1 . At around 3 p. m. on Monday, Erin Wilson stopped at a picnic area along Highway 299. She began walking her two-year-old sheepdog, Eva, along a path when a mountain lion _______ and attacked Wilson, who screamed, catching the _______ of her 2-year-old Eva. Eva, who had been wandering ahead, immediately returned to _______ her owner. The mountain lion then _______ the 55- pound dog and bit onto the bodyguard’s head. Wilson _______ without success to fight off the lion with stones, so she ran up to the road, frantically trying to flag someone down.

Sharon Houston, who was driving by, saw Wilson and _______. After learning about the mountain lion attack, without _______ Houston jumped out of her car with her pepper spray（喷雾剂）and also grabbed a stick. The two women _______ to the scene in the forest, where the struggle was going on, with the mountain lion still _______ to let go of the dog. They both started hitting it and yelling ________ it finally set loose the bleeding dog.

Eva eventually ________. Houston pepper sprayed the mountain lion in the face, and it immediately turned away and ________. Eva was gravely injured, and Wilson ________ drove Eva to a vet(兽医). After spending several days there, the dog was ________. Now Eva, lying on her own bed with her favorite toys, is on the road to ________. “My dog is my hero and I owe her my life.” Wilson said.

1.

A．fed

B．withdrew

C．reacted

D．approached

2.

A．recreation

B．attention

C．acknowledgement

D．recognition

3.

A．welcome

B．follow

C．defend

D．disturb

4.

A．turned to

B．turned down

C．turned over

D．turned into

5.

A．managed

B．attempted

C．escaped

D．tended

6.

A．pulled out

B．pulled down

C．pulled up

D．pulled on

7.

A．hesitation

B．permission

C．confidence

D．comparison

8.

A．adapted

B．responded

C．hurried

D．referred

9.

A．insisting

B．agreeing

C．submitting

D．refusing

10.

A．as

B．until

C．when

D．while

11.

A．woke

B．performed

C．died

D．escaped

12.

A．showed interest

B．restored power

C．lost control

D．took flight

13.

A．peacefully

B．patiently

C．urgently

D．secretly

14.

A．released

B．adopted

C．restored

D．infected

15.

A．freedom

B．recovery

C．happiness

D．safety

3 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

When I was in middle school, my social studies teacher asked me to enter a writing contest. I said no without thinking. I did not love writing. English was my second language. Writing was so difficult and painful for me.

So, why did he suddenly force me to do something at which I was sure to fail? His reply, “Because I love your stories. If you’re willing to apply yourself, I think you have a good shot at this.” Encouraged by his words, I agreed to give it a try.

I chose Paul Revere’s horse as my subject. Paul Revere was a silversmith (银匠) who rode a horse at night to warn people that British soldiers were coming. My story would come straight from the horse’s mouth. Not a brilliant idea, but funny; and unlikely to be anyone else’s choice.

What did the horse think, as he sped through the night? Did he get tired? Have doubts? Did he want to quit? I sympathized immediately. I got tired. I had doubts. I wanted to quit. But, like Revere’s horse, I kept going. I worked hard. I checked my spelling. I asked my older sister to correct my grammar. I checked out a half dozen books on Paul Revere from the library. I even read a few of them.

When I handed in the essay to my teacher, he read it, laughed out loud, and said, “Great. Now, write it again.” I wrote it again, and again and again. When I finally finished it, the thought of winning had given way to the enjoyment of writing. If I didn’t win, I wouldn’t care.

A few weeks later, when I almost forgot the contest, there came the news. My name was announced as the winner in the writing contest, and I was invited to attend the award presentation. There, when I accepted the award, my heart skipped a beat, my breath caught in my throat, and tears filled my eyes. My teacher was right: I did have a good shot at this.

续写要求：
1. 续写词数应为80左右：
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I went to my teacher’s office after the award presentation.

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4 . 假设你是你校学生会主席李华，在新年到来之际，为了帮助你校留学生们 （overseas students）更好地了解中国文化，学生会将举办一场新年联欢会。请你根据以下内容写一则通知，内容如下：
1. 时间：下周五晚6: 00-8: 00；
2. 地点：教学楼101室；
3. 内容：中国校园歌曲串烧 （mixture）、观看武术 （martial arts）表演、比赛用筷子（chopsticks）、学习包饺子等。
注意：
1. 词数80 左右：
2. 信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Notice

As New Year is around the corner, we are going to hold a New Year party. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Students’ Union

5 . As environmental concerns continue to increase, many people are left wondering how they can balance the need to travel with the need to protect the planet. One particular dilemma that has received significant attention is air travel.

Air travel is known to be one of the most carbon-intensive forms of travel. According to a report by the European Environment Agency, aviation (航空) is responsible for around 3% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions, and that number is expected to grow in the coming years. In addition, aircraft contribute to other types of air pollution, such as particulate matter and nitrogen oxides.

For environmentalists who advocate for reducing our carbon footprint, this brings up a difficult question: should we avoid flying altogether?

On one hand, it’s easy to see why environmentalists would want to keep away from air travel. By doing so, they could dramatically reduce their carbon footprint and set an example for others. Additionally, some argue that air travel perpetuates (使永久) a culture of over-consumption, which is contradictory to environmental values.

However, there are also arguments in favor of air travel: For one, air travel enables people to experience different cultures, build relationships, and expand their knowledge in ways that might not be possible otherwise. It can also facilitate business trades and contribute to economic growth. Moreover, some experts believe that technological advancements could make air travel more sustainable in the future. For example, some airlines are experimenting with biofuels and electric planes, which could dramatically reduce the emissions associated with air travel.

So what’s the answer? Ultimately, it’s up to each individual to decide whether the benefits of air travel outweigh the environmental costs. However, there are steps that everyone can take to reduce their impact. For example, travelers can choose to fly less frequently, decide on direct flights, and offset (抵消) their emissions through programs like carbon offsetting. In the end, the key is to remain aware of the environmental impact of our choices and to make informed decisions based on our own values and priorities.

1. What’s the function of paragraph 2?

A．To clarify the effect of air travel.	B．To make a comparison.
C．To present an argument.	D．To describe various greenhouse gases.

2. What may supporters of air travel agree to?

A．It helps avoid economic problems.

B．It promotes globalization in some sense.

C．It will make biofuels popular in the near future.

D．It will accelerate the development of electric planes.

3. What is probably the author’s attitude to air travel?

A．Approving.

B．Doubtful.

C．Objective.

D．Subjective.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Environmental concerns about air travel.	B．Whether we should travel by air or not.
C．How to reduce the pollution air travel causes.	D．The advantages and disadvantages of air travel.

6 . Small-scale fisheries supply many people with food. Almost all of those in this trade rely on gillnets (刺网) to trap fish. But gillnets trap other things, for example, endangered animals such as turtles; dangerous ones, such as Humboldt squid; and ones that are both endangered and dangerous, such as several types of sharks. Everyone involved would be better off if this did not happen.

Building on studies done both by himself and by others, to try to avoid the accidental netting of turtles, Jesse Senko, a marine-conservation biologist at Arizona State University, has been investigating the idea of fitting LEDs (发光二极管) to nets to avoid netting other unwanted by-catch without discouraging target animals. And, as he reports in Current Biology, it seems to work.

Dr. Senko and his colleagues set up an experiment in the Gulf of Ulloa, in Mexico, in which they cooperated with local fisher folks to employ over 10,000 meters of net s that had had net s battery-powered waterproof green LEDs fitted onto them every ten meters. In half of the these, lights were lit. The other half were left unlit, as controls. Each lit net was paired with an unlit one, and the two were employed alongside one another at prime fishing locations. The fishers' target fish were large groupers. Dr. Senko was interested both in what else got caught and whether the lights decreased catches of the target species.

On the latter point, to his relief, they did not. On the former, the lit net s caught 95% fewer kilograms of shark-related species. In particular, several threatened species turned up less often in the lit than the unlit nets.

The advantage from the point of view of fisher folks was that they needed to spend a lot less time clearing these dangerous by-catches from their nets. And, crucially, the LEDs concerned are cheap, hard-wearing, and easy to fit. There are also plans to make them solar powered, for easy recharging. Here, then, is a conservation idea from which everyone wins.

1. What is the problem with gillnets?

A．They are costly to maintain.	B．They discourage target catches.
C．They need more time to be cleaned.	D．They trap unwanted by-catches.

2. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．The principle of the experiment.	B．The effect of the experiment.
C．The purpose of the experiment.	D．The process of the experiment.

3. What can be inferred from Dr. Senko's experiment?

A．The LEDs are easy to recharge.

B．Gillnets will soon be out of date.

C．Fitting LEDs to gillnets is a win-win idea.

D．Fisher folks benefit the most from the idea.

4. What was the author s attitude to the prospect of the LEDs idea?

A．Indifferent.

B．Hopeful.

C．Ambiguous.

D．Doubtful.

8 . 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。

Delicate strokes (笔画), carved from wood, with ultimate precision. This is woodblock printing (木版印刷),    1    ancient printing technique that has promoted human civilization.

Certain people are believed     2    (bring) Buddhism into China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), when there was a strong need to produce a large number of Buddhist scriptures (经文), and copying by hand could not meet the     3    (rise) demand. Ancient Chinese craftsmen thus came up     4    a novel way to create printed works massively. Hence came the     5    (origin) version of woodblock printing.

Traditional wooddblock printing can be divided into four major steps: writing, engraving, printing, and binding. With each step then sub-divided into several procedures,    6    takes roughly 30 steps to produce a woodblock print. Characters and images     7    (carve) to produce raised areas or lines, which calls for skilled hands.

The Buddhist scripture Diamond Sutra, the “earliest dated printed book”, can only be seen in the British Library,    8    a lot of Chinese treasures are stored. It is just one example of ancient works of art that not only tells the     9    (wise) of our ancestors, but also is a witness to the pursuit of beauty by Chinese craftsmen throughout centuries.

The invention of writing gave life to great thoughts,    10    it was the invention of printing that made knowledge a shareable fruit for all humankind.

10 . The concept of an art museum is easy enough: that is about art. There are those rare museums focused largely or entirely on the work of just one person. Those senses can be all the richer when you know the museum is the artist’s birthplace or onetime home. Here are four examples of such museums.

Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum

611 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington

781-641-0747

The name Cyrus E. Dallin (1861—1944) might not be familiar, but several of the sculptor’s works are. His “Appeal to the Great Spirit”, an example of the many sculptures Dallin made relating to Native Americans, stands in front of the Museum of Fine Arts. Born in Utah, he lived in Arlington (Texas) for the final four decades of his life.

Norman Rockwell Museum

9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge

413-298-4100, www.nrm.org

Rockwell (1894—1978) moved to Stockbridge in 1953. By then he was already America’s best-known illustrator (插图画家). The museum, founded in 1969, moved into its present, Robert A.M. Stern-designed building in 1993. Its 998 paintings and drawings are the largest single collection of Rockwell’s art.

Kids 6 and under FREE, adults $20, students with D: $10.

Edward Gorey House

8 Strawberry Lane, Yarmouth Port

508-362-3909

Edward Gorey (1925—2000) was an artist but, he was other things as well: author, playwright, set and costume designer. Gorey purchased this 18-century house in 1979 and lived there the rest of his life. The house currently serves as a museum celebrating Gorey’s life and work. It’s also known as the Elephant House. That’s appropriate, in light of Gorey’s passion for animal welfare.

Gilbert: Stuart Birthplace and Museum

815 Gibert Stuart Road, Saunderstown, R.I

401-294-3001

Gilbert Stuart (1755—1828) is responsible for what may well be the most familiar work of any American artist. His portrait (画像) of George Washington is the basis of the first president’s image on the dollar bill. As one of the early Republic’s most distinguished artists, Stuart painted more than a thousand portraits over the course of his career.

1. What is the feature these four museums have in common?

A．They are all very small and new.	B．They offer rare exhibits in the world.
C．They attract many artists around the world.	D．They all involve a single person’s works of art.

2. What can we learn about Cyrus E. Dallin?

A．He is a world-known sculptor.	B．Few people know his masterpiece.
C．He lived in Utah for his last 40 years.	D．His works had a lot to do with Native Americans.

3. Where will you go if you are interested in stage and clothes?

A．9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge.	B．8 Strawberry Lane, Yarmouth Port.
C．611 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington.	D．815 Gilbert Stuart Road, Saunderstown, R.I.