1 . 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。

Tang Yin, better     1    (know) by his other name Tang Bohu, was a Chinese scholar, painter, calligrapher, and poet of the Ming Dynasty,     2    life has become a popular legend.

Tang Yin is one of the most famous     3    (painter) in the history of Chinese art. In 1499, he went to the capital to attend the     4    (nation) examinations. However, he     5    (suspect), perhaps unfairly, of bribing(贿赂) the servant of one of the chief examiners to give them the examination questions in advance,     6    (make) him lose his government job.

Denied further official progress, he pursued a life of pleasure and made     7    living by selling his paintings. That mode of living brought him a bad fame with a later generation of artist-critics who felt that financial independence was important     8    (enable) an artist to follow his own style and inspiration. While Tang is linked     9     paintings of female beauty, his paintings, especially landscapes, also exhibit a man of both artistic skill     10     profound insight.

2 . 假定你是李华，你校将邀请世界粮食组织总干事(Director-general of the World Food and Agriculture Organization)屈冬玉到校发表以“让世界摆脱饥饿”为主题的演讲，请你用英文写一则书面通知。内容包括：
1. 时间和地点；
2. 演讲主要内容；
3. 鼓励同学们积极参加。
注意：写作词数应为80左右。

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3 . 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。

Nowadays，smart homes are     1     (become) more and more familiar to us with the development of science and technology.They will bring us     2     (secure)，energy­saving，and comfortable life in the future，many of     3     will replace switches，knobs and remote controls     4     (use) in our today's homes.These intelligent controls will respond     5     voice commands so you just say aloud     6     you want and the home system will obey.Besides，smart homes will also monitor your health for you every day,     7     (send) a warning to your phone，giving you suggestions on a     8     (health) diet and keeping constant track of your health     9     (save) your life potentially.Most importantly，smart homes will be able to prevent serious damage from accidents.If the smart technology will be used     10     (wide)，the quality of our life will be greatly improved

4 . 像屠呦呦等这样的科学家为社会的发展做出了巨大贡献，你身为高中生，倡议全体学生向她学习，立志做一个对社会有用的人。
要点如下：
1.介绍屠呦呦的主要成就，获得诺贝尔医学奖，带领团队发现了青蒿素。
2.提倡学生学习她身上优良的精神品质，如坚定，有耐心，不放弃，一生投入科研。
3.树立远大理想，做一个对社会有用之人。
注意：1.词数：80左右；
2.内容可适当发挥,注意行文连贯；
3.参考词汇:青蒿素artemisinin     疟疾malaria
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5 . 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。

Peter must be dancing, shaking the whole room. Is at up suddenly and shouted out to my little brother above me, “Stop shaking the bed,would you?”In the meantime, he was saying, “It’s not me. It’s you.”

Seconds later, Mum rushed into our room with an extra worried face and a crying baby in her arms, screaming to us to run out of the house. By then I found things were flying everywhere. The room was shaking like a “jelly (果冻)”. The bookshelf fell on the ground.“What’s happening?”I was thinking. Peter was too scared to move. All of a sudden, I completely woke up and realized what was going on was the first earthquake I had ever experienced in my life. I grabbed a blanket from the bed, dragged Peter down, and left on foot in a flash.

In a second, I was shirtless and shoeless in the street with my neighbors, being thrown back and forth by the ground that seemed to turn to liquid. The tremble I felt from beneath the earth was like a truck passing or the subway moving underneath. The house swung and twisted as if it were made of paper. As we all stood in the street, some tried to call their family and friends but the networks broke down, and they couldn’t get through to anyone. People were hugging each other, anxiously trying to reach their loved ones or weeping in panic.

The chaos and noise kept growing when we sensed the smell of gas floating in the air. A woman in the crowd pointed to the front gate of a small house with a courtyard and a gated entrance. Obviously, it was close to collapsing, as glass and pieces of concrete rained down on the sidewalk. “Shut the gas and turn off the electricity. There’s a leak!”shouted the woman. It was our house. Mom must have been cooking just then and forgot the gas when the earthquake struck.

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。

No time to hesitate,I hurried back in, leaving Mom and Peter frozen where they were.

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When I came out and joined my family, everythingseemed to stop shaking.

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6 . 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。

Many legends have been left in China about the     1     (construct) of the Great Wall. Among them, the story of Lady Meng Jiang, called“Meng Jiangnü’s Bitter Weeping”,     2     (be)the most moving and known to every family in China.

Lady Meng Jiang lived during the Qin Dynasty. In order to build the Great Wall, Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered 300 thousand people to work.Lady Meng Jiang’s husband     3     (force) to build the Great Wall just three days after they got married. Hearing nothing from her husband for    4    long time, Lady Meng Jiang missed him very much. She decided to set off     5     (look) for him. She traveled many miles, going through a lot of hardships. When she     6     (final) reached the foot of the Great Wall, a fellow countryman told her that her husband had died     7    was buried under the Wall. Lady Meng Jiang was so sad that she cried for three days and nights until a 400-kilometer-long section of the Great Wall fell down and the dead     8     (body) of her husband and many others were seen. The heartbroken Lady Meng Jiang killed herself    9     jumping into the sea.

Today,you can visit a structure     10     (build)at Shanhaiguan Pass near the sea in memory of this loyal lady.

7 . Are you consciously designing your life? Do you really understand what that means and how to do it? This matters because when online marketers are selling their services or products, they’ll give you the time and financial freedom.    1    It is important for you to understand what designing your life actually looks like and how to do it effectively.

Get clear on what you want. At the core of designing your life is the question of what you actually want and what will help you wake up excited to live every day.    2    

Create a plan. Think about your life like a beautiful work of architecture. A bunch of builders didn’t just walk out there one day and start throwing things together in the hope that something nice would turn out.    3    And they did it long before they ever even broke ground on building it.

Be flexible and open-minded. Even when there is a plan in place, those who live the most fulfilled and joyful lives are those who are flexible and open-minded to change and new opportunities.    4    It is that fluid(流动的)nature of life that brings uncertainty and adventure into the picture. Therefore, the plans you make today may no longer be relevant tomorrow.

    5    We live in a society where “busy” is celebrated. The problem is that when busy becomes your way of living, the things you care most about have a way of getting buried under others. That’s why the art of learning to say “no” more often is necessary if you want to start designing your life. One truth about life is that you can’t do two things at once—at least not effectively.

A．Say“no”more often.

B．Then you need to create your “life by design”.

C．There exists a culture where “no” has a negative suggestion.

D．To achieve this, you have to make it clear what you exactly want.

E．Many aspects of your life are constantly developing and changing.

F．Be like the architect and take the time to create the plan before you start.

G．Instead, they did the dull work of mapping out every single detail of that structure.

8 . Researchers at Oregon State University have made a key advance in seeking for the green chemistry of changing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in toreusable forms of carbon by electrochemical reduction.

Published in Nature Energy, the study led by Zhenxing Feng of the OSU College of Engineering and colleagues at Southern University of Science and Technology in China and Stanford University describes anew type of electrocatalyst(电催化剂).

“The reduction of carbon dioxide is beneficial for a clean environment and sustainable development,” said Feng, assistant professor of chemical engineering.“In contrast to traditional CO₂reduction that uses chemical methods at high temperatures with a high demand of extra energy, electrochemical CO₂reductionreactions can be performed at room temperature using liquid solution. And the electricity required for electrochemical CO₂ reduction can be obtained from renewable energy sources such as solar power, thus enabling completely green processes.”

“To understand the reaction mechanism of our catalyst, my group at OSU used X-ray absorption spectroscopy(光谱学) to monitor the catalyst’s change during the reaction processes, confirming the role of the catalyst in the reaction,” Feng said.“This collaborative work demonstrates a high-perform an cecatalyst for green processes of electrochemical CO₂reduction reactions. It also shows the reaction mechanism of our catalyst, which can guide the future development of energy change devices as we work toward a negative-carbon economy.”

The National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Oregon State University, the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Photonic-Thermal-Electrical Energy Materialsand Devices supported this research.

Maoyu Wang and Marcos Lucero of OSU were among the collaborators, who also included scientists from Yale University, North western University and the Argonne National Laboratory.

1. What achievement have the researchers made?

A．They have found a way to retain CO2.	B．They have learned the benefits of CO2.
C．They have discovered how to reuse CO2.	D．They have invented a new form of CO2.

2. What does Zhenxing Feng express about thereduction of CO₂in paragraph 3?

A．Their method has many advantages.	B．Their method only needs solar energy.
C．Their method is bad for the environment.	D．The traditional method is out of date.

3. Why many research centers are introduced?

A．To show their popularity.

B．To tell us their locations.

C．To invite more people to join in the research.

D．To prove the correctness of the finding.

4. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Education.

B．Science.

C．Life.

D．Health.

9 . 4 Art/Design Competitions for High Schoolers

Ready to sign up for a competition? Here are 4 that can help you stand out.

Congressional Art Competition

Are you skilled in the visual arts? If so, consider applying to the Congressional Art Competition. Designed to acknowledge and celebrate talented young artists, this contest is open to high school students around the country. As a bonus, winners get to see their pieces displayed in the U.S. Capitolf or a full year.

National Geographic Student Photo Competition

High school students who are always snapping photos for their Instagram may be interested in the National Geographic Student Photo Competition. To participate, submit a digital photo that showcases your love of exploration and adventure, along with a 100-word description. The grand prize winner will receive a free National Geographic Student Expeditions photography trip.

NSHSS Visual Arts Competition

This visual arts competition supports artists with various mediums, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and mixed media. To apply, submit a JPEG of your work, with a minimum300 dpi. Finalists will be required to submit physical copies of their work. The first-place winner receives $1,000,while second- and third-place winners earn $500 and $250,respectively.

River of Words Contest

Is the written word your preferred method of expression? Sponsored by the Center for Environmental Literacy ,the River of Words Contest invites students to submit one or more original poems. The competition aims to promote literacy and environmental awareness.

1. Why is the Congressional Art Competition held?

A．To help students know about the visual arts.

B．To popularize winners’ entries.

C．To help winners earn a bonus.

D．To recognize gifted young artists.

2. What does the sponsor of NSHSS Visual Arts Competition provide for the winners?

A．No less than $1,750.	B．No more than $1,000.
C．Nothing but a free trip.	D．At most a camera.

3. What should be submitted to participate in the River of Words Contest?

A．A piece of mixed-media visual art.	B．A 100-word English story.
C．A JPEG of physical photo.	D．At least an original poem.

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What should people do to rent a Nice Ride bike?

A．Get the membership card.

B．Download an app.

C．Show the ID card.

2. Which country has the largest bike-share program?

A．China.

B．The US.

C．Australia.

3. How does the US Department of Transportation support cycling?

A．Build on-street bike lanes.

B．Provide thousands of bikes.

C．Start bike-share programs.

4. Why does the speaker give this talk?

A．To seek advice for Nice Ride.

B．To raise money for bike-share programs.

C．To introduce the bike system in public places.