1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1. Which generation is Liu Wenwen for performing suona in her family?

A．The seventh generation.

B．The eighth generation.

C．The third generation.

2. Why did Liu practice in a park?

A．Because the voice of the instrument annoyed her neighbors.

B．Because the park is beautiful.

C．Because she didn’t like practicing at home.

3. What happened in 2017?

A．Liu had a personal concert in Sydney.

B．Liu performed with award-winning composer.

C．Liu was followed by Chinese.

4. How long did Liu learn suona?

A．About 20 years.

B．Less than 20 years.

C．More than 20 years.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. Who will the man go with?

A．With the woman.

B．With his pen friend.

C．Nobody.

2. What is Nanning?

A．The man’s hometown.

B．The UN’s liveable city.

C．The town of fruit.

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

A．Have a trip with her.

B．Send emails.

C．Take some photos.

4. When will the man set off?

A．On December 22nd.

B．On December 20th.

C．On December 25th.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What can we know about the girl?

A．She got a bad mark in the exam.

B．She got some advice in the exam.

C．She got a good mark in the exam.

2. What does the man suggest the girl do?

A．Do lots of reading comprehension exercises.

B．Try to speak English more.

C．Read some English books.

3. What will the girl do after finishing homework?

A．Read a book.

B．Watch a film.

C．Learn twenty new words.

4 . Do you find yourself looking at your Facebook page or watching YouTube videos instead of getting work done? Are you________your plans for the summer? If you do, you’re not________. Many people do that, including me.

I am in my second year at college. In almost every________, I find it hard to sit still and pay attention. If it’s not________my phone, it’s daydreaming about what my plans are for the weekend. It’s________. I hate it. But I can’t control myself. I pick up my cellphone to________my emails and messages without________it. And I find myself________ news on social media, ________knowing what’s going on around me.

Yes, we live in a digital age where we even use________in the bathroom. Because of using digital devices, our attention span (注意力持续时间) has become much________than before. Yes, that’s true—a recent________made by Microsoft Corporation shows that people now usually________concentration after eight seconds. Interestingly, I usually find it________to study around people who are also studying. I_________can focus more that way.

My________ to students reading this is that when it comes to study, you’d better turn off all digital devices. Our brain________to focus on things that are right in front of us. Removing out distractions altogether, especially________you get a lot of them, seems to be one of the best________of doing better in your work.

There is no easier solution to this; you must turn off digital devices, or you won’t focus. It just takes some________.

1.

A．looking for

B．asking for

C．thinking about

D．talking about

2.

A．careful

B．happy

C．right

D．alone

3.

A．show

B．lecture

C．direction

D．interview

4.

A．letting down

B．setting aside

C．looking at

D．looking after

5.

A．natural

B．interesting

C．useless

D．bad

6.

A．improve

B．check

C．correct

D．share

7.

A．knowing

B．accepting

C．telling

D．finishing

8.

A．offering

B．advertising

C．reading

D．writing

9.

A．hardly

B．slowly

C．strangely

D．fully

10.

A．keys

B．cellphones

C．cameras

D．umbrellas

11.

A．shorter

B．better

C．wider

D．deeper

12.

A．change

B．question

C．study

D．debate

13.

A．avoid

B．need

C．control

D．lose

14.

A．comfortable

B．helpful

C．hard

D．necessary

15.

A．feel

B．wish

C．mention

D．wonder

16.

A．attitude

B．advice

C．information

D．worry

17.

A．happens

B．aims

C．prefers

D．dislikes

18.

A．because

B．unless

C．though

D．when

19.

A．chances

B．ways

C．times

D．places

20.

A．courage

B．patience

C．encouragement

D．confidence

5 . Types Of Students You Will Meet In College

There are thousands of universities around the world, and each school boasts its own traditions and slogans. Some schools pride themselves on sports, while others emphasize their research facilities. While there are a myriad of differences among each and every school, there will always be these three types of students in class.

The one who sits in the front row

There’s at least one of these people in every single class,whether it’s a required General Education class or an upper division major course. These students always sit in the front row and ask at least five questions every lecture.

They attend all the discussions and office hours, and try to turn in homework at least a week in advance. These are also the people who remind professors about assigned homework and upcoming exams. Nothing bad about being studious, but are they even human?

The one who never studies (but still aces the class)

Standing as probably the most frustrating category of people in this list, these students won’t know about a midterm until two days before. They go to class every once in a while when the class time doesn’t clash with one of their many elaborate social plans, but never pay attention. Somehow, they still ace all their exams and end up with the top grade in the class.

The one who always falls asleep

This person comes to class every day, but somehow never stays awake for more than 20 minutes. You can sometimes hear the occasional snore from a corner of a large lecture hall, or catch their heads nodding like a pendulum near the front of the class if they’re the studious type. But let’s be real here: we’ve all been one of those students at some point.

1. Who always sit in the front row?

A．The studious students.

B．The sleepy students.

C．The smart students.

D．The frustrated students.

2. We can know that       from paragraph 4.

A．Some students never go to classes but still get top grades.

B．Some students never go to classes and get bad grades.

C．Some students go to lectures occasionally but still ace the class.

D．Some students go to lectures everyday and still ace the class.

3. From this article, most of us have been         .

A．The one who always falls asleep

B．The one who sits in the front row

C．The one who never falls asleep

D．The one who never studies (but still aces the class)

6 . “I don’t want to see that cat in our yard again,” my husband said as he shooed the beautiful cat back into the neighbor’s yard. “I don’t appreciate her cat ________ in our yard,” he insisted. Sighing, I sent off a quick________ to our sweet neighbor, Cheryl, informing her of my husband’s ________ of cats. “I’ll do my best,” she replied some time later, “but it’s kind of hard ________ where she goes when I let her outside.”

The following morning, John stood at the window in our bedroom. “You aren’t going to ________ this,” he said in a low voice. “Come look!” “Oh, my God!” I cried ________. Right in the center of our yard were two ________ groundhogs (土拨鼠). John raised the ________, and the two raced into the woods ________. That evening, I happened to glance out the window, only to see a big fat groundhog chewing on the flowers we’d planted. “Something’s got to be done!” John shouted. He surfed the Internet and looked up what ________ the groundhog could cause and how they could be ________. “The groundhogs do not like cats. That’s ________… in fact, they hate the ________ of soiled kitty litter. Um… why don’t you text Cheryl and let her know the cat ban has been ________?” I couldn’t help smiling to myself.

That evening, we spotted the sweet yellow cat in our yard searching mice. The groundhogs were nowhere to be ________. “It’s a beautiful evening, isn’t it?” My husband smiled as we sat on the sofa.

1.

A．hunting

B．appearing

C．dashing

D．rolling

2.

A．note

B．letter

C．mail

D．text

3.

A．affection

B．dislike

C．fancy

D．choice

4.

A．controlling

B．telling

C．ordering

D．persuading

5.

A．forget

B．miss

C．believe

D．catch

6.

A．in anger

B．in mess

C．in surprise

D．in caution

7.

A．enormous

B．cute

C．fierce

D．elegant

8.

A．curtain

B．glass

C．window

D．flag

9.

A．leisurely

B．quietly

C．proudly

D．directly

10.

A．damage

B．worry

C．disease

D．fault

11.

A．died off

B．taken off

C．laid off

D．driven off

12.

A．confusing

B．interesting

C．encouraging

D．disgusting

13.

A．feel

B．taste

C．smell

D．sound

14.

A．polished

B．removed

C．eased

D．resolved

15.

A．caught

B．seen

C．held

D．touched

7 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语段续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数为150左右。

As an independent, self-reliant person who always handled everything by myself, I didn’t expect parenting to be hard. Oh, sure, it’s difficult for other people. I heard parents complaining all the time — kids are challenging; nothing is ever clean; there’s not enough time in the day to do everything. But that was “other people” and I knew I could handle it. How complicated could it be?

I’d always dreamed of adopting a child, and finally my dream came true one summer afternoon. Even though we had requested only one child, the worker asked, “Could you take another baby and his eleven-year-old brother?” Of course, we could. We had room to have all three boys together.

The first week after they moved in, I spent my days rushing from task to task, cleaning and making sure they had all they needed. I constantly organized our living room, which was suddenly full of toys, and picked up the path of destruction left in the boys’ wake. Cooking and cleaning after meals and snacks seemed to take half of my day. I hardly ever sat; something always needed to be done.

“I think we need a break,” my husband told me one evening as I was falling asleep on the couch as usual.

“No,” I refused. The idea of sending them to a stranger sickened me. However, with each passing day, I was growing more and more exhausted. Besides meeting the physical needs of the boys, there were medical and emotional needs. Both the little ones constantly clung (黏住) to me. It was never quiet in our house; I felt overwhelmed.

One night, my husband said firmly that he needed a break. Whether I “needed” one or not, we were going to take one. With tears rolling down my cheeks, I nodded, knowing it was true, although I didn’t want to admit my weakness.

I called my parents.

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Asking for help is something I must keep re-learning as time goes on, but it’s getting easier.

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8 . 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。

Layue is regarded as a preparatory phase for the upcoming Spring Festival. It is the     1     (twelve) month of the traditional Chinese calendar.

    2     (fall) on January 18 this year, Laba Festival was traditionally     3     occasion to honor their ancestors, and pray to deities, heaven, and earth for a good harvest and good luck. The last lunar month is called “la” in Chinese, and “eight’’ is pronounced “ba” in Chinese. This is     4     the name of the festival comes from. The custom     5     this day is to eat Laba porridge, cooked with a mix of eight ingredients, as eight is a     6     (fortune) number in Chinese culture.     7     (it) recipe varies across China depending on regional availability. Nowadays,     8     (boil) with sugar for at least four hours, Laba Porridge is regarded as a nutritious food. Distribution of Laba porridge at Yonghe Lamasery (雍和宫) in Beijing is one of the most famous activities. Today, waiting     9     (eager) in queues at the temples, people     10     (expect) to not just share a bowl of porridge, but be a part of the tradition and share the joys and expectations of the coming year.

9 . When I pulled out a copy of The Lost Words, my seven-year-old son stared in amazement. When I opened it up, it spread across both of our laps. He read the inner title page aloud—“The Lost Words: A Spell Book”—and then looked up doubtfully. “It’s a spell book? Like a magic spell book?”

Indeed, that’s exactly what Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris set out to do when they made this book. They were responding to a decision by the Oxford Junior Dictionary to remove around 40 common words related to nature from its 2007 edition. They were replaced by words like blog, broadband, cut-and-paste and voicemail. The two creators saw this as a tragic loss for children.

Macfarlane wrote for The Guardian about a 2009 study from Cambridge University that found children were better at identifying Pokémon characters than common British plant and wildlife species. They had around 80% accuracy for Pokémon, but less than 50%for real-life species. The paper concluded children have the tremendous ability to learn about creatures, both natural and man-made, but are currently more inspired by made-up creatures than by “living ones”. So we need “to re-establish children’s links with nature”.

The Lost Words aims to do that. The book features 20 words, each with three-page spreads. First comes a word search, where a child can decode (破译) the letters and the name of the species, painted in gold. Next, there’s a poem based on each word, accompanied by a full-page painting. These are called “spells” rather than poems because they’re designed to be spoken out loud to bring back these words and creatures into the minds of children.

Eventually, there’s a full double-page watercolor illustration of the plant or animal in its native habitat. The book was published in 2017 and I’m sorry it’s taken me these years to discover it. But its message remains relevant. If there are young children in your life, this is a book well worth checking out of the library or adding to your collection.

1. What made Macfarlane and Morris create the book?

A．Their interest in nature.

B．The magic of the natural world.

C．The loss of many natural species.

D．Their concern about the practice of a dictionary.

2. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

A．Kids know real species.	B．Kids have a learning talent.
C．Kids need to connect with nature.	D．Kids prefer Pokémon to real species.

3. Why are the poems in “The Lost Words” referred to as “spells”?

A．They contain magical elements.

B．They are meant to be recited aloud.

C．They help children learn new words.

D．They are accompanied by illustrations.

4. What is the text?

A．A news report.

B．A short story.

C．A book review.

D．A research article.

10 . In Japan, the new year began with disaster as a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula (能登半岛) on the country’s western edge on Monday. More than 2,000 active fault lines (断层线) lie beneath Japan, making it one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world.

Many scientists have long considered earthquake forecasting to be impossible. But given recent improvements in artificial intelligence, some researchers have been studying whether that could change.

Last fall, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin increased such hopes for earthquake prediction with a seven-month trial in China. In all, the algorithm (演算法) successfully forecast 14 earthquakes, each within about 200 miles of its actual epicenter (震中). Meanwhile, it missed one quake and predicted eight that never happened. The trial was part of an international A.I.-design competition, one of a few such events held in recent years to advance earthquake prediction technologies.

Sergey Fomel, a geoscientist at UT Austin and a member of the research team, says in a statement. “We’re not yet close to making predictions for anywhere in the world, but what we achieved tells us that what we thought was an impossible problem is solvable in principle.”

Additionally, machine learning could help detect hidden patterns in data or collect more data to better inform earthquake forecasting, Hutchison writes for MIT Technology Review. For example, some researchers are showing how A. I. might use recordings from a specific seismic site to anticipate an earthquake’s magnitude. One team has built and trained neural networks to predict where aftershocks may occur after an initial strike. And others are using machine learning to identify and extract seismic waves—the vibrations that spread through the earth during tectonic activity (构造活动)—from other noises in the ground.

1. What’s the function of the first paragraph?

A．To explain a concept.	B．To introduce a new topic.
C．To supply a summary.	D．To provide an example.

2. What made some researchers optimistic about the earthquake forecasting?

A．The recent progress in theories.	B．The use of traditional methods.
C．The increasing number of earthquakes.	D．The advancements in artificial intelligence.

3. What do we know from the third paragraph?

A．The trial was conducted by Chinese.	B．The algorithm was totally successful.
C．A. I. shows promise in earthquake prediction.	D．The A. I. competition only focused on earthquakes.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Japan’s Vulnerability to Earthquakes	B．Helper in Predicting Earthquakes—A.I.
C．The Impossibility of Earthquake Prediction	D．International Efforts to Predict Earthquakes