1 . 阅读下面材料，在空格处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

In western countries, after a long day with the sun     1     (burn) your back, a bottle of cold water sounds like the perfect solution. However, consuming cold drinks may not be     2     same choice internationally. In the US, people often receive a glass cold water alongside their meals,     3     in China, people usually get a cup of hot tea instead. In fact, even when the weather is     4     (extreme) hot, many Chinese people prefer to have hot water. According to ancient Chinese medicine, drinking a glass of warm water     5     (be) beneficial to health.

Restaurants in the US are places where people     6     (serve) with cold water, which doesn’t hurt anyone if it is spilled accidentally. In China, you pour tea into cups yourself; if you spill the water, you are responsible     7     it.

In spite of the benefits of hot water and the     8     (harm) effects of drinking cold water, modern medicine tells us that they are both fine       9     (consume). Actually, the debate between cold water and hot water is all a matter of     10     (prefer) and body type. So, what would you like to drink?

2 . Those who are concerned that robots are taking over the world can rest easy—for now. Though the androids have proved useful at performing ordinary tasks, they are not ready for the greatest time. At least that appears to be the case at Japan’s Henn-na Hotel chain where over half of the robot staff are being replaced by humans.

The first location of the unique hotel opened in July 2015 was at Nagasaki’s Huis Ten Bosch Theme Park. The hotel’s owner, Hideo Sawada, promised the hotel to be managed primarily by robots. Guests were greeted and checked-in by a dinosaur robot, while a cute android called Churi, placed inside each room, provided information about attractions. Not surprisingly, the lodging, recognized in 2016 as the world’s first robot-staffed hotel by Guinness World Records, drew in curious visitors from all around the world.

But as the years have passed, the hotel’s main draw is becoming less novel and more unsatisfactory. Also as the robots are “aging”, they are costing more to repair. Among the 283 androids being replaced are the chain’s two dinosaur receptionists. In addition to scaring young guests, they are also unable to photocopy guests’ passports, forcing human employees to step in each time. Also out are the cute Churi robots, which annoyed guests by interrupting their conversations. For example, one guest told The Wall Street Journal that Churi mistook his snoring for a command and kept asking him to repeat his request all night.

Sawada told The Wall Street Journal, “When you actually use robots you realize there are places where they aren’t needed—or just annoy people.” While Sawada may be cutting back on his use of androids, the recently-opened Smart LYZ Hotel and the Fly Zoo Hotel in China, are run entirely by robots, with not a human in sight. Whether the employees have more competence than those “hired” by the Henn-na Hotel chain remains to be seen.

1. What makes Japan’s Henn-na Hotel unique?

A．Its robot employees.	B．Its advanced equipment.
C．Its convenient location.	D．Its successful management.

2. What is the author’s purpose with the example in paragraph 3?

A．To entertain readers.	B．To prove Churi’s drawback.
C．To introduce Churi’s functions.	D．To persuade people not to book the hotel.

3. What does the owner of Japan’s Henn-na Hotel think of his robot staff now?

A．Attractive.	B．Costly.
C．Pioneering.	D．Disappointing.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Robots Are Taking Over the World.

B．The Boom of Robots-staffed Hotel.

C．Robot Staff Are Fired For No Competence.

D．The First Robots-staffed Hotel Won Guinness World Record.

3 . Duplays Ramadan netball league

This is one of the most popular women’s leagues, so sign your team up now for five weeks of netball.

Price: Dhs 2,250 per team.

Time: Sun. and Mon., 7 pm-10:30 pm, June 8 to July 13.

Place: Emirates International School, Umm Suqeim 3.

www. duplays. com (04 447 2394)

Bounce’s first anniversary

The first national indoor trampoline (蹦床) park is celebrating its first anniversary with an After Dark Party. Fans of Bounce can come together on the trampolines and jump to party tunes from DJ Scott Forshaw.

Limited tickets available.

Price: Dhs 80.

Time: On Thursday June 4, 8 pm-midnight.

Place: Bounce, 4B Street, Al Quoz.

www. bounce. ae (04 3211 400)

Jump Boxx Beatz

Enjoy new Thursday night jump sessions at Jump Boxx indoor trampoline park. DJs will spin your favorite tracks as you bounce. Tickets are abundant on the spot.

Price: Dhs 69 per hour, plus Dhs 11 for grip (防滑力) socks.

Time: Thur. 7 pm-11 pm, July 8 to August 8.

Place：Uptown Mirdif.

www.jump-boxx.com (800 5867)

Fit Republik’s summer sports camp for kids

Sign your kids up now for a summer of sport at Fit Republik. The camp takes place from Sunday July 5 to Thursday August 27 and will offer children aged 4 to 14 a variety of daily activities including martial (军事的) arts, gymnastics, aquatics (水上的) sports and functional training. Call to register your child in advance.

Price: Dhs 270 per child, per day, Dhs 950 for five days. Prices include lunch.

Time: Sun.-Thur. 8:45 am-2:15pm, July 5 to August 27.

Place: Dubai Sports City.

www.fitrepublik.com (04 556 1800)

1. What makes the second and third events similar to each other?

A．They are both celebrations.

B．They are both intended for kids.

C．Music is to be played at the parties.

D．They both open at exactly the same time.

2. Which of the four events will last longest?

A．Duplays Ramadan netball league.

B．Bounce’s first anniversary.

C．Fit Republik’s summer sports camp for kids.

D．Jump Boxx Beatz.

3. What can we learn from the text?

A．You have to pay to take part in the events.

B．Teamwork is a must in all the events.

C．Students of all ages can register for Fit Republik.

D．Tickets for the four events are to be booked ahead of time.

4 . Membership Card

Fighting Fit is a members-only club. When you first join, we give you a computerized card. It has your name, photo and membership number on.

Please have your card with you every time you use the club. The card is for your use only, and there is a small charge to provide a new one if you lose it. Members are permitted to bring guests to use the facilities at the club. A visiting guest fee is charged for each guest.

Fitness Programs

Your Fitness Program includes a meeting with one of our skilled instructors. This will happen two or three weeks after you have joined. The instructor looks at your health, your current needs and the way you live, and organizes a program suitable for you.

Gymnasium

Our gymnasiums are the most modem in the area and have high quality exercise equipment. For safety reasons, you must wear sportswear and trainers while exercising, and please remember to take a small towel too. It is one of our rules that you wipe the equipment after use.

There is no limit to how long you spend in the gymnasiums, but we ask you to respect other members by only spending 20 minutes on each piece of equipment. There are experienced staff helping you in the gymnasiums at any time.

Locker Rooms

We have large male and female locker rooms. Please ensure that your property is kept in your locker at all times. Any belongings which are found in a locker overnight will be removed and taken to Lost Property.

Cafe

The Cafe offers free tea, coffee and soft drinks.

Suggestion Box

Members' suggestions are always welcome, and the suggestion box and forms can be found at reception. We try to respond within two days.

1. What does the Fighting Fit Health Club provide for its members?

A．A personalized program on their first visit.	B．A second membership card for free.
C．Help from the staff all the time.	D．Certain kinds of clothes and towels.

2. At the Fighting Fit Health Club, you can_.

A．share your membership card

B．have free drinks in the Cafe

C．leave personal items in the locker for 24 hours

D．spend as long as you like on all equipment

3. Where is the information most probably from?

A．A news report.	B．A notice board.
C．A guide book.	D．A reference book.

5 . Older adults with a better sense of smell may live longer than those who have a poor sense of smell, a new study suggests. The study was a project of researchers in the United States that was ongoing for over 13 years. They asked nearly 2,300 men and women to identify 12 common smells. All the subjects were from 71 to 82 years of age. The researchers gave the adults scores, from 0 to as high as 12, based on how many smells they identified correctly.

During the years of follow-up investigation, over 1,200 of the subjects died. When the study was launched, none of the adults were weak. They could walk a little under half a kilometer, climb 10 steps and independently complete daily activities. In the latest findings, the researchers noted that those with a weak nose were 30 percent more likely to die than people with a good sense of smell. The findings were reported last month in the scientific publication Annals of Internal Medicine.

Honglei Chen, a doctor with Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, was the lead writer of a report on the study. He said the connection between a poor sense of smell and an increased risk of dying was limited to adults who first reported good-to-excellent health. This suggests that a poor sense of smell is an early and sensitive sign for worsening health before it is recognizable in medical tests. With a poor sense of smell, people are more likely to die of brain and heart diseases, but not of cancer or breathing disorders.

The results also suggest that a poor sense of smell may be an early warning for poor health in older age that goes beyond dementia or other neurodegenerative(神经变性的) diseases. These often signal the beginning of a weakening of the mind or body.

1. What do you know about the study mentioned?

A．The study involved researchers from the world.

B．All the participants were of different ages.

C．The study began to be performed about 13 years ago.

D．2 ,300 men and women were young and healthy.

2. What was the situation like at the beginning of the study?

A．More than 1,200 of the participants passed away.

B．Many of the subjects were found with health problems.

C．All the subjects were independent of others when walking.

D．One third of the participants had a poor smell sense.

3. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A．People with a poor sense of smell have heart disease.

B．You should be careful with your health if you smell poorly.

C．People with a poor sense of smell won't suffer from cancer.

D．Most of the elder people may have the dementia disease.

4. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Strong Sense of Smell May Be Linked to Longer Life

B．Old People Tend to Have a Poor Sense of Smell

C．A Number of Factors Result in Longer Life

D．Being Ill Means Losing the Sense of Smell

6 . As is often the case, when we wake up feeling sleepy and with dark circles under eyes, many of us often make a decision: “I’m going to bed earlier tomorrow!” we are so determined.     1     We are still absorbed in what we are doing without realizing it is already too late the next day. This behavior is called “bedtime procrastination” (睡眠拖延症), and results from lack of self-control and our body clock.

    2     According to a study carried out by a group of health psychologists, 53 percent of the 2,400 participants said they didn’t follow their sleep schedule, delaying it at least twice a week. They delayed bedtime because they couldn’t stop doing other trivial things (琐事), which were keeping them up in the first place.

People who generally have trouble resisting temptations (诱惑) and following their intentions firmly are also more likely to delay going to bed. They find it hard to control themselves.     3     Our body clock also plays an important role when it comes to bedtime. Those who get up late are more likely to postpone their bedtime than those who wake early every morning. Night owls would go to bed late at the very beginning of the weekday, even though they had to get up early for work and school.     4    

Therefore, if we want to cure our bedtime procrastination, the intention to go to bed earlier is not enough.     5     We should have a clear understanding that bedtime procrastination is a big problem. The choices we make could turn out to be pretty important for our health.

A．Bedtime procrastination is a common problem.

B．It will have extreme effect on our health sooner or later.

C．Yet, lack of self-control is not the only thing to blame.

D．Unfortunately, chances are that we don’t stick to our promise.

E．It’s their special body clock that plays a part in delaying their bedtime.

F．Biological processes need to support this intention.

G．So we just need to take action to change our sleep model.

7 . Boxing is a popular sport that many people seem to be crazy about. Newspapers, magazines and sports programs on TV frequently cover boxing matches.     1    

It seems to me that some people, especially men find it attractive because it is an aggressive(攻击性的) sport. When they watch a boxing match, they can identify with the winning boxer, and this gives them the feeling of being a winner themselves. It is a fact that many people have feelings of aggression from time to time, but they cannot show their aggression in their everyday lives.     2    

However, there is a negative side to boxing.     3     Although boxers wear gloves during the fights, and amateur(业余的) boxers even have to wear helmets, there have frequently been accidents in both professional and amateur boxing, sometimes with terrible results. Boxers have suffered from head injuries, and occasionally, fighters have even been killed as a result of being knocked out in the ring(拳击台).     4     Sometimes even if a boxer has never been knocked out, he might have suffered severe brain damage without knowing it.

    5     I think it would be better if less time was given to aggressive sports on TV, and we welcomed more men and women from non-aggressive sports as our heroes and heroines in our society. I believe that the world is aggressive enough already! Of course, people like competitive sports, and so do I, but I think that hitting other people in an aggressive way is not something that should be regarded as a sport.

A．It can be a very dangerous sport.

B．Watching a boxing match gives them an outlet for this aggression.

C．In my personal opinion, boxing can be so thrilling that many people dare not have a try.

D．I am personally not at all in favor of aggressive sports like boxing.

E．Furthermore, studies have shown that here are often long-term effects of boxing.

F．Professional boxers earn a lot of money, and successful boxers are treated as big heroes.

G．It is likely to threaten personal safety of people.

8 . I always loved jokes and cartoons. They can be serious as they point out the silliness in our lives, convey a wise message of wisdom and at the same time bring a smile. Sometimes there is little difference between a joke and life wisdom.     1    .

I started collecting jokes I received from different sources over a period of some 25 years. For the book I chose for an “Anglo-Saxon” collection. They are typical for the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Where are they from? Who wrote them?     2    , Most are everywhere, floating anonymously (匿名地)   on the internet, and circulate among friends, e-mails, chat groups and mailing lists. Many come up over a beer.

The language of humor is not universal and translating into another language mostly does not work.     3    . Living in China for a long time, I gave up telling jokes as our Chinese friends find nothing funny in them and they can lead to misunderstandings.     4    . Trying to translate Chinese jokes also would mostly fail to convey anything “funny” for us Westerners; I can say I cannot recall any Chinese joke.

While at a first sight the book may not be interesting to Chinese readers, due to the cultural differences,     5    , as well as to learn a different vocabulary. Also, for those who deal with Westerners, here in China or when abroad, they might surprise their foreign friends by serving them some jokes they can appreciate.

A．Different cultures have a different understanding of what is “funny”

B．Generally speaking, nobody knows the original source

C．they wonder why there are so many about the Westerners

D．Worse, they start asking a million questions of the why and what and how

E．Maybe life is just a big joke

F．Most Chinese are totally unfamiliar with the Western world of jokes, they are puzzled or even shocked

G．it is a nice tool for our friends to learn about typical Western humor

9 . Manuela got up earlier and bought two bags of cat food. She began going to the__________ barbershop on the corner, making her weekly visit to see Hussein, the old barber. Hussein was both__________ and delighted to see Manuela and the bags of food. The two hurried over to the tiny food dishes lined up in the alley. Several __________ appeared soon.

As the two _________ and made their way back inside the shop, Hussein’s smile __________ and he explained he was about to   _________ the barbershop. He had been told to leave within 7 days. His ___________barbershop simply couldn’t pay enough rent and the landlord had invited another roomer, one who wouldn't be __________ animals outside.

Manuela’s eyes began to___________ as Hussein expressed his___________ about the homeless cats he cared for. But as fate(命运) would have it, there was something better___________ for the barber and his cats. As Manuela’s blog supporters read her___________ about Hussein, they, one after another,__________ donating to him and his cats. Every day for the next week, Manuela went to Hussein with the__________ . And on the fourth day, something unbelievable happened when Hussein was able to____________a storefront in an old building near his shop. No electricity,___________ there was potential. Manuela and other people __________ to help paint and clear rubbish while electricians made all the necessary__________ .

In less than two weeks, the barber was back in___________ again. Through the kindness of strangers, _________ , his and his cats' whole world was brought back.

1.

A．independent

B．familiar

C．expensive

D．ancient

2.

A．grateful

B．patient

C．careful

D．attractive

3.

A．neighbors

B．barbers

C．cats

D．customers

4.

A．spoke out

B．backed off

C．set off

D．finished off

5.

A．faded

B．froze

C．reappeared

D．accumulated

6.

A．rebuild

B．sell

C．lose

D．decorate

7.

A．dull

B．classic

C．remote

D．wide

8.

A．purchasing

B．feeding

C．sheltering

D．collecting

9.

A．glare

B．open

C．shine

D．flood

10.

A．promises

B．adoration

C．anxiety

D．comments

11.

A．in store

B．by chance

C．on purpose

D．at present

12.

A．review

B．letter

C．post

D．invitation

13.

A．suggested

B．remembered

C．reported

D．began

14.

A．congratulations

B．decisions

C．announcements

D．contributions

15.

A．return

B．obtain

C．protect

D．spot

16.

A．when

B．and

C．but

D．so

17.

A．came by

B．cheered up

C．broke away

D．dropped out

18.

A．appointments

B．connections

C．assumptions

D．budgets

19.

A．comparison

B．advance

C．company

D．business

20.

A．normally

B．thankfully

C．naturally

D．directly

10 . Music

Opera at Music Hall: 1243 Elm Street. The season runs June through August, with additional performances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Arts membership discounts. Phone: 241-2742. http://www.cityopera.com.

Chamber Orchestra: The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers several concerts from March through June. Call 723-1182 for more information. http: //www.chamberorch.com.

Symphony Orchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381-3300. Regular season runs September through May at Music Hall in summer at Riverbend. http://www.symphony.org/home.asp.

College Conservatory of Music (CCM): Performances are on the main campus(校园) of the university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater. CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known LaSalle Quartet, CCM’s Philharmonic Orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting Baroque through modern music. Students with I.D. cards can attend the events for free. A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 556-4183. http://www.ccm.uc.edu/events/calendar.

Riverbend Music Theater: 6295 Kellogg Ave. Large outdoor theater with the closest seats under cover (price difference). Big name shows all summer long! Phone: 232-6220. http://www.riverbendmusic.com.

1. Which number should you call if you want to see an opera?

A．241-2742.	B．723-1182.
C．381-3300.	D．232-6220.

2. When can you go to a concert by Chamber Orchestra?

A．February.	B．May.
C．August.	D．November.

3. Where can students go for free performances with their I.D. cards?

A．Music Hall.	B．Memorial Hall.
C．Patricia Cobbett Theater.	D．Riverbend Music Theater.