Susan Boyle was born as the ninth child in a Catholic family. She suffered from learning disabilities ever since her birth because of her mother’s poor health.

School was difficult for Susan and she was bulled(凌辱) because of her different behaviour. Her siblings, who were much older, had life experiences that were unknown to their little sister. From the time of her birth, Susan was a screamer. The only really safe place that she would use as a repeat was her bedroom. There she would hang posters of her musical heroes on the walls and sing popular music into a hairbrush that she pretended was a microphone.

One by one her brothers and sisters moved away from home and then Susan’s father died. This left her alone with an old mother and a cat. She tried volunteer work. Her best state of mind, however, was found when she was singing and so she would regularly join others in karaoke or pubs where she could show her skills and receive appreciation(欣赏)from the crowd.

When Susan announced at Christmas that she was planning to take part in the Britain’s Got Talent competition, her brothers and sisters tried to discourage her. It was a wonder that she was even able to do the audition(试唱) considering the troubles she faced just physically getting to the right place.

The Woman I Was Born to Be is a beautiful story written in the simple but humorous voice of the author, Susan Boyle. She tells her story from birth to the present in an interesting and educational manner.

I love this book ! In fact, I read the whole thing in one day! There is something in the stories that not only teaches the reader but also encourage us to reach for our dreams—no matter how impossible they may seem to be!

1.What does the underlined part “Her siblings” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.Susan’s parents B.Susan’s friend

C.Susan’s classmates D.Susan’s brothers and sisters

2.What can we learn about Susan from Paragraph 3?

A.She liked being alone B.She was good at singing

C.She had various hobbies D.She disliked volunteer work.

3.We learn that the book The Woman I Was Born to Be_______.

A.is based on Susan’s life stories

B.is written to educate readers

C.is very sad to read

D.is difficult to read

4.What does the author probably think of Susan’s life stories?

A.Encouraging B.Discouraging

C.Worried D.Boring

In the new Google age, the problem of child safety is not limited to the home, park and school, but into the online world. A recent cyber bullying(网络欺凌) study found that more than half of teenagers in the research are victims of cyber bullying. However, most of them didn’t tell their parents. Of course, it’s impossible for parents to protect their children any time, especially teenagers. Therefore it’s necessary that parents educate and train children to be careful, know offline and online dangers, threats, and report to their parents at once. I strongly recommend the ACT rules to parents to keep children safe.

Awareness

The first step for the safety of children is to remain connected with them and encourage two-way communication. Dinner table conversations, bedtime chats, or a walk in the evening are ideal times to have one-on-one conversations with children. If you are a careful and patient parent, you can easily have an antenna that your child is stressed. Also make it your business to pay attention to websites and apps often used by children while making efforts to know their friends.

C____________

I strongly recommend these two books to help start the conversation — No Means No by Jayneen Sanders (2015) and Amazing You by Gail Saltz (2008). Moreover, educate them about the dangers of sharing personal information or chat online with strangers. Children whose parents have talked with them about online/offline safety threats are more likely to report something unusual.

Taking action

Support from one or both parents is important in preventing cyber bullying and cheer children up. And let children know that parents will listen, believe and respond to their worries. Moreover, as teenage children spend more time away from parents, encourage them to trust themselves and be brave.

1.What can we learn from Paragraph 1?

A.Half of children all over the world experienced cyber bullying.

B.Children face more danger online than at home and at school.

C.Children has known enough about dangers online and offline.

D.Cyber bullying may happen without being noticed by parents.

2.What does the underlined word “antenna” mean?

A.直觉. B.疑虑. C.遗憾. D.体验.

3.According to the passage, what does the ATC rules include?

A.care B.changes C.communication D.courage

4.The purpose of the passage is to ____________.

A.teach and train children about danger online

B.help parents to keep their children safe online

C.tell the importance of communicating with children

D.recommend books of getting away from danger online

The sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville made everybody sad as he was a nice and respected man and had made many friends in Dartmoor during the two years he was at Baskerville Hall.

Mr Barrymore, the butler(男管家), said that Sir Charles had been sad and stressed these days. He told Barrymore that he was planning to return to London the next day. Then, he went for his usual evening walk. He did not return, and at midnight, Barrymore went to look for him. He followed Sir Charles’s footprints along the path until he found his master’s body lying near the end of it.

A man called Murphy was on the moor at the time and said that he heard shouting, but he was drunk at the time and no one would believe what he said.

The report said that Sir Charles had a weak heart and died of a heart attack. And this made it clear that the stories of a huge hound should not be believed.

“Do you know anything more than what is in the newspapers?” said Holmes when Dr. Mortimer had finished.

“Yes indeed. Sir Charles would never go out onto the moor at night because he was in fear of being attacked. He asked me several times whether I had heard the hound howling at night, but I never had. I was there within an hour when he died. I went over to see his body. He lay face down on the ground with his arms out and his fingers dug into the ground. At the inquest, Barrymore said that he saw nothing else, but I did. I saw footprints, Mr Holmes.”

“Footprints?” said Holmes, leaning forward. “A man’s or a woman’s?”

Mortimer looked at us for a moment before replying. “Mr.Holmes, they were the footprints of a huge hound!”

1.What can we know about Charles Baskerville?

A.He had been in a good mood for a few days.

B.He was going back to London the next day.

C.He usually took a walk with Barrymore at night.

D.He could not get along with others and had few friends.

2.Which is the correct order of what happened?

①Mortimer arrived at the scene and checked the body.

②Mortimer found footprints of a huge hound.

③Barrymore saw a man called Murphy on the moor.

④Charles Baskerville went out for a evening walk.

⑤Barrymore went out to look for his master.

A.④③⑤②① B.③④⑤①② C.④⑤③①② D.④⑤①③②

3.The underlined word“this” in Paragraph 3 refer to ____________.

A.the cause of Charles’ death B.what Murphy said

C.Charles’s footprints D.the hound’s footprints

4.We can infer(推断) from the passage that _____________.

A.What Barrymore said was true B.Murphy saw who the murderer was

C.Sir Charles killed himself D.the murderer was playing a trick

阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

According to a research by Chinese Sleep Research Society, 38.2% of Chinese adults suffered from insomnia(失眠) and over 300 million Chinese suffer from a sleep disorder.

However, the age of those suffering from sleep disorders is getting younger. Nowadays, over 60 percent of post-90s don’t have enough sleep.

Getting older is the main reason that the middle-aged and elderly cannot sleep well, while for young people, the reasons include not going to sleep at the same time each night, sleeping late, and not having good sleep habits.

How to decide sleep quality

Sleep quality is divided into two types: with dreams and without dreams. Moreover, if a person sleeps without dreams, there are deep and light sleep stages of sleep.

There are two standards of sleep quality. First, whether there is enough time for deep sleep. Second, whether the time of dreaming during sleep is proper, not too much or too little.

There are three simple methods to decide sleep quality. First, people should go to bed at about 10 pm. Second, sleep time should last 7 to 8 hours for an adult. Third, a person should have more energy after waking up.

How to improve sleep quality

★Taking some medicine is one of the main way to treat sleep disorders.

★Sleep disorders usually have something to do with mental health problems, such as feeling much too stressed or nervous. To have a good sleep, people should relax, be in good moods and work and rest regularly.

★As for eating habits, patients need to drink less tea or coffee, eat less oily food at supper and do not eat too much at supper. It is also helpful to sleep if people exercise more.

★It is also suggested that people had better listen to music and read books instead of using cellphones.

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

I gave the young man I had saved some bread and water. After his run and hiking to the cave, he was tired out. I showed him a bed and blanket and q1. he fell asleep.

As I studied him, I g2. his age at around twenty-six. He was tall with straight, strong legs and arms. He looked kind, e3. when he smiled.

I climbed out of the cave to keep watch. The young man slept only about a half hour b4. coming out of the cave. Again he made gestures(手势) to show that he was grateful to me.

We c5. mainly by gestures at first. Soon my new servant showed himself much b6. at learning my language than I was at learning his. I c7. him Friday, for it was on a Friday that I saved him. He quickly learned “yes” and “no” and the names for different objects.”

We spent a full day at the cave, then returned to the beach to see i8. those people who wanted to catch him were still here. They had gone without searching for either Friday or his partners.

When we returned to my cave, I p9. Friday with some clothes and a little rabbit-fur hat. Friday wore the clothes to make me happy, even though he was comfortable with nothing on.

At first I separated Friday from me in a single room because I couldn’t trust him completely. But it soon became clear that was u10.. He seemed almost to consider me like a father.

将下列句子译成英语，并将所译句子写在答题卡上标有题号的横线上。

1.看电视广告就是浪费时间。

2.原来这个男人跟这个案子无关。

3.他如此的杰出，能边演奏边创作音乐。

4.无论何时需要他，姚明都会回国。

5.我想知道穿红色能否使采取行动更容易。

B. 写作

寒假即将来临，新世纪英语报发起“My winter holiday”专栏征稿活动，你打算向该报纸投稿，谈谈你的假期想法。

My winter holiday

The winter holiday is coming. I have some good ideas to spend a meaningful holiday.

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—How do you communicate with your friends?

—By _________ letters.

A.write B.writing C.to write D.written

----Jack used to ________ to school.

----Yes, but now he’s used to ________the bus.

A. walk, take B. walking, take

C. walk, taking D. walking, taking

They found ___________ they were famous for only a short time.

A.that B.it C.this D.them