1 . 阅读短文，然后根据内容回答问题。

She is a great Chinese woman. She has spent almost all her life in Dunhuang, studying and protecting the 1,600-year-old Mogao Grottoes (莫高窟). People call her “the Daughter of Dunhuang”. Her name is Fan Jinshi.

Born in 1938, Fan grew up in Shanghai. After graduating from the Department of History, Peking University in 1963, she came to Dunhuang and worked at Dunhuang Academy (研究院). She became head of the Academy in 1998.

When Fan first came to Dunhuang, it was a poor village and life there was really hard. Although she missed her life in Shanghai, she stayed. She and some workers put doors on the caves, planted trees and controlled the number of visitors. “The longer I’ve stayed here, the deeper my love has grown for Dunhuang, “ Fan said.

Fan started many projects to protect the Mogao Grottoes. One of them is “Digital (数字的) Dunhuang”. It gives people a new way to see the caves without destroying them. Under Fan’s leadership, Dunhuang Academy has grown into the world’s largest organization for Dunhuang studies.

From a 25-year-old girl to a white-haired lady, Fan has spent over 55 years in Dunhuang. Her great work was widely noticed. She was honored as one of CCTV’s “People Who Moved China 2019”. Now 86-year-old Fun Jinshi lives a peaceful life.

Fan wrote a book named Dunhuang Is Where My Heart Belongs: Fan Jinshi’s Self-Narration. It came out in 2019. In the book, she talks about her personal experiences and her relationship with the Mogao Grottoes. If you want to learn more about her, you should read it.

1. Who is called “the Daughter of Dunhuang”?
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2. What was Dunhuang like when Fan Jinshi came to Dunhuang for the first time?
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3. How does the project “Digital Dunhuang” protect the Mogao Grottoes?
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4. Do you know any great man or woman like Fan Jinshi? Why do you look up to him/her? Write 30 words or more.
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2 . Where was that cashier (收银员)? I quickly looked at my watch. I hardly had enough time to eat a sandwich and rush back to work.

I looked around the nearly empty restaurant, but the cashier was nowhere in sight. A woman stood wiping (擦拭) the far end of the counter (柜台). She looked at me coldly with sad, dark eyes.

I waited, getting angry. I’d been standing there for at least three minutes!

Controlling my anger, I remembered Mom’s words. “Whenever you find yourself in an unpleasant situation, just think about what is missing. If someone is unkind, then kindness is missing. If someone is hateful, then love is missing. If we will be what’s missing, then we’ll provide whatever the situation needs.”

And here I was in an unpleasant situation. How should I “be what’s missing”? What was missing was service. Maybe I should just jump behind the counter and take my own order.

Just then the woman walked slowly toward me. “May I help you?” she asked, still coldly. She looked so tired. No doubt, she was overworked.

I took a deep breath. With Mom’s words ringing in my head, I gave the woman my order and smiled. “How are you today?”

My question seemed to surprise her. She eyed me for a second before answering. “Not too good.” “I’m sorry,” I said. “I hope it gets better starting right now.”

She almost smiled as she looked at me. “Thanks. I hope you’re right. I should also say sorry to you. I have worked a whole day without rest.”

I thought to myself as I ate my sandwich. We’re all the same, really. We have problems and angers. We get tired and we hurt. We need to be nicer to each other.

After eating, I wiped the table cleaner than usual, and put the tray (托盘) back nicely on the stand. The woman was watching me, with a big smile on her face.

“Be what’s missing.” It worked.

1. How did the writer feel when he didn’t find the cashier?

A．Curious.

B．Impatient.

C．Sad.

D．Surprised.

2. According to the writer, what was missing in the restaurant?

A．Kindness.

B．Love.

C．Service.

D．Patience.

3. Why did the woman look unfriendly?

A．Because she didn’t like the writer.

B．Because she didn’t like the job.

C．Because she was ill.

D．Because she had worked for a long time.

4. What can be the best title for this text?

A．Anger Follows Impatience

B．Remember What Your Mom Said

C．Be What’s Missing

D．Try to Be Patient

3 .        The “April snow” is here! It’s not real snow, of course, it’s catkins (飞絮) from willows and poplar trees in spring. For some people, this “snow” is not welcomed. Catkins can cause allergies (过敏), making people’s noses, eyes, and skin uncomfortable. In spring, the female (雌性的) trees grow lots of flowers. When these flowers finish growing, they produce cotton-like seeds that spread through the air.

Luckily, scientists have found many ways to control catkins. Doing “gender change surgery (变性手术)” on willow and poplar trees is one of them. People cut off the branches of female trees and replace them with branches from male (雄性的) trees. This cuts down the number of catkins. However, this way is slow and expensive. A skilled worker can do the “surgery” on less than ten trees a day. From 2008 to 2018, only around 1, 000 trees were treated in Beijing.

Scientists also use special injections (注射剂) to reduce the number of catkins on trees. These injections make the trees mainly use their energy to grow bigger and get more leaves, not to make catkins. Xu Qinming, an expert, said that this method is safe for the trees. However, the trees need to get injections every year to keep the catkins numbers under control.

Other than injections, the trees can “take medicine”, too. This medicine can be sprayed onto the trees before the catkins form, which can quickly reduce catkins numbers. Still, people need to be careful about how much of the medicine they use and when they use it, or they might hurt the environment.

1. What can we know from paragraph one?

A．Catkins are hard to see.

B．It’s normal to snow in April.

C．People welcome willows.

D．It’s uncomfortable to breath in catkins.

2. How many ways are introduced to deal with catkins?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

3. What is the disadvantage of using injections according to the passage?

A．Trees need to be injected every year.

B．It needs many skilled workers to do it.

C．It is slow and expensive.

D．It’s bad for the trees and environment.

4. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．How to deal with catkins allergies.

B．How to control catkins with new technology.

C．How to tell male and female willow trees apart.

D．How to protect willow and polar trees.

5 . 阅读短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、连贯。

Deng Qingming is one of the three Chinese astronauts carrying out China’s Shenzhou-15 spaceship mission. He     1     (final) got the chance to go to space after nearly 25 years of preparation.

Deng was born in a village in Jiangxi Province in 1966. As his     2     (parent) both worked in the fields, he bad to look after his younger brothers and sisters. At that time, his dream was to go to college and find a job     3     (support) his family.

Deng     4     (be) a member of the PLA Air Force (空军) since 1984. When he left his village that year, his friends came to say goodbye to him. He was deeply touched and decided to work hard. Years of hard     5     (train) made him an excellent pilot, and he was chosen as one of the     6     (one) group of Chinese astronauts in 1998.

For a really long time, Deng served as a backup (后备) astronaut. His road to space was even     7     (long) than that of his teammates. He spent almost all of his time preparing and waiting and he     8     (give) the chance to travel to space in the end.

Besides that, Deng’s wife supported him a lot. She     9     (take) care of the whole family and never complained. “You’ve set an example to     10     (we) daughter and we are proud of you, “ she told him.

7 . 阅读短文，理解其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可填入空白处的最佳选项.

At the beginning of this year, I ________ a promise to myself. I had put some money in my wallet (钱包). I wanted to give the money away to the first person I met who deserved (值得) it.

A few months passed, and as my daily life got busy, I was ________ to keep my promise. Whenever I opened my wallet and saw the money, I was reminded of my ________ for it. I told myself that I should do something soon.

Today, while walking to work on a busy street, I passed a blind old lady who hand out on the corner. Seeing her aged face and sightless eyes, I ________ at once. I remembered the money that had been lying in my wallet all these ________.

I took out the money from the wallet. Gently, I took her hand, placed the money into it, and closed her ________ over the money. I hoped that she could feel the money and ________ my action.

After I got up, I slowly moved away. I felt like I had achieved something. I had kept my word to myself. The lady nodded her head a little bit. I felt ________ and moved on.

After that, I thought about why such a ________ act had taken so long. This small act was a huge step in facing and walking through my own fears for giving. What a gift it is to carry out (实施) these small but ________ actions!

1.

A．heard

B．saw

C．lost

D．made

2.

A．able

B．unable

C．fair

D．unfair

3.

A．business

B．friendship

C．problem

D．purpose

4.

A．doubted

B．left

C．stopped

D．shouted

5.

A．minutes

B．hours

C．months

D．years

6.

A．arms

B．fingers

C．legs

D．eyes

7.

A．discuss

B．practice

C．understand

D．hear

8.

A．sad

B．angry

C．tired

D．happy

9.

A．simple

B．difficult

C．strange

D．useful

10.

A．colorful

B．useless

C．hopeless

D．meaningful

8 . 教育部提出劳动教育是义务教育的重要组成部分。劳动有助于我们提升生活技能，创造美好生活，也有助于培养我们的精神品质。你所在的学校将开展以“劳动”为主题的英文征文活动，请你写一篇投稿。内容包括：

1. What do you think of labor (劳动)?
2. What kind of labor do you often do ?
3. …
注意：
1. 词数80-100；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 文中不可出现真实姓名及学校名称。
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9 . 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题.

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever things weren’t going my way (按我的方式发展). After I left college in 1932, I decided to find a job in a radio station as a sports announcer (播音员). I went to Chicago knocking on the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.

In one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire (雇佣) a person who had no working experience and she suggested that I should try at some smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I grew up. There were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local sportsman to work for it. I tried but was refused again.

“Everything happens for the best,” Mom told me. Dad offered me a car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me that they had already hired an announcer. As I left his office, my frustration (挫折感) boiled over. “How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked myself aloud. While I was waiting for the lift, I heard someone calling. It was Peter Mac Arthur. “What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to have a try. Pleased with my performance, he offered me a chance to work there.

On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words, “If you continue, one day something good will happen. Anything wouldn’t have happened without the failure (失败) before. ”

1. When did the writer graduate from college?
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2. Why couldn’t the writer find a job in big radio stations?
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3. Who offered the writer a chance to work?
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4. What do you learn from the story?   
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