1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．A certain ball made in space.

B．A research plan made in space.

C．A problem in making things in space.

2. What might the balls most probably be used for?

A．Children’s games.

B．Medical research.

C．Earth protection.

3. Why have astronauts made the ball in space?

A．To keep them smaller.

B．To keep them perfectly round.

C．To produce them more cheaply.

2 . When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb. She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours. Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. Now, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast.

On that Fourth of July morning in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so dense that she could hardly see her support boats. Against the freezing cold water, she struggled on-hour after hour-while millions watched on national television.

In one of the boats alongside Florence, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn’t much farther. But all she could see was fog. They urged her not to quit. However, with only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.

Still warming her chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I had seen land, I might have made it.” It was not tiredness or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal.

Two months later, she tried again. This time, despite the same dense fog, she swam with her faith intact and her goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel, overshadowing the men’s record by two hours!

1. What can we learn about that fourth of July morning in 1952?

A．The thick fog cleared by mid-morning.

B．Chadwick managed to swim the Catalina Channel.

C．The support boats accompanied Chadwick all the way.

D．A live broadcast of Chadwick’s swim was watched on TV.

2. What did Florence Chadwick think was the reason for her failure?

A．Sharks threatened her life.

B．She was completely worn out.

C．The chilly water made her body numb.

D．The destination was out of sight due to the fog.

3. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “intact” in Paragraph 5?

A．Changed.

B．Undamaged.

C．Weakened.

D．Unexplored.

4. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To explain why Chadwick failed in the first attempt.

B．To stress the importance of picturing a clear goal in the mind.

C．To introduce the process of Chadwick’s swimming the Catalina Channel.

D．To report Chadwick was the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel.

4 . 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。

Chen Sifang, a 23-year-old student from Beijing Normal University, gives movie     1     (appreciate) classes to children in Xinghai county, Qinghai province to promote art and culture.

The class is part of a nonprofit project     2     college students volunteer during their vacations in remote areas and give art and culture classes to local children.     3     (launch) in July and lasting almost a month, the project has sent more than 100 college students to six regions.

Chen recalls that it took the volunteer lecturers six hours     4     (travel) from Xining to the county, which has     5     average altitude (海拔) of 3,900 meters. As the bus approached, they saw clear blue skies, vast grasslands and roaming (漫游) cattle,     6     (make) them feel refreshed.

After consulting with her fellow volunteers, Chen selected 30 movies     7     coaching materials for nearly 70 local students from three primary schools and two junior middle schools. A young girl said one of Zhang Yimou’s movie was her favorite because the romance between the two main characters was similar to     8     of her own parents`. “It is very interesting. I have never had this kind of class before,” says 14-year-old Yang Chengyan,     9     is eager to read more sci-fi tales now because of this class. A film could     10     (true) leave a mark on their lives.

5 . 假设你是李华，你的外国笔友John询问你对音乐的看法。请用英语写一封电子邮件，告诉他你的看法，主要内容包括音乐给人力量，使人幸福。
注意：(1) 词数80左右；
(2) 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear John,
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Yours,

Li Hua

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Good morning! My name is Sarah Williams. It’s     1     honour to be here and to share     2     you the story of how music has had an impact     3     my life.

Have you ever faced a time     4     things looked dark and you had no hope at all? Two years ago, I was told I had a serious disease     5     was difficult to cure. My body     6     (ache) all the time and thus I thought I didn’t have much longer to live. I was very afraid and I felt so alone and     7     (discourage). Then one day, I had to go through a two-hour medical     8     (treat). The doctor wanted me     9     (relax), so he had me listen to some music, and one of the songs was “Happy”. The song made me feel so much better     10     from then     11     I began to listen to music all the time. John A Logan said, “Music is the medicine of the mind.” And it’s true. Music     12     (help) me recover.

Music gave me     13     (happy). When I listened to music, it made my     14     (spirit) fly like a kite in the wind. Music gave me     15     (strong) and     16     (bring) me relief. It was the rock I leant     17     to become strong and     18     (get) through those hard times. Moreover, music gave me hope and a sense of     19     (satisfy). It     20     (become) my best friend. It spoke words of     21     (encourage ) to the deepest part of my being. Of course, I hope none of you have to go     22     the same kind of suffering     23     I did.     24     the same time, we all go through various     25     (period) when we feel sad or alone. During those times, music can help you in the same way     26     it helped me. I hope all of you will somehow begin to treasure music and make it     27     part of your life.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the woman doing?

A．Selling CDs to the man.

B．Helping the man choose CDs.

C．Looking for some new music.

2. Why doesn’t the man want to buy New Country by Benny?

A．He has got one.

B．He doesn’t like Benny.

C．He dislikes country music.

3. What does the man think of boy bands?

A．They’re polite.

B．They’re creative.

C．They’re untalented.

4. What will the man do next?

A．Go to the woman’s house.

B．Choose more CDs.

C．Listen to his new CDs at home.

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Imagine     1    (have) the opportunity     2    (sing) together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone. You can do this in a virtual choir. Virtual choir members record     3    (they) while they perform alone on video. These videos are uploaded     4     the Internet, and then they     5    (put)together into one video     6     you can see online — a virtual choir. Anyone can take part     7     a virtual choir from anywhere — all you need is a video camera and an Internet     8    (connect). You do not even need a studio. A virtual choir helps connect ordinary people together. Many people do not have close friends or contacts     9     have the same interest in music. Many others do not have the chance     10    (join) a local choir. A virtual choir enables them     11    (add) their voices     12    those of other     13    (individual) and become part of the global community. It has proved     14    (be ) a positive influence on the lives of many people.     15     one virtual choir member said, “Music     16    (help) me to…forget my problems. With music, I become someone else.”

The virtual choir was the idea of award-winning     17    (compose) and 18    18    (conduct) Eric Whitacre. Born in the USA on 2 January 1970, Whitacre began studying music at the University     19     Nevada in 1988. He fell in love     20     Mozart’s     21    (classic ) music when he sang for the university choir.     22    (move) by this music, he said, “It was like seeing color for the first time.” He graduated     23     university in 1995, and then     24    (receive) a master’s degree in musical     25    (compose) from the Juilliard School in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years, Whitacre’s     26    (origin) compositions began to become quite popular     27     choirs and singers. This led to the     28    (create) of the virtual choir.

In 2009, Whitacre received a video of a girl     29     was singing one of his works.     30    (inspire), he asked his fans to make videos,     31     he then joined together into one     32    (perform). His first virtual choir, “Lux Aurumque”, had 185     33    (singer) from 12 different countries. It has received millions of     34    (view) on the Internet. Since then, the virtual choir     35    (become) a worldwide phenomenon. Whitacre’s next effort was the Virtual Youth Choir for UNICEF,     36     was first seen on stage on 23 July 2014in the UK. Altogether, 2, 292 young people from 80 countries joined in to sing Whitacre’s song “What If”.

The virtual choir is a     37    (wonder ) way for people around the world     38    (sing) with one voice and thus make the world a better place.