1 . 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。

The pipa is a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument,     1     (belong) to the plucked (拨弦的) category of instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has     2     unique pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets (琴格) ranging from 12 to 26. The pipa is one of the most popular Chinese instruments and     3     (play) for almost two thousand years in China.

In China, plenty of music and stories are associated     4     this instrument. The most popular one is about a beauty     5     (call) Wang Zhaojun. It is said that Wang Zhaojun began a journey northward     6     (marry) a nomad (游牧民族) ruler. She left her hometown on horseback on a bright autumn morning and along the way, the horse neighed (嘶鸣) making Zhaojun     7     (extreme) sad and unable to control her emotions. As she sat on the saddle, she began to play sorrowful melodies on a stringed instrument. A group of     8     (bird) flying southward heard the music, saw the beautiful young woman riding the horse, immediately forgot to flap their wings,     9     fell to the ground. From then on, Zhaojun acquired the nickname “drop birds” or “luoyan”. Later, the melody,     10     was played on the saddle, was regarded as Zhaojun’s Lament (《昭君怨》) and the stringed instrument was commonly described as a pipa.

2 . Taste in music varies considerably, but whatever people enjoy listening to, they often report an emotional response that has a touch of the physical to it. Maybe you feel beautiful music gives you the feeling of being cold, or makes your hair stand on end.

By studying a rare person, named BW, who does not like or respond to music at all, psychologist Psyche Loui of Northeastern University has discovered that connectivity patterns in the brain link finding music rewarding with finding social interaction enjoyable.

“BW said he had never understood why people enjoy music,” Loui says. BW is not someone who doesn’t like art, Loui says. “He goes to museums. He’s an enthusiastic photographer. He likes good food. He likes long walks on the beach. He just doesn’t like music.” He told Loui that when he saw a person at the grocery store with headphones in their ears dancing to music, he could never understand why anyone would do that. “This really seems to be a somewhat socially weakening experience,” Loui says.

“Given that music is important for social bonding across different cultures and that music is a way for the hearing system to connect to the reward system, one strong prediction is that music reward sensitivity can partially explain individual differences in sensitivity to social reward.”

This newly discovered connectivity between the hearing and reward systems may be why we feel emotions in response to music, Loui says. “I think that there’s a role of music for social bonding.” She also thinks there are influences from this work for other conditions with low social reward. “If people who don’t love music have differences in specific systems in the brain, then that shows these specific systems are related to the love of music. Then we can examine what else engages these same systems and what other abilities or human capacities are linked to music.”

1. Why are “being cold” and “hair stand on end” mentioned in Paragraph 1?

A．To develop the plot.	B．To draw a conclusion.
C．To make comparisons.	D．To support the argument.

2. What is BW’s attitude towards music?

A．He thinks music is important in social bonding.

B．He enjoys music while wandering on the beach.

C．He figures music is less important than art and food.

D．He takes little interest in and is unresponsive to music.

3. What will Loui probably examine in the follow-up study?

A．What role music plays in social bonding.

B．How people respond to music emotionally.

C．Whether specific music influences brain system.

D．What other human abilities are linked with music.

4. What’s the text mainly about?

A．People’s emotional and physical reactions to beautiful music.

B．Connections between enjoyment of music and social interaction.

C．Relationships among social bonding, diverse cultures and music.

D．Links among music sensibility, hearing system and reward system.

3 . “Women do not own lands in my community except if they are able to buy one, as most of the lands in a family are passed on to the male children. So a woman who intends to own a land must be prepared to work hard.”

Monica Maigari was born and raised in her native community of Madakiya, located in the southern part of Kaduna state of northwestern Nigeria. In 2014, her achievements as a farmer, community leader, and women’s advocate won her recognition as an Oxfam Female Food Hero. Since that time, she has deepened her involvement in the local community while sharing her skills with influential audiences.

Monica has been a farmer for more than 30 years. Despite great challenges faced by rural women farmers, such as land accessibility, labour costs, market access, and climate change, she has achieved great success. She started with a small field for crop cultivation in 1984 and then expanded into various crops and livestock farming. Like all farmers in her region, Monica’s agricultural productivity is threatened by climate change. She is leading her community in adapting to the effects while challenging policymakers to act.

In November 2014, out of the 1,280 contestants nationwide, Monica won the Female Food Hero title for her innovative and leadership qualities. Against local practices, she chose to purchase farmland with her prize money in order to reduce the cost of renting a land and help plough back (把……再投资)that money into her agribusiness.

She describes the FFH as being a truly life changing experience, “I acquired several skills. I was taught the value chain. My productivity and income has steadily increased. I am more financially stable. Since her recognition from Oxfam, Monica has been in demand as a speaker throughout Nigeria and abroad, and she is now able to educate other female farmers. Realizing this yet always humble (谦虚的), Monica simply describes herself as “a hard-working woman devoted to encouraging women especially those less privileged to go into agriculture”.

1. What does the author intend to stress in Paragraph 1?

A．Monica’s achievements as a women’s advocate.

B．The challenges of having lands faced by women.

C．The role of male children played in possessing lands.

D．The importance of women’s involvement in agriculture.

2. Why was Monica chosen as a Food Hero?

A．She used her money to buy farmland.

B．She was creative and had strong leadership.

C．She served as a public speaker at home and abroad.

D．She owned lands in a community where women typically do not.

3. Which of the following can best describe Monica?

A．Shy but strict.	B．Creative but proud.
C．Devoted and inspiring.	D．Hard-working and sensitive.

4. Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Women’s Land Rights in Madakiya

B．Climate Change and Agriculture in Nigeria

C．Oxfam Female Food Hero: Monica Maigari

D．A Farmer’s Journey in Northwestern Nigeria

4 . 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。

When I was admitted to the University of Alabama, I decided to get a puppy. So I adopted an adorable Golden Retriever(金毛猎犬) puppy against my parents’ wishes.

Soon, I realized my parents were right. The dog was so naughty that it caused me a lot of trouble every day. In fact, she soon earned the nickname(绰号) Bella the Devil at school.

However, as time went by, she taught me how to be a better dog mom, and I taught her how to be a better dog. We became best friends and did everything together. Bella was there for me all the time: parties, restaurants, games, even dates! We loved spending time together. By the time I was a senior, Bella and I developed a stronger relationship. She was truly my best friend.

In the third year, I worked at the local college l bar not far from the house. One night, I was running late. Bella and I had been with friends down the street when I realized it was already 9:00 p.m. We had to rush home so I could make it to work by 9:30. I ran through the front door and jumped to the bathroom to have a shower. Bella followed me into the bathroom and lay in her usual place on the bathroom floor. Then I heard my front door open. It was so loud that I thought it was strange. It couldn’t be my roommate for she had flown to New York. I turned off the shower and yelled her name. No answer.

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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。

Instantly(立刻), I knew something was seriously wrong.

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Then I went outside to find Bella with the policemen.

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5 . How to Sleep Better at Night

As we all know, a good sleep helps us relax and it also makes us energetic again. However, some of us have trouble with sleep at night. Lack (缺少) of sleep can cause illnesses. How can we improve our night’s sleep?    1    .

● Take exercise during the day

    2    . It can reduce stress and help us feel more relaxed. But don’t take exercise right before bedtime as exercise can make us too excited to fall asleep.

● Don’t use electronic products before bedtime

Before bedtime, some of us have a habit of using electronic products to surf the Internet, listen to music or watch movies. It’s bad for our health to do these activities before bedtime.    3    . Experts suggest we should stop using electronic products at least an hour before we go to bed.

●    4    

When we sleep with lights on, our brain will think it’s still daytime. It will take us longer time to fall asleep and we will rest less. So it’s wise to sleep with lights off.

● Keep worries away

Some of us have difficulty in falling asleep because of worries. Instead of lying awake, we can write down the things that make us worried and make a list of things to do.    5    .

A．Don’t sleep with lights on

B．Don’t make any noise at night

C．Here are some tips to improve it

D．Taking exercise is good for our sleep

E．There is no way to solve all these problems

F．In this way we can keep worries away and sleep better

G．These activities will keep our brain active and prevent sleep

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。

The Story of an Umbrella

Carla is a freshman in the science department of a university in her city. Due to her poor family, she saves everywhere and studies hard.

One weekend, she was going to the bookstore to buy a badly needed book. Suddenly the rain poured down.

Without an umbrella, Carla ran for cover when it started to rain. Finally, she decided to buy a beautiful umbrella,

The prices of various umbrellas ranged from a few dollars to tens of dollars. She fell in love with a read umbrella. But she had only $10.

“I can give you seven dollars for that umbrella,” she said shyly to the smiling salesgirl.

“OK. Young lady. This is your lucky day. The umbrella is yours,” the salesgirl agreed. She opened the red new umbrella above her head, and the rain beat on it.

Carla went to the bookstore she used to go to. She carefully placed her beloved umbrella next to another old and black one.

There are no other customers in the store except a girl of her height and age. While Carla was talking to a shop assistant, the girl left the shop.

When Carla left, Carla found her own umbrella missing.

There was only the old and black umbrella which had a pattern of yellow ducks.

“This is not my lucky day,” Carla walked to the city square.

“Hello!” a young man smiled at her. But Carla didn’t know this young man. She walked away quickly. But the young man still followed the old and black umbrella. She looked at the young man angrily.

“Marissa, I’m sorry,” he said to her. “I am late.”

“I’m not Marissa!” Carla shouted, staring.

“You’re not Marissa?” the young man pointed at the black umbrella with yellow ducks, saying, “That’s her umbrella.”

“Oh!” said Carla. “Who is Marissa?”

“I don’t know Marissa. I’ve only seen a picture of her holding this umbrella. My name is Paul, a junior in college. I’m majoring in law. I came here today to give her some legal advice. Marissa works with my cousin,” said he.

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2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

“I’m not Marissa!” said Carla again.

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It was the very new red umbrella she had bought.

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7 . In 2016, Yu Yongguang, a teacher at the Jiangsu University, saw a Yangtze finless porpoise (江豚) for the first time in a newspaper. He found himself _________ by the “smile” of the porpoise. Two months later, Yu set up an on-campus association (协会) to protect the species in _________. At first, there were only seven members.

In recent years, his efforts have _________, and the association now has about 750 members. _________, thanks to close partnership with universities, government and non-profit organizations, the association has succeeded in _________ about 8,000 volunteers to contribute to the cute species’ _________.

With the development of the association, its work has gone far beyond _________ simple publicity activities. Under Yu’s leadership, his team members _________ the country’s first popular science book about the finless porpoise. They have also drew up various designs for a science popularization curriculum (科普课程) _________ different groups of people.

In addition, he has also __________ his team to the major habitats of the porpoise to conduct scientific study and environmental recording. Based on this work, the team has written a series of reports that include __________ suggestions on improving the habitat protection work. At present, the number of Yangtze finless porpoises is growing __________ and stands at around 1,000.

Yu said he never imagined that the small association he __________ would unite so many forces to protect the animals. He believes that the __________ of different parts of society together will see the number of finless porpoises continue to __________, and will also help the environment along the Yangtze River to improve continually.

1.

A．attacked

B．frightened

C．attracted

D．cheated

2.

A．safety

B．use

C．silence

D．danger

3.

A．taken on

B．paid off

C．broken down

D．showed up

4.

A．Also

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．However

5.

A．ordering

B．promising

C．encouraging

D．warning

6.

A．performance

B．protection

C．action

D．popularity

7.

A．organizing

B．announcing

C．shortening

D．canceling

8.

A．lost

B．published

C．bought

D．read

9.

A．observing

B．fooling

C．shaping

D．targeting

10.

A．forced

B．limited

C．led

D．compared

11.

A．research-based

B．narrow-minded

C．plant-related

D．imagination-focused

12.

A．strangely

B．terribly

C．smoothly

D．dangerously

13.

A．joined

B．trusted

C．missed

D．established

14.

A．efforts

B．dreams

C．opinions

D．demands

15.

A．pass

B．rise

C．drop

D．stay

8 . Two years ago, I lost my wallet. I made the poor decision of keeping my identity card, my credit card, a large amount of money and other various things inside my_________. I worried about anyone who got my wallet would take_________from my bank account, and I was also _________that my identity card would be used to do something___________

About a week ___________, a police officer knocked on my door and_________my wallet. Someone handed it into_________! Much to my _________, they didn’t touch the money inside or anything. I felt so lucky that such a kind person___________my wallet and took time out of their day to try and give__________back to me.

After that, I decided that I wanted to do __________things for other people, hoping that they also could feel that way. I started to do small things to __________ people. They were small simple things, like holding the door open for others. When you make others feel __________, you will have a great day.

That’s why I__________everyone to do small nice things for others. Helping others is to help____________

1.

A．handbag

B．wallet

C．pocket

D．car

2.

A．money

B．food

C．gold

D．card

3.

A．satisfied

B．excited

C．worried

D．puzzled

4.

A．bad

B．good

C．beautiful

D．wonderful

5.

A．ahead

B．earlier

C．long

D．later

6.

A．threw

B．searched

C．returned

D．suggested

7.

A．the people

B．the police

C．the students

D．the children

8.

A．sadness

B．surprise

C．regret

D．disappointment

9.

A．got up

B．looked up

C．gave up

D．picked up

10.

A．it

B．her

C．him

D．them

11.

A．kind

B．funny

C．stupid

D．serious

12.

A．protect

B．respect

C．help

D．recognize

13.

A．bad

B．good

C．free

D．sick

14.

A．allow

B．force

C．choose

D．encourage

15.

A．herself

B．himself

C．itself

D．yourself

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空格处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

When you go to restaurants in different parts of the world, it’s important to know the right and wrong things    1    (do). For example, in some parts of the world, it’s OK to make a lot of noise in a restaurant. In fact, if in a restaurant there isn’t    2    (noise) and lively, you may think there’s something wrong with it. In some other parts of the world, however, restaurants are quiet places. If a table is too loud, other people in the restaurant might    3    (strong) complain to the owner of the restaurant.

How to pay the bill is also different from country    4    country. In some countries one person usually    5    (pay) for everybody. In other countries,    6    friends eat together, they usually share the bill. This    7    (call) “going Dutch”. Also, they usually leave a tip for the waiter. They tip between 15% and 20% of the bill, depending on    8    good the service is.

Different countries have different    9    (custom). When you travel to another country please follow what    10    (it) people do.

10 . I'll call him Peter because I didn't know his name. He was a waiter in a restaurant to which I had taken Robert, my five-year-old son, for his ______. Robert wore his new ______, proud and joyful.

Peter greeted us warmly and brought his ______ close to Robert's level to talk with him. Robert lifted his left foot so Peter could see his boot and then he asked Peter to ______ it. Before I tried to stop his ______ request, Peter got down to Robert's boot and took a long smell. Then he thanked Robert for ______ the special smell. Robert smiled at Peter's reaction.

When ______, Robert took more time than a fast-food customer should. Eventually, he ______ an orange juice. Peter praised his ______, which brought a bigger smile to Robert's face. Peter followed us ______ with our food as the birthday boy picked the perfect table. My heart was filled with thanks for this man who made my son feel ______. Though Peter did what Robert asked calmly, I still criticized (批评) Robert for his impolite deed.

Peter treated all customers with extreme ______ and politeness. Eight years later, Robert can still feel Peter's   ______. In life, we often ______ people by material worth or university degrees. However, the true ______ of a person comes from how they treat others.

1.

A．experiment

B．performance

C．graduation

D．birthday

2.

A．boots

B．clothes

C．glasses

D．cap

3.

A．hands

B．face

C．feet

D．heart

4.

A．clean

B．smell

C．describe

D．fix

5.

A．familiar

B．irresponsible

C．rude

D．normal

6.

A．sharing

B．suffering

C．removing

D．collecting

7.

A．waiting

B．ordering

C．listening

D．eating

8.

A．put aside

B．broke down

C．settled on

D．stuck to

9.

A．effort

B．suggestion

C．attitude

D．choice

10.

A．excitedly

B．worriedly

C．nervously

D．patiently

11.

A．hopeful

B．lucky

C．successful

D．great

12.

A．respect

B．courage

C．humor

D．pride

13.

A．kindness

B．honor

C．confidence

D．trust

14.

A．challenge

B．affect

C．judge

D．serve

15.

A．joy

B．value

C．gift

D．duty