1 . 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。

    1     (know) as silk embroidery (刺绣), Chinese embroidery is an art     2     (date) all the way back to the New Stone Age and is quite widespread across China during the reign of the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD). The Song Dynasty (960 AD-1279 AD) saw a peak of development of embroidery in both quantity and quality. It     3     (gradual) developed into     4     art form by combining calligraphy and painting.

Embroidery is a brilliant pearl in Chinese art. From the magnificent dragon robes worn by monarchs     5     the popular embroidery seen in today’s fashions, it adds so much     6     (pleased) to our life and culture.     7     is undeniable is that the Chinese today continue to produce matchless embroidered artworks, some of     8     are expensive pieces of art with high quality.

Chinese embroidery involves a perfect blend of fine arts, aesthetics achievements and     9     (practice) uses. Thus it     10     (consider) as a symbol of China and a nice choice for Chinese souvenirs.

2 . How to stay healthy on holiday

Taking time to relax on holiday may be good for our health.     1    . Here’s how to stay healthy when you travel.

Plan before you go

Besides the stress of organizing your break in the first place, there’s the added anxiety of remembering to buy and pack everything you need, as well as getting where you need to go on time. To avoid this, as soon as you’ve booked your holiday, list the travel documents you’ll need. Check you have them and they’re valid (有效的). Then start packing several weeks in advance, giving yourself time to buy some daily necessities.     2    .

    3    

Try to forget the cares of everyday life. You can achieve this by ensuring you don’t check emails or social media, or feel obligated to use it to record your best holiday moments. Ideally, turn off notices, limit your screen time and try to focus on the present moment. That will enable you to relax and make special memories.

Eat and drink well and mindfully

    4    . Take time to really enjoy all the flavors. However, you should be aware that too many alcoholic drinks can cause “holiday heart”, characterized by an irregular rhythm. What’s worse, if you’re holidaying in a hot climate, that can also result in dehydration (脱水).

Get active

Try a new activity. Consider walking and swimming or tennis.     5    . Remember that being active not only helps you stay fit during the holiday, but also makes you feel fitter and more refreshed once you’re back.

A．Ignore all the barriers in life

B．Get rid of the digital addiction

C．But there’s a physical reason for this

D．However, too much relaxation also has opposite effects

E．Part of the fun of going away is experiencing the cuisine of other places

F．On departure day, leave more time than you need to get to an airport or port

G．If you’re somewhere hot, it’s best to work out in the early morning or evening

3 . On the way, Peter saw a piece of paper with handwritten message stuck on an electric pole. Peter went closer and started _______…

“Yesterday my fifty rupees (卢比) _______ fell on this road. I can’t see properly and was not able to _______ it, whoever finds it please deliver it!”

These words were written on it and under these words was written a(n) _______.

After reading that, Peter thought 50 rupees is such a _______ amount, still someone placed this notice. Then it must be very _______ for the very person who _______ this here. Peter immediately _______ the given address and knocked on the door. After a while, an old woman _______. By asking more, Peter came to know that the elder lady ________ alone in that house.

Peter said, “Madam, I have found your ________ 50 rupees note. I have come to give it to you…”

________ that, the old lady started crying and said, “Son, so far about 70—75 people have ________ me 50 rupees note. I can’t read. I live alone and my ________ is also weak. I don’t know who the person is. Seeing my ________ condition, that person must have put up that slip to ________ me.”

After Peter ________ again and again, the elder lady took that money but also made a request to Peter. She ________ him, “Be sure to tear and throw away that paper stuck on the pole before leaving.”

Peter responded in yes. While ________, Peter thought, “Even before this, old lady must have asked all the people to ________ that paper but it is still there… When no one had torn that, why should I tear it…”

1.

A．criticizing

B．reading

C．wiping

D．examining

2.

A．note

B．coin

C．bill

D．check

3.

A．purchase

B．read

C．find

D．discover

4.

A．letter

B．number

C．address

D．name

5.

A．precise

B．small

C．moderate

D．impressive

6.

A．important

B．rewarding

C．pessimistic

D．urgent

7.

A．released

B．marked

C．acknowledged

D．placed

8.

A．reached

B．searched

C．checked

D．spread

9.

A．went by

B．got away

C．came out

D．woke up

10.

A．suffers

B．cries

C．works

D．lives

11.

A．unique

B．worn

C．brand-new

D．lost

12.

A．Analyzing

B．Hearing

C．Detecting

D．Seeing

13.

A．given

B．donated

C．loaned

D．promised

14.

A．voice

B．heart

C．eyesight

D．memory

15.

A．confusing

B．terrible

C．great

D．mental

16.

A．please

B．charge

C．attract

D．help

17.

A．insisted

B．explained

C．bowed

D．apologized

18.

A．ordered

B．requested

C．convinced

D．threatened

19.

A．talking

B．wandering

C．inquiring

D．returning

20.

A．tear

B．seize

C．throw

D．restore

4 . Most schools ban chewing gum, but in a few years they might consider changing that rule. Why? Scientists are finding evidence that gum chewing may be good for your health. It may even help boost your test scores.

This exciting research is just beginning. And in the meantime, companies are also experimenting with adding vitamins, minerals, medicines, and other substances that could give gum the power to cure headaches and fight everything from serious diseases to bad breath. Many studies have shown that chewing gum after meals can stimulate the production of saliva (唾液). Saliva helps wash away bacteria (细菌) that damage our teeth.

Nutritionist Gil Leveille, executive director of the Wrigley Science Institute, says that chewing gum might also be good for your brain. One Japanese study of nine participants, found that chewing gum boosted the flow of blood to participants’ brains by up to 40 percent. Blood carries oxygen, which fuels brain cells.

Other small studies have found that people perform better on memory tests while chewing gum. And a study in the United Kingdom found that people who chewed gum while memorizing a list of words did about 25 percent better at recalling those words than people who didn’t chew gum.

“It certainly makes sense,” Leveille says, “that increased blood flow would be related to increased alertness.”

“Additional studies, with longer follow-up, are needed to confirm that chewing gum has benefits, ”he adds. So far, results of studies about memory have been mixed. What’s more, many of the studies that show gum’s benefits are funded by gum companies. “Too much chewing can damage the jaw joint,” warns Gayl Canfield, a researcher at the Pritikin Longevity Centre. “What’s more, no matter how healthy gum chewing proves to be,” she adds, “it will never be a match for a healthy lifestyle.”

1. What is the new finding of chewing gums?

A．It is beneficial to our teeth.	B．It can boost our test scores rapidly.
C．It can cure various diseases.	D．It may benefit people’s health.

2. What is Leveille’s attitude to the benefits of chewing gums?

A．Negative.

B．Uncertain.

C．Objective.

D．Supportive.

3. How may chewing gums benefit brain?

A．Gums contain vitamins good for brain.

B．Chewing gums promotes blood flow in brain.

C．Chewing gums may improve people’s memory.

D．Gums may kill bacteria that damage brain cells.

4. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A．New Findings in Health	B．Chewing for Your Health
C．Protecting Teeth with Gums	D．Gums Boosting Test Scores

5 . 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。

It might be strange to wear clothes made out of plastic bottles. But in fact, some clothing     1    (company) are already making such clothes. Fashion brand JUMA recently showed its newest collection at an     2     (exhibit) in Shanghai. Eighteen clothing items from the collection,     3     (compose) of jumpsuits, jackets, shirts and dresses, were made from recycled plastic bottles. Many other fashion companies are finding similar ways to save our planet these days. The process is rather simple. First, the plastic bottles are washed and cut into small pieces. Then they     4     (melt) and shaped into small balls. Then the balls are made into thread. People can use     5     thread to make different kinds of clothes. Some people might have doubts about wearing something     6     is made out of plastic bottles. But according to Causeartist, a website     7     (focus)on innovation, clothes made from plastics could be even     8     (good) than nylon and polyester. Plastic thread can be made into different textures, such as cotton, silk or even wool. The price for the clothes in the new collection ranges from 500     9     3,000 yuan. However, Juma is optimistic that prices will fall when more companies follow this     10     (sustain) path taken by her business.

6 . How to Change Bad Habits

Bad habits are harmful. Whether your bad habit is a minor one or something more serious such as smoking, it takes conscious effort and smart planning to break the cycle.     1    

Write down details of your habit. Keep a notebook around to keep a record of your habit. For at least a week, anytime you perform the bad habit, write down a description of what you were doing and how you were feeling.     2     Consider these possible factors: Does the bad habit happen more often when you are stressed or nervous? Does it happen more often (or less often) at certain places?

Get rid of temptation. Try to avoid objects, places, and people that make you want to fall into your bad habit. It’s much easier to remove the stimulus than to stop the habit with pure force of concentration.     3     If that doesn’t work, turn off the cell phone and put it in a different room when you’re at home.

    4     This prevents you from picking up the bad habit unconsciously. When properly applied, this can be very effective. People who drink too much alcohols can imagine in their mind about the unpleasant symptoms of being drunk. For habits that aren’t easy to make unpleasant, put a rubber band around your wrist and snap it against the skin each time you catch yourself giving in to the habit.

Replace a bad habit with a good one. A good habit can be a source of pleasure, making the old one easier to break. Many people find a daily exercise routine or jog becomes similarly satisfying once they’ve turned it into a habit. Some bad habits can be broken if you can focus on improving the good habit.     5    

A．Call in the help of friends and family.

B．Add something unpleasant to the habit.

C．This helps you to think about the habit consciously.

D．Don’t hesitate to seek professional tips if you can’t break it on your own.

E．If you’re trying to avoid checking your cell phone all the time, shut down the phone or put it in airplane mode.

F．If you find yourself in a situation where it’s easy to return to the habit, repeat “don’t do it, don’t do it” to yourself in your head.

G．For instance, to avoid unhealthy food, challenge yourself to cook a healthy dinner a certain number of times per week.

7 . We’re shopping online more than ever now, including various personal care and food items. Of U.S. Internet users, one-third do it at least once a week. Seeing your limited toilet paper (TP), you might pull up your smartphone and after a few taps have a fresh order of TP set to arrive in a day, maybe even less, and all done right from the toilet seat.

But this type of shopping — numerous small, quick-to-ship orders placed through e-tailing companies like Amazon — might be the worst for the environment, according to a recent study in Environmental Science & Technology. With their current business model of free shipping and fast delivery, greenhouse gas emissions linked with transporting “fast consumer goods” are high. “The online-only retailers are growing rapidly,” says lead author Sadegh, a scientist at Radboud University in the Netherlands.

Previous analyses haven’t agreed on whether online or in-store shopping is better. In fact, some studies have found that online shopping has a lower impact, because it saves the emissions associated with driving your car to the store (95 percent of Americans drive to go shopping). But this benefit can vary, or even disappear, depending on how fast we want that TP to arrive. And if you’re shopping in real life, factors like how you transport those items, how far you travel, and how much you buy at once all affect the carbon footprint of your purchase. “There have been some contradicting results, with some saying online shopping is better and some saying traditional shopping is better,” says Sadegh. So he tried to settle the debate with an approach that showed how likely one option was to be better than the other.

Sadegh and his team compared three shopping styles: traditional in-store shopping, online ordering from a physical store (which they called “bricks and clicks”), and ordering through an online-only retailer. Nearly two-thirds of the time, bricks and clicks shopping resulted in fewer emissions per item than in-store shopping — and was better than online shopping 97 percent of the time. In-store shopping had fewer emissions than online — only 81percent of the time.

1. Why was “ordering TP on the smartphone” mentioned in paragraph 1?

A．To state convenience of TV shopping.

B．To show importance of smartphones.

C．To encourage people to purchase TP online.

D．To stress people’s frequency of online shopping.

2. How does online shopping harm the environment?

A．It requires more energy to produce these products.

B．Its current business model generates more greenhouse gas.

C．It causes people not to care much about the environment.

D．Its packaging of goods produces numerous harmful waste.

3. Which way of shopping is more environmentally friendly?

A．Traditional in-store shopping.

B．Online ordering from a physical store.

C．Ordering through an online-only store.

D．Driving to shop in huge supermarkets.

4. How does Sadegh come to his conclusion?

A．By analyzing causes.	B．By listing theories.
C．By making comparison.	D．By giving examples.

8 . Jan or Johan Vermeer was a Dutch Baroque painter from the “Golden Age of Dutch Painting”. He was obscure during his lifetime; but in the nineteenth century, his work was brought to light, and he is now regarded as one of the greatest figures of Baroque painting-with his focus on simple portraits and household scenes. He is admired for the ability to present everyday objects with great dignity（庄重）and light.

There is not much information about Jan Vermeer’s early life, He didn’t travel much outside Holland, and most of his paintings were bought by a local man. His father was a dealer of paintings and also a local inn owner. When his father died in 1652, Jan took over the business of selling pictures and ownership of a small inn. When his mother died in 1670, he also inherited her local restaurant, and he often worked there at night selling alcohol and dishes to customers.

In 1653, Jan married a young girl named Catherina Bolies. Together they had fourteen children, though four died soon. Jan did a significant portion of his painting within his large house. He liked to paint in his own studio, even though household life may have been noisy with 14 children and his mother-in-law, whom he often argued with.

Jan was a slow worker, producing only three paintings a year. This was partly due to his technique of granular（似颗粒状的）painting. He was careful in capturing the light and colour of his various subjects. Unusually for the time, Jan often focused on simple household scenes such as “The Milkmaid” or the “Music Lesson”.

An important aspect of Vermeer’s paintings were his portraits--often of women. The portraits capture a style of reassuring calm, dignity and contentment with everyday life. To Vermeer, they may have represented an idealized view of life and women, which did not always match reality. “The Girl With A Pearl Earring” is widely considered a Vermeer masterpiece-It is also regarded as one of the greatest portrait pictures ever painted and is sometimes referred to as the “Mona Lisa” of the North.

1. What does the underlined word “obscure” mean in paragraph 1?

A．Not clear.

B．Quite poor.

C．Not well-known.

D．Rather confusing.

2. What did his mother leave for him after her death?

A．A local inn.

B．A restaurant.

C．Several paintings.

D．A job of selling wines.

3. Which of the following may become a subject of his painting?

A．Hills around his town.	B．Children in the school.
C．A boat on the foggy sea.	D．A young woman in his house.

4. What is the text?

A．A novel about a painter.	B．A biography of a person.
C．An analysis of painting styles.	D．A review of Vermeer’s painting.

9 . Here’s our short list of the top art magazines out there today. Stop paying cover price at the news stand, and a deep discount is just a click away for one or more of the best art magazines available today.

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1. Where does this text probably come from?

A．A magazine.

B．A newspaper.

C．A website.

D．A TV ad.

2. Which magazine has the highest discount?

A．The Artist’s Magazine.	B．Artnewes Magazine.
C．Art In America Magazine.	D．Modern Painters Magazine.

3. What is Art In America Magazine in common with Artnews Magazine?

A．They are monthly magazines.

B．They are for both artists and art lovers.

C．They focus on providing art gallery news.

D．They are only intended for American readers.

10 . 汉译英
1. ______________ vt. 选择；决定做某事；选举某人
2. ______________adv. 到处都无；无处
3. ______________adj. 虚荣的；自负的；徒劳的
4. ______________v. 打；撞击，罢工
5. ______________n. 文件；档案；文件夹
6. ______________vt. &vi. 轻打；轻拍；轻敲
7. ______________adj. 原始的；远古的；简陋的
8. ______________adv. 不管；不顾
9. ______________vt. 谴责；使……处于不幸的状态
10. ______________n. &vi. 妥协；折衷
11. ______________vi. &vt. （使）褪色；减弱；逐渐消失
12. ______________vt. 逮捕；吸引