本试卷有五道大题，考试时长90分钟，满分100分。
一、语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分)
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
Most of us claim we don’t have time for exercise. However, many experts say that exercise plays an important role in making our body healthy. Being __1____ (physical) active offers many advantages. As a physical reward, exercise can reduce weight and the risk of heart disease. Exercise also __2____ (bring) good effects mentally. It can make us feel refreshed and happy, helping us increase our life quality. Actually, exercise can be done in simple __3____ (way). For example, we can take the stairs rather than the lift. Overall, it’s hard to find time to exercise in our busy lives, but every little bit helps.
B
It’s a popular belief that fish can’t remember anything __4____ longer than seven seconds. It may seem sad to think that they don’t remember what they’ve eaten or where they’ve been. But a recent study __5____ (find) that a kind of fish called A frican cichlids can remember events from as long as 12 days ago. Researchers trained the fish to go to a certain area of their tank __6______ (get) food. They then waited for 12 days before __7______ (put) them back in the tank again. With the help of computer software, they found the fish still went to the same place where they first got food.
C
In April 2017, two giant pandas from China arrived at a zoo in the Netherlands. There, they __8____ (welcome) to the Chinese-style compound where they were to live. On May 30, after the preparations were complete, the day finally came __9____ the pandas met their fans for the first time. People were excited because __10______ zoo is the only place in the country where it is possible to see pandas. In fact, the last time there were pandas in the Netherlands was in 1987.
二、完形填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分)
I was 11 when I asked my mum for piano lessons. We were in an economic crisis and she’d recently been __11______ off. She said a polite “no”.
That didn’t discourage me. I drew a keyboard onto a piece of paper and stuck it on my desk. I would __12______ notes on an online keyboard and “play” them back on my paper one-keeping the sound they made on the computer in my head. I spent six months playing without touching a real piano. As my mum found I was __13____ about it, she bought me 10 lessons with borrowed money.
I still remember the first one. I was __14____ by how organic the sound of the piano was, as I had become familiar with the artificial electronic sound. The teacher was trying to explain where middle C was, but I could already play all the major and minor scales
I sat my grade one after eight lessons and got distinction. By the time I started secondary school, we couldn’t __l5____ lessons again, so I returned to my paper keyboard. I passed grade three, then grade five, practising only on my piece of paper
For the grades above that, there’s an __16______ that you add a certain sensitivity into your playing .The music teacher at my school said I could practise on the school’s grand piano. I would wake up at 5:30 am to get there in time and play until lessons started. I’d __17______ lunch and then practice after school until the caretaker kicked me out. At home, I’d have dinner, do three hours of revision, and then mental practice until 1:00 am.
My school didn’t offer music A-level. I found the Purcell School for young musicians. The audition (试镜) was extremely__18,__and I felt overwhelmed. To my amazement, I was offered a place.
I had been told I had started playing too late to reach conservatoire (音乐学院) level, but when I left Purcell, I was awarded the senior piano prize. That was the point when I realized I wasn’t behind everyone else. I am now at the Guildhall School in London, where I was offered a scholarship. I feel __19__: it’s been 10 years since I drew my paper piano and I’m at one of the world’s leading conservatoires.
The irony is that I continue to do a lot of my practice away from the piano-what we call mental practice, It__20______ key areas of the mind that are less readily accessed by piano playing alone. The paper piano helped stimulate my curiosity about how music works.
11. A. laid B. pushed C. dropped D. knocked
12. A. take B. sign C. click D. compose
13. A. serious B. careful C. hesitant D. nervous
14. A stuck B. puzzled C. comforted D. inspired
15. A. offer B. teach C. afford D. observe
16. A attitude B. expectation C. opinion D. opportunity
17. A. avoid B. miss C. save D. skip
18. A. fascinating B. motivating C. frightening D. challenging
19. A proud B. lucky C. ambitious D. grateful
20. A. builds B. covers C. defines D. unlocks
三、阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，共40分)
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Most Helpful Apps for Students
There’s almost an app for everything nowadays, and this can make student life easier, cheaper, safer and more fun. Whether you want help with taking notes, revising, waking up on time or keeping fit, read on for our student app picks.
Lecture recording apps
Just a few years ago, students attending lectures would have to spend the entire time writing wildly on notepads, in order not to miss any vital bit of information. Then along came technology, and now, lecture recording apps are a reality.
Sound Note is a popular lecture recording app for iPad users. You can store an entire lecture in both visual and audio form. Other good quality lecture recording apps include Notes Plus and Audio Memos Free-The Voice Recorder
Student planner apps
Organization is key for success and well-being at university, and student planner apps are becoming increasingly popular. As well as saving on paper, many student planner apps also send reminders and warnings straight to your phone or device. Popular student planner apps include Timetable, My Class Schedule and Class Timetable
Student safety apps
A number of apps for students have been developed promoting personal safety if out alone at night. The Circle of Six app is particularly useful for locating lost friends on nights out and also allows users to send their circle of six friends an instant call for help at the touch of a button. The GPS tracker will mark your location on your friends, devices, ensuring you’ll always be able to find one another if necessary. Other student apps that promote safety include bSafe and React Mobile
Healthy eating apps
If you’re interested in eating healthily while keeping to a student budget, consider downloading a few healthy eating apps. Examples I’ve come across which are perfect apps for students include Rockin Ramen, a student app featuring a number of nutritious recipes with Ramen as a main ingredient, and MealBoard, an app which plans healthy meals, grocery shops and recipes based on what you’ve got in the fridge.
21. Which apps send reminders to users ?
A. Student planner apps. B. Lecture recording apps.
C. Student safety apps. D. Healthy eating apps.
22. What can we learn about the Circle of Six app?
A. It allows users to seek help during an emergency.
B. It encourages users to communicate with friends.
C. It enables users to store an entire lecture.
D. It helps users to lead a healthy life.
23. The main purpose of the passage is to__________.
A. categorize apps B. introduce apps
C. evaluate apps D. compare apps
B
A few days ago I visited my grandfather in hospital. He has Alzhemier’s-a degenerative disease that usually starts slowly and gets worse over time. I thought I was prepared to see him. I knew chances were slim that he’d actually recognize me.
He didn’t. As a matter of fact, he had no idea that he even had grandchildren. But he was excited that somebody came to visit him. I tried to explain to him who I was. But after he told me multiple times that he didn’t have grandchildren, I gave up. And my heart broke into a million little pieces.
I was tired of explaining things to him. So I just smiled. He smiled back. It’s a genuine smile. Like a long time ago, when he’d take me by the hand and made this big world a little bit less scary for me. Now I have to take his hand.
We sat in silence for a little while, before he told me to call my grandma. This was the first time I had tried so hard to hold back tears. My grandma died four years ago and he didn’t remember. He thought she was stuck on her way to pick him up.
My grandpa used to be a strong, hard-working man. He was the person you turned to when you needed your car fixed, your tires changed or something heavy to be carried. Sadly, that man left this world a long time ago, and left behind a man that is lost and scared.
I want to help him. I want to make him feel better. I want to tell him about his old life, and how great it was. So I sat with him and I held his hand, and every once in a while I told him how good he looked and how much I liked the color of his shirt and how it brought out the blue in his eyes. I told him that my grandma was on her way whenever he asked about her, and I made sure the glass in his hand was always filled with water.
I can’t take away his pain. I can’t help him remember. I can’t make the disease go away. All I can do is hold on to the memories-hold on for both of us.
24. When the author first saw her grandpa in hospital, ___________.
A. she gave up on him
B. they were both excited
C. he didn’t recognize her
D. they talked about the past
25. The author was close to tears because ___________.
A. grandma died about four years ago
B. grandpa needed to be taken care of
C. grandma didn’t make it to the hospital
D. grandpa believed grandma was still alive
26. Which of the following best describe the author ?
A. Tolerant and merciful.
B. Considerate and patient.
C. Warm-hearted and grateful.
D Strong-minded and generous.
27. The author wrote this passage to ___________.
A. show pity towards her grandpa
B. record memories of her grandpa
C. express deep love for her grandpa
D. call on further study on Alzheimer’s
C
Chicken is America’s most popular meat. Many people assume chicken follows a simple rule-of-thumb: Pink chicken turned white means “done” It’s similar to how we cook other meats. But is this true? To study how cooks at home follow safety recommendations, researchers filmed 75 households in five European countries. From a random but nonrepresentative sample, they also conducted an online survey of nearly 4, 000 households in the same countries that say they cook chicken.
Worried that chicken would dry out, most home cooks determined doneness by color and texture (口感) inside the meat, they found. Few bothered with thermometers (温度计), claiming they took too much time, were too complicated to use, didn’t fit in the chicken or weren’t necessary (although easy-to-use thermometers are inexpensive and widely available).
In additional lab experiments, the scientists injected raw chicken breast with bacteria (细菌), which cause millions of sicknesses, thousands of hospitalizations and hundreds of deaths each year in the United States. They cooked the breasts until they reached core temperatures ranging from 122 to 158 Fahrenheit, and they discovered something surprising. At 158 degrees, but not lower, bacteria inside the chickens’ cores was reduced to safe levels, and when cut open its flesh appeared dull and fibrous, not shiny like raw chicken. But meat began changing from pink to white far below this, and most color change occurred below 131 degrees Fahrenheit. Sometimes, the chicken’s core would be safely cooked, but unsafe levels of bacteria still existed on surfaces that hadn’t touched the grill plate.
So what are you supposed to do?
Dr. Bruno Goussault, a scientist and chef, recommends buying and cooking breasts and legs separately. Bring the breast’s core to 165 degrees Fahrenheit, he said, and the leg to between 168.8 and 172.4 Fahrenheit. If you really want to safely measure temperature for a whole chicken, insert a pop-up thermometer into the thickest part of the leg before roasting it, Dr. Goussault suggests. By the time it pops, the breasts will have long cooked. They will likely be dry and far from his standards of culinary (烹饪的) perfection. But you’ll be sure to, as Dr. Goussault says in French, “dormir sur ses deux oreilles,” or, figuratively, “sleep peacefully.”
28. Why didn’t home cooks measure temperature with a thermometer?
A. They could not afford it. B. It affected the taste of the meat.
C. It was not available in supermarkets. D. They thought it was too much trouble.
29. In lab experiments, when the temperature reached 158 Fahrenheit, the meat _________.
A. was free of bacteria B. still remained pink
C. appeared to dry out D. was reduced in size
30. What can be learned from the last paragraph？
A. The meat does not taste best when bacteria free.
B. The leg becomes fully cooked before the breast.
C. A whole chicken requires a higher temperature.
D. The thermometer should be placed inside the breast.
31. What is the passage mainly about？
A. Food safety. B. Simple lifestyle.
C. Cooking skills. D. Kitchen equipment.
D
On January 15,2009, the crew of US Airways Flight 1549 experienced a never-in-a-lifetime event. Less than two minutes after takeoff, some birds found their way into the airplane’s two engines and brought them to a sudden stop. Over the next three and a half minutes, the crew managed to identify the problem, decide what to do about it, and make the most successful emergency landing in aviation（航空）history.
We all experience similar moments. Running into the person you canceled a date with-while you’re on another date. Realizing you hit “reply all” on an e-mail that you’d do anything to have back. Earthquakes, medical emergencies-whatever the situation, the first thing you probably do is panic. Everybody does. While many of us think that we’re cool in a crisis, science tells us that we seldom are. At the moment we need to be keenly aware of our surroundings, but our attention goes to the scariest thing on the scene, leaving us unaware of the other sights, sounds, and even smells around us. At the moment, we’re anything but at our best.
These normal human reactions can be reversed. For example, firefighters are taught how to bring down their blood pressure and heart rates quickly. Box breathing, belly breathing, hum breathing-you can learn these techniques in minutes. Once you calm down, you’ll identify accurately what the problem is really about. Lack of practice always causes us to judge problems in wrong ways. Doing the thinking ahead of time also helps you fire off the solution when it’s show time. This is why you are advised to find the closest exit before the flight. And sometimes we aren’t prepared with all the knowledge we need. Let’s say we’re on a hike and a bear shows up. What shall we do？Better to read suggestions on how to respond before heading into the wild.
Performing in crisis is becoming more important for all of us for two reasons. Back in the good old days, the reliability of most anything we used or did was far less than it is today. Now think about what happens to our preparedness as the likelihood of something bad happening reduces. Unless we practice what hardly ever happens, our ability to respond when it does happen tends to slip away. Reliability can kill you. Also, the systems we use today are more complex. There are seldom moving parts in plain view that allow us to see when things are about to go wrong. Consequently, terrible situations can “come out of nowhere”. Ironically, the systems that were designed to lessen our workload might require us to remain in a state of increased vigilance (警觉) in order to survive these increasingly infrequent events when they do happen.
As technology becomes part of most everything, and as once-large risks break into countless small ones, crisis situations may become standard affairs. We should all learn to breathe, recognize the situation, and carry out the plan that we are smart enough to prepare well in advance
32. According to the passage, when an armed robbery (抢劫) happens, most witnesses will first _________.
A. observe the surroundings B. pretend to be calm
C. decide what to do D. focus on the gun
33. What does the underlined word “reversed” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Tested. B. Changed. C. Predicted. D. Understood.
34. It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that _________.
A. things are less dependable than they used to be
B. cautiousness helps prevent the occurrence of crisis
C convenience reduces our problem-solving capability
D the complexity of present systems ensures our safety
35. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To introduce ways of avoiding crisis situations.
B. To point out the connection between stress and risks.
C. To raise awareness of the preparation for emergencies.
D. To analyse the influence of technology on crisis management.
第二节：根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。请将此部分答案涂在机读卡上，E涂为AD；F涂为BD；G涂为CD。请一定按照要求填涂，否则不得分。
Is there a link between social media and depression? Do social media have a negative impact on your mental health? It’s complicated.
In a recent study, the investigators compared social media use and depression between teens.__36__Specifically, for every hour per day that one teen spent on social media more than her peers, she likely had a 0.64-point higher depression score.
A different study published in 2018 identified five distinct types of social media users. The finding was that “problematic social media use” was one of the main themes for people whose mental health was affected by social media. You can have alcohol in your life without it being a problem, or your alcohol use may become problematic.__37__
There’s one important thing to remember about survey research-just because two things happen together, it’s not necessarily true that one causes the other. __38______ For all we know, it could be that people who are already more depressed choose to spend more time on social media.
__39____ If you think that we shouldn’t paint social media with one broad brush, you’re on the right track. On the one hand, participants often described social media as a valuable way to cope with stress. On the other hand, cyberbullying via social media was also a common experience for participants. Some also said that constantly checking their own social media profile was stressful.
It’s certainly possible that experiences like cyberbullying, comparing yourself to idealized images, and constantly monitoring your profile, are bad for your mood. It’s also true for many that social media offer community support and positive messages. Given the inconclusive research, it’s safe to say that at least we shouldn’t write off social media altogether. __40____ Anyway, you cannot use it as a crutch for coping with other stressors and mental health problems.
A. It’s the same with social media.
B. Social media can be a double-edged sword.
C. People get more opinionated about the potential problems of social media.
D. They found that those who used social media more had higher depression scores.
E. They reviewed all existing research and found that there were both benefits and drawbacks.
F. The key to benefiting from social media may lie in using it in moderation and staying socially connected.
G. For example, just because higher social media use co-occurs with higher levels of depression doesn’t mean social media use causes depression.
四、阅读表达(共5小题，每小题2分，共10分)
阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.
I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to expect. She told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I had been a garage inventor, I had always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him that I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately, I decided I had to give it a shot I didn’t think I would regret trying and failing. And I suspected that I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.
After much consideration, I took the less secure path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For__all__of__us,__in__the__end,__we__are__our__choices.
41. What inspired the author to start Amazon 16 years ago？（No more than 15 words）
42. How did the author’s wife respond to his crazy idea of building an online bookstore？（No more than 10 words）
43. What was the attitude of the author’s boss towards his starting a company online？（No more than 10 words）
44. What’s your understanding of the underlined sentence in the last paragraph？（No more than 15 words）
45. What is the most important factor when you make your career choice？Give your reasons. （No more than 20 words）
五、写作（20分）
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你的英国好友Jim在做关于”中学生做家务”的调查，想了解你做家务的情况。请你给他回复邮件，内容包括：
1）你平时做哪些家务；
2）你对中学生做家务的看法。
注意：1. 词数不少于50；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim，
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
一、语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
1. physically 2. brings 3. ways 4. for
5. has found\finds\found 6. to get 7. putting
8. were welcomed 9. when 10. the
二、完型填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
11. A 12. C 13. A 14. A 15. C 16. B 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. D
三、阅读理解
第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，共30分）
【A】21. A 22. A 23. B 【B】24. C 25. D 26. B 27. C
【C】28. D 29. C 30. A 31. A 【D】32. D 33. B 34. C 35. C
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
36-40 DAGBF
四、阅读回答（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共10分）
41. The fact that the Internet usage was growing sharply/fast per year.
The fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year.
The fact that more and more people were using the Internet.
42. She responded by telling him to go for it/my dream.
She wanted/inspired him to follow his passion.
43. He thought it a good idea but unsuitable for him.
He didn’t support his idea （to start a company online）
He wasn’t in favor of his idea （to start a company online）.
He held a negative attitude towards his idea.
44. For all of us, our choices decide/determine who we are finally.
For all of us, our choices determine what we get finally.
For all of us, our choices have a great effect on our life/future finally.
45. Interest, without which I can’t devote myself to the career and overcome the challenge.
Better career prospects./A good pay. I hope to choose career that can lead me to a bright future.
五、作文（略）（20分）