In December 1996, when my son Zac was six months old, I noticed something wasn’t right. He would play with toys on his ____ side and it was as if his right side wasn’t there. When I took him to see the baby nurse a few weeks later, she ____ I see a paediatrician(儿科专家)as soon as possible.

For the next six months, Zac and I paid countless ____ to the paediatrician. Zac screamed and I tried ____ to calm him down. Then at 12 months, Zac had a CT scan(扫描) to see ____ was going on. The scan ____ showed that my beautiful boy had cerebral palsy(脑瘫). I was shocked. This wasn’t what I had ____ for my baby. I’d planned football in the park and fun holidays. All this seemed so far away from what we were now _____ with.

But ____, Zac began to set his own pace. When he was 11months old, he began to crawl by pushing himself along with his right leg ____ behind. He walked at 20 months. Although his body was unbalanced, it never ____ him from doing anything. ____ was made and we became more and more confident. Through all of it, Zac continued to smile, laugh and ____ complain.

During the process, I controlled my ____ of him getting hurt playing sport and let him ___ his passions(激情). He especially excelled in long jump and he has even ____ his state six times in the national competition. Then in 2011, he became the Australian long jump ____ holder in the under-13 group. If I had been too afraid to let him play sport, he would never have had the ____ to travel, compete and meet amazing people from all over the world.

Earlier this year, he began to study a Bachelor’s degree at Flinders University. He ____ our family and I enjoy the unique journey we shared together. I am so ____ he chose me to be his mum. He is my most incredible gift.

1.A.left B.up C.down D.forward

2.A.said B.suggested C.told D.mentioned

3.A.attention B.visits C.money D.efforts

4.A.hardly B.helplessly C.hard D.fiercely

5.A.how B.where C.why D.what

6.A.process B.methods C.results D.ways

7.A.planned B.hoped C.imagined D.chosen

8.A.dealt B.solved C.focused D.faced

9.A.gradually B.suddenly C.totally D.immediately

10.A.pushing B.dragging C.hanging D.swinging

11.A.supported B.preserved C.stopped D.protected

12.A.Progress B.Celebration C.Program D.Challenge

13.A.always B.sometimes C.occasionally D.seldom

14.A.thought B.fear C.devotion D.permission

15.A.spread B.observe C.follow D.deliver

16.A.represented B.showed C.belonged D.earned

17.A.competition B.record C.game D.athlete

18.A.change B.present C.thought D.chance

19.A.teaches B.contributes C.inspires D.reminds

20.A.peaceful B.skillful C.meaningful D.grateful

    While the internet is a great place for learning, socialising and having fun, it can also come with some danger. It’s understandable that you may want to stop your children from ever going online in order to protect them. 1.. Here are five tips to help you talk to your kids about online safety.

1. Be honest about the dangers

As soon as your kids are old enough to get online, have an age-appropriate chat with them about what they could meet with. Be honest about the issue of scammers(骗子)and advise them to come to you if they come across such incidents. Let them know that the anonymity(匿名)of the internet allows people to pretend to be someone they’re not so.2..

2. Encourage them to speak up

Flag certain behaviours or incidents that they should immediately alert you to. These include someone they don’t know trying to communicate with them online, coming across inappropriate sites, and someone threatening them online.

3.Let them know that they won’t be punished

Your kids may be scared to tell you if they’ve encountered trouble online for fear that you may stop the usage of their phone or computer .3.. Your role is to help them and keep them safe.

4.4..

Make it absolutely clear that there are a few things that are completely out of bounds(界限). These include meeting up with anyone they got to know online whom they don’t know in real life, giving away any personal information such as their address or phone number, or your credit card details, and posting personal photos or videos that they wouldn’t be comfortable sharing with the world.

5. Spend time with your kids online

Sit with them when they’re using the computer or phone.5..If you encounter a site or post that is inappropriate, explain clearly why you think so.

A.Find out what sites they’re using or games they’re playing.

B.Set rules for what they shouldn’t do.

C.However, it’s far better to equip them with the right skills so they will be able to deal with dangerous situations.

D.Make it clear that you won’t punish them for being honest.

E.Completely stopping them using Internet is the best way.

F.Just as they wouldn’t trust strangers in real life, they need to be extra careful online.

G.Internet is a place filled with danger

    Traveling with kids is 90 percent reminding yourself to live in the moment and 10 percent making up your mind to never again leave your house.

I have an uncanny ability to forget this as soon as we return home from a trip and I've finished washing piles of dirty clothes in our luggage and cleaning all the messy caused by the kids. Extremely tired and annoyed, I would actually begin to miss the place we just left!

Family travel is like childbirth, I suppose. Painful, loud, messy, sort of awful, actually, but also wonderful. And you remember only the wonderful—until you’re back on a plane and your kids are fighting over who gets the aisle seat. Then you remember the bad stuff.

Last weekend, my kids and I flew to Texas for a trip we would have nothing to complain(抱怨) about—big hotel, wonderful view.

And yet—we found things to complain about. The pool was bigger in that other hotel! Why do you get to shower first? They call this coffee?! Luckily, I’ve learned to put my metaphorical coat of armor (盔甲) on as soon as we land somewhere, and it forces complaints to bounce off me and land in a pile at my feet.

For three days, genuine fun was had and annoying complaints were heard and ignored. Until it was time to catch a plane and fly home.

Unfortunately, our flight was canceled. We spent hours finding a hotel room. We hit the hotel pool before bed and swam well into the night, my kids making up songs and laughing so hard at their silly lyrics (歌词) and their crazy good fortune to be swimming at 10: 30 on a school night.

And that was when it hit me that family travel is all those things I said before but it’s also a lot more. It’s taking your kids to parts of the world that will open their eyes and finding that actually, yours need opening too. It’s remembering that joy and memories are where you make them, not where you find them.

1.The underlined word “uncanny” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to      .

A.unknown. B.uncertain.

C.unexpected. D.unusual.

2.According to the passage, family travel is like childbirth in that      .

A.they both cause financial trouble and pain.

B.they are both hard as well as rewarding.

C.childhood memories come flooding back when they travel.

D.both of them need many preparations.

3.By saying “I’ve learned to put my metaphorical coat of armor on” in Paragraph 5, the author means that_     .

A.she tries to deal with the complaints more wisely and properly.

B.she turns those annoying complaints into a means to educate kids.

C.she has improved her language skills when handling the complaints.

D.she has succeeded in escaping kids’ fighting thanks to the armor.

4.From the author’s experience in the passage, we can NOT learn that      .

A.family vacation benefits her kids as well as her.

B.joy and memories should be created rather than discovered.

C.the most unforgettable memory for her is about the complaints.

D.she has to spend some time on housework after the family vacation.

    Telling a yellow taxi and a binoculars (双筒望远镜)apart is so easy that most people could do it without a second thought. However, it is not so for an artificial intelligence: if you turn the taxi upside down, it sees Binoculars.

This is just one of dozens of examples that show AI is a lot worse at identifying(识别) objects by sight than many people realize. The examples, collected by Anh Nguyen at Auburn University in Alabama, raise concerns about the real-world ability of AI image recognition systems.

Nguyen and his colleagues took images of common objects from the Internet and rotated (旋转) and changed the position of the objects in the pictures. They found this was enough to confuse several AI systems, including Google’s. In one case, a school bus that was correctly identified in the original image was misidentified as a lunch box when upside down in the road. It shows these systems aren’t as intelligent as many people think they are.

Nguyen worries what could happen in real-world situations. For example, it makes sense for a driverless car with AI system to avoid an object it can’t recognize. But if the car stop unexpectedly because it thinks a Coke can is a fire fighting truck, this could be as dangerous as thinking a fire fighting truck is a Coke can. This is one reason why driverless cars will need several sensors (传感器) to provide more information, says Nguyen.

His team has been discovering these problems for the past few years, but nobody knows how to fix them. The biggest problem to progress is that when an AI looks at an image, it can’t extract (提炼) rules that would help it identify a similar one next time – such as the rule that horses have four legs. “To reach a human level of reasoning, we need a way to extract rules from images,” says Nguyen.

1.In paragraph 1, the example of a taxi is used to      .

A.raise people’s concerns about the safety of AI system.

B.prove that human beings are much smarter than AI systems.

C.introduce the topic concerning AI’s image recognition ability.

D.show a taxi can have different forms when seen from different views.

2.We can learn from the last paragraph that      .

A.AI can’t tell a horse and a car apart because they both have four legs.

B.AI can’t reason like human, which is the biggest challenge.

C.AI doesn’t have the ability to tell things apart that look similar.

D.AI can’t identify images from earlier experiences.

3.What is the best title for this passage?

A.Problems remain to be solved.

B.AI is no cleverer than human beings.

C.AI can’t see things from another view.

D.Driverless cars need to be improved.

    If you land in India anytime in late February or March, it’s wise to check the dates of the annual Holi festival and bring a spare set of clothes. That’s because for a few days in spring, people crowd the streets and pelt (投掷) anyone walking by with brightly-colored powder to celebrate the arrival of spring and the end of evil. It’s hard to avoid the fun and the paint, unless you stay inside or look angry enough to discourage the custom.

“Watch out, madam!” said my taxi driver in Amritsar as we drove through a crowd of young people pelting each other with powder. “The colors never come out of your clothes,” he said. “And you might be having purple hair for many days.”

I did a quick check. I was wearing black, a color rarely seen in India. It is usually connected with the lowest social classes, and can be viewed as unlucky. I was happy for my clothes to be painted in colors.

“I have some powder I bought for my children. You can have some gladly, to join in our customs.” he encouraged. Holding what the driver handed me as my weapon of choice, I walked into the Holi smoke. At first people politely avoided foreigners. But then a girl in a sari(一种印度服饰) ran up smiling and put paint on my face. I returned the favor with a handful of pink.

With its brilliant clothes, exotic flowers, trucks covered with lights and brightly painted pictures of gods, India is truly one of the most colorful places on the planet!

1.Which of the following sentences about the Holi festival is correct?

A.It falls on the same day each year and is celebrated for a few days.

B.It is a playful cultural event to throw colors at friends or strangers.

C.It has many purposes, celebrating the end of spring in particular.

D.It is fun for local people but a little unacceptable for foreigners.

2.I was happy for my black clothes to be painted in colors because      .

A.the festival influenced my taste in fashion.

B.the taxi driver suggested wearing something colorful.

C.black was the color not liked by people in India.

D.a girl invited me to join in their customs.

3.We can learn from the passage that      .

A.the color black provides people with a sense of mystery and tradition.

B.foreigners can’t be too careful in the street in India during the Holi festival.

C.a sari, worn especially by Indian women, is a must for the Holi celebration.

D.anyone can be attacked during Holi festival.

假如你是李华。最近你刚结束在英国为期一个月的交换学习。学习期间，你和房东Mr. Wilson结下了深厚的友谊。请根据下面的写作提纲，给Mr. Wilson发一封电子邮件。

内容包括：1. 表示感谢  2. 回顾他对你的照顾和帮助  3. 邀请他来中国游览

注意：1.词数100左右；可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mr. Wilson，

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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。

This morning, when I looked out the window, I excitedly found it was snowing heavy. Attracted by the beautiful sight, so I decided to go out to take some photos. As I walked on the path in front of our building, I saw a boy suddenly slipping on the snow-covered ground. It was at that moment when I realized what I should do. Immediately, I run back home to get a broom(扫帚) and started to sweep the path. I worked so hard that he sweated a lot. An hour later, a thick snow was cleared away. Looked at the clean path, my neighbor all smiled and gave me the thumbs up.

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。

One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about1. (be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop,2. some of them looked very anxious and3. (disappoint).When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next4. the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike5. (catch) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused6. (stop) until we reached the next stop. Still ,the boy kept7. (ride).He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up to the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked,“8. anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?”A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh dear! It’s9. (I).” She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully. Everyone on the bus began talking about what the boy had done, and the crowd of strangers10. (sudden) became friendly to one another.

    Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. Turning our weaknesses into strengths makes us ________ . A 12-year-old boy, Kim overcame his weakness by unknowingly making it his______ .

Poor Kim _____ his left arm in a terrible accident and was _____. To cheer him up, his father made him join a Judo（柔道）club. As the boy always wanted to learn Judo, his father thought this would make him _____ .

Everyone wondered how a single-armed boy could learn Judo._____ , the master happily accepted him. Kim practiced nothing but a single stroke（击）.He trained for all 8 months in mastering a single stroke. The boy was ____ and sometimes annoyed as his master taught him only one stroke.

Yet, he said nothing. The boy mastered the stroke and grew in confidence as ____ could do that particular stroke better. The boy was _____ by the master to compete in a Judo championship tournament

Everyone _____ Kim and his master. Even the boy was not sure about why his master had chosen him.

To everyone's surprise, Kim easily ____ six competitors with his single stroke. He struggled a bit in the semi-finals but managed to win the match. Then the final match began. The opponent（对手）was very strong and the referee（裁判） ____ with Kim's master about stopping the match as he feared the opponent could ____ Kim. However, his master __ and told Kim to continue the match. With a huge effort, Kim ____ the match.

Kim thought it was __ and asked his master how he had become champion. His master told him “My dear boy, you learned the most ____ stroke in Judo that very few can master to perfection. If your opponent wants to beat you and ____ you from using the stroke, they should hold your left arm. This was the_____ behind your victory!'*

If the boy turned his weakness, the loss of his left arm, into such a great _____ . why can't we?

1.A.brave B.reliable C.powerful D.flexible

2.A.chance B.strength C.interest D.choice

3.A.bent B.raised C.broke D.lost

4.A.heartbroken B.impatient C.embarrassed D.angry

5.A.popular B.normal C.happy D.special

6.A.However B.Besides C.Therefore D.Otherwise

7.A.excited B.nervous C.ambitious D.surprised

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

9.A.taught B.picked C.forced D.paid

10.A.feared B.admired C.knew D.doubted

11.A.shook B.hurt C.beat D.hit

12.A.discussed B.competed C.agreed D.quarreled

13.A.frighten B.blame C.harm D.move

14.A.struggled B.refused C.begged D.regretted

15.A.ignored B.organized C.watched D.won

16.A.unbelievable B.strange C.unacceptable D.satisfying

17.A.suitable B.standard C.terrible D.difficult

18.A.prevent B.protect C.save D.excuse

19.A.effort B.reality C.secret D.meaning

20.A.fun B.success C.challenge D.dream

    Eyesight plays a very important role in our daily life. Every waking moment, the eyes are working to see the world around us. Over forty percent of Americans worry about losing eyesight, but it's easy to include steps into our daily life to ensure healthy eyes. 1.:

● Schedule yearly exams. Eye care should begin early in life. Experts advise parents to bring babies 6 to 12 months of age to the doctor for a careful check. The good news is that millions of children now can have yearly eye exams and following treatment, including eyeglasses.

● Protect against UV rays (紫外线). Long-term stay in the sun creates risk to your eyes. No matter what the season is, it's extremely important to wear sunglasses. 2..

● Give your eyes a break. Two-thirds of Americans spend up to seven hours a day using computers or other digital products. 3.. Experts recommend that people practice the 20/20/20 rule: every 20 minutes, take a 20-second break and look at something 20 feet away.

●4.. As part of a healthy diet, eat more fruits and vegetables each day. Vitamins (维生素) C and E help protect eyesight and promote eye health.

● Practice safe wear and care of contact lenses (隐形眼镜). Many Americans use contact lenses to improve their eyesight. While some follow the medical guidance for wearing contact lenses, many are breaking the rules and putting their eyesight at risk. 5.. Otherwise, you may have problems such as red eyes, pain in the eyes, or a more serious condition.

A.Eat your greens.

B.Here are five suggestions for a lifetime of healthy eyesight.

C.They can properly protect your eyes.

D.Stay in good shape by taking more vitamins.

E.Parents usually don’t care about their own eyesight.

F.Always follow the doctor’s advice for appropriate wear.

G.This frequent eye activity increases the risk for eye tiredness.

    Alongside air and water, food is a necessity (必需) for human beings to survive and thrive (蓬勃发展). But it’s a lot more than that. As Mariette DiChristina of Scientific American wrote: “The most intimate (亲密的) relationship we will ever have is not with any fellow human being. Instead, it is between our bodies and our food.”

Nowadays, for most people in the world’s wealthiest countries, food is a hobby, an enthusiasm, and even something fashionable.

Turn on the TV in the US, UK or France, and you’ll find at least one channel feeding this popular obsession (迷恋).

And most of us know at least one person who thinks of themselves as a “foodie”. It’s almost impossible nowadays to check our social media apps without at least two or three photos of delicious meals appearing on our screen － however annoying we may find it.

But behind the fancy recipes and social media bragging (夸耀), many of us forget how much we take food for granted.

This is why World Food Day is held each year by the United Nations on Oct 16. The day allows the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization to highlight (强调) both the progress that has been made against hunger, and the awful amount of progress that still needs to be made.

Take Kenya for example. This East African nation has been suffering terrible droughts, some of the worst in recent years. The result is that people are beginning to starve. Children in particular are suffering, with some of them even dying.

This may seem shocking to know, especially as many cultures outside of Africa think of food in a completely different way. But even in developed nations in the West, families on low incomes (收入) are forced to use food banks － organizations that hand out donated (捐赠) food to those who can’t afford to pay for it themselves.

So what can we do on World Food Day? One good way to spend it would be to feel humble and appreciate what we have. After all, food is essential for our survival, but not everyone is as lucky as we are when it comes to dinner time.

1.The author borrowed Mariette DiChristina’s words to ______.

A.discuss the latest trend in the food industry

B.point out the food shortage problem in the world

C.emphasize the connection between food and humanity

D.show the importance of food for human survival

2.According to the article, food shows on TV in the US, UK and France ______.

A.have turned many people into foodies

B.are very popular among viewers

C.will soon be replaced by social media apps

D.often mislead people’s opinion of food issues

3.World Food Day is celebrated to ______.

A.raise awareness of the issues behind hunger

B.share fancy recipes and promote food cultures

C.call on people to donate food to those in need

D.inform people of the food crisis in Africa

4.The author suggests in the last paragraph that people should ______.

A.give more food to charity B.share food with their neighbors

C.feel grateful for the food they eat D.skip meals sometimes to save food

    Grandparents Answer a Call

As a third－generation native of Brownsville, Texas, Mildred Garza never planned to move away.Even when her daughter and son asked her to move to San Antonio to help with their children, she politely refused.Only after a year of friendly discussion did Ms.Garza finally say yes.That was four years ago.Today all three generations regard the move as a success, giving them a closer relationship than they would have had in separate cities.

No statistics show the number of grandparents like Garza who are moving closer to adult children and grandchildren. Yet there is evidence suggesting that the trend is growing.Even President Obama’s mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, has agreed to leave Chicago and move into the White House to help care for her granddaughters. According to a study by grandparents.com, 83 percent of the people said Mrs.Robinson's decision will influence grandparents in the American family.Two－thirds believe more families will follow the example of Obama’s family.

“In the 1960s we were all a little wild and couldn't get away from home far enough or fast enough to prove we could do it on our own,”says Christine Crosby, publisher of Grand, a magazine for grandparents. “We now realize how important family is and how important it is to be near them, especially when you’re raising children.”

Moving is not for everyone. Almost every grandparent wants to be with his or her grandchildren and is willing to make sacrifices, but sometimes it is wiser to say no and visit frequently instead.Having your grandchildren far away is hard, especially knowing your adult child is struggling, but giving up the life you know may be harder.

1.Why was Garza’s move a success?

A.It strengthened her family ties.

B.It improved her living conditions.

C.It enabled her to make more friends.

D.It helped her know more new places.

2.What was the reaction of the public to Mrs.Robinson’s decision?

A.17% expressed their support for it.

B.Few people responded sympathetically.

C.83% believed it had a bad influence.

D.The majority thought it was a trend.

3.What did Crosby say about people in the 1960s?

A.They were unsure of themselves.

B.They were eager to raise more children.

C.They wanted to live away from their parents.

D.They had little respect for their grandparents.

4.What does the author suggest the grandparents do in the last paragraph?

A.Make decisions in the best interests of their own.

B.Ask their children to pay more visits to them.

C.Sacrifice for their struggling children.

D.Get to know themselves better.

    As a first responder, you never know what type of situation you might walk into, or who you’ll meet along the way. That’s definitely been the case for Jeffrey Lanenberg, a 51-year-old paramedic(急救医务人员) since 1984.

Ten years into the job, Lanenberg received a call that reported that a man in his early 30s had fallen down in the Mall of America. When Lanenberg and his partner arrived at the scene, they found the young male face down on the ground. He had gone unconscious, making weak attempts to breathe. His wife stood beside him holding their small son in horror. They quickly rushed to defibrillate(除颤) and calm the man to keep him under control. After Lanenberg dropped the patient off at the neighboring hospital, he thought about the man and his family for a long time.

Lanenberg thought he had experienced everything under the sun until one random visit to Office Max three years ago, where he met a man repeatedly walk back and forth while staring at him. As it turned out, the man was the patient he had saved 20 years earlier.

＂You gave me 20 years more than I ever thought I’d have,＂ the man said. He thanked Lanenberg repeatedly and told him he had someone he wanted him to meet. He stepped around the corner and reappeared with a 20-something-year-old man. Lanenberg instantly knew that it was the son he had seen standing by his mother all those years ago.

＂That day changed my life,＂ Lanenberg said. ＂Before that, everything was about work…When I talk to my beginner-training class, I tell them you never know the impact you can have on someone’s life.＂

1.What did Lanenberg do with the young man?

A.He gave the man the first aid. B.He cured the man at the scene.

C.He only sent the man to hospital. D.He took care of the man’s wife and son.

2.What did Lanenberg think of the encounter with the man?

A.It was unbelievable. B.It was a common routine.

C.It was a matter of course. D.It was a dangerous situation.

3.Why was the man thankful to Lanenberg?

A.Lanenberg helped bring up his little son.

B.Lanenberg donated to support his family.

C.Lanenberg gave him the present happy life.

D.Lanenberg taught his son to be a new doctor.

4.How did the meeting change Lanenberg’s life?

A.He changed his attitude to his job.

B.He was rewarded with much money.

C.He got a promotion to be a team leader.

D.He took up teaching work to train newcomers.

    The management and staff are happy to welcome you and will do all they can to make your stay an enjoyable one. We hope you will find the following suggestions and information of use to you.

MEAL TIMES

Our overnight charge includes a continental-type breakfast.

Breakfast: 7:30-9:30 a. m.                  Lunch: 12:00-2:00 p. m.

Afternoon tea: 4:00-5:30 p. m.                 Dinner: 7:00-9:15 p. m.

Meals can be served in rooms at a small extra charge. We regret that owing to staff arrangements, meals cannot be served outside these times. In exceptional circumstances please consult one of our receptionists in advance.

Light refreshments, including tea, coffee, biscuits and sandwiches, can be served in rooms between 10:00 a. m. and 11:00 p. m. except during the meal times listed above. Cold drinks are available in the room refrigerator.

ROOM CLEANING

Please hang the appropriate sign on your door handle if you do not wish to be disturbed. It will be easier for the maids if you can leave the room temporarily at any time between 9:30 a. m. and 4:00 p.m.

VALUABLES

We are not responsible for the loss of money, jewellery, or other valuables unless they are kept in the safe and signed for by the manager.

DEPARTURES

Please inform receptionists of your intended leaving before 9:30 a. m. of the day concerned and leave the room by noon to allow for its preparation for incoming guests. If circumstances require, luggage can be left temporarily in the charge of the Hall Porter.

A SPECIAL REQUEST

We would respectfully suggest that in consideration of the comfort of other guests, the volume of radios and televisions should be turned down after 11:00 p. m.

1.Meals can be served _______.

A.outside the room at 3:00 p. m.

B.in the dining-room at 6:00 p. m.

C.in the dining-room from 6:30 a. m. to 9:15 p. m.

D.in rooms at 9:00 p. m.

2.If you do not wish to be disturbed, you should_______.

A.close the door all the time B.turn off all the light

C.hang a sign on the door handle D.inform receptionist not to telephone you

3.Where is this notice most likely to be found?

A.At restaurants. B.In shops.

C.In hotels. D.In the newspapers.

假定你是李华。你的美国网友David看完电影《哪吒之魔童降世》海外版后非常喜欢，写信想请你再推荐一部中国电影。请你根据以下要点给他回信：

1. 表示高兴；

2. 推荐一部电影；

3. 推荐的理由（至少两条）。

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。每次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(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。

Dear Mike,

I am sorry to bother you, but I need your help and am writing in the hope whether you will be so kind as to give me hand. Recently I am writing an essay with the culture and customs of native Americans. Besides, I’ve got stuck as not many English reference books were available in China. Therefore, would you please to buy some for me in America at your convenient? A couple of books will do, and I would be grateful if you could arrive before November 9. As to the expenses spend on the books and post, I will give them to you via online banking. Your kind help would be great appreciated.

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

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相应的位置上。

Austrian author Peter Handke collected the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature while the 2018 award, which 1.(postpone)last year, went to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk.

Handke “has established himself as one of the most 2.(influence)writers in Europe after the Second World War”. His works are filled with a strong desire 3.(discover)and make his discoveries come to life by finding new literary expressions for them, the Swedish Academy said. He 4.(write)many novels in the past decades, like Short Letter, Long Farewell, 5. a young Austrian writer travels across the United States in search of his wife. This novel is 6.(general)considered as one of Handke’s typical confusing works.

Tokarczuk became 7. winner of the 2018 award “for a narrative（叙事的）imagination that with encyclopedic（博学的）passion represents the crossing of 8.(boundary)as a form of life”. Her first work came out in 1993, and 9. was believed that her third novel Primeval and Other Times marked her major breakthrough. In 2018, she was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for her novel Flights, 10.(become)the first Polish writer to do so.

    Rebecca Glass was born blind, who is a musician now. The childhood years were. ________ in Rebecca’s memory. Some teachers would ________ her and suggest another place, as they hadn’t taught children with ________. She didn’t get her sheet music translated into braille（盲文）which was ________ for her poor family. Then she had to learn by studying ________. That people identified her by appearance was the most ________ part when she was young, but now it ________ happens on Rebecca. Despite the difficulties, Rebecca ________. And now with a doctor’s degree of musical arts, she has ________ a professional musician.

Her love for performing music ________ her girlhood. When Rebecca was at a wedding, she ________ her flower girl duties and went straight for a piano instead. A photo ________ that moment. So tiny is the girl that she doesn’t touch the ________ but she’s sitting tall at the piano. “Since Rebecca first ________ the piano, she had worked over eight hours a day. I could see she had a real ________ for music,” her mother said. “In addition, I noticed her ________ soon — she learned musical instruments so quickly.”

Rebecca loves chamber music and sees herself as a(an) ________ in the future, teaching children about classical music. Influential teachers also inspire her to ________ the next generation of musicians. She’s trying to ________ a summer camp program, too. And to every child, regardless of physical ability, the camp will ________.

1.A.creative B.challenging C.impressive D.touching

2.A.admit B.guide C.comfort D.reject

3.A.experiences B.disabilities C.ambition D.potential

4.A.worthless B.effortless C.unaffordable D.unfamiliar

5.A.recordings B.videos C.books D.notes

6.A.shameful B.helpful C.considerate D.upsetting

7.A.frequently B.rarely C.totally D.usually

8.A.held on B.gave in C.left behind D.got in

9.A.invited B.followed C.made D.taught

10.A.lives up to B.puts up with C.dates back to D.gets back at

11.A.demanded B.dropped C.finished D.acted

12.A.interpreted B.popularized C.changed D.caught

13.A.floor B.piano C.wall D.bench

14.A.carried out B.heard of C.took in D.picked up

15.A.reason B.respect C.fondness D.concern

16.A.talent B.nature C.love D.limitation

17.A.volunteer B.educator C.pianist D.lecturer

18.A.motivate B.monitor C.meet D.manage

19.A.accept B.join C.develop D.select

20.A.start B.agree. C.succeed D.apply

    It is often a challenge to make learning appear fun to your students. If traditional ways of learning aren’t engaging them, it is time to think outside of the box. 1..

Structure students’ learning plan to meet their needs. 2., you are absolutely wrong. As teachers, evaluate the specific needs of each student. Determine if they have trouble sitting still. Examine how they learn best — are they auditory（听觉的）learners, visual learners, or physical learners? Use this knowledge to structure your lesson plans.

Get involved in your students’ learning. When the students are studying or taking part in an educational activity, join in. It allows you to model study habits and the feeling of joy when learning something new. 3., they will assume that the activity is simply not worth their time.

Create hands-on learning opportunities. Students remember information better when both their hands and brains are busy. 4.. For example, you can group students by interests and provide them with activities that let them explore a topic in a way that engages them. The active, auditory and visual learners will benefit much in the process.

5.. When students are placed in charge of their own learning and the learning of others, they are encouraged to learn the material as thoroughly as possible. So have students work in pairs or small groups. Instead of asking you for help, they will rely on each other to solve any problem they meet with.

A.If they suspect that you do not enjoy the activity

B.If you assume all students learn in the same way

C.Provide students with opportunities to teach each other

D.Encourage students to take charge of their learning time

E.Catch their attention with individualized and creative methods

F.If they don’t find any pleasure while getting involved in the activity

G.This is accomplished by activities that require students to talk, listen, and move

    Antarctica remained largely untouched by humans for thousands of years, allowing an ecosystem to develop independently. However, since the 1990s, the last wild land on the planet is becoming an increasingly popular destination for adventure-seeking tourists. Now, a study newly conducted shows the visitors may be leaving behind harmful bacteria which could destroy that area’s bird population.

We mainly hear about zoonoses（动物传染病）— diseases like Ebola and pig flu — that are spread from animals to humans, yet humans can also infect animals with illnesses such as the flu. Researchers, however, believed that Antarctic animals, which had no recorded reverse（反向的）cases of zoonoses, were not affected by the danger due to the extreme environment. But microbiologists Marta Cerda-Cuellar at the Research Center for Animal Health, was not convinced this was true.

So she and some colleagues decided to examine waste samples from Antarctic birds for evidence of human bacteria. To ensure the waste was not polluted, the scientists had to collect it from the birds themselves. This was no easy task. It took the scientists four years to collect waste samples of 666 adult birds from 24 local species. However, it was well worth the effort. The results of their study showed the presence of several types of human bacteria in the bird waste.

“The bacteria, which are a common cause for infections in humans, don’t usually cause death in wild animals,” says Cerda-Cuellar. “However, the pathogens（病原体）that arrive to highly sensitive populations could cause extinction of some populations and destroy the local ecosystem.” The researcher also fears the presence of these bacteria could foresee the arrival of other, more deadly, pathogens as the number of people visiting the area increases. While the best solution would be to prevent tourism, Cerda-Cuellar, who believes it is because of efforts from tourist and scientific groups that Antarctica remains largely protected, says that’s impossible. “While we should do as much as possible to reduce the spread, it’s hard to believe we’ll stop tourism and science at these sites, and so it is hard to believe that humans won’t continue to pass on pathogens.”

1.Which of the following will the new study support?

A.The Antarctic becomes popular with tourists.

B.The Antarctic ecosystem is destroyed by outsiders.

C.Zoonoses are spread from animals to humans.

D.Tourists expose Antarctic birds to human bacteria.

2.Why did researchers think Antarctic animals were free from human diseases?

A.The Antarctic weather is extraordinarily cold.

B.The number of tourists to the Antarctic is small.

C.There was no recorded case of reverse zoonoses.

D.An independent ecosystem was in place in Antarctica.

3.What advice might Cerda-Cuellar give?

A.Strengthen researches into Antarctic animals.

B.Stop tourism and science in Antarctica.

C.Restrict the number of visitors to Antarctica.

D.Monitor the presence of other pathogens.

4.In which section of a magazine might the text be found?

A.Health. B.Science.

C.Tourism. D.Geography.

    There are multiple experiences a Westerner can describe as a “culture shock” in China, one of the fastest-growing economies, like eating mouthwatering baozi for breakfast. These experiences, however, paled in comparison to the one I experienced during my time in an organization I’ve been serving in for two years to provide free educational tours at my leisure — the advancement and equalizing of China’s known wealth disparity（差异）through the social network and cashless payment giant（巨头）, WeChat, which I rarely used before.

Last month, the organization led a thrilling trip to camp. Initially, we went through a village kept alive by the residents. The views there are so attractive and refreshing. Walking through endless red apple trees, I saw an elderly woman who gently offered to sell me apples. Unfortunately, I informed her I didn’t have cash on hand. She quickly told me to scan the QR code（二维码）on her phone, which in seconds would get my money into her bank account via WeChat. Needless to say, I was blown away. And of course, the apples were tasty.

As an advocate of financial growth opportunities in under-served communities, it was inspiring to witness that technology lets people contribute to the economy regardless of socioeconomic background in China. Though the socioeconomic problems remain to some extent, access to and adoption of technology creating financial opportunities transforms the lives of everyday citizens and enables communities to flower.

While I once didn’t believe a “cashless society” was possible and thought it could cause more unfavorable conditions, I now stand corrected. Perhaps it might take longer for New York City to adapt, as we lag behind in this transformation and there is so much we can learn. I also wonder what the human race can achieve when technology provides endless opportunities for people of all backgrounds to advance.

1.What does the first paragraph tell us about the author?

A.She is struggling with culture shock.

B.She really enjoys Chinese breakfast.

C.She does voluntary work when free.

D.She likes using social networks.

2.Which of the following surprised the author during the trip?

A.Scenery of the village. B.Taste of the apples.

C.Popularity of WeChat. D.The way of paying.

3.What is the author’s attitude to a cashless society?

A.Critical. B.Positive.

C.Concerned. D.Curious.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.Technology helps narrow the wealth gap

B.New York will be the next cashless society

C.Humans will achieve more with technology

D.China becomes the fastest-growing economy

Dear Editors of Macquarie Dictionary,

My name is Wendy, a second generation Chinese-Australian migrant(移民)and a mother of two young children. I’m writing to express my disappointment in one of Macquarie Dictionary’s entries, namely the definition of the word “monolid”.

In both the paper version(7th edition)and online version of the Dictionary, Macquarie defines “monolid” as: “An upper eyelid without a fold, perceived by some in Asia to give an appearance of laziness.” This definition has disturbed me and many Asians living in Australia. Linguistically(从语言学角度讲), the term “monolid” is a pretty unbiased description of a physical characteristic that involves no feelings, common to over 50% of people of East Asian origin. It’s no different to other terms describing a physical feature including “blonde” or “freckle”.

Take a minute and consider this. Would it be appropriate if the definition of “blonde” became “having fair or light-coloured hair, thought by some in Western countries as possessing little or no intelligence”? Or would it be appropriate if the definition of “freckle” was “a small brownish spot in the skin or face, thought by some as creating an ugly appearance”?

In addition, it is also inappropriate that Macquarie Dictionary — a dictionary of choice by many Australian schools — defines a term in a way which may create negative racial connection for Australian children of East Asian origin. Both my kids are born with monolids, a constant reminder of their cultural background. It therefore breaks my heart to imagine a scene where they turn to the dictionary to find that their physical feature is associated with “laziness”. What if they get teased by their school friends that they are born “lazy”? What if my sensitive older son starts hating himself and his race classification for being associated with something negative?

For the reasons above, I urge Macquarie Dictionary to adjust the current definition of “monolid”. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Wendy

1.Why does the author write this letter?

A.To ask for information about a definition.

B.To express dissatisfaction with a definition.

C.To offer advice on how to define a word.

D.To give examples of defining physical features.

2.What does “unbiased” underlined in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A.General. B.Precise.

C.Subjective. D.Objective.

3.What is the function of paragraph 3?

A.Calling for readers’ attention.

B.Supporting the author’s position.

C.Raising the author’s concern.

D.Introducing two words in the dictionary.

4.In what way is the author worried about her children?

A.They might get into bad habits and be lazy.

B.They might choose to use the dictionary.

C.They might become victims of the definition.

D.They might have monolids.

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A.Repairing damaged skin B.Relieving stiffness in feet.

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3.What type of writing does this text belong to?

A.A study. B.A direction

C.An advertisement. D.A notice.

请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

Is youth lingo ruining the Chinese language?

Young people often create their own language that goes beyond rigid linguistic rules. This year’s latest slang (俚语) terms add a further simplification: the use of pinyin acronyms (首字母缩略词). “Awsl,” in pinyin, for instance,means “Ah, wo si le” (Oh, I’m gonna die), and is used if something is too cute or adorable to bear. “Pyq” stands for “pengyou quan”, the social feed on the popular Chinese social media app WeChat, and “nsdd” stands for “ni shuo de dui” (you’re right).

Teens want to be different from their parents, so it’s natural for them to create and use their own linguistic terms to show that. In doing so, young people are indeed driving linguistic change. They aren’t the only factor influencing language development, but they can indeed transform how future generations communicate.

Critics fear that Chinese internet slang will have the potential to negatively influence broader linguistic trends of Mandarin Chinese, in particular, the gradual taking over of pinyin. As pinyin gets widely used when texting or writing on mobile phone or computer, while less and less people write characters by hand, people gradually forget how to write them. The phenomenon has got a name in China: Character amnesia(健忘症).

（写作内容）

1. 用约30个单词概述上文年轻人使用网络语言的现象；

2. 用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括:谈谈你的看法，用2〜3个理由或论据支撑你的看法。

（写作要求）

1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3. 不必写标题。

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请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

Generally speaking, perfectionism is a good thing, if it makes you do better work and try harder to complete tasks well. However, perfectionism can become a bad thing when it stops you feeling satisfied with yourself or what you’ve accomplished. Every artist knows how important it is to stop adding touches to their paintings and how constantly adding elements can end up ruining the work. If you constantly demand only the very best from yourself, this can damage your self-respect as you find nothing you do will live up to your expectations. And if you extend this harsh (无情的) judgment to your friends and family and only focus on the negatives around them, you will find that they begin to dislike and avoid you.

So how do you get rid of these kinds of negative perfectionism? The following suggestions might help you a lot.

First of all, you’d better think twice about your standards. Look at what other people do. How long does it take them to carry out a project? Are their lower standards getting them fired? Do they still accomplish good work? Are your exacting (苛求的) standards worth the cost in terms of time and energy? I am sure that you can learn a lot from your answers.

Secondly, don’t always compare yourself with others. Perfectionists tend to have high standards. For example, an artist who thinks his work is never done might be comparing his paintings to those of Vincent van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci or other great artists. Remember that only a few people can become great masters and that most of us are just common people.

Last but not least, try to look at the situation objectively. If you are constantly adjusting things and never feel satisfied, then the chances are that you are too close to the situation and that you can’t judge it rightly any more. You’d better ask those around you what they think and whether they think your work is good enough. Besides, give your project some breathing space by leaving it alone for some time, so you can come back to it with “fresh eyes”.

Nobody, nor any idea, is perfect. If you have a perfectionist streak in you, try and let it go, and embrace the process of getting your idea out into the world, rather than focusing on the end result.

    Although Bertha Young was thirty she still had moments like this when she wanted to run instead of walk, to take dancing steps on and off the pavement, to throw something up in the air and catch it again, or to stand still and laugh at — nothing — at nothing, simply.

What can you do if you are thirty and, turning the corner of your own street, you are overcome, suddenly by a feeling of happiness — absolute happiness.

Oh, is there no way you can express it without being “drunk and disorderly”? How stupid civilization is! Why should you be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case like a rare, rare fiddle(小提琴)?

“No, that about the fiddle is not quite what I mean,” she thought, running up the steps and feeling in her bag for the key — she’d forgotten it, as usual — and rattling the letter-box. “It’s not what I mean, because — Thank you, Mary” — she went into the hall. “Is nurse back?”

“Yes, M’m.”

“I’ll go upstairs.” And she ran upstairs to the nursery.

Nurse sat at a low table giving Little B her supper after her bath. The baby looked up when she saw her mother and began to jump.

“Now, my lovey, eat it up like a good girl,” said nurse, setting her lips in a way that Bertha knew, and that meant she had come into the nursery at another wrong moment.

“Has she been good, Nanny?”

“She’s been a little sweet all the afternoon,” whispered Nanny. “We went to the park and I sat down on a chair and took her out of the pram (婴儿车) and a big dog came along and she pulled its ear. Oh, you should have seen her.”

Bertha wanted to ask if it wasn’t rather dangerous to let her pull a strange dog’s ear. But she did not dare to. She stood watching them, her hands by her side, like the poor little girl in front of the rich girl with the doll.

The baby looked up at her again, stared, and then smiled so charmingly that Bertha couldn’t help crying.

“Oh, Nanny, do let me finish giving her supper while you put the bath things away.

“Well, M’m, she oughtn’t to be changed hands while she’s eating,” said Nanny, still whispering. “It unsettles her, it’s very likely to upset her.”

How absurd it was. Why have a baby if it has to be kept—not in a case like a rare, rare fiddle — but in another woman’s arms?

“Oh, I must!” said she.

Very offended, Nanny handed her over.

“Now, don’t excite her after her supper. You know you do, M’m. And I have such a time with her after!”

Thank heaven! Nanny went out of the room with the bath towels.

“Now I’ve got you to myself, my little precious,” said Bertha, as the baby learned against her.

She ate delightfully, holding up her lips for the spoon and then waving her hands. Sometimes she wouldn’t let the spoon go; and sometimes just as Bertha had filled it, she waved it away to the four winds.

When the soup was finished Bertha turned round to the fire. “You’re nice — you’re very nice!” said she, kissing her warm baby. “I’m fond of you. I like you.”

And indeed, she loved Little B so much — her neck as she bent forward, her pretty toes as they shone transparent in the firelight — that all her feeling of happiness came back again, and again she didn’t know how to express it — what to do with it.

“You’re wanted on the telephone,” said Nanny, coming back in victory and seizing her Little B.

1.In paragraph 3 and 15, a “rare, rare fiddle” is used to show that ________.

A.Bertha is frustrated by not feeling free to express her musical talents

B.wealthy mothers are not allowed to look after their children

C.Bertha considers her baby girl an extraordinary child

D.people of a certain age are expected to follow a certain code of behavior

2.Nanny’s facial expression on seeing Bertha’s arrival in the nursery suggest ________.

A.a vain attempt to hide her joy at seeing Bertha

B.fear of dismissal from her job for untidy nursery

C.dislike for Bertha’s ill-timed visits to the nursery

D.a relief as she can at last eat her supper

3.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 11 imply?

A.Bertha wishes to have care-giving time with her baby.

B.Bertha lacks emotional and psychological strength.

C.Bertha desires a closer relationship with Nanny.

D.Bertha suffers from an unrealistic hope of having more babies.

4.Which of the following best describes the relationship between Bertha and Nanny?

A.Bertha feels that Nanny is a competent nurse and will do anything liberate her from chores.

B.Nanny considers herself the baby’s primary caregiver and Bertha just an occasional visitor.

C.Bertha prefers to leave the child in Nanny’s care so that she can fulfill her inappropriate fantasies.

D.Nanny is tired of working hard for Bertha and would like to find other pleasant employment.

5.In Nanny’s eyes, what was Bertha like?

A.She is a kind employer but a strict mother.

B.She is a thoughtless person and inexperienced mother.

C.She is excited and is always lost in her overactive imagination.

D.She is forgetful and has no sense of class distinctions in society.

6.Which of the following sentences best describes Nanny’s possessiveness (占有欲)?

A.“She’s been a little sweet all the afternoon,” whispered Nanny. “...Oh. you should have seen her.”

B.“Now, my lovey, eat it up like a good girl,” said nurse, setting her lips in a way that Bertha knew.

C.“Now, don’t excite her after her supper. You know you do, M’m. And I have such a time with her after!”

D.“You’re wanted on the telephone,” said Nanny, coming back in victory and seizing her Little B.

    California has been facing droughts for many years, with certain areas even having to pump freshwater hundreds of miles to their distribution system. The problem is growing as the population of the state continues to expand. New research has found deep water reserves under the state which could help solve their drought crisis. Previous drilling of wells could only reach depths of 1,000 feet, but due to new pumping practices, water deeper than this can now be extracted (抽取). The team at Stanford investigated the aquifers (地下蓄水层) below this depth and found that reserves may be three times what was previously thought.

It is profitable to drill to depths more than 1,000 feet for oil and gas, but only recently in California has it become profitable to pump water from this depth. The aquifers range from 1,000 to 3,000 feet below the ground, which means that pumping will be expensive and there are other concerns. The biggest concern is the gradual setting down of the land surface. As the water is pumped out, the vacant space left is pressed by the weight of the earth above.

Even though pumping from these depths is expensive, it is still cheaper than desalinating (脱盐) the ocean water in the largely coastal state. Some desalination plants exist where possible, but they are costly to run and can need constant repairs. Wells are much more reliable sources of freshwater, and California is hoping that these deep wells may be the answer to their severe water shortage.

One problem with these sources is that the deep water also has a higher level of salt than shallower aquifers. This means that some water may even need to be desalinated after extraction, thus increasing the cost. Research from the study of groundwater has just been published. New estimates of the water reserves now go up to 2,700 billion cubic meters of freshwater.

1.According to the text, what causes the water crisis in California?

A.Previous drilling of wells. B.The messy distribution system.

C.Constant droughts in the area. D.The adoption of new pumping practices.

2.The research teams think it ________ to extract water from deeper aquifers.

A.expensive but practical B.reliable and profitable

C.cost-free but demanding D.cheap and environment-friendly

3.What is mentioned as a consequence of extracting water from deep underground?

A.The damage to aquifers. B.The sinking of land surface.

C.The decrease in operation costs. D.The negative effects on the climate.

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

A.To encourage people to save water.

B.To promote the seawater desalination.

C.To introduce a new way of extracting freshwater.

D.To draw people’s attention to the droughts in California.

    My college experience included this life-skill lesson: Drink alcohol on a full stomach. Or you will get inebriated too quickly. Of course, most college students shouldn’t be drinking at all, but we know from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism that close to 60 percent of college students aged 18 to 22 do consume alcohol, which makes harm-reducing approaches important.

Unfortunately, campus authorities and researchers are reporting a practice that turns the full-stomach drinking strategy on its head: rather than filling up before a night of partying, significant numbers of students refuse to eat all day before consuming alcohol.

This is a high-risk behavior called “drunkorexia,” which is one part eating disorder, one part alcoholism—a very dangerous combination for college-age students. The term drunkorexia, which can also include excessive exercise or purging before consuming alcohol, was coined about 10 years ago, and it started showing up in medical research around 2012. Drunkorexia addresses the need to be the life of the party while staying extremely thin, pointing to a flawed mind-set about body image and alcoholism among college students, mostly women.

Imagine this scenario: A female college freshman doesn’t eat anything all day, exercises on an empty stomach, then downs five shots of tequila in less than two hours. Because there’s no food in her system to help slow the absorption of alcohol, those shots affect her rapidly, leading to inebriation and possibly passing out, vomiting or suffering alcohol poisoning. That’s drunkorexia.

Tavis Glassman, professor of health education and public health at the University of Toledo in Ohio, researches drunkorexia and worries about scenarios such as the one described above: “With nothing in her system, alcohol hits quickly, and that brings up the same issues as with any high-risk drinking: sexual assault, unintentional injury, fights, hangovers that affect class attendance and grades, and possibly ending up in emergency because the alcohol hits so hard,” he says.

“Alcohol can negatively affect the liver or gastrointestinal system, it can interfere with sleep, lower the immune system and is linked to several types of cancers,” Hultin says.

1.What does the underlined word “inebriated” in paragraph 1 mean?

A.excited B.overwhelmed C.addicted D.drunk

2.We can infer from the passage that ________.

A.a large number of college students spend most of their nights partying

B.some college students refuse to eat before drinking alcohol to keep slim

C.There is a direct link between body image and consuming alcohol

D.female college student is more likely to be hurt if she drinks alcohol

3.Which of the following may Tavis Glassman agree with?

A.With more food in one’s system, he may suffer from the effects of alcohol slowly.

B.Drinking five shots of tequila in less than two hours is the performance of drunkorexia.

C.Those who don’t attend classes and have lower grades tend to be addicted to alcohol.

D.Alcohol has negative effects on the immune system and may lead to several cancers.

1.According to the advertisement, London Zoo ________.

A.provides an ideal place for families to hold talks in an rainforest

B.combines entertainment and interactive experiences with creatures

C.offers unlimited access to premier attractions with a little more charge

D.caters to the curiosity of children with guided exploration and interactions

2.It can be learned from the passage that ________.

A.visitors will be admitted to the zoo at their convenience

B.drivers shall get parking space with a paid entry ticket

C.late comers may miss some of the animal exhibits

D.wheelchair users can have access to any building

In 1970, a cyclone(旋风)hit the southern coast of Bangladesh(孟加拉国). So severe and deadly were its effects that it’s______listed as the world’s worst-ever reported natural disaster. The______had a big impact on two Swedish men from Mission Aviation Fellowship(MAF). They traveled ______to Bangladesh for the purpose of seeing what they could do to______. They journeyed south by boat for several days, throughout the country’s vast _____ network to reach the worst-affected area and began to envision(预想)MAF using an aircraft that would _____direct access to large areas of the country that were almost out of_______.

Throughout the 1980s, MAF Australia, along with other MAF groups, sent staff to_______assistance and their patience and dedication _____since they built trust in the countries that had been ____.

In 1997, MAF could______start a flight program within Bangladesh. At that time, besides transporting doctors to hospitals located in _____parts of the country, MAF also _____an on-call emergency medevac(前线急救直升机)service in Bangladesh.

On November 15, 2007, Cyclone Sidr hit southern Bangladesh. MAF’s________response and emergency procedures were seriously_______as the office received over 200 phone calls in one day from aid agency personnel in urgent need of _____to and from the disaster zone. For the next two months, MAF______solidly, seven days a week. The float plane became known by______locals as “The Sea Angel(天使)”---the only aircraft in the country of its type having such a(n) ______.

In 2009, “The Sea Angel” was sent again for rapid assistance_______Cyclone Alla struck. Today, in Bangladesh, MAF makes over 750 flights and transports around 2,500 passengers annually.

1.A. just    B. still    C. soon    D. often

2.A. history    B. failure    C. burden    D. event

3.A. separately    B. occasionally    C. immediately    D. fortunately

4.A. help    B. limit    C. research    D. avoid

5.A. air    B. bus    C. river    D. rail

6.A. reduce    B. prevent    C. change    D. enable

7.A. focus    B. danger    C. order    D. reach

8.A. seek    B. provide    C. promise    D. receive

9.A. ran out    B. came back    C. paid off    D. kept on

10.A. noticed    B. untied    C. assisted    D. traveled

11.A. properly    B. secretly    C. suddenly    D. finally

12.A. secure    B. crowded    C. remote    D. coastal

13.A. request    B. began    C. restore    D. continue

14.A. rapid    B. natural    C. appropriate    D. unexpected

15.A. followed    B. tested    C. forecasted    D. established

16.A. transport    B. message    C. funding    D. encouragement

17.A. accelerated    B. flew    C. appealed    D. searched

18.A. reasonable    B. grateful    C. outgoing    D. respectable

19.A. destination    B. application    C. decoration    D. reputation

20.A. once    B. if    C. when    D. until