1 . In your spoken English class, your teacher slows you the following picture. You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.

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基本分析：
1.三分之一描写要点：阳光，楼(很靠近)，弯曲的树。(the sun，two apartments flats closely-locate d.the winding/twisted tree)
2.三分之二议论着眼立意：
—人生角度：在成长的道路上(树的成长)，有曲折，有困难，(建筑的阻挡，弯曲)但是只要向着光明和希望(太阳)去努力拼搏，坚持不懈，还是能够冲破桎梏取得成功(树在楼的夹缝中长高了，超出建筑)。
3.立意与现实生活关系：引导青年学生要具有积极的生活态度，生活就是不断克服各种艰难险阻而取得“大直若曲”的成功与胜利。
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2 . A woman in Yunnan has been leading an effort over the past decade to help children on the autism(自闭症)spectrum, Li Yingxue reports. Since she founded Look at Me, a children’s development center in Kunming, Yunnan province, in 2010, Sha Jingmei, 38, has focused her efforts on helping kids on the autism spectrum.

Children with autism are like “people inside a bottle who can clearly see the world outside, but can’t get out of the bottle to communicate with others,” she says, adding that in order to help the children, people should try to understand them first.“ Children with autism will not behave the same way as other children. When meeting them on the street, please don’t look at them with a discriminatory look. Sometimes they just need a kind look which can make them less psychologically tense and stressful,” Sha says.

Ma Shiyan, 28, director of Look at Me, remembers the time she joined Sha’s team 4 years ago and was at a loss when a boy got emotional. Sha came and easily smoothed the boy’s emotions. Ma has learned a lot from Sha and is touched by her positive energy whether dealing with children or the difficulties when running the training center.“Sha knows the condition of each child at our center, and when we discuss one child’s case,she can often associate it with another kid’s case,” Ma says.

When naming the training center Look at Me 12 years ago, Sha says she hopes society would pay more attention to children on the autism spectrum. Now, she has furthered the goal to help the children take care of themselves, as well as have jobs to sustain. Some of the older children from the center have found jobs in a local coffee company or at a bar. In the future, Sha aims to find more jobs for such children.

Working in special education means dealing with different challenges,and this makes Sha feel she is alive.“You are thinking of how to solve different problems each day,”she says.

1. The underlined word in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by_______.

A．dissatisfied

B．unfair

C．impatient

D．indifferent

2. We can conclude from Ma’s comment that______.

A．Sha Jingmei is a woman who cares about everyone.

B．An emotional boy always makes a teacher confused.

C．Sha Jingmei has a good knowledge of her students.

D．Running the training center takes great efforts.

3. What can we infer about Look at Me from the passage?

A．It is a children’s development center founded in 2010 in Kunming, Yunnan Province.

B．It helps children with autism draw attention of the whole society all the time.

C．It calls for people to donate money for the training courses for children with autism.

D．It supports children with autism in their ability to integrate with the society.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Sha Jingmei has concentrated all her efforts to help children with autism.

B．A woman called Sha Jingmei founded Look at Me to help those in need.

C．Sha Jingmei appeals to the whole society to focus on children.

D．Children with autism need to be cared for by the whole society.

3 . Minh Anh Ho is sitting beside a microscope. Many people are busy with other tasks. One is interviewing the mayor for a TV news station. Another is running the electric company. As a researcher for a company that repurposes plastic, Minh Anh Ho is studying a sheet of cling wrap (保鲜膜). “It’s a really important job,” she says. “Plastic takes a really long time to disappear, so it would be good to come up with something else to do with it and not just throw it away.”

The learning center where Minh Anh Ho and her class are spending their day is designed to introduce kids to working life. Students run an imaginary town, with each kid doing a different job in a different business. Each year, about 83% of all sixth graders in Finland go through the program. It teaches them not just about business and working, but also, as Minh Anh Ho’s “job” makes clear, about the circular (循环) economy.

Most societies have linear (线性) economies, which operate on a “take, make, waste” model. Natural resources are taken from the Earth and made into products, which are usually thrown away if left over. In 2016, Finland became the first country to use a “road map” to a circular economy. This model focuses on the transformation of existing products. Businesses rely on recycled or repurposed materials and use less raw (未经加工的) material to make their products. That reduces the amount of waste going into landfills.

Education has always been a central part of Finland’s plan. Kindergarten director Liisa Woitsch is sitting on the floor with students and a broken wooden chair. “Do we just throw it away now,” she asks, “or can you think of anything else that can be done with it?” A little boy pounds on the chair. He says it can be used as a drum.

Anssi Almgren helped design the program. “Children have so many great ideas,” he says. “We want to enable them to think about solutions. But changing a society by educating its youth takes time.”

1. The author describes the learning center in paragraph 1 to ________.

A．make readers better understand the program

B．show how excited the students are

C．express his concern over the program

D．praise the students’ concentration

2. How does the author mainly develop paragraph 3?

A．By providing reasons.	B．By following time order.
C．By making comparisons.	D．By giving examples.

3. What is the main purpose of a circular economy?

A．To reduce the waste of resources.	B．To keep a higher living standard.
C．To increase the use of raw material.	D．To discover new types of natural resources.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．The lessons from a learning center.	B．An introduction to linear economies.
C．The education on the circular economy.	D．Finland’s plans on economic development.

4 . Here are some jobs that let you make a direct impact on others’ lives.

A career advisor

Career advisors help to lighten graduates’ load, often working at high schools, colleges or universities. In addition to consulting with students to help them make career decisions, the advisors also help students practice important job-seeking skills. Although some employers prefer applicants to have a master’s degree in counseling (咨询), not all require one. Pursuing a bachelor of psychology or counseling is a great place to start.

A nutritionist

As far as industries go, health care likely offers the most jobs that help people. Nutritionists work in hospitals, schools or nursing homes to help create meal plans to improve the health of their clients (客户). Along with a bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition, clinical nutrition or a related field, you’ll need to be licensed in most states.

A personal trainer

Personal trainers work with people of all ages to build custom fitness plans. Along with performing physical assessments and creating training programs, personal trainers also inspire their clients to stick to a plan so they achieve desired results. You should have a college diploma, along with an associate’s degree in a health or fitness field, and you will need to pass an exam to receive your license.

A special education teacher

A special school can be a place for students with emotional, behavioral or learning challenges. Special education teachers are there to teach them to reach their full potential. As a special education teacher, you should plan and teach lessons according to students’ specific needs and abilities. Special education teachers must have a bachelor’s degree and a state-issued certification.

Find more information on www.jobseeker.com.

1. What do the four jobs have in common?

A．The income is high.	B．They are helpful.
C．They are in demand.	D．The requirements are low.

2. Which job requires you to take an exam?

A．A career advisor.	B．A nutritionist.
C．A personal trainer.	D．A special education teacher.

3. What is a must for a special education teacher?

A．Full potential.

B．A driving license.

C．A master’s degree in psychology.

D．Professional teaching abilities.

5 . 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。

You never know     1     romantic and talented Chinese people can be. The only     2     (survive) painting by the Northern Song Dynasty’s (960-1127) young genius artist Wang Ximeng, A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains, is probably the     3     (fine) example of Chinese blue-green landscape paintings. With bright mineral pigments, the painter paints a vast country landscape, an ideal world of perfect order and harmony that people dream of. Now, nearly 1,000 years later, Chinese musicians are doing     4     same thing as Wang, but this time through the art of music.

The     5     (music) interpretation (演绎) of the masterpiece A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains first appeared in Shanghai as the closing performance of the Music in the Summer Air concert     6     (give) by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra on Sunday. Following the concert, the performance began on Wednesday     7     Xi’an, Shaanxi Province.

“Just as Chinese painting aesthetics stress the relationship between artistic conception and the viewer’s mentality, the music     8     (create) can help people understand the landscape and the heaven and sky in     9     (we) hearts as well as the feelings toward nature and humanity in the form of music,” the piece’s composer Zhao Lin     10     (tell) the Global Times on Tuesday.

This symphony orchestra work showed the world of the splendid scroll painting.

6 . We’ll finally grow up someday, leaving our parents and facing the challenges in life. Parents may not be able to solve every problem for us. Instead, we should have enough life skills to deal with the problems that come our way.

This is what our country tries to do now: Helping more students gain working spirit.To stress the importance of hardworking spirit education among students of different ages, the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council released a guideline recently.The guideline calls for students to respect work.Students should learn basic life skills and form good working habits through such education.

The government has been trying to stress the importance of hardworking spirit education. But this has been overlooked in recent years.Many teens do not value the importance of working hard and are uninterested in doing so. According to a study of nearly 3,000 students that was done by Ningbo Evening News in March, only 22 percent of primary and middle school students help with everyday chores around the house.

Schools and families play an important role in teaching students about the value of working hard, the guideline says. Primary and middle schools should provide students with hardworking spirit classes every week, according to the guideline. Schools can also hold activities to give students real- world work experiences.For example , schools can teach children how to plant trees on Tree-Planting Day.

As children’s first teachers, parents should also encourage children to learn how to do chores at home. Students should master one or two life skills every year.

These skills can include cooking,washing their own clothes and tidying their rooms.
1. The guideline was released in order to ______ .

A．teach students how to do chores at home	B．call for students to respect work
C．help students solve life problems	D．ask students to be more independent

2. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Challenges in life.	B．Basic life skills.
C．The recently released guideline.	D．Hardworking spirit education.

3. What is Paragraph 3 trying to tell us?

A．Only 3,000 students help with housework.

B．Students pay no attention to work spirit.

C．About one- fifth of students help with housework.

D．Students are very dependent on their parents.

4. According to the guideline,schools should ______ .

A．provide both guidance and chances for real work	B．hand out the guideline to every student
C．teach students how to plant trees	D．give parents homework

7 . At one time, the inheritance of traditional drama was difficult. People of insight screamed “save drama”. Many celebrities and big names put down their figures and went to the community to carry out public welfare performances of opera, and did everything possible to expand the coverage of drama. In recent years, traditional Chinese culture and art has gained a foothold on short video platforms and attracted a large number of young followers thanks to the explosive growth of the short video industry. Relaxing, emotional and fragmented, these video contents perfectly match the demands of the users. With the application of new technologies such as social communication and immersive experiencing, short video platforms are seeing more users, becoming a shining spot of new Internet media.

Recently, Huangmei Opera “ Female Consort Prince ” became a hit on short video platforms as a lot of young users covered the aria (咏叹调) in their own way and showed great artistic talents. The interactive platforms are expanding the charm of the traditional opera among young people.

Peking Opera was also well-received on short video platforms thanks to a series of augmented reality (AR) effects. Users love to film clips with a set of virtual facial makeup, headwear and costumes. Statistics indicate that these effects were applied by more than 18 million users, most of whom were young people.

In addition to Chinese operas, intangible cultural heritage items, such as embroidery, paper-cutting, printing and dyeing, shadow play works, oiled paper umbrella making, and bamboo weaving are also actively promoted on short video platforms. In a word, short video platforms are becoming an important channel to display China’s intangible cultural heritage.

Short video platforms, offering a fun, popular and easy way to explore the traditional art forms, are receiving a lot of positive feedbacks from China’s young generations. The seconds, or minutes long videos, along with unlimited possibilities as well as richness of styles, have produced remarkable achievements in promoting traditional Chinese culture.

1. What mainly made the inheritance of traditional drama difficult?

A．The slow growth of industry.	B．The insufficient coverage of drama.
C．The poorly-met demands of the users.	D．The severe shortage of the drama actors.

2. What led to the promotion of Peking Opera on short video platform?

A．The social communication.	B．The set of virtual facial makeup.
C．The positive feedbacks from users.	D．The application of new technologies.

3. Why are paper-cutting and bamboo weaving mentioned?

A．To expand the charm of traditional Chinese culture.

B．To prove traditional art forms are actively promoted.

C．To show the current situation of these cultural heritage.

D．To offer new channels to display China’s cultural heritage.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．The Bright Future of Huangmei Opera.

B．The Explosive Growth of the Short Video Industry.

C．The Simple Way to Explore the Traditional Art Form.

D．The Creative Combination of Culture and Technologies.

8 . Over 40 years of observation, an endangered bunch grass prairie(束生草草原)has be-come hotter, drier and more sensitive to fire which happens every year. But sudden seasonal change (not normal climate change) seems to be driving the biggest change in plant production, composition, and summer senescence. Inter mountain bunch grass prairie is one of North America’s most endangered ecosystems, now covering less than 1 percent of the area which it once covered. Over the past century, bunch grass prairies have become warmer and drier, and human-driven climate change is expected to continue that trend(趋势), affecting bunch grass ecosystems, However, bunch grass is often not given enough attention to in studies of grasslands.

To better understand the effects of climate change on bunch grass prairies, Belovsky and Slade have studied the bunch grass prairie in Montana for 40 years. They made repeated observations of plant growth and production, lots of different plant species, creating a timeline of ecosystem changes.

Over the course of the study, temperatures rose and precipitation(降雨量) declined in the prairie every year, making it easy to catch fire. Surprisingly, the researchers found that the amount of plant material produced every year rose by l10 percent. It was related with increased precipitation and cooler temperatures during the important growth period of late May through June And they also found a 108 percent increase in foreign species, more drought-tolerant species growing better overall, and declines in dicot plants over the 40-year study period.

The researchers also found that other ecosystem changes followed seasonal climate trends, instead of yearly trends. For example, summer temperatures were higher than might be expected from yearly trends, causing the yearly “browning” of green pant material. These findings highlight the importance of considering local and seasonal change when forecasting the effects of climate change on a given ecosystem.

Dr. Belovsky adds: “Forecasting climate change’s effects on plant production based on increased temperature and decreased precipitation may not be appropriate, because seasonal climate change may be more important.”

1. What’s the purpose of Belovsky and Slade’s research in Montana?

A．To create a better system to study foreign species.

B．To better observe different species living in prairies.

C．To figure out what surroundings suit plant growth.

D．To better learn how climate change affects the prairie.

2. Which statement agrees with the research’s findings?

A．Catching fire is now more frequent in the bunch grass prairie.

B．The increase of precipitation can be seen in July.

C．Foreign species in the bunch grass prairie like water.

D．The temperatures in the bunch grass prairie rise in May.

3. What can be inferred from Dr. Belovsky’s words in the last paragraph?

A．Yearly climate change can’t be known in advance.

B．Seasonal climate changes can affect plant production.

C．Climate change results in the possibility of flooding.

D．The damage of ecosystem causes climate change.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．The research of plant growth and production

B．The effect of yearly fire on a bunch grass prairie

C．The effect of ecosystem change on a bunch grass prairie

D．The research of climate change for a bunch grass prairie

9 . The Piano Staircase was a project from 2009. This project changes an ordinary stair into a piano. The goal was to see if they could get people to choose the stairs over the escalator (电梯) by making the stairs more fun to do. Researchers set up a subway stair to look and sound like a piano keyboard. These piano stairs will make piano sounds when people walk on them.

Thanks to the project, 66% of the people who passed by took the stairs over the escalators. Walking up and down the stairs is much healthier than taking an escalator. Lately I have been trying to live a healthier lifestyle. I feel it hard to actually make a change without putting effort in it, but small things like taking the stairs can make a difference.

In our country more than 2 out of 3 adults are considered obese for lack of exercise, many of whom weigh over 100 kilograms. We recently have installed (安装) one of these piano staircases at Rotterdam City Station, and it has worked well so far. And for me, it can really lighten up my mood.

The stairs look more fun when decorated as a piano. I love the way these stairs look as it gives the stations a much friendlier appearance. People are attracted to walk on the project and to play with it. Apart from actually encouraging people to take part in the project, it raises awareness for physical exercise. However, there is also the weak side. When you first experience the Piano Stairs, it is exciting, but when you have seen the Piano Stairs several times, it can get boring. As a result, they may start taking the escalators again.

I have seen many people on social media expecting this project to be installed near where they live. And personally, I would love to see more of these Piano Staircases as well, even it is just to cheer me up while traveling.

1. Why did researchers make a piano-like subway stair?

A．To help people to save money.

B．To encourage people to use the stairs.

C．To make people more comfortable.

D．To stop people from damaging the stairs.

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

A．Tall.

B．Handsome.

C．Fat.

D．Clever.

3. What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A．A brief introduction to the project.

B．Some dos and don’ts people need to know on the stairs.

C．The advantage and disadvantage of the project.

D．The general appearance of the newly installed stairs

4. What does the author think about the project?

A．It is costs too much money.

B．It should be carried out in more places.

C．It is of little use at all.

D．It is not attractive enough.

10 . As a student, I heard the line “graduate school is stressful” so many times that it began to bear no meaning:

Sure, there were campus resources that encouraged healthy behaviors, including deep thought, and the benefits of self-care, but self-care sounded expensive and time-consuming to me; I had work to do. And I was not a fan of deep thought: The thought of sitting still for 30 minutes only caused me greater stress. But one thing I couldn’t stay away from was walking my dog.

Tessa is a six-year-old lovely coonhound that I got as a gift to myself, for completing my undergraduate degree at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. I first saw Tessa as a thin and little dog in a photo on the Internet. She was found, huddled up with her friends, in a deserted house in Alabama.

Because of Tessa, I took frequent walking breaks while studying for a master’s degree in public health at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. I discovered the best corners and crannies on campus, including the sloping grass land behind the school, filled with squirrels and sticks — a safe place for dogs. I found a tree accidentally with a swing, overlooking the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, which offered the best sunset view in town. On our daily walks, I found calm in the woods and quiet in the early morning enveloping the city streets.

Now, as I work from home, Tessa continues to help me deal with a lonely existence. Just like in graduate school, she demands that I stop working, however briefly, and accompany her on a walk. These forced breaks throughout the day take me away from my computer and help me to stay active, greet my neighbors and come back to work refreshed. And although I certainly haven’t escaped from stress, and I am still trying to find my footing in research, I will continue to make time for walks every day. I recommend it very much.

1. How did the author feel about a deep thought?

A．Anxious.

B．Time-consuming.

C．Disordered.

D．Encouraged.

2. What does the author think of Tessa when seeing it at the first time?

A．Lovely.

B．Gifted.

C．Poor.

D．Courageous.

3. What does the author want to express in paragraph 4?

A．Tessa likes walking very much.

B．The Yale University is very beautiful.

C．Tessa is helpful in spending graduate school happily.

D．The author likes both the city and the university.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．The author often feels lonely at home.	B．The author works hard but exercises less.
C．Both the author and the neighbors like Tessa.	D．Walking with Tessa benefits the author much.