watching Game of Thrones.

A. am sitting B. will be sitting C. will have sat D. would sit

34. When was it _____ the Shanghai Disneyland______ you dream of visiting was open to the public?

A. which; which B. that; which C. that; where D. which; where

35. ---I have been working hard to polish up my spoken English in the past two weeks, but I think I make little progress in it.

---_________, Emma! Your spoken English will soon be better. A. I can’t help it B. Make it

C. Hang in there D. You really have me there 第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）

Last January I was given a chance to work in another country. At first, I lived a 36 life, but soon I met a group of new friends and they were really nice. Then something 37 happened. One of our friends suffered from kidney stones (肾结石), which had to be 38 surgically as soon as possible. But it was not as 39 as that! Our friend could not 40 the operation, which put him into deep 41 . I didn’t know how to help him because I didn’t have any money either. 42 , I never lost hope. Instead I tried to think of other 43 and told him not to worry because everything would be all right. Before I left the hospital, I talked to the surgeon and asked him to do the surgery, saying I would pay the expenses the next day 44 I had that kind of money. Well, I must have been 45 because the surgeon agreed to do it! But how was I going to get that much money?

All I knew was that I needed to help my friend! Although it could be 46 to deal with this kind of situation, I decided to make some efforts. I tried to borrow money but failed. I tried 47 my things but no one wanted them. Then I had the idea of talking to my 48 . I asked him if I could have my next two months’ salary in advance—without even thinking on how I would 49 for two months

with no money. He was surprised and asked me the reason. I told him that I had a friend who was really in need. 50 I convinced him too and then he gave my two months’ salary without any 51 !

Upon getting the money, I ran to the hospital and paid all the bills. My friend didn’t know how to thank me. I just said, “Come on! Give me a 52 !” Friendship may not only be found at the happy moment but sometimes you can find it on the 53 time in your life! I’ve done a good thing by being a (an) 54 friend and I think it is well worth the 55 . 36. A. lonely B.

private C. colorful

D. normal

B. wrong

C. unfair

D.

37. A. strange unexpected 38. A. reduced 39. A. simple special

40. A. stand perform

41. A. confusion dissatisfaction 42. A. Thus 43. A. choices expectations 44. A. as if case

45. A. encouraging astonishing 46. A. amazing 47. A. saving handing

B. removed

C. examined

D. lifted D.

B. painful C. terrible

B. consider C. afford D.

B. anxiety C. embarrassment D.

B. Otherwise B. reasons

C. Therefore

D. However

D.

C. symptoms

B. even if C. so that D. in

B. annoying C. convincing D.

B. disturbing

C. challenging C. donating

D. scary D.

B. selling

48. A. colleague boss

49. A. survive

B. relative C. surgeon D.

B. adapt C. continue

D. wander

D.

50. A. Occasionally Luckily

51. A. analysis 52. A. favor reply

53. A. toughest best

54. A. attentive supportive

55. A. tolerance

B. Slightly C. Constantly

B. hesitation B. promise

C. dignity

C. hug

D. remark

D.

B. longest C. strangest D.

B. sensitive C. aggressive D.

B. sympathy C. effort D. pressure

第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

The new year brought new desks for students at Vallecito Elementary School, in San Rafael, California. The last three of the school’s 22 classrooms switched from seated desks to standing desks. “It’s now the first all-standing school,” Juliet Starrett told TFK. She started the group Stand Up Kids. Her goal is to have every U.S. public school kid using a standing desk within the next10 years.

Starrett's daughters—Georgia, 10, and Caroline, 7—attend Vallecito. They are thrilled with their desks. “You feel happier, you're less tired, and you're more active,” Georgia says.

Some of the desks have wheels and fidget bars. The bars let kids move in a way that doesn't disturb the class. Wheels allow the desks to be moved easily. The desks also adjust to different heights. Kids take breaks by sitting on the floor or on stools. There is the trend of designing things to make them easy and safe to use. According to Mark Benden, director of the Texas A&M Center, standing workers are more focused and healthier. He says his research shows that kids using standing desks are more engaged and burn more calories . In December, researchers in New Zealand, Australia,

and the United Kingdom released similar findings. But not everyone is convinced standing is better than sitting. Some parents and teachers worry that kids will get tired and that standing for long periods of time may be harmful. And standing desks are more expensive.

Benden says both sitting and standing desks can cause problems if they are not the proper height. “Our message should not be ‘Sit less, stand more,'” he says, “but ‘Sit less, move more.'” 56. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A. Why standing desks are used. B. Where standing desks are used. C. How standing desks are used. D. Who use standing desks. 57. Mark Benden's research shows that kids using standing desks _______. A. feel more tired B. are more focused C. get better scores D. tend to eat more 58. Some parents and teachers worry that using standing desks may______ . A. disturb the kids in class B. leave the classroom noisy C. harm the students' health D. increase the teachers' workload

B

In English the sky is blue, and the grass is green. But in Vietnamese there is just one color category for both sky and grass: xanh. For decades cognitive (认知) scientists have pointed to such examples as evidence that language largely determined how we see color. But new research with four to six month-old babies indicates that long before we learn language, we see up to five basic categories of color --- a finding that suggests a stronger biological element to perceive (感知) color than previously thought.

The study, published recently in the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences USA, tested the color-discrimination abilities of more than 170 British

babies. Researchers at the University of Sussex in England measured how long babies spent staring at color swatches(色块), a system known as looking time. First babies were showed one swatch repeatedly until their looking time decreased --- a sign they