1 . When you ask your kid what he dislikes the most in his study, he will answer, “homework.”     1     Fortunately, you will help your kid deal with homework faster and more effectively using the following tips.

Setting the right workspace

Setting the perfect working environment is of importance.     2     That’s why you should make sure to separate places for playing and studying to help your kid concentrate. Pick a quiet place where your child can learn peacefully. Besides, make sure that there are no things that can disturb him.

Creating work schedule

Unlike adults, kids are very active. And although adults can remain focused for around half an hour, children’s attention span(时长) is much shorter than that.     3     With that being said, however long your kid’s working time is, remember to include several breaks. This will help lengthen the child’s attention span.

Cooperating with peers

Teaming up with classmates in school has plenty of advantages. It helps your kid not only develop social communication but also improve logical thinking ability. Besides, the ability to work with classmates hugely influences your kid’s friendship with others.     4    

Homework can be a real pain in the neck. Without the right strategy, you will spend too much time finishing home tasks.     5    

A．Make sure your child knows what is being required from them.

B．It is no secret that kids are often extremely energetic.

C．That’s why it is important to set up a work schedule to help your kid stay focused.

D．Hopefully, the mentioned tips will help your kid deal with assignments quickly and successfully.

E．This way, your child will get help when working on any task.

F．This will force your kid to follow schedule and learn to do their homework better.

G．Dealing with home assignments (任务) is a common problem among kids.

2 . 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。

The Gift of Life

In August 1998, a big fire broke out in an apartment building in Chicago. Jacob, together with other firefighters, rushed to the scene to fight the fire. “It was already looking pretty hopeless when we got there,” said Jacob. Suddenly, a young woman came running up to them yelling at the top of her lungs, “My Kris is still on the fifth floor.”

Immediately, Jacob made his way up to the fifth floor. The fire had grown so fierce by then. “As a fireman I knew the chances of my surviving if I went there were slim,” said Jacob. “But I just kept seeing that mother’s face in my head.” So Jacob rushed up and finally found the boy lying on the floor in just about the only spot that wasn’t on fire. “I didn’t even have time to figure out if he was alive or dead,” said Jacob. “I just grabbed him and rushed out.”

Two weeks after the rescue, Jacob had two visitors—the young woman and her son Kris. “Thank you,” she said. “We are forever in your debt.” They have kept in touch with each other since then.

Jacob was a hero, but little did he know how his unselfish decision on that day would affect his own life some 20 years later.

At age 43, Jacob was suffering from kidney (肾) failure, and his doctor said there would be little chance of survival without a new kidney. “I really didn’t know where to turn. That’s when Kris came to my door,” said Jacob.

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Kris was the same blood type and he knew what he should do.
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Finally, Jacob was persuaded to have the operation and it turned out to be a perfect success.
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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。

Imagine a place where, as a nature lover, you have a chance to see 17 species of animals, 94 different kinds of birds and 230 types of plants in just four days.

It might seem like an impossible task, especially for someone who is not a     1     (profession) scientific researcher. But that’s exactly     2     those who took part in the Nangqen International Wildlife Watch Festival did,     3     many of their sightings recorded in their cameras.

The event,     4     (hold) between July 20 and 23 this year in Nangqen county, Qinghai province, was organized by the county government and Shanshui Conservation Center, a nonprofit organization based in Beijing,     5     (celebrate) the rich biodiversity of this unique part of China.

For the festival, more than 50 wildlife enthusiasts from across China, Australia, France, the United Kingdom and the United States formed 17 teams and did     6     (they) best to be the one that could photograph     7     most species. The contest area     8     (main) ranged from their base camp at 3,800 meters to 5,000 meters—well above the tree line.

Members of the local community     9     (hire) as drivers, guides and to run the campsite at which the     10     (participate) stayed during the festival.

4 . While at the National Broadcasters Convention (大会) recently, one of the speakers, Sam Haskell, told a story that was such a beautiful example of ________.

When Sam was nine, a ________ commercial attracted his attention. Procter & Gamble (宝洁公司) had launched an ad campaign with “the Cheer Man,” a character who ________ neighborhoods around the country. If he rang your doorbell, you’d ________ ten dollars.

Young Sam was ________ the Cheer Man would come to his home in Armory, Mississippi. He told everyone he talked to that the Cheer Man was coming to his house. People ________ him, but his mom kept encouraging him to dream.

Time went by and the ad was no longer on television, but Sam ________ believed the Cheer Man was coming. Then one day, Sam saw a car ________ with a loudspeaker on the roof — and a man was yelling, “Cheer! Cheer!” Just as he’d ________, the Cheer Man stopped in front of his house, walked up to Sam, and said, “You get the ten dollars.”

Sam’s mom had a huge smile on her face. His dad — who’d made fun of him for his dream — stood there in ________. “Out of all the tiny towns in Mississippi, how did you end up coming here?” he asked. In fact, their address was randomly ________ by computer.

Young Sam learned a valuable lesson that day about ________ a dream. He discovered that anything is ________. That knowledge paved the way for Sam Haskell’s ________ as a famous television producer in Hollywood.

And it all ________ with the Cheer Man and a mother who encouraged his dreams.

1.

A．effort

B．kindness

C．faith

D．creativity

2.

A．television

B．newspaper

C．radio

D．magazine

3.

A．connected

B．helped

C．called

D．visited

4.

A．donate

B．pay

C．find

D．receive

5.

A．doubtful

B．convinced

C．excited

D．proud

6.

A．laughed at

B．agreed with

C．turned to

D．asked about

7.

A．already

B．hardly

C．still

D．even

8.

A．passing

B．coming

C．leaving

D．returning

9.

A．dreamed

B．calculated

C．planned

D．suggested

10.

A．shock

B．silence

C．sorrow

D．pain

11.

A．stored

B．identified

C．selected

D．arranged

12.

A．working for

B．preparing for

C．relying on

D．believing in

13.

A．changeable

B．possible

C．useful

D．special

14.

A．decision

B．behavior

C．concern

D．future

15.

A．moved

B．developed

C．started

D．completed

5 . One of the hardest parts of any weight loss program is staying motivated throughout it. In fact, being able to keep your motivation while trying to lose weight is the essential success factor.     1    

One of the first ways to keep your level of motivation is to create a strong plan, which will help you to see where you are headed at each stage of your program.     2     For example, make sure it includes the number of minutes you intend to exercise each day as well as what you will do to achieve each goal.

    3     Thus you can keep your motivation high during the program. So think happy thoughts. You may think about how much good you are doing to your body while you are exercising. When you eat healthier foods, imagine your heart thanking you.

Making a list of positive changes from lost weight will also help. Will you feel much better because you’ve become healthier? Will you have a better self-image because you can finally fit into that dress you’ve been admiring?     4    

The final way to stay with your weight loss program is to vary your routines. Your mind is quite likely to get bored if your weight loss program never changes.     5     Moreover, to keep from being bored with your diet, buy some new healthy living cookbooks or search Internet recipe sites to find some new healthy dishes. This can help to keep you within your calorie limits without boring you.

A．Your plan should be specific.

B．Whatever will change about your life, list it.

C．Will you make an effort to have a balanced diet?

D．So how can you stay motivated during your weight loss program?

E．Have you thought of the problems that might come up if you are too fat?

F．Another good way is to think positively about your weight loss program.

G．So start a different exercise program you might be interested in every few months.

6 . Part of the reason American shoppers are so attracted to wholesale (批发) shopping is their belief that it not only prevents waste but can save time and money, providing more value for the dollar. However, recent research suggests that the opposite may be true.

Victoria Ligon, an expert on consumer sciences, studied food purchasing habits of consumers and found that people tended to buy too much food and waste more of it than they realized. “The problem is that people are not shopping frequently enough,” Ligon said. “People are very price sensitive at the grocery store, but tend to overlook the cost of unused and wasted food at home.”

A common practice is to visit different stores for different items on a grocery list. “But people tend to overbuy at each of the places,” Ligon said. “People are not planning for the next day, but planning for the next week or two.”

“In theory, planning a week or more in advance sounds ideal. But given the reality of many people’s lives, this is challenging to do well,” Ligon said. “All of our food promotions are designed to get people to buy more. We believe it’s cheaper if we buy more now, but we rarely take into account how much we throw out in the end.”

Ligon noted shifts in the grocery industry that appear promising to help customers reduce food waste. Examples include cost-effective delivery services such as Amazon Fresh and Google Express, which allow consumers to purchase food items when they want to consume them, also reducing their need to frequent so many different stores. However, the study resulted in another troubling finding: The majority of people involved in the study had no idea that they were buying too much and wasting so much.

“When you read advice about reducing waste, it usually centers on what people do after the food is purchased,” Ligon said. “But more importantly, shop on a more frequent basis, so that you are only buying what you are going to consume in the short term.”

1. What do people often ignore when buying food in large quantities?

A．How good the food is.	B．How much the food costs.
C．How often they should shop.	D．How much will be wasted.

2. What is the author’s attitude towards meal planning for the next two weeks?

A．It is worth trying.

B．It is not practical.

C．It takes great effort.

D．It is not good for health.

3. What is the advantage of Amazon Fresh and Google Express?

A．Food prices are lowered.	B．Food waste is prevented.
C．Food consumption is reduced.	D．Food purchasing can be done at home.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Shop More, Buy Less	B．Shop Wisely, Eat Wisely
C．Eat Cheaply or Expensively?	D．The More You Shop, the More You Waste

7 . Daylight Saving Time (DST), when people set their clocks one hour ahead of standard time in the spring, was first introduced in America as a way to conserve electricity. Now, the time-shift still takes place across most of the US. Is it really helpful for farmers? Here’s how farmers feel about it.

Humans might have alarm clocks to adjust, but animals don’t. There’s clear evidence that the shift is a problem for animals such as cows, who don’t tolerate changes to their schedules. One farmer in Utah wrote to tell us that DST is “nothing but a pain. My chickens and cows only know when the sun comes up and goes down. Having to adjust our work schedules twice yearly does nothing for us.”

One goat farmer in North Carolina told us that his goats are upset over the time change. In order to help his goats deal with the time shift, he moves their feeding and milking schedule incrementally. A change of a few minutes per day over the course of a week is a lot less noticeable than a full hour jump all at once.

Many farmers’ responses covered the chaos of changes to schedules, losing sleep and difficulty with getting children to go to sleep when it’s still light outside. One farmer in California put it like this: “The cost of changing twice a year, in terms of resetting every appliance (电器), car and communication system you own, and all the people that will show up early or late for work, appointments and meting... it’s enormous.” His solution? He just works by the sun.

So, it does make sense that many states are looking to get rid of DST. If the measures were introduced to save energy, the time shift could generate savings for governments. However, it’s debatable if DST is even an energy saver anymore. One study found that, after Indiana introduced DST, there was an increase in electricity use, resulting in an added cost of $9 million.

Whether states keep Daylight Saving Time or decide to get rid of it, it’s clear that it will make little difference to farmers. As one reader told us: “We’re up with the sun and down with it, no matter what the clock says.”

1. How does DST affect farm animals?

A．It disturbs them.

B．It frightens them.

C．It makes them forget time.

D．It causes them physical pain.

2. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “incrementally” in Paragraph 3?

A．Eventually.

B．Constantly.

C．Immediately.

D．Gradually.

3. How do some farmers react to DST?

A．Start their work late.	B．Pay no attention to time.
C．Pay no attention to clocks.	D．Do their best to save energy.

4. What can be concluded about DST from the text?

A．It lasts too long.

B．It’s a waste of time.

C．It’s not natural.

D．It’s not well organized.

8 . National Student Poets Program

The National Student Poets Program, the nation’s highest honor for young poets creating original work, is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Poetry Foundation, and the Academy of American Poets. Annually, five students are selected for one year of service, each representing a different geographic region of the country. The Program believes in the power of youth voices to create meaningful changes, and supports them in being heard.

HOW TO APPLY

The first step to becoming a National Student Poet is submitting poetry to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. High school students who receive a Gold National Medal in poetry can apply for the National Student Poets Program.

IN THE COMMUNITY

Each year, National Student Poets act as youth poetry ambassadors, bringing poetry to their communities through individual service projects, April Poetry Month readings, and a variety of other opportunities, such as national poetry conferences and festivals.

As part of their Year of Service, each National Student Poet creates a community service project, letting more people in their regions know about the Program and making them concerned with issues and themes that hold special significance for the Poet.

1. How often are National Student Poets selected?

A．Once a year.

B．Twice a year.

C．Every two years.

D．Every five years.

2. What kind of high school students can possibly become a National Student Poet?

A．Those who want to learn about poetry.	B．Those who won a national poetry contest.
C．Those who promote poetry in their regions.	D．Those who act as youth poetry ambassadors.

3. Where do the National Student Poets work for the Program?

A．In their schools.

B．In their communities.

C．All over the world.

D．All over the country.

9 . 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。

As the world’s longest man-made canal, the Grand Canal is a vast waterway system in the north-eastern and central-eastern plains of China,     1     runs from Beijing in the north to Zhejiang Province in the south.

The Grand Canal (大运河) is one of the greatest hydraulic (与水利系统有关的) projects in human history,     2     (stretch) 1,794 kilometers. Constructed in sections from the 5th century AD onwards, it was built as a unified means of communication for the empire for the first time in the Sui Dynasty. By the 13th century it consisted of more than 2,000 km of artificial waterways, linking five of China’s main river     3     (basin). The canal was     4     important factor for the economy, social     5     (stable) and government functions in ancient China. It also helped the evolution of Chinese culture by enhancing communication     6     the south and the north.

It is widely acknowledged     7     the Grand Canal is precious heritage passed down to us by our ancestors and is flowable culture that should     8     (preserve). China will continue to carry out     9     (integrate) regional development strategies for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Yangtze River Delta region, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and draw up a new national policy for environmental protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River basin. The purpose is     10     (seek) greater cooperation of opening-up among different parts of the country.

10 . It was raining heavily when the street lights went off and I was returning home. Suddenly I saw a white light coming slowly towards me, as if it were _________, and then it disappeared. I thought it to be a trick and _________ on my way back home.

Just two blocks away, to my _________, I again saw those lights in the distance. They were rising up at a _________ speed. It seemed as if they were very desperate to get to the hill. Then suddenly a _________ appeared in the cloudy night sky and everything was dark again. I went home, not _________ myself much about it, and went to bed as usual. But the next day, I saw there was a huge crowd _________ on the street. When I asked a person in the crowd, he said that something _________ the trees on the hill. Then it _________ me what I saw yesterday night. When I looked up to have a glance of what had happened, I __________ that the trees were burnt all the way through which the lights moved last night.

The research team arrived soon and started to take samples and __________ if people had seen something unusual last night. I gave them a (n) __________ of all that I had seen. After recording everything, they said that they would soon __________ what caused this incident, but their efforts were in __________.

Eventually, ten years passing by, the forest has restored itself. __________, no one till today has been able to detect the cause.

1.

A．pleased

B．annoyed

C．resolved

D．frightened

2.

A．wandered

B．proceeded

C．hesitated

D．insisted

3.

A．joy

B．relief

C．embarrassment

D．astonishment

4.

A．slow

B．accurate

C．regular

D．tremendous

5.

A．branch

B．flash

C．signal

D．helicopter

6.

A．bothering

B．justifying

C．convincing

D．stimulating

7.

A．complaining

B．gathering

C．quarreling

D．responding

8.

A．burnt

B．observed

C．collapsed

D．cut

9.

A．disturbed

B．inspired

C．struck

D．discouraged

10.

A．ignored

B．spotted

C．examined

D．guaranteed

11.

A．suspect

B．recall

C．investigate

D．determine

12.

A．account

B．comment

C．assessment

D．presentation

13.

A．look up

B．make up

C．figure out

D．leave alone

14.

A．shape

B．time

C．effect

D．vain

15.

A．Fortunately

B．Nevertheless

C．Eventually

D．Suddenly