1 . 读后续写

Ali and his younger sister, Zahra, lived with their parents in a poor neighborhood. Their mother was very sick and their father was struggling to find a job, and they had only a little money with which to buy food. As they had not paid the rent for several months, the landlord was breathing down their necks.

One day, Ali took Zahra's shoes to a shoe repairman to be fixed, but he lost them on the way home. It wasn’t until he got home that he realized he had lost the shoes. He was afraid that his parents would be angry and disappointed, so he begged his sister to keep it a secret. Zahra agreed and the two decided to share Ali’s running shoes. Zahra's school hours were in the morning, so she would wear them first. After school, she would rush back and give them to Ali. He could then run to his school, which began in the afternoon. Although he ran as fast as he could, Ali often arrived late and was warned by the school.

Ali heard about a long distance race that was held for the boys in the city.When he learned that the third prize was a new pair of shoes, he decided to take part. He ran home excitedly and promised his sister that he would win her the new shoes.

The day of race arrived. Ali had a strong start, but halfway through the race he began to get tired and his legs began to ache. Getting more and more exhausted he thought only of Zahra and his promise to her. Dreaming of the new shoes he would win for his sister gave him strength, and he stayed right behind the two fastest runners, determined to finish third. Suddenly, as the finish line drew near, another runner collided(碰撞) with Ali from behind and he crashed to the ground.

Ali looked up and saw the other boys rushing ahead.

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Filled with delight, Ali walked home quickly.

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2 . 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。

Yu Rong, a Chinese artist, thinks of a new way to introduce     1     ancient story of Hua Mulan in her picture book. In the book, I Am Hua Mulan, she tells the story by     2     (combine) Chinese paper-cutting with international artistic styles. She places Shaanxi papercuts over western-style pencil sketches (素描)    3     (create) typical presentation of Chineseelements (要素), which turns out to be a     4     (success) and impressive breakthrough.

Hua Mulan,     5     story has been told by generations in China, was a fighter from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). As a devoted daughter, she dressed herself as a man to serve in the army     6     place of her father. Mulan’s character, such as courage, kindness and a disinterested attitude towards fame and fortune, made     7     (she) one of the most respected historical Chinese heroines. Mulan’s story has been adapted     8     (frequent) in modern media. For example, in 1998, Disney produced a film named Mulan, which     9     (consider) a great success by critics and the public right after its release.

To better tell the story, Yu Rong takes inspiration from her several     10     (visit) to sites of ancient battles and Henan Province’s Yu Opera. After years of preparation she finally makes this extraordinary work.

3 . Two weeks ago, a 5-year-old girl named Sunshine Oelfke emptied out her piggy bank (存钱罐) onto the living room floor and immediately started counting. Her grandmother, Jackie Oelfke, thought she was playing as she carefully lined up the coins, but then she saw the girl put the coins into a plastic bag and place it in her backpack.

“What are you doing with that money?” Jackie asked her granddaughter.

“I’m taking it to school,” Sunshine replied. “I’m going to take it for milk money. My friend Layla doesn’t get milk— her mom doesn’t have milk money and I do.”

Jackie’s heart melted at Sunshine’s words. Choked with strong feelings, Jackie held her sweet granddaughter tightly in her arms.

Last week, Jackie and Sunshine met with her teacher, Rita Hausher, and handed her the $30 the kindergartner had saved. There are 20 kids in Sunshine’s class and about half don’t get milk. It costs $ 0.45 a carton (纸盒). The total adds up to about $180 a month for every child in the class to have milk every day.

After dropping Sunshine off at school, Jackie posted a tearful video on Facebook to explain her granddaughter’s plan. To her surprise, many people offered to donate toward the cause. Within a week, Jackie raised more than $1,000. Now every student in Sunshine’s class can get free milk for the rest of the year.

Jackie said Sunshine doesn’t see her kind act as a big deal. She was just trying to look out for her friends. “She doesn’t understand the effect she’s brought about,” Jackie said. “But now she knows she can do whatever she puts her mind to.”

1. Why did Sunshine empty her piggy bank?

A．She hoped to show off her savings in class.	B．She needed to train her counting skills.
C．She wanted to play with the coins.	D．She intended to pay for her friend’s milk.

2. How did Jackie feel upon hearing Sunshine’s words?

A．Relieved.

B．Touched.

C．Curious.

D．Proud.

3. In Jackie’s eyes, what did Sunshine learn from the experience?

A．Two heads are better than one.	B．A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.	D．There’s no such thing as a free lunch.

4. What is the best title for this passage?

A．Small Coins, Big Changes.	B．Jackie’s Piggy Bank.
C．Piggy Bank and Carton Milk.	D．A Moved Grandmother.

4 . Donna Strickland was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou.It’s the first time in 55 years that a woman has won this famous prize, but why has it taken so long? We look at five other pioneering female physicists — past and present — who actually deserve the prize.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Perhaps the most famous snub (冷落): the student Bell discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967, when she was a PhD student at Cambridge.The Nobel Prize that recognised this landmark discovery in 1974, however, went to her male supervisor, Antony Hewish.Recently awarded a £2.3 million Breakthrough Prize, which she gave away to help under-represented students, she joked to The Guardian, “I feel I’ve done very well out of not getting a Nobel Prize.”

Lene Hau

Hau is best-known for leading the research team at Harvard University in 1999 that managed to slow a beam of light, before managing to stop it completely in 2001.Often topping Nobel Prize prediction lists, could 2019 be Hau’s year.

Vera Rubin

Rubin discovered dark matter in the 1980s, opening up a new field of astronomy.She died in 2016, without recognition from the committee.

Chien-Shiung Wu

Wu’s “Wu experiment” helped disprove the “law of conservation of parity”.Her experimental work was helpful but never honoured, and instead, her male colleagues won the 1957 Nobel Prize for their theoretical work behind the study.

Lise Meitner

Meitner led groundbreaking work on the discovery of nuclear fission.However, the discovery was acknowledged by the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which was won by her male co-lead, Otto Hahn.

1. When was the discovery of radio pulsars recognised by the Nobel?

A．In 1944．

B．In 1967．

C．In 1974．

D．In 1980．

2. Which woman is most likely to win a Nobel Prize later according to the text?

A．Donna Strickland.	B．Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
C．Lene Hau.	D．Vera Rubin.

3. What do we know about the five females?

A．The five female scientists did greatly in chemistry.

B．Vera Rubin had opened up a new field in geometry.

C．Lise Meitner’s teacher won a Nobel Prize for her work.

D．The five female scientists haven’t been awarded Nobel Prize.

5 . I was walking home from school one day and it happened to be a particularly cold and windy day. It was________ and I was crazy enough to forget my hat and scarf. You can imagine my cheeks were rosy red and my hands were as numb as they could be.

All of a sudden, an old lady ________ up beside me and asked if I would like a ride home. At first, I said it was OK and her ________ smile melted (融化) away the thought that I should never talk to strangers! We had an amazing chat and she was just ________ a good woman. She told me her address and she dropped me off.

I didn’t see her or talk to her for about a month and one night as I ________ her kind gesture, I decided to return the favor. So, I made a lot of ________ and walked down to her house with my friend. At first I was a bit ________ she wouldn’t remember me or think that I was a bad man who poisoned cookies but luckily, I was ________ wrong. She was so happy, and she hugged me and kissed me and seemed so ________ that someone would do something like that!

When I got home my mom told me that the old lady ________ and told my mom on the phone that she ________ because she was so touched. She said she would never ________ the kindness that was given to her! That filled me with such ________! There really is nothing else joyful like helping ________ and making someone’s day ________!

1.

A．flowing

B．flying

C．blowing

D．freezing

2.

A．drove

B．took

C．picked

D．turned

3.

A．simple

B．strange

C．warm

D．easy

4.

A．that

B．as

C．so

D．such

5.

A．repeated

B．regretted

C．remembered

D．forgot

6.

A．cookies

B．sweets

C．bread

D．salad

7.

A．confused

B．worried

C．nervous

D．disappointed

8.

A．hardly

B．usually

C．generally

D．completely

9.

A．satisfied

B．fearful

C．puzzled

D．surprised

10.

A．drove

B．called

C．visited

D．came

11.

A．left

B．laughed

C．cried

D．slept

12.

A．forget

B．imagine

C．permit

D．pardon

13.

A．puzzle

B．happiness

C．sadness

D．interest

14.

A．another

B．other

C．others

D．the other

15.

A．easier

B．harder

C．busier

D．brighter

6 . What’s in a logo?

What attracts customers?     1     It is not only the image provided by the packaging that counts but the whole corporate identity (企业形象) of the company.

There are now many products and services on the market which are similar in content though produced by different companies. It is important, therefore, for a company to distinguish itself from its competitors by having a strong company image which is immediately recognizable.

Logos are part of this image.     2     The logo establishes a visual (视觉的) identity for the company, just as different groups of young people express their identity through hairstyles and clothes. All groups from all cultures and throughout the ages have used colors and symbols to show their identity.

    3    Some colors may be connected with coldness in one culture but with warmth in another; some colors represent life in one culture but death in another. International companies have, therefore, to make sure that their logos will not be misunderstood in different countries.

The logos of large international companies are instantly recognizable throughout the world.     4     The design of “Coca­Cola” has not changed since 1886, although the surrounding design has been changed from time to time.

Companies need to have a strong corporate identity. The logo helps to promote this image and to fix it in the minds of the consumers.    5    

A．One of the most famous logos is that of Coca­Cola.

B．Color isn’t a strictly visual element; it’s very psychological.

C．In different cultures, different colors carry different meanings.

D．Logos, therefore, need to be original and to have a certain impact and unique style.

E．There was a time when Coca­Cola was struggling a bit with brand recognition.

F．Obviously the quality of a product does, but visual images contribute a great deal.

G．They are symbols which often include a name or the first letters of it to identify a company.

7 . Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he was always tired and was losing weight fast. Diagnosed with diabetes(糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness, and even death. And if those weren’t bad enough, he had no health insurance.

After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided he’d better find a way to fight back. He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job to wait tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar, and created diabeticrockstar.com, a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones—a place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources.

Jason Swencki’s son Kody, was diagnosed with type diabetes at six. Father and son visit the online children’s forums together most evenings. “Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over the world,” says Swencki, one of the site’s volunteers. “They know what he’s going through, so he doesn’t feel alone.”

Kody is anything but alone: Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages.

These days, Thomas’ main focus is his charity, Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people—225 to date—who can’t afford a diabetic’s huge expenses. Fight It has raised about $23,000—in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in the Caribbean.

Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his full­time job to wait tables. “Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure,” says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstar’s original members. “But Christopher is the only person I know to say people need help now.”

1. From the passage, what do we know about Christopher Thomas?

A．He needs to go to the doctor every day.

B．He studies the leading cause of diabetes.

C．He has a positive attitude to this disease.

D．He encourages diabetics by writing articles.

2. What was the purpose of diabeticrockstar.com?

A．To help diabetics communicate with each other.

B．To help volunteers find jobs.

C．To amuse diabetics.

D．To share Rockstar’s resources.

3. What can we learn about Fight It?

A．It helps the diabetics with financial difficulties.

B．It organizes parties for volunteers once a year.

C．It offers less expensive medicines to diabetics.

D．It owns a well­known medical website.

4. What can we know about Thomas in the last paragraph?

A．He works full­time in a diabetes charity.

B．He employs 22 people for his website.

C．He helps diabetics in his own way.

D．Thomas tries to find a cure for diabetes.

8 . Dogs are considered by many to be man’s best friend and with millions of dogs owned by families in the US, it is highly likely that many dogs are in need of some amount of training. Since dogs can hear sounds at much higher frequencies (频率) than humans, there is a wonderful tool for the training of a dog. It is an app (应用程序) called the Dog Whistle. This isn’t your typical whistle in that it produces sounds at a frequency that is unable to be heard by humans. This unique app will allow you to train your dog without the need of a dog whistle.

The Dog Whistle free app was created by an app developer Maoli Wang specifically for dog owners who are looking for a way to communicate with their dogs in order to be able to either train them or alert (使警觉) them when the noise around is too great for them to hear you call them. By simply fixing the app on your iPhone, it will immediately turn itself into a dog whistle.

The app includes a very powerful system that is able to create different tones ranging from 16,000 to 40,000 Hz in order for a dog to be able to hear it. The app also has an on-screen sound meter in order for the user to monitor the sound level being produced. In that way, they can decide on which frequency works best for their dog. What’s more, the app easily produces the requested tones at the frequencies necessary to be used to communicate with your dog by simply tapping the screen of your phone.

The app was designed to be used in place of a dog whistle in order to get your dogs attention when it is too noisy around them. The sound produced through the app is at a level that only dogs are able to hear and they will respond to the sound. If you own a dog and are having behavioral issues with them, you would surely benefit from the Dog Whistle free app available by clicking here.

1. What is the development of the app based on according to the first paragraph?

A．Dogs’ good hearing.	B．People’s love for dogs.
C．The use of smart phones.	D．Dog owner’s interest in training.

2. How does the app help in training a dog?

A．It records the ways the dog responds to sounds.

B．It produces beautiful sounds that interest the dog.

C．It produces whistles at a frequency intended for the dog.

D．It suggests a proper way to communicate with the dog.

3. Where is the app advised to be used?

A．In a strange situation.	B．In a noisy situation.
C．In an unsafe situation.	D．In a difficult situation.

4. The text is probably from ________.

A．magazine

B．newspaper

C．website

D．radio

9 . 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。

It was a very foggy day in London. The fog was so thick that it was impossible to see more than     1    foot or so. Standing by the side of the road    2     (be) buses, cars and taxies and were not able to run. People tried to find     3     (they) way on foot but got lost in the fog.

Mr. Smith had a very important meeting at the House of Commons but he was not familiar with the area and no one could take him there in such heavy fog. He tried to walk there only to find he was lost. Suddenly he ran    4    a   stranger,     5    asked if he needed some help. Mr. Smith said he wanted to get to the House of Commons     6     he couldn’t find the way. The strangertoldhim he could take him there.

Mr. Smith thanked him and they started to walk there. The fog was getting     7     (thick) but the stranger had no difficulty     8     (find) the way. They went along one street, turned down another,and crossed a square.At last,after about half an hour’s walk,they arrived at the House of Commons.Mr. Smith couldn’t understand     9    the stranger found his way in the thickfog.Soheasked the stranger. “It is no trouble at all to me,” said the stranger. “I am    10    (total) blind.”

10 . High School in Austria is a fantastic way to experience life overseas while you’re growing academically.

Activities

Austria’s lots of lakes, forests and mountains enable it to offer a great variety of activities. Alpine skiing began with local competitions in the Austrian Arlberg area. Snowboarding, surfing, sailing, horseback riding, soccer, tennis and volleyball are also popular activities.

·Academic Year

Dates: August—June

Application Before April 15th

Early Application Discount of US $500 if you apply by February 2nd

·Fall Trimester (一学年三学期中的一学期)

Dates: August—November

Application Before: April 15th

Early Application Discount of US $300 if you apply by February 2nd

· Fall Semester (半学年)

Dates: August—January

Application Before April 15th

Early Application Discount of US $500 if you apply by February 2nd

·Spring Trimester

Dates: January—April

Application before October 1st

Early Application Discount of US $300 if you apply by July 2nd

·Spring Semester

Dates: January—June

Application Before October 1st

Early Application Discount of US $500 if you apply by July 2nd

Eligibility

You should

Be between 15 and 18 years of age.

Be from the United States or Canada.

Have a high school grade of at least 2.75/4.

Be in great mental and physical health.

Have a genuine interest in becoming a part of your host family and community.

Be willing to learn the German language.

Costs

Trimester: US $8,820

Academic Semester: US $12,470

Academic Year: US $14,160

1. When should you hand in your application to study in Austria for a year at a discount?

A．By July 2nd.

B．By April 15th.

C．By October 1st.

D．By February 2nd.

2. How much will it cost to stay there for one trimester in fall if you apply in March?

A．US $8,820.	B．US $12,470.
C．US $14,160.	D．US $8,520.

3. Which of the following makes a student unsuitable for High School in Austria?

A．Being an American.

B．Having a high school grade of 3.5.

C．Being willing to learn German.

D．Being over 18 years old.