2 . 假定你是李华，现在正在英国留学。为鼓励学生加强体育锻炼，你们学校将于近期举办一次远足活动，你对此很感兴趣。请你用英语给相关负责人写一封邮件，询问有关情况。内容包括：
1.活动的具体时间；
2.对体质(fitness)的要求；
3.关于住宿(accommodation)的问题。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。

During a rent visit to Cancun, Mexico, I visited a dolphin scanctuary (海豚保护区) where, I spoke with Eliott Carrillo about his job     1     a dolphin trainer.

“Each dolphin has its own personality (个性),” Carrillo said, “and every day     2     (be) different. Each day, the dolphins learn with     3     (we), and we learn with them.

When training dolphins,     4     is important to change their exercises often, so that they do not get bored. Trainers also enrich the dolphins’ lives by     5     (provide) entertainment (娱乐), Carrillo explained, and training is like a game. When trainers use a certain move, they make sure not to repeat it too many times. That way, the dolphin exercises different     6     (part) of its body and has fun.

Trainers     7     (usual) use a whistle (哨子) during training. Each time a dolphin makes the correct move, the trainer blows a whistle. The dolphin has to look at the trainer’s hand     8     (get) food.

Young people     9     live nearby are invited to learn more about the dolphins and their way of life. “We invite students from local schools,” said Mitzi Campos, the coordinator of environmental and ecology programs. “Kids have the chance to touch a dolphin, learn about     10     (pollute), study the science of living things and learn how to take care of our planet.”

4 . Leanne Carrasco ordered 95 pizzas (比萨饼). The high school senior and her friends filled up goody bags. But this was not your typical graduation party.     1     Instead, she decided to mark her high school graduation by giving back to the community. So she threw a pizza party at a homeless shelter for women and children in Houston, Texas. It took her a month to prepare.

Carrasco had volunteered before, with her family, at the Star of Hope Family Development Center. But this time was different.     2     In the month leading up to the party they collected toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap (肥皂). They packed them into 400 bags to hand out to residents (居民) of the shelter.

On Sunday, it was party time. The pizza was a hit, and so were the bags.     3     They had respect for these people. They made sure the residents knew that someone cared.

In all Carrasco and her friends served about 200 people. For the shelter residents, it was a magical day.     4    

Carrasco did a good job but she won’t let it go to her head anytime soon. The graduating senior plans to study nursing at Briar Cliff University in Iowa in the fall.     5     “I’d rather make a difference in the lives of the homeless residents at Star of Hope than have a big party,” she said.

A．Carrasco didn’t want that.

B．She was able to think of other people.

C．They lined up to give thanks to Carrasco.

D．She said she would continue giving back.

E．Carrasco decided to spend money on a party.

F．She invited a group of her friends and got to work.

G．But Carrasco and her friends gave the residents something more than just food and soap.

6 . An Olympic Village is a place that houses Olympic competitors. It is a place where they prepare for what might be the most important moment in their life. But we want to know more about this mysterious place: What really happens in the village?

We asked swimmer Natalie Coughlin, a three time Olympian and 12 -time medalist. She says, “People think it’s a lot more attractive and interesting than it is. It isn’t. It’s like a huge college campus, including a bank, a salon, a post office, and a huge cafeteria- except that everyone is anxious, getting ready for their biggest event under unbelievably high pressure (压力).”

But some other Olympians look differently at their campus. “It’s like the first day of college,” water polo player Tony Azevedo says. “You’re super excited. Everyone s meeting people and trying to socialize with others,”

Coughlin says the best spot to be in the village is the cafeteria. Not only does it provide a place to talk with the rest of the athletes from your country but it’s a great chance for people watching. One of her favorite games was to tell what sport someone in front of her took based on their body type.

Living in the same village means athletes run into one another all the time. Coughlin shares this story: While in London in 2012, at one point applause (欢呼) broke out at the arrival of someone. Coughlin thought it was one of the British royals (王室成员), but it ended up being Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (the world’s greatest runner alive). Runner Allyson Felix— a winner of six gold Olympic medals— has also had her run-ins. In 2008, she came across the world-famous U. S. men’s basketball team, including Anthony, Bryant, Wade and other top players.

It’s “a pretty wild scene, the biggest melting pot— a place where large numbers of people, ideas, and cultures are mixed together— you’ve been in,” said swimmer Eric Shanteau. Felix agrees, saying, “You get to meet people from other countries that you wouldn’t even come into contact with. To me that’s the coolest thing.

1. What does Coughlin say about the Olympic villagers?

A．They spend most of their time relaxing.

B．They enjoy the village very much.

C．They like to make friends.

D．They are very nervous.

2. What did Coughlin often do at the cafeteria in the Olympic Village?

A．She often tried guessing a person’ s sport.

B．She often tasted food from other countries.

C．She often listened to other athletes’ stories.

D．She often spent time with basketball players.

3. What do both Coughlin and Felix tell us in Paragraph 5?

A．Why Olympians are so popular.

B．Why the Olympic Village is mysterious.

C．How they met superstars in the village.

D．How they communicated with other players.

4. What impresses Felix most in the Olympic Village?

A．Spending time with some old foreign friends.

B．Mixing with people from around the world.

C．The positive influence of the Olympic spirit.

D．The competitive atmosphere in the village.

7 . Young people these days are exposed to an almost constant stream of written words. They communicate by web messages, or by Facebook updates, or by Tweets.

When I was a boy, in the 1980s, we communicated by telephone. I never wrote a single word to anybody my own age, except to pass notes in class when I was bored. The Internet and the mobile phone have changed all that, and put a new emphasis (强调) on the written word.

Written words are important now. Everything, especially for the young, depends on them. Online chatting and searching, messaging and emailing, all depend on writing, and writing quickly. There is no time now for thinking about the right phrase carefully or planning the best way to say something before you make that phone call, that text and that e-mail demanding an exigent response.

The important difference between writing and speaking is that writing can be crossed out (划掉), whereas speech cannot. Communication is now a continuous work in progress, as long as it’s done on screen, and as long as you delete it before anyone reads it. Instead of technology having made the accuracy of spelling and grammar irrelevant, the move from the spoken to the written word has had the opposite effect: we judge accuracy severely, whether it be a romantic message or a job application, and are unimpressed by people who don’t know how to use punctuation (标点符号).

Glancing around the Internet, you can find examples of terrible English, but you’ll also find an astonishing number of corrections.

There has probably never been a time in history when writing has been so universal (普遍) and so important. Books on the English language can now top the bestseller lists. Today, the Philippines holds the record for texting: 27 per user per day, In Scandinavia, more than 85 per cent of the population communicates by text, Some 294 billion e mail messages are sent every day. These are communications that until recently were made by telephone, letter, face to face or, and this is highly important in the communication debate, not at all.

1. How does the author bring up the topic?

A．By following time order.	B．By telling an interesting story.
C．By presenting research findings.	D．By making comparisons.

2. What does the underlined word “exigent” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Thoughtful.

B．Individual.

C．Instant.

D．Official.

3. What change does technology bring to the written word according to paragraph 4?

A．It is judged seriously.	B．It spreads quickly.
C．It involves special rules.	D．It accepts terrible English.

4. What does the author think of the new technology?

A．It is effective in learning the written language.

B．It makes the written word popular again.

C．It strengthens communication between people.

D．It may lead to the disappearance of printed books.

8 . I first visited the UK on a vacation as a curious 15-year-old in 2013. The rich culture of London, the beautiful highlands of Scotland and the sunny beaches of Wales deeply attracted me. I decided then that I wanted to carry on my university education in the UK.

Fast forward to 2016 and I arrived at the University of Bristol. The first couple of weeks were great. But after my first month, I started missing my parents, my little sister, the food and the warm, sunny weather.

There was also another problem. Having always studied an Indian curriculum (课程), which is objective, learning based and strict, I found it difficult to adjust to several aspects of the British education system. The freedom of choosing which lectures (课) to go to, the highly subjective and thought-encouraging discussions at tutorials (辅导课) and a large amount of reading I was expected to do caught me off-guard.

It was not until my first end of term exams were over in January 2017 that I could show down and think carefully about the things that I was doing wrong and the things that I got right. The week after my exams ended, I realised how little time I had spent outside the university libraries and my living place.

So I tried new cafes in Clifton, and going for walks near the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge. I also started watching British TV shows. And I evolved socially too. I finally found the societies I wanted to join. I also realised the importance of staying in touch with my tutors and not being afraid of needing and asking for help. I made some amazing fiends in Bristol. Had it not been for the people around me, my first year would not have been as good as it was.

Overall, my second term ended on a much more relaxed and happier note than the first. I wrote my final exams in May and, before I knew it, I had finished my first year of university.

1. What was the author’s first visit to the UK like?

A．Impressive.

B．Eventful.

C．Romantic.

D．Risky.

2. What problem did the author face after arriving at the University of Bristol?

A．She didn’t have much freedom when choosing lectures.

B．She was unprepared for the new way of studying.

C．She couldn’t keep up with her classmates.

D．She found it difficult to read in English.

3. Which of the following did the author consider important for her after her first exams?

A．Staying in touch with her family.

B．Spending time at the library.

C．Building strong relationships.

D．Learning English through TV shows.

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

A．The UK is a wise choice for studying abroad

B．My first experience of culture shock

C．Education is the key to success

D．My first year as an international student