1 . Marathon fever is sweeping this country. In recent years, China's ever-growing passion for marathons has been triggered by its economic development and health-conscious middle class. A large number of marathon runners are white-collar workers, civil servants and business people that are keen on leading a healthy lifestyle. Government support, social participation and strong marketing by the sports industry have gradually led to the rapid development of the marathon industry, which is currently valued at 70 billion yuan ($10.77 billion). Due to its large participation and nationwide media report, marathons are considered by local governments an important part of marketing their cities. Thus, many cities list unique routes across local scenic spots and historical attractions, not only to boost people's fitness, but also to promote local tourism.

For many runners, marathons are a way of life." As we get older, the places and opportunities to meet new people decrease. I find that participating in marathons is a simple way to make friends," said Wu, who made many friends in the Xstop Running Community, a running club with 48,000 members established by Xtep, one of the leading distributors of sports merchandise in China.

"The sense of belonging and the mutual encouragement that exists within the running community are very attractive to many people. We easily befriend one another, since we have the same goal: to keep running and never stop," Wu said. Besides, a marathon can be a great way to explore new places. For a runner who also loves traveling, marathons are a solid choice. "Competing in an international marathon is a chance to experience a city or a country you've never visited before," said Meng, an experienced runner from north China's Tianjin Municipality, who often runs in London, New York and Melbourne.

There's a unique perspective that people get running through the streets of a city, distinct ancient buildings or amazing natural settings, he explained, things that somehow just can't be seen by rushing in a car. In addition, during a race, streets are often closed off so you don't have to battle traffic.

1. Which word has the closest meaning to the underlined word "triggered" in the first paragraph？___

A．motivated

B．solved

C．battled

D．increased

2. Who is most likely to take part in the marathons___

A．John，a company manager

B．Jack，a middle-aged farmer

C．Rose，a high school student

D．Maria，a retired teacher

3. According to paragraph 3&4，which of the following statement is NOT true？___

A．A marathon can be a great way to explore new places

B．There is few traffic in the streets during a marathon race.

C．You see common sights by running through the streets of a city

D．Many people are attracted to mutual encouragement of the running community.

4. Why do local governments support the marathons？___

A．Because nationwide media coverage can make them famous.

B．Because they realize the benefits for their citizens.

C．Because local scenic spots and historical attractions can have unique routes.

D．Because they want to make people healthier and boost tourism.

2 . Many people thought a computer wasn't supposed to be able to beat a top master at the ancient Chinese game, Weiqi, for at least another 10 years. But AlphaGo, an artificially intelligent system(人工智能系统) designed by Google, made it. It easily beat Lee Sedol last year, one of the best players in the world. It challenged the world's top players to show how much progress it had made over the past few years.

In the late of May, 2017, AlphaGo appeared in China and played against 19-year-old Ke Jie in Wuzhen, China. He is No. 1 player now in the world. However, the result wasn't out of people's expectation. He lost the matches. Though Ke Jie tried his best and he once saw the victory just a step away, he lost his best chance when he became excited.

At the press conference(新闻发布会) after the match, Ke Jie was interviewed by the reporters.He said he had realized how powerful AlphaGo was, and it was getting perfect. When a Chinese reporter asked him in English, the reporter spoke so fast that the interpreter(口译员 ) couldn't catch him. Ke Jie got kind of angry and told him that it was unnecessary for two Chinese to speak English. The reporter apologized to him and offered to ask him for a coffee.

The cat and mouse game is over, but the challenge between man and robots will still go on.

1. Which was the most probable date when Ke Jie played against AlphaGo?

A．May 5.	B．May 23.
C．May 18.	D．May Day

2. Why did Ke Jie get angry at the press conference?

A．Because he lost the game.

B．Because the reporter couldn't catch the interpreter.

C．Because the reporter asked him in English.

D．Because the reporter wasn't able to speak Chinese well.

3. According to the passage, which of the following statements is True?

A．People thought a computer could beat humans many years ago.

B．Ke Jie was expected to lose the matches.

C．Ke Jie asked the reporter for a coffee.

D．AlphaGo had great trouble winning the game last year.

4. AlphaGo is______________.

A．Ke Jie	B．Lee Sedol
C．a Weiqimatch	D．an artificially intelligent system

3 . 短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词的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。

I had a interesting dream last night. I dreamed that I took part in a race in the sports meeting. At first, I could not to run very fast and fell behind. So I didn’t lose heart and kept running. All the student on the playground cheered me on, “Come on!” I was so encouraging that I ran faster and faster until I caught up all the other runners. I felt like a superman. In the end, I got to the finishing line first. I won the race. I felt very proudly of myself. Many of my classmates throw me up into the air. Just at that moment I woke up and found me still lying in bed ! What interesting the dream was!

4 . 假定你是李华，你的英国网友Henry对中国的太极拳(Tai Chi)很感兴趣，来信向你询问相关事宜。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1. 中国武术，以动作平衡著称；
2. 有益于身体健康及精神放松；
3. 建议他学习太极拳。
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：武术martial art
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5 . 假设你是李华，你学校刚刚成立了太极社团，请给对中国武术感兴趣的交换生John写封邮件邀请他加入，内容包括：
1. 练习太极的好处；
2. 报名方式及截止日期；
3. 表示愿意进一步提供帮助。
注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：太极社团Tai Chi Club；武术：martial arts
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6 . 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下列作文。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：把多余的词作斜线（\）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l1处起）不计分。

I often went for a morning walk because the nature is at her best in the morning. The best place I like to go is the park where is not far away my house. In the morning, I can breathe the fresh air, hear the birds singing, but enjoy the beautiful sunshine. For the whole day, I will feel happier and more relaxing. My morning walk protect me from illnesses and improves my healthy. In my opinion, the morning walk is too healthy that I can’t love them more.

7 . I was having a period of bad health. I had one operation after another. I was falling _______ faster than the doctors could put me back together. But I just couldn’t bear the operation, the hospital stay, the long recovery and the physical therapy（康复治疗）. I told my doctor I was going to try _______ else.

I’d discovered that walking gave me a little _______. So I started walking. The first day, my wife _______ off our steep Silver Lake hill to a flat street. She got me out of the car, and I walked about two blocks _______ asking to be taken home. The next day, I walked about four _______.

Slowly, feeling a little _______ every day, I began to walk a mile or more. I even _______ some hills to my route. I became interested in the network of public stairways around Silver Lake I made a _______ of it and walked every public staircase in Silver Lake. That went pretty well, so I ________ onto Echo Park. I was feeling better, so I kept going. The search finally ________ “Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles’ ”a book ________ in the spring of 2010. By then, I had ________. I’d been walking at least an hour a day for three years. My life ________ returned to normal.

In three years of walks, I’ve met dozens of people who’d had ________ experiences of rebirth or recovery. One man told me he’d lost 80 pounds walking the secret stairs and was dating for the first time in a decade. One woman told me she’d ________ knee operation. Another told me she’d been ________ to start ballroom dancing again.

All I’d ________ from the walks was relief from pain. What I got was ________, community and a whole new experience of my city. Out of the car, on my feet and moving at walking pace, I ________ Los Angeles for the first time.

1.

A．away

B．apart

C．asleep

D．about

2.

A．everything

B．nothing

C．something

D．anything

3.

A．courage

B．confidence

C．relief

D．delight

4.

A．drove

B．took

C．set

D．gave

5.

A．then

B．before

C．until

D．while

6.

A．miles

B．kilometers

C．blocks

D．streets

7.

A．happier

B．calmer

C．faster

D．stronger

8.

A．found

B．added

C．challenged

D．climbed

9.

A．review

B．search

C．goal

D．task

10.

A．moved

B．worked

C．carried

D．brought

11.

A．put into

B．knocked into

C．broke into

D．turned into

12.

A．bought

B．formed

C．published

D．created

13.

A．picked up

B．brought up

C．went up

D．kept up

14.

A．generally

B．recently

C．gradually

D．effectively

15.

A．same

B．particular

C．extra

D．similar

16.

A．received

B．avoided

C．suffered

D．stood

17.

A．able

B．worried

C．likely

D．anxious

18.

A．benefited

B．attempted

C．dreamed

D．sought

19.

A．home

B．neighborhood

C．success

D．friendship

20.

A．caught sight of

B．thought highly of

C．fell in love with

D．settled down in

8 . We all know that exercise is good for your health. But some kinds of exercise may be better than others.

Running, for example, may help to protect against heart disease and other health problems. Running may also help you live longer. Researchers say it is not important how far you run. It also does not matter how fast or even how often you run. As advertisements for the running shoes Nike say, “Just Do It.”

Recently researchers studied more than 55,000 adults. About one-fourth of the adults reported running regularly. The study found these runners were considerably less likely than non-runners to die of any form of disease, including heart disease. In fact, the runners lived, on average, three years longer than the non-runners.

This study lasted 15 years. During that time, more than 3,400 of the individuals died. About 1.200 of the deaths were linked to heart disease, hear, attack or stroke.

One of the researchers is a man named D.C. Lee, a professor of Iowa State University Compared to non-runners, he said, runners showed a much lower risk of dying from some diseases. “Compared to non-runners, runners showed 30 percent lower risk of death by any causes, including heart attack, stroke and cancer. Also, runners compared to non-runners showed 45 percent lower risk of death by cardiovascular diseases（心血管疾病）, including heart attack and stroke.”

D. C. Lee and the other researchers found that speed, distance and how often one runs made little difference in reducing the risk of death. The runners in the study averaged between 10 and 16 kilometers per hour. Mr Lee said slower runners and those who only ran once or twice a week were helped nearly as much as those who ran faster and further. “And also we looked at the inning over time and we found that persistent runners（over six years）showed the biggest benefits, as well.”

1. What does the author mean by quoting Nike’s ad “Just Do it”?

A．It’s time for you to start running.

B．Nike has always kept its promise.

C．You have to run as fast as possible.

D．Running does you good whatever its form.

2. The researchers got the results of their study mainly by ________.

A．analyzing data	B．having interviews
C．doing experiments	D．doing field survey

3. What can we learn from Paragraph 5?

A．Heart disease is the biggest killer of mankind.

B．Runners are generally healthier than non-runners.

C．Heart disease has killed more people than cancer.

D．Running greatly reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.

4. What can we know according to Mr Lee?

A．Slower runners and faster runners benefit equally from running.

B．You can benefit most if your speed is over 10km per hour.

C．You must control your speed properly while running.

D．The further you run, the more benefits you will get.

9 . Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between.

    1    We dance from Florida to Alaska, from north to south and sea to sea. We dance at weddings, birthdays, office parties and just to fill the time.

“I adore dancing,” says Lester Bridges, the owner of a dance studio in Iowa. “I can’t imagine doing anything else with my life.” Bridges runs dance classes for all ages. “Teaching dance is wonderful.     2    It’s great to watch them. For many of them, it’s a way of meeting people and having a social life.”

    3    “I can tell you about one young couple,” says Bridges. “They’re learning to do traditional dances. They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile.     4    ”

So, do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better, calmer, healthier? Andrea Hillier says, “Dance, like the pattern of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years, I want to get better and better.    5     I find it hard to stop! Dancing reminds me I’m alive.”

A．So why do we dance?

B．Dance in the U.S. is everywhere.

C．If you like dancing outdoors, come to America.

D．My older students say it makes them feel young.

E．I keep practicing even when I’m extremely tired.

F．Dancing seems to change their feeling completely.

G．They stayed up all night long singing and dancing.

10 . 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。

According to a review of evidence in a medical journal, runners live three years     1    (long) than non-runners. You don't have to run fast or for long    2    (see)the benefit. You may drink, smoke, be overweight and still reduce your risk of     3     (die) early by running. While running regularly can't make you live forever, the review says it     4     (be) more effective at lengthening life    5     walking, cycling or swimming. Two of the authors of the review also made a study published in 2014    6    showed a mere five to 10 minutes A day of running reduced the risk of heart disease and early deaths from all     7    (cause).

The best exercise is one that you enjoy and will do. But otherwise…   it's probably running. To avoid knee pain, you can run on soft surfaces, do exercises to    8    (strength)your leg muscles(肌肉),avoid hills and get good running shoes. Running is cheap, easy and it's always    9    (energy).If you are time poor, you need run for only half the time to get the same benefits as other sports, so perhaps we should all give    10    a try.