1 . Schuylerville High School students have a broad range of interests, which are reflected by the number of clubs and organizations in which our pupils participate. Here are some of the most popular clubs.

Environmental Club

Open to students in grades 9-12

Advisor: Mrs. Flores

The High School Environmental Club is open to all students interest increasing environmental awareness throughout the school. Activities include: recycling, environmental competitions, volunteering with green schools and outdoor events. This run student club collects and recycles paper products throughout the school building.

Freshman Class

Open to students in grades 9-10

Advisor: Mr. winslow

The freshmen class participates in several activities throughout the year to raise money for the class account. The class officers meet once a month to discuss business that affects the entire class. All members of the freshman class are encouraged to participate in some type of community service during the year.

Literary magazine

Open to students in grades 10-12

Advisor: Mr. Sgambati

Members of the Literary Magazine collect, edit and often contribute to the body of student work. Literary Magazine meetings will also give students the opportunity to share and receive feedback on the creative pieces that they re working on, as well as the chance to learn about writing practices and strategies.

Mock Trial Team

Open to students in grades 11-12

Advisor: Mrs. Lewis

Mock Trial is an after-school activity that helps students develop useful knowledge about the law. Students play out all the roles and use general rules of evidence and fact explanations in a school court. They will work with a real lawyer and an advisor to further understand the court process.

1. At which club can you take part in the community service?

A．Environmental Club.	B．Freshman Class.
C．Literary Magazine.	D．Mock Trial Team.

2. What does Mock Trial Team aim to do?

A．To encourage students to be lawyers.	B．To develop students’ writing skills.
C．To explain all kinds of facts at school.	D．To help students learn more about laws.

3. Where is this text most likely from?

A．A news report.	B．A school website.
C．A research paper.	D．A science magazine.

2 . Sri Lanka is a beautiful island nation best seen slowly, even if you have only four days there like I did.

The train in the country was my preferred means of transport (交通方式). My ticket, from Colombo to Kandy, with comfortable seats and a big picture window, cost $19 for the 2.5 hours ride. I got a second-class seat on the Kandy-to-Ella route (路线) and paid about $ 22 for the nearly seven-hour trip through the green hills and tea gardens of central Sri Lanka.

Gentle rain said hello to us as we entered Kandy. The Gamage family in William Gopallawa Mawatha Street hosted (招待) me. The lovely family, including parents, children and other family members, put me up for two nights in their home for $13 every night. My room was basic but comfortable, and came with a delicious breakfast spread every morning. Mrs. Gamage told me I could easily find someone in a tuk-tuk(三轮摩的) to show me around town.

When I found Santha, a small, middle-aged man with a big smile, the next day, we quickly agreed on a price for a tour of the city: just $15. His tuk-tuk moved uphill slowly toward Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya Buddhist Temple. The warm driver also took me to the Royal Botanic Gardens, a peaceful place away from the traffic and noise of the town.

The next morning, I got on a bright blue train to Ella. Ella Station isn’t far from the Sunnyside Holiday Bungalow, where I had booked a room for about $40 every night. The owners are nice and the hotel with gardens is beautiful.

My first morning in Ella, I visited the Nine Arch Bridge, a beautiful old railway bridge. In the afternoon, it started to rain heavily. I walked into a restaurant which sits atop a hill and provides a breathtaking view (风景) of the countryside. An hour later, the rain let up. And I set out to go for a long walk in Little Adam’s Peak. I loved the view of low-lying clouds resting gently on what seemed like an endless series of green hills.

1. Which shows the author's travel route in SriLanka?

A．Colombo → Ella → Kandy.	B．Kandy → Colombo → Ella.
C．Colombo → Kandy → Ella.	D．Kandy → Ella → Colombo .

2. How much did the author pay for his host family in Kandy?

A．13 dollars.	B．26 dollars.
C．41 dollars.	D．80 dollars.

3. What does the author think of the people he met in Sri Lanka?

A．They are kind.	B．They are talkative.
C．They are humorous.	D．They are hard-working.

4. What did the author do in Ella in the afternoon?

A．He toured the town.	B．He stayed in the hotel.
C．He visited an old railway bridge.	D．He enjoyed the beautiful scenery.

3 . I was making a stop on my book tour. A sweet woman approached me, and pleasantly _______ she wouldn't buy a book. She said she _______ wanted to ask me a question: How did I get into acting and how did I _______ to stay in it? I was _______the performance, so I didn't want to waste energy with a long response. I said, "Persistence," without thinking.

She laughed and said, "Well, sure. That's true with everything, right?"

A light came on in my brain. She was righter than she knew. I said, "Yes, but not how you mean. Success is a _______of persistence. So is failure. We become whatever we're persistent at. I had friends who were always exactly 20minutes late－persistently late. You could set your _______by them. I know actors who persistently destroy their own chances. They don't _______ enough. They don't learn their lines. Persistently."

A lot of the time our methods of working are a series of habits, good and bad, we _______sometime in the past. Habits feel_______. My ex-acting teacher once said, "Comfort is the enemy of the artist."

I wasn't crazy about his statement back then, because I was uncomfortable, but still wasn't an artist. I see the ________ of it now. People________take the easy path. It's human nature to look for the________ at the back of the book. We often see the effort in finding better habits as a problem to be avoided, but in doing so, we persistently waste our ________.

As actors, we know we can become anything with enough rehearsal. ________look at what you do persistently. If you don't like your habits, change them. No matter what your passion is the power to ________the map of your life is essential.

1.

A．suggested

B．admitted

C．shouted

D．decided

2.

A．even

B．hardly

C．just

D．also

3.

A．attempt

B．consider

C．refuse

D．manage

4.

A．tired from

B．annoyed about

C．fed up with

D．happy with

5.

A．product

B．cause

C．factor

D．kind

6.

A．standard

B．watch

C．goal

D．speed

7.

A．reflect

B．create

C．refuse

D．prepare

8.

A．broke

B．chose

C．developed

D．arranged

9.

A．annoying

B．comfortable

C．confident

D．useless

10.

A．wisdom

B．beauty

C．hope

D．history

11.

A．never

B．persistently

C．fortunately

D．unwillingly

12.

A．contents

B．questions

C．pages

D．answers

13.

A．money

B．time

C．effort

D．potential

14.

A．So

B．But

C．And

D．Instead

15.

A．read

B．follow

C．redraw

D．lose

4 . Imagine this: you walk into work and the camera above the doors scans your face, opening them automatically without you lifting a finger. Oh, but you need to run to the chemist's at lunch. You walk up to a camera, and your prescription（药方）is deposited in front of you. After work, you look at your face in the mirror, and it reminds you to wear sun-cream the next day. Sounds pretty good, right?

Now imagine this: when you are walking down the street, a pair of policemen pull their guns and tell you to drop to the ground. After several days in jail, they let you know you were misidentified as a violent criminal on the loose. Regardless of your innocence, you're in the system. Now wherever you go, cameras that capture you will alert police to watch out for you. Even worse, as you enter stores, the facial recognition system lets the staff know a recently arrested individual has entered the building. Doesn't sound so good?

As fantastical as either of those pictures might seem, it's quite possible that this will be the future we're headed towards. The "benefits" of the technology are already being implemented by airlines, as seen by JetBlue Airways. Rather than scanning a boarding pass or handing over a passport, you simply stare into a camera and you're identified. This does save time and make processes the best possible, but it raises the question: do you have the right to your own face? Who is responsible for the protection of this information? Can I even remove my face from this database and just go the old-fashioned way?

We humans have the never-ending need to make things smoother, better and faster. This desire has helped drive the remarkable progress we have achieved as a society. However, it's time to take a step back and ask some necessary questions. We need to discuss whether we actually need the extensive use of facial recognition technology and how to ensure law enforcement (执行) doesn't abuse this technology. If we act now, I believe we can succeed in preventing technology companies from infiltrating（潜入）every aspect of our lives. If we don't, though, I fear the worst.

1. What does the underlined word "fantastical" probably mean?

A．Unreal.

B．Optimistic.

C．Reasonable.

D．Unbearable.

2. What is the downside of facial recognition technology?

A．Inequality of rights.	B．Disorder of society.
C．Violation of privacy.	D．Denial of responsibility.

3. What may be to blame for the negative effect of facial recognition technology?

A．Improper enforcement of laws.	B．People's lack of awareness.
C．Ignorance of the technology.	D．Companies' pursuit of profit.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．How do we live safely with facial recognition technology?

B．Are we prepared for the use of facial recognition technology?

C．What will the future be like without facial recognition technology?

D．Can we prevent the development of facial recognition technology?

5 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

A．dignity             B．cherished               C．privacy                  D．emergencies E．conservative       F． practices               G．annoying

Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. You have to learn different cultural     1     and try to adapt to them.

Chinese people do not have the same concept of     2     as Americans do. They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is     3     and intrusive.

As is well known, the Chinese like to save. They are always     4     when they are planning to spend money. It is different in the USA, where far fewer families are saving money for    5     and education than their Chinese counterparts.

6 . One of our most firmly established ideas of masculinity（男子气概）is that men don't cry. Although he might weep bitter tears at a funeral, a real man is expected to quickly regain control. Sobbing openly is for girls. But historical and literary evidence suggests that, in the past, not only did men cry in public, but no one saw it as weak or shameful.    1    

In written records of the Middle Ages, we find one ambassador repeatedly bursting into tears when addressing Philip the Good, and the entire audience at a peace conference throwing themselves on the ground, sobbing and weeping as they listen to the speeches. Still more remarkably, there's no mention of the men in these stories trying to hold back or hide their tears. No one pretends to have something in his eye.    2     They cry in a crowded hall with their heads held high.

    3    The most obvious possibility is that this shift is the result of changes that took place as we moved from a feudal（封建的），agricultural society to one that was urban and industrial. In the Middle Ages, a typical village had only 50 — 300 inhabitants, most of them related by blood or marriage. If men cried, they did so with people who would empathize. But from the 18th through the20th centuries, the population became increasingly urbanised.     4     Furthermore, changes in the economy required men to work together in factories and offices where emotional expression and even private conversation were discouraged as time-wasting.

Yet human beings weren't designed to swallow their emotions, and there's reason to believe that holding back tears can be harmful to your well-being. Research from the 1980s has suggested a relationship between a person's rate of stress-related illnesses and inadequate crying.     5     A study has found that in countries where people cry the most, they also report the highest levels of satisfaction.

So it might be time to return to the free-flowing tears of the past. When misfortune strikes, let us all — men and women — join together and cry until our sleeves are soaked.

A．So where did all the male tears go?

B．No one makes an excuse to leave the room.

C．Soon, people were living in the midst of thousands- of strangers

D．Weeping is also, contrary to all expectations, correlated with happiness.

E．The question remains whether inadequate crying is harmful or beneficial.

F．In fact, male weeping was regarded as normal for most of recorded history.

G．Despite the considerable evidence, men can't express feelings freely by any means.

7 . 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。

The successful launch of the probe（探测器）Tianwen l on Thursday in Wenchang, South China's Hainan province, marks the     1     (begin) of the country's efforts to find out more about Mars.

The probe will travel about seven months    2     it reaches Mars, where it will place a rover（火星车）to wander around the surface. The rover, which has yet to be named, is l.85 meters tall and     3     (weigh) about 240 kilograms. It has six wheels and four solar panels and will be able to move     4     a speed of 200 meters per hour on Mars. The rover carries six

    5     (science)instruments including a multispectral camera, subsurface penetrating radar and a meteorological measuring device. It will use the instruments     6     (examine) Mars' surface compositions, geological structures, environment and possibly water.

The vehicle     7     (expect) to operate for about three months on     8    planet. It is of great significance to humankind's exploration of outer space. If the     9     (high) autonomous machine works well, it will become the world's fifth operational Mars rover,     10     (follow) the previous four from the United States.

8 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

A．marked             B．released                 C．introduced             D．optimistic E．eager                 F． recognized            G．observed

Professor Mayer,     1     by many as a leading expert in the study of changes to People's EQs, recently    2    the findings of a study on senior high school students. When some normal students were     3    to some disabled students, they found that afterwards they were more willing to help people in difficulties. They also showed a better understanding of the disabled students' feelings. At the same time, there was a    4     change in the disabled students' attitudes. They became more positive about their disabilities and were more     5    to try new things. People with high EQs often have positive attitudes towards life and open minds to different ideas.

9 . If you're like many people, you may have decided that you want to spend less time staring at your phone. It's a good idea: an increasing body of evidence suggests that the time we spend on our smartphones is affecting our sleep, self-respect, relationships, memory, attention, creativity, productivity and problem solving and decision-making skills.

Until now, most discussions of phones' biochemical effects have focused on dopamine (多巴胺)，a brain chemical that helps us form habits. Smart-phones and apps are designed to cause dopamine's release, with the goal of making our phones difficult to put down.

But our phones' effects on cortisol（皮质醇）are potentially even more alarming. Cortisol is our primary fight-or-flight hormone. Its release（释放） causes our bodies' changes, such as a jump in blood pressure, heart rate and blood sugar, that help us react to and survive acute physical threats. But by raising levels of cortisol, our phones may be threatening our health and shortening our lives.

The average American spends four hours a day staring at their smart-phone and keeps it within arm's reach nearly all the time, according to a tracking app called Moment. The result, as Google has noted in a report, is that "mobile phones loaded with social media, email and news apps" create "a constant sense of commitment bringing unintended personal stress."

"Your cortisol levels are increased when your phone is in sight or nearby, or when you hear it or even think you hear it," says David Greenfield, professor at the University of Connecticut School. "It's a stress response, and it feels unpleasant, and the body's natural response is to want to check the phone to make the stress go away."

But while doing so might comfort you for a second, it probably will make things worse in the long run. Any time you check your phone, you're likely to find something else stressful waiting for you, leading to another increase in cortisol and another desire to check your phone to your anxiety go away. This cycle, when continuously strengthened, leads to increased cortisol levels, which have been tied to an increased risk of serious health problems, including depression, obesity, high blood pressure, heart attack and so on.

1. What phone-related effect is dopamine responsible for?

A．Memory loss.	B．Increased mental stress.
C．A behavioral addiction.	D．Poor sleep quality.

2. What can we infer about cortisol according to the text?

A．Its decrease will improve heart rate.

B．Its release will lower blood pressure.

C．Its release has no benefits for humans.

D．Its increase is related to personal stress.

3. What may be further talked about after the last paragraph?

A．Ways to make phones less stressful.

B．Benefits of reducing dopamine levels.

C．Reasons why cortisol levels are increased.

D．Bad results of checking phones frequently.

4. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Entertainment.

B．Health.

C．Technology.

D．Education.

10 . When I tell people I attended an all-girls school since age 4, I'm met with expressions of either confusion, shock, curiosity or some combination of the three. I get the same responses:   Why? Was it horrible? But how did you meet boys?

Contrary to what many people immediately assume, judging from their looks of sympathy, I really enjoyed going to an all-girls school. Going to a single-sex school shaped me in many valuable ways and allowed me to build amazing friendships.

When it comes to single-sex education, I reject the idea that being in a single-sex environment makes one unable to interact with members of the opposite sex later in life.   Contrary to this popular belief, everyone I knew at my school and other single-sex schools not only knew how to interact smoothly with members of the opposite sex, but they were also able to form actual friendships with those people outside of school time. Although the majority of my close friends were girls, I didn't get away from the outside world. Being in a single-sex environment also encouraged me to make more friends outside of school. These experiences gave me invaluable skills, many of which I have used in my first few weeks here at Stanford in making friends and building relationships.

Another common belief about all-girls schools in particular is the presence of unfriendly behavior between students. There are unavoidably conflicts in all schools at some points, but I never noticed a connection between single-sex schools and much disagreement. I would say that conflicts don't depend on whether you're at a single-sex or not, but rather on the personalities of the people you surround yourself with.

I will be forever grateful for the experiences I had and the relationships I formed in my all-girls school environment, but I'm equally so happy to be where I am now, experiencing new things everyday and growing more and more in the process.

1. What does the author intend to do in paragraph l?

A．Lead in to the topic.

B．Ask readers some questions.

C．Summarize people's responses.

D．Provide background information.

2. What does the underlined phrase “this popular belief” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Students in single-sex schools can’t make new friends.

B．Students in single-sex schools can't get along well with others.

C．Students in single-sex schools can't have the right concept of sex.

D．Students in single-sex schools can't communicate with the opposite sex.

3. According to the author, what causes conflicts in schools?

A．Single-sex environment.	B．Disagreement.
C．People's character.	D．Mixed-sex environment.

4. What does the author think of all-girls schools?

A．They have beautiful environment.

B．They have more friendly students.

C．They are better than ordinary schools.

D．They offer students valuable experiences.