阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once upon a time, there lived a tricky fox. He used to speak to ________ animals sweetly and gain their trust before making fun of them.

One day the fox met ________ easy-going stork on his way home. He acted like her good friend. He wanted to play a trick ________ the stork, so he asked her to have dinner with him later. The stork accepted the invitation ________.

The day of the dinner came, and the stork went to the fox’s house with joy. She wondered ________ they would eat. To her disappointment, there ________ only some soup in a plate! “Come and have a taste! I spent the whole afternoon ________ the soup. ” The fox smiled. The plate was ________ plain that the stork had difficulty having the soup. But the fox licked the soup up in no time. After finishing the dinner, the fox asked the stork, “Does it taste ________?”

The hungry stork replied, “Oh, it is wonderful. Thanks for your dinner. ” She added, “But I could only taste a little ________ I don’t feel well today. I can’t take any more!” The fox pretended to feel sorry for that. Then ________ later, the stork invited the fox to have dinner with her and went home.

The next day, the fox got to the stork’s house on time. On the table, some soup ________ and put in two narrow jars with long necks. This time, the stork found it easy to have the soup. However, the fox ________taste it.

After dinner, the stork asked the fox, “How is the soup?” “I am sorry for what I ________, I feel ashamed of myself. I think I’d better ________ now.” the fox answered. Then, he went out of stork’s house in a hurry.

1.

A．other

B．another

C．the other

D．others

2.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

3.

A．in

B．on

C．with

D．about

4.

A．happy

B．happiness

C．happily

D．happier

5.

A．that

B．how

C．if

D．what

6.

A．is

B．are

C．was

D．were

7.

A．cook

B．cooked

C．to cook

D．cooking

8.

A．so

B．very

C．such

D．quite

9.

A．good

B．well

C．better

D．best

10.

A．and

B．because

C．though

D．so

11.

A．sometimes

B．some times

C．some time

D．sometime

12.

A．prepare

B．prepared

C．was prepared

D．were prepared

13.

A．needn’t

B．mustn’t

C．shouldn’t

D．couldn’t

14.

A．do

B．was doing

C．am doing

D．have done

15.

A．leave

B．leaving

C．left

D．to leave

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—10各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Katie said goodbye to her parents at the front door of their candy shop as they drove off for a vacation, and Katie ________ she’d be able to run it with Aunt Maria’s help. Aunt Maria didn’t have any experience on business, but she is always called “________”.

As Maria got into the store, she said, “All right, Katie my love, let’s get this party started. ” Katie took her aunt over to where the family made their own candy, such as fresh fudge (软糖). Aunt Maria ________ a piece of chocolate fudge. “Hmm,” she said. “It’s good, but not special. We can add something to make the taste exciting. ”

Before Katie could ________ what Maria meant, the woman had gone to the kitchen. Katie heard her walking around, opening drawers and the fridge. Then she came back with her hands full of things. She spread them on the work surface with a happy tune (小调).

“Brussels sprouts (甘蓝)?” Katie looked at her aunt ________. She couldn’t be serious! But she was. The woman’s hands were busy cutting the green vegetables and then adding those small pieces into the fudge. Katie’s eyes grew wide as she watched her aunt mix them together.

Katie ________ as the bell over the front door rang. Three boys came. “I’ll have strawberry fudge, please,” said the first boy.

“Oh, how ________,” laughed Maria. “I must suggest you try something new! Try this!” She offered the boys the Brussels sprout fudge. “It’s free! Enjoy!”

Surprised, but too polite to argue, the boys left with the fudge.

“There go our ________. They will tell everyone how strange our candy is, and nobody will want to shop here!” Katie said to herself. She didn’t know what to do. Her parents were going to be ________.

The sound of the bell woke her up from her ________. The boys were back! But this time there was a crowd of kids coming into the store with them.

“Give me two pieces of Brussels sprout fudge, please.”

16.

A．promised

B．remembered

C．pretended

D．checked

17.

A．friendly

B．creative

C．honest

D．lucky

18.

A．noticed

B．bought

C．made

D．tried

19.

A．believe

B．change

C．question

D．explain

20.

A．surprisedly

B．carefully

C．sadly

D．hungrily

21.

A．looked on

B．looked up

C．looked ahead

D．looked out

22.

A．expensive

B．silly

C．funny

D．boring

23.

A．clerks

B．parents

C．customers

D．businessmen

24.

A．mad

B．calm

C．relaxed

D．silent

25.

A．mistakes

B．memories

C．plans

D．thoughts

In Flanders, a small town in Belgium, lived a little boy called Nello. His parents died when he was two. Then he lived with his grandpa in a small house. Life was harder for them.

Every morning, Nello’s grandpa collected fresh milk from one house to another. He then put the milk onto a cart and sent it to the city. Growing up a little older, Nello tried to help his grandpa travel from Flanders to the city.

One day, as Nello and his grandpa were going home from the city, they saw a large dog lying on the side of the road.

“What happened?” asked Nello. “Is the dog dead?” His grandpa examined the body of the dog and said to Nello, “The dog is seriously ill. We have to take him to a vet (兽医), or he will die. ” With the words, his grandpa put the dog on the cart and the two went home. In fact, the dog was abandoned (抛弃) because of his serious illness. Seeing the dying dog, Nello was heart-broken. He took good care of the dog. Nello and his grandpa did not have enough to eat, but he still fed the dog with milk and bread. Day by day, the dog could stand on his feet and became stronger.

“Let’s name him Patrasche,” said Nello one day to his grandpa. “Good idea,” replied his grandpa. From then on, Patrasche became a member of the family.

One day, as Nello and his grandpa were ready to start their journey to the city, Patrasche stood in front of the cart.

“Out of the way, Patrasche,” said Nello. “We’ll be late. ” But Patrasche refused to move. He was simply staring at Grandpa and wagging (摇摆) his tail. “What does he want to do?” asked Nello.

His grandpa smiled and said, “I believe our Patrasche wants to help pull the cart. ” Hearing Grandpa’s words, Patrasche was wagging his tail even harder.

Patrasche had been badly treated all his life. Never had anyone treated him nicely as Nello and his grandpa. Patrasche was thankful for the kindness he received, so he wanted to help, Grandpa tied a stripe on Patrasche, and he started to pull the cart right away.

From then on, people in town would see such a scene: a large dog was pulling a cart with milk with the grandpa pushing behind and Nello helping at the side.

(Adapted from A Dog of Flanders)

33. How did Grandpa raise the family?

A．By taking care of a dog.	B．By working in the city.
C．By serving as a vet in the town.	D．By sending milk with a cart.

34. What does Patrasche probably mean by wagging his tail even harder in the story?

A．He became a little bit tired.

B．He didn’t agree with the two.

C．He thought he had a better life.

D．He was well understood by Grandpa.

35. Which of the following best describe Nello?

A．Clever and selfless.	B．Helpful and outgoing.
C．Hard-working and brave.	D．Caring and kind-hearted.

36. What can we learn from the story?

A．Speak the truth and shame the devil.

B．Humans and animals can help each other.

C．Life will become sweeter through hard work.

D．Abandoned animals are real friends of humans.

Sending astronauts to Mars is a big challenge. Astronauts will have to ate everything they need, including food, air and water. The room inside the spaceship is too limited to hold many things. So packing a spaceship is a huge challenge for a trip to Mars.

Six astronauts on an eight-month tip to Mars will need at least 18,000 kilograms of water for drinking and washing. They’ll also need water to protect themselves from space rays which can pass right through spaceship walls and harm astronauts’ living cells. But a layer of water placed around the ship can stop the harm.

That’s a lot of water. And sending water into space is too expensive. It costs $33,000 to send one cup of water to Mars. The more you take, the more it costs. We have the technology to get to Mars, but the problem is that it’s too expensive.

But Flynn, an engineer at NASA, thinks he has a way of solving the problem. Instead of building a heavy spaceship and packing it full of stuff (物料), why not use the stuff as part of the spaceship?

Imagine a spaceship that blows up like a balloon. Inside, the walls have pockets like a big honeycomb (蜂巢). These hold lots of plastic bags filled with water, dried food and algae. All these make hard walls and great radiation (辐射) protection. And stopping radiation does not influence the food or water itself — it is safe to eat and drink. And what if the same water could be reused again and again? Flynn and his team call their packed-pocket idea Water Walls.

Making oxygen and taking away CO₂—the waste gas you breathe out—is another problem in space. “Water Walls will take away CO₂ the same way it’s done here on our Earth—with living plants,” Flynn says. Living plants make in CO₂ to make their food, and give off oxygen. “Plants are hard to grow in a spacecraft, so we use algae,” he says.

Algae are tiny plants that live in water. The algae will live in bags in the walls too, fed by human waste and sunlight, eating up CO₂ and making oxygen for the astronauts to breathe.

Flynn thinks his onboard recycling system has many advantages. He hopes it will help make flying to Mars a reality very soon.

37. What does the underlined phrase “limited ” in Paragraph 1 most probably mean?

A．Small in size.	B．Including only a part.
C．Different from other parts.	D．Being freely used.

38. What is the advantage of Flynn’s system?

A．Food is saved.	B．Cost is saved.
C．Travelling time is saved.	D．Plastic bags are saved.

39. What is one of the purposes of Flynn’s idea of Water Walls?

A．To produce water in the spaceship.

B．To make the whole spaceship stronger.

C．To prevent space rays during the space trip.

D．To control the temperature in the spaceship.

40. Why are algae put in the plastic bags?

A．To serve as food for astronauts.

B．To provide oxygen for astronauts.

C．To prevent water from being polluted.

D．To help other plants grow in a spaceship.

阅读短文及文后A—E选项，选出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When we talk about history, some big events or historic characters may pop into our minds.     41     However, a recent Chinese drama Under the Microscope turns to the lives of the ordinary people during the Ming Dynasty.

The drama opens with the story of a young man called Shuai Jiamo helping measure (测量) the land for a farming family, but only to find the result is different from what’s recorded on the official papers.     42    

Following Shuai and his friends’ fight to solve the problem, this drama presents us what life was like for ordinary people at the bottom.     43     For example, it shows people cutting silver to give change and carrying certificates for travel. It also shows the customs that the ordinary enjoyed like fireworks and dragon dance.

    44     “Understanding the lives of ordinary people helps us see how government rules and laws affect everyone, leading to changes in history,” Ma wrote in the book.

History, in fact, is a collection of stories of people. Though some people were brought to the spotlight (聚光灯) for different reasons, it never becomes an excuse to forget about the “little” people.     45    

A．After all, history is made by everyone, big or small!

B．That’s also what many history dramas are showing us.

C．This drama is based on a book by Ma Boyong with the same name.

D．This “small event” introduces the problem of unfair taxes at that time.

E．Many details in the drama also help viewers get closer to ancient lives.

51. 小村庄边的森林遭受了破坏。
The forest near a small village ________ ________.

52. 一些村民意识到每个人都有必要了解环境保护的重要性。
Some villagers realized ________ ________ ________ ________ for everybody to understand the importance of environmental protection.

53. 他们传播知识，还尽可能多地种树。
They spread knowledge, and planted ________ ________ ________ ________ they could.

54. 他们所采取的每个小行动都改变着这片森林。
Every small action they took ________ ________ ________ to the forest.

55. 看到森林的巨大变化真是太神奇了!
________ ________ it was to see the great changes in forest!

56. “双减” 政策后，为了引导学生合理利用假期，你们学校英语报开展了 “How to Make Our Holiday More Meaningful” 的征文活动。请你根据下图提示，结合实际，并展开想象完成一篇英语短文，向校报投稿，谈谈你的看法。

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How to Make Our Holiday More Meaningful

Under the “double reduction” policy, we students have more free time during the holiday.

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