from a flashlight,and even play “Angry Birds” on a whiteboard using real-world physics.Since multiple Roots can be used at the same time,the robot is the perfect classroom tool to introduce coding to young kids.
Raphael believes that this novel approach to coding will excite great interest because unlike the traditional method,Root makes coding fun for even the youngest of students.Unfortunately,the robot,successfully tested by kids in the laboratory,is not yet available for schools.The researchers estimate that Root will be sold for about $200, making it fairly affordable for anyone that wishes to learn how to code.
25．Why are kids afraid to learn to code according to the author? A. It is very difficult for them to learn this skill.
B. It gets them more uncomfortable to use computers. C. Learning code will cost them a large sum of money. D. Kids find it will have less fun playing computer games. 26．The robot called Root helps kids to______.
A. change kids' study attitudes B. move icons around more easily
C. greatly improve kids' test marks D. feel at ease when learning to code 27．What do we know about the robot?
A. It teaches kids to code. B. It is used to design programs.
C. It makes “Angry Birds” popular. D. It helps kids to break codes.
C
It’s surprising how much simple movements of the body can affect the way we think. Using expansive gestures with open arms makes us feel more powerful, crossing your arms makes you more determined and lying down can bring more insights(领悟).
So if moving the body can have these effects, what about the clothes we wear? We’re all well aware of how dressing up in different ways can make us feel more attractive, sporty or professional, depending on the clothes we wear, but can the clothes actually change cognitive (认知的)performance or is it just a feeling?
Adam and Galinsky tested the effect of simply wearing a white lab coat on people’s powers of attention. The idea is that white coats are associated with scientists, who are in turn though to have close attention to detail.
What they found was that people wearing white coats performed better than those who weren’t. Indeed, they made only half as many errors as those wearing their own clothes on the Stroop Test( one way of measuring attention). The researchers call the effect “enclothed cognition,” suggesting that all manner of different clothes probably affect our cognition in many different ways.
This opens the way for all sorts of clothes-based experiments. Is the writer who wears a fedora more creative? Is the psychologist wearing little round glasses and smoking a cigar more insightful? Does a chef’s hat make the resultant food taste better?
From now on I will only be editing articles for PsyBlog while wearing a white coat to help keep the typing error count low. Hopefully you will be doing your part by reading PsyBlog in a cap and gown.(学位服).
28．What is the main idea of the text?
A. Body movements change the way people think
B. How people dress has an influence on their feelings
C. What people wear can affect their cognitive performance D. People doing different jobs should wear different clothes
29．Adam and Galinsky’s experiment tested the effect of clothes on their wearers’___________. A. insights B. movements C. attention D. appearance
30．How does the author sound in the last paragraph? A. Academic B. Humorous C. Formal D. Hopeful
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
What Is Fear?
Fear is a basic feeling arising when we fed threatened, and can have physical symptoms such as sweaty hands and an increased heart rate.31． On the upside... Fear means growth.
Fear tells us we are moving towards the edge of our comfort zone. We are doing something unfamiliar and learning new skills. This means we are growing, and growth means that once we go beyond the uncomfortable bit, we will be stronger, better and brighter than before! 32． Things are never as bad as they seem.
In most cases, the thing we fear is never as bad as we think it will be. When we are trying to make a decision to do something new, we lack the perspective to sec further than the familiar range. 33．No. If you look back on some of the scary things you’ve had to do in the past, you would now say. “What was so scary about this?!”
We are always stronger than we think!
Fear can teach us so much about our personal powers. There is no other feeling like the victory you feel that makes you realize you won. 34． Who cares? You made the leap! This will build your confidence! Think of your yoga practice. We CAN stand on our hands, even though we sometimes doubted it. And it will make us realize that we are so strong! Fear is part of lift, and doesn’t need to be eliminated.
35．We can welcome it; we can cope with it and proceed in spite of it. The best decisions in life art rarely the easiest ones. Or rather, they may seem easy, bat often come with fear. To quit your job is not easy, but if you know it’s the right thing to do, you know what you need to do. Following your heart will not come without fear, but it will come with big rewards. A. Face the feeling of fear bravely. B. And everything unfamiliar is scary?
C. Catch every opportunity to be successful. D. We don’t need to remove fear from our lives. E. So when you fed fear approaching, say thank you! F. You succeeded, even though not every try is perfect.
G. But it can be a useful feeling when it comes to keeping us safe. 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
For me personally, I could write for days about many different situations where adversity (逆境) ___36____my life. Now let me tell you one experience where I almost let adversity __37_____.
We had a glass studio, which was located 50 feet from our home. A couple of years ago we experienced an ___38____ winter; we had a lot of snow and ice. The ___39____ of the ice and snow ____40___ the roof on our studio, taking with it one of our sources of income. ___41____ it did fall down, we got on the roof and tried to___42____ the snow and ice, but when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of minus 20 Celsius, it was pretty ___43____ to do.
We had a partner come in to help us try to ___44____ the roof by supporting. In the end, there was ____45____ that could be done. The roof came down. We had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studio ____46____ we lost a lot also: glass, kilns, workbenches, to name only a few of the items. It was a ____47____experience.
Here we were in the middle of winter with our studio collapsed. We couldn't work as we had almost ___48_____ all the material in a building we were not using. We could have done one of two things: we could simply say that we can no longer ___49_____ our glass business. Let me tell you that this was certainly a thought that ___50_____ our mind. Or we could find a way to get our studio back up and running.
We picked the ____51____ option. We had a large barn that we were not using. So we renovated (翻新) the barn, ___52_____ our working area and today we have a nicer studio than we ___53_____ had. If the adversity we were ___54____ had not happened, we probably would ____55____ be working in the old studio — a studio that was less efficient.
36．A. promoted B. influenced C. destroyed D. prevented 37．A. suffer B. escape C. win D. work
38．A. awkward B. awesome C. agreeable D. awful 39．A. size B. height C. weight D. temperature 40．A. collapsed B. limited C. pressed D. struck 41．A. Before B. Unless C. Although D. When 42．A. replace B. reduce C. recycle D. remove
43．A. worthwhile B. tough C. rewarding D. annoying 44．A. examine B. test C. secure D. restore 45．A. something B. enough C. all D. nothing 46．A. for B. but C. or D. so
47．A. vain B. valid C. disastrous D. treasured 48．A. displayed B. arranged C. piled D. presented 49．A. predict B. conduct C. instruct D. quit
50．A. approached B. crossed C. cleared D. comforted 51．A. latter B. former C. easier D. further
52．A. evaluated B. redesigned C. organized D. reserved 53．A. desperately B. hopefully C. eventually D. previously
54．A. faced with B. concerned about C. cautious about D. aware of 55．A. ever B. already C. even D. still
非选择题部分
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分） 第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）
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。 In order to understand the role and function of belief in our society, one way is to compare the 56． (different) between a society with belief and a society without it. And through this process of comparison, it might be easier for us to understand 57． important belief really is.
Without belief, we do not know what we are fighting 58．. This is the fundamental difference between someone who has 59． belief system and someone who does not. A parent who is working so hard for the benefits and financial security of the children tend to give more and complain 60．. A man or a woman in love, who is trying to maintain or change their situation in the belief that they could one day be with their beloved ones, would not even feel the burden of work. A student, who 61． (strong) believes that a brighter future is available, would not mind a few extra hours to be better academically. And a public servant, who makes the interest of the general public as priority, would not mind 62． (burn) some late night oil so that the required work could 63．(finish) in high quality. For all the examples mentioned above, we can easily imagine how the situation would change dramatically when they do not have the belief system of their own.
It’s a given fact 64． life is hard but whatever difficulties occur, those 65． belief is stronger are more likely to overcome them successfully. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
假如你是李华，你代表学校给外教John写一封信，请他对你校正在创建的英语口语教室提点建议。内容包括： 1.口语教室的重要性；
2.主要功能（上口语课，举办各类活动）； 3.征求建议。 注意：
1.词数80左右，开头已为你写好； 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear John,
I’m Li Hua, one of your students from Grade Three.
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Looking forward to your reply! Yours sincerely, Li Hua
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