1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What sport does the man like best?

A．Volleyball.

B．Softball.

C．Basketball.

2. What kind of music does the man like?

A．Classical music.

B．Pop music.

C．Jazz.

3. What does the man do with friends to keep friendship?

A．He hangs out with them.

B．He plays sports with them.

C．He shares music with them.

4. When will the woman’s movie begin?

A．At 2:30 p.m.

B．At 3:30 p.m.

C．At 3:00 p.m.

2 . Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Wearing Helmet

Some kids ride through city bicycle lanes like a professional, and others set out alone down quiet country lanes. However, every day, an average of more than 500 children with bike-related injuries are treated in U.S. emergency departments, according to an analysis of injury data from 2006 to 2015. Those wearing helmets were significantly less likely to have head and neck injuries, the study found. And although children tend to wear helmets more consistently than adults, many still ride without one.

Along with calling for safer, more bike-friendly streets, it’s important to choose a helmet that will help protect your child from injury in a fall or a crash. When you’re choosing a helmet, focus primarily on ensuring the correct fit. “A poor fit will impact the protection a helmet can provide,” says Angela Lumba-Brown, an emergency medicine physician at Stanford Health Care.

The best way to find the right size is to take your child into a bike shop and have them try on helmets with a sales associate who’s familiar with the options, says Brad Bowman, product manager at Gregg’s Cycle. If you choose to buy online, Bowman suggests measuring your child’s head with flexible measuring tape about an inch above the eyebrows before choosing a size.

Helmet sizes are measured by head circumference (圆周), and helmets usually come with adjustable dials to accommodate a range of circumferences. For example, a 3-to-5-year-old child might wear a helmet with a 50-to-52-centimeter circumference. Bowman suggests choosing one that fits comfortably but also allows for a bit of growth. Once a sales associate helps you identify the right-sized helmet, adjust the dial until the helmet feels tight but isn’t causing the child discomfort. “After you dial in the fit, if you pull up lightly on top of the helmet, it shouldn’t come off their head,” he says.

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3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When will the first storm arrive?

A．Today.

B．This weekend.

C．Next week.

2. Which city will have fog?

A．New York City.

B．Saint Paul.

C．Boston.

3. For whom will the ice cause problems according to the speaker?

A．People traveling on foot.

B．People driving on the road.

C．People celebrating by the water.

4. What will the weather be like in Chicago?

A．Sunny.

B．Snowy.

C．Windy.

4 . The idea of humans causing earthquakes may seem strange at first. After all, you can run around your backyard and jump up and down all you want, and the ground isn’t going to start shaking. However, scientists have identified over 700 places where human activity has brought about earthquakes over the last century.

While many human-caused earthquakes are mild and don’t cause much damage, some of them can be serious and dangerous. In fact, scientists believe human activity has caused earthquakes with magnitudes as high as 7.9 on the Richter scale.

Scientists believe most human-caused earthquakes are the result of mining. As companies drill deeper and deeper below Earth’s surface to take out natural resources, holes left behind can cause instability which leads to a sudden falling down that causes earthquakes. Building large dams can also cause earthquakes. For example, about 80,000 people died in China in 2008 as a result of a 7.9-magnitude earthquake caused by 320 million tons of water that had been collected in the Zipingpu Reservoir after a large dam was built over a known fault line(断层线).

Anther human activity leading to earthquakes is hydraulic fracturing (水力压裂) for oil and gas. In this process, water, sand, and chemicals are forced to flow underground under high pressure to fracture rocks to let natural resources out. As those resources, such as oil and natural gas, make their way to the surface, so do the water and chemicals that were injected to begin the process. This wastewater is collected and often transported to deep underground again. Both the fracking process and wastewater have been shown to cause earthquakes.

These aren’t the only human activities that can cause earthquakes, though. Scientists point out that earthquakes can also be caused by other human activities.

1. How does human activity cause earthquakes according to the text?

A．Large dams are built away from the fault line.

B．The wastewater of hydraulic fracturing joins large rivers.

C．Mining leads to the deeper holes left below the Earth’s surface.

D．Hydraulic fracturing makes natural resources flow underground.

2. How does the author organize the text?

A．By giving examples.

B．By making comparisons.

C．By presenting opinions.

D．By providing instructions.

3. What is the writing purpose of the text?

A．To remind people to stop the above-mentioned activities.

B．To inform readers of human activities causing earthquakes.

C．To explain the reasons for many earthquakes in recent years.

D．To present the damage of human-caused earthquakes to the earth.

5 . If you’ve ever emerged from the shower or returned from walking your dog with a clever idea or a solution to a problem you’d been struggling with, it may not be an unusual thing.

Rather than constantly wearing yourself out at a problem or desperately seeking a flash of inspiration, research from the last 15 years suggests that people may be more likely to have creative breakthroughs or insights when they’re doing a habitual task that doesn’t require much thought — an activity in which you’re basically on autopilot. This lets your mind wander or engage in spontaneous cognition or “stream of consciousness” thinking, which experts believe helps recollect unusual memories and generate new ideas.

“People always get surprised when they realize they get interesting, novel ideas at unexpected times because our cultural narrative tells us we should do it through hard work,” says Kalina Christoff, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. “It’s a pretty universal human experience.”

Now we’re beginning to understand why these clever thoughts occur during more passive activities and what’s happening in the brain, says Christoff. The key, according to the latest research, is a pattern of brain activity — within what’s called the default mode network — that occurs while an individual is resting or performing habitual tasks that don’t require much attention.

Researchers have shown that the default mode network (DMN) — which connects more than a dozen regions of the brain — becomes more active during mind-wandering or passive tasks than when you’re doing something that demands focus. Simply put, the DMN is “the state the brain returns to when you’re not actively engaged,” explains Roger Beaty, a cognitive neuroscientist and director of the Cognitive Neuroscience of Creativity Lab at Penn State University. By contrast, when you’re trapped in a demanding task, the brain’s executive control systems keep your thinking focused, analytical, and logical.

A cautionary note: While the default mode network plays a key role in the creative process, “it’s not the only important network,” Beaty says. “Other networks come into play as far as modifying, rejecting, or implementing ideas.” So it’s unwise to place blind faith in ideas that are generated in the shower or during any other period of mind wandering.

1. When do people expect to get an innovative idea according to the research?

A．When doing routine work.

B．When working attentively.

C．When tackling tough problems.

D．When desperately seeking inspirations.

2. What is the cultural perception for getting exciting, unusual ideas?

A．Getting by good luck.

B．Getting by great efforts.

C．Getting by unexpected accident.

D．Getting by universal experience.

3. Who is most likely to get a novel idea?

A．A student who is playing football.

B．A student who is focusing on papers.

C．A student who is closely monitoring his research.

D．A student who is fully engaged in math questions.

4. What does the last paragraph imply?

A．We can get novel ideas by the default mode network.

B．We should take the idea popped in the shower seriously.

C．Believe in ideas that are generated by the default mode network.

D．Think twice before putting ideas playfully crossing your mind into practice.

6 . 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。

The average American eats a lot of red meat, such as beef and meat. Meat-eaters often note that red meat has a lot of protein(蛋白质), which     1     (help) repair muscles and build bones. But a new research shows that if people want to live     2     long and healthy life, they should get their protein from plants.

Dr. Andrew Chan, working at Massachusetts General Hospital, and other     3     (researcher) examined how proteins from animals and proteins from plants affect human health.

One important finding was that people     4     ate the highest amounts of animal-based protein, such as red meat, had a     5     (high) risk of dying earlier from heart-related problems. One reason is     6     red meat has high levels of cholesterol(胆固醇), which has been linked to heart disease. The researchers also found that the problems most probably happened     7     people who ate meat and also smoked and drank     8     (heavy).

While     9     (get) protein is important, red meat is not the only or best source. Dr. Chan said researchers found that people who replaced animal protein with plant protein in     10     (they) diet reduced their risk of early death.

7 . Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Hanks, wining the Golden Globe Cecil B. deMille Award which is for “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment”, shared a story of when he worked in his first professional job as an intern at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival. Hanks said he and his fellow interns showed up to rehearsals after doing a little too much partying the previous night. The director wasn’t having it.

“He screamed at us,” said Hanks. “You know what your job is?” the director asked. “You have got to show up on time, and you have to know the text, and you have to have a head full of ideas. Otherwise I can’t do my job.”

And there it is, a simple, brilliant, three-step formula for success:

Show up on time, know the text and have a head full of ideas.

Show up on time

“Showing up on time is one of the greatest liberating acts you can give yourself in a movie. You have the freedom of being there early enough to settle down - because when the time comes, you have to hit the marks,” explains Hanks.

Know the text

“Knowing your text - it’s not just your lines, it’s the whole thing,” Hanks continued. “You might not be right in the opinion you bring to it. But you’ve got to come at it with some direction.”

In a word, Hanks is speaking here about preparation. Generally speaking, the more prepared you are, the more successful you’ll be.

Think about it - professional athletes, creatives even analysts, it’s not the smartest or most talented person in the room who’s the most successful.

It’s the one who comes most prepared.

Have a head full of ideas

Speaking to this final point, Hanks said the following:

“Bring anything. Try anything. They might not use it. If it is not fit, they won’t use it.”

The best companies are successful because their employees are constantly seeking to try new things to grow and improve.

Routines and processes are helpful, but growth doesn’t happen when you always do things the exact same way. Growth is a result of being willing to take risks, to break out of your comfort zone and to embrace failure when it happens.

Because out of failure comes learning. And out of learning comes growth.

8 . At our residence, we made sure a small lawn (草坪) space remained green by watering regularly. I live in an area _________ by a fairly large garden. There are a number of fruit trees _________ here along with many plants and lots of grass. That _________ the flying beauties — the birds visiting the space regularly. At first sight, the garden appears very _________ but actually many birds live in it or visit it _________ . Some people keep birds in _________ to listen to their songs. I say it is _________ better for the birds to live freely.

Every morning I am awakened by the shrill _________ of a magpie-robin. The sound is so sweet and I just lie in bed listening to the songs _________ the bird flies away. Small plants and bushes provide good __________ for insects and very small birds, while larger trees will attract visits __________ more birds and mammals. They come to sing, __________ a bit or look for food. So it is always a(n) __________ to see them. I just sit quietly and they __________ their business undisturbed.

It’s easy to attract birds to your __________   however small and close it is to a city. I have seen the spotted-dove, pigeon and various other little birds which I cannot __________. They sing, dance and __________ their beautiful colors. It is quite a(n) __________. On the other hand there are those annoying little sparrows that come into the house to __________ food.

__________ to say, the surrounding area is being developed and the wildlife is being chased away or destroyed.

1.

A．destroyed

B．threatened

C．controlled

D．surrounded

2.

A．growing

B．moving

C．sticking

D．changing

3.

A．called in

B．brought in

C．resulted in

D．joined in

4.

A．strange

B．quiet

C．creative

D．unusual

5.

A．bravely

B．silently

C．immediately

D．frequently

6.

A．cages

B．plants

C．cities

D．forests

7.

A．far

B．hardly

C．little

D．less

8.

A．dialogues

B．claims

C．whispers

D．songs

9.

A．because

B．when

C．until

D．since

10.

A．shelter

B．view

C．shade

D．position

11.

A．after

B．from

C．to

D．with

12.

A．jump

B．smell

C．eat

D．rest

13.

A．annoyance

B．fright

C．pleasure

D．surprise

14.

A．go about

B．worry about

C．account for

D．answer for

15.

A．business

B．garden

C．home

D．space

16.

A．greet

B．name

C．buy

D．spot

17.

A．admire

B．explore

C．paint

D．display

18.

A．challenge

B．idea

C．treat

D．deal

19.

A．examine

B．steal

C．donate

D．prepare

20.

A．Happy

B．Silly

C．Sad

D．Rude

9 . 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。

Many people learn     1     is going on in the world by reading the newspaper. Newspapers can be published daily, weekly, monthly, or less     2     (frequent). However, all the people     3     (work) on a daily newspaper must be able to work fast.

Every morning, the newspaper chief editor holds a meeting with the journalists     4     (discuss) the main events of the day. After that, journalists telephone people and fix a time for     5     face-to-face interview with them. At the same time, photographers are sent to take the pictures     6     can be used in tomorrow’s news. Sometimes journalists have to stop working on one story and start working immediately on a new one if something more important     7     (happen) late in the day.

Later in the day, everything is put together at the news desk. The editors have to check and design each part to ensure their accuracy and precision. They may also consider getting     8     (profession) advice from lawyers to make sure that they won’t face problems.

Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories and the time for printing has come. This is done on fast-moving printing     9     (machine) because speed is important. Early the next morning, the newspapers     10     (deliver) by lorry, plane or rail to readers.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Which app does the woman use to count her steps?

A．WeChat.

B．Alipay.

C．Ping An Health.

2. What does the man think of the woman’s answer to her second question?

A．Normal.

B．Satisfactory.

C．Surprising.

3. What is the man?

A．A TV presenter.

B．A salesman.

C．A fitness coach.

4. How does the woman take exercise?

A．By going to the gym.

B．By climbing the stairs.

C．By running.