Xing Yian, who was born with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS渐冻症), has achieved his dream of attending a top university in Beijing on Sept 2nd, 2021.

Because of the illness, Xing weighs only 18 kilograms and has _____ in doing daily tasks that most people take for granted (认为理所当然), However, he _____ to give up and works hard to make sure that ALS would not hold him back. He entered No. 1 Middle School in Jilin with the _____ school’s test scores in the school’s history.

One might not understand _____ Xing needs to study when his daily life is already so hard. For his parents, Xing lost the right (权利) to walk, run and jump, but he should have the right to get _____. While Xing’s mother sends Xing to every class from primary school to high school, his father makes money to feed the family. They treat every day as a success and live every day to its fullest.

Illness can _____ Xing’s body but not his mind. In 2021, Xing attended Beihang University with a score of 645 points in the college entrance examination. After knowing about Xing’s _____ situation, the university gave “Green Passage” to Xing. They even _____ a first-floor room for Xing with two beds and a bathroom in it. In this way, his mother can _____ him.

Effort can create the miracle (奇迹). Xing Yifan has shown the power of a strong _____ and strength for people.

1.

A．interest

B．trouble

C．confidence

D．fun

2.

A．fails

B．agrees

C．refuses

D．offers

3.

A．highest

B．biggest

C．longest

D．oldest

4.

A．when

B．how

C．where

D．why

5.

A．truth

B．money

C．knowledge

D．energy

6.

A．catch

B．manage

C．hurt

D．punish

7.

A．strange

B．special

C．simple

D．lonely

8.

A．brought

B．bought

C．made

D．provided

9.

A．take care of

B．look for

C．get on with

D．worry about

10.

A．order

B．habit

C．will

D．reason

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11. What can you expect to learn about on Discovering English?

A．Spoken skills.

B．Chinese dishes.

C．Modern recipes.

D．The ancient UK culture.

12. How long does it take to finish Introduction to Chinese Conversation?

A．10 hours.

B．12 hours.

C．15 hours.

D．16 hours.

13. Why didn’t Iranui C. try learning Chinese at first?

A．Because he wasn’t interested in Chinese at all.

B．Because he hadn’t found a course suitable for him.

C．Because he didn’t have enough time to have the course.

D．Because he thought it wouldn’t be easy to learn Chinese.

14. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the course?

A．Study hours.

B．Course price.

C．Learner reviews.

D．Course introduction.

15. Which subject may the passage belong to?

A．IT & Computer.

B．Science & Art

C．Language & Skill.

D．Health & Food

When we see babies or pets, we can’t help gently touching them to show our love. And they give us happy feelings back. But a recent study shows that it’s different for plants.

In fact, ▲ . That’s because touching changes their genes and, even worse, can slow their growth. Professor Jim Whelan of the La Trobe Institute in Australia gave an explanation. “The lightest touch from a human, or even plants touching each other in the wind, leads to a huge gene change in the plant.”

In order to test the idea, the scientists did an experiment on plants. They grew a number of plants to the age of four weeks. Then they touched them with a paintbrush every 12 hours over a 36-hour period. They found that as a result, the mitochondria (线粒体) in the plants had been partly hurt. The mitochondria are the “powerhouse of the cell”. The mitochondria produce energy for the rest of the cell in both animals and plants. If this “powerhouse” is weakened, the plants will lose a large amount of energy that should have supported their growth. Whelan further explained, “If the touching is repeated, then plant growth is reduced by up to 30 percent.” According to Science Alert, repeated touching or moving plants will make them grow shorter than others.

Although the touching does have a strong effect on plants, it’s not always bad. The researches believe, in some ways, it could be helpful. It may help plants fight against insects and bad weather. The new research findings have led to a deeper understanding of the plants’ reply to touching. And the research might also “open up new ways to optimize (优化) growth in the future.” Science Alert reported.

16. Which of the following is the best for “ ▲ ” in Paragraph 2?

A．people like touching plants	B．plants don’t “like” to be touched
C．plants won’t grow if they are touched	D．people should touch plants as much as possible

17. How many times did people touch the plants during the experiment?

A．1.

B．3.

C．6.

D．12.

18. According to the passage, scientists found that repeated touching could ________.

A．shorten the life of plants	B．help plants produce more energy
C．make plants grow more slowly	D．cause the death of plants

19. The main purpose of the passage is to tell us ________.

A．to touch plants often to show our love

B．some ways of helping plants grow better

C．advantages and disadvantages of touching plants

D．the differences of touching the plants and the animals

The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that, instead of an alphabet (字母表), it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters. In many cases, a single character can also make up a word. As one kind of the most ancient characters, Chinese characters have played an important role in the development of Chinese culture. At first, ancient Sumerian and ancient Egyptian symbols existed (存在), but only Chinese characters remain today. The history of the Chinese language can be examined by looking at how these characters developed.

Chinese writing began thousands of years ago. According to an ancient story, a man named Cang Jie invented Chinese writing. One winter day while he was hunting, he saw the footprints of animals in the snow and noticed that the appearance of each one was different. Then he had the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects. The first Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects. Some characters have been simplified (简化) and others have been made more difficult over time.

However, as a whole, the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms. The character for a mountain was at first three mountaintops together. This became one mountaintop and three lines, and over time turned into the character used nowadays.

Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together. For example, “rat” was made up of the characters for a man and a tree. The character “prisoner” was formed with a “man” inside a square. Other characters were developed for directions and numbers. It is easy to distinguish (区别) their meanings by looking at them, for example, the characters for “up” and “down”, which are opposites of each other.

man        tree        rest          prisoner          up            down

Though these kinds of characters indicate meanings, one of their shortcomings is that they do not show how they should be pronounced. Therefore, a method was developed to have one part of a character represent the meaning and the other suggest the pronunciation. Many Chinese characters used today were made this way.

In the 1950s the Chinese government introduced simplified Chinese characters in the hope to make learning to read and write more understandable to the general population, which would increase literacy (读写能力) across the country. And now they have widespread use in China’s mainland.

24. The writer introduced the Chinese characters by _______.

A．giving examples	B．providing causes
C．expressing opinions	D．comparing facts

25. The following sentence would best be placed at the beginning of _______.
Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects.

A．Paragraph 5

B．Paragraph 4

C．Paragraph 3

D．Paragraph 2

26. Which Chinese character used the underlined (下划线的) method?

A．

B．

C．

D．

27. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Chinese characters have turned into standard forms, which are easier than before.

B．Chinese characters we use today have been accepted by large numbers of people.

C．Chinese characters existed at the very beginning and remain today like other ancient symbols.

D．Chinese words and English word are both formed by putting alphabets and characters together.

Raising Pets Is Good for Kids’ Growth

Bringing a pet into a family with small children around is not a decision to make easily. Many parents are worried about the health and safety of the kids with pets around.     28    

More Active

Kids with pets like dogs go outside more often for daily walks, exercise and have more playtime with them. A study shows that children with pets around are likely to move more. Other studies find similar results with disabled children and pets can help them to deal with the condition.

More Sense of Responsibility

    29     Experts explained in an article how keeping a pet into a family with kids can teach the young responsibility. Pets require food, water and love. Taking care of a pet encourages children to learn the value of responsibility.

More Relaxed

Studies show that kids with pets are more relaxed. And they have less stress and have less to worry about.     30    

Better Reading Abilities

Kids who get pets often read to their pets.     31     They also find that reading to pets helps children make better connections between things and improve their reading motivation(动力). It means children can decide to do some reading on their own.     32    

Parents should practice safety tips for raising kids and pets together. This partnership can result in children growing up much healthier both mentally and physically.

A．Researchers find their reading improves clearly.

B．However, their worries turn out to be reasonable.

C．Kids growing up with pets can be taught responsibility.

D．Playing with pets can make kids calm down and happy.

E．At the same time, their pets are probably good listeners.

F．However, there are many advantages for kids growing up with them.

G．This may be especially important for students who have problems in reading.

33. The new cellphone he looked forward to ________ (花费) much but made him quite happy.

34. Always remember that planning things carefully ahead is better than ________ (后悔) later.

35. The country life he was used to _________ (改变) a bit finally.

36. He picked up the bread and ________ (咬) into it hungrily.

38. When we are making fruit salad, we usually cut the red apples into pieces with k________.

39. —Would you like to go shopping with your mum this weekend?
—I’m not sure. M________, I will stay at home and have a rest.

40. —What is Mrs Chen doing?
—The party will begin, so she is busy d________ up at the moment.

41. —Mum, the leather boots look beautiful.
—Yes, but the p________ is too high. Let’s have a look at a cheaper pair.

42. The little boy slipped (滑倒) on the ice and f________ over.

43. It will be a hot summer again with the temperatures in the ________ [‘θɜːtɪz].

44. Tom and Paul like science very much and their dreams are to be great ________ [ ɪnˈvɛntəz].

46. —How much did the panda _________ [weɪ] when it was born?
—About 100 grams.

47. It ________ [si:mz] that he will miss the team’s next game.

从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，填入其正确形式，每个单词或短语仅用一次。

popular,   spread,   make use of,   in the way,   proper

Bluetooth is a method of short distance wireless communication between electronics (电器) that     48     the power of radio waves (波). Things really stepped up in September 1998 when the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) was set up to develop and     49     the technology. Bluetooth has become an increasingly     50     way of solving the problem of more and more electronics needing to be connected, without having to connect everything together with wires.

But if you look at the remote control you use to choose the program on TV, you might rightly ask yourself why Bluetooth was such a big deal. The problem with remote controls is that if something is between the remote control and receiver, it won’t work     51    . Because Bluetooth uses radio waves, the things standing     52     are no longer a problem.

认真阅读下面短文，填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Dreams are often mysterious (神秘的). One day, a man named Zhuang Zhou had     53     interesting dream. He dreamed of becoming a beautiful butterfly. Flying around, he could do anything he wanted. How happy     54     free he was! He forgot that he was a man. Then he     55     (wake) up from his dream and found he was a man. “Who am I, indeed (到底)?” he asked     56     (he). “Am I Zhuang Zhou or the butterfly?” Finally, he said, “Maybe I am a butterfly. In my dream, I became a man and my name was Zhuang Zhou.”

Zhuang Zhou lived     57     (much) than 2, 000 years ago. We also call him Zhuang Zi. Zhuang Zi loved nature and freedom. He thought that people and animals should     58     (treat) equally (平等地). There are many interesting     59     (story) about him and animals. Once, Zhuang Zi and his friend     60     (be) taking a walk along the river. After a while, Zhuang Zi said, “Look     61    the fish! How happy they are!” His friend asked him, “You are not a fish. How do you know they are happy?” Zhuang Zi smiled, “But you are not me. How do you know that I don’t know the     62     (fish) feeling?” Is Zhuang Zi’s question a difficult one? What do you think he was—a man or a butterfly?

66. 水滴石穿，绳锯木断。坚持做好一件事情，成就更好的自己。请以“One thing I keep doing every day”为题，根据以下要点和要求，用英语写一篇发言稿，参加学校的英语主题演讲活动。

内容应包括：
1.你每天在坚持做什么；
2.你坚持这么做的理由；
3.它会给你带来怎样的影响或改变。
注意：
1.词数100左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2.内容涵盖要点，可适当发挥；
3.文中不得出现与考生相关的真实校名和姓名等信息。

One thing I keep doing every day

Good morning, everyone!

I am very happy to be here to make a speech today. The topic of my speech is one thing I keep doing every day.

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That’s all. Thank you!