— When can I use your computer?

— Never! ________ should you touch it.

A. In no time  B. Under no circumstance  　　C. At no case  　　D. On no condition

假如你是21st报的编辑。你收到学生Tom的来信，信中讲述了自己的困扰。好友邀他抽烟，他不知如何拒绝，又不想破坏友谊。请你根据以下要点提示，给他一些建议。要点提示：

1. 拒绝吸烟是明智之举

2. 向朋友说明吸烟的危害（至少两点）

3. 解释自己的选择与友谊无关

注意：

1. 词数100- 120左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 信的开头和结尾部分已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,

I’m sorry you have found yourself in such a dilemma when your best friend offered you a cigarette.

Good luck and best wishes！

                                                                      The editor

A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She

was    21    of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one appeared.

Her father, a cook, took her to the   22    . He filled three pots with   23   and placed each on a high fire. In one he placed carrots, in the second   24  , and in the last ground(磨碎的) coffee beans.

The daughter   25   waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes

he   26   the fire. He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He   27   the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then he poured the   28   out and placed it in a cup.   29   to her he asked, "Darling, what do you see?"

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee." she replied.

He brought her closer and asked her to   30   the carrots. She did and said that they were 31    . He then asked her to take an egg and   32   it. After pulling off the   33   , she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to drink the coffee. She smiled, as she  34    its rich aroma(芳香).

"What does it   35  , Father?" she asked.

He explained that each of them had   36   the same adversity(逆境), boiling water, but each reacted  37   . The carrot went in strong and hard but then it turned softened and weak. The egg had been fragile(易碎的), but at last its inside became  38   . The ground coffee beans were unique, however, after they were in the boiling water, they had   39   the water.

"Which are you?" he asked his daughter.

When adversity knocks on your door, how do you   40  ? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?

21.A．tired             B．ashamed           C．fond            D．proud

22.A．hall              B．kitchen           C．living room     D．bathroom  

23.A．milk              B．sugar             C．water           D．powder    

24.A．rice              B．eggs              C．apples          D．potatoes

25.A．impolitely        B．carelessly        C．vengefully      D．impatiently

26.A．put on            B．put off           C．turned on       D．turned off

27.A．wiped             B．pulled            C．cleaned         D．washed    

28.A．wine              B．pot               C．beans           D．coffee    

29.A．Lying             B．Talking           C．Turning         D．Devoting  

30.A．cut               B．buy               C．feel            D．cook      

31.A．soft              B．hard              C．cold            D．dirty     

32.A．sell              B．boil              C．hold            D．break     

33.A．plug              B．shell             C．road            D．program   

34.A．made              B．tasted            C．served          D．observed  

35.A．mean              B．cost              C．matter          D．contain   

36.A．faced             B．studied           C．provided        D．recognized

37.A．finally           B．equally           C．differently     D．successfully 

38.A．upset             B．hardened          C．effective       D．accustomed

39.A．wasted            B．skimmed           C．polluted        D．changed   

40.A．find              B．know              C．respond         D．practise

Build up（激励）all children every chance you get! Doing this may be one of the most important things you will ever do. You may not immediately see the   41   of the praising when you are doing it, and you may never see the final product of it.   42  , some of those kids you’re praising are going to   43   your act of kindness. Some of them may even pass your   44   down to the next generation. You really can have a(n)   45   effect on humanity!

We all know that life is challenging and   46   for us adults. With this   47   in mind, now please take a moment to   48   how confusing this world must be sometimes for today’s   49  . By praising we give some children the hope and comfort they so desperately   50  . Hopefully, these children can take that hope and comfort and build upon it to   51   positive self-respect. Maybe they will even   52   return the favor by fully taking part in making this world a more positive place.

Another   53   of praising children is that it may also bring us a tiny taste of immortality (不朽). For example, one day a few years ago I   54   to visit my old wrestling coach. He told me something that day that I’ll never   55  . He said that all of my wrestling successes were a(n)  56  

of his old wrestling coach, and all he did was   57   former coach’s instruction and praise down to me.

Now please gracefully（从容地）  58   praise and remember to also praise others.

Author and speaker, Daniel Blanchard wants all of you to be very   59   with your praise. Please praise every person you can,   60   children. Your praise can truly make a difference in a youth’s life, and thus eventually make a difference in the world.

Some years ago, on a hot summer day in southern Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming pool behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out of the back door, leaving behind clothes as he went.

    He flew into the water, not realizing that an alligator (钝吻鳄) was swimming towards him. His mother in the house was looking out of the window and saw what was happening. In great fear, she ran towards the water, while shouting to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his mother. However, it was too late. Just as he reached her, the alligator reached him. From the bank of the swimming pool, the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched his legs. Then began an incredible tug-of-war (拔河) between the two. The alligator was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go. Luckily, a farmer happened to drive by, and on hearing their screams, he took aim and shot the alligator.

    After several weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were badly scarred by the attack of the animal. On his arms were deep scratches where his mother’s fingernails had dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to her beloved son. The newspaper reporter, who interviewed the boy, asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted his legs. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom wouldn’t let go.” Never judge another person’s scars, because you don’t know how they were made.

21. What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A. The boy’s mother knew early there was an alligator in the swimming pool.

B. The boy knew what was happening to him before he heard his mother’s voice.

C. The alligator had grabbed the boy before his mother ran to the bank.

D. The boy was saved finally with the help of the farmer.

22. Why did the boy show the scars on his arms to the reporter?

A. Because he felt pride in all his scars.

B. Because his arms were injured by the alligator.

C. Because he wanted to show all his scars to other people.

D. Because he wanted to show how great his mother was.

23. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. An alligator attacked the boy when he and his mother were bathing.

B. When the boy heard his mother’s voice, he realized what was happening.

C. The mother was much stronger than the alligator.

D. There is always an interesting story behind every scar.

24. What would be the best title for this passage?

A. Scars of love.

B. A boy saved by his mother.

C. A terrible accident.

D. An alligator leaves scars on a boy.

请以Traffic and Safety 为话题写一篇100词左右的发言稿。

开头已给出：

Hello, classmates. I promise to do my part to maintain the road safety.

How Do You Practice Patience

Patience may be a virtue, but I’m not very good at it—and I’m probably not alone. The following advice may help you practice patience.

Try to figure out why you are in a hurry

We tend to lose our patience when we’re multi—tasking or, when we’re on a tight schedule. If you’re stretching yourself too thin, you should reconsider your to-do list before you attempt to change your natural reaction to an overwhelming (压倒性的) situation.   36 

Remind yourself that things take time

People who are impatient are people who insist on getting things done now and don’t like to waste time.   37   Think about your happiest memories. Chances are, they were instances when your patience paid off, like when you worked steadily towards a goal that wasn’t immediately satisfying. Almost anything really good in life takes effort, and if you’re impatient, you’re more likely to give up on relationships, goals, and other things that are important to you.

Expect the unexpected

Yes, you have plans, but things don’t always work out as planned.   38   This applies not only to circumstances, but also the behavior of those around you. If you yourself blowing up over your spouse (配偶) accidentally forgetting to take out the trash(垃圾), you’re not in touch with the fact that people aren’t perfect. Even if the occasion is not an isolated incident but is instead caused by their repeated carelessness, losing your patience isn’t going to make it any better.

Give yourself a break

  39   Just sit quietly and think. Don’t watch television; don’t even read. It may be hard at first, and you may even feel pretty impatient after a minute or two, but by taking some time out you can slow your world down, and that’s important to develop the attitude necessary to develop patience. Second, stop holding yourself and the world around you to unreachable standards.

Remember what is valuable

  40   Move the world toward peace by being kind, generous in forgiveness of others, being grateful for what is, and taking full advantage of what matters most. When other unimportant things fuel our impatience, taking time to remember any one of these items reduces our tendency to want something different right now.

A. Make plans carefully.

B. Accept the turns in life gracefully.

C. However, some things just can’t be rushed.

D. First, take a few minutes to do nothing.

E. People think that it is not easy to gain patience.

F. Not focusing on what matters most in this life fuels impatience.

G. Try to spread out your tasks so that you’re doing only one thing at a time.

  My wife is addicted to shopping on the Internet.  61   seems that she can’t control herself well, just clicking constantly with the mouse. Let me tell you what happened last night. It was the fourth time she   62   (shop) online for hours. I had already reminded her    63   (think) twice before buying anything, but my wife ignored what I said and replied confidently, “With the New Year  64   (approach), preparation is necessary. Besides, I haven’t bought things on the Internet for a whole week.”  65   (Hear) her words, I was really speechless. In most cases, the things she bought aren’t good value for money. Maybe she just enjoys   66   process of buying online.

   Nowadays,   67   the development of technology, online shopping is becoming more and more convenient. Those   68   stay at home can buy whatever they want. In the meanwhile, it causes a series of   69   (problem). One of them is more spending than before, because people are   70  (easy) attracted by the discount. So how to keep a good state of mind in front of temptation(诱惑)is an important lesson people need to learn.

 However, when she first saw the robot, she felt         .

A. absorb    B. abortion     C. actual    D. alarmed

---She           her driving license when she drove her car into a river.

---What a terrible road killer!

A. was just getting    B. was just about to get

C. had just got    D. has just got

  My name is Kenn Nesbitt and I’m a poet. I started writing poems as a hobby in 1994. At the time, I never gave any thought to publishing them; I just wrote for my own amusement. But it was so much fun that I ended up writing a lot of poems, which led me to the idea of creating a website, and at last writing books. If you want to write poems, I have some advice for you.

  My ideas mostly come from my imagination. That is, I like to sit and daydream, and see what kinds of crazy things I can think up. For kids, I suggest that whenever you think of an idea, you should write it down, even if you don’t have time write them to create a whole poem from your idea. I have notebooks full of ideas that I haven’t written poems about yet. So I can always look through my notebooks and find something fun to write about.

  One way to make poems interesting is to write about things readers can understand: school, family, food, pets, games, sports, and so on. To make a poem funny, I often ask myself, “What kinds of funny things might happen at school, or over dinner? What funny things might your pets do?” and it’s OK to make things up, such as having a pet elephant, or a pet that plays video games. Use your imagination and see where it leads. But the best advice I can give kids is not to just write one poem, it might be a great one, or maybe not so good. But if you write ten poems, you’ll probably find that, even though they aren’t all perfect, a few of them are much better than the others.

31. Why did the author start writing poems at first?

A. To publish them.               B. To entertain himself. 

C. To contribute to a website.       D. To kill time.

32. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A. How to write poems.            B. How to think up crazy things.

C. How to get ideas for poems.       D. How to become creative.

33. According to the author, what is the best advice he can give us?

A. Just write great poems.             B. Write as many as possible.

C. Make poems as funny as possible.    D. Try to make things up in your poems.

34. Where does the author come from?

A. America       B. China        C. Germany      D. not mentioned

35. What’s the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A. To suggest some poems written by him.

B. To show writing poems isn’t that hard.

C. To tell readers how to write poems.

D. To explain how he writes poems.

Do you ever find yourself longing for some time for yourself?Many of us are so busy with work,school,and home life that often there is no time left over to do something that you enjoy.What follows are some ways to carve out that essential time you need to show down and enjoy life.

1._36_Try to save certain weeknights just for you.If others ask you to do things those nights,just tell them you have plans.Use the time for gardening,reading,exercise,or thinking.

2.Monthly Treat._37_It could be on your lunch break,a weekend,or it could be leaving work early.Maybe you can get a spa treatment,go to see a movie,and have a haircut,or whatever treat you're always thinking about but rarely get to do.

3._38_You would enjoy sports,theater,concerts,or any other event Schedule the plans with a friend later.Having the tickets already in hand will force you to make it happen!

4.Leave Work on Time.Huh?_39_If this is you,make it a point to leave work exactly on time at least once a week,if not more.And then enjoy that time!Leave work at work.

5.Join a Group.Here are some ideas of groups that can allow you some time away from work and home: singing group,gardening group,book clubs,biking clubs,etc.What are you interested in?Strike while the iron is hot. _40_If you can't find a club,consider starting one yourself!

A.Take a fun class.

B.Evenings with Yourself.

C.Buy Tickets in Advance.

D.A new habit is started with just one step.

E.Schedule a treat for yourself once a month.

F.Look up a club in your area today and join.

G.Yes,many of us stay at work late on a regular basis.

Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer interface (界面) (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.

Recently, two researchers, Jose Milan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic schooling Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated(展示)a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person's thoughts.

In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.

"Our brain has billions of nerve cells. These send signals through the spinal cord(脊髓)to the muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles," Tavella says.  "Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices."

The researchers designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.
     Prof. Milan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. "The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices.  One example is this wheelchair."

He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.

8. BCI is a technology that can _________________.

A. help to update computer systems

B. link the human brain with computers

C. help the disabled to recover

D. control a person's thoughts

9. How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?

A. By controlling his muscles.

B. By talking to the machine.

C. By moving his hand.

D. By using his mind.

10. The team will test with real patients to                         .

A. make profits from them

B. prove the technology useful to them

C. make them live longer

D. learn about their physical condition

11. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Switzerland, the BCI Research Center

B. New Findings About How the Human Brain Works

C. BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled

D. Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries

当前不少文学作品被改编成电影。有人选择看电影，有人则喜欢读原著。请你以“Film or book, which do you prefer?”为题，按照下列要点写一篇英语短文：

1、 看电影：省时、有趣、易懂

2、 读原著：细节更多、语言优美

3、 我的看法及理由

注意：1、词数：100-120 文章题目已给出（不计入词数）。

      2、参考词汇： original work 或 book in the original （原著）

Film or book, which do you prefer?

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Are you sick of going to bed late and waking up tired? Then grab your hiking boots and a tent. A new study suggests that camping in the great outdoors for a couple of days can reset your body clock and help you get more sleep.

The body clock is an internal system that tells our bodies when it’s time to go to sleep and when it's time to wake up. Scientists track this clock by measuring the amount of melatonin (褪黑激素)circulating in a person’s blood at any given time.

In a healthy sleeper, melatonin levels rise a few hours before bedtime, stay high through the night, and then settle back down when it’s time to wake up.

In our modern society，however，most of us stay up many hours past sunset and would probably sleep in many hours after sunrise if we could. And the trouble is，your melatonin levels may still be high when your alarm clock goes off in the morning, which leads to fatigue. It may also have other health consequences as well, such as diabetes (糖尿病)，overweight and heart disease.

Professor Kenneth Wright of the University of Colorado in the US wanted to see if our body clocks can be reset by a short stay in nature. His team recruited (招募)fourteen physically active volunteers in their 20s and 30s. Nine went on a weekend camping trip, while the other five stayed home. At the end of the weekend, the researchers reported that in just two days, the campers’ body clocks had shifted so that their melatonin levels began to rise more than an hour earlier than they did before they left on the trip. By contrast, the body clocks of the group that stayed home shifted even later over the course of the weekend.

“This tells us we can reset our clocks fast,” Wright said.

Therefore, if you want to change your sleep patterns you could try to increase your exposure to natural light during the day and decrease the amount of artificial light you see at night. And if that doesn’t work，there’s always camping.

38. The underlined word “fatigue” in Paragraph 4 probably means   _

A. excitement

B. tiredness

C. relief

D. disappointment

39. What did Wright's team discover from their experiment?

A. Those staying outdoors reset the clock inside their bodies over a short period.

B. The body clocks of the two groups didn’t show much difference.

C. The body clocks of those who stayed at home remained the same.

D. Changes to the body clock don't necessarily affect melatonin levels in our bodies.

40. According to the passage, to change our sleeping habit, we’ d better_      .

A. stay home to reset our body clock and get more sleep

B. stay up late long past sunset and sleep long after sunrise

C. get exposed to more natural light but less artificial light

D. try to reduce melatonin levels as much as possible at night

41. What is the author’s main purpose of writing the passage?

A. To inform us of a possible way to adjust the body clock.

B. To explain how a lack of sleep is bad for our health.

C. To analyze how the body clock influences our sleeping habits.

D. To explore how the body clock is connected with melatonin levels.

He often________ his daughter of the danger of making friends online.

A．realizes               B．warns       C．persuades            D．remembers

假定你是李华，你所在的“中国剪纸文化的传承(inheritance)和发展”课题研究小组刚刚获得今年的“中国大智汇创新研究挑战赛(China Thinks Big 2017)”二等奖。请你写信给你的外籍教师史密斯先生，感谢他—直以来对你们的支持与帮助。要点如下：

1.比赛时间：4月18-20日；

2.比赛地点：哈佛(Harvard)上海中心；

3.课题与收获；

4.感谢与祝愿。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.信的开头和结尾已为你写好。

Dear Mr.Smith,

I am Li Hua,a student of yours.________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

       假定你是李华，正在教你的英国朋友Leslie学习汉语。请你写封邮件告知下次上课的计划。内容包括：

（1）时间和地点；

（2）内容：学习唐诗；

（3）课前准备：简要了解唐朝的历史。

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

The cost of raising a child from birth to age 18 is about 160, 140! That doesn’t even touch college tuition. For those with kids, this figure might lead them thinking how much they could have banked. For others, that number might confirm the decision to remain childless.

But $160, 140 isn’t so bad if you break it down. It translates into S 896.66 a year, $741.38 a month, or $171.08 a week. Thar’s a mere S24. 44 a day! Just over a dollar an hour.

Still, you might think the best financial advice says don’t have children if you ever want to be “rich”. It is not.

What do you get for your S160, 140?

• Naming rights.

• Giggles under the covers every night.

• More love than your heart can hold.

• Kisses and hugs.

• Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.

• A hand to hold usually covered with jam.

• A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites, and building sandcastles.

For $160, 140, you never have to grow up! You get to finger-paint, carve pumpkins, play hide-and-seek, and never stop believing in Santa Claus. You have an excuse to keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh, watching cartoons, going to Disney movies, and wishing on stars.

For $160, 140, you get to be a hero just for taking the training wheels off the bike, and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.

You get a front row seat to history; to witness the first step, first word, first date, and first time behind the wheel.

You get to be immortal (不朽的).

You get another branch added to your family tree.

You get an education in nursing, criminal justice and communications that no college can match.

In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there with God.

You have all the power to correct a mistake, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a party, and love them without limits, so one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost.

1. Which of the following is NOT true after you have a child?

A. You enjoy the right to name your children.     B. You never seem to get old.

C. You still need to learn.                                  D. You get admiration as a parent.

2. By In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there with God, the author intends to say             .

A. you are powerful next to God                        B. you are the one your children love and trust most

C. you need to behave like a God                       D. you keep yourself too far for your children to reach you

3. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

A. A dollar, an hour and a child                         B. Children and bank

C. Money and parents                                       D. Fun and children

4. Which of the following could be used as the last sentence to end the passage?

A. Remain childless.                                         B. Enjoy raising your children.

C. Make a bank for your children.                      D. Find a way to be happy.

Children who spend more time outdoors may have a lower risk of becoming nearsighted, new research suggests.

In the study, researchers looked at about 1,900 schoolchildren. The scientists found that the kids who had been instructed to spend more time outdoors over three years were 23 percent less likely to develop nearsightedness during this time than those who had not been instructed to spend more time outdoors. Moreover, among the kids who did become nearsighted during the study, the degree to which their eyesight worsened was slightly smaller among those who spent more time outdoors.

The researchers selected six schools and required the children, whose average age was 7 at the start of the study, to attend one additional 60-minute class of outdoor activities during each school day for three years. The parents of these children were also encouraged to engage their children in outdoor activities after school, especially during weekends and holidays. The other half of the children, from another six schools, continued their usual activity patterns. After three years, 30.4 percent of the kids in the intervention(干预) group had become nearsighted, compared with 38.5 percent of the kids in the other group.

It is not clear exactly why spending more time outside would benefit children’s eyesight, the researchers said. However, some research has suggested that the higher levels of light intensity found outdoors may increase the release of the chemical dopamine(多巴胺) of the eye. In turn, dopamine is known to restrain（抑制） the type of growth in the eye that is associated with nearsightedness.

Based on the new results, the researchers recommend that children spend more time outdoors because of the potential benefits to their eyesight. However, it’s important to protect kids’ skin and eyes from UV light, which can be damaging.

32. What did the children in the intervention group do during each school day?

A. Attend an extra class of outdoor activities.

B. Continue to do their usual activities.

C. Spend one hour in doing eye exercises.

D. Participate in outdoor activities with parents.

33. What can be inferred about the chemical dopamine?

A. It can contribute to poor sight.       

B. It can damage people’s brain.

C. It is beneficial to eyesight.              

D. It means low levels of light intensity.

34. What may be discussed in the following paragraph?

A. How to design outdoor activities for kids.

B. How to prevent kids becoming nearsighted.

C. How to protect kids’ skin and eyes from UV light.

D. How to encourage kids to join in outdoor activities.

35. Which can serve as the best title for the passage?

A. The More Time Outdoors, the Better

B. Kids May See Better if They Play Outside

C. It’s Time to Engage Kids in Outdoor Activities

D. Researchers Found a Cure for Nearsightedness