1 . Want to support animals in need? Here are three ways to show them some love.

Grounds & Hounds

When you buy any item from Jordan Karcher's coffee company. Grounds & Hounds, part of the proceeds (收入) go to shelter near you.In2015,Grounds & Hounds' donations helped partners provide blankets, food and services for about 2,000 rescue animals.

Tel:888-228-8914

E-mail: info @ groundsand houndscoffee.com

Fetch Eyewear and the Pixie Project

In 2004, Ann Sacks founded Fetch Eyewear, a company that sells stylish frames at affordable prices. Three years later, she launched the Pixie Project — a nonprofit project that offers free and low-cost treatment of animal diseases and injuries and rescues pets from overloaded shelters across the country —and 100 percent of Fetch's profits now benefit the charity. To date, the two organizations have helped with more than 5,000 pet adoptions and about 1,000 surgeries (外科手术).

Adoption:503-542-3433

Fax:503-542-3437

Fur for the Animals

Fur for the Animals, run by the animal advocacy group Born Free USA is a campaign( open through December 31) that collects unwanted furs and donates them to wildlife rehabilitation (康复) centers. The furs are used by injured creatures that need to feel cozy and comforted. More than 1,000 pounds of furs have already made their way to animals in need throughout the U.S.

Tel:011-5952-5440

1. Through Grounds & Hounds, how can you help animals?

A．By getting a pet.	B．By donating money to it.
C．By buying coffee from it.	D．By volunteering your services.

2. Which number should you call to donate unneeded furs?

A．011-5952-5440.	B．503-542-3433
C．888-288-8914.	D．503-542-3437.

3. What do we know about the Pixie Project?

A．It sells cheap frames.	B．It benefits Fetch Eyewear
C．It is a highly profitable business.	D．It works together with animal shelters.

4. The passage mainly wants to show the readers________.

A．how to profit from animals

B．the three ways to show love to animals

C．the success they have got

D．how kind they are to animals

2 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Elias is a small machine    1     is about 25 cm high. Whenever students have problems, it helps them very patiently and never gets bored. So far the school has introduced four robot teachers, and one of     2     (they) is a language teacher “It is necessary    3     (use) technology in school life and all the students like their robot teachers", the teacher says.

3 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Mary is studying in a senior secondary school now. Every morning, she     1     (get ) up at six o'clock, eats breakfast and goes to school by bike. Mary is good at English and she spends     2    (much) time on English than the other subjects. Mary is also helpful. All the students in the class like her. She     3     (make) friends with most of the classmates since she came to the new school a week ago. Mary will    4     (certain) enjoy her new school life.

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。

A Kentucky pizza driver, Ralph Letner, is a hero after he helped to evacuate people from a home    1    was on fire when he arrived at a home in Somerset to make a delivery. He saw the house burning, so he ran inside, shut off the breaker, and got on his knees to move through the smoke and find the occupants. Once Ralph located homeowner lesse Decker tying to battle the flames, he escorted (护送) him out the front door. Jesse says Ralph is a hero for saving his life.But,like all great    2     (hero), Ralph    3    (simple) says he was raised to help others in need.

5 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

The Effects of a Warmer World Are Visible in Animals’ Bodies

For humans, adapting to climate change will mostly be a matter of technology. More air conditioning, better-designed houses and bigger flood defences may help mitigate the effects of a warm world.     1     In a paper published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, a team led by Sara

Ryding, a phd candidate at Deakin University, in Australia, shows that is already happening. Climate change is already altering the bodies of many animal species, giving them bigger beaks, limbs and ears. In some species of Australian parrot, for instance, beak size has increased by between 4 % and 10 % since 1871.

All that dovetails (吻合)nicely with evolutionary theory. “Allen’s rule”, named for Joel Asaph Allen, who suggested it in 1877, holds that warm-blooded-animals in hot places tend to have larger appendages (附属物) than those in less hot regions.    2     For example, Fennec foxes, which are native to the Sahara desert, have strikingly large ears, especially compared with their Arctic cousins.

Ms Ryding examined museum specimens, comparing their bodies to those of their modern counterparts. She is not the first researcher to take that approach.     3     All sorts of other factors, from changes in prey to the evolving reproductive preferences of males or females, might possibly have been driving the changes. Her team combined data from different species in different places.Since they have little in common apart from living on a warming planet, she says, climate change is the most reasonable explanation.

    4     Researchers have already seen changes in the geographical range of many species, from insects to fish. Another evolutionary rule-of-thumb, Bergmann’s rule, holds that animals in hotter places tend to have smaller bodies, another way to boost the ratio between surface area and volume. Other animals may alter their behaviour as well as their bodies, such as by seeking shelter at hot times of the day.

Studying a broader range of animals will help firm up exactly what is happening. Much of Ms Ryding’s data concern birds, with less information available for other taxa (类群). But it seems clear that the world of the future is not just going to be hotter than humans are used to.    5    

A．And there are other ways to adapt, too.

B．The animals living in it will look different, too.

C．Larger wings are heavier, and bigger legs cost more energy to grow.

D．Animals will have to rely on changing their bodies or their behaviour.

E．But it is hard to prove that climate change was the cause of an anatomical (结构上的) change.

F．Since any evolutionary adaptation comes with trade-offs, it is unclear how far the process might go.

G．Such adaptations boost an animal's surface area relative to its body volume, helping it to shed excess heat.

6 . Early in my senior year at Whitney Young, I went for an obligatory(强制的)appointment with the school college counselor to whom I'd been assigned. I can't tell you much about the counselor, because I deliberately and almost instantly blotted this experience out. I don't remember her age or race or how she happened to look at me that day when I turned up in her office doorway, full of pride at the fact that I was on track to graduate in the top 10 percent of my class at Whitney Young, that I'd been elected treasurer of the senior class, made the National Honor Society, and managed to vanquish(击败，征服)every doubt I'd arrived with as a nervous ninth grader.

I don't remember whether she inspected my transcript(成绩报告单)before or after I announced my interest in joining my brother at Princeton the following fall. It's possible, in fact, that during our short meeting the college counselor said things to me that might have been positive and helpful, but I recall none of it. Because rightly or wrongly, I got stuck on one single sentence the woman uttered. “I'm not sure,” she said, giving me a careless, patronizing(居高临下的) smile,“that you're Princeton material.”

Her judgment was as swift as it was dismissive, probably based on a quick-glance calculus involving my grades and test scores. It was some version. I imagine, of what this woman did all daylong and with practiced efficiency, telling seniors where they did and didn't belong. I'm sure she figured she was only being realistic. I doubt that she gave our conversation another thought.

But as I've said, failure is a feeling long before it's an actual result. And for me, it felt like that's exactly what she was planting –a suggestion of failure long before I'd even tried to succeed. She was telling me to lower my sights.

But three years of keeping up with the ambitious kids at Whitney Young had taught me that I was something more. I wasn't going to let one person's opinion dislodge   (强行移除)everything I thought I knew about myself. I would apply to Princeton. Then I settled down and got back to work.

And ultimately, six or seven months later, a letter arrived in our mailbox on Euclid Avenue, offering me admission to Princeton. I never went to the college counselor to tell her she'd been wrong—that I was Princeton material after all. It would have done nothing for either of us. And in the end, I hadn't needed to show her anything. I was only showing myself.

1. How did the author feel when she arrived at the counselor's office?

A．nervous

B．proud

C．discouraged

D．excited

2. What did she remember about things the counselor said to her?

A．positive and helpful suggestions

B．praise of her grades and test scores

C．realistic plans of college application

D．judgment of where she didn't belong

3. What made her successful admission to Princeton?

A．belief in herself

B．lowering her sights

C．help from her teacher

D．support from her parents

7 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从方框中选择适当的词并用正确的形式填空。

strive for greatness          wipe out             die out            be committed to be to blame                 in one's attempt to          get ahead       up to       in short take action               set so apart            at risk of            boil down to

Human beings are no stranger to extinctions, where entire species     1    . In the last 500 million years, there have been five times when life on Earth has almost ended. According to scientists, we are now entering the Earth's sixth mass extinction, for which human activity will     2    .

There is a long list of reasons why so many species     3    : pollution, deforestation, farming and overfishing. It is clear that human activity has negatively affected all other species on Earth. If a sixth mass extinction occurs, scientists believe that     4     three quarters of all species on Earth could become extinct. In turn, as we humans depend on so many species for our survival, we would also be     5     extinction.

However, it's not too late to     6     now. We need to take steps to set up nature and wildlife reserves, make good use of wind and solar energy, and reduce our carbon footprint.     7    , if we want to survive, we need to stop destroying the planet that we live on and start to protect it.

8 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从方框中选择适当的词并用正确的形式填空。

strive for greatness          wipe out             die out            be committed to be to blame                 in one's attempt to          get ahead       up to in short take action               set so apart            at risk of            boil down to

Why do Olympic athletes push themselves to the limits? One of the Olympic triathletes personifies the phrase herself.

To get to the top, she has made an endless list of sacrifices and it     1     this: she was born with an enormous amount of drive and determination. From a small girl, she would stay in at lunchtime just to     2     on class work; she would ride on the bus on her own at ten years old and go to swim 100 length is of the pool. This was time she could have spent with friends, playing and engaging in other pursuits. Later,     3     achieve glory in professional, she had undergone much physical and mental intensity. However, inspired by another stellar triathlete, she was always willing to do an extra little bit during her every workout, which gradually     4     from the other competitors.

Having been through fears and tears, she never regrets. To reach the winner's platform, athletes should     5     their sport. It is hard to live a life in a normal and balanced way, but these words are not used for the athletes who     6    .

9 . Stefani Shamrowicz lives in Colorado. The 24-year-old woman has spent 23 days picking up126 bags of rubbish across the country

Having over a month off from her job at a campus recreation center, Stefani Shamrowicz decided to take a trip to help clean up the environment.

She's now driven over 70 hours through Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana Florida,Georgia,Tennessee,Kentucky，Ohio，Pennsylvania，and New York-cleaning up everything from pee-filled bottles to lawn ornaments. About 80 percent of the rubbish was drinking bottles. Stefani said she had found a few fast-food toys and a tire with a pair of cowboy boots in it and her aim wasn't to shame, but rather encourage people to do what they can

Collecting anywhere from one to 16 bags at a time, Stefani's been discouraged. She felt she wasn't doing enough. She said there was a place that had an ocean of rubbish and she pushed out four bags, but then she broke down because she realized how much rubbish there was and it felt like four bags didn't do anything. But she remembered to just do what she could, especially since she had gone beyond her goal. She said she dedicated that to her parents because they raised her to be an independent person and had been very supportive on the trip

People donated $10 a bag for Stefani to clean up in their name, which she uses for lodging and gas. The person's name is written on how many bags they've donated towards and Stefani posted a picture on her Instagram when they were filed, thanking them for helping clean up the cit she was in.

People online and in person have responded positively to the project. Stefani recalled people sent her pictures of bags of trash they picked up. Once, when she started doing a bag on the beach in Florida,two ladies saw her and started helping her fill the bag.

With her job resuming June 1, Stefani is now back home but she has so many good things to say about her unique U.S.road trip.There's litter everywhere, so I'm just happy to be able to make a little bit of an impact everywhere I go. Cleaning up this litter is a huge thank you for all the joy and good times national parks and nature in general has brought to my life,”she said.

1. Why did Stefani drive ower70 hours across the USA?

A．To call on people to donate money

B．To earn a living by classifying rubbish.

C．To encourage people to protect the environment.

D．To enjoy the scenery of the national parks and nature

2. What is the influence of Stefani's cleaning up rubbish?

A．People offered their help along her journey

B．Her parents make joint efforts to support her.

C．People begin to donate their money for her project.

D．Many people take action to clean up the environment

3. What's the attitude of the author towards cleaning up the litter?

A．Discouraged.

B．Anxious

C．Surprised.

D．Pleased.

4. What does the passage want to tell us?

A．Cleaning up rubbish is a tough task.	B．A kind act can make a big difference
C．Believing in oneself is the key to success.	D．One will realize his dream if he persists in it.

10 . Betty Bromage was in her 80s and had recently moved into a retirement home in the south west of England. Despite her old age, she still wanted to have some _________ in her life. After considering,she_________ up an extreme sport - wing-walking, which means standing on the wings of a _________ while it's flying in the air. She did her first wing-walk when she was 87,and has since done two more, each time to celebrate her birthday.

Before doing her first wing-walk, Betty had to get a doctor's _________ to prove she was fit enough.“The doctor asked me what I thought being old. I said I'd feel _________ if l couldn't get up from a chair, but not until then." The doctor was_________ by her desire. After all, it was such a_________sport.

When she landed after her initial wing-walk,the first thing Betty asked was “Can I go back up again now?”   

Betty has used her wing-walks to raise money for a local_________. So she has received lots of publicity, although this was never one of her aims.

Betty has two young grandsons. She hopes to_________them to live a meaningful life There's no doubt that she has achieved this. When she was told that the world's oldest wing-walker is a 95-year-old man, Betty's reaction was:“Well, I’ll have to__________the sport until I'm 96.

1.

A．excitement

B．devotion

C．pleasure

D．creativity

2.

A．made

B．gave

C．took

D．looked

3.

A．spaceship

B．bird

C．kite

D．plane

4.

A．certificate

B．appointment

C．degree

D．protection

5.

A．worried

B．tired

C．sad

D．old

6.

A．encouraged

B．impressed

C．disappointed

D．embarrassed

7.

A．valuable

B．popular

C．classic

D．dangerous

8.

A．company

B．library

C．charity

D．newspaper

9.

A．watch

B．inspire

C．challenge

D．control

10.

A．study

B．stand

C．continue

D．remember