1、Section Listening and Talking & Reading for Writing.单句语法填空1When _ (compare) with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.2Id like to take the chance to _ (stress) the importance of education.3A great many athletes at home and abroad will compete _ the 2020 Winter
2、Olympic Games.4I like football best, but I also like cycling and _ (jog)5People making friends online are afraid of getting _ (cheat)6Rather than cutting out the foods I enjoyed, I added healthy foods _ my meals.7He pretended _ (read) the newspaper when his mother came in.8According to my research,
3、neither your restaurant nor mine offers _ healthy diet.9I feel highly _ (honour) to be given such a good chance to share my experience with you.10It is wrong to pay people _ (million) of yuan to play sports.阅读理解A Most people who own iPhones use them as their alarm clocks making it very easy to check
4、 emails one last time before falling asleep and hard to ever feel away from work and social networks. Several years ago, my boss fainted due to exhaustion after staying up late to catch up on work. She banged her head and ended up with five stitches (缝针) and became what she calls a “sleep evangelist
5、 (传教士)” Now she leaves her phone charging in another room when she goes to bed and encourages her friends to do the same.“I sent all my friends the same Christmas gift a lovely alarm clock so they could stop using the excuse that they needed their very attractive iPhones by their beds to wake them u
6、p in the morning.” she said. If your phone wakes you up in the morning, it may also be keeping you up at night. A 2008 study showed that people exposed to mobile radiation took longer to fall asleep and spent less time in deep sleep. “The study indicates that during laboratory exposure to 884 MHz wi
7、reless signals, components of sleep believed to be important for recovery from daily wear and tear are severely affected，” the study concluded. A quarter of young people feel like they must be available by phone around the clock, according to a Swedish study that linked heavy cellphone use to sleepi
8、ng problems, stress and depression. Unreturned messages carry more guilt when the technology to deal with them lies at our fingertips. Some teens even return text messages at midnight. Most of us choose not to set limits on our nighttime availability. Nearly three quarters of people from the age of
9、18 to 44 sleep with their phones within reach, according to a 2012 Time poll. That number falls off slightly in middle age, but only people aged 65 and older are leaving the phone in another room as common as sleeping right next to it.1Why did the authors boss start to enjoy sleeping? AHer friends e
10、ncouraged her to sleep on time. BMobile phones couldnt wake her up on time. CHer friends sent her a lovely clock to wake her up. DShe got hurt due to working too late. 2.Why did the authors boss give her friends alarm clocks as Christmas gifts? AAlarm clocks dont give off any radiation. BAlarm clock
11、s are better at waking her friends up. CShe advised them to replace phones with alarm clocks. DShe used alarm clocks to remind them not to work too late.3What can we learn from the 2008 study? AMobile radiation makes people unable to fall asleep. BMobile phones can release 884 MHz wired signals. CSl
12、eep can help people fight against radiation. DComponents of sleep can be seriously affected by wireless signals. 4.What is the best title for the passage? AHow Mobile Phones Affect SleepBWhy Alarm Clocks Are Better than PhonesCHow We Can Sleep Better at NightDHow Mobile Phones Affect HealthB I first
13、 began experiencing anxiety and depression at the age of 14, after being bullied (欺凌) at school for years. While at first anxiety and depression would come and go, it eventually became a constant part of my life. I was so eager to find the solution to overcoming my anxiety and depression that I trie
14、d everything from when I was in college to graduate school: moodchanging medication, special teas, yoga, anything I read about in books, and advice given by doctors. Despite this, I still felt I hadnt even come close to managing the problem. But one afternoon, my eyes fell upon an article in a magaz
15、ine I was reading that talked about how dogs were able to help people with anxiety and depression. The very next day, I decided to get a dog a corgi. When I brought my little corgi, Buddy, home, I didnt realize how much he would change my life. It didnt happen right away, however. Once the “puppy ex
16、citement” went away, my anxiety and depression came back as usual. One morning, I woke up with those familiar feelings again. I didnt want to get out of bed. I turned to pull the covers back over my head and gave up. Thats when I saw Buddy. Buddy started jumping all over me, licking my face, letting
17、 me know that it was time to go outside. It was as if he were saying, “Theres no time to be sad, the world is amazing！” And for the first time in my life, my life was changing. I really was a new person. This was my new beginning.Its been more than a year since that day, and Ive never spent another
18、morning unable to get out of bed. Ive not cried myself to sleep or spent my days stuck with fear and regret. Sure, I still have days when I feel sad or anxious. But with Buddy, my best friend, by my side, Ive finally learned how to manage these feelings and emotions.5According to the first two parag
19、raphs, the author _.Ahas been a school bully for yearsBsuffered from depression since collegeCtried many ways to fight depression but nothing workedDfelt less depressed after taking medication and doing yoga6How did the author know having a dog might help with her depression?AA doctor put it forward
20、 to her.BShe read it in an article by chance.CShe heard it from some other depression sufferers.DShe found out herself after spending some time with a corgi.7How does the author feel in the last paragraph?AHopeful. BAnxious.CConfused. DDoubtful.概要写作阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。It is generally believed
21、that scientific research should improve our quality of life. Meanwhile, there is almost universal agreement that the government should provide financial and political support for any research that is likely to result in immediate and significant benefits for the majority of people. However, when it
22、comes to whether the government should support scientific research with no practical use, peoples ideas vary. I agree with the statement that the government should distribute enough funds to any scientific research that aims to improve the wellbeing of people, even if it is of no practical use in th
23、e short run. Scientific research whose social benefits are immediate, predictable, and farreaching should continue to be a high priority (优先事项). For example, biotechnology research has been proven to help cure and prevent diseases; advances in medical technology make it possible to offer safer treat
24、ments; information technology enables education to be more accessible; and communication technology promotes global peace by improving mutual understanding among people and their participation in the democratic (民主的) process. However, this is not to say that research whose benefits are less immediat
25、e or clear should be given a lower priority. It is difficult to predict what research will finally lead to the greatest contributions to society. Unwillingness to finance less practical scientific research could have a harmful effect on the efforts to explore new knowledge. This is particularly true
26、 of the computer science. For example, before the first computer was invented, public opinions went against it, as most people saw nothing practical in computer research. However, computers transformed the way human society developed and proved to be of great use in the long run, especially in terms
27、 of scientific development in fields such as the military, medicine, aviation, and education. Therefore, never should we think that scientific research whose benefits are unknown is not worth undertaking since the purpose of any research should be to discover the truth, whatever it might be._课时作业(十二
28、).单句语法填空1compared2.stress3.in4.jogging5cheated6.to7.to be reading8.a9honoured10.millions.阅读理解A【语篇解读】本文属于科普文，阐述越来越多的人在睡觉的时候把手机放在旁边，这严重影响了其睡眠质量。1答案与解析：D细节理解题。根据第二段第一、二句“Several years ago, my boss fainted due to exhaustion after staying up late to catch up on work. She banged her head and ended up with
29、 five stitches and became what she calls a sleep evangelist.”可知，由于熬夜用手机工作导致晕倒在地上，并且头部缝了五针，最终成为睡眠传教士，鼓励大家多睡觉，因此作者老板享受睡觉是由于自己受伤的经历，故选D。2答案与解析：C推理判断题。根据第三段可知，作者老板送朋友闹钟是为了不再让他们用手机当闹钟的借口而影响睡眠，用闹钟来替代手机，故选C。3答案与解析：D推理判断题。根据第四段“The study indicates that during laboratory exposure to 884 MHz wireless signals,
30、 components of sleep believed to be important for recovery from daily wear and tear are severely affected，” the study concluded.可知，2008年的一份研究表明，在实验中暴露于884赫兹的无线电波中，修复白天身体损耗最重要的睡眠因子受到严重影响，因此可知，无线电信号会严重影响睡眠质量，故选D。4答案与解析：A主旨大意题。根据文章可知，本文阐述越来越多的人在睡觉的时候把手机放在旁边，这严重影响了其睡眠质量，阐述手机与睡眠的关系，故选A。B【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述
31、了作者在学校被欺负后开始焦虑和抑郁，偶然在一篇文章中作者了解到宠物狗可能是治疗抑郁的好办法。5答案与解析：C细节理解题。根据第二段中的“I was so eager to find the solution to overcoming my anxiety and depression that I tried everything from when I was in college to graduate school”及“Despite this, I still felt I hadnt even come close to managing the problem.”可知，作者尝试很
32、多方法来处理抑郁，但都不起作用，故C项正确。6答案与解析：B细节理解题。根据第三段中的“But one afternoon, my eyes fell upon an article in a magazine I was reading that talked about how dogs were able to help people with anxiety and depression.”可知，作者是偶然在一篇文章中了解到宠物狗可能有助于缓解抑郁症的，故B项正确。7答案与解析：A推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Sure, I still have days when I feel sa
33、d or anxious. But with Buddy, my best friend, by my side, Ive finally learned how to manage these feelings and emotions.”可知，虽然作者有时还会感到悲伤或焦虑，但有最好的朋友巴迪在身边，作者终于学会了如何处理这些情绪，由此可知作者对处理抑郁是感到有希望的，故A项正确。.概要写作【语篇解读】Paragraph 1：人们普遍认为，科学研究应该有助于提升生活质量，政府应该给可能会给大多数人带来即时、显著社会效益的研究提供经济和政治支持。但当谈及政府是否应该支持没有实际用途的科学研究
34、时，人们观点不一。我的观点是，政府应该分配足够的资金给予任何一个旨在促进人类幸福的科学研究，即使从短期来看，它没有实际用途。 Paragraph 2：那些能够产生即时的、可预测的、意义深远的社会效益的科学研究应该继续被作为重点项目来对待。 Paragraph 3：但是，这并不是说那些所产生的社会效益不会那么即时、明显的研究就应该被列为非重点项目。很难判断什么样的研究最终会对社会作出巨大贡献。 Paragraph 4：因此，我们绝不能认为那些社会效益不确定的科学研究就不值得进行，因为不管是什么样的研究，其目的都是了解真相。 There exists disagreement about whet
35、her the government should support scientific research without immediate benefits, but I think it essential to fund it for its potential contribution. (要点1) Its universally accepted that scientific research with instant and significant social benefits should be given privileges. (要点2) But it doesnt mean less attention to research having no immediate or obvious social benefits, for it may eventually make unexpected contributions. (要点3) In short, all scientific research deserves equal attention and support considering its aim of exposing the truth. (要点4)
