1. --How is your English study? --Not too bad. But I have trouble ________ English grammar.

A．learn

B．to learn

C．learning

2. —How much did your new dress ________ you?
—￥200.

A．spend

B．pay

C．cost

3. We should not only be confident ________ ourselves, but also think things ________ before making decisions.

A．about; over

B．in; over

C．in; about

4. —           is it from here to the Palace Museum?
— About twenty minutes’ drive.

A．How far

B．How long

C．How often

5. —How does Jane usually go to work?
—She ________ drive a car, but now she ________ there to lose weight.

A．used to; is used to walk

B．was used to; is used to walking

C．used to; is used to walking

6. —Linda felt sad because she failed the exam yesterday.
—I’m sorry to hear that. Let’s ________.

A．cheer her on

B．cheer up her

C．cheer her up

7. —The classroom is ________ clean ________ it was yesterday.
—Sorry, I forgot to clean it.

A．as, as

B．not as, as

C．not so , so

8. I’m not used to the food here. He isn’t, __________.

A．too

B．also

C．either

9. I am confident about myself ________ I failed many times.

A．because

B．while

C．though

10. Lily lives ________, but she doesn’t feel ________.

A．alone; lonely

B．lonely; lonely

C．lonely; alone

11. The music sounds ________. We are all listening ________.

A．beautiful; careful

B．beautiful; carefully

C．beautifully; carefully

12. His ________ sister is four years ________ than he.

A．elder; elder

B．older; elder

C．elder; older

13. My bag is ________ books.

A．fill of

B．full of

C．full with

14. We are ________ to hear the ________ news.

A．exciting, excited

B．excited, exciting

C．excited, excited

15. —What are you going to ________ at the party?
—Beijing Opera.

A．put on

B．put up

C．put down

Nowadays school students seldom do sports. Is it because they have no ______ in sports? It may not be true. They often say they have much more important things to do.
What are these important things? Maybe they have to get themselves ready for all kinds of exams and tests in school, so many of them ______ book worms(书虫). In the past in the summer holidays, they could do ______ things they like, but now they have to ______ all their free time to prepare for exams. So studies have kept them away ______ doing things they like.
Because of the pressure (压力) from their parents and teachers, they have to work harder and spend most of their time on ______. As for the students themselves, they don’t want to fail the exams because they want to continue their studies ______. So it will be necessary to give all of their spare time to their studies and ______ their school sports If you want to be successful, you should build your body up. Without a(n) ______ body, you can never do anything well, then how can you make great ______ in your life?16.

A．chance

B．hobby

C．interest

17.

A．become

B．look

C．believe

18.

A．few

B．any

C．many

19.

A．use

B．take

C．cost

20.

A．with

B．at

C．from

21.

A．books

B．sports

C．friends

22.

A．farther

B．far

C．further

23.

A．build up

B．give up

C．put up

24.

A．strong

B．ill

C．weak

25.

A．results

B．decisions

C．success

In 2021, Japan’s capital city Tokyo held the Summer Olympics. If you hope to travel there someday, you may need to know how much money you need. Let’s take a look!

The currency (货币) of Japan is the Japanese yen. Its symbol is ¥, the same as Chinese currency.

1 Chinese yuan≈15.4 Japanese yen

Tokyo’s hotels are expensive. Usually it costs 6, 000 yen for a single person for one night. If you want to save money, a capsule hotel (胶囊旅馆) could be a good choice. You will have a small bed-sized room. It costs about 4,000 yen for one person.

It takes three or four hours to fly from Beijing to Tokyo. How much is the plane ticket? Around-trip ticket (往返机票) costs about 2,600 yuan.

Traffic in Tokyo is not cheap. If you take a taxi, the basic fare is 477.5 yen. Then it will cost 415 yen every 1 km.

The subway in Tokyo is very well designed. It is very clean and travelers never wait long. A ticket costs 170 to 310 yen depending on (取决于) how far you travel.

It is cheaper if you take a bus. The fare is 210 yen, and you need to pay when you get on the bus.

One of the Tokyo’s tourist sites is the Tokyo Tower. At 332.9 meters, it is the second-tallest building in Japan. You can go up and see the whole city of Tokyo. How much is a ticket? It costs 700 yen for a student and 1,200 yen for an adult.

In Tokyo, you can enjoy all kinds of Japanese food. You can try sushi, ramen noodles (拉面), or yakitori (日式烧鸡). A meal for two people usually costs about 5,000 yen.

31. Which city held the Summer Olympics in 2021?

A．Sydney

B．Tokyo

C．Beijing

D．New York

32. The currency symbol of Japan is ________.

A．$

B．£

C．¥

D．€

33. The underlined word “fare” means ________ in Chinese.

A．收入

B．工资

C．补贴

D．费用

34. Which of the following is NOT true in the passage?

A．You can save 2,000 yen if you choose to live in a capsule hotel for a single room.

B．If you take a plane from Beijing to Tokyo, you need to spend three or four hours flying there.

C．Tokyo Tower is the tallest building in Japan.

D．You can taste sushi, ramen noodles, or yakitori in Japan.

35. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Travel to Tokyo	B．Life in Tokyo
C．How to Live in Japan	D．Beautiful Sites in Tokyo

An Englishman has learned the skills to put on Beijing Opera. He makes people enjoy his lively shows of the Monkey King.

Ghaffar Pourazar was born in Iran. He said he had been a big fan of Bruce Lee and showed great interest in Chinese culture for years. In 1993, he happened to watch Beijing Opera in London. Ghaffar loved colorful facial paintings, beautiful voices, wonderful gestures and so on. After one year, he reached China alone and became a student of Beijing Opera at a Beijing school.

At the age of 32, he had to learn with younger students every day, starting from the most basic (基础的) training of the legs and gestures. At that time, he was always troubled by the conversations (对白) in Beijing Opera. It was the biggest problem for him. However, he never gave up.

Five years later, he started to learn to act out the Monkey King, a role from the Chinese classical novel, Journey to the West. He said he got to the workroom an hour earlier than other actors and also bought books and CDs to understand the roles better.

Now, Ghaffar is not only good at speaking standard Chinese but also famous for Beijing Opera. He once got a top international prize for acting out the Monkey King.

To help more people enjoy Beijing Opera, Ghaffar teaches it in schools of different countries. When he found that the language was difficult to understand, he translated (翻译) Beijing Opera lyrics (歌词). Surprisingly, Ghaffar took a 48-member team to show 44 times—in a month in America. Over 400 shows have been put on by him and his team in the past 10 years.

36. What did Ghaffar start to do in 1994?

A．He became a student of Beijing Opera school.	B．He dreamed of Bruce Lee.
C．He was interested in Chinese culture.	D．He wanted to make a living in China.

37. What was Ghaffar’s biggest problem?

A．He had difficulty in training.

B．He didn’t want to learn with younger students.

C．He didn’t always understand the conversations in Beijing Opera.

D．He arrived in China alone.

38. We can know that Ghaffar ________.

A．translates Journey to the West	B．likes to buy books and CDs about China
C．gets success in Beijing Opera	D．puts on many shows in England

39. Which of the following about Ghaffar is TRUE?

A．He wrote Beijing Opera lyrics.

B．He became a teacher at a Beijing school.

C．He put on more than 400 Beijing Opera shows in Japan.

D．He learned Beijing Opera from the most basic training.

40. This passage is most probably from the part of ________ in a newspaper.

A．education

B．travel

C．science

D．culture

Are people less happy or happier when they get older? If your answer is “happier”, then you are right. Study found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.

The findings came from a Gallup Survey of more than three hundred and forty thousand adults in the United States in 2008. Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped greatly after people arrived at their fifties. Levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies.

The study also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns (情感模式) as they grow older. However, women at all ages were reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.

So why would happiness increase (增长) with age? One theory (推测) is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

41. How many adults are there in the study?

A．300.

B．40,000.

C．340,000.

D．34,000.

42. What does the underlined word “stress” in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese?

A．压力

B．健康

C．挑战

D．成功

43. What can you learn from the findings of the study?

A．People become happier and feel less worried before age 50.

B．People are happier with their life at 18 than they are at 85.

C．Adults between the ages of 22 and 25 have the least stress.

D．The kids and those in their early seventies feel the happiest.

44. Why does happiness increase with age?

A．Because old people have no emotions.

B．Because when people get older, they seldom have bad experiences.

C．Because when people get older, they own more than before.

D．Because old people are more thankful for what they have.

45. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Differences Between Men and Women

B．Differences Between Young People and Older People

C．Relationship Between Stress and Happiness

D．Relationship Between Age and Happiness

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯，意思完整。

Travelling can be an enjoyable experience and a chance to make unforgettable memories (回忆).

    46    

Here are some ways travelling can improve our physical and mental health.

Travel relieves (减少) stress.     47     “The stress of work and daily needs can take us away from what we find to be really meaningful and interesting,” says Greenberg, a psychologist. Taking a break to travel can help us reduce stress and leave us feeling calmer.

You’ll feel happier and well-prepared to work. As well as feeling calmer, taking some time off to travel can reduce feelings of being tired and help us feel better prepared to work when we return.     48     And another study found that the expectation of trip makes a person much happier than buying expensive goods.

You’ll sleep better.     49     A 2000 study, which surveyed 30 people before and after they took a vacation, found that the quality of sleep improved following the holiday.

    50     Though being open to new experiences can influence whether we travel and what we choose to do, travel can also affect us in similar ways. For example, long-term travel—such as a gap year or cruise—can increase our openness to experiences and how warm and empathetic we are, as well as making us more easygoing.

A．It could make you more open-minded.

B．Besides relaxing and reducing stress, travel can also improve sleep.

C．And travelling can also do good for both your physical and mental health.

D．With daily life full of stressful things, booking in some travel can be a perfect idea.

E．A study of 485 adults in the US found a link between travel and improved attention and energy.

51. 当你感慨时间过得很快，你可以这样表达：
________________________________________________!

52. 你想知道这些食物尝起来味道怎么样，你可以这样问：
________________________________________________?

53. 康康哭了，你想知道到底出了什么问题，你会这样问：
Kangkang, ________________________________________?

54. 你想知道你朋友今天心情怎么样，你可以这样问：
________________________________________________?

55. 你和妹妹商量给妈妈一个惊喜，可以这样说：
________________________________________________

It’s quite normal to feel hopeless from time to time. After all, life is     61     (fill) with challenges (挑战). If you feel like giving up at this hard moment in your life, then perhaps you need to read the     62     (move) story of Qian Hongyan, who comes from a small village in Yunnan.

In 2000, the little girl aged four met a truck     63     (事故) that changed her life forever. She lost both her legs. Her family was     64     poor to buy her a pair of prosthetic legs (假肢). The little girl     65     (feel) very upset. One day, her grandfather brought home a basketball. He cut off a part of     66     ball and made two wooden handles (木质手柄) for Qian and the little girl was so excited to find that she could use them to move     67     (quick).

In 2005, after Qian’s photos went online, she was famous     68     “basketball girl”. People from all over the country started to help her and she finally had her prosthetic legs. Then Qian made a     69     (decide) to learn to swim. It seemed that it was difficult for her to swim in the water in the     70     (begin). But she didn’t give up and practiced hard. In 2009, she won one gold medal and two silver medals in the Chinese National Paralympics (残奥会) Swimming Competition.

71. 假设你是王红，你的笔友林芳来信，说她转学到一个新学校，没有朋友，而且这次数学考试没有考好，她感到既孤单又难过。请你给她回一封信，安慰她，并给出一些建议，帮助她振作起来。注意事项：

(1)信中必须包含安慰的话语，并提出建议；
(2)不少于80词。信件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
(3)文中不得出现真实姓名和校名。
Dear Lin Fang,

I’m sorry to hear that you have some trouble in your life.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Good luck!

Yours,

Wang Hong