1、第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A My heart beat with that feeling, pumping it like blood to my body as my fingers flew across the piano keys. As the piece neared the end, I stood up to take my final bow. For a second, the room was quiet. Yet, even in that one sec
2、ond, I had enough time to doubt whether I had done everything perfectly. Then, suddenly, the applause came. “Thank you so much,” I said, turning to Olga, my piano teacher for six years. “Youve been an amazing student all these years,” she said, “and I hope that whatever you do, you never stop practi
3、cing.” I leaned forward, promising I would always keep playing because I loved piano, and hugged her.It turned out to be that promises werent as meaningful as Id hoped for them to be. Right after quitting, I kept up my strict practicing schedule. Soon, it began slipping away from me. After all, the
4、reason I had stopped taking lessons was that my schedule was busy with homework. Not long after, I stopped practicing altogether. It was pleasing not to have to stress about piano anymore. But something was shifting inside of me. I was empty inside. One day I met Michelle, who had also taken piano l
5、essons from Olga for quite a while.“So, are you still taking lessons from Olga?” She asked.“Um, no, actually I just quit a while ago,” I replied quickly.“Oh, thats a shame,” she responded, “You used to be so good I remember your performance a year ago; it was breathtaking.”Two days after talking to
6、Michelle, I subconsciously（潜意识地）sat down on the bench and started playing. I wasnt even trying to make the notes sound musically correctI was simply doing what I should have been this entire time: playing, just to be playing.As the music spread, a familiar feeling rose inside me.21. According to the
7、 passage, the quiet room made the writer doubt .A. whether she ended the music a little earlierB. whether she expressed her feeling in musicC. whether she played the piano perfectlyD. whether she was polite to make a bow22. Why did the writer stop practicing the piano? A. She lost interest in playin
8、g the piano. B. She was satisfied with her performance. C. She thought Olga to be too strict with her. D. She was busy with her homework.23. After stopping the piano, the writer felt .A. she seemed to have no purpose in lifeB. she got rid of the pressure of lifeC. she had more time to do other activ
9、itiesD. she changed herself into another person 24. Michael seemed to think . A. the writer could become a famous pianistB. it was a pity for the writer to stop practicing C. the writer should be ashamed of her decision D. the performance of the writer made her heart brokenB Free Wi-Fi has become ve
10、ry important to us: many stores and shopping malls offer it, restaurants use it to attract customers, and for libraries and coffee shops it is a must-have service. Even when people are traveling, they scan for free Wi-Fi. When selecting or rating a hotel, six in ten travelers believe that unlimited
11、Wi-Fi is the most important factor. “Today, people will never forget to pack their smart phones, tablets and laptops into the suitcase,” said the Daily Mail. “We rely on free Wi-Fi heavily when travelingespecially when it comes to checking social media, checking out travel tips, and accessing websit
12、es.” However, despite the opportunities that free Wi-Fi gives us, “our over-reliance on technology has come at a price, with travelers feeling unable to escape social media”, said Lonely Planet, the worlds largest travel guide brand. Anita Isalska, Lonely Planet editor and tech addict, was forced to
13、 unplug when in an isolated （隔绝的） camp in Greenland recently. “Adjusting to this slower pace, I began to realize that: social media had changed into a habit,” she wrote. “I had believed I was capturing（捕捉） moments, but in reality my busy fingers were preventing me enjoying travels deepest pleasures.
14、 How fully can you appreciate a huge glacier or wild flowers when your brain is selecting the right photo filter （滤镜） or the perfect six seconds to take photos?” In September, Lonely Planet released 10 predictions for the future of global travel. One of them was that true escapes will be highly valu
15、ed in future, so remote hotels will start to make their lack of the Internet into an appealing feature. Would you like to have an unplugged holiday? 25. Accordingtothepassage,peoplenowadaystenddofollowingEXCEPT . A. getting out of a library that has no access to the InternetB. thinking ill of a hote
16、l without Wi-Fi C. enjoying travelling better without carrying any Hi-Tech equipmentD. making travel plans via the Internet26. Through the fourth paragraph, the author intends to .A. show a different opinion on the topicB. give more evidence to the view mentionedC. get into another topicD. summarize
17、 the previous paragraphs27. What has Anita Isalska realized in Greenland?A. Travelers cannot survive without Hi-Tech.B. Her fingers are not flexible enough to take enough pictures.C. Taking pictures doesnt affect appreciating nature.D. Her over-reliance on technology has come at a price.28. What doe
18、s “an unplugged holiday” mean in the last paragraph?A. A camping holiday. B. A holiday without Wi-Fi.C. A holiday in a remote hotel. D. A holiday without taking pictures. C Study finds being sociable is good for your health, while loneliness is as bad for you as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. A circle
19、 of close friends and strong family ties can improve a persons health more than exercise, losing weight or quitting cigarettes and alcohol, psychologists say. Sociable people seem to benefit extra rewards from their relationships by feeling less stressed, taking better care of themselves and having
20、less risky lifestyles than those who are more lonely, they say.A review of studies into the effect of relationships on health found that people had a 50% better survival rate if they belonged to a wider social group, be it friends, neighbors, relatives or a mix of these.The obvious effect of social
21、connections on health has led researchers to call on health officials to take loneliness as seriously as other health risks, such as alcoholism（酗酒） and smoking.“We take relationships for granted as humans,” said Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a psychologist at Brigham Young University in Utah. “ That contin
22、uous interaction（相互影响） is beneficial not only psychologically but physically.”Holt-Lunstads team reviewed 148 studies that followed the social interactions and health of 308,849 people over an average of 7.5 years. From these they worked out how death rates differed depending on how sociable a perso
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