1、The boy asked his mother ________ go out to play table tennis.
A. that he could B. if he could
C. if could he D. whether could he
2、—I think our headmaster should be invited to the party.
—________. He will be treated as our honored guest.
A．It's up to you
B．I agree absolutely
C．You must be joking
D．It doesn't matter
3、The excellent service of the waiters______ highly praised. That’s why the restaurant is always full of customers.
A．were
B．are
C．was
D．is
4、Fearing further attacks from the enemy, most of the population in the area chose to their hometown.
A. defend B. abandon
C. return D. support
5、Tom is not active, and Jack is even_______ than Tom.
A．much active
B．more active
C．less active
D．little active
6、—What if he failed in the next monthly examination again?
—I don’t know. ________ heart and be reduced ________ the class?
A. Will he lose; not to attending
B. Did he lose; to not attending
C. Had he lost; not to attending
D. Would he lose; to not attending
7、There _____ be any difficulty about passing the road test since you have practiced a lot in the driving school.
A.mustn’t B.shan’t C.shouldn’t D.needn’t
8、His opinion was shared by Chinese director Feng Xiaogang.“Some young actors are feminine（女性化的） and they _____ be more manly,” he said during the Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2017.
A.can B.must C.may D.should
9、Knowing the result of the exam, he went home and lay in bed, ________ .
A．upset B．was upset
C．felt upset D．and upset
10、The way ________ you communicate your idea________ others is very important.
A．how, to
B．in which,with
C．that,with
D．/,to
11、Warmblooded animals have the ability to ________ body heat exactly to maintain their ideal temperature despite changing weather.
A.respond B.attach C.adjust D.expose
12、People firmly believe it is _____ to die for national independence on the road of freedom than being slaves of life.
A.worth B.worthless C.worthwhile D.worthy
13、The iPhone 4S is Apple's first major hardware on the market ________ the Oct. 5 death of co-founder Steve Jobs.
A．for
B．to
C．from
D．since
14、The decision will be made at the meeting to be held around two in the afternoon ______ the sports meeting will be put off.
A. when B. which
C. whether D. that
15、Many people in Pompeii were buried __________, __________was the city. How unfortunate!
A. living; just so B. lively; as
C. lovely; just as D. alive; and so
16、The woman ______ her husband to give up smoking but she failed.
A.suggested B.persuaded C.advised D.allowed
17、I felt ________ than when we were moving towards it.
A．calmly
B．more calm
C．calmest
D．calmer
18、Most vegetables we buy in winter are planted in the ________.
A．package
B．credit
C．arrangement
D．greenhouse
19、I was still living in London when the war _______, so I witnessed the cruelty of war.
A．broke out
B．put out
C．came out
D．got out
20、He advised farmers to choose the best seed-heads, _______ that had the best colour.
A. that B. ones C. those D. one
21、 One in four children and young people could have problematic smart-phone use, according to research that also suggests such behaviour is associated with poorer mental health.
The amount of time children and teens spend using their devices has become an issue of growing concern, but experts say there is still little evidence as to whether spending time on screens is harmful in itself.
The experts behind the latest study said they wanted to look beyond the time young people were spending on smart-phones and instead explore the type of relationship they had with smart-phones.
The results suggest more than 23% of young people have an abnormal relationship with their smart-phones, and that this appears to be associated with poorer mental health-although the research cannot say whether phone use is driving such problems.
“It seems like only a minority of teenagers and young people from various different countries are self-reporting a pattern of behaviour that we recognise from other addictions,” said Dr Nicola Kalk of King’s College London, co-author of the study. “The quality of the evidence is poor, but it is enough to warrant (保证) further investigation.”
Writing in the journal BMC Psychiatry, the team reported how they looked at data from 41 studies involving a total of almost 42,000 participants across Europe, Asia and America, mainly in their teens or early 20s.
These studies used questionnaires to probe the prevalence (普遍) of problematic smart-phone use-behaviours such as being anxious when the device is not available or neglecting other activities to spend time on the smart-phone.
Taken together, the team said on average these studies suggested as many as one in four children and young people had problematic smart-phone use.
Among the studies that probed mental health, the results suggested people with problematic smart-phone use were also more likely to have depression-for which the odds (可能性) were more than three times worse-anxiety, feelings of stress and poor sleep as well as poorer educational attainment.
While the team said it was too soon to call problematic smart-phone usage an addiction, they noted that it appeared to be linked to similar patterns of behaviour and emotion.
Kalk said further studies were needed to explore if these behaviours were hard to break, or cause harm-other key features of an addiction.
The authors argued that the availability and pervasiveness of smart-phones in everyday life meant problematic use of the devices posed a different and much bigger public health problem than substances of abuse or internet gaming.
Kalk said the team were now looking at whether smart-phones were just delivering addictive content, or whether there was something inherently addictive about using such devices.
Dr Amy Orben, an expert in screen time at the University of Cambridge, raised concerns, noting that the definition of problematic internet use varied considerably across studies, and the measures used were questioned.
She said studies finding little signs of problematic internet use might have been overlooked, while the research could not say whether problematic smart-phone use caused poorer mental health.
Prof Russell Viner, President of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said that parents were navigating unchartered water when it came to technology.
“One of the most critical things for parents to consider is whether screen time is having a harmful impact on other activities like school, relationships or other interests. This study suggests that this is the case for a significant minority of children and young people,” he said.
Viner said in these cases parents should calmly install age-appropriate boundaries on smart-phone use, and ask questions about whether their children were experiencing other problems.
“While screen time is a new problem, part of the solution is tried and tested-open and regular conversations based on respect and trust,” he said.
【1】Experts conducted the research to ______.
A.address the concern about adolescent behavior
B.prove spending time on screens is harmful in itself
C.calculate the time young people spent on smart-phones
D.explore young people’s relationship type with smart-phones
【2】We can learn from the research that ______.
A.it involved a vast majority of participants across the globe
B.the participants were asked to report their online activities
C.researchers compared different behaviors of the participants
D.problematic smart-phone use is linked to poorer mental health
【3】Which of the following might Kalk probably agree?
A.It is hard to break problematic smart-phone use.
B.Internet gaming is problematic smart-phone use.
C.Problematic smart-phone use is an addiction.
D.The research still has some limitations.
【4】What’s Dr Amy Orben’s attitude towards the research findings?
A.Supportive. B.Negative.
C.Sceptical. D.Unconcerned.
【5】What does the underlined part in Paragraph 16 mean?
A.Screen time is a new challenge to parents.
B.Technology is posing a threat to parents.
C.Parents are lost in the sea of technology.
D.Parents use technology to chart water.
【6】According to Viner, what should parents do to solve the problem?
A.Keep track of the screen time of children.
B.Strictly prohibit children from using devices.
C.Have a sincere communication with children.
D.Evaluate the impact of screen time on children.
22、When Hannah Lucas was 15 years old, she got ill. After careful examination, the doctor told her family that she had a disease called POTS. The disease makes it easy for her to pass out. Her classmates bullied（欺 凌）her. Finally，with the disease， classmates＇ bullying， and failing to pass courses，she felt really sorrowful and fell into deep depression（抑郁）.
Lucas wanted help but found it difficult to get it when she needed it most. “At that lowest moment in my life, I just wished that I had a button that I could press whenever I was not okay to notice my friends and family that I needed help,” Lucas says. One morning she tried to kill herself but failed. Her then 12-year-old brother Charlie was really sad after hearing the news and began to use his knowledge of computer programming to help her realize her dream.
One year later, Hannah's not OK app was born. “When you press the not OK button, whenever you're not okay, whatever that means for you, it sends a text to your five most trusted people with a message saying, 'Hey, it's me, and I'm not okay. Please call me, text me, and come and check up on me,' along with your position.”
"My parents once had a talk with me about college because they didn't think that I would be able to go," Lucas says. But her close friends and brother helped her rebuild confidence. Lucas has her goal set on college. And while she's still trying to find out what that will look like, she knows one thing: “Whatever I study, I want to change the world for the better," Lucas says.
【1】What does the underlined word “sorrowful” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A．Awkward.
B．Sad.
C．Annoyed.
D．Sorry.
【2】What made Charlie finally decide to develop an app?
A．Learning about Lucas' disease.
B．Learning about Lucas' dream.
C．Lucas' classmates bullying her.
D．Lucas' failing to kill herself.
【3】What do we know about the app?
A．It's easy to use.
B．It's popular.
C．It can be used as a phone.
D．It can send a text to anyone nearby.
【4】What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A．Lucas' parents.
B．Lucas' friends.
C．Lucas 'future plan.
D．Lucas 'interest.
23、During our research for this sequence, we had been told we shouldn’t even bother trying to film the Pallas’s cat in winter. Filming such an animal was said to be near impossible. We wouldn’t be able to find such a small animal in the vast steppes of Mongolia. Besides this, they’re known to be easily frightened and extremely cautious. But we wanted to surprise audiences by showing them frozen worlds that lay outside of the Poles.
Arriving in Mongolia, I was struck by its vastness. It’s unbelievable that our first day presented us with a good view of our hard-to-find target. Our guide led us to the top of a hill. More than a kilometre away in an unimpressive pile of rocks, I could see a tiny spot, a Pallas’s cat! We were so excited!
We had been blessed with extremely low daytime temperature. Pallas’s cats have the densest coat of any cat, but even so they must save their energy as much as possible. Their movements at these temperatures were especially seldom. While conditions did not look promising, we still needed to see if we could actually film them.
The cats would only appear if the sun was out. But the steppe could be hit at any time by fast and bitter winds which would make any animal that had decided to appear come to an end. The decision as to whether to hold out for the weather to pass or to have a rest was always a painful one to make.
But as the weeks went on and we spent more time with the cats, it was astonishing to see just how it was that they were able to survive in such a difficult and unpleasant environment. The longer we spent with them, the more we found ourselves falling in love with these attractive little characters and their winter lives.
【1】Why do people think it’s unlikely to film the cats?
A．The action is illegal.
B．The steppes are not large.
C．The cats are extremely careful.
D．The cat number is small.
【2】How did the author feel when the steppes came into sight?
A．Amazed.
B．Excited.
C．Anxious.
D．Upset.
【3】What can we infer from paragraph 3 and 4?
A．We suffered low temperatures.
B．The Pallas’s cats love the sun.
C．The decisions are hard to make.
D．The filming condition is challenging.
【4】What would be the best title of the text?
A．Palla’s Cats-An Unusual Animal
B．Experience of Filming the Palla’s Cats
C．Survival Skills on Mongolia Steppes
D．Extreme Weather outside the Poles
24、 I live in a small studio.I sleep in a bed that folds down from the wall.I have six dress shirts.I have 10 shallow bowls that I use for salads and main dishes.When people come over for dinner.I pull out my extendable dining room table.I don't have a single CD or DVD and I have 10 percent of the books I once did.
I have come a long way from the life I had in the late’90s,when,having made a fortune from an Internet start-up sale,I had a giant house full of stuff(物品)-electronics and cars and appliances and furniture.
Somehow this stuff ended up running my life,or a lot of it;the things I consumed ended up consuming me.My life became unnecessarily complicated.There were lawns(草坪)to mow,floors to mop,a car to insure,wash,refuel,repair and register and tech to set up and keep working.Who had I become?My house and my things were my new employers for a job I had never applied for.I started to wonder why my theoretically upgraded life didn't feel any better and why I felt more anxious than before.
For me,it took 15 years to get rid of the things I had collected and live a bigger,better,richer life with less.
I like material things as much as anyone.I studied product design in school.But my experiences show that after a certain point,material objects have a tendency to crowd out the emotional needs they are meant to support.I know the best stuff in life isn't stuff at all,and that relationships,experiences and meaningful work are the main parts of a happy life.
My latest project is to design thoughtfully constructed small homes that support our lives,not the other way around.The house 1 design contains less stuff and makes it easier for owners to live within their means and to limit their environmental footprint.My space is well-built,affordable and as functional as living spaces twice the size.I frequently have dinner parties for 12.I sleep better knowing I'm not using more resources than I need.I have less-and enjoy more.
My space is small.My life is big.
【1】Why does the author use a bed that folds down from the wall?
A.To save time.
B.To save space.
C.To make the room neat.
D.To sleep comfortably.
【2】How did the author feel about his things in the late'90s?
A.They were complicated.
B.They were expensive to run.
C.They were a great burden.
D.They couldn't meet the daily needs.
【3】What do we know about the house the author designs?
A.It is used for dinner parties.
B.There is no stuff in the house.
C.It is larger than his studio.
D.The space is actually larger than it is.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A.Living Better with Less
B.Consuming Less to Save Money
C.Longing for the Good Old Days
D.Building a Comfortable Living Space
25、A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. He had wanted a beautiful ________ in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well ________ it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day came near, the young man expected ________ that his father had bought the gift. ________, on the morning of his graduation, his father ________ him into his own room. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He ________ his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.
Curious and somewhat ________, the young man opened the box and found a lovely leather-bound Bible, with the young man’s name written in gold. Angry, he ________ his voice to his father, and said “With all your money you give me a Bible?” and ________ out of the room.
Many years passed and the young man was very ________ in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but ________ his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to see him. ________ he could make arrangements, he received a telegram ________ him his father had passed away and willed (遗赠) all of his ________ to his son. When he arrived at his father’s, sudden sadness and regret ________ his heart. He began to ________ his father’s important papers and saw the still wrapped Bible, just as he ________ it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully ________ a sentence, Matt 7: 11, “And if you, then, though you’re evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give to those who ask Him?”
As he read those words, a car key ________ on the floor from the back of the Bible. It had a tag (标签) with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the ________ of his graduation, and the words PAID IN FULL.
【1】
A．computer
B．bike
C．car
D．recorder
【2】
A．pay
B．refuse
C．support
D．afford
【3】
A．signs
B．dreams
C．marks
D．wishes
【4】
A．Firstly
B．Finally
C．Therefore
D．Actually
【5】
A．looked
B．sent
C．called
D．put
【6】
A．let
B．handed
C．bought
D．provided
【7】
A．excited
B．nervous
C．interested
D．disappointed
【8】
A．raised
B．changed
C．improved
D．increased
【9】
A．searched
B．took
C．threw
D．rushed
【10】
A．unsuccessful
B．successful
C．hard
D．sad
【11】
A．recognized
B．realized
C．got
D．expected
【12】
A．When
B．As
C．After
D．Before
【13】
A．understanding
B．announcing
C．telling
D．discovering
【14】
A．regrets
B．possessions
C．dreams
D．eagerness
【15】
A．filled
B．caught
C．destroyed
D．beat
【16】
A．make up
B．remind of
C．search through
D．refer to
【17】
A．had read
B．threw
C．opened
D．had seen
【18】
A．made
B．printed
C．underlined
D．designed
【19】
A．dropped
B．appeared
C．rolled
D．showed
【20】
A．regret
B．date
C．signal
D．sign
26、假如你是高中生李华，你校下个月将举办主题为“When the buying stops, the killing can too”的英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇关于保护野生动物的演讲稿参加此次活动，内容要点如下：
(1)简介野生动物的现状；
(2)列举保护野生动物的做法；
(3)呼吁大家保护野生动物。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear teachers and classmates,
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