1 . Last week I went shopping in the supermarket. I got to the front of the _________ and put my groceries on the checkout. I was about to pay, when I _________ that I didn’t have my bank card with me. I _________. Then I remembered I left it at home when I _________ something online. All I had was a $20 note and some coins in my wallet. I was short _________ at least $25, and I needed to buy most of the items.

I started to _________ to the checkout lady. “I’m sorry, I stop the queue. Can I put these things back? And I think I’ll _________ these. Oh, no, need that.”

An Irish lady was _________ behind me, next in the queue. “Excuse me, dear,” she said. “Oh, I’m so sorry,” I replied. “I’m _________ you up.” “Of course not. I know __________ you feel. This happens to all of us at some point. Now please use my __________ to pay the bill and you can be on your way.”

I was astonished by her kindness, __________ even. No matter how I insisted, she was __________ to help me. Afterwards I asked for her telephone number to __________ and pay her back. “No,” she said, “rather than paying it back, you may do a good deed for the next person in need.”

By helping others, can we start the chain __________ of positive feeling and charity that can benefit our whole society?

1.

A．table

B．supermarket

C．queue

D．shelf

2.

A．realized

B．knew

C．recognized

D．observed

3.

A．hesitated

B．stopped

C．panicked

D．struggled

4.

A．explored

B．bought

C．learned

D．delivered

5.

A．by

B．under

C．on

D．with

6.

A．cry

B．apologize

C．complain

D．explain

7.

A．borrow

B．drop

C．follow

D．take

8.

A．standing

B．supporting

C．blaming

D．shouting

9.

A．turning

B．putting

C．joining

D．holding

10.

A．what

B．how

C．why

D．when

11.

A．card

B．fame

C．income

D．identity

12.

A．abnormal

B．anxious

C．embarrassed

D．hopeless

13.

A．polite

B．determined

C．excited

D．unwilling

14.

A．fit in

B．get through

C．look up

D．get in touch

15.

A．reaction

B．sympathy

C．satisfaction

D．relationship

2 . I first discovered Café Gratitude several months ago. My friend Heather invited me to ___ her for lunch. Heather had just moved to Los Angeles, and we would discuss the project we were doing. As we sat down and were ___ the delicious vegetarian menu, the server who came to take our order asked us the question of the day. What are you grateful for? I felt a familiar stir(震动) in my chest, and my eyes began to water. ___ a pause, Heather ___ her hand to me and said that it was with me. I expressed my gratitude to be with her ___, enjoying this moment of our shared ___ and her new start in Los Angeles. After a delicious lunch, I decided to stay a while longer as the question had inspired me to meet the co-owner, Ryland. Pauses or delays in life are a very good time to listen to what’s ___ inside of our hearts. 

When Ryland came over to my ___ with his big smile, his title of Chief Inspiration Officer seemed very ___ for his personality. He gave me his ____ attention as he opened his heart to listen. I told him how I wanted to help him open more ____ so there could be more places to eat and help spread this message of “being generous and grateful every day”. Since that ____, Café Gratitude has been my favorite place to eat. 

What a rewarding and meaningful experience! And I’ve since learned that Café Gratitude ____ business through what they call Sacred Commerce where they “provide inspired service and express ____ for the richness of our lives”. A simple question that day ____ me down new paths and gave me new friendships.

1.

A．attend

B．accompany

C．involve

D．join in

2.

A．looking

B．testing

C．planning

D．studying

3.

A．Without

B．Despite

C．In terms of

D．Regardless of

4.

A．reached

B．shook

C．clapped

D．stuck

5.

A．either

B．as well as

C．also

D．too

6.

A．project

B．honesty

C．friendship

D．seat

7.

A．looking on

B．insisting on

C．going on

D．agreeing on

8.

A．company

B．table

C．house

D．car

9.

A．suitable

B．ready

C．eager

D．famous

10.

A．simple

B．full

C．urgent

D．regular

11.

A．hotels

B．schools

C．clubs

D．cafes

12.

A．meeting

B．performance

C．act

D．vacation

13.

A．practices

B．reviews

C．trains

D．concludes

14.

A．explanation

B．appreciation

C．consideration

D．application

15.

A．surprised

B．returned

C．led

D．held

3 . Life affects (影响) friendships. As we grow, marry, fight in wars, move across the country or change jobs, old friendships fall away and new ones come. As long as we live, the things around us change, and as long as things change, friendships are affected.

When we were children, we had best friends. No matter what happened we were still friends. We live our lives, however, and do what life calls for us to do, and as we got older, memories are lost, faces get changed, and even friends’ names from childhood are forgotten.

Do you have a question about friendship? Do you wonder what to do with a friend who is no longer friendly? Perhaps you will see that you can’t control others. If someone wants to be your friend, it is their choice. All you can do is treat them well and do the best for them when you are with them. Then you wish them well when they leave.

You can talk to old timers and they will tell you that life is full of unbelievable joy and unbelievable sorrow, and that what bothers you today will one day becomes a memory and the pain will be gone. Seniors might tell you that you will learn more as you get older. They will tell you that friendships come and friendships go. Sometimes when they go it will hurt, but you will be okay with it. It’s the way life works, after all.

1. What can we learn about friendship, according to the text?

A．Friendship can not be easily affected by one’s family.

B．Friends are always around us and will never go away.

C．Friends in childhood are sometimes forgotten by us.

D．Friends in childhood are the best no matter what happens.

2. What should we do with friends who are no longer friendly in the author’s opinion?

A．Care about them and do the best for them when we are together.

B．Forget them and make new friends who have a lot in common with us.

C．Find the reason why our friendship has changed.

D．Do our best to control them and make them listen to us.

3. What the old timers and seniors in the last paragraph tell you about friendship will _______.

A．make you have no good friends

B．help you have healthy understanding of friendship

C．remind you to always help your friends

D．lead you to be a powerful man

4. The best title of the passage could be ________.

A．How to share happiness with friends

B．How to deal with unfriendly people

C．How to make good friends

D．How to face the changes in friendship

4 . Stephen Hawking not only changed the way people thought about science, but he also changed the way people viewed ________ . Diagnosed(诊断) with motor neurone disease in his twenties, many of his scientific discoveries were made while his body was ________ .

When Hawking studied at Oxford University, he had a ________ for being lively, humorous and popular. ________ , during his final year at Oxford, he fell over for no particular reason. When noticing his speech began to be ________, Hawking sought medical help. It was then that he was diagnosed with the disease. Doctors at the time gave him less than two years to ________.

Luckily, he survived. However, after his diagnosis, his ________ failed quickly. Throughout the 1960s, he required stick to walk, ________ a wheelchair for many years. It was only by the end of the 1960s that he ________ accepted he would need a full-time mobility aid.

Despite Hawking's poor health, he made some important scientific ________. It was in 1974 that he discovered what now is ________ as "Hawking radiation". Later, in 1988, Hawking published his book A Brief History of Time.

It was his ________ —focusing on what was possible rather than impossible—that defined (定义) his public image. His books made science easily ________ to a wider public. Hawking once said, "My advice to other people would be: ________ things your disability doesn't prevent you from doing well, and don't ________ the things it interferes with(干扰). Don' t be disabled in spirit, as well as physically.”

1.

A．nature

B．disability

C．knowledge

D．space

2.

A．growing

B．recovering

C．shaking

D．failing

3.

A．fancy

B．request

C．preference

D．name

4.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．However

D．Instead

5.

A．unclear

B．boring

C．brief

D．incorrect

6.

A．relax

B．study

C．live

D．adapt

7.

A．health

B．mind

C．sight

D．memory

8.

A．preparing

B．seeking

C．refusing

D．pushing

9.

A．obviously

B．formally

C．accidentally

D．eventually

10.

A．experiments

B．illustrations

C．achievements

D．researches

11.

A．tried out

B．referred to

C．ended up

D．set up

12.

A．determination

B．creativity

C．potential

D．carefulness

13.

A．acceptable

B．accessible

C．suitable

D．affordable

14.

A．believe in

B．leave behind

C．gather up

D．concentrate on

15.

A．mourn

B．share

C．forget

D．admit

5 . Paired up in the right setting, dogs and horses can have their fair share of fun—at times even playing together and mimicking each other's facial expressions, new research suggests. These findings, published in the journal Behavioural Processes, mark the first example of so-called rapid facial mimicry occurring between play partners of different species, and indicate the existence of a universal language of play. Though the purpose behind play remains unclear, scientists believe the behavior arises to help animals improve hunting and social skills, relieve stress or develop relationship with each other, study author Elisabetta Palagi says, an animal behaviorist at the University of Pisa in Italy.

Learning more about the contexts in which different animals play around—especially across branches of the tree of life—could tell researchers a lot about play's origins and evolution. But apart from a handful of studies featuring humans and their pets, scientists haven't had many chances to analyze examples of interspecies play.

In 2018, when someone sent Palagi a YouTube video featuring a dog and a horse playing together, she took the chance to research further. The two species, she noted early on, were especially good research objects of interspecies friendship, because they had both been shown to recognize facial expressions in other animals.

Putting together a team of research students, Palagi began to collect and analyze hundreds of other videos with dogs and horses partnering in play. Only 20 videos ended up meeting the team's requirements: showing animals freely playing on their own, without human interference, for at least30 seconds.

Several common themes quickly arose. When playing, dogs and horses often mirrored each other's moves, jumping and pushing at each other. They also rolled on their backs and showed their throats and stomachs—a strong sign that they were at ease and even communicating their friendly intentions. Despite millions of years of evolution between them, the two species had found common ground for the only purpose of fun, said Palagi.

The two animals also frequently copied each other's facial expressions, both using the relaxed, open mouths—behayior that had never been noted between a pair of animals of different species. Horses and dogs may look and behave in extremely different ways, says Barbara Smuts, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Michigan who wasn't involved in the study. But fun is perhaps a language that doesn't need to be taught. Two very dissimilar animals, Smuts says, can still discuss how to play in a way that's comfortable for both.

1. What do scientists find about dogs and horses?

A．They share similar facial expressions.	B．They can build up a lasting relationship.
C．They often share hunting and social skills.	D．They have a special way to communicate.

2. How did Elisabetta Palagi study dogs and horses further?

A．By playing with dogs and horses together.	B．By pairing up dogs and horses in a setting.
C．By watching videos showing their play scene.	D．By recording their play for 30 seconds every day.

3. What does the underlined part "at ease" in Paragraph 5 most probably mean?

A．Feeling relaxed.

B．Looking similar.

C．Getting smart.

D．Turning sociable.

4. What is the significance of the study?

A．It can help humans get along with animals.	B．It studies interspecies play for the first time.
C．It explains animals' way of communicating.	D．It analyzes animals' facial expressions in detail

6 . Snow leopards (豹) are so hard to photograph that scientists aren’t even sure how many of these endangered animals still live in the wild.

The Snow Leopard Conservancy(SLC) set up 20 cameras in Russia in 2010 to learn more about the big cats. After a full six months, they had exactly zero picture! That’s when the organization understood they needed help. And the only people who could help them in finding the leopards were the very people from whom they wanted to protect the animals—local hunters (猎人).

Hunting snow leopards is against the law in Russia, but in the terrible climate of Siberia, the few people living there had to turn to poaching (盗猎) to feed their families.

In 2013, Russian naturalist Sergei Spitsyn approached Mergen Markov, a local hunter, and told him his project. Markov agreed to set up the camera where he knew he would find leopards, and it worked.

Markov, once a poacher, works full time for the conservationists now and has 10 cameras monitoring leopards. “I visit each camera once a month. I have known this whole region since I was a child,” he said proudly.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) began working with other local villagers in 2015. The village would be paid 40,000 rubles at the end of the year if the image of a snow leopard is caught. WWF also rents horses from the villagers so that they do not need to make money by poaching anymore. “Today there are far fewer leopard poachers but leopards still get caught in traps set for other animals, so I have to stay watchful,” said Markov.

Changing guns for cameras has made a big difference in the lives of these former poachers, the village, and the Russian snow leopards. The number of snow leopards has been rising and their population is expected to recover to normal levels within 10 years.

1. Why was no picture of snow leopards taken in six months?

A．SLC’s 20 cameras failed to work properly.

B．The number of snow leopards in the wild was too small.

C．The local poachers destroyed these cameras on purpose.

D．The researchers knew little about the animal’s living habits.

2. What did Sergei Spitsyn persuade Markov to do?

A．Find the poachers.	B．Repair cameras in the forest.
C．Catch more leopards.	D．Work for SLC.

3. Why did the WWF begin working with local villagers?

A．To get some pictures of snow leopards.

B．To help villagers make a living.

C．To prevent villagers from hunting animals.

D．To rent their horses at a low price.

4. How can we describe the WWF’s cooperation with the villagers?

A．Practice makes perfect.	B．Curiosity kills the cat.
C．Kill two birds with one stone.	D．Old habits die hard.

7 . It was my first day of sixth grade. I looked at my schedule and saw that I had Mrs.Foxwell and this made me happy. Over the next three years, Mrs.Foxwell taught me many important things that I will never forget.

Of all of the teachers and coaches I have had in my life, Mrs.Foxwell has been my favorite leader. In her class, she taught me how to be a successful leader. She also taught me that good leaders earn everyone’s respect.

Mrs.Foxwell is one of the most respected and respectful people I know. She is always kind to everyone and she treats others the way that she wants to be treated. She taught me respect in many different ways, but mainly how to be respectful in the business world. She told me that I needed to have a firm handshake and that I should always look people in the eye when I talk to them. Mrs.Foxwell also taught me that you could earn someone’s respect by working hard to achieve your goals.

In addition to working at Brandywine Springs, Mrs.Foxwell once worked at a bank as a manager but she gave that up to teach kids how to be successful. Mrs.Foxwell told our class how she would cry because of the amount of work she had to do in very little time. She taught our class that working all night at something you don’t love is very stressful, so you should try and do something you love. In the end, she taught me that you have to keep your head high and pull through. I don’t think I have ever worked as hard in any class as I did in her class. We created our own 28-page business plan to share with her, our parents, other teachers and our classmates. Although creating a business from nothing was a lot of hard work, I really enjoyed it and learned several lessons that will help me throughout life.

I have had a lot of role models in my life, but one of the biggest is Eva Foxwell. She taught me leadership qualities, how to be respectful and why you should work hard. She changed my life for the better and I desire to be like her.

1. Mrs.Foxwell taught the writer to show respect by_________.

A．working hard to achieve goals	B．looking at people’s laces
C．shaking people’s hands firmly	D．greeting people with joy

2. According to Paragraph 4，Mrs.Foxwell_________.

A．used to be a bank manager	B．was a business planner
C．never cried while lacing difficulties	D．insisted on doing everything well

3. From the passage， we can learn that Mrs.Foxwell is_________.

A．outgoing and polite	B．kind and patient
C．gentle and humorous	D．admirable and helpful

4. In the writer’s eyes， Mrs.Foxwell is a(n)_________.

A．engineer and coworker	B．educator and role model
C．parent and leader	D．coach and manager