2 . Bad weather drags your spirits down. There’s nothing you can do about the weather.     1    .

◆Find things to enjoy about winter.

A snowy, icy, cold, or rainy world can be beautiful and often has sounds and smells of its own. If you’re an artist, or photographer, winter provides a great deal of inspiration and different colors to work with.     2    . You can simply watch a winter scene from the comfort of your home and it’s a pleasant way to relax and enjoy the peace.

◆Take part in winter activities.

    3    . If you’re a beginner to these snow sports, try learning in areas where you won’t be worried about more experienced people crowding you out. Local parks are ideal starting points to encourage you to get out and give new winter sports a go.

◆     4    . 

Winter comes with the shortest days and lowest light of the year. Go out if you can. If you can’t, or if you’re so far from the equator as to have little or no daylight, use bright lights and perhaps light or white walls.

◆Stay active. 

As much as possible, get yourself outside. Take at least a short walk. If the weather does not permit, move around inside. Walk up and down your stairs if you have them.     5    . It also regulates such things as sleep and diet. Move around at least a bit each day.

A．Go out

B．Brighten up

C．Perhaps you don’t feel that creative

D．Enjoy skiing, sledding, or ice-skating

E．Making snowmen is a fun activity for both kids and adults

F．But there are various things you can do to keep your spirits up until spring

G．Exercise gets your body temperature up and your blood flowing

4 . What did the man think of the flight?

A．Long and boring.

B．Long but interesting.

C．Short and comfortable.

5 . What can we learn from the conversation?

A．The woman wants some pancakes.

B．The man has had too much.

C．They are having lunch.

6 . Exchanging old-fashioned postcards with random strangers around the world is great fun. And for me, it’s sending not just any postcard, but one in particular that seems to resonate (共鸣) with people everywhere.

The Postcrossing project was created by Paulo Magalhaes in 2005. He liked getting mail — especially postcards. He thought others did, too — but how could he connect with them? That’s when he came up with the idea of an online platform (postcrossing. com). There, postcard lovers like me can sign up to send a postcard to someone who has registered (注册) online, and receive a postcard in return.

Along with a randomly selected address, participants get a unique code to put on the postcard. When the postcard arrives, the recipient registers that code with the site, which then causes the sender’s address to be given to another Postcrosser in turn. In practice, this means that for nearly every postcard I send (a few get lost in the mail) I get one back. And since I never know who will be sending me a card or where in the world they live, every trip to the mailbox holds the potential for a wonderful surprise.

At the last count, there were more than 690,000 Postcrossers in 211 countries, representing nearly every race and religion on the planet — and the cards they’d like to receive are nearly as diverse. I’ve seen requests for postcards featuring maps, animals, Benedict Cumberbatch (an actor), and the color green. But no matter how lengthy or unusual a particular Postcrosser’s list of requests may be, somewhere, in nearly every card, is a sentence like this: “Please send me a card that represents something unique or special about your country.”

I love to see that request. To me, the opportunity to share what I love most about my country and to learn what other people love most about theirs is the heart and soul of this activity.

1. Why did Paulo set up the online platform?

A．To show his love to mail.

B．To connect with the author.

C．To get postcards from strangers.

D．To make friends around the world.

2. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．How people sign up for the platform.

B．Why the online platform succeeds.

C．What the online platform provides.

D．How the online platform works.

3. How does the author feel on the way to get his card?

A．Surprised and shocked.	B．Curious and eager.
C．Nervous and expected.	D．Upset and unusual.

4. What does the author think of the Postcrossing project?

A．It’s an activity about sharing and communicating.

B．It’s a request to make people share their cultures.

C．It’s a way of learning about a new country.

D．It’s an opportunity to know more people.

7 . It ________ (突然想到) to me that I had tons of work to finish. I couldn’t afford to waste one second. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）

8 . Being arrogant is one of the less attractive aspects of her p______(个性). (根据中英文提示单词拼写)

9 . More than 25 years ago, Saroo Brierley was one of many poor children in rural India. One day, he played with his brother along the rail line and fell asleep. When be woke up, finding himself alone, the 4-year-old decided his brother might be on the train he saw in front of him—so he got on.

That train took him across the country to a totally strange city, where he did not speak the language. He lived on the streets, and then in an orphanage (孤儿院). There, he was adopted by an Australian family and flown to Tasmania.

As he writes in bis new book, A Long Way Home, Brierley couldn’t help but wonder about his hometown back in India. He remembered landmarks, but since he didn’t know his town’s name, finding a small neighborhood in a vast country seemed to be impossible.

Then he found Google Earth—a digital mapping program. He spent years searching for his hometown in the program’s satellite pictures. In 2011, he came across something familiar. He studied it and realized be was looking at a town’s central business district from a bird’s-eye view. He thought, “On the right-band side you should see the three-platform train station”—and there it was. “And on the left-hand side you should see a big fountain”—and there it was.

Everything just started to match.

When he stood in front of the house where he grew up as a child, be saw a lady standing in the entrance. “There’s something about me,” be thought—and it took him a few seconds but he finally remembered what she used to look like.

“My mother looked so much shorter than I remembered. But she came forth and walked forward, and I walked forward, and my feelings and tears and the chemical in my brain, you know, it was like a nuclear fusion (核聚变). I just didn’t know what to say, because I never thought seeing my mother would ever come true. And here I am, standing in front of her.”

1. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?

A．Brierley’s mother grew shorter and weaker as she aged.

B．There was a mix of feelings when Brierley saw his mother again.

C．Brierley kept trying and didn’t give up searching for his hometown.

D．Brierley didn’t recognise his mother immediately.

2. Why was Brierley separated from his family about 25 years ago?

A．He was taken away by a foreigner.	B．He was adopted by an Australian family.
C．He got on a train by mistake.	D．He got lost while playing in the street.

3. How did Brierley find his hometown?

A．By analyzing old pictures.	B．By studying digital maps.
C．By spreading his story via his book.	D．By travelling all around India.

4. What does Brierley mainly talk about in the last paragraph?

A．His memory of his hometown.	B．His love for his mother.
C．His long way back home.	D．His reunion with his mother.