1 . More than 200 people were killed and 900 others injured in a major accident Friday evening involving three trains in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, officials said on Saturday.

At least 233 people ____ and about 900 were injured in the ____, and the number of death is ____ to increase further.

According to officials, the Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai, hit the Yashwantpur-Howrah Express, which derailed (脱轨). A cargo train was also said to be ____ in the accident.

Officials said the ____ of the collision was so ____ that carriages of the two trains climbed atop each other, ____ deaths and injuries to passengers. A large number of passengers were ____ inside the derailed coaches.

____ after the accident, rescue teams, health officials, police, and fire services rushed to the ____. A large crowd of locals ____ reached the spot to help the injured.

All the health facilities nearby were ____ alert. Meanwhile, the injured were ____ to the hospital throughout the night.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ____ grief over the ____ of lives in the accident and condolences (吊唁) are pouring in from various quarters.

1.

A．recovered

B．died

C．attended

D．failed

2.

A．content

B．course

C．accident

D．position

3.

A．pleasant

B．proud

C．likely

D．similar

4.

A．involved

B．visited

C．interested

D．required

5.

A．solution

B．impact

C．expression

D．struggle

6.

A．lucky

B．large

C．words

D．severe

7.

A．cloning

B．saving

C．raising

D．causing

8.

A．belief

B．trapped

C．luck

D．concern

9.

A．Undoubtedly

B．Gradually

C．Immediately

D．Secretly

10.

A．spot

B．location

C．station

D．hospital

11.

A．besides

B．also

C．however

D．therefore

12.

A．put on

B．put up

C．put out

D．put off

13.

A．admitted

B．addicted

C．devoted

D．applied

14.

A．reward

B．persuade

C．expressed

D．inspire

15.

A．motto

B．remark

C．lesson

D．loss

2 . Never ______ forget the days when______ together with you.

A．shall I; I lived

B．shall I; did I live

C．I shall; I lived

D．I shall; did I live

3 . ______ the Atlantic Ocean crosses the equator, the trade winds cause a flow of water to the west.

A．That

B．When

C．Where

D．Though

4 . —When will you leave for Paris for a visit?
— ______ next month.

A．Until

B．After

C．At

D．In

5 . There is nothing quite like stepping into the shower at any time of the day. A warm shower certainly sounds more comfortable, but a number of influential people have recently said that for them, taking a freezing cold shower every morning is the best thing they have ever started to do. Take Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and CEO of Twitter, for example. He said in an interview, “Nothing has given me more mental confidence than being able to go straight from room temperature into the cold.” For us, starting the day in the freezing cold is the worst thing anyone can suggest!

Recently in Holland, 3,000 people volunteered to take part in an experiment. They were all instructed to take a warm shower every day. When they were about to finish, they were told to reduce the temperature for a 30-second burst of freezing water. Following the experiment, most of them said that the cold shower had given them a surge in energy that felt similar to drinking strong coffee. Compared with others who had not taken the cold shower, they said they were less likely to call their office and say they were sick. What’s more, 64 percent thought they would continue with the cold showers even though the experiment had come to an end.

This change in energy has been explained by Professor Andreas Michalsen from Berlin. “Cells in our skin that respond to light and heat react when coming into freezing water. These cells, called receptors, send a message to the brain which releases endorphins (内啡肽) into the bloodstream. Endorphins are chemicals that help reduce body pain or can help you feel more relaxed or full of energy.”

Cold water arouses blood flow which can reduce the itching (瘙痒) and bleeding caused by a skin condition called eczema (湿疹). Eczema can make your skin itch. This is good news for people suffering from eczema. So would you take a freezing cold shower every day?

1. What is Jack Dorsey’s attitude towards cold showers?

A．Intolerant.

B．Favorable.

C．Doubtful.

D．Unclear.

2. What can we learn about the participants in the experiment?

A．They began with warm showers.

B．They had taken cold showers for years.

C．They took cold showers every two days.

D．They drank strong coffee before taking cold showers.

3. What does the underlined word “surge” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Balance.

B．Saving.

C．Rise.

D．Loss.

4. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

A．A cause of a skin disease.

B．The seriousness of eczema.

C．An advantage of taking cold showers.

D．The explanation of the experiment result.

6 . When I was young, my sister was diagnosed with “Asperger Syndrome (阿斯伯格综合症) ”, which turned my parents’ world upside down. However, they never let it _________ me and gave me a very peaceful childhood.

It was only at the age of ten that I started to mind it, and become conscious of my social life and self-image that I had carefully developed. My sister, on the other hand, was socially _________. She could not look at people in the eye. She would murmur to herself. She, however, was academically _________ and hence we attended the same primary school. Despite this, I never, ever admitted in public that she was my sister. There was one _________, however, just two years ago, that changed how I _________ my sister and changed me.

In grade six, every student was required to give a performance, whether in a group or individually. Due to her _________ to integrate, my sister was the only one left without a group. “I will sing,” my sister told my parents, somewhat _________. Hearing that, I was completely _________. How could my sister, who was socially clumsy, sing in front of the school? I knew so very well that if I allowed this to happen, she would _________ me, one way or another. “No!”I protested but in vain.

The moment my sister appeared on the stage, I kept telling myself, “No one knows she is my sister. It is fine, you don’t need to tell anyone.” I shifted nervously in my seat, __________ I were somewhere else. Finally, she opened her mouth and sang __________ and melodiously. Her voice rang through the hall, beautiful in its power. I was completely stunned and watched in __________. How did I not know that my sister could sing so perfectly? I listened ever so carefully to the lyrics that she had composed all by herself. I was __________ myself.

Guilt and shame filled my heart as I listened to my sister. Although she knew that I was embarrassed by her and was __________ to attend her concert, she had __________ me; she had never taken everything that I had done to her to heart. It was then that I determined to love her unconditionally.

1.

A．defeat

B．distract

C．assess

D．affect

2.

A．awkward

B．popular

C．influential

D．persuasive

3.

A．weak

B．independent

C．capable

D．mature

4.

A．incident

B．accident

C．story

D．event

5.

A．loved

B．viewed

C．admired

D．valued

6.

A．competence

B．preference

C．inability

D．dislike

7.

A．generously

B．confidently

C．curiously

D．nervously

8.

A．shocked

B．amazed

C．delighted

D．frightened

9.

A．destroy

B．surprise

C．hurt

D．embarrass

10.

A．imagining

B．pretending

C．dreaming

D．wishing

11.

A．anxiously

B．shyly

C．skilfully

D．desperately

12.

A．wonder

B．amusement

C．anxiety

D．joy

13.

A．proud of

B．ashamed of

C．doubtful about

D．ignorant about

14.

A．unfortunate

B．uninterested

C．unwilling

D．unfair

15.

A．ignored

B．trusted

C．loved

D．forgiven

7 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。

The French author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once     1    , “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” Put more     2    , this means “You are     3     you eat.” Most people today     4     this saying to healthy eating. However, Brillat-Savarin was actually referring     5     our personality, character, and culture.

8 . A good curriculum vitae (CV) (简历), with information about you and your qualifications and experience, will increase your chances of getting an interview for a job, but a poor CV could ruin everything before you even start. So it’s important to get it right.

    1    

Remember that your CV is only a way of getting your foot in the door, so keep it short. Most successful CVs include the following sections: profile (简介), achievements, experience, special skills (languages/ computers), education, training, and interests. Use no more than two sides of A4 paper.

Give the full story

    2    . Start with the most recent job first. If you have been out of work for a time, give reasons, but don’t talk too much about jobs you did more than 10 years ago.

Include related facts, not lists

List your duties, achievements, and responsibilities for each job. Use a separate section in your CV for specific skills.

Be honest

Although you want to present yourself well, don’t bend the truth.     3    . Many companies employ people to check the facts that applicants supply.

Adapt it

Take the time to adapt your CV for each job you apply for. Research the company and use the job advertisement to decide what they are looking for.     4    . If you are sending your CV to a recruitment (招聘) website, look at the jobs and employers on the site and adapt your CV accordingly.

Send a covering letter

Use this to stress information from your CV that is most related to the job you are applying for.     5    .

A．Be brief

B．Be well-prepared

C．Give information about your work history in order.

D．Link your skills and experience to the requirements of each job.

E．Otherwise, you are likely to be caught out and have your application rejected.

F．It isn’t good practice to send your CV to an employer on its own without this.

G．Doing some researches on companies helps you find out which one suits you best.

9 . I’m not sure what I had in mind when I signed up to volunteer in Ghana. But Ghana seems different than the other developing countries I have encountered. Little children like to point us out to their mothers, and my hand waves back are often met with stormy silence. Perhaps the best part is that we aren’t treated like tourists: we pay the same price as the locals for our breakfast. We blend in (融入) while we stick out, a strange paradox (矛盾).

When I arrived I told the people in charge of the program to place me where there was the biggest need for help. That ended up being this 12m×10m run-down school room out in the slums (贫民区). When I entered the classroom, I found there were between 80 and 120 children under the age of 6 in it. It reminded me of overturning a rock and having hundreds of ants run loose. There was no rhyme or reason in this room: the children maintained the discipline themselves.

Within days, we had learned the names of those children who finally attended the class, al thirty or so of them. The one that impressed me most was a five-year-old girl sitting at the front row, studiously quiet. She learned everything we taught her, at a pace that took my breath away. She far outpaced any Western five-year-old I’d ever worked with and fueled my passion to keep going.

Now I look at this run-down classroom and these children in their ragged clothes, thinking of how different they are and how differently we can change their lives. Then the usual chaos attacks, I hold up a bag above my head and within ten seconds, the classroom is quiet. All the children are staring at my bag of candy and I realize maybe they’re not that different after all.

1. How do the local mothers react to the author’s greeting?

A．They remain silent.	B．They treat her to breakfast.
C．They offer to be her guide.	D．They let their children respond.

2. What can be inferred about the classroom in paragraph 2?

A．The classroom was very large.

B．The classroom was full of ants.

C．The classroom was poorly equipped.

D．The classroom looked extremely crowded.

3. What effect did the five-year-old girl have on the author?

A．She decided to leave Ghana.

B．She chose to follow her example.

C．She would continue her volunteer work.

D．She thought poorly of Western five-year-olds.

4. What do students in Ghana and Western countries have in common according to the author?

A．They are eager to learn.

B．They can never resist candy.

C．They are willing to change their lives.

D．They cannot keep silent for over ten seconds.

10 . Milan’s most famous mural (壁画), Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper, is hidden away on a wall of the dining hall adjoining the Basilica di Santa Maria delle Grazie. It’s a masterful psychological study and one of the world’s most iconic images.

Centuries of damage has left the mural in a fragile state despite 22 years of restoration, which was completed in 1999. Da Vinci himself is partly to blame: his experimental mix of oil and tempera (蛋彩画) was applied between 1495 and 1498, rather than within a week as is typical of fresco (湿壁画) techniques. But the most damage was caused by restorers in the 19th century, whose use of alcohol and cotton wool removed an entire layer. Yet the work’s condition does little to lessen its astonishing beauty.

You may very well kick yourself if you miss it, so book in advance or sign up for a guided city tour. English-language guided tours (€3.50 on top of the regular ticket price) take place at 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. from Tuesday to Sunday. Again, you’ll need to book ahead.

Details

Address: Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie, 2

Phone: 02 9280 0360

Website: https://www.cenacolovinciano.org

Hours: 8:15a. m. - 7 p.m., Tue-Sun

Price: adult €10， children €5 (children under 12 years accompanied by an adult are admitted free), plus booking fee €2.

1. What can be learned about The Last Supper?

A．It was finished in 1495.	B．It was hidden underground.
C．It was kept in bad repair.	D．It was damaged severely in 1999.

2. How much should an adult visitor with a kid under 12 years pay if he also wants a guided tour?

A．€3.5

B．€12

C．€13.5

D．€15.5

3. Where is this text most likely from?

A．A guidebook.	B．An announcement.
C．A news report.	D．An art show review.