1 . Several months ago, a tornado fiercely hit our city without any signs before. We hadn’t ___________for it in advance, so we were just forced to go into our___________actions. I happened not to be in the classroom when it attacked. Hearing the alarm screaming, I rushed___________as fast as I could back to the classroom.

Never did I imagine that we would put our regular_________to use. Never did I imagine that my students had ___________against the wall and crouched(蹲) down on their knees. Their eyes were obviously filled with___________as they asked if their parents, pets, and friends would be okay. I, along with other teachers, tried our best to___________them, though we actually didn’t know what the___________would be.

I couldn’t ___________the tornado anymore. However, I’m very proud of my students who performed so well. In such a(an)____________and dangerous situation, they behaved beyond their ages. Never in my life had I seen them ____________instructions(指示) so quickly, without any hesitation. Though some tears were dropping and some hearts were beating fast, the kids were incredibly____________. I’m extremely proud that they struggled to calm down because of their____________in me.

Because of the tornado, I realized that my job as a teacher meant a lot. Behind every well-behaved students are a long line of teachers who have made it their life’s ____________to educate them with safety, courage, calmness and trust. Though the tornado has presented ____________, I’m sure we can handle them one by one.

1.

A．paid

B．searched

C．accounted

D．prepared

2.

A．agency

B．education

C．emergency

D．selection

3.

A．suddenly

B．finally

C．secretly

D．immediately

4.

A．games

B．trainings

C．languages

D．saving

5.

A．mixed up

B．stood out

C．lined up

D．spoken out

6.

A．fear

B．anger

C．shame

D．shock

7.

A．encounter

B．comfort

C．satisfy

D．praise

8.

A．problem

B．result

C．success

D．reason

9.

A．hate

B．expect

C．see

D．approach

10.

A．simple

B．ideal

C．scary

D．strange

11.

A．follow

B．provide

C．repeat

D．change

12.

A．fortunate

B．honest

C．confident

D．brave

13.

A．trust

B．pride

C．interest

D．growth

14.

A．reward

B．power

C．wisdom

D．goal

15.

A．chances

B．challenges

C．adventures

D．discussions

2 . I have been afraid of heights for as long as I can remember. When I was 11, my school built a leadership training center that had various challenges. The most ________ of them all was called “The Leap of Faith”, where you had to climb a ________ to a platform 11 meters high. Once there, you had to ________ the platform and reach out to grab a rope. I had seen students do it and had sworn there was no way I would ever ________ it.

One day my teacher asked me, “Are you going to try?” I ________ it off and told him that he couldn’t pay me to do it. ________, he encouraged me until finally I agreed to do it.

I climbed up and when I got to the top, I was in shock and couldn’t move. Seeing this, my teacher ________ that instead of jumping off the platform and grabbing the rope, I just sit on the edge and then slide down. I sat down, but still couldn’t bring myself to slide off the ________. I sat there for 20 minutes. Finally, with the encouragement of my class, I slid down.

When I finally reached the ground, I heard two boys ________ me about it behind my back. So, I decided I wanted to ________ again.

Over the next two weeks, I did all sorts of things to ________ myself. I jumped off tables and did some high ropes stuff. One morning before school I went down to the center, climbed to the top of the ladder, encouraged myself and then...I DID IT! I had never before felt so ________ of myself.

I learned so much during that time. The most important thing was that sometimes situations are ________ but that doesn’t make them impossible. People will doubt you in life, but I have learned that ________ is the best way to reply to people like that.

So, always keep dreaming and don’t let your ________ get in the way.

1.

A．difficult

B．interesting

C．important

D．useful

2.

A．wall

B．tree

C．ladder

D．rock

3.

A．deal with

B．jump off

C．rely on

D．hurry down

4.

A．consider

B．examine

C．adopt

D．attempt

5.

A．put

B．laughed

C．called

D．kicked

6.

A．Therefore

B．Instead

C．Anyway

D．Moreover

7.

A．suggested

B．announced

C．required

D．agreed

8.

A．branch

B．stage

C．shore

D．edge

9.

A．teasing

B．asking

C．praising

D．blaming

10.

A．act

B．try

C．show

D．slide

11.

A．assess

B．please

C．calm

D．prepare

12.

A．aware

B．afraid

C．proud

D．serious

13.

A．frightening

B．different

C．strange

D．dangerous

14.

A．exercise

B．knowledge

C．success

D．independence

15.

A．anger

B．confusion

C．failures

D．fears

5 . When you are about to go to a boarding school (寄宿制学校) in England, there are many different questions that may come to mind. But once you look at them with some perspective (视角), you will certainly feel easy. Here is a normal boarding day.

Early Morning:

Usually boarders get up around 7:00 am and have around an hour to take a shower and put on their uniform before breakfast.

Lessons:

Classes start at 9: 00 am and every lesson lusts for 50 minutes. After two lessons, at 10: 40 am, you’ll have a short break. The next period of classics will include two more lessons.

Lunch:

Lunch is usually held around 12:30 pm at the dining hall, where you’ll join your friends to enjoy a hot dish. After an hour of lunch, you’ll have three or four more lessons to attend.

Dinner:

At 5:00 pm you will have finished your school lessons for the day. Most boarding schools in the UK offer their full boarders different kinds of hot meals to choose from.

Activities/ Sports:

All boarding schools in the UK provide many different kinds of activities for their boarders, such as football, swimming, golf or art.

Prep:

An important part of boarding school life is the supervised homework session known as “prop”. Although “prep” might sound stressful, it’s a great way for you to keep up with your studies.

Free time:

Once you have done all your classes and activities, it’s time to relax.

Bedtime:

In most boarding schools, the lights go out around 10:30 pm.

Being nervous just before you go to a boarding school is completely normal and understandable. Hopefully, knowing the usual routine (常规) can help you. Once you are there, you will also see how exciting life in a boarding school in England can be.

1. What can help you keep up with your studies in the boarding school?

A．Doing activitıes.	B．Having lessons.
C．Enjoying free time.	D．Supervised homework sessions.

2. What do we know about boarding schools in England from the text?

A．Classes usually start at 8:30 am.	B．Students can have a short break after four lessons.
C．They don’t give students any free time.	D．They turn off the lights around 10:30 pm.

3. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To help students know about boarders’ life.	B．To attract more students to boarding schools.
C．To introduce a new school life.	D．To advertise for boarding schools.

6 . Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in the 16th century when English rulers tried to conquer (征服) Ireland. For hundreds of years, the Irish people fought against the English. Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give independence to the south of Ireland. The result is that today there are two “Irelands”. Northern Ireland, in the north, is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland, in the south, is an independent country.

In the 1840s the main crop, potatoes, was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger. This, and a shortage (短缺) of work, forced many people to leave Ireland and live in the USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result of these problems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851.

For many years, the majority of Irish people earned their living as farmers. Today, many people still work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside, where things move at a quieter and slower pace.

The Irish are famous for being warm－hearted and friendly. Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were “the greatest talkers since the Greeks”. Since independence, Ireland has revived (复兴) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish songs which are sung without instruments. Other kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc.

1. What does the author tell us in Paragraph 1?

A．How the Irish fought against the English.

B．How Ireland gained independence.

C．How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland.

D．How two “Irelands” came into being.

2. We learn from the text that in Ireland ________.

A．food shortages and a lack of work in the 1840s led to a decline in population

B．people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countryside

C．it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory worker

D．different kinds of old Irish songs are all sung with instruments

3. The last paragraph is mainly about ________.

A．the Irish character	B．the Irish culture
C．Irish musical instruments	D．a famous Irish writer

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

A．Life in Ireland	B．A Very Difficult History
C．Ireland, Past and Present	D．The Independence of Ireland

7 . Carbon dioxide emissions from transportation are now thought as the top source of green-house gases. One of the most effective ways to reduce your carbon footprint is to reconsider how much, and how often, you travel.

Going car free for a year could save about 2. 6 tons of carbon dioxide, according to a study from the University of British Columbia. How can you stop using a car? Try taking a train, bus or better yet, riding a bike.

But let’s be realistic. You will likely need to use a car this year. So, when you do, here are some tips to make your trip more climate-friendly. Driving efficiently can help to reduce emissions. Go easy on the gas and brakes and drive like you have an egg under your foot. Regularly service your car to keep it more efficient. Keeping your tires pumped correctly can re-duce emissions. Low tire pressure will hurt your fuel economy. Air conditioning and frequent city driving can make emissions go up. So cut down on these as often as possible. Use cruise control (定速巡航) on long drives-in most cases, this can help to save gas. Don’t weigh your car down with extra things that you don’t need on your trip.

Fly often? Taking one fewer long round-trip flight could reduce your personal carbon footprint significantly. If you use public transportation often and fly less, your carbon foot-print might still be relatively sustainable, but if you drive and fly a lot, your emissions will be sigher. If you can’t avoid flying, you can offset them by donating money to sustainable proacts, such as supplying efficient stoves to rural homes, or projects which help farmers deal with crop waste environmentally.

1. What does the author think of going car free?

A．Efficient.

B．Costly.

C．Impractical.

D．Reliable.

2. Which can be adopted to save fuel of your car?

A．Maintaining your car properly.	B．Using cruise control in the city.
C．Stepping hard on the gas and brakes.	D．Geiting rid of all the necessary loads.

3. What does the underlined word “offset” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Make up for.

B．Team up with.

C．Set foot in.

D．Put up with.

4. Which is the best title for the text?

A．How to save fuel when driving cars	B．How to reduce your carbon footprint
C．Reduce carbon footprint by all means	D．Lower carbon footprint in transportation

8 . Sugar-free cookies, sugar-free candy, and diet soda—are these better for you? After sugar became a no-no in the nutrition and wellness world, sugar-free food and drinks acted as a replacement for once beloved sweet drinks and snacks. Being claimed to be ZERO sugar means the food and drinks are healthier, better for diabetics, and help you slim down ... Right? Wrong. Sugar-free products aren’t better for you. In fact, they are worse. For most sugar-free products, it means that artificial sweeteners (甜味剂) are used instead of real sugar. The problem is that these sweeteners do not come from natural soures and they can do you more harm than good.

       Let’s get into what these artificial sweeteners actually are. Sugar-free sugar sounds wrong because there is no such thing as sugar-free sugar. Some of these sugar-free alternatives even contain sugar and the ones that have chemicals your body often does not know how to process. Most artificial sweeteners are a lot sweeter than sugar so only a small quantity of them are needed. That’s why they can market sugar-free alternatives as “low-calorie” or “no-calorie’. It also means that you get no nutritional value from consuming them, which is why so many sugar-free replacements are classified as “non-nutritive”. These artificial sweeteners tend to hide under some names. Actually, they are 200-600 times sweeter than sugar.
       When you eat sweet stuff, your body continues to desire it and, even though your body cannot metabolize (代谢) these sugar-free alternatives, your brain does not know the difference. In turn sugar-free alternatives relate to weight gain and Type-2 diabetes. Besides, artificial sweeteners also damage your gut’s ability to break down sugar which impacts everything you eat. In other words, your body doesn’t know how to handle artificial sweeteners because they have nothing real to process.
       Here is a good rule of thumb: stay away from artificial sweeteners and look for non-sugar, natural sweeteners like stevia (甜叶菊) or date sugar. In the war against artificial sweeteners and real sugar, both lose. Satisfy your sweet tooth with natural sugar that comes from fruits and stay away from products claimed to be sugar-free.
1. What do most sugar-free products have in common?

A．They don’t taste sweet.	B．They are free of calories.
C．They are rich in nutrition.	D．They have artificial sweeteners.

2. What can be inferred about artificial sweeteners?

A．They are as sweet as sugar.	B．They pose a big risk to health.
C．They can be metabolized easily	D．They have long been added to food.

3. What does the author advise us to do?

A．To keep a balanced diet.	B．To stay away from sugary products.
C．To choose fewer artificial ingredients.	D．To take in sugar from natural sources

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Why are sugar-free products bad for your health?

B．How will sugar-free products affect your body?

C．What can be called sugar-free products?

D．Why are sugar-free products popular?

9 . In January, 2021, the ice-making work on the ”Ice Ribbon“, a landmark venue for the Beijing Winter Olympics, was completed.

In the Winter Olympics, where races can be won or lost by a small time gap, tiny imperfections in the ice can make all the differences. ”It’s not just a hunk of ice like you’d normally think of, like ice cubes sitting in your freezer,“ told Kenneth Golden, a U. S. mathematician who studies the structures of ice. ”It’s a much more fascinating and complex substance than people would normally think.“

The first step for building any ice rink is to purify the water to remove dissolved solids like salts and minerals. Such impurities don’t fit in the regular hexagonal(六边形的)structure of ice that forms as water freezes. The purer the water, the more consistent the ice surface.

In addition to the need for excellence in the raw materials of ice-making, technology is also very important, As one of the most advanced technologies for winter sports venues, a carbon dioxide cooling technology has been applied on a large scale for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. CO₂ , is not new when it comes to ice-making. However, it has been gradually replaced by the man-made refrigerant, like Freon.

With increasing attention toward climate change, the old refrigerant has come into use again. As an element of the atmosphere, CO₂, doesn’t damage the ozone layer. Although CO₂ is a greenhouse gas, its greenhouse effect is much lower than that of other synthetic refrigerants. The Winter Olympics venues adopted CO₂ instead of Freon as a refrigerant in ice-making, which will reduce carbon dioxide emissions greatly.

”We believe these technological innovations will bring Beijing 2022 to spectators all over the world in a more impressive way.“ told Gao Bo from the Media Operations Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

1. What is the result of impurities in water for ice-making?

A．The water isn’t able to freeze completely.

B．The quality of the ice will be affected.

C．The ice surface will be more consistent.

D．It’s likely for athletes to fall on the ice.

2. Why has CO₂ cooling technology been applied for the Winter Olympic Games?

A．It’s the most advanced technology for ice-making.

B．CO2 is more efficient than other refrigerants.

C．CO2 is more environmentally friendly than Freon.

D．CO2 has already existed in the atmosphere.

3. What is Gao Bo’s attitude to CO₂ being applied to ice-making?

A．Unclear.

B．Opposed.

C．Doubtful.

D．Favorable.

4. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A．The Beijing Winter Olympic Games Are Coming

B．Beneath Olympic Ice

C．The Use of Refrigerants in Olympic Games

D．The Structure of Ice

10 . I have invented robots that crawl(爬)through pipes to check them for damage. Two of my_______allow cars to be used as power plants on wheels. My love of building things_______when I was a kid. It wasn’t until I leaned about Thomas Edison, though, that I really became excited about inventing. 

When I was in fourth grade, our teacher gave us a_______. We had to write to a company and learn about the_______it made. Each student would then give a report in front of the class. I_______the Thomas A.Edison Company.  

Soon after I wrote to the company, our mailman_______a package to me. It contained a book about the life of Thomas Edison. How I_______reading and rereading about his inventions! The ones that impressed me most were movies, recorded sound and the electric light. Edison became my hero. 

My dad noticed my interest in inventing and_______me. He showed me how to turn my ideas into plans and, finally into new things.  

Together, my dad and I repaired radios and televisions. Once, I surprised my dad with a_______I made to adjust the brakes(刹车)of our car. Later, we found a similar tool in a store. That’s when I learned that________inventors often invent similar things. It is not________for this to happen. I learned, too, that not all great ideas work.________is a common part of the inventing process.  

As my father and I worked together, I began to________that my dad was quite an inventor himself. His guiding hands, combined with my________in inventing, led me to become an engineer and inventor. But I am________to Thomas Edison, too, for first lighting that bulb(电灯泡)inside me.

1.

A．approaches

B．experiments

C．inventions

D．conclusion

2.

A．died

B．began

C．fade

D．won

3.

A．project

B．lesson

C．surprise

D．present

4.

A．decisions

B．products

C．orders

D．accounts

5.

A．joined

B．owned

C．started

D．chose

6.

A．opened

B．offered

C．delivered

D．lent

7.

A．enjoyed

B．minded

C．avoided

D．hated

8.

A．stopped

B．blamed

C．controlled

D．encouraged

9.

A．tool

B．promise

C．mistake

D．trick

10.

A．young

B．different

C．great

D．real

11.

A．reasonable

B．improper

C．practical

D．unusual

12.

A．Imagination

B．Failure

C．Happiness

D．Wealth

13.

A．hope

B．suggest

C．realize

D．consider

14.

A．honor

B．difficulty

C．experience

D．interest

15.

A．grateful

B．polite

C．related

D．equal