1 . 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。

According to a recent survey, violence (暴力) did happen in schools. Students showed their fear and parents and teachers were also     1     (annoy) at it. Experts hope     2     whole society should pay more attention to the mental health of     3     (teenager) .

The topic of school violence is     4     (extreme) hot now, and it calls for our great concern. We should make every effort     5     (prevent) violence happening at school because more and more students     6     personal safety could not be guaranteed (保证) would drop out of school. Actually, violence can     7     (learn) . Children learn violent     8     (behave) from adults or from what they see on television or on the Internet.

If I meet with school violence, I will not answer violence with violence, for it will result in more fighting. I will tell my teachers and parents about it. I think they will help me deal     9     it well and they will protect me from the bad guys.

All in all, we students should be responsible for     10     (we) and keep away from violence.

2 . There is a famous story about how Walt Disney was inspired to build Disneyland. The story goes that during an afternoon visit to Griffith Park located near the Burbank Studios, Walt took a seat while his two young daughters rode the merry-go-round (旋转木马). Walt thought there should be a place where both children and their parents could enjoy spending some time together in an environment that would be both entertaining and pleasing to the eye, so with this thought came the idea for Disneyland.

Walt’s original plan was to build an eight-acre park located near the Burbank Studios that would be a place for his employees and their families. Those plans were put on hold because of the start of World War II. By 1952, Walt had created a special department that was devoted to planning his dream.

Finally in 1953, the first steps in building the park happened when Walt employed the Stanford Research Institute to make a survey to determine the best possible location of the future park. Considering population growth and the future freeway construction, they finally found a location in Anaheim and 160 acres of land was bought for the site of the new park.

The building of the park was very expensive and to collect money for the project, Walt developed the idea of the “WaltDisney’s Disneyland” television show. It turned out to be a wonderful idea—not only gaining the money to build the park but also presenting the park to the American public.

Construction officially began on July 21, 1954, and it was an ambitious (有雄心的) building schedule of less than one year to complete the new park for the projected opening day. Walt watched over the park’s construction and progress continued with just a few minor hold-ups. Finally, the park was ready for the opening day on July 17, 1955.

1. What inspired Walt Disney to build Disneyland?

A．The special design of Griffith Park.	B．A trip to a park with his daughters.
C．Requests from his family and employees.	D．The idea to build a park for his daughters.

2. What was mainly considered in choosing the location of Disneyland?

A．Population and traffic.	B．The advice of the public.
C．The natural environment.	D．Walt Disney’s personal preference.

3. What can we learn about the construction process?

A．It was smooth generally.	B．It was affected by World War II.
C．It was completed later than expected.	D．It was influenced by a shortage of money.

4. Where is the text most likely from?

A．A diary.

B．A novel.

C．A magazine.

D．A guidebook.

3 . I had wished to travel abroad since I was a little boy. I grew up in India. I used to listen to the stories my father would tell me about his stay in Canada and tours to Europe in the 1990s, with great interest. My big moment finally came in the summer of 2010 when I was able to accompany my parents to Europe. We planned to travel to Belgium, Netherlands and Germany.

I had heard several great things about Lufthansa (汉莎航空) till then but now I finally got to experience them first hand, during the flight to Frankfurt. We flew business class and even today I can remember the excellent service by the Lufthansa crew. The flight was really smooth and thoroughly enjoyable, even for someone like me, who is otherwise scared of flying.

After spending almost two weeks in Europe, we took the Lufthansa airport express from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt airport, for our return flight. What a journey that was! All along the Rhine (莱茵河) , it was simply an unforgettable experience. I was in a sombre mood on the flight back to Mumbai as it marked the end of a wonderful vacation, but the Lufthansa crew members were able to change it into a most enjoyable experience yet again, with the quality of their service.

Being the first airline to take me overseas, Lufthansa will always hold a special place in my heart. Even today, I continue to enjoy flights on Lufthansa and simply cannot dream of choosing any other airline.

1. Which country does the author live in?

A．Belgium.

B．India.

C．Germany.

D．Canada.

2. What made the author so interested in traveling abroad?

A．Growing up in India.

B．Once staying in Canada.

C．Once traveling to Canada with his father.

D．His father’s stories about his traveling experiences.

3. What does the underlined word “sombre” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Happy.

B．Sad.

C．Angry.

D．Curious.

4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph about the author?

A．He likes Lufthansa very much.

B．He has achieved much success in life.

C．He hopes his father will travel with him.

D．He has a hard time when flying just like his father.

5 . Where does the woman want to go?

A．Spain.

B．Scotland.

C．Switzerland.

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1. How many sports events are mentioned in the text?

A．5.

B．6.

C．8.

D．9.

2. What can we learn from the text?

A．Children can play tennis in the afternoon.

B．People over 20 can also do gymnastics.

C．Children at any age can play golf in the center.

D．Men and women swim in the center separately.

3. Why does the author write the text?

A．To show some ways to spend weekends.	B．To introduce a place to relax ourselves.
C．To tell some events in a sports meet.	D．To give people some ideas to plan a holiday.

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What did the speaker decide to do after lunch that day?

A．Stay to help her friend.

B．Walk alone to her car.

C．Wait for the train to stop.

2. What can we learn about the speaker then?

A．She worked at a hotel.

B．She had bought a new car.

C．She was having a baby soon.

3. Where did the speaker meet the taxi passenger?

A．At a crossroads.

B．In front of a hotel.

C．Besides a car park.

4. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A．An exciting lunch party.

B．A well-known short story.

C．An unforgettable experience.

9 . It seems there’s nowhere left to run from the microplastic (微塑料的) pollution. A small pilot study recently took microplastics from one of Europe’s most distant places, the French Pyrenees mountains, and found as many microplastics in the soil as you might expect from a big city like Paris.

The reason? The wind. Researchers now fear that our planet’s winds can pick up microplastics from about anywhere and transport them around the world, sometimes in large quantities. “We’d kind of expected it in a city getting blown around,” said Steve Allen from the University of Strathclyde in the UK, one member of the team. “But way up there? We expected to find some,” he said. “We didn’t expect to find so many.”

Microplastics are pieces smaller than a fifth of an inch that have broken down from larger pieces of plastic. The forces of nature don’t distinguish (区分) between materials like stones and rocks, and plastics. Wind and waves hit plastics and break them down just the same, making them into dust that can then get swept up by the gentle wind and into the atmosphere. It’s a continuing environmental concern, as more and more microplastics find their way into our food and air.

          The fact that microplastics can be found in large numbers even in distant places is a sign that is has become a global pollution problem. Steve Allen and his team set up collectors 4, 500 feet up in the mountains for five months to trap plastic particles (粒子) as they fell to the Earth. The team found that an average of 365 plastic particles fell on their square meter collector daily. This included bits from plastic bags, plastic film and packaging material, among other plastic sources. Many of these materials were small enough to be breathed in without even realizing it. They’re in the air, and they’re everywhere.
1. How did Steve Allen like the finding?

A．It was interesting.	B．It was surprising.
C．It was boring.	D．It was disappointing.

2. What can we learn from paragraph 3?

A．How the microplastics come into being.	B．How the microplastic pollution appears.
C．How the wind makes the pollution serious.	D．How the wind spreads the microplastics.

3. What do we know about the plastic particles?

A．It is difficult to collect them.	B．They all come from big cities.
C．They are part of the air we breathe.	D．It is impossible to know their source.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Plastics have been found in the distant areas.

B．Plastics are proved to do great harm to the soil.

C．The microplastic pollution is worse in big cities.

D．Wind is carrying microplastics around the world.

10 . A simple gesture can be formed into a child’s memory so quickly that it will cause the child to give a false answer to a question along with that gesture. A new finding suggests that parents, social workers, psychologists and lawyers should be careful with their hands as well as their words.

While memories of both adults and children are easy to react to suggestion, those of children are known to be particularly influenced, said lead researcher Sara Broaders of Northwestern University. Kids are used to looking to adults to tell events for them and can be misled even if not intentionally.

Previous research, for example, has shown that detail-loaded questions often cause false answers; when asked, say “Did you drink juice at the picnic?” the child is likely to say “yes” even if no juice had been available. It is not that the child is consciously lying, but rather the detail is quickly formed into his or her memory.

To avoid this problem, social workers have long been advised to ask children only open-ended questions, such as “What did you have at the picnic?” But an open-ended question paired with a gesture, briefly meaning a juice box, is treated like a detailed question. That is, children become likely to answer falsely.

And it isn’t just a few kids: 77% of children gave at least one piece of false information when a detail was suggested by an ordinary gesture. Gestures may also become more popular when talking with non-fluent language users, such as little kids, Broaders said as hand movements can impart meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases. “It certainly seems reasonable that adults would gesture more with children.”

In general, Broaders advises parents and other adults to “try to be aware of your hands when questioning a child about an event. Otherwise, you might be getting answers that don’t reflect what actually happened.”

1. What can we know about gestures from the text?

A．They are rarely used by people.	B．They have not any function at all.
C．They have certain effect on children.	D．They are often used by social workers.

2. Why are kids easy to be misled by gestures according to Sara Broaders?

A．Children are easy to tell lies.	B．These gestures are very attractive.
C．These gestures are used frequently.	D．Children’s memories are affected easily.

3. Which may cause a wrong reply according to the text?

A．Where are you going Lucy?	B．What will you have for lunch?
C．Did you see anything else last night?	D．Did you cheat in the last English examination?

4. What does the underlined word “impart” in paragraph 5 mean?

A．Tell apart.

B．Pass on.

C．Mix up.

D．Break up.