三、信息还原(10分)
“The only constant(不变) in life is change,” Heraclitus said in about 500 B.C. That could still be true today.
1. Technology(科技) is out of date almost by the time you buy it. We get plenty of information every day, much more than we would have experienced in our whole life. Why are we afraid of change? 2. After all, who knows what new dangers might appear? However, change is also the only way of development. Nobody can stop it in life. Luckily, our brains become stronger when meeting the unknown(未知的). 3. To be more imaginative and creative, you should look for environments you have no experience with.
4. For example, try a new restaurant, or go to a play or a concert you usually wouldn’t attend. Small changes can help you slowly get used to uncertainty(不确定). People who fear change often stick to(坚持) a lifestyle. 5. If you can move from just accepting it to actively working on it, you will be successful.
A. Changes are always good for humans. B. You can learn to face changes in daily life.
C. These people can live a happy life. D. We live in a world that is changing every minute.
E. But change comes whether (不论) you ask for it or not.
F. That’s because our brains want to protect us.
G. Dealing with the unknown needs imagination(想象力) and creativity.

四、词汇检测(12分)
1. Make sure the printer is () to the computer so that it can work well.
2. This problem is receiving () among teachers and students.
3. Doing housework is no longer seen as women’s job. () it among family members.
4. Our government is trying to () a new type of society for us.
5. I like to chat with my friends sitting in a () seat of this coffee shop.
6. The long waiting time outside the school gate makes the parents grow ().
7. The engineers had to reach a higher () or they would fall behind in this field.
8. She finds it hard to remember the () in this play.
9. The film Ne Zha 2 has won high for its rich imagination.
10. — What’s your new plan this year? — I will learn to keep my things in good .
11. It’s necessary to learn rules if you want to learn English well.
12. Jim took part in the boys’ 100-metre and won the first in the end.

五、从方框中选择适当的单词或短语,在横线上填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次(5分)
cut down hundreds of strong all over the world like
Chico was born in Brazil in 1944 and started working when he was young. 1. the rest of his family, the boy made money by taking a little rubber from the trees in the forest. But in 1980, the forest was 2. to build roads, houses and factories. Chico was angry. He wanted to save the forest! He talked to the government, but they didn’t listen to him. “Many voices are 3. than one,” he thought, so Chico held group meetings. He discovered that 4. people agreed with him. More people came together to try to stop the damage(破坏). In the next few years, Chico’s name became famous 5. . The government of Brazil started making plans to protect the Amazon rainforest.