1 . 假设你是红星中学高一学生李华。在寒假即将到来之际，你的英国笔友Tom来信询问你的假期计划，请你给他回信，根据以下要点介绍你所规划的假期生活。
form a good living habit     arrange time properly     develop interests and hobbies
注意：1.词数80左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,

How are you? The winter holiday is coming.

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Looking forward to hearing from you soon!

Yours truly,

Li Hua

2 . Can Animals Predict Earthquakes?

The belief that animals can predict earthquakes has been around for centuries. In 373 B.C., historians recorded that some animals deserted the Greek City of Helice in groups just days before a quake hit the place.     1     Fish moving violently and chickens that stop laying eggs were reported. Countless pet owners claimed to have witnessed their dogs and cats acting strangely before the ground shook.

    2     It was documented in news reports that three days before the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, thousands of toads (蟾蜍) appeared on the streets in Mianzhu, a city hit very hard where 2,000 people were killed. Also snakes reportedly left their homes and headed for safety several days before the destructive earthquake.

    3     Some theories are that they feel movements, or weak “shocks”, in the earth before humans do; or that they become aware of gases going out of the earth. Another belief is that animals are very much in tune with Earth’s magnetic (磁性的) field, so they detect electrical signals caused by electromagnetic field changes, causing them to pay attention to the warning that an earthquake is about to happen.

The United States Geological Survey states that there has been no concrete evidence for the fact that animal behavior has a relationship with the occurrence of an earthquake.     4     American experts on earthquakes are also skeptical. They think that animals may have strange behavior at any time due to other reasons—because they are hungry, defending their “countries”, or are about to face a dangerous situation.     5     They continue to follow the “anecdotal evidence”. The hope is that one day what they have learned will prove to be extremely useful in predicting earthquakes more accurately, thus saving millions of lives.

A．Exactly what animals have sensed can’t be fully understood.

B．The connection between them has never been scientifically made.

C．Other researchers around the world, however, have not given up on the idea.

D．It is necessary to know if the animal behavior is an advanced warning signal.

E．Records of similar animal foretelling of earthquakes have surfaced ever since.

F．Wild creatures also show various kinds of abnormal reactions before earthquakes.

G．Perhaps this sense that some animals appear to have can protect us from natural disasters.

3 . What role might arts play in response to climate change and related economic and ecological crises?

It’s often said that a novel, a painting, a song or a motion picture changed how a lot of people thought or felt about the world. Anthropologists (人类学家) and historians rightly argue that major changes in society have sprung up not from the arts, but from-our relationship to our environment. Nevertheless, artists’ efforts help shape the terms by which society adapts to such changes and their consequences. Think of how Beethoven marked the beginnings of modern democracy and the nascent (初期的) Industrial Revolution. Or how Hollywood writers and directors inspired massive support for the U.S. war effort during the early 1940s.

We have stepped into a century in which the societal systems have been built since the start of the Industrial Revolution. Our food system，transport system，energy system，financial system，and possibly our political and governance systems were designed during an era in which fossil fuels met the great quantity of our fast-growing energy demand. But fossil fuels are exhaustible resources, and their reduction will drive evermore desperate methods of extraction (提炼), create evermore environmental risk and require evermore capital-even as alternative energy sources they are also costly. Further, burning fossil fuels changes our planet’s climate. So, at the same time our economy will need to be redesigned to run on entirely different energy sources, and the natural world will be shifting around us in unprecedented (空前的) ways, with more frequent disastrous storms，floods，droughts etc.

Everything will be up for negotiation, redesign and change. And artists have the opportunity and duty to translate the resulting tumultuous (动荡的) human experience into words, images，and music that help people not just to understand these events mentally, but also to come to grips with them willingly. The economic and environmental shifts described above are currently being detailed in ever-greater specificity in hundreds of reports released yearly by climate and energy experts. What’s missing in their carefully worded journal articles is the human dimensions of imagination, joy or sorrow, inspiration, and passion. Art can help us cope with the possible effects of our collective challenges. It can help prepare society for a possibly painful future. It can give voice to suffering and loss, helping people deal with life’s unavoidable stress. And it can also offer beauty, which can be especially important in hard times.

Meaningful art can and must express the chaos we encounter and help us process it mentally and emotionally. To achieve this, artists need to dig deeper, observe more closely and help their audiences connect abstract explanations and forecasts with actual experiences.

1. The author mentions Beethoven to suggest that__________.

A．musicians can easily adapt to changes in society

B．music can control the social change of the world

C．anthropologists are right about major changes in society

D．art serves as a bridge for people to understand the world

2. What do the underlined words “come to grips with” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．start to create	B．begin to deal with
C．try to record	D．take an interest in

3. According to the author, the artists __________ .

A．are expected to show human experience in works

B．deal with the unpleasant events willingly

C．help people forecast painful future

D．are the voice of suffering and loss

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Art in Greater Need during Climate Change

B．The Relationship Between Society and Art

C．The Climate Clues Hidden in At History

D．The Best Ways to Change the World