1 . In which city did the woman and John stay the longest?

A．Paris.

B．Rome.

C．Vienna.

2 . 选择适当的短语填空。

lies in        rise to          make a difference     as a result of   looking forward to stick to       take on        on the rocks             smooth out     through thick and thin

1. You may wonder if one person can ________ to his family, to his community and to his country.
2. The strength of the book ________ the fact that the material is from classroom experience.
3. Unfortunately, Mr. Jones’ business and marriage were both ________.
4. The two countries are working hard to ________ their disagreements.
5. He was out of work for three months ________ the accident.
6. I am ________ visiting my family this Christmas—I haven’t been home for the holidays in years!
7. We’ve been together ________ and we won’t leave each other now.
8. It’s not an easy task, but I’m sure John will ________ the challenge.
9. If you want to realize your dream, you’ve got to ________ it and work hard at it.
10. Words ________ new meanings all the time.

3 . 选择适当的单词填空。

account            acquire     attitude        responsible     struggled independent     attract       graduated     respond          qualities

1. When Nels ________ from grammar school, he wanted to go on to high school.
2. How did they ________ to this piece of good news?
3. It’s important to continue teaching handwriting and help children to ________ the skill of writing by hand.
4. —Who is in charge here?
—Peter. He is ________ for running the office.
5. The student tried to ________ the teacher’s attention by reading loudly.
6. India became ________ from Britain in 1947.
7. Successful people usually have a positive ________ to life.
8. Honesty is one of her best ________.
9. The poor artist ________ to bring up a family on very little money in the past.
10. On ________ of the cold in winter, some birds move to the south.

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个恰当的单词或者括号内单词的正确形式。

My best friend and I have been close for eight years. When I was a primary school student, she was the popular girl     1     was willing to make friends with me. Since then, a close friendship     2     (grow) between us. But last Saturday, she     3     (break) my heart, and I’m still picking up the pieces.

Our     4     (origin) plan was to see a film at the cinema that afternoon. But in the morning, my friend posted a message on social media     5     (say) she had a cold. When I called her, she said she might not be able to make     6     to the cinema. “Don’t worry,” I said. “Get some rest. We can wait till you get better.”

Today, however, I received a horrible surprise. A classmate told me she had seen my friend     7     (chat) with another girl in a café on Saturday afternoon. How stupid I was! My     8     (friend) “illness” was a complete lie! Instead of recovering at home, she was out having fun     9     someone else.

I was so angry that I avoided her during school all day, and I still don’t feel like responding to any of her online messages. The stress of this situation is killing me, and I’m at a loss     10     to do next.

5 . Michael Martinez’s parents have always thought of their son as their little baby, but recently, he also became their _________!

Born at 27 weeks, the 7-year-old from Texas has _________ a wheelchair all his life _________ he has cerebral palsy (脑瘫). He’s also got something wrong with one arm. But none of them got in the way when he needed to _________ all his family members’ lives.

One January night, Michael woke up to a strange _________. Neither he nor his parents had _________ it before. While they didn’t know it then, it was their CO alarm going off for the first time in at least 14 years. Someone had _________ left a gas burner on.

The little boy was frightned. He knew something was _________, so he found all his courage and crawled (爬) to his parents’ room to _________ them. Thanks to his quick response, all seven of his family ____________, including his aunt and three cousins, woke up ____________ to run outside, where Michael’s mom Angie and her sister began feeling the effects (影响) of CO poisoning (中毒).

Luckily, everyone is ____________ now, and they are all proud of their little hero. If you ask Angie, their ____________ just goes to show that you should ____________ undervalue anyone whose abilities differ from yours.

His family has since received a lot of money from many kind people so they can buy him a power wheelchair. Enjoy that new ____________, Michael. You’re worthy of it!

1.

A．child

B．leader

C．friend

D．hero

2.

A．used

B．liked

C．made

D．studied

3.

A．unless

B．until

C．though

D．because

4.

A．improve

B．risk

C．save

D．end

5.

A．call

B．sound

C．text

D．song

6.

A．seen

B．heard

C．felt

D．touched

7.

A．by mistake

B．in person

C．in full measure

D．by nature

8.

A．missing

B．possible

C．difficult

D．wrong

9.

A．warn

B．stop

C．visit

D．examine

10.

A．pets

B．photos

C．members

D．rooms

11.

A．in time

B．at first

C．right now

D．on purpose

12.

A．free

B．fine

C．ready

D．curious

13.

A．research

B．success

C．report

D．story

14.

A．just

B．still

C．never

D．already

15.

A．style

B．ride

C．speed

D．record

6 . Bogre Udell, who speaks four languages, met Frederico Andrade, who speaks five, at the Parsons New School in New York City. In 2014, they started a project to make the first public records of every language in the world. They’ve already recorded more than 350 languages, and plan to hit 1,000 in the coming years.

“When humans lose a language, we also lose greater diversity (多样化) in art and traditions,” said Bogre Udell. Between 1950 and 2010, 230 languages disappeared. Today, a third of the world’s languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers left. Every two weeks a language dies with its last speaker, and 50 to 90 percent of them are said to disappear by the next century.

Wikitongues (维基语言) has asked for volunteers in 40 countries to film native speakers talking in the past, present, and future tenses of their mother languages. Native speakers are asked to recall childhood, share their stories, and discuss their hopes and goals. One volunteer in the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu recorded a language that had never been studied by language experts before. Another volunteer found a speaker of Ainu, a language in Japan that has no relation to any other known language, and he also recorded it. However, priceless recording opportunities disappear regularly. Not long ago, one of the last two speakers of a Saami language in the Russian steppes died right before his recording session with Wikitongues.

A lack of protection and globalization are responsible for reducing language diversity. For much of the 20th century, governments across the world forced some local people to use official languages. More than 100 languages in Australia have disappeared since European settlers arrived. However, most languages die today because of other factors (因素); climate change and urbanization (城市化) lead greatly to the disappearance of languages.

1. What do Bogre Udell and Frederico Andrade want to do together?

A．Test people’s language levels.	B．Offer language courses to people.
C．Find out the reasons for language loss.	D．Record all the languages in the world.

2. What does the author point out in Paragraph 2?

A．Language loss is becoming very serious.

B．Few people are worried about language loss.

C．Language loss makes it difficult for people to communicate.

D．Some countries fail to slow down the process of language loss.

3. How do volunteers help protect languages?

A．By writing down native speakers’ stories.

B．By learning languages from native speakers.

C．By improving the living conditions of native speakers.

D．By videoing native speakers talking in their languages.

4. What would be the best title for the text?

A．The Birth of Languages	B．The History of Languages
C．The Disappearance of Languages	D．The Diversity of Languages

7 . 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。续写的词数应为150左右。

Not until recently have I known that a little pet can be such a helpful assistant (助手) to a helpless mom. This is all due to what our new family member, a little kitten named Thula, has done. She seems to understand exactly what Iris needs at any given time.

Within a year of my daughter’s birth in 2015, I already suspected that something was wrong. Even by babies’ standards, Iris was a frighteningly bad sleeper. She also appeared unmistakably distant. Besides, after saying “dada” at eight months, she stopped talking. Finally, aged two, she was diagnosed as autistic(自闭的).

In fact, after a long process of trial and error, I found activities that obviously did help her, including music and riding on the back of her dad’s bike. Above all, Iris showed a remarkable talent for art: producing large multi-layered Impressionist-style paintings that took her several days and that once led to the Leicester Mercury headline, “Top artist aged 3.”

Iris did make progress, but by no means steadily, with promising developments often followed by periods of regression (退步).

One night, Iris refused to sleep. As her frustrations(沮丧，懊丧) mounted, she started to cry, and her sobs filled the quiet room. I felt so hopeless as I held her close. Nothing seemed to comfort her apart from her favorite book and I longed for some help, but she pushed away all who tried except me, making me on the edge of breaking down.

Downstairs, my husband looked at Thula in surprise who had suddenly got up off his lap. Her eyes focused towards the door and she had one foot raised, perfectly poised(悬在) in the air. Something had grabbed her attention – the crying of Iris. Then her legs were moving fast. Zooming round the corner, she flew up the stairs into Iris’s bedroom and jumped onto the bed. She curled（蜷缩） up next to Iris, ignored the crying and started grooming(梳毛) herself, licking her paws (舔爪子) and rubbing them over her ears.

Paragraph 1:

Almost immediately, Iris’s mood changed.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:

I was curious about the silence, then returned to the door of Iris’s room and looked in.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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。

Artificial Intelligence is     1     branch of computer science that aims to create intelligent machines.    2    (achieve) the dream of developing computer intelligence, the    3    (approach) to creating true AI have been put forward, including “deep learning”, which enables a machine to improve its own performance. AI technology developed slowly. A major breakthrough in AI came in 1997,     4     Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer, beat the world champion Carry Kasparov. Nowadays, AI    5    (create) in many fields. In other words, AI has a(n)     6     (limit) number of applications.    7     AI enthusiasts promise us a bright future where intelligent robots will be working to our advantage, those undoubted benefits also bring concerns and fears. How would they be punished if they     8     (commit) crimes or even murdered humans? As we become more dependent on computers, some scientists are urging us to think about the dangers    9    (pose) by the advances in AI. We should make sure that we will not fall victim to AI and we should be careful    10    we wished for.

9 . Sydney is famous for popular attractions like Bondi Beach. With the lowest hotel rates in town, we offer many options a short distance away from the beach.

Hotel Bondi

Offering quality accommodations in the sightseeing, restaurants, beaches district of Sydney, Hotel Bondi is a popular pick for both business and holiday travelers. From here, guests can enjoy easy access to all that the lively city has to offer. With its convenient location, the hotel offers easy access to the city's must-see destinations. Top features of the hotel include free Wi-Fi in all rooms, 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, Wi-Fi in public areas.

Chee Bondi

Located in the heart of Bondi, just 2 minutes' walk from Bondi Beach and a variety of cafes, restaurants, bars and shops, Chee Bondi offers both free WiFi and free private parking. The accommodation is air conditioned and features a flat-screen TV and a seating area. Some rooms have a balcony. There is also a kitchen, equipped with a microwave and toaster. A refrigerator and kettle are also offered. There is a private bathroom with a bath or shower and a hair dryer in each unit.

Bondi Beach House

Just 3 minutes’ walk from Bondi Beach, this bed and breakfast features free WiFi and beautifully furnished suites and rooms. Guests have access to a lovely balcony with outdoor furniture. All rooms are equipped with a flat-screen TV, microwave, and refrigerator. Guests can prepare breakfast each morning in the dining room, homemade jams, tea and coffee provided.

1. Which of the three hotels will you choose if you want to prepare breakfast by yourself?

A．Hotel Bondi and Chee Bondi.

B．Chee Bondi and Bondi Beach House.

C．Hotel Bondi and Bondi Beach House.

D．All of the three hotels.

2. What can we learn from the text?

A．All private bathrooms in Chee Bondi don’t have a bath.

B．Suites in Bondi Beach House are newly furnished.

C．Rooms in Chee Bondi have a balcony with outdoor furniture.

D．Bondi Beach House is nearer to Bondi Beach than Chee Bondi.

3. What do the three hotels have in common?

A．They are equipped with a flat-screen TV.	B．They don’t offer free WiFi.
C．They are close to the beach.	D．They provide free private parking.

10 . 用所给词组正确形式填空

complain about   all walks of life     lay eyes on   break with   do the trick   occur to

1. The aim of the Romantics in the early 19th centuries was to________ the ideals of the 18th century.
2. It never ________ me that he might be a murderer.
3. Volunteers from ________ are willing to donate money to help those people who are suffering from hunger.
4. These pills should ________ and you will feel much better in no time.
5. It is no use ________ the reality, we should put more efforts in what we can change and devote ourselves to making a difference to it.