1 . What if everyone in the world was exactly alike? The world would be extremely _______. I believe it’s important to _______ people for who they are. _______ are important and they should be respected. Many people throughout history, like Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, did great things, but were _______ strange, because they had strong feelings about something. I can _______to these people, because I’ve been in that situation before.

It all started in elementary school when I _______ that I wasn’t like anyone else. I grew crazy about certain subjects. _______, these subjects didn’t interest other kids and my teachers.

_______, my kindergarten teacher said she would scream at me if I _______ snakes or mice one more time while she was teaching the days of the week. I would get in trouble for not ________ attention, and other kids began to laugh at me.

I might be different, because I have more different ________ than other teenagers, but that doesn’t give them the right to be so ________ to me. Some kids make fun of me for what I like most. People also make fun of me for ________ facts about volcanoes, whales, and many other scientific things. My mom says that she has been able to be well informed by just listening to me, but I’ve even been ________ for being smart. Sometimes I wish I were like everyone else, but not ________, because I believe people should be respected for being different, and we’re all different in our own ways.

1.

A．complex

B．harmonious

C．fantastic

D．boring

2.

A．trust

B．praise

C．accept

D．compare

3.

A．Abilities

B．Differences

C．Efforts

D．Beliefs

4.

A．proved

B．declared

C．found

D．considered

5.

A．relate

B．return

C．apologize

D．respond

6.

A．imagined

B．realized

C．hoped

D．remembered

7.

A．Thankfully

B．Impossibly

C．Apparently

D．Unfortunately

8.

A．By accident

B．In return

C．In fact

D．At most

9.

A．mentioned

B．attacked

C．counted

D．threw

10.

A．attracting

B．focusing

C．escaping

D．controlling

11.

A．aims

B．futures

C．emotions

D．interests

12.

A．mean

B．sensitive

C．attentive

D．blind

13.

A．creating

B．forgetting

C．knowing

D．ignoring

14.

A．misunderstood

B．evaluated

C．tested

D．tolerated

15.

A．clearly

B．eagerly

C．seriously

D．really

2 . Being "young is associated with all the good things in life - beauty, hope, and energy. But youth also has negative associations - impulsiveness, trouble -making, and irresponsibility. This negative side seems to be what society focuses on more, which is why young people have mostly been considered as idle and difficult.

But when it comes to Generation Z - those born between 1996 and 2010 - this stereotype doesn't seem to apply anymore.

In Japan, for example, Gen Z-ers are less likely to buy on impulse, but take into consideration more a product's true value. They' re looking at the companies, not just the products," Masahiko Uotani, CEO of Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido, told Bloomberg. They're asking, 'Are they really delivering value to the society? Are they promoting diversity and inclusion?"

Gen Z-ers are also more grounded than we' ve expected them to be. According to a recent survey by Bank of America, more than half of young adults aged between 18 and 23 said they were planning to buy a house within five years. And they' re not just saying it - they are willing to make sacrifices for it, including getting a second job and saving money for down payment instead of spending it on a vacation.

"Despite their young age, this group is pragmatic and actively planning for their future," D.Steve Boland, head of Consumer Lending at Bank of America, told USA Today. "They have a clear vision how they are willing to help themselves in order to make it happen.

Social issues are also at the center of concern of Gen Z-ers, who take themselves as a changing force of the world. In India, for example, young people who have just reached the voting age are eager to vote for a new leader who is capable of solving problems that matter the most to them, including pollution, unemployment and women' s safety.

As a Gen-Zer yourself, what is your plan for the future?

1. What do the underlined words this stereotype" in paragraph2 refer to ?

A．Being young is good.

B．Gen Z-ers are born after 1996.

C．The traditional poor impressions on the youth.

D．The associations with young people.

2. We can infer from the third paragraph that______________.

A．Gen Z-ers in Japan are picky

B．The Gen Z-ers are self-centered

C．The Gen Z-ers care little about products

D．The Gen Z-ers are wise when shopping

3. What's Steve Boland's attitude to the Gen Z-ers ?

A．Approving.	B．Negative.
C．Indifferent.	D．Critical.

4. Which of the following words may best describe the Gen Z-era?

A．Confident and independent.	B．Visionary and responsible.
C．Persistent and down-to-earth.	D．Active and creative.

3 . Life on the street is a constant struggle for homeless people. In times of extreme weather conditions, that struggle becomes even more difficult. Recently, homeless people across Chicago faced freezing to death if they couldn't find shelter for the night.

Thankfully, one local woman refused to let that happen. On January 30，2018, 34-year-old Candice Payne, a local managing broker, was lucky enough to have shelter from the dangerous conditions.

“It was - 20℃, and I knew they were going to be sleeping on ice and I had to do something,” said Payne. Payne started brainstorming different ways she could possibly help. Finally， she decided to see if there were any rooms available at local inns and hotels that she could get to help those stuck on the street.

For Payne, her mission was   personal. According to Payne, her husband, Carlos Callahan， had lived on the streets at one point in his life. Based on his experiences, Payne knew that the homeless people still out on the street desperately needed help and that if she didn't step up to help, no one likely would.

However, when Payne explained what she was trying to do，many of the local hotels refused to allow her to pay for the rooms as they didn't want homeless people to stay in their rooms. “No one wanted them, but one hotel, the Amber Inn, was nice enough to allow me to buy the rooms,” said Payne.

Payne's selfless act made news across the country. However, she insisted she had never done it for attention. “I am a regular person, ” said Payne, who spent thousands of dollars of her own money to help complete strangers.“It all sounded like a rich person did this, but I’m just a little black girl from the South Side. ”

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

A．Locals living on the street‘

B．The homeless freezing to death.

C．The extreme weather.

D．The shelter for the homeless.

2. How did Candice Payne help the homeless people?

A．By drawing public attention.

B．By giving them money directly.

C．By taking them to her own house.

D．By buying hotel rooms for them.

3. What may contribute to Payne’s nice act?

A．Her husband's past experiences.

B．The requests from the homeless.

C．Her desire to become famous.

D．The coldness of local hotels.

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

A．A Black Fighter Changes the World

B．A Woman’s Curiosity Brings a Reward

C．A Regular Woman Makes a Difference

D．A Couple's Brave Act Moves the Country

4 . When I grow up

In kindergarten, my class was asked to draw pictures, showing what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our drawings were expected to display our dream occupations. I remember pictures of ballerinas dancing, firefighters putting out a blaze, and astronauts leaping across the moon.

My picture showed a figure with brown hair holding a box of orange juice beside a counter. Underneath was my handwriting: “When I grow up, I want to work at Market Basket because it would be fun to swipe (刷) orange juice across the scanner.” Out of everything, my five-year-old self wished to work at the local grocery store.

When we are young, questions of what we want to be when we grow up are common. Yet we are not expected to respond with an answer that is likely to come true. However, when we become teens, we are asked the very same questions twice as often. The difference is, now we are supposed to answer with confidence.

Teens are expected to know exactly what we want to be and how we are going to achieve that goal. However, not all of us can be so sure. Even though I am in high school, I cannot answer with certainty. But I don’t consider that a bad thing. How am I supposed to know what I will want to spend my time doing at age 40?

When I think about the future, I definitely don’t see myself working at Market Basket, but in reality, if that was what would make me happy, I would do it. So, the next time someone asks me what I want to be when I grow up, I will simply say “happy”.

Happiness is a destination for everyone. We may want to walk different paths in life, but we all want to be happy wherever we end up. Choose your path, but don’t worry too much about choosing wisely. Make a mistake or two and try new things. But always remember, if you’re not happy, you’re not at the end of your journey yet.

1. What did the author want to be when he was in kindergarten?

A．An astronaut.

B．A firefighter.

C．A dancer.

D．A cashier.

2. We can learn from the passage that _____.

A．kindergartners are able to display their dream jobs with confidence

B．kindergartners have limited imagination of their dream occupations

C．teenagers are supposed to be clear about what they want to be

D．teenagers stick to the path they chose when they were young

3. The author would probably agree that _____.

A．the principle of growth lies in human choice

B．happiness is the meaning of existence

C．it is never too late to correct mistakes

D．your future depends on your dreams

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Different stages of life.	B．Career guidance.
C．The real goal of life.	D．Career paths.

5 . In the summer of 1978 an English farmer was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered that some of his wheat was lying flat on the ground. The fattened (压平的) wheat formed a circle about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat. The five circles were in a formation like five dots. During the following years, farmers in England found the strange circles in their fields more and more often.
The circles are called “crop circles” because they appear in the fields of grain - usually wheat or corn. The grain in the circles lies flat on the ground but never broken; it continues to grow, and farmers can later harvest it. Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. They appear only in the months from May to September.
At first, people thought that the circles were a hoax. Probably young people were making them as a joke, or farmers were making them to attract tourists. To prove that the circles were a hoax, people tried to make circles exactly like the ones that farmer had found. They couldn’t do it. They couldn’t enter a field of grain without leaving tracks(痕迹), and they couldn’t flatten the grain without breaking it.
Many people believe that beings from outer space are making the circle to communicate with us from far away and that the crop circles are messages from them.
Scientists who have studied the crop circles suggested several possibilities. Some scientists say that a downward rush of wind leads to the formation of the circles - the same downward rush of air that sometimes causes an airplane to crash. Other scientists say that forces within the earth cause the circles to appear. There is one problem with all these scientific explanations: crop circles often appear in formations, like the five-dot formation. It is hard to believe that any natural force could form those.
1. In the summer of 1978, an English farmer discovered in his field that __________.

A．some of his wheat had been damaged

B．his grain was growing up in circles.

C．his grain was moved into several circles

D．some of his wheat had fallen onto the ground.

2. According to the text, the underlined part “hoax” (in the 3^rd paragraph) probably means __________.

A．an attempt made to fool people

B．a special way to plant crops

C．a research on the force of winds

D．an experiment for the protection of crops.

3. Which of the following may prove that the crop circles are not made by man?

A．The farmer couldn’t step out of the field.

B．The farmers couldn’t make the circles round.

C．The farmers couldn’t leave without footprints.

D．The farmers couldn’t keep the wheat straight up.

4. A proper title for this passage is ___________.

A．An Unsolved Mystery

B．Strange Flying Objects

C．The Power of Natural Forces

D．The discovery of Strange Circles