1 . If you don’t use your arms or your legs, they become weak; when you start using them again, they     1     (slow) become strong again. Everyone knows that. Yet many people don’t seem to know that memory works in     2     same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really     3     (mean) that he keeps his memory in practice by using     4    . When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance     5     (become) strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are     6     (blame), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but usually they have     7     (good) memories? This is     8     they can’t read or write and they have to remember days, names, songs and     9     (story), so their memory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn from them. Practice     10     (remember) things in a way as these people do.

2 . With the development of our society, cellphones have become a common part in our lives. Have you ever run into a careless cellphone user in the street? Maybe they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new "species" of human has kept rising, they have been given a new name—phubbers (低头族).

Recently a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various social identities bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cellphone while letting his patient die. A pretty woman takes a selfie (自拍) in front of a car accident site. And a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events will finally lead to the destruction(毁灭) of the world.

Although the ending of the film sounds unrealistic, the damage phubbing can bring is real. Your health is the first to bear the effect and the result of it. "Always bending your head to check your cellphone could damage your neck," Guangming Daily quoted doctors' words. "The neck is like a rope that breaks after long-term stretching." Also, staring at cellphones for a long time will damage your eyesight gradually, according to the report.

But that's not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. When getting together with family or friends, many people prefer to play their cellphones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere, Qilu Evening News reported.

It can also cost your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cellphones in broad daylight.

1. Why does the author give the example of a cartoon in Paragraph 2?

A．To suggest phubbers will destroy the world.

B．To call for people to go walking without phones.

C．To tell people the bad effects of phubbing.

D．To advise students to create more cartoons like this.

2. According to the passage, what risks may a phubber have?
① Destructing the world.
② Affecting his social skills.
③ Damaging his neck and eyesight.
④ Getting separated from his friends and family.

A．①②④

B．②③④

C．①③④

D．①②③④

3. What's the author's attitude towards phubbing?

A．Supportive.

B．Confident.

C．Disapproving.

D．Unconcerned.

4. What will be talked about in the following paragraph?

A．Ways to avoid the risks of phubbing.	B．Bad effects of phubbing.
C．Daily life of phubbers.	D．Behaviours of phubbers.

3 . Our solar system might be crazier than we once thought. Scientists say that deep within Uranus (天王星) and Neptune (海王星) it rains diamonds.

On Earth, diamonds form under extreme heat and pressure. The inside of Uranus and Neptune also has high temperatures and pressures. What’s more, the blue planets are largely made up of icy water and gases such as methane (甲烷).

So scientists have long believed that deep inside the two planets, the heat and pressure the methane into hydrogen (氢) and carbon (碳) Then diamond rain would form, falling toward the center of the planets.

But no one could prove that this would really work-until now. In a study published recently in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists say they were able to create this kind of “diamond rain” in a lab, reported The Guardian.

Scientists used high-powered lasers to create pairs of shockwaves through a kind of plastic. The plastic is made from hydrogen and carbon, much like methane. The shock waves created high pressure and heat, like that inside Uranus and Neptune.

“The experimental time is very short,” Dominik Kraus, lead author of the study, told The Guardian. “That we saw this very clear signature of diamonds was actually very, very surprising”.

The diamonds created in the lab were tiny, only a few nanometers (纳米) wide. Scientists believe that diamonds would be much larger within Neptune and Uranus. Then they might slowly sink toward the planets center because of gravity.

1. What factor is needed to form diamonds?

A．Extreme heat and pressure	B．Hydrogen and carbon
C．Icy water and gases	D．High-powered lasers

2. What does the underlined word mean in the last paragraph?

A．Unsuccessful	B．Small
C．Real	D．Natural

3. How did scientists prove the theory of forming diamond?

A．By giving examples	B．By stating argument
C．By explaining statistical data	D．By doing experiments

4. What can be referred from the text?

A．There are many high-powered lasers in Neptune and Uranus

B．Deep inside Neptune and Uranus could be full of diamonds

C．The shockwaves inside Neptune and Uranus crate high pressure and heat.

D．Scientists long believe that there are diamonds inside Neptune and Uranus

4 . It warmed my heart today to walk into the Thirsty Camel downtown in the Thanksgiving Day, for a quick lunch before a haircut and library trip. Ihan, a food shop owner, said that he was refusing to take money today because it was Buy Nothing Day. To increase awareness(意识) of the strange’s over-spending nature of our society, Ilan suggested a trade for food today. He simply asked that you offer something of equal personal value for the meal you received.

At first I was really uncomfortable, wondering if it would be fair to exchange a yet to be determined “I Owe You” (IOU) for food? What could I give him of equal value? After all, his food is the best in the town!

We ended up writing our IOU’s with promises of a book, some paintings and the offer of work in   a variety of ways if he needs it.

I think the idea isn’t that the trade is “equal” so much as the importance of the kind of transaction. We put thought into our offer and we had an even greater understanding for the meals we ate.

We don’t buy a lot, especially at this upcoming time of year. We don’t give gifts at all in fact. The holiday time is spent enjoying each other’s company and doing things together with family and friends. This is what seems most sensible.

Ilan is a good person. We are all lucky to have someone like this in our community.

1. Ilan did not take any money that day in order to .

A．have a quick lunch before a haircut and library trip

B．trade for something of equal value in return

C．make people aware of their over spending

D．buy nothing that day to save some money

2. For the meal, the author finally offered Ilan .

A．some promises	B．a book
C．some paintings	D．work in different ways

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

A．transport	B．trade
C．meal	D．giving

4. What is the author’s attitude to Buy Nothing Day?

A．Disagreeable	B．Meaningless.
C．Doubtful.	D．Supportive.

5 . Back in 1981 I was working at the University of Bonn in Germany. I______some time off in early May to visit a friend in Viterbo. in central________

The train stopped in Rome. I was ____ , as my hotel was close to the railway station. The next morning. I______to visit as many of the famous Roman landmarks as possible.

The following day I headed back to the______, planning to take a short ride to Viterbo. When I arrived at the station and tried to______the correct platform, I quick realized that the station was _____for an upgrade (升级). For a moment my mind went______.My biggest______my luggage一my suitcase and hand luggage were heavy, so I couldn't______about easily. I dragged my suitcase about 100 meters to a nearby worker. A tall man of about 50 years of age was working there and I______myself and asked where the nearest station was. I am sure that he did not understand me______. but he could easily guess that I was looking for a station. He ____, but I did not understand.

He smiled and said something，____ I guessed to mean "Come along!" He opened the door of his car, motioned to me to get______and then drove for a few minutes to the next station. I got out, unloaded my luggage, then shook his hand with______. He smiled back and drove away.

There was no time to we_____ names. I understood that he was in the_______of his work. I was______ so much by his generosity(慷慨)that I have never forgotten him. He was working and could have easily_____ me but, instead, he chose to help.

Thank you. Mr Italy!1.

A．took

B．need

C．pass

D．get

2.

A．Bonn

B．Germany

C．Italy

D．Rome

3.

A．unhappy

B．lucky

C．surprised

D．shocked

4.

A．went over

B．looked around

C．turned away

D．set out

5.

A．station

B．hotel

C．university

D．city

6.

A．build

B．locate

C．leave

D．go

7.

A．closed

B．removed

C．designed

D．named

8.

A．crazy

B．fire

C．wild

D．blank

9.

A．concern

B．problem

C．complaint

D．mistake

10.

A．come

B．get

C．move

D．talk

11.

A．enjoyed

B．expressed

C．repeated

D．excused

12.

A．proper

B．quickly

C．finally

D．immediately

13.

A．laughed

B．added

C．replied

D．explained

14.

A．what

B．where

C．which

D．why

15.

A．off

B．in

C．over

D．past

16.

A．regret

B．sorry

C．congratulations

D．thanks

17.

A．spell

B．exchange

C．choose

D．remember

18.

A．middle

B．form

C．absence

D．face

19.

A．worried

B．shocked

C．excited

D．moved

20.

A．trusted

B．ignored

C．driven

D．informed

6 . What makes a family? How do family memembers get along with each other? Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda tries to answer these questions in his films.

His laterst film, Shoplifters, is about his favorite topic –family relations. With this film, Koreeda won this year’s Palme d’Or (金棕榈奖), the Cannes Film Festival’s top honor.

Shoplifters tells the story of a poor family living in Tokyo. Three generations living under the same roof survive by stealing from local shops.

Obviously, what they are doing is wrong. But the director focuses more on the heartwarming details of the family’s daily life, according to The Playist. Koreeda shows how the family memebers love and support each other. For example, the family plans a beach trip for the youngest sister. They carefully pick out swimwear for the girl. At the beach, they play happily. The girl draws a picture to help her remember their time together.This causes viewers to forget about their moral judgments(道德审判).

This is another feature of Koreeda’s filming style. He is good at presenting ordinary life. It’s slow and full of small details – sometimes it’s even boring. But there is tension(冲突) present as well. In Shoplifters, the surprise is that the family memembers don’t actually have blood ties to each other, but they are still closer than a real family. They all have their own stories.

In Japan and most other Asian countries, blood ties are what defines (定义) family. But Koreeda questions that by looking at different kinds of relations.

1. How does the family in the Shoplifters make a living?

A．By drawing pictures.	B．By working in local shops.
C．By begging from neighbors.	D．By stealing from the local stores.

2. What is the feature of Koreeda’s filming style?

A．No tension present at all.

B．Being full of small boring details.

C．Focusing on the hard time of poor families.

D．Showing ordinary life through the details of daily life.

3. What does Koreeda want to show us in the movie?

A．The meaning of a family.

B．How to get long with our families.

C．The ordinary life in a Japanese family.

D．The different relationship in a poor family.

4. This passage is mainly about _____.

A．family relations	B．a film directed by Koreeda
C．a famous Japanese director	D．features of Koreeda’s films

7 . There’s nothing worse than sitting next to someone whose breath smells bad. In ancient China, people used to eat a special plant to make their breath smell better.     1    

How your breath smells says a lot about your health. Scientists can now tell whether or not somebody has a disease just from a simple breath test.     2    Breath is made up of waste chemicals that the body makes, Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology found that these chemicals are different for each person. In fact, they’re just like fingerprints (指纹) — that’s why scientists sometimes call them “breathprints”.

Compared to other kinds of tests, a breath test is much quicker.     3    Breath tests are also a lot easier to do than regular tests, as people only need to blow into a special machine.     4     It has been useful in finding early signs of problems such as stomach cancer.

    5    And hopefully some day, visits to the hospital will be a quicker and easier for everyone.

A．How does it work?

B．Now we use gum instead

C．This machine will help to test their breath

D．Instead of taking hours, it only takes a few minutes

E．It’s much cheaper to do a breath test than other tests

F．There are many ways to make your breath smell better

G．Now, scientists are trying to use breath tests as much as they can

8 . There are many different voices on charity donations recently. Chen TianQiao, one of the Chinese billionaires, gave away $115 million to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to help promote brain research. Chen has been interested in the brain research, believing it can advance the industries of artificial intelligence and virtual reality. However, this huge donation has caused heated discussion among Chinese scholars and internet users.

Many criticized him for giving money to a foreign university rather than domestic institutes for brain research, which are developing fast and are catching up with the US in just a few years. RaoYi, a biologist at Peking University, even said the donation was a typical mistake.

Others, however, support his choice. They believe Caltech is a more reasonable choice compared with Chinese research Institutes. Caltech has a long history and has taken a leading position in biology, and therefore it produces more efficient results. What’s more, the results of the research will benefit not only the Americans, but also the rest of the world.

A similar controversial(有争议的) case started two years ago when Pan ShiYi, chairman of SOHO China, donated $15 million to Harvard University to help disadvantaged Chinese Students.

Many believe that China is still far behind in management and use of donated money, and that as a result, Chinese donators are looking abroad. In comparison, Western countries like the US, which have a long history of donating money, have well-developed systems that use money efficiently. They can also provide full access for donors who want to track the use of the money. To get more donations, Chinese universities should be braver and more honest. They need self-reflection rather than envy.

1. Why did Chen’s huge donations draw people’s attention?

A．It was used for brain research rather than for the poor.

B．It was not used efficiently.

C．It was the largest donation.

D．It should have been donated to a Chinese college.

2. Which of the followings can best replace the underlined word “domestic” in the second paragraph?

A．home.	B．family.
C．household.	D．homepage

3. The example of Pan Shi Yi was used to ________.

A．inform some Chinese students are poor at education

B．show off the generosity of Chinese billionaires

C．present the widespread disagreement over donating abroad

D．prove the Chinese are crazy about donations

4. What is the main advice does the author give to the Chinese universities?

A．Developing artificial intelligence.

B．Educating the braver and more honest graduates.

C．Developing fast to catch up with the US.

D．Developing systems to use the donations efficiently.

9 . How old is “old” ?

How old is “old” ?       1    Two hundred years ago, you were old at 35. That was the average life then. At the turn of this century, as medical knowledge advanced, the average life span(长度) increased to 45. In 1950, 70-year-olds were really old. Today, a healthy 70-year-old is looking forward to many more active years.

So, how old is old? The answer is one you’ve heard many times, from all sorts of people. “You are as old (or young) as you feel!” The calendar(日历) simply tells you how many years you have lived.       2    

Once an unknown author wrote , “     3    Nobody grows old by living a number of years; people grow old by giving up their goals.”

    4    Alice Brophy, when she was with the New York City commission for the Aging, said, “It upsets me when people say, ‘Gee, you look young for your age!’ What does that mean? Is there some model that you’re supposed to look a certain way at 65 and 75 and 85? You know you can die old at 30 and live young at 80.”

There are many wrong ideas about aging.       5    Here are some of the more common ones. For example, most older people are in poor health, or older people are unable to change.

A．Old is a point of view.

B．It’s extremely terrible to be grown old.

C．The answer has changed over the years.

D．Your body tells you how well you’ve lived.

E．Older people are stubborn, unable to change.

F．Youth is not a time of life but it is a state of mind.

G．These ideas stereotype (固化) people on the basis of age.

10 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词(1-2个)或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Rise After Falling

A father was worried about his son,    1    was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk(僧侣)    2    (train) his boy.

The Buddhist monk said to the boy’s father, “I insist that your son should be left alone here. I’ll make him into a real man within three months.    3    , you can’t come to see him during this period.”

Three months    4    （late）, the boy’s father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and an    5     (experience) boxer. Each time the fighter struck the boy , he fell down, but       6    once the boy stood up; and each time a heavy blow knocked him down, the boy stood up again. After several times , the Buddhist monk asked, “    7    do you think of your child?”

“What a shame!” the boy’s father said, “I never thought he would be so    8    (easy) knocked down. I needn’t have him stay here any    9    (long)!

“I’m sorry that that’s all you see. Don’t you see that each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of    10    (cry) ?That’s the kind of courage you wanted him to have.