1 . The number of overweight people around the world is increasing. For example, in China the number rose from 9 percent to 15 percent between 1989 and 1992. The increases in Latin America and Europe were similar. However, the most worrying statistic is the increase in the number of overweight children. In America, almost 33 percent of children under five are overweight. In some parts of Europe, the rate is almost 30 percent. Even developing countries have problems. In Egypt, Chile and Armenia, for example, the rate is over 5 percent.

The problem is the change in our diets combined with the change in our lifestyles. We used to eat whole grains, vegetables, and fruit. Now we eat foods that contain a lot of fat and sugar. Experts(专家) say that it isn't surprising that people eat too much of the wrong foods. Everywhere we look there are advertisements for high-calorie, high-fat foods. These foods are low in nutrition but also low in cost. In other words, they may not be good for us, but they are really cheap. Some experts call this a toxic-food(有毒的食品) environment. Most of us do not realize this unhealthy environment. Therefore, we believe if we are fat, it's our responsibility. This is not completely true.

Today, many food companies are focusing on developing countries. In 1998, one soft-drink company told its employees that "Africa is a land of chance for us." The largest American fast-food company opens five new restaurants every day; four of them are located outside the United States.

It is terrible to think that we may soon live in a world where everyone eats fast food and drinks soda. However, it is not unavoidable. Governments should educate their people about the dangers of eating the wrong food. This is particularly important for tomorrow's adults.

1. The numbers in Paragraph 1 are used to show ________.

A．the overweight problem	B．the increase in population
C．the effects of being overweight	D．the problems in developing countries

2. It can be inferred from the text that food advertisements ________.

A．cause food prices to rise	B．often give people useful information
C．affect the development of the food industry	D．are partly responsible for overweight people

3. What is the text mainly about?

A．Advertisements and life.	B．Being overweight and its reasons.
C．Modern lifestyles and their effects.	D．Being overweight and the environment.

2 . What would your life be like without phones?

In one of my classes today we discussed the question of how our lives would be without a mobile phone. I actually felt quite sad to hear how some kids cannot ______ without their phones these days. ______, I think nowadays we are controlled and ______ by our technology to keep up. So let’s see some of the points that ______ in the debate and see if our generation really is addicted(上瘾的) to electronic connections ______ true communication.

It is true that everything ______ at a fast pace these days. For example, you can contact someone who lives on the other side of the world within ______. This is great if you think about how connected we can stay to the ______ who are far away from us. However, on the contrary, can we be too connected to the people who are ______ to us? An argument arose about the ______ that it is easier to message someone from your sofa than to meet them ______ and talk. Social skills are ______ to have and if you are not going to put effort into real-life ______, then you are not going to ______ in this ability.

Another point was that phones are very handy for ______ something that you are wondering about. For example, if you don’t know a word in another language, you can ______ and simply use an on-line translator to help you out. This can be very ______ in many situations, but it can also make a person dependent on the ______.

All in all, this question is very interesting to ______ as we become day by day more dependent on technology. We should realize how much we really need to be connected with our phones while considering the ______ and damage it can cause us.

1.

A．affect

B．survive

C．succeed

D．perform

2.

A．Personally

B．Specially

C．Entirely

D．Gradually

3.

A．suffered

B．commanded

C．forced

D．advised

4.

A．came up

B．came across

C．came down

D．came to

5.

A．more than

B．less than

C．other than

D．rather than

6.

A．appears

B．falls

C．works

D．grows

7.

A．seconds

B．hours

C．days

D．months

8.

A．customers

B．teachers

C．students

D．people

9.

A．direction

B．close

C．necessary

D．kind

10.

A．distant

B．wish

C．fact

D．suggestions

11.

A．in person

B．in advance

C．with surprise

D．with joy

12.

A．extreme

B．active

C．fair

D．important

13.

A．style

B．communication

C．expression

D．argument

14.

A．progress

B．compete

C．arise

D．settle

15.

A．looking after

B．looking back

C．looking up

D．looking out

16.

A．selflessly

B．quickly

C．hardly

D．slowly

17.

A．grateful

B．peaceful

C．painful

D．helpful

18.

A．textbook

B．dictionary

C．Internet

D．newspaper

19.

A．forecast

B．consider

C．judge

D．select

20.

A．benefits

B．skills

C．doubts

D．evidence

3 . 假如你是安顺市一名高三学生李华。你校团委最近将开展为期一周的活动，主题为“周六关闭智能手机(Smart-phone free Saturday) ”，你很感兴趣。请你写一篇英文短文刊登在校报上，发表你的看法，内容如下：
1.表明愿意参加活动，并给出原因；
2.关闭手机后，你准备在本周六做些什么；
3.表示会向同学们介绍此项活动。
注意：1.100〜120词（开头与结尾不计入总词）；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.要点齐全，三段书写，字迹工整。

Recently, a week-long activity entitled “Smart-phone Free Saturday” will be going on in our school.

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Yours,

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4 . 最近，你校英语园地开辟了一个专栏，请同学们围绕 “Shall we give a helping hand to the old who fall on the ground?”这一话题展开讨论。请根据下图的提示写一篇英语短文。
注意：1.词数在100左右。

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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5 . Conventional wisdom says that hardship can make us old before our time. In fact, a new study suggests that violence not only leaves long-term scars on children’s bodies, but also changes their DNA, causing changes that are equal to seven to ten years of premature aging.

Scientists measured this by studying the ends of children’s chromosomes (染色体）, called telomeres(端粒), says Idan Shalev, lead author of a study published in Molecular Psychiatry.

Telomeres are special DNA sequences (序列）which prevent the DNA in chromosomes from separating. They get shorter each time a cell divides, until a cell cannot divide any more and dies.

Several factors have been found to shorten telomeres, including smoking, radiation and psychological stresses such as being treated badly when young and taking care of a chronically ill person.

In this study, researchers examined whether exposure to violence could make children’s telomeres shorten faster than normal. They interviewed the mothers of 236 children 3t ages 5, 7 and 10, asking whether the youngsters had been exposed to domestic violence between the mother and her partner; physical maltreatment by an adult; or bullying. Researchers measured the children's telomeres —in cells obtained by wiping the insides of their cheeks一at ages 5 and 10.

Telomeres shortened faster in kids exposed to two or more types of violence, says Shalev. Unless that pattern changes, the study suggests, these kids could be expected to develop diseases of aging, such as heart attacks or memory loss, seven to 10 years earlier than their peers.

Shlev says there is hope for these kids. His study found that, in rare cases, telomeres Better nutrition, exercise and stress reduction are three things that may be able to lengthen telomeres, he says.

The study confirms a small but growing number of studies suggesting that early childhood adversity imprints itself in our chromosomes, says Charles Nelson, a professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at Harvard Medical School.

1. The new study found that            .

A．hardship can change a child's memory

B．violence can speed up a child's aging

C．violence leaves scars on a child s mind

D．hardship has an effect on a child’s mind

2. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Telomeres.	B．Children.
C．Chromosomes.	D．DNA sequences.

3. What can be inferred from the text?

A．Violence can cause quick cell death in children’s body.

B．Telomeres can help prevent chromosomes from separating.

C．Children who have shorter telomeres have heart attacks later.

D．Being treated badly will make a child’s telomeres shorten faster.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Violence and Telomeres

B．The Function of Telomeres

C．Violence Makes Children Aging

D．DNA Influences Children’s Growth

6 . James Gross, a psychology professor at Stanford University, has a 13-year-old daughter who loves math and science. “It hasn’t occurred to her yet that’s unusual,” he says. “But I know in the next couple of years, it will.”

She’s already being pulled out of class to do advanced things with a couple of other kids, who are guys. And as someone who studies human emotion for a procession, Gross says, “I know as time goes on, she will feel increasingly lonely as a girl who’s interested in math and science, and be at risk of narrowing her choices in life before finding out how far she could have gone.’’

Gross’ concern clearly shows what has been a touchy subject in the world of science for a long time: Why are there still so few women in science, and how might that affect what we learn from research?

Women now make up half the national workforce, earn more college and graduate degrees than men, and by some estimates represent the largest single economic force in the world. Yet the gender gap in science persists, to a greater degree than in other professions, particularly in high-end, math-intensive fields such as computer science and engineering.

According to US Census Bureau statistics, women in fields commonly referred to as STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) made up 7 percent of that workforce in 1970, a figure that had jumped to 23 percent by 1990. But the rise essentially stopped there. Two decades later, in 2011, women made up 26 percent of the science workforce.

1. According to James Gross, in the near future his daughter may       .

A．become a great scientist

B．feel lonely and have fewer choices

C．be pulled out of class with some guys

D．learn math and science better and better

2. We can learn from the text that       .

A．women are cleverer than men in college

B．men represent the largest single economic force

C．women make up more than 50% of the national workforce

D．the number of women graduating from college is larger than that of men

3. How does the author develop the last paragraph?

A．By providing examples.

B．By making comments.

C．By following time order.

D．By explaining the process.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Why It Is Important to Get More Women Into Science

B．James Gross, Confusion About His daughter

C．Situation of Women in the Whole Country

D．Future of women in the Workforce

7 . On October 23,2016,David Pologruto,a high school physics teacher,was stabbed（刺）by his smart student Jason Haffizulla.Jason got straight A's and was determined to study medicine at Harvard,yet this was his downfall.His physics teacher gave Jason a B,a mark Jason believed would undermine his entrance to Harvard.After receiving his B,Jason took a butcher knife to school and stabbed his physics teacher.

How can someone as smart as Jason do something so dumb?Studies show there is little or no correlation between IQ and emotional intelligence.

During my early university years,I regarded myself as an intelligent guy.I got good marks in mathematics, physics,and other subjects.I thought such skills would surely give me a bright future.After one year of study with decent marks,I began to see two major classes of students.The first category of students turned up to few lectures, partied every weekend,enjoyed a great social life,and did minimal work to pass courses.The second category of students were intelligent and hard workers who got good grades and were very focused on their studies.Surely would these intelligent and hard-working students find the great jobs before the other lazier class of students?

Not so.Students are often shocked upon graduation that their qualifications are not as important as they once thought.Graduates enter the workforce only to realize that co-workers hate them and less intelligent people are the ones receiving promotions.

Educational skills are useless in some industries when interpersonal skills are absent.You can have great ideas, theories,and solve complex problems,but if you cannot effectively communicate in a persuasive and exciting manner by relating to your fellow humans,you will face an uphill battle in whatever challenges you encounter.It's not that people dislike you because of your intelligence;it's that people dislike you because you're rude and not understanding. The intelligent person with poor communication skills is insensitive or unaware of others' emotions.

1. Jason Haffizulla stabbed his physics teacher because_______.

A．he was unfairly treated by his teacher

B．he was disappointed with his downfall

C．he was not smart enough at studies

D．he got a worse mark than usual

2. What does the underlined word "undermine" mean?

A．understand	B．destroy
C．dig	D．found

3. Intelligent people are hated because_______.

A．they are not considerate enough

B．they can't settle the challenges they meet

C．they are envied for their intelligence

D．they can solve more complex problems

4. What can we learn from this text?

A．The relationship between IQ and emotional intelligence

B．What kind of students can succeed in college

C．Smart people may have poorer communication skills

D．Intelligent students will meet more challenges at work

8 . 人们对中学生在网上交友持有不同的意见。请你用英语写一篇关于学生在网上交友的短文，介绍人们的不同观点并表达自己的观点。

赞成的理由	反对的理由	你的观点
广交朋友 可以自由地表达自己的观点 有利于外语学习	浪费时间 影响学习 可能上当受骗	…..

注意：1. 文章必须包含表中的全部内容

2. 词数100左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数

参考词汇：上当受骗 get cheated

Should students make friends online? Different people have different opinions.

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9 .         There have always been laws against copying other people’s ideas. However, when copying was only limited to copying something by hand, problems were solved easily. The solution was always the destruction or removal of the copy. Nowadays, the rise of the Internet has made the issue of intellectual property (知识产权) more complicated.
        Almost every bit of information can be cut and pasted (粘贴) with a few clicks of a mouse. Many art forms such as writings, films, and music need new protection to ensure that people do not simply transfer them for free. Online illegal copying has been blamed for a huge reduction in the sales of many records because it is hard to convince people to buy something that they can get for free. Even the ideas behind traditional games, such as Scrabble, have been used without the owners’ permission.
        Old laws have been struggling to keep up. While music companies have been successful in persuading courts that action should be taken against people who illegally download music, the law is difficult to carry out. Furthermore, intellectual property rights vary widely from country to country, so it’s up for debate which laws apply. Finally, there is the fact that many people simply do not see the act as theft (盗窃), since once the work has been digitized there is no clear physical object to steal in the first place.
        All of these issues mean that companies involved with intellectual property — ideas or easily digitized information — are fighting desperately to get people to pay for the information they use, rather than paying for an object like a CD that they use. While the companies have sometimes been successful, the practical barriers to full protection seem insurmountable.
        Finally, all that concerned parties can do is hope that their few successes scare off others and try to find new ways of making money.
1. Why do writings, films, and music need protection？

A．They are very expensive.

B．They are impossible to copy.

C．It is easy to make CDs, books, and movies.

D．They are easily able to be transferred when in digital form.

2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a problem of carrying out intellectual property rights?

A．Laws are not the same in all countries.

B．People do not see copying information as theft.

C．It is very hard to catch people who are breaking the law.

D．Internet service providers do not want to cooperate with the police.

3. The underlined word “insurmountable” in Paragraph 4 means “________”.

A．extremely expensive	B．impossible to overcome
C．against the law	D．hard to prove

4. What can be inferred from this passage?

A．Music and films will be unnecessary in the future.

B．New laws are necessary but difficult to put into practice.

C．The Internet is likely to become more important in the future.

D．Laws are just a way for greedy companies to control their products.

10 . We have two daughters Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests’ coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.
The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.
Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.
I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big "to do" over the younger one because she’s the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions.
But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying.
I said, “What are you doing, my dear?”
She turned to me with a sad expression and said, “Mommy, why don’t people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I’m not pretty? Is that why they don’t say nice things about me as much?”
I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.
Now, whenever I visit a friend’s home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.
1. The underlined expression “make a big ‘to do’ over” (Paragraph 4) means __________.

A．show much concern about	B．have a special effect on
C．list jobs to be done for	D．do good things for

2. The guests praised Kelly for carrying coats upstairs because of her __________.

A．beautiful hair	B．pretty clothes
C．lovely smile	D．young age

3. Kristen felt sad and cried because __________.

A．the guest gave her more coats to carry

B．she didn’t look as pretty as Kelly

C．the guests praised her sister more than her

D．her mother didn’t introduce her to the guests

4. We can conclude from the passage that __________.

A．parents should pay more attention to the elder children

B．the younger children are usually more easily hurt

C．people usually like the younger children more

D．adults should treat children equally