2 . 阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

When I was a boy growing up, I could not once ever remember either my mom or my grandmother wasting food. Anything we didn’t eat at one meal was saved, stored, and served as leftovers (剩饭剩菜) later on. I can remember my grandmother making a huge pot of brown beans with a large cake of cornbread. We would all eat until we were stuffed but there was always about half of the beans left over. A few days later my grandmother would take those beans out of the refrigerator, boil pasta, add parsley and mix them all together into her delicious Pasta Fasule. And I also remember when I watched my mom fry bacon for us in the mornings, she would always take the grease (油脂) and carefully pour it into a container. Then she later would use it to flavor up so many other dishes. I was an adult before I realized that green beans didn’t actually taste like bacon.

I learned their lessons well and after I grew up I tried never to waste food by myself. I always planned the week’s meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping list so nothing went to waste. Every meal went into my stomach and any leftovers were later eaten by either myself, my boys, or my dogs. To me throwing food in the trash was just wrong. All the work it took to grow it, harvest it, and prepare it needed to be honored, not wasted.

I learned something else over the years, however: when it comes to living there are no leftovers. Each moment that you don’t live is lost forever. Life cannot be saved. Life cannot be stored. Life has to be lived, TODAY!

Live each moment of your life to the fullest then. Make every day a feast of love with no leftovers. Leo Buscaglia once said: “Each day is a fresh beginning, a little life unto itself.” Don’t let any of these little lives go to waste. Live your life with a full belly and a full heart.

1. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 1 probably mean? (1 word)
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2. How could the beans the author ate as a child taste like bacon? (no more than 10 words)
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3. What did the author do to avoid wasting food? (no more than 15 words)
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4. What do the last two paragraphs mainly talk about? (no more than 20 words)
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5. How do you live your life to the fullest? Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
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3 . Everyone looks forward to progress, whether in one’s personal life or in the general society. Progress indicates a person’s ability to change the way he is living at the moment. Progress must lead a better way of doing things. All these, however, remains true only in so far as people want to accept technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things.

However, at the back of the minds of many people, especially those who miss the “good old days”, efficiency comes with a price. When communication becomes efficient, people are able to contact one another no matter where they are and at whatever time they wish to. The click of a button allows people miles apart to talk or to see each other without even leaving their homes. With the communication gadgets, such as mobile phones and ipads, people often do not take the effort to visit one another personally. A personal visit carries with the additional feature of having to be in the person’s presence for as long as the visit lasts. We cannot unnecessarily excuse ourselves or turn the other person off.

With efficiency also comes mass production. Such is the nature of factories and the success of industrialization today. Factories have improved efficiency. Unskillful tasks are left to machines and products are better made and produced with greater accuracy than any human hand could ever have done. However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal touch when making these products. For example, many handcrafts are now produced in a factory. Although this means that supply is better able to increase demand, now that the supply is quick and efficient, the demand might fall because mass production lowers the quality of the handicraft and it is difficult to find unique designs on each item.

Nevertheless, we must not commit the mistake of analyzing progress only from onepoint of view. In fact, progress has allowed tradition to keep up. It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be brought back to their old state. New technology is required for old products to stay old.

It is people’s attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society. Technology is flexible. There is no fixed way of making use of it. Everything depends on people’s attitude. The worst effects of progress will fall on those who are unable to rethink their attitudes and views of society. When we accept progress and adapt it to suit our needs, a new “past” is created.

1. According to Paragraph 1, progress can benefit people when they are willing to ________.

A．live an advanced life

B．look for better technical methods

C．change ways of living at the moment

D．accept technology and advance steadily

2. The author explains “ efficiency comes with a price ” by ________.

A．describing a process

B．using examples

C．following time order

D．making classification

3. Compared with home- made handicrafts, machine made products ________.

A．lack great accuracy

B．lack the personal touch

C．are of high value

D．are quite welcome

4. What can be learned about technology from Paragraph 4?

A．It can destroy new traditions.

B．It can lead to social progress.

C．It can be used to correct mistakes if necessary.

D．It can be used to preserve old products.

5. What can be concluded from the last paragraph?

A．Progress can suit the needs of daily life.

B．People review the past with great regret.

C．Technology should be introduced in a fixed way.

D．People’s attitude decides the use of technology.

5 . 假设你是晨光中学的李津，为配合学校的“科技月”活动，你校英语社团的微信公众号开展征文活动。要求同学们写一篇英语短文，介绍我国科学家设计的一款生活型智能机器人。现请你投稿，文章内容应包括：
(1)简要介绍这款生活型智能机器人的功能(至少写出两点)；
(2)说明生活型智能机器人的意义。
注意：
(1)词数不少于100；
(2)可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；
(3)开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：智能机器人 intelligent robot

Here I would like to introduce a new type of intelligent household robot to you.

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By Li Jin

6 . Every year, thousands of teenagers participate in programs at their local art museums. But do any of them remember their time at museum events later in life? A new report suggests that the answer is yes — and finds that arts-based museum programs are credited with changing the course of alumni’s (毕业生的) lives, even years after the fact.

The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles recently asked researchers to conduct a study to find out how effective their long-standing teen art programs really are. They involved over 300 former participants of four programs for teens that have been in existence since the 1990s. Alumni, whose current ages range from 18 to 36, were invited to find out how they viewed their participation years after the fact.

Among the alumni surveyed, 75 percent of them thought the teen art program experience had the most favorable impact on their own lives, beating the family, school and their neighborhoods. Nearly 55 percent thought that it was one of the most important experiences they had ever had, regardless of age. And two-thirds said that they were often in situations where their experience in museums affected their actions or thoughts.

It turns out that participating in art programs also helps keep teens keen about culture even after they reach adulthood: Ninety-six percent of participants had visited an art museum within the last two years, and 68 percent had visited an art museum five or more times within the last two years. Thirty-two percent of alumni work in the arts as adults.

Though the study is the first of its kind to explore the impact of teen-specific art programs in museums, it reflects other research on the important benefits of engaging with the arts. A decade of surveys by the National Endowment for the Arts found that the childhood experience with the arts is significantly associated with people’s income and educational achievements as adults. Other studies have linked arts education to everything from lower dropout rates to improvement in critical thinking skills.

1. What is the main function of paragraph 1?

A．To make a comparison.	B．To propose a definition.
C．To provide the background.	D．To present the subject.

2. Why were the researchers asked to conduct the study?

A．To change the course of alumni’s lives.

B．To introduce the art museums.

C．To explore the impact of teen art programs.

D．To invite people to participate in the art programs.

3. What do the figures in Paragraph 3 show?

A．Students are more influenced by the family and school.

B．Teen art programs in museums are highly beneficial.

C．Many teens fail to realize the great value of art programs.

D．Most experiences in museums are boring for today’s teens.

4. What does Paragraph 4 tell us about art programs?

A．They are intended to attract more adults.

B．They are designed to support art museums.

C．They create adults who are culturally aware.

D．They provide many job opportunities for adults.

5. What do the studies mentioned in the last paragraph have in common?

A．All prove the good effects of art education.

B．All suggest the need to improve museum programs.

C．All show the growing popularity of art programs.

D．All focus on the link between art and education.

7 . In a classic episode of The Simpsons, Homer’s class reunion ends in shame when one of Homer’s guilty secrets is exposed: he never graduated from high school. To get his diploma, he must pass a science test. As he sits down to retake the exam, he holds one of his trademark dialogues with his brain. “All right, brain. You don’t like me and I don’t like you. But let’s just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer.”

Many a true word is spoken as a joke. Homer Simpson’s Everyman character really is an Everyman. For most people, engaging in the kind of effortful thinking that is required to pass a science test feels too much like hard work. It is so much easier to quit and let the brain’s autopilot take over.

And no wonder. Evolution has blessed the human brain with all kinds of mental shortcuts that make life manageable. If we had to think about every action or weigh up every decision, we would break down. As a result, certain ideas and modes of thinking come naturally to us, such as effortless thinking.

But at huge cost. Our mental shortcuts work fine at the level of individuals and small-scale societies, but in an increasingly interconnected and globalized world, they are a danger to society. Effortless thinking is at the root of many of the modern world’s most serious problems: terrorism, hatred, inequality and religious extremism. All are caused by people disengaging their critical thinking and going with their gut (非理性的) feeling.

Everybody is capable of gut feeling, but also of the critical thinking. Both thinking styles are needed to make the world go round. Unfortunately, the latter requires training that is unavailable or unappealing to many people.

One of the bright spots in 2017 was the start of a movement called the March For Science. Those who believe in the power of science need to keep on marching, or give more power to people who don’t much like their own brains — or other people’s.

1. What does the author want to convey through Homer’s story?

A．Feeling is very important.

B．Drinking beer is harmful to one’s brain.

C．High school seniors should work hard.

D．Most people hate effortful thinking like Homer.

2. How do you read between the lines of the underlined sentence according to the passage?

A．Most people would rather tell jokes than tell the truth.

B．Most people don’t want to toil through scientific tests.

C．Most people would love to have their brains controlled by a pilot.

D．Most people like Simpson’s ordinary character are willing to think simple.

3. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A．Our mental shortcuts function well.

B．Effortless thinking is expensive for people.

C．Effortless thinking is dangerous to society.

D．People prefer effortless thinking to critical thinking.

4. What does the author think of critical thinking?

A．It makes the world go round.

B．It needs necessary training.

C．It works fine at the level of personal affairs.

D．It leads to the March For Science in 2017.

5. What is the best title for the text?

A．Critical Thinking Is Urgently Needed

B．Effortless Thinking Is Out of Date

C．We Need to March Towards Science

D．Thinking Contributes to Social Problems

8 . While the arts can't stop the COVID-19 virus or the social unrest we see in the world today, they can give us insight into the choices we make when moving through crises and chaos. The arts invite everyone to think in new ways.

We often experience works of art as something that's pleasing to our senses without a full understanding of the creative effort. Great art often shows us contradictions and crises, and we can learn a great deal from their resolutions (解决). Through our understanding of art, we can gain a deeper understanding of how we might overcome our own challenges. In understanding extremes of contrast, we can see the beauty in art with themes that are not simply pleasing for their magnificent features or qualities.

Beethoven offers a wonderful example of moving artfully through crises and chaos. He composed his Symphony No.9 as his hearing loss became more and more pronounced. The opening of the symphony seems to come out of nowhere, from near silence in the opening to a full expression of what many consider to be the joy of freedom and universal brotherhood with Schiller’s Ode to joy (欢乐颂). Beethoven appears to have created a work of art that not only freed him from his personal struggles, but one that also speaks to the joy of living together in peace and harmony.

Have a dialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they always start out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference — a oneness of the two opposing forces. The arts offer many lessons that can help us gain the knowledge we need to move more confidently in today's competitive and uncertain environment. An openness to arts-based solutions will give you more control over your future.

1. What value does art have beyond pleasing people's senses?

A．It brings people inner peace.	B．It contributes to problem-solving.
C．It reduces the possibility of crises.	D．It deepens understanding of music.

2. What can we learn about Beethoven's Symphony No. 9?

A．It aims to show crises and chaos.	B．It celebrates freedom and unity.
C．It opens with Schiller's Ode to Joy.	D．It is quiet and peaceful throughout.

3. What was Beethoven's condition like when he wrote his Symphony No. 9?

A．He had almost gone deaf at the time.

B．He was going through a personal creative crisis.

C．He was enjoying the joy of freedom with his brothers.

D．He was considered as an example of symphonic composition.

4. What is the author's suggestion on dealing with conflicting forces?

A．Leaving things as they are.	B．Making a choice between them.
C．Separating them from each other.	D．Engaging them in a conversation.

5. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．How art can change people's lives.	B．Essentials of Symphony No. 9.
C．Moving artfully through crises.	D．Joy in the eyes of Beethoven.

10 . Tens of thousands of ancient pictures carved into the rocks at one of France’s most important tourist sites are being gradually destroyed. Scientists and researchers fear that the 36,000 drawings on rocks in Mont Bego in the French Alps are being damaged so rapidly that they will not survive for future generations.

The mountain believed to have once been a site for prayer is scattered with 4000-year-old drawings cut into bare rock. But as the popularity of the site increases, the pictures are being ruined by thoughtless graffiti.

Jean Clottes is the chairman of the International Committee on Rock Art. He says “People think that because the pictures have been there so long they will always continue to be there. But if the damage continues at this rate there will be nothing left in 50 years.”

He describes seeing tourists stamping on the drawings, wearing away the rock and clearness of the artwork as they do so. Some visitors he says even cut off parts to take home as souvenirs. Other researchers describe how people arrive carrying long sticks with sharp ends to scratch their own drawings, or even their names in the rocks.

But experts are divided over the best way to preserve the drawings. Henry de Lumley, director of the Museum of Natural History in Paris, believes that the only way to save the site is to turn the whole mountain into a “no-go” area, preventing the public from going there except on guided tours.

Clottes disagrees. “The measure suggested by Henry de Lumley is the most severe, and while it is the most effective, it is also certain to bring about protests from people who live there” he said. “The site was classified as a historic monument years ago by the Ministry of Culture and we must do as much as possible to save what is there.”

Annie Echassoux who also worked on researching the site is alarmed that as the mountain becomes easier to reach — tourists can now avoid the three-and-a-half-hour walk by hiring vehicles — the damage will increase rapidly. She thinks that the only solution is to rope off the area and provide guides. “You can’t say the plan can’t go ahead because there is no money ” she said. “That is not good enough. Money must be provided because the Ministry of Culture has classified this area as a historic site. If we don’t take steps, we will be responsible for losing the drawings for the next generation.”

1. Jean Clottes says that people who visit the mountain________.

A．do not believe the drawings are old.	B．believe they are allowed to paint there
C．assume the drawings will not disappear	D．think the drawings should be left alone

2. According to Jean Clottes some of the visitors to the area have________.

A．taken bits of the rock home	B．helped to clean the drawings
C．been unable to take photographs	D．misunderstood what the pictures mean

3. Henry de Lumley is eager to________.

A．protect public rights	B．ban traffic in the area
C．set up research projects	D．keep out individual visitors

4. Which word best describes Annie Echassoux’s attitude towards saving the historic site?

A．Worried.

B．Supportive.

C．Disappointed.

D．Hesitant.

5. This passage has been written about Mont Bego to ________.

A．advertise the closing of the site	B．encourage scientists to visit the site
C．describe fears for the future of the site	D．warn visitors about the dangers of the site