1 . 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。

Last October I left the UK behind and joined Gillotts School on their rugby and hockey tour in sunny Italy. It was my first time away on a sports tour and I could not have enjoyed it     1     (much)! Five days of sports, between training and matches with Italian players, but also plenty     2    time for sightseeing and free moments to enjoy an ice cream in the sun.

    3     our flight had landed in Milan, we got on our coach and drove for a couple of hours towards our home for the week, the Hotel San Zeno, a     4     (comfort), family-run accommodation, with a splendid view of Lake Garda. Starting the day with a self-led training, enjoying a boat tour on the lake, wandering along the streets of Sirmione for a few hours and heading off     5     (play) a sport — these are just a few     6     (example) of the kind of adventures you could be having!

The girls and boys on this tour seemed to enjoy    7     (they) thoroughly, especially after winning ALL of their games! I found myself     8     (cheer) them on like a proud aunt and celebrating afterwards with food, drink and social time, hosted by rugby clubs after matches. On the last day we headed back to     9     airport, but not before stopping in Milan! We     10     (pay) a visit to the San Siro museum and enjoyed a stadium tour before moving on to Milan city centre for an afternoon of shopping.

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The first blockbuster (大片) of China set in space, “The Wandering Earth,” opens Tuesday during grand expectations     1     it will represent the dawning of a new era in Chinese filmmaking.

“The Wandering Earth,”     2     (show) in 3-D, takes place in a distant future in which the sun is about to expand into a red giant and devour (吞噬) the Earth. It     3     (adapt) from works by Liu Cixin, the writer     4     has led a renaissance in science fiction here,     5     (become) the first Chinese winner of the Hugo Award in 2015. His novels are splendid and     6     (deep) researched. That makes     7     (they) reasonable fantasies about humanity’s meeting with a dangerous universe. The openings also come as China reached a milestone in space: the landing of a probe on     8     far side of the moon in January. Although decades behind Russia and the United States, China has now put astronauts     9     orbit and has ambitious plans to join—or even lead—a new age of space exploration.

“I think there is a very close     10     (connect) between Chinese cinema and the nation’s fortunes,” said Sha Dan, a curator at the China Film Archive.

3 . Be cautious of Friday the 13^th！Many people think the day is unlucky.    1    （fortune）, there's only one Friday the 13^th this year. As the legend goes，you should try not     2    （break）any mirrors，walk under a ladder，or even spill any salt. Why？Researchers say    3     is tough to find out how the tradition came into being. Many believe it has     4    （religion）origins. In the Christian faith，there were 13 guests at table for the Last Supper，which was held the day before the Friday    5    Jesus died. Now，Friday the 13h has become a cultural wonder. Many Americans avoid the number 13 all together，    6    （include）hotel rooms and airplane seat assignments. It even costs couples less to get married on the day. There are many other    7    （explain）behind the luckless day. Simon Bronner，a professor of American studies at Pennsylvania State. University，    8    （believe）Friday the 13h is a way for people to pin their bad luck to a certain cause:. The fact should be    9    there's nothing special about the number itself. After all，the number 13     10    （consider）to be lucky in some countries，like Italy

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

As English learners, we have the alphabet clearly in our mind, in order, from a very young age. You can say the ABCs    1    rapid speed and some people can even say them backwards without     2    (think)about it. We certainly can't imagine the alphabet being in any other order. but how did the order we know today come to be?

There’s    3    (real) not an easy answer. No one woke up and decided to put the     4    (letter )in that order, the alphabet     5    (evolve)slowly over a long period of time to become     6    it is today. Our alphabet can date back to ancient Egypt. This first alphabet     7    (improve)by the Phoenicians around1000 BC,    8    (early)than the Greeks by 200 years, and we have them to thank for vowels (元音 ) From Greece, our alphabet traveled to Rome, and the Romans turned     9     into the“modern”alphabet, with letters we recognize today.

So why that order? While we don’t know for sure. some scholars assumed that the order came from memory cells in our brains meant     10    (help)people remember it-some kind of sentence where each letter became a full word, like the technique you used in school to remember the order of the planets.

5 . 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。

Which is the most significant classical Chinese painting? According to Paul Denlinger, who     1     ( come) to China many times when young, it should be Qingming Shanghe Tu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival. This    2    ( create) dates back to the Northern Song dynasty.

This painting is important    3     several reasons. First, up until this time, almost all Chinese     4     ( painting) were landscapes, which did not feature people at all or had only a few people.     5    ( two) , this is the first scroll (卷轴)painting to describe both Chinese urban and suburban life during the period in the capital, Bianjing ( now Kaifeng, in Henan province). Third, the painting is highly detailed,     6    ( feature ) shops of all kinds and different economic activities in and out of the city. People are able to see the Chinese technologies of the time, which helps them     7    great deal in understanding     8    the Chinese lived.

The Beijing Palace Museum keeps the    9    ( origin) Song painting and one of its famous copies—the Qing version     10    ( hold) in the M National Palace Museum” in Taipei.

6 . A study found that adolescents with early parental set bedtimes were significantly less likely to suffer from depression, suggesting that early bedtimes could have a protective effect by lengthening sleep.

Results show that adolescents with parental set bedtimes of midnight or later were 24% more likely to suffer from depression than adolescents with parental set bedtimes of 10 pm or earlier. Adolescents who reported that they usually sleep for five or fewer hours per night were more likely to suffer from acute muscle pains, dizziness, nausea and headaches than those who reported getting eight hours of nightly sleep. Participants who reported that they “usually get enough sleep” were less irritable than those who didn't.①

James E. Gangwisch, assistant professor at Columbia University Medical Center, said that the results strengthen the argument that short sleep duration could play a role in the study of depression causes. “Our results are consistent with the theory that inadequate sleep is a risk factor for depression, working with other risk and protective factors through multiple possible causal pathways to the development of this mood disorder,” said Gangwisch, “Adequate quality sleep could therefore be a preventative measure against depression.”②

From the data collected, it was found that some participants suffered from memory loss and hallucinations.③These were associated with later parental set bedtime, shorter sleep duration, and self-perception of not getting enough sleep.

The average adolescent—reported sleep duration was___hours____minutes, which contrasted with the___or more hours of nightly sleep recommended for them.④ Participants with a parental set bedtime of 10 pm or earlier reported that they usually slept for an average of 8 hours 10 minutes, which was 33 minutes more than adolescents with a bedtime of 11 pm and 40 minutes more than those with a bedtime of midnight or later. With the exception of sleep durations of 10 hours or more per night, higher average sleep durations were associated with progressively earlier average bedtimes.

The authors of the study reported that there are a number of potential methods by which constant partial sleep deprivation could contribute to depression. Lack of sleep may produce moodiness that hinders the ability to cope with daily stresses, damage relationships with peers and adults, and affect judgment, concentration and impulse control. They also suggested that behavioral interventions that involve educating adolescents and their parents about healthier sleep practices and helping them modify sleep habits could serve as the main preventative measures against depression.

1. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Not long enough sleep duration is a risk factor for depression.

B．Sleep deprivation is a direct cause of depression.

C．Adolescents are advised to get eight hours of nightly sleep per day.

D．Educating parents alone can be a precautionary measure against depression.

2. In the passage, which underlined statement is an OPINION?

A．①

B．②

C．③

D．④

3. Based on the passage, lack of sleep can lead to the following EXCEPT ________.

A．strong attachment to friends

B．being distracted easily in class time

C．reacting slowly to the change of traffic lights

D．poor performance in memorizing English vocabulary

7 . Have you ever wondered how the trainers at Sea World get the 19,000-pound whale to jump 22 feet out of water and perform tricks? They get that whale to go over a rope farther out of the water than most of us can imagine.     1    .

So how do the trainers at Sea World do it? The first thing they do is reinforce(强化) the behavior that they want repeated --- in this case, to get the whale to go over the rope.    2    , in a position where the whale can’t help but do what’s expected of it. Every time the whale goes over the rope, it’s given positive reinforcement and gets fed with fish. But what happened when the whale goes under the rope? Nothing — no criticism, no warning and no feedback.     3    .

Positive reinforcement is the key of that simple principle that produces such splendid results. And as the whale begins to go over the rope more often than under, the trainers begin to raise the rope. It must be raised slowly enough so that the whale doesn’t starve.

    4    . Make a big deal out of the good and little stuff that we want consistently. Secondly, under-criticize. People know they need help when they mess up.     5    , people will not forget the event and usually will not repeat it.

So we need to set up the circumstances so that people can’t fail. Over-celebrate, under-criticize…and know how far to raise the rope.

A．This is a great challenge

B．And the whale stays right where it is

C．If we figure out a way to motivate the whale

D．They start with the rope below the surface of the water

E．If we under-criticize, punish and discipline less than expected

F．Whales are taught that their negative behavior won’t be acknowledged

G．The simple lesson to be learned from the whale trainers is to over-celebrate

8 . 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．