1 . 这些国家不仅找到了一条不以牺牲古迹为代价的未来发展之路，而且明白了多个国家合作创造一个更加美好明天的可能性。
________ a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the past, but they had also learnt that it was possible for countries to work together ________.

2 . 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。

The Trouble With Chores (家庭杂务)

The twins, Jenna and Jeff, were good at most things. Their dad was good at most things, too. But there was one thing the twins and Dad were not good at—that was chores. It wasn’t that Dad and the twins didn’t want to do their chores. It was just that they always seemed to have reasons not to do them. And they had such good excuses.

“You’re right, my dear,” said Mum. “The grass does need cutting. But a spider has spun a wonderful web on the lawn mower and I haven’t the heart to put all her hard work to waste.”

“Mum,” said Jenna, “I know it’s my week to put up my cards. It’s just that I’m waiting for them to dry. They’ll be easier to scoop up that way.”

“Mum,” said Jeff, “may I skip setting the table tonight? There’s a TV show on the Ice Age, and I have to do a report on the Beast of Baluchistan.”

There were also the endless quarrels about who did what and who got the easy job. Mum sighed. If only Dad and the twins were as good at doing their chores as they were at arguing about them, life would be easier. Talking of chores, Mum thought instead of pushing them for chores, it would be a lot easier to do them herself. And that was what she did. She put away all cards and set and cleared the table. She chased the dust bunnies from under the furniture and cleaned up the twins’ messy room.

The twins did pick up and put away things occasionally. Dad did cut the grass once in a while. Not surprisingly, things began to slide. Everybody got a little unhappy, especially Mum, who spent much time doing chores. Something had to be done. But what?

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。
Mum decided to host a family meeting.
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Living in all that messy build-up wasn’t much fun.
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3 . One girl is being praised for a letter of apology she wrote to the rangers (园林管理员) at the National Parks Service (NPS). She reportedly _________ a rock home. In expressing her _________, the girl also returned the rock to the park. Later the NPS shared the letter on their Facebook page.

“Dear Park Ranger, I _________ like Tom Branch Falls,” the girl, named Karina, began her letter. “I love it so much that I _________ to take a souvenir home.”

“So I took a rock. I’m _________, and I want to return it,” she said. The heartfelt letter _________ with a postscript (附言) of “also look at the back”—where the girl _________ a picture of Tom Branch Falls. _________ for Karina, the park rangers were _________ by her sincere apology and even __________ back.

“Dear Karina, thank you for returning the rock! It has made its way back to Tom Branch Falls. If every __________ took a rock home, that would __________ 11 million rocks would be gone from the park every year,” the park officials wrote in their Facebook post.

“Now that you know to leave __________ the way you find it, we hope you will help share this __________ with others,” the officials wrote. “It is always a __________ thing to give others the chance to discover something meaningful!”

1.

A．sent

B．took

C．bought

D．hid

2.

A．regret

B．sadness

C．happiness

D．surprise

3.

A．partly

B．finally

C．especially

D．simply

4.

A．wanted

B．feared

C．asked

D．agreed

5.

A．tired

B．afraid

C．sorry

D．upset

6.

A．changed

B．developed

C．arrived

D．ended

7.

A．cut

B．drew

C．hung

D．found

8.

A．Lucky

B．Necessary

C．Easy

D．Possible

9.

A．shocked

B．excited

C．puzzled

D．moved

10.

A．thought

B．wrote

C．called

D．held

11.

A．child

B．visitor

C．farmer

D．student

12.

A．show

B．prove

C．mean

D．explain

13.

A．life

B．time

C．space

D．nature

14.

A．message

B．promise

C．excuse

D．example

15.

A．hard

B．secret

C．strange

D．great

4 . Are you pessimistic by nature? Well, it’s not good for your brain. A new study has found that repeated negative thinking in later life is linked to cognitive(认知) decline and greater deposits(沉积) of two harmful proteins responsible for Alzheimer’s disease(阿尔茨海默病).

Negative thinking behaviors, such as reflection about the past and worry about the future, were measured in more than 350 people over the age of 55 over a two-year period. About a third of the participants also had a brain scan to measure deposits of proteins, which cause Alzheimer’s disease. The scans showed that people who spent more time thinking negatively had more harmful proteins, worse memory and greater cognitive decline than people who were not pessimists.

The study also tested for levels of anxiety and depression and found greater cognitive decline in depressed and anxious people, which agrees with previous research. But proteins did not increase in people who were already depressed and anxious, leading researchers to suspect that repeated negative thinking might be the main reason why depression and anxiety lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

“This is the first study showing a biological relationship between repeated negative thinking and Alzheimer’s disease, and gives physicians a more precise way to assess risk and offer treatment,” said neurologist Dr. Richard Isaacson. “This study will change the way I care for my patients at risk.”

Fiona Carragher, who is chief policy and research officer at the Alzheimer’s Society in London, pointed out that this isn’t saying that a short-term period of negative thinking will cause Alzheimer’s disease. “Most of the people in the study were already identified as being at higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease,” she added. “so we need more research to see if these results exist within the general population.”

1. What does the study show?

A．Negative thinking removes harmful proteins in brain.

B．Optimistic people have better cognitive ability.

C．Alzheimer’s disease leads to worse memory.

D．Continuous pessimism may result in Alzheimer’s disease.

2. What did the researchers guess in paragraph 3?

A．Constant negative thinking may cause depressed people to get Alzheimer’s disease.

B．Long-term negative thinking is the reason for cognitive decline.

C．Alzheimer’s disease probably results in the increase in harmful proteins.

D．Anxiety and depression are the main causes of Alzheimer’s disease.

3. What is the attitude of Dr. Richard Isaacson towards the study?

A．Neutral.	B．Supportive.
C．Negative.	D．Uncaring.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．The research needs to be further improved.

B．The study will provide a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.

C．The following research will focus on short-term negative thinking.

D．The general population has a lower risk of having Alzheimer’s disease.

5 . When the market for nutria collapsed in the late 1980s, the cat-sized animals multiplied like crazy.

A．shortened

B．rooted

C．multiplied

D．crashed

6 . Do you want me to go through your essay and check your spelling?

A．get through

B．work through

C．look through

D．see through

7 . November, the 11th month of the year, actually takes its name from the Latin word for the number nine. Actually, it isn’t _________ in this regard. September, October and December are named after the Roman numbers seven, eight and 10, _________. So why are these names all out of kilter (与……不一致) by _________ months?

There are two _________. The first would have you believe that there used to be just 10 months in the Roman _________. At some point, when they supposedly (据说) _________ it to 12, the Romans _________ January and February at the front of the year, which pushed the other 10 months and their _________ off course. The second would have you believe that there were _________ 12 months, but New Year’s Day used to be March 1, and the last month of the year was __________. But over many decades and centuries, through a series of political changes, the New Year holiday simply drifted (缓慢移动) back in the calendar until it __________ on Jan 1.

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, a physicist, has conducted studies to chart the precise lunar phases (月相) of ancient Rome’s calendars. Interestingly, under the 10-month theory, the months weren’t __________, she said. The Romans simply didn’t bother to mark or measure the days in what we now call January and February __________ little to no agriculture happened in those months, and calendars at that time were developed primarily for __________. “After a gap in the winter, the year __________ from Martius (三月),” she told Live Science.

1.

A．common

B．unique

C．right

D．normal

2.

A．respectively

B．eventually

C．meanwhile

D．otherwise

3.

A．eleven

B．seven

C．two

D．eight

4.

A．stories

B．theories

C．suggestions

D．ways

5.

A．calendar

B．history

C．background

D．calculation

6.

A．delayed

B．changed

C．restored

D．divided

7.

A．added

B．preferred

C．kept

D．found

8.

A．meaning

B．origins

C．operation

D．names

9.

A．never

B．usually

C．seldom

D．always

10.

A．December

B．March

C．February

D．January

11.

A．landed

B．remained

C．formed

D．returned

12.

A．free

B．shorter

C．longer

D．important

13.

A．so

B．because

C．although

D．if

14.

A．noblemen

B．scientists

C．farmers

D．citizens

15.

A．started

B．continued

C．settled

D．concluded

8 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

I was so excited to take a vacation in Florida for the first time. My sister had invited my daughters and me to go with her family and she even lent me her new, expensive bathing suit (泳衣). It was so comfortable.

The first morning we were there, I put on that bathing suit and we headed to the beach. We played in the water, enjoying the views and sounds of the ocean: the waves, the wind, fish, white sand, seashells, and whatever else drew our attention. I was excited by it all while I was swimming in the cool ocean water.

Suddenly, I felt a deep pain (疼痛) in my right arm. My sister saw my face and rushed to my side. I lifted my arm to find huge blisters (水泡) that circled the entire length of my arm. I had been bitten by a jellyfish (水母).

My sister said, “We have to head back to our room now. I will put some ointment (药膏) on the blisters so that we don't have to rush to the hospital.”

I didn't want to frighten anyone, so I came out of the water quietly with my arm hanging at my side. We had forgotten our towels that morning in a hurry to get to the ocean, so I shook as we walked in silence.

I began to notice people looking at me and pointing me out. It seemed as if the entire beach was laughing at me.

Then I looked down and saw why. That beautiful, expensive bathing suit was completely transparent (透明的) now that it was wet. I became the center of the beach. However, I had no towel for the long travel back to the room!

注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式作答。

To get back to the room, I had to walk past a swimming pool.

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Well, good and bad news came in.

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9 . 青蒿素已成为治疗疟疾的重要组成部分，被认为仅在非洲一年就能拯救10万人的生命。(汉译英)

10 . Obviously, students are required to ask their parents whether they can go on the school trip, and they are also responsible for giving notice in advance if they cannot.（英译汉）