1 . 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的 A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

It all started with a simple question: “Can I paint your portrait (肖像)?”

In the summer of 2015, Brian Peterson, an artist, had just moved to Santa Ana, California. Outside his apartment, a homeless man was often shouting on the street corner, sometimes keeping him ______ at night. Peterson, would pass the guy on his way to work, but they never spoke. What could they possibly have in common?

One day, Peterson was relaxing in his living room, reading the book Love Does, when he was interrupted by the homeless man outside. Encouraged by the book’s heart-warming message, Peterson made an unexpected decision: He was going to go out and _______ himself.

In that first conversation, Peterson learned that the man’s name was Matt Faris. He’d moved to California from Kentucky to realize his dream in music, but he soon _______ on hard times and ended up living on the street.

“It was the strangest thing to me,” Peterson recalled. “I saw _______ on the face of a man who hadn’t had a shower in close to a year since his story and the life inside of him encouraged me.” And Peterson asked Faris if he could paint his portrait. Faris said yes.

Peterson’s connection with Faris   __________   him to form Faces of Santa Ana, an organization focused on painting portraits of the unhoused. He sells the ________ , putting the money into a “love account” for his models. He then helps them use the money to get back on their feet.

Faris used the money from his portraits to record an album (专辑), fulfilling his musical dreams. Another subject, Kimberly Sondoval, used the money to support her daughter.

In the eight years since Faces of Santa Ana was founded, Peterson, has formed a new organization called Faces of Mankind, a group of artists who are creating portraits of people experiencing ______ around the country.

Peterson has painted 41 of these portraits himself. But there’s more to the finished products than the money they bring to someone who’s down and out.

“People often tell me, ‘I was the one that would cross the street. But I see homeless people ________ now, ’” Peterson says. “I didn’t know that would happen.”

1.

A．alive

B．awake

C．quiet

D．brave

2.

A．greet

B．enjoy

C．praise

D．introduce

3.

A．went

B．fell

C．worked

D．counted

4.

A．dust

B．respect

C．beauty

D．pity

5.

A．led

B．forced

C．taught

D．reminded

6.

A．books

B．paintings

C．apartment

D．company

7.

A．loneliness

B．sadness

C．homelessness

D．illness

8.

A．differently

B．confidently

C．curiously

D．honestly

2 . The 39-year-old Wu Qi is called “Uncle Dog” by many autistic (自闭的) children. As an animal behavior expert (行为专家), he set up China’s first animal-assisted therapy (AAT 动物辅助治疗) program using dogs to help children in need.

Wu Qi was very shy when he was a little boy. He spent most of his time in his room alone. His life changed after he found a little dog. “The dog was my best friend. It made me whom I am today.” he said.

After finishing college in 2003, he started to learn how to care for animals. To make his dog-training skills better, he visited people who were good at animal care in many places in the world. He learned the meanings of different sounds dogs make and became known.

Over the past eight years, Wu’s team has used therapy dogs to help more than 100,000 people. And they also have put forward animal-assisted therapy programs in cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu and Shenzhen. The program includes 18 classes and its purpose is to make children’s conversation ability and social skills better.

“While AAT has been used in Western countries for more than 100 years, few Chinese have heard about it. I want to show people that dogs are not just pets. They can help us increase the communication with children.” Wu said. “They are our bridge into autistic children’s hearts, bringing love and warmth to them.”

1. What can we learn about Wu Qi from the first paragraph?

A．He is a good doctor for animals.

B．He is an animal behavior expert.

C．He set up the AAT program to protect animals.

2. Who had a great influence on Wu Qi when he was a child?

A．His parents.

B．His teammates.

C．A little dog.

3. How long does it take Wu Qi’s team to help over 100,000 people using therapy dogs?

A．6 years.

B．8 years.

C．18 years.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．How Wu became famous as a dog lover.

B．Why Wu looked after the dogs carefully.

C．How Wu and his team helped the autistic children.

3 . 听短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。短文读两遍。并在答题卡上把相应题号后的答案涂黑。
1. When did Anna join Volunteers’ Home?

A．When she was in Grade 3.

B．Three years ago.

C．When she was in Grade 1.

2. What was the matter with Anna’s family?

A．She hurt her hands.

B．Her dad hurt his legs.

C．Her mom had to stay in bed.

3. What didn’t Volunteers’ Home do for Anna?

A．Lent her some books.

B．Raised money.

C．Gave her some clothes.

4. Why did Anna join Volunteers’ Home?

A．To help more people.

B．To hand out notice.

C．To study.

5. How many students does Volunteers’ Home help?

A．36.

B．37.

C．46.

4 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

I am fighting fires for a volunteer (志愿者) fire company. I still ________ my first fire. I was the second volunteer to be there. The captain of our team was ________ the homeowner, who was surely having one of the ________ days of her life. At midnight, she was standing outside in heavy rain without ________ while her house was in the big fire.

The other volunteer, who was ________ than me, was asked to save the homeowner’s dog first. The captain then waved me over, “Bezos, I need you to go upstairs past the fire. and get this woman a pair of shoes.” Not exactly ________ I was hoping for, but off I went—up the stairs, down the hall, past the fire into ________ bedroom to get a pair of shoes.

I carried the shoes downstairs where I met the other ________ with the dog. We took our “treasures (珍宝)” outside to the homeowner, where, not ________ his received much more attention than mine.

A few weeks later, the company received a letter from the homeowner ________ us for saving her home. The act of ________, which she mentioned above all others, was that someone had ________ got her a pair of shoes.

The thing I’d like you to keep ________ mind is that —Don’t wait. Don’t wait until next time. ________ you have something to give, give it now. Not every day is going to offer us a chance to ________ somebody’s life. Get in the game. Save the shoes. Always remember little actions can mean a lot.

1.

A．remember

B．understand

C．discover

D．mind

2.

A．fighting with

B．talking with

C．counting down

D．playing against

3.

A．worst

B．easiest

C．weakest

D．warmest

4.

A．glasses

B．trousers

C．shoes

D．coats

5.

A．stronger

B．prouder

C．healthier

D．earlier

6.

A．where

B．who

C．what

D．when

7.

A．my

B．your

C．his

D．her

8.

A．firefighter

B．volunteer

C．captain

D．manager

9.

A．probably

B．naturally

C．surprisingly

D．immediately

10.

A．calling

B．sending

C．leading

D．thanking

11.

A．kindness

B．peace

C．politeness

D．humour

12.

A．still

B．hardly

C．even

D．only

13.

A．with

B．in

C．by

D．from

14.

A．If

B．Before

C．Because

D．Since

15.

A．notice

B．save

C．forget

D．decide

5 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Tree houses are wonderful places to play with friends. You can even just stay in them and dream as you like. But for some kids, tree houses are just a(n) _______. They have never been in a tree house _______ they are not able to climb. More unluckily, it is _______ for them to walk. Bill Allen and Phil Trabulsy, two Americans, wanted to help these kids _______ their dreams.

They started Forever Young Tree Houses in Vermont in 1998. In this group, tree houses are _______ for kids with disabilities. And they have special roads which can help kids in wheelchairs (轮椅) get into the _______.

Kristen Messer, 17, visited a tree house for the first time. “It was really great to have a tree house that I could get into _______ any help,” he said happily. Chaz Freeman, a 19-year-old, uses a wheelchair. After visiting a tree house in New Hampshire, he said with a _______, “We get to experience the life of a normal kid and play in the tree house _______.” Allen and Trabulsy’s group is working hard to build tree houses around America. How great and ________ they are! American people consider them as their heroes.

1.

A．dream

B．mistake

C．accident

2.

A．before

B．because

C．though

3.

A．common

B．possible

C．difficult

4.

A．achieve

B．copy

C．drop

5.

A．drawn

B．lent

C．built

6.

A．car

B．hospital

C．house

7.

A．through

B．without

C．against

8.

A．smile

B．noise

C．pain

9.

A．weakly

B．freely

C．angrily

10.

A．harmful

B．peaceful

C．helpful

8 . 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

later; for; work; different; why; he; be; joy; hundred; drop

Anand is from a city in the south of India. In 2017, he was     1     as an engineer at a car factory.

One day that year, Anand and his friends passed by a dirty lake (湖泊). All of a sudden, he fell over and     2     into the lake. When his friends pulled him up, he remembered that this lake used to     3     very clean several years ago. He wondered, “    4     is it so dirty now?”

Anand planned to do something about it. He did a lot of study. Then, he found that this lake had once been part of a big network (网状系统) lakes. People built them to provide water     5     farmland (农田) about 1, 500 years ago.

Anand spent four months studying the network. And all this work won him a lot of prize money from     6     factory.

What’s next? Get people to join him! Luckily, Anand found     7     of volunteers. They began to work right away. By clearing the lake of waste, they opened up its blocked waterways (堵塞的水道). After that, they grew many plants around the lake. Six months     8    , when Anand boated on the clean lake, he found that everything was getting better and better. So he was filled with     9    .

Finally, Anand left his job to set up an organization to clean up more lakes for free. So far, it has cleaned up 35 lakes in the city. Anand’s work has not only made a big     10     to the environment, but also offered people clean water for farming and drinking. Anand really did a good job.

10 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各小题所给的A、B、C 三个选项中，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。

John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. As he is the only child in the family, he got $1,000,000 _______ his parents died. He didn’t feel happy at all. His college friends were _______ their first jobs, but he didn’t have to. John decided to keep living a _______ life like everyone else. He didn’t tell any of his friends and gave $100,000 of his money to a charity (慈善机构) that helped poor children. Today he is 36, and he still wears cheap clothes and drives a small car only, _______ he is much happier.

So far, John has helped fifteen children from poor countries all over the world, $200 a month for each. The child does not _______ the money in cash (现金). The money is paid for the child’s education, food, medical care and clothing.

Once John went to meet a little girl he was helping in Africa (非洲). He said that the meeting was _______. “When I met _______ I felt very happy,” he said. “I saw that the _______ was used for a very good plan. It brought me _______ to the child in a way that only giving money cannot.” “I want to do everything I can. I will go on helping those children in ________,” he added.

1.

A．before

B．by

C．after

2.

A．looking for

B．giving up

C．working out

3.

A．rich

B．different

C．common

4.

A．so

B．and

C．but

5.

A．receive

B．borrow

C．raise

6.

A．busy

B．exciting

C．boring

7.

A．him

B．you

C．her

8.

A．money

B．car

C．book

9.

A．closer

B．slower

C．farther

10.

A．danger

B．need

C．order