1 . Chen Shaoqin, a woman from Beijing, has shown the world how life should be lived by working as a tour guide in her seventies.

Chen has only a middle school education. She began studying English at the age of 40, changing herself from a factory worker to a white collar (白领) worker in an international trade company.

Chen continued to learn after retirement (退休), studying art and finally becoming an art guide at the age of 67. Over the past five years, from a person who knew nothing about art to a great volunteer guide, Chen's hard work and love for learning have encouraged many. As a guide, she is able to take special training courses and has the chance to learn from artists, giving her courage to continue.

Chen is proud of many exhibitions (展览) guided by her over the years, including those of famous artists like Zeng Fanzhi, Xu Bing, Qiu Zhijie and Pablo Picasso. She believes that every tour is a beautiful journey and a new chance to learn and be moved. Chen's love for learning has made her an excellent guide. After turning 73 this year, she said. “Well, I may be old, but I believe that the width of one's life can be expanded (延伸) through self-exploration and learning.”

1. How did the English learning affect Chen Shaoqin?

A．She became a white-collar.	B．She got a job as an art guide.
C．She had a chance to be an artist.	D．She turned out to be a factory worker.

2. How old was Chen Shaoqin when she became an art guide?

A．40.

B．67.

C．72

D．73.

3. What can we know about Chen Shaoqin from the last paragraph?

A．She gets into trouble when travelling.

B．She becomes famous for her great paintings.

C．She has guided many exhibitions successfully.

D．She has been a volunteer guide for five years.

4. What's Chen Shaoqin's attitude towards her life?

A．Hopeful.

B．Worried.

C．Regretful.

D．Doubtful.

2 . Conflict (冲突) between teenagers and parents happens for a lot of reasons. Sometimes conflict happens between teenagers and parents just because conflict happens between human beings anyway. Humans have different needs, different feelings, different opinions about what they want, and the relationship with people can be really difficult. However, teenagers can cause further conflict because of the hormonal (生理的) changes that are happening and the stage of life that they're in.

Teenagers and parents have different understanding about rules and at times they find it difficult to look into the future. So parents and teenagers will often experience conflict about many things, do chores, homework, whether teenagers speak respectfully or not and about what they're allowed to do.

Before we think about rule boundaries (界线) for teenagers, we need to make sure that we have a really good relationship base. There's no point saying “From now on, you have to listen to me”: if you don't have a positive relationship with your teenager. We need to go back and make sure there is some degree of shared respect, and some degree of positive communication and enjoyment being together. you do that first, it means that rule boundaries are a lot easier to set up.

Often we're dealing with conflict on the fly. This is not the right time to be dealing with it. We really want parents and teenagers to sit down and think about the kinds of things that may happen in the house before the problems come. The more detailed your rule boundaries are for teenagers, the more likely it is that they are going to follow them. So this means we don't have rule boundaries like “Have the bathroom cleaned”. It needs to be “The floors mopped, nothing on the countertop and the mirrors cleaned by ten o'clock every Saturday”: Rule boundaries need to be written down, and set out ahead of time so the teenager knows exactly what's expected.

1. What's important to set up a rule boundary easily for teenagers?

A．Being strict from the start.	B．Developing a good relationship with them first.
C．Saying"No" to their requirements.	D．Avoiding close talks with them.

2. Which of the following rules are teenagers most likely to follow?

A．Doing some housework.	B．Having a good reading habit.
C．Cleaning the bathroom.	D．Finishing your homework by five.

3. What do the underlined words "on the fly" in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．In a hurry.

B．On the plane.

C．By oneself.

D．Another day.

4. What's the best title for the text?

A．Growing Pains	B．Teenage Problems
C．Parent-Child Conflict and Solutions	D．Knowing the Conflict

3 . Chinese high schools differ from American high schools in many ways.

The class structure (结构) is different. Students have each class in a different room with a different set of classmates in America, while Chinese students remain in the same classroom all day.

In addition to the structural difference, Chinese high schools also differ from American high schools in the college application process (大学申请过程) that students undergo.

In the United States, colleges use an application system that considers a student's high school grades, standardized test scores, after-school activities. teacher recommendations, and often a personal interview. Usually, the last few months of senior year has little work.

The Chinese college admission process is very different. College acceptance is depended on standardized examinations held once a year at the end of each school year. Although students take tests at the end of their first and second years of high school, the test that really matters is the exam taken at the end of their final year of high school.

The main way in which Chinese and American high schools differ is in the way information is taught.

In America, personal expression is valued heavily. Many classes are based on discussion of the material, and teachers expect students to join in this dialogue, so the classroom can become noisy. Classroom participation (参与), meaning how a student contributes to the class discussion, is an important part of a student's grade, so a student who works hard but never speaks up could receive a lower grade as a result.

Chinese classrooms do not place this same importance on classroom participation. Class is based on the teacher talking and the students listening quietly. Respect (尊敬) for teachers is far more important. When a student is asked to speak, he or she is expected to stand. This classroom is more formal and respectful. But it also means less communication between the teacher and students.

1. What is the class structure for students in America?

A．They have one teacher.	B．They study in the same classroom.
C．They have the same classmates.	D．They have different classmates and classrooms.

2. What are paragraphs 4、5 mainly about?

A．Different class structures.

B．The way information is taught.

C．How to get high marks in the final year of high school.

D．The differences of the college application process between America and China.

3. How can a student most probably get a high mark in an American class?

A．By being noisy	B．By being active in class discussion.
C．By having respect for teachers.	D．By working hard and not speaking.

4. How does the author develop the text?

A．By listing numbers.	B．By following time order.
C．By presenting research findings.	D．By comparing the differences.

4 . 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。

One morning in spring four students were walking to school.

There had been a rain, and the ground was very soft. Water was dropping from the trees, and the grass was wet.

The four students walked along, one behind another, because the pathway was narrow (狭窄的) and the mud (泥) on either side of it was deep. They walked, talked and laughed.

As they were passing through some small trees, they heard a great fluttering (拍翅膀) over their heads and a weak chirping (鸣叫) in the grass by the roadside.

“Tweet! Tweet! Tweet!” came from the leafy branches above them.“Cheep! Cheep! Cheep!” came from the wet grass.

“What is the matter here? ” asked the first student, whose name was Speed. “Oh, there are two young birds. Maybe the storm has blown two of the little ones out of the nest. They are too young to fly, ” said the second student, whose name was Hardin.

“What a pity! They'll die down there in the grass,” said the third student Martin.

“Oh, well! We still need to hurry to school. We're going to be late,” said Speed. “Why should we bother? ” After Speed's words, the first three students walked on, talking and laughing as before.

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

But the fourth student, whose name was David, stopped.

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All were surprised to find that David was not with them when the roll call (点名) was made.

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5 . In America, we have a thing called stand-up comedy. This popular form of entertainment consists of a comedian standing up at the front of a club, holding a microphone, and telling jokes. Of course, comedy is popular in Chinese culture as well, but the performances are quite different from the style in the US. In China, it’s called cross-talk, which usually involves two guys engaging in an entertaining dialogue.

It’s believed that cross-talk came into being in the Qing Dynasty as a bit of a by-product of the imitation shows that were a popular form of entertainment in the Song Dynasty. After the PRC was established in 1949, this comedic art became more and more popular. Today, it’s still heavily featured in the CCTV New Year’s Gala programmes in China. The 1990s was the golden age of cross-talk; even foreigners studied the art of cross-talk. Mark Roswell, a Canadian named Da Shan in Chinese was relatively unknown in his native land but was a superstar in China. At the turn of the century, cross-talk began to decline, and many well-known actors left the stage.

There are four skills that are essential in cross-talk: speaking, imitating, teasing, and singing. Most of the time, it is performed with two actors—one serves as the lead actor while the other plays a support role. However, sometimes it is performed simply as a one-man show, and at other times there are several actors. In order to criticize something, the humor involved in cross-talk is satirical.

1. What’s the difference between American stand-up comedy and Chinese cross-talk?

A．Chinese cross-talk actors don’t use a microphone.

B．American stand-up comedy actors are all men.

C．Chinese cross-talk is more liked by Canadians.

D．American stand-up comedy is only a one-man show.

2. Which word can best summarize Paragraph 2?

A．History.

B．Future.

C．Features.

D．Difference.

3. What can we know about Mark Roswell?

A．He was an American stand-up comedian.

B．He was very popular with Canadians.

C．He was a famous cross-talker in China.

D．He left the stage in the early 1990s.

4. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “satirical” in Paragraph 3?

A．Acid-tongued.	B．Good-tempered.
C．Warm-hearted.	D．Smooth-tongued.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where will the two speakers have the party?

A．In a garden.

B．In a hotel.

C．In their house.

2. What food will the man prepare for the party?

A．Pizzas.

B．Salad.

C．A birthday cake.

3. What kind of birthday present will the woman get for Grandpa?

A．A scarf.

B．A book.

C．A hat.

4. When will the party be held?

A．On Thursday.

B．On Friday.

C．On Saturday.

7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How long is the lecture about ants?

A．60 minutes.

B．45 minutes.

C．30 minutes.

2. Where will the film The Great Migration be shown?

A．In Theater A.

B．In Theater B.

C．In Theater C.

3. Who will host the event Encouraging Garden Wildlife?

A．David Crocker.

B．Monica Chaddha.

C．Jane Smith.

4. When will the listeners leave the Exhibition Room?

A．At 2:00 p. m.

B．At 2:30 p. m.

C．At 3:00 p. m.

8 . 假定你是李华，你校“英语报”将开设一期名为“新中国成立以来感动中国的人物”专栏，请你积极写信投稿。
1. 人物简介及事迹；2. 意义或启示
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People Who Inspired China

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9 . 我意识到，我们不能放弃，直到实现我们的目标。（not until倒装句）（汉译英）

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

Waters may be flowing on the surface of an enormous planet that lies about 120 light-years from Earth, according to new evidence     1     (uncover) by the James Webb Space Telescope.

The investigation with the space-based observatory, one of the most advanced astronomy instruments in operation,     2     (reveal) that the exoplanet (外星球) K2-18b may have some key features of a planet     3     could support bodies of water — and life. Closely orbiting the cool dwarf star K2-18, the exoplanet lies within the star’s habitable, or Goldilocks, zone and is 8.6 times     4     big as Earth. An     5     (analyse) of Webb’s observations found the planet has huge quantities of methane (甲烷) and carbon dioxide in its atmosphere.

The Webb telescope, which can detect infrared (红外) light invisible to the human eye, searched for exactly     6     elements are featured in the planet’s atmosphere. And     7     latest observations of the planet also hint that a very special substance, called dimethyl sulfide (二甲基亚砜), could be     8     (presence) on K2-18b. On Earth, dimethyl sulfide “is only produced by life,” according to NASA. Researchers are not directly suggesting that K2-18b is crawling with alien life. Further research is needed     9     (confirm) the presence of dimethyl sulfide.

And even if scientists confirm the chemical compound’s presence, that doesn’t guarantee life-forms exist there. But this new evidence does expand scientists’ understanding of exoplanets similar     10     K2-18b.