1 . At some point in life, many people experience a mental(精神)problem. While most people get over it，for others it doesn't go away easily.
The WHO says that about 20 percent teenagers around the world experience mental illness. It's thought that the number of teenagers with mental illness around the world will increase by half by 2020.It will become one of the main causes of diseases, and even death.
In China, the picture isn't bright, cither. About one tenth of teenagers under the age of 17 have a mental health challenge.
The world is changing fast. Study and relationships have always caused stress, but today the stress is much higher than before, the WHO said.
A research center in Oxford University says that young people today have big stresses at school. For example, they experience bullying（欺凌）. In a 2017 report, the centre noted that the Internet was a special source（渠道）of stress. Online, young people often see "messages about perfection" and this causes the young "great uncertainty about their futures"，says the centre.
Also, according to China Daily, Chinese people don't ask for help with their mental problems. They fear that others will think less of them if they say that they are in mental trouble. Elaine Peng, a US mental health educator, makes a similar point. And in the UK, over three quarters of young people believe their mental problems have a social stigma. It is reported in 2017 that a quarter of young UK people wouldn't ask for help if they developed a mental problem.
Young people who don't ask for help for their condition may be creating problems for themselves in the future. Elaine Peng warned that. "If we hide our mental health, it may remain a problem forever."
"My message for young people is if you feel something is wrong within you———ask for help" he told China Daily.
1. Which of the following is NOT the cause of stress according to the passage?| A．Heavy schoolwork. | B．Being bullied at school. |
| C．Some information from the Internet. | D．Certainty about the future. |
| A．They can deal with their mental problems by themselves. |
| B．They don't take their mental problems seriously. |
| C．They can keep their mental health secret |
| D．They are afraid of getting little attention. |
| A．Shame. | B．Ability. | C．Chance. | D．Expression |
| A．think less of themselves | B．avoid being bullied |
| C．ask for help as soon as possible | D．stay away from the Internet |
| A．Ask research centers for help. |
| B．Describe the major reasons of young people's mental illness. |
| C．Call public attention on teenagers with mental illness. |
| D．Show some different opinions from different countries. |
2 . Good advice can help people make better decisions(决定). When someone asks you for advice, you should take it seriously and try your best to give good advice. Sometimes you should remember what your mother taught you: if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all, because bad advice may have terrible results. There are some ways for you to give advice.
☆Listen to the person asking you for advice. Every situation(情况) is special, so never think you know all about a problem. Listen to the person who wants advice, and learn as much as possible about the situation.
☆Put yourself in others' shoes. Think about what you will do if you are in the same situation. Don't just depend on(依赖) your experiences to give advice.
☆Think about the results of taking and not taking your advice. When possible, think twice about all the possible results. This is more important for really difficult problems.
☆Understand that the person may not take your advice. Someone asks for your advice, but he or she may not take it. When you give advice, the idea is to give someone the tools( 方法) to make their own decision, not make the decision for them. The person knows more about the situation than you do, so your advice may not be the best. Don't be surprised when a person doesn't take your advice. Live with it, and let the person live with his or her decision.
☆Don't be afraid to let the person know that you don't have anything to say if you are not able to give any advice. Take some time to think about it. You may share your thoughts later.
1. When a person asks you for advice, you should ________.| A．try to give good advice | B．say nothing at all |
| C．ask your mom for advice | D．tell the bad results |
| A．Because we should learn from other people. |
| B．Because the person has something nice to tell us. |
| C．Because we need to know about the special situation. |
| D．Because the person will feel much more comfortable. |
| A．削足适履 | B．设身处地 | C．助人为乐 | D．以身作则 |
| A．you will have to try harder | B．you shouldn't be surprised |
| C．you can make better decisions | D．you can shout at them angrily |
| A．How to give advice. | B．How to take others’ advice. |
| C．How to ask for advice. | D．How to solve difficult problems. |
3 . Do you know the whales in the sea? There are many relatives（亲属）in the whale family and they always live together with whales.
Few people know dolphins（海豚）are part of the whale family. Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals (哺乳动物）. They breathe air, and they have babies and feed them with milk. Dolphins are famous for their wonderful shows. They can jump high out of the water and show turns in the air. These jumps give the dolphins time to breathe.
Porpoises（鼠海豚)are also in the whale family and are quite like dolphins. But they are different in the size and shape of the mouth. The dolphin's mouth is long and thin, but the porpoise's is short and thick. Dolphins are also more talkative than porpoises. Dolphins make sounds to talk with each other under water. But porpoises do not do this. Both of them are smart and friendly to humans.
Not all the members of the whale family are friendly. Big whales are much easier to be angry than smaller dolphins or porpoises. An angry whale can be dangerous. Perhaps this helped to create the story of Moby Dick that sank（使下沉） a ship and made all the people on it die in the sea.
1. Which of the following is NOT true according to paragraph 2?| A．Most people think dolphins have nothing to do with the whale family. |
| B．Dolphins feed their babies with milk. |
| C．When dolphins jump high out of the water, they can breathe air. |
| D．Dolphins can't show for us. |
| A．has the same mouth as the dolphin's |
| B．is friendly to humans |
| C．is much bigger than the dolphin |
| D．has a longer nose than the dolphin |
| A．Dolphins and porpoises have great differences in their habits. |
| B．Whale families often like swimming and living in groups. |
| C．Porpoises make sounds to communicate with one another under water. |
| D．Dolphins jump high out of the water to have fun. |
| A．a ship | B．a dolphin | C．a porpoise | D．a whale |
| A．Whales' birth place. | B．Whales' eating habits. |
| C．Members of the whale family. | D．Differences between dolphins and porpoises. |
Sonia: My birthday is on February twenty-fifth.
Ms Lee: February twenty-fifth. Alright, and when is Bills birthday?
Sonia: Bill’s birthday is on June second.
Ms Lee: And what about Tom? When is his birthday?
Somia: His birthday is on January tenth.
Ms Lee: OK. And how about Robert and Nick? When is their birthday?
Sonia: They’re twins, so they have the same birthday. Their birthday is on October thirtieth.
Ms Lee: Right, October thirtieth. Is that all?
Sonia: Ms Lee, when is your birthday?
MsLee: Ah, my birthday is on April first.
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5 . Helen and Linda are good friends. They are in the same class. They go to school five days a week. And they have seven classes a day. They take eight subjects. After school, they play volleyball.
The two girls’ mother are friends, too. They like sports. So they can play sports with the two girls on the weekend(在周末). Linda’s mother likes tennis and Helen’s mother likes tennis, too. Can the two girls play tennis? Sure, they play it well. The four friends always play tennis in the morning, and watch TV in the afternoon. It is relaxing! The two girls like eating fruit. They like apples, strawberries and oranges. But they don’t like pears. After playing tennis, their mothers always make some fruit salad for them.
What good friends they are!
1. Helen and Linda are ________.(1) cousins (2) classmates (3)sisters (4)friends
| A．(1) (3) | B．(2) (3) | C．(2) (4) | D．(1) (2) |
| A．Four | B．Five | C．Seven | D．Eight |
| A．Apples | B．Pears | C．Strawberries | D．Oranges |
| A．The two girls’ mothers always go to school with their daughters. |
| B．The two girls’ mothers only watch sports on TV on weekends. |
| C．The two girls’ mothers always play tennis on weekends. |
| D．Helen and Linda don’t like to play tennis with their mothers. |
| A．Four Good Friends | B．Helen and Linda |
| C．Fruit Salad | D．Our Mothers |
6 . A good joke can be the hardest thing to understand when studying a foreign language.
There’s more to learn understanding a joke in a foreign language than understanding vocabulary and grammar.
Being able to understand local jokes is often seen as an ice-breaker for a language learner who wants to build friendships with native speakers.
“I always felt that humor was a ceiling(上限)that I could never break through,” said Hannah Ashley, who once studied Spanish in Madrid. “I could never speak to people on the same level as I would speak to a native English speaker. I almost came across as quite a boring person because all I could talk about was facts.”
In fact, most of the time, jokes are only funny for people who share a cultural background or understand humor in the same way.
Сhіnеѕе-Аmеrісаn соmеdіаn(喜剧演员)Jое Wоng(Нuаng Хі)fоund thіѕ оut fіrst-hаnd(亲身经历). He had achieved great success doing stand-up comedy(美式单口相声)in the US, but when he returned to China in 2008 for his first live show in Beijing, he discovered that his humor didn’t translate. People didn’t think his Chinese jokes were as funny as his English ones.
In Australia, many foreigners find understanding jokes about sports to be the biggest headache. “The hardest jokes are related to rugby(橄榄球)because I know nothing about rugby,” said Melody Cao, who was once a student in Australia. “When I heard jokes I didn’t get, I just laughed along.”
In the other two major English-speaking countries, the sense of humor is also different. British comedian Simon Pegg believes that while British people use irony(讽刺)—basically, saying something they don’t mean to make a joke—every day, people in the US don’t see the point of using it so often. “British jokes tend to(倾向于)be more subtle (不易察觉)and dark, while American jokes are direct with their meanings, a bit like Americans themselves,” he wrote in a newspaper.
1. By using the underlined sentence, the writer means that .| A．you need to learn about a culture to understand its jokes |
| B．local jokes can help you to understand the local culture better |
| C．making jokes can help you form friendships with native speakers |
| D．understanding jokes requires excellence in vocabulary and grammar |
| A．She feels confident in using Spanish. |
| B．She believes that it’s better to tell the facts than jokes. |
| C．She thinks that Spanish people do not have much of a sense of humor. |
| D．Not being able to understand their humor makes her seem boring to Spanish people. |
| A．prove that it can be difficult to translate jokes |
| B．show that there are cultural differences in humor |
| C．show that your language ability influences your sense of humor |
| D．suggest that bilingual people(双语者)have no problems making people laugh |
| A．Ironic. | B．Subtle. | C．Direct. | D．Dark. |
| A．Americans might not be able to enjoy British jokes |
| B．British people’s dark jokes often make people uncomfortable |
| C．English native speakers can all understand English jokes easily |
| D．jokes about sports are the most difficult ones for foreign people |
7 . Everyone loves money! But do you know where money came from? Who were the first people to use money? Scientists say that over 10,000 years ago, people in Swaziland(斯威士兰), Southern Africa, were using red dye(染料) as a type of money around that period of time. Later, people in several places used shells and other valuable things as a type of money to “buy” or “trade for” things they wanted. This is known as a form of trade where some goods are exchanged for other goods.
Many things have been used as “money” from pigs to salt. For a long time, pepper(胡椒粉) could be used to “pay for” things in Europe. On the Micronesian island of Yap, people used very big stone “coins”, some of which were up to eight feet wide and weighed more than a small car.
But the most convenient forms of money were pieces of valuable metals like gold and silver. Historians think that the Lydians were the first people to introduce the use of gold and silver coins around 650 BC. Gold and silver are still quite valuable today.
The first banknotes(纸币) appeared in China in the 7th century, and the first banknotes in Europe came out in 1661.
Money has changed through the ages. However, it is more important today than ever before.
1. How long ago did people start using money?| A．Perhaps 1,000 years ago. |
| B．Perhaps 100,000, 000 years ago. |
| C．Perhaps 10,000 years ago. |
| D．Perhaps 1,000, 000 years ago. |
| A．Pigs, pepper and dyes. |
| B．Lines, dyes and butterflies. |
| C．Dyes, coins and bananas. |
| D．Bananas, rocks and pencils. |
| A．The first money was used only in Swaziland. |
| B．Shells were used as clothing a long time ago. |
| C．The banknotes appeared in China and Europe at different times. |
| D．Large stones, pigs, salt and pepper were used as early types of money. |
| A．dye and pepper | B．pigs and salt |
| C．shells and stones | D．gold and silver |
| A．Everyone loves money. |
| B．People have used different forms of money for a long time. |
| C．People have used money for only a short time. |
| D．Spending money is fun. |
8 . Now many people like fast food. We all know that fast food is not good for our health. So more and more fast food restaurants are serving healthier food and you can make healthier food and you can make healthier choices. Here are some tips (建议) for ordering healthy food at fast food restaurants.
Don't order the biggest size. The biggest size means cheaper, but it is not good for health. The biggest size have a most fat sugar and so on. A smaller size is probably enough for you.
Some drinks are full of sugar. So when you want something to drink , you should choose milk or water.
Usually fried food is not the best choice. You should choose baked (烘烤的) food. It is healthier.
Go for the kids menu, because the sizes of kids food are usually smaller. You can eat less. You can also choose to eat half of what you order and take the other half home to eat later.
Today, more and more fast food restaurants are starting to serve healthier food. You can order the food with words like "healthy” or “light (清淡的) ” on the menu.
Eating at fast food restaurants may not be bad for you. By making smart choices, eating at fast food restaurants can be not that bad.
1. 回答问题：How many tips does the writer give us to order healthy food at fast food restaurants?
2. 在文中找出与下面句子意思相近的一句话。
It is known to us that fast food is bad for our health.
3. What does the underlined word “It”in Paragraph 4 refer to（指的是）?
4. 将最后一段中划线的句子翻译成汉语。
5. 请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
9 . Can you swim? No? Well. How can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I'm afraid you'll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming. It's the same with the English study. You must practice, practice and practice.
Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. You can listen to English programs on the radio. You may just understand a few words. It doesn't matter. Just be relaxed, and try to catch every word. Somebody may be a good listener. but he dare not speak. He's afraid of making mistakes. You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese. Don't be afraid. You must be brave. If you really want to learn English well, you must try to speak with everyone as long as he knows English. Whether you know him or not is not important. Remember, the more you speak, the fewer mistakes you'll make.
Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First, you must choose the books you're interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.
Keep an English diary. You can also write English articles. You may even post them to English magazines. Don't be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success.
Easier said than done. Well, just do more practice from now on. I'm sure you'll learn English well in this way.
1. You can learn to swim by _______.| A．reading books about it | B．looking at others swimming |
| C．having lessons on it | D．going into thewater and learning |
| A．listening and speaking | B．reading and writing |
| C．both A and B | D．swimming |
| A．Don't make mistakes. | B．Study hard. |
| C．Try not to speak English. | D．Don't be afraid. |
| A．Listening. | B．Speaking. |
| C．Reading and writing. | D．Learning. |
| A．by going abroad | B．on the radio |
| C．every minute | D．now and then |
10 . How green are you? Do you care about protecting the environment and saving energy? We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day and it does harm to our environment. Though we are young, we can still do something to help. In fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make a real difference to the environment. Here are some ideas for you. Remember these three words: Reduce, reuse and recycle.
REDUCE
Reduce means “use less.” Don’t waste things. This saves money and reduces pollution and waste going into the environment. Before we buy something new, think whether it is really necessary— or maybe the old one will be just as good! When we do buy things, choose local products （产品）if possible, and try not to buy too many things from abroad. It may cost a lot of money to bring them to us.
REUSE
Reuse means “use again.” Use things for as long as possible. When we buy things, make sure that they last a long time. We should look after them so that they will last, and we should repair them if we can instead of throwing them away and buying new ones. Don’t use a paper cup or a paper bag. It’s better to use a china cup and a lunch box because you can use them again.
RECYCLE
Recycle means “change things into something else.” Although it takes energy to change something into something else, it’s better than throwing things away or burning them. Find out what can be recycled in your neighborhood and take part in recycling programs. We should also buy products made from recycled materials, such as recycled paper, to help save trees.
1. Why is it better to choose local products if possible?| A．Things from abroad do harm to our environment. | B．Local products are much cheaper. |
| C．To choose local products means that we love our country. | D．Things from abroad aren’t necessary. |
| A．Throw them away. |
| B．If they are still suitable, keep them. |
| C．Clean the floor with them. |
| D．Give them to others and buy new ones. |
| A．To shop with plastic bags. | B．To use paper cups. |
| C．To collect old newspapers. | D．To burn fallen leaves. |
| A．We should learn to grow vegetables. |
| B．People mustn’t produce waste any more. |
| C．Children are too young to do anything to save energy. |
| D．The simplest everyday activities are important to protect our world. |
| A．Always buy new things and throw away old ones. | B．Use china cups instead of paper cups. |
| C．Recycle something that can be recycled. | D．Think first when we want to buy something. |
