1 . Some students even become________ (上瘾的)to the Internet. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

2 . Children from four Buckingham shire primary schools visited Epilepsy Society to plant a hedge (树篱) as part of a Plant-for-the-Planet project. The children from these schools were planting a hedge in the garden of the Queen Elizabeth House at the charity in Chalfont St Peter. Plant-for-the-Planet gives children across the globe the opportunity to learn about the threats of global warming to the environment, and then put their new knowledge into practice as they plant new trees.

The day was organised by Bob Sherren who showed the children how to plant the planet-friendly line of trees in protective chambers (防护室) to shield them from hungry wildlife as they settle in their roots. Bob said, “The day really was ‘Thinking Globally, Acting Locally’ put into action. The children learned about the importance of planting trees as a way of helping to bring about climate justice (正义) for many living in poorer nations and of course enjoyed planting the trees too.” The eventual hedge, which will grow to full size over ten years behind the Queen Elizabeth House, is made up of trees such as oaks, silver birches and so on.

Bob added, “The children were also able to help people living at Epilepsy Society because they will gain some well-needed privacy from the hedge in time. The natural wildlife benefits too from the fruits and nuts that a hedge made from native species can provide as well as the possibility for any number of nesting sites.”

Emma Darlington, Epilepsy Society’s volunteer officer, said, “I think it’s so important to encourage the younger generation that the future is in their hands and that they can make a difference, whether it is through taking part in projects like this or spreading awareness. We hope they learn a little bit about the work we do at Epilepsy Society too — the trees they planted will be enjoyed by everyone here for years to come.”

1. What is the purpose of the Plant-for-the-Planet project?

A．To help children learn more about society.

B．To offer children colourful after-school activities.

C．To raise children’s awareness of global warming.

D．To teach children how to protect natural wildlife.

2. What does the underlined word “shield” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Separate.

B．Take.

C．Get.

D．Protect.

3. How did Bob Sherren feel after organising this activity?

A．Tired.

B．Proud.

C．Discouraged.

D．Peaceful.

4. What can we learn from Emma Darlington’s words in the last paragraph?

A．She hopes to popularise volunteering work.

B．She tries to drive the children to study hard.

C．She expects the children to take positive action.

D．She believes the younger generation are promising.

3 . 假如你是李华，你校计划举办介绍中国传统文化的主题班会，并在英文网站上展示。请你给外国友人Chris写封信，向他了解哪些中国传统文化更吸引外国朋友。内容包括：
1. 阐明写信事由；
2. 征求建议；
3. 表达感谢。
注意：
1·字数80左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Chris,
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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

4 . Art and science may seem like opposite things. One means the creative flow of ideas, and the other means cold, hard data-some people believe. In fact, the two have much in common. Now, a study finds art can help students remember better what they have learned in the science class.

Mariale Hardiman, an education specialist at Johns Hopkins University, noticed that students who used art in the classroom listened more carefully. They might ask more questions. They might volunteer more ideas. What’s more, students seemed to remember more of what they had been taught when their science lessons had involved(涉及) art. To prove that, Hardiman teamed up with some researchers and six local schools.

In the experiment, the researchers worked with teachers in 16 fifth-grade classrooms. They provided traditional science lessons and art-focused ones. In a traditional science class, for example, students might read aloud from a book. In the art-focused one, they might sing the information instead.

The team randomly assigned(随机分配) each of the 350 students to either a traditional science classroom or an art-focused one. Students then learned science using that way for the whole unit-about three weeks. When they changed to a new topic, they also changed to the other type of class. This way, each student had both an art-focused class and a traditional one. Every unit was taught in both ways, to different groups of students. This enabled the researchers to see how students did in both types of classes.

The team found that students who started off in a traditional class performed better after they moved into an art-focused class. But those who started off in an art-focused class did well even when they went back to a traditional science class. These students appeared to use some of the art techniques(技巧) after going back to a traditional class. Classroom teachers reported that many students continued to sing the songs that they learned after finishing the unit. “The more we hear something, the more we retain it,” Hardiman says. “It suggests that the arts may help students apply creative ways of learning on their own.”

1. Why did Mariale Hardiman do the study?

A．To prove the importance of art at school.

B．To see if art might improve science learning

C．To find a way to help her students learn better.

D．To know how to encourage students to ask questions.

2. What were the students required to do in the experiment?

A．Take two types of classes.	B．Learn three units in total.
C．Learn two topics for three weeks.	D．Choose what they’d like to learn.

3. What does the underlined word “retain” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Finish.

B．Express.

C．Improve.

D．Memorize.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Art helps students develop creativity.

B．Art-focused classes interest students a lot.

C．Art can make science easier to remember.

D．Art has something in common with science.

5 . 假如你李华，你的美国朋友Peter在学习汉语的过程中遇到了困难，感到沮丧气馁，写信向你求助如何学好汉语。请你根据以下要点给他回信。
1. 给予安慰；
2. 提供建议；
3. 表达愿望。
注意：1. 词数不少于100词;     2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;
Dear Peter,
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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

6 . People from East Asia tend to have more difficulties than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.

Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly (均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.

“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,” Jack said. “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and overlook the mouth.”

According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.

The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.

It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than Westerners did. “The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions,” Jack said. “Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion. Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.”

In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.

1. What does the discovery show about Westerners?

A．They pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth.

B．They consider facial expressions universally reliable.

C．They observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways.

D．They have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions.

2. What were the people asked to do in the study?

A．To get their faces impressive.	B．To make a face at each other.
C．To classify some face pictures.	D．To observe the researchers’ faces.

3. In companion with Westerners, what are Easterners likely to do?

A．They do translation more successfully.	B．They study the mouth more frequently.
C．They examine the eyes more attentively.	D．They read facial expressions more correctly.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．The Eye as the Window to the Soul	B．Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions
C．Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills	D．How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding

7 . I’ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.

One morning I _________ a lost lamb when I was in the top field, near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its _________, so I jumped out of the tractor to _________ it while Don stayed in his seat.

Lamb and mother _________, I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so _________ because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out. _________ Don had somehow made the _________move.

My heart froze in my chest as I _________ the tractor heading towards the _________. I ran desperately but failed to __________. It crashed through a wooden fence(栅栏)and disappeared. The__________thing I saw was Don’s face, looking calmly back at me.

Heart in mouth, I __________ the fence and looked over. The tractor was __________ against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously (奇迹般地) crossed the __________ road with fast-flowing traffic. I couldn’t see Don, but as I __________ the tractor he jumped out onto the road, apparently__________, and ran back to me quickly.

The police __________ and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn’t quite believe my __________ it turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been __________. Don was given a special __________ that night — I didn’t want him thinking I was angry with him.

1.

A．dropped

B．saw

C．carried

D．returned

2.

A．kids

B．friends

C．owner

D．mother

3.

A．ask about

B．play with

C．take care of

D．run into

4.

A．freed

B．exchanged

C．reunited

D．examined

5.

A．unexpected

B．dangerous

C．embarrassing

D．difficult

6.

A．Fortunately

B．Generally

C．Immediately

D．Obviously

7.

A．lamb

B．vehicle

C．seat

D．fence

8.

A．saw

B．stopped

C．remembered

D．drove

9.

A．crowd

B．motorway

C．field

D．hill

10.

A．take off

B．catch up

C．hold back

D．get out

11.

A．real

B．best

C．basic

D．last

12.

A．fixed

B．noticed

C．reached

D．closed

13.

A．resting

B．running

C．parking

D．turning

14.

A．steep

B．long

C．rough

D．busy

15.

A．abandoned

B．approached

C．recognized

D．repaired

16.

A．unclean

B．uncertain

C．unhurt

D．unhappy

17.

A．arrived

B．replied

C．survived

D．waited

18.

A．ability

B．dream

C．luck

D．idea

19.

A．common

B．confusing

C．desirable

D．awful

20.

A．meal

B．test

C．job

D．lesson

8 . Complete the outline and use it to draft your student ________(简介/概述). (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词，或括号内单词的正确形式。(无提示词，填1个词;有提示词，最多填3个词。)

Living in a city can be stressful. But some people in Bogota, Colombia have found a place to help reduce stress and get a break from busy life.     1     place is a park for hummingbirds (蜂鸟).

The park     2     (sit) at the top of Monserrate Hill in a place known as the Paramuno corridor. The area contains a forest     3     has turned into a peaceful place for both people and birds.

As the hummingbirds fly from flower     4     flower, some scientists concentrate on (集中于) the animals and study them, while others would like to take pictures with their phones. Camilo Cantor is a worker in the park, and     5     (he) job is to mix water and sugar along a 300 meter path. Cantor explains, “You can hear noise from the city, the producer of     6     (pollute).” But, he adds, the park is a special place. It is a place where people can go     7     (reduce) stress and forget about the pressure of city life.

Ten years ago, the hill was destroyed     8     (complete), meaning there were not any trees left on it. But workers began to plant local trees and flowers again to bring the forest back to life.     9     present, there are a number of birds,     10     (include) 18 kinds of hummingbirds and some migratory (迁徙的) species.

Hummingbirds are only found on the American continent and Colombia is home to various kinds of birds.

10 . Get your draft back and ________(修改) it. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)