1 . How to Avoid an Internet Addiction

It may seem like everyone surfs the web these days. But if you can’t have interest in other aspects of your life because of the Internet, you may be on your way to an Internet addiction. You might fear you’re the only one who has experienced that feeling.    1     Luckily, there are some ways to avoid living your life in front of the computer.

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More and more people in the world are becoming addicted to the Internet, and you are not the only one with this problem. So do not be embarrassed. Just be brave to admit that you are on your way to an Internet addiction. And then find others with the same problem and help each other beat it.

Set aside limited time for computer use.

Make sure not to turn it on too many times a week. If you have a laptop, make sure to put it somewhere that you can remember but not somewhere that you see every day. Try keeping the lid closed when you are not using it.     3       If you have a desktop PC, try not to go near it or put something over it like a sheet.

Call people instead of sending instant messages or texts.

If you are free on weekends, call friends and ask them to go outside to do something you enjoy, like playing a sport. This will take your mind off the computer.     4    

Use an alarm clock or timer (计时器).

Before using your computer, decide on a time limit such as 30 minutes. Set the clock or timer and make sure that you get away from the computer when the time is up. Alternatively create a shutdown timer on your desktop.     5    

A．Being addicted to it is quite normal.

B．Admit you are at risk of an addiction.

C．The truth, though, is that it’s quite common to be an addict.

D．When the computer is not looking at you, you are less likely to use it.

E．This can be programmed to shut down your computer after the set time.

F．If you have a problem on weekdays, phone your friends or ask for help in person.

G．This will prevent you from using the Internet so often or going on to another page.

2 . Ten years ago I adopted my dog Rudy from a shelter just days before they were going to euthanize (使安乐死) him. We’ve had a special ________ ever since.

I’ve found his ________ really meaningful. Every night I get in my bed and he gets in his doggy bed right next to mine. But a year ago suddenly Rudy ________. Every night when I got in bed he’d jump up on my ________ and start licking (舔) my face. I’d get ________ and make him get off but the next night he’d do it again.

I was considering taking him to obedience (驯服) school when I suddenly ________ that he was licking the same spot on my jaw over and over again. I ________   my jaw and it seemed okay but it was so ________ for my dog that I decided to just trust him. I made an appointment with the ________ and felt silly telling her why I came in but she agreed to do some ________ . It turns out I had a tumor (肿瘤) in my jaw. It couldn’t be felt from the ________ but somehow Rudy knew it was there. I’m doing much ________ now but the doctors said if I’d ________ until the tumor was big enough to be felt, it’s likely I would have ________ . I saved my dog’s life and now he’s   ________   mine!

1.

A．connection

B．exercise

C．task

D．communication

2.

A．trust

B．company

C．support

D．comfort

3.

A．gave up

B．changed

C．left

D．fell sick

4.

A．table

B．desk

C．bed

D．chair

5.

A．happy

B．worried

C．mad

D．sad

6.

A．remembered

B．imagined

C．guessed

D．realized

7.

A．saw

B．opened

C．dropped

D．felt

8.

A．unusual

B．interesting

C．impossible

D．natural

9.

A．friend

B．doctor

C．dentist

D．manager

10.

A．experiments

B．tests

C．treatment

D．research

11.

A．outside

B．inside

C．throat

D．hand

12.

A．faster

B．slower

C．better

D．worse

13.

A．waited

B．continued

C．refused

D．thought

14.

A．lost

B．died

C．failed

D．fallen

15.

A．protected

B．influenced

C．guided

D．saved

3 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整的故事。

As usual, the whole class burst out laughing as Patric rushed into the classroom. He was a strange sight. His half-buttoned white shirt revealed a red striped pajama (条纹睡衣) top underneath, and instead of white school shoes, he had on a pair of bright green sandals (凉鞋) that were two sizes too big. The physics teacher’s hand froze in the middle of writing a formula (公式) on the blackboard.

Patric mumbled, “Sorry, teacher,” and rushed to his seat. Mr Gao glared (怒视) at the rest of the students. The chuckles (轻声笑) quickly stopped. Patric’s classmates always looked forward to Mondays. Nine times out of ten, they would be entertained by Patric’s late arrival and his odd appearance, which usually included improper clothing. That day, it was the pajama top and green sandals.

Patric lived just a street away from the school. He walked to school every day. Students passing by in buses would yell his name together just to see him jump and stop in his tracks. When he spotted the merry classmates in the bus, he would wave kindly. Although Patric was likable, he was too lost in his own thoughts to make friends. His classmates found him amusing but they ignored him most of the time. Only Kevin, who sat next to Patric , tried to be his friend.

The following Monday, Patric did not turn up at school. His classmates were a little disappointed but quickly forgot about him. After school, Kevin decided to walk over to Patric’s house to check on him. As he approached the gate, he could hear violin music. Patric must be listening to music, he thought. The gate was not locked. Kevin let himself in. He called Patric’s name a few times but there was no response. The music played on. Kevin peered (仔细看) in through a window. His eyes widened in surprise. In the middle of the living room, Patric was playing the violin. His eyes were closed in concentration as he drew the bow (琴弓) over the strings expertly. He played flawlessly (完美无瑕地), so much so that it sounded like a recording. Kevin left quietly.

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

With the Teacher’s Day approaching, Kevin had a plan.

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Paragraph 2:

As the last note (音符) ended, there was a moment of silence.

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4 . 假设你是李华，即将参加中学生“用英语讲述中国故事”的英文演讲比赛，请你写一篇演讲稿介绍端午节，要点如下：(1)日期和起源； (2)风俗活动； (3)节日意义。
注意：(1)词数80左右；
(2) 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯；
(3)开头已给出,不计入总词数。
Good morning, everyone!

I’m Li Hua from High School .

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5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Confucius and Chinese Philosophy

    1     (bear) in 551 BC, Confucius has made the greatest contribution to Chinese culture in history.     2     he was raised in a poor family, he visited famous scholars and learned a lot. He developed his thoughts into a system of philosophy,    3     (know) as Confucianism, which emphasized (注重) self-cultivation,     4     (harmony) relationships with each other, and showed respect for the elderly. Friends should be honest   to each other.     5     (rule) should make an effort to provide a happy life for people. Meanwhile, he was a great teacher     6     devoted himself to     7     (promote) education for ordinary people. He travelled around to publicize (宣传) his political thinking but failed. But he never gave up. Over the last 2000 years, his philosophy     8     (continue) to influence China as well as     9     rest of the world. He     10     (consider) as the symbol of oriental (东方的) culture as well.

6 . J. K. Rowling frequently shows there is magic every day. Her Harry Potter series has helped people through times of stress and depression and she is always there to deliver wise words of encouragement.

She is one celebrity who is very active on Twitter. So when a single dad named Matt Burke sent her a message thanking her for the series, she noticed. Her series had helped strengthen his relationship with his 9­year­old daughter Bailey.

He included a link to his article titled Being a Broke Parent. He explained how he hadn’t found a level of financial stability that allowed him to pay bills on time and take his daughter on more activities and events. The family also doesn’t have the Internet or TV, which means there’s no “digital babysitter” and he has to rely on his own creative ways to bond with his daughter. Since he received the series, the main thing that has occupied them these days is reading books together.

Burke admits that he thought he was “too cool” for the books when they first came out and he was in his twenties, but he’s loving reading them now. “We switch off chapter by chapter reading them out loud，“Burke explains.” This not only allows her to get more used to reading aloud in front of someone, but it gets me directly involved in something she loves, and it gives me the chance to be very dramatic when I read my chapters and bring myself into the characters in the book, which has proven to be a ton of fun.”

After hearing Burke’s story, Rowling said how honored she was when Harry Potter was a part of his family’s life and offered Burke more books. Besides, people are also offering to send Burke more books as gifts. For Burke, this experience, far more than gifts, will be what he treasures.

1. Why did Burke thank J. K. Rowling according to the text?

A．She guided him how to write a good story.

B．She encouraged him when he was in trouble.

C．Her books helped him through times of confusion.

D．Her books helped him improve his bond with his daughter.

2. What is implied in Burke’s words in paragraph 4?

A．He has found it interesting to read the series.	B．He was too old to understand the series better.
C．He has chosen a better way of reading the series.	D．He hopes to play a role in the drama in the future.

3. Which word can best describe Burke’s experience according to the text?

A．Useless.

B．Normal.

C．Valuable.

D．Boring.

4. What is the main idea of this text?

A．J. K. Rowling chooses to help improve kids’ health.

B．J. K. Rowling gives a magical gift to a single father.

C．J. K. Rowling has a deep influence on others’ growth.

D．Burke comes to know J. K. Rowling through her series.

7 . Most of us associate learning with younger people — kids in school and college or recent graduates early in their careers. But at Udemy, an open university, offering online courses, Artist Anneke Camstra is engaged in the pursuit (追求) of lifelong learning and _______ her potential for teaching. She loves the _______ of gaining new knowledge and also loves _______ it with others.

She reaches countless people with her online courses and exposes them to what they can _______ on their own using animation software, such as Go Animate and PowToon. Her target for teaching on Udemy is “to get the _______ to the people.” She hopes people can go such a long way to make things that look _______ but still have their own voice.

Most of Anneke’s students start out thinking they’re not creative and can’t draw. Anneke understands how _______ can get in the way of so many things people dream of _______. With her five-day challenge courses, she helps them _______ the fear. Anneke loves the effect she has on her students. What makes her more ________ of them is that they have gone from their first animation to ________ their own works.

She encourages people of all ages, ________ older people, to develop their ________ for life. Grandparents, for example, can learn to use Go Animate and make animations together with their grandkids.

As an older woman, ________ and having fun learning again, Anneke wants others later in their ________ to catch up with her on this journey.

1.

A．admits

B．shows

C．needs

D．understands

2.

A．condition

B．purpose

C．method

D．experience

3.

A．combining

B．mixing

C．sharing

D．connecting

4.

A．accomplish

B．observe

C．send

D．decorate

5.

A．goals

B．topics

C．opinions

D．tools

6.

A．effective

B．obvious

C．professional

D．typical

7.

A．concern

B．anxiety

C．desire

D．fear

8.

A．doing

B．discussing

C．remembering

D．arranging

9.

A．worry about

B．get over

C．focus on

D．hold up

10.

A．proud

B．careful

C．ashamed

D．afraid

11.

A．examining

B．describing

C．buying

D．creating

12.

A．absolutely

B．eventually

C．especially

D．fortunately

13.

A．curiosity

B．humor

C．generosity

D．responsibility

14.

A．performing

B．teaching

C．singing

D．dancing

15.

A．tasks

B．lives

C．dreams

D．thanks

9 . The Stanford marshmallow (棉花糖) test was originally conducted by psychologist Walter Mischel in the late 1960s. Children aged four to six at a nursery school were placed in a room. A single sugary treat, selected by the child, was placed on a table. Each child was told if they waited for 15 minutes before eating the treat, they would be given a second treat. Then they were left alone in the room. Follow-up studies with the children later in life showed a connection between an ability to wait long enough to obtain a second treat and various forms of success.

As adults we face a version of the marshmallow test every day. We’re not tempted by sugary treats, but by our computers, phones, and tablets — all the devices that connect us to the global delivery system for various types of information that do to us what marshmallows do to preschoolers.

We are tempted by sugary treats because our ancestors lived in a calorie-poor world, and our brains developed a response mechanism to these treats that reflected their value — a feeling of reward and satisfaction. But as we’ve reshaped the world around us, dramatically reducing the cost and effort involved in obtaining calories, we still have the same brains we had thousands of years ago, and this mismatch is at the heart of why so many of us struggle to resist tempting foods that we know we shouldn’t eat.

A similar process is at work in our response to information. Our formative environment as a species was information-poor, so our brains developed a mechanism that prized new information. But global connectivity has greatly changed our information environment. We are now ceaselessly bombarded (轰炸) with new information. Therefore, just as we need to be more thoughtful about our caloric consumption, we also need to be more thoughtful about our information consumption, resisting the temptation of the mental “junk food” in order to manage our time most effectively.

1. What did the children need to do to get a second treat in Mischel’s test?

A．Take an examination alone.	B．Share their treats with others.
C．Delay eating for fifteen minutes.	D．Show respect for the researchers.

2. According to Paragraph 3, there is a mismatch between_______.

A．the calorie-poor world and our good appetites	B．the shortage of sugar and our nutritional needs
C．the tempting foods and our efforts to keep fit	D．the rich food supply and our unchanged brains

3. What does the author suggest readers do?

A．Be selective information consumers.	B．Absorb new information readily.
C．Use diverse information sources.	D．Protect the information environment.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Eat Less, Read More	B．The Later, the Better
C．The Marshmallow Test for Grownups	D．The Bitter Truth about Early Humans

10 . Children should spend at least one hour playing and spending time in nature each day, according to the Wildlife Trusts.     1    . It is now calling on the government to include nature time into daily school life.

    2    . Its 451 students in the study were 8 or 9 years of age. They were interviewed before and after nature activities. The activities were run by the Wildlife Trusts over the course of several weeks, such as learning about plants.

The children showed a great increase in personal health.     3    . 90 percent said they learned something new about the natural world; 79 percent felt the experience would help their schoolwork;     4    . Perhaps most importantly, 79 percent mentioned they would believe more in themselves.

    5    . And the time has been reducing greatly in recent years. A 2017 report found that less than 10 percent of British kids enjoyed themselves in nature, compared to 40 percent of adults when they were younger years ago. To improve the situation, the organization is appealing to the government to free up a daily hour for nature time for kids.

A．This UK organization speaks for 46 groups and 2,300 nature protection areas.

B．However, parents aren’t giving their kids enough nature time.

C．The call comes from a study by University College London.

D．81 percent said they had better relationships with their teachers.

E．The students are asked to study in University College London for one day.

F．Parents care much about their kids’ nature time.

G．And they also showed a sense of connection with the natural world and high levels of amusement.