1、When you hear the word hero， you may think of someone like Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela But there are also “everyday“ heroes 一 they may not be （1） to the public， but they do what they can to help（2） peoples lives as well Everyday heroes are normal people who are working to make the world a bette
2、r place （3） them is Robert Lee Lee grew up in New York City （4） his family was not rich，he learned from a young age the importance of（5） the waste of food， When in college， he was part of a student group that gave out leftover （剩余的） food to （6） people This experience made him realize how（7） the prob
3、lem of food wastage actually was After he left university， Lee and a friend set up a（n） （8） called Rescuing Leftover Cuisine （RLC） Its purpose is to collect （9） food from restaurants and send it for free to shelters （收容所） and food kitchensVolunteers（10） the food from restaurants around the city and
4、hand it out to those in need RIC operates（11） using an app developed by Lees team， restaurants（12） how much leftover food they have each day Then volunteers are sent to fetch it The（13） is usually short， so volunteers can just do their deliveries （递送） by （14） from the restaurants to the shelters Lee
5、 believes this is a quick way of delivery So far， Lee and his team have successfully（15） over 150，000 kilograms of food，serving almost 300，000（16） to people who need themLee has shown that a （17） action can help people around us greatly （18） may have a greater influence than we imagine When Lee is a
6、sked （19） his next plan is， he says theres still a lot to do“Its just the（20） With more restaurants， who knows how much more we can do （1）A safe B close C friendly D wellknown （2）A record B share C improve D manage （3）A Under B Beside C Among D Opposite 第 2 页（共 37 页） （4）A If BAs C When D Though （5）
7、A storing B avoiding C burning D recycling （6）A sick B blind C lonely D homeless （7）A easy B serious C funny D strange （8）A club B school C business D organization （9）A cold B cheap C unsold D uncooked （10）A pick up B go over C pay for D throw away （11） A badly B quietly C simply D slowly （12） A rep
8、ort B notice C discuss D consider （13）A visit B break C meeting D distance （14） A flying B walking C skating D shipping （15） A saved B heated Clent D grown （16）A jobs B meals C rooms D seats （17） A small B secret C direct D social （18）AIt B He C You D They （19）A who B when C what D where （20）A need
9、B time C promise D beginning 二、阅读理解（本题有二、阅读理解（本题有 4 小题，共计小题，共计 40 分）阅读下面五篇材料，然后从各题所给的四个选分）阅读下面五篇材料，然后从各题所给的四个选 项中选出一个最佳答案项中选出一个最佳答案 2 （6 分）Future View I think it will be great if they invent something so that we only have to sleep for one or two， hours every dayThen wed all have much more time to do
10、things and to enjoy ourselves Life would be better， I think， and everyone would do a lot more with their lives Miguel If I could choose anything， Id go for a time machine so that I could go back and do some things differently Of course， thats impossible 一 but wouldnt it be great if it was possible？
11、第 3 页（共 37 页） I wish I could go back in time to when I was a kid and say some of the things in a different way! Hannah Well， of course， the best thing is medicine for really bad diseases （疾病） A lot of scientists are working very hard to stop diseases like Ebola，a terrible disease that has killed man
12、y thousand people in AfricaSo if they， found a special treatment for Ebola， or a way of completely preventing it，life would be easier in so many places Isabella It will be great if there is some kind of fuel（燃料） we can use in cars that wont produce any pollutionI guess there are scientists right now
13、 trying to do that， and I hope theyll succeed because the world would be a much cleaner place， wouldnt it？ Charlie I wish there was a machine that did homework! Wouldnt that be fantastic？ But I guess teachers wouldnt be very happy Georgina （1）Why does Hannah want to go back in time？ A To be young ag
14、ain B To live a better life C To do something for Africans D To say some words differently （2）Who might be worried about the pollution of the world？ A Miguel B Isabella 第 4 页（共 37 页） C Charlie D Georgina （3）In which part of a newspaper may this passage appear？ A Health B Science C Travel D Education
15、 3 （8 分）Is there a connection between music and language？According to recent studies，the answer is yes：Music helps develop certain language abilities in the brain A study from Northwestern University shows that playing a musical instrument can improve a persons hearing ability As a part of the study
16、， two groups of people listened to a person talking in a noisy roomThe people in the first group were musicians， while those in the second group had no musical trainingThe musicians were found to be able to hear the talking person more clearly Musicians hear better， says study leader Nina Kraus， bec
17、ause they learn to pay attention to certain sounds For example， when the violinists play in an orchestra （管弦乐队） ， they must listen closely to what they are playing and ignore （忽视） the other sounds In this way， musicians can hear certain sounds better， even in a room with lots of noise Gottfried Schl
18、aug，a doctor at Harvard Medical School，works with stroke （中风） patientsBecause of their illness， these people cannot say their names，addresses， or other information normallyHowever， they can still sing Dr Schlaug was surprised to find singing words helped his patients finally speak Why does this work
19、？Schlaug isnt sure Music seems to be able to make different parts of the brain active， including the bad parts In some way， this helps patients use those parts of the brain again So music is not only enjoyable， but also good for us in many other ways Playing an instrument or singing， says Nina Kraus
20、， can help us do better in school and keep our brain sharp as we get older （1）What were the people in tbe first group asked to do in the study of Nothwestern 第 5 页（共 37 页） University？ AListen to different kinds of music B Make some noise in an empty room C Give the second group musical training D Fi
21、nd out what the talking person was saying （2）The writer uses the example of violinists in Paragraph 3 to explain A how musicians play in an orchestra B how musicians ignore certain sounds C why musicians have better hearing ability D why musicians are not afraid of loud noise （3）Gottfried Schlaug he
22、lps his stroke patients speak by A playing music for them Bgetting them to sing words C teaching them to play instruments D joining the bad parts of their brain （4）What is the main purpose of the passage？ A To introduce different ways of playing music B To give some advice about making our brain act
23、ive C To show the relationship between music and language abilities D To sbare the results of recent studies on treating stroke patients 4 （8 分）Its late evening in the middle of the winter The snow is deep， but off I go into the wildSuddenly， I hear it： the howl （嚎叫） of wolves Excitedly， I walk fast
24、er in the direction of the howling Ive been working as a volunteer wolf tracker in Yellowstone National Park for over a year Its my job to follow wolves to record information about them Like wolves， however， I dont work alone Im one of a team of people who have been in a project to help reintroduce
25、wolves to the park Humans have always feared wolves From fairy tales to movies， the wolf is always the bad guy a danger to humans and other animals In the 1920s， the organizers of the park shared this view about wolves and made the decision to drive them away from the parkAs a 第 6 页（共 37 页） result，t
26、he number of elk（麋鹿）in the park increased The elk started looking for food near river banks since they didnt have to worry about wolvesThis， in turn， stopped trees from growing along the rivers， doing great harm to the environment there The return of wolves has already made a big difference To begin
27、 with， the elk soon learned to stay away from the rivers， so new trees have been able to grow there The trees become home to new wildlife， such as birds， and provide food for more animals The park is now becoming more and more popular with those who want to see wolves in their natural environment It
28、 has also helped the local people make more money， Tourists visit the area，stay in the local hotels， and eat in the local restaurants Looking at the wild animals and the beautiful sceneries around me， I am amazed at the changes the wolf has made to Yellowstone And happily， it is playing a good guy i
29、n this story （1）According to the passage， one of a wolf trackers jobs is to A catch wolves in the park B feed wolves in the wild C stop wolves from killing elk D collect information about wolves （2）Why did the organizers drive the wolves away from the park in the 1920s？ A The wolves were always howl
30、ing at night B The elk in the park were in danger of dying out C The wolves had done great harm to the environment D The park was thought to be unsafe with wolves around （3）Paragraphs 4 and 5 are mainly about the that wolves have brought to Yellowstone A risks B troubles C changes D competitions （4）
31、What does the writer mean by the underlined sentence in the last paragraph？ 第 7 页（共 37 页） A Wolves are important to Yellowstone B Yellowstone has been home to wolves C The wolf and the elk live in peace now DThe number of wolves is growing fast 5 （8 分）Whenever Im invited to somebodys house for the f
32、irst time， Ill take a close look at their bookshelvesWhat they keep on their shelves，in my eyes，is a reflection （反映） of their personal tastes and interestsThe books on a bookshelf tell the story of a life My own shelves are a kind of roadmap through my life， telling a chronological tale First up com
33、e my favorite childhood reads， like Watership Down and His Dark Materials The collection then moves on to teenage things I read in school Nineteen Eight Four， The Handmaids Tale and A Clockwork Orange Finally， we come out of fulltime education and enter the real world， and this part is a reflection
34、of my professional （职业的） life， from the first exciting days of work experience to the present If you pointed to any book on my shelves， I could name the year I got it， where I was working，and probably where I was living at the time _It is an easy way to get to know about his hopes， dreams and intere
35、sts And a big part of that story is how we arrange （排列） our books， and get on with them Its such a personal thing， different from each other Some want to be with their books in every room， others have them on shelves， behind glass or simply lining their floors Each home has a story to tell through t
36、he way they live with their books Its often said that what we read says something about who we are The way we fill our bookshelves might also send a message about ourselves From the pile of books on your bedside table to your wellorganized shelves， whether we notice it or not， our book collections a
37、re telling a story before a single page has been turned （1）The book son the writers own shelves are organized according to A their prices B their writers C his personal interests 第 8 页（共 37 页） D the periods of his life （2）Which of the following is the best sentence to fill in the blank in Paragraph4
38、？ A Every book is worth reading B Each bookshelf holds a special dream C Book collections tell so much about a person D The books a person reads depend on his choices， （3）The writer seems to agree that A wed better not put our books on the floor B the way we arrange our books shows our tastes C the
39、books at our bedside are usually more important D we Can know about a person by reading the message he sends （4）It can be learned from the passage that the writer is probably A a book lover B a story teller C a shelf collector D a fashion designer 6（10 分） It was last January， when Id just finished a
40、 charity （慈善） and was on the train back home， that I put down my phone and started writing thankyou notes to people who had helped， When I got off the train， I felt amazingly good The next day，I wrote more thank yous and the same feeling of happiness hit me again I suddenly had the idea： Why not kee
41、p on doing this for every day of the year？ To keep on task， I decided to pick out a different theme for each month January was charity February would be neighbors， I decided， And I thought of a number of names right away： the owner of our local bookstore， who let me and my little son in before the s
42、tore opened and offered to play his favorite songs； our babysitter， who dropped off a bag of old board games for our kids to play， While writing the notes， I realized how often I had spent my time on the phone moving from app to app， appreciating （欣赏） other peoples lives Writing thankyou notes allow
43、ed me the time to do something different， paying more attention to my own life 第 9 页（共 37 页） In the following months， I wrote to my friends， doctors， teachers and parenting role models In July， my“food“ month， I wrote to Julie，who used to cook at my favorite restaurantIt went like this： Dear Julie，
44、Ive been finding myself missing you lately Thank you for hosting and cooking beautiful and thoughtful food Jake and I will never forget when you sent out biscuits shaped into the number VI for our sixth anniversary （周年纪念日）We talk about it every year Thank you We miss you Love， Gina I was happy to re
45、ceive a note back from her Julie replied，“I dont think Ive ever received such a touching letter before， I m going through a hard time right now， and this helps“ On December 31， I wrote my last card to Jake， my husband， and our two kids And I took a picture of us， so I could remember the feeling well
46、ing up inside me Gratitude （1）The underlined word “this“ in Paragraph 2 means A writing thankyou notes B putting the phone away C taking the train back home D raising money for charity （2）How did Julie most probably feel after reading the note from Gina？ A Shy and surprised BPleased and relaxed C Ne
47、rvous and excited D Moved and encouraged （3）The theme of the December notes might be A photos B family C holidays 第 10 页（共 37 页） D community （4）What did Gina get by doing her task according to the passage？ A Many thanks from her neighbors B More time to appreciate her own life C More help from people around her D Happy moments to be with her friends （5）The best title for the passage can be A My Thank You Year B An Amazing Trip C Happiness inside Us D Important People in Our Life 三、词汇运用（本题有三、词汇运用（本题有 2 小题小题，共计，共计 15 分）分）A.用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，每词仅用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，每词仅 用一次用一次 7 （5 分） bottle； repeat
