1 . “Why do I live? Why do I wish for anything, or do anything? Is there anything in my life that will not be destroyed by my death?”

These are the words of the famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. Like Tolstoy, many people ask these difficult questions. And they struggle to find meaning in their life. Tolstoy spent his whole life trying to answer difficult questions like these. His search for answers influenced his writing.

On August 28th, 1828, Leo Tolstoy was born in the country of Russia.

As a child, Tolstoy was a member of the Russian Catholic Church. But as a young man, he began to question that faith. Tolstoy wanted to make his own moral decisions; he was tired of being told what to believe. He thought people could achieve a degree of perfection if they tried hard enough. So he worked very hard at being the best in everything he did. He thought that he would find meaning and truth in success.

In the 1850s, Leo Tolstoy wrote his first stories. He wrote about his experiences in the army. He also told stories about when he was a child. These works were published and Tolstoy became a well-known writer.

Tolstoy was finally successful. He earned the respect he always wanted. Many wealthy and intelligent men met and talked with Tolstoy. Some of the men were writers like him. They talked a lot about faith and the meaning of life. But soon Tolstoy recognized that these men were not perfect. Now he knew they could not answer his questions about faith.

So in the 1860s, Tolstoy tried a different way to find meaning. He opened a school for the children of his serfs—the people who worked on his land. These workers were very poor. He wanted to help them because he thought they were more honest than the wealthy people he knew.

Tolstoy learned many things from his workers. He respected how they worked hard to provide for their families.

He began to believe that marriage and family would give his life meaning. So in 1862, Leo Tolstoy married a young woman named Sonya Behrs.

The next 15 years were the best years of Tolstoy's life. It was during this time that he wrote his most famous books-War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Many literature experts say that War and Peace is one of the greatest books ever written.

Both War and Peace and Anna Karenina communicate Tolstoy's beliefs about the Russian nation, church and people. They also communicate what he thought was the answer to all his questions. Tolstoy believed humans were supposed to live a simple life and take care of their families. Tolstoy thought this would satisfy him and bring him happiness.

Leo Tolstoy is still a very respected writer today. His faith and writings have influenced many people.

Tolstoy's search for the meaning of life is something everyone can understand. His teachings still interest people all over the world.

1. Which shows the correct order of the following events?
①Tolstoy served in the army ②Tolstoy got married ③Tolstoy wrote War and Peace
④ Tolstoy started a school.   ⑤Tolstoy became a well-known writer.

A．①②③④⑤

B．⑤①③②④

C．①⑤④②③

D．⑤④①③②

2. What does the underlined phrase “provide for” in paragraph 8 mean?

A．Respect

B．Defend.

C．Support.

D．Comfort.

3. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Leo Tolstoy: Living for writing	B．Leo Tolstoy: Influencing the world
C．Leo Tolstoy: Being the best in everything	D．Leo Tolstoy: Searching for the meaning of life

2 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

The Other Shoe

Shoes are made for walking.

But Aamir, a homeless Indian boy, doubted it. Wandering the noisy railway platform, he found one of his flip-flops (人字拖鞋) broken again. He hurried to a corner, sat down and tried to fix it, his bare foot pressing awkwardly against the ground. However, it was beyond repair.

He gave up and looked around aimlessly, staring at people’s shoes. Suddenly, his eyes were drawn to two boyish legs wearing flawlessly white socks and equally perfect black leather shoes, which were glittering in the mid-day sun. It was a boy of his age. He couldn’t treasure his possession too much, obviously, because every ten seconds, he stopped, bent down and carefully wiped a dust or two from his shoes. His father was constantly glancing over and urging him, “Hurry up! The train is coming!”

Aamir’s eyes followed the father and son, but mostly the leather shoes, as if enchanted (被施魔法的). Imagining himself wearing them, the comfort from the good leather, jaw-dropping look on his friends’ faces, he couldn’t help cracking a big smile.

The bell of the train drew him back; the fancy-shoe boy and his father were about to get aboard. They tried to crowd into the doorway. However, the instant the boy entered the compartment (车厢), one of his shoes fell off and before he could pick it up, the train began to pull away.

The shoe was now lying alone on the platform. Aamir’s eyes lit up with excitement. Like an arrow, he shot for the shoe and then picked it up, holding it with both hands as if holding the Queen’s crown. After a few seconds of hesitating and looking from the shoe to the train and back, he began racing — with only one good shoe, his flip-flop.

He held the leather shoe up, trying to pass it to the boy through the window, who was desperately reaching out his hand as well. However, it was never close enough.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为 100左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

That left Aamir no choice but to throw the shoe onto the train.

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3 . 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。

Have you ever tasted or perhaps heard of sugar painting? As fewer people choose to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have been become a     1     (distance) memory in some ways. However, a craftsman, Li Jianzhong, is devoted to     2    (keep)the art of sugar painting alive.

Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After     3     mine closed down, Li turned     4     housing decoration until he     5     (force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Later. he discovered sugar painting, something he really had an interest in.

Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by     6    (he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy to learn the skill and could make     7     (vary) of sugar paintings. A sugar painting is made with     8     (melt) brown or white sugar. Craftsman     9     (basic) paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup. When the sugar cools down, what     10     (appear) is a piece of sugar art.

4 . I grew up in a small town in Ohio, where everyone knew a man called Tom. Uneducated, he couldn’t talk plainly. And because he was _______ and not very smart, everyone teased him. I guess he was an easy mark.

One day, he came walking by. I was about 12 and thought it would make me feel grown-up to _______ him like the adults did.

He asked how I was doing. I told him my father was _______ , and that we lacked money. I could hear my friends _______ in the background so I went on with the lie. I had him _______ so completely that every time he inquired about the situation, I would make it seem increasingly worrying.

I knew he made a _______ by doing odd jobs (打零工), so it seemed _______ when he asked me if we needed anything. I told him that we didn’t know if we would starve (饿死) . He responded, “You poor thing. I will _______ for you. ”

That night I heard the _______ rattle (作响) softly. Thinking it was the wind beating against it, I ________ it. Later when I opened the door to go outside, I found a box of groceries. I knew who had given the food. I ________ the small box of canned food with tears in my eyes. I felt ________ , and wanted to return the groceries.

My father would not let me take the box ________ . He said it would hurt Tom. Each day when we were to have dinner, my father would ask, “What side dish are we having from the ________ box today?

It was ________ for me to eat the food. I knew Tom had given sacrificially. He gave the best he had, but I did not deserve the gift.

1.

A．ill-treated

B．bad-tempered

C．good-natured

D．warm-hearted

2.

A．condemn

B．tease

C．annoy

D．abuse

3.

A．delayed

B．promoted

C．adapted

D．unemployed

4.

A．laughing

B．whispering

C．cheering

D．clapping

5.

A．absorbed

B．removed

C．struck

D．fooled

6.

A．budget

B．profit

C．living

D．fortune

7.

A．funny

B．impossible

C．practical

D．moving

8.

A．perform

B．propose

C．preserve

D．pray

9.

A．window

B．door

C．fence

D．box

10.

A．explored

B．fastened

C．ignored

D．investigated

11.

A．held up

B．looked through

C．checked out

D．took over

12.

A．thrilled

B．touched

C．frustrated

D．ashamed

13.

A．back

B．away

C．out

D．apart

14.

A．money

B．check

C．ice

D．gift

15.

A．curious

B．hard

C．pleasant

D．precious

5 . 假如你是李华，你的美国交换生朋友Jack目前在北京就读，打算4月中旬来杭州玩，向你咨询在杭州期间的旅行建议，请你用英文给他回一封信，内容包括：1. 表示欢迎；2. 景点及交通方式推荐；3. 表达祝愿。
注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jack,
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Yours,

Li Hua

6 . 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。

Japanese fish industry is starting to use artificial intelligence (AI)     1    (select) high quality fish at markets and find good fishing grounds, areas where they have traditionally relied largely     2     experience. All tools are drawing attention because they can easily copy good skills, including those     3    (need) to evaluate the quality of tuna (金枪鱼) and determine good spots to catch fish.

When     4    (judge) the quality of fish, buyers look at     5     fresh and firm the meat is and how much fat it puts on. “You need over 10 years of experience to acquire     6     excellent eye,” a fish market worker said. An advertising agency developed and brought a smartphone app into     7    (practice) use that enables users to easily pick out delicious tuna.

According to the advertising agency, the AI tool, fed with data on how tail sections of frozen tun     8    (grade) by skilled merchants (商人), judges the quality of tuna     9    (instant). The app grades quality in three to five stages as soon as users hold their smartphones over a fish and is gaining     10    (popular) in the seafood processing industry.

7 . Our neighbors had a loud party last night. We weren’t _______ but this was one of those celebrations that I didn’t mind. They are a bunch of young, single guys and I would have felt out of place.

What _______ me was the way they behaved. Ono of the young men came over _______ in the day to “warn” us of the upcoming event and said it would be over at about 11 p. m. That was the first step. Even more _______ was what they did next. “Here’s my _______”, offered our neighbor _______ “Text me if it’s too noisy.” That was a level of _______ I had never experienced in all my years of being a neighbor!

And it really worked in their favor. My husband and I were so friendly that even when the event went past the _______ end time, even when the music reached high decibels(分贝), and even when we couldn’t get through to the phone number, we felt no _______. We knew they would stop and ________ to it eventually.

It takes such little effort to make people feel that they ________ and get people on your side. Everyone needs to ________ every now and then, especially in these uniquely tough times. But people who do it without disturbing others are few and far between. I hadn’t fully ________ my neighbors until this week. But now I see them in a new light and with greater ________ . They didn’t just bring the noise to the neighborhood; they showed us a good manner of ________ in life.

1.

A．located

B．explored

C．challenged

D．invited

2.

A．trapped

B．impressed

C．annoyed

D．embarrassed

3.

A．later

B．closer

C．earlier

D．further

4.

A．shocking

B．frightening

C．puzzling

D．amazing

5.

A．call number

B．room number

C．account number

D．car number

6.

A．anxiously

B．politely

C．regularly

D．obviously

7.

A．imagination

B．consideration

C．recognition

D．organization

8.

A．promised

B．supplied

C．designed

D．compared

9.

A．stress

B．anxiety

C．worry

D．anger

10.

A．respond

B．adapt

C．contribute

D．stick

11.

A．figure

B．succeed

C．matter

D．access

12.

A．sleep

B．maintain

C．travel

D．relax

13.

A．noticed

B．delivered

C．explored

D．proved

14.

A．surrounding

B．respect

C．curiosity

D．distance

15.

A．strategy

B．apology

C．communication

D．inspiration

8 . 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Adam来信说要到你所在的城市旅游，希望你带他游玩一天。请你给他回信，内容包括：
1. 表示欢迎；
2. 旅行安排；
3. 期望和祝愿。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Adam,
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Yours,

Li Hua

9 . People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions — and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.

Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly (均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.

“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,” Jack said. “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect the mouth.”

According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.

The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.

It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than Westerners did. “The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions,” Jack said. “Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.”

In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.

1. The discovery shows that Westerners ________.

A．pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth

B．consider facial expressions universally reliable

C．observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways

D．have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions

2. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A．The participants in the study.

B．The researchers of the study.

C．The errors made during the study.

D．The data collected from the study.

3. In comparison with Westerners, Easterners are likely to ________.

A．do translation more successfully

B．study the mouth more frequently

C．examine the eyes more attentively

D．read facial expressions more correctly

4. What can be the best title for the passage?

A．The Eye as the Window to the Soul

B．Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions

C．Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills

D．How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding