1 . Becca was 6 when she was told she had cancer on Sept. 8, 2014. She clearly remembers the bad days of her 26 months of non -stop treatment. Luckily, Becca celebrated her final treatment on Nov. 13, 2016, and she has been cancer-free ever since. But she was thinking about what her life was like while experiencing the treatment.

“I was never able to do much, and that’s what the kids lying in their hospital beds right now experience, asking their mom and dad, ‘When are we leaving? When can I play with my friends?’ So I decided I have to help them.”

In February, 2017, Becca came up with the idea for Knots and Arrows, a company that makes bracelets (手镯) out of swimsuit materials (泳衣布料). Part of the money made from each bracelet goes to the organizations that help people with cancer.

Becca created the company with her father, Gerhard Salmins. Gerhard Salmins once had cancer and already recovered from it. “I would be in the hospital sitting there crying and then my dad would come in and he would play games with me,” she said. “It made me forget about what I was going through” Becca said the name of the organization shows the motto (座右铭) she stuck to through her personal cancer journey.

Her organization has already given thousands of dollars to research organizations and families in need. Becca said she hoped her bracelets would make people remember that great things can result from small changes. “No matter what age you are, what you look like, and how you act, you can make a difference!”she said.

1. What happened to Becca at the end of 2016?

A．She recovered from cancer.	B．She created an organization.
C．She raised a lot of money.	D．She was helped by a company.

2. What do we know about Becca’s father?

A．He showed Becca a famous motto.	B．He fought off cancer successfully.
C．He advised Becca to forget her pain.	D．He named the company Knots and Arrows.

3. Which of the following words can best describe Becca?

A．Negative.

B．Creative.

C．Caring.

D．Clever.

4. In Becca’s opinion, what’s the meaning of her bracelets?

A．To tell us having a motto is important.

B．To prove cancer can be got over successfully.

C．To show there’s always someone who needs help.

D．To make us realize everyone can make a difference.

3 . Since smartphones were invented, more and more people have been addicted to them. The addiction to phones has spread to running. They’re perfectly used during a run outside. Smart phones can provide music for you and track your route. But experts warn that it’s not a good idea to hold your phone in your hand while you go out for a run because it could cause hip (臀部) and shoulder injuries.

Professional UK Athletics running coach, Alexa, asks runners to carry phones in a fanny pack (腰包) instead.“When you hold something in your hands, there are slightly indirect influences on your pace. It influences the balance of muscles (肌肉), affects the weight of some body parts, and makes you run less fast,” she tells Cosmopolitan UK.“This could be happening every time you train, week after week, month after month.” And as mobile phones get bigger and heavier, the more injuries are likely to happen.

People like to always hold their phones in the same hand. It’s a force of habit. With one arm heavier, your body will try to compensate for the imbalance, by working certain muscles harder than others.

The other risk of running with phones in hand, of course, is damaging the screen of your phones if you fall. It’s very expensive to change a screen. Some of the latest phones can close to $300.

1. Why do experts think it is unsuitable to run with a smartphone?

A．It affects people’s hearing.

B．It makes people lose eyesight.

C．It does harm to parts of people’s bodies.

D．It causes people to fall down and get lost.

2. What does Alexa advise people to do?

A．Carry smartphones in a bag.

B．Avoid touching smartphones with your hands.

C．Watch smartphones when running.

D．Carry smartphones in a fanny pack.

3. What does the underlined phrase “compensate for” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Meet up with.	B．Make up for.
C．Face up to.	D．Come up with.

4. If you fall while running with you phones, you will risk _______.

A．changing a phone number	B．changing a screen
C．changing shoes	D．changing direction

5. Holding phones while running influences the balance of   _______, and makes you run less fast.

A．muscles	B．weight
C．feet	D．brain

4 . It can be difficult to encourage ourselves to go for a run during winter, particularly when it’s wet and windy outside. But new research has found that even a super-quick run could have great health benefits. In fact, it seems that just a 10-minute run will not only make us feel better, but could actually improve brain health, too. Now, we all know that exercise can improve mental and physical health in many ways.

But when it comes to mental well-being, there’s been relatively little research done on the specific benefits of running, compared with other physical activities, such as cycling. So this was something put to the test during a recent study. Researchers from University of Tsukuba in Japan asked participants (参加者) to run on a treadmill (跑步机) for just 10 minutes. They then had to take a Stroop Color and Word Test which is used to measure reaction time in brain processing. Results showed there was a highest point in self-reported pleasure and an increase in degree of activity of the brain.

In other words, runners were found to have an increase in blood flow in the part of the brain that’s associated with dealing with functions and controlling mood (情绪). Researchers then compared these results to a similar study on cycling, which also showed improved cognition (认知), but no mood improvement. Therefore, it seems various types of exercise can make us feel differently.

The authors noted, “Given exercise is medicine, the effects of drugs differ depending on the type of drug, and different types of exercise such as running and cycling should be observed to have different effects on mental health and brain functions as well.”

So pushing ourselves to get outside for a run really will make us feel better, probably more than other fitness activities. And these findings show that we don’t necessarily need to do a lot of exercise to feel the benefit of it.

1. What did the new research find?

A．Running fast benefits all of us.	B．Running is the best exercise.
C．A short time run can be beneficial.	D．A healthy mind encourages us to run.

2. How did the researchers get the result?

A．By using different drugs on participants.	B．By interviewing some sportsmen.
C．By collecting information on the Internet.	D．By doing experiments and comparisons.

3. Which is related to our happiness?

A．Cycling.

B．Medicine.

C．Blood flow.

D．Colors.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．We should go for a run in winter.

B．Running really benefits us mentally.

C．We don’t need a lot of exercise.

D．Running on a treadmill is better than running outside.

5. There is _______ improvement in mood after doing some cycling, according to the research results.

A．no

B．great

C．less

D．more

5 . The earliest newspapers started in ancient Rome. They were handwritten news sheets. The first printed newspapers appeared in China during the Tang dynasty, which were printed from carved wooden blocks. Modern papers first appeared in Venice, Italy in the middle of the 14th century. The newspapers of today, with advertising and a mixture of political, economic, and social news and comments, were started in Britain in the mid-18th century.

The main function of newspapers is to report news. Many newspapers also provide special information to readers, such as weather reports and television timetables. They also provide comments on politics, economics, arts and culture. Almost all newspapers depend on advertising to make money. Nearly six out of ten adults in the United States and Canada read a newspaper every day. Seven out of ten read a paper each weekend. Readers search newspapers for detailed background information and analysis. This is what television and radio news reports seldom offer. Newspapers tell readers what happened, and they also help readers understand what caused an event and how it will affect the world around them.

The workers at large newspaper companies work under a lot of stress to bring news to readers as soon as possible. Reporters, photographers, artists, and editors collect articles in just a few hours. Page designers select articles, photos, advertisements, and eye-catching headlines to make the pages, and then rush their work to the printer. Printing workers may work overnight around printing presses to churn out more than 60,000 copies per hour.

1. Modern newspapers were first made in ________.

A．China

B．Ancient Rome

C．Italy

D．Britain

2. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Jobs related to newspapers.	B．Contents in each page of a newspaper.
C．The production levels of newspaper.	D．The fast speed of newspaper production.

3. We can infer everything from the passage EXCEPT that ________.

A．few newspapers have no advertising

B．many adults in America read newspapers every day

C．people can read about different issues in newspapers

D．newspapers will become less popular as TV develops

4. The phrase “churn out” in the last paragraph probably means ________.

A．press

B．produce

C．publish

D．sell

5. The first printed newspaper appeared in ______.

A．Rome

B．China

C．Italy

D．Britain

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1. Whom does Mathnasium of North Oxford teach maths?

A．Teenagers.

B．Adults.

C．Babies.

D．Graduates.

2. What is special about Mathnasium of North Oxford?

A．Its large-sized classes.	B．Its location.
C．Its individual teaching.	D．Its school environment.

3. Where can you find the ad?

A．In the newspaper.

B．On the poster.

C．On the Internet.

D．Over the radio.

7 . When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was very _________, I wasn’t a good student, I_________ too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to bear all this _________I could. But at last, I became very _________. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me _________. Then he asked, “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re like? Well, you now have that girl’s _________. Go and make a list of everything she said and _________ the points that are true. Pay _________attention to the other things she said.”

I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t _________(like being very thin), but a good number I could — and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a clear __________of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He __________to take it. “That’s just for __________,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the __________about yourself. But you have to learn to __________, not just close your ears in anger feeling __________. When something said about you is true , you’ll find it will be of __________to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, __________hear the truth and do what you know is the __________ thing to do.

Daddy’s advice has __________me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a __________piece of advice.

1.

A．strong

B．thin

C．tall

D．fat

2.

A．suffered

B．offered

C．talked

D．did

3.

A．if

B．as long as

C．until

D．by the time

4.

A．afraid

B．shocked

C．foolish

D．angry

5.

A．angrily

B．quietly

C．in surprise

D．in disappointment

6.

A．opinion

B．purpose

C．thought

D．disadvantages

7.

A．miss

B．mark

C．tell

D．improve

8.

A．some

B．more

C．much

D．no

9.

A．believe

B．accept

C．judge

D．change

10.

A．thought

B．decision

C．picture

D．memory

11.

A．refused

B．decided

C．promised

D．pretended

12.

A．me

B．you

C．all

D．her

13.

A．secret

B．information

C．truth

D．trouble

14.

A．listen

B．fight back

C．think

D．protect yourself

15.

A．unfair

B．stupid

C．happy

D．hurt

16.

A．the same

B．help

C．interest

D．no value

17.

A．even

B．or

C．but

D．and

18.

A．right

B．usual

C．different

D．special

19.

A．belonged to

B．returned to

C．stuck to

D．passed to

20.

A．worse

B．good

C．bad

D．better

8 . When I first arrived in Australia at the age of 16 to go to high school for one year and live with a host family, I was completely over the moon about everything. I had been planning for many months. But, even though all exchange students participated in a one-day preparatory meeting, culture shock couldn't be avoided.

Those first weeks are so-called “honeymoon phase Ⅰ” where you are happy to be in that culture. However, this feeling didn’t last forever. After about two months, differences became more evident. I started missing my friends and family more and more. Frustrating thoughts increasingly occupied my head-nobody really understands me, and my English is not good enough. I wish people would just he able to speak German for one day! I wish public transportation would work the same way as at home! And so on. I knew it was “honeymoon phase Ⅱ”.

Over the next few months, though, I slowly and unknowingly entered the “adjustment phase”. I developed my own little routine, learnt to adapt to stress through various techniques, and made many new friends. My English improved dramatically!

I understood Australian culture better and better. That was a major breakthrough for me personally. Every day I felt more and more comfortable with my new home. I adopted many new traits（特征） while also keeping earlier ones from my home country. I would often refer to myself as “having a second nationality”. This process which happened over my last few months abroad is called the “mastery phase”. My happiest moment was when my dear friend one day said during a conversation, “You are Australian now, Jude! You sound just like us!”

I want to point out that the effects of culture shock are different for everyone and can result in different behaviour and feelings. The timing of the different phases also varies a lot from person to person. One thing is for sure-though culture shock is unavoidable, acceptance is the first step towards adjusting better to a foreign culture.

1. According to the passage,which phase is the most difficult to go through?

A．Honeymoon phase Ⅰ.	B．Honeymoon phase Ⅱ.
C．Adjustment phase.	D．Mastery phase.

2. What happened in the “mastery phase”?

A．The author got rid of his earlier habits.

B．The author quitted his nationality.

C．The author adjusted to the culture better.

D．The author made many new friends.

3. What’s the most important thing to deal with culture shock?

A．Ignoring it.

B．Avoiding it.

C．Accepting it.

D．Changing it.

10 . In the dictionary of Jessica Cox, a woman aged 36 from Tucson, Arizona, there seems to be no such words——can’t or impossible. How does that ________?

Jessica was born without ________ but that has only ________ her doing one thing: using the word “can’t”. While she________ prosthetic limbs (义肢) as a child, she finally gave them up and used her feet to________ everyday tasks. “Prosthetic limbs can never________ the tactile (触觉的) ability of flesh and bone——but my feet have that ability,” she said.

She has lived with her ________ since birth with no explanation of why she was born________ what most of us________ as essential (基本的) parts, and she has been proving that she can do________ people with arms can do, ________ what most people are proud of. With her feet, she can eat with chopsticks, type on a keyboard, play the piano and even surf on the sea. To our________, she became the first armless black belt in the American Tae Kwon Do Assocaition. But what ________ people most is that in 2008, she became the first________ to fly a plane with her feet, ________ her a Guinness World Record.

Now Jessica and her husband are working together touring the world as Jessica gives encouraging speeches. “I wanted to________ others not to let fear stand ________ of their opportunities.”

So, next time you are ________ to tell yourself “I can’t possibly …”, remember this ________ woman and change the vocabulary in your________.

1.

A．take down

B．take place

C．take apart

D．take up

2.

A．arms

B．legs

C．feet

D．ears

3.

A．kept

B．believed

C．enlarged

D．stopped

4.

A．dressed

B．equipped

C．wore

D．applied

5.

A．perform

B．operate

C．direct

D．lead

6.

A．reduce

B．remind

C．replace

D．react

7.

A．confidence

B．condition

C．comment

D．contact

8.

A．with

B．in

C．by

D．without

9.

A．regard

B．refer

C．skim

D．watch

10.

A．anything

B．nothing

C．none

D．neither

11.

A．overcoming

B．ensuring

C．achieving

D．entertaining

12.

A．disappointment

B．regret

C．attraction

D．amazement

13.

A．expressed

B．impressed

C．explored

D．influenced

14.

A．pilot

B．physicist

C．director

D．driver

15.

A．exporting

B．exploring

C．earning

D．exchanging

16.

A．demand

B．support

C．surround

D．encourage

17.

A．in a way

B．by the way

C．on the way

D．in the way

18.

A．willing

B．ready

C．confused

D．content

19.

A．outgoing

B．wealthy

C．excellent

D．thoughtful

20.

A．book

B．dictionary

C．notebook

D．argument