通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

Samuel Osmond is a 19-year old law(法律) student from Cornwall, England. He _______ studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by _______ such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by _______ it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata(奏鸣曲) by Beethoven. He _______ everyone around him.

       Samuel can’t understand why everyone is so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. So it is _______ for me. I hear the notes and can keep them in mind—each and every note,” says Samuel.
       Samuel is now learning a piece of music. It has more than a thousand notes. It is so _______ that many professional pianists can’t play it. But Samuel says _______, “It’s all about super memory—I guess I have that gift(天赋).”
       However, Samuel’s gift to _______ things doesn’t stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the _______ word for word.
       Samuel is still young. He doesn’t know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just _______ to play beautiful music and continue his studies.11.

A．also

B．still

C．even

D．never

12.

A．students

B．musicians

C．classmates

D．relatives

13.

A．listening to

B．writing down

C．searching for

D．going over

14.

A．invited

B．encouraged

C．surprised

D．controlled

15.

A．interesting

B．easy

C．perfect

D．helpful

16.

A．enjoyable

B．boring

C．difficult

D．traditional

17.

A．confidently

B．quickly

C．carefully

D．happily

18.

A．keep

B．remember

C．discover

D．understand

19.

A．note

B．piece

C．music

D．story

20.

A．proud

B．brave

C．sure

D．happy

How to Be Safe Alone Being alone at home or outside the house, especially if it’s a new experience, can be scary (吓人的). But don’t worry. With a few tips below, you’ll be prepared to face the situation all by yourself. Tip 1 Keep a key on you at all times. Keep the key with you all the time. Keep it in a safe place, such as your wallet or inner pocket. Make sure you don’t lose it. You don’t want to get locked out of the house on a day when your parents won’t be back until late. But don’t leave it outside your house (e.g. under the doormat or in the garden) — someone could find it easily and break into the house. Tip 2 Have a list of phone numbers. If you lose your cell phone or the battery (电池) dies, you don’t want to realize you can’t remember the number to call your dad at work. Put the phone list somewhere important, maybe where you keep your key. Besides your parents’ phone numbers, you should have at least three of others’. Tip 3 Keep emergency (紧急) money with you. Don’t keep too much money on you. Twenty dollars should be fine at home, but outside of the home alone, you may not want to carry more than five. It’s all about safety. Discuss with your parents how much money you should have with you. Tip 4 Always have a backup plan Unfortunately, things do go wrong sometimes. In such a sudden situation, not being prepared can be scary, even dangerous. Discuss with your parents and neighbors about what you should do in emergency situations that may happen. It will help you find the fastest way to get help.

21. It’s better to keep the room key ________.

A．outside the house

B．in the pocket

C．under the doormat

D．in the garden

22. How many phone numbers at least are you advised to keep for safety?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

23. Which of the actions may be safe at home but dangerous outside alone?

A．Have a phone list with you.	B．Forget to call your parents.
C．Carry 20 dollars with you.	D．Keep room keys with you.

24. Why do you need a backup plan?

A．Because it can get you ready for a sudden change.

B．Because it’s always too dangerous to stay outside.

C．Because the other plan will fail to work properly.

D．Because it is the fastest way for you to find your parents.

25. The passage is probably written for ________.

A．teachers

B．children

C．parents

D．policemen

On November 6, 2021, thousands of fans were in Reykjavik, shouting and cheering. Millions more were watching online. But this wasn’t a football, basketball or tennis match. It was e-sports, a five-person Chinese e-sports team, won the championship.

       Millions of people in China play games for fun. Some of them have become professional gamers. They play games as their full-time job. They go around the world to compete in video game competitions. It’s not easy being a professional gamer, though. They practise for ten or more hours a day, five or six days a week. They do exercises like typing something and trying to type it faster and faster. They also study videos of other players and plan ways to beat them.
       As well as playing games, many people like watching them too. You can watch e-sports games on mobile apps, video websites and some TV channels. They are showing e-sports 24 hours a day. They can be as exciting as other sports.
       But are e-sports really sports? Are players sportsmen? Some say no. E-sports players don’t need to run, jump, throw or do big physical actions. But others say Yes: e-sports are sports. Players need some physical skill (协调), accuracy (准确) and timing. Like darts, e-sports should be considered as sports too. In fact, the governments of China and South Korea do take e-sports as sports. And they will be an official medal sport in the Asian Games starting from 2022.
26. What game was held in Reykjavik, Iceland on November 6, 2021? ________

A．Tennis.

B．E-sports.

C．Football.

D．Basketball.

27. Which words best describe a professional esports gamer’s life? ________

A．Comfortable and creative.	B．Relaxing but boring.
C．Simple but tiring.	D．Busy and hard.

28. Darts, snooker and shooting are probably three ________.

A．sports

B．websites

C．skills

D．players

29. What can we know about e-sports from the last paragraph? ________

A．More people will agree e-sports are sports.

B．You will see e-sports in 2022 Asian Games.

C．There will be more professional e-sports gamers.

D．E-sports will be one of medal games in next Olympics.

30. In which part of a newspaper may you see this passage? ________

A．Life.

B．Technology.

C．Sports.

D．Education.

请用适当的词完成下面的短文,并把所缺的单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。
       Come and meet the world’s only painting pig! Pigcasso the pig is from South Africa. She has the same     36     as the great Spanish artist, Picasso. And she can paint too. She knows     37     to dip the brush in paint. She paints with the brush in her mouth. She even “signs” her paintings with her snout（猪嘴）.
       This all started in May of 2016. Joanne Lefson saved Pigcasso from a factory farm     38     she was going to be killed. She was only 4 months old then. Later Lefson began to     39     her to paint. She learned it quickly. Soon she did very     40     in it.
       So far Pigcasso has painted 400 paintings.     41     December 13, 2021, one of her paintings, “Wild and Free” was sold to a German buyer for £20,000. The price     42     the animal painting record of £14,400,     43     was set by a chimp（黑猩猩）“artist” in 2005.
       Now Lefson wants to have     44     show of Pigcasso’s work sometime next year. She wants more people to know that factory farms are not nice places for animals to live. She wants the animals to have     45     living places.