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。

China is the native place of tea. Originally (最初), tea 1. (use) as a kind of medicine instead of a drink. 2. (late), as the ancient Chinese explored further into the features of tea, they separated it 3. herbs and made it into a kind of drink and 4. (gradual) it developed into Chinese tea culture.

Records show that the custom of tea drinking, 5. started in the western Han Dynasty, already became 6. fashion for people with high 7. (society) position during the Dynasty of Wei. In the Tang Dynasty it was common 8. (drink) tea. And people tried out even more 9. (way) to drink tea. In the Song Dynasty, tea planting and trade were on the increase and the technique of 10. (make) tea was greatly improved. By the Yuan Dynasty, drinking tea had became something very common in everyday life. In the Ming and the Qing Dynasties, people drank tea in almost the same way as we do today.

    I always wanted to look like the slim girls on TV even though I knew that it was impossible. I worried about my _______ and tried every new diet I read about online. I tried no-fat, low-fat, only bananas, no bananas-I almost went bananas, too.

Then I read an article that said _______ asking ''Am I fat? '' I should be asking ''Am I _______?'' I had no _______ a letter could make such a _______! Once I started thinking about fitness rather than weight, things began to _______. Instead of saying ''I want to lose three kilos'', I would say ''I want to _______ two kilometers in eight minutes'' or ''I want to do 30 push-ups''. Rather than _______ the foods I enjoyed, I added healthy foods to my meals. I could _______ have a burger now and then, but I would ________ a salad or an apple.

Finally, I stopped ________ myself with actresses and models and ________ things that were wrong with my face or body. Instead, I made a list of the things I ________ about myself. By being ________ about myself and my body, I became both happier and ________.

1.A.face B.weight C.future D.comfort

2.A.after all B.as long as C.instead of D.only if

3.A.tall B.brave C.beautiful D.fit

4.A.source B.idea C.way D.experience

5.A.summary B.fortune C.difference D.chance

6.A.lose B.change C.survive D.suit

7.A.suffer B.find C.run D.get

8.A.taking in B.cutting out C.putting off D.making up

9.A.still B.never C.hardly D.seldom

10.A.throw B.add C.forget D.buy

11.A.thinking B.dreaming C.warning D.comparing

12.A.looking for B.getting rid of C.passing down D.managing to

13.A.maintained B.liked C.refused D.realized

14.A.inspired B.determined C.ashamed D.positive

15.A.wiser B.slimmer C.healthier D.calmer

    From old times, crows (乌鸦) have been famous for their cleverness. They use tools, work out problems, and even enjoy playing. 1.

To make tools, crows cut off leaves with their ''mouths'', shape them, and use them to look for bugs in wood or plants. 2.When the leaf isn't needed for the moment, the bird stores the tool at its feet or somewhere else.

To test wild crows' abilities to work out problems, scientists placed food outdoors in covered bowls. They watched with interest as the birds smartly opened the bowls to get the food. Scientists also found out that crows can make use of the traffic. 3.

4.Young crows will carry a stick or nut into the air, drop it, and fly to catch the object as it falls.

So just how smart are crows? Perhaps a crow will never do tricks as a dog will. 5.

A. Many people don't like crows.

B. Just as a carpenter (木匠) carries his tools with him, a crow will carry its tool around.

C. Crows are cleverer than many other birds.

D. For example, crows would drop a nut on the road and wait for a car to run over the nut to break it.

E. Besides, crows seem to enjoy playing.

F. Scientists have studied carefully how crows go about these activities.

G. But scientists agree that there's a lot going on in the brain of a clever crow.

    A few years ago, my sister-in-law started to feel concerned about her teenage daughter. What was she doing after school? Where was she spending her time? My niece was an excellent student, and took part in all kinds of after-class activities. Even so, her mom decided to put a tracking app (跟踪应用程序) on the kid's phone.

At first, this made my sister-in-law ''feel better''. Then the good situation suddenly ended. She recalled, ''I found out that she was someplace that she said she wasn't. I went out in the middle of the night and found her walking without shoes in the middle of the street with some friends. '' Things went quickly downhill for the mother and the daughter after that.

With 73% of teens having their own smartphones now, according to a 2015 Pew study, more and more of their parents are facing the question: To watch or not?

Ana Homayoun, founder of Green Ivy Educational Consulting, has advised many parents and their kids about this. ''I've found teens are more acceptable to tracking apps when it is included as part of a family agreement to improve safety than when it is placed as a secret tool to watch them, '' she said.

Mark Bell, a father of a teenage girl, said, ''We don't have tracking apps, but we have set some ground rules that my daughter must follow in exchange for us providing a smart phone, ''he said. For example, his daughter must ''friend'' him on social media so that he can read posts, and must share all passwords.

When you're trying to build trust, you need to create an environment that encourages it. So, to win their trust, you always need to be straight with your children. ''Parents must let children know how and when they'll be watching them, '' said Doctor Pauleh Weigle. If they're not open about it, he warns, it can ''greatly damage the parent and child relationship''.

1.What’s result of the author's sister-in-law using the app?

A.She felt good with knowing her daughter's after school activities.

B.She wasn't worried about her daughter any more.

C.She had more communication with her daughter.

D.She had more conflicts with her daughter.

2.What can we learn about today's teens from Homayoun?

A.They doubt family agreements.

B.They are worried about online safety.

C.They dislike being watched secretly with tracking apps.

D.They welcome the use of tracking apps.

3.Why are Mark Bell and his daughter mentioned in Paragraph 5?

A.To show how to use smart phone safely.

B.To give an example of being straight with children.

C.To teach how to put tracking app on phones.

D.To tell the importance of being children's friend.

4.What should be done before using a tracking app according to Weigle?

A.Teach the kid how to use it. B.Check the kid's phone.

C.Tell the kid about it. D.Advise the kid to use his phone less.

    What is an accent (口音)? An accent is a flavoring to you that influences the sounds of words and sentences. In Birmingham you might hear ''lake'' sounding close to ''like'', and in Ireland you might hear ''this'' sounding close to ''diss''.

Accents are related to social group. Everyone has an accent, and for every accent there are groups of people who react badly to it. These reactions are the result of prejudice (偏见)-an unreasoned jumping to conclusions.

Everybody has prejudices about accents. I certainly do. I have held prejudices about other people's accents. But over the years, my experience of working with people from all kinds of backgrounds has led me to give up these prejudices. However, I still have prejudices that I find difficult to control.

Studies tell us that no accent is better than any other. But the reality is that many people judge others according to accents.

Jacob, Member of Parliament (议会), remembers when he first stood unsuccessfully for election in Fife, Scotland, ''I gradually realized that whatever I happened to be speaking about, the number of voters in my favor dropped as soon as I opened my mouth. ''

And some people change their accents to sound more refined (文雅的) when talking to people outside their circle of family and friends.

Sky News ran a report recently in which an 18-year-old woman was trying to sound less posh (上等人的), that is speaking non-standard English, because she didn't like the strangers telling her that she must be rich and from a famous family.

Lastly, it's worth being reminded that people can have an accent and still be recognized.

1.What does the author think of accent prejudice?

A.It is reasonable. B.It should be banned(禁止).

C.It is hard to avoid. D.It causes serious social issues.

2.Why did Jacob fail in the election?

A.What he said was unwise.

B.He spoke with an accent.

C.He broke the election rules.

D.He was unable to make himself understood.

3.What did the 18-year-old woman try to do according to Sky News?

A.To keep her ways of speaking.

B.To change her accent.

C.To pretend to be a well-educated person.

D.To learn the upper-class British accent.

4.What does the last sentence of the passage mean?

A.The accent tells what kind of people you are.

B.It is easy to recognize people with accent.

C.People with accent can also be successful.

D.It is important to recognize one’s accent.

    At thirteen, I was diagnosed (诊断) with a kind of attention disorder. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.

In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, ''Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it. ''

She glanced down at me through her glasses, ''You are not different from your classmates, young man. '' I tried, but I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.

In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Lous Braile. He lived in a time when the blind couldn't get much education. But Louis didn't give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots (点), which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.

Wasn't I the ''blind'' in my class, being made to learn like the ''sighted'' students? My thoughts, spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was not different from others; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problem, why should I ever give up?

I didn't expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs. Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day-with an ''A'' on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words, ''See what you can do when you keep trying? ''

1.Why didn't the author finish the reading in class?

A.Because he didn't like the teacher.

B.Because he was not fond of literature.

C.Because the class room was too noisy.

D.Because he got a kind of attention disorder.

2.What can we learn about Louis Braille from the passage?

A.He couldn't see and read for the whole life.

B.He got a good education at school.

C.He made an invention which helps the blind.

D.He managed to cure his blindness.

3.What's Mrs. Smith's attitude to the author in the classroom?

A.She encouraged him. B.She looked down on him.

C.She sympathized(同情) him. D.She was angry with him.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Keep trying, and you can do it.

B.Ways to overcome attention disorder.

C.How to be a great teacher.

D.What should you do as a blind.

    Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

Where: Becket, Massachusetts

When: Jun.15---Aug.24

Each summer, this influential dance center presents a number of classes and performances by more than 50 companies from around the world. Highlights (最精彩的部分) in this season include the Dance Theater of Harlem's production of Alvin Ailey's ''The Lark Ascending'', which opens the festival.

Many events are free. Ticketed performances start at $22. Jacobspillow.org.

Moab Music Festival

Where: Moab, Utah

When: Aug.29---Sept.9

This area is better known for mountain biking than for music. But since 1992, it has hosted a private festival that brings classical, jazz, Latin and other types of music to the land. This year there will be 16 concerts, including three ''Grotto Concerts'', where guests take a 45-minute boat ride down the Colorado River to performances.

Events start at $25. moabmusicfest.org.

Cheyenne Frontier Days

Where: Cheyenne, Wyoming

When: July19---28

There is something for everyone at this 117-year-old festival, from an ''Indian village and Old West museum'' to country concerts. But the competition is still the main attraction, with cowboys and cowgirls competing for major money in the world's largest outdoor stage.

Competition tickets start at $18, and concert tickets at $23. cfdrodeo.com.

The Glimmerglass Festival

Where: Cooperstown, New York

When: July6---Aug.24

Each summer, opera lovers from around the country travel to upstate New York to watch productions that include stars like Nathan Gunn and Ginger Costa-Jackson. This year's performances include Wagner's ''The Flying Dutchman'' and Verdi's ''King for a Day'', in honor of the 200th birthdays of both composers(作曲家).

Tickets start at $26. glimmerglass.org.

1.If you are interested in dance performance, which date suits you best?

A.June 6. B.June 28. C.August 29. D.September 9.

2.Where can you watch a competition and enjoy concerts?

A.Becket, Massachusetts. B.Moab, Utah.

C.Cheyenne, Wyoming. D.Cooperstown, New York.

3.If you are a big fan of Wagner, which one should you choose?

A.Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival B.The Glimmerglass Festival

C.Cheyenne Frontier Days D.Moab Music Festival

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.What is the discount(折扣) on wines?

A.20% off. B.Three dollars off. C.50% off.

2.What will be served free tomorrow?

A.Potato salad. B.Coffee. C.Baked goods.

3.Who will be in the back of the store tomorrow?

A.An actor. B.A painter. C.A photographer.

4.When will the Easter egg hunt begin?

A.At 8:00 a.m. B.At 10:00 a.m. C.At 11:00 a.m.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What are the speakers talking about?

A.A vacation. B.A wedding. C.A family meeting.

2.What did the man do on Saturday evening?

A.He went out for dinner.

B.He saw a soccer game.

C.He went to a play.

3.What is the man’s favorite hobby?

A.Cooking. B.Playing chess. C.Collecting classical music.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What is the relationship between the speakers?

A.Brother and sister. B.Mother and son. C.Neighbors.

2.How does the man get money every week?

A.By doing chores (家务).

B.By taking a part-time job.

C.By helping the neighbors.

3.What is Tina doing?

A.Picking up leaves.

B.Working on a book report.

C.Cleaning the window.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What present does the man suggest the woman give?

A.A trip to Hawaii. B.A new pair of shoes. C.A new car.

2.What does the woman dislike?

A.Saving her money. B.Traveling. C.Doing a lot of work.

3.Whose birthday is next month?

A.Mom’s. B.Dad’s. C.Brittany’s.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Who is the woman?

A.A hotel manager. B.A taxi driver. C.A bank worker.

2.How much does the woman ask for in the beginning?

A.$40. B.$65. C.$75.

What does the woman think of Mrs. Daniels?

A.She doesn’t deserve (应得) more money.

B.She works hard.

C.She shouldn’t get the raise.

Which room will the woman go to?

A.Maria’s room. B.The dining room. C.The living room.

When will the man eat dinner?

A.At 7:00 p.m. B.At 7:30 p.m. C.At 8:00 p.m.

What size shoes does the woman need?

A.Size seven. B.Size six. C.Size five.

What is in the salad?

A.Tomatoes. B.Carrots. C.Cheese.

假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Joe将要来中国做交换生，他发来电子邮件说他担心与新同学的 相处。请你根据以下提示给他发一封电子邮件。

1、安慰对方；

2、就如何与新同学相处给出合理建议（两到三条建议）;

3、希望他尽早适应新学校的生活。

注意：1、词数100左右；

2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3、开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Joe,

How is everything going?___________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

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5处，多者（从第6处起）不计分。

Dear Sir,

Thank you for inviting me to the summer English course in your school. As for your choice between the two courses, I prefer the four-week course because this will allow me more time to do some traveling but make a few new friends. Of all the subjects I’m learning at school, I like English best. I had been learning English for eleven years but my spoken English remains poor. So I really hope to take this chance improve it. If possible, I’d like to stay with a family for a couple of days in order that I can know some customs in England, which I’m particularly interested in it. I believe I will have a wonderful time this summer.

Yours truly,

Grace

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Paul Lucas can often be seen walking around the city of San Francisco. Sometimes people are surprised to see him walking 1. any shoes or socks, but Lucas doesn’t mind at all. He likes to walk barefoot, and so do 640 other 2.(member) of Dirty Sole Society, the club that Lucas 3. (start) years ago. Lucas’ idea for this is to encourage others to live freely－free of shoes.

Lucas says that walking barefoot allows you to experience the world directly by touching it with your feet. In addition, the feet do not smell so much because they stay dry, 4. (make) it hard for bacteria(细菌)  to grow. And, of course, walking barefoot keeps your feet in good shape, so it’s actually 5. (healthy) than wearing shoes.

    Draper, the owner of a second-hand bookstore, was looking through a pile of old books when an envelope fell from one. Inside was an undated______and a photo of a woman holding a little girl on her lap. The letter said if Bethany was______it, it meant the author had died.

Tears were filling Draper’s eyes. These were a______woman’s last words to her child. He had to______Bethany. Whoever it is will want this, he thought, you wouldn’t______a letter like that.

He supposed if the______ended up in his shop then Bethany was likely from around Bishop Auckland. And he thought he would______the little girl’s face. ___ she’d left the area, there might be someone in town who would recognize the picture.

He started with the local newspaper. The Northern Echo ran the story of the______letter. At the same time, Bethany Gash, now 21 and a(n)______herself, was on Facebook about 10 miles away when a close friend messaged her to check out the  ____. As she read her mother’s words, which she thought had been lost forever, she said she thought she must be______.

Gash was only 4 when her mother passed away. Five years later, her family moved to a new home and the letter, put away in the pages of a book for safe keeping, was donated by accident. She remembers unpacking and looking for the letter, and then______searching through everything in hopes that it was there. That’s when she realized she’d never see it again.

Draper _____ the letter. He also brought a children’s book for Gash’s son. Gash was greatly moved to have the letter back, and also touched by the stranger’s______.

1.A.message B.email C.postcard D.letter

2.A.reading B.destroying C.forgetting D.copying

3.A.determined B.kind C.selfish D.dying

4.A.find B.introduce C.phone D.comfort

5.A.put away B.cut up C.throw away D.break down

6.A.girl B.book C.reporter D.news

7.A.imagine B.recognize C.prefer D.appreciate

8.A.As if B.Unless C.Even if D.Although

9.A.lost B.valuable C.wet D.broken

10.A.editor B.mother C.daughter D.assistant

11.A.ticket B.magazine C.article D.homework

12.A.writing B.joking C.playing D.dreaming

13.A.secretly B.suddenly C.madly D.regularly

14.A.kept B.returned C.sold D.published

15.A.carelessness B.intelligence C.kindness D.selflessness

    Does this situation seem familiar to you？Your English is progressing well, the grammar is now familiar, the reading comprehension is no problem, and you are speaking quite fluently.1.First of all, remember that you are not alone. Listening is probably the most difficult job for almost all learners of English as a foreign language. The most important thing is to listen as often as possible.

2.The Internet is really a useful tool for English students. You can download The RealPlayer from RealMedia.com.The RealPlayer allows you to use the Internet like a radio station.

Once you have begun to listen on a regular basis, you might still be frustrated(受阻) by limited understanding.3.Here is some of the advice I give my students：

▲ Accept the fact that you are not going to understand everything.

▲Stay relaxed when you do not understand, and try listening to the material for more  times.

▲Do not translate everything into your native language.

▲4.Don ‘t concentrate on details before you have understood the main ideas.

▲Listen to something you enjoy.

I remember the problems I had in understanding spoken German when I first went to Germany. In the beginning, when I didn’t understand a word, I insisted on translating it in my mind. This method usually resulted in confusion.5.Firstly, translating creates a barrier between the listener and the speaker. Secondly, most people repeat themselves constantly. By remaining calm, I noticed that even if I didn’t pay much attention I could usually understand what the speaker had said.

A．Then, after the first six months, I discovered two extremely important facts.

B．But listening is a problem for most of the beginners.

C．But you can’t follow a native English speaker at all!

D.  However, after several weeks, I got used to the new environment in Germany.

E．So, what you need to do is to find listening resources.

F．What should you do?

G．Listen for the general idea of the conversation.

    In the United States, a company is working on a project that could change the way we think about public transportation. Its planned system would move people around in steel tubes. Those passengers would be traveling at speeds of up to 1, 200 kilometers per hour.

The futuristic transportation system is called Hyperloop. Workers plan to test the system next year in a specially built community called Quay Valley. The town will be powered entirely by energy from the sun.

The Hyperloop transport system is the idea of businessman Elon Musk. Dirk Ahlborn is head of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. He says his company has taken Mr Musk's idea and is developing a system that will be safe, environmentally friendly and fast.

" It's 100 percent solar-powered...we’re not going to get up to 760 miles per hour, but we believe we can actually break the records that are existing right now.”

This means that a four-hour drive from Los Angeles, California to Las Vegas, Nevada, could someday take only 30 minutes by Hyperloop.

The system involves a series of capsules (密封舱) that float inside a long tube. These containers wouldn’t need to travel along a pathway or track. The system has been designed to operate above or below ground.

Inside the tube there is a low pressure environment very similar to an airplane that’s high in the sky . So now the capsule travelling inside the tube doesn’t meet with as much resistance(阻力), and therefore can travel really fast with very little energy.

Dick Ahlborn and his company will use an eight-kilometer track in Quay Valley to find the best way to set up passenger traffic and repair capsules. A larger system will cost an estimated(估算的) 6-10 billion dollars to build.

If Mr Ahlborn and his company succeed, we may one day see these very fast Hyperloo capsules speeding through tubes around the world.

1.Quay Valley is said to be a special town because________.

A.it is very passenger-friendly.

B.it will be powered by solar energy

C.the public transportation system is well developed

D.the Hyperloop steel tubes will be produced there

2.We can learn from the text that the Hyperloop transport system________.

A.travels along a pathway or track B.mainly runs above ground

C.was developed by a businessman D.aims to operate environmentally friendly

3.Why can the Hyperloop capsules travel fast?

A.They are solar-powered.

B.They travel high in the sky.

C.There is little resistance inside the tube.

D.There is a powerful engine to drive them.

4.What is the author’s attitude towards the Hyperloop transport system?

A.Objective B.Doubtful

C.Supportive. D.Negative

5.What can be the best title for the text?

A.Steel Tubes B.A Creative Businessman

C.Hyperloop Transport System D.Quay Valley

    Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson in how little things still mean a lot. My brother, mother and I live in Hawaii. Our farm is at least a dozen miles from even the most basic of services. Therefore, I take weekly trips to the shop to get supplies. About a month ago, I finished loading up the car and was about to leave, when a piece of paper on the ground caught my eye. I picked it up and read it carefully.

It was a receipt from the State Motor Vehicle Division, recording the owners payment of her Vehicles Registration fees. At first I thought that I could find the owner. So I waited there for about an hour. Although the receipt had been borne on the wind, where in the busy, crowded parking lot would I find the owner? I looked over the receipt for contact or any personal data, perhaps a license tag (牌照) or telephone number. I checked the date, the fees paid, noted the name of the owner and pocketed the paper. I concluded that the best and easiest step to take was to put the receipt in an envelope and send it to the owner first the next morning.

By the end of the week, I received a beautiful "thank you " letter from a woman containing a handwritten message and a card. In the letter, the woman explained how the wind snatched (夺去) her receipt from a pocket in her car’s passenger door. She had searched everywhere for quite some time before giving up.

It felt great to know I had helped someone avoid a loss by doing something that at first glance(一瞥) seemed little and unimportant.

1.What can be the best title for the text?

A.A Lesson I Will Never Forget B.Never Lose Heart or Give up

C.Little Things Still Mean a Lot D.Think Carefully Before You Act

2.What can we learn about the author?

A.He lives downtown in Hawaii.

B.He goes to the shop to get supplies once a week on foot.

C.He is too poor to have basic supplies for his family.

D.He is patient and willing to help others.

3.The underlined word "it"in paragraph 2 most probably refers to_______.

A.the receipt B.the license tag

C.the telephone number D.the personal data

4.How did the woman feel when receiving the author's envelope?

A.Proud B.Disappointed

C.Appreciated D.Angry.

5.How did the woman lose her receipt?

A.She forgot where she had put it. B.A strong wind blew it away.

C.A thief took it away. D.She left it in the parking lot

Voyages

Travel with young Abe Lincoln down the Mississippi River, taking his boat down to New Orleans. Along the way, Lincoln finds himself on his own voyage of discovery. It is an amazing experience with risk and excitement. ( Chapter book )

The People Could Fly

By Leo Hamilton and Diane Dillon

It tells a folktale(民间故事)about African people who could fly. Long ago in Africa, people wings were lost, but an old man uses magic, and helps them fly away to freedom. ( Chapter book )

Through Georgia's Eyes

By Rachel Rodriquez and Julie Paschkis

Discover the wilderness and wonder of deserts and rivers through the eyes of painter Georgia O'Keefe. Deep-colored paper paintings show the artist's imagination and the amazing sightseeing that inspired her work. (Picture book)

A Horn(喇叭) for Louis

By Eric A Kinmel and James Bemardin

Louis Armstrong was too poor to have a real music instrument, but he had a horn. Jazz and blues music was everywhere in the streets of New Orleans. This is the story of how Louis got his first real "horn" , when he was just a boy with a dream of becoming a musician. ( Chapter book )

Go, Go America

By Alan Bamard

50 states of fun, with interesting facts---in what state the entertainment capital of the world is, where the first hamburgers were served, what the Cereal Festival is, who hosts the Hog Calling Contest and more. ( Picture book )

Stitchin‘ and Pullin’

By Patricia C . McKissack, Cozbi A . Cabrera

For a hundred years, generations of women from Gee's Bend have quilted together, sharing stories and singing. Every day Baby Girl listens, watches, and waits, until she's called to sit at the quilting frame(框架). Piece by piece, she creates her quilt--- telling not just her story, but the story of her family, the story of Gee's Bend, and the story of her ancestors’ struggle for freedom.

1.If you are interested in adventure, you may prefer    .

A.A Horn for Louis B.Go, Go America C.The People Could Fly D.Voyages

2.What do Through Georgia's Eves and Go, Go America have in common?

A.They are both about the US. B.They are both written by two authors.

C.There are lots of pictures in both books. D.There are funny stories in both books.

3.The book A Horn for Louis is mainly about    .

A.how jazz and blues music was formed in its birthplace, New Orleans

B.how Louis got his instrument when he dreamed of becoming a musician

C.how Louis got the horn to become a famous musician

D.how Louis supported his whole family

4.If you are collecting folktales for an essay, which book will you probably choose?

A.The people Could Fly. B.Go, Go America.

C.Through Georgia's Eyes. D.Stitchin’ and Pullin’

5.If you want to read a family story, you will choose    .

A.Through Georgia's Eyes B.Stichin’ and Pullin’ C.The People Could Fly              D.Voyages

假定你是李华，得知你的英国留学生朋友Peter在CCTV举办的《中国诗词大会》(The Chines Poetry Competition)决赛中失利。请你给他写封邮件，内容包括：

1. 给予安慰和鼓励；

2. 愿意提供帮助。

注意：1. 词数80-100词；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

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Yours,

Li Hua

短文续写

Once upon a time, in a small town, a man stole some money from a house. The police began to look for the thief. After two days, they found him. They brought him to the police station and found some of the money in his coat.

There was a new policeman at the police station, and they wanted to give him some work.

“Take this thief to the city,” said one of them.” You must go there by train. It will leave very soon. Don’t be late.

“The policeman and the thief went to the station. On their way, they came to a shop selling bread.

“We have no food, and we must eat something on the train,” said the thief. “It’s a long way to the city, and it will take a long time to get there. I’ll go into this shop and buy some bread. Then you and I can eat it on the train. Wait here for me.

The policeman was happy. “At least I’ll have some food on the train,” he thought. “Be quick,” he said to the thief. “We don’t have much time.”

The thief went into the shop, and the policeman waited in the street for a long time. He began to worry. He thought about the train, and at last, he went into the shop.

“Where’s that man who came to buy some bread?” asked the policeman.

“Oh. he went out of the back door,” said the shopkeeper.

The policeman ran outside, but he could not find the thief. So, he had to go back to the police station and tell the others what had happened. They were very angry with him, and he was very unhappy.

All the policemen in the town began to look for the thief again, and they soon caught him. They brought him back to the police station and called the same policeman.

注意：（1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

（2）应使用5个以上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:

The police officers at the police station told the new policeman to take the thief to the city again.

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Paragraph 2:

The policeman lost the thief again.

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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。

A university in southeast China has a new server in 1.(it) canteen making noodles for the students. The video2.(show) a robotic chef working in the kitchen and making noodles 3.dough (面团) at South China Agricultural University.

It was given human-like facial features (特征) and can be seen4.wear) a face mask, hat and chef's uniform. The robot was designed5.(improve) the traditional way of making “Dao Xiao Mian”, 6. is a specialty in Shanxi Province in northern China.

7.traditional), a chef will hold a large piece of dough in one hand and a knife in the other before starting to peel strips(条) off the dough. 8.dough will then fall into the pot of boiling water and cook into noodles. A student said: “I’ve heard that there are always long 9.(queue) at the knife-cut noodle stall at the canteen.”

However, web users on Chinese social media said the robot chef10. （be） not something new. The use of robots in restaurants is becoming increasingly popular in China over the past few years.

    Sare Niccoli, the 17-year-old daughter of a rich textile owner was freed by her kidnappers(绑匪)after 118 days. She said she ______ most of the time in a tent in the woods ______ one foot tied to a tree. ______ was freed late on Friday ______ her family paid a ______ of $1.8 million, the largest ransom(赎金) ever paid in Italy.

“I was ______ well,” the girl told the ______ during the interview, “Biscuits, cakes, often hot food and ______ stewed beef.” She said her nearly four months in trouble was spent in a tent pitched(set up) in a ______ area.

“I never ______ their faces and when they ______, they changed their voices in nasal tones(speaking through nose passage) on ______,” she said. “They kept ______ that the only thing they wanted was the money and that they didn’t want to have anything to do with me or my family.”

The high ______ student, who was seized by three face-covered and armed men on July 2, 1983 from her family’s country villa(别墅) in Tuscany, said she still had no idea ______ on earth she had been held.

1.A.got B.had C.took D.spent

2.A.and B.including C.with D.although

3.A.She B.Her friend C.Her father D.Her mother

4.A.so B.after C.unless D.if

5.A.lot B.amount C.total D.figure

6.A.treated B.understood C.considered D.tested

7.A.family B.reporters C.police D.friends

8.A.a bit B.at times C.somewhat D.containing

9.A.dangerous B.wooded C.kidnapping D.farm

10.A.watched B.remembered C.saw D.looked at

11.A.cried B.sang C.spoke D.laughed

12.A.purpose B.average C.holiday D.time

13.A.repeating B.doing C.talking D.asking for

14.A.society B.family C.class D.school

15.A.which B.what C.why D.where

    Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning, and put the blame on the alarm clock. In fact, the key to easy morning wake-up lies in resetting your body clock.1.Here’s how to make one.

● 2.In order to make a change, you need to decide why it’s important. Do you want to get up in time to have breakfast with your family, get in some exercise, or just be better prepared for your day? Once you are clear about your reasons, tell your family or roommates about the change you want to make.

● Rethink mornings. Now that you know why you want to wake up, consider re-arranging your morning activities. If you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags. 3. That’s a quarter-hour more you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timer.

● Keep your sleep/ wake schedule on weekends. If you’re tired out by Friday night, sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderful. But compensating (补偿) on the weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week, a recent study found.  4.

● Keep a record and evaluate it weekly. Keep track of your efforts and write down how you feel. After you’ve tried a new method for a week, take a look at your record. 5. If not, take another look at other methods you could try.

A. Get a sleep specialist.

B. Find the night motivation.

C. A better plan for sleep can help.

D. And consider setting a second alarm.

E. If the steps you take are working, keep it up.

F. Stick to your set bedtime and wake-up time, no matter the day.

G. Reconsider the 15 minutes you spend in line at the café to get coffee.