1 . Looking at these professional wildlife images, it’s easy to assume the person behind the camera is an adult with decades of _______. But these photos were taken by 14-year-old Josiah Launstein.

From time to time, I hear about kids who _______ me. Young Josiah Launstein is one of them. He is only 14 and he’s been into _______ for 9 years. He grew to become a passionate wildlife photographer, and he even started getting awards for his _______ and skill.

He’s received numerous awards and his work has been shown in museums and galleries worldwide. CBC Arts(加拿大广播公司艺术频道)_______ Josiah in a YouTube video, where he got to say a bit about himself and his interest in photography. Josiah started using his dad’s _______ when he was only five years old. As he _______, he took it more seriously when he was seven. Josiah says that he _______ being in the wilderness and spending time with animals, so it seems he put his two passions together. It’s _______, really!

Josiah explains that wildlife photography requires a lot of ________ and determination. He

________ rain, sleet, snow and freezing temperatures. To frame the perfect ________, there’s a lot of waiting and ________ days. He especially likes photographing bighorn sheep, and one of his photos of these wonderful animals ________ him Young Outdoor Photographer of the Year award. He has been granted this ________ three times so far. His last awarded photo, Raindrops, is currently on exhibit in Natural History Museum in London.1.

A．experience

B．progress

C．passion

D．curiosity

2.

A．amuse

B．respect

C．trust

D．amaze

3.

A．business

B．fashion

C．entertainment

D．photography

4.

A．talent

B．knowledge

C．success

D．imagination

5.

A．evaluated

B．presented

C．helped

D．consulted

6.

A．picture

B．book

C．camera

D．method

7.

A．complains

B．explains

C．proves

D．understands

8.

A．risks

B．avoids

C．enjoys

D．practices

9.

A．absurd

B．complicated

C．easy

D．wonderful

10.

A．training

B．observation

C．patience

D．research

11.

A．records

B．dislikes

C．expects

D．bears

12.

A．animal

B．weather

C．shot

D．nature

13.

A．long

B．terrible

C．cold

D．free

14.

A．left

B．earned

C．showed

D．prepared

15.

A．title

B．scholarship

C．photo

D．permission

2 . 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。 续写的词数应为150左右。

Rescue in a Bottle

Curtis Whitson had rafted (v.乘筏) down the Arroyo Seco, a river in central California, several times before.

This year, Curtis Whitson knew the water-fall was coming. He figured he would get out of his raft into the shallow water, get down the rocks along ropes on either side of the falls, and continue on his way, as he had on a previous trip.

But this year was different. Heavy snow and spring rains had turned the usually manageable falls into something fierce. And this year, instead of his friends, Whitson’s companions were his girlfriend, Krystal Ramirez, and his 13-year-old son, Hunter. As the three of them approached the falls late in the afternoon of the third day of their camping trip, Whitson could tell from the increasing roar of water in the narrowing canyon(峡谷) that they were in serious trouble. There was no way they’d be able to get down the rocks as planned.

“The water was just roaring through there with tremendous force,” recalls Whitson, 45.

They had no smart phone service, and they hadn’t seen a single person in the past three days. And Whitson knew that they’d be sharing the ground there with rattlesnakes and mountain lions.

As he was thinking what to do, Whitson hit on a bit of luck---he heard voices coming from the other side of the falls. He yelled, but the sound of the rushing water drowned him out.

“We have to get these people a message,” Whitson thought.

He grabbed a stick and pulled out his pocketknife to carve “Help” in it. Then he tied a rope to it so the people would know it wasn’t just any stick. He tried throwing it over the falls, but it floated away in the wrong direction.

“We’ve got to do something!” Whitson yelled to his son. “Have we got anything else?”

Then he spotted his water bottle. Whitson grabbed it and carved “Help!”on it. Ramirez also reminded him that he had a pen and paper in his backpack.

Whitson knew it was a slim hope. But he wrote “6-15 19:00 We are stuck here@ the waterfall. Get help please” and pushed the note into the bottle. This time, his throw over the waterfall was perfect.

“All right, that’s all we can do,” Whitson told Hunter.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:

It took 30 minutes to get back upstream to the beach where they’d had lunch.

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Paragraph 2:

The next morning, the helicopter returned.

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3 . PAssionArts Festival

PAssionArts Festival this year will run from 6 July to 25 August, bringing community arts to 250,000 residents across Singapore. The festival theme, “Our Home, Our HeARTs”, invites residents to use arts to express our love for our community and for Singapore.

Our aim is to bring residents together to experience and appreciate creativity. Look forward to   over 500 arts activities and programmes, including visual art displays and performing arts co-created by residents and artists. The following are some of them.

ARTS PARTY @ TELOK BLANGAH

TIME: 14 July (9:00 AM—12:00 AM)

PLACE: Talok Blangah Mall

Art can happen in so many ways and for so many people—and that is what Arts Party @ Telok Blangah will show you this July!

For example, you can participate in the large oil painting activity to complete a huge oil painting art. Or carry art in your pocket anytime and anywhere by creating your own matchbox art.

We’re also bringing art therapy to the elderly as it becomes more popular in our society. Come explore Nagomi art, a Japanese art healing method that introduces calm and relaxation to the painter.

HUES IN TUNE

TIME: 20 July (2:00 PM—8:00 PM)

PLACE: Kampung Admiralty

One of the most expected part is Hues in Tune’s performance line-up. Sembawang Hues is the highlight with music performances. Fusion Tunes features cross-racial bands, and Our Own Tune presents heartfelt music by talented residents. Come to this festival village!

L.O.U.D @ KAMPONG GLAM TIME: 27 July (7:30 PM—9:30 PM)

PLACE: Kampong Glam Community Club

At Kampong Glam, the theatre performance Voices from the Belly of Carp will take us back centuries into Singapore’s history for new discoveries.

MAD TEA PARTY

TIME: 12 August (9:30 AM—11:30 AM)

PLACE: Pasir Ris Elias CC

ARTISTS: Stacy Huang, Jesse Chong and Lena Lok

Mad Tea Party is inspired by Alice in Wonderland. This will be an installation of delightful treats, where residents can gather around the tea table to create “food” together.

1. What is the goal of PAssionArts Festival?

A．To make the country more appealing in art.

B．To develop a sense of togetherness through art.

C．To promote cooperation between communities.

D．To cultivate a young generation full of creativity.

2. Alice, who is interested in painting, should go to _______ to enjoy the festival.

A．Kampung Admiralty	B．Kampong Glam Community Club
C．Pasir Ris Elias CC	D．Talok Blangah Mall

3. What can be learned from the poster?

A．Hues in Tune’s performances are intended for music lovers.

B．Mad Tea Party mainly involves learning to make and serve tea.

C．The performance at Kampong Glam is about the history of man.

D．Arts Party @ Telok Blangah is specially designed for the elderly.

4 . Google has reported progress in its plan called “Project Loon” to provide Internet service to rural (农村的) areas without Internet connectivity around the world. The company has no plans to use traditional wiring, which can be costly. Instead the idea is to float (漂浮) huge balloons (气球) about 20 kilometers above the surface of the Earth.

The balloons would act like telecommunications satellites, providing Internet service to the rural areas. The huge objects would ride air currents (气流) to either stay in place or move to another position high in the skies. At first, the idea was to have a large number of balloons circling the planet. One balloon would move away from an area while another arrived to ensure service in the affected areas. But the company said it has found a way to make balloons float over one area for a long period. In a report published online, the company said its software “can now send small teams of balloons over a specific area where people need Internet access.”

The company said some of the balloons stayed in the same area for as long as three months. The company also said the discovery should speed up the project and reduce costs: “We’ll reduce the number of balloons we need and get greater value out of each one, they said. But Project Loon workers must still find ways to increase the life of the balloons. A British Broadeasting Corporation report said the longest service for a single balloon was 190 days.

Google has also explored the idea of providing Internet service to rural areas using solar—powered drone aircraft (太阳能无人机). However, it gave up that project because of technological difficulties and high costs.

1. What’s the aim of the “Project Loon”?

A．To float huge balloons above the rural areas.

B．To help rural areas have access to the Internet.

C．To increase Google’s income in the rural areas.

D．To advertise Google’s new product in the rural areas.

2. Why wouldn’t Google use traditional wiring?

A．It could be too expensive.

B．It could put off the project.

C．It couldn’t provide greater value.

D．It couldn’t work for a long period

3. What do we know about the balloons?

A．They must be used in a large number.

B．They could provide service as long as 3 months.

C．They’ll be sent up by solar-powered drone aircrafts.

D．They would work like telecommunications satellites.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．An unexpected discovery.

B．Some unknown facts about balloons.

C．Google’s using balloons to provide Internet service.

D．The differences between the new and traditional wiring.

5 . 假如你是一名高中学生李华，在浏览网页时发现，世界上很多文化遗产遭受到了各种人类活动、自然灾害等的破坏，对此你深感痛惜，决定给联合国教科文组织世界文化遗产中心的负责人John写一封关于如何保护全球文化遗产的建议信。内容包括：
1. 大力宣传保护文化遗产；
2. 倡导环保旅游，避免破坏文化遗产；
3. 筹集资金对遗产进行维修和维护。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头和结尾已写好，且不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. John,

I’m sorry to see that so many cultural heritages in the world are being destroyed nowadays.

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Hope you can take my suggestions into consideration.

Yours Sincerely,

Li Hua

6 . As we all know, a friend in need is a friend indeed. I really don’t know the meaning of this proverb until one day something _________ happened to me.

That morning, I got up late and _________ to school without breakfast. While crossing a street, my bike _________ a stone and I fell on the ground, with my both knees badly hurt. I managed the _________ and continued my riding. On my arrival at school, my teacher took us to the _________ for a basketball match. _________ I could hardly walk normally, I joined in the game. When I _________ to pass the ball, I was knocked down and fell down on my back. I could not _________ the bad pain and cried. My classmates all started _________ at me and continued their match. __________ on the ground alone, hungry and painful, I couldn’t stop my crying. Just at that moment, Jack, one of my teammates, __________ towards me from the other end and helped me. He comforted me and tried all __________ to make me stand. He asked another classmate to take his __________ and kept sitting beside me. He kept me company the whole day and even __________ me home after the school was over.

It was on that day that I leant and believed the proverb “a friend in need is a friend indeed” to be __________.

1.

A．anxious

B．happy

C．surprising

D．unexpected

2.

A．ran

B．walked

C．drove

D．hurried

3.

A．kicked

B．beat

C．hit

D．touched

4.

A．pain

B．loss

C．sadness

D．trouble

5.

A．campus

B．playground

C．field

D．lab

6.

A．Although

B．Since

C．Until

D．Once

7.

A．decided

B．hoped

C．ordered

D．tried

8.

A．imagine

B．stand

C．control

D．forget

9.

A．staring

B．laughing

C．pointing

D．shouting

10.

A．Standing

B．Sitting

C．Falling

D．Lying

11.

A．jumped

B．faced

C．ran

D．moved

12.

A．methods

B．ideas

C．plans

D．conditions

13.

A．seal

B．role

C．place

D．position

14.

A．put

B．picked

C．dropped

D．left

15.

A．good

B．true

C．positive

D．responsible

7 . Last year a group of friends and I began a project called The World Needs You. Its aim is to show how ____ it is to make a positive difference in our community. Over the holidays, we collected hats, ____ and other cold-weather equipment for the “store” at an elementary school, where students can “buy” things with ____ earned through good behavior. It was a ____ way to get these items to children whose families might not be able to ____ them.

“Do the children need anything else?” I asked the coordinator(协调人) when we sent our ____ to him.

“Umbrellas!” she said. “Most of our ____ have to walk to school, and when it rains they come in very ____.”

Of course! I thought. It doesn’t snow much here, ____ we do have a lot of cold rainy days. Parents who are poor might not buy ______. My friends and I began to ____: We sent e-mails, called people and ____ the project at social events. Everyone had the same ____: “I’ve never thought about that before!” We collected more than 50 umbrellas for the school ____ April showers. We were very satisfied. ____, the kids will be singing in the rain!

1.

A．lucky

B．easy

C．wealthy

D．quick

2.

A．glasses

B．needles

C．gloves

D．bowls

3.

A．rewards

B．pleasure

C．tips

D．love

4.

A．common

B．scientific

C．simple

D．good

5.

A．own

B．use

C．accept

D．afford

6.

A．donations

B．screens

C．luggage

D．staffs

7.

A．customers

B．kids

C．teachers

D．employees

8.

A．concerned

B．angry

C．wet

D．nervous

9.

A．but

B．so

C．and

D．or

10.

A．candles

B．umbrellas

C．tickets

D．houses

11.

A．weep

B．recover

C．work

D．understand

12.

A．suffered from

B．made out

C．talked up

D．looked into

13.

A．response

B．level

C．pay

D．height

14.

A．in need of

B．in favor of

C．for lack of

D．in time for

15.

A．Surprisingly

B．Hopefully

C．Interestingly

D．Luckily

8 . As is often the case, you are trying hard to keep your eyes open in class after a late night doing piles and piles of homework, “    1    ” You are probably thinking, “ This weekend I’ll make up for all the sleep I have lost.”

    2    . Most people think the same way-if you stay in bed longer on Saturdays or Sundays, you will recover your missed sleep during the week.

However, this is not correct.    3     Actually, researchers have just discovered that sleeping during the weekend will not do you any good, but rather make you feel more tired on Monday morning.

Our body keeps a clock inside. It tells us when to wake up in the morning and when to feel sleepy at night. But the time on our body clock can be changed once we start taking on different sleeping habits.    4    . This may mean on Monday morning we sometimes struggle to get out of bed.

If we decide to get up only 20 minutes or half an hour later, it won’t matter. This is because our body clock can accommodate(顺应) a delay of up to an hour, which means that a short lie-in at weekends is unlikely to have any big effect, we needn’t worry about it at all.    5    ,

So, what should we do to balance and make up for all the sleep we’ve missed? Scientists say that simply eight hours of sleep would do the trick, not any longer.

A．You are not alone.

B．I need more sleep!

C．Sleep is important for everyone.

D．Sleeping is nothing like paying back money.

E．However, if we sleep longer our sleep becomes less efficient.

F．But delays of up to two hours or more can throw our body out of order.

G．This is why staying in bed for longer than usual might confuse our body clock.

9 . 假定你是李华，想邀请外教Henry一起参观中国剪纸（paper-cutting）艺术展。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1.展览时间、地点；
2.展览内容。
注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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10 . Derek Rabclo is not the only surfer to conquer Hawaii' s famous Pipeline big wave break, but while all others use their sight to do it, this young professional surfer must rely only on his other senses. That's because he is completely blind.

When Derek was born, over 24 years ago, he got his name from Derek Ho, the first Hawaiian surfing world champion. A surfing enthusiast himself, Emesto dreamed that his son would share the talent of his uncle, a professional surfer. Unfortunately, Derek was born completely blind, but this didn't slop his family from believing lhat he could do anything he wanted, even if that meant becoming a surfer.

At age 2, Derek received a bodyboard and the beaches of Guarapari, Brazil, became his backyard. He was always comfortable in the water and surfing was in his blood, but he didn’t actually try riding a wave until he turned 17, when his father bought him a surfboard. His father taught him the basics and encouraged him to keep practicing, but after successfully standing up on the surfboard, Derek knew he needed to become much better if he was going to achieve Emesto's dream and become a professional surfer. So he joined the Praia do Moroo surf  school, where he studied under coach Fabio Maru.

Standing up on a surfboard and conquering small waves is one thing, while gathering the courage to take on Hawaii's board-breaking Pipeline is another. But that’s exactly what Derek Rabelo set out to do just months after learning how to surf. Everyone told him it was too dangerous, but he felt he could do it. And he did, earning the praise of famous professional surfers like Kelly Slater and Mick Fanning. Now 24, Rabelo has been surfing the Pipeline every winter since.

1. What does the first paragraph tell us?

A．Good eyesight is necessary for becoming good suffers.

B．Nobody has ever conquered Hawaii’s big wave break.

C．Derek Rabelo dreams to conquer Hawaii's big wave break.

D．Derek Rabelo is the only blind professional surfer to conquer Hawaii’s big wave break.

2. How did Ernesto behave after Derek was born?

A．He named him after his uncle.	B．He never lost confidence in him.
C．He sent him to a surfing champion.	D．He started his own interest in surfing.

3. After Derek was able to stand up on the surfboard, he_______________ .

A．began to try riding a wave	B．was no longer afraid of water
C．realized he still had a long way to go	D．knew his father’s dream had come true

4. Which of the following words can best describe Derek according to the last paragraph?

A．Brave and confident.	B．Skillful but proud.
C．Thoughtful and modest.	D．Courageous but stubborn.