1 . When did Philo Farnsworth develop his original idea of sending pictures through the air?

A．In 1916.

B．In 1922.

C．In 1926.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What’s wrong with the woman’s watch?

A．It is too slow.

B．It is too fast.

C．It is broken.

2. What does the man do with his watch every day?

A．He throws it away.

B．He puts it back ten minutes.

C．He puts it ahead ten minutes.

3. What do you think the woman will do?

A．Take the man’s advice.

B．Keep her old watch.

C．Buy a new watch.

3 . On October 1, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was officially established. Since its inception, NASA has been interested in exploring outer space. However, in the face of climate change, NASA’s most important task might be its exploration of the earth.

Although it’s not as historic as a moon landing, NASA has been collecting valuable information about the earth for decades-since at least 1968, when Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders took his “Earthrise” photo of the earth from the moon. Soon after, in 1972, NASA launched (发射) the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS). Later known as Landsat 1, it was the first earth-observing satellite to be launched in order to observe and study the earth.

Karen St. Germain, director of NASA’s Earth Science Division, said, “For nearly 50 years, Landsat satellites have provided continuous and timely data, which can help us understand the earth and plan for the future in a changing climate.”

50 years later, Landsat 9 was successfully launched from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base. Landsat 9 features two sensors (传感器) that will measure 11 wavelengths of light appearing on the surface of the earth. The first sensor, a camera known as the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2), will take pictures of the earth. The second, the Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 (TIRS-2), will measure the heat from the earth’s surface.

“Landsat 9 will be our new eyes in the sky when it comes to observing our changing planet,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for science at NASA. “By working with the other Landsat satellites, we’ll have observations of any given place on our planet every two days. This is very important for tracking things like crop growth and helping decision-makers observe the earth and its natural resources.”

“Launches are always exciting, and today was no exception,” said Jeff Masek, NASA Landsat 9 project scientist. “But the best part for me, as a scientist, will be when the satellite starts delivering the data that people are waiting for.”

1. What does “inception” underlined in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Establishment.

B．Publishing.

C．Failure.

D．Disappearance.

2. Who took the “Earthrise” photo from the moon?

A．Jeff Masek.	B．Karen St. Germain.
C．Thomas Zurbuchen.	D．William Anders.

3. What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A．The launch of Landsat 9.	B．The two sensors in Landsat 9.
C．The data collected by NASA.	D．The pictures taken by Landsat 9.

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

A．Landsat 9: New Eyes in the Sky

B．NASA: the Home of Astronauts

C．Space: the Focus of International Attention

D．Landsat 1:The First Earth-Observing Satellite

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答小题。
1. What is the speaker?

A．A driver.

B．A passenger.

C．A shop assistant.

2. What time does the first train leave in the morning?

A．At four.

B．At five.

C．At seven.

3. What does the speaker think of his job?

A．Tiring.

B．Easy.

C．Healthy.

4. What is an advantage of his job according to the speaker?

A．He can sit all the time.

B．He can relax himself during the job.

C．He doesn’t have to answer to anyone.

5 . 听下面一段长对话，回答小题。
1. What did the man join last year?

A．The football club.

B．The dance club.

C．The cooking club.

2. How often does the dance group practise?

A．Three times a week.

B．Twice a week.

C．Once a week.

3. What does the man say about cooking?

A．It is not fun.

B．It is a useful skill.

C．It is good for health.

6 . In recent years, Britain has seen a rise in interest in learning and teaching Chinese as a second language. In 2015, Britain’s Department for Education devoted 10 million pounds to Chinese teaching in state schools across the country. Hundreds of pupils are taking part in the program, which aims to make at least 5, 000 young people fluent in Chinese by 2022.

A Chinese-English nursery named Hatching Dragons was established in London in 2015, accepting babies from as young as 6 months to 5 years old. Two years later, the first bilingual (双语的) English and Chinese primary school was opened at Kensington, London.

Petts Wood Mandarin-English Preschool, which opened Friday at Bromley in southeastern suburb of London, is the first Chinese immersion (沉浸式) preschool founded in Britain. After three years of planning and preparation, the school has drawn expert opinions on Chinese immersion learning from Europe, the US and China. It offers Chinese and English bilingual immersive education for children aged 2 to 5.

Bromley Councillor Kim Botting, who has visited China three times, is very interested in Britain-China education exchanges. He called the school a wonderful and fantastic thing for the community while attending the opening ceremony on Friday.

The local community showed huge interest and support to the newly established preschool. Xu Zhi, head teacher of Petts Wood, said the preschool offered up to 25 places and six children registered (before the opening, with many families signed up for trial lessons in the next few weeks.

“I had the idea of establishing a bilingual preschool three years ago when I realized that more and more British families wanted an earlier start for their children’s Chinese learning,” Xu said. “Many high school students in Britain also learn Chinese at school for two or three hours each week, but that is not enough and also a bit late for language learning.”

1. What do we know about Petts Wood Mandarin-English Preschool?

A．It opens to all children aged 2 to 6 in the community.

B．It requires all students to register before the opening.

C．It is the first Chinese immersion preschool in Britain.

D．It employs teachers from Europe, the US and Japan.

2. What does Kim Botting’s attitude to Petts Wood Mandarin-English Preschool?

A．Positive.

B．Doubtful.

C．Unconcerned.

D．Unclear.

3. Why does Xu Zhi mention high school students in the last paragraph?

A．To show the difficulty of learning Chinese.	B．To stress the importance of bilingual learning.
C．To praise high school students for their efforts.	D．To explain the necessity of a bilingual preschool.

4. What is the text?

A．A short story.

B．A book review.

C．A news report.

D．A research article.

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

A Moment of Kindness

A lioness with her cub (幼崽) was moving around in the jungle searching for their prey(猎物) . While coming out from the den (洞穴), the baby asked her mother, “Mum, why are we going out for prey when a deer is already at home? Let us eat it first, then we can search for the next.”

The mother smiled and licked her child with love and said, “No, my love! We can’t eat that deer because it has no choice but to seek our help. He is wounded and helpless. We must help him.”

The baby cub was surprised and questioned again, “Why so, Mum? That’s our food.”

“Honey, you are absolutely right! It’s our food, but this particular deer is well aware that if we want, we can kill him in a second. Do you think that he deserves to be killed when he has come to us in a hope that we would protect him?”

The baby cub couldn’t understand her mother. It kept quiet and paced with its mother. That was not a lucky day for them. They didn’t get any prey even after a long search. At last, they came back to their den.

The deer on the other hand was terrified of his own decision. He was attacked by a hunter and managed to escape. While running for his life, he saw the den and without a second thought entered it. When he realized that he was in the lion’s den, he gave up the idea of running back again. At that time, the lioness and her cub were present over there. The deer stared at the lioness with a pitiful look. Tears were rolling down.

The lioness understood his hopeless condition. She came closer to the deer, smelled it and slowly moved out of the den with her cub for hunting.

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

When they returned without any food, the cub repeated the same question.

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The lioness came close to the deer after the cub fell asleep.

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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

37 years ago, Recep Mirzan found on his farm a swan with     1     broken wing. He carefully put it in his truck and drove it to a nearby clinic immediately. After proper     2     (treat), he took it home and named it “Garip”, which     3     (use) to describe an unlucky person in Turkish. Since then, they have lived together and never separated

“Since I loved animals, I said to     4     (I) that I should take it home instead of     5     (leave) it to foxes,” Mirzan recalled the day he rescued the swan.

After its wing recovered, Garip spent most of its time out of the pen and made no attempt     6     (run) away. Instead, it made friends     7     the cats and dogs in the neighborhood and accompanied Mirzan when he was working around the farm or going out for his evening walks.

“It has chosen to stay at my side,” says Mirzan,     8     is now 63 years old. “It is very loyal and I consider it as my child.

    9     (obvious), living with Mirzan has been beneficial for Garip. According to the UK-based Swan Sanctuary, the average lifetime for a swan in the wild is about 15 years. In protected environments, it can live up to 30 years. But Garip is more than 37 years old now. It is much     10     (long) than the average.

9 . Rogers saw a woman sitting on the side of the road. She had long hair and expressive eyes. What he didn’t see was that she was also in ________. Her right leg was injured. She tried to stand but failed. So she dragged herself to the ________, like a badly wounded animal preparing to die. She’d called a ________, but after 30 minutes, her friend said he was lost.

At first, Rogers tried to play it cool. He ________ to ride by-at a slower speed and ________ asked if he could help. The woman ________ her problem and asked for help.

With Rogers holding her ________, she tried to hop(单脚跳) along, but the pain was too severe. After a brief discussion, Rogers decided to ________ her down the 0.6-mile trail over his shoulder.

To avoid the ________, the pair introduced themselves, discussed life goals and future plans. ________ laughed a lot along the way. 40 minutes later, they arrived at the parking lot, where her friend was waiting.

Rogers ________ loaded her into the back seat. Though she was in pain, she looked at Rogers through expectant eyes, wishing he would make the first move. Rogers also wanted to ask for her number, but felt that the ________ wasn’t right. After she was rushed to the hospital, Rogers went to get his bike.

At the hospital, the girl looked for Rogers on Facebook. No luck. At the same time, Rogers was ________ her online, with no luck, either. On the trail, they’d fallen so deeply into conversation that such details as last names had seemed ________. So she contacted the local newspaper, which published her story the next day. Rogers happened to read the article.

Immediately, he got in touch with her and arranged their first ________: a trip to the same spot after her recovery.

1.

A．shape

B．love

C．shock

D．pain

2.

A．roadside

B．tree

C．car

D．meeting

3.

A．doctor

B．friend

C．policeman

D．coach

4.

A．pretended

B．stopped

C．wanted

D．forgot

5.

A．occasionally

B．secretly

C．rudely

D．casually

6.

A．solved

B．hid

C．explained

D．missed

7.

A．arm

B．leg

C．head

D．hair

8.

A．throw

B．carry

C．kick

D．drag

9.

A．delay

B．heat

C．embarrassment

D．misunderstanding

10.

A．All

B．She

C．He

D．Both

11.

A．violently

B．carefully

C．abruptly

D．impatiently

12.

A．payment

B．ceremony

C．timing

D．answer

13.

A．talking with

B．searching for

C．turning to

D．fighting with

14.

A．unimportant

B．curious

C．interesting

D．serious

15.

A．conference

B．marriage

C．work

D．date

10 . As a qualified teacher of art and design, Theresa Harwood offers short online courses on drawing and painting to help students both young and old develop into confident artists.

Academic drawing course

This course is for absolute beginners of any age who are not sure on what to do or how to use a pencil. The course will be limited to only six participants, 5 sessions, once a week.

Start date: June 5

Time:10:00 am～11:00 am

Price: $380

Water color painting course

This course is for anyone who is interested in developing skills for water colour painting. Through a series of 6 projects we learn wet on wet and wet on dry. The course will be limited to only twelve participants. 6 sessions, once a week.

Start date: April 23

Time:4:30 pm～5:30 pm

Price: $380

Landscape drawing course

This course is suitable for anyone from 11 to 90 years who are interested in developing skills for landscape drawing. The only requirement of the course is that you want to learn to draw! The course will be limited to only ten participants. 5 sessions, once a week.

Start date: May 24

Time:8:00 pm～9:00 pm

Price: $380

Western art history course

This course is for students, aged between 9 and 12 years. It looks at the fun facts of the key artworks of each art movement and explains why the artists painted certain views or people. The course will be limited to only eight participants. 6 sessions, once a week.

Start date: May 7

Time:10:30 am～11:30 am

Price: $380

These courses have limited spaces and are often sold out quickly, so do book your spot soon!

1. How many students are admitted for each academic drawing course?

A．6.

B．8.

C．10.

D．12.

2. When does the landscape drawing course start?

A．On April 23.

B．On May 7.

C．On May 24.

D．On June 5.

3. Which course just accepts schoolchildren?

A．Water color painting.	B．Western art history.
C．Landscape drawing.	D．Academic drawing.