第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
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A
These wonderful NYC attractions offer pay — what — you — wish days, free entry hours/days and other great stuff for local families.
Staten IslandZoo
There are plenty of creatures who call NYC home—the Staten Island Zoo is one of them. Once you’ve finished learning about the wildlife in the animal nursery, reptile (爬行动物) side rooms, horse barn and other areas of the attraction, make sure to mark your schedule for fun seasonal happenings, such as the Easter Egg Games and the scary, crazy Halloween Shows.
Entry on Wednesdays is by suggested donation; children aged two and under free. Children’s Museum of the Arts
The Children’s Museum of the Arts welcomes 135,000 little visitors each year through its doors. Once inside, the whole family can enjoy interactive programs, exhibitions (展览) and events that celebrate the changed power of the arts on youngsters and grown-ups alike.
Pay-as-you-wish Thursdays, 3-6 p. m. Wave Hill
Everyone needs a few hours of calm now and then-kids included-and you’d be hard- pressed to find a more peaceful spot within city limits than Wave Hill the broad grounds located above the river, covering 28 acres of public gardens, plus woodlands and grasses to wander. Jump in on nature walks, story times and family art projects often led by local artists and free with general admission.
Pay — as — you — wish Tuesdays and Saturdays,9 a. m — noon. New York Hall of Science
Naturally, kids love it when the New York Hall of Science pleases them with neat exhibits and fun hands-on activities. The museum’s playground is themost attractivetochildren A tube slide (管道滑梯) will give little ones the knowledge on science topics, while the climbing area mirrors a giant spider web. There are also wind pipes, metal drums, sand- boxes and much more. What better way to make the mostout of science?
Free entry Sep-Jun on Fridays, 2 — 5 p. m，and Sundays, 10 —11 a. m.
1. What can children do in Staten Island Zoo? A. Feed injured animals. B. Join in seasonal activities. C. Build a home for creatures. D. Deal with the donations to the zoo.
2. What do Children’s Museum of the Arts and Wave Hill have in common? A. They both have peaceful spots. B. They both are located by a river. C. They both have public gardens. D. They both have activities about arts. 3. Which place can be free of charge for all? A. Wave Hill. B.Staten IslandZoo. C. New York Hall of Science. D. Children’s Museum of the Arts.
B
Scientists have long sought to prevent sharp memories from dulling with age, but the problem remains unsettled. Now research published in Scientific Reports suggests virtual reality might help older people recall facts and events based on specific details.
The study involved 42 healthy older adults from the San Francisco Bay Area. Half spent a dozen hours over four weeks playing a virtual-reality game called Labyrinth; they wore headsets and walked in place, walking virtual neighborhoods while completing small tasks. The other half, in the control group, used electronic tablets to play games that did not require recalling details. After 15 sessions (期), the latter performed roughly the same as before on a long-term memory test. But the Labyrinth players gain an improvement in memory through the VR game. A scientist Peter Wais of the University of California said the improvements brought them up to the level of another group of younger adults taking the same memory tests.
Meredith Thompson, an education researcher, studies learning through VR games but was not involved in the new study. It would be great to actually follow people over time and see what this type of game does for long-term memory. She says, adding VR can provide greater involvement than other games. Wais's team is now investigating how long the observed effects last and which elements of the training have the most impact.
A cognitive (认知)psychologist, Daniel Simons, who was also not involved in the study, notes experiments with other games that claim to train the brain have often failed to evaluate this. And it remains unclear how test performance in a laboratorysetting might translate to real-world situations. The outcome, Simons notes, “needs to be repeated, ideally with a much larger group, before it’s treated as a strong finding.”
For now, Wais says, the team hopes its studies with similar-sized groups will help draw funding to test the game in a larger pool of participants. 4. What is the passage mainly about? A. People's memory gradually fails as they age. B. People of different ages should play VR games. C. Virtual reality changes people's memory. D. Virtual reality improves older adults' memory.
5. What is Meredith Thompson's attitude toward the research? A. satisfied. B. enthusiastic. C. cautious. D. concerned.
6. According to the scientists, the research needs to be improved due to ________. A. the lack of financial support. B. the limited pool of participants.
C. the unsatisfying test performance. D. the impractical application in real world. 7. Where may the passage come from? A. A novel. B. A review. C. A magazine. D. A guidebook.
C
Avi Loeb, a scientist, believes that we are not alone in the universe. The belief fits withLoeb's alien spaceship theory that at least one alien spaceship might be flying over the orbit of Jupiter, which won the international attention last year.
Astronomers inHawaiifound the first known interstellar object in late 2017. It was a bit of light moving so fast past the sun that it could only have come from another star. Almost every astronomer on the planet was trying to figure out how the object, called “Oumuamua” got to our far-away part of the Milky way galaxy. “One possibility is that ‘Oumuamua’ is debris from an advanced technological equipment,” Loeb said. “Technology comes from another solar system just showed up at our door. ”
“‘Oumuamua’ is not an alien spaceship,” Paul Sutter, another scientist wrote. He suggested Loeb was seeking
publicity. Most scientists think “Oumuamua” is some sort of rock. They think it could be an icy wandering comet.
Loeb says that “Oumuamua's” behavior means it can't be a block of rock shaped like a long photo. He thinks it's more likely an object that's very long and thin, perhaps like a long pancake or a ship's sail. Loeb says that if someone shows him evidence thatcontradictshis beliefs, he will immediately give in.
Loeb believes himself a truth-teller and risk-taker in an age of very safe, too-quiet scientists. “The worst thing that can happen to me is that I would be relieved of my management duties, and that would give me even more time to focus on science,” Loeb says. He said he wouldn't mind giving up all the titles he had and returning to the Israeli farming village where he grew up. 8. What does Loeb say about “Oumuamua”?
A. It is an icy comet. B. It looks like a long photo.
C. It is actually some sort of rock. D. It may come from another alien civilization. 9. What does the underlined word “contradicts” in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A.Goes against. B. Relies on. C. Turns to. D. Searches for. 10. What do you think of Loeb?
A. He is foolish. B. He is unsatisfied with his titles.
C. He is a firm believer in scientific truth. D. He is uncertain about his career future. 11. What's the best title for the text?
A. Have Aliens Paid a Visit in Spaceships? B. Do We Really Know about Space Theory? C. Scientists Are Working on High Technology D. Astronomers Are Encouraging Space Travel
D
There are 195 countries in the world today but almost none of them have purple on their national flag. So what’s wrong with purple? It’s such a popular color1 today. Why would no country use it in their flag? The answer is really quite simple. Purple was just for too expensive.
The color1 purple has been associated with royalty power and wealth for centuries. Queen Elizabeth I forbade anyone except close members of the royal family to wear it. Purple’s high status comes from the rarity and cost of the dye (染料)originally used to produce it. Fabric traders got the dye from a small sea snail (海螺)that was only found in the Tyre region of the Mediterranean. More than 10,000 snails were needed to create just one gram of purple; not to mention a lot of work went into producing the dye, which made purple dye so expensive.
Since only wealthy rulers could afford to buy and wear the color1 , it became associated with the royal family. Sometimes, however, the dye was too expensive even for royalty. Third century Roman Emperor Aurelio famously
wouldn’t allow his wife to buy a scarf made from purple silk because it cost three times its weight in gold. A single pound of dye cost three pounds of gold, which equals 56,000 dollars today. Therefore, even the richest countries couldn’t spend that much having purple on their flags.
The dye became more accessible to lower-class about a century and a half ago. In 1856, 18-year-old English chemist William Henry Perkin accidentally created a man-made purple compound (化合物)while attemptingto produce an anti-malaria drug. He noticed that the compound could be used to dye fabrics, so he patented the dye, manufactured it and got rich. Purple dye was then mass-produced so everybody could afford it.
Till now, a handful of new national flags have been designed and a few of them have chosen to use purple in their flag. So don’t be making any bets just yet. 12. Why was color1 purple expensive in the past?
A. Because only royal families were allowed to wear purple. B. Because it took a long time to get purple dye from gold. C. Because purple was worth as much as its weight in gold. D. Because purple dye used to be rare and hard to produce.
13. Why did Roman Emperor Aurelio forbid his wife to buy a purple scarf? A. Because of poor quality. B. Because of long tradition. C. Because of bad taste. D. Because of high price. 14. What is purple's situation now?
A. Purple has been widely used on national flags. B. Purple dye is now affordable to ordinary people. C. Royal family stop using purple because it’s toocommon. D. Fewer snails are used to produce purple dye than before. 15. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. No Purple Flags? B. Purple vs Gold
C. How to Produce Purple Dye? D. The Birth of Purple Color 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
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Reducing Stress
How can you help kids cope with stress? Proper rest and goodnutrition can boost coping skills, as can good parenting.____16____Whether they need to talk or just be in the same room with you, make yourself available.
Don’t try to make them talk, even if you know what they’re worried about. Sometimes kids just feel better when you spend time with them on fun activities.
____17____It’s really hard for some people to come home after work, get down on the floor, and play with their kids or just talk to them about their day — especially if they’ve had a stressful day themselves.____18____
Help your child cope with stress by talking about what may be causing it. Together, you can come up with a few solutions like cutting back on after-school activities, spending more time talking with parents or teachers, or keeping a journal.
____19____For example, let your son or daughter know ahead of time that a doctor’s appointment is coming up and talk about what will happen there. Tailor the information to your child’s age — younger kids won’t need as much advance preparation as older kids.
Remember that some level of stress is normal. Let your kids know that it’s OK to feel angry, scared, lonely, or anxious and that other people share those feelings. Reassurance is important.____20____ A. Make time for your kids each day.
B. Talk to your kids about what they see and hear. C. Even as kids get older, quality time is important.
D. As kids get older, they are unable to handle academic and social pressures. E. But expressing interest shows your kids that they’re important to you. F.So remind them that you’re confident that they can handle the situation.
G. You can also help by foreseeing potentially stressful situations and preparing kids for them. 第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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One dark morning during my walk, I fell and had my___21___broken. I received several___22___ over two years. It was no fun for a busy mother! More_____23_____, I was left with certain physical limitation. My doctor told me to live life to the______24______, but not to do things that would be too much for my arm. As I recovered from the last surgery, I fell in_______25_______ over all the things I would never get to do that I had wanted to try, like boating. However, I_____26_____ so much on what I couldn’t do that I didn’t___27___what I could do was right in front of me all along.
My fourteen-year-old son, Matthew, was fond _____28_____ archery(射箭). I loved watching him shoot arrows and I had learned quite a bit about the____29____. I had never tried his bow. I was sure my arm would never allow for such____30____ equipment, anyway. Then during one of my son’s ________31________,
the coaches had a “fun day” and ________32________ encouraged the typically sedentary（久坐的)parents to ________33________ a bow. Before I realized what I was doing, I shot my___34___arrow. And it hit the___35___—6 points!
From then on, I often practiced. The more I did it, the more I knew I could do it. I realize that not only will my body not _____36_____ this new adventure, but neither will my family—my husband has taken up archery and my other son has tried it as well! I think the sport has made my family___37___ in some way. I never______38______ something like archery would be possible for me. I guess being faced with the concept of “limitations” pushed me forward. No more______39______ and no more fears, I just had to take___40___and shoot—and find my way.
21. A. head B. leg C. arm D. eye
22. A. operations B. occupations C. qualifications D. certifications 23. A. luckily B. importantly C. unfortunately D. happily 24. A. fairest B. fullest C. cheapest D. easiest
25. A. love B. sympathy C. embarrassment D. desperation 26. A. depended B. figured C. insisted D. focused 27. A. appreciate B. realize C. confirm D. describe 28. A. of B. with C. in D. on 29. A. club B. sport C. job D. injury
30. A. interesting B. frightening C. challenging D. deserving 31. A. competitions B. vacations C. practices D. performances 32. A. enthusiastically B. patiently C. honestly D. violently 33. A. take away B. pick up C. break down D. sort out 34. A. first B. second C. third D. last 35. A. distance B. enemy C. air D. target
36. A. suffer from B. benefit from C. adapt to D. take to 37. A. busier B. clearer C. closer D. richer
38. A. suspected B. insisted C. concluded D. imagined 39. A. excuses B. responsibilities C. permissions D. motivations 40. A. care B. aim C. action D. defeat 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
As a player, Lang Ping brought____41.____and glory to her country. As a coach, she led the China women’s volleyball team to____42.____at world championships and the Olympics. As a person, Lang Ping is loved by fans at home and____43.____. When the Chinese team was___44.___for the 2015 World Cup, her determination was tested. The team that Lang Ping had built was falling____45.____. One of the best players had been____46.____, and the team captain had to leave because of heart problems. Losing two important players was a big challenge,_____47._____Lang Ping did not lose heart. She had faced difficulties____48.____, and she knew that her young players could win if they____49.____together as a team. Two weeks later, they were world_____50._____! Then in 2016, Lang Ping led her volleyball team to Olympic gold in Brazil. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Tracy is a foreign student in our school. There is a pity that she is going to leave, which make us all very sad. She is a kind-hearted girl, but always offers to help us our English. I remembered when I am preparing for a speaking contest two month ago, Tracy spent her spare time teach me for almost three days. I won the first prize in the contest. When I said thanks to her, and she gave me a big smile. I hope that he can come to China again. I wish her a color1 fully and interesting life. 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.我们生活在五彩斑斓的世界中，但中华民族似乎对红色和黄色情有独钟，请你以“中国人崇尚的颜色”为主题，介绍中国人喜欢红色和黄色的原因。内容包括：
1.在中国古代，黄色是皇权的象征。 2.红色是喜庆的象征。 注意：
1.词数100字左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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参考答案
1. B 2. D 3. C
4. D 5. C 6. B 7. C
8. D 9. A 10. C 11. A
12. D 13. D 14. B 15. A
16. A 17. C 18. E 19. G 20. F
21. C 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. B A 33. B 34. A 35. D 36. B 37. C 38. D 39. A 40. C
41. hono(u)r
42. medals 43. abroad 44. preparing
45. apart 46. injured 47. but 48. before 49. worked 50. champions
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(6).month 改为 months (7).teach 改为 teaching (8).去掉 when 或者 and (9).he 改为 she
(10).color1 fully 改为 color1 ful
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