1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why did the speaker go on the tour?

A．It was the prize of a competition.

B．John asked her to go with him.

C．It was her travel plan.

2. What did the speaker dislike about the hotel?

A．The drinks.

B．The food.

C．The waiters.

3. What did the speaker think of the trip to the museum?

A．Disappointing.

B．Amazing.

C．Terrible.

4. What did the speaker do in the second week?

A．She rode an elephant.

B．She went to the mountains.

C．She relaxed in the hotel.

2 . 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.

3 . “May 17, 2157

Dear diary,

Today, Tommy found a real book!...”

“What’s it about?” Margie asked.

“School.” replied Tommy, turning the yellow pages.

“Why would anyone write about school? I hope they can take my geography teacher away.”

“It’s not our school. This is the old sort that they had centuries ago.”

“Anyway, they had a teacher.” Margie said, reading the book over his shoulder.

“Sure, they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.”

“A man? How could a man be a teacher?”

“Well, he just told the boys and girls things and gave them assignments and asked them questions.”

“A man isn’t smart enough.”

“Sure, he is. My father knows as much as my teacher.”

Margie wasn’t prepared to argue about that. She said, “I wouldn’t want a strange man in my house to teach me.”

Tommy laughed. “The teachers didn’t live in the house. They had a special building and all the kids went there.”

“And all the kids learned the same thing?”

“Sure, if they were the same age.”

“But my mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently.”

“If you don’t like it, you don’t have to read the book.”

“I didn’t say I didn’t like it,” Margie said quickly.

They weren’t even half-finished when Margie’s mother called, “Margie! School!”

“Not yet, Mamma.”

“Now!” said Mrs. Jones.

Margie said to Tommy, “Can I read the book some more with you after school?”

“Maybe,” Tommy said.

Margie went into the schoolroom, right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher was on waiting for her.

The screen was lit up, and it said, “Please insert yesterday’s assignments in the proper slot.”

Margie was still thinking about the old schools they had when her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy. All the kids from the whole neighborhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the schoolroom, going home together at the end of the day. They learned the same things, so they could help one another on the assignments and discussed them.

And the teachers were people…

1. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A．Margie doesn’t like her school.

B．It’s common to read paper books in 2157.

C．Online learning is what Margie wants.

D．Tommy feels his father is smarter than his teacher.

2. Which of the following is TRUE about a school in 2157?

A．There are only female teachers at school.

B．Teachers give no assignments to students.

C．A special building is constructed for teachers.

D．Students learn different things at their own pace.

3. What does the underlined word “slot” probably mean?

A．Envelope.	B．Opening.
C．Screen.	D．Schoolroom.

4. What can we learn about Margie’s feelings about old schools?

A．Longing.	B．Objection.
C．Suspicion.	D．Tolerance.

4 . Map reading, growing fruit and vegetable and basic car service are also more common skills among the baby boomer generation. But according to a new survey, just one in three 18- to 25-year-olds are able to do basic DIY, compared to two-thirds of those aged 58 and over.

Sarah Clarke-Kuehn, Chief Operating Officer-Commercial, said, “The survey findings are so interesting as they highlight a very common incorrect conception related to ‘getting old’.”

When asked at what age they thought developing new skills becomes “difficult”, Gen Z respondents said they were 35 years old, while those aged over 58 believed this number was 63 years old. The belief is that there is a boundary between learning new skills and getting a sense of achievement. But we know that this is just not the case. The benefits in continuing to enjoy life, as well as developing new talents are very significant—both physically and mentally as we grow older.

Neuroscientist and author, Dr Julia Jones, said, “We underestimate our brain’s ability to continue learning. Our brain is the most complex and precise structure in the known universe but we only use a small part of its true potential throughout our lifetimes. To boost continued brain health, we should learn complex and novel skills at all ages. This becomes more important as we age, because these learning experiences help to build new connections between neurons (神经细胞) that maintain intelligence and reduce the risk of future brain decline.”

“Learning languages and musical instruments are believed to be effective at boosting neuroplasticity (神经可塑性) due to their complex nature, but all learning is beneficial and can bring a sense of achievement, purpose and social engagement.”

Dr Jones added. “Find a new hobby and throw yourself into a wonderful learning experience or pick up an old pastime and improve those skills. I’m currently learning to play the guitar and it’s opened up a whole new world of music and fun.”

1. What is mentioned about the young generation in the text?

A．They lose interest in DIY.

B．They have no idea in plants.

C．Many of them lack some basic skills.

D．Many of them own poor reading skills.

2. What does the author imply in paragraph 3?

A．Learning brings a sense of belonging.

B．It is never too late to learn in one’s life.

C．It is necessary to show off one’s talents.

D．The benefits of lifelong learning are temporary.

3. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．The significance of knowing the structure of the brain.

B．The difficulties in improving the ability of the brain.

C．The reasons for taking full advantage of the brain.

D．The process of protecting the brain from risk.

4. What is Dr Jones’ attitude to learning musical instruments?

A．Favorable.

B．Negative.

C．Doubtful.

D．Unclear.

5 . In the early 1990s, Eric Domb, a highly successful lawyer, came up with the idea of building a bird park. His father-in-law ________ the idea in the beginning, but when the ________ started to make shape he backed out. Domb thus had to ________ money from former clients, his two brothers and father as well as a bank to build a zoological park known as Pairi Daiza.

After the park opened in 1994, his inexperience led to many ________, but he pushed on with his venture (冒险). By 2000, the park was turning a profit, and Domb’s ambitions were ________. The park needed more than birds, he believed, and other creatures and cultural gardens would help turn it into something ________.

Since his childhood he has been fascinated by Chinese ________. In 2006, he built the first Chinese garden, Dream of Han Wu Di in his zoo. It was said to be the largest Chinese garden in Europe. Domb kept ________ new elements. It finally took more than six years to complete the project.

Domb felt ________ by the joint panda breeding program. Domb and his people spent the following months ________ building giant panda houses with no guarantee that Pairi Daiza would be fortunate enough to ________ giant pandas. The huge enclosure built includes a pool, cave and ________ plantation.

Now, Domb is eager to tell how he ________ a pair of giant pandas, Xing Hui and Hao Hao in February 2014. The sense of ________ is all the more profound in that Pairi Daiza is one of the few private zoos outside China to ________ giant pandas.

1.

A．rejected

B．supported

C．doubted

D．raised

2.

A．project

B．rule

C．law

D．document

3.

A．steal

B．win

C．earn

D．borrow

4.

A．rewards

B．wonders

C．mistakes

D．regrets

5.

A．missing

B．spreading

C．shaking

D．growing

6.

A．extreme

B．unusual

C．irregular

D．essential

7.

A．culture

B．food

C．poetry

D．dream

8.

A．containing

B．changing

C．adding

D．removing

9.

A．embarrassed

B．surprised

C．confused

D．inspired

10.

A．willingly

B．enthusiastically

C．automatically

D．confidently

11.

A．take charge of

B．pay attention to

C．get hold of

D．gain knowledge of

12.

A．grass

B．tea

C．coffee

D．bamboo

13.

A．bought

B．protected

C．received

D．tracked

14.

A．pride

B．humor

C．security

D．duty

15.

A．hide

B．house

C．train

D．save

6 . 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.

7 . Time was, being called “nerd (书呆子)” was a bad thing.

That is happily different now, says Sarah Jane, director at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, which is home to the exhibit “Obsessed: The Art of Nerd-dom” through March 15. “I think the majority of my friends are nerdier than I am,” she said, “and I mean that in a ‘my friends are cooler than I am’ kind of way.”

Jane said the rise of the Internet certainly helped blossom, connecting people with common interests across geographies. Now, it’s almost mainstream—exhibitions of nerd culture fill convention halls, comic book superheroes and science fiction stories are the focus of blockbuster movies, and more.

“It has made being a nerd less of an isolating experience, and more of a community experience because you’re connecting with other people who have that shared interest,” she said.

Holladay, the co-curator (副馆长), spoke up in a meeting about what the coming exhibition season would look like.“I knew of another nerdy exhibition that had happened in LA recently... and I just thought ‘you know, I bet there are nerdy artists on the (Olympic) Peninsula and in Washington who have really quality work, where the subject matter might not fit into most exhibits’,” she said.

And she wasn’t surprised when they received plenty of recommendations.“My theory was that nerds are everywhere,” she said. “Once I got in touch with the right people, everyone was coming out of the woodwork.”

The exhibit features comic art, and things like Pokemon cards arranged in a collage (拼贴画). One work invites viewers to imagine the unique talents and abilities they have as superpowers they bring to the world. Holladay says the evolution of the idea of nerd culture has been positive over the past several years.

1. What is Sarah Jane’s attitude towards “nerds”?

A．Neutral.

B．Critical.

C．Appreciative.

D．Uncaring.

2. Which of the following contributes most to the popularity of nerd culture?

A．People’s varying views of nerd.

B．Movies’ great influence upon people.

C．The sufferings people have gone through.

D．The Internet connecting people with shared interests.

3. What does the underlined expression “coming out of the woodwork” mean ?

A．Springing out.	B．Getting out of the woods.
C．Rushing outside.	D．Expecting high quality of work.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The exhibition shows how being a “nerd” becomes good.

B．The nerd culture is always evolving positively.

C．Many unusual exhibitions are scheduled.

D．Another different culture appears recently.

8 . Probably the biggest problem that Christmas brings to a girl is what to give her ________. Mothers always need ________, but there seems to be so few ________ for dads. After considering the situation, Robyn bought a ________ for her father,

ArthurStevens. Itwasn’t anything ________—just an ordinary, three-cell model. “It is ________ and he spends a lot of time on the water.”

Neither Robyn nor Arthur knew how much he could come to ________ his gift.

At midnight, January 16, the Coast Guard Station received an ________ call from the tugboat (拖船) Harkness ________ which were Arthur and his two friends. A rescue team set out immediately, but ________ of them was sure exactly where the sinking tugboat was and all they could do was to ________ ahead into darkness to where they thought the tugboat might be. The ________ that the boat might have turned over made them ________. Just then, they saw a strange light pointing straight up.

They found something that ________ them all: there, half-dead in the cold ________, were three “icy” men with arms ________ hooked together—their clothes ________ to a bucket that had dropped from the Harkness as she went down.

Arthur Stevens, the thinnest of the three men and the ________ to death, had long since lost his ability to ________ anything. Fortunately, the freezing cold had brought the men a lucky ________: frozen to the back of Arthur’s glove was a small, simple, three-cell, waterproof flashlight. And the beam of that flashlight was pointing straight up to the sky—guidance for those who’d had enough faith and courage to follow it.

1.

A．father

B．mother

C．teacher

D．friend

2.

A．something

B．everything

C．nothing

D．anything

3.

A．wishes

B．opportunities

C．gifts

D．options

4.

A．glove

B．plane

C．bucket

D．flashlight

5.

A．affordable

B．fancy

C．practical

D．portable

6.

A．mass produced

B．handmade

C．brand new

D．waterproof

7.

A．need

B．miss

C．buy

D．try

8.

A．instant

B．alarm

C．annoying

D．awaking

9.

A．across

B．over

C．on

D．under

10.

A．all

B．some

C．one

D．none

11.

A．jump

B．swim

C．fly

D．advance

12.

A．expectation

B．fear

C．warning

D．description

13.

A．confident

B．patient

C．desperate

D．curious

14.

A．embarrassed

B．amused

C．beat

D．amazed

15.

A．sea

B．river

C．lake

D．pool

16.

A．quickly

B．closely

C．slowly

D．badly

17.

A．floated

B．hung

C．frozen

D．thrown

18.

A．slowest

B．fastest

C．farthest

D．closest

19.

A．grasp

B．break

C．carry

D．lift

20.

A．hope

B．turn

C．sign

D．reward

9 . 假设你是新华中学的高三学生李华，得知今年香港中文大学在大陆进行自主招生的消息后，有意申请参加其自主招生考试。请用英文写一封申请信，主要包括：
1.基本情况； 2.文化艺术方面的爱好；3.诗歌鉴赏方面的能力。
注意：1.词数不少于100；
2.可以根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：自主招生：independent recruitment
香港中文大学：The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Li Hua , from Xinhua Middle School.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

10 . About five years ago, when the first generation of wearable fitness trackers became popular, they were announced as the _______of a revolution. Health experts and business people alike said that giving people _______ to real-time calorie-burning and step-count data would inspire them to lose weight, eat better and most importantly _______more. But even as the U.S. market for _______ devices hits $7 billion this year, there’s evidence that their promise isn’t quite paying off.

The U.S. has an exercise problem, _______ 28% of Americans aged 50 and over considered wholly _______. That means 31 million adults move no more than is necessary to perform the most basic functions of daily life. Wearables, experts_______, were going to change that. But limited academic research has been done to figure out whether wearables _______people’s behavior in the long term. The research that does exist isn’t _______. For a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers wanted to see whether activity trackers would help overweight people lose more weight over two years than if they just did a weight-loss intervention alone. They didn’t. “We found that just giving people a device doesn’t mean it’s going to ________ something that you think it’s going to lead to,” says John Jakicic, the author of the study, from the University of Pittsburgh. “These activity trackers don’t engage people in strategies that make a ________ in terms of long-term change”

Another new study ________ a different challenge: user ________. By the end of a yearlong study of 800 people, just 10% of participants were still wearing the trackers, according to, Eric Finkelstein, a professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. “We didn’t find that Fitbits really have much of an effect,” he says. This may well be because people expect trackers to do something they’re not designed to do—________, force them to change their behaviors. “There’s __________among people about their function, a measurement tool and an intervention,” Finkelstein says. A scale counts pounds, for example, ________it won’t teach you how to eat less. “When people put these devices on, they might interact with the app for the first few weeks, maybe the first few months, but there comes a point where that starts to fall off,” says Finkelstein.

To be ________, some of the costlier and higher-tech wearables have features baked into them ________ encourage users to move more, says Shelten Yuen, Fitbit’s vice president of research. Among them are: shaking sensors, movement reminders and social-media combination, all designed to ________ users to make better health choices every day. But more research will be needed to determine whether or not these features or others like them— could ________ improve people’s health and fitness levels.

1.

A．consequence

B．dawn

C．dusk

D．process

2.

A．access

B．assistance

C．material

D．tendency

3.

A．consume

B．purchase

C．exercise

D．perform

4.

A．wearable

B．electronic

C．appropriate

D．conventional

5.

A．among

B．with

C．for

D．by

6.

A．outspoken

B．inactive

C．discouraged

D．ridiculous

7.

A．announced

B．determined

C．hoped

D．convinced

8.

A．limit

B．comprehend

C．interpret

D．change

9.

A．encouraging

B．interesting

C．pioneering

D．challenging

10.

A．benefit from

B．result in

C．add to

D．focus on

11.

A．consequence

B．movement

C．profit

D．difference

12.

A．imitated

B．arranged

C．highlighted

D．informed

13.

A．reduction

B．participation

C．creation

D．expectation

14.

A．shortly

B．therefore

C．deliberately

D．namely

15.

A．evaluation

B．popularity

C．confusion

D．interaction

16.

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．so

17.

A．casual

B．fair

C．accessible

D．technical

18.

A．what

B．why

C．that

D．how

19.

A．persuade

B．advocate

C．follow

D．motivate

20.

A．frequently

B．automatically

C．faithfully

D．measurably