Stan Lee (Dee. 28, 1922—Nov. 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, producer, and publisher. Working with several artists, Stan Lee co-created fictional characters including Spider-Man, the Hulk, Doctor Strange, the Fantastic Four, Ant-Man and so on. Now let’s see some of the characters.

1.What is Dr. Robert Bruce Banner like?

A.Heavy. B.Green-skinned. C.Active. D.Silent.

2.How is Ant-Man different from the other characters?

A.Stan Lee likes Ant-Man best.

B.Ant-Man was created by three artists.

C.Ant-Man is the strongest among the characters.

D.Stan Lee created the character in his later years.

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

A.Stan Lee created all the characters on his own.

B.Spider-Man’s parents died in an air accident.

C.The Hulk appeared earliest among the four characters.

D.Spider-Man is known as Steve Ditko in the movie.

“Volunteering makes you look at the world differently. You see how little things can change a person’s life for the better, which makes everyone a better person.” Mason, a volunteer said.

National Volunteer Week started in 1974 and is held every April. It is a time to thank volunteers for their achievements. It is also a perfect opportunity（机会）to encourage others to take their first step toward becoming a volunteer. Making the decision to take the first step can be the biggest problem, because they often wonder if they will be able to meet the organization’s expectations. Some people fear not knowing anyone else in the group. Not having enough time also prevents some from sharing their abilities.

The following tips can help if you have some of these worries.

★Start out slowly, don’t add too much pressure. Even a few hours a month can make a big difference in someone’s life.

★Choose an organization with the same interests and common values.

★Take part in a training meeting for new volunteers, even if it is not asked.

★Work with a veteran volunteer. He volunteered a lot and he can help you increase the confidence and completely understand the organization’s expectations.

★Invite a friend or family member to serve. It is a good experience to volunteer with them.

★Finally, it is most important to enjoy the volunteer experience and to remember that not all volunteer experiences are perfect. If one experience doesn’t work, don’t give up and you’ll surely find the right opportunity.

Spend some time on volunteer work and you will see great changes in people’s lives. As Mason discovered during his volunteer experience, “…little things can change a person’s life.”

1.What could be the reason to stop people taking the first step?

A.They don’t have enough time. B.They are prevented by their families.

C.They fear that their abilities are shared. D.They don’t expect to become volunteers.

2.Which of the following can help people take the first step?

A.Start out quickly. B.Organize a training meeting.

C.Invite a friend to be with them.  D.Join in a group with different values.

3.The underlined word “veteran” in the passage means “ ”

A.polite B.humorous C.young D.experienced

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A.To tell people to make changes in their lives.

B.To encourage people to start their volunteering.

C.How to make great achievements in volunteering.

D.How to keep on volunteering whatever happened.

Many people think of the brain as a mystery. They don’t know much about intelligence and how it works. When they do think about what intelligence is, many people believe that a person is born smart, average, or dumb—and stays that way in the whole life. But new research shows that the brain is more like a muscle（肌肉）—it changes and gets stronger when you use it. And scientists have been able to show just how the brain grows and gets stronger when you learn.

Everyone knows that when you lift weights, your muscles get bigger and you get stronger. A person who can’t lift 20 pounds when he/she starts exercising can get strong enough to lift 100 pounds after working out for a long time. That’s because the muscles become larger and stronger with exercise. And when you stop exercising, the muscles shrink（收缩）and you get weaker. That’s why people say “Use it or lose it!”

But most people don’t know that when they practice and learn new things, parts of their brain change and get larger a lot like muscles do when they exercise. Inside the cortex（皮层）of the brain are billions of tiny nerve（神经元）cells（细胞）,called neurons. The nerve cells have branches connecting them to other cells in a complicated（复杂）network. Communication between these brain cells is what allows us to think and solve problems. When you learn new things, these tiny connections in the brain actually multiply and get stronger. The more you challenge your mind to learn, the more your brain cells grow. Then, things that you once found very hard or even impossible to do —like speaking a foreign language or doing algebra（代数）—seem to become easy after learning them for a period of time. The result is a stronger, smarter brain.

Scientists started thinking that the human brain could develop and change when they studied animals’ brains. They found out that animals that lived in a challenging environment were more “perspicacious”—they were better at solving problems and learning new things.

1.According to the first paragraph, .

A.the function（作用）of our brain is like that of the muscle

B.until now it’s impossible to explain the brain’s mystery

C.many people believe one’s intelligence is naturally determined（决定）

D.one’s brain grows stronger as the age increases

2.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A.The complicated structure of the brain.

B.How changes in the muscles affect the brain.

C.The importance of the brain.

D.How the brain becomes stronger by learning new things.

3.What does the underlined word “perspicacious” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A.Strong. B.Smart. C.Popular. D.Active.

4.The paragraph that follows the passage will most probably talk about .

A.the differences between animals’ brains and humans’ brains

B.the relation between human brains and muscles

C.scientists’ findings about animals’ brains

D.how to make your brain smarter through self-development

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

People use smart phones to carry out many tasks every day. 1.. However, it is bad for our eyes and health to use too much phone.

2.. They check personal emails and Wechat. And before they get out of bed, many people often check the weather, read the news, and send a message or two to friends. After getting up, they often take photos of food, themselves, and even whatever they can see with their phones. 3.. The research finds that users pick up their phones more than 1,500 times to do different tasks in an average week. And the smart phone users are on their phones for three hours and sixteen minutes a day. 4..

Using phones will take much time and it’s also bad for our health. 5.. And mobile phones will influence our sleep. Without using the phones, many people will feel sad. Many owners also find they use phones without realizing they are doing so.

How do you think people use their phones too much?

A. That is to say, people use their phones for almost one full day each week

B. Many of us have become so reliant（依赖的）on them

C. They share their photos with their friends

D. Many people stay up late to play phones

E. A study shows that smart phone owners usually start to use their phones early in the morning

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。（请注意问题后的字数要求）

[1]It’s hard to see that a new word is created for a person. But Chinese volleyball super star Zhu Ting has made it. “Stay awesome and ZHUperd!” Volleywood, a US-based blog website for volleyball fans, recently created the word “ZHUperb”, which comes from “Zhu” and “superb”, to describe the 24-year-old player’s control in the matches.

[2]Last month, Zhu led her team, the Turkish club Vakifbank（土耳其瓦基弗银行俱乐部）Istanbul, to win the Women’s Club World Championship（冠军）2018, and event organized by Federation Internationale de Volleyball. Zhu’s prolific scoring performances also won her the honor of Best Outside Hitter at last year’s championship and the 11th Most Valuable Player award of her professional career（生涯）.

[3]Besides her recent achievements in this well-known club Zhu is also regarded as a national hero in China. She helped the national volleyball team win gold medals at the 2015 FIVB World Cup, 2015 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship, and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

[4]At a young age, Zhu is captain of China women’s national volleyball team. But it hasn’t been easy ①_______ Zhu to get to where she is today. Born to a farming family in Henan province, Zhu got a hard-won chance to attend a local sports school at the age of 13. The player got homesick during the first few months of training. But later she overcame it, and ②_________ her father’s encouragement, she made progress week on week. She quickly moved from the provincial youth team to the national youth team.

[5]In 2013, she became famous by helping the Chinese U20 team to win the title at the 2013 FIVB U20 World Championship. Then Zhu was chosen into the national team and met the famous coach Lang Ping. At the beginning, because of her 1.98-meter height, Zhu found ③_______ difficult to move fast and hold her weight on her feet. But Lang encouraged her to take advantage of her height; she trained her to jump high to smash（猛扣）the ball. After this, she became an ace spiker（主攻手）. Now she treats her height as an aspect（方面）of her physical strength.

[6]Zhu still works with sweat（汗）during training. “Hard work and talent are equally（同等地）important. I’ll move forward step by step,” she told People’s Daily.

1.Ding Yanyuhang from Shandong High Speed Club won the MVP of 2018 CBA. What word does the letter “V” of “MVP” refer to? (with one word)

_______________________________________________________________________________________

2.Zhu Ting led a Chinese club to win the Women’s Club World Championship 2018, didn’t she? (with three words)

_______________________________________________________________________________________

3.What did Lang Ping do to help Zhu Ting become an ace spiker? (no more than 20 words)

_______________________________________________________________________________________

4.Fill in each blank in the passage with a proper word.

①_________________ ②__________________ ③__________________

5.Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.

_______________________________________________________________________________________

6.According to the passage, what do you think are the most important if you want to succeed? Please list three aspects. You can use a word, a phrase or a sentence for each aspect.

1)_____________________________________________________________________________________

2)_____________________________________________________________________________________

3)_____________________________________________________________________________________

请以“We act, we improve”为题写一篇短文，谈谈中学生除了学习课本知识之外，还应该做什么？短文应包括以下内容：

1.学会自立，诚实友善，举止文明；

2.培养习惯，发展兴趣，不断创新；

3.关心他人，和谐相处，懂得感恩；

4.……

要求：

1.所写内容必须包含所给要点，可适当发挥；

2.文中不得出现真实校名和姓名；

3.词数：80~100词，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。

We act, we improve

As students, it’s our duty to study hard. But to be a good middle school student, I think we have a lot of things to do

.Although it seemed to be _______ painful experience, he still found it_______ fun.

A.a,/ B./,a

C.a, the D.a ,a

— “Shared bikes ” (共享单车) really makes a great _______ to people’s life. It’s easy for us to go anywhere.

— Especially to a place not far away.

A.choice B.surprise C.progress D.difference

—Why did your family buy a second-hand car?

—We couldn’t afford a new one, but even an old one is better than _________.

A.no B.none C.either D.neither

— The novel Gulliver’s Travels is very nice.

— So it is. Could you tell me ___________?

A.how long can I borrow it B.that I can borrow it

C.if I can keep it for another week D.when should I return it