We enjoy reading books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with enough careful attention. You must see that it keeps no dirty or destroyed pages.
But books are for use, not for show, you should own no book that you are afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more easily the important sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like visiting a forest where you once walked in.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; this habit can here be developed with every advantage. The best wallpaper is books; they are more varied in color and appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and if you sit alone in the room in the firelight, you are surrounded (包围) with close friends. The knowledge that they are there in common thought is both encouraging and refreshing. Books are of the people, by the people, for the people. They are part of history; the best part of personality.
Book-friends have this advantage over living friends; you can enjoy the most truly great society in the world whenever you want it. The great dead are beyond our physical (身体的) reach, and the great living are usually almost as too far to reach. But in a private library, you can at any moment talk with Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their best. They “laid themselves out” they did their best to entertain (娱乐) you, to make a favorable impression. You are necessary to them as an audience is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their inside heart of heart.
1. The underlined word punctiliousness refers to _________.| A．expectation | B．admiration | C．great care | D．nice view |
| A．walking into an old forest | B．treating a guest in the house |
| C．showing out a private library | D．talking to great dead and living |
| A．colors | B．books | C．library | D．friends |
| A．easy | B．nice | C．hard | D．common |
| A．refused him | B．looked at him | C．hated him | D．invited him |
 Beijing has become the first city ever to hold both Summer and Winter Olympic Games after winning the 2022 Winter Olympics bid with co-host city Zhangjiakou. That brings snow and ice sports into public spotlight. Unlike the hugely popular Summer Olympic events such as tennis and badminton, winter sports have limited fans in China. ②However, Beijing and Zhangjiakou’s success in holding the Winter Olympics has … Let’s take a look at the present and the future plans of the ice and snow sports.  |
1. How many cities held the 2022 Winter Olympics?
2. What sport is more popular, ice sports or snow sports?
3. 根据材料内容，补全①处画线标题。
4. 根据以下所给单词提示，将材料②处画线句子补全，使上下文语义通顺、连贯、语法正确。（词数不限）make, more, interested, sports
5. 根据材料内容，完成以下折线图表（画出2020-2025的Development plan）。
Life in Outer Space
Chinese taikonauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu carried out the Shenzhou-13 spaceflight mission (任务) that started on Oct. 15, 2021. This mission lasts 6 months, which was also a national record. Zhai is the commander (指令长) who performed China’s first spacewalk in the Shenzhou-7 mission in 2008. Wang, who was in the Shenzhou-10 mission in 2013, is the first Chinese woman astronaut to visit China’s space station. Ye is a new comer to space.
The trio had carried out two spacewalks and completed more than 20 scientific tasks. Besides their tasks, they had also given two live lectures from the space station, showing the students their living and working areas at the Tianhe core module and several scientific experiments under zero-gravity conditions and answering real-time questions from students.
The trio also became the first Chinese to spend the nation’s most important festival — the Chinese Lunar New Year — in outer space.
They returned to Earth on April 16, 2022 and made Shenzhou-13 mission a great success.
阅读以上新闻稿，根据其内容回答其后各个小题。
1. How long was the mission that was carried out by the taikonauts?
| A．13 months. | B．10 months. | C．7 months. | D．6 months. |
| A．A group of two. | B．A group of three. | C．A group of four. | D．A group of five. |
| A．Paragraph 1. | B．Paragraph 2. | C．Paragraph 3. | D．Paragraph 4. |
| A．Commander Zhai held a pair of couplets and wished the Chinese people good health. |
| B．Wang, with a red balloon in hand, wished children across the country healthy growth. |
| C．Ye held a sticker with the Chinese character “ fu, ” and wished the Chinese people a happy Lunar New Year. |
| D．The taikonauts have put up red lanterns, Chinese knots and paper-cut craft to celebrate the Chinese New Year. |
| A．All the three taikonauts had been to the space before. | B．Zhai Zhigang is a commander. |
| C．The trio gave two live lectures from the space station. | D．They returned to earth in mid-April. |
| A．falls | B．jumps | C．walks | D．runs |
| A．telephone | B．doorbell | C．clock | D．bike |
| can, I, be, five, miss, good, in, road, wait for, back |
“What a great film!” says Dan.
Dan Parks and Sue Barrington are leaving the Odeon cinema in Oxford.
“I love Eddie Redmayne,” says Sue.
“Yes, he’s a
He looks at his watch.
“It’s
“Yes,” says Sue. “It’s beginning to get dark.”
They walk up the street and look for their bikes. There
“There’s my bike,” says Dan. He looks for Sue’s, but he
“Where’s
Then they see her bike lock on the ground —
“Oh no!” says Sue. “Bike thieves!”
Dan looks up and down the road. He sees a police car fifty metres away on the other side of the street.
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She watches him. He talks through the window of the police car and points
Then a policewoman gets out of the car and comes across the road with Dan.
“Hello,” says the policewoman to Sue. “I’m PC Jennings. Your friend tells me your bike is
“Well, it’s blue,” begins Sue. “It’s a
Jennings writes everything in her notebook.
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| Riddle 1 I carry a big bag every day. There are letters and parcels in the bag. I take them to people. Who am I? | Riddle 2 I wear a uniform. I catch thieves. I make sure the neighbourhood is safe. Who am I? |
| Riddle 3 I work on a bus. I drive it around every day. I take people to different places. Who am I? | Riddle 4 I work in a shop. Many children come to the shop. They buy sweets and chocolate. Who am I? |
1. The underlined pronoun “them” in Riddle 1 refers to ________ .
| A．big bags | B．letters and parcels | C．people | D．riddles |
| A．A teacher. | B．An engineer. | C．A waiter. | D．A policeman. |
| A．On a bus. | B．In a zoo. | C．At an airport. | D．On a farm. |
| A．book store | B．fruit store | C．fish market | D．candy store |
| A．children | B．parents | C．jobs | D．places |
The pictures are provided to help you think about this topic.
Pay attention to the following points when you plan your composition.
●Where was Mary?
●What was Mary doing?
●What happened to her?
●What did Mary feel when seeing her mother?
The following words may help you:
●crowded with visitors
●so interested in the animals
●no one around
●turn to …
| 要求： 1.条理清楚，行文连贯，可适当发挥； 2.文中不能出现其他人名和地名等信息； 3.在答题卡的相应位置作答。 |
| A．School will start on Monday. |
| B．School will be closed for a week. |
| C．We’ve succeeded in fighting against COVID-19. |
| D．Students needn’t go to school on March 16. |
