Katy Sullivan is an actress, an athlete (运动员), and a person who also refuses to accept the words no or I can’t.

She was born without the lower half of her ____ and has worn prosthetic (假体) ones all her life. She grew up in Alabama, US and had a(n) ____ childhood. She kept up with her sisters and brothers at the gym and the swimming pool. She feels lucky ____ her family treated her in just the same way as the other members.

When a person is born without legs, there are plenty of things that are ___ to do. But Katy believed she could ____ anything. So she chose two jobs that are difficult, ___ with both legs. As a teenager, she once saw a good movie. Before it was ____, Katy had made her mind up to be a(n) ____.

She did a degree in theater and then moved to Los Angeles, where she has played ____ in theater, television and movies. She has a positive (积极的) view of life. She thinks that if you believe __ can do something, you should ___ it. So when Katy’s friend asked her ___ she’d like to try running, she said “yes”. She was given a pair of running legs and she ____ her new life.

Katy was the first person in the world with two prosthetic legs to ___ running as a competitive sport. She entered the final of the 100 meters in the 2012 London Paralympics.

Katy’s family, friends, and fans look up to her as an ____ of someone who has overcome her difficulty and achieved her dreams.

1.

A．arms

B．legs

C．feet

D．hands

2.

A．embarrassing

B．lonely

C．active

D．strange

3.

A．though

B．unless

C．before

D．because

4.

A．difficult

B．important

C．possible

D．easy

5.

A．achieve

B．accept

C．examine

D．prevent

6.

A．just

B．also

C．even

D．ever

7.

A．up

B．over

C．on

D．out

8.

A．athlete

B．writer

C．actress

D．coach

9.

A．games

B．music

C．sports

D．roles

10.

A．you

B．we

C．she

D．they

11.

A．depend on

B．go for

C．get used to

D．look after

12.

A．whether

B．how

C．when

D．why

13.

A．shared

B．started

C．changed

D．prepared

14.

A．fix up

B．show up

C．take up

D．set up

15.

A．ancestor

B．enemy

C．influence

D．example

A: Hello, Xiao Hong!
B: Hello!
A: You look a little upset. ______
B: Yes. It’s just my mom. She always nags（唠叨）me.
A: Really? What does your mother nag you about?
B: ______ “Get up now…Everything must be in place…Don’t forget your piano lesson…”
A: Well, all the mothers like saying these words to their children.
B: Also, I’m fond of pop music. ______ We don’t have the same interest in many things.
A: ______ But I should say she nags you because she cares about you. You’re lucky to have such a good mother.
B: I agree with you. ______
A: That’s right. Understanding is important. If your mom knows that everything is fine, she will never nag.16.

A．When is he arriving?	B．Is there anything wrong?
C．Where is he from?	D．What’s the matter?

17.

A．He is coming with his mother.	B．She was sixty years old.
C．He plans to go hiking.	D．She nags me about almost everything.

18.

A．But she doesn’t like it at all.	B．I’m sure you’ll be friends soon.
C．I’d like to be a player.	D．I’d like to come with you.

19.

A．Maybe you’re right.	B．He’s good with children.
C．He’s tall and strong.	D．He plays chess every week.

20.

A．I’m sure she will come back.	B．Thank you for helping me.
C．I’ll try to understand her.	D．Never mind.

Have you ever seen lions dancing in the streets? The lions dance to the beat of a drum. Of course, they are not real lions. They are dancers in lion costumes （服饰）. Lion dancing first started in China centuries ago. It is meant to bring goo luck in the coming year.

Usually, a lion is made up of two dancers. One dancer controls the head. The other controls the tail.

“I think of it as a sport,” says Anthony Huang, aged 16. He is a member of Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club. Anthony performs （表演）as the lion’s head. It can weigh 20 pounds. Lion dancing is important to Anthony. “This tradition really lifts me up,” he says.

In the past, lion dancing was performed mostly by men. But it is different today. Lion Dance Me is a lion dancing group. There are boys and girls on its team. They dance together.

“Anyone can take up lion dancing. You have to believe that you can do it,” says Ananda Tang-Lee, a 17-year-old girl.

Lion dancing will continue to evolve. But a team’s sense of community will never change. “We call it a family,” Ananda says. “It’s really great. Because we always have each other’s backs.”

21. Why do people perform lion dancing?

A．To sell lion-dancing costumes.	B．To wish for a lucky new year.
C．To protect the lions in the wild.	D．To show skills of playing the drum.

22. How many dancers are needed in a lion?

A．1.

B．2.

C．3.

D．4.

23. Which role does Anthony play in lion dancing?

A．The lion’s head.

B．The lion’s tail.

C．The drummer.

D．The dresser.

24. What does the underlined word “evolve” mean?

A．延期

B．模仿

C．举办

D．演变

25. What can we infer（推断）from Ananda’s words “We call it a family”?

A．They bring happiness to the family.	B．They call lion dancing a family game.
C．They live together in a big family.	D．They support each other like a family.

	Notouch thermometer（温度计） Want to take your body temperature? Usually you need to put a thermometer in your armpit （腋窝）. And you need to stay still for minutes. Now scientists have invented the notouch thermometer. Put the thermometer 2. 5 cm from your forehead: press the button and it can get the reading（度数）in two seconds.
	Useful alarm clock It’s hard to believe that an alarm clock can not only be beautiful, but also improve your sleep. Sense is an alarm clock from Hello Company in the USA. It can check the temperature, humidity （湿度）and light in your bedroom to help you create a good environment. It can also watch your sleep time and wake you up when you sleep too long.
	Shoes that tie themselves The new shoes have small motors that control their laces（鞋带）. When you step into them, your feet will touch a sensor in the shoes, and the motor will tighten the laces. There are also two buttons on the side of the shoe. You can tighten and loosen them, so you can control the laces by pressing the button.

26. When people use the notouch thermometer, they should _________.

A．put it in a patient’s armpit	B．put it in a patient’s hand
C．put it on a patient’s forehead	D．put it 2. 5 cm from a patient’s forehead

27. What does the underlined word “still” mean in this passage?

A．嘈杂的

B．不动的

C．温柔的

D．仍然

28. You can use the alarm clock from Hello Company to _________.

A．improve your sleep by making you sleep on time

B．watch your sleep time and make you sleep longer

C．check the temperature, humidity and air in your room

D．control your sleep time and create a good environment

29. What controls the laces in the new shoes?

A．The motor.

B．The sensor.

C．The wearer.

D．The laces themselves.

30. Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A notice.

B．A novel.

C．A newspaper.

D．A movie poster.

Have you ever thought of what life is like for old people? Have you ever helped old people who live alone? Can they get help when they need it?

Six students from Beijing 101 Middle School looked deeper at this question and wrote a proposal(提案) to the China Youth Model Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(全国青少年模拟政协活动). They advised building more old people’s service stations in the neighborhood. They also gave suggestions about how governments, neighborhoods and hospitals can work together to make this happen.

An old people’s service station is different from a nursing home. It offers things like daytime care, cooking, cleaning and friendship to old people who live in their own homes. The students surveyed more than 1,100 people, about 90 percent of them said they would prefer using the stations’ services to moving into a nursing home. However, there are not enough of these stations, and many are not run very well.

The six students came up with a solution after reading more than 60 surveys, interviewing 108 people and visiting 25 different organizations. Their proposal beat out almost 100 others to win the Best Proposal Award(奖项) in 202l.

“This experience helps me to better understand the importance of caring old people. Also I see the light and abilities in us,” said Xu Wanqing, one of the students.

“Taking part in the China Youth Model CPPCC has been good for students,” agreed their teach Li Jie. “They’ve developed a sense of caring old people, as well as gotten more confidence about themselves since they’ve seen how much they can do for others.”

31. How many students wrote the proposal?

A．6.

B．25.

C．100

D．108.

32. What do most people prefer doing in the survey?

A．Moving into a nursing home.	B．Using the old people’s stations’ services.
C．Living alone and do nothing.	D．Helping other old people.

33. _________, the six students came up with the solution.
①After reading more than 60 surveys.       ②After interviewing 108 people.
③After watching lots of news.                 ④After visiting 25 different organizations.

A．①②③

B．②③④

C．①②④

D．①③④

34. What does Li Jie think of his students after taking part in the activity?

A．Become more and more confident.	B．Better understand the importance of life.
C．Develop a sense of protecting themselves.	D．Open their eyes to the world.

35. What’s the purpose of this proposal?

A．To offer cooking for the old.	B．To build a nursing home.
C．To win the Best Proposal Award.	D．To care for old people better.

Have you ever imagined what will happen in the ocean when an earthquake happens underground. If you’ve ever felt a big earthquake or seen one on television, you know that it has the power to shake the ground and move large buildings. When a great earthquake happens under the ocean floor, the earthquake’s large energy is transferred （转移） to the water above it, creating a series of water waves called a tsunami （海啸）. The word comes from the Japanese words tsu （harbor）and nami （wave）.

Normal ocean waves have an average wavelength （波长）of about 100 meters and an average height of about 2 meters, while a tsunami can have a wavelength of 193 kilometers or more. Travelling at up to about 800 kilometers per hour in the deep ocean, a tsunami might be at a height of as little as 0. 9 meters, which makes it almost impossible to be noticed, even for a ship in the area.

As a tsunami approaches （靠近）a coastline, things begin to change greatly. As it approaches shallow（浅的）waters, the wave speed drops below about 80 kilometers per hour. The wavelength also decreases much, but amplitude—the height of the wave from the lowest to the highest point—increases greatly, leading to the huge wall of water along coastlines, which causes great damage to coastal areas.

About 80% of tsunamis happen in the Pacific Ocean. Tsunamis cannot be prevented, but areas that experience tsunamis regularly have developed tsunami warning systems to give as much advance warning as possible to people who live along the coastline. For example, there are tsunami warning signs and warning sirens （警报器）atop nearby hills along Japanese coastlines. And many coastal communities there have built tsunami walls, floodgates and others to stop or change the direction of water from incoming tsunamis.

36. What do we know about the tsunami in paragraph 1?

A．The word tsunami comes from the Chinese words.

B．It happens before the earthquake under the ocean floor.

C．It is a series of water waves on the ocean.

D．The tsunami is the same as the earthquake.

37. According to the passage, tsunamis are hard to find mainly because of _________.

A．their low sound	B．their fast speed
C．their low height	D．their short wavelength

38. What does the underlined word “decreases” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．changes

B．reduces

C．develops

D．produces

39. The last paragraph is mainly about _________.

A．how to study tsunamis	B．where tsunamis always happen
C．what tsunami warning systems include	D．how to reduce damages caused by tsunamis

40. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．An earthquake is sure to cause a tsunami.

B．The greater amplitude causes the huge water wall.

C．About 80 percent of tsunamis happen in Japan.

D．Tsunamis can be stopped by warning systems.

阅读下面材料，按照句子结构的语法情况和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填入适当的词或用括号中所给词的正确形式填空，每空不超过两词。

Where did you go yesterday? Did you hear music at any of those places? There is a good chance that you did. Today most stores and restaurants play music. You might even hear music in     41     office or on a farm.

Scientists believe that music influences the way people behave     42     (deep). According to some scientists, the sound of western classical music     43     (make) people feel richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend more money     44     food and drinks.

However, when the restaurant plays modern music, people spend less money. With no background music, people spend even less.

It     45     (believe) that loud, fast music makes people eat faster. People actually chew their food     46     (fast)   when the music gets faster. Some restaurants play fast music during     47     (they) busy hours. This gets people to eat faster and leave quickly. In this way, restaurants can make more money.

Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. They say that music helps     48     (student) to be more energetic. It is true that people learn better when they feel     49     (relax). And listening to music can help you relax.

Next time you hear music somewhere, be careful, because it may     50     (change) the way you behave.

E-waste is fast becoming a serious problem around the world. This report will examine this problem and provide some possible ways to solve it.

    51     It is often cheaper to buy new products than to repair old ones. Also, through clever advertising, companies always encourage people to change their old TVs, mobile phones and computers for the latest models. E-waste is created when we throw away old ones. In the EU alone, about 8,700,000 tons of e-waste is produced each year. Sadly, just over 1,000,000 tons is recycled.

Burying e-waste or burning it cause serious problems for the environment.     52     These things can then get into the ground or pollute the air when they are burnt.

    53     However, their plans are not always managed properly. Sometimes electronics are just sent to poor countries such as Ghana and Nigeria. Here they are often burnt in public areas, which is very bad for people’s health. Setting up recycling centers is a good way to solve this problem. E-cycling centers could recycle the parts that can be reused and deal with the rest properly.

    54     This means that producers must take back old products. They should then make sure old products are properly recycled or reused.

As for us, we should try to cut down on e-waste.     55     And don’t buy a product just to have the latest model.

E-waste is a serious problem in the modern world. Both producers and users must take actions and try to keep it to the smallest amount.

A．Change electronics only when we have to.

B．We are producing and using electronics all the time.

C．Electronics have lots of dangerous things in them.

D．We should change our electronics as soon as possible.

E．In recent years, many countries have started recycling e-waste.

F．Electronics are safe things so we don’t need to change them.

G．Another way is to make producers responsible for their used products.

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	A:     56     B: In 1891.
	A: How do you learn English? B:     57
	A: Hi, Jenny.     58     B: Sure, turn right.
	A: What did Jack use to do after school? B:     59
	A: What will you do next weekend? B:     60

61. 在你的学校生活、家庭生活、社会活动及兴趣爱好等方面，一定有让你引以为豪的事情。以“One Thing I’m Proud of”为题，根据以下要求与提示，用英语写一篇短文，记述一件令你感到自豪的事情。

提示：

1. What is the thing you’re proud of?

2. Why are you proud of it?

注意：

1. 词数：100词左右。

2. 所写内容应包括所给要点，可适当发挥；

3. 不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。

One Thing I’m Proud of

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