1 . 配对阅读。左栏是五个人的情况介绍，右栏是七个英语习语及其解释。请为每个人选择一个合适的习语描述他/她的情况，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

1    Bella, one of the top students in her class, always gets up early and hopes to get better grades by working hard.     2    Vincent has joined a mountain climbing club. The club members will have a climbing trip next week and he will be the leader of the team.     3    Aileen is an English teacher. She always knows what’s going on in class, even when her students are passing notes behind her back.     4    Sam is a newcomer to a high school. He feels a little nervous in the classroom with a lot of strangers around him.     5    Victor’s friends are taking a high-speed train to visit him. But his friends are late. He is now waiting for them at the station.

A. In many ball games, the most important person is the one who carries the ball. Such a person is the leader and he makes sure that a job gets done. B. Birds feed on worms. A bird will go hungry if it cannot catch worms. The bird that gets up early is sure to get some food, so the early bird catches the worm. C. Your feet become hot when you run. But when you are forced to sit in one place, your heels stay cool. When someone keeps you waiting, you can say he is cooling your heels. D. Some people seem to know what’s going on behind them, as if they had eyes in the back of their heads. “Eyes in the back of your head” describes the ability to notice everything happening around you. E. You don’t know what will happen if you wake up a sleeping dog in the street, so it would be much smarter to let sleeping dogs lie. F. People may get their feet into the water slowly when they start to lean swimming. “Get your feet wet” means trying to do something for the first time. G. Fish live in water. A person who is in a strange or uncomfortable environment may feel like a fish out of water.

3 . 阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。

Bob Smith, a National Teacher Award Winner

What does it take to win the hearts and minds of Grade 10 students? Ask Jenny Fitchette, Grade 10 student at Lester Pearson High, and you will get a warm reply: “The number one thing is a good teacher.”

Jenny should know this well. Look at her timetable and you will find that she is studying the usual subjects of maths, English, biology and art this term. It’s not so much the subjects that keep her coining to school each day. It’s her biology teacher, Mr. Smith, who keeps her eager and ready to learn. So Jenny recently found time to finish a 1000-word paper in which she nominated （提名）her teacher, Mr. Bob Smith for the Teacher of the Year Award. Only students may nominate someone for the award.

“I can’t really say why Mr. Smith is such a good teacher.” says Jenny. “But we always enjoy the time when Mr. Smith stays with us. I mean, the little fish really help us in our biology studies. We can actually watch the fish growing and study them in the classroom. It’s hands-on, which makes his class special. Mr. Smith always tells us that we learn best when we get in there and work with things.”

Mr. Smith says he was very surprised and honoured when he heard that Jenny had nominated him for the award. “It’s really the students who should be getting the award,” he says. “It’s my job to bring meaningful and interesting things for them to study. It’s not I, but the students who are showing excellence.”

When asked what makes his students love school so much, Mr. Smith stops and thinks deeply. I think it comes down to respect. I respect my students and I see my job as serving them in a way. I work for them to help them open up their minds and discover things that matter to them.”

Jenny says that you never know what to expect from day to day in her biology class. One day, Mr. Smith might bring his electric guitar, and for the whole class, explain and show the effects of music on plant growth. He never allows anyone any time to be lazy.

1. What does Jenny think is the number one thing to win the hearts of students?
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2. What subject does Mr. Smith teach?
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3. Who may nominate someone for the Teacher of the Year Award?
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4. Why is Mr. Smith’s class special according to Jenny?
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5. What do you think of a teacher like Mr. Smith? Why do you think so?
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4 . 赤壁

唐 杜牧

折戟沉沙铁未销，自将磨洗认前朝。

东风不与周郎便，铜雀春深锁二乔。

The Red Cliff

We dig out broken halberds buried in the sand,

And wash and rub these relics of an ancient war.

Had the east wind refused to give a helping hand,

Southern beauties would have been captives on northern shore.

(Translated by Xu Yuanchong)

Historical poems are never just about things that happened in the past. They make people think about their own situation in the present. In this poem, for example, the poet Du Mu (803-852) used a historical story to show how upset he felt at the time, as he never had a chance to achieve his political (政治的) goals.

The story is about the Battle of the Red Cliff, one of the best-known battles of the Three Kingdoms period (220-280). In the first two lines, Du tells us that he finds a weapon (武器) buried (掩埋) deep in the sand. After cleaning it, he realizes that it’s from the Battle of the Red Cliff. Then he starts to recall the story.

“East wind” was the godsend (天赐的) wind that helped General Zhou Yu win. The wind fanned a fire that damaged Cao Cao’s fleet. If adviser Zhuge Liang had not guessed the direction of the wind, Zhou would not have won the battle. His wife and sister-in-law would be captured by Cao.

The poet admires Zhuge Liang’s important role in the battle, but also feels sad about his own situation. Du had military dreams himself, but never got a chance to show his talent.

In the hopes of having a better government, he often wrote letters to the royal court (朝廷). The letters criticized (批评) policies and military strategies (策略) of that time. However, they made little difference. About 50 years after Du’s death, the Tang Dynasty came to an end.

1. The followings are true except that   ________.

A．Du Mu wrote about the weapon and then recalled about the battle

B．Cao Cao captured Zhou’s wife and finally won the battle

C．Zhuge Liang was a great role in the battle in Du Mu’s mind

D．Du Mu’s criticism on policies and military strategies was paid little attention to

2. In the poem, which sentence stresses the need for talented people to catch the right moment?

A．We dig out broken halberds buried in the sand.

B．And wash and rub these relics of an ancient war.

C．Had the east wind refused to give a helping hand.

D．Southern beauties would have been captives on northern shore.

3. Du Mu wrote the poem in order to ________.

A．tell people about the past

B．inform others about the meaning of life

C．help people think about what they do now

D．express his feelings about his unsuccessful political life

4. We can infer from the story that ________.

A．the Tang Dynasty finally became better government after the poet’s death

B．though Zhuge Liang was a success in the battle, but he was not happy about his own situation

C．Du Mu was a man with military ambition and wanted to help the government

D．Zhuge Liang was Zhou Yu’s enemy

5 .

A Family drama A Love For Dilemma makes more people think about parent﹣child relationship in April. Jiang Xin plays the “tiger mother” Tian Yulan who takes her son to many after-school classes. The drama hopes to tell the parents not to worry too much, to give children more time and patience（耐心）.	B With the popularity of smartphones, teenagers spend more time on them. Some of them even lost themselves on the smartphones. To protect students’ eyesight and make sure they study hard enough, in January a notice came out. It stopped middle school students from taking the smartphones to school.
C China wants to improve the sorting（分类）of household rubbish in big cities in the next five years. Smart rubbish bins（垃圾箱）have been around in Beijing since May 1, 2020. They open by themselves when a person stands in front of them. As the users scan the QR code with their smart phones and place sorted rubbish in the right bins, they can get points for gifts.	D This spring festival, the film Hi, Mom has touched many people’s hearts with its story about a mother and her daughter. Jia Ling plays the daughter risked giving up her own life and disappearing to make sure that her mother would have a better future. But the end of the film shows viewers that your mother loves you more than you think.

1. Match passages A—D with the two topics:
①relationship between people ②people and technology

A．①AD; ②BC

B．①AB; ②CD

C．①AC; ②BD

2. What does A Love For Dilemma want to tell the parents ?

A．The mother needs to be a “tiger mother”.

B．The mother loves you more than you think.

C．The mother shouldn’t push the kids so hard.

3. Which is the right time order of the four events in the passages?

A．①B﹣②D﹣③A﹣④C

B．①A﹣②C﹣③B﹣④D

C．①C﹣②B﹣③D﹣④A

4. Which is TRUE according to the passages?

A．Smartphones can help all the students study hard.

B．People don’t have to open smart rubbish bins by hand.

C．Hi Mom is about the love between Tian Yulan and her son.

5. What can you infer（推断）from the four passages?

A．People can get gifts if they always put rubbish in the right bins.

B．The development of technology causes the poor eyesight of teenagers.

C．The film Hi, Mom hopes to make mothers less worried about their children.

6 . Remember how Harry Potter and his friends used magic spell to make their feathers float in the air? Now you can do magic too! Here are three fun experiments you can do at home to see the power of static electricity (静电) first-hand!

Flying Plastic Bag What you will need: a plastic rod (棒), a piece of cloth, a light plastic bag Steps: Rub (摩擦) the rod with the cloth for 40 seconds; Flatten the plastic bag and rub the cloth against it for 40 seconds; Let go of the plastic bag and watch it “dance” in the air as you wave the rod below.
Separating (分开) Salt and Pepper (胡椒) What you will need: a plastic spoon, salt, pepper, a piece of cloth Steps: Mix (混合) a spoon of salt and pepper; Rub the spoon with the cloth for 40 seconds; Hold the spoon over the mixture. The pepper will jump up and stick to the spoon.
Bending (弯曲) water What you will need: a plastic rod, a piece of cloth, running water Steps: Rub the rod with the cloth for 40 seconds; Turn the tap on so there is a steady stream of water; Put the rod near the water and watch it “bend”.

1. The writer mentioned (提及) Harry Porter and his friends ________.

A．to tell the readers what static electricity is

B．to show the readers why the movie was popular

C．to encourage the readers to do some fun experiments

D．to lead the readers to find out how the magic worked

2. You will need ________ in all the three fun experiments.

A．a piece of cloth

B．a plastic rod

C．a plastic bag

D．a spoon of salt

3. If you try the second experiment, you should ________.

A．stick the pepper to the cloth	B．choose the right size of the cloth
C．rub the spoon for more than one minute	D．hold the spoon over the mixture of salt and pepper

4. We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．it is better to use a heavy bag in the first experiment

B．rubbing two things together produces static electricity

C．all the three experiments should be done in a science lab

D．bending water is the most difficult experiment of the three

5. The passage can probably be found in the ________ section (版块) of a magazine.

A．nature

B．sports

C．science

D．health

7 . 配对阅读。左栏是五位父母的周末计划，右栏是七个周末活动建议，请为每个人选择适合的建议。

1    Clark’s daughter stays indoors a lot. Clark is worried and wants to have an outdoor weekend with her. He wants her to know how beautiful the nature is.     2    Laura and her children are busy these days. They work or study day and night. During the weekend, they just want to sit back and enjoy some quiet time.     3    Jill’s son asks her to help him with this weekend’s science homework but she knows nothing about it. She plans to find a place for him to learn some science.     4    Dave’s two children like Jay Chou a lot. They really hope to watch his show one day. Dave heard that Jay Chou is coming to their city this weekend.     5    Peter wants to go bike riding this weekend. But his child needs to write a diary about animals. He has to change his plan and help him.

A. Take your family on a trip to the zoo. Kids love to see friendly and cute animals or sit in on a lecture （讲座）to learn something new about the animals. B. If you live in a large city, chances are you have a science museum nearby. Take your kids to visit the museum. Be sure to catch a lecture or a science show there. C. When your child’s favorite singer is in town, take him or her to a show of the singer. Tickets may be hard to come by, but you’re sure to be the Parent of the Year if you are able to do that. D. Amusement parks （游乐园）are for every member of the family. When you’ve had enough of the rides, don’t forget to try some friendly family games at the park! E. Movies can be enjoyable, for both parents and children! Seeing our favorite stars on the big screen, people can relax, and enjoy some quiet time. Besides, who can say no to the popcorn （爆米花）? F. Enjoy the great outdoors and get some exercise, with a hike along a country road. Read up on the different flowers, trees, and birds, and give your children a nature lesson. G. If you want, there is always an outdoor sport for your family. In somewhere that stays warm all year, biking is the perfect outdoor sport. In a place with snow and ice, playing with snow is the best.