阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

If a friend helps you a lot, what do you do in return? You could just say “thanks”, or you could write a (an) _______ note which is more polite. But most people don’t do this. Why don’t people like _______ thank-you notes？And how do most people react (反应) when they _______ one？Kumar from University of Texas made a study of it. He asked each student to write a thank-you note to another person _______ email. Then, they questioned both the writer and the recipient (接受者) about the note and how it made them feel. They found there were several _______ for people not to write thank-you notes. They feel like they have to think too much about it. They _______ what to say and how to say it. They also overthink(过度思考) the “correctness”(正确性) of what they are writing. But people _______ like receiving thank-you notes. “As recipients, they pay attention to the _______ of the thank,” Kumar says. “Besides, they (recipients) feel positive (积极的) _______ they were receiving these expressions.” If people knew that writing a thank-you note can have such a big influence on the recipient, they would do it more ________, Kumar adds.

Kumar says this study told us that “simple, small changes in our everyday lives can make a big difference in how we treat other people and how we feel.”

1.

A．advice

B．thank-you

C．instruction

D．sale

2.

A．reading

B．copying

C．finding

D．writing

3.

A．write

B．hear

C．receive

D．offer

4.

A．by

B．in

C．at

D．for

5.

A．forms

B．reasons

C．skills

D．uses

6.

A．care for

B．take down

C．worry about

D．make up

7.

A．easily

B．recently

C．finally

D．really

8.

A．warmth

B．time

C．result

D．spirit

9.

A．before

B．when

C．until

D．though

10.

A．seldom

B．hardly

C．often

D．usually

Denson is a mechanic（机修工）, but he lost his job a few months ago. He is kind and helpful, but always feared applying for a new job.

One day, he gathered up all his courage and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment（约定）was at 10:00 a.m. and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an old man kicking the tyre（轮胎）of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Denson immediately went up to lend a hand to him. When Denson finished repairing the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Denson said there was no need to pay him and he just helped someone in need, and that he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office. It’s the least I could do. Please, I insist.” Denson agreed.

When he arrived at his destination（目的地）, Denson found a long line of applicants（求职人）waiting to be interviewed. Denson still had some grease（油脂）on his shirt after repairing the car, but he didn’t think he had enough time to wash it off or change the shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with disappointed looks on their faces. After a long time, Denson’s name was finally called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Denson’s heart sank. “Wearing such a dirty shirt, how could I possibly pass this interview?” he thought to himself. Then the interviewer turned around the chair, and to Denson’s surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out that he was the general manager of the company. “Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as a member of the company before you even stepped into the office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy（可靠的）worker. Congratulations!”

14. The beginning of the passage tells us that Denson ________.

A．got a new job a short time ago

B．didn’t want to be a mechanic any more

C．went to several job interviews

D．wasn’t confident about finding a new job

15. When he was asked a question by the interviewer, Denson thought ________.

A．he didn’t really need to be interviewed

B．he had been kept waiting for too long

C．the old man had made the right decision

D．he couldn’t possibly pass the interview

16. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A．Practice makes perfect.

B．One good turn deserves another.

C．All roads lead to Rome.

D．One is never too old to learn.

读下面的文章， 然后判断文章后面1～4的问题，正确的答案写T，错误的答案写F。

“Pure love, only for the country”—this is a sentence from the diary of Chen Xiangrong, a 19-year-old Chinese soldier who was stationed（驻扎） at the border of Galwan Valley. Unfortunately, Chen died during a border clash（边境冲突）between Chinese and Indian troops in June 2020.

Last June, Indian soldiers illegally（非法地）crossed to the Chinese side of the Galwan Valley and set up tents, which forced the Chinese troops to react, Xinhua said.

Regimental commander Qi Fabao, 41, led several of his soldiers to negotiate（协商）with the Indian side. However, they were then attacked by Indian soldiers with steel pipes and rocks. Chen Hongjun, 33, Chen Xiangrong, 19, Wang Zhuoran, 24 and Xiao Siyuan, 24, died during the clash. Qi was the only one left alive, but was seriously injured.

It was the first time the Chinese military has made public the number of deaths, the names of the fallen soldiers and details since the clash happened. According to Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian, responsibility（责任）for the Galwan Valley clash falls on India.

On Feb. 19, the Central Military Commission（ CMC ）honored the two officers and three soldiers for defending the border. Four of them received awards after death. The awards include honorary（荣誉的） titles and first-class merit. In China, an honorary title is the highest award given to a service member in military. A first-class merit is second-highest.

The country has also offered pensions（抚恤金）to the four martyrs’（烈士） families. A team will stay in touch with the family members and help them if needed. The martyrs’ children will also get extra points on the gaokao.

17. “Pure love, only for the country” comes from a diary of Qi Fabao.
18. The border clash happened because Indian soldiers illegally crossed the border.
19. The Chinese soldiers planned fight the Indian soldiers with rocks at first.
20. From the passage we know our country has shown great respect for the four martyrs.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入后面小题的正确答案。

The Value of Negative Results

We all avoid failure, and most of us fear it. However, without failure, progress would be impossible. What does success usually come after? Failure. It seems that one cannot exist (存在) without the other.

Accepting failure is not easy for many, though we are often unwilling to accept failure because our professional fame (名誉) depends on success.     21     In the past ten years, for example, some scientific magazines have published reports of failed tests. It is believed that scientists can learn more “negative (负面的)” results and this can finally lead to positive results.

    22     The ABNAMRO bank (荷兰银行) started an Institute (机构) of Brilliant Failures to learn more about what works and what doesn’t in banking. Eli Lilly and Company had failure parties to study the drugs (药物) that don’t work.

In fact, one of the business world’s most famous failures became one of its biggest successes, in part because the product’s makers learned from their mistakes.     23     The product, though unique (独特的) at the time, was expensive and heavy; besides, some of its most important features (特点) didn’t work properly. As a result, Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, believed in the product and he began to find out ways of improving it. In time, this led to the production of the iPhone and the iPad, two of the company’s most successful products.

    24     Not only should we try to learn from it if we want to succeed, we must also be persistent (执着的). Though Apple stopped selling the Newton in 1998, the first iPhone wasn’t available until 2007. It took a lot of research and hard work to go from the Apple Newton to iPhone but in the end, the effort became successful.

All in all, there is a lot we can learn by studying mistakes. Perhaps the most important lesson is that failure and success are two sides of the same coin.     25    

A．One truly cannot exist without the other.

B．We are brave enough to face difficulties.

C．In the early 1990s, Apple created a phone called the Apple Newton.

D．The business world already understands the value of negative results.

E．The Apple Newton has won popularity with people all over the world.

F．However, things are slowly changing, especially in business and science.

G．The story of the Apple Newton can teach us an important lesson about failure.

阅读下面材料并填空。有的答案要填入适当的内容，有的答案要用括号内单词的正确形式，但每个答案不多于3个单词。

Basketball is a much-loved and active sport that is enjoyed by many for fun and exercise. Do you know when it was invented and who it was invented     26    ?

Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor     27     name was James Naismith. He was born in 1861. When he was a college teacher, he     28     (ask) to think of a game that could be played in the winter. Dr. Naismith created a game to be played inside on a bard floor.     29     (teach) the men in his class to play his new game, he divided them into two teams and made 13 rules. There are two teams in the game and each team has 12 players. Players on the same team must work together to get the ball in the other     30     (team) basket. At the same time, they need to stop the     31     (compete) team from getting the ball into their own basket.

Now it is over 100 years old and is played by more than 100 million people in over 200 countries. It is believed that the first basketball game in history was played on December 21, 1891. Then in 1936 in Berlin, it became     32     event at the Olympics.

Today, the popularity of basketball     33     (rise) around the world, with many young people dreaming of becoming famous players. Basketball has not only become a popular sport to play, but it has also become a popular sport to watch.     34     America’s NBA games are the most famous, the CBA games are becoming more popular in China. There are also more and more foreign players in the CBA. Many young people look up to these basketball heroes and want to become like them.

These stars encourage     35     (young) to work hard to achieve their dreams.

It’s 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base. Panda keepers are preparing milk for baby pandas’ breakfast. At 9:30 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry. When the babies see the keepers, they nun over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over.

Lin Wei, one of the panda keepers, says, “they’re so cute and lovely. I take care of them like they’re my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them every day. They’re very special to me.” In fact, many people around the world love these black and white animals. Pandas have become so popular that they are now a symbol of China.

Scientists say there are now fewer than 2, 000 pandas living in the forests. Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries. Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then human started to cut down these forests. As the forests get smaller and other human activities cause more problems, pandas cannot find enough to eat and they are having fewer babies.

An education program in Chengdu teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild animals. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals.

And the Chinese government is trying hard to save the pandas. Scientists are doing research to better understand the habits of pandas. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas.

36. The symbol of China is: ________
37. The number of the pandas now: ________
38. Places where pandas live now:
① _____ ② _____
39. List two reasons that lead the pandas in danger:
① _____ ② _____
40. List two ways that people try to save pandas:
① _____ ② _____

42. 你的身体检查预定在下个月（必须完成）。
You are ________ ________a medical examination next month.

43. 不断努力干下去，你的梦想会实现的。
________ ________ working hard and your dream can come true.

44. 重要的是，你能从错误中获得经验。
________ ________ is that you can gain the experience from the mistakes.

45. 请于12月20日周五前以书面的形式回复此邀请。
Please reply ________ ________ to this invitation by Friday, December 20th.

46. 读下面关于学习能力的文章，请根据问题提示，尽可能用自己的话写出大意总结。词数不少于60词，不多于80词。注意：在文章后标清你写的字数。

Everyone is born with the ability to learn. But whether or not you can do this well depends on our learning habits. Research shows that successful learners have some good habits in common.

Creating an interest in what they learn

Studies show that if you are interested in something, your brain is more active and it is also easier for you to pay attention to it for a long time. Good learners often connect what they need to learn with something interesting. For example, if they need to learn English and they like music or sports, they can listen to English songs or watch sports programs in English. This way they will not get bored.

Practicing and learning from mistakes

Good learners think about what they are good at and what they need to practice more. Remember, “Use it or lose it”! Even if you learn something well, you will forget it unless you use it. “Practice makes perfect”. Good learners will keep practicing what they have learned, and they are not afraid of making mistakes. Alexander Graham Bell didn’t invent the telephone overnight. He succeeded by trying many times and learning from his mistakes.

Developing their study skills

It is not enough to just study hard. Good learners know the best way they can study. For example, they may take notes by writing down key words or by drawing mind maps. They also look for ways to review what they have learned. They may do this by reading their notes every day or by explaining the information to another student.

Asking questions

Good learners often ask questions during or after class. They even ask each other and try to find out the answers. Knowledge come from questioning.

Learning is a lifelong journey because every day brings something new. Everything that you learn becomes a part of you and changes you, so learn wisely and learn well.

1. Do successful learners have good habits in learning?
2.(for example) How important is it about interest? (connect, with)
3.(secondly) What’s a good learner’s opinion on mistakes? (and)
4.(thirdly) How to develop their study skills? What about questioning? (by; Also)
5. Why is it important to learn wisely? (because)
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47. 现在大多数中学生都有或多或少的压力，他们的压力有的来自学习和考试，有的来自父母过高的期望……有些人因为压力而成长，但有些人因为承受不了压力而终日抱怨。本周的英语角活动将围绕“压力”这一话题让同学们发言。请你结合自身情况，并根据下面的写作要点，用英语写一篇短文，为本次发言做准备。

写作要点：1. When do you feel stressed?
             2. What do you think of stress?
              3. How do you deal with stress?
要求：1. 紧扣话题，语言表达要准确，语意要通顺、连贯；2. 词数不少于100，短文的开头已给出，但不计入总词数。

It’s common to have stress in life. Different people feel stressed in different ways._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________