1 . Twelve-year-old Catherine has a lot of friends—632, actually, if you count up her online friends. And she spends a lot of time with them.

But is it possible that Catherine’s online friendships could be making her lonely? That’s what some experts believe. Connecting online is a great way to stay in touch, they say. However, some experts worry that many kids are so busy connecting online that they might be missing out on true friendships.

Could this be true? During your parents’ childhoods, connecting with friends usually meant spending time with them in the flesh. Kids played Scrabble around a table, not words with friends on their phones. When friends missed each other, they picked up the telephone. Friends might even write letters to each other.

Today, most communication takes place online. A typical teen sends 2,000 texts a month and spends more than 44 hours per week in front of a screen. Much of this time is spent on social media platform.

In fact, in many ways, online communication can make friendships stronger. “There’s definitely a positive influence. Kids can stay in constant contact, which means they can share more of their feelings with each other,” says Katie Davis, co-author of The App Generation.

Other experts, however, warn that too much online communication can get in the way of forming deep friendships. “If we are constantly checking in with our virtual world, we will have little time for our real-world friendships,” says Larry Rosen, a professor at California State University. Rosen also worries that today’s kids might mistake the “friends” on the social media for true friends in life. However, in tough times, you don’t need anyone to like your picture or share your blogs. You need someone who will keep your secrets and hold your hand. You would like to talk face to face.

1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To tell about true friends.	B．To start a discussion.
C．To encourage online friendships.	D．To summarize(总结) the text.

2. What does the underlined part “in the flesh” mean in paragraph 3?

A．In any case.

B．In public.

C．In person.

D．In advance.

3. What is Katie’s attitude toward online communication?

A．Unconcerned.

B．Positive.

C．Worried.

D．Confused.

4. Which of the following is the Rosen’s view?

A．Teenagers need to focus on real-world friendships.	B．It’s easier to develop friendships in real life.
C．It’s wise to turn to friends online.	D．Social media help people stay closely connected.

2 . I have a degree in business. But it was my father’s _________ for me to seek to attain a business major. He thought that having a business major would guarantee (保证) me more available choices and make me more _________ in entering a global labor market. I _________ his advice. However, even though my college experiences were _________, I had no interest in any field of commerce, let alone having a long-term career as a businesswoman.

After I _________, I worked as a marketing planner at a computer company. My _________ and working environment were great; yet I still didn’t feel happy doing something that had little _________ for me. After two months of working there, I made up my mind to _________ and decided to do what I love, namely teaching history. I have now been doing this job for over twenty years. I am _________ of being with my students.

If you are in a __________ where you don’t love what you are learning or doing, please ask yourself what you are really __________ about, and what you truly want for your life. Don’t __________ to get yourself a quick answer. Take some time to think about what career could bring __________ to you.

I like this motto “Success is not the key to happiness. __________ happiness is the key to success.”

Happiness __________ the inside of you, not from the outside. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

1.

A．decision

B．promise

C．ambition

D．response

2.

A．eager

B．curious

C．competitive

D．unique

3.

A．ignored

B．took

C．valued

D．opposed

4.

A．frightening

B．fantastic

C．painful

D．plain

5.

A．matured

B．trained

C．succeeded

D．graduated

6.

A．future

B．dream

C．pay

D．scholarship

7.

A．advantage

B．chance

C．attraction

D．trouble

8.

A．quit

B．continue

C．consider

D．wait

9.

A．careful

B．tired

C．proud

D．fond

10.

A．place

B．game

C．story

D．firm

11.

A．anxious

B．enthusiastic

C．optimistic

D．nervous

12.

A．hesitate

B．rush

C．intend

D．stop

13.

A．curiosity

B．confidence

C．joy

D．knowledge

14.

A．As a result

B．On the whole

C．In the meanwhile

D．On the contrary

15.

A．applies to

B．spreads to

C．arises from

D．differs from

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is Linda famous for?

A．Painting.

B．Traveling.

C．Collecting stones.

2. What is the man’s opinion of Linda’s stones?

A．Valuable.

B．Impressive.

C．Useful.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why would the man prefer to rent an apartment near the elementary school?

A．He teaches there.

B．He once lived there.

C．His son studies there.

2. Which price would the man prefer?

A．$480.

B．$550.

C．$600.

3. Which kind of apartment would the man prefer?

A．An empty one.

B．One with furniture in it.

C．One without a kitchen.

4. What can you learn from the conversation?

A．The woman lost the keys to the two apartments.

B．The man might take a look at the two apartments.

C．The man isn’t interested in either of the two apartments.

5 . Chloe Smith is a girl aged 6 from Atlanta, Georgia. One day, while taking a walk with her father near their home, she________something shiny under a pile of rubbish. She picked up the ________ to take home, as she often did on her treasure-hunting walks. Chloe was later ________ to discover she had found a stolen Olympic gold medal.

The medal belongs to former canoeist (划艇运动员) Joe Jacobi, who won gold while ________ for Team USA in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games. The medal, along with other personal belongings, was ________ in May of 2016 when someone broke into Jacobi’s can. Though police managed to ________ some of his stolen items, they hadn’t been able to find his ________ Olympic medal. It may have been lost forever, if not for a 6-year-old girl’s treasure-hunting ________ .

Chloe’s dad had seen Jacobi’s story on the news, and ________ realized it was his stolen property. He found Jacobi’s email and sent him pictures of the treasure. After________ the medal, Jacobi was astonished, just speechless.

Chloe was ________ to give it back after speaking with Jacobi on the phone. ________, Jacobi promised to speak to her class when school begins again this fall. The ________ of this little girl reuniting an Olympian with his beloved possession is ________ . When we talk about character and doing the ________ thing, Chloe represents the Olympic values in every sense of the word.

1.

A．sought

B．buried

C．noticed

D．dropped

2.

A．waste

B．object

C．material

D．antique

3.

A．embarrassed

B．satisfied

C．frightened

D．shocked

4.

A．competing

B．applying

C．coaching

D．preparing

5.

A．broken

B．stolen

C．replaced

D．deserted

6.

A．purchase

B．register

C．preserve

D．recover

7.

A．secured

B．prized

C．advertised

D．priced

8.

A．project

B．decision

C．habit

D．idea

9.

A．quickly

B．gradually

C．really

D．carefully

10.

A．identifying

B．obtaining

C．evaluating

D．investigating

11.

A．sorry

B．eager

C．upset

D．hesitant

12.

A．In addition

B．In fact

C．In return

D．In advance

13.

A．purpose

B．report

C．attempt

D．story

14.

A．heart-warming

B．breath-taking

C．eye-catching

D．life-changing

15.

A．important

B．simple

C．interesting

D．right

6 . 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。

I sat in the breakfast corner with my four-year-old son, Matthew, trying to ignore the ache in my stomach. I was still recovering from a surgery. I hoped for strength and happiness. But the future seemed so hopeless.

Matthew jumped up from his spot on the kitchen floor. “Bird!” he shouted, rushing to the sliding door. Sure enough, there was a white dove seated on a rubber tree. It sat there a few moments, and then flew away. I’d never seen one in our neighborhood before.

When I dragged myself to the kitchen the next morning, the dove was back. This time it was with a mate carrying twigs (嫩枝), “Look, Matthew,” I said, pointing to the tree. “They’re going to make a nest.” The doves flew in and out of the courtyard all week, building on the top of the rubber tree. Matthew could hardly contain his excitement. Every morning, he’d run into the kitchen and take his spot by the sliding glass door, talking to the birds while they worked. As much as I was grieving (感到悲伤), I couldn’t help but look forward to the doves’ visits too. We watched their progress as if it were a real-life soap opera unfolding before us. Gradually, my pain disappeared, replaced by joy.

Then it all went wrong. The courtyard was a safe enough spot for a nest, but the rubber tree’s broad, thin leaves were far from stable. One night, a strong wind blew through, throwing the doves’ nest to the ground. I heard the twigs break apart. Nothing good ever lasts. I wouldn’t blame the doves if they never came back. But they returned. And they paid no attention to the pi le of sticks that had once been their nest. They started again from scratch, though the wind destroyed all their hard work. The next day, and the next, they renewed their efforts, as if nothing had happened.

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。

Paragraph 1: I knew I had to do something for the poor creatures.

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Paragraph 2:“The birds were back!” Matthew announced.

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7 . Gurnah, growing up in Zanzibar, an island off the coast of Tanzania, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.

He is the first Black writer _________ the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993, and some observers saw his _________ as a long delayed corrective (矫正)after years of European and American Nobel laureates (获得者). In his 10 novels, Gurnah has often explored the _________ of exile(流放), identity and belonging. They _________“Memory of Departure” “Pilgrims Way” and “Dottie,” which all deal with the immigrant(移民)experience in Britain.

Gurnah’s first language is Swahili, but he _________ English as his literary language. He drew on the imagery and stories from the Quran, _________ from Arabic and Persian poetry, particularly “The Arabian Nights.” The news of Gumah’s Nobel _________ by fellow novelists and academics who have long argued that his _________ deserve a wider audience.

Gurnah was born in Zanzibar, which is now _________ of Tanzania, in 1948. Then, in 1964, he fled to England. __________ , poor, homesick, he began to write scraps(片段)in his diary, then __________ entries, then stories about other people. In his 20s, he started __________ fiction. Then he finished his first novel, “Memory of Departure,” about a young man who flees a failed uprising, at the same time he was writing his Ph. D. dissertation(论文). __________, he became a professor of English.

Though Gurnah hasn’t lived in Tanzania since he was a __________, his homeland always inspires him of his imagination. __________, he said “my homeland always asserts myself in my imagination, even when I deliberately try to set my stories elsewhere”.

1.

A．to confirm

B．to receive

C．to search

D．to appreciate

2.

A．section

B．selection

C．collection

D．consultation

3.

A．themes

B．opinions

C．passages

D．suggestions

4.

A．explode

B．conclude

C．provide

D．include

5.

A．adopted

B．advised

C．adapted

D．affected

6.

A．as much as

B．as well as

C．as long as

D．as often as

7.

A．was awarded

B．was discussed

C．was celebrated

D．was suspected

8.

A．jobs

B．works

C．labors

D．careers

9.

A．part

B．name

C．home

D．country

10.

A．Admirable

B．Respectable

C．Fashionable

D．Miserable

11.

A．higher

B．stronger

C．heavier

D．longer

12.

A．reading

B．hearing

C．writing

D．watching

13.

A．Frontwards

B．Forwards

C．Backwards

D．Afterwards

14.

A．writer

B．teenager

C．scholar

D．professor

15.

A．As a result

B．At the same time

C．On the other hand

D．In his own word

8 . Every boy and every girl expects their parents to give them more pocket money. Why do their parents just give them a certain amount?     1    

The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family.     2     Some children get weekly pocket money. Others get monthly pocket money.

First of all, children are expected to make a choice between spending and saving. Then parents should make the children understand what is expected to pay for with the money. At first, some young children may spend all of the money soon after they receive it. Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until it is the right time.     3    

In order to encourage their children to do some housework, some parents give pocket money if the children help around the home. Some experts think it not wise to pay the children for doing that.     4    

Pocket money can give children a chance to experience the three things they can do with the money. They can spend it by giving it to a good cause. They can spend it by buying things they want.     5     Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice. Saving can also open the door to future saving and investing for children.

A．They can save it for future use.

B．Timing is another consideration.

C．As helping at home is a normal part of family life.

D．Some children are not good at managing their pocket money.

E．Learning how to get money is very important for every child.

F．One main purpose is to let kids learn how to manage their own money.

G．By doing so, these children will learn that spending must be done with a budget (预算).

9 . Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.

“Early on I decided not to allow the ____of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began ____ piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion (酷爱) for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my ____. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the ____ and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never____me.

“My ____ was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I ____ to ‘hear ’music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can ___ the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). I feel through my body and through my ____. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every ____ that I have.”

“I was ____ to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had ____ this before and some teachers ___ my admission. Based on my performance, I was ____ admitted and went to ____ with the academy’s highest honors.”

“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I ____ and arranged a lot of musical compositions since ____ had been written specially for solo percussionists.

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. ____ the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t ____ that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be ____ by others. Follow your passion; Follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”

1.

A．conditions

B．opinions

C．actions

D．recommendations

2.

A．enjoying

B．choosing

C．taking

D．giving

3.

A．sight

B．hearing

C．touch

D．taste

4.

A．evidence

B．result

C．excuse

D．cause

5.

A．left

B．excited

C．accompanied

D．disappointed

6.

A．purpose

B．decision

C．promise

D．goal

7.

A．turned

B．learned

C．used

D．ought

8.

A．tell

B．see

C．hear

D．smell

9.

A．carefulness

B．movement

C．imagination

D．experience

10.

A．sense

B．effort

C．feeling

D．idea

11.

A．dissatisfied

B．astonished

C．determined

D．discouraged

12.

A．done

B．accepted

C．advised

D．admitted

13.

A．supported

B．followed

C．required

D．opposed

14.

A．usually

B．finally

C．possibly

D．hopefully

15.

A．study

B．research

C．graduate

D．progress

16.

A．wrote

B．translated

C．copied

D．read

17.

A．enough

B．some

C．many

D．few

18.

A．However

B．Although

C．When

D．Since

19.

A．mean

B．seem

C．conclude

D．say

20.

A．directed

B．guided

C．taught

D．limited

10 . 假定你是学生会主席李华，为了丰富校园生活，增强体质，你校将举办春季运动会。请根据提示写一篇书面通知。内容包括：
1. 举办时间和地点；
2. 比赛项目及注意事项；
3. 希望同学们积极参加。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；          
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：接力跑relay race       跳高high-jumping   
跳远long-jumping     百米跑100-meter race                                      

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