1 . Online training is one of the fastest growing parts of the fitness industry. If you’re considering joining the online fitness community, consider these benefits and drawbacks.

One of the most popular reasons for working out following an online video is that it offers ultimate convenience. No need to roll out of bed at 5 a. m. to attend that 6 a. m. boot camp class, which may end up being full when you arrive.    1    And what if you’re on the road? No problem. You can access your workout video through your phone.

    2    Most online fitness programs are much less expensive than similar offline programs—most range in cost from $ 10 to $ 20 per month. Some are even free. For example, the online Les Mills+program offers a free 30-day trial of its 1,500-plus workouts.

Online training also has broad offerings. When you head online, you have instructors from around the globe, all ready and willing to help you master your favorite moves.    3    Just because there isn’t a Krav Maga class in your area doesn’t mean you can’t go online to find one led by qualified instructors.

All these are undoubtedly positive-online training provides fitness resources to general consumers wherever they are, without requiring access to a gym or fitness studio.    4    

Very few online fitness programs enable the instructor to see you, check your form, and offer corrections based on your performance.    5    This is particularly concerning for beginners, as they’re more likely to do incorrectly. Besides, if you struggle with self-motivation and prefer a social workout environment, online fitness may not be for you.

A．Another is the price.

B．But it’s not without problems.

C．The same goes for different types of exercise.

D．However, online personal training isn’t for everyone.

E．Instead, you can turn it on at home at your convenience.

F．That being said, online workouts aren’t perfect when it comes to safety.

G．This means you could perform exercises wrongly, or even unsafely, without knowing it.

2 . Master Gardener Volunteers Wanted

Why Become a Master Gardener?

The Master Gardener program is an all-volunteer organization where you can develop your own leadership and teaching skills while teaching the younger youth about healthy eating, agriculture, and so on! Master Gardeners involve people in activities to improve their general well-being and overall enjoyment of life by helping them find sound management practices for home and urban natural resources, by creating pleasing environments through people-plant interactions and horticultural therapy (园艺疗法), and by contributing to a safe, abundant food supply through home fruit and vegetable production.

What Qualifications Must You Meet?

Anyone can apply to be a Master Gardener—you don’t need to be an expert or have a degree. You do, however, need to:

●Have certain experience or know a little about gardening or landscape management.

●Be willing to share horticulture information with others.

●Be willing to attend a training program and can devote time to volunteering and continuing education.

Besides, to become a Master Gardener volunteer, each applicant needs to complete an application, prepare background screening paperwork and schedule an interview with Extension staff.

What Does the Training Involve?

Training sessions are offered one day a week over a three-month period and are led by expert educators in the region. Approximately 60 hours of classroom instruction and field study and 60 hours of volunteer internship (实习) work are required to complete the program and become certified. In order to remain a certified Master Gardener, 30 hours of volunteer work and 10 hours of continuing education or advanced training are required each year.

1. What does a Master Gardener do?

A．Help raise people’s quality of life by horticulture.

B．Teach the youth about diets and agriculture.

C．Promote horticultural practices at home.

D．Train volunteers to help with gardening.

2. What is required if you want to apply to be a Master Gardener?

A．Acquiring excellent teaching skills.

B．Having some relevant knowledge.

C．Completing given training sessions.

D．Obtaining rich volunteer experience.

3. How long will it take to become a qualified Master Gardener?

A．A year.	B．Three months.
C．About 160 hours.	D．About 120 hours.

4 . 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。

Easton retired(退休) as a school teacher, and he didn’t have enough savings. What’s worse, his wife, Cassandra, had heart disease that needed expensive treatment.

To save his wife’s life, Easton didn’t have a choice but to take up a job, and he found one as a pizza delivery(递送) man at Rooster’s Pizza. On his first day on the job, his co-workers judged him because the sight of an 84-year-old pizza delivery man was undoubtedly a rare one. But Easton didn’t care.

After delivering the first two orders that day, Easton was on his way to deliver the third one, when he realized his car was low on gas. He stopped at a gas station, worried he would be late for his next delivery. Determined to make it on time, Easton grabbed the steering wheel and drove as fast as he could. However, as he reached one of the main roads, a police car stopped him.

When Officer Jenkins and Officer Matthew walked up to Easton’s car, they were shocked to see an 84-year-old behind the wheel of a pizzeria car. Moreover, they didn’t expect an old man to be speeding.

“You see,” Easton said nervously, “I am running late for pizza delivery. We have a policy of delivering pizza within 45 minutes, or I’ll have to pay for it out of my pocket, and I need money for my wife’s treatment. I hope you understand…”

Officer Matthew looked at Easton’s teary eyes and trembling hands and felt deeply sad for him. However, he couldn’t go against his line of duty. They had to give him a ticket anyway. Easton was late for the delivery that day, prompting his manager to deduct(扣除) it from his salary. He was also warned that he would have to leave if he repeated the mistake.

Not losing heart, Easton set out for his deliveries the following day. “Rooster’s Pizza!” he shouted as he rang the doorbell of one of the houses on his list.

注意：1. 续写词数应150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

When the door opened, Easton recognized his customer was Officer Matthew!

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Easton couldn’t believe what had just happened and was surprised by what Officer Matthew did for him.

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5 . 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。

There’s just a l-in-3.700,000 chance that a person will be killed by     1     shark, but the fear is still enough to have swimmers worrying about     2     (be) seen as prey (捕获物). Now, new research supports the long-standing theory,     3     explains that it’s a case of “mistaken identity” when great whites go in for a bite.

A team of biologists     4     (compare) videos of seals swimming with those of humans swimming. They then edited the clips to simulate a great white’s vision and found that from the ocean inhabitant’s point     5     view, humans do indeed have a strong resemblance to seals.

“Usually, great white sharks     6     (regard) as ‘mindless killers’ and ‘fond of human flesh’. However, this does not seem to be the case; we just look like     7     (they) food,” Laura Ryan, lead author of the study, told Live Science.

“They eat seals every day and bites on people are     8     (extreme) rare,” said Catherine MacDonald. a marine scientist at the University of Miami. “So if they’re not solving the problem visually, then how do we think they’re solving it?     9     (hit) the right targets, sharks could be relying on other senses, like the scent. If that’s the case,     10     (addition) studies on how great whites use those senses could help prevent further attacks.”

8 . Research has shown that people tend to get more happiness from spending their money on experiences, such as travel and entertainment (娱乐), than on things like clothes and electronic products. But are people happier during the purchased (购买的) experience itself? Or does the happiness come more from expecting or remembering the experience?

A new study, published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, offers an answer. Our experimental purchases not only bring us greater pleasure in terms of expectation and remembrance than do our material (物质的) purchases, but they also bring us greater in-the-moment enjoyment, the study found.

For the study, the researchers recruited (招募) 2,635 adults who agreed to receive texts at any time during the day. The texts began with a happiness question, which asked the participants (参与者) to tell how they felt “right now”, ranging from very bad to very good. Half of them were then asked if they had made a material purchase within the past hour, such as clothing or electronic goods. The others were asked if they had made an experimental purchase within the past hour, such as eating in a restaurant or attending a concert.

The researchers found that the purchasers of the experiences express higher levels of happiness than the purchasers of the material goods, no matter how much the purchases cost.

To deal with possible differences in types of purchasers, the researchers carried out a second study in which they researched more than 5,000 adults. “We still found the same result,” said Amit Kumar, the study’s lead author (发起人).

“If you want to be happier, it might be wise to shift some of your spending away from material goods and a bit more towards experiences,” Kumar said. “That would probably lead to greater happiness.”

1. Why does the writer put forward two questions in paragraph 1?

A．To make a fact clear.

B．To introduce a new study.

C．To compare different researches.

D．To doubt the view of researchers.

2. What did the researchers text the participants for?

A．To ask them about their spending plans.

B．To understand their needs and spending habits.

C．To know the change in their purchasing choices.

D．To find out their purchasing behavior and feelings.

3. Which has the similar meaning to the underlined word “shift” in the last paragraph?

A．satisfy.

B．apply.

C．change.

D．increase.

4. What does the new study find about people’s purchases?

A．People prefer to purchase material goods instead of experiences.

B．People get more pleasure from spending money than making money.

C．The level of happiness from purchases depends on how much they cost.

D．Experimental purchases bring people greater happiness than material ones.

9 . 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。

In the heart of modern Beijing is the Forbidden City. It served as the political center of ancient China between 1420 and 1912 and now it is     1     world famous museum.

The Forbidden City     2     (build) by Emperor Yongle, the third Ming ruler,     3     moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijng in 1403. Sources say it took a million     4     (worker) to build it between 1406 and 1420. Legend has it that the Forbidden City was redesigned to have 9, 9991/2 rooms. Half a room is missing to avoid     5     (upset) the God of Heaven. The maincolors of the Forbidden City are yellow and red. The walls, doors, and windows were     6     (most) painted in red, a symbol of     7     (happy) in Chinese culture.

The English name “Forbidden City” is a translation of the Chinese name Zijincheng. In the past, it was forbidden to ordinary people and that is     8     the Forbidden City is so named. After the Qing Dynasty, it was made a     9     (nation) museum-the Palace Museum and was open to the public. As one of the world’s largest cultural museums, the Palace Museum holds more than a million rare and valuable works of art. So do find a chance     10     (visit) it some day!

10 . How to mend a broken friendship? It may be hard, but fixing a broken friendship will make it even stronger than before. Here are some tips that will be useful.

Be the one to reach out before the other.

    1    Let it be you this time. It will show them that you want to be friends again, and you’re serious about resolving things. Think about how you can reach them. Depending on the person and the severity of your argument, you may need to try a few different ways to get in touch.

    2    

If your friend refuses to see or speak with you, or visiting them in person isn’t an option, you may want to just back off for a while. Your friend wants space and that should be respected. Use the time to reflect on the situation and prepare what you want to say. Don’t push your friend if it’s clear they want space. It will only upset them and make them frustrated with you.

Talk about the problem honestly and openly.

Explain what you feel is the problem and be honest about it. Then ask them to do the same. Let them talk for as long as they need to. Really listen and don’t interrupt them.    3    

Apologize to them and accept their apology.

Even if you didn’t do anything and you believe the situation is their fault, opening with an apology sets the tone. You could say “I’m really sorry things have gotten to this point. I want things to be better between us.” If you did wrong them in some way, apologize to them sincerely.    4    

Avoid restarting an argument.

It’s important that you don’t say or do anything hurtful during this conversation.    5    so do your best to keep things peaceful. If things get heated, don’t allow them to escalate.

A．Let go of your anger or frustration.

B．Respect your friend’s need for space.

C．If they apologize to you, accept their apology.

D．Come up with a plan for rebuilding the friendship.

E．Argument will only further damage the friendship and make things worse.

F．If you aren’t talking to each other, someone will have to make the first move.

G．This way you both get to tell your side of the story and get everything out on the table.