1 . Some people say they “never forget a face.” But what does that saying mean? Is there really no limit to the number of faces a person can remember? A new study from a group of researchers at the University of York in England has found that, on average, people can remember as many as 5,000 faces. They published their findings on facial recognition this month in the Proceedings of The Royal Society B, Biological Sciences.

Rob Jenkins works in the psychology department at the University of York. He said the researchers’ study centered on “the number of faces people actually know”. The study suggests our facial recognition abilities help us to deal with the many different faces we see on the screens, as well as those we know, like family and friends.

For the human study, people spent one hour writing down as many faces from their personal lives as possible. Some examples may include people they went to school with, people they work with and family members. Then, they wrote down famous faces they know, such as actors, politicians and other public people.

The results showed that the participants knew between 1,000 and 10,000 faces. Jenkins said one explanation may be that some people have a natural ability for remembering faces. “There are differences in how much attention people pay to faces and how well they process the information,” he said. Jenkins also said it could be because of different social environments. Some people may have grown up in more populated places. So, they may have had more social contact throughout their lives.

The people in the study included 25 men and women students from two universities. They were between 18 and 61 years old. Researchers think age may be an interesting area for further research. Jenkins said it is possible that we gather more faces throughout our lifetime. But, he added, there also may be an age at which we start to find it harder to remember all of those faces.

1. What was the new study mainly about?

A．How long people can remember faces.

B．When people will forget faces.

C．Why people can deal with different faces.

D．How many faces people can know.

2. On average, how many faces can a man remember according to the study?

A．About 5,000.	B．No more than 1,000.
C．Fewer than 25.	D．Around 10,000.

3. What do we know about the participants in the study?

A．They are good at recognizing faces.

B．They remember more famous people.

C．They have different social backgrounds.

D．They try their best to avoid social contact.

4. What can we learn about the last paragraph?

A．We are sure to gather more faces as we age.

B．The future research may focus more on age.

C．The participants in the study are in their youth.

D．It may be harder to remember faces of different ages.

5. What did Jenkins think would affect people’s ability to remember faces?

A．Attention.

B．Personal lives.

C．Age.

D．Sex.

2 . A man was exploring some caves by the seashore. In one cave he _________ a bag of hardened clay balls. It seemed that someone had _________ some clay and baked the balls in the sun. They didn’t look like _________ things, but they interested him, so he took the bag out of the cave with him.

As he walked along the beach he _________ the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought _________ about it until he dropped one of the balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone. _________, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars’ worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had _________, and then it struck him: Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have had tens of thousands, with the 50 or 60 clay balls with their _________ treasures which were now in the ocean. He just _________ the chance.

Sometimes it’s like that with __________. When we look at a person, we usually only see “the outside clay shell”. It isn’t always beautiful or shining, so we __________ the person; we see him as less important than someone more beautiful or more __________. But we haven’t taken the time to look for the __________ inside that person. If we spend the time getting to know that person, the clay will __________ and the brilliant jewel will shine. We are __________ made, not only with our physical bodies, but also with our spiritual selves, which are sometimes hidden from others by the “earthen shell”.

1.

A．searched

B．lost

C．made

D．found

2.

A．rolled

B．pressed

C．dug

D．cut

3.

A．dangerous

B．valuable

C．annoying

D．ordinary

4.

A．pushed

B．put

C．threw

D．pulled

5.

A．little

B．long

C．hard

D．well

6.

A．Moved

B．Satisfied

C．Worried

D．Excited

7.

A．given

B．taken

C．left

D．dropped

8.

A．hidden

B．obvious

C．well-known

D．questionable

9.

A．forgot

B．missed

C．abandoned

D．faced

10.

A．money

B．life

C．people

D．friends

11.

A．pity

B．blame

C．ignore

D．hate

12.

A．warm-hearted

B．honest

C．famous

D．stylish

13.

A．clay

B．treasure

C．ball

D．shell

14.

A．come off

B．break away

C．run out

D．dry up

15.

A．normally

B．gradually

C．wonderfully

D．expensively

3 . When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.

It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie’s basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted a red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.

“Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint.” She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted big stripes (条纹) of colors across the pavement. Strip e by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!

The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn’t wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother’s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.

My mother shut the car door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring she shouted, “What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors’ trees, but this! Come inside right now!” I stood there glaring back at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted (侮辱) my art.

“Now go clean it up!” Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.

Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need some sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.

1. What did the writer do with his friend in that afternoon?

A．They counted the toys in the house.

B．They painted a picture on the road.

C．They made a project in the room.

D．They moved the paints to the basement.

2. What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?

A．To show his artwork to her.

B．To introduce Stephanie to her.

C．To put the materials back in the yard.

D．To prevent her from seeing his painting.

3. In the mother’s eyes, what was the writer like?

A．He was a born artist.	B．He worked very hard.
C．He was a problem solver.	D．He always caused trouble.

4. What does the underlined word “rainbow” in the last paragraph mean?

A．The beautiful rainbow in the sky.

B．The stripes painted on the pavement.

C．Something imaginative and fun.

D．Important lessons learned in childhood.

5. What should parents do according to the writer?

A．They should protect children’s dreams.

B．They should encourage children to paint.

C．They should value friendship among children.

D．They should discover the hidden talent in children.

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A．Vietnam & America.	B．China & Vietnam.
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C．A magazine.

D．A website.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The brightness of light from our cities has reached     1     high levels that it is reducing the darkness of night. A century ago, when night-time     2     (fall) the dark of night arrived. Things are     3     (differ) today. A new study reports that artificial light at night is increasing around the world. Scientists say it grew     4     2.2% a year between 2012 and 2016. This intrusion of artificial light is causing us many problems. The International Dark-Sky Association says, “it is not only damaging our view of the universe, but it is     5     (severe) threatening our environment, our safety, our energy consumption and our health”.

Dr. Franz Holker said artificial light is     6     threat to our natural environment. He called it a pollutant     7     threatens nocturnal animals and affects plants and microorganisms He added that it is affecting everything from bacteria to mammals, humans     8     (include). He said it is reshaping “entire social ecological systems”. Environmentalists thought LED lights would help. However, cities are using more LED lights because     9     are cheaper. This is adding to the pollution of light. Night-time light decreased in sixteen countries, including     10     (nation) at war, like Yemen and Syria.

7 . 你受学生会委托为校宣传栏“英语天地”写一则通知，请大家观看一部英语短片Growing Together，内容包括：

(1)短片内容：学校的发展；

(2)放映时间、地点；

(3)欢迎对短片提出意见。

注意：

(1)词数100左右；

(2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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