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
BasketballStatistician Help Wanted
The Athletic Department islooking for students to help assist staff during the Fall 2016, Winter 2016-17and Spring 2017 semesters. Students in this position will be keeping livestatistics during basketball games. Students must meet all of the followingrequirements:
Good computer skills
Available evenings andweekends
Knowing basketballrules and statistics
Students interestedin working for the Athletic Department should contact the Athletic Coordinatorat their respective(各自的) campuses.
TP/SSAthletic Coordinator, Michael Simone,240-567-1308
RockvilleAthletic Coordinator, Jorge Zuniga,240-567-7589
SpringfieldAthletic coordinator, Gary Miller,240-567-2273
GermantownAthletic Coordinator, GavriChavan, 240-567-6915
B
If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.
Every day in our work, we are inspired by the people we meet doing extraordinary things to improve the world.
They have a different kind of superpower that all of us possess: the power to make a difference in the lives of others.
We're not saying that everyone needs to contribute their lives to the poor. Your lives are busy enough doing homework, playing sports, making friends, seeking after your dreams. But we do think that you can live a more powerful life when you devote some of your time and energy to something much larger than yourself. Find an issue you are interested in and learn more. Volunteer or, if you can, contribute a little money to a cause. Whatever you do, don't be a bystander. Get involved. You may have the opportunity to make your biggest difference when you're older. But why not start now?
Our own experience working together on health, development, and energy the last twenty years has been one of the most rewarding parts of our lives. It has changed who we are and continues to fuel our optimism about how much the lives of the poorest people will improve in the years ahead.
C
In the depths of theFrench Guianese rainforest, there still remain unusual groups of indigenous(土著的) people.Surprisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own socialcustoms. And yet, people in this area are in fact French citizens because ithas been a colony(殖民地) of the French Republic since 1946. In theory, they shouldlive by the French law is often ignored or unknown, thus making them into aninteresting area of “lawlessness” in the world.
The lives of thesepeople have finally been recorded thanks to the effects of a Frenchman formParis called Gin. Gin spent five months in early 2015 exploring the most remotecorners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, withhalf its population of only 250,000 living in its capital, Cayenne.
“I have a special lovefor the French Guianese people. I have worked there on and off for almost tenyears,” says Gin. “I've been able to keep firm friendships with them. Thus Ihave been allowed to gain access to their living environment. I don't see it asa lawless land. But rather I see it as an area of freedom.”
“I wanted to showthe audience a photographic record touching upon the uncivilized life,”continues Gin. “I prefer to work in black and white, which allows me to showdifferent specific worlds more clearly.”
His black-and-whitepictures present a world almost lost in time. These pictures show peopleseemingly pushed into a world that they were unprepared for. These localcitizens now have to balance their traditional self-supporting huntinglifestyle with the lifestyle offered by the modern French Republic, whichbrings with it not only necessary state welfare, but also alcoholism,betrayal and even suicide.
D
A warm drink of milkbefore bed has long been the best choice for those wanting a good night'ssleep. But now a study has found it really does help people nod off—if it ismilked from a cow at night.
Researchers have discovered that“night milk” contains more melatonin(褪黑激素), which has been proven tohelp people feel sleepy and reduce anxiety.
The study, by researchersfrom Seoul, South Korea, involved mice being fed with dried milk powder madefrom cows milked both during the day and at night.
Those given night milk, whichcontained 10 times the amount of melatonin, were less active and less anxiousthan those fed with the milk collected during daytime, according to the studypublished in The Journal of MedicinalFood.
Night milk quickened the startof sleep and caused the mice to sleep longer.
While the effect of cowsmilk harvested at different time has not been tested on humans up to now,taking melatonin drugs has been suggested to those who are struggling to fallasleep at night.
Previous studies have alsoindicated that milk can be excellent for helping sleep because of the calciumcontent, which helps people to relax.
Milk is also sugar-free andadditive-free with nutritionists recommending skimmed milk as the best choicebefore bed as it is the least fattening. The more fat you take in beforebedtime, the greater burden you will put on your body at night.
Both men and women are livinglonger these days in industrialized countries.Ingeneral, they can expect to live six or seven years more than men. One reasonfor this is biological.
One important biological factor thathelps women live longer is the difference in hormones between men and women.Between the ages of about 12 and 50,women produce hormones that are involved in fertility(生育能力). These hormones also have a positive effect on the heartand blood flow. In fact, women are less likely to have high blood pressure orto die from heart attacks.
Theyhelp the body defend itself against some kinds of infections. This means thatwomen generally ger sick less often and less seriously than men. The commoncold is a good example: women, on average, get fewer colds than men. Scientists are still not exactly sure howinfluence aging, but they believe that they do. Some think that a woman's bodycells have a tendency(向) to age more slowly than a man's. Others think that a man's body cells have a tendency to age more quickly.
A．However,women, on average, live longer.
B .The biological factorplays an important part.
C. Women are also helped bytheir female genes.
D. The female hormones alsoprotect the body in another way.
E. Recent research seems tosupport both of these possibilities.
F. Therefore, women are morehealthy than men and can live a better life.
G. Hormones are chemicalswhich are produced by the body to control carious body functions.
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Lainey finished thirdgrade. She had good grades and could read 1 grade level, but she did not like to read. On a family car trip, her Aunt Dede pulled out a copy of Harry Potter, as a surprise for her 2 . But Lainey took one look at it, 3 her eyes, and said, “Borring!”
Aunt Dede, a teacher, had read the book to her students, and they loved it. 4 the youngest children in the class were 5 by the story. They 6 with great interest and then 7 joined in grand conversations about Harry's adventures.
“How can you say it's 8? Have you read it? ” asked Aunt Dede.
“No, it's too long and it doesn't have any 9 .” complained Lainey.
“Oh, that's where you are 10 ;there are lots of pictures. Every page is full of pictures; you just have to read the words to 11 them. It's like magic.”
“Nice try , Aunt Dede,”Lainey replied 12 from the back seat.
Another 13was in order. “Well, if you don't want to read it, give it14 .Maybe your mom would 15 hearing the story.” The book sailed through the air to Aunt Dede and she began to read it aloud. By the end of the first chapter,16 were coming from the back seat:“Please read a little17.”
Lainey is an example of an 18reader. As shown here, Lainey can become 19 about reading when 20 with literature on topics that interest her, and when the people around her model involvement in the reading process.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The giant panda (love) by people throughout the world.Chinese scientists (recent) had a chance to study a wildfemale panda with a newborn baby.She was a very (care)mother.For 25days,she never lefther baby,not even to find something (eat)!She would not let any otherpandas come near.She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean.Any smellmight attract natural (enemy)thatwould try to eat the little comforting pats.The mother held the baby in her front paws much the way a humandoes. it cried,she rocked it back and forth andgave it little comforting pats,The mother continued to care for the young pandamore than two years.By thattime,the panda no longer needed (it)motherfor food.However,it stayed with her and leaned about the ways of theforest.Then,after two and a half years,the mother (drive)theyoung panda away.It was time for her to have a new baby,itwas also time for the young panda to be independent.
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
It is Mother's Day today. Though it's a western festival, it's popular in China now.
Mom has a full-time job, so she has to do most of the houseworks. She is a great mother. Both Dad or I planned to do something on Mother's Day. We get up early in the morning. Dad cleaned the house, and then went on shopping. When he came back, I found a bunch of flowers in her hand. I asked Mom to stay in the sitting room and I cooked in kitchen. The dishes what I cooked were Mom's favoritiest. At dinner, we said toher,“Happy Mother's Day！”Mom was grateful and moving.
