1 . International Women's Day is March 8. The first celebration was held in 1911, and the event was recognized by the United Nations starting in 1975.

It's a great time to think about the origin of the word "woman". Some people think the word “woman" is a compound(混合)of the words“womb”and“man". Not so. Rather,it's a compound of "wife" and "man", a combination that can be traced back to Old English. You see, when Old English was first being spoken in the 5th century AD, there were two distinct words for men and women: "wer" meant "adult male",and "wif” meant “adult female". There was a third word,“man", which simply meant "person"or "human being”. These words could be combined:“wer" plus“man"(in the form of "waepman")meant "adult male person" and“wif” plus"man”("wilman") meant “adult female person”.

Those middle forms,“wimnan"and "wommon"with the two M's in the middle, remind me of Noah Webster's efforts to simplify English spelling by suggesting changing the spelling "woman” to“wimmen" to have the spelling better match the pronunciation. He put that in his 1806 Compendious Dictionary o f the English Language, but it didn't become popular.

And the Old English word for "adult male" evolved into a simplified form. The compound word "weapman" melted into the simple word we use today: "man".

Maybe the lesson to take from all this is that the role of women in society has always been complex. Whatever the case, the word "woman" today was originally a compound of the Old English words for"woman” and “human being”.

1. Where can you find the first source of the word "woman"?

A．In paragraph 1.

B．In paragraph 2.

C．In paragraph 3.

D．In paragraph 4.

2. Why did Webster suggest changing the spelling "woman" to "wimmen"?

A．To link the spelling to the pronunciation.

B．To keep up with the times more closely.

C．To satisfy the readers’ requests

D．To make it easy to pronounce.

3. When did the spelling "woman" started?

A．By the 1600s.	B．In the 5th century AD,
C．In 1809.	D．By the Middle English period

4. What is the purpose of the author in writing the text?

A．To tell us the origin of Women's Day.

B．To tell us the history of the word "woman".

C．To stress the roles women are playing

D．To teach us the development of a language

2 . People kept coming into St. Stephen’s asking for help with car repairs. Oh, this is obviously an urgent _________. What if I opened a non-profit auto garage that offered _________repairs?

So I _________ myself at Dunwoody College of Technology in the spring of 2008. I knew I had to try to make my idea a _________. However, I was a middle-aged woman and knew _________ about mechanics. _________, none of the guys rushed to be my lab partner. The only thing I could do was watch my classmates and _________ what they did.

One day we were _________ to flare (扩口) brake lines. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t do it. “Hey, what’s taking so long?” Mr. Du Vai _________ from across the room. My hands were __________ so badly that I couldn’t hold the tube __________. And tears streamed down my cheeks. At the end of the __________, the other students trooped out. I went to Mr. Du Vai.

“My __________ doesn’t work this way,” I said. “I’m giving up.”

He glared at me. “I’m not going to let you __________!” he said, his voice rising. “I believe in you. You can do this. I’m going to watch you walk across that stage as a __________ in two years. Now get over there and flare those brake lines.”

Tried again. And again. On the fourth try, I __________.

Today I __________ a non-profit called The Lift Garage. Our __________ are about 75 percent less than what a for-profit shop would charge. We’ve __________ low-income families more than two million dollars in car repairs.

Some people want to follow in our __________. I could never have pictured any of this happening. Good thing has a much better imagination!

1.

A．discovery

B．promise

C．lesson

D．need

2.

A．affordable

B．free

C．essential

D．capital

3.

A．imagined

B．examined

C．found

D．absented

4.

A．dream

B．fashion

C．strategy

D．reality

5.

A．something

B．anything

C．nothing

D．everything

6.

A．Hopefully

B．Naturally

C．Luckily

D．Surprisingly

7.

A．copy

B．check

C．detect

D．grade

8.

A．forced

B．employed

C．assigned

D．permitted

9.

A．whispered

B．stated

C．argued

D．yelled

10.

A．shaking

B．tied

C．cut

D．waving

11.

A．open

B．straight

C．flat

D．steady

12.

A．day

B．class

C．term

D．year

13.

A．tool

B．brain

C．idea

D．car

14.

A．ask

B．relax

C．search

D．quit

15.

A．teacher

B．helper

C．graduate

D．failure

16.

A．made it

B．got it

C．turned around

D．fell down

17.

A．spot

B．launch

C．donate

D．sponsor

18.

A．debts

B．hopes

C．bills

D．efforts

19.

A．saved

B．left

C．owed

D．repaid

20.

A．opinions

B．footsteps

C．details

D．interests

3 . A first grade teacher from Suffolk, Virginia found a way to teach her students about black history by taking them back in time to meet celebrated black figures. For each day of Black History Month, LaToya McGriff has dressed up like a famous African-American pioneer and taught her students about their significant contributions to the U.S.

On Monday, February 3, she dressed up as Virginian native Mary Jackson and began her creative class. “She was a mathematician who worked as an aeronautical (航空的) engineer whom people referred to as a human computer,” McGriff wrote on Facebook. She shared a photo of herself in 1960s clothing, like Jackson would have worn when she worked for NASA.

Jackson was one of the three “human computers” described in the book and film Hidden Figures, which revealed the African-American female mathematicians whose efforts helped put men on the moon.

Once McGriff started dressing up, she kept going. By February 18, McGriff's Black History Month lessons were starting to gain attention online. She was interviewed by CBS News, and said she works at a majority-black school and “wanted students to see that people who look like them contribute”.

She said that the seeds for this project were planted in her years ago by a teacher who did something similar. “That’s what I remember, having a teacher come dressed as a storybook character. Well, I could dress up as a different figure, an African-American figure from the past or present so they can see themselves represented,” McGriff said.

“My students will want to know who I will be tomorrow. Today, they just said ‘Are you going to be so-and-so?’ Because they want to know and kind of prepare themselves for it so that they can tell me something they know about the person,” she said.

McGriff said bringing history alive kept her students curious and asking questions, and she’s hoping the overall project will give them the confidence to know that, like these historic figures, they can be great, too.

1. What can we learn about LaToya McGriff from the text?

A．Her students are all black.

B．She is a primary school teacher.

C．Her lessons receive little attention online.

D．She posted a 1960s-style photo of Mary Jackson on Facebook.

2. What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?

A．The result of McGriff's project.

B．McGriff’s reflections on teaching.

C．How McGriff came up with this teaching method.

D．Why McGriff’s students can see themselves represented.

3. How are her students according to McGriff’s words in the last two paragraphs?

A．They have a lot of energy and determination.

B．They have a strong desire to know about something.

C．They give serious attention to what is quite challenging.

D．They show the ability to invent and develop original ideas.

4. Why is McGriff carrying out the project?

A．To help her students get high grades.

B．To introduce African history to her students.

C．To stress big figures’ contributions to the US.

D．To encourage her students to trust themselves to do better.

4 . If you’re putting together a team for a project, you might tend to pick people with cheerful, optimistic characters and flexible thinking. But a new management study indicates your team might also benefit from people who have the opposite emotions (情感), according to experts from some universities.

The study, co-authored by Jing Zhou, investigates (研究) the effects of "team affective (情感的) diversity" on team creativity. The paper is among the first research to show how, why and under what condition teams "affective diversity" promotes team creativity

Team members with what researchers call "negative affect" exhibit critical and continuous thinking that allows them to find problems needing solutions, as well as to search out and critically evaluate relevant information. On the other hand, team members with "positive affect" engage in broad and flexible thinking that expands their range of information and helps them see unusual and creative connections, the researchers say.

"At any given point of time, some team members may experience positive affect such as joy and inspiration, while others may experience negative affect such as frustration and worry," Zhou said. "Instead of trying to homogenize (使类同) team members' affect, teams should enthusiastically accept affective diversity.”

When a team experiences a high level of this "affective diversity", what Zhou describes as "dual-tuning (双调谐)" leads to greater creativity.

"Our study suggests that teams may be aided in using their affective diversity via involvements that focus on building the team's memory system, which can be accelerated when team members spend time together, share goals, receive information about member specializations and train on the task together," Zhou said.

1. What is the new management study about?

A．Teams benefit more from negative people.

B．People with cheerful characters make good teams

C．Teams only benefit from people with flexible thinking

D．People with negative feelings might also benefit teams.

2. How do team members with "negative affect" influence their teams

A．By addressing problems more efficiently	B．By assessing related materials seriously.
C．By encouraging broad and complicated thinking.	D．By investigating unusual and creative connections

3. How can teams urge the team members' greater creativity?

A．By balancing team members' different emotions	B．By inspiring a high level of the affective diversity.
C．By praising positive affect like joy and inspiration.	D．By avoiding negative affect like sadness and worry.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Use Your Team's Emotions to Promote Creativity	B．Win Great Creativity by Searching for Its Reasons
C．Create an Excellent Team with Optimistic People	D．Homogenize Team Members' Affect Enthusiastically

5 . How to Teach A Child to Ride A Bike?

You never forget how to ride a bike, but most of us forget how hard it was to learn.     1    . Here’s what to keep in mind when instructing little ones from two feet to two wheels.

Begin with the right equipment. Start with a bicycle that’s the right size. A newbie should be able to sit on the seat with both feet flat on the ground. If the child has been using a bike with training wheels, remove them.     2    . Long pants and long-sleeved shirts aren’t a bad idea, either, to prevent injury in the event of a fall.

    3    . Head to a location that has smooth, flat, open pavement and little or no traffic to distract or endanger your child. It helps if there’s no one around, too, so he won’t feel self-conscious. The ideal spot? A school parking lot on the weekend.

Emphasize the basics. The fundamentals of biking are balance, coasting, pedaling, and steering. To help a child learn these basic skills, remember to show how to do that in the flesh and dare to let him try. No doubt there will be more than a few stops and starts and maybe even a fall or two.     4    .

Now practice a lot. After a fair number of dry runs, it’s time to move to the big stage. Find a bike path or a little-travelled street in a residential neighbourhood.     5    . Bike along with him to check that he’s using proper safety techniques and feels comfortable pedaling in traffic.

A．Find a safe spot to learn

B．Go to practice with the child

C．Encourage him to slow down and go on

D．Show him how to share the road with cars

E．A good-quality, well-fitting helmet is also a must

F．That’s why the experience of teaching children to ride can be frustrating

G．But eventually, he will manage to ride a fair stretch without stopping or falling

6 . Last week I wrote about how giving to others can and does lift your life and brings more happiness, contentment, and even better health and a longer life. It must have _________ me to practice what I was preaching (宣扬) because later I _________ myself in my car driving to the high school that all my kids attended and going _________ to the office where I made a pretty sizable donation.

As I walked out of the building, I felt so good and happy in the _________ of my heart and brain that I _________ another school. I made a couple more _________ that day and felt like I was on top of the _________. It’s very _________ that when I make donations, including all those $2 bills that I _________ give to kids, I always feel that I __________ much more out of it than the recipient (接受者). What a great __________ it gives me! As science has proved, there is a great __________ between the brain and the __________. This allows us humans to help and __________ our entire physical being by what we run through our heads. __________ is one of those things that can set off a lot of good __________ feelings in our bodies.

Most of us, when we talk about giving, tend to think __________ in terms of giving money. But there are so many other ways and things to give. With very little __________, I came up with this list of things we can give to others that can be a __________ help to those people and, at the same time, can give a __________ to our brains, souls, and bodies.

1.

A．attracted

B．prohibited

C．motivated

D．allowed

2.

A．found

B．devoted

C．committed

D．dressed

3.

A．suddenly

B．specially

C．well

D．straight

4.

A．presence

B．center

C．edge

D．absence

5.

A．got through

B．registered for

C．rolled over

D．headed for

6.

A．donations

B．experiments

C．predictions

D．decisions

7.

A．voice

B．building

C．-world

D．mountain

8.

A．surprising

B．interesting

C．annoying

D．convincing

9.

A．often

B．purely

C．simply

D．deliberately

10.

A．make

B．share

C．get

D．change

11.

A．shock

B．feeling

C．gift

D．reward

12.

A．difference

B．restriction

C．gap

D．connection

13.

A．body

B．heart

C．muscle

D．ankle

14.

A．handle

B．improve

C．spread

D．block

15.

A．Purchasing

B．Organizing

C．Giving

D．Changing

16.

A．official

B．foreign

C．familiar

D．positive

17.

A．fortunately

B．constantly

C．primarily

D．eventually

18.

A．effort

B．contribution

C．requirement

D．chance

19.

A．real

B．legal

C．formal

D．huge

20.

A．terminal

B．lift

C．train

D．rest

7 . How to Be a Good Upstairs Neighbor

One must remember to be polite when living in an apartment building. You may unintentionally bother your neighbors with actions that you think to be harmless.     1     Living upstairs, you must always be aware that everything you do may be heard by those who live below. This doesn’t mean that you have to completely change your lifestyle, though.

    2     This will greatly reduce the sound of your footsteps, thus limiting the sound your downstairs neighbor will hear. You should always remember to change your shoes when entering your apartment to ensure that your downstairs neighbor doesn’t hear you walking around.

Place carpets in your apartment if you have hardwood floors. Doing so is another way to decrease the sound of steps coming from an upstairs apartment. You can also put your furniture on these carpets.     3    

Close your windows when you can. A floor is usually about three meters high, so it’s quite easy to hear your conversations.     4     Therefore, whenever you are watching TV or listening to a radio, try to keep your windows closed as much as possible.

Do your cleaning on weekend afternoons.     5     Doing such housework at 3:00 pm on a Saturday is much better than doing so at 9:30 on a Tuesday night.

A．Wear slippers while in your upstairs apartment.

B．It becomes much easier when your windows are open.

C．No matter what you do, consider your neighbor’s requirements.

D．There’ll be a time when you will run a cleaner to clean your room.

E．This is especially true for those people who live above an apartment.

F．It will disturb your downstairs neighbor who has to work the next morning.

G．This keeps your furniture from moving around, thus limiting noise a downstairs neighbor may hear.

8 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

A New Addition to the Family

For the initial ten years of his life, Victor was the prince of the household. As he was an only child, his parents petted him and showered all their love and attention on him. Whatever toys his parents bought, they were always meant for him. Whatever food was in the refrigerator, there was no one to compete with him to polish it off first. Victor could leave his toys or books around the house with complete ease of mind, knowing that there was no one who would get their hands on his belongings and cause any damage.

However, all that was to change overnight when Victor’s parents brought back his new baby sister, Lina, from the hospital. With her rosy cheeks, wide open eyes and angelic smile, Lina caught the hearts of her parents, grandparents and relatives. Everyone focused their attention on the cute bunch of joy. Whenever she cried, her mother or father would rush to her bed. She simply cried because she wanted to be carried. There was little time left for Victor.

Now that Victor’s mother had his baby sister to take care of, she expected Victor himself to do most of the chores he can do. Victor was asked to clean his own room, iron his own school uniform and clean his own shoes. Before Lina’s arrival, he had never lifted a finger to help out with these tasks. The whole family also went out less because it was unhealthy to expose Lina to the bacteria(细菌) being in the outside world too often.

Victor felt neglected by his parents. He felt that they loved Lina more than him. As a result, he tried to attract his parents’ attention by becoming resistant. One evening, Victor’s parents were called up by his teacher because Victor had got into a fight at school. His teacher had noticed Victor’s behaviour and work attitude changing downwards in the past two months. Before that, he had been a model student.

注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。

Upon hearing the teacher’s feedback, Victor’s parents got lost in thought.

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Victor realized that his parents still cared for him.

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9 . The world that we live in is beautiful because it’s made up of people from a diverse set of backgrounds and cultures.     1     There’s no better way than to acknowledge Global Diversity Awareness Month every October.

During this time, our multicultural world is embraced and celebrated for all of the variety and joy it brings. Can you imagine a world where everyone looks the same, has the exact same hobbies and interests, and even eats the same thing for breakfast, lunch and dinner?     2     And bringing those differences together makes us better.

To put it simply, our diversity and inclusiveness (包容性)are our biggest strengths. We’ll all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good. As such, Global Diversity Awareness Month is a great chance for us to learn more about the beliefs, values and customs of other cultures.         3    

    4     For example, we can host a multicultural movie night and watch foreign films, or listen to music from around the world or visit cultural art exhibitions. Another way we can celebrate diversity is by inviting our friends and family to dinner. Everyone can bring traditional dishes from their countries and hometowns.

There is no doubt that diversity and inclusiveness make our world a better place.     5     As Mahatma Gandhi once said, our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization. Hopefully, with each passing day, we get closer and closer to that achievement.

A．There are many ways we can celebrate diversity.

B．How can we make the world a better place to live in?

C．What can possibly be a better way to celebrate that diversity?

D．Respect for world diversity is the key to bridging the differences.

E．It’s our unique differences that make the world so wonderful and interesting.

F．What’s important is that we reach out to other people and appreciate those differences.

G．In this way, we can open our mind to new ideas and ways of thinking to better our society.

10 . I’m an American-born Chinese. I wouldn’t say I’m more American than Chinese or vice versa. My character was equally molded by both cultures. For a long time, I was comfortable with being from two cultures. I was fluent in “Chinglish”.

However, as I grew up, something unexpected rose, causing a parallel tension between the two corresponding cultures. During Chinese events when I was in China, the host would sometimes make fun of America. My relatives would look at me and laugh, asking me how I felt. But how could I respond to a question like that? If I said I was uncomfortable, it would just make me seem even more American in their eyes. But I couldn’t pretend to laugh either. So, I often just stayed quiet and smiled.

Sometimes, I’d leave China feeling less Chinese than when I went in.

This past summer, on my way back to Rochester, a man at the airport kept asking my father and I where we were from. When I told him I was from the United States, he didn’t seem to believe me.

He then went on to ask the terrible question, “But like where are you really from, like, where were you born?” And no matter how specific our answers were, the man still seemed a little doubtful. He then went on to ask us if we knew where Tampa, Florida was and if we knew anything about it. It’s moments like these when I realize that sometimes my appearance makes it hard for me to seem fully American.

These experiences made me question if I was more Chinese or American.

I felt like I was neither. So, if I wasn’t completely one culture or the other, what was I? In China, I would feel more American, while in America, I would feel more Chinese. There was no balance between my two cultures.

But this doesn’t mean that I don’t embrace (拥抱) both my identities. I love both my Chinese cultural identity and my American one. I just need to learn to love them together.

1. How did the author feel about his identity at the very beginning?

A．Special.

B．Confident.

C．Confused.

D．Ridiculous.

2. Why did the author feel less Chinese when he left China?

A．Because he found it hard to remain quiet and have a big smile.

B．Because he was unable to speak fluent Chinese at his hometown.

C．Because he had lost face in front of his relatives and friends.

D．Because he was treated as an American by his Chinese relatives.

3. What made the man at the airport keep questioning where the author was from?

A．His cultures.

B．His experience.

C．His look.

D．His air tickets.

4. What could be the best title of the passage?

A．Being Culturally Homeless	B．A Boy with Two Identities
C．A Chinese Boy Born in American	D．Better Chinese than American