1. High temperatures result in much evaporation (蒸发) from the plants.

A．turn to

B．come to

C．lead to

3. I have mountains of work to do every day, so I’m very busy.

A．lots of

B．a large number of

C．a few of

4. I really don’t know the answer. I’m just guessing.

A．trying to look smart

B．trying to get up

C．trying to get an answer

5. He was late as a result of the heavy snow.

A．because of

B．so that

C．except for

6. The building was completely destroyed by fire.

A．entered

B．damaged

C．pushed

7. Your age shouldn’t make any difference to whether you get the job or not.

A．keep in touch with

B．have any effect on

C．take responsibility for

8. There is no simple solution to this problem.

A．way of forgetting

B．way of making

C．way of solving

9. If you use the things that have already been used again, you ________ them.

A．rebuild

B．recall

C．recycle

11. We should use things which are ________ to environment.

A．brave

B．friendly

C．ready

12. Children’s lives are ________ every time they cross this road in the busy traffic.

A．in danger

B．out of danger

C．hopeful

13. We should have a ________ discussion before making the final decision.

A．possible

B．valuable

C．proper

14. The population has _________ from 1.2 million to 1.8 million.

A．dropped

B．increased

C．checked

15. A _________ consumer means someone who is concerned about protecting the environment.

A．green

B．correct

C．careful

“When you start to talk about responsibility(责任), I thought of a time in my life when I didn’t want to accept(承担) responsibility for anything,” Elena said. “It was one of the most ________ times of my life. I don’t know ________, but I just felt like I had no control over anything. Part of the problem was that I was feeling very unsure of myself. ”

“I started going around with a group of children who were always in ________. I guess all of us were unsure, but nobody talked about it. Some of the children were taking drugs(毒品), so I had to prove (证明) how cool I was and ________ them too. I started staying out late, not doing my homework, and ________ my parents a lot. And if they tried to talk with me about what was wrong, I’d tell them they didn’t understand me. ________ I didn’t feel that the children I stayed with understood me, either. Most of them just listened to music all the time and didn’t talk much.”

“I was really going downhill until an old friend visited me from Toronto—we were the best friends, but she moved away two years ago. We could talk about ________. She really understood me and looked at me and said, ‘Elena, what is wrong with you? You’ve changed so much, and I don’t like that!’ She really felt worried about me. And she ________ to help me out. From then on, I began to know I must ________ responsibility for my life. That group of children decided what I should do, but I know they didn’t really care about me ________.”

16.

A．unhappy

B．unusual

C．important

17.

A．how

B．why

C．that

18.

A．danger

B．trouble

C．love

19.

A．played

B．made

C．enjoyed

20.

A．talked with

B．communicated with

C．argued with

21.

A．So

B．But

C．Or

22.

A．anything

B．something

C．some things

23.

A．got in the way

B．was on the way

C．went out of her way

24.

A．accept

B．finish

C．forget

25.

A．anymore

B．after all

C．at all

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26. How are the books on this webpage listed?

A．By price.

B．By popularity.

C．By reader’s age.

D．By writer’ s name.

27. What is true about the book Women in Science?

A．It is mainly about Marie Curie's history.

B．It lists all the important scientific achievements.

C．It includes women scientists that aren’t famous.

D．It is mostly about the development of modern science.

28. How much will a Bestbooks Book Club member pay in total if he orders First Big Book of How and A Really Short History of Nearly Everything today?

A．$34.

B．$30.

C．$26.

D．$24.

29. A primary school student who needs to write a science report about African elephants should choose__________.

A．Women in science	B．First Big Book of How
C．A Really Short History of Nearly Everything	D．National Geographic's First Big Book of the World

30. What is the main purpose of this webpage?

A．To sell books to young readers.	B．To attract new book club members.
C．To encourage students' interest in science.	D．To review books young readers might like

Chinese buyers used to prize foreign brands, thinking that products made by American or European companies are of higher quality(质量) than Chinese ones. Increasingly, that’s no longer the case.

Chinese people born before 1985 generally think that foreign brands are better than Chinese ones, billionaire William Li told Business Insider during a recent interview on CCTV 9. But for those who were born after 1985, it is a different picture.

“When I first went to the United Kingdom in 1997, I thought that the difference between China and Europe was quite big,” Li said. “But for those born in the 1990s, when they visit Europe or the US, they do not think there is a big difference.”

The change in thinking among Chinese buyers is showing up in many markets in China where western companies used to control. A study by Credit Suisse published in March found that young Chinese buyers are increasingly showing a “home brand bias.”   More than 90% of young Chinese buyers would prefer to buy home appliance brands, according to the study. Meanwhile, home companies producing food, drinks, or personal care products increased their share of the market by 3.3% over the last ten years to nearly 70%.

“Chinese buyers, especially the younger ones, don’t just believe that foreign brands are better. Right now, Chinese buyers think China is good and ‘Made in China’ is not bad at all,” Charlie Chen, head of China buyer research at Credit Suisse, told South China Morning Post in March.

The Chinese smartphone market is controlled by home companies—Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi. Apple is the only foreign brand in the top five, but it has lost large ground to the home brands in recent years. Its market share is believed to be down to 37% from a 2015 high of 54%.

31. What is this passage mainly about?

A．The quality of   “Made in China”.

B．The change in Chinese buyers’ thinking.

C．Chinese products in the eye of foreigner.

D．Difference between older and younger Chinese buyers.

32. Which of the following is true according to the text?

A．More and more foreigners go to buy Chinese products.

B．Foreign products are more expensive than Chinese ones.

C．More and more Chinese buyers prefer Chinese products.

D．Older Chinese people don’t like foreign products any more.

33. What does the underlined word “home brand bias” mean?

A．时尚

B．偏爱

C．产品

D．鄙视

34. Who did most of the research for this report?

A．Credit Suisse.	B．CCTV 9.
C．South China Morning Post.	D．Business Insider.

35. What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Chinese products get more popular at home

B．Young Chinese are crazy for foreign brands

C．‘Made in China’ is welcomed all over the world

D．Apple has lost large ground to Huawei in China

Alicia Keys was born in 1981 and grew up in New York. She had music and dance classes when she was a child and she first appeared on TV in the Cosby Show at the age of four. She started piano lessons when she was seven and learned classical music before she began to write her own songs at the age of 14.
Alicia signed a contract with J Records in 1999. She recorded several songs for films before her first album, Songs in Minor, came out in 2001. This was a fantastic success. It entered the charts at number one, sold 236,000 copies in its first week, and went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide. Alicia won five big awards, including Song of the Year for Fallin’, the album’s top single, which was a number one hit for six weeks.
Since then, Alicia has sold over 30 million albums. She has also become an actress and a record producer with her own studio. She plays the piano as well as singing on all her albums and she has written some great songs for other artists. She has performed in TV programmes and she made her first film, Smokin’ Aces, in 2007. Her other films include The Nanny Diaries (2007) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008),’
36. Which of the following statements is NOT true when Alicia Keys was a child?

A．She lived in New York.

B．She took classical music lessons.

C．She learned dancing and singing.

D．She often appeared on television.

37. When did Alicia start writing songs?

A．In 1995

B．In 1999

C．At the Cosby Show

D．At the age of seven

38. The underlined words Song of the Year for Fallin’ in the second paragraph refers to?

A．A number one album in 2001.

B．The top sale album copies in a week.

C．The name of a hero in Songs in A Minor.

D．The song which was at the top of the charts for weeks.

39. What has Alicia done since 2001?

A．She has opened her own studio.

B．She has started playing the piano.

C．She has recorded all her songs herself.

D．She made her first film The Nanny Diaries.

40. Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to Alicia?
①Made the film Smokin’ Aces
②Signed a contract with J Records
③Appeared on TV in The Cosby Show
④Songs in A Minor sold 236,000 copies
⑤Become an actress and a record producer

A．③④②⑤①	B．③①④②⑤
C．③⑤④②①	D．③②④⑤①

There are many colors in nature. But do you know if a color has weight? I think you’ll say “no”. But I am afraid you are wrong. If you don’t believe, you may do a small experiment.
First, put two objects with the same weight into two boxes. Then cover the box. Third, wrap one box with a red piece of paper, the other with a white piece of paper. OK. Now hold the boxes with your hand one by one．It is certain that you will think the red one is a little heavier.
Why do you think so? A scientist found that different colors have different weight in a man’s mind. So he did many tests and at last he got the result. That is to say, every color has its own weight in our mind' and their order is the   same. The heaviest color is red, then blue, green, orange, yellow and white.
The scientist told us that colors also have smell. Can you smell the color? Of course not. Then why did the scientist   say so? That is because every color stands for a kind of light with a certain wavelength. It reaches our brain through sense organs.
According to this discovery, scientists say that people accept the colors they like, and refuse the colors they hate. So your body and mind will be healthy by using the colors you like. Or you’ll be nervous or even get ill. For example, if you stay in a room with red windows, wallpapers and furniture for two hours, you’ll feel you have been there for four hours. But if the room is blue, you’ll feel you have been there for only an hour. Another example, if a person walks out of a red room and into a blue room, his temperature will fall. That means our body temperature will change with different colors.
41. The purpose of the second paragraph is to tell us __________.

A．a red box is heavier than a white one	B．a color has weight in one’s mind
C．white paper is lighter than red paper	D．you can know the weight of a color by holding it

42. Why did the scientist say colors have smell?

A．Because people can sense the light from colors.

B．Because we can smell colors with our nose.

C．Because every color has its own sweet smell.

D．Because every color can give off light of the same length.

43. If a person walks from a blue room to a red room, his body temperature will __________.

A．rise

B．fall

C．stay the same

D．change now and then

44. It can be implied from the text that __________.

A．colors have orders in weight

B．colors can change the weight of an object

C．people would stay longer in a room with red windows

D．colors can affect our mood and health

45. This passage is probably a __________.

A．book review

B．fiction novel

C．fairy tale

D．science report

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Many children love animals. And Willow Phelps is one of     46     (they). In fact, this American little girl not only loves animals, but she also has done really a lot for them. And     47     she did these kind things, she won the 2016 ASPCA(美国防止虐待动物协会) Kid of the Year.

Willow’s     48     (love) for animals started early. When she was about 3 years old, her family took in     49     18-year-old cat. Under the care of Willow, the cat lived for another 3 years. After that, many old pets arrived in Willow’s home. So, Willow began to make plans to help more     50     (animal).

With her mum’s help, Willow began running, swimming and even sewing(缝制) toys to     51     (raise) money for animals in need of help. In her young life, she has     52     (successful) completed the three projects. Finally, she raised $11,000. She also succeeded in     53     (stop) the use of live goldfish as prizes at her school party. And what she did for goldfish was     54     (notice) and rewarded(奖励) by the ASPCA.

“I will continue to speak up for animals no matter     55     hard it is,” said Willow. Willow dreams of becoming an animal doctor in the future. Let’s hope this little girl’s dream will come true.