1 . Most young people are always on their phones, which may upset many people. ___________, a group called Girl Scouts are receiving _________ for setting up their first walk-in clinic for elderly people, who have difficulty understanding how to ___________ the secrets of their smart phones.

Each teen spent at least an hour of one-on-one time with their oldsters. Based on their _________ knowledge, each Girl Scout was assigned to ___________ different aspects of Android and Apple phones.

Some of the oldsters actually wanted to take part in e-commerce (电子商务), and needed help to _________ a payment account on their smart phones while others simply had _________ when learning how to send messages to their family members. "I was teaching this older woman how to _________, and the first thing she did was to send a message to her daughter,” one of the Scouts said. “How ___________ it was! It just made me feel really, really happy.”

In addition to arranging group lessons for all of the seniors to ____________ together at the end of the clinic, the youngsters even printed out brochures and guides for the seniors to take home in case ____________ seniors would encounter problems with their smart phones in the future.

The eighth graders earned their “Silver Award,, for their job. After experiencing the ____________ of their project, the girls hope to organize more ____________ in the near future. “Those girls were just great,” said Nancy, a great-grandmother who once ____________ the clinic. “They were ready for us and had a very mature attitude about answering our questions, and they ______________ the praise.

1.

A．Otherwise

B．Therefore

C．However

D．Besides

2.

A．service

B．praise

C．invitation

D．donation

3.

A．keep

B．untie

C．share

D．unlock

4.

A．technological

B．medical

C．psychological

D．physical

5.

A．record

B．teach

C．recall

D．investigate

6.

A．get back

B．set up

C．check out

D．pay off

7.

A．patience

B．luck

C．fun

D．trouble

8.

A．write

B．phone

C．text

D．read

9.

A．sweet

B．simple

C．rare

D．common

10.

A．play

B．live

C．talk

D．review

11.

A．amazed

B．experienced

C．confused

D．respected

12.

A．success

B．arrangement

C．change

D．pressure

13.

A．performances

B．clinics

C．clubs

D．competitions

14.

A．organized

B．managed

C．visited

D．funded

15.

A．needed

B．refused

C．enjoyed

D．deserved

2 . Are you often getting angry? Do you often feel gloomy and down in your life? If the answer is “yes”, then maybe you have a Type D personality.

People with a Type D personality usually lack confidence and have a great fear of disapproval (反对).This stops them from opening up to others.    1    The right thing is that they might be interested in people but afraid of communicating with them, because they don’t want to be turned down by others.

Additionally, bad feelings such as worry, stress, depression (抑郁) and anger visit Type D people more often.A small event that is usually overlooked by others can upset them a lot, or even ruin their moods.

    2    The first thing you must understand about personality types is that they have nothing to do with genes (基因).Having a Type D personality doesn’t mean that you can’t change it.Learn to control your emotions, overcome the fear of disapproval and learn to express your feelings to others.

Or, are you a Type A, B or C person? The personality theory describes Type A people as outgoing, energetic and organized.     3    .They set deadlines (截止日期) and achieve them strictly.They also hate delays of any kind.“I’m late.I’m late!” could be their pet phrase.For their attention on time, people with a Type A personality also tend to feel anxious and over-stressed.

Different from Type A group, people with a Type B personality are laid-back.They have the ability to relax and enjoy small achievements.They seldom get stressed or depressed.However, individuals with such a personality have their weakness.     4    

To be brief, people with a Type C personality are perfectionists (完美主义者).They tend to take their time and check their work over and over again.Time is not that important to Type C people.     5    Because of their focus on details, they like to get to the bottom of things, and are often asking “why” or “how” something works.

A．What really matters is the detail.

B．What can you do with such a personality?

C．There is a misunderstanding of personality.

D．Time is of the utmost importance to them.

E．They are often the last ones to complete their work or study.

F．They spend a small portion of their time doing something to relax.

G．But thinking that Type D people lack social interests is not correct.

3 . 假定你是校英语报EMAILS专栏的学生编辑李华，最近你收到如下一封电子邮件：

Hi, Li Hua, My parents seem to expect me to go to a better university than I can achieve. I’m so afraid of letting them down that I have no appetite for food. I can’t sleep well at night, either. What can I do? Jimmy

请结合邮件内容给他回一封邮件，内容包括：
1．表示理解；
2．提出建议（至少两点）。
注意：
1．词数80左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Jimmy,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Your sincerely

Li Hua

4 . Kathleen Rooney knew that writing Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey, from the point of view of a pigeon, was a risk. Rooney, perhaps best known for her 2017 bestseller, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, says her interest in a feathered narrator was excited by one of her students at DePaul University, where she is an English professor. “A student named Brian mentioned Cher Ami in a poem. It blew my mind that this pigeon was so heroic and is stuffed and on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.”

Rooney learned that Cher Ami, a British homing pigeon, helped save a group of American troops during a horrific, multi-day World War I battle. The story of this amazing pigeon and the extraordinary man who commanded the battle, Major Charles Whittlesey, was altogether attractive.

In Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey, Charles reflects on his happier prewar days in New York City, where he ran a law firm with a college classmate. When it came time for battle, though, he and his fellows found themselves cut off from supply lines, surrounded by enemy German troops.

Carrier pigeons were the group’s only hope of contacting headquarters and getting the other Americans to stop dropping bombs on them. Cher Ami flew through gunfire to deliver Charles' message, which finally stopped the attack. She lost an eye and a leg, among other wounds, but was eventually able to hobble (蹒跚) on a tiny wooden prosthesis (义肢) that the Army made for her. She lived another year before dying of her injuries in 1919, but in the novel she continues speaking to readers behind glass in the Smithsonian where she’s been since her death.

There’s an interesting lesson to be learned from Charles’ decisions in the battle, too. “He was famous for something we’d describe as passive,” Rooney says. “Once they were in the pocket, he waited as long as he could. I’m an impatient, active person ... His act was stillness, waiting, keeping everybody’s spirits up. The way he did that was amazing.”

Rooney also hopes the book, with its portrayal of the charming and brave Cher Ami, will boost the appreciation of our furry and feathered friends.

1. What inspired Rooney to write the book?

A．Visiting a national museum.	B．Reading a student’s poem.
C．Some comments on her bestseller.	D．Experiences of raising pigeons.

2. What does Paragraph4 mainly center on?

A．An exhibition featuring a heroic battle.

B．Historic events happening to Cher Ami.

C．Americans’ poor strategies during the war.

D．Charles’ methods for training Cher Ami.

3. What impressed Rooney?

A．Charles’ humor and optimism.

B．Charles’ affection for carrier pigeons.

C．Charles’ patience and motivation.

D．Charles’ quick response to the attack.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．A message of hope	B．Braving World War I
C．An effort to protect pigeons	D．Finding the lost commander

5 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How many chapters will be covered on the exam?

A．3.

B．10.

C．15.

2. When will the exam be?

A．Next Monday.

B．Next Wednesday.

C．Next Friday.

3. Who can take the makeup exam?

A．Anyone with a doctor’s note.

B．Anyone whose parents call the professor.

C．Anyone with a letter from the headmaster.

6 . 作为21世纪的青少年，我们不仅要对自己的行为负责，还要为社会和国家做出贡献。
As teenagers in the 21st century, not only should we ________, but also we should________ the society and the country.

7 . 他们在这件事情上互相没有能够看法一致，因此导致了他们之间关系的破裂。
They failed to________ on the matter, which________ in their relationship.

8 . Knitting is well known for its healing benefits. For Clare Young. the pastime has helped ________her broken heart after her husband Ken died of cancer.

Mrs. Young was diagnosed with a mental disorder and anxiety after her husband’s death in 2015. They met online 15 years ago. He was ________with cancer in 2013. Then they wedded in 2014 and she gave up work to care for her husband. She was advised to take up knitting as a way to ________the stress.

She created Work of Heart Garden in ________of her husband to help manage her sorrow and the ________health symptoms. Her piece ________a bed in a hospice (临终安养院) garden, with knitted grass, flower pots and walls. Her knitted creation and her ________fundraising (筹款) for Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court hospice, which helped care for Ken, saw Clare enter the Creative Fundraiser of the Year. In the awards ceremony. Clare was ________Creative Fundraiser of the Year.

Following her win, Clare said, “I started knitting at home to manage the sorrow and mental health symptoms. Never in my wildest ________did I think creating a knitted garden would lead me to receiving 50,000 knitted hearts from across the world and picking up this ________. I would like to ________it to them. It is for every person who has knitted, donated and ________. It was a huge honor to those who are making a ________to the world. Creating Work of Heart Garden has been a( an) ________experience. Not only have I achieved my aim of raising ________of the work of the hospice, but I have encouraged more people to talk more people about hospice care, loss and grief.”

1.

A．fix

B．create

C．purchase

D．press

2.

A．healed

B．convinced

C．diagnosed

D．predicted

3.

A．build up

B．take down

C．deal with

D．come up

4.

A．memory

B．need

C．hope

D．charge

5.

A．physical

B．mental

C．imaginary

D．obvious

6.

A．books

B．prints

C．works

D．features

7.

A．simple

B．little

C．huge

D．rough

8.

A．showed

B．handed

C．crowned

D．treasured

9.

A．dreams

B．concepts

C．plans

D．nations

10.

A．reward

B．award

C．cash

D．thread

11.

A．lead

B．contribute

C．devote

D．owe

12.

A．doubted

B．blamed

C．supported

D．pretended

13.

A．decision

B．difference

C．rule

D．promise

14.

A．wonderful

B．unconscious

C．common

D．independent

15.

A．awareness

B．friendship

C．success

D．affection

9 . What is talent? Are you born with it? Or does it seem to develop over time? Before I start, I’d like to say that one thing everyone agrees on is that the most skilled musicians have worked hard to get there.

While it’s true that a few of us had enough “talent” to avoid extra practice to do just as well as those who did, those who worked hard easily beat us. It is, in fact, very likely that if some of us “talented ones” had actually been practicing and improving our skill, we would have achieved a whole different level.

Another aspect of talent seems to be heart and passion (酷爱). The people I see who are the most talented musicians are crazy about music. They eat, breathe, and live music and they make an extraordinary effort to make it part of their lives. As Remus Badea said, desire for the musician-to-be is significant for them to be successful. This desire is easily found in those considered to be talented. When you want and love something so bad, it drives you and your entire character can be shaped around it. Such determined passion seems to produce incredible skill and talent.

The third aspect (方面) of talent is having talent around you. When surrounded by talented musicians, it only seems natural that you start to catch up to their level Take a look at almost any group of musicians in history. The more talented people in the group the more talented the group is as a whole. A great example of this is the relationship between audio producer and artist. The artist turns up to the studio with their song, and as they work through recording it, the audio producer will often suggest various changes to the song to make it better.

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A．Pride goes before a fall.

B．It’s never too old to learn.

C．Practice contributes to talent.

D．Talent determines achievements.

2. What is the key to success according to Remus Badea?

A．Passion.

B．Character .

C．Skill.

D．Talent.

3. Why is the example mentioned in the last paragraph?

A．To introduce what real talents are.

B．To explain how a song is composed.

C．To prove talents need team spirit.

D．To show the benefits of being with talents.

4. What might the author probably agree with?

A．Music has no limits.

B．Musicians are born with talent.

C．Music favors the talented.

D．Musicians are created, not born.