1 . 听下面一段对话，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，每个小题仅写一个词。这段对话你将听两遍。

The Man’s Biography
Time	Event
1	Left school.
In 1960	Wrote his first novel Rag Doll.
In 1961	Went to Indonesia and stayed there for     2    .
In 1965	Met his wife.
In 1970	3     in the west of England.
In 1973	Started making     4    .
5	His second novel came out.

3 . Thanks to my K-drama obsession (痴迷), I’ve started learning Korean, I have a new favorite actor Lee Dong Wook, and I’ve become increasingly curious about Korean folktales. I was familiar with the Rabbit in the Moon and the Gumiho, but the Snail Bride and the Imugi were new to me. I also did not know about “The Tale of Shim Cheong”, where the beautiful daughter of a blind man throws herself into the sea and is taken to the underwater palace of the Dragon King. Axie Oh’s deliciously lovely novel The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea is based on this tale, so I was very excited to learn more.

In this retelling, the perfect Shim Cheong is intended to be the Sea God’s hundredth bride. She will be his final bride, the locals say, bringing peace to both the angry god and the village that has been stuck by violent storms for a century. But as Oh’s story opens, a young man named Joon has lost his heart to Cheong and is about to risk everything to stop the sacrifice. To save the life of her brother, Joon’s 16-year-old sister Mina jumps into the sea at the last minute and gives herself to the Sea God instead.

Throughout the story are woven the timeless topics of faith, hope, responsibility, and loyalty to one’s family. And of course one of my favorite themes in all of literature: fate (命运) versus free will. What is it that determines our fate? If our path is truly one of our own makings, do we trust ourselves enough to make the “right” choices? What if we find our goals changing as we go along?

And if you, like me, have fallen hard in love with the legends woven into fantastic dramas like Hotel Del Luna and Tale of the Nine-Tailed, you’ll want to get your hands on The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea immediately and keep it in a special place on your bookshelf, for the express purpose of enjoying Axie Oh’s magical tale again and again!

1. What can we learn about Axie Oh from the text?

A．She’s an actress.	B．She’s a good diver.
C．She’s a great novelist.	D．She’s a language expert.

2. Why did Mina throw herself into the sea?

A．To search for more sea animals.

B．To bring peace to her village.

C．To accompany her friends Cheong.

D．To rescue her beloved brother Joon.

3. How does the author mainly develop paragraph 3?

A．By giving examples.	B．By asking questions.
C．By making comparisons.	D．By listing figures.

4. What does the author suggest readers do in the last paragraph?

A．Write more fantastic dramas.

B．Learn more traditional dramas.

C．Watch The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea on TV.

D．Read the book The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea.

4 . Reading poems is not exactly an everyday activity for most people. In fact, many people never read a poem once they get out of high school.

It is worth reminding ourselves that this has not always been the case in America. In the nineteenth century, a usual American activity was to sit around the fireside in the evening and read poems aloud. It is true that there was no television at that time, nor movie theatres, nor World Wide Web, to provide diversion. However, poems were a source of pleasure, of self-education, of connection to other people or to the world beyond one’s own community. Reading them was a social act as well as an individual one, and perhaps even more social than individual. Writing poems to share with friends and relations was, like reading poems by the fireside, another way in which poetry has a place in everyday life.

How did things change? Why are most Americans no longer comfortable with poetry, and why do most people today think that a poem has nothing to tell them and that they can do well without poems?

There are, I believe, three factors: poets, teachers, and we ourselves. Of these, the least important is the third: the world surrounding the poem has betrayed us more than we have betrayed the poem. Early in the twentieth century, poetry in English headed into directions unfavourable to the reading of poetry. Readers decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair at night, and that they belonged where other difficult-to-read things belonged.

Poets failed the reader, so did teachers. They want their students to know something about the skills of a poem; they want their students to see that poems mean something. Yet what usually occurs when teachers push these concerns on their high school students is that young people decide poems are unpleasant crossword puzzles.

1. Why is reading poems thought to be a social act in the nineteenth century?

A．Because it built a link among people.

B．Because it helped unite a community.

C．Because it was a source of self-education.

D．Because it was a source of pleasure.

2. What does the underlined word “diversion” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Stories.

B．Changes.

C．Amusements.

D．Concentrations.

3. What is the main cause of the great gap between readers and poetry?

A．Students are poorly educated in high school.

B．Poems have become difficult to understand.

C．Students are becoming less interested in poetry.

D．TV and the Internet are more attractive than poetry.

4. What does the author try to tell us by writing the text?

A．The history and changes of poetry.

B．The correct way for teachers to teach poetry.

C．The failure of poetry in people’s life nowadays.

D．The reason why people aren’t keen on poetry today.

5 . “For a long time, I thought poetry and mountain biking were complete opposites and would not go together at all,” says Mackenzle Myatt, a cyclist and writer from Canada, who just published her first poetry book, In Defense of Big Dreams, which goes around her lifelong love of mountain biking.

As long as Myatt can remember, she has been writing poetry and riding bikes. The two things were very separate sides of her — the sporty, competitive side and the part that loved books and writing, playing with language. It was only too mechanical to try to put them together until Myatt took ownership of her training and started digging into the mental and emotional side of sport. That’s when it really clicks with poetry.

Mountain bikers talk about the idea of flow quite a lot. During racing, the goal is to be able to achieve flow state and be super smooth as everything is happening automatically without thinking. The feeling of inspiration in writing is similar to the flow state on a mountain bike.

The flow can bring a sense of joy, which can then turn into a positive feedback loop between Myatt’s pursuits. “When I feel joy, I want to write about it now. But also, if I’m writing about joy, it encourages me to notice joy more often in daily tasks or riding bikes.” Myatt says.

In a sense, Myatt’s new book marks a successful new connection between the bike and the poetry, which not only runs throughout the book’s pages, but throughout her life, too. “The book is designed to inspire girls in sport and in life, but I really think the messages are universal and I hope that everyone can enjoy this book and act on their potential.”

1. What do we know about Myatt’s book In Defense of Big Dreams?

A．It was a big success.	B．It was written for riders.
C．It describes Myatt’s writing life.	D．It combines Myatt’s two favorites.

2. How does the flow state benefit Myatt’s writing?

A．It attracts more readers.	B．It simplifies writing task.
C．It pushes her daily practice.	D．It forms a positive cycle of joy.

3. What is probably the best title?

A．From a Cyclist to a Poet	B．The Goal of Success: Flow State
C．Flow on the Bike, Flow on the Page	D．A Canadian Bestseller Written by an Athlete

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Published in 1957, Teahouse is not only a peak of Lao She’s dramatist career but also a landmark in the history of modern Chinese drama.

Through a vivid     1     (describe) of what happened to a teahouse in Beijing and the fate of     2     (it) boss and a group of characters connected, Teahouse mirrors the social turmoil (动荡) and the     3     (pleasant) side of the old society. The play describes 70 characters     4     (live) in a 50-year-long period     5     involves three dynastic periods. It is a classic play with a high degree of artistic charm.

    6     successful performance of Teahouse by Beijing People’s Art Theater would be unimaginable without Jiao Juyin, the general director for the play. As a play     7     (fill) with many characters from different historical periods, Teahouse presented many severe     8     (challenge) to the director. However, Jiao Juyin had not only had a good command of the play but also turned it     9     a national poem. The teahouse in the play not only     10     (serve) as a stage set but also is a poetic symbol.

7 . In the 19th century the novel came into its own. Thousands upon thousands of novels were published. Of those novels, very few are remembered today. However, there are exceptions: the works of Jane Austen—Pride and Prejudice (《傲慢与偏见》)，Sense and Sensibility (《理智与情感》)—for example. They achieved only modest success at first but grew and grew in fame (名声) and reputation.

How did Jane Austen become so popular? Of course, the novels are romantic (浪漫的). Everyone knows the love story of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett (in Pride and Prejudice), and how they overcome their own pride and prejudice to live happily ever after. The lovers are almost as famous today as Romeo and Juliet.

But there is more to Austen’s popularity than the fact that she wrote about love. The books are very witty (机智的) and ironic (讽刺的), and show a great understanding of society and of people. Pride and Prejudice opens with what must be the most famous sentence in the English novel: “It is a truth universally acknowledged (认可), that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

The truth, of course, is the opposite: wealthy, unmarried young men are extremely attractive to young women. And women—especially penniless (身无分文) or near­penniless ones—are the subjects of Austen’s tales.

Women nowadays may be more equal to men than they were in Jane Austen’s day. However, a sense that women still basically live in a world dominated (控制) by men ensures that Austen still has many keen readers.

1. What is the point of the article?

A．To describe the status of women in Jane Austen’s time.

B．To promote Jane Austen’s novels among teenagers.

C．To explore the characteristics of Jane Austen’s novels.

D．To analyze why Jane Austen’s novels have such a lasting appeal.

2. What can be concluded from the first paragraph?

A．Jane Austen wrote a total of four novels in her lifetime.

B．Most of the novels written in the 19th century are romances.

C．Jane Austen is one of the most successful novelists of the 19th century.

D．Jane Austen’s novels were a hit when they were first published.

3. According to the article，most of the heroines in Austen’s works________ .

A．are poor and young

B．are happily married

C．marry wealthy men

D．are penniless but witty

4. According to the author, what made Jane Austen’s works so popular?

a．They are mostly love stories.

b．Most of them have a happy ending.

c．They are full of wit and irony.

d．People can still relate to them today.

e．They explain how to succeed in a male­dominated society.

A．a，b，c	B．a，c，d
C．c，d，e	D．b，c，e

8 . Whitman was one of the most original and inspiring American poets, well known for his art and his role as a poet. He devoted himself to poetry praising the native American’s experience. As America’s first epic poem, Leaves of Grass ran nine editions with more than 400 poems all written in free forms, that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. The tide implies rebirth, renewal, or green life. As Whitman once said, “Leaves of Grass was the outcropping of my own emotional and other personal nature — an attempt, from first to last, to put a person, a human being freely, fully and truly on record.”

For Whitman, science, democracy (民主) and spirituality (灵性) were the three things that underlay the structure of modern poetry. Whitman tried to combine the world of science, the democracy and the spiritual feeling of life into his poetry. For Whitman, the poetic form should be free. Therefore, he threw aside the traditional form and had his own form. Both the form and content of his poems are revolutionary. With its frequent use of oral language and everyday events, his poem represented a turning point in the history of American poetry — poetry fashioned out of specially American experience in a clear American idiom. Whitman’s unique poetic creation has developed a very significant tradition in American poetry.

In his poems, he celebrated new America rather than regretted it. He was against slavery, idolized (崇拜) Lincoln, supported strikes, and combined the ideal of the common people and that of the ragged individual.

1. Which of the following is RIGHT?

A．Whitman called on others to write poems like him.

B．Whitman praised the native rich Americans.

C．Whitman wrote poems to tell about the native American’s experience.

D．He wanted to become a great poet.

2. ________ in Whitman’s poems.

A．There are fixed beats and regular rhyme schemes

B．We could see rebirth, renewal or green life

C．We could only see science, wars and damage

D．There is no emotional nature

3. Whitman invented his own poem form ________.

A．by giving up the traditional form

B．without colloquial (通俗的) language

C．by telling English history

D．against poetic creation

4. What does the underlined phrase “the ragged individual” mean?

A．The rich people.

B．The poor people.

C．The poem writers.

D．The American lawyers.

9 . The Thing About Yetis

Everyone knows yetis love winter. They love snowball fights and hot chocolate and building snow houses. But even yetis complain about the cold. So here’s a secret about yetis: Sometimes they miss summer. Sometimes, they have to bring a little bit of summer to the coldest of winter days. Those yetis, they’re just full of surprises.

But Excuse Me That Is My Book

Charlie and Lola have already won the hearts of readers in three winning books. And now they’re quickly gathering more fans as an animated series on the Disney Channel.

In this new tale, Lola has become interested in Beetles, Bugs, and Butterflies, the best book in the whole world. It’s funny, it has pictures, and it is “great and very interesting”. It’s the only book she wants to take out of the library. What will she do when she discovers that somebody else has borrowed her book?

Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales

Brer Rabbit is causing trouble again — this time it brings together all the stories from the Tales of Uncle Remus series.

The Uncle Remus tales, originally written down by Joel Chandler Harris, were first published over a hundred years ago, and serve as the largest collection of African-American folklore. In this four-book series. Julius Lester makes some changes so the stories will be understood and enjoyed by new generations of readers.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Mouse

A lively story about discovering the joy and meaning of Christmas.

When Mr. Mouse and his family move into a big house, they discover something new and wonderful: an evergreen tree decorated with lights and pleasant smells in the air. They hear about a happy man named Santa who brings gifts to celebrate Jesus’s birth on a day called Christmas. So Mr. and Mrs. Mouse decide that their family should celebrate Christmas, too.

1. What’s a secret about yetis?

A．They have snowball fights.	B．They love summer as well.
C．They can build snow houses.	D．They eat chocolate sometimes.

2. What may be Lola’s problem?

A．She couldn’t borrow her favorite book.

B．She couldn’t find a good book.

C．She couldn’t afford to buy her favorite book.

D．She couldn’t find a good library.

3. Which of the following books is rewritten for today’s readers?

A．The Thing About Yetis.	B．But Excuse Me That Is My Book.
C．Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales.	D．Merry Christmas, Mr. Mouse.

10 . One afternoon in late September, little Zhang Feng sat down with his school friends and read out a poem he had just written:

In the eyes of a frog,

______ form seas,

Big and small,

Wherever they fall,

But me, too,

I see those seas.

It was a rainy day, and the children had been ______ inside during their break. Eleven-year-old Zhang’s poem was ______ by the rhythm of the raindrops, the first sign of autumn.

As soon as he ______ reading his poem, his classmate Liu Jie ______ shared his own verse:

It is raining.

Ordinary raindrops fall on the ground,

But the naughty（调皮的） ones slip off the wall,

Into my soul.

“You must be a naughty raindrop,” one boy joked, and they ______ laughter.

The children are members of a poetry club ______ in 2019 in a rural school in Henan province’s Xiuwu county, which has about 50 ______, all natives studying in Dananpo, a mountain village that is home to about 1,000 people.

These young poets, ______, have written more than 2,000 poems, and their works have been ______ into three books since the club was founded four years ago.

Liang Yawen, the poetry club’s ______, says that many rural children are feeling ______ because they are separated from their parents, who are working in faraway cities. “Some children, due to a lack of security, are ______ to open up to their families, teachers or peers, but now they have learned to pour out their ______ in writing,” she says.

The teacher thinks that poetry is like a ______ light that helps us understand life better.

1.

A．Clouds

B．Raindrops

C．Waves

D．Oceans

2.

A．sheltering

B．planning

C．cleaning

D．arguing

3.

A．created

B．recalled

C．written

D．inspired

4.

A．finished

B．avoided

C．started

D．imagined

5.

A．easily

B．eagerly

C．secretly

D．gradually

6.

A．engaged in

B．gave off

C．burst into

D．joined in

7.

A．discovered

B．established

C．exposed

D．involved

8.

A．students

B．teachers

C．parents

D．players

9.

A．therefore

B．instead

C．moreover

D．however

10.

A．folded

B．translated

C．collected

D．poured

11.

A．applicant

B．member

C．fellow

D．tutor

12.

A．angry

B．happy

C．excited

D．lonely

13.

A．unwilling

B．proud

C．ready

D．ambitious

14.

A．outcomes

B．courage

C．emotions

D．confidence

15.

A．grey

B．cool

C．bright

D．natural