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一、单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
1. I lead a very busy life， so spare time is a very precious to me.
A. commodity B. recreation
C. element D. assistance
2. Thomas made his concerns about the changes that had been introduced at work.
A. plain B. perfect
C. easy D. ambiguous
3. —Id like to buy a sweater， but Im not sure about the color.
—How about the blue one？ The light yellow one easily.
A. has stained B. has been stained
C. stains D. is stained
4. —Henry， you seem to get angry with James. Whats the matter？
—He is always making me look like a fool in front of everyone， but I swear I wont .
A. see him off B. pay him back
C. bring him down D. let him off
5. Mike decided to move to Florida and hoped the climate there would him to full health.
A. restore B. release
C. relieve D. recover
6. The US would be committed to providing security guarantees to the DPRK Pyongyangs commitment to complete denuclearization （無核化） of the Korean Peninsula.
A. in search of B. in reference to
C. in accordance with D. in exchange for
7. Doctors never gave up the patient， and eventually more hope of her recovering from the serious illness.
A. held out B. held on
C. held up D. held off
8. We could have addressed the problem， but we what the problem was in advance
A. hadnt known B. didnt know
C. dont know D. werent to know
9. the launch of space mission in the 20th century， most of the moon had never been seen before in the history of humankind.
A. Despite B. Since
C. Upon D. Until
10. Facial recognition technology is working well at tourist attraction around China， the time people spend standing in lines at entries or security checks.
A. to reduce B. reduced
C. having reduced D. reducing
11. It had been many years since my last visit， but I found the house by .
A. losing my head B. catching my eye
C. biting my tongue D. following my nose
12. the concert to raise money for hunger relief， Geldof invited many famous musicians to take part in it.
A. Intended B. Intending
C. Having intended D. To intend
13. They arrived at the border between Kenya and Tanzania at 2 pm， lies a national nature reserve. A. what B. which
C. where D. when
14. There， Mrs. Smith， showing her pupils how to put a logo onto the new torch.
A. standing on the platform was
B. was standing on a platform
C. on a platform was standing
D. was on a platform standing
15. —Wall Street English just launched a new Wechat learning platform and we can take free classes！
— ！ Let me have a look！
A. You dont say
B. You have got it
C. You can say that again
D. You have me there
二、完形填空（共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分）
Life is a clock swing. Half the time things are better than normal; the other half， they are 16 . But it takes time and experience to understand what 17 is.
There are high points： romance and 18 to the right person; doing those things like 19 my sons baseball team; discovering his 20 so vivid that he builds a spaceship from a（n） 21 pile of Legos（樂高玩具）.
But there is a vast grassland of life in the middle， 22 the bad and the good overturn magically. This is what 23 me of the 50percent theory.
One spring I planted corn too early in a bottomland， so easily 24 that neighbors laughed. I felt annoyed at the wasted effort. Summer turned cruel—the worst heat wave and drought in my lifetime. The airconditioner died， the well went dry， the marriage 25 ， the job lost， the money gone. Only a popular Kansas City Royals team， bound for their first World Series， 26 my spirits.
27 back on that horrible summer， I soon understood that all succeeding good things merely 28 the bad. I am owed and enjoy the happy times. They 29 me for the next dangerous surprise and offer 30 that I can succeed. The 50 percent theory even helps me see hope 31 my Royals recent fall.
Oh， yeah， the corn crop？ For that one hot summer， the ground 32 was just right， and the lack of rain 33 the standing corn from floods. That winter my house was crowded with cornfat and healthy while my neighbors fields yielded only brown and empty husk （壳）.
Although plantings past may have fallen below the 50percent 34 and they probably will again in the future， I am still 35 by the crop that flourishes （丰收） during the drought.
16. A. healthier B. worse
C. richer D. earlier
17. A. normal B. average
C. regular D. common
18. A. dating B. duty
C. relation D. marriage
19. A. joining B. assessing C. coaching D. selecting
20. A. imagination B. creation
C. intelligence D. diligence
21. A. adjusted B. colorful
C. separate D. accumulated
22. A. when B. where
C. why D. what
23. A. informs B. cures
C. reminds D. convinces
24. A. removed B. harvested
C. flooded D. watered
25. A. began B. ended
C. restored D. rebuilt
26. A. discouraged B. lowered
C. employed D. inspired
27. A. Cutting B. Looking
C. Returning D. Thinking
28. A. conflicted B. contradicted
C. balanced D. followed
29. A. motivated B. forced
C. disturbed D. discouraged
30. A. trust B. comfort
C. dependence D. belief
31. A. against B. beyond
C. across D. from
32. A. wetness B. richness
C. altitude D. depth
33. A. forbidden B. moved
C. freed D. suspended
34. A. expectation B. requirement
C. bottomline D. practice
35. A. frustrated B. surrounded
C. annoyed D. encouraged
三、閱读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）
A
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36. What should you pay attention to when using the Leaf Blower？
A. Filling it up with good petrol.
B. Taking care not to be tripped up.
C. Charging it when the battery is dying.
D. Wearing the wristband if you use it for long.
37. Which is not the advantage of the tool？
A. Truly portable.
B. Fast delivery.
C. Environmentally friendly.
D. Quite powerful.
B
I used to think the whole purpose of life was pursuing happiness. Everyone said the path to happiness was success， so I searched for that ideal job， that perfect boyfriend， that beautiful apartment. But instead of ever feeling fulfilled， I felt anxious and adrift. Eventually， I decided to go to graduate school for positive psychology to learn what truly makes people happy.
And whats the difference between being happy and having meaning in life？ Many psychologists define happiness as a state of comfort and ease， feeling good in the moment. Meaning， though， is deeper. The renowned psychologist Martin Seligman says meaning comes from belonging to and serving something beyond yourself and from developing the best within you. Our culture is obsessed （癡迷于） with happiness， but I came to see that seeking meaning is the more fulfilling path.
There are four pillars （支柱） of a meaningful life.
The first pillar is belonging. Belonging comes from being in relationships where youre valued for who you are intrinsically and where you value others as well. For many people， belonging is the most essential source of meaning.
For others， the key to meaning is the second pillar： purpose. Finding your purpose is not the same thing as finding that job that makes you happy. A hospital custodian told me her purpose is healing sick people. Many parents tell me， “My purpose is raising my children.” The key to purpose is using your strengths to serve others. Without something worthwhile to do， people flounder.
The third pillar of meaning is also about stepping beyond yourself， but in a completely different way： transcendence （超然）. Transcendent experiences can change you. Transcendent states are those rare moments when youre lifted above the hustle and bustle of daily life， your sense of self fades away， and you feel connected to a higher reality. For me， Im a writer， and it happens through writing. Sometimes I get so in the zone that I lose all sense of time and place. The fourth pillar is storytelling， the story you tell yourself about yourself. Creating a narrative from the events of your life brings clarity. It helps you understand how you became you. But we dont always realize that were the authors of our stories and can change the way were telling them. Your life isnt just a list of events. You can edit， interpret and retell your story， even as youre constrained by the facts.
Thats the power of meaning. Happiness comes and goes. But when life is really good and when things are really bad， having meaning gives you something to hold on to.
38. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs？
A. Life can be fulfilled by landing ideal jobs.
B. Life dilemma is easy for us to get out of.
C. Happiness is the core values in our culture.
D. Happiness is what most people pursue.
39. From the four pillars of a meaningful life， we can know that .
A. nothing is as essential a source of meaning as belonging
B. purpose is less about what you want than what you give
C. transcendent fades easily and rarely makes us cheerful
D. the way of telling stories guarantees a meaningful life
40. The passage aims to tell us that .
A. meaning is more important than happiness
B. seeking meaning does more good than bad
C. chasing happiness can make people unhappy
D. meaning has deeper psychological significance
C
For years， scientists and others concerned about climate change have been talking about the need for carbon capture and storage （CCS）.
That is the term for removing carbon dioxide from， say， a coalburning power plants smokestack and pumping it deep underground to keep it out of the atmosphere， where it would otherwise contribute to global warming.
However， currently， only one power plant in Canada captures and stores carbon on a commercial scale （and it has been having problems）. Among the concerns about storage is that carbon dioxide in gaseous or liquid form that is pumped underground might escape back to the atmosphere. So storage sites would have to be monitored， potentially for decades or centuries.
But scientists at LamontDoherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University and other institutions have come up with a different way to store CO2 that might eliminate that problem. Their approach involves dissolving the gas with water and pumping the resulting mixture—soda water， essentially—down into certain kinds of rocks， where the CO2 reacts with the rock to form a mineral called calcite（方解石）. By turning the gas into stone， scientists can lock it away permanently. Volcanic rocks called basalts（玄武巖） are excellent for this process， because they are rich in calcium， magnesium and iron， which react with CO2. The project called CarbFix started in Iceland， 2012， when the scientists pumped about 250 tons of carbon dioxide， mixed with water， about 1，500 feet down into porous basalt. Early signs were encouraging： The scientists found that about 95 percent of the carbon dioxide was changed into calcite. And even more importantly， they wrote， the change happened relatively quickly—in less than two years.
“Its beyond all our expectations，” said Edda Aradottir， who manages the project. Rapid change of the CO2 means that a project would probably have to be monitored for a far shorter time than a more conventional storage site.
There are still concerns about whether the technology will prove useful in the fight against global warming. For one thing， it would have to be scaled up enormously. For another， a lot of water is needed—25 tons of it for every ton of CO2—along with the right kind of rock.
But the researchers say that there is enough porous basaltic rock in Iceland， including in the ocean floors and along the margins of continents. And sitting a storage project in or near the ocean could potentially solve the water problem at the same time， as the researchers say seawater would work just fine.
41. What can we learn about CCS in Paragraphs 2 and 3？
A. Scientists believe global warming will be avoided if CO2 is pumped underground.
B. Its been a common practice in many plants to capture and store CO2 underground.
C. There is no guarantee that CO2 will not escape even if pumped underground.
D. It requires decades to turn CO2 into liquid form and be locked underground.
42. What materials should be involved in the project CarbFix？
A. Water， CO2， soda water and basalts.
B. Water， soda water， a pump and calcite.
C. CO2， basalts， a pump and calcite.
D. Water， CO2， a pump and basalts.
43. According to Edda Aradottir， the result of the project was beyond the researchers expectations， because .
A. its disappointing to discover new problems caused by rapid change
B. its amazing to see 95% of the carbon dioxide turn into calcite that fast
C. its puzzling to find the encouraging but unexpected result of the project
D. its exciting to sense the problem of storing CO2 likely to be solved
44. What is the authors purpose in writing the passage？
A. To inform us of a breakthrough in storing CO2. B. To praise the efforts of scientists in storing CO2.
C. To show the different ways to fight against CO2.
D. To urge people to produce the least possible CO2.
D
Dad and I loved baseball and hated sleep. One midsummer dawn when I was nine， we drove to the local park with our baseballs， gloves， and Yankees caps.
“If you thought night baseball was a thrill， just wait，” Dad told me. “Morning air carries the ball like youve never seen.”
He was right. Our fastballs charged faster and landed more lightly. The echoes of our catches popped as the sun rose over the dewsprinkled fields.
The park was all ours for about two hours. Then a young mother pushed her stroller toward us. When she neared， Dad politely leaned over the stroller， waved， and gave the baby his best smile.
The mother stared at him for a second， and then rushed away.
Dad covered his mouth with his hand and walked to the car. “Lets go， bud，” he said. “Im not feeling well.”
A month earlier， Bells palsy （貝尔氏神经麻痹） had struck Dad， paralyzing the right side of his face. It left him slurring words and with a droopy eyelid. He could hardly drink from a cup without spilling onto his shirt. And his smile， which once eased the pain of playground cuts and burst forth at the mention of Mick Jagger， Woody Allen， or his very own Yankees， was gone.
As I slumped in the car， I began suspecting that our sunrise park visit wasnt about watching daylight lift around us. This was his effort to avoid stares.
It was a solemn drive home.
After that day， Dad spent more time indoors. He left the shopping， driving， and Little League games to Mom. A freelance editor， he turned our dining room into his office and buried himself in manuscripts. He no longer wanted to play catch.
At physical therapy， Dad obeyed the doctor： “Now smile as wide as you can. Now lift your right cheek with your hand. Now try to whistle.”
Only the sound of blowing air came out. My earliest memories were of Dad whistling to Frank Sinatra or Bobby McFerrin. He always whistled. He had taught me to whistle too.
Of the roughly 40，000 Americans suffering Bells palsy every year， most recover in several weeks. Other cases take a few months to heal. But after nine weeks of therapy， the doctor confessed she couldnt help Dad.
“Ive never seen anything like this，” she told him after his final session. Then she handed him the bill. Dad coped through humor. He occasionally grabbed erasable markers and drew an evensided wide smile across his face. Other times， he practiced his Elvis impersonation， joking that his curled lips allowed him to perfect his performance of “Hound Dog”.
By the time I entered fourth grade that September， Dad could blink his right eye and speak clearly again. But his smile still hadnt returned. So I made a secret vow： I would abstain from smiles of any kind.
Nothing about fourth grade made this easy. Classmates were both old enough to laugh about pop culture and young enough to appreciate fart jokes. Kids called me Frowny the Dwarf. （I was three foot ten.） Teachers accompanied me into hallways， asking what was wrong. Breaking the promise I had made myself was tempting， but I couldnt let Dad not smile alone.
When I asked my PE coach， “Whats so great about smiling？” he made me do pushups while the rest of the class played Wiffle ball. Then he called Dad.
I never learned what they discussed. But when I got off the school bus that afternoon， I saw Dad waiting for me， holding our gloves and ball. For the first time in months， we got in the family car and went to the park for a catch.
“Its been too long，” he said.
Roughly a halfdozen fathers and sons lined the field with gloved arms in the air. Dad couldnt smile， but he beamed， and so did I. Sundown came quickly. The fields white lights glowed， and everyone else left. But Dad and I threw everything from curve balls to folly floaters into the night. We had catching up to do.
45. Why did Father choose to play baseballs one summer dawn？
A. They could perform better in the morning.
B. He tried to escape others attention to his face.
C. Morning air was more suitable for playing baseball.
D. The park was empty and they could enjoy themselves.
46. The underlined phrase “abstain from” in Paragraph 16 is closest in meaning to .
A. seek for B. recover from
C. give up D. break into
47. What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 17？
A. The boy lost his ability to smile.
B. The boy must have suffered many wrongs.
C. The boy couldnt appreciate pop culture.
D. The boy tried his best to make Father smile.
48. Why did the father accompany his son to the park for a catch that night？
A. He had made a complete recovery. B. He thought night baseball was a thrill.
C. He intended his son to return to normal.
D. He was instructed by the PE coach to do so.
49. Which of the following can best describe the authors father？
A. Selfless and lucky.
B. Generous and determined.
C. Sensitive and stubborn.
D. Responsible and humorous.
50. What is the best title for the passage？
A. Losing my fathers smile
B. Making a hidden secret
C. Playing baseball in the morning
D. Recovering from a face illness
四、任務型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
Until about 18 years ago， it was widely assumed that most of brain development occurs in the first few years of life. But recent research on the human brain has shown that many brain regions undergo prolonged development throughout adolescence and beyond in humans. This advancement in knowledge has increased old worries and given rise to new ones. It is hugely worrying that so many teenagers around the world dont have access to education at a time when their brains are still developing and being shaped by the environment. We should also worry about our lack of understanding of how our rapidly changing world is shaping the developing teenage brain.
Decades of research on early neurodevelopment suggested that the environment influences brain development. During the first few months or years of life， an animal must be exposed to particular visual or auditory stimuli （听觉刺激） for the associated brain cells and connections to develop. In this way， neuronal circuitry （神经元回路） is shaped according to the environment during ‘sensitive periods’ of brain development. This research has focused mostly on early development of sensory brain regions. What about later development of higherlevel brain regions， which are involved in decisionmaking， control and planning， as well as social understanding and selfawareness？ We know these brain regions continue to develop throughout adolescence. However， we have very little knowledge about how environmental factors influence the developing teenage brain. This is something that should concern us.
Theres a lot of concern about the hours some teenagers spend online and playing video games. But maybe all this worry is misplaced. After all， throughout history humans have worried about the effects of new technologies on the minds of the next generation. When the printing press was invented， there was anxiety about reading corrupting young peoples minds， and the same worries were repeated for the invention of radio and television. Maybe we shouldnt be worried at all. Its possible that the developing brains of todays teenagers are going to be the most adaptable， creative， multitasking brains that have ever existed. There is evidence—from adults—that playing video games improves a range of cognitive functions such as divided attention and working memory. Much less is known about how gaming， social networking and so on， influence the developing adolescent brain. We dont know whether the effects of new technologies on the developing brain are positive， negative or neutral. We need to find out. Adolescence is a period of life in which the brain is developing and shapable， and it represents a good opportunity for learning and social development. However， according to UNICEF， 40% of the worlds teenagers do not have access to secondary school education. The percentage of teenage girls who have no access to education is much higher， and yet there is strong evidence that the education of girls in developing countries has multiple significant benefits for family health， population growth rates， child mortality rates， HIV rates as well as for womens selfesteem and quality of life. Adolescence represents a time of brain development when teaching and training should be particularly beneficial. I worry about the lost opportunity of denying the worlds teenagers access to education.
五、書面表达（满分25分）
请阅读下面文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
In the annual “red envelope wars” during the Spring Festival， mobile payment competitors， including Tencents Wechat Wallet， Alibabas Alipay， and Baidus Baidu Wallet， have offered billions of digital red envelopes to app users during shopping holidays since 2009. However， this year “red envelope wars” between Alibaba and Tencent ended. In the game of grabbing a red envelope， people intently kept an eye on their phones instead of enjoying the holiday with their relatives and friends. What they finally grabbed in the game was only a little money， but what they lost could not be measured by the money. When there are no “red envelope wars”， the Spring Festival will be more like the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year that focuses on the family.
【写作内容】
1.用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容;
2.用约120个单词说明你对“春节红包大战”的看法，并用2～3个理由或论据支撑你的看法。
【写作要求】
1.写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句;
2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称;
3.不必写标题。
【评分标准】
内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
参考答案
一、1—5 AACDA 6—10 DABDD 11—15 DBCAA
二、16—20 BADCA 21—25 CBDCB26—30 DBCAD 31—35 DACAD
三、36—37 CB 38—40 DBA 41—44 CDBA
45—50 BCBCDA
四、51. continue 52. causes 53. affecting / influencing
54. shape 55. concerned / worried / anxious 56. corrupted 57. development
58. importance / significance / benefit 59. accessible / available 60. aware / conscious
五、One possible version：
This year saw an end of the annual “red envelope wars”. The author says yes to the end of the game， which actually prevents us from enjoying the Spring Festival.
Im totally in favour of the authors idea. We should put an end to the “red envelope wars” during the Spring Festival. In the first place， the Spring Festival is a time for family members to reunite and for many of them this time may be the only chance to get together every year. So in no case should we ignore our family members due to the “red envelope wars”. Moreover， you can get no more than 5 yuan in each red envelope in many cases.
Thus there is no point in gaining a little money at the cost of wasting the most precious time of the year. In a word， put down your mobile phone and keep your family members company.
（作者：陈小巍，江苏省如皋市第一中学）
1. I lead a very busy life， so spare time is a very precious to me.
A. commodity B. recreation
C. element D. assistance
2. Thomas made his concerns about the changes that had been introduced at work.
A. plain B. perfect
C. easy D. ambiguous
3. —Id like to buy a sweater， but Im not sure about the color.
—How about the blue one？ The light yellow one easily.
A. has stained B. has been stained
C. stains D. is stained
4. —Henry， you seem to get angry with James. Whats the matter？
—He is always making me look like a fool in front of everyone， but I swear I wont .
A. see him off B. pay him back
C. bring him down D. let him off
5. Mike decided to move to Florida and hoped the climate there would him to full health.
A. restore B. release
C. relieve D. recover
6. The US would be committed to providing security guarantees to the DPRK Pyongyangs commitment to complete denuclearization （無核化） of the Korean Peninsula.
A. in search of B. in reference to
C. in accordance with D. in exchange for
7. Doctors never gave up the patient， and eventually more hope of her recovering from the serious illness.
A. held out B. held on
C. held up D. held off
8. We could have addressed the problem， but we what the problem was in advance
A. hadnt known B. didnt know
C. dont know D. werent to know
9. the launch of space mission in the 20th century， most of the moon had never been seen before in the history of humankind.
A. Despite B. Since
C. Upon D. Until
10. Facial recognition technology is working well at tourist attraction around China， the time people spend standing in lines at entries or security checks.
A. to reduce B. reduced
C. having reduced D. reducing
11. It had been many years since my last visit， but I found the house by .
A. losing my head B. catching my eye
C. biting my tongue D. following my nose
12. the concert to raise money for hunger relief， Geldof invited many famous musicians to take part in it.
A. Intended B. Intending
C. Having intended D. To intend
13. They arrived at the border between Kenya and Tanzania at 2 pm， lies a national nature reserve. A. what B. which
C. where D. when
14. There， Mrs. Smith， showing her pupils how to put a logo onto the new torch.
A. standing on the platform was
B. was standing on a platform
C. on a platform was standing
D. was on a platform standing
15. —Wall Street English just launched a new Wechat learning platform and we can take free classes！
— ！ Let me have a look！
A. You dont say
B. You have got it
C. You can say that again
D. You have me there
二、完形填空（共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分）
Life is a clock swing. Half the time things are better than normal; the other half， they are 16 . But it takes time and experience to understand what 17 is.
There are high points： romance and 18 to the right person; doing those things like 19 my sons baseball team; discovering his 20 so vivid that he builds a spaceship from a（n） 21 pile of Legos（樂高玩具）.
But there is a vast grassland of life in the middle， 22 the bad and the good overturn magically. This is what 23 me of the 50percent theory.
One spring I planted corn too early in a bottomland， so easily 24 that neighbors laughed. I felt annoyed at the wasted effort. Summer turned cruel—the worst heat wave and drought in my lifetime. The airconditioner died， the well went dry， the marriage 25 ， the job lost， the money gone. Only a popular Kansas City Royals team， bound for their first World Series， 26 my spirits.
27 back on that horrible summer， I soon understood that all succeeding good things merely 28 the bad. I am owed and enjoy the happy times. They 29 me for the next dangerous surprise and offer 30 that I can succeed. The 50 percent theory even helps me see hope 31 my Royals recent fall.
Oh， yeah， the corn crop？ For that one hot summer， the ground 32 was just right， and the lack of rain 33 the standing corn from floods. That winter my house was crowded with cornfat and healthy while my neighbors fields yielded only brown and empty husk （壳）.
Although plantings past may have fallen below the 50percent 34 and they probably will again in the future， I am still 35 by the crop that flourishes （丰收） during the drought.
16. A. healthier B. worse
C. richer D. earlier
17. A. normal B. average
C. regular D. common
18. A. dating B. duty
C. relation D. marriage
19. A. joining B. assessing C. coaching D. selecting
20. A. imagination B. creation
C. intelligence D. diligence
21. A. adjusted B. colorful
C. separate D. accumulated
22. A. when B. where
C. why D. what
23. A. informs B. cures
C. reminds D. convinces
24. A. removed B. harvested
C. flooded D. watered
25. A. began B. ended
C. restored D. rebuilt
26. A. discouraged B. lowered
C. employed D. inspired
27. A. Cutting B. Looking
C. Returning D. Thinking
28. A. conflicted B. contradicted
C. balanced D. followed
29. A. motivated B. forced
C. disturbed D. discouraged
30. A. trust B. comfort
C. dependence D. belief
31. A. against B. beyond
C. across D. from
32. A. wetness B. richness
C. altitude D. depth
33. A. forbidden B. moved
C. freed D. suspended
34. A. expectation B. requirement
C. bottomline D. practice
35. A. frustrated B. surrounded
C. annoyed D. encouraged
三、閱读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）
A
The latest addition to the Gtech garden power tools range is a lightweight yet powerful wireless Leaf Blower. This autumn makes short work of clearing leaves and garden pieces.
High Performance
The 36V Lithiumion Gtech Leaf Blower has the ability to clear pieces from your lawn， courtyard and driveway. Using a turbo fan design that allows for a straight air passage from intake to outlet， offering maximum airflow and efficiency that turns the fan at 11，500 times a minute.
Complete control
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36. What should you pay attention to when using the Leaf Blower？
A. Filling it up with good petrol.
B. Taking care not to be tripped up.
C. Charging it when the battery is dying.
D. Wearing the wristband if you use it for long.
37. Which is not the advantage of the tool？
A. Truly portable.
B. Fast delivery.
C. Environmentally friendly.
D. Quite powerful.
B
I used to think the whole purpose of life was pursuing happiness. Everyone said the path to happiness was success， so I searched for that ideal job， that perfect boyfriend， that beautiful apartment. But instead of ever feeling fulfilled， I felt anxious and adrift. Eventually， I decided to go to graduate school for positive psychology to learn what truly makes people happy.
And whats the difference between being happy and having meaning in life？ Many psychologists define happiness as a state of comfort and ease， feeling good in the moment. Meaning， though， is deeper. The renowned psychologist Martin Seligman says meaning comes from belonging to and serving something beyond yourself and from developing the best within you. Our culture is obsessed （癡迷于） with happiness， but I came to see that seeking meaning is the more fulfilling path.
There are four pillars （支柱） of a meaningful life.
The first pillar is belonging. Belonging comes from being in relationships where youre valued for who you are intrinsically and where you value others as well. For many people， belonging is the most essential source of meaning.
For others， the key to meaning is the second pillar： purpose. Finding your purpose is not the same thing as finding that job that makes you happy. A hospital custodian told me her purpose is healing sick people. Many parents tell me， “My purpose is raising my children.” The key to purpose is using your strengths to serve others. Without something worthwhile to do， people flounder.
The third pillar of meaning is also about stepping beyond yourself， but in a completely different way： transcendence （超然）. Transcendent experiences can change you. Transcendent states are those rare moments when youre lifted above the hustle and bustle of daily life， your sense of self fades away， and you feel connected to a higher reality. For me， Im a writer， and it happens through writing. Sometimes I get so in the zone that I lose all sense of time and place. The fourth pillar is storytelling， the story you tell yourself about yourself. Creating a narrative from the events of your life brings clarity. It helps you understand how you became you. But we dont always realize that were the authors of our stories and can change the way were telling them. Your life isnt just a list of events. You can edit， interpret and retell your story， even as youre constrained by the facts.
Thats the power of meaning. Happiness comes and goes. But when life is really good and when things are really bad， having meaning gives you something to hold on to.
38. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs？
A. Life can be fulfilled by landing ideal jobs.
B. Life dilemma is easy for us to get out of.
C. Happiness is the core values in our culture.
D. Happiness is what most people pursue.
39. From the four pillars of a meaningful life， we can know that .
A. nothing is as essential a source of meaning as belonging
B. purpose is less about what you want than what you give
C. transcendent fades easily and rarely makes us cheerful
D. the way of telling stories guarantees a meaningful life
40. The passage aims to tell us that .
A. meaning is more important than happiness
B. seeking meaning does more good than bad
C. chasing happiness can make people unhappy
D. meaning has deeper psychological significance
C
For years， scientists and others concerned about climate change have been talking about the need for carbon capture and storage （CCS）.
That is the term for removing carbon dioxide from， say， a coalburning power plants smokestack and pumping it deep underground to keep it out of the atmosphere， where it would otherwise contribute to global warming.
However， currently， only one power plant in Canada captures and stores carbon on a commercial scale （and it has been having problems）. Among the concerns about storage is that carbon dioxide in gaseous or liquid form that is pumped underground might escape back to the atmosphere. So storage sites would have to be monitored， potentially for decades or centuries.
But scientists at LamontDoherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University and other institutions have come up with a different way to store CO2 that might eliminate that problem. Their approach involves dissolving the gas with water and pumping the resulting mixture—soda water， essentially—down into certain kinds of rocks， where the CO2 reacts with the rock to form a mineral called calcite（方解石）. By turning the gas into stone， scientists can lock it away permanently. Volcanic rocks called basalts（玄武巖） are excellent for this process， because they are rich in calcium， magnesium and iron， which react with CO2. The project called CarbFix started in Iceland， 2012， when the scientists pumped about 250 tons of carbon dioxide， mixed with water， about 1，500 feet down into porous basalt. Early signs were encouraging： The scientists found that about 95 percent of the carbon dioxide was changed into calcite. And even more importantly， they wrote， the change happened relatively quickly—in less than two years.
“Its beyond all our expectations，” said Edda Aradottir， who manages the project. Rapid change of the CO2 means that a project would probably have to be monitored for a far shorter time than a more conventional storage site.
There are still concerns about whether the technology will prove useful in the fight against global warming. For one thing， it would have to be scaled up enormously. For another， a lot of water is needed—25 tons of it for every ton of CO2—along with the right kind of rock.
But the researchers say that there is enough porous basaltic rock in Iceland， including in the ocean floors and along the margins of continents. And sitting a storage project in or near the ocean could potentially solve the water problem at the same time， as the researchers say seawater would work just fine.
41. What can we learn about CCS in Paragraphs 2 and 3？
A. Scientists believe global warming will be avoided if CO2 is pumped underground.
B. Its been a common practice in many plants to capture and store CO2 underground.
C. There is no guarantee that CO2 will not escape even if pumped underground.
D. It requires decades to turn CO2 into liquid form and be locked underground.
42. What materials should be involved in the project CarbFix？
A. Water， CO2， soda water and basalts.
B. Water， soda water， a pump and calcite.
C. CO2， basalts， a pump and calcite.
D. Water， CO2， a pump and basalts.
43. According to Edda Aradottir， the result of the project was beyond the researchers expectations， because .
A. its disappointing to discover new problems caused by rapid change
B. its amazing to see 95% of the carbon dioxide turn into calcite that fast
C. its puzzling to find the encouraging but unexpected result of the project
D. its exciting to sense the problem of storing CO2 likely to be solved
44. What is the authors purpose in writing the passage？
A. To inform us of a breakthrough in storing CO2. B. To praise the efforts of scientists in storing CO2.
C. To show the different ways to fight against CO2.
D. To urge people to produce the least possible CO2.
D
Dad and I loved baseball and hated sleep. One midsummer dawn when I was nine， we drove to the local park with our baseballs， gloves， and Yankees caps.
“If you thought night baseball was a thrill， just wait，” Dad told me. “Morning air carries the ball like youve never seen.”
He was right. Our fastballs charged faster and landed more lightly. The echoes of our catches popped as the sun rose over the dewsprinkled fields.
The park was all ours for about two hours. Then a young mother pushed her stroller toward us. When she neared， Dad politely leaned over the stroller， waved， and gave the baby his best smile.
The mother stared at him for a second， and then rushed away.
Dad covered his mouth with his hand and walked to the car. “Lets go， bud，” he said. “Im not feeling well.”
A month earlier， Bells palsy （貝尔氏神经麻痹） had struck Dad， paralyzing the right side of his face. It left him slurring words and with a droopy eyelid. He could hardly drink from a cup without spilling onto his shirt. And his smile， which once eased the pain of playground cuts and burst forth at the mention of Mick Jagger， Woody Allen， or his very own Yankees， was gone.
As I slumped in the car， I began suspecting that our sunrise park visit wasnt about watching daylight lift around us. This was his effort to avoid stares.
It was a solemn drive home.
After that day， Dad spent more time indoors. He left the shopping， driving， and Little League games to Mom. A freelance editor， he turned our dining room into his office and buried himself in manuscripts. He no longer wanted to play catch.
At physical therapy， Dad obeyed the doctor： “Now smile as wide as you can. Now lift your right cheek with your hand. Now try to whistle.”
Only the sound of blowing air came out. My earliest memories were of Dad whistling to Frank Sinatra or Bobby McFerrin. He always whistled. He had taught me to whistle too.
Of the roughly 40，000 Americans suffering Bells palsy every year， most recover in several weeks. Other cases take a few months to heal. But after nine weeks of therapy， the doctor confessed she couldnt help Dad.
“Ive never seen anything like this，” she told him after his final session. Then she handed him the bill. Dad coped through humor. He occasionally grabbed erasable markers and drew an evensided wide smile across his face. Other times， he practiced his Elvis impersonation， joking that his curled lips allowed him to perfect his performance of “Hound Dog”.
By the time I entered fourth grade that September， Dad could blink his right eye and speak clearly again. But his smile still hadnt returned. So I made a secret vow： I would abstain from smiles of any kind.
Nothing about fourth grade made this easy. Classmates were both old enough to laugh about pop culture and young enough to appreciate fart jokes. Kids called me Frowny the Dwarf. （I was three foot ten.） Teachers accompanied me into hallways， asking what was wrong. Breaking the promise I had made myself was tempting， but I couldnt let Dad not smile alone.
When I asked my PE coach， “Whats so great about smiling？” he made me do pushups while the rest of the class played Wiffle ball. Then he called Dad.
I never learned what they discussed. But when I got off the school bus that afternoon， I saw Dad waiting for me， holding our gloves and ball. For the first time in months， we got in the family car and went to the park for a catch.
“Its been too long，” he said.
Roughly a halfdozen fathers and sons lined the field with gloved arms in the air. Dad couldnt smile， but he beamed， and so did I. Sundown came quickly. The fields white lights glowed， and everyone else left. But Dad and I threw everything from curve balls to folly floaters into the night. We had catching up to do.
45. Why did Father choose to play baseballs one summer dawn？
A. They could perform better in the morning.
B. He tried to escape others attention to his face.
C. Morning air was more suitable for playing baseball.
D. The park was empty and they could enjoy themselves.
46. The underlined phrase “abstain from” in Paragraph 16 is closest in meaning to .
A. seek for B. recover from
C. give up D. break into
47. What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 17？
A. The boy lost his ability to smile.
B. The boy must have suffered many wrongs.
C. The boy couldnt appreciate pop culture.
D. The boy tried his best to make Father smile.
48. Why did the father accompany his son to the park for a catch that night？
A. He had made a complete recovery. B. He thought night baseball was a thrill.
C. He intended his son to return to normal.
D. He was instructed by the PE coach to do so.
49. Which of the following can best describe the authors father？
A. Selfless and lucky.
B. Generous and determined.
C. Sensitive and stubborn.
D. Responsible and humorous.
50. What is the best title for the passage？
A. Losing my fathers smile
B. Making a hidden secret
C. Playing baseball in the morning
D. Recovering from a face illness
四、任務型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
Until about 18 years ago， it was widely assumed that most of brain development occurs in the first few years of life. But recent research on the human brain has shown that many brain regions undergo prolonged development throughout adolescence and beyond in humans. This advancement in knowledge has increased old worries and given rise to new ones. It is hugely worrying that so many teenagers around the world dont have access to education at a time when their brains are still developing and being shaped by the environment. We should also worry about our lack of understanding of how our rapidly changing world is shaping the developing teenage brain.
Decades of research on early neurodevelopment suggested that the environment influences brain development. During the first few months or years of life， an animal must be exposed to particular visual or auditory stimuli （听觉刺激） for the associated brain cells and connections to develop. In this way， neuronal circuitry （神经元回路） is shaped according to the environment during ‘sensitive periods’ of brain development. This research has focused mostly on early development of sensory brain regions. What about later development of higherlevel brain regions， which are involved in decisionmaking， control and planning， as well as social understanding and selfawareness？ We know these brain regions continue to develop throughout adolescence. However， we have very little knowledge about how environmental factors influence the developing teenage brain. This is something that should concern us.
Theres a lot of concern about the hours some teenagers spend online and playing video games. But maybe all this worry is misplaced. After all， throughout history humans have worried about the effects of new technologies on the minds of the next generation. When the printing press was invented， there was anxiety about reading corrupting young peoples minds， and the same worries were repeated for the invention of radio and television. Maybe we shouldnt be worried at all. Its possible that the developing brains of todays teenagers are going to be the most adaptable， creative， multitasking brains that have ever existed. There is evidence—from adults—that playing video games improves a range of cognitive functions such as divided attention and working memory. Much less is known about how gaming， social networking and so on， influence the developing adolescent brain. We dont know whether the effects of new technologies on the developing brain are positive， negative or neutral. We need to find out. Adolescence is a period of life in which the brain is developing and shapable， and it represents a good opportunity for learning and social development. However， according to UNICEF， 40% of the worlds teenagers do not have access to secondary school education. The percentage of teenage girls who have no access to education is much higher， and yet there is strong evidence that the education of girls in developing countries has multiple significant benefits for family health， population growth rates， child mortality rates， HIV rates as well as for womens selfesteem and quality of life. Adolescence represents a time of brain development when teaching and training should be particularly beneficial. I worry about the lost opportunity of denying the worlds teenagers access to education.
五、書面表达（满分25分）
请阅读下面文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
In the annual “red envelope wars” during the Spring Festival， mobile payment competitors， including Tencents Wechat Wallet， Alibabas Alipay， and Baidus Baidu Wallet， have offered billions of digital red envelopes to app users during shopping holidays since 2009. However， this year “red envelope wars” between Alibaba and Tencent ended. In the game of grabbing a red envelope， people intently kept an eye on their phones instead of enjoying the holiday with their relatives and friends. What they finally grabbed in the game was only a little money， but what they lost could not be measured by the money. When there are no “red envelope wars”， the Spring Festival will be more like the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year that focuses on the family.
【写作内容】
1.用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容;
2.用约120个单词说明你对“春节红包大战”的看法，并用2～3个理由或论据支撑你的看法。
【写作要求】
1.写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句;
2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称;
3.不必写标题。
【评分标准】
内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
参考答案
一、1—5 AACDA 6—10 DABDD 11—15 DBCAA
二、16—20 BADCA 21—25 CBDCB26—30 DBCAD 31—35 DACAD
三、36—37 CB 38—40 DBA 41—44 CDBA
45—50 BCBCDA
四、51. continue 52. causes 53. affecting / influencing
54. shape 55. concerned / worried / anxious 56. corrupted 57. development
58. importance / significance / benefit 59. accessible / available 60. aware / conscious
五、One possible version：
This year saw an end of the annual “red envelope wars”. The author says yes to the end of the game， which actually prevents us from enjoying the Spring Festival.
Im totally in favour of the authors idea. We should put an end to the “red envelope wars” during the Spring Festival. In the first place， the Spring Festival is a time for family members to reunite and for many of them this time may be the only chance to get together every year. So in no case should we ignore our family members due to the “red envelope wars”. Moreover， you can get no more than 5 yuan in each red envelope in many cases.
Thus there is no point in gaining a little money at the cost of wasting the most precious time of the year. In a word， put down your mobile phone and keep your family members company.
（作者：陈小巍，江苏省如皋市第一中学）