1 . 选词填空

be responsible to     be addicted to        set good examples   give way to    in harmony with     be in ruins            ups and downs               keep the balance                  be curious about     a herd of

1. I know I’ll study harder as a senior high school student and get used to ___________a lot more.
2. “Living legends of sports” must be athletes who are masters in their sports and also ________ for others.
3. when an earthquake happened, in less than one minute a large city __________.
4. Despite the many   ___________ in its history, China is widely known for its ancient civilization, which has continued all the way through into modern times.
5. Some students even ____________the internet and cannot concentrate on school and family life.
6. I often ask questions, so I ____________ everything.
7. There comes a time when the old must ____________ the new.
8. Finding and ____________   between process and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.
9. On the plain in front of us , we can just make out ___________ graceful animals.
10. Only when we learn to exist ____________nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What did the speaker learn from her father?

A．Cooking.

B．Driving.

C．Swimming.

2. What did the speaker do in the summer of 2000?

A．She fixed her computer.

B．She learned to ride a bike.

C．She went camping in the countryside.

3. What does the speaker say about her grandparents?

A．They’re strict.

B．They’re confident.

C．They’re patient.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who will have a birthday party tomorrow?

A．Melina.

B．Jack.

C．Roy.

2. What color dress does the woman decide to wear?

A．Yellow.

B．Green.

C．Red.

3. What does the woman remind the man to do?

A．Arrive early.

B．Take the gifts.

C．Dress properly.

4 . Everyone knows that early to bed and early to rise is good for your health, but the reality is that getting up late is the norm for many of us.     1     For this, we specially recommend a “painless early rise” guideline.

Seek out as much natural light as possible.     2    . Jennifer Martin, president of the board of directors for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, agrees with it firstly. That’s because natural light holds back melatonin, a chemical that plays an important role in our bodies. “The sun is the driver of our internal clock,” she says.

    3    . For some people like those who need to drive long distances, those first few days of being tired from switching to a new schedule aren’t safe. In that case, Martin recommends gradually easing into the early-bird life. “What I’ll suggest to people is to shift half an hour, wait a few days, shift another half an hour, wait a few days, and then shift another half an hour,” she says.

Hold on even on weekends. Becoming a morning person is a seven-day-a-week job. Decide what time you’re going to wake up every day.     4    .

Plan something to look forward to. To force you out of bed, Martin suggests treating yourself to something special you can enjoy first.     5    . “Now is the time to go buy your favorite coffee or pick up some cakes to have when your alarm goes off at 5 am,” she says.

A．Ease in gradually

B．And stick to it without exception

C．You’re not worrying if you think of that

D．Adjust yourself to the schedule in the evenings

E．The secret to becoming a morning person is exposure to natural light

F．It takes a lot of willpower to get out of bed early on a cold winter’s day

G．Experts advise to cut back on how much exposure to bright light you’re getting

5 . Christmas is coming, and it is time to warm yourself and head out to see some festive lights. There are plenty of choices when it comes to following a light path as part of your Christmas celebrations.

Oxford Street

Oxford Street’s festive lights are a treat for the eyes this year. However you’ll have to pick your hours carefully as the lights—which we returned on at the start of November—are only on for eight hours a day this year, from 3-11 pm, in the wake of the rising energy costs the country is facing. It is expected this will reduce energy usage by up to two thirds compared to previous years, when the lights have been on for 24 hours through November and December.

Kew Garden

One of the most famous light paths of the season, Christmas at Kew offers a full-on festive experience with over 2 km of lights to walk through. Along the way you’ll have the chance to sample festive food and drink, and possibly even say hello to Santa himself.

Regent Street

Regent Street’s lights are on the theme of The Spirit Of Christmas this year, bringing golden angels to the shopping street. The lights, which cover Regent Street and the St James neighbourhoods, were turned on on November 9, and like the Oxford St lights are turned on between 3 and 11 pm.

Covent Garden

A visit to Covent Garden will certainly get you in the festive spirit this year, with the central London destination offering a whole lot of lights—from 11 am until midnight every day until January 3. Visitors can also enjoy daily snow showers as well as festive food treats and heated wine—with over 40 different varieties there.

1. Why are Oxford Street’s festive lights just on for 8 hours a day this year?

A．The public ask to turn off these lights.

B．The quality of these lights is not good.

C．The government wants to save energy

D．The country expects to differ from previous years.

2. In which place do the lights mainly focus on The Spirit Of Christmas?

A．Oxford Street.

B．Kew Gardens.

C．Regent Street.

D．Covent Garden.

3. What can visitors do when visiting Covent Garden?

A．Take a shower.

B．See snow every day.

C．Pick out the favourite lights.

D．Enjoy many different kinds of wines.

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。

Back in the day when I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life, I was studying to become a firefighter. I was a volunteer fire aide in New York, and was studying at Mission College. As a firefighter, you should always think of other people and try to help other people.

One night after going to class, I was walking home and decided to stop off at a fast food restaurant. I lived in an apartment alone near my college so most of the time I used to get a take-out, I got my food and started to head home when a homeless man walked to me. He looked 20 or so. He was very dirty and obviously very hungry. He asked me for some change to buy a little food. As I was pulling some change out, I had an idea.

I decided to see if he wanted to eat a real dinner, so I asked him to follow me back into the restaurant to order food together. For someone who had been on the fringes(边缘) of society it seemed like he was very surprised at my generosity(慷慨). But to me, it was what any ”human being“ should do or at least offer. He was afraid to go into the restaurant because of shame. But I insisted. When he finally followed me and walked into the restaurant, the people behind the counter refused to let him in, but I told them that I was buying him dinner and he had a right to be there. After some arguments, they finally let him in and he sat down at the table. It seemed like he was relieved a bit to be sitting at a table, I asked him to order whatever he wanted. He only ordered a hamburg, so I had to encourage him to order whatever he wanted.

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。

Finally he ordered three hamburgers and we began to talk.

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He stood up and looked at me, open-mouthed.

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7 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Ocean Park Hong Kong is one of Hong Kong’s greatest tourist     1     (attract). Because the park isn’t run for profit, it is much more suitable for education and wildlife conservation research. And     2     (compare) with other theme parks, it takes better care of the animals. In addition, you will find prices there fairly reasonable considering the size and the quality. Therefore, since its opening, the park     3     (draw) a large number of visitors.

    4     (cover) about a square kilometer on the southern side of Hong Kong Island, the theme park is conveniently close to downtown. As the park attracts large crowds every day, try to be there     5     the park opens at 10 in the morning and avoid the busy holidays and weekends. It is also recommended that tickets     6     (buy) online in advance.

Hong Kong is a unique city in the world     7     you can buy one card to pay for public transport and all your purchases.     8     card is available at the ticket windows of any subway station in Hong Kong, with which then you can pay for things in the park. And you can add money as you wish and have     9     returned to a station window for the remaining money back.

Wish you an     10     (enjoy) day in Hong Kong’s most popular theme park.

8 . Hurricanes could be lasting longer after they make landfall, and spreading their damage farther inland, a new study suggests, which is a previously undescribed effect of climate change.

The study, published in the journal Nature, analyzed hurricanes that have struck North America from 1967 to 2018. It found that hurricanes making landfall in the 1960s lost 75 percent of their power in the first day after coming ashore, while today a hurricane that strikes land typically decays by about 50 percent in the first day.

The study’s authors claimed rising ocean temperature is the driving force behind the formation of longer-lived hurricanes. They ran four models that simulate (模拟) a hurricane moving over land. In each, they adjusted the temperature of the ocean water underneath the storm. The higher the sea surface temperature was, the researchers found, the more moisture (水汽) a storm carried over land and the longer it lasted. They said if a hurricane is like an engine, the warm ocean water beneath it is like fuel. When ocean water is particularly warm, as it is in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, it can increase pressure on hurricanes. If human-caused climate warming continues, they added, the destructive power of hurricanes—some with 100-plus-mile-per-hour winds and heavy rainfall—could extend farther inland and especially affect ill-equipped communities.

James Kossin, a climate scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said, “They make a convincing case that the long-lasting hurricane is related to higher ocean temperature, and this can in turn be linked to climate change.”

“I would probably support the opinion that this phenomenon (现象) is possibly happening,” said Dan Chavas, an atmospheric scientist at Purdue University and one of the study’s reviewers. “I think the effect is very real, but the question is how strong the effect is. We still have a long way to go.”

1. What does the underlined word “decays” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Spreads.

B．Hits.

C．Rises.

D．Weakens.

2. How did the researchers mainly conduct the study?

A．By analyzing data and doing experiments.

B．By observing hurricanes and making records.

C．By simulating hurricanes and having discussions.

D．By giving explanations and making comparisons.

3. What do Dan Chavas’s words indicate?

A．Measures should be taken to predict hurricanes.

B．Climate change leads to higher ocean temperature.

C．More research is needed to study this phenomenon.

D．The effect of hurricanes is weakened in inland areas.

4. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To inform readers of a new study.

B．To prepare people for powerful hurricanes.

C．To call for global action on climate change.

D．To warn readers of the danger of global warming.

9 . You probably know Machu Picchu and the Taj Mahal as famous UNESCO World Heritage sites—structures and monuments of great cultural value. But what about Beijing opera? Or the art of pizza-making in Naples? What do these have in common?

Traditions like these are known as “intangible cultural heritage”. In comparison with UNESCO World Heritage sites, intangible heritage does not include buildings like palaces and temples. Instead, it includes traditional art forms, such as music, dance, and craft-making—living traditions that are an important part of a place’s culture.

UNESCO began to identify cultural traditions in 2008. By 2017, UNESCO had approved (批准) more than 300 diverse practices. These include cultural events like the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, performing arts like Spanish flamenco, and handicrafts like Japanese washi paper-making. In 2010, UNESCO also began to include important regional cuisines, starting with French and Mexican food.

Cultural rituals (仪式) are an important part of the UNESCO list. An example is the Tlemcen wedding ceremony in Algeria. The ceremony begins in the bride’s parents’ home, where friends and female relatives help the bride prepare for the ceremony. The bride is first dressed in a golden silk dress. Before leaving the house for the ceremony, her face is wrapped in a golden silk veil (面纱). Later, during the wedding feast, the bride removes her veil, ready to be married. The tradition has passed from one generation to the next, and marks the community’s cultural identity.

Some of the cultural items on the list are dying out and in need of protection. An example is Al Sadu—a traditional form of weaving in the United Arab Emirates. The tradition was once widely practiced by communities of desert Bedouin women. However, as many Bedouins have now moved to cities, Al Sadu is mostly practiced by older women whose number is decreasing.

UNESCO hopes that by bringing attention to cultural traditions such as Al Sadu, they will be more likely to survive. “Cultural traditions are important to fight for.” says Cecile Duvelle of UNESCO. “The more globalized the world becomes,” she adds, “the more important it is not to lose these traditional roots.”

1. Which of the following could NOT be added to the intangible cultural heritage list?

A．Flute music from Peru.	B．A historic bridge in Paris.
C．An Irish poetry festival.	D．A traditional Italian diet.

2. What can we learn from the passage?

A．All of the cultural items on the UNESCO list are not well preserved.

B．The traditional weaving—Al Sadu is still popular in Bedouin culture.

C．The main ceremony of the Tlemcen wedding takes place in the bride’s parents’ home.

D．Typical regional dishes are among the first items on the UNESCO list of intangible heritage.

3. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Disappearing Cultural Traditions

B．Different Types of Cultural Practices

C．An Introduction to Intangible Heritage

D．Cultural Heritage on the UNESCO List

10 . About six months ago, I got an unexpected package. The return address was a latitude(纬度) and a longitude(经度). Inside was an envelope that had a bunch of________paper towels. They were covered with________. I had no idea what it was all about________I began to read the paper towels carefully, which all brought back my________.

At 18, I went to college and got a part-time job in a________. My coworkers were some guys who had been working for too long and felt________, so they came up with some jokes to make fun of me. But there was a lab assistant named Howie, who started defending me________them. My dad had been in the army and taught me cryptograms(密码). So, I loved to send________messages to Howie on these paper towels. Now, he’d________them for 62 years.

How could I get in touch with him with this________address? After Googling it with great efforts, I________it! I sent a letter to him, and got a postcard back, saying, “Nicer than nice to hear from you.”

Then we started corresponding. We shared happiness and sorrow in the past years. That's________he has gradually changed my life. I almost________after my husband and daughter died, but what he did has brought me________. He introduced to me a sweet passion to face my life and gave me back a sense of self-worth. Our friendship is magical to be________after over six decades!

1.

A．blank

B．new

C．old

D．tidy

2.

A．words

B．codes

C．notes

D．lines

3.

A．once

B．after

C．when

D．until

4.

A．memories

B．interests

C．promises

D．misfortunes

5.

A．dormitory

B．laboratory

C．library

D．company

6.

A．relaxed

B．sick

C．bored

D．excited

7.

A．against

B．among

C．with

D．for

8.

A．simple

B．secret

C．fancy

D．random

9.

A．sent

B．lost

C．learnt

D．kept

10.

A．exact

B．tricky

C．funny

D．abrupt

11.

A．missed

B．skipped

C．named

D．made

12.

A．because

B．how

C．when

D．where

13.

A．dropped off

B．broke down

C．cheered up

D．turned away

14.

A．health

B．warmth

C．growth

D．wealth

15.

A．reformed

B．repaired

C．resisted

D．refreshed