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。

It was a Friday morning, 7:30 a.m. I felt too lazy to drive my car, so my son _________a Didi for me. In five minutes, the car came. I was _________ busy that I didn’t pay any attention to the _________. I was searching for an important paper in my leather bag, so I said, “Please go quickly! I’m in a hurry!” The voice came, “Yes, madam!” I was really _________, when I heard a woman’s voice! I _________ my work for a second and looked at the driver. The driver was a young lady. Maybe, around thirty or thirty-two! For the first time, I saw a lady driving a Didi!

It was quite a distance from my home. She was driving perfectly well. Hundreds of times, I had traveled in a Didi, but never did I see any lady driver. so I started the _________，“If you don’t mind, can I ask you some questions?” “Yes, madam! No problem,” she replied, “I guess you are well _________.”   

“Yes, madam! I have completed my MBA (工商管理学硕士) course.”

“Oh, wow! Why did you then choose this job,   _________ going for an academic (学术的) career (职业)? ”

She smiled and said _________，“Driving was my passion (热爱) from my childhood, madam! I love driving! I don’t mind whether big or small jobs. I want a job where I can get ____________. I know, I can’t get enough money out of it, yet as I told you ‘I love driving’!”

That’s it!

1.

A．bought

B．borrowed

C．booked

D．invented

2.

A．such

B．though

C．so

D．even

3.

A．date

B．traffic

C．weather

D．driver

4.

A．afraid

B．surprised

C．worried

D．relaxed

5.

A．continued

B．developed

C．painted

D．stopped

6.

A．direction

B．conversation

C．silence

D．business

7.

A．dressed

B．educated

C．employed

D．respected

8.

A．in total

B．after all

C．instead of

D．above all

9.

A．politely

B．quietly

C．possibly

D．exactly

10.

A．money

B．friendship

C．satisfaction

D．passport

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11. Who are welcome to join the competition?________

A．Foreigners who are interested in Chinese culture.

B．Foreigners who just like Chinese food.

C．People who like to share their experiences in the US.

D．People from all over the world.

12. When can you join the competition?________

A．January 5.

B．March 20.

C．June 1.

D．September 2.

13. How can you join the competition?________

A．Send your stories to a website.	B．Use your friend's account.
C．Show your talent directly.	D．Write a letter to a Chinese friend.

14. Which prize CAN’T you get if you win the competition?________

A．

B．

C．

D．

A primary school headmaster became the latest star on the Internet for dancing with his students.   

Zhang Pengfei works in Xiguan Primary School in Linyi, Shanxi Province. Every morning, he leads 700 pupils to do the “ghost shuffle” routine(跳鬼步舞操) on the playground. They dance for 30 minutes every day. They like dancing more than doing the old exercise routine, so they don’t do the old one now.   

“I thought we needed a change because the students lost interest in doing the old exercise routine though it was useful for pupils,” Zhang told the reporter. After all, they started to do the old exercise routine in 1951.   

Mr. Zhang saw a group of people doing the routine by accident. Then he decided to learn it on his own. “I thought the dance would be great for kids,” he said. “The music is energetic and it really makes children relax.” In October 2018, he introduced the dance to all the pupils of his school. Soon even teachers and workers there joined in the activity, “Now the pupils don’t keep playing games on their phones. Sometimes they watch different dancing videos and learn new moves!” the headmaster said.

15. The students do the “ghost shuffle” routine for ________ every week from Monday to Friday.

A．30 minutes

B．1.5 hours

C．2 hours

D．2.5 hours

16. When did the students in Xiguan Primary School start to do the “ghost shuffle” routine?

A．In 1951.

B．In 2018.

C．In 2019.

D．In 2020.

17. After Mr. Zhang introduced the “ghost shuffle” routine to his school, the pupils ________ .

A．became smarter

B．didn’t keep playing games on their phones

C．didn’t do other types of sports any more

D．asked their parents to dance with them

18. From the passage, we know ________ .

A．Mr. Zhang learnt the dance on TV

B．only the students do the dance at Mr. Zhang’s school

C．the old exercise routine has a history of many years

D．Mr. Zhang often dances after work

Once upon a time there was a little girl who was ill. She had to stay in bed all day. She felt sad and blue because other children weren’t allowed to come near her.   

She could do nothing but look out of the window. One day she saw a strange shape outside the window. It was a panda eating bamboo. The panda said “Good afternoon” to the girl, and then turned around and left.   

Of course, the girl was very surprised. She was still trying to work out what had happened, when outside her window she saw a giraffe blowing up a balloon. Then more and more animals appeared outside the window. She laughed happily. The little girl didn’t tell anyone about this because who would believe her? Even so, those strange characters ended up putting joy back in her heart, and in her body.   

Before long, her health improved so much that she was able to go back to school again. There she got to talk to her friends, and told them all the strange things she had seen. While she was talking to her best friend, she saw something sticking out of her friend’s schoolbag. Then she realized it was her friend who wore those dresses to cheer her up. And from that day on, the little girl always did her best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.

19. Why did the girl feel sad? ________

A．Because she had to stay in bed all day.

B．Because other children weren't allowed to come near her.

C．Because she was ill.

D．Because she had to look at the window.

20. Which of the following is TRUE? ________

A．The girl finally knew it was her best friend who tried to cheer her up.

B．The girl could do many things except looking out of the window.

C．The girl saw a giraffe first, and then saw a panda.

D．The girl didn’t go back to school because of her illness.

21. We can infer (推断) from the passage that ________ .

A．the girl felt happy when she didn’t attend school

B．the girl talked with many people about the strange things

C．the girl was deeply loved by her best friend

D．the girl’s best friend treated her badly

22. What’s the best title for the passage? ________

A．True Friendship	B．A Sick Girl
C．Strange Animals	D．Bad Health

In 2006, the 24 solar terms (节气) were listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) in China, and they were added to the UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list ten years later.   

The 24 solar terms which were born in China several thousand years ago are a knowledge system about time. They show Chinese people’s hope to achieve harmony (和谐) with nature. After the 24 solar terms achieved recognition from UNESCO, a new organization which spreads the cultural heritage of the 24 solar terms was set up.   

“We want to spread: and protect: traditional culture as well as develop it in a creative way, through our efforts together,” said the leader of the organization. Some experts did more research, gave speeches and wrote books. Some groups in the organization organized some shows and competitions. Weiwei, the winner of the second prize of a competition, produced a long painting describing some customs related to each term.   

“When creating this painting, I realized that 24 solar terms affected people’s lives. For example; in many places, people have the custom of celebrating the beginning of winter. When winter comes, agricultural (农业的) activities end, so people wear new clothes to greet each other. It means many folk customs are closely related to agricultural activities,” says Wei.   

“Neixiang, County, Henan Province, has a history of giving a performance of dachunniu (beating the spring cow) to celebrate the beginning of spring. It also means outset (开始) of spring plowing (耕地). Farmers do their work according to the 24 solar terms.”

27. According to the first two paragraphs, we can know the 24 solar terms ________.

A．have a history of about a thousand years

B．appeared on the UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list before 2016

C．help people achieve harmony with nature

D．have something to do with time

28. The meaning of the underlined word “recognition” is ________.

A．认可

B．启发

C．奖励

D．评价

29. The experts did all the following things to develop the 24 solar term is EXCEPT ________.

A．organizing shows	B．giving speeches
C．writing books	D．doing research

30. What can we learn about the 24 solar terms from the passage? ________

A．It is used to celebrate different harvest in different times.

B．It has a great influence on agricultural development.

C．It might be used to guide people’s daily life.

D．It shows harmony between people and nature.

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，在每小题句子空白处填入适当词语，使其意思与短文内容一致（每空词数不限）。

China’s second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has given the country’s first-ever video lecture from space. The whole lecture lasted about 40 minutes.   

Speaking to students through a live video, from the Tiangong-I space laboratory. Ms. Wang used spinning tops (旋转的陀螺), a ball and some water to explain physics in zero-gravity (失重), with the help of a fellow astronaut.   

Ms. Wang used different experiments to demonstrate (证明) the concepts (概念)of weight and mass (质量) in space. Towards the end of the class, Ms. Wang made a film (薄膜) of water using a metal ring. She then turned the film of water into a water ball by pouring more water onto it.   

Around 330 primary and secondary school students watched the lecture from a special classroom in Beijing, where they could also ask Ms. Wang questions through a live video.   

From time to time, the students greeted her lecture with warm applause (掌声). When answering a student’s question, Ms. Wang described what she could see in space.   

“The stars we see are much brighter, but they do not twinkle (闪烁),” she said, “The sky we see isn’t blue, but black. And every day, we can see the sun rise 16 times because we circle the Earth every 90 minutes.”

About 60 million students and teachers around China also watched the lecture live on TV.

31. Wang’s lecture lasted ________ minutes.
32. Wang used different experiments to demonstrate the concepts of ________.
33. Towards the end of the lecture, Wang Yaping made a film of water so as to ________ onto it.
34. Wang described ________ in space when answering a student’s question.
35. The purpose of the passage is to encourage us to ________ to make our country even stronger.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式（每空一词）。

These days, Chinese children are sometimes     36     (busy) on weekends than weekdays because they have to take so many after school classes. Many of them are     37     (learn) exam skills so that they can get into a good high school and later a good university.     38    (other) are practicing sports so that they can compete and win.     39    , this doesn’t only happen in China.   

The Taylors     40     (be) a typical American family. Life for Cathy Taylor’s three children is very busy. “On most days after school,” Cathy says, “I take one of my two     41     (boy) to basketball practice and my daughter to football     42     (train). Then I have to take my other son to piano lessons. Maybe I could cut     43     a few of their activities, but I believe these activities are important for my children’s future. I     44     (real) want them to be     45     (success).” But the tired children don’t get home until after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner, and then it’s time for homework.

根据下列短文，写出与各小题所给汉语相对应的英语单词的正确形式（每空一词）。

In different countries and cultures around the world, free time is spent in different ways.   

Several years ago, researchers made a couple of surveys on how people spent their free time. The results showed that reading was the most     46    （流行的） activity in the United States, followed by watching TV. In the UK, watching TV and videos, was the most popular, and     47    （听） to the radio came second. For Japanese, eating out was their favorite activity in their free time. And they also like driving around.   

There were also differences in what people liked to do outdoors     48    （在……之中）the three countries. The most popular outdoor activity for Americans was gardening while in Japan it only came     49    （第九） . For British people, going to the pub was their first     50    （选择） followed by visiting the cinema.

从下面方框中选择恰当的词或短语并用其正确形式填入短文中，使短文通顺正确（每个词或短语只用一次）。

make,   by hand,   comfortable,   they,   tradition,   grow up,   when,   until,   lucky,   of

Grandma has never been in school.     51     she was young, her family could not afford her schooling. Over the years, she became a grandmother     52     eight children. All the children have gone to school. She always encouraged     53     to do well in their studies.     54    , the children didn’t disappoint her. They     55    , passed their exams, and left home to start university in big cities.   

Before the first granddaughter left home, Grandma made a special gift for her     56     — a pillow (枕头) filled with buckwheat bulls (荞麦壳). One of her grandsons laughed at the gift and said, “Grandma, young people buy the new kind of pillows which are modern, soft and     57    . Why do you spend a whole day     58     a pillow?”

Grandma didn’t argue, but she continued her work     59     she finished.   

“Nothing can compare to a good night’s sleep,” Grandma said.   

From that time on, it became a     60    . All the children received a special homemade pillow from Grandma when they left home to study.

61. 假如你是李华，你校将举行传统文化进校园活动。请你根据以下提示，用英文给该校的老师Mr. White写一封电子邮件，介绍活动计划。

a. 时间及地点：6月22日上午8: 30在学校操场举行；
b. 参加活动的人员：全体师生；
c. 活动内容：
（1）学习剪纸；
（2）制作中国传统美食，如……
（3）欣赏中华传统戏曲；
（4）……（拓展一项活动）；
d. 活动意义：了解中国传统文化……（拓展一点活动意义）
提示词：中华传统戏曲Chinese traditional operas
注意：（1）词数80左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；
（2）合理增加细节，以使行文连贯；
（3）文中不得出现真实的人名和校名。
Dear Mr. White,

I’m Li Hua. I’m very glad to tell you that there will be an activity about Chinese traditional culture.

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If you have any advice, please write to me and we can make some changes.

Yours,

Li Hua