1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

By observing the sky, the ancient Chinese divided the sun’s annual motion     1     24 equal sectors, with each     2     (be) the basis for one solar term. The 24 Solar Terms (节气) start from the “Beginning of Spring” and end with the “Major Cold”.

As early as Shang Dynasty, our ancestors set the first four major solar terms,     3    marked the four seasons. Later they evolved into eight. It was not until the Western Han Dynasty that the present 24 Solar terms were     4     (complete) established and officially adopted by the government.

The     5     (long) of the 24 Solar terms was based on the movement of the sun, and their names     6     (choose) according to the changes in temperature, climate     7     other aspects of human life. They still serve as an instruction for farmers, guiding their     8     (agriculture) practices during certain periods of the year. Common people follow the calendar     9     (watch) for weather changes and live a healthy life.

Each lunar month contains two solar terms, and each solar term has some customs. In 2016, the 24 Solar Terms were included on UNESCO’s Representative List of     10     Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What makes learning at the School of the Future special?

A．Students and teachers do not have to meet.

B．The latest technology will be applied in the classroom.

C．Students use special glasses to prevent getting near-sighted.

2. How do teachers at the School of the Future help students?

A．By just giving lectures.

B．By providing guidance.

C．By giving students special tests.

3. What’s different about tests at the School of the Future?

A．Students get to solve real problems.

B．The tests are all done on our computers.

C．The tests will focus on extra-curricular knowledge.

4. Why does the School of the Future want students to love learning?

A．Prepare them for future challenges.

B．Make the learning process enjoyable.

C．Help them memorize facts for exams.

4 . “I never will be a runner.” I spoke those words at any mention of this ________. I didn’t discriminate (歧视) against running, though. I ________ all physical activity.

When my co-workers invited me to join them in a 5K run and I ________ the event was The Color Run, I ________. Once, after seeing a picture of a runner covered in colored powder (粉末), I’d said, “If I ever ________ a run, it would be a Color Run.”

I signed up and trained for eight weeks. I felt intimidated (胆怯) by my co-workers, who were ________ runners. I worried I would shame myself in front of them.

However, the day of the race, I not only kept up but I ________ the group. I had become a runner.

Two months after the race, a friend invited me to run a half marathon. Could I ________ run for more than 13 miles? Run for more than two hours? It seemed ________, but I signed up and started training.

As the event date came closer, I got ________. Thoughts troubled me. I can’t do it. I’m not ready. Two days before the race, I came close to ________. But I’d paid the fee for this race and thought that if I had to walk I would.

The first few miles passed easily. At mile 5, I felt ________. At mile 11, my friend needed to ________. I walked with her but didn’t need to. I’d ________ more than I thought possible.

Now having run three half marathons and a full marathon, I know I can do things that seem ________.

1.

A．plan

B．job

C．story

D．exercise

2.

A．stopped

B．needed

C．hated

D．suggested

3.

A．discovered

B．believed

C．proved

D．agreed

4.

A．regretted

B．refused

C．continued

D．considered

5.

A．allowed

B．did

C．watched

D．missed

6.

A．experienced

B．new

C．humorous

D．fancy

7.

A．invited

B．led

C．taught

D．saw

8.

A．really

B．usually

C．only

D．still

9.

A．popular

B．frightening

C．important

D．helpless

10.

A．tired

B．bored

C．nervous

D．careless

11.

A．giving up

B．showing off

C．staying up

D．going back

12.

A．proud

B．great

C．sad

D．lonely

13.

A．practice

B．wait

C．rush

D．walk

14.

A．wanted

B．received

C．achieved

D．found

15.

A．unnecessary

B．impossible

C．enjoyable

D．reasonable

5 . A company, called Mario Cucinella Architects, has made the House of Music, a solar-powered (太阳能的) building in Pieve di Cento that celebrates the town’s long-standing musical tradition. Designed to represent an orchestra (管弦乐队), the building is made up of nine small music rooms that connect to a central open space. The curved oak front not only helps to make sound louder like an instrument’s music box, but also ensures high levels of energy efficiency (效率).

Finished in 2017 after four years of planning and building, the House of Music of Pieve di Cento is located in the former Lamborghini (a famous Italian car company) production area that had been changed into a park. The recently completed building gets an advantage from a cycling path that connects the House of Music to the town center and beyond to an area to the south. There is also a wooden bench running around the building and creating resting places facing the park.

To prevent heat, cold, or noise from passing through the building, Mario Cucinella Architects used a special design for the House of Music. The flat roofs are topped with a series of curved and raised disks (圆盘) that help make unwanted sunlight change its direction and are engineered to bring more natural air into the building. The energy-efficient design was influenced by the architects’ (建筑师的) study of the site.

The nine music rooms open up to a central outdoor space that serves as a meeting area. The architects noted, “The House of Music’s outside lighting makes it a comforting place that encourages people to continue to do musical activities after the earthquake that shook the area in 2012.”

1. What was the purpose of building the House of Music?

A．To praise the town’s musical tradition.

B．To remember a famous local musician.

C．To attract people outside the town to visit.

D．To tell people about the importance of music.

2. What do we know about the House of Music?

A．It started to be built in 2017.

B．It is located in the town center.

C．It is supported by a famous car producer.

D．It is connected with other areas by a cycling path.

3. The architects designed the lighting mainly in order to ______.

A．encourage people to keep up their musical activities

B．warn people of the danger of earthquakes

C．make the building noticeable and attractive

D．make full use of energy

4. What is the best title of this passage?

A．A solar-powered orchestra.

B．The advantages of solar-powered buildings.

C．A solar-powered House of Music.

D．The future of solar-powered buildings.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why isn’t the woman interested in Florida?

A．It will be packed with tourists.

B．There will be nothing to do there.

C．It is hard to buy tickets to go there.

2. What do you know about the holiday center in Sardinia?

A．It is what tourists cannot miss.

B．It is much cheaper this year.

C．Transport there is inconvenient.

3. What will the woman do after the conversation?

A．Pack some luggage.

B．Talk with her friend.

C．Abandon her holiday.

8 . Wal-Mart is not just the world’s largest retailer. It’s the world’s largest company, which sells in three months what number-two retailer Home Depot sells in a year.

Wal-Mart exercises its power for just one purpose: to bring the lowest possible prices to its customers. At Wal-Mart, that goal is never reached. The retailer has a clear policy for suppliers: On basic products that don’t change, the price Wal-Mart will pay, and will charge shoppers, must drop year after year. But what almost no one outside the world of Wal-Mart and none of its 21,000 suppliers know is the high cost of those low prices. To survive in the face of its pricing demands, makers of everything from bikes to jeans have had to close US plants in favor of obtaining products from abroad.

Indeed, the real story of Wal-Mart, the story that never gets told, is the story of the pressure the biggest retailer constantly applies to its suppliers in the name of bringing us “every day low prices”.

The giant retailer’s low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart’s pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line? Of course, US companies have been moving jobs offshore for decades, long before Wal-Mart was a retailing power. But there is no question that the chain is helping accelerate the loss of American jobs to low-wage countries such as Thailand.

People ask, “How can it be bad for things to come into the US cheaply?” Sure, it’s great to have bargains. But you can’t buy anything if you’re not employed.

There is no question that Wal-Mart’s drive to squeeze out cost has benefited consumers. By now, it is accepted wisdom that Wal-Mart makes the companies it does business with more efficient and focused. Wal-Mart itself is known for continuous improvement in its ability to handle, move, and track goods. It is legendary for forcing its suppliers to redesign everything from their packaging to their computer systems. It is also legendary for quite straight forwardly telling them what it will pay for their goods.

1. What does the underline word offshore in the passage mean?

A．in abroad.	B．in the ocean.
C．on the beach.	D．on an island not far from shore.

2. Wal-Mart’s low price policy results in         

A．more high-paying jobs.	B．better designed packages.
C．bigger profit of its partners.	D．more jobless American workers.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Still more quality goods will be provided.

B．The food you get at Wal-Mart costs least.

C．The value of Wal-Mart is over assessed.

D．Wal-Mart is a very demanding company.

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．The Fortune Wal-Mart Makes	B．The Wal-Mart you don’t know
C．The Biggest Retailer—Wal-Mart	D．The Money-saving Tip in Wal-Mart

9 . Sammie Vance, 14, knows there’s nothing worse than feeling left out. For years, she’s been helping those kids make friends. What she has been doing is _________ the Buddy Bench program. Originally, the idea was that anyone at school who was feeling _________ could sit on the “buddy bench”. That let other kids know someone needed a friend. The idea quickly _________ .

Sammie got the idea for the _________ at summer camp in 2017. She thought it would be _________ to have a buddy bench in her school, so when she got back, she _________ the idea to her headmaster, teachers and her parents.

Getting _________ for the project was just the first step. “There have been a lot of small _________ like money,” Sammie says. To reduce costs and be _________, Sammie decided to make the bench out of recycled material. So she rallied (号召) her __________ to gather bottle caps.

Word of the project got out, and soon Sammie was getting __________ from people in broader regions —all 50 states, and in the end she __________ more than 1, 200 pounds. A company called Green Tree Plastics was able to __________ these into three benches.

__________ Sammie helped other schools acquire benches. She has helped __________ more than 20 benches to schools and parks by now. Her __________ of kindness continues to spread far and wide. __________ all the kids her project has helped, Sammie benefits from it, feeling grateful for how it gave her __________ in so many different aspects of life.

“ __________ as some acts of kindness can be, they can make a significant difference and lead to a chain reaction,” she says. “You never __________. Just be kind, in general. ”

1.

A．planning

B．funding

C．advocating

D．running

2.

A．depressed

B．lonely

C．sorrowful

D．uncomfortable

3.

A．caught on

B．came over

C．set off

D．got through

4.

A．ambition

B．program

C．task

D．instructor

5.

A．impractical

B．uncommon

C．popular

D．cool

6.

A．presented

B．gifted

C．took

D．reflected

7.

A．approval

B．promise

C．advice

D．hope

8.

A．achievements

B．steps

C．challenges

D．matters

9.

A．eye-catching

B．light-weighted

C．good-looking

D．eco-friendly

10.

A．relatives

B．friends

C．community

D．government

11.

A．money

B．caps

C．benches

D．praise

12.

A．made

B．raised

C．collected

D．saved

13.

A．invest

B．divide

C．break

D．make

14.

A．Before long

B．Believe it or not

C．By contrast

D．By the way

15.

A．bought

B．borrowed

C．donated

D．delivered

16.

A．courage

B．gesture

C．faith

D．love

17.

A．Despite

B．Unlike

C．Among

D．Besides

18.

A．honors

B．lessons

C．attention

D．purpose

19.

A．Tiring

B．Small

C．Regular

D．Dull

20.

A．know

B．withdraw

C．stop

D．recall

10 . 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。

Ramie (苎麻), the main clothing material for Chinese people since ancient times, is also known as “Chinese grass” in the world. The ramie output in China accounts for more than 90%     1     of the world. The linen (亚麻布) woven with ramie is     2     (consequence) called “Grass Cloth (夏布)”. Since ramie raw material has a thick gum and is irregular in texture, each step of procedure is     3     (pure) manual. In that case, the weavers should complete more than a dozen steps before they finish making the clothes.

Rongchang, located in Chongqing. China, is considered as “Hometown of Grass Cloth”. Right now, in the spacious exhibition hall     4     (place) ancient pure wooden looms (织布机), along with many grass cloth products, all looking so dazzling     5     the eyes.

In old times, on a farmhouse     6     (engage) in the production of grass cloth, you could always see a busy scene     7     workers rinsed (清洗) the thin fibers between the ramie skin and the straw, and got the ramie silk as the raw material of grass cloth. Today, only some farmers in Rongchang are making grass cloth, most of them     8     (work) in family-run workshops.

Huang Xiuying, the only seventh-generation     9     (inherit) of the family business, has carried out bold innovation, integrating the aesthetics of the times, and using popular art design and cultural packaging     10     (give) grass cloth more sense of the times.