1 . For people suffering from depression, there’s an all-natural treatment they should use — getting more exercise. It could help fight depression, even if people have a genetic risk, new research shows.

For the study, researchers collected information from nearly 8,000 people and found those with related genes were more likely to have depression over the next two years after examining them. But that was less likely for people who were more active at the study’s start, even if they had a family history of depression. Higher levels of physical activity helped protect even those with the highest genetic risk of depression.

Both high-intensity (高强度) exercise and low-intensity activities were associated with a reduced risk of depression. Adding four hours of exercise a week could lower the risk of a new episode (一段经历) of depression by 17%, according to the study. “Our findings strongly suggest that, when it comes to depression, being physically active has the potential to remove the added risk of future episodes in individuals who are genetically risky,” said lead author Karmel Choi. “On average, about 35 additional minutes of physical activity each day may help people to reduce their risk and protect against future depression episodes.”

Depression is a common mental illness globally, with more than 264 million people affected. “Depression is so ubiquitous, and that underlines the need for effective approaches that can impact as many people as possible,” Choi said. And mental health and primary care providers can use the findings to advise patients that there’s something meaningful they can do to lower their risk of depression.

1. How did the researchers reach their conclusion?

A．By analyzing a mass of data.

B．By conducting genetic research.

C．By comparing various levels of activity.

D．By tracking the subjects for many years.

2. What does the study show about depression?

A．Physical activity betters medical treatment.

B．Exercise is able to decrease and prevent it.

C．Different levels of exercise intensity matter the same.

D．Exercising 35 minutes daily is the most effective treatment.

3. What does the underlined word “ubiquitous” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Harmful.	B．Complex.
C．Unusual.	D．Common.

4. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To discuss a disease.

B．To introduce a method.

C．To analyze a genetic risk.

D．To explain a phenomenon.

2 . Once there was a little boy who became very ill. He had to spend all day in bed, unable to_________.

Because other children weren’t_________to come near him, he_________greatly, and spent his days feeling sad.

There wasn’t much he could do except look out of the_________.Time passed, and his feeling of_________just grew. Until one day he saw a_________shape in the window. It was a penguin eating a sausage sandwich. The penguin got in through the_________window, said “good afternoon” to the boy, turned around, and_________.

The boy was very_________.He was still trying to work out what had happened, when outside his window he saw a monkey, busy blowing up a balloon(气球).__________, the boy asked himself what that could possibly be, but after a while, as more and more crazy looking__________appeared out the window, he began to laugh suddenly and found it hard to__________.The boy didn’t tell anyone about this because who would have__________him? Even so, those strange characters put joy back in his heart, and in his body. Soon, his__________had improved so much that he was able to go back to__________again. There he got to talk to his best friend all the strange things he had__________. He saw something sticking out of his friend’s school bag. The boy asked his friend what it was.__________his friend had to show him what was in the__________: There, inside, were all the fancy-dress suits that his friends had been using to try to__________the little boy!

From that day on, the little boy always did his best to__________that no one felt sad and alone.

1.

A．listen

B．move

C．speak

D．eat

2.

A．allowed

B．ordered

C．forced

D．taught

3.

A．used

B．grew

C．helped

D．suffered

4.

A．street

B．garden

C．window

D．door

5.

A．fear

B．happiness

C．shame

D．sadness

6.

A．round

B．different

C．big

D．strange

7.

A．small

B．open

C．broken

D．double

8.

A．left

B．smiled

C．stood

D．escaped

9.

A．worried

B．surprised

C．afraid

D．sick

10.

A．For example

B．In fact

C．At first

D．In all

11.

A．birds

B．characters

C．people

D．friends

12.

A．stop

B．run

C．smile

D．count

13.

A．visited

B．helped

C．believed

D．thanked

14.

A．quality

B．service

C．skill

D．health

15.

A．hospital

B．church

C．school

D．work

16.

A．seen

B．remembered

C．heard

D．collected

17.

A．Quickly

B．Finally

C．Luckily

D．Suddenly

18.

A．hand

B．pocked

C．bag

D．box

19.

A．call up

B．call on

C．wake up

D．cheer up

20.

A．make sure

B．find out

C．work out

D．point out

3 . Imagine this: You’re digging a well, and instead of hitting water, you unearth a headless human body made of pottery. This actually happened to farmers in Shanxi province in central China in 1974. Local archaeologists heard of the find and biked over to investigate. They realized that the figure had come from a tomb built over 2,000 years ago for China’s first emperor, Qin Shihuang. Archaeologists finally discovered three separate pits (穴) filled with 8,000 life-sized statues, all made from terracotta-a type of fired clay.

About a mile away from these pits, there’s a large mound (山丘). Archaeologists know that this is the main part of Qin Shihuang’s tomb, but they have never looked inside. They have left it alone out of respect for the first emperor and to protect the tomb as it is.

“Many people wish to see the treasures and mysteries inside, but we cannot,” says Xiuzhen Li, an archaeologist. Opening the tomb could damage its contents. Someday, Li hopes, we’ll have technology that will let us see inside the main part of the tomb without opening and disturbing it.

“Probably in the near future we’ll have some new technology that can see inside like an x-ray,” she says. Scientists are working on techniques that make it possible to see underground. Another idea is that a tiny robot could enter through a small hole and capture videos of what it sees. Even if this robotic exploration is done very carefully, however, it would still damage the tomb. For now, the Chinese government prefers to wait to do anything until they have even better technology.

1. What’s the suitable description of the figure from the tomb?

A．A copy of real soldiers.	B．A model of emperors.
C．In ruins.	D．In colors.

2. Why can’t archaeologists go inside the tomb?

A．It might be ruined.	B．It is very dangerous.
C．The robot is not clever enough.	D．The government doesn’t allow it.

3. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Technique	B．to see underground
C．an x-ray	D．the tomb

4. What’s Xiuzhen Li’s attitude to seeing inside the tomb in the future?

A．Unconcerned.	B．Doubtful.
C．Hopeful.	D．Objective.

5. Where is the text probably taken from?

A．An encyclopedia.	B．A history textbook.
C．A newspaper.	D．A travel guide.

4 . 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。

People send birthday wishes using cards and postcards in many cultures. It is not known when and where the tradition of     1     (send) birthday cards began, however, it is believed     2     it was in England in the early nineteenth century. In those days people sent birthday cards because they couldn’t wish somebody     3     happy birthday in person.

In 1840, the first postage stamp was issued (发行) in Britain and sending birthday cards became     4     (cheap) and therefore more popular. The development of colour printing processes in the 1930s also helped to increase sales of cards.

Today usually cards     5     (give) with a present, even when people can send     6     (they) wishes in person. In recent times, e-cards have also become popular: many people are starting to use these instead       7     traditional cards as they are free, environmentally     8     (friend) and arrive more quickly. So will e-cards take the place of paper cards in ten or twenty years? Probably not. For young     9     (child) and old people or for very formal occasions (正式场合) e-cards are not proper and some people     10     (simple) don’t use the Internet.

6 . On Thursday morning, two teenage boys were saved by a drone (无人机) in Australia while lifeguards were still training to use the machine.

The swimmers, aged 15 — 17, got into difficulties about 700 feet off the coast of Lennox Head, New South Wales (NSW). A passer-by saw them _______in dangerous waves. Lifesavers _________sent the drone to drop a lifeboat and the pair made their way safely to the _______.

The drone, known as “Little Ripper”, was actually not _______ to be saving anyone just yet-lifeguards were being trained to _______the machine. When a call came through about the swimmers in _________, the drone happened to be nearby.

Jai Sheridan was the lifeguard who_______ the drone. He described the experience as_______.The Little Ripper certainly proved itself today. It was _______the drone when the alarm was raised. I directed it toward the swimmers, and dropped the ________. With its support they made their way to safety. They were ________, but not hurt. The teens were saved in just 70 seconds with the drone — while a lifeguard would have taken up to six minutes to________ the rescue.”

John Barilaro, an official of the state ________ the rescue as historic. “It was the world’s__________ rescue by the unmanned airplane,” he said. Never before has a drone been used to ________ swimmers like this.“

1.

A．playing

B．surfing

C．struggling

D．training

2.

A．finally

B．secretly

C．immediately

D．gratefully

3.

A．island

B．ship

C．hospital

D．shore

4.

A．advised

B．supposed

C．allowed

D．guided

5.

A．get familiar with

B．make use of

C．grow used to

D．take care of

6.

A．charge

B．place

C．action

D．trouble

7.

A．flew

B．brought

C．checked

D．designed

8.

A．funny

B．useful

C．amazing

D．important

9.

A．studying

B．piloting

C．boarding

D．approaching

10.

A．lifebelt

B．lifeline

C．lifeguard

D．lifeboat

11.

A．tired

B．sick

C．excited

D．surprised

12.

A．record

B．complete

C．experience

D．report

13.

A．thanked

B．greeted

C．imagined

D．praised

14.

A．latest

B．best

C．first

D．quickest

15.

A．save

B．warn

C．protect

D．defend

7 . Not even a flooded river could stand between Mary Breckinridge and the hospital her patients needed. A heavy rain ruined the banks beside Mary Breckinridge’s Wendover, Kentucky, clinic (诊所). She had to find a way to get her five patients to the hospital in Lexington.

With a neighbour’s help, Mary and the nurses built a boat. They named it Ambulance, and on the morning of 30 December 1926, Mary, another nurse, and the patients set off down the river. After sixteen wild miles on the dangerous river, they arrived at the train station in Krypton. As she watched the train pull away with her patients safely on board, Mary smiled and waved.

Mary had not planned to be a nurse. She was the daughter of a wealthy Kentucky politician. As a child, Mary was influenced by her family who had always been concerned (担忧) about the poor people of the state. When she grew up, Mary was inspired to become a nurse. So in 1925, Mary hired a few British-trained nurses and, with some money from her family, started the Frontier Nursing Service in Wendover, Kentucky.

Before Mary and her nurses came, the mountain people lived a hard life. Families made so little money that they could not afford doctors or medicine. Many children had diseases and early every person was malnourished for lack of food. Mary and the nurses built clinics and a small hospital deep in the forests of Leslie County. There were no roads, electricity,   or telephones. Each day the nurses rode on horseback to faraway farms, often in bad weather, to answer calls for help. They worked hard to keep an eye on their patients.

The Frontier Nursing Service grew. Today their nursing service reaches far beyond the Kentucky mountains. Medical professionals from all over the world come to Wendover to study rural ( 乡村的 ) health care in action. When these men and women go back to their own countries, they are prepared to help people in need.

1. How did Mary get her patients to Krypton?

A．By train.	B．By car.
C．By water.	D．On horseback.

2. What does the underlined word “malnourished” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．In bad health.	B．Short of money.
C．Lacking in food.	D．At risk for diseases.

3. What can we learn about Mary Breckinridge from the text?

A．She trained all of the nurses herself.

B．She never had enough money for her work.

C．She remains a great influence on health care today.

D．She wiped out diseases in the Kentucky mountains.

4. What might be the mountain people’s attitude towards Mary and the nurses’ service?

A．Doubtful.	B．Uncaring.
C．Supportive.	D．Thankful.

8 . Going on a road trip? The Statue of Liberty, Golden Gate Bridge and the Hearst Castle are common great tourist sites. But if you prefer offbeat places,check out the following roadside attractions.

World’s Largest Ball of Paint

Alexandria, Ind.

In 1977, Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere. Starting with a baseball as the centre, he painted coat after coat of paint day after day, year after year. The ball weighs more than l ,300 pounds,with more than 20,000 coats of paint, which is recognised by Guinness World Records. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history.

The Museum of Dirt

Boston, Mass.

The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson. In the glass bottles are such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: It’s free.

Mount Horeb Mustard Museum

Mount Horeb, Wis.

It’s heaven for hot dog lovers! This museum says that it has to have the world’s largest collection of prepared mustard (芥末). It’s more than 4,100 bottles of spices (香料) come from 60 nations, including Turkey and China.Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how it’s made to how it’s advertised and sold. The museum’s creator, Barry Levenson, loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream!

Paper House

Rock port, Mass,

Elis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922, when he started to build a two-room house almost completely out of newspaper. At the time, people didn’t give much - if any - thought to recycling (回收利用) paper.In fact, “recycling” wasn’t even a word then. The house is framed (以......做框架) with wood, but the walls are made of newspaper only. In all, he used about 100,000 newspapers.

1. What can the underlined word “offbeat” in the first paragraph best be replaced by?

A．perfect.	B．quiet.
C．public.	D．unusual.

2. Which of the following can provide hands-on experience?

A．World’s Largest Ball of Paint.	B．The Museum of Dirt.
C．Mount Horeb Mustard Museum.	D．Paper House.

3. What can we learn from the text?

A．Michael is a famous artist.	B．Paper House is completely made of paper.
C．Visitors needn’t pay for the Museum of Dirt.	D．Glenn is attracted by ancient Chinese civilisation.