【题目】根据课文内容填空。
（1）Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid .
（2）Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to .
（3）Today's festivals have , some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.
（4）He thought of his mutton, beef and bacon cooked in the hottest, finest oil. His cola was sugary and cold, and his ice cream was made of milk, cream and delicious fruit. “,” he thought.
（5）RODERICK: do you know London? HENRY: Not at all, it's my first trip here.
（6）HENRY: Oh, yes. Well, towards nightfall I found myself to sea by a strong wind. It was all my fault.
（7）No one knows exactly how the earth began, as it happened so long ago. However, according to , the universe began with a "Big Bang" that threw matter in all directions.
（8）For several billion years after the "Big Bang", the earth was still just a cloud of dust. What it was to become was uncertain until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago when the dust settled into .
（9）The earth became that it was not clear whether the shape would last or not. It exploded loudly with fire and rock.
（10）Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbour make Vancouver one of Canada's most popular cities to live in. Its population is .
（11）The coast north of Vancouver has some of the oldest and most beautiful forests in the world. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, someover 90 metres.
（12）That afternoon aboard the train, the cousins in their seats.
（13）Earlier that day, when they crossed the Rocky Mountains, they managed to some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle.

Artificial intelligence（AI）is usually defined as the science of marking computers do things that require intelligence when done by humans.【2】These include learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and language-understanding.

【3】In fact we are increasingly depending. upon computer-based artificial intelligence. As Charlie Qrtiz said, head of AL at the Massachusetts-based software company Nuance Communication, “It has opened a window for us.”Smartphones, self-driving cars, intelligent robots，etc. are constantly coming into our life. According to a recent survey, half of the world’s AI experts believe human level machine intelligence will be achieved by 2040. This will open up huge possibilities for the enrichment of mankind, from tackling climate change and treating disease to labour- saving devices.

【4】Physicist Stephen Hawking last year warned that unless we take care, board games might be the least of it. “The development of full artificial intelligence could mean the end of the human race.”【5】They believe AlphaGo’s victory is a reminder of how fast the world is overcoming the obstacles in the way of AI, and its distribution in the world about us. Although there may yet be no evidence that computers will ever shake off their human masters, we should still treat these development with the humility and caution they deserve.

A. Other scientists have also expressed the concern.

B. Artificial intelligence has both advantages and disadvantages.

C. Defeating a human Go master is not the only thing AI can do.

D. Artificial intelligence will bring us disasters instead of benefits.

E. It was designed by an American Artificial intelligence company.

F. Not all experts hold the optimistic attitudes to the development of AI.

G. Research in AI has so far focused on some special fields of intelligence.

【题目】根据短文理解，选择正确答案。
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the most popular modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L'Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist's showman qualities.
The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.
The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). “From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,” explains the Pompidou Centre.
The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作) with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.
（1）Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1?
A.Optimistic.
B.Productive.
C.Generous.
D.Traditional.
（2）What is Dali's The Persistence of Memory considered to be?
A.One of his masterworks.
B.A successful screen adaptation.
C.An artistic creation for the stage.
D.One of the best TV programmes.
（3）How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali?
A.By popularity.
B.By importance.
C.By size and shape.
D.By time and subject.
（4）What does the word “contributions” in the last paragraph refer to?
A.Artworks.
B.Projects
C.Donations.
D.Documents.

【题目】根据短文理解，选择正确答案。
Everybody should have some level of first aid ability, because accidents and medical emergencies can happen anywhere at any time. St John First Aid courses give you the knowledge and confidence to provide effective first aid whenever it's needed.
First Aid Level 1
Ideal(理想的) for anyone who wants to learn basic first aid or needs to renew their first aid qualification. Courses can be held at St John or your workplace.
Fee: $162(includes GST)
Duration(持续时间): Eight hours
First Aid Level 2
Includes all course content from First Aid Level One, plus an additional half day. Ideal for special first aiders, health and safety managers and anyone who needs a first aid qualification.
Fee: $235(includes GST)
Duration: 12 hours
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC)
Advanced training for first aiders who already hold unit standards 6400 and 6402. Ideal for people who require advanced first aid skills or a pre-hospital emergency care (PHEC) qualification for their work.
Fee: $635(includes GST)
Duration: Three days
Child First Aid
Ideal for parents, grandparents and other family caregivers. A recognized qualification for childcare workers.
Fee: $65(includes GST)
Duration: Four hours
Outdoor First Aid
First aid response for accidents and medical emergencies in the wilderness. For groups of eight or more.
Duration: One to two days depending on experience
Sports First Aid
First aid response for common sporting injuries and medical emergencies. Includes ACC injury prevention advice.
Duration: Eight hours.
（1）If you want to learn basic first aid at St John, you must ________.
A.know a little about first aid
B.take the course at your workplace
C.have a first aid qualification
D.spend eight hours on the course
（2）Pre-Hospital Emergency Care teaches people ________.
A.special first aid skills
B.advanced first aid skills
C.first aid in childcare
D.injury prevention advice
（3）The main purpose of the text is to ________.
A.introduce the courses about first aid
B.teach people knowledge of first aid
C.change people's attitude to first aid
D.let people renew their first aid qualification

【题目】语法填空
Reading benefits us a lot. First, reading books (be) fun. You can always keep yourself (interest) and it can help you have an enjoyable time if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a(n) (relax) hobby too.
Next, you can read a book anywhere: in a car, on a plane, in bed—even in the bath. you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and start again.
Another good reason for reading books is it is useful. If you read as a hobby you (get) better and better at it. This means that you will read faster and become ( better)at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probable find your schoolwork becomes much easy. Many school subjects depend good reading and, as you read you learn more and more.
Good readers are most likely to be good (write), too．They are usually good at (spelling) as well, and have more things to write. Reading books is really a wonderful hobby.

In research presented lately at a meeting of the British Ecological Society in Liverpool, scientists will explain how rising temperatures are making female reindeer difficult to obtain nutrients during important periods of being pregnant.

Snow in Svalbard typically covers the ground for eight months of the year, which, combined with low temperatures, limits grass growth to June and July. But as summer temperatures have increased by around 1.5℃, grasslands have become more productive, allowing female reindeer to gain more weight by the autumn and therefore to conceive（孕育）more calves.

However, warmer winters have brought with them greater rainfall which freezes when is settles on the snow, therefore locking out the reindeer from the life-supporting food below. As a result, female reindeer are becoming starved, causing them to give birth to much lighter young. The average mass of an adult reindeer in 1998, when the survey began, was 55kg, but by 2016 IT had dropped to 48kg.

Professor Steve Albon, an ecologist at the James Hatton Institute in Aberdeen , said that, because the mammals have a relatively high surface-area-to-volume ratio（表面积与体积比）, they are no particularly energy efficient.

Reindeer can often access the inadequate food sources beneath the snow by clearing IT away with their antlers（鹿角）, but they cannot break through the hard ice. Without access to the food in winter, calves are being born far lighter than they should be. Numbers of reindeer have also increased rapidly in the past 20 years, meaning that those which are born are facing greater competition for food. “The implication（含义）are that there may well be more smaller reindeer in the Arctic in the coming decades, but possibly at the risk of catastrophic die-offs because of increased ice on the ground,”said Professor Albon Despite the gloomy findings, reindeer appear to be suffering less from the impact of climate change than some other arctic species.

【1】Which of the following may be the most important reason for the smaller reindeer?

A. Heavy snow.

B. Greater rainfall.

C. Hard ice.

D. Global warming.

【2】According to the passage, rising temperatures will not lead to_________.

A. grass growing more rapidly in summer

B. more rainfall in the arctic area in winter

C. female reindeer’s gaining more weight in winter

D. female reindeer’s suffering from hunger in winter

【3】What does the underlined word“gloomy”in the last paragraph mean?

A. Exciting.

B. Optimistic.

C. Disappointing.

D. Doubtful.

【4】How does the writer develop the passage?

A. By analyzing the research.

B. By classification of reindeer.

C. By comparing opinions of experts.

D. By telling stories of different species.

In sixth grade, Sonya discovered a way to deal with some of her stress. She began studying dance at her middle school. “IT was a way for me to express myself, instead of just holding everything in,”she explains. Soon, Sonya auditioned（试演）for a summer dance camp run by Alvin Alley, a famous dance company. She was accepted. “I was excited,”says Sonya.

Dancing became an even more important part of Sonya’s life in high school. But things were not going well for Sonya at school. Each time her family moved to a new shelter, Sonya often took care of her younger sisters and brothers. She helped them get ready in the morning and took them to school. They would be on time, but Sonya would be late.

Worrying about her family kept Sonya from thinking about her own future. That changed the summer after 11th grade. Sonya learned she would have to go to summer school to graduate. She became determined to succeed, no matter what. “It was a wake-up call,”she says.“I had to focus on school and on myself.”

Sonya made up the work that she had missed, and finally graduated from high school. No one in her family had gone to college before. But in September 2015, Sonya enrolled in the State University of New York at Potsdam. She plans to become a doctor for kids and to teach dance to children who have disabilities.

【1】According to the text, Sonya_____________.

A. learned to dance at the age of 3

B. kept moving to a better school

C. hid to secrets from her teachers

D. became homeless at an early age

【2】From Sonya’s experience, we can infer__________.

A. she could express herself by dancing

B. teachers and other students laughed at her

C. Sonya determined to be a doctor for people with disabilities

D. her sisters and brothers stopped her from thinking about her future

【3】By saying“IT was a wake-up call,” Sonya means that__________.

A. she needed to teach herself

B. she must support her family

C. she should focus on dancing

D. she had to finish high school

【4】What’s the main idea of the text?

A. A girl finds hope through dance.

B. Dancing makes people confident.

C. Sonya dreams of becoming a dance star.

D. More and more kids stay at shelters in New York.

（1）As a teacher, she can't have any students cheating in the exam.
（2）China has a population of 1.4 billion, with the aged 15.5%.
（3）He wore a puzzled look on his face, that he didn't quite follow what she said.
（4）To form a music band, they advertised for people singing and performing.
（5）His mind wandered from time to time in class. He should to his lessons and taking notes.
（6）Not knowing about each other, they had a hard time in to carry out the research at the beginning.
（7）You are promised to get extra pay for extra work, your work done.
（8）He the responsibility for collecting evidence for the trial without giving it a second thought.

【题目】任务型阅读
Four simple ways to stay positive
Trying to stay positive, both in good times and bad, is a great way to improve your quality of life. Try these four methods on a daily basis.
1）. Don't think a lot about negativity.
Of course. Staying positive 24 hours a day, seven days a week is a bit difficult. Letting things get to you is normal, and it's actually healthy to cry or express frustrations once in a while.
It's when those negative moments control your life that your emotional balance is at risk. However, don't give that sadness another second in your day.
2）.
What you put into your body directly affects how you feel on the outside. Fill yourself with good, healthy foods like fruits and vegetables and limit snacking. Exercise is equally of great importance. Take a few days out of your week for at least half an hour of activity, and try to stick to it.
3）. Be kind to others.
Making someone's day a bit brighter not only puts a smile on his or her face, but also yours as well. Remember to smile and treat each person with pity and respect. Good deeds are contagious（传染的）, and your positive attitude may spread among others.
4）. Take it one day at a time.
Being positive isn't an instant thing. It's a steady effort that we follow every hour of every day. Instead, focus on living at the moment and doing what you can to make each moment better.
A.Eat healthy and stay fit.
B.Take your lunch breaks outside.
C.Don't worry about what the future may bring.
D.Gratefulness helps you appreciate life in bad times.
E.Good feelings come from acts of kindness and selflessness.
F.Take a few minutes to feel sad and accept what happened.
G.Even going outside for a walk and enjoying the sunshine improves your mood.