1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the talk mainly about?

A．TV programs.

B．Sports competitions.

C．Entertainment activities.

2. What time is it now?

A．8:20 am.

B．8:40 am.

C．9:00 am.

3. How is the weather today?

A．Cloudy.

B．Rainy.

C．Sunny.

4. What do we know about the movie?

A．It is free of charge.

B．It will start at 9:00 pm.

C．It will be showed in the Ship’s Gym.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does Lydia like to do in her spare time?

A．Go camping.

B．Stay with her family.

C．See foreign films.

2. What do we learn about David?

A．He hates camping.

B．He likes outdoor activities.

C．He lives near the Boundary Waters.

3. How does David find photography?

A．Boring.

B．Difficult.

C．Interesting.

4. What are the speakers going to do this weekend?

A．Visit the art gallery.

B．Take a photography class.

C．Hold a photography exhibit.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How long will it take the speakers to go to the club by car?

A．About an hour.

B．About half an hour.

C．About 10 minutes.

2. What is the woman going to do in the Students’ Club?

A．Have a swim.

B．Play basketball.

C．Do some running.

3. Where will the speakers meet?

A．At the school gate.

B．At the man’s home.

C．At the club.

4 . For English teachers _________(play) a more effective role in teaching, every effort must be made to raise students’ cross-cultural awareness. （所给词的适当形式填空）

5 . At Ynez Library, we are champions of curiosity. At its core, our mission for nearly four centuries has been to advance the learning, research, and pursuit of truth. Our efforts are motivated and powered by working collaboratively, embracing diverse perspectives, championing access, aiming for the extraordinary, and always leading with curiosity.

There are plenty of opportunities for visitors to experience our collections. Ynez ID holders may bring up to four guests into the library. For more details, click on the following icons (图标).

Visitors Interested in using our libraries, but are not a Ynez student, faculty, alum, or staff? You’re in the right place.

Exhibits Library exhibits tell the unique stories of our diverse and deep collections. Many are open to the public.

Tours Browse upcoming library tours. Some tours are open to the public; others are open to Ynez ID Holders and their guests.

Events Many library events are open to the public, including academic meetings, forums, lectures, etc. Check Admittance information first.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Many of our libraries are home to rare and unique materials, which are available to all researchers.

• Our special collections are open to all without a fee, by appointment.

• Please contact the holding library to learn more about accessing their special collection items in person.

• Different libraries have different holdings, so you may want to start by using our search tools to find materials relevant to your research.

1. What does Ynez Library highlight in the first paragraph?

A．Its new changes.	B．Its main values.
C．Its best achievements.	D．Its working principles.

2. Which part should a person click on if he plans to attend a scientist’s speech?

A．Visitors.

B．Exhibits.

C．Tours.

D．Events.

3. How can a researcher find the special holdings quickly in the library?

A．By paying a special fee.	B．By visiting main libraries.
C．By locating them online.	D．By appointing a librarian.

6 . “Anxiety.” The very word invites discomfort. Its effects—shortness of breath, pounding heart, muscle tension—are outright upsetting. But, as a clinician, I find that we tend to miss out on many valuable opportunities presented by this human emotion. In and of itself, anxiety is not deadly, nor is it a disease. Quite the contrary: it is an indicator of brain and sensory health. Once we accept that it is a normal, though uncomfortable, part of life, we can use it to help us.

We all know working out at the gym is hard. By nature, a “good workout” is uncomfortable, since it involves pushing our physical strength past what we can easily do. The sweet spot of exercise is always a somewhat challenging experience. Similarly, if you want to be emotionally stronger, you need to face some tension. For example, one effective treatment for fear is exposure therapy (疗法), which involves gradually encountering things that make one anxious, reducing fear over time.

Humans are social creatures. When my patients learn to open up to their partners about their anxieties, they almost always report a greater sense of emotional closeness. Also, as international relationship expert Sue Johnson teaches, when we express our need for connection during challenging moments (e.g., “I’m having a hard time right now and could really use your support”), it creates greater connection and turns our anxiety into love.

From time to time, we find ourselves at the end of our rope. Our responsibilities pile up, our resources break down, and we feel uncomfortably anxious—what we’re experiencing is called stress. Simply put, the demands placed upon us outweigh our available resources, just like a set of scales (天平) going out of balance. Focusing on work and pretending everything is OK only leads to disastrous results. Medical treatment for stress may function for a while, but it tends to make things worse in the long run. The only solution to deal with stress is to do the mathematics to balance the scales.

1. What does the author say about anxiety?

A．It is an invitation to diseases.

B．It indicates stable mental health.

C．It costs us many valuable chances.

D．It is a natural emotional expression.

2. Why does the author mention “good workout” in paragraph 2?

A．To prove how exercise influences emotions.

B．To suggest an effective way to challenge limits.

C．To explain how anxiety builds emotional strength.

D．To show a positive connection between mind and body.

3. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The key to closeness is partners’ support.

B．Sharing anxieties improves relationships.

C．Humans are defined by their social nature.

D．Expressing feelings keeps us off anxieties.

4. According to the last paragraph, how can we deal with stress?

A．Devote more energy to our work.

B．Increase resources available to us.

C．Seek professional medical treatment.

D．Master advanced mathematical skills.

7 . 世界遗产是人类共同的财富，历史悠久，但现在面临着不少因素的破坏。鉴于此，学校网站英语论坛将开辟专栏讨论开展“保护世界遗产，人人有责”的活动。请你写一篇短文，参加英语论坛的讨论。
注意：
1. 词数 80左右；
2. 开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

World heritage sites enjoy a long history with rich content. They are priceless cultural treasures for human beings.

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8 . It was 1:20 a.m. I had just gone to bed, a bit _________ after celebrating my 31^st birthday. Before dinner, I’d placed _________ outside my garden door and prepared the cell phone just _________. After all, it had been _________ that week, resulting in flood warnings.

I was awakened by the _________ of rushing water. When I swung my legs off the bed, I was shocked to feel cold water already up to my knees and _________ fast.

Shaking in darkness, I _________ my phone and turned on its flashlight. Then by the light I could _________ water was from the garden door. It must have breached (在……上打开缺口) the sandbags. The river, usually such a quiet, slow moving river in my region, had _________ burst its banks. And now I had to __________!

I took __________ action. Any effects of the alcohol before sleep were gone; __________ sobers (使清醒) me up. After I went outside, I learned the river had flooded the neighbourhood. Therefore, if I had woken up just a few minutes later, I would have drowned.

In the end, I think the experience made me __________ and determined to live each day to its fullest. I came very close to drowning that day. But rather than dwell on (沉湎于) what happened, I prefer to __________ what my mother told me afterwards, “Don’t remember the day when you lost everything. Remember the day you __________. That day marked the beginning of a new chapter in your life.”

1.

A．relieved

B．excited

C．drunk

D．content

2.

A．stones

B．sandbags

C．wood

D．boxes

3.

A．in case

B．in advance

C．in turn

D．in doubt

4.

A．thundering

B．snowing

C．pouring

D．blowing

5.

A．roar

B．taste

C．rhythm

D．smell

6.

A．appearing

B．spreading

C．freezing

D．rising

7.

A．charged

B．grabbed

C．dropped

D．studied

8.

A．see

B．guess

C．realize

D．check

9.

A．extremely

B．narrowly

C．violently

D．certainly

10.

A．give out

B．check out

C．slow down

D．get out

11.

A．brave

B．immediate

C．determined

D．calculated

12.

A．fear

B．shock

C．stress

D．responsibility

13.

A．active

B．grateful

C．proud

D．amazed

14.

A．ask

B．assess

C．follow

D．hear

15.

A．loved

B．gained

C．graduated

D．survived

9 . About 12% of the total global energy demand comes from heating and cooling homes and businesses. A new study suggests that using underground water to maintain comfortable temperatures could reduce consumption of natural gas and electricity in this section by 40% in the US. The approach is called ATES, short for aquifer thermal energy storage (含水层热能储存).

“We need storage to absorb energy from the sun and wind. It’s crucial to creating affordable, reliable, and deeply environmental-friendly electricity systems. Most people are interested in batteries and other kinds of electrical storage. But we were wondering whether there was any opportunity to use geothermal (地热的) energy storage,” said first author A.T.D Perera. “With ATES, energy can be stored for a long period of time, without adding an additional burden to the grid (输电网).”

ATES is a pleasantly simple concept that takes advantage of the heat-absorbing property of water and the natural geological features of the planet. You simply pull existing underground water up and heat it at the surface in the summer with environmental heat or energy. Then you send it back down. It stays fairly hot because the Earth is a good insulator (绝热体).

“Unlike above-ground tank-based water or ice storage systems, ATES will not need space. It’s also more efficient and can support larger communities in cooling or heating than traditional geothermal heat pump systems that rely on heat moving with the underground soil,” added co-author Hong Tianzhen.

A major beneft of ATES is that it will become more efficient as weather becomes more extreme in the coming years due to climate change. The hotter summers and severer winters could increase the amount of free thermal energy that can be stored with ATES. “It’s very much a realistic thing to do and this work is really about showing its value,” said Perera. “This technology is ready to go, so to speak. We just need to do it.”

1. What do we know about ATES?

A．It is technologically demanding.

B．It is aimed at replacing natural energy.

C．It mainly relies on batteries to function.

D．It helps achieve an environmentally friendly society

2. How does Hong Tianzhen explain ATES’s advantages?

A．By giving examples.	B．By discussing results.
C．By making comparisons.	D．By analyzing principles.

3. Which will affect ATES’s efficiency most?

A．Temperature variations.	B．Insulated materials.
C．The duration of storage.	D．The category of energy.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．A Turning Point in Energy Usage

B．A Solution to Green Cooling and Heating

C．A Transformation in the US Electricity System

D．A Discovery About Geothermal Energy Storage

10 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Edison, a five-year-old boy had a nice holiday on the Big Island, Hawaii with his parents. The sun shone on the golden beach, and the sparkling sea unfolded in front of them. There were a large number of people on vacation, and the houses in the distance were neatly lined up. After Edison played for a while, he sat on the beach, enjoying the beautiful trees in the distance and listening to the cries of the seagulls.

However, having recently returned from Hawaii, they were shocked by a TV news—a deadly wildfire on Maui steals Hawaiians’ homes and history. Scores of birds lay dead on the ground. Houses were burned to ruins, and cars were destroyed.

“Mum, do the kids have no toys or even a bed?” Edison asked sadly. “What shall I do to help them?”

“Will you donate your pocket money?” Mom asked.

“Sure, but that’s not enough. What about setting up a lemonade stand on the street? I think people are willing to buy something and give a helping hand.”

“Sounds great! My boy.” Dad agreed. “Besides pink and yellow lemonade, we can sell sandwiches, ice creams, candies and sparking water (气泡水).”

“Let’s start to make these things. It won’t take long.” Edison urged his parents.

The next few hours saw this family making sandwiches and lemonade, putting all the stuff on a stand, with a board saying “ Food and Lemonade for Hawaii. One dollar per cup.”

“Will people buy our stuff?” Edison wondered.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Soon, drivers and passers-by stopped and made generous purchases.

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The family decided to go to the disaster-stricken island and offer their time and efforts.

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