3 . Poor sleep and junk food contributes to poor performance at school among primary school children, a leading nutritional expert has warned. Her speech comes after a report showing that one in five Irish teachers has reported their young pupils are suffering from a lack (缺乏) of sleep and basic nutrition.

Nutritional expert Dee Daly, who runs classes teaching healthy eating habits for the whole family, said: “If you haven’t slept well, it affects your appetite (胃口) and you are more likely to reach for sugary foods and carbohydrates (碳水化合物). Studies in the US and UK have shown that this in turn creates difficulties in terms of behavior, concentration and performance in the classroom.”

An international study recently found that in Irish 22% of primary teachers reported their pupils were suffering from a lack of basic nutrition and 4% said this was completely limiting their teaching. And the study also found that about 66% of 10-year-old pupils in Irish were suffering from a lack of enough sleep, which is almost 14% above the international average in 60 countries.

TVs and computers in children's bedrooms are being blamed for sleep disturbance (干扰), with 54% of 10-year-olds here reporting that they have both in their rooms.

She recommends a combination of "sleep hygiene” and proper nutrition.

“Your bedroom should be like a bet cave-cool, dark and quiet. Blue light from computers, iPads and TV screens keeps your brain awake for longer and children shouldn't be texting under the covers on their mobile phones.”

She stresses the importance of creating a sleep pattern where children calm down before they go to bed and eat a proper breakfast with a balance of proteins and complex carbohydrates to set them up for school.

1. When a pupil has a poor sleep, he will probably___________.

A．dislike any carbohydrate

B．behave much better at school

C．have poor concentration in class

D．have good performance in the classroom

2. According to Paragraph 3, the international average in 60 countries is about______________.

A．22%

B．44%

C．52%

D．66%

3. How can we make a pupil have a nice sleep in Dee Daly’s opinion?

A．It is better to put a computer or iPad in the bedroom.

B．Children should be prevented from texting at home.

C．We should let the pupil live in a cat cave.

D．We should keep the bedroom dark and quiet.

4. Which of the following statements does Dee Daly agree with?

A．A combination of good sleep and proper breakfast is important for pupils.

B．Parents should buy enough sugary foods and carbohydrates for children.

C．It is better to contact with teachers regularly.

D．TV screens are not very suitable for pupils.

4 . One day, Amanda was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer of an early stage. During this time, she was admitted to a college. She planned to save money to meet the college expense and then seek medical treatment for the cancer.

Her father, Clint and her friends didn’t want her to put off her treatment due to the expense. They took matters into their own hands and started a GoFundMe campaign. A longtime friend of the family was cofounder of a group named Praynksters, known for random acts of kindness. The friend decided to use their own group to help the family. The group came up with the creative idea to spread the word and invite families, friends, and strangers who wanted to help to take part in a donation activity. The event induced the enormous assistance from the local community.

Clint and Amanda were moved as the crowd passed by and the donations poured in. The event brought the family over $13, 000 in donations to go towards her medical treatments. The generous act of kindness gave the family a comforting, and optimistic feeling during a time when all hope seemed lost. Clint said that Amanda struggled with the idea of asking for help. She felt guilty and undeserving compared to others who are also struggling. She is still humbled by it all.

After several months of treatment, life for the family has started getting back to their normal routine. Once Amanda got her strength back, she returned to school and completed her bachelor's degree. The family is now inspired to volunteer in their local neighborhood and contribute to crowdfunding (众筹) efforts. They are grateful for the opportunity to give back and help others as many have helped them.

1. Why did Amanda postpone her treatment of cancer?

A．She didn't care about her disease.

B．She had to take care of her family.

C．She was in a bad economic situation.

D．She couldn’t find an effective treatment.

2. What does the underlined word “induced” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Brought about.	B．Made up.
C．Gave away.	D．Set about.

3. Which of the following best describes Amanda?

A．Shameful but caring.

B．Kind-hearted and grateful.

C．Curious and warm-hearted.

D．Hard- working and humorous.

4. What can we infer from the text?

A．It's quite easy to cure Amanda’s cancer.

B．Praynksters is a nonprofit organization funded by Clint.

C．Volunteering is very popular in Amanda's community.

D．A GoFundMe campaign is actually a crowdfunding activity.

5 . 假定你是李华，你校下周日将在学校图书馆举行中国书法作品展，你将写一封信邀请你的朋友Larry一同观看。
内容包括：
1. 书法展的目的；
2. 书法展的时间和地点；
3. 书法作品展示，著名书法家现场书法创作。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇: advocate宣扬                  on the spot 现场
Dear Larry,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours

Lihua

6 . We first met Tom and Gee in the early days of our marriage. Someone had been returning our garbage cans to the _______ each garbage day, and Jim and I had wondered who. Then one day we _______ him: an elderly man who lived across the street. I baked cookies and _______ them outside the garage with a thank-you note. Later that night, a typed letter had _______ the gift. The letter was from Tom and explained how he had _______ to walk the neighborhood, returning cans for people he _______ knew. Back when he’d been fighting a war, his wife, Gee, had found herself living _______ . Neighbors had taken the time to _______ her garbage cans, so she didn’t have to and he never _______ . Now he paid it forward by doing the same for all of us.

Years later, Tom died. We photocopied that letter and ________ it to one of our own for, Gee. We told her how ________ we were to have known Tom. She wrote back and invited us over to ________ Christmas ornaments(装饰品). My kids sat in Gee’s living room and ________ lifted antique ornaments out of a well-kept box. Gee quietly explained each ________ . She told me that she and Tom had built their ________ piece by piece during each year’s after-Christmas sale. I realized how ________ it must be to part with that box. Yet she smiled ________ we left with it and found it a new home.

Passed from one home to the next, the box of ornaments ________ our family of the bonds around us. This Christmas, we’ll ________ our tree with Gee’s ornaments. Maybe I’ll talk to him just as Gee till does. Thank you, I’ll say, for teaching us what it ________ to be a neighbor.

1.

A．yard

B．corner

C．kitchen

D．garage

2.

A．spotted

B．suspected

C．approached

D．remembered

3.

A．displayed

B．left

C．deserted

D．exposed

4.

A．covered

B．occupied

C．replaced

D．removed

5.

A．agreed

B．prepared

C．happened

D．come

6.

A．gradually

B．apparently

C．rarely

D．typically

7.

A．alone

B．away

C．aside

D．apart

8.

A．exchange

B．recycle

C．throw

D．handle

9.

A．forgave

B．forgot

C．admitted

D．approved

10.

A．preserved

B．posted

C．attached

D．addressed

11.

A．grateful

B．hopeful

C．pitiful

D．regretful

12.

A．put away

B．put out

C．look through

D．look into

13.

A．carefully

B．proudly

C．nervously

D．hurriedly’

14.

A．request

B．treasure

C．routine

D．trouble

15.

A．possession

B．connection

C．reputation

D．collection

16.

A．hard

B．absurd

C．generous

D．precious

17.

A．until

B．as

C．if

D．though

18.

A．convinces

B．reminds

C．informs

D．accuses

19.

A．furnish

B．combine

C．provide

D．decorate

20.

A．obtains

B．brings

C．means

D．contributes

7 . 假定你是李华,今年是我国建国70周年,中国再一次成为世界关注的焦点,你的朋友 Peter来信说对中国的发展变化非常感兴趣，请你回一封电子邮件介绍相关情况并邀请他来中国亲身体验。内容包括:
1.写信的目的。
2.介绍中国在各个领域的发展变化。
注意:
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours

Li Hua

8 . One of the first great intellectual achievements of a young child is learning how to talk, closely followed by learning how to count. From earliest childhood we are so associated with our system of numeration(计数)that it is hard to consider the problems faced by early humans who had not yet developed this ability. Rather than being an ability that comes naturally to a person, it is one of the great achievements of the human race.

It will never be known how and when this numeration ability developed, but it is certain that numeration was well developed by the time humans had formed even semi-permanent settlements. When early humans began to settle, grow plants and herd animals, the need for a complex number system became important.

Evidence of early stages of numeration can be readily found. The indigenous (土著的) peoples of Tasmania were only able to count one, two, many. But in real situations the number and words are often accompanied by gestures to help smooth any confusion. For example, when using the one, two, many type of system, the word many would mean. Look at my hands and how many fingers I am showing you. This approach is limited in the range of numbers that it can express, but generally enough.

The lack of ability of some cultures to deal with large numbers is not really surprising. The average person in the seventh century in Europe was not as familiar with numbers as we are today. In fact, to qualify as a witness in a court of law, a man had to be able to count to nine！

Counting is not directly related to the formation of a number concept because it is possible to count by matching the items being counted against a group of pebbles or fingers. Such aids, while different, are still used even by the most educated in today s society due to their convenience.

1. What can we infer from the first paragraph？

A．Talking is more important than counting.	B．Numeration is of significance to humans.
C．Numeration system comes naturally to us.	D．Our early ancestors had problems surviving.

2. A complex number system was necessary for our early ancestors when they

A．lived in groups	B．had a number sense
C．began farming	D．gathered enough food

3. What do the underlined words “This approach” in paragraph 3 refer to？

A．Counting one, two and many.	B．Combining words and numbers.
C．Using the Tasmanian language.	D．Making additional hand signals.

4. In the seventh century, a man in Europe wasn’t accepted as a witness in court probably because _________.

A．he wasn’t familiar with law	B．he didn’t have a good reputation
C．he wasn’t good at expressing himself	D．he couldn’t count to certain number

9 . 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。

Since the beginning of the year, a mystery donor in the German city of Braunschweig     1     (give) away several “miracle (奇迹) bags” containing over 200,000 euros in cash to     2     (differ) charities.

The bags, each     3     (fill) with banknotes worth between 20,000 and 100,000 euros, started appearing at the Braunschweiger Zeitung newspaper headquarters earlier this year, with specific instructions of which local charities the money should go to. The recent one, a bag which contained 100,000 euro bills,     4     (receive) last Monday along with instructions that it should be donated to a local hospice (收容所), but other “miracle bags” have gone to     5     (church), organizations and several other causes.

“To make it easier for seriously sick people is a sign of human warmth and earns respect and recognition,” a letter attached to     6     latest “miracle bag” read. Employees at the local hospice are     7     (obvious) delighted to have received their largest donation ever,     8     will help them look after even more patients.

What’s even more special about this mystery donor     9     (be) that he seems to have been donating since 2011. That’s when local newspapers started receiving “miracle bags” along with instructions of where the money should go, but no one can say for sure     10     it’s the same person or not.

10 . I wasn’t particularly great at school. And 1 wasn’t the _________ boy because was quiet and shy. Mrs Kerswell was my English teacher. It’s hard to _________ her exact age. When you’re a child, every adult is _________. She must be past middle age, with grey hair and a(n) _________ face. Her lessons were in a totally stress-free environment. However, I was really _________ because I went from a _________ school with 28 people up to the sort of bigger town junior high school.

I didn’t _________ anyone. No one from my _________ school went there because we all went to different schools. I really struggled in my first year to _________. Thanks to Mrs Kerswell she was really the sort of humorous teacher you could have chats with, who read materials that weren’t on the syllabus (教学大纲) just for ____________.

She managed to make Beowulf interesting to a number of ____________. She was key in keeping my love of reading going. It certainly wasn’t a ____________ thing for a boy of that age to love ____________ as an entertainment. Actually, I just treated it as a learning task. But she reminded me that books were fun and they weren’t just about learning or the ____________.

When I was 13, I wasn’t excellent at writing. But she allowed and ____________ me to write in a natural way. Unlike my other teachers, she told me not to use the fanciest ____________. “Writing is not about flowery language but about real communication. ____________, you’re having a conversation on a page,” she said. So it made me realize that I didn’t have to ____________ about it too much.

I saw her once, over 10 years ago. My writing career was going well, and she was proud of my achievements and ____________ as a writer, and I really ____________ her for keeping the fame on.

1.

A．fattest

B．quietest

C．naughtiest

D．loneliest

2.

A．leave out

B．work out

C．adapt to

D．amount to

3.

A．old

B．friendly

C．innocent

D．lively

4.

A．blue

B．honest

C．guilty

D．kind

5.

A．relaxed

B．disappointed

C．stressed

D．relax

6.

A．city

B．league

C．village

D．town

7.

A．assign

B．accept

C．acknowledge

D．know

8.

A．junior

B．primary

C．senior

D．social

9.

A．fit

B．give

C．break

D．check

10.

A．defense

B．fun

C．victory

D．fame

11.

A．writers

B．teenagers

C．celebrities

D．teachers

12.

A．cool

B．flexible

C．major

D．painful

13.

A．speaking

B．writing

C．reading

D．learning

14.

A．courses

B．progress

C．entertainment

D．hobbies

15.

A．commanded

B．forbade

C．warned

D．encouraged

16.

A．words

B．means

C．ways

D．ideas

17.

A．Gradually

B．Basically

C．Ridiculously

D．Awkwardly

18.

A．enquire

B．bring

C．doubt

D．worry

19.

A．habit

B．interest

C．privilege

D．reputation

20.

A．promoted

B．criticized

C．thanked

D．dismissed