1 . People believe that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing then? If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb, you’re wrong. Many Americans are learning to climb in city gyms. Here, people are learning on special climbing walls. The climbing wall goes straight up and has small holding places for hands and feet.

How do people climb the wall? To climb need special shoes and a harness around your chest to hold you. There are ropes tied to your harness. The ropes hold you in place so that you don’t fall. A beginner’s wall is usually about 15 feet high, and you climb straight up. There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. Sometimes it’s easy to see the new piece of metal. Sometimes, it’s not. The most difficult is to control your fear. It’s normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so it’s difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall, the harness and the ropes hold you, and you begin to feel safe. You move slowly until you reach the top.

Climbing attracts people because it’s good exercise for almost everyone. You use your whole body, especially your arms and legs. This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb, both your mind and your body can become stronger.

1. What can we infer from the passage?

A．People are fairly interested in climbing nowadays.

B．It is impossible to build up one’s body by climbing.

C．People can only learn the skill of climbing outdoors.

D．It is always easy to see holding places in climbing.

2. The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing is        .

A．to tie ropes to your harness	B．to control your fear
C．to move away from the wall	D．to climb straight up

3. What does the underlined word “workout” in the last paragraph most probably mean?

A．Settlement.

B．Exercise.

C．Excitement.

D．Tiredness.

4. Where do you suppose this text comes from?

A．A science book.	B．A research report.
C．A sports magazine.	D．A sports history book.

2 . 阅读下面短文, 根据内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

There are many benefits of public transportation. For example, public transportation makes it easier for people to get where they want and need to go. It also helps people save money, as the cost of maintaining a working vehicle is often much more than the cost associated with public transportation. The frequency of traffic jams and accidents may also be reduced when a person uses public transportation.

One of the main benefits of public transportation is the fact that it makes it easier for people to get around. Without public transportation, many people — especially those without cars — would be limited in where they could go and what they could do. With public transportation, however, people can get to school and work, get to the grocery store and to doctors’ offices, and visit relatives, even if they do not own vehicles. Public transportation serves people of all ages and from all walks of life, ranging from families, including their children, to business people on their way to the office, to the elderly.

Often, people complain about the cost of public transportation when the rates are raised. When compared to the cost of buying a car, many people find that choosing to ride public transportation is a much cheaper option.

When public transportation is available, many people choose to use it instead of driving to work and school. This is true even of many people who own cars, as they may prefer to ride to work on a bus or train rather than deal with traffic jams and parking frustrations each day. When people make this choice, the result is less traffic on the roadways, which means fewer traffic jams and less pollution. In fact, the choice many people make to ride public transportation may even translate into fewer car accidents and vehicle-related deaths and injuries. Additionally, the use of public transportation also means less gas is consumed each year.

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3 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。

Mindfulness is taught in many schools. Kids learn deep breathing, movement, and how to relax. Mindfulness can help people in different ways. Read on to learn more.

    1    

Mindfulness helps people relax. It calms the body. It also quiets the mind.

    2    

Mindfulness helps people feel good. It reduces anger and sadness. It is said to boost happiness.

Stay Focused

Mindfulness helps people pay attention. It can help kids do well in school.

    3    

Mindfulness helps people get along. It increases feelings of empathy. Empathy is the ability to understand and share other people’s feelings.

A．Be Happy

B．Calm Down

C．Please others

D．Connect with Others

4 . 双向翻译
Dear Mr. Smith,

I want to speak to you about the state of the playground.     1    People are throwing their garbage everywhere. They leave garbage on the ground instead of using the garbage cans.       2    这对孩子们来说是一件危险的事情. Yesterday, a six-year-old kid fell and cut his hand on a broken bottle. Immediately,     3    the boy was taken to hospital. Also, the garbage makes the playground dirty and     4    没有人想去那儿

I would like you to handle this problem right away. For example,     5    you should buy more garbage cans and stop people from littering.

Please take my suggestions into serious consideration. I am waiting for your answer.

Best regards!

Jerry Broker

5 . Every year, more books on happiness are published. And every year, more people feel depressed because they do not see themselves as happy. They don’t remember or know what it feels like, and instead, they feel guilty that they aren’t as happy as everyone says they should be. This is really a sad state of emotional affairs.

The books, blogs, YouTube videos and advice columns (专栏) will tell you that if you read, exercise, stay busy, help others, and increase your intimacy (亲密) every day, then you too can be happy.

The simple truth is that no one can be happy all the time. That doesn’t mean you have to be sad, angry, or depressed the rest of the time but that you can find a middle ground called contentment. This middle ground is a good place mentally and emotionally, and spending time there is a healthy choice.

Contentment is somewhere between satisfied and peaceful. When you are in that place, the stuff of life can be going on around you, but you don’t need to allow it to bother you. And that, my friends, is a very nice way to go through life.

I find contentment in walks and in writing, and in talking with my partner and reminding each other that our life is good, despite temporary setbacks or scary moments. Because I know about myself and I can respond differently. Doing this takes away stress and will keep you from losing your state of contentment.

If there is even one thing that puts you in a state of contentment — you do it regularly and early enough each day — it will help you go through any challenges you may have to face later.

Right at this moment, things around me are still a little out of my control — such is life — but I am feeling pretty good because I actively living my purpose. I am now content, and that feeling will last the whole day through. You can do the same.

1. What does the author want to stress by mentioning “Books on happiness in paragraph 1?

A．People find it difficult to agree on what happiness is.

B．Such books are so popular that they are sold out very soon.

C．Happiness is something easy to gain in our daily life.

D．Experts find it useless to argue about the value of happiness.

2. When facing setbacks or sad moments, what does the author do?

A．He turns to such media as blogs.

B．He definitely communicates with partners.

C．He adjusts himself and reacts positively.

D．He sees himself unlucky and feels depressed.

3. What is the author most likely to agree with?

A．Still water runs deep.	B．Health is better than wealth.
C．Enough is as good as a feast.	D．One good turn deserves another.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To introduce a novel experience.

B．To advocate a proper life attitude.

C．To encourage studies on happiness.

D．To persuade us to work endlessly.

6 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

My grandfather is an old man, and he has always been happily. He likes travelling and has been to many places in China. Last month, he visits the Forbidden City which the emperors once lived. He even dreams of travelling to different foreign country one day. He thinks it is important try to understand as much about the world as possible. Therefore, he never left his hometown in his youth, because she had to work to support his family. He wanted to study for medicine, but he never got into an university. He hopes I can study hardly in the university and get a good job in the future.

7 . 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。

My aim in life is     1     (save) the environment for future generations. I want to become     2     environmental consultant after I graduate. Too many people think that pollution can’t     3     (stop) if we want the country to develop. But that is not true. We can cut back     4     dangerous and dirty waste from factories. Even though a factory     5     (produce) a large quantity of goods, it doesn’t mean that it has to pump a lot of pollution into the environment.

I want to teach people to buy products     6     have been recycled, as well. This is much     7     (good) for the environment, because it means we don’t need to cut down as many trees. Companies and     8     (business) can still operate, but the Earth will not have to suffer.

There is no debating that we also have a problem with population. The number of people in the world keeps     9     (grow), and we are producing more rubbish and using up more raw materials. What if they run out? I am confident that if we are all willing to work together, we can overcome these challenges and keep the Earth clean and     10     (health).

8 . Barbican Art Gallery

A world-class arts and learning center, the Barbican pushes the boundaries（界限）of all major art forms including dance, film, music and theater.

Tickets

Adult: £10 online/£12 at the door

13–17 years old: £6 online/£8 at the door

Children aged 12 and under: Free

Opening Times

Sat – Wed: 9 am–6 pm

Thu – Fri: 10 am–9 pm

Reviews

By Steven Ashmore

When traveling, I always look for museums and sites that have evening hours. We went to the Barbican Gallery on a Thursday evening and caught their recent Lee Krasner exhibition. It was fabulous. The gallery is two levels with numerous smaller spaces, making the exhibition an interesting and enjoyable experience.

By Laura Miller

I have just watched To Kill a Mockingbird here. The play and actors were fantastic. Nice and clean ladies’ toilets with hot water. During the break, they were selling the usual ice cream and drinks. Not all staff were friendly, but most were. I would come again to watch another show or even the same one.

1. How much would a couple with two kids aged 11 and 14 pay for the online tickets of Barbican Art Gallery?

A．£20.

B．£26.

C．£32.

D．£36.

2. You can visit Barbican Art Gallery at _____.

A．9 am on Thursday

B．8 pm on Sunday

C．10 am on Monday

D．9 pm on Tuesday

3. What did Miller like most about Barbican Art Gallery?

A．Drinks they sold.

B．Its staff service.

C．Its opening hours.

D．The show they put on.

9 . Online courses have become popular in many countries. There are different kinds of online courses, but most show a video of a teacher and students in a classroom. Students watch the video online and take part in online activities. Some courses are free and open to anyone.     1     Of course, watching videos on a screen is not the same as taking part in a real class.

    2     In Singapore, eight schools have been chosen to try new ways of using technology in the classroom. The schools have tablets(平板电脑)and touchscreens instead of books and blackboards in the classrooms.     3     Through them, students can communicate with each other and work on projects together.

In South Korea, some students have been taught English by teachers in the Philippines and other countries since 2011. The teachers are in their home countries and are connected to the Korean classrooms via the Internet. Instead of looking at a screen, the students interact with a robot in the classroom. The robot is controlled by the teacher.     4    

Thanks to technology, more and more ways of teaching and learning are being developed.

    5     But one thing is for sure – there has never been a more interesting time to be a student.

A．E-learning can be successful.

B．There are also social media platforms(平台).

C．Other kinds of e-learning are being tested around the world.

D．They give students anywhere the chance to study at any time.

E．Nobody knows what the classroom of the future will look like.

F．And it can move around the classroom and talk with the students.

G．The courses that are taught via the Internet are called online courses.

10 . In this digital age, people measure their popularity by the number of likes and followers they get on social media. But as it turns out, people are happiest when their friends are high quality – not high quantity.

Scientists from the University of Leeds, UK, studied data from two online surveys of nearly 1,500 people. Those who took the survey gave details about their age, social interactions, and how satisfied they were with their social lives. The researchers found that those who had a small number of close friends generally tended to be happier than those who had a large number of superficial(关系浅表的)friends.

“Loneliness has less to do with the number of friends you have, and more to do with how you feel about your friends,” said Wandi Bruine de Bruin, one of the researchers.

Bruine de Bruin found that older people tended to have smaller social circles than young people, but the people in these circles tended to be closer to them.

Younger people, on the other hand, tended to have bigger circles that were made up of “peripheral(次要的)others” – people who are not true friends, but just people they know. These people had no influence on the younger interviewees’ happiness.

The results of the study show that the opinion society has about old people being sad and lonely might not be accurate.

“The research shows that older adults’ smaller networks didn’t prevent social satisfaction and happiness. In fact, older adults tend to report better well-being than younger adults,” said Bruine de Bruin.

1. According to the study, people tend to be happier when they _____.

A．have a small circle of close friends

B．are satisfied with their work and lives

C．have a lot of followers on social media

D．make friends with people who are older

2. What do we know from Paragraphs 4 and 5?

A．Older people’s friends seem to be of higher quality.

B．Young people don’t need to make peripheral friends.

C．Older people’s happiness has nothing to do with their friends.

D．Both old and young people find it hard to make close friends.

3. Which word might Bruine de Bruin use to describe older adults?

A．Sad.	B．Happy.
C．Lonely.	D．Superficial.

4. What is the focus of the story?

A．Different types of friends.

B．Changes in people’s happiness levels.

C．Interactions between old and young people.

D．The relationship between happiness and number of friends.