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.

7 . One day, our English teacher Mr. White came into the classroom with a book in his hand. He started his lesson with a ______ , “Who can describe what stress is like?” No one answered. Then he raised the book and asked, “How ______ is the book?”

On hearing the question, we began to think and ______ . One student said, “I think it is 100g.” Another student said, “It’s 200g.” Our answers were different. ______, Mr. White explained, “It doesn’t only depend on the real weight. It also has ______ to do with the time we hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have a ______ in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, I will have to see a doctor. It is the exact same weight, ______ the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. This book ______ stress. If you hold it without putting it down, sooner or later, you will not be able to keep on. No matter how much ______ you have, stop and have a rest for a while if possible. Boys and girls, you should learn to relax yourselves. I am sure you will live a happy school life.”

We all ______ Mr. White for giving such a meaningful lesson which made a difference to us.

1.

A．song

B．story

C．question

D．picture

2.

A．heavy

B．big

C．old

D．thick

3.

A．guess

B．practise

C．read

D．search

4.

A．Luckily

B．Especially

C．Secretly

D．Finally

5.

A．little

B．much

C．nothing

D．everything

6.

A．break

B．wound

C．disease

D．pain

7.

A．and

B．so

C．but

D．for

8.

A．makes up

B．stands for

C．takes in

D．leads to

9.

A．stress

B．time

C．pleasure

D．knowledge

10.

A．troubled

B．excused

C．feared

D．thanked

9 . 假定你是李辉，你校的英国交换生John因为在昨天的汉语演讲比赛中发挥得不好而情绪低落。作为他的朋友，请你用英语给他写一封信表示安慰。

内容包括：
（1）表达关心；
（2）改进措施；
（3）给予鼓励。
注意：
（1）词数 80～100，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
（2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
（3）信中不能出现真实姓名及学校名称。
Dear John,

I heard you were upset because you didn’t get a good result in the Chinese Speech Competition yesterday.

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Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hui

10 . 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。

Cui Jiuxiang is a young “sugar artist” from Shandong. As a kid, Cui was interested in sculpture (雕刻). His father was a carpenter (木匠). In his hands, pieces of wood became fine     1     (work) of art. Young Cui wanted to be as skilled as his father. One day, some wonderful vegetable sculptures in a restaurant     2     (catch) his eye. The boy decided to study food art. After graduation, he soon became famous. Later on, he     3     (invite) to Shenzhen to teach food sculpting.

While Cui enjoyed teaching, he also wanted to try something new. In 2016, he left the school and went to Shanghai     4     (learn) about sugar art. He fell in love     5     it and spent much time learning the skill.

Now, as a sugar artist, Cui works in a restaurant. His studio (工作室), away from the     6     (noise) kitchen, is very quiet. It usually takes Cui six to seven hours to create a piece of sugar art. He begins by boiling the sugar into syrup (糖浆). Then, under the special lamps, he     7     (careful) shapes the sugar.

Although sugar art is     8     ancient skill, Cui has breathed new life into it with a touch of Chinese culture. His creations have received a lot of praise. For     9     (he), however, the true sweetness lies not in the praise,     10     in the joy of creating something magical every day.