Deep in the forest lives David, who loves books. As soon as he reads one book, he brings home_______

Soon the house_________ books. His wife, Alice, is angry. You_________do something!”

David thinks hard and has_________ idea. “I can bring my books into the faraway hills and share_________I have with the children.”

Every week, David sets off across the countryside to faraway villages with his two donkeys. Early_________a sunny morning, David and his donkeys stop at a river_________.Then, from deep in the shadows, a bandit (山贼）jumps out! “Please let us pass,” David says. “The children_________.”The bandit takes one book and shouts, “Next time I want_________!”

They move on until at last, David sees some houses below. The children run to meet__________.David reads them a story first.__________the story ends, it's time for everyone to choose a book. The children hold their books close as they say good-bye and run home__________. David and his donkeys head back, over and around the hills, and into the sunset.

At home, Alice feeds her hungry husband and the donkeys. But then, instead of__________,David picks up his book,__________reads deep into the night. And far away in the hills, candles and lanterns burn as the children read borrowed books deep into their night,__________.

1.

A．other

B．another

C．the other

D．the others

2.

A．fills with

B．filled with

C．is filled with

D．was filled with

3.

A．must

B．could

C．would

D．may

4.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

5.

A．what

B．who

C．why

D．how

6.

A．in

B．on

C．at

D．for

7.

A．drink

B．drinking

C．drinks

D．to drink

8.

A．wait

B．waited

C．are waiting

D．have waited

9.

A．some money

B．any money

C．some moneys

D．any moneys

10.

A．he

B．his

C．him

D．himself

11.

A．Before

B．When

C．If

D．Because

12.

A．cheer

B．cheerful

C．cheerfully

D．more cheerful

13.

A．sleep

B．slept

C．sleeps

D．sleeping

14.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

15.

A．either

B．neither

C．also

D．too

”What is the meaning of life?” It is a question that I have asked myself many times over the years. The _______ answer I ever found was “The meaning of life is to give life meaning.”

When I was a young boy, I gave my life meaning by _______ playing, running, swimming, laughing, and riding my bike.

When I went to school, I gave my life meaning by learning, studying hard, getting good grades and trying to _______ my mom and dad proud.

In college, I found meaning by _______ what I wanted to study and what career (职业) I wanted to prepare for.

When I was working as a _______, I found meaning by helping open young minds to new ideas and old wisdom. I help the students become better ones.

When I got married, I found meaning in protecting, providing for, and watching over those I loved. And when I found out that both of my sons were born with mental (精神的) illnesses, I found meaning in loving them, _______ them, and learning from them about love, patience, faith, and joy.

As I got _______, I began to realize that meaning isn’t something that comes and goes. We can give meaning to every _______ of our lives here. We can bring meaning to the thoughts we think. We can bring meaning to the things we do. We can bring meaning to the _______ we touch. We are responsible for ________ our own meaning. All we have to do is to love ourselves and others. It is love that gives life meaning. It is love that makes life worth living.

16.

A．easiest

B．shortest

C．hardest

D．best

17.

A．hardly

B．ever

C．even

D．simply

18.

A．bring

B．make

C．add

D．win

19.

A．covering

B．solving

C．deciding

D．believing

20.

A．doctor

B．teacher

C．programmer

D．engineer

21.

A．looking over

B．looking out

C．caring of

D．taking care of

22.

A．sadder

B．taller

C．older

D．opener

23.

A．moment

B．year

C．month

D．week

24.

A．hearts

B．hands

C．brains

D．heads

25.

A．costing

B．creating

C．wasting

D．placing

Resting her phone on a stand and making the light more suitable, 49-year-old Liu Min started her livestreaming session — her daily job during the COVID-19 outbreak. Dressed in a qipao, a traditional Chinese dress, Liu started the livestreaming session from her workshop at 10 in the morning, sharing the art of making Chinese knots with many handicraft (手工艺) lovers. Liu, an inheritor (继承人) of the art of making Chinese knots, which is listed as an intangible (非物质) cultural heritage, became a livestreaming host.

“Though the sales of Chinese knots have dropped a lot, I’m still confident that I can get out of the trouble brought by the outbreak. I can make full use of this period to improve my skills and develop this traditional handicraft online,” she said. Liu is quite new to the world of livestreaming, having bought all the necessary equipment (设备) after following her friends’ advice. She practices livestreaming every day and records a large number of educational videos. She thinks livestreaming classes can meet more Chinese knot lovers’ needs to learn the handicraft.

She has integrated the anti-epidemic spirit (抗疫精神) into her works, expressing the determination (决心) and confidence of the Chinese people to win against the COVID-19. “I love Wuhan, where I showed my works in 2019. Chinese knots are popular among many local people, and I made lots of friends there,” Liu said. She designed a special Chinese knot to express her thanks to the medics who were sent to support Wuhan several months ago.

She has more than 200 followers right now. There are more and more Chinese knot lovers on her online platform. She is using a length of colored string and determination (决心) to keep this traditional art of Chinese knots alive online and help more people understand the culture.

26. The underlined word “livestreaming” in Paragraph 1 is close to “________”.

A．sending out while happening	B．equipment for recording videos
C．sending out after recording	D．equipment for making handicrafts

27. What does Liu Min think of the future of Chinese knots?

A．Unexpected.

B．Hopeful.

C．Difficult.

D．Doubtful.

28. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Having online classes during the outbreak

B．Introducing an intangible cultural heritage

C．Livestreaming the art of making Chinese knots

D．Expressing thanks to the doctors and nurses

Harry and Peter lived in the same village. They were both hard-working and had a happy life with other villagers.

But that year, a serious drought happened in their village. Their fields were all dry and their crops were dying. They couldn’t get enough water for their crops until a visitor from a village nearby came. The visitor told them that there was a spring on the mountain near their village and it had a large amount of water to water their fields. So Harry went to find it with two big buckets at once and later he began to carry water for his field every morning. He carried water from morning to night, but that wasn’t enough for his field.

Peter also went to find the spring with Harry, but he didn’t carry water the next day. He also left the village in the early morning and then came back at night. Three days passed. Many villagers didn’t see Peter in the daytime so they began to ask him where he went. Peter smiled and just told them to wait for his good news. Then the next day, at noon, Peter and a line of pieces of bamboo appeared in front of his field. When he joined the last piece of bamboo from the mountain with another one’s end, water ran along them into his field. With Peter’s help, all the other fields got water by joining pieces of bamboo and the fields were saved. And Harry needn’t carry water with two heavy buckets, either.

There’s no doubt that being hard-working is a good quality, but hard work with good ideas is much better.

29. What is true about Harry and Peter?

A．They were brothers.

B．They worked together.

C．They lived in the same place.

D．They lived an unhappy life.

30. What is the correct order of the following events?
a.A visitor came to the village.       b. People went to find the spring.
c. The crops were dying.                       d.The fields were saved.
e. Peter used bamboo to get water.

A．dabec

B．acdbe

C．cabed

D．ebacd

31. What can we infer (推断) from the passage?

A．With Harry carrying water, his field was saved.

B．Bamboo was used as a tool to carry water by Peter.

C．Peter only saved his own field.

D．Other villagers did nothing for saving their fields.

32. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．No pains, no gains.

B．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

C．Practice makes perfect

D．Work hard and think cleverly.

Many people enjoy biking. But there is a lot to think about before you buy a bike.There are many kinds of bicycles to choose from. And it is good to ask an expert before you buy a bike。

Different bicycles are designed to do different things. Some of them are made to be ridden on smooth roads. Others are designed to be ridden on. Rocky roads, and some bikes can be ridden on both.

If you want a bike, you need to get the right kind of bike. First, ask yourself where you plan to ride it?   On city streets?On mountain trails?Or both? Choose the bike for your needs.

Next, be sure you get the right size of bike for yourself. Professional bicycle stores will take time to measure (测量) each customer. Then they put the measurements in a computer. The computer will suggest a good size.

Besides the kind of bike and size, you also need the right fit. This means you need to choose things like handlebars and a seat.

Finally you need to know how to ride your bike. You need to sit the right way, and position(放置) your body correctly. You should be comfortable when riding. A professional shop assistant in a bike store can help you with these things. Then you will be ready to hit the road.

33. We can probably find this article from a ________

A．magazine

B．storybook

C．notebook

D．letter

34. What will you think about first before you buy a bike according to the passage?

A．The kind of bicycle your friends have.	B．The color of bicycle you would like.
C．The right way to ride bicycle correctly.	D．The place you want to ride the bicycle in.

35. The underlined word them in Paragraph 2 means

A．bicycles

B．kinds

C．roads

D．plans

36. What is the best title of the passage?

A．How to ride a bicycle.	B．How to choose a bicycle.
C．When to buy a bicycle.	D．Where to ride a bicycle.

Herman planted the hot peppers (胡椒) in his five-hectare (五公顷) field in his town. The 36-year-old man put up a sign reading “Africa Hema Village” in Chinese, English and his native language. His first harvest (收成) will start this month.

After his 7-year further study in China, he returned to Rwanda (卢旺达) in 2018 with his wife, Yang Hong, who is from China, and started his own business. Hema Xiansheng CEO Hou Yi visited Rwanda to find quality products to bring to the Chinese market. Hot peppers were one of his discoveries. The couple helped Hou’s team, from research to field trips, testing production processes (加工) and so on.

Hou’s research and development team found out transporting fresh hot peppers to China was difficult because it was hard to keep them fresh during shipping. So the fresh peppers can’t be directly imported (进口) into China. Then Hou’s team decided to perform basic processing (加工) in Rwanda before shipping. Processing requires a careful balance. Too much salt will make the peppers less delicious. Too little, and the peppers may go bad. Because plastics mustn’t be used in Rwanda, they had to find proper ways to carry the pepper sauce (胡椒酱) . The material (材料) they first used couldn’t stand the long flights. Now Hou Yi is happy to see that the pepper sauce has sold well in Hema’s offline and online stores.

Herman pointed out that few local farmers grow hot peppers because the market is so small that about half the harvest is wasted every year. A young man in Rwanda will only make 10 yuan ($1.4) a day by working in the cities, but if they grow hot peppers because of Hema’s orders, they can make 50 to 60 yuan a day. Herman expressed his willingness to introduce more people to make more money by farming, rather than working for lower incomes (收入), when e-commerce (电子商务) can bring greater needs and sales.

“It’s a chance for Rwandan people to join the new field and change their lives,” Herman said, “Through building more Hema Villages, Rwanda has the chance to become a country of digital agriculture.”

37. “Africa Hema Village” in Paragraph 1 is a place ________.

A．called Hema in Africa

B．where Herman’s wife was born

C．providing hot peppers for Hema

D．for Africans to buy hot peppers

38. Why should the peppers be processed before shipping to China? Because ________.

A．a balance is needed when the processing is done	B．fresh hot peppers mustn’t be imported into China
C．in Rwanda, people are not allowed to use plastics	D．during shipping, fresh hot peppers are easy to go bad

39. If a young man in Rwanda grows hot peppers for Hema, he may get about ________.

A．10 dollars a week	B．1,600 yuan a month
C．500 dollars a year	D．16,000 yuan half a year

40. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Many types of products have been offered in Africa Hema Village.

B．Hot peppers from Africa have a large market all around the world.

C．Hema Xiansheng paid for Herman’s seven-year education in China.

D．Herman hopes to do something to improve people’s lives in Rwanda.

阅读短文及文后选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We look at the sun every day.     41    

On Sept. 2nd, 2021, China’s Fengyun-3E satellite took its first photo of the sun.     42     The pictures taken are very clear. The satellite was sent into space on July 5th. And by the end of 2021, China released an album of photos taken by the satellite.

One of the satellite’s sides faces the sun all the time.     43     Why is watching the sun so important?

Clear pictures of the sun can help scientists study it more deeply. For example, scientists can better study solar storms. These may affect the weather on Earth.     44     An astronaut would be in great danger if he or she was on the moon during the storm.     45    

A．It used China’s solar space telescope (望远镜) to do the job.

B．By watching the sun closely, we can take actions to protect ourselves.

C．Big solar storms may also make our phones stop working.

D．But do you know what the sun really looks like?

E．It can watch the sun’s activity without stopping.

根据下面篇章及所给的首字母写出所缺单词。在填写答卷时，要求写出完整单词。（每空只写一词）

Midi Music Festival is one of the most p    46     music festivals in China. It’s more than just a festival to me because I played the piano on stage in the festival this year. It made me t    47     of my piano learning experience.

I learnt to play the piano when I was y    48    . My father promised to buy a piano for me on my twelfth birthday. At first, I didn’t show any artistic a    49    . And I couldn’t play the songs correctly. But my dad always encouraged me and said that I was as intelligent as Beethoven. So I challenged myself to many difficult songs and practiced playing the piano whenever I can. And I won a lot of prizes in competitions. Then I realized I could play the piano well through hard w    50    . From then on, I fell in love with music. I can’t imagine living in a world without music.

51. 除非你努力学习，否则你不能成功地通过考试。
You can’t ________ the exam ________ you study hard.

52. 昨天我们在公开场合表演了这场英语剧。
We _________ the English play _________ yesterday.

53. 目前为止，这是一次难忘的经历。
It ________ ________ an unforgettable experience ________ ________.

54. 我的书包跟你的不一样重。
My schoolbag is ________ yours.

55. 我们都期待着在春节吃团年饭。
We are _________________ the reunion dinner at the Spring Festival.

56. 来自英国的 Eric 到你校交流学习，他参加了你们学校上周的“英语周”活动后很兴奋。请你根据以下提示内容，帮助他完成一封家书，向他的父母介绍上周“英语周”的相关情况。

要求：
1.80-120 词（给出部分不计入总词数）；
2.要点齐全，可适当发挥；
3.条理清晰，语句通顺，意义连贯，书写规范；
4.文中不得出现真实姓名和校名。
Dear mum and dad,

It has been two weeks since I left the UK. I have experienced a lot in the middle school in China. Last week, I took part in the English Week. It gave me a deep impression (印 象). Now let me tell you something about it.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours,

Eric