1 . 好奇心驱使他打开窗户，查看声音从何而来。（汉译英）
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2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where does Peter get travel tips?

A．On the Internet.

B．From the magazines.

C．Through travel guide books.

2. How does Peter find the tips?

A．Impractical.

B．Just so-so.

C．Useful.

3. How many cities will Peter travel?

A．3.

B．4.

C．5.

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Which country is Stephen from?

A．The United States.

B．Mexico.

C．Australia.

2. According to some people, what influenced Stephen’s writing?

A．His family.

B．The books he read.

C．His friend’s death.

3. When did Stephen graduate from college?

A．In 1970.

B．In 1972.

C．In 1974.

4. What is surprising about the novel Carrie?

A．Stephen didn’t make money from it.

B．Stephen almost gave it up.

C．Stephen didn’t finish it.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why is Maria making the phone call?

A．To ask about work.

B．To ask for sick leave.

C．To ask for a big favor.

2. Who is Luis?

A．Maria’s husband.

B．Maria’s boss.

C．Maria’s doctor.

3. What does David ask Maria to do?

A．Avoid going out.

B．Go to the hospital.

C．Buy some masks.

5 . The easiest way to love yourself is to treat yourself like your own BFF. It might seem like it’s easier to love others than to love yourself, but it’s tough to build healthy relationships if you don’t love yourself first.     1    

Let go of negative thoughts about yourself. Drill down to the core of those thoughts and tell yourself a different story. Think about what you would say to a friend who said those things about themselves. For example, if you forgot to buy trash bags, instead of blaming yourself, you might as well think, “I’ll just pick some up next time I go out — no big deal.” Don’t try to fight negative thoughts, though — they’re a part of who you are.     2     It might feel weird at first, but after a while, it becomes habitual to think that way.

Accept your flaws as part of who you are. Everything you’ve done and everywhere you’ve been is a part of who you are — you! Self-love isn’t about fixing all the “bad” things about yourself. Instead, accept that they’re all parts of the same whole.     3     For example, maybe you have a hard time trusting people. You wish you could be more trusting and open up more, but instead of trying to change, focus on how not immediately trusting people helps keep you safe.

    4     If you expect yourself to be perfect all the time, you’ll never be pleased with anything you produce. So make it a point to appreciate the work you put into completing a task, rather than looking for flaws in what you produced. Avoid stereotypical ideas and images of perfection, such as models in beauty magazines. Remind yourself that the actual person probably doesn’t look like that in real life!

Practice gratitude for good things rather than focusing on the negative. It’s human nature to see negative things as bigger and more important than positive things, but this also does tremendous damage to your self-esteem.     5     Look for the positive side even when bad things happen to you. For example, if you lose your job, it can be easy to spiral into thinking that you were terrible at your job and no one will ever hire you again. Instead, you might think that now you have the opportunity to find something that’s a better fit for you.

A．Focus on your effort rather than the result to control perfectionism.

B．Challenge those thoughts with logical observations to reframe your conclusion.

C．Instead, you can simply drown them out with more positive, affirmative thoughts.

D．When you love yourself, you love all of you because you wouldn’t have the good without the bad.

E．Here are some strategies that can help you embark on a journey of treating yourself with kindness.

F．Negative thoughts often come from outside people whose opinions we value.

G．When you focus on the negative, try to name some things that you can be grateful for.

6 . I guess most of you have had an experience like it: it’s the weekend, but instead of having a good rest, you have to bury yourself in the endless homework you have left over from the week. This was my routine too. But it came to an end during my school’s “No Homework Weekend”.

The activity was announced two weeks in advance so we could get prepared. Students in my class did not have any homework on the special weekend, but students in other classes were not so lucky. There were also some teachers who told their students: “You don’t have homework this weekend, but you do have a test next Monday.” This meant: “You don’t have to prepare for the test during the weekend, but good luck if you don’t!” Well, teachers will be teachers, I suppose.

I really made the most of those two days without homework. On Friday night, I stayed up chatting with my friends online because we didn’t need to worry about homework. On Saturday, I watched a band concert, and on Sunday I had a god sleep and organized my notes. Normally I have so much regular homework that I do not have time to review and organize class notes. But on that weekend, I finally had time to do it.

No Homework Weekend was really a great time to release stress and take a look at what we had learned so far. I loved it and I hope my school holds more weekends like it in the future!

1. The writer often _________on weekends.

A．has a good rest

B．watches movies

C．prepares for tests

D．does lots of homework

2. According to the second paragraph, the writer’s class __________ on the special weekend.

A．will not have any homework	B．will have a special test
C．will have to prepare for the exam	D．will have lots of books to read

3. The writer did NOT _________ on the special weekend.

A．watch a film

B．sleep very well

C．organize the notes

D．review the lessons

4. We know that the writer __________ about “No Homework Weekend”.

A．is worried

B．seems happy

C．doesn’t care

D．is surprised

7 . Efforts to restore forests have often focused on trees, but a new study in the journal Philosophical Transactions finds that animals play a key role in the recovery of tree species by carrying a wide variety of seeds into previously deforested areas.

Sergio Estrada-Villegas, a professor at the Yale School of the Environment, led the study with Liza Comita, a professor of tropical forest ecology. The project examines a series of regenerating forests in central Panama spanning 20 to 100 years post-abandonment. “When we talk about forest restoration, people typically think about going out and digging holes and planting seedlings,” Comita says. “That’s actually not a very cost-effective or efficient way to restore natural forests. If you have a nearby preserved intact (完整的) forest, plus you have your animal seed dispersers around, you can get natural regeneration, which is a less costly and labor-intensive approach.”

The research team analyzed a unique, long-term data set from the forest in Panama, to compare what proportion of tree species in forests were spread by animals or other methods, like wind or gravity, and how that changes over time as the forest ages. It proves that in tropical forests, more than 80% of tree species can be spread by animals.

The researchers say the findings can serve as a road map for natural regeneration of forests that preserve biodiversity and capture and store carbon at a time when the UN Decade on Restoration is highlighting the need for land conservation, and the world is working to mitigate climate change stemming from fossil fuel emissions. Forests absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in biomass and soils. Tropical forests, in particular, play an important role in regulating global climate and supporting high plant and animal diversity, the researchers note.

Estrada-Villegas, says the study highlights how crucial animals are to healthy forests. “In these tropical environments, animals are very important to a speedy recovery of forests,” says Estrada-Villegas.

1. What does the study in the journal emphasize according to paragraph 1?

A．Soil conservation techniques.	B．Animal involvement in spreading seed.
C．Artificial methods of capturing carbon.	D．Planting a diverse range of tree species.

2. What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?

A．The author’s research methods and tools

B．The frequency of spreading seeds by animals.

C．The long-term data analysis by the research team.

D．The crucial role of animals in tropical forest recovery.

3. What does the underlined word “mitigate” mean in paragraph 4?

A．Reduce.

B．Increase.

C．Complicate.

D．Ignore.

4. What’s Estrada-Villegas’s attitude towards using natural regeneration methods?

A．Critical.

B．Indifferent.

C．Supportive.

D．Ambiguous.

8 . 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。

Last year around Halloween, I was invited to participate in a carnival for Tuesday’s Child, an organization that helps children with cancer. I was asked to attend because I’m on a television show; I went because I care. I don’t think that most of the kids recognized me as a celebrity. They just thought of me as a big kid who came to play with them for the day. I think I liked it better that way.

At the carnival they had all kinds of stands. I was drawn to one in particular because of all the children that had gathered there. At this stand, anyone who wanted to could paint a square. Later that square was going to be sewn together with the others, to make a quilt. The quilt would be presented to a man who had dedicated much of his life to this organization and would soon be retiring.

They gave everyone fabric paints in bright beautiful colors and asked the kids to paint something that would make the quilt beautiful. As I looked around at all the squares, I saw pink hearts and bright blue clouds, beautiful orange sunrises and green and purple flowers. The pictures were all bright, positive and uplifting. All except for one.

The boy sitting next to me was painting a heart, but it was dark, empty and lifeless. It lacked the bright brilliant colors that his fellow artists had used.

At first I thought maybe he took the only paint that was left and it just happened to be dark. But when I asked him about it, he said his heart was that color because not only was he very sick, but his mom was very sick. He said, “There is nothing anyone can do that will help.”

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。
P1: After hearing the boy’s story, I felt a deep sadness.
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P2: The boy looked at me with tears in his eyes, but there was also a glimmer of hope.
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9 . Islands not only have served as the settings for exotic holidays but also act as a dream for directors to use as a canvas for their stories. These are some of the most exciting film and TV locations you can visit today.

Death in Paradise (2011)

Guadeloupe, French Caribbean

The location: Guadeloupe’s landscapes are strikingly varied, ranging from the pearly white sand and deep blue waters of beaches to the volcanic, lunar-like interior.

While you’re there: Explore Deshaies, a town home to several Death in Paradise filming locations.

How to do it: Seven nights at Club Med La Caravelle from £2, 305 per person, all-inclusive, includes flights from Heathrow to Pointe-a-Pitrevia Paris.

Eat, Pray, Love (2010)

Bali, Indonesia

The location: Ubud, a town in the center of Bali, means “medicine” in Balinese, so locals have leng regarded it as a place for healing. That’s what it is most famous for. It impresses audience with stunning jungle scenery and a thriving arts scene.

While you’re there: Dive into Ubud’s rich cultural history on a walking tour, enjoying some of the region’s most striking architecture and history.

How to do it: A nine-day tour of Bali-including Ubud, Lombok and Seminyak-costs £5,300 per person. It includes flights, transfers, accommodation and excursions (游览).

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Ireland

The location: Eight miles off the Irish coast, Skellig Michael is now better known as the hideout of Luke Skywalker.

While you’re there: Look out for the colony of puffins that nest on the island in the summer. The birds were digitally designed as a cute fictional species called porgs in a later sequel (续集).

How to do it: Tour Radar’s seven-day Hiking & Island Hopping-Cork and Kerry costs from £2,101 per person, which covers accommodation, meals and excursions.

1. Ubud is best noted for __________ according to the passage.

A．its amazing scenery	B．its magic medicine
C．its friendly locals	D．its spiritual significance

2. Where can you go if you are fond of science fiction films?

A．Guadeloupe.

B．Deshaies.

C．Bali.

D．Skellig Michael.

3. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To tell three stories in brief.	B．To share three popular movies.
C．To introduce three destinations from the screen.	D．To offer some islands only for directors.

10 . 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。

Large components of traditional Chinese wooden architecture,     1    (include)columns, beams and purlins are often pieced together using sunmao structures. The sun(tenon joint)and the mao(mortise), when interlocked, both support and contain the adjoining parts. This augments stability, and also adds flexibility     2     the architecture. Craftsmen can make and process the     3    (component)in advance and assemble them quickly on site,     4     is simple and efficient. Stability is the most important characteristic of sunmao. Sunmao is the “joint” of a building that absorbs some of the seismic wave by deforming     5    (it), markedly raising earthquake resistance of the entire structure.     6    (similar), sunmao plays its “stabilizer” role to the maximum in furniture. The seat part of a chair     7    (support)by its four legs as well as the cheng under its surface, a smaller supportive upper stick that transforms part of the weight to the downer legs. In this way, the seat could sit in higher weight     8     the entire chair can work longer. Even though every component of the sunmao structure is thin, they can take massive weight by supporting each other. Sunmao is     9     extremely skillful, delicate, and sophisticated invention. This connection method of components     10    (make)ancient Chinese wooden architecture a special flexible structure that surpasses contemporary architectural bents, frames or steel frames.