1 . 阅读下面短文，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。

It was the spring of 2011. I had recently graduated from college, preparing       1     (enter) the real world. My dream was to become a war reporter. After considering carefully     2     I could find my first ideal job, I chose Paris. But the real world took me into a       3     (complete) different kind of conflict zone.

At 22 I       4     (inform) that I developed Leukemia (白血病). The doctors told my parents and me that I had about a 35 percent chance of long-term     5     (survive). Overnight I lost my job, my apartment, my independence, and I became patient No. 5624.

Over the next 4 years, the hospital became my home, my bed. Since I thought it was     6       (possible) that I'd ever get better, I had to accept my new reality. And I adapted. I became familiar       7       medical terms, and made friends with a crowd of other young people who had the same disease. I even achieved my dream of becoming a war reporter, although not in the way I     8     (expect) many years ago. It started with a blog, which reported from the frontline of my hospital bed, gradually     9     (change) into a column I wrote for a famous newspaper. But thanks to     10     army of supportive people, I'm cured of my cancer and have decided to live a meaningful life.

2 . Being able to travel the world is truly an accomplishment of the modern society. _________, many people take it for granted and miss out on it. I _________ that travel is an efficient way to experience life and _________ the mind.

Many people think that travel is a(n) _________ hobby. But that's not the _________. Travel is, in fact, what you _________ it. If you're planning to fly around the world and live in a 5-star hotel, then sure, it is. However, travel can be cheap, too. This means that _______ you're on a tight budget, there's no problem. The _________ is to know what you're looking for before the trip and plan everything _________. In some situations, travelling can be __________, such as with hitchhiking (搭顺风车).

When travelling to another country, we __________ get out of our comfort zone and __________ new experiences. Talking to strangers, sleeping in new places, or even eating food you are not __________ all can be the source of __________ for some shy people. However, such experiences can make a big __________, taking a person onto a whole new level of being and bringing great changes to the mind.

Moreover, travelling is also a process of ________ .The best history class is the one that you can experience for yourself. Of course you can't ________ to go back in time, but to be there where "big things" happened is truly breathtaking. When I went to Berlin and saw all the areas where battles __________, I was completely shocked. It's as if the __________ of the event crawls (爬) inside of me and __________ me to experience a piece of it the way it was back then.

1.

A．Naturally

B．Unfortunately

C．Surprisingly

D．Obviously

2.

A．admit

B．agree

C．suppose

D．realize

3.

A．expand

B．clarify

C．bend

D．refresh

4.

A．ordinary

B．relaxing

C．wonderful

D．expensive

5.

A．matter

B．question

C．case

D．point

6.

A．make up for

B．make off with

C．make over

D．make of

7.

A．if

B．unless

C．once

D．since

8.

A．truth

B．key

C．reason

D．problem

9.

A．on time

B．on purpose

C．in patience

D．in advance

10.

A．casual

B．free

C．simple

D．challenging

11.

A．occasionally

B．hardly

C．unavoidably

D．merely

12.

A．remember

B．expect

C．create

D．imagine

13.

A．blind to

B．accustomed to

C．bored with

D．concerned with

14.

A．complaint

B．disappointment

C．confusion

D．anxiety

15.

A．difference

B．deal

C．mess

D．hit

16.

A．self-education

B．self-awareness

C．self-assessment

D．self-acceptance

17.

A．afford

B．wait

C．manage

D．stand

18.

A．settled in

B．settled down

C．took off

D．took place

19.

A．atmosphere

B．consequence

C．course

D．impact

20.

A．encourages

B．enables

C．forces

D．reminds

3 . Happiness is not a warm phone, according to a new study exploring the link between young life satisfaction and screen time. The study was led by professor of psychology Jean M. Twenge at San Diego State University (SDSU).

To research this link, Twenge, along with colleagues Gabrielle Martin at SDSU and W. Keith Campbell at the University of Georgia, dealt with data from the Monitoring the Future (MtF) study, a nationally representative survey of more than a million U. S. 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-graders. The survey asked students questions about how often they spent time on their Phones, tablets and computers, as well as questions about their face-to-face social interactions and their overall happiness.

On average found that teens who spent more time in front of screen devices — playing computer games, using social media, texting and video chatting — were less happy than those who invested more time in non-screen activities like sports, reading newspapers and magazines, and face-to-face social interactions.

"The key to digital media use and happiness is limited use," Twenge said. "Aim to spend no more than two hours a day on digital media, and try to increase the amount of time you spend seeing friends face-to-face and exercising — two activities reliably linked to greater happiness."

Looking at historical trends from the same age groups since the 1990s, it's easy to find that the increase of screen devices over time happened at the same time as a general drop-off in reported happiness in U. S. teens. Specifically, young peopled life satisfaction and happiness declined sharply after 2012. That's the year when the percentage of Americans who owned a smartphone rose above 50 percent. By far the largest change in teens' lives between 2012 and 2016 was the increase in the amount of time they spent on digital media, and the following decline in in-person social activities and sleep.

1. Which method did Twenge's team use for the study?

A．Calculating students' happiness.

B．Asking students certain questions.

C．Analyzing data from a survey.

D．Doing experiments on screen time.

2. How does the author develop the finding of the study in paragraph 3?

A．By making a comparison.

B．By giving an example.

C．By making an argument.

D．By introducing a concept.

3. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?

A．To draw a conclusion from the study.

B．To offer some advice to the readers.

C．To prove social activities' importance.

D．To support the researchers' finding.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Quitting Phones Equals Happiness

B．Screen Time Should Be Banned

C．Teens' Lives Have Changed Sharply

D．Screen-addicted Teens Are Unhappier