1 . George Springer helped his team Houston Astros win the World Series in 2017. He was awarded the Most Valuable Player, ______ his struggle is mostly hidden. His ______ is not in trying to hit a fastball, but in ______ it. He stutters(口吃).

Growing up in Connecticut, Springer was the kid who would ______ raise his hand in school, the kid ______ every time he opened his mouth.

“I was the guy who didn’t talk,’’ he said. “I would ______ speaking at all costs.’’

He was often ______. Sometimes he was bullied(欺侮). The phone was suffering to him. ______were worse. If he wanted a dish that he knew would be tough to say, he would ______. If he was with his family, his sister Nicole would ______ for him.

He remembers a couple of attempts at speech therapy(语言治疗), but he said he was ______ with encouraging parents, an ability to ______ himself in sports, and a small group of friends who ______.

“If therapy works for you, ______. But for me, I also developed my own ______ to handle it,’’ he said. “Besides, when I was around all my friends, it didn’t really seem to ______ them. If I did it, they would ______ until I was done, then finish the conversation.’’

To help other kids ______ the same issue, Springer frequently appeared in interviews and even agreed to wear a microphone ______ during the 2017 All-Star Game. He then added “I can’t let anything in life I can’t ______ slow me down or stop me from being who I want to be.’’ These 22 words proved it.

1.

A．so

B．yet

C．and

D．since

2.

A．strength

B．fault

C．goal

D．difficulty

3.

A．talking about

B．dealing with

C．thinking about

D．playing with

4.

A．even

B．sometimes

C．often

D．never

5.

A．in delight

B．in fear

C．in relief

D．in trouble

6.

A．forbid

B．prefer

C．regret

D．avoid

7.

A．deserted

B．scared

C．teased

D．attacked

8.

A．Classes

B．Restaurants

C．Foods

D．Debates

9.

A．gesture

B．weep

C．signal

D．beg

10.

A．take

B．pay

C．order

D．cook

11.

A．blessed

B．getting along

C．provided

D．fed up

12.

A．refresh

B．relax

C．enjoy

D．express

13.

A．cared

B．forgave

C．understood

D．approved

14.

A．interesting

B．great

C．unique

D．strange

15.

A．ways

B．interest

C．habits

D．taste

16.

A．amaze

B．hurt

C．aid

D．bother

17.

A．laugh

B．press

C．wait

D．panic

18.

A．raising

B．facing

C．confusing

D．settling

19.

A．on field

B．in school

C．at home

D．on stage

20.

A．grasp

B．possess

C．control

D．defend

2 . Music. We hear it everywhere, every day. Getting into a lift, going around a supermarket or simply relaxing at home, music is our constant companion. And music can have a significant effect on the way we think and feel, so it's worth paying attention to what we're listening to.

Music can have a powerful effect on our moods, in terms of both reducing and increasing stress. Listening to calm gentle music in bed can help us drop off to sleep. Some airlines play smoothing music on board planes at take-off and landing, to calm nervous travelers. Athletes often listen to fast loud music to help them prepare for games. The American swimmer Michael Phelps is known to listen to rap music before important races to help pump him up.

The mood-altering effect of music can be especially acute for the people who actually play the music. Musicians who do not have high self-esteem (自尊心) can suddenly overflow with confidence once they go on stage. It's as though the music gives them a different personality.

And it's not only those who feel ill at ease with themselves who can benefit. Scientists have conducted research into the effect of music on students studying for exams. They found that listening to calm music with a regular beat can actually help students recall facts and improve their performance in exams. Classical music, preferably something by Mozart, seems to have the most beneficial effect. A word of caution, however: it's best not to over-rely on this method, as you won't be able to listen to music in an exam.

For most of us though, music is one of life's great pleasures. And it's a pleasure that endures. Researchers have found that we don't often grow out of the music that we love as teenagers, because our musical tastes are such a huge part of our identity, personality and outlook on life. So don't delete those songs you downloaded when you were fifteen - you'll probably still love them when you're fifty.

1. What would be the best kind of music to play to nervous drivers stuck in traffic jam?

A．Rap music.	B．Gentle classical music.
C．Cheerful folk music.	D．Heavy metal music.

2. The word "acute" in paragraph 3 most probably means _______ in the passage.

A．powerful	B．controllable
C．complex	D．opposite

3. Which of the following statements about music is true according to the passage?

A．Pop music improves students' academic performance.

B．Music has magic power to change musicians' personality.

C．Music generally influence people's thoughts and emotions.

D．Sportsmen listen to fast music to relieve their stress before games.

4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Musical tastes affect our characters to a great extent.

B．We have to find ways to make the pleasure of music last.

C．We will be fond of different kinds of music as we grow up.

D．A part of our personality and tastes are well developed in our teens.

3 . 下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Two years before, I traveled to Brazil and I rented for a car. Unfortunate, I had an accident and hit another car, and I needed to stay in a hospital for at least two week. I called my parents, so I did not tell them what had happened. I knew that they will be worried about myself because I was so farther away, and that my mother would not sleep if she knew. Therefore, I told them interested stories and how I was enjoying Brazil. As a result, nobody knew truth. I still think that it was the right thing to do.

4 . The online takeaway industry is growing in China along with the rapid development of the Internet economy. But environmental activists complain that the huge volume of plastic utensils (用具), wrapping and containers presents a great challenge to the environment, and that the heavy use of throwaway wooden chopsticks is reducing natural resources.

On September 1, the Beijing No.4 Intermediate People’s Court accepted a lawsuit filed by the Chongqing Green Volunteer League, an environmental non-government organization (NGO), against the country’s three largest food delivery platforms—Baidu Waimai, Ele.me and Meituan. The NGO stated that the companies failed to provide customers with the choice to not receive throwaway plastic utensils along with their food deliveries. Meanwhile, these utensils have created large amounts of rubbish and caused serious ecological damage.

In response, both Meituan and Ele.me, which acquired Baidu Waimai in August, have promised to take measures to reduce plastic waste. Meituan announced that it would appoint a chief environmental officer to oversee environmental issues from plastic waste and upgrade its smartphone app to provide consumers with the option of ordering food without single-use chopsticks, spoons or napkins. Ele.me followed by offering a similar choice and putting forward a plan to introduce suppliers of degradable (可降解的) plastic utensils to restaurants in the long term.

Is there a possible way out? Combined efforts by delivery platforms, consumers, restaurants and government departments are required to address plastic waste pollution.

For platforms, promoting environmental protection and introducing this idea to consumers are a meaningful move. Moreover, in the future, they should also make strict rules on the use of plastic utensils. For example, no more than one plastic bag should be used to wrap soup dishes, and all plastic products should be degradable. It is a long and difficult task for them, and the recent reactions from Ele.me and Meituan are just beginnings.

Considering most takeout food packaging is thrown into garbage bins and then taken away along with other household garbage, sorting of waste also becomes more important. Government departments could play a major role in this, and by recycling some materials, waste pollution could be reduced and resources saved. Furthermore, there have been growing calls that the government should also invest more in developing degradable plastic products or environmentally friendly alternatives.

Though consumers enjoy the convenience yet also suffer exposure to the pollution, many of them have paid little attention to the plastic waste problem. Environmental groups suggest that consumers change their habits a little by using their own utensils and dishes and refusing unnecessary plastic containers.

1. The Chongqing Green Volunteer League accused the three food delivery platforms of ________.

A．causing damage to people’s health

B．violating environmental standards

C．using many wooden chopsticks

D．offering no utensil option

2. The author suggests food delivery platforms ________.

A．raise people’s awareness	B．research possible alternatives
C．upgrade their application design	D．hire a chief environmental officer

3. Who probably plays a more important role in promoting the categorization of rubbish?

A．Government departments.	B．Food delivery platforms.
C．Environmental groups.	D．Fast food restaurants.

4. The passage is mainly concerned with ________.

A．why environmental problems arise

B．who food delivery platforms affect most

C．how plastic utensil pollution can be solved

D．what efforts environmental groups have made

5 . 语法填空

Tea is one of the most favored drinks in our life． However， the origin of tea is lost among history     1     tales． What can be roughly confirmed is that tea originated in the southwest of China． According to ancient stories， the first person     2    （ discover） the effects of tea is said to be Shennong - the father of agriculture and herbal medicine in China． It     3    （ say） that Shennong once tried 72different kinds of poisonous plants in a day and he     4    （ lie） on the ground， barely alive． At this moment， he noticed several rather fragrant leaves     5    （drop） from the tree beside him． Out of curiosity and habit， Shennong put the leaves    6     his mouth and chewed them slowly． After a little while， he felt well and     7    （ energy） again． So he picked more leaves to eat and thus cleared    8    （he） body from poison．

The ancient Chinese medical book     9    （ call） Shennong Bencaojing states that"Tea tastes bitter． Drinking it， one can think quicker， sleep less， move more swiftly， and see     10     clearly．"This then was the earliest book to record the medicinal effects of tea．

6 . It’s important for children to take part in social activities during their summer holidays. “Kids should have a break during the summer. They’ve worked hard during the school year and this is their time to relax, but they should continue communicating with their friends and meeting new people,” said Dr. Jin Han. He’s a professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Spending time with friends and meeting new people by doing fun and educational activities such as music, arts and sports programs in summer help with their development. “If children spend a lot of time alone on their electronic equipment, then they will fail to communicate with others,” Han said. “In today’s world, it’s very easy for kids to stay indoors all day and keep in touch with others, but that is not a good way to connect with others. Face-to-face communication is necessary and important. Parents should restrict the time their children spend on electronic equipment. For example, the time they spend on their phones cannot be more than one hour a day.”

It’s also important for children to spend quality time with their parents and sisters or brothers. “It’s not the length of time, but the quality of time that families spend together that is really valuable,” Han said. “This type of communication is not something that you can get from anywhere else. It doesn’t matter how old the child is, because family bonding (人与人之间的关系) experiences can happen at any time.”

Having children spend time with friends and families doesn’t have to spend money in the wallet, either. For example, going to the neighborhood swimming pool or having a picnic is a great way to spend quality time together.

1. What does Dr. Jin Han think about the summer holidays according to the first paragraph?

A．It is necessary for children to have a rest during summer holidays.

B．Children should relax as much as possible during summer holidays.

C．Making new friends in summer holidays is difficult for children.

D．Children should prepare for schoolwork in summer holidays.

2. What does the underlined word “restrict” mean in Paragraph 2?

A．Increase.

B．Control.

C．Spend.

D．Employ.

3. What can we infer from children spending time with families?

A．How long children spend with families matters.

B．What to do with families depends on the parents.

C．When to spend time with families makes a difference.

D．How to enjoy the time with families is of great importance.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．The importance of friends and families.	B．The introduction of some social activities.
C．The suitable ways to spend summer holidays.	D．The necessity of face-to-face communication.

7 . GREAT VERMONT CORN MAZE

Come early, spend the day. Selected one of the top mazes in America. 16 acres of fun, new maze designs and surprises every year, miles of pathways, bridges, emergency exits, Kid Village, views, Barnyard Golf,100 of underground tunnels, petting animals. Open Aug. I through early Oct. 1404 Wheelock Rd., N. Danville. TEL: 802 -748-1399.

LINCOLN PEAK VINEYARD

Named Vermont's star wine producer in American Wine, 2013.Comc taste our wines, enjoy a glass, and walk in the vineyard. We make something for everyone -dry to sweet- entirely with grapes we grow. 142 River Rd., New Haven; 3 miles north of Middlebury.802-388-7368.

BENNINGTON MUSEUM

Celebrating the creativity of Vermont across time with diverse art, rich history and innovation. The museum houses the largest public collection of paintings by folk artist Grandma Moses, l8th century paintings and furniture, a 1924Martin Wasp, motorcar, works by Bennington Modernists including Jules Olitski, Paul Feeley and others.75 Main St, Bennington. TEL: 802-447-1571.

BENNINGTON POTTERS

A Vermont tradition for 66 years! Take a free tour of the factory just behind our home style store at 324 County St., downtown Bennington. Shop from our full line of original design dinner ware, bake ware, mugs and more; furnishings for the home; everything for the table. Store and factory open. Mon.-Sat.9:30-6pm, Sun. 10-5 pm. TEL:800-205- 8033.

HIDDEN SPRINGS MAPLE

Take a free, guided tour of our maple canning room, taste our different grades of maple sytud (枫糖)and shop for a variety of local products including maple syrup from a number of local farms, gift baskets, arts and crafts. 23 Westminster Rd. TEL: 802-387-5200.

1. What does the underlined word “house" mean?

A．a building for people to live in

B．all the people living in a house

C．to keep something in a building

D．to provide somebody with a place to live

2. If a tourist wants to try maple syrup, he'd better go to ________.

A．GREAT VERMONT CORN MAZE

B．LINCOLN PEAK VINEYARD

C．BENNINGTON POTTERS

D．HIDDEN SPRINGS MAPLE

3. If you're interested in kitchen stuff you'd better call ________.

A．802 -748-1399	B．800-205- 8033
C．802-387-5200	D．802-388-7368

4. To visit Great Vermont Com Maze, which period of time is suitable?

A．September 10.	B．October 21.
C．9:30-6pm every Monday.	D．10-5 pm every Sunday.

5. A person who enjoys drinking will probably choose ________.

A．the museum at 75 Main St, Bennington

B．the vineyard 3 miles north of Middlebury

C．the potter factory at 324 County St.

D．the maze at 1404 Wheelock Rd. N. Danville

8 . If you could be anybody in the world, who would it be? Your neighbour or a super star? A few people have experienced what it might be like to step into the skin of another person, thanks to an unusual virtual reality（虚拟现实）device. Rikke Wahl, an actress, model and artist, was one of the participants in a body swapping experiment at the Be Another lab, a project developed by a group of artists based in Barcelona. She swapped with her partner, an actor, using a machine called The Machine to Be Another and temporarily became a man. "As I looked down, I saw my whole body as a man, dressed in my partner's pants," she said. "That's the picture I remember best."
The set-up is relatively simple. Both users wear a virtual reality headset with a camera on the top. The video from each camera is sent to the other person, so what you see is the exact view of your partner. If she moves her arm, you see it. If you move your arm, she sees it.
To get used to seeing another person's body without actually having control of it, participants start by raising their arms and legs very slowly, so that the other can follow along. Eventually, this kind of slow synchronised（同步的）movement becomes comfortable, and participants really start to feel as though they are living in another person's body.
Using such technology promises to alter people's behaviour afterwards-potentially for the better. Studies have shown that virtual reality can be effective in fighting racism-the bias（偏见）that humans have against those who don't look or sound like them. Researchers at the University of Barcelona gave people a questionnaire called the Implicit Association Test, which measures the strength of people's associations between, for instance, black people and adjectives such as good, bad, athletic or awkward. Then they asked them to control the body of a dark skinned digital character using virtual reality glasses, before taking the test again. This time, the participants' bias scores were lower. The idea is that once you've "put yourself in another's shoes" you're less likely to think ill of them, because your brain has internalised the feeling of being that person.
The creators of The Machine to Be Another hope to achieve a similar result. "At the end of body swapping, people feel like holding each other in their arms," says Arthur Pointeau, a programmer with the project. "It's a really nice way to have this kind of experience. I would really, really recommend it to everyone."
1. The word "swapping" (paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to______.

A．building

B．exchanging

C．controlling

D．transplanting

2. We can infer from the experiment at the Be Another lab that______.

A．our feelings are related to our bodily experience

B．we can learn to take control of other people's bodies

C．participants will live more passionately after the experiment

D．The Machine to Be Another can help people change their sexes

3. In the Implicit Association Test, before the participants used virtual reality glasses to control a dark skinned digital character, ______.

A．they fought strongly against racism

B．they scored lower on the test for racism

C．they changed their behaviour dramatically

D．they were more biased against those unlike them

4. It can be concluded from the passage that______.

A．technology helps people realize their dreams

B．our biases could be eliminated through experiments

C．virtual reality helps promote understanding among people

D．our points of view about others need changing constantly

9 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

It’s never easy to admit the mistakes you make, but doing so is an important step toward moving forward.

National Geographic magazine recently published an article with the title “For decades, our coverage was racist. To rise above our past, we    1     acknowledge it.” It was written by the magazine’s editor-in-chief Susan Goldberg, the first woman and first Jewish person     2    (hold) the position. National Geographic has acknowledged that its coverage of black and minority ethnic people in America and the wider world had been historically racist, frequently promoting caricatures (讽刺画) of the “noble savage (野蛮人)” and barely     3     (feature) the US’s minority ethnic population.

According to Goldberg, the 130-year-old publication’s April issue “explores how race defines, separates, and unites us”. In honor of 50 years since the killing of Martin Luther King,    4     is known for fighting racial inequality in the US, the issue is devoted to race.

The population republished a number of examples of historical racism in its coverage. One 1916 article about Australia included a photo of two Indigenous Australians with the caption: “South Australian Blackfellows: These savages rank     5     (low) in intelligence of all human beings.”

To review its previous coverage of race, Goldberg asked University of Virginia John Edwin Mason to look back at the magazine’s text, choice of subjects, and photograph of people of color from the US and abroad. “Until the 1970s, National Geographic all but ignored people of color who lived in the United States, rarely acknowledging    6     beyond laborers or domestic workers,” Goldberg wrote about Mason’s findings. “Meanwhile, it pictured ‘natives’ elsewhere     7     exotics, famously and frequently unclothed, happy hunters, noble savages.”

Mason also found that the magazine often ran photos of “uncivilized” natives    8     (amaze) by “civilized” Western technology.

In recent years, however, the magazine has improved. For example, in a 2015 project, National Geographic gave cameras to young people in the Caribbean country of Haiti and asked them to shoot pictures of their everyday lives.

“The coverage wasn’t right before     9     it was told from a white American point of view, and I think it speaks to exactly     10     we needed a diversity of storytellers,” Goldberg told the Associated Press.

10 . Yassin Terou owns a restaurant in downtown Knoxville. One morning, he _______ early, only to find someone had attempted to rob his shop. A rock was _______ thrown through the window and broken pieces were seen everywhere. But since the food is made _______ each morning and the cash registers are _______ every night, the thief went away empty-handed.

After realizing the person who broke in was probably _______ in some way, Yassin, instead of being _______, put up a sign that read “If you are hungry or need emergency money, just _______ till we open! We are more than happy to _______ you when we are open!”

Sounds unbelievable, right? But to people who know Yassin, it is not _______ at all.

When he first arrived in the U.S. as a refugee （难民）, he struggled to find his__________ because of discrimination. But he quickly discovered the best way to fight the __________he felt was to be loving. With the help of local community （社区）,Yassin __________ a restaurant. He welcomes everyone into his restaurant, regardless of their __________. He knows and greets hundreds of __________ by name daily, and the relaxed and __________ atmosphere makes visiting feel like seeing family. At one point, Yassin was accused of “stealing __________ from Americans” by someone who was laid off. Despite the fact that he is a __________ citizen of this country and that he should just have ignored him, he calmly offered to __________ the man who charged him.

Yassin’s restaurant was __________ with the title of “Nicest Place of America” by Reader s Digest in 2018. His success comes from the kindness, love and __________ he shows in everything he does. And of course, the food is delicious too!

1.

A．dropped in

B．slipped away

C．showed up

D．moved out

2.

A．apparently

B．carelessly

C．casually

D．narrowly

3.

A．delicious

B．fresh

C．attractive

D．healthy

4.

A．checked

B．cleaned

C．removed

D．emptied

5.

A．hiding

B．compromising

C．suffering

D．cheating

6.

A．disappointed

B．annoyed

C．relieved

D．delighted

7.

A．wait

B．continue

C．escape

D．search

8.

A．forgive

B．accompany

C．treat

D．help

9.

A．satisfying

B．amusing

C．surprising

D．challenging

10.

A．place

B．strength

C．interest

D．style

11.

A．sympathy

B．hate

C．loneliness

D．anxiety

12.

A．inspected

B．visited

C．decorated

D．started

13.

A．appearances

B．ages

C．differences

D．characters

14.

A．residents

B．customers

C．tourists

D．neighbours

15.

A．friendly

B．informal

C．traditional

D．quiet

16.

A．money

B．food

C．dreams

D．jobs

17.

A．foreign

B．legal

C．former

D．wealthy

18.

A．promote

B．understand

C．employ

D．praise

19.

A．presented

B．associated

C．equipped

D．covered

20.

A．courage

B．enthusiasm

C．confidence

D．acceptance