2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Dunhuang, an oasis (绿洲) in the Taklamakan Desert, used to be a major stop along the Silk Road, but is now mainly a fascinating tourist destination.

Those who have     1     intense interest in Dunhuang’s colorful history will be attracted by the Mogao Caves, one of the city’s main attractions. The entrance to each cave     2     (block) by a locked door, which can only be opened by expert guides. Behind these doors are caves of all sizes —from very small to absolutely huge. The caves contain thousands of     3     (price) manuscripts and silk paintings, which,     4     their discovery, drew much attention to the area.

Also, there are few things as special as walking across the desert oasis at sunrise.     5     (catch) this incredible scene, you must rise early. It’s bitterly cold. But as the sunrises atop the golden dunes (沙丘) and paints a     6     (true) picturesque scene, all your efforts pay off. Sunset is a popular time for a camel ride. Get off the camels     7     walk up a rather steep dune overlooking Crescent Lake. From this position,     8     (regard) as the best one, the incredible sunset is awe-inspiring.

No trip to Dunhuang is complete without visiting the Dunhuang Museum,     9     it is possible to put all of the city’s historical sites into proper historical context. The museum is expansive,     10     (contain): many original artworks. Here, you are bound to be amazed by Dunhuang’s rich culture.

3 . 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文, 续写的词数应为150左右。

Although Anderson started his business with strong passion, his business broke down just after several months, He didn’t start any new work ever since. His teacher got to know about that and called him to his home.

The teacher asked, “Why don’t you start some other work?”

Anderson replied. “I gave my everything to my business and yet it didn’t make it.”

The teacher tried to comfort him, saying “But that’s life. Sometimes we get success and sometimes we don’t. This doesn’t mean that we stop working.”

“What’s the significance of doing work, when I can’t be sure of success?” Anderson re-plied with a bit of annoyance.

The teacher took Anderson to a room and showed him a dead tomato plant. Confused. Anderson said, “It’s dead. Why are you showing it to me?”

The teacher replied, “When I sowed its seed, I did everything right for it. I watered it, fertilized it, sprayed it with pesticide (杀虫剂). I took great care of it but it still died.” He paused for a while and then continued. “Doing work is the same... No matter how hard you try, you cannot decide what happens in the end. However, you can control those things in your hands. Just do your best!”

Anderson asked, “But if there is no guarantee of success then what’s the use of doing anything?”

The teacher said. “You’d better not think like that...”

“What’s wrong with that... I have given so much hard work, so much money, so much times if success is only a matter of chance, then what is the use of doing so much?” said Anderson, being about to leave.

Just then the teacher stopped him and said, “Before you leave, I want to show you one more thing.”

Paragraph 1:

Leading by the teacher, Anderson came to another room, opening the door.

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Paragraph 2:

It was at that very moment that Anderson read the lesson of success.

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4 . Jim Henson was born in 1936 in Mississippi. But he grew up in Maryland. His creative talents were _________ when he was a student at Northwestern High School in Hyattsville. He loved cartooning and creating the scenery for school _________.

While he was a freshman at the University of Maryland (UMD), Henson _________ puppets (木偶) for a local TV station. The station’s producers were so _________ that they asked him to produce his own puppet show. Called Sam and Friends, the _________ began in 1955. Viewers loved Henson’s playful characters, including an early version of Kermit the Frog.

While at UMD, Henson _________ Home Economics. At the time, it was the only major that offered _________ in sewing and textiles (纺织). Henson trained his creative _________ at the university, but he also did well in marketing and business.

In 1959, Henson _________ Jane Nebel, whom he had met at UMD. The couple __________ Muppets Company, which later became the Jim Henson Company. It was there that Bert, Ernie, and other Muppets were created for Sesame Street, a __________ children’s television program. Generations of children around the world have grown up __________ and learning from the Muppets.

Henson, who died in 1990 after a brief illness, created not just the Muppets, but also films, TV advertisements and variety shows.

Now a(n) __________ is being held with the aim of showing __________ every aspect of his career. This includes some lesser-known work. Visitors also get a __________ to appreciate Henson’s creativity through hands-on displays.

1.

A．valuable

B．obvious

C．helpful

D．average

2.

A．contests

B．meetings

C．plays

D．lectures

3.

A．made

B．changed

C．bought

D．described

4.

A．confused

B．relieved

C．inspired

D．impressed

5.

A．movie

B．program

C．adventure

D．attempt

6.

A．majored in

B．relied on

C．accounted for

D．referred to

7.

A．conversations

B．awards

C．assumptions

D．courses

8.

A．behaviors

B．plans

C．skills

D．opinions

9.

A．married

B．interviewed

C．recognized

D．employed

10.

A．dismissed

B．established

C．promoted

D．abandoned

11.

A．common

B．unique

C．harmonious

D．popular

12.

A．watching

B．checking

C．consulting

D．designing

13.

A．competition

B．conference

C．exhibition

D．debate

14.

A．similarly

B．vividly

C．temporarily

D．flexibly

15.

A．reason

B．right

C．suggestion

D．chance

6 . When Anika Puri visited India with her family years ago, she was surprised to come across a market in Bombay filled with rows of ivory jewelry (象牙饰品) and statues. _________, ivory trade has been illegal for more than 30 years, and elephant hunting has been___________India since the 1970s.

“I was quite ___________ ,” the 17-year-old recalls. “Because poaching (偷猎) is illegal, how come it is still such a big issue? ”

Curious, Puri did some research and discovered a shocking___________: Africa’s forest elephant population had ___________by about 62 percent between 2002 and 2011. Years later, the numbers continued to drop. Puri, a wildlife lover, wanted to do something to help protect the species and others still___________by poaching.

Over the course of two years, Puri___________EISa, a low-cost product of a machine learning-driven software that___________movement patterns in thermal infrared (热红外) videos of humans and___________. The software is four times more____________than the existing most advanced uses a $250 FLIRONE Pro thermal camera with 206 *resolution (分辨率) that plugs into an off-the-shelf iPhone 6. The camera and iPhone are then____________to a drone (无人机), and the system____________real-time inferences as it flies over parks as to whether____________below are humans or elephants.

Its potential impact on society earned her the Peggy Scripps Award for Science Communication. “____________isn’t a straight line,” Puri says. “It makes me resourceful. It helps me____________a more creative thinker.”

1.

A．Fortunately

B．Currently

C．Globally

D．Eventually

2.

A．cancelled

B．expanded

C．prohibited

D．pronounced

3.

A．confused

B．shocked

C．embarrassed

D．interested

4.

A．lesson

B．level

C．scene

D．statistic

5.

A．risen

B．increased

C．changed

D．declined

6.

A．threatened

B．caused

C．occupied

D．defended

7.

A．discovered

B．recommended

C．planned

D．created

8.

A．analyzes

B．compares

C．describes

D．provides

9.

A．parks

B．elephants

C．species

D．images

10.

A．complex

B．popular

C．accurate

D．difficult

11.

A．accustomed

B．attached

C．related

D．limited

12.

A．produces

B．shares

C．chooses

D．collects

13.

A．insects

B．objects

C．pictures

D．targets

14.

A．Life

B．Research

C．Growth

D．Relationship

15.

A．get into

B．break into

C．introduce into

D．develop into

7 . Damon Carson calls himself a matchmaker (媒人) of the never-ending waste of American society, trying not to pair people with people, but things with people.

In the late 1990s, Carson was on break from business school in Vail, Colorado, when he ______ the vast world of waste. He began ______ creating a secondhand store that would sell old ______ and keep them out of being ______. As a result, in 2010, his company, Repurposed Materials ______.

For nearly ten years, his company, Repurposed Materials, has not been looking to ______ the waste he gets—breaking it down to make something new —but rather finding new homes for thrown-away goods in their original ______.

Carson, a husband and father of three adult children, is far from ______. Frugal (节俭) is how he describes himself. The clothes he’s wearing all came from a(n)______ shop; his truck was bought with 290, 000 kilometers driven.

“Why break something down, why melt something down, if it still has ______?” he asks. An old oil-field pipe might be melted down and turned into a car bumper, but it still takes an amount of ______ to finish the complete change. Why not leave it as a steel pipe? Why not turn it into a ______ post (杆、柱) on a farm? The only cost is ______.

American industrial facilities create and ______ about 7.6 billion tons of unwanted industrial materials every year. For the moment, Carson’s unique business finds new ______ for millions of kilograms of industrial waste every year.

1.

A．created

B．consumed

C．discovered

D．used

2.

A．thinking about

B．protesting against

C．objecting to

D．complaining of

3.

A．animals

B．materials

C．wine

D．antiques

4.

A．eaten

B．killed

C．wasted

D．drunk

5.

A．boomed

B．broke

C．failed

D．appeared

6.

A．sell

B．donate

C．abandon

D．recycle

7.

A．areas

B．forms

C．factories

D．ways

8.

A．young

B．wealthy

C．generous

D．wasteful

9.

A．charity

B．online

C．brand

D．chain

10.

A．cost

B．strength

C．value

D．shape

11.

A．power

B．water

C．courage

D．time

12.

A．wood

B．plastics

C．bamboo

D．fence

13.

A．purchase

B．transport

C．design

D．manufacture

14.

A．destroy

B．distribute

C．throw

D．replace

15.

A．lives

B．colors

C．companions

D．surfaces

10 . As a psychologist, one of my favorite practices was my meeting a teenager, Trevor. He had been struggling with anxiety and depression, finding few solutions_________to him. Trevor_________his ability after failing the final exam and wanted to give up. Together with his dad he_________me, and we discussed something about a_________in detail. I_________he would get better as long as he believed in himself. He looked _________. “I don’t think it will work.” he said. Then a new idea_________me-maybe I could help him by associating his experience with the perception(认识) of steady_________. So I enlightened(启发) him _________

“When you break a bone, what is the__________of a cast(石膏)?” I asked. “It protects the bone,” he answered. “Yes, but how__________ does the bone heal?” “The body heals it,” “Right,” I nodded. “Now, I will act as your cast and __________you until your__________heals itself.” Trevor gave me a smile. Obviously, our conversation gave Trevor a belief that he should trust in his inner power and it assured him that he wasn’t__________. He knew his doctor, parents, and teachers would all work in concert to help him. Sure enough, he caught up with his classmates later.

If children are in crisis, parents can try to make them realize their problems. Parents need to encourage and support them. In this__________, children will feel encouraged and confident eventually.

1.

A．available

B．sensitive

C．contrary

D．similar

2.

A．increased

B．evaluated

C．tested

D．doubted

3.

A．looked on

B．turned to

C．complained of

D．appealed to

4.

A．pattern

B．source

C．policy

D．treatment

5.

A．ensured

B．warned

C．reported

D．remembered

6.

A．thrilled

B．confused

C．terrified

D．embarrassed

7.

A．applied to

B．took to

C．occurred to

D．pointed to

8.

A．character

B．value

C．improvement

D．flow

9.

A．patiently

B．secretly

C．casually

D．blindly

10.

A．selection

B．expense

C．function

D．course

11.

A．accidently

B．exactly

C．abruptly

D．equally

12.

A．criticize

B．qualify

C．monitor

D．back

13.

A．humour

B．mind

C．pride

D．injury

14.

A．stubborn

B．mistaken

C．normal

D．alone

15.

A．case

B．age

C．field

D．order