1 . For decades sleep scientists have thought over the link between dreaming and creative inspiration. They have long thought the insight came from the stage of rapid eye movement sleep, which is rich with dreams and begins around 90 minutes after one falling asleep. But new evidence puts the spotlight on a much earlier phase — the period that separates sleep and wakefulness. In a study by MIT, researchers show that people who take brief naps (小睡) that bring about the beginning of sleep score higher on several measures of creativity than those who undertake the tasks after staying awake.

The findings suggest researchers could even exercise some measure of control over the dreaming process by directing people's dreams toward a specific topic. The more frequently people dreamed about that, the more creative they were on tasks related to it. “We can come to the conclusion that dreaming about a topic enhances your subsequent creativity on it,” says Robert Stickgold, a member of the study team.

The experiment took advantage of a glovelike sleep detector, which charts sleep by monitoring one's muscle tone, skin conductance and heart rate through contacts on the wrist and hand. It communicates with an app that issues voice prompts (提示) for dreams and records dream reports.

More than one famous thinker has capitalized on the phase called non-rapid eye movement sleep stage 1,or N1, illustrating the point about generating creative insights. The painter Salvador Dalí would deliberately nap, holding a set of keys above a metal plate, when thinking over an idea for a painting. As he nodded off, he'd drop the keys, which would hit the plate and wake him up, and he'd hold onto the image from his dream. Thomas Alva Edison is said to have used a similar technique with metal balls to gain insights.

“It's exciting because,   in principle, people could use the technology themselves to develop creativity,” says Jonathan Schooler, a professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of California. There seems to be no shortage of folks coming to try it. “So many different kinds of people have visited, knocking on the lab door and asking to have dreams,” co-lead investigator Haar Horowitz says.

1. Which phase boosts creative ideas according to the study?

A．The initial sleep stage.	B．The middle of the sleep cycle.
C．The wakefulness after sleep.	D．The rapid eye movement sleep stage.

2. What do the findings mentioned in paragraph 2 show?

A．Physical changes reflect the sleep phase.	B．Dream contents re late to real life.
C．Creativity levels vary with the nap length.	D．The theme of the dream can be guided.

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

A．Encourages.

B．Improves.

C．Tracks.

D．Influences.

4. Why are Salvador Dalí and Thomas Alva Edison mentioned?

A．To prove the effect of dreams.	B．To provide support for the findings.
C．To interpret the benefits of N1.	D．To give examples of fueling creativity.

2 . “The Worthington Christian defeated the Westerville North by 2—1 in an Ohio boys’ soccer game on Saturday.” That’s according to a story that appeared last month in The Columbus Dispatch. That lead was written not by a sportswriter, but by an artificial intelligence (AI) tool.

Many news organizations are now examining how AI might be used in their work. But if they begin their “experimenting” with high school sports because they are less momentous than war, peace, climate change and politics, they may miss something crucial. Nothing may be more important to the students who play high school sports, and to their families, neighborhoods, and sometimes, the whole town. That next game is what the students train for, work toward, and dream about. Someday, almost all student athletes will go on to have jobs in front of screens, in office parks, at schools, in hospitals or on construction sites. They may suffer blows and setbacks. But the high school games they played and watched, as well as their hopes and cheers, will stay vivid in their memories.

I have a small idea. If newspapers will no longer send staff reporters to cover high school games, why not hire high school student journalists? News organizations can pay students an hourly wage to cover high school games. The young reporters might learn how to be fair to all sides, write vividly, and attract readers. That’s what some celebrities in sports did, and do.

And think of the great writers who were inspired by sports: Hemingway on fishing, Bernard Malamud and Marianne Moore on baseball, Chen Zhongshi on football, and CLR James on cricket, who said, “There can be raw pain and bleeding where so many thousands see the inevitable (不可避免的) ups and downs of only a game.” A good high school writer, unlike a robot, could tell readers not just the score, but the stories of the game.

1. Why is the lead mentioned in the first paragraph?

A．To introduce an original idea.	B．To show AI’s wide application.
C．To bring in the opinion about AI.	D．To stress AI’s importance to news.

2. What does the author think of high school games?

A．Hopeful.

B．Eye-catching.

C．Competitive.

D．Far-reaching.

3. What is good sports news like according to the author?

A．Rich in contents.	B．Fair in comments.
C．Centered on results.	D．Targeted on readers.

4. Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A．News Organizations Are Abusing AI	B．High Schoolers Can Do What AI Can’t
C．Great Writers Are Crazy About Sports	D．AI Ruins High School Students’ Memory

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why did the speaker go on the tour?

A．It was the prize of a competition.

B．John asked her to go with him.

C．It was her travel plan.

2. What did the speaker dislike about the hotel?

A．The drinks.

B．The food.

C．The waiters.

3. What did the speaker think of the trip to the museum?

A．Disappointing.

B．Amazing.

C．Terrible.

4. What did the speaker do in the second week?

A．She rode an elephant.

B．She went to the mountains.

C．She relaxed in the hotel.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When did the man’s boss call Jeff?

A．In the morning.

B．In the afternoon.

C．In the evening.

2. How did Jeff explain everything?

A．Over the phone.

B．By e-mail.

C．In person.

3. Why didn’t Jeff come to the office on Tuesday?

A．He was sick.

B．He was off the day.

C．He was working somewhere else.

4. How does the woman sound in the end?

A．Excited.

B．Angry.

C．Surprised.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the speakers doing?

A．Discussing their schedule.

B．Packing for a journey.

C．Deciding on a present.

2. What does Jacques like doing?

A．Swimming.

B．Playing basketball.

C．Reading books on modern art.

3. What will the speakers most probably do next?

A．Find a basketball.

B．Leave home.

C．Call a taxi.

6 . How to Survive Senior High School Life

Anxious about Senior High School (SHS) life?     1     .

Be decisive and self-aware

    2     . You may like the Humanities track but see the Sciences track to be more employable when you graduate. However, your first choice may not end up being what you like after a year. Be self-aware to think if you can still go through or shift to another track that will be better for you in the long run. Be decisive on things before it is too late.

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A basic rule of physics is that you cannot be at two places at the same time and a basic rule of time management is that you cannot do everything all at once. You may regret not going to some activities in exchange for another, but that is life—a series of hard decisions that are equally as important as the other.

Take notes and organize everything

Having many subjects every day and many commitments weekly is hard.     4     . That is why it is important to take notes and have a physical copy of your lessons or meetings, which you can go back to.

Ask for help

In SHS, you will face many challenges in life and school. Getting help and support is important when it comes to adjusting to it.     5     . They are experienced and willing to help you.

A．Remind yourself of your strengths

B．Know that you cannot have and beat everything

C．Instead, think about how you can make it more interesting

D．You can ask teachers, friends or parents for advice and help

E．Here are some pieces of advice on how to make SHS life easier

F．A realistic problem of this is that you may forget the details of some things

G．Your first major decision after becoming a SHS student is which track to choose

7 . With the popularity of mobile phones and other electronic devices, more and more e-book products are created and these products have brought convenience to many young readers.     1    . If you’re interested in printed books, here are some benefits they bring about.

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When people settle in to read the latest must-read novel in print, they don’t get those annoying notifications (通知) in electronic reading. “Unless you’ve taken the time to turn off all the notifications, a digital reader is designed to interrupt,” Baron says.

Less eyestrain (眼睛疲劳)

    3    . But it’s much worse reading on screens. “If you look at what students say — My eyes hurt or I have headaches — overwhelmingly they noticed greater eyestrain reading digitally,” says Baron.

Greater academic achievements

    4    . The authors of a June 2014 study published in Oxford Academics looked at data examining academic performance of 200,000-plus students in 42 nations taking the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and reached the conclusion.

Better sleep

There are plenty of studies that show that reading on digital devices like phones and e-readers will negatively impact sleep. In a 2015 study, researchers at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, found that study participants reading digital books took longer to fall asleep and were less sleepy.     5    . In that way eyes and the mind have time to relax.

Educational trends come and go, so maybe the shift back to traditional books won’t last. But for the moment, I find myself standing at attention, relaxing my textbook-built shoulders and preparing for their glorious return.

A．Fewer notifications

B．Less interruption

C．Thus people had better turn e-reading devices off one hour before bedtime

D．The number of books in a family home strongly influences children’s academic performance

E．People experience eyestrain from reading in both media

F．People suffer eyestrain from digital reading

G．However, physical books are more learning-friendly than digital books

8 . My earliest memories are of having two very old parents. My mother was 42 when I was born, which back then was seriously old to have a baby, and a little risky too. My oldest brother was 14 years older than me and the middle brother ten years older. When I was quite small they had both left home. I grew up almost like an only child. I tended to amuse myself and play in the garden and draw and paint and shoot. I suppose you do learn as an only child that you’re going to have to get on with life by yourself. You’re going to have to find things that excite and move you.

I was shipped off to Sunday school in Edinburgh when I was seven years old. I felt a proper Charlie, because I was the only little boy among the Sunday school children who was wearing a kilt (苏格兰短裙). I also felt rather threatened by the stories we were taught. Old-school Christianity was filled with punishment and anger that I didn’t really enjoy. For the rest of my attendance at Sunday school, I didn’t get closer than climbing a tree outside the church and hiding in the branches, waiting until the children came out, then dropping down to join the school team and walking out of the church to be met by my parents, who were then reassured that I’d been to Sunday school as I was supposed to.

When my parents moved to Blackpool, my aunt, who came to live with us, took me to two or three concerts. I got to see Cliff Richard, Adam Faith and the early Rolling Stones performing at Blackpool’s ABC Theatre-which, when I was 12 years old, was an important moment of recognising that that isn’t what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, because the music they played was not what I was enjoying. I was drawn to the blues and Black American folk music. It felt very real and human.

1. What do we know about the author’s childhood?

A．Many things moved him.	B．He had to do many things on his own.
C．He liked playing in the garden.	D．He got on badly with his brothers.

2. Which is closest in meaning to the underlined phrase “a proper Charlie” in paragraph 2?

A．A real fool.	B．An independent child.
C．A capable student.	D．A clever student.

3. What experiences did the author have in his Sunday school?

A．He liked wearing a kilt.	B．He often studied in the trees.
C．He was threatened by others.	D．He was often absent from school.

4. What can we infer from the text?

A．His brothers were not important to him.	B．He never walked into the church.
C．His parents took him to some concerts.	D．The blues caught his interest.

9 . 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the girl order the flowers?

A．She likes flowers.

B．Mother’s Day is coming.

C．She wants to make a surprise.

2. What kind of flowers does the girl finally order?

A．Lilies.

B．Roses.

C．Sunflowers.

3. When will the flowers be delivered?

A．On May 5th.

B．On May 7th.

C．On May 9th.

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why did Mr. Day look at the blanket for a long time but go away?

A．He didn’t like its color.

B．The blanket was too big for him to take home.

C．He wanted to get the blanket but could not decide on it.

2. What was the result?

A．Mr. Day didn’t get the blanket.

B．The seller sold the blanket at a lower price.

C．The seller sent the blanket to Mr. Day’s home.

3. What can we learn from the story?

A．The seller was clever, but Mr. Day was foolish.

B．The seller wasn’t honest and Mr. Day was humorous.

C．The seller didn’t want to sell the blanket to Mr. Day.