1 . Last year, an old lady moved to my town. Everyone referred to her as (称……为) Granny. Because she kept to herself, she seemed a little different. She asked nothing of anyone and did nothing for anyone, except her pets. She had five dogs and four cats. They were always behind her wherever she went.

One day, a newspaper boy noticed Granny’s papers had not been picked up for three or four days. The dogs and cats in her yard were a bit thinner and moved about slowly. He had not seen Granny for about a week. He wondered if she was all right, so he got off his bike and walked to the front door. “Hello! Anyone here?” he called. He listened for a while and seemed to hear somebody whimpering. He quickly rode to the closest neighbour Mrs Green’s house and called 110. When the police arrived, they found Granny had fallen and had not been able to move to call for help. The paramedics (急救医士) said Granny needed to go to the hospital and stay for a few days.

While Granny was in the hospital, some neighbours came to feed her pets every day. And some neighbours took care of her until her daughter arrived. Luckily, Granny was soon well. When she went home, her neighbours brought her food and flowers. Granny was sorry she had not got to know her neighbours earlier, but was glad she had now “found” them.

1. How many pets did Granny have?

A．Four.

B．Five.

C．Eight.

D．Nine.

2. The word “whimpering” in the Paragraph 2 means “________”.

A．producing loud reading sounds	B．making low crying sounds
C．producing sweet singing sounds	D．making lovely laughing sounds

3. Who quickly rode to Mrs Green’s house and called 110?

A．The newspaper boy.	B．The closest neighbour.
C．The Granny’s daughter.	D．The doctors and nurses.

4. Which word might Granny’s daughter use to describe Granny’s neighbours?

A．Busy.

B．Kind.

C．Rude

D．Lucky.

5. What might happen next in the story?

A．Granny moved to another hospital.

B．The newspaper boy sold Granny’s pets.

C．Granny became friends with her neighbours.

D．The newspaper boy refused to go to Granny’s home.

2 . 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

December 9th, 2021, three Shenzhou-13 astronauts, Ye Guangfu, Wang Yaping and Zhai Zhigang, gave their first class from China’s Tiangong space station. The lesson started at 3: 40 p.m. (Beijing Time) and l    1     nearly one hour, primary and middle school students a    2     the lesson from five classrooms across China.

At the beginning of the class, Wang, the first female astronaut to enter China’s space station, gave the students a tour of their living and working areas. Ye showed the students how he turned a    3     his body in space. He also explained why it is i    4     for astronauts to walk in space like they normally (正常地) do on Earth. Wang introduced how they lived and worked in space and did some i    5     experiments. In one experiment, she made small water film and put a pink folded (折叠的) paper flower on it. Soon the flower unfolded and blossomed (开花). Zhai took the video of the experiments during the whole class. To r    6     to a student’s question about water, Wang said the water they drink is recycled. There is no difference in taste b    7     regular (普通的) and recycled water. With a water recycling s    8    , they can fully use every drop of water in the space station.

Over 1, 000 teachers and students took part in the video communication with the astronauts. The astronauts showed them how different it is in space. A teacher said, “The class has d    9     students’ interest in space science. Also, they feel p    10     of our country as they see how fast China’s aerospace industry (航空航天工业) has grown.”

What a great class!

6 . 阅读下而短文，根据短文内容完成句子。

“How do you get to school? “This question often gets an answer like “By bus”, “On foot” or “By bike”. But not always —there are children in many different parts of the world who, every day, have to go on a difficult journey to get to their lessons. They travel for many kilometres. They cross deserts (沙漠), mountains, rivers, snow and ice. For example, the children of the Inupiat Community in Alaska go to school in very cold temperatures, and then come back when it is dark. Let’s see some other examples.

In Sri Lanka, some children have to cross a piece of wood between two walls of an old castle (城堡) every morning. In Indonesia, some children have to cross a bridge ten metres above a dangerous river to get to their class. And some children in Delhi, India walk along the railway tracks(铁轨) to get to their school every morning.

Six-year-old Fabricio Oliveira gets on his donkey (驴) every morning to ride with his friends for over an hour through a desert area. Their school is in Extrema, a small village in Brazil —only very few people live there.

So why do the children do this? Because for them going to school means a better future. They hope to get a job and make money in order to help their families and neighbours. And this is why rivers, deserts or danger won’t stop them on their way to school

1. Children in many different parts of the world have to ________ to get to their lessons.
2. The children of the Inupiat Community in Alaska go to school in ________.
3. In Indonesia, some children have to cross a bridge ten metres ________ to get to their class.
4. Fabricio Oliveira rides his donkey every morning for ________ through a desert area.
5. The children there hope to get a job and make money so that ________.

8 . My parents took us on holiday to Tasmania (塔斯马尼亚) several days ago. Tasmania is an island. It is in the south of Australia. We visited the east coast (海岸). One of the highlights (亮点) was our visit to the Wineglass Bay (酒杯湾). When we arrived there, we found many walking paths to the beach. There are also many mountains around the bay.

Because my grandmother and my little sister went with us, we had a 45-minute walk. On the way up, we saw strange rocks on the mountains. Finally we arrived at a higher place. From there we could overlook the calm clear water of the bay.

It was a sunny day and the view was great. I found the reason behind the bay’s name. It looked like a wineglass!

And we went to a farm and tried delicious seafood in Tasmania. I really like the trip. I think I will go back again.

1. We know from this passage that ________.

A．Tasmania is a beautiful island	B．the writer visited the south coast of Australia
C．Tasmania lies in the east of Australia	D．Wineglass Bay got its name for its colour

2. The writer’s family chose a 45-minute walk to the mountains because ________.

A．they felt too tired to walk on

B．there were no other ways to choose

C．the writer’s grandmother and sister went with them

D．there are many mountains around the bay

3. The underlined word “overlook” means “________”.

A．look up

B．look at

C．look through

D．looking down from above

4. The right order (顺序) of the following statements should be ________ according to the passage.
a. We saw some strange rocks on the mountain
b. We found many walking paths to the beach
c. We tried the delicious seafood on a farm
d. We had a 45-minute walk to the mountain

A．b--a--c--d

B．d--b--a--c

C．b--d--a--c

D．a--d--c--b

5. The best title of this passage may be “________”.

A．The Wineglass Bay of Tasmania	B．Delicious Seafood in Tasmania
C．A Good Walk to the Mountains	D．A Wonderful Trip to Tasmania

9 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成句子。

How do astronauts live in space?

Are you interested in the life of astronauts in space? Do you know how they eat, sleep and bathe in space? Next we will tell you some useful information.

How do the astronauts eat in space?

Like people on the earth, the astronauts also have three meals every day. They stored their food in some special locker trays. They can help stop the food from flying away. The astronauts need to heat their food before they eat. It takes them about 20 to 30 minutes to finish this step.

How do the astronauts sleep in space?

We all know that things are easy to float in space, and so are the bodies of the astronauts. To solve the problem, their bodies will be strapped when they sleep. The astronauts can be stopped from floating away in this way. The astronauts have bedtimes. They usually sleep for 8 hours a day.

How do the astronauts shower in space?

Because of the effect of zero gravity (重力), the astronauts don’t have the luxury of taking showers in outer space. Water can’t flow the way as it does on the earth, so the astronauts have to use other methods to keep themselves clean. For example, they use wet towels and waterless shampoos (免洗洗发水).

Useful information about space     1
Eating	*They have as many meals as people     2     every day. * They keep the food in some special locker trays. * They spend about 20 to 30 minutes heating the food before eating it.
3	* They strap themselves to avoid floating away. * They usually sleep for 8 hours a day.
Bathing	* They don’t take showers     4     there’s no gravity in outer space. The water isn’t able to flow the same way as it does on the Earth. * They use special shampoos to clean the hair     5     using any water.

10 . 综合填空

Have you ever w    1     the cartoon film The Black Cat Detective? It was on show in 2010. The story is about the detective Mr Black Cat travelling around on his motorcycle and solving p    2     of cases (调查的案件) in the forest. He is clever and brave. He is always ready to risk his life to fight bad people. He wants to keep the o    3     animals in the forest safe.

Do you know who directed (导演) the film? It’s Dai Tielang. Dai was b    4     in Singapore in 1930 and moved to China when he was ten. He loved watching cartoons. He also liked playing with c    5     and telling them stories. In 1957, Dai began working f    6     Shanghai Animation Film Studio. There he helped produce more than 30 works. Dai was not only a director, but also a movie designer (设计师). He designed many cartoon works and characters. Many of his films w    7     awards (奖) at international film festivals, such as Baby Tadpoles Look for Their Mother and My Friend, Little Dolphin. His w    8     were mainly about things close to us, like friendship, environment and science. In 1991, Dai retired (退休). H    9    , after retiring, he still worked hard to make cartoons for children.

It is a p    10     that Dai passed away in 2019. But we’ll always remember him and his great cartoon works.