2 . The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. _________, no one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the right path and make a _________.

We should start by doing what’s _________, then doing what’s possible and will certainly _________what may seem impossible! There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is joy in the _________shore and there is society where none interrupts; I love not man the less, but _________ more.

This is a true _________ of an organization Nurture Nature which presents plenty of opportunities to _________ not just one’s surroundings but one himself. To many it may seem that we_________ just another forum to save the planet, and we do. __________, there is something bigger that it brings to you, an __________ to redefine yourself and to make sure that you believe that you are indeed “part of it”.

We at Nurture Nature deal with the __________ of making each and every person aware of their ________to the planet and beginning to do what’s necessary before it’s too late.

By organizing clean up drives and campaigns and extending our __________ through social media we at Nurture Nature particularly are doing our best to fulfill our aim. This initiative has received an incredible __________from crowd funders worldwide and funds for the campaign and other tasks were collected and were more than sufficient which were put to good use.

1.

A．Roughly

B．Hopefully

C．Actually

D．Especially

2.

A．distinction

B．difference

C．deal

D．decision

3.

A．necessary

B．valuable

C．superior

D．difficult

4.

A．preserve

B．observe

C．choose

D．achieve

5.

A．lonely

B．distant

C．winding

D．boundless

6.

A．life

B．freedom

C．nature

D．growth

7.

A．experiment

B．account

C．worry

D．change

8.

A．respect

B．enrich

C．challenge

D．monitor

9.

A．bring in

B．bring up

C．bring about

D．bring out

10.

A．Therefore

B．Moreover

C．Instead

D．However

11.

A．experience

B．opportunity

C．adventure

D．occurrence

12.

A．prevention

B．purpose

C．promise

D．permission

13.

A．responsibilities

B．attitudes

C．approach

D．tendency

14.

A．concern

B．appeal

C．consensus

D．reach

15.

A．order

B．response

C．call

D．invitation

3 . Leslie Morissette’s son, Graham, was six years old when he was diagnosed with leukemia (白血病). Throughout Graham’s treatment in the hospital, Graham connected with everyone he met, from _______patients to younger children. “He would _______ his toys to other sick children or act silly to make them laugh.” Morissette said. “Graham’s special spirit is what kept me_______. He gave me the energy and the _______to fight with him.” In 1997, when he was eight years old, Graham passed away.

Inspired by how Graham lived his life caring about others, Morissette founded the _________Grahamtastic Connection in his late son’s honor. The organization provides free technology—including computers, iPads and robots—to children _________ against cancer and other serious illnesses.

One of the major goals of Morissette’s work is to _________kids to their classrooms. This helps them continue their education despite multiple hospitalizations and days _________ from school.

The robots “_________” children right into the classroom in real time. They can __________ the robots right from their hospital bed or home. If a child is unable to attend school, they can __________log on to their tablet or laptop and __________the robot. They can walk up and down the school paths, and go to lunch with their friends. But the real magic happens __________ classes. The robot enables them to walk down the hallway with their friends, talking about their weekend, their favorite foods and other things. It’s a really great ________ that gives children the feeling of control, when their world is maybe out of control.

“Every time I can help a child in need, I feel as if Graham is looking ________,” Morissette said. “I believe that Graham’s love lives on in the work that I do. And I’m proud and privileged to be able to do it in his honor.”

1.

A．lonely

B．elderly

C．daily

D．lively

2.

A．lend

B．submit

C．return

D．apply

3.

A．laughing

B．imagining

C．going

D．lying

4.

A．strength

B．warmth

C．opinion

D．direction

5.

A．associated

B．nonprofit

C．unconditional

D．appointed

6.

A．reacting

B．guarding

C．going

D．battling

7.

A．invite

B．show

C．connect

D．limit

8.

A．gained

B．missed

C．suffered

D．graduated

9.

A．turn

B．transform

C．exchange

D．transport

10.

A．build

B．operate

C．teach

D．separate

11.

A．hardly

B．randomly

C．mostly

D．simply

12.

A．call in

B．catch on

C．give away

D．leave behind

13.

A．over

B．during

C．between

D．within

14.

A．responsibility

B．ability

C．personality

D．technology

15.

A．in

B．out

C．down

D．over

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Whom does London Teenagers’ Help raise donations for?

A．Children.

B．Women.

C．Old people.

2. How many people were killed in the great floods?

A．At least 242.

B．About 5,000.

C．Around 18,600.

3. What are the flood victims badly in need of?

A．Food.

B．Clothes.

C．Water.

4. How can people contact London Teenagers’ Help?

A．By writing letters.	B．By going to the office directly.
C．By phone or through the Internet.

5 . 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。

The Riekes Center in Menlo Park, California is a place for students       1    the ages of 5 and 95 to play music, exercise, and do community service. People of all social and economic backgrounds are welcome.

Gary Riekes founded the center when he was a student at Stanford university. After     2    (suffer)a serious football injury, he started a network, which    3    (eventual) became the Riekes Center.

The center encourages an environment     4    there are “ No Labels. No Limits." "You don't put a label on someone,"Riekes said,"It allows them to be free."

Programs at the center are tailored to improve     5    (grow).The athletic department trains everyone from the     6    (begin)level to the Olympic level. It also offers a program for athletes with special needs.

The Riekes Center offers several programs,    7    (allow)students the chance to discover     8     they truly love." For the young, it gives them a place to find     9    (they)," said Bob Mullins, whose sons joined the center more than 30 years ago."These kids develop the discipline they need to achieve goals. They    10    (come)to the center every week since 2001.”

6 . 请阅读下面文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

International Museum Day falls on May 18. The debate over whether museums should be free is a big one right now. Some people share their opinions.

Li Jiang I think art exhibits should be free to the public. I do, however, think twice a year the museums should host a fund-raising event to help pay for the cost of upkeep. They do it all the time. Wealthy buyers pay $100 for a plate and the proceeds are given to the museum. If you decide you want to buy the art, the proceeds should go to the artist, with a fee going to the museum.

Su Hua Free entrance does not attract people, nor does it encourage them to appreciate it. Sure, there are exceptions to this, but by and large human beings tend to look up to things that are difficult or costly to access. A better option is to charge fees for regular visitors but provide free tickets as prizes for high-achieving students and others who are likely to appreciate the reward.

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7 . Your first big-screen experience is likely to have been Disney productions --- whether we are talking about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or Frozen --- that have long been considered safe, healthy choices for kids, and pictures that parents can feel they don’t need to screen in advance.

When you are a big person, a movie seen in a theatre is much larger than life; when you're a little person, it can be like a new entry opening in the universe. Those experiences matter, and Disney knows the power --- and the profit potential --- of what's in its values, which helps explain the studio's ongoing strategy of remaking its most popular animated films, often in live-action versions.

How do you feel about director's interpretation of these movies, a combination of live-action filmmaking techniques, virtual-reality methods and computer-generated imaginary, depends largely on how you feel about the original. The stories, even with a gently updated script, are roughly the same. If you've seen the original, you know how the rest of them go.

In the following years, we'll also watch other Disney’s remakes such as Mulan. Any children raised by Disney films would think that this is a great time to be alive. Right?

But judging by critics’ ratings of some live-action movies, it seems that the powerful studio has been unable to wow audiences.

So why more live actions?

The money

Let's face it: Walt Disney Pictures is all about generating more revenue. Even though it did not manage to capture critics, it still managed to catch the audience's hearts. And that is more than enough. After all, films are not made to entertain critics; it's all about creating an ultimate cinematic experience for casual moviegoers. And as long as they're entertained with new interpretations of beloved stories, why stop making live-action films?

Inclusion

When you spend your entire childhood dancing and singing along to these characters, it's beyond magical to see them again when you’re an adult and are the same age as them. That's one of the few magical effects of movies. Not to mention, Aladdin's South Asian cast is also a strong statement for the world. Perhaps this is also the reason why Disney wants Mulan to have an all Asian cast. Let's hope they're not the only ones and Disney is bringing more diverse stories to be told.

Nostalgia (怀旧)

All of these Disney remakes are designed to fuel the nostalgia of boomers, Gen X-ers and millennials, and many of the moviegoers who grew up with these movies, in particular, now have young kids of their own. Little wonder the studio is seeing big dollar signs in them.

1. Disney productions are parents' first choice for kids because they _______.

A．promote children's overall health

B．don't need booking in advance

C．don't need a screen to enjoy them

D．have been enjoying a good reputation

2. Your feeling about the live-action films remade mainly relies on _______.

A．the film-making technology

B．the popularity of the films

C．the familiarity with the story line

D．the computer-generated imaginary

3. In the author's opinion, what could be the main reason for Disney's more live actions?

A．It's trying its best to satisfy both critics and audience.

B．It's sparing no efforts to earn as much revenue as possible.

C．It's seeking and adding global elements to make diverse stories.

D．It's bringing back those sweet memories to its loyal aging fans.

8 . 英语一直都被认为是世界通用语言。近年来，社会上出现了种类繁多的英语学习机构，尤其是一些宣称由英美外教作为上课主力的机构。对此，不同的人有不同的看法。请阅读下面表格。并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

赞成	1.       接触纯正地道英语，有助提高口语； 2.外教幽默风趣，吸引人。
反对	1.费用太高； 2.外教水平参差不齐，难以评估。
你的观点	(...至少2个理由支撑你的观点)。

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English is widely recognized as the universal language. Recently there have been various English learning institutions. People’s opinions on these institutions are divided.

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9 . “Without trust,” writes Rachel Botsman, “society cannot survive, and it certainly cannot thrive."

Clearly, we are in trouble. Two-thirds of people surveyed last year in 28 countries expressed low levels of trust in "mainstream institutions" of business, government and media.

In “Who Can You Trust?” Botsman, an Oxford lecturer offers a timely and accessible framework for understanding what trust is, how it works, why it matters and how it is evolving. It is an important guidance to the obstacles and opportunities we face as a society if we are to repair and redefine trust.

Through human history, trust has evolved in three basic stages: Local trust was enough when people lived in small communities and everybody knew everybody else; industrialization and urbanization required institutional trust so that people could trust complete strangers running governments, corporations, and standards for international trade, commerce and finance. We are now living through a massive global .shift of trust from institutions to individuals: distributed trust facilitated by high-tech platforms, many of which are run by the private sector.

This shift is caused by several factors. First, accountability is unequal. Rich, powerful and well-connected individuals have been able to accumulate vast quantities of often undocumented wealth by avoiding tax and anti-bribery laws, while ordinary people are likely to be caught and punished for lawbreaking. Second, people in power are no longer seen to deserve greater respect as the details of their lives are exposed.

Botsman does not prescribe how we deal with that. But if the old ways of giving and cancelling trust such as voting, markets and consumer choice are no longer functioning, then we must change or replace them. Systems must be "driven democratically and rationally," become more "transparent, inclusive, and accountable" and, most important, be designed to "put people first," which profit-driven platforms have failed to do sufficiently.

Tech executives are responding to the trust crisis mainly with promises of more and better technology. But Batsman warns that the responsibility for ensuring that the robots being used are trustworthy lies with the human beings who design and use them. We have not thought through how we hold those people accountable, let alone their robots. She warns against a natural tendency "to become over-reliant on machines." Ideally machines should be programmed to "understand" their own limitations and even seek human help or intervention.

A growing number of people hope that new trust mechanisms can be established through the use of exciting new technologies such as the blockchain（区块链）. In essence, blockchains are digital public ledgers of transactions that cannot be changed, thereby creating greater transparency and accountability and making corruption much harder.

However, Botsman warns that the blockchain is no panacea for human trust. Whether blockchain systems lead to more accountable governance and a more just global economy will depend on their design and the intentions of those who build them. There is no app for fixing trust.

"Who Can You Trust?" does make a clear case for why it is important for the companies, governments and other institutions to be much more transparent and subject themselves to new mechanisms that can credibly hold them accountable. It is the only way they can hope to earn and maintain trust in the future.

1. Which of the following orders of trust evolution is right?

A．institutional trust→ industrialized trust→ individual trust

B．urbanized trust→ local trust→ institutional trust

C．local trust→ institutional trust→ distributed trust

D．local trust→ urbanized trust →individual trust

2. What can we conclude from the passage?

A．Profit-driven platforms pay no attention to the importance of people.

B．It is the people who design and use technology that count in restoring trust.

C．New technologies, such as the blockchain can prevent corruption from happening.

D．People should rely on new technologies to create transparency and accountability.

3. What do the underlined words “no panacea" mean?

A．not a Herculean task	B．a hard nut
C．not a cure-all medicine	D．a catch -22

4. What's the author's attitude toward the possibility of using technology to restore trust?

A．Supportive	B．Negative
C．Indifferent	D．Skeptical