1 . There is a story about a princess who had a small eye problem that she felt was really bad. Being the king’s daughter, she didn’t like to listen and kept ____ all the time. When the doctors wanted to help her, she always refused any ____ treatment and kept touching her eye and it became worse and worse. ____, the king announced a big ____ for whoever could cure his daughter. After some time, a man arrived. He ____ that he could cure the princess but ____ he was not a doctor.

After he had ____ her, the man said, “There is nothing much wrong with your eye, hut there is something else that is really ____.” The princess was worried and asked what it was. He ____ and said, “It is really bad. I shouldn’t tell you about it.” No matter how much she ____, he refused to tell her, saying that he could not speak without the king’s ____.

When the king arrived, the man was still ____ to tell his findings. After the king ordered him to tell them, the man said, “Well, there is no problem with the ____. The big problem is that the princess will start ____ a long tail very soon. If she ____ it when it appears, I can prevent it from growing.” Everyone was deeply concerned at this ____. And the princess stayed in bed, day and night, directing all her ____ to feeling when the tail might appear. Thus, after a few days, her eye got well.

This is how we ____ react: we always focus on our ____ problem and it becomes the center of everything. So far, we have done this ____, generation after generation.

1.

A．moving

B．crying

C．working

D．wandering

2.

A．medical

B．ordinary

C．cheap

D．special

3.

A．Luckily

B．Finally

C．Undoubtedly

D．Surprisingly

4.

A．meal

B．party

C．reward

D．movement

5.

A．said

B．agreed

C．proved

D．doubted

6.

A．by chance

B．by no means

C．at one time

D．in fact

7.

A．contacted

B．promised

C．met

D．examined

8.

A．serious

B．exciting

C．expensive

D．meaningful

9.

A．listened

B．talked

C．stopped

D．hesitated

10.

A．paid

B．thanked

C．prepared

D．insisted

11.

A．promise

B．announcement

C．permission

D．kindness

12.

A．excited

B．unwilling

C．afraid

D．unhappy

13.

A．princess

B．finding

C．eye

D．tail

14.

A．dreaming about

B．bringing in

C．growing

D．drawing

15.

A．notices

B．prevents

C．observes

D．drops

16.

A．order

B．news

C．princess

D．doctor

17.

A．attention

B．money

C．people

D．power

18.

A．slowly

B．sadly

C．usually

D．quickly

19.

A．serious

B．little

C．important

D．daily

20.

A．skillfully

B．aimlessly

C．thankfully

D．repeatedly

2 . After years of debate, gray wolves were reintroduced (重新引进) to Yellowstone National Park. Fourteen wolves were caught in Canada and moved to the park. By 2016, the Yellowstone wolf population had grown to more than 170.

Gray wolves once were seen here and there in the Yellowstone area and other pans of United States, but they were gradually displaced by human development. By the 1920s, wolves had disappeared from the Yellowstone area. They went farther north into the deep forests of Canada, where there were fewer humans around. The disappearance of the wolves had many unexpected results. Deer and elk populations—major food sources(来源) for the wolf—grew rapidly. These animals ate large amounts of plants, which reduced plant diversity(多样性) in the park. With the disappearance of gray wolves, coyote (草原狼) populations also grew quickly. The coyotes killed a great number of red foxes in the park, and completely drove away the park’s beavers (河狸).

As early as 1966, biologists asked the government to consider reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone Park. They hoped that wolves would be able to control the elk and coyote problems. Many framers were against the plan because they feared that wolves would kill their farm animals or pets.

The government spent nearly 30 years thinking lip a plan to reintroduce the wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service carefully monitors and manages the wolf packs in Yellowstone. Today, the debate continues over how well the gray wolf is fitting in at Yellowstone. Elk, deer, and coyote populations are down, while beavers and red foxes have made a comeback. The Yellowstone wolf project has been a valuable experiment to help biologists decide whether to reintroduce wolves to other parts of the country as well.

1. What is the text mainly about?

A．Wildlife research in the United States.

B．Plain diversity in the Yellowstone area.

C．A war between American farmers and gray wolves.

D．The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone Park.

2. What does the underlined word “displaced” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Killed one by one.

B．Separated from relatives.

C．Forced to move out.

D．Followed secretly.

3. Which is an unexpected result of the disappearance of gray wolves?

A．The number of deer increased fast.

B．More people moved into the park.

C．Red foxes ate too many plants.

D．Beavers in the park were all killed.

4. Biologists suggested the government reintroduce the wolves because ________.

A．they believed it could keep the park back to normal

B．they knew the government was considering that too

C．they were sure it would solve the elk and coyote problems

D．they thought farmers needn’t worry about animals and pets

5. What is the author’s attitude towards the Yellowstone wolf project?

A．Doubtful.	B．Positive.
C．Negative (反对).	D．Uncaring.

3 . Maybe you’ve heard about the saying, “A bird with a broken wing will never fly as high.” I’m sure that T. J. Ware was made to feel this way almost every day in school.

By high school, T. J. was the most famous troublemaker in his town. He got into lots of fights. He failed almost every exam but was passed on each year to a higher grade level. Teachers didn’t want to have him again the following year.

When I showed up to lead the first training for a leadership retreat, a program designed to have students become more involved in their communities, the community leaders told me about T. J. Ware, the boy with the longest arrest record in the history of town. Somehow, I knew that I wasn’t the first to hear about T. J.’s darker side as the first words of introduction.

At the start of the retreat, T. J, didn’t readily join the discussion groups and didn’t seem to have much to say. But when his group started a discussion about positive and negative things that had happened at school that year, he joined in and had clear thoughts on those situations, and the other students in his group welcomed his comments. Suddenly, T. J. felt like a part of the group, anti soon he was treated like a leader. He was saying things that made a lot of sense, and everyone was listening. By the end of the retreat he had joined the Homeless Project team. He knew something about poverty, hunger and hopelessness. The other students on the team were impressed (打动) with his ideas and love for the homeless. They elected T. J. vice-chairman of the team.

Two weeks later, the Homeless Project team organized a communitywide service project—a giant food drive. Seventy students led by T. J. collected a school record: 2,854 cans of food in just two hours, enough to take care of poor families in the area for 75 days. The local newspaper covered the event with a full-page article the next day. T. J.’s picture was up there for doing something great.

T. J. reminds us that a bird with a broken wing only needs mending. But once it has healed, it can fly higher than the rest.

1. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Love Leads to Success	B．Love Changes Everything
C．A Bird with Broken Wing.	D．A Broken Wing Mended

2. What can be learned about T. J. before the author met him?

A．He didn’t have a good teacher.	B．He was feeling hurt every day.
C．He would graduate the next year.	D．He was not welcome in the school.

3. What is the turning point for T.J. Ware’s change?

A．The leadership retreat.

B．The group discussion.

C．The communitywide service project.

D．The school record in the food drive.

4. T. J. was treated like a leader by the group members because ________.

A．his words was meaningful	B．he was part of the group
C．he joined the leadership retreat	D．his deeds were famous at school

5. This article is probably taken from a book about ________.

A．life on campus	B．cultural discoveries
C．encouraging stories	D．training programs

4 .

Dear Li Hua, On behalf of the admissions committee, it is my honor and privilege to share with you that you have been admitted to the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University (NYU). Albert Gallatin, Treasury Secretary to U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, rounded NYU in 1831. NYU has since grown to become the largest independent research university in America. I now have the pleasure of welcoming you to one of the most influential universities in the world. Congratulations! What Next? ● View your financial aid award (if applicable) and confirm your enrollment (注册) by January 8. Visit our website for very important instructions on how to view your financial aid estimate and confirm your enrollment. ● Withdraw (撤回) applications from other colleges or universities by January 8. As an Early Decision candidate, we expect that you will enroll at NYU if you are I financially able to do so. Once you confirm your enrollment, it is your duty to withdraw any applications you may have made to other colleges or universities. If finances prevent you from attending NYU, we will give up your space in our class on January 9. ● Keep performing. Your admission is contingent (取决于) on the successful completion of your existing academic program at the same performance level as the one presented in your application. Visit our website to review our expectations for admitted students. ● Connect with your classmates. Join the NYU Class of 2022 Facebook page to start connecting and communicating with your fellow NYU classmates. Your application was considered for any and all NYU programs and campuses for which you asked for consideration and it is our policy to only make a single offer of admission per student. Li Hua, you should be extremely proud of your achievements and I encourage you to celebrate with your family and friends who have supported you on your intellectual journey so far. We look forward to welcoming you to the NYU community. Sincerely, Shawn Abbott Dean of Admissions

1. Which is the most important message of the letter?

A．The Steinhardt School belongs to NYU.

B．Albert Gallatin founded NYU in 1831.

C．Li Hua has been admitted to NYU.

D．NYU is the best university in US.

2. Which of the following is Li Hua expected to do next?

A．Write back to Shawn Abbott.	B．Start saving lots of money,
C．Book an air ticket online.	D．Go on studying at school.

3. What will Li Hua do if finances permit him to attend NYU?

A．Receive a financial aid award soon.

B．Withdraw applications to other colleges.

C．Confirm his enrollment after January 9.

D．Decide whether to go to NYU or not.

4. If Li Hua fails to complete his existing academic program, he ________.

A．needs to find financial aid reward	B．will be unable to study in NYU
C．will have to pay extra money	D．needs to connect his classmates

5. What can be learned about NYU according to the last two paragraph?

A．It gives just one offer of admission to one student,

B．It only permits one person to apply for one campus.

C．It sometimes doesn’t consider students’ application,

D．It offers celebrations with students’ family and friends.

5 . High school and college are periods of ever-expanding responsibility for students. You can get help from some practical apps. Check out these apps to get a head-start on being on top of your life!

Sleep Cycle alarm clock (free; iOS, Android)

Getting enough sleep is essential to getting a good education, but waking up rested isn’t just about how much you sleep; it’s about where you are in your sleep cycle when you wake up. Sleep Cycle uses your phone’s microphone and/or accelerometer to analyze your sleeping patterns and wake you up at the best time, when you’re in your lightest sleep state(within a window that you set, so that you’re not late). myHomework Student Planner(free; iOS, Android, Windows)

The myHomework Student Planner is available on wide variety of platforms so that you can stay organized wherever you are. You can keep track of your class schedule and homework, get reminders for upcoming tests, and sync it across all of your platforms. There’s also a premium version for $4.99 that takes away the ads, gives you more themes, lets you add file attachments, and integrates access to external calendars.

Circle of 6(free; iOS, Android)

Circle of 6 is an innovative safety app that connects you to six of your most trusted friends (your “circle”) and helps you keep track of each other. If you’re feeling scared about a situation you’re in you can send a per-programmed text to your circle with just two taps, and it will include your exact location. This could also be used by younger students to discreetly let their parents know that they’re in an uncomfortable situation and want to be picked up.

Goodbudget(free; iOS, Android)

Goodbudget can divide your money into virtual “envelopes” for things like Groceries, Transportation, Entertainment, Gas, and whatever else you need to budget for. The free version includes 10 regular envelopes plus syncing across two devices. Or you can move to a premium subscription(溢价认购)($5/month, $45/year)for more envelopes, five devices, and a five-year transaction history.

1. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．All of the four apps can be used free of charge

B．Sleep Cycle alarm clock can make you sleep as much as possible

C．myHomework Student Planner can be used on computers and cellphones

D．Goodbudget can help you use your money wisely

2. The app Goodbudge with a premium subscription for six months costs __________.

A．$5	B．$22.5
C．$30	D．$45

3. Which might be the most useful for a primary school student who walks to the school alone every day?

A．Sleep Cycle alarm clock(free; iOS, Android)

B．myHomework Student Planner(free; iOS, Android, Windows)

C．Circle of 6(free; iOS, Android)

D．Goodbudget(free; iOS, Android)

6 . Draper, the owner of a secondhand bookstore, was sorting through a pile of old books when an envelope fell from one. Inside was an undated ______ and a faded photo of a woman holding a little girl on her lap. The letter said if Bethany was ______ it, it meant the author had died.

Tears were welling up in Draper’s eyes. These were a ______ woman’s last words to her child. He had to _____ Bethany. “Whoever it is will ______ this,” he thought. “You wouldn’t ______ a letter like that.”

He supposed if the ______ ended up in his shop then Bethany was likely from around Bishop Auckland. And he thought he ______ recognized the little girl’s face. Even if she’d since left the area, there might be someone in town who would recognize the ______.

He started with the local newspaper. The Northern Echo ran the story of the _______ letter.

____, Bethany Gash, now 21 and a(n) ______ herself, was on Facebook about 10 miles away when a close friend messaged her to check out the ______. As she read her mother’s ______, which she thought had been lost forever, she said she thought she must be ______.

Gash was only 4 when her mother ______. Five years later, her family moved to a new home and the letter, put away in the pages of a book for safe keeping, was unintentionally ______.

She remembers unpacking and looking for the letter, and then ______ searching through everything in the hope that it was there. “That’s when I realized it was ______ gone by now and I’d never see it again,” she said.

Draper ______ the letter in person. He also brought her a children’s book for her son. Gash was greatly moved to have the letter back, and also touched by the stranger’s kindness.

1.

A．message

B．email

C．postcard

D．letter

2.

A．reading

B．destroying

C．forgetting

D．copying

3.

A．determined

B．kind

C．selfish

D．dying

4.

A．find

B．introduce

C．phone

D．comfort

5.

A．enjoy

B．avoid

C．want

D．like

6.

A．tear open

B．cut up

C．throw away

D．pull out

7.

A．girl

B．book

C．reporter

D．news

8.

A．hardly

B．actually

C．unfortunately

D．accidentally

9.

A．author

B．teacher

C．picture

D．stranger

10.

A．lost

B．valuable

C．wet

D．broken

11.

A．Meanwhile

B．Therefore

C．However

D．Eventually

12.

A．editor

B．mother

C．daughter

D．assistant

13.

A．ticket

B．magazine

C．article

D．homework

14.

A．vocabulary

B．terms

C．languages

D．words

15.

A．writing

B．joking

C．playing

D．dreaming

16.

A．came back

B．passed away

C．died out

D．calmed down

17.

A．donated

B．burned

C．dirtied

D．robbed

18.

A．secretly

B．suddenly

C．madly

D．regularly

19.

A．almost

B．never

C．still

D．long

20.

A．kept

B．delivered

C．composed

D．published

7 . Our family loves the snow and cheers at the first good storm of the season. While others may think of Florida, we dream of a cabin vacation in New York’s Allegany State Park.

One particular trip, I recall, was just a bit more memorable than the rest. What we now refer to as the snow pants incident began accidentally enough. My husband, Bernie, and our 2-year-old daughter, Faith, were building a snow fort while I sledded down a nearby slope.

On the way back up from one trip, I saw a small stone tumbling down the track I had just made. I was puzzled, since all the other rocks were buried under several feet of snow, as I stood and wondered about the stone---it jumped! This was no stone. This was a mouse.

Now, I love nature, but that doesn’t include mice. I loudly protested the invader, and Bernie, coming to my rescue, assured me that this was not a mouse but a mole, as if that mattered. A mouse or a mole I still didn’t like it.

Bernie and I stood for a few minutes watching the creature disappear from the path into the furry white and come back out again. But soon it disappeared and I headed up the hill again.

Shortly after I left, my husband screamed out, saying that the mole had gone up the leg of his snow pants. You have to understand Bernie can be quite a joker, and I smelled a rat. Not wanting to be a sucker and fall for another one of his jokes, I laughed it off. When he started running for the cabin, though, I stopped laughing and decided maybe this was for real.

“Don’t you dare take that thing into the house!” I yelled. But like a flash, Bernie was already dashing through the cabin’s front door, with his snow pants, the mole and all. If it were me, I’d have been down to my long underwear right there in the snow without a second thought.

A few minutes later Bernie appeared. We relished the rest of our winter vacation, drinking lots of hot chocolate, sitting beside the fireplace and admiring nature---from a safe distance.

1. Why did the author’s husband come to her rescue?

A．Because the “mouse” frightened her

B．Because she hardly controlled the sled

C．Because the snow fort she built was damaged

D．Because she stepped on the stone and fell down

2. When her husband said that the mole had gone up the leg of his snow pants, the author was ___.

A．curious	B．puzzled
C．excited	D．doubtful

3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．They enjoyed the rest of their holiday

B．They were fond of hot chocolate

C．Her husband had freedom at last

D．Nature can be dangerous at times

4. What could be the best title of the text?

A．A Memorable Experience with a Joker

B．The Painful Incident in Allegany State Park

C．Family’s Funny Vacation in the Snow

D．My Strong Love for Nature

8 . Known as “wolf girl” at her West Warwick, R.I., school, Alyssa Grayson has spent much of her young life teaching others to protect and respect animals. After starting a wolf club in second grade, Alyssa learned all she could about her favorite animals. Today, she gives presentations about protecting wolves at libraries and schools — she’s even spoken at a university. In fact, she’s become such a wolf expert that she was appointed as the first junior advisor to the National Wolfwatcher Coalition.

When she’s not teaching others about wolves, Alyssa can be found volunteering at her local animal shelter, taking care of dogs and cats. She’s also trained as a citizen scientist for Frog Watch USA. In short, Alyssa Grayson proves that you are never too young to make a difference for animals.

When asked how she got interested in saving wolves, Alyssa says, “I’ve loved wolves since I saw them in a movie when I was 2 or 3 years old. Then one day I saw a commercial about wolf hunting. I asked my mother why people do this, and she told me because people don’t like wolves. I decided from then that I wanted to save wolves.”

Today, wolves are hunted, trapped, or poisoned. Hunters chase wolves for miles in an airplane until the wolves are too exhausted to run any more. Then they shoot them. The animal doesn’t have a chance to escape. Animals are also trapped for their fur. They are left to suffer in a trap with no food, water, or shelter. Alyssa thinks the fur looks better on the animal in the wild, where it’s meant to be, than on a human.

Alyssa believes wolves are important to our worlds. She says, “Wolves are an apex predator, which means they are at the top of the food chain. Removing them from the ecosystem is a big mistake. The ecosystem is like a chain of dominoes (多米诺骨牌) — with the apex predator as the one in front. If you were to knock down that domino, the rest of the chain would go down too.”

People usually think of “the Big Bad Wolf” when they hear about wolves. However, Alyssa says, “If they would base their thoughts on facts, not fairy tales, we wouldn’t have people wanting to kill wolves.”

1. Alyssa is known as “wolf girl” at her school because       .

A．she keeps wolves as pets

B．she was raised by wolves

C．she does a lot to protect wolves

D．she started a wolf club at her school

2. According to the first and second paragraphs, Alyssa       .

A．gained knowledge about wolves at libraries

B．cares about other animals besides wolves

C．started to give presentations since second grade

D．is the first junior citizen scientist for Frog Watch USA

3. Paragraph four is mainly about       .

A．why wolves are killed

B．why wolves are trapped

C．the tools used to hunt wolves

D．how wolves are treated

4. From the last paragraph we can infer that Alyssa       .

A．doesn’t need fairy tales

B．doesn’t believe in fairy tales

C．encourages people to find out the facts about wolves

D．believes that more people will work to save wolves

9 . Christmas was near a season that we took seriously in our house. But a week or so before the 25th, my father would give each of his children $ 20. This was the 1970s, and $ 20 was quite a bit of money.

But I saw it differently. My father trusted me to have the smart to spend money wisely. Even better, he gave me the means to get it. On a very basic level, my father was giving me a shopping spree (狂欢) every year.. But he was also giving me charge over my own fun, trusting my ability to manage money and making me feel like a grown-up. He didn’t buy me Sherlock Holmes, but he gave me the means to walk into the bookstore and choose it for myself, so it felt like a gift from him.

My mother had a gift for giving me what I needed, usually right at the moment I needed it most. This was when I was 25, I failed at being an adult on my very first try. I had quitted my previous job but had no new one. But when my mother paid me a visit, I put on a good show, telling her I had started my own company.

My mother knew that I was trying hard and failing at that time. It wasn’t until after she left that I noticed at the foot of my bed an envelope thick with cash. She knew how desperately I needed it. She knew that had she just shown up with groceries, or offered to pay my rent, she would have made me feel much worse. The cold, hard cash meant she was helping me. And, funnily enough, the distance with which she gave the gift felt like she was giving me space to fix my life and preserve my dignity. My mother and father both did the same thing. One was giving me the means to take my own decisions, and the other was giving me a second chance when those decisions had cost me dearly.

1. What can we learn about the author from the first two paragraphs?

A．His family once celebrated Christmas happily.

B．His father gave the author chances to make decisions.

C．His best memories about Christmas were in the 1970s.

D．He used to choose books as his father’s gift on Christmas.

2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．money offered by his father.	B．father generous with money.
C．Christmas being important.	D．the means of spending money.

3. When he was 25 years old, the author       .

A．planned to open his company	B．became interested in shows
C．gave his mother a gift	D．was out of work

4. Which word can best describe the author’s mother?

A．sensitive.	B．optimistic.
C．considerate.	D．determined.

10 . Measles(麻疹), which once killed 450 children each year and disabled even more, was nearly wiped out in the United States 14 years ago by the universal use of the MMR vaccine(疫苗). But the disease is making a comeback, caused by a growing anti-vaccine movement and misinformation that is spreading quickly. Already this year, 115 measles cases have been reported in the USA, compared with 189 for all of last year.

The numbers might sound small, but they are the leading edge of a dangerous trend. When vaccination rates are very high, as they still are in the nation as a whole, everyone is protected. This is called “herd immunity”, which protects the people who get hurt easily, including those who can’t be vaccinated for medical reasons, babies too young to get vaccinated and people on whom the vaccine doesn’t work.

But herd immunity works only when nearly the whole herd joins in. When some refuse vaccination and seek a free ride, immunity breaks down and everyone is in even bigger danger.

That’s exactly what is happening in small neighborhoods around the country from Orange County, California, where 22 measles cases were reported this month, to Brooklyn, N.Y., where a 17-year-old caused an outbreak last year.

The resistance to vaccine has continued for decades, and it is driven by a real but very small risk. Those who refuse to take that risk selfishly make others suffer.

Making things worse are state laws that make it too easy to opt out(决定不参加) of what are supposed to be required vaccines for all children entering kindergarten. Seventeen states allow parents to get an exemption（豁免), sometimes just by signing a paper saying they personally object to a vaccine.

Now, several states are moving to tighten laws by adding new regulations for opting out. But no one does enough to limit exemptions.

Parents ought to be able to opt out only for limited medical or religious reasons. But personal opinions? Not good enough. Everyone enjoys the life-saving benefits vaccines provide, but they’ll exist only as long as everyone shares in the risks.

1. The first two paragraphs suggest that ____________.

A．a small number of measles cases can start a dangerous trend

B．the outbreak of measles attracts the public attention

C．anti-vaccine movement has its medical reasons

D．information about measles spreads quickly

2. Herd immunity works well when ____________.

A．exemptions are allowed

B．several vaccines are used together

C．the whole neighborhood is involved in

D．new regulations are added to the state laws

3. What is the main reason for the comeback of measles?

A．The overuse of vaccine.

B．The lack of medical care.

C．The features of measles itself.

D．The vaccine opt-outs of some people.

4. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To introduce the idea of exemption.

B．To discuss methods to cure measles.

C．To stress the importance of vaccination.

D．To appeal for equal rights in medical treatment.