A. Choose the best answer.

Hi there!

Can you help me? I’m doing a project at school. The title?‘Will life be better in 2100?’What do you think? Thanks you for your ideas!

Josh

a. Hi Josh! I think life will be great. People will live in‘smart houses’. A central computer will control the temperature, the lights, everything! These houses will be ecological and use solar energy and recycled water. A‘smart’mirror in the bathroom（that's right, it’s a mirror with a computer!）will check your health. And guess what? Robots will cook and do the housework.

Maya

b. Pollution is a big problem today, but will be a bigger problem in 100 years. So people won’t use cars with petrol. They will drive in electric cars on underground roads. And there will be electric buses with computers for drivers! The best thing? People will be able to travel in time. Now that will be exciting!

Rosie

c. Hi Josh. Life will be better in 2100-in space! People will live on the Moon and Mars in special cities. They will grow food and send it to the Earth in a huge space craft. Space stations will orbit the Earth and control the climate. There will also be holidays in space! How cool is that?

Brandon

d. Will life be different in 100 years? Yes, it will. Will life be better? No, it won’t! Climate change will cause floods and droughts. Rich people will live for a long time, maybe 200 years! But life won’t be easy for most people. They won’t have food and water.

Faith

e. Well, Josh, the good news is… there won’t be any schools! Students will have lessons at home on their computers. They’ll be in contact with other students all over the world in a‘virtual’classroom. The bad news is…teachers will still give us homework in the future!

Elliot

1.Josh’s project is mainly about _____.

A. modern technology B. new inventions

C. life in the future D. green lifestyle

2.The underlined word‘ecological’is closest in meaning to ____.

A. widely available B. environmentally friendly

C. easily recognized D. completely controlled

3.____ thinks holidays in space are a good idea.

A. Maya B. Rosie C. Brandon D. Elliot

4.Rosie thinks ___ will be exciting.

A. a‘smart’mirror B. time travelling C. space stations D. virtual classroom

5.The topic Faith talks about is ____.

A. Education B. Homes C. Transport D. Environment

6.____ students are quite sure that life will be better in 2100.

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.

I was 23 before my first novel appeared in the bookshops. It had been a challenge to find a publisher who would even look at it. As soon as they heard that it was about teenagers and their problems, they just weren’t interested.

_____ one of them read it and loved the way I try to show the funny side of any difficult situation. I’m quite____ teenagers now, and some even say hello when they see me in the street.

I’m not sure where my stories come from—that’s like asking people to tell you where their dreams come from. Some writers get ____ from other writers’ work they’ve read, but I keep a notebook and I put down interesting things I notice wherever I go. Those things come into my stories.

I write full time now and I love it, but it’s hard work. I write everything out by hand, and after I’ve corrected it, I type it on my computer. I’m OK at ____ and I’ve done some pictures for my books, but one day I met a professional artist, John Brookes, who now does most of them and they’re a great improvement on my efforts.

Recently one of my books was made into a film, which was an exciting experience. I didn’t write the dialogue between the characters—other writers did that very well. I visited while they were filming and I sometimes feel like____ improvement, but in the end I just let them do what they wanted. I must say I was pleased with the book they chose to film, but thought it was a _____ they made so many changes to the story.

1.A. Actually B. Finally C. Especially D. Immediately

2.A. familiar with B. similar to C. popular with D. thankful to

3.A. advice B. news C. reviews D. ideas

4.A. drawing B. acting C. copying D. editing

5.A. showing B. suggesting C. noticing D. achieving

6.A. joke B. chance C. shame D. surprise

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.

I recently took part in a very exciting five-week trip for teenagers, to volunteer at an international wildlife study centre, off the coast of a country far from where I live. The a1. of the center was to help protect wildlife. So the project I signed up for included attending classes about wildlife, and going on daily dives under water to collect important information for the scientists back at the centre.

We were w2. by staff about our accommodation（食宿）before we arrived at the center. Sure enough, when we got there, we were shown to some small wooden huts where we would live. They were quite b3.: no indoor washroom and no fridge, so our meals were all vegetarian. However, I hadn’t eaten meat for years, so it was perfect for me.

The day after our arrival, we started our t4.-learning the names of all the different fish, and how to count and describe them in a way that would be useful to the scientists. We also learnt about a very important underwater creature called coral. However, this creature is now in danger because of problems such as global warming. So a5. we did very little work involving the coral itself, we really felt our work in helping local sea creatures was essential.

Every day at the study centre was amazing, but there was one in particular when I was under the water as usual, with my ‘diving buddy’，collecting data on the fish in the area. I s6. looked up-and found myself face to face with two absolutely beautiful fish. My partner and I decided to spend our last few minutes under the water with these amazing creatures. As we got nearer to the fish, they didn’t seem at all w7. about us, and just watched us in an interesting way, before swimming off towards the coral reef. Unforgettable!

D. Answer the questions.

Interviewer: With me in the studio is Linda Meehan, who’s recently returned from a six -month exchange to do programme with a family in the Netherlands. That’s a long way from home. Why did you choose your exchange programme there?

Linda: Well. None of my friends had been there or anything like that but my grandfather spent some time there when he was young and he said I should visit one day and I’d planned to do that as soon as I could. So when I had the opportunity to go to Europe, it seemed like the obvious place to go.

Interviewer: But you were only 15. Was there anything you found difficult about living in a foreign country?

Linda: Well, the family I stayed with in the Netherlands were really kind and I wasn’t lonely because I shared the room with one of their daughters. She helped me get used to my new routine. The only thing that was hard was the one-kilometre bike ride to school every day! I enjoyed it in the summer but in winter was terrible.

Interviewer: And _91_?

Linda: It was OK because there were a lot of classes in English. And they gave me projects to do when there were subjects in Dutch I couldn’t understand. The school was very modern and much bigger than most schools in Australia. The library was fantastic and they also had a lot more science labs than my school at home.

Interviewer: What about the students?

Linda: Oh, they were really friendly. They gave me lots of advice about places I should visit. They’d all travelled a lot more than me, though no one had been to Australia. But what I found really strange was that they’d never thought about going away from their families for several months like me. Some of them couldn’t understand how I could do that.

Interviewers: So is this an experience you would recommend?

Linda: Oh, definitely! I benefit a lot from the programme. And I think six months was the right amount of time. I needed that amount of time to learn the language. But after six months I really needed to see my parents. I was so happy to see them again.

1.Is Linda In Australia or in the Netherlands now?

_____________________________________________________

2.Who gave Linda the idea of choosing the Netherlands for her exchange programme?

_____________________________________________________

3.What did Linda find difficult about living in the Netherlands?

_____________________________________________________

4.What can be filled in the blank?

_____________________________________________________

5.How did Linda feel about the students in the Netherlands?

They were ________ and ________.（ONE word for each blank）

6.What might be the reasons Linda would recommend the programme?

______________________________________________________

In 60-120 words, write about the topic“A goal I would like to achieve”.（以“一個我想實現(xiàn)的目標”為題，

寫一篇 60-120 個詞的短文，標點符號不占格）

The following are for reference only.（以下內(nèi)容僅供參考）

What is your goal?

Why do you want to do this?

How do you plan to achieve your goal?

（注意：文中不得出現(xiàn)考生的姓名、校名及其他相關(guān)信息，否則不予評分。）

Long ago, there was a scholar(書生）in Yunnan, China. He studied for an important exam in a small house on an island and his______had to walk a long way and cross a bridge to take meals to him every day. But when she arrived, the food had become cold _____the long route(路線）. The cold food gave the scholar a stomach pain, _____ his wife was very worried about him.

One day, the wife cooked chicken soup in an earthen pot, ____ some rice noodles, meat and vegetables. As usual, she crossed the bridge, but when she arrived, she was _____to find that the pot was still hot. After a careful examination, the scholar ____ why: there was thick chicken oil on the surface of the soup, which made it difficult for the ____ to come out of the earthen pot.

Since then, the scholar often had this kind of food and kept in good health. He threw himself into study and______succeeded in the exam. When other scholars came to congratulate him, he asked his wife to____them with the special food. They asked what the delicious meal was. Thinking of the bridge _____crossed every day, the wife replied, “Crossing- the-bridge rice noodles.” Soon, it became famous and spread widely.

1.A. daughter B. grandmother C. wife

2.A. without B. because of C. through

3.A. but B. through C. so

4.A. adding B. making C. buying

5.A. worried B. surprised C. sorry

6.A. asked for B. found out C. looked for

7.A. heat B. soup C. noodles

8.A. final B. usually C. finally

9.A. guide B. follow C. treat

10.A. he B. she C. they

閱讀下面的短文，并根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容判斷文后句子的正、誤。正確的在括號里寫“T”，錯誤的寫“F”。

Sunny He Huang is an Edinburgh nurse. Last year, she became the first person from China to have climbed all 282 of the highest mountains in Scotland. The mountains, all higher than 3,000 feet, are known as Munros.

Huang is from Liaoning Province. She started the 70 Munros Challenge three years ago to raise money for Christian Aid which helps end poverty(貧窮). She really enjoyed climbing mountains so she decided to climb all 282.

“ When I heard that I was the first person from China to have climbed all 282 Munros, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep the first night,” said Huang. Huang climbed more than 100 on her own and others with friends.

Huang discovered her love for mountain climbing when her son went to university. She climbed her first Munro, Beinn Narnain in July 2015 and completed her final one, Meall Chuaich on November 18, 2017.

“What I enjoyed the most about these walks is when you reach the top,” she said. “ ... you forget all the worries at work, your life, and just don’t think about anything at all...”

Huang came to the UK in 2004. Her next goal is to walk Hadrian’s wall and climb some of Scotland’s small mountains.

1.Huang started the 70 Munros Challenge in order to stay healthy.

2.Huang felt excited when she heard that she was first Chinese to have climbed all 282 Munros.

3.Huang didn’t climbed all 282 Munros alone.

4.It took Huang over three years to finish climbing all 282 Munros.

5.Huang’s next goal is to climb the highest mountain in the UK.

閱讀下面的短文，并根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答所提問題。

Antarctica(南極洲）is the coldest place on the earth, but every year thousands of tourists go there. Why do they go? There are no famous buildings, no hotels and no restaurants. There are some beaches, but nobody wants to go swimming. Why do people want to take a vacation in Antarctica?

Most people go to see the birds, the animals and the amazing scenery. There are seals(海豹）lying on the ice. There are whales swimming in the ocean. You can also watch penguins jumping into water from icebergs(冰山). It’s one of the last untouched places on the planet.

It’s possible to visit Antarctica by plane, but most people go there by ship. That’s because the ships are comfortable places to stay, and the journey (by sea) is part of the vacation. All tourists visit Antarctica in the summer. In the winter it’s too cold for visitors, but in the summer—from November to March—it’s warmer than many people think. In some parts of Antarctica in January, it’s about 0℃. So it can be warmer there than it is in Beijing in January. When you visit there, you don’t need to bring a lot of special clothes. Instead, you need to bring sunglasses. The sunshine on the snow and ice is very bright.

Tourists are not the only people who go to Antarctica. In the summer months there are about 4,000 scientists and other people living and working there, and a few of them stay for the long, drink winters. Tourists can visit some of these people and learn about their work in this amazing place.

1.Why do most tourists visit Antarctica?

_________________________________________________________

2.How can people go to Antarctica?

_________________________________________________________

3.When is the best time for people to visit Antarctica?

_________________________________________________________

4.It’s warm in Antarctica in July, isn’t it?

_________________________________________________________

5.Who also go to Antarctica besides the tourists?

________________________________________________________

閱讀下面的短文，從每小題所給的A,B,C三個選項中選出最佳選項。

Asher Angel, an American child actor, was born on September 6, 2002. He has performed in more than 10 theater Productions in more than 10 theater productions. Most of the time, he is occupied. His workday is from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.during the week. “ I go to sleep when I get home, with weekends off,” Asher said. However, he loves animals and always finds time to help them.

Asher and his family became interested in animal rescue( 救援） after their beloved dog, Avery, died from illness. They volunteer at a local animal rescue center called Home Fur Good.Asher walks, feeds and plays with the dogs at the rescue center.

In his home, Asher has three dogs, one cat and two hamsters, and they are mostly rescued pets. He loves all his pets and could not imagine his life without them. His acting work keeps him away a lot, but he loves to play with his dogs(Monet Belle, Harper Belle and Cleo Belle) as soon as he gets home. They are super excited to see him every time. Asher has a special relationship with Monet Belle. He says, “ Her eyes look like a human’s, and I can talk to her. She comforts me when I need her.”

Asher showed an interest in acting at an early age and he has a dream of becoming a professional full-time actor in the future.

1.The underlined word“occupied”is closest in meaning to “____________”.

A. busy B. bored C. lonely

2.Avery is the name of Asher’s __________.

A. Friend B. brother C. dog

3.What can we know about Asher’s pets?

A. They are cats and dogs.

B. He has six of them in total.

C. His family and friends gave them to him.

4.Why is Monet Belle special to Asher?

A. She is interested in acting.

B. She can listen to him and offer him comfort.

C. She is excited to see him every time.

5.What does Asher want to be when he grows up?

A. An actor. B. A sportsman. C. A zookeeper.

閱讀下面的短文，從每小題所給的A,B,C三個選項中選出最佳選項。

I used to work in a lab for almost 10 years. It was a well-paid job, and a “not exactly challenging(有挑戰(zhàn)性的）but safe job”. Then everything changed in 1998 when my best friend introduced me to a man who wanted to open up a computer school.

They knew I had a speech problem. I stuttered(口吃）.

For me a simple sentence was going to take longer than it should.“ Hello, how are you doing?” can take you 3 seconds(秒）， while it would take me 10 seconds. And the man just asked me if I wanted to stand in front of strangers and speak about computer technology.

Then the most amazing thing happened...

I said yes!

I have always felt I know a better way to describe difficult concepts(概念） to listeners than a lot of other people. I’m good at explaining things when I write about it. So I took the class syllabus(教學大綱）and rewrote it MY WAY! I did all I could to make it easier to understand.

In my first class I got the familiar(熟悉的）funny looks from people when I started speaking. But after 15 minutes, people were asking smart questions that showed they understood. At the end of the class when people were leaving, they shook my hand and thanked me.

You won’t get THAT from a “ not exactly challenging but safe job”!

1.The writer thought his job in the lab was _____________.

A. well-paid and safe. B. safe and challenging. C. well-paid but challenging.

2.The writer uses the example of “ Hello, how are you doing?” to show____________.

A. What his speech problem was

B. his speech problem got better

C. how he fought his speech problem

3.As for the class syllabus, the writer ________.

A. removed the difficult concepts from it.

B. couldn’t fully understand it first.

C. wrote it again in his own way

4.The writer knew the students understood his class from their _______.

A. funny looks B. questions C. thank-you letters

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. My challenging choice B. My fantastic class C. My speech problem