One day an old man went into a cafeteria (自助餐厅) to eat in America for the ________ time. He sat down at an empty table and waited for ________ to take his order. Of course nobody did. Finally, a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria ________.

“Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and ________ what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to ________.”

“I soon learned that’s how everything works in the US,” the old man later told a friend. “________ is a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want ________ you are willing (自愿的) to pay the price. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to ________ it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”

________ life everywhere is like a cafeteria. Don’t wait for things to happen to you. Success lies in your own ________.

1.

A．first

B．one

C．next

D．last

2.

A．his wife

B．his friend

C．someone

D．a stranger

3.

A．worked

B．painted

C．repaired

D．planned

4.

A．give out

B．send out

C．look out

D．pick out

5.

A．pay

B．cost

C．take

D．bring

6.

A．School

B．Life

C．Office

D．Company

7.

A．until

B．though

C．because

D．if

8.

A．carry

B．lend

C．move

D．bring

9.

A．In peace

B．In the end

C．In fact

D．In a hurry

10.

A．work

B．hands

C．opinion

D．books

请通读下面对话，根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。

Tom: What’s your plan tomorrow, Ann?
Ann: I’ll stay at home.     11    
Tom: I will have a picnic in a park with some friends.
Ann:     12    
Tom: No. We’ll go to Zhongshan Park.
Ann: Have you checked the weather report?
Tom: Yes. It’ll be sunny.     13    
Ann: I’d love to, but I have to finish a school report.
Tom: What a pity!     14    
Ann: OK.     15    
Tom: Thank you.

A．Really?

B．What about you?

C．Maybe next time.

D．The park near your home?

E．Have a good time.

F．Would you like to go with us?

Electronic (电子的) Reading

Instead of reading paper books, more people like to use electronic devices (设备) to read in China now. The reading time spent on them is getting longer. Chart I shows different reading time from a survey. However, even though people spend much time on e-books, the traditional paper books are still popular among readers. Research (调查) has shown that readers remember more information from paper books than e-books. To our great joy, the number of books that each person read in 2021 in China reached 7.86, which increased a lot more than before.

Electronic Sports

Just like soccer, basketball and baseball, e-sports has become very popular around the world. E-sports is short for electronic sports. It is more than just children playing games in their bedrooms. In e-sports, teams of games play electronic games in front of many people and compete (竞争). And they need to put in a lot of hard work and training. Chart II shows the top three most popular e-sports among Chinese college students from a survey last year.

Actually, e-products play an important role in our daily life. They have not only changed our life but also made the world colorful. One coin has its two sides. As teenagers, if we put the e-products into good use, they can add more fun to our life and become good helpers to our study.

Ways	Reading Time (per person, per day, minutes)
Smartphones	74. 4
WeChat	26
Newspapers	13. 15

21. How many minutes do students use WeChat to read per day?

A．74.4.

B．26.

C．13.15.

D．We don’t know.

22. What can we learn from the passage?

A．E-books totally (彻底的) take the place of paper books now.

B．Readers remember more information from paper books than e-books.

C．Only Chinese young people are interested in e-sports.

D．E-sports are very easy to get and you don’t need have too much training.

23. Which is the most popular e-sports for Chinese college students?

A．League of Legends.	B．Cross Fire.
C．Conquer of the Three Kingdom Ⅱ.	D．Honor of Kings.

24. What does the writer think of e-products?

A．Meaningless.

B．Useless.

C．Helpful.

D．Dangerous.

25. In which part of a magazine may we find the passage?

A．Health.

B．History.

C．Job.

D．Entertainment (娱乐).

Jeff and Joe are brothers. They are thinking about their future (未来). In ten years, they will be twenty-four and have their own jobs. Jeff will be a soccer coach (教练) and Joe will be a jazz musician.

First, Jeff will finish college (大学). At college, he will take classes in science, health and education (教育). He will not take art or history. Jeff may play soccer on the college team. He will be busy but he will enjoy the classes. After college, Jeff will teach in a high school. He will teach science and soccer. His soccer team will work hard and practice four times a week. They will have fun and maybe they will win a lot of games.

Joe will start a jazz band (乐队). He will play the drums. The band will practice every day and write their own songs. Joe’s band will probably play in clubs in New York. Joe hopes the band will become successful and famous. Then Joe and the band will travel around the world by car. Joe will not forget his family. He will find time to visit them.

Jeff and Joe will work hard on their plans. Their parents are sure about Jeff’s plan, but they have doubts about Joe’s plan because being a successful musician is a very difficult thing.

26. How old are Jeff and Joe now?

A．10.

B．12.

C．14.

D．26.

27. What classes will Jeff have in the college?
①Art        ②Health        ③History       ④ Education       ⑤ Science

A．①②③

B．③④⑤

C．①③④

D．②④⑤

28. From the passage, we can know that ________.

A．Jeff is not good at history	B．Joe’s band will play in clubs in London
C．Joe loves traveling around the world by bike	D．Jeff’s soccer team will practice four times a week

29. What does the underlined word “doubts” in the last paragraph mean in Chinese?

A．怀疑

B．信任

C．赞扬

D．批评

30. The passage is mainly about Jeff’s and Joe’s ________.

A．future plans

B．dream vacations

C．school parties

D．favorite subjects

Lots of kids hate school，a new study found. Usually this kind of feeling doesn't last long.But what happens if you feel this way too much? School is a fact of life and getting a good education can help you build the kind of future life you want. So let's talk about school and what to do when you don't like it．

If you don't like school，the first step is to find out why. You might not like school because you don't have enough friends，or maybe you don't get along with your teacher. Sometimes it's a big problem with your classes and schoolwork. You may be getting farther and farther behind，and it may seem like you'll never catch up.

        When you know why you don’t like school，you   can start taking steps to make things better. It’s a good idea to talk to someone about your problems with school. Your mom，dad，teacher or school counselor(顾问) will be able to help you. Another good idea is to write down your feelings about school in a notebook. It‘s a great way to let out emotions(情绪)．Remember， you don't have to share what you've written with others.
31. Lots of kids ________according to the writer.

A．like school very much	B．are good at reading and writing
C．don't like doing homework	D．have the thought of hating school

32. What does the underlined word “it” refer to(指的是)in the first paragraph?

A．A good education.

B．School.

C．Future life.

D．Friendship.

33. If you don't like school，the first step is to ________.

A．find out why	B．go to see a doctor
C．ask your parents for help	D．leave school for a short time

34. How many reasons why you don't like school are given by the writer?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

35. When you start taking steps to make things better，one of the good ideas is to ________.

A．keep silent about your problems	B．share what you've written with others
C．write down your feeling about school	D．get along well with your classmates

阅读材料，根据其内容从方框内七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，有两项为多余选项。

Many people in the world are living a very fast life. They seem to be always in a hurry (匆忙).

    36    

People in cities around the world walk 10 percent more quickly than they did twenty years ago. Singapore is at the top of the list for fast walkers.

    37    

People aren’t as patient (有耐心的) as they were in the past. If it takes more than five minutes for a bus to arrive, they become very impatient. They think they don’t have any time to wait.

    38    

Written communication (交流) on the Internet is getting shorter and shorter. People now use more and more simple words, like BRB (be right back) or NP (no problem).

    39    

Even in their free time, people do things in a hurry. Twenty years ago when people went to art museums, they spent about one minute looking at each picture. But today they spend much less time.

    40    

In the US, there is a book called One-Minute Bedtime Stories for Children. The stories in it are famous but short. They are popular with those parents who are too busy to tell their children long stories.

People are living faster, but are they living better?

A．No time to wait

B．No time to write

C．No time to stop

D．No time to eat

E．No time for Snow White

F．No time for exercise

G．No time for Van Gogh (梵高)

阅读材料, 根据短文内容, 在下面的表格中填入与文章意思最符合的单词, 每空一词。

Since last year, short videos have gotten millions of views (关注) online. Many people create and share short videos on popular video apps. The short videos are 15 seconds to a few minutes long. They show people doing activities like cooking, exercising and singing.

Teenagers especially enjoy these videos. More than 50 percent of the junior high school students said they enjoy watching these short videos. About 47 percent of them have posted their own videos, according to a recent report by the China National Youth Palace Association.

The videos let teenagers see funny and exciting things they wouldn’t usually see. Many teens like to share the fun things they do with others as well. For example, a 12-year-old user named Xiao Qianyu has posted videos showing her learning jazz dance. This has won many fans.

However the videos can also cause trouble. Some students spend too much time watching them and have not enough time to study.

To deal with this problem, there is a short video app added a new function (功能). It locks the app if someone uses it for over two hours a day. What do you think of these popular video apps?

Short videos
How long?	The short videos are 15 seconds to a few    41     long.
Who like them?	42     especially enjoy these videos.
Advantage	The videos let teenagers see funny and     43     things they wouldn’t usually see.
Disadvantage	Some students spend too much time     44     them and have not enough time to study.
How to deal with?	A short video app added a new function to     45     the app if some one uses it for over two hours a day.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

The future is so     46     (excite)! Why? Because we are going to do so many different things! Our magazine Young People looks at what some cool young people     47     (be) going to do with their future.

13-year-old Tom is from Cairo, Egypt. He is going to a     48     (sport) school to learn how to be     49     excellent basketball player. He thinks he’ll be a little nervous (担忧的) when he plays in his first big competition. But he also thinks his team will win because they are going to practice     50     (hard).

Sylvia, 14, is from London, UK. She says that she wants to be a famous actress and that she is going to study     51     (act). When she is learning how to be a good     52     (perform), she is going to take a part-time job in the theater.

Dan is 13 and he is from Paris, France. He can speak four languages     53     he is going to travel around the world when he finishes school. He wants to travel     54     five or six years and then go to university to study education. He thinks it will be hard to stop     55     (travel), but he has to go to university if he plans to be a teacher.

56. 假如你是某英文杂志Ask Paul栏目的编辑，专门帮助青少年解决一些烦恼。下面是一位叫李华的中学生在信中诉说的烦心事，请你给他写一封回信，提一些建议来帮助他。

Dear Paul,

I argued with my parents last week. I want to keep a pet dog at home, but they don’t agree. They don’t think I can look after it by myself. I don’t know what I should do. Can you help me? Thanks a lot!

Yours,

Li Hua

要求：词数80左右，信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Li Hua,

I’m sorry to hear about your problem. I’d be happy to give you some advice.

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I really hope my advice will help you.

Yours,

Paul