1 . More than the challenge of fitting into a new culture, there are many benefits that a student can get from an exchange program. These benefits include:

·Diverse academic opportunities. In fact, students want to study abroad rather than travel.     1     Instead, it will be the supply of diverse opportunities for the student. For example, the student will be able to experience the differences of teaching methods, educational formats and academic program offerings.

·    2     Studying in another country opens the student’s eyes to different surroundings, which makes the student know about the country’s customs, people and regions. Knowing other culture also teaches the student how to be open-minded.

·Personality development.     3     Thus, the student needs to make decisions on his or her own and suffer the consequences or enjoy the fruits of those decisions. With this, the student is taught how real life is, what it means to be responsible, and how being resourceful can help in his or her survival. It’s no wonder that most students who return after the exchange program are seen with significant improvement on their personal development.     4    

So, why not let your child have the benefits of a student exchange program? Exchange programs or study-abroad programs are a great investment for the student.     5     Just imagine, by transforming students in a foreign country, the society is starting to build new blood of more mature people who might just be able to create a better tomorrow for the generations to come.

A．Improved protection of social rights.

B．Better awareness of cultural differences.

C．More importantly, it is helpful for the improvement of the society.

D．Most of them are more confident and have better decision-making skills.

E．The hosting school can also benefit by making a student’s dream come true.

F．Although students really love traveling, studying is not an activity filled with travel fun at all times.

G．Being an exchange student often means living far away from home and parental guidance.

2 . No one ever said science education was easy. Certainly the concepts we teach, like conservation of momentum or quantum mechanics, can be hard to grasp. But what really makes our reaching complicated is that we’re also trying to teach a deeper lesson at the same time to help students understand the nature of science itself.

All too often, young people get the impression that science is about learning certain “laws” and then applying them to different situations. After all, that’s what we make them do on tests, to show that they’ve been doing the work. But that’s not it at all. Science is the process of building these concepts through the collection of experimental evidence.

And while I’m on it, let’s call these concepts what they really are not laws, but models. Science is all about building and testing models. It’s difficult to help students understand that aspect of science when we just give them the models to begin with. Sure, in physics we often include historical or mathematical evidence to support big ideas, but that often isn’t enough.

Of course, we can’t start from scratch. If students had to build their own models from the ground up, it would be like trying to learn programming by inventing computers. As Isaac Newton is supposed to have said, we stand on the shoulders of giants. We must take models built by others and go from there.

What I’d like to suggest is that this actually provides a great way into the adventure of science and an opportunity to meet our objectives as educators. If you can create a situation that challenges students’ assumptions and produces conceptual conflict, that’s a great opportunity for learning.

1. What is the misunderstanding of teaching science?

A．It’s complicated.	B．It focuses on the nature of science.
C．It’s very difficult.	D．It lies in teaching and testing “laws”.

2. Which way to teach science is highly recommended by the author?

A．Encouraging students to always start from scratch.

B．Providing students with some models to follow suit.

C．Guiding students to begin with models built by others.

D．Offering students proof to support important concepts.

3. Why are Isaac Newton’s words quoted?

A．To explain the experiment.	B．To praise his opinion.
C．To show the achievement.	D．To support the argument.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Science teaching	B．Concept building
C．Science learning	D．Concept conflicting

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4 . Sitting on the peaceful coast of Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, watching the sun move quietly into the sea, you shouldn't forget that Charles Darwin arrived here in 1835. He stayed on the islands for five weeks, observing various animals. This finally inspired his famous work, On the Origin of Species. You can certainly follow Darwin's footsteps and enjoy a trip from four to seven days to the islands.

The islands are certainly a paradise for wildlife, as there are no natural killers on the islands and the number of boats and visitors is under government control. Though you cannot walk freely as Darwin did about 200 years ago, each day is as impressive as it could be.

The most well-known animal of the Galapagos is the giant tortoise, which can be seen moving slowly around the highlands of Sanra Cruz, the second largest island there. Some of these creatures are so old that they might have been seen in their youth by Darwin himself.

Despite strict control over activities and timing, your stay on the Galapagos will be remembered as a chain of incomparable pictures: diving with sea lions that swim and play within inches of you; feeling small sharks touch your feet as you swim; and, most magically, seeing a whale and her baby surface with a great breath of air.

Travelling between the islands and observing the wildlife that so inspired Darwin, you will feel as though you are getting a special view of an untouched world. At night you will sleep on board the ship, leaving the wildlife in complete occupation of the islands, which are as undisturbed now as they have been since the beginning of time.

1. What do we know about Darwin's visit to the islands?

A．He completed his famous book on the islands.	B．He studied different creatures on the islands.
C．He was amazed by the beauty of the islands.	D．He enjoyed his travel around the islands.

2. Which of the following plays a role in making the islands "a paradise for wildlife"?

A．Boats are not allowed to approach the islands.

B．Wildlife on the islands have no natural enemies.

C．People cannot walk around the islands as they wish.

D．Tourists are not allowed to kill wildlife.

3. What's the purpose of the passage?

A．To promote Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species.

B．To make people interested in the wildlife on the islands.

C．To attract people to visit the Galapagos Islands.

D．To raise readers' awareness of wildlife protection.

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Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and     1     in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held after     2     had caught animals. At that time people would     3     if food was difficult to find,     4     during the cold winter months. Today's festivals have many     5    , some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events．

The most     6     and important festivals are the ones     7     look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.     8     the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals,     9     take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might include parades, dancing in the streets day and     10    , loud music and colourful     11     of all kinds. Easter is an important religious and social festival for Christians around the world. It celebrates the     12     of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life. Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks     13     though it is covered with pink snow.

People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun     14     each other. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our     15     and forget our work for a little while.

9 . Ivan Pavlov was a Russian physiologist (生理学家) best known for his discovery of classical conditioning (经典条件反射). During his studies on the digestive systems of dogs, Pavlov found that the animals salivated (流口水) naturally upon the presentation of food. However, he also noticed that the animals began to salivate whenever they saw the white lab coat of an experimental assistant. By associating the presentation of food with the lab assistant, he finally found that a dog would salivate to the presence of a stimulus (刺激物) other than food. He called this response a conditional reflex.

Ivan Pavlov was born in a small village in Ryazan. Russia, where his father was the village minister. His earliest studies were focused on theology (神学), but reading Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species had a powerful influence on his future interests. He soon stopped his religious studies and devoted himself to the study of science at the University of Saint Petersburg. Pavlov's interests were the study of physiology and natural sciences. He helped found the Department of Physiology at the Institute of Experimental Medicine and continued to manage the program for the next 45 years.

Pavlov received much praise for his work. He worked in the Russian Academy of Science and won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physiology. The Soviet government also offered lots of support for Pavlov's work, and the Soviet Union soon became a leading center of research on physiology. While Ivan Pavlov was not a psychologist, and reportedly disliked the field of psychology, his work had a major influence on the field, particularly on the development of behaviorism. His discovery and research on reflexes influenced the growing behaviorist movement. and Pavlov's discovery had a major influence on many thinkers, such as John B. Watson.

1. What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A．The dogs in the studies liked the color white.

B．It was found that a dog would only salivate to food.

C．Ivan Pavlov discovered the conditional reflex by accident.

D．Ivan Pavlov's assistant had a close relationship with the dogs.

2. What does the text tell us about Ivan Pavlov's early life from the text?

A．He was born in a well-off family in Russia.

B．He was greatly influenced by Charles Darwin's book.

C．He was interested in religion as well as natural sciences.

D．He studied theology at the University of Saint Petersburg.

3. What can we learn from the text?

A．John B. Watson was also a famous physiologist.

B．Ivan Pavlov's discovery had an effect on psychology.

C．The Soviet government considered Ivan Pavlov's work valueless.

D．Ivan Pavlov had a great interest in physiology as well as psychology.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Ivan Pavlov's dogs.

B．A great psychologist—Ivan Pavlov.

C．The life and great discovery of Ivan Pavlov.

D．The discovery of the conditional reflex.

10 . 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。

China, once famous for four inventions in ancient times, has once again showed its ability     1     (change) the world with its “new four great inventions”: electronic payments, shared bicycles, high-speed railways and online shopping.

With electronic payments, people can buy and eat     2     they want simply with a tap of their phones. Electronic payments are so convenient that they are really popular with folks. Even pancake sellers are found     3    (use) Alipay. The bikes themselves are not new,     4    the operating model of bike-sharing is innovative. Chinese companies have surprised the world with the business model of bike-sharing which     5     (include) high technologies, and are entering overseas markets such as Singapore and Britain. The launch of high-speed trains has a       6    (big) influence on people’s choice of traveling than expected. The newly launched Fuxing Hao can travel at an    7     (amaze) speed of 300 km/h, making the 1,318km joumey in five and three-quarter hours. China also takes the lead in online shopping with various e-commerce platforms.     8     the 11.11 shopping day in 2018, sales hit 10 billion yuan in the first 2 minutes after midnight and     9    (reach) 213. 5 billion by the end of the day.

Thanks to the large amounts of capital (资金) China has invested in encouraging inmovation (创新), China has entered     10     new innovative time.