1 . Recently, my husband and three kids were playing in Mediterranean(地中海)，swimming and floating in the picture­perfect sea.It was ridiculously beautiful in Majorca，Spain.The way the sun danced across the water and how the blue horizon was dotted with storybook sailboats were such beautiful scenes.

My husband and I always dreamed about taking our kids on a trip around the world. It was one of the things we talked at length about. When we imagined our life with the children, we hoped we would have.

Fourteen years later, we had three boys who were growing up faster by the day. It was time to make good on those plans. We renewed our passports, and then packed our bags. We showed our kids the world. It was about experiencing the dozens of flights and trains and taxis together. We showed them how wonderful, how diverse, and how fascinating the world is. We wanted them to learn all that we had learned ourselves, through our own travels.

But there was something more than that：What we really wanted is to slow down time. We wanted the days to last a bit longer, and the weeks to take their time. The years with our children are going too fast. We wanted to put the brakes on our busy lives for a year, and just be with our kids. We wanted a break from the daily morning routine of making lunches, eating breakfast and going out the door in time for school. We needed family time out.

It was the wonderful two months in Europe, full of incredible moments.When we look back at our lives, I know we'll be glad we did it.I know we'll be happy that this is a chapter of the story of our family.

1. What did the couple often dream of fourteen years ago?

A．Going to Mediterranean.

B．Travelling with their children.

C．Some storybook sailboats.

D．Their children's growing fast.

2. What does the underlined part“make good on” probably mean?

A．do good to.	B．carry out.
C．make up.	D．put off.

3. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The travel.	B．The children.
C．The transportation.	D．The diverse world.

4. What was the most important in the writer's eyes?

A．Doing everything slowly.	B．Living a busy life.
C．Sticking to the routine.	D．Slowing down the time.

2 . Yesterday was Mother’s Day. Unfortunately, my mother was not among the many happy mothers, as I couldn’t visit her this year. I made a ___on the phone that I would go to see her as soon as possible.

My mother always says that kids don’t need to ___a national day to say they love their mums. However, I remember one year I ___calling her on that very day, and the next morning she rang up to complain about it.

If you ___Thailand, you could hear the sentimental(伤感的) songs about mothers’ greatest love playing in ___places a week before the holiday. Schools, especially, are places that take this day very ___. Back in my teenage years, I ___there was once a Mother’s Day singing ___and my friend represented the school. She was so emotional while singing the famous song on Mother’s Day ___Kah Nam Nom that she almost didn’t finish the song.

However, her deep connection to the song helped her to ____third prize. After the contest, I asked her why she was so emotional ____the song. She told me that while she was singing, suddenly she had the ____that one day her mother would no longer be with her and every word in the song became ____. Every time I hear this song, it’s not my mother who ____to my mind but a ____of my friend crying with a microphone in her hand. The image ____vivid today.

Last week, a colleague ____an experience with me — every year on Mother’s Day, she has to attend a ____ceremony at her daughter’s school. Every year the teachers invite ____to the school for a big gathering in which students pay ____with flower garlands(花环). She said that the event was filled with the sobbing sounds mixed with Mother’s Day anthems.

1.

A．remark

B．promise

C．practice

D．suggestion

2.

A．long for

B．turn to

C．wait for

D．refer to

3.

A．missed

B．tried

C．regretted

D．avoided

4.

A．visit

B．like

C．leave

D．hate

5.

A．secret

B．public

C．large

D．possible

6.

A．strangely

B．carelessly

C．seriously

D．kindly

7.

A．remember

B．think

C．doubt

D．wonder

8.

A．program

B．activity

C．competition

D．show

9.

A．called

B．designed

C．made

D．created

10.

A．assist

B．place

C．win

D．adopt

11.

A．in

B．expect

C．besides

D．about

12.

A．duty

B．gift

C．idea

D．habit

13.

A．interesting

B．heartbreaking

C．delighting

D．puzzling

14.

A．hits

B．comes

C．occurs

D．catches

15.

A．picture

B．guess

C．part

D．drawing

16.

A．develops

B．controls

C．remains

D．increases

17.

A．compared

B．shared

C．provided

D．filled

18.

A．common

B．special

C．serious

D．rare

19.

A．friends

B．fathers

C．students

D．mothers

20.

A．respect

B．attention

C．satisfaction

D．manners

3 . I always had the preference to take on more than I should when I was young. At times, I wanted to prove to myself that I could handle it. At other times, my purpose was to please someone and gain recognition for my efforts. Sometimes this led to stress or frustration.

When I was an IT manager after college graduation I was assigned to work with a wealthy customer and be a go-between (中间人)for my company. I took on the assignment happily, thinking that this might be my time to shine. However, the customer’s demands proved to be more than I could do with. And the company chose to stand by the customer and try to meet his unreasonable requirements rather than stick to what we had originally offered in the contract. As you can imagine, this led to a lot of unexpected problems and arguing with some of the staff who refused to do anything outside their scope (范围) of work. I remember walking into my office one morning, opening my laptop and staring at the blank screen for long, thinking to myself: What should I do? That was a difficult time in my life and then I finally had to give up my first job and left that company sadly.

Perhaps, I thought then, I could find the job that didn’t involve dealing with difficult people and difficult situations. But later I realized: Is this possible in our modern world? No, it is impossible. Now, I know, I shouldn’t run away from the challenges I faced in life: I had to learn how to deal with them. I regret not persevering ( 坚 持 ) in my job. We should train ourselves to look at things from a positive point of view, because that is far better than being trapped in the bad circle depression. I’ve come to see that when faced with difficulties, I should not give up, but persevere.

1. Why did the author take the work assigned to him happily?

A．He wanted to please the boss.

B．The work was very easy for him to do.

C．He failed to find a job many times before.

D．He thought it was time to prove his ability.

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

A．Arguing with some of the staff.

B．Meeting the customer’s unreasonable requirements.

C．Accepting the assignment without hesitation.

D．Sticking to what had been originally offered in the contract.

3. What made the author leave his first job?

A．The depressing job situation.	B．The low payment.
C．His lack of ability.	D．A better job waiting for him.

4. What’s the best title of the text?

A．Running away from challenges.	B．Persevering instead of giving up.
C．Refusing to argue with customers.	D．Leaning to take on more than one can.

4 . Addyson Moffitt is an 8-year-old from Kansas City, Missouri, Maurine Chelagat is a 9-year-old from a village in Kenya called Bartabwa. It might not seem as if the girls have much in common, but when they met at a dinner two years ago, in Kansas City, they instantly hit it off. ''We had this one little red ball to play with,'' Addyson told others. ''We didn't have any electronics or phones, no iPads or TV. It was just us playing.''

The dinner was hosted by the nonprofit group World Vision International. In some parts of the world people must walk several miles each day to collect water from a stream or another water source. Often, the water is polluted, World Vision builds wells, pipelines, and rain catchers in these communities. Addyson was at the dinner because her family supports World Vision. Maurine was there because her village been without clean water. World Vision fixed that by building a water station there. Addyson was inspired by Maurine. "People helped Maurine so she could have clean water, and kids are dying because they don't have. Races are one way World Vision raises money to pay for its water projects. Runners pledge to run a have it, "she says. ''I want to help.''

Races are one way World Vision raises money to pay for its water projects. Runners pledge to run a race, often a 26-mile marathon or 13-mile half marathon. They ask people to support them by donating to World Vision. Addyson decided to run the 2017 Kansas City Half Marathon for World Vision. At age 7, she was one of the youngest-ever runners in the race, and had to get special permission to participate.

Addyson spent four months training with her parents, waking up before 6 a.m. to run. Meanwhile, she started fundraising. She carried a jug of water around her neighborhood, to park conversation about World Vision's work, She bused tables at a restaurant for tips. She asked friends to make donations as birthday presents. By October 2017, when Addyson ran the race, she'd raised more than $20,000. She's the youngest person in World Vision history to raise more than $10,000. In 2018, she ran again-and raised $36, 000. But Addyson's work is not finished. "My goal is for every kid to have clean water," she says.

1. What does the underlined phrase "hit it off" in the first paragraph mean?

A．had a quarrel	B．did homework together
C．played jokes on each other	D．got along well with each other

2. Why could Addyson and Maurine meet at a dinner?

A．They met each other only by chance.

B．Both of their villages are in need of clean water.

C．They both were invited by World Vision International.

D．Addyson wanted to help Maurine through World Vision.

3. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A．Addyson tried her best to raise money.

B．Addyson trained hard to run Half Marathon.

C．World Vision held many races to raise money.

D．Addyson had donated lots of money to World Vision.

4. Which word can best describe Addyson?

A．brave

B．caring

C．understanding

D．grateful

5 . Like you and your pet dog, plants are living things: they eat, drink, and grow. Unlike you and your dog, they can't run away, use fists or teeth, or hide under the covers when they're threatened. But they can fight back.

Why would a plant need to fight back? To avoid being eaten, of course! Plants have several ways of protecting themselves. A plant can grow in a hidden or hard-to-get-to place. Think of plants you've seen growing on steep, rocky cliff (悬崖). Or, a plant could make only some parts of itself attractive to hungry insects and animals. For instance, if a plant produced really tasty leaves, herbivores (creatures that eat only plants) might eat the leaves instead of the seeds, which the plant needs for making more plants. Some plants have sharp or slippery (滑的) parts that discourage insects and other animals from getting too close, like the thorns(刺) on a rosebush.

But the most interesting way that plants fight back is by using chemicals. Plants take minerals from the soil and combine them into chemicals that do a lot of work. For example, plants produce chlorophyll(叶绿素), which helps convert sunshine and water into the sugars that plants eat.

They also produce chemicals to help protect themselves. One kind of tobacco plant releases a chemical into the air whenever small bugs begin to eat it. The chemical signals large bugs, saying "Dinner's ready!" The big bugs come to eat the little ones and save the plant.

Most plants use chemicals in a more direct way against their enemies. In other words, plants make poison.

1. What does the underlined word "convert" mean?

A．Change	B．Separate
C．Form	D．Produce

2. What do we know from the passage?

A．Some plants hide under the covers when faced with threat.

B．A plant grows in a hard-to-get-to place to draw people's attention.

C．Some plants produce tasty leaves to protect their seeds.

D．Plants produce chemicals to meet the needs of big bugs.

3. What may be talked about following the last paragraph?

A．Different effects that different plant poisons cause on plant eaters.

B．Different kinds of plants in the world.

C．Why plants make poison?

D．How to protect plants?

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Plant information.	B．Plant enemies.
C．Plant poisons.	D．Plant protection.

6 . When bicycle-sharing company oBike pulled out of Singapore abruptly last year, it left the city with unattended bicycles everywhere. Myanmar businessman Mike Than Tun Win saw the perfect opportunity to turn trash (垃圾) into treasure. “What if these bicycles could be distributed to poor students in villages so they can cycle to school?” he thought.

Mr Than, 33, grew up in Mandalay, where he used to walk to school as a student. While traveling through rural (乡村的) areas in Myanmar over the last few years he saw things had not changed. Long lines of children in rural villages continue to walk 30 minutes to an hour just to get to school. “I thought if we could just reduce the time they take, they could spend more time studying, gain more knowledge and increase their chances of getting out of poverty (贫困),” he said.

With that, he started a movement called Lesswalk with the intention of buying bicycles from bike-sharing firms oBike and ofo-which have stopped operations in Singapore — and shipping them to Yangon. He would renew the bicycles before distributing them to teenagers and families living in rural villages in Myanmar, beginning with villages in Mandalay and Sagaing areas.

Over the last three months, the businessman has bought 10,000 bicycles in Singapore and Malaysia. He paid for 5,000 of the bicycles out of his own pocket, with other sponsors paying for the rest.

Mr Than plans to modify (修改) the bicycles so that they can better suit the needs of the children in villages, most of the time they ride around with their little brothers and sisters. I’m planning to add an extra seat at the back so that they can go to school together,” he said. He also plans to remove the digital locks and give each a new one that works better in villages.

Including the cost of shipping, modification and distribution, Mr Than thinks each bicycle might cost him around US $35 to US $40. “I might have to spend more money, but it is better that these bicycles are going to help some people rather than going to waste,” he said.

1. What's the author’s main purpose of writing the first two paragraphs?

A．To show Myanmar’ s hard rural life.

B．To explain how to turn trash into treasure.

C．To call on more people to follow Mr Than.

D．To state the background of starting Lesswalk.

2. How does Mr Than plan to adapt the bicycles?

A．By painting them in a colorful way.

B．By adding a bright light to each of them.

C．By adding two extra seats to each of them.

D．By changing the digital locks into new ones.

3. What can we infer from Mr Than’s words in the last paragraph?

A．He has a high opinion of himself.

B．He feels regret about what he has done.

C．He is a man with strong social responsibility.

D．He has decided to keep on working with oBike.

4. What's the best title for the text?

A．More unattended bicycles are attracting big attention

B．Bicycle-sharing companies are forced to leave Singapore

C．Rural villages in Myanmar are sponsored out of poverty

D．Businessman donates recycled bicycles to poor students

7 . It’s a common belief that the roles actors play might somehow reflect their true personalities. It’s usually not true, but British actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 34, is an exception.

In September,2019 Waller-Bridge took home three Emmy awards for her work on Fleabag–--- best writing in a comedy series, best lead actress, and best comedy series.

Her success is partly because of her family. Descended（遗传） from British nobility, Waller-Bridge was brought up in a free environment. Her mother always told her, “You can be whatever you want if you imagine it.” So Waller-Bridge broke all the rules about what a “good” girl should do. “Our laws and moral codes don’t apply – she lives ... without fear of consequence,” The Sun noted.

That fearlessness extends to being authentic（真实的） in her writing and acting. Unlike the can-do heroines and strong, successful women in many TV dramas, Waller-Bridge shows an imperfect but real character. Just like the character Fleabag, who always found a way to say or do the wrong thing, Waller-Bridge feels her life is a mess. “It resonated（共鸣） with the lives of stressed-out women everywhere in reality – doing their best to find balance in their lives,” a viewer wrote on US movie website IMDb. Variety magazine even calls her an “all-around icon”.

Villanelle in Killing Eve, another hit TV series developed by Waller-Bridge, was a little bit violent but showed no interest for the rules others created, which made many people see themselves in her.

“People have been scared to write characters like these. But I think, now, women are so relieved to have this new template（样板，人设）. And, aren’t we all a bit of everything?”Waller-Bridge said in an interview with Indian Express.

With such courage and sincerity, Waller-Bridge is, without a doubt, a “golden girl” in Hollywood, Australian news website The New Daily commented.

1. What is Waller-Bridge good at ?

A．performing	B．writing reports
C．directing films	D．designing

2. From Paragraph 3 we can know ______________.

A．Waller-Bridge family results in her achievements.

B．Waller-Bridge’s mother gave her encouragement.

C．Waller-Bridge grew up in a rich home.

D．Waller-Bridge is a bad girl in nature.

3. Who definitely interviewed Waller-Bridge according to the passage?

A．The Sun	B．Variety magazine
C．Indian Express	D．The New Daily

4. Which is the most impressive characteristic of Waller-Bridge according to the media?

A．Being brave	B．Being talented
C．Being hardworking	D．Staying true

8 . We all often deal with people who complain about the failures and troubles of their daily lives. Life seems to be full of problems for them.     1    . If there were no problems in your job, then your employer would hire a much less capable (能干的) person than you to do the things that don’t need much thought. In the business world, those who are able to solve difficult problems are the ones who are the most valuable to the employer.

    2    . The runner who trains for the mile run in the Olympics by running downhill will have no chance of winning the medal at all. The runner who trains by running uphill is far more likely to develop the speed and endurance（耐力）needed to win the medal.

Boxer Gene Tunney broke both hands in the ring.     3    . But at that time his manager felt that he could never again punch（重击）hard enough to be the heavyweight champion. Instead, Tunney determined to become a scientific boxer and win the title as a boxer.     4    . As a puncher, he would not have had a chance against Jack Dempsey, who was considered by many to be the hardest hitter in heavyweight history. Tunney would never have been a champion, if he had not had the problem of his broken hands.

    5    , you should smile and say, “Here’s my chance to win.”

A．Every time you are feeling down

B．It turned out to be the best thing to him

C．The next time you meet with a difficult climb

D．I would like to think such a life nothing unusual

E．He was lucky to be trained by an experienced coach

F．He proved to be one of the best boxers who had ever fought

G．Many times the problems we face force us to grow and become abler

9 . It is every kid’s worst nightmare(噩梦) and six-year-old Jaden Hayes has lived it twice. First he lost his dad when he was only at the age of four and then last month his mom died unexpectedly in her deep sleep.

“I tried and I tried and I tried to get her awake , but... I just couldn’t,” said Jaden.

No one could imagine how heartbroken Jaden was.

But there’s another side to his sadness. A side he first made public a few weeks ago when he told his aunt, Barbara DiCola, and now his guardian(监护人) after both his parents died, that he was sick and tired of seeing everyone sad all the time. And he had a plan to fix it.

“And that was the beginning of it,” said Barbara. “That’s where the adventure began.”

Jaden asked his aunt Barbara to buy a bunch of little toys and bring him to downtown Savannah, Georgia near where he lives, so he could give them away to anyone who will smile to him. “I’m trying to make people smile,” said Jaden.

Jaden targets people who aren’t already smiling and then turns their day around. He’s gone out on four different occasions now and he is always successful. Even if sometimes he doesn’t get exactly the reaction he was hoping for.

It is just so overwhelming to some people that a six-year-old orphan would give away a toy — expecting nothing in return — except a smile.

“I’m depending on it to be 33,000,” said Jaden. When asked if he thinks he can make that goal, he answered: “I think I can.”

1. What happened to Jaden when he was 6 years old?

A．He had a nightmare one night.	B．His father died unexpectedly.
C．He lost both his mother and his father.	D．His mother died suddenly in her deep sleep.

2. Who is Barbara DiCola?

A．She is Jaden’s new mother.	B．She is Jaden’s aunt and his guardian as well.
C．She is Jaden’s aunt.	D．She is Jaden’s neighbour.

3. Why did Jaden ask Barbara DiCola to buy him toys?

A．To sell them to the people in Savannah, Georgia.	B．To make some money.
C．To help those who were in trouble.	D．To make people smile.

4. Which of the following words can be used to describe Jaden?

A．Caring and confident.	B．Rich and hopeful.
C．Pitiful and kind.	D．Hardworking and kind.

10 . “Small enough to fit in your hands but too dangerous to hold” is a good description of the hedgehog. Though small, it is able to protect itself from attack or harm. Thousands of stiff, sharp spines cover the animal’s back and sides. Even though spines provide the hedgehog with effective protection, the animal’s most striking characteristic is its practice of curling up into a tight ball, with its spines sticking out in all directions. The hedgehog curls up if disturbed or frightened—only the strongest animals can open it. It also sleeps in this position, so it is rarely caught unprotected.

Hedgehogs can live in a wide range of climates and lands in East Africa. They must have dry shelters on well-drained soil and a good supply of insects. Nairobi, the capital of Kenya in East Africa, meets these habitat conditions, where hedgehogs are reported to be abundant. A hedgehog uses a small home range with an approximate 120-yard radius (半径范围) from its nest. The hedgehog makes loud noises if its range is invaded by another animal.

The hedgehog wakes up at dusk and begins its activities alone. It uses regular pathways, walking along on its short legs searching for food. A hedgehog will eat about one-third of its body weight in one night. Its favorite foods are insects, earthworms and snails, making it a welcome guest in many gardens—it is even kept as a pet. It is also known to eat eggs, small mammals, birds, frogs, reptiles, and roots. Although not completely immune to poison, hedgehogs have enough resistance to allow them to eat poisonous snakes.

1. While facing danger, the hedgehog ________.

A．stands straight up	B．makes loud noises
C．goes back to its nest	D．uses its spines for protection

2. The second paragraph is mainly about hedgehog’s ________.

A．appearance

B．habitat

C．diet

D．hunting skills

3. According to paragraph 3, the hedgehog is ________.

A．active at night	B．afraid of snakes
C．keeping away from gardens	D．totally immune to poisons

4. It can be inferred from the text that ________.

A．there is a lot of rain in Nairobi

B．hedgehogs are cooperative animals

C．hedgehogs always stay on guard against danger

D．there is an increasing trend towards keeping pet hedgehogs