2 . Researchers continue to show the power behind our sense of smell. Recent studies have found, among other things, that the smell of foods like pizza can cause uncontrollable anger in drivers on roads.

The review explains that smell is unique in its effects on the brain. According to Conrad King, the researcher who carried out the review, “more than any other senses, the sense of smell goes through the logical part of the brain and acts on the systems concerned with feelings. This is why the smell of baking bread can destroy the best intentions of a dieter.”

Smell, which decides the unbelievable complexity of food tastes, has always been the least understood of our senses. Our noses are able to detect (察觉，发现) up to 10, 000 distinct smells. Our ability to smell and taste this extremely large range of smells is controlled by something like 1, 000 genes, which make up an amazing 3% of the human genome. Researchers Richard Axel and Linda Buck were together awarded a Nobel Prize in 2004 for their ground-breaking research on the nature of this extraordinary sense. These two scientists were the first to describe the family of 1,000 olfactory (嗅觉) genes and to explain how our olfactory system works.

According to one study in the research review, smelling fresh pizza or even the packaging of fast foods can be enough to make drivers feel impatient with other road users. They are then more likely to speed and experience uncontrollable anger on roads. The most reasonable explanation is that these can all make drivers feel hungry, and therefore desperate to satisfy their appetites.

In contrast, the smells of peppermint and cinnamon were shown to improve concentration levels as well as reduce drivers’ impatience. Similarly, the smells of lemon and coffee appeared to promote clear thinking and mental focus.

However, the way genes regulate (调节，控制) smell differs from person to person. A study by researchers in Israel has identified at least 50 olfactory genes which are switched on in some people and not in others. They believe this may explain why some of us love some smells and tastes while others hate them. The Israel researchers say their study shows that nearly every human being shows a different pattern of active and inactive smell-detecting receptors (感受器).

1. What did Richard Axel and Linda Buck find out?

A．The type of food smells.

B．The logical part of human brain.

C．The nature of human olfactory system.

D．The relationship between food and feelings.

2. Which of the following can help people concentrate?

A．Bread	B．Fast food.
C．Pizza	D．Coffee.

3. What do we know from the last paragraph?

A．Different people are sensitive to different smells.

B．Every person has a different pattern of genes.

C．Some people can recognize up to 50 smells.

D．There are still some olfactory genes to be found out.

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Last week I     1    (take) on a difficult task of showing kindness. The idea came from a few posts on a website. I decided     2     (reach) out to a few people I hadn’t talked to for the past few years.

One was a cousin,     3     I had lost touch with for 25 years. She was very happy when we got     4     touch. The other two were friends I hadn’t talked to in nearly 10 years. It was really good to talk to     5     (they) both.

With one of them, I reached out at a great time for him. He had forgotten my name     6    (entire) but remembered I disliked     7    (run) when young because I had asthma（哮喘）. He was grateful that I called him and said some very kind     8     (thing) to me about our past. I am glad our friendship mattered to him.

I think     9     is good to be the one to take the initiative（主动性）to be kind and reach out. Even if it seems difficult at the time, in the end it offers     10     (wonder) rewards!

4 . I was making a stop on my book tour. A sweet woman approached me, and pleasantly _______ she wouldn't buy a book. She said she _______ wanted to ask me a question: How did I get into acting and how did I _______ to stay in it? I was _______the performance, so I didn't want to waste energy with a long response. I said, "Persistence," without thinking.

She laughed and said, "Well, sure. That's true with everything, right?"

A light came on in my brain. She was righter than she knew. I said, "Yes, but not how you mean. Success is a _______of persistence. So is failure. We become whatever we're persistent at. I had friends who were always exactly 20minutes late－persistently late. You could set your _______by them. I know actors who persistently destroy their own chances. They don't _______ enough. They don't learn their lines. Persistently."

A lot of the time our methods of working are a series of habits, good and bad, we _______sometime in the past. Habits feel_______. My ex-acting teacher once said, "Comfort is the enemy of the artist."

I wasn't crazy about his statement back then, because I was uncomfortable, but still wasn't an artist. I see the ________ of it now. People________take the easy path. It's human nature to look for the________ at the back of the book. We often see the effort in finding better habits as a problem to be avoided, but in doing so, we persistently waste our ________.

As actors, we know we can become anything with enough rehearsal. ________look at what you do persistently. If you don't like your habits, change them. No matter what your passion is the power to ________the map of your life is essential.

1.

A．suggested

B．admitted

C．shouted

D．decided

2.

A．even

B．hardly

C．just

D．also

3.

A．attempt

B．consider

C．refuse

D．manage

4.

A．tired from

B．annoyed about

C．fed up with

D．happy with

5.

A．product

B．cause

C．factor

D．kind

6.

A．standard

B．watch

C．goal

D．speed

7.

A．reflect

B．create

C．refuse

D．prepare

8.

A．broke

B．chose

C．developed

D．arranged

9.

A．annoying

B．comfortable

C．confident

D．useless

10.

A．wisdom

B．beauty

C．hope

D．history

11.

A．never

B．persistently

C．fortunately

D．unwillingly

12.

A．contents

B．questions

C．pages

D．answers

13.

A．money

B．time

C．effort

D．potential

14.

A．So

B．But

C．And

D．Instead

15.

A．read

B．follow

C．redraw

D．lose

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 successful launch of the probe（探测器）Tianwen l on Thursday in Wenchang, South China's Hainan province, marks the     1     (begin) of the country's efforts to find out more about Mars.

The probe will travel about seven months    2     it reaches Mars, where it will place a rover（火星车）to wander around the surface. The rover, which has yet to be named, is l.85 meters tall and     3     (weigh) about 240 kilograms. It has six wheels and four solar panels and will be able to move     4     a speed of 200 meters per hour on Mars. The rover carries six

    5     (science)instruments including a multispectral camera, subsurface penetrating radar and a meteorological measuring device. It will use the instruments     6     (examine) Mars' surface compositions, geological structures, environment and possibly water.

The vehicle     7     (expect) to operate for about three months on     8    planet. It is of great significance to humankind's exploration of outer space. If the     9     (high) autonomous machine works well, it will become the world's fifth operational Mars rover,     10     (follow) the previous four from the United States.

6 . 阅读下面材料, 在空格处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Whenever Prince George steps out for an engagement, like on the royal tour of Canada, or poses for    1    (office) photographs, he only ever wears shorts,     2     has long confused royal watchers.

According to William Hanson,     3    expert in ceremony, there’s a very good reason for this—and it has nothing to do with fashion, but rather a royal tradition that     4     (date) back to the sixteenth century. A new born baby would be dressed     5    a gown for their first year or two. Then he was “breeched (穿裤礼)” and wore articles of clothing like shorts. The usual custom is that a boy graduates to trousers around eight years old.

With time    6    (change), middle class boys began to wear trousers but they     7     (consider) suburban(土气的) by the upper. Hanson explains,“    8     is a very English thing to dress a young boy in shorts.” The British upper are always keen to hold on to tradition, and this also silently marks them out from “the rest”. However, as for William and Kate, the     9    (decide) to dress George in shorts is     10       (likely) down to tradition than a class issue.

7 . It’s a popular belief that a fish’s memory lasts for only seven seconds. It may seem sad to think that they don’t remember what they’ve eaten or where they’ve been, and they don’t identify you or any of their friends -- every moment in their life would be like seeing the world for the first time.

But don’t be so quick to feel sorry for them. A new study has found that fish have a much better memory than we used to think. In fact, certain kinds of fish can even remember events from as long as 12 days ago. In the study, researchers from Mac Ewan University in Canada trained a kind of fish called African cichlids to go to a certain area of their tank to get food. They then waited for 12 days before putting them back in the tank again. Researchers used computer software to monitor the fish’s movements. They found that after such a long break the fish still went to the same place where they first got food. This suggested that they could remember their past experiences.

In fact, scientists had been thinking for a long time that African cichlids might have a good memory. An earlier study showed that they behaved aggressively (挑衅地)in front of certain fish, perhaps because they remembered their past “fights”. But until the latest findings, there was no clear evidence.

Just as a good memory can make our lives easier, it also plays an important part when a fish is trying to survive in the wild. “If fish are able to remember that a certain area contains safe food, they will be able to go back to that area without putting their lives at risks,” lead researcher Trevor Hamilton told Live Science.

For a long time, fish were placed far below chimpanzees, dolphins and mice on the list of smart animals. But this study has given scientists a new understanding of their intelligence.

1. According to the article, people commonly believe that _______.

A．fish can only remember part of their past experiences

B．fish can remember things that happened long time ago

C．a fish’s memory lasts for only seven minutes

D．fish don’t recognize any of their friends

2. What's the biggest advantage fish can get from a good memory?

A．They remember where to get food and survive

B．They can avoid their enemies and fight

C．They can easily find safe places

D．They can recognize their helpful mates

3. Which of the following is TRUE about African cichlids?

A．African cichlids tend to treat other fish aggressively.

B．African cichlids may remember things for 12 days.

C．African cichlids don’t belong to the list of smart animals.

D．African cichlids usually go to a certain area for food.

4. What is the article mainly about?

A．Fish having very bad memories.	B．Fish being smarter than we thought.
C．How fish improve their memory.	D．What we can learn from fish.

8 . I enjoy feeding birds in my garden. About three years ago, a baby chipmunk (花栗鼠) which I named Chip came to my garden. Over that summer, I watched it _______. The brown and black stripes(条状)on its back darkened. The next summer,   the chipmunk was back, and I wondered whether it would _______ me to feed it by hand or let me pet it. Before Chip would come near, I'd _______ its favorite food, bend down and keep very _______. I'd leave my open hand _______， unmoving, so the animal would know I wouldn't _______it. I continued doing this for a few weeks.

_______， late in that second summer, Chip did show more trust. One day as I _______a seed with my fingertips, it got closer and _______ took the seed into its mouth. It never bit my fingers. I was ________ that Chip and I had made a breakthrough of trust.

After about two months of this ________， I went further. With my index finger, I ________ its back once gently. I'm not even sure Chip felt it, but it didn't ________. I then moved my two fingers slowly and gently over it. ________, Chip stayed calm, eating seeds, before running quickly back into the bush.

Today, the chipmunk comes out of hiding when I call its name, and lets me ________ its soft, silky body.

A friend once mentioned that after she ________ a dog, she noticed that her high blood pressure had return to ________ without medication, and she became calmer and could handle stress better.   I think I, too, feel ________ from my interactions with Chip.

I've also developed a greater ________ for nature and its creatures and the opportunity to observe, protect and save wildlife. Most of all, I am amazed by the ________ of a tiny chipmunk to meet me halfway and to trust me.

1.

A．eat

B．grow

C．play

D．jump

2.

A．praise

B．beg

C．inspire

D．trust

3.

A．put off

B．put up

C．put down

D．hang up

4.

A．anxious

B．excited

C．still

D．curious

5.

A．in public

B．in place

C．in return

D．in turn

6.

A．catch

B．remove

C．bite

D．throw

7.

A．Initially

B．Unusually

C．Obviously

D．Finally

8.

A．found

B．planted

C．offered

D．produced

9.

A．carefully

B．aggressively

C．comfortably

D．confidently

10.

A．ashamed

B．delighted

C．confident

D．fortunate

11.

A．education

B．discovery

C．routine

D．solution

12.

A．knocked

B．brushed

C．rocked

D．touched

13.

A．run away

B．rush out

C．give away

D．turn up

14.

A．However

B．Again

C．So

D．Therefore

15.

A．admire

B．support

C．pet

D．lift

16.

A．walked

B．adopted

C．adapted

D．lost

17.

A．safety

B．origin

C．logic

D．normal

18.

A．calmer

B．faster

C．quicker

D．easier

19.

A．sympathy

B．motivation

C．mercy

D．respect

20.

A．ability

B．contribution

C．memory

D．comfort

9 . 假定你是李华，你的美国朋友David发来邮件想了解你们学校近期在网上直播的诗词比赛。请给他回复邮件，内容包括：
1. 比赛目的和时间；
2. 参赛人员和比赛规则；
3. 比赛反响。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear David,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua

10 . It had long been troubling a little boy that his desk mate could rank 1st in the class every time while he failed to: he only ranked 21st.

At home, he asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more stupid than others? I feel I am as hardworking as him, but how come I always fall behind?”     1    

In another test, the son ranked 15th, and his desk mate remained 1st. Back home, he raised the same question.     2     However, was this answer in her son’s best interest? Thank goodness she did not open her mouth.

There were times she wanted to tell him, “Your father and I used to be outstanding. Why aren’t you just as clever?” But she stopped because she felt it was cruel to blame him and that she needed a better answer.

    3     To reduce the burden on her son who was suffering from the pains of unsatisfied grades and rankings, Mom decided to take him to the sea. During the trip, she managed to give out an answer.

Now, the son no longer worries about his rankings, because, with the 1st ranking, he is admitted to a top university.     4     In the lecture, he mentioned a valuable experience, “…When my mother and I was lying on the beach, she pointed to the front and said, ‘Do you see the seabirds over there? When the waves come near, little birds can rise quickly while it would take longer for clumsy sea-gulls to complete the process. However, have you noticed birds that finally fly across the endless ocean are none other than clumsy sea-gulls?’     5    ” The moving speech affected many mothers present into tears, including his mother.

A．Feeling sad for her son’s failure, mom scolded him.

B．Mom really wanted to tell her son that intelligence differs.

C．Hearing the words, she went wordless, not knowing how to explain.

D．You might be a bit slower, but you will be the one who will make it!

E．Mom was so proud of her son’s success as to often share her experience.

F．Back to his high school, he was invited to give a speech to the students and parents.

G．Time flying swiftly, despite great efforts, he was still unable to keep up with his desk mate.