【3】(invention) have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from【4】(noise) cities often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead【5】simple life.

One family in the UK went "back in time" to see【6】life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Thomas,7,【7】(spend) nine weeks in a house dating back to 1940. They had no microwave, computer or mobile phones.

The grandmother, Molly, said, "It was hard【8】(physical), but not mentally." She believed life was less materialistic."The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes," she said. The boys said they had less to fight over, their computer, for example. Benjamin also noticed that【9】(he)grandmother had changed from being a trendy, beer-drinking granny to one【10】liked cooking things.

1. The word has long been in common _________ (使用).

2. It’s well known that Zheng He’s _________ (航行) made the connections between East and West closer.

3. A _________ (指令) is an order to a computer to take some kind of action.

4. I was certain that love was quite enough to _________ (戰(zhàn)勝) our differences.

5. At the end of that summer vacation, I found I could speak English nearly as ________ (流利地) as a native English speaker.

6. The best way of learning a foreign language is to speak to the n________ speakers.

7. An elderly woman rang up the police at the r_________ of her neighbor.

8. By this time she was in her nineties and needed help more and more f_________.

9. Police are trying to discover the i_________ of a baby found by the side of a road.

10. You can g________ increase your running until you can do 30—40 minutes of running at a time, 4 days a week.

Kinsey’s now-husband, Josh, was___too — in fact, knowing how much it would mean to her, he___proposed (求婚) to her in front of the class. The wedding went____on the Internet after photographer Lang Thomas Leichhart____on his Facebook photos of Kinsey in her wedding dress,____by her students."The scene of their being together was so moving that I was brought to____many times during the day," he told CNN. "You can tell how____she is to these kids."

And while the children loved____their wedding responsibilities and posing for photos, they said that their____of the night was the dancing. For Kinsey, it was making____that would last a lifetime. "It was so exciting," she told WLKY. "It was____for Josh and me just to have them as a____of the day, and have them come and____with us."

【1】A. traditional B. preschool C. public D. special

【2】A. discussion B. bond C. routine D. agreement

【3】A. how B. why C. that D. because

【4】A. attend B. record C. decorate D. design

【5】A. teacher B. shadow C. family D. dream

【6】A. differing B. distinguishing C. ranging D. expanding

【7】A. without B. from C. among D. beyond

【8】A. touched B. inspired C. satisfied D. involved

【9】A. still B. even C. yet D. again

【10】A. silent B. wild C. wrong D. strong

【11】A. wrote B. polished C. spared D. shared

【12】A. encouraged B. followed C. attracted D. surrounded

【13】A. light B. laughter C. tears D. knees

【14】A. grateful B. generous C. genuine D. patient

【15】A. carrying out B. carrying on C. taking in D. taking over

【16】A. regret B. impression C. complaint D. favorite

【17】A. choices B. memories C. decisions D. plans

【18】A. meaningful B. natural C. vivid D. original

【19】A. symbol B. gift C. part D. result

【20】A. celebrate B. play C. meet D. communicate

【題目】語法填空
Youth is a kind of wealth. It will gradually disappeartime going by. What can we do to fulfill our youth?
For one thing, it is to realize our value, and our dreams matters a lot. our dreams are, we must try hard to achieve them. When we are young, we are full of energy, and we have many(opportunity). We have good conditions in our lives, good memories, good understanding and so on. We should make the most of them to learn more.
For, we should do as many things as possible. Of course, they must (rich) our lives, which can make it possible for us to gain many different experiences that are worth(remember) when we are old.
Then when we are really old, and when we cannot move any(much), we can be proud of something(achieve), for we have lived our life to fullest.

【1】He was only interested in the story that was sounded moving.

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【2】She was made prepare for the exams next month.

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【3】These apples are good to eat with.

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【4】He was seen sit there without doing anything.

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【5】Unless some extra money found，the theatre will close.

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A. the residents would be permitted

B. had the residents been permitted

C. would the residents be permitted

D. the residents had been permitted

On July 15,2017, Thomas was getting ready for bed in his apartment, when a shelving(架子)fell onto his wheelchair and knocked him over, causing him to fall on the floor and hit the back of his head. After waking up from a few minutes of coma(昏迷)，he realized he couldn’t reach the string used to get the doorkeeper’s attention.

His phone was nearby and had the Facebook application conveniently open, so he posted a status update that immediately got his friends worried—even some he hadn’t spoken to in years. “It was amazing, friends from six different states who didn’t know each other were connecting with each other to get me help,” Thomas said. “Now that’s the power of social media! You have hundreds of people at your fingertips.

Eight minutes after the status went up, an old friend, Leah, got in contact with Thomas’ friend Brad, whose wife was in the neighborhood, and before you knew it there were 12 Facebook friends in his apartment, who took him to the hospital at once. They showed up to the rescue at the perfect time. Minutes before they arrived, Thomas thought he was going to have a panic attack, which he often suffers from because of his illness, but he’s doing better now.

“It felt good to know that my friends, even those I haven’t spoken to in the past, came to save me,” Thomas said. “They all came together. I would’ve never imagined it.”

【1】What did Chris Thomas do with Facebook in the past?

A. To sell his products online. B. To communicate with his friends.

C. To seek treatment for his illness. D. To offer help to others.

【2】What happened to Chris Thomas on July 15, 2017?

A. He became seriously ill. B. He was hit by a a shelving.

C. He fell off a shelving. D. He feel to the ground.

【3】When seeing the status update, Chris Tomas’ Facebook friends .

A. connected with each other to offer help B. came to his apartment at once

C. gave him some practical advice D. took him to hospital immediately

【題目】任務(wù)型閱讀How can I fight laziness?
Lazy people will never amount to anything in life. However, laziness can be defeated once a few changes have been made in your mind.
Many people lack sleep constantly, since they stay up too late and get up too early to prepare for work. These people have little motivation once they arrive home. Laziness works hand in hand with a lack of motivation and a tendency to put off things. By adjusting your sleep schedule to provide a few more hours of meaningful rest, you can fight laziness throughout the day.
Another way to fight laziness is to change your mind from passive to active. Some people treat their lives as if they were pushed from task to task. Others take a more proactive approach, viewing each task as a challenge they must overcome alone.
Some people fight laziness by removing the temptations that surround them. A television in the living room may provide entertainment, but watching too much TV often contributes to laziness. Create a reward system for yourself, just as parents do for a child to promote responsibility.
Spouses and children may all have different energy levels, but laziness can be spread if not dealt with immediately. To fight household laziness, lead by example. Be the first to collect and wash dishes after a meal. Others in the home may eventually follow your example and perform their own task. It is difficult to practice laziness when your are surrounded by motivated people.
Enough exercise and a balanced diet can help you to develop a healthy lifestyle, thus enabling you to have more energy and help lift your spirits.
A. Knowing how to fight laziness is important.
B. One way to fight laziness is to get enough sleep.
C. Laziness can also be a lasting problem at home.
D. Complete a few tasks and reward yourself with what you enjoy, such as a good dinner or a film.
E. Finally, taking exercise regularly can help you fight laziness.
F. With strong determination, you will be able to achieve your goal.
G. Laziness sets in when you no longer feel in charge of your own life.

【題目】閱讀理解
A new study has discovered that meditation（冥想）and oxygen sport together reduce depression. The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination, done twice a week for only two months, reduced the symptoms for a group of students by 40 percent.
“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students,” said lead author Dr. Brandon Alderman. “It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”
Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive effect on combating depression. Alderman and Dr. Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training (MAP) enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them.
Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport. They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing, enabling those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention.
Shors, who studies the production of new brain cells in the hippocampus—part of the brain involved in memory and learning—says scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive.
The idea for the human intervention（干預(yù)）came from her laboratory studies, she says, with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events.
By learning to focus their attention and exercise, people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past, Shors says.
“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be effective in improving mental health.” said Alderman. “The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost.”
（1）What made the research so different?
A.Adopting a way of meaningful talk.
B.Combining the two behavioral ways to treat depression.
C.Treating depression with special medicine.
D.Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed.
（2）The underlined word “combating” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ______.
A.fighting
B.identifying
C.distinguishing
D.examining
（3）What did the participants do in the research?
A.They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking.
B.They thought quietly and then took exercise.
C.They took exercise longer than they thought.
D.They took exercise while thinking quietly.
（4）What is Shors' main purpose of her studies?
A.To find out certain brain cells of humans.
B.To study the production of new brain cells.
C.To offer people a new method to treat stress.
D.To decide the links between stress and exercise.

【題目】閱讀理解
You may think, salt is just a simple cooking element we shake on our food for a little extra taste. But salt is much more than that. Without salt our muscles would not move. Our nervous systems would not operate. Our hearts would not beat.
But do not think rubbing salt into a wound will help. Doing that would be painful and not heal the wound. “To rub salt into a wound” is an idiom that means to purposefully make a bad situation worse.
Early humans got the salt they needed to stay alive from the animals they killed. But advances in agriculture led to a diet low in salt. So, humans needed to find other sources. Those who lived near the ocean or other natural sources for salt were lucky. Those who did not had to trade for salt. In fact, people used salt as a method of payment in many parts of the ancient world. The word “salary” comes from the word “salt”.
Salt also played an important part in population movement and world exploration. Explorers understood that if they could keep food fresh, they could travel longer distances. So they used salt to preserve food and explore the world.
Salt was so important that, according to food historians, it was traded pound-for-pound for gold. Today, people still use the expressions “worth one's salt” or “worth one's weight in salt”. The expressions describe a person of value.
A person might also be called “salt of the earth”. That description means he or she is dependable and trustworthy. However, when you say “I think we should take what he said with a grain of salt”you mean you accept it but maintain a degree of doubt about its truth.
（1）What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A.Salt plays an important part in our life.
B.Salt makes food tasty.
C.Salt is considered to be part of our muscles.
D.Salt is sure to damage nervous systems.
（2）A beggar's bread was stolen last night, which means_________.
A.salt of the earth
B.rubbing salt in a wound
C.a diet low in salt
D.worth his salt
（3）If you describe a person as a great help, you mean_________ .
A.he rubs salt in a wound
B.he is often taken as a grain of salt
C.he often uses salt to preserve meat
D.he is worth his weight in salt
（4）Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A.Salt Is More Than a Four-letter Word.
B.Salt Is a Basic Element in Cooking.
C.Salt Is a Word with a Long History.
D.Salt Is Popular with Different People.