1 . Before uploading a photo of ourselves to social media, chances are that we’ll use an app to smooth our skin, make our eyes look bigger, and lips fuller. With a couple of taps on our mobile phone, we can get a quick fix and present the “best” version of ourselves to the world. However, the problem is, when we simply edit our imperfections away, we’re also changing the way we look at ourselves.

Last month, researchers published the article Selfies—Living in the Era of Filtered (过滤的) Photographs. The article analysed photo editing apps’ bad influences on people’s self-respect and their possibility to cause appearance anxieties. The researchers also warned that such apps make it difficult to tell the difference between reality and fantasy. “These apps allow one to change his or her appearance in minutes and follow an unrealistic standard of beauty,” the article reads.

In the past, people may have compared their looks to those of famous people. But for today’s young people, beauty standards are most likely set by what they see on social media. “From birth, they are born into an age of social platforms where their feelings of self-worth can be based purely on the number of likes and followers that they have, which is linked to how good they look,” British cosmetic doctor Tijion Esho told The Independent. This is why many young people suffer an identity trouble when it comes to appearance.

“Now you’ve got this daily comparison of your real self to this fake self that you present on social media,” Renee Engeln, a professor of psychology, told the HuffPost website. Engeln further pointed out that when people spend too much time making such comparisons, they may become “beauty sick” and find it difficult to accept what they actually look like. “Because between you and the world is a mirror. It’s a mirror that travels with you everywhere. You can’t seem to put it down,” she told The Washington Post. So when we look in a real mirror, we shouldn’t think to ourselves, “Do I look as good as myself in the filtered photos?” Instead, we should think, “I feel good; I have my health.”

1. Before uploading a photo to social media, we will probably _________.

A．have an operating to make our eyes look bigger

B．use some cream to smooth our skin

C．use an app to fix our photo

D．edit our perfections away

2. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A．In many ways, photo editing apps are beneficial to people.

B．Photo editing apps are likely to cause people’s anxieties about their appearance.

C．Photo editing apps can make people more beautiful.

D．Photo editing apps help people judge realistic beauty.

3. When it comes to appearance, why do many young people suffer an identity trouble?

A．Because they compare their looks to those of famous people.

B．Because beauty standards are set by social media.

C．Because their feelings of self-worth depend on their own likes and dislikes.

D．Because their feelings of self-worth depend on their appearance.

4. According to Engeln, what should we do?

A．We should feel good about what we actually look like.

B．We should spend more time making comparison of our real self to fake self.

C．We should take a mirror with us everywhere.

D．We should try to look as good as ourselves in the filtered photos.

2 . There is a popular saying in the English language: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Well, that is not true. Unkind words, name-calling or even the so-called “the silent treatment” can hurt children as much as being physically hit, sometimes even more so. A recent study of middle school children showed that verbal (言语的) abuse by other children can harm, the development in the brain. The study was a project of researchers at Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts. Researcher Martin Teicher and his team studied young adults, aged 18 to 25. These young men and women had not ever been treated in a cruel or violent way by their parents. The researchers asked the young people to rate their childhood exposure to verbal abuse from both parents and other children. Then the researchers performed imaging tests on the brains of the subjects.

The images showed that the people who reported suffering verbal abuse from peers in middle school had underdeveloped connections between the left and right side of the brain. The two sides of the brain are connected by a large bundle of connecting fibers called the corpus callosum. This was the area that was underdeveloped.

The middle school years are a time when these brain connections are developing. So, unkind, hurtful comments from children or adults during this period have the greatest effect. The researchers tested the mental and emotional condition of all the young people in the study. The tests showed that this same group of people had higher levels of fear, depression, anger and drug abuse than others in the study.

The researchers published their findings online on the American Journal of Psychiatry's website.

Parents cannot control what other people say to their children, but they can prepare their children.

1. Why does the author use the popular saying at the beginning?

A．To show the power of words.

B．To introduce an opposite view.

C．To prove the author's argument.

D．To show ancient people's wisdom.

2. What did the people studied in the research have in common?

A．They were hurt by unkind words.

B．They performed poorly in imaging tests.

C．They had their brain slightly damaged.

D．They experienced no physical abuse at home.

3. What will be discussed in the next paragraph?

A．Comments on the findings.

B．Approaches to further studies.

C．Suggestions to parents.

D．Different opinions on the matter.

4. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Unkind words hurt the brain.

B．Verbal violence should be stopped.

C．The way we speak matters.

D．Words are worse than sticks and stones.

3 . Maths anxiety may be causing a national crisis, Cambridge University researchers have said, as they find that one in ten children suffer from anxiety at the subject.

Researchers surveyed 1, 700 British pupils aged 8 to 13 about their feelings towards the subject. They found 10% of children suffered from maths anxiety. Other feelings caused by maths included fear and anger, while physical symptoms included a racing heart or struggling to catch breath.

“The project studied students’ attitudes towards maths because of what could be called a maths crisis in the UK, ” researchers said. “Many children and adults experience feelings of anxiety, fear or discomfort when they face maths. This may be leading to a low level of maths in the country. ” The number of adults with functional maths skills equal to a GCSE (英国普通中等教育证书) grade C has dropped from 26% in 2003 to only 22% in 2011, according to the survey. At the same time, only 57% of the children achieved the same level in functional maths skills.

Dr. Denes Szucs, a professor at Cambridge’s Centre for Neuroscience (神经科学) in Education said that there is a misunderstanding that only low performing children suffer from math anxiety. “This is a common misunderstanding that we have seen in decision makers, ” he said. “They assume people are anxious about maths because they are poor achievers.” In fact, more than 77% of children with high levels of maths anxiety are normal to high achievers. Dr. Szucs went on, “Probably their maths anxiety will go unnoticed because their performance is good. But they are very worried and in the long term their performance is limited. This is a real danger here: these are children who are completely able to do maths at a normal level, but may keep away from it because they feel anxious.” The research also found that girls have higher levels of maths anxiety than boys.

John’s Hillman, director of education at the Nuffield Foundation said, “Mathematical achievement is valuable, as a foundation for many other subjects and as an important predictor of future academic learning, job hunting and even health. Maths anxiety can seriously influence students’ performance in both primary and secondary schools.”

1. What can we learn from the survey conducted by the Cambridge University researchers?

A．Girls suffer lower levels of maths anxiety than boys.

B．Only low performing children suffer from maths anxiety.

C．Children with maths anxiety will suffer both physically and mentally.

D．Most children with high levels of maths anxiety usually perform badly at the subject.

2. Why did the researchers study students’ attitudes towards maths?

A．Many children are suffering from maths anxiety.

B．They want to help improve students’ academic performance.

C．Maths anxiety may cause great damage to children’s development.

D．Both children and adults experience maths anxiety, causing a national maths crisis.

3. How does the author prove there may be a national maths crisis in the UK in paragraph 3?

A．Providing data.	B．Giving examples.
C．Giving definition.	D．Analyzing and reasoning.

4. What question could possibly be talked about after the last paragraph?

A．How can students learn maths well?

B．How can maths anxiety be reduced?

C．How does anxiety influence students’ mental health?

D．How can children realize the importance of learning maths?

4 . Social networking isn’t only for the under 40s. More than 25 percent of Americans 50 years and older stay connected using sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, according to new research.

“The latest data tells us that more and more social networking is becoming a part of everyday life for Americans 50 plus,” said Kevin Donnellan, the chief communications officer at AARP, which released the report.

Nearly a quarter of older Americans are on Facebook and 73 percent said they use it to stay in touch with relatives, but not just their children and grandchildren. “They are using the Internet to keep up with the world and the people who are important to them,” said Jean Koppen, the author of the report. She added that older adults are also on Facebook to stay connected, not only with their family, but with their friends and those in the same age group. Almost 50 percent of older adults were introduced to the social networking sites by a family member, mainly a child or grandchild. “Just under one-fifth of adults aged 50 and older say they do not use the Internet,” according to the report.

The findings are based on a telephone survey of 1,863 adults. In addition to keeping up on Facebook and Twitter older adults are aware of the latest technology. Eighty-three percent had heard about the Apple iPad and 11 percent intended to buy one.

Despite the popularity of the Internet among the over 50s, they still mostly go to print newspapers and magazines for news. Only one percent said they followed blogs.

1. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Social networking isn’t for the under 40s in the U.S.A.

B．American old people’s way of life is quite fashionable.

C．Social networking is becoming popular among older Americans.

D．Facebook, MySpace and Twitter are the most popular websites in the US.

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．85% of Americans 50 plus choose the Internet over print media.

B．About 460 people in the telephone survey often use Facebook.

C．About 20% of adults aged 50 plus have access to the Internet.

D．Three quarters of the people surveyed got to know the Internet through their family.

3. From the text, it can be concluded that ________.

A．many older Americans are open-minded about new developments

B．Kevin Donnellan supports this change among older Americans

C．Young people should introduce their elders to new technology

D．In a high tech age it is difficult to avoid social networking

4. Where does the text probably come from?

A．A novel.	B．A newspaper.
C．A technology guide.	D．A student’s research paper

5 . According to some researchers, you should not praise children for everything that they do. It does not help them build self-confidence.

Most parents and teachers agree that praise can help increase children’s self-confidence—the more, the better. However, according to some researchers, only proper praise is good for children. If adults praise everything children do, it makes children look for praise all the time, not trying to do their best. "Teachers should not say things like ‘good job’ or ‘nice work’ whenever a child does anything. They should encourage them to continue to improve," some researchers advise.

Another idea is that children with high self-confidence are happier, and do better at school. About this, Marshall Duke, a researcher in children, says, "High self-confidence brought in by too much praise does not make children happier, get more, or become able to do more. Finding a child’s advantages and developing them can help build confidence more than too much praise can." Praise also loses its effect if it is given equally to all students.

"It’s important to tell children the truth about what they’ve done. Honest feedback (反馈) is far better than empty praise," Duke adds. "People have got into the habit of not telling children when they’re wrong. That makes it hard for them to deal with difficulties when they grow up. That’s just how the world is."

1. According to some researchers, if parents praise their children too much, their children will ________.

A．always look for praise	B．increase self-confidence
C．become strong	D．do better in their studies

2. In order to help children build self-confidence, some researchers advise teachers to ________.

A．make them live more happily	B．let them do more difficult work
C．help them do better in school	D．encourage them to improve

3. Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

A．Praise makes children become successful.

B．Children don't know what they're really good at.

C．The same praise for all children has no meaning.

D．Duke thinks praise is more important than finding children’s strengths.

4. What is the last paragraph about?

A．It’s important to have the habit of praising children.

B．Children should know their mistakes as soon as possible.

C．We should praise children honestly and tell them their mistakes.

D．What children with high self-confidence are like.

6 . Becoming famous is the dream of many, and Tian is getting closer to that dream.

Tian, 30, is a white - collar worker in Beijing. On short video application Douyin, Tian has more than 2, 000 fans, So far, she has received more than 50, 000 likes on the Dubsmash - like app. On her page on Douyin, Tian shares everything, from her son's daily activities, to her pet dogs, to little skits (段子) made up by her and her husband. “Making funny videos, and combining them with music is really interesting, ” Tian said. “Of course, I make the videos for fun because it is quite relaxing.”

China's short video market has seen great growth, according to a report. The report said that China's short video market was valued at 5. 73 billion yuan ($ 900 million) in 2017, an increase of 184 percent. The industry value is expected to go up to the 30 billion mark in 2020. Companies like Tencent, Sohu and Iqiyi have all started providing short video content.

“Short videos are popular because they are an addition to traditional audio and video content on the internet, ” said Sun Jiashan with the Chinese National Academy of Arts.

Fans say that the short videos help them “chill out” from a stressed - out lifestyle. “My favorite videos are all about pets, ” said Zhou Na, a nurse in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province. “After a whole day's work, watching the 15 - second videos makes me laugh, which reduces my pressure.”

1. Why does Tian make short videos in Douyin?

A．To get fun	B．To become a well - known person
C．To attract fans	D．To record her family's routine

2. What's Sun Jiashan's opinion about short videos?

A．They have a huge amount of value

B．They make people s star dreams come true

C．They enrich internet audio and video content

D．They greatly reduce people's pressure

3. What does the underlined words “chill out” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Feel cold	B．Calm down
C．Catch a cold	D．Become concerned

4. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．China's short video market is open

B．Douyin brings the Chinese great happiness

C．Every Chinese is using Douyin to make short video

D．China's short video market has developed rapidly

8 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

On my way to home yesterday afternoon, I happened to witness a traffic accident. When an old woman was crossed the road, she was knocked down by a boy riding bike. The boy was such frightened that he stood still at the scene but didn’t know what to do. I quickly went up and saw the old woman lie on the ground, making crying because of pain. I stopped a taxi and told the driver that had happened. The driver drove them to the nearest hospital at once. To our relieve, we were told that the old woman wasn’t injured seriously after she was examined carefully. The boy was deep grateful for our help.

9 . Although vaccines are required for entry into school in most places in the United States, the government does allow for exceptions, like religious reasons.

In the last few years, the rates of vaccine-preventable illness have been on the rise. In most cases, these outbreaks began with children who were unvaccinated. To deal with this threat, some schools in New York have been refusing to allow unvaccinated children to attend school. Several parents thought this was unfair and filed lawsuits. Just recently, though, a court ruled in favor of the city schools.

The court made the right decision. Vaccine policy depends not only on the added protection that vaccines provide for those who get shots, but also on the decreased likelihood that anyone will come into contact with the disease. This is known as community immunity. It refers to the fact that when enough people are immunized, then there really can’t be an outbreak. And if there can’t be an outbreak, then everyone is protected.

This is important, because there are people who cannot be given immunizations for various reasons. For example, small babies can’t be given all vaccines.

In 1995, the chicken pox vaccine was introduced in the United States. Over time, more and more children received it. In 2011, a study looked at how the program affected the number of children who died from the disease.

The first thing noted in the paper was that death from chicken pox went down considerably after the vaccine was introduced. From 2001 through 2007, the rates of death remained much lower, with just a few children dying from chicken pox nationally each year.

What’s more from 2004 through 2007, not one child less than 1 year of age died in the United States from chicken pox. This is important, because we cannot give the chicken pox vaccine to babies. In other words, all those babies were saved not because we vaccinated them against this illness, but because older children were.

Therefore, people who refuse to vaccinate their children aren’t just putting themselves at risk — they’re putting everyone else in danger, too.

1. Whose interest did the judges take into consideration?

A．Students’.

B．School leaders’.

C．Several parents’.

D．Unvaccinated kids’.

2. What is needed to prevent disease outbreaks through “community immunity”?

A．Requiring everyone to be immune.

B．Vaccinating babies as early as possible.

C．Making sure enough people get vaccinated.

D．Separating unvaccinated people from vaccinated.

3. What does the study about the chicken pox vaccine show?

A．The vaccine is safe for every kid.	B．No deaths have been seen since 2004.
C．The vaccine has lowered the death rate.	D．The vaccine is more effective among babies.

4. Which of the following would the author agree with?

A．No vaccine, no risk.	B．No vaccine, no school.
C．Vaccination is a personal choice.	D．Vaccine-preventable illness is dropping.

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正确形式。

Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday in California, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. It is known that the helicopter     1    (carry) Bryant and the others crashed into a hilly area in     2    (fog)conditions, and the cause of the crash is still       3    investigation.

Bryant was     4    (wide)considered one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. After the tragic accident, many     5    (celebrity)showed their great grief over the     6    (lose)of the great basketball player. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said, "Kobe     7    (remember)forever for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball." All-time basketball great Michael Jordan said Kobe was a       8    (choose) one and he would miss those conversations very much.

Thousands of people gathered to remember the star outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles,     9    the Los Angeles Lakers played their home games. From then on, the city would not be       10    it used to be due to the death of the great basketball star.