network of New York City restaurants, from small delis (熟食店）to large chains like Starbucks and Panera Bread, agreeing to donate food, and he enlisted volunteers to make food deliveries. After RLC received national press attention, homeless shelters and soup kitchens in Portland, Oregon, Washington, DC and other cities reached out to Robert for partnership advice. The organization now reaches 16 cities around the country.

Only a year into his finance job, Robert gave up his six-figure salary to focus on RLC. “I compared one hour of impact at J. P. Morgan to one hour at RLC，and the difference was just tremendous,” he says. “One shelter told us that our donations allowed them to provide entire dinners for more than 300 people, three nights a week，” Robert says. “Things like that make me gladly quit my job.”

1.How did Robert feel when his classmates threw away food?

A.Astonished. B.Embarrassed.

C.Disappointed. D.Interested.

2.What do we know about the RLC?

A.It won $ 1,000 prize.

B.It got supported by many restaurants.

C.It asked the homeless shelters for advice.

D.It has branches all over the world.

3.Why did Robert leave his job at J P Morgan?

A.One shelter spoke highly of him.

B.RLC offered him six-figure salary.

C.He could make a bigger difference in society.

D.The work at J. P. Morgan was not suitable for him.

4.Which of the following best describes Robert?

A.Confident. B.Modest.

C.Humorous. D.Selfless.

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假设你是李华，你的澳大利亚朋友Terry将参加当地中国文化展志愿者的应聘，发邮件向你询问有关面试的注意事项，请你回复邮件，内容包括：

1.到达时间；

2.中式着装；

3.面试礼仪。

注意： 1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

Dear Terry,

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours sincerely,

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。作文中共有10处错误，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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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：在错的词下面画一横线，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。

We live in the countryside. Most of which we see is the beauty of nature. One of the exceptions to the beauty is the litter some people throw out their windows as they are driving on the roads. One of the few drawbacks to living in the countryside is that public service, such as litter collection, are little available than they are closer to the city.

A helping habit that my family practise regularly are picking up litter in our surrounding area. We have become so accustomed to do this that my little brother will often say, “There’s some litter. Daddy, stop the car!” and we would often pull over and pick it up. It may seem strange, and we actually enjoy it. We pick up litter in parks, on sidewalks, practically anywhere. Once I even saw a complete stranger picking up litter close to where we live in. He smiled at me and said, “I saw you doing it, and it seemed like the good idea.”

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A kind of insect gets its name for the body shape, which resembles a long stick. Such an amazing 1. (appear) helps it successfully hide from predators(捕食者) in the branches of trees. These creatures 2. (call) stick insects. Often called walking sticks, they live on every continent except Antarctica. They can be smaller than an inch or longer than 3. 18-inch ruler.

There are some other ways stick insects use to defend 4. (they). Some can hit attackers with their spiny legs. Others spray something in no time 5. burns an attacker’s eyes. And some just taste bad. The Peruvian stick insect is one of them. This stick insect is 6. (easy) to see because it has red, yellow, and black markings than others. These bright colors are a warning to predators, who know it discharges something with an unpleasant smell when 7. (attack).

Stick insects are mostly nocturnal, which means they are active at night, when they spend their time eating leaves. Darkness makes it harder for most predators 8. (discover) them. However, darkness doesn’t protect stick insects 9. one super set of insect hunters, insect-eating bats. These bats use echolocation(回声定位) to find yummy bug dinners. And stick insects are 10. (absolute) on the menu as something these bats want to eat!

    I was busy that morning. I was already stressing about how I was going to ______ all my deadlines. I’m ______ to do things that I love, but my life is ______ with various writing deadlines. So when I ______ working part-time to our family business, things and schedule got ______ tight now.

When my son called to see if I could ______ my two-year-old grandson Nolan for a few hours, my first thought was, no way I could do that. My second thought was, no way I could not do that. Family comes ______, and I know that ______ with my sweet grandbaby will be worth it.

Nolan’s huge smile and sparkling eyes ______ my heart. We played with cars that had been his ______ when he was a little boy all the morning. Wearing Granddaddy’s hat, Nolan stood on a chair and helped me prepare ______, and then we had a picnic in the kitchen. I could tell he was getting ______, so I sat him on my lap. He put his head against my shoulder. There are no words to ______ the sweetness of that moment.

But I almost ______ all of that preciousness before that day ______ I thought that I didn’t have time. It made me realize something else. Sometimes in the business of my days一most of the time ______ things —it’s easy to forget to spend time with ______.

So this week, I’m ______ for the reminder to take time for what is precious to me. I don’t ever want to miss those ______ moments with my grandbaby any more. Even more, I don’t ever want to miss a minute when family is willing to ______ with me.

1.A.meet B.set C.push D.acquire

2.A.amazed B.admired C.blessed D.honored

3.A.strict B.occupied C.popular D.familiar

4.A.taught B.added C.wrote D.passed

5.A.extra B.sharply C.fairly D.barely

6.A.attend B.adopt C.choose D.support

7.A.last B.first C.best D.late

8.A.bargains B.problems C.quarrels D.moments

9.A.broke B.sank C.softened D.opened

10.A.granny’s B.brother’s C.mother’s D.daddy’s

11.A.breakfast B.dinner C.lunch D.supper

12.A.excited B.lonely C.hungry D.sleepy

13.A.describe B.experience C.develop D.instruct

14.A.wasted B.missed C.enjoyed D.appreciated

15.A.despite B.until C.when D.because

16.A.wasting B.playing C.reading D.writing

17.A.children B.books C.family D.work

18.A.cheerful B.successful C.grateful D.hopeful

19.A.priceless B.worthless C.careless D.aimless

20.A.hold out B.hang out C.work out D.figure out

    Everyone knows conferences are great for interpersonal relationships. Conferences are all about meeting people and making friends. Of course, some of those new contacts may become customers for your company too, but don’t try to sell to them at the conference unless you really have to. 1..

The most difficult part of communication is always breaking the ice: 2.. We call it golden time. Actually, it can be incredibly tough to walk into a room full of people, all of whom seem to know each other and are involved in deep conversations. How on earth do you join in?

3.. It’s polite to introduce yourself and ask if you can join the group, but there’s nothing wrong with standing and listening for a few minutes first.

The worst thing to do is to walk around looking busy. This is like holding up a sign saying “Please don’t talk to me”. A much better solution, though, is to move slowly around the room, make eye contact with people, smile and say “ hello”. 4..

Sometimes, we’re our own worst enemies. 5.. However, when someone tries to engage us in conversation, we can’t wait to get away. If someone has made the effort to come up to you, they deserve at least five minutes of your time, no matter how boring that person seems. And if you’re lucky, perhaps more people will join your conversation group.

A.We feel bad when no one wants to talk to us.

B.The best thing to do is to try to get involved in one of the conversations.

C.Just be yourself, and allow any business partnerships to appear naturally.

D.Half the people in the group conversations are nervously trying to get involved.

E.The most important thing to remember is that most people are in the same position as you.

F.Starting a conversation with a stranger and keeping it going for the important five minutes.

G.That way, even if you’re too nervous to start a conversation, other people will understand it.

    A black hole is created when a large star burns out. Like our sun, stars are unbelievably hot furnaces (熔炉) that burn their own matter as fuel. When most of the fuel is used up, the star begins to die.

The death of a star is not a quiet event. First, there is a huge explosion. As its outer layer is blasted off into space, the dying star shines as brightly as a billion suns.

After the explosion, gravity pulls in what’s left of the star. As the outside of the star sinks toward the center, the star gets smaller and smaller. The material the star is made of becomes tightly packed together. A star is so dense that a teaspoon of matter from it weighs billion of pounds.

The more the star shrinks, the stronger the gravity inside it becomes. Soon the star is very tiny, and the gravity pulling it in is unbelievably strong. In fact, the gravity is so strong that it even pulls light into the star! Since all the light is pulled in, none can flee. The star becomes black when there is no light. Then a black hole is born!

That’s what we know about black holes. What we don’t know is this: What happens inside a black hole after the star has been squeezed into a tiny ball? Does it keep getting smaller and smaller forever? Such a possibility is hard to imagine.

But if the black hole doesn’t keep shrinking, what happens to it? Some scientists think black holes are like doorways to another world. They say that as the star disappears from our universe, it goes into another universe. In other words, a black hole in our universe could turn into a “white hole” in a different universe. As the black hole swallows light, the white hole shines brightly — somewhere else. But where? A different place, perhaps, or a different time — many years in the past or future.

Could you travel through a black hole? Right now, no. Nothing we know of could go into a black hole without being crushed. So far the time being, black holes must remain a mystery.

Black holes are a mystery — but that hasn’t stopped scientists from dreaming about them. One scientist suggested that in the future we might make sure of the power of black holes. They would supply all of Earth’s energy needs, with plenty to spare. Another scientist wondered if a black hole could someday be used to swallow earthly waste — a sort of huge waste disposal in the sky!

1.What do we know about stars in the universe?

A.When a star begins to die, there’s no fuel left in it.

B.After the explosion, a star gets as small as a teaspoon.

C.A star explodes when it dies and then becomes smaller and smaller.

D.A star gets smaller and smaller because the outer layer of a star sinks toward the center.

2.Which of the following doesn’t help produce a black hole?

A.The dying star shines very brightly. B.The light can’t go out of the star.

C.The gravity inside the star is very strong. D.The star becomes very tiny and dense.

3.What can we know from the passage?

A.A star will blast and die when it lacks fuel to support its burning.

B.Man can never travel through a black hole but can make use of its power.

C.A black hole can swallow everything because it becomes smaller all the time.

D.Scientists have found that a black hole goes into another universe and becomes a white hole.

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A.A New Scientific Discovery: Black Holes B.How Do Black Holes Come into Being?

C.What Are Black Holes? D.Travel Through A Black Hole

    Apple lost its status as the world’s only trillion-dollar public company as shares slumped (下跌) following disappointing results.

The iPhone maker said that it would no longer tell how many iPhones, iPads and Macs it sells each quarter, claiming the figure was no longer relevant to investors. The announcement, combined with a forecast for the vital Christmas quarter, sent shares falling by more than 7 percent in after-hours trading, knocking over $70 billion off its value. If maintained, the drop means Apple’s value has fallen below the trillion-dollar mark for the first time since it reached the milestone in August.

Apple’s fall come despite it posting record profits and sales after it convinced consumers to buy more expensive versions of the iPhone in the three months to the end of September. During this period, it sold 46. 9 million iPhones, flat on the same period last year and below what analysts had expected. However, a huge increase in the price of each phone meant that iPhone revenues (收益) increased by 29 percent. On average, consumers now pay $793 for each iPhone, up from $618 a year ago.

Apple has successfully pushed its users into paying more for newer versions of its iPhone by adding new features and bigger screen sizes, even as sales growth has decreased. Revenues in the quarter increased by 20 percent to $62.9 billion, while profits were up 32 percent to $14.1 billion. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said sales had been disappointing in some emerging markets such as India, Turkey and Brazil.

Apple sold fewer Mac computers and iPads than a year ago, but said revenues from its software division had increased by 17 percent. Apple said it would continue to say how much revenue it makes from each of its product lines, which it claimed was a more relevant figure than unit sales.

1.What did the iPhone maker’s announcement cause?

A.It caused a stable market. B.It caused a drop in sales.

C.It caused weaker shares. D.It caused an increase in sales.

2.How were the sales of iPhones in the three months to the end of September last year?

A.They were better than this year. B.They were the same with this year.

C.They were not reported to the public. D.They were more terrible than this year.

3.Why did the revenues increase as the shares slumped?

A.The price was increased. B.People supported iPhones.

C.The sales were beyond expectation. D.The iPhone maker started a promotion.

4.What is the situation of the sales in some emerging markets?

A.It has a big market. B.The unit sales are good.

C.It is not very well received. D.It is uneven according to places.

    No one is happy about missing his/her bus. When Thomas Daniel missed his school bus last week, he met Officer Lynema. Lynema was with the Grand Rapids Police Department in Michigan early in the morning. He said that he saw the 9-year-old boy running after a school bus. Lynema asked Thomas if he wanted a ride to school, which the young boy gratefully accepted (after his mother nodded).

On the way to school, Thomas invited Lynema to his birthday party that evening. The boy also said that he was afraid that none of his classmates would show up for the party because he was often bullied in school.

When Lynema attended the party later in the day, he was heartbroken. He discovered that he and Thomas’s brothers and sisters were the only people who had shown up for the party — and the young boy didn’t even have a cake. The next day, Lynema called together other police officers and returned to Thomas’ house to throw him a second birthday party.

After Thomas got back from school, he was astounded to come home and find presents, a Krispy Kreme donut cake and a band waiting to surprise him. Thomas later said that it was the “best birthday ever”.

The police department posted photos of the boy and his new friends in the hope that it would encourage other people to take action against bullying. “No kid should get bullied, and no kid should worry if anyone will come to his/her birthday party,” wrote the police department Internet page. “Next year, Thomas Daniel, make sure you invite us a little earlier. We wouldn’t want to miss it!”

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph ?

A.Thomas and Lynema met by accident. B.Thomas knew Lynema would help him.

C.Thomas actually disliked going to school. D.Thomas’ mom was worried about his safety.

2.Why was Lynema sad when he attended the party?

A.No other policemen came to the party. B.Thomas’ family was very poor and small.

C.There were only a few people in the party. D.Thomas didn’t invite classmates to his party.

3.What does the underlined word “astounded” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A.frustrated B.awkward

C.astonished D.embarrassed

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.Lynema organized another birthday party for Thomas.

B.Thomas will probably have a good time on his birthday next year.

C.The police department called on people to fight against bullying through Internet.

D.Thomas invited Lynema to his birthday party because he was often bullied in school.

    How many times have you come back and felt terribly tired, feeling like your  head is going to explode? Sounds familiar, right? Well, there are several ways to reduce the frequency of headaches, and those are: eating balanced diet through the day, making sure your body is well hydrated (保持身体水分);getting some exercise to remove the negative energy, like helping yourself with a short massage (按摩）on your head. However, preparing an easy recipe will instantly put a smile on your face after your workday.

You will need these simple ingredients (配料)to prepare the magical drink which will stop your headache: Lemon juice; 2 teaspoons of salt (preferably high quality salt); 1 cup of water.

Directions:

Squeeze 2 lemons. Pour the lemon juice into a cup and add 2 teaspoons of salt. Mix the two ingredients. Add a cup of water to the content. Drink the mixture quikly.

How will this drink  work and what are the benefits of its ingredients?

Salt:Here  is what salt does for your body:

--regulates your blood sugar.

--balances the sugar   levels;

--benefits nerve cells for communication and information processing;

—obtains acidity from your body’s cells, especially brain cells;

—works as a strong anti-stress element for the body;

—adds energy in your body's cells.

Lemon Juice: This excellent juice, full of vitamin C and anti-poisons, will release all poisonous substances from your body and give you a sense of lightness. Here’s how the lemon will help you ease your headache and maintain well-being to your whole body:

—balances the pH levels in your body;

—protects your immune system;

—nourishes your brain and nerve cells;

— reduces inflammation (炎症)in your whole body (the headache is a type of inflammation, so the lemon juice fights against it).

Water：

Water is important for hydrating your whole body, including your head. Many of your daily headaches may be caused by dehydratation (脱水)，so keep in mind that you should drink plenty of water throughout the day.

1.How many ways arc mentioned in the text to help relieve headaches?

A. Two. B. Three.

C. Four. D. Five.

2.What do lemon juice and salt have in common in fighting against headaches?

A. Both can benefit our nerve cells a lot.

B. Both can keep our sugar levels balanced.

C. Both have no effect on our immune system.

D. Both balance the pH levels in our body.

3.The author’s main purpose in writing the text is   .

A. to explain to us different reasons for headache problems

B. to give readers advice on how to avoid headache problems

C. to warn readers of the bad influence of headache problems

D. to offer an anti-headache recipe and the benefits of its ingredients

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Missus Sommers one day found herself the unexpected owner of fifteen dollars. It seemed to her a very large amount of money. For a day or two she walked around in a dreamy state as she thought about her choices. Her daughter Janie was wearing worn shoes and needed new ones. She would buy cloth for new shirts for the boys. Her daughter Mag should have another dress. And still there would be enough left for new stockings for her children. The idea about how to spend the dollars made her restless with excitement.

On the day she planned to go shopping with the money, she ate a light meal- no! Between getting the children fed and the house cleaned, and preparing herself to go shopping, she forgot to eat at all!

When she arrived at the large department store, she spotted a pile of silk stockings at the entrance. A sign nearby announced that they had been reduced in price a young girl behind the counter asked her if she wished to examine the silky leg coverings. She smiled as if she had been asked to inspect diamond jewelry, and started to feel the soft, expensive items. Missus Sommers picked up a black pair and looked at them closely. Two red marks suddenly showed on her pale face. She looked up at the shop girl and said proudly, “Well, I will buy this pair.”

Missus Sommers changed her cotton stockings for the new silk ones in the ladies’ rest area. She had let herself be controlled by some machine-like force that directed her actions and freed her of responsibility. How good was the touch of the silk on her skin! Then she put her shoes back on and put her old stockings into her bag. Next, she went to the shoe department, where she tried on a pair of new boots. Her foot and ankle looked lovely. She could not believe that they were a part of herself.

注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1：

After buying a pair of new boots, she walked into the clothing department.

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Paragraph 2：

She was about to leave the store when a kid running around reminded her of something.

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假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Alex即将来你校参加国际中学生汉语夏令营，请写一封电子邮件告知其相关信息，内容包括：

1.表示欢迎；

2.介绍活动内容；

3.你的期待。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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Ashrita Furman is holding the record - for records! Furman has always been 1. (interest) in Guinness World Records. When he was still 2. teenager he, would preferably spend a lot of time reading the Guinness book, and today, he holds the most amazing record 3. all: The record for having the most current Guinness World Records at the same time. He 4. (succeed) in setting 245 records since the year 1979. 5. other people have broken over half of his records, today he still holds up to 94 records.

Most of the records Furman has set include lots of physical activity. For example, Furman has walked 103 kilometers while 6. (balance) a milk bottle on his head. 7.  took him 23 hours and 35 minutes. He has also pushed a car just over 27 kilometers within 24 hours. A few years 8. , Furman set three new records in less 9. an hour on the same day.

Furman will never finish. His life is all about breaking records, and by the time you read this, he’s 10. (probable) already broken a few more.

    When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight A student, I believed I could ___tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he____in class.

When I took the first exam of my best subject English, I was____to find a 77, C plus, on my test paper. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained____. I decided to try harder, and I read the books more carefully, but got another 77 again. I____with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his___ .

One more test before the final exam. One more chance to improve my grade. So I redoubled my effort and, for the first time____the meaning of the word “thorough”. But my effort did no good and everything __ as before.

The last hurdle(障碍) was the final. No matter what __ I got, it wouldn’t cancel three C pluses. I might as well kiss the___ goodbye.

I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even __ myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have __ with a test. A Week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne’s office. He __ to be expecting me, “ If I gave you the As you ___, you wouldn’t continue to work hard.”

I stared at him __ that his analysis and strategy(策略)were correct.

I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A plus. The next year I received my scholarship. I always remembered professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

1.A.take B.discuss C.cover D.get

2.A.sought B.presented C.exchanged D.obtained

3.A.shocked B.worried C.scared D.anxious

4.A.unchanged B.unpleasant C.unfriendly D.unmoved

5.A.quarreled B.reasoned C.bargained D.chatted

6.A.attitude B.mind C.plan D.view

7.A.memorized B.considered C.accepted D.learned

8.A.stayed B.went C.worked D.changed

9.A.grade B.answer C.lesson D.comment

10.A.scholarship B.course C.degree D.subject

11.A.helped B.favored C.treated D.relaxed

12.A.fun B.luck C.problems D.tricks

13.A.happened B.proved C.pretended D.seemed

14.A.valued B.imagined C.expected D.welcomed

15.A.remembering B.guessing C.supposing D.realizing

    Anyone who has children has likely heard "I'm bored!" too many times. When you're on a budget, it can be tough to think of ways to entertain the family that don't cost a lot of money. 1.

Head to the library, and not just check out books. Look at the library's community events calendar. Most libraries have everything from story times for children to game nights for teens. 2.

Camp in a national forest or build a sandcastle. A lot of the sites are free to use, though they do lack facilities. 3. If there's no beach nearby, do the same in the sandbox at a playground.

4. Most cities have at least one local community center.There, you can pick up a park and recreation schedule, with information on free events taking place throughout the year, such as hikes,holiday parties, art festivals, outdoor movies and concerts in the park.

Tour the fire station. Most fire fighters will give you and your kids a free tour,as long as you call and schedule ahead of time. 5. For safety reasons, fire stations do not generally accommodate children under the age of four.

Check out a state park. Stop by the ranger station and ask about free programmes for kids, such as nature walks and hands-on science classes. Some parks have junior ranger badges(徽章)children can earn by completing conservation related activities.

A.Visit the local community center.

B.Go to the beach and build a sandcastle.

C.The time when children visit is very important.

D.Spend more time finding much free information.

E.Kids can learn about fire safety and tour the facilities.

F.Many libraries also have enrichment classes offered free of charge.

G.Fortunately, there are many options available to you if you know where to look.

    Recently, a scientist did some experiments. He left a group of 4-year-olds in a room with a bell and a candy. If they rang the bell, he would come back and they could eat the candy. If, however, they didn’t ring the bell and waited for him to come back on his own, they could then have two candies.

In the videos of the experiments, he can see the children hiding their eyes, trying to exercise self-control so they can wait and get two candies. The results are different. Some broke down and rang the bell within a minute. Others lasted 15 minutes.

The children who waited longer went on to get higher academic scores. They got into better colleges and had better adult success. The children who rang the bell quickest were more likely to have received worse teacher and parental evaluations (评价) 10 years later and were more likely to have drug problems at age 32.

The experiments are worth noting because people spend a lot of time thinking about how to improve education, and how to become rich. But when the result is not good, they will come back to ask “How do we get people to get the sort of self-control that leads to success?” This is to enter the world of human nature.

So these experiments, along with everyday experience, tell us that self-control is most important. Young people who can sit through sometimes boring classes to get a degree can work hard in order to learn a language well. They can avoid drugs and alcohol. For people without self-control skills, however, school is a series of failed and painful experience. No wonder they drop out and their later life is a group of foolish ideas, such as drug use, stealing and so on.

1.The scientist did some experiments to ________.

A. find good ways of training children to learn

B. show that children’s education is important

C. test children’s self-control and later success

D. test children’s intelligence of ringing the bell

2.What do the underlined words “broke down” probably mean?

A. failed to wait. B. kept waiting.

C. hid the candy. D. ate the candy.

3.How long did the scientist’s experiments last according to the text?

A. Just 15 minutes. B. Within 10 years.

C. Less than 14 years. D. About 28 years.

4.What will the children without self-control do at school according to the text?

A. They will improve their education.

B. They will suffer a lot from boring lessons.

C. They will become very rich and successful.

D. They will work hard to catch up with others.

    Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated (躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.

In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely — a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “creative voice”.

“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”

Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book talks about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school to graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book and a short-story collection.

1.What can we know about Cisneros in her childhood?

A.Her brothers disliked her.

B.She felt herself a nobody.

C.She was too shy to go to school.

D.She did not meet any good teachers.

2.The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to ________.

A.run away from her family B.develop her writing style

C.make a lot of friends D.search for a husband

3.According to Cisneros, what was the key factor in her success?

A.Her childhood experience.

B.Her training in the Workshop.

C.Her feeling of being different.

D.Her early years in college.

4.What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?

A.It enjoys great popularity among students.

B.It is a book of poetry written by Cisneros.

C.It wasn’t a success as it was written in Spanish.

D.It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.