1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the speaker’s purpose in starting a new magazine?

A．To become famous.

B．To earn more money.

C．To do something different.

2. What is the major difference between the speaker’s magazine and a local newspaper?

A．The contents.

B．The appearance.

C．The places of purchase.

3. What can people find in the second part of the magazine?

A．Articles about local people.

B．Reviews of famous works of art.

C．Advice on local business development.

4. In which part can people get the information about special events?

A．The first part.

B．The second part.

C．The third part.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where is Mr Griffin?

A．In the meeting room.

B．In his office.

C．In the hospital.

2. Why does the man speaker change the appointment time?

A．He has an accident.

B．He has to repair his car.

C．He has to send a girl to hospital.

3. What day is it today?

A．Friday.

B．Thursday.

C．Wednesday.

3 . When Simon Beck creates artwork, he doesn’t use paint or pencils. _________, he takes his snowshoes and _________ and walks to a wide-open area of fresh _________. Mr. Beck makes huge designs in the snow by walking and leaving snowshoed footprints in _________ patterns.

The idea to make a snow picture _________ him after a day of skiing in France. Mr. Beck noticed an inviting area of undisturbed snow and _________ it would be fun to draw a _________ in it.

At that time, Mr. Beck _________ as a mapmaker. . He is also an expert at orienteering (越野识图比赛) an activity in which people race on foot to a destination they must _________ using a map and a compass. Mr. Beck used these __________ to create a perfect star in the snow.

He then __________ more details to the design. The result looked impressive, especially when he viewed it from above on a nearby hill. After fresh snow covered the artwork, Mr. Beck __________ again with a new design. Since then, he has continued to make snow artwork at the ski area.

__________, a snow design takes Mr. Beck 10 hours to make. Because he’s out in the cold all day, he dresses warmly and brings extra __________ in case he gets wet.

Mr. Beck has worked to build a collection of __________ to publish in his book Snow Art, which is popular in the world.

1.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Instead

D．Besides

2.

A．compass

B．ruler

C．brush

D．camera

3.

A．grass

B．land

C．dirt

D．snow

4.

A．complex

B．colorful

C．simple

D．traditional

5.

A．stuck

B．hit

C．escaped

D．changed

6.

A．thought

B．promised

C．confirmed

D．insisted

7.

A．circle

B．star

C．hill

D．map

8.

A．organized

B．played

C．worked

D．travelled

9.

A．win

B．occupy

C．mark

D．find

10.

A．skills

B．experiences

C．tips

D．activities

11.

A．sent

B．added

C．transformed

D．led

12.

A．failed

B．removed

C．cleaned

D．tried

13.

A．After all

B．In addition

C．As usual

D．On average

14.

A．blanket

B．luggage

C．clothes

D．tools

15.

A．stories

B．photos

C．shoes

D．footprints

4 . 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。

Could the Moon Help Fuel the Earth?

Fossil fuels have been powering the earth for over 200 years, but reserves of coal, crude oil (原油) and natural gas may run out one day.

The long-term solution may lie nearly half of a million kilometers away on the moon. It contains large quantities of helium-3 (氦-3), a form of gas that could     1     (potential) be extracted (提炼), brought back to the earth and used as fuel without damaging the environment.

“The real     2     (attract) of helium-3 is that it is a nuclear process,     3     doesn’t release any greenhouse gases,” said     4     engineering professor. “That would be the     5     (big) advantage-nuclear power without nuclear waste, and it would be a goal for the earth.”

Present on the earth in small quantities, helium-3     6     (use) in medical diagnostics (医学诊断), but it is yet to be used as a source of energy. However, there are large enough quantities of helium-3 on the moon to power the earth for a thousand of years or so and provide the earth     7     all of the energy.

But     8     (bring) helium-3 back to the earth is a complex process. The gas,     9     (find) in the moon’s soil, would need to be heated to 600℃ before being extracted and transported back to be turned into fuel in nuclear power     10     (plant). Even so, the project is beginning to interest some of the world’s leading nations in the environmental and economic potential of helium-3.

5 . 汉译英
1. p ________ n. 参加；参与
2. a ________ n. 可供选择的事物
3. a ________ v 预期；预料
4. p ________ n. 财产；财物
5. s ________ v. 加强
6. d ________ n. 分销；经销；分配
7. c ________ n. 覆盖范围
8. a ________ adj. 不正常的；反常的
9. a ________ adv. 自动地
10. p ________ n. 潜力；可能性

6 . 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。

“Sophie would make a good therapy(治疗) dog.”

The day my dog trainer said those words, I didn’t even know what a therapy dog was. I certainly had no idea what features my little dog had that would make her a candidate. But why not, I thought, if we can help people in need of some cheering up?

Last week, I accompanied Sophie to a hospital for our first day on the job. In the year and a half I had spent getting her certified, I had learned what to expect. I would bring Sophie into a patient’s room to be a pleaser, and then we would move on. Of course, Sophie herself couldn’t understand her purpose in all of this, but she was always happy to meet new people, and that was enough.

We walked through the wide automatic sliding glass doors and into the hall, where we were met by a nurse who ran the therapy dog program at the hospital. “Welcome,” Sophie, she said. “I’ll be taking you two around today.”

I followed the nurse down the hall. Sophie trotted (小跑) along at my side, just as she had been trained. “We’re a care unit,” the nurse explained. “Most of our patients are seniors.” I knew how important it was for Sophie to be her gentlest. “She was trained and ready for this, I reminded myself.

Up ahead was an old lady making her way down the hall with a walker. A nurse walked beside her, holding on to a gait belt (步态训练带)to keep her steady. We caught up with them, but the patient remained focused on her walker. As we were passing by at a safe distance, the lady turned her walker towards a chair against the wall. “Okay, we’ll stop for a rest,” her nurse said. Once the lady was settled, she pointed a finger at Sophie, as if to say “Please bring me that dog.”

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。

I picked up Sophie and placed her in the lady’s lap.

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“It’s a wonder! We had thought the lady lost the ability to speak,” the nurse told me excitedly.

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7 . You may be wondering how to clear your mind. Perhaps you’re facing a tough presentation at work and really need to focus, or maybe you have got a long going on at home and just need to relax for a few minutes.     1    

The only problem is that you can’t completely erase the thousands of thoughts you have each day. The goal is to be able to observe those thoughts without engaging with them. The good news is that clearing your mind comes from a simple act of acknowledging your present state first.     2     Its power truly flourishes (迅速繁荣) when put into practice.

Now that you have acknowledged where you are and how you feel, you can take action. You can take a few moments to ground yourself back into the present moment.     3     This practice is also known as “forest bathing”, and it doesn’t necessarily need to take place in a forest. It can be in your favorite park or even walking around your town or neighborhood. Such a practice does wonders in clearing your mind and bringing you back to the now!

    4     It’s an effective method for simply releasing (释放) your thoughts so that you can mentally breathe and process things better. Writing down your thoughts is very effective before bedtime. So many of us struggle to sleep soundly with many thoughts bouncing back and forth. This exercise before bed can allow us to enter a deeper level of rest.

With so many thoughts in your head, it sounds difficult to clear our minds.     5     If we can clear our minds and build our self-awareness, which is a beautiful and powerful way of being in the world, we can live in the world comfortably.

A．This may be as simple as taking a walk.

B．We have to acknowledge that our mind is disturbed.

C．However, the above methods are powerfully effective.

D．Acknowledgment is regarded as an important technique.

E．Another powerful practice is writing down all the thoughts in your head.

F．Whatever the reason is, having a clear mind can help you find your center.

G．This will allow your heart rate to slow down so as to reduce your anxiety.

8 . As a younger child, Adom didn’t have a choice in how much he volunteered since he was regularly along with his parents while they volunteered. They organized book drives for kids, joined backpack giveaways, served food to the hungry and delivered Christmas presents to children with imprisoned parents.

Now Adom, who lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is a teenager. He has a lot more to say in what he does with his time. He’s recently taken his volunteerism to a new level.

Over the past three years, he has raised over $70,000 for nonprofit groups in his area. He had done in part by organizing annual charity basketball games involving local community leaders, as well as college and professional athletes. Adom named his project Ball4Good.

Adom was recently awarded a 2019 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, which honors outstanding young leaders. As one of 15 top winners, he was awarded $10,000. He’s putting half towards the charity he founded and the rest towards his college fund.

Since 2017, Adom and Ball4Good have supported 18 community organizations, including the local Boys & Girls Clubs of the Upstate; Miracle Hill Ministries, which serves homeless children and adults in South Carolina; the Project Hope Foundation, which provides services for individuals of all ages with autism (自闭症); and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union, which helps children who have been abused.

Adom does more than just deliver the cash; he gets involved, just as he did as a younger kid. He is the youngest board member for the Boys Girls Clubs of the Upstate and continues to volunteer at other organizations, such as Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas, which supports families of youths fighting cancer.

“Books, fundraisers, summer camp services, national spelling bees — Adom is doing a lot,” said Greg Tolbert, president of the Boys Girls Clubs of the Upstate.

1. As a young child, Adom ________.

A．followed his parents volunteering	B．organized volunteering activities
C．had no choice but to volunteer	D．helped imprisoned parents

2. Adom was awarded the prize because he ________.

A．involved local community leaders in volunteering

B．organized a charity basketball game

C．raised $70,000 for nonprofit groups

D．made great efforts in volunteerism

3. What can we know about Adom from paragraph 5?

A．He devotes himself to helping the old.

B．He raises money for various causes.

C．He focuses on saving sick children.

D．He mainly volunteers in his community.

4. What kind of person does Greg Tolbert think Adom is?

A．A talker.

B．A thinker.

C．A doer.

D．A designer.

9 . How Do Kids Develop Emotional Literacy（情感素养）?

The skills of identifying emotions and responding to other people’s emotions combine to create a skill known as emotional literacy, which is a big part of a kid’s social development. It will be nice if this ability comes naturally, but it isn’t.     1     Here are some ways to increase their emotional literacy.

    2     Parents can grab a really big piece of paper and sit down with their kids to brainstorm all the feelings they can think of. The list may include emotions kids don’t recognize, but that is OK. A parent should make his/her face that goes with the feeling and explain a situation where it may come up.

Read topical books. There are many great books that specifically explore emotions. When parents are reading to their kids, ask them to figure out what the main character is feeling in certain situations.     3    

Play emotional word-guessing game. This is a fun game to play with kids. One parent picks an emotion to convey to the other, using either the whole body or just a face.     4     In this way, they may be able to see their own feeling on their faces especially when they are having trouble in making sense of the faces.

Role play social scenes and review. Come up with contexts kids may meet.     5     Alongside role play comes reviewing. Go over situations that didn’t end well, examine the emotions of the people involved and talk with kids about what could have been done differently.

A．Make a big list of feelings.

B．Explain reasons for kids’ bad emotions in time.

C．It is helpful to use the pictures and plots of the books.

D．Have them act out how they will react if it is possible.

E．Speaking out your feelings to kids matters in some situations.

F．Ask them to make the same face as you do and look in the mirror.

G．Kids develop emotional literacy by social experience and instruction.

10 . A new research has found that comedy doesn’t just make us feel good—it actually has the power to improve health. A recent study was conducted to test whether or not “laughter therapy (疗法)”could help people who have heart disease.

The study involved 26 adults, with an average age of 64. They all had coronary artery (冠状动脉) disease, which happens when the supply of blood to the heart is held up by plaque (斑块)   that grows in the coronary arteries, the big tubes that send blood to the heart. Over three months, 13 of the adults were asked to watch two-hour-long comedy shows every week. The other 13 were asked to watch two documentary films on serious topics like politics and the Amazon rainforest. Then, the participants were examined by doctors.

The first group that watched comedy showed a big improvement in the amount of oxygen which we breathe in to survive and that the heart could pump around the body. Their arteries also got better at expanding, which meant that more blood could flow through them. There was less plaque in the arteries afterward too, cutting the person’s risk of having a heart attack or stroke.

The study was led by Marco Saffi, a professor at a hospital, who said laughter helps the heart because it releases chemicals in the body called endorphins. They reduce inflammation, which can lead to heart disease, and help the heart relax.

Having a good laugh also reduces levels of stress hormones (荷尔蒙). Stress hormones are the body’s natural alarm system, which kicks in if a person is in a tense situation. They’re great for helping people cope with danger, but they can put a strain on the heart if they stay in a person’s system for too long.

Saffi thinks the results show “laughter therapy” could be used to treat patients at the risk of heart problems. He said, “It does not have to be TV programs——people with heart disease could be invited to comedy evenings or encouraged to enjoy fun evenings with friends and family.”

1. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．The study’s impact.	B．The study’s findings.
C．The study’s process.	D．The study’s participants.

2. What does the underlined word “strain” in paragraph 5 mean?

A．Guard.

B．Thought.

C．Mask.

D．Stress.

3. How does Saffi feel about “laughter therapy”?

A．It’s costly.

B．It’s unique.

C．It’s promising.

D．It’s unworthy.

4. Which statement will the author probably agree with?

A．Laughter is the best medicine.	B．Smiling faces sometimes tell lies.
C．Smile is the most beautiful language.	D．Laughter is the privilege of mankind.