1 . For the rest of March, a disease will sweep across the US. It will keep kids home from school.       1         Employees will suddenly lose their ability to concentrate.

The disease, known as “March Madness”， refers to the yearly 65­team US men's college basketball tournament (锦标赛).       2         Teams compete against each other in a single­elimination (单局淘汰) tournament that eventually crowns a national champion.

Nearly 20 million Americans will find themselves prisoners of basketball festival madness. The fun comes partly from guessing the winners for every game. Friends compete against friends.           3         Colleagues against bosses.

Big­name schools are usually favored to advance into the tournament. But each year there are dark horses from little­known universities.

This adds to the madness. Watching a team from a school with 3,000 students beat a team from a school with 30,000, for many Americans, is an exciting experience. Two years ago, the little­known George Mason University was one of the final four teams.     4    

College basketball players are not paid, so the game is more about making a name for their university and themselves.     5     About $4 billion will be spent gambling (赌) on the event. According to Media Life magazine, the event will bring in $500 million in advertising income this year, topping the post－ season income of every US professional league, including that of the NBA.

A．Husbands against wives.

B．The players will go all out for the games.

C．But that doesn't mean money isn't involved.

D．College students will ignore piles of homework.

E．People are willing to spend more money on watching it.

F．It begins on March 15 and lasts through the beginning of April.

G．Many people had never even heard of the university before the tournament.

2 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（/\），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处， 多者（从第 11处起）不计分。

Hear the news that the 2022 Winter Olympics would be hold in China, I felt very excited. It struck to me how I learned skating when I was child. At 7, I began to go crazy about skating, like all my friend. At the beginning, it was extremely tough for me to keep my balance. I always fall over on the ground, as a result of which I thought I had no talent for skating. So I gradually lost confidence and became impatient. The more impatient I was, the more terrible I did. I was about to give up while my father came to my assistance. Encouraged by her, I restored confidence and stood up again. As I practiced skating, he always created a relaxed atmosphere and put forward some specific advice. Eventually, I made it.

3 . 假定你是红星中学李华, 你的英国朋友 Peter 热爱体育运动, 他将作为交换生到你校学习一年。请你给他写一封邮件, 主要内容包括:
1. 介绍你校体育课程及活动;
2. 推荐一项中国传统体育项目。注意: 1. 词数 100 左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,

I’m glad to hear that you will come to our school on a one­year exchange program.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(一个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

The International Olympic Committee took the extraordinary step Tuesday of     1     (postpone) the 2020 Tokyo Games, which     2    (schedule) to start on July 24, because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Just how extraordinary was the step? This marks only the     3    (four) time since the first modern Olympics in 1896 that the Games have been affected     4    outside forces. The other three occasions were cancellations during the first and second World Wars. So this is the first time the Olympics have been postponed, rather than    5    (cancel).

“The Tokyo Olympics will still be held,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters in Tokyo after a call with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on     6    matter.

The IOC later said in a     7    (state) that the Games will be “rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not     8    (late) than 2021!”

This time around, it’s a pandemic(疫情), not a war,     9     is changing the Olympics schedule. The IOC said that “The leaders agreed that the Olympic Games in Tokyo could stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these times and that the Olympic flame could become the light at the end of the tunnel in which the world finds     10    (it) at present.”

5 . Gidda’s Team

The door closed behind Malik, making Mama look up from the hot meal. “Just in time for dinner. Will you _____ Gidda, please?”

Gidda was staying in Malik’s bedroom. He didn’t _____ giving up his room for his 82-year-old grandmother at first. But then she didn’t leave. Malik _____ over her suitcase on the floor. “Sorry,” Gidda said. “I’m just a nuisance(讨厌的人) here. I’m _____” Malik didn’t answer as he helped her up from her chair.

At dinner, Mama asked Malik, “How’s your _____ with the coach?”

Malik was captain of school soccer team, and he had to discuss a fundraiser with the coach. They’d have to raise hundreds of dollars to _____ their old shirts, and that seemed unlikely unless Malik came up with a(n) _____ plan.

Unwillingly, Malik said, “It’s just team stuff.” Changing the _____, Malik turned to Gidda. “Do you want to go sit outside after dinner?”

Gidda agreed. In the soft warmth of the evening, Gidda settled herself beneath the enormous fig(无花果) tree. “Feels like home,” she said. But Malik _____, “It drops figs everywhere.” Right then, a fig landed on his head. Gidda laughed, picked it up, and took a _____. “Perfect. Pick me a bunch. I’ll make fig cakes.”

The next morning, Malik found Gidda making fig cakes in the kitchen. She offered him one. Malik, hoping it wasn’t too awful, put it in his mouth. His eyes _____ as he chewed. It was delicious. He eyed the tree in the backyard. How many fig cakes could it _____?

Malik grabbed his phone and started _____ in a rush of excitement. An hour later, most of the soccer team gathered in the kitchen, and ate up fig cakes.

“Gidda’s Fabulous(极好的) Fig Cakes!” Malik said. “We’ll _____ them! Gidda said they were easy to make; she’ll _____ us how.”

At dinner that night, Gidda shared their plan with Mama, smiling _____ as she repeated the title Malik gave on her, “Team Grandmother.”

The next day, the kitchen was full of _____. Walking slowly among the excited boys, Gidda taught them to make fig cakes. Soon the fig cakes piled up.

As Malik _____, Gidda’s Fabulous Fig Cakes were a huge hit and they were quickly sold out.

When the new _____ arrived just in time for the opening game, Coach Garcia invited Gidda to watch. She arrived early, and waved at Malik. Then she turned _____ to show off her shirt. On the back were the words Team Grandmother.

1.

A．watch

B．fetch

C．visit

D．serve

2.

A．allow

B．enjoy

C．consider

D．mind

3.

A．looked

B．handed

C．tripped

D．turned

4.

A．useless

B．unlucky

C．scared

D．nervous

5.

A．training

B．appointment

C．negotiation

D．meeting

6.

A．buy

B．replace

C．iron

D．abandon

7.

A．brilliant

B．random

C．original

D．personal

8.

A．plan

B．attitude

C．subject

D．way

9.

A．repeated

B．reported

C．explained

D．complained

10.

A．picture

B．test

C．bite

D．break

11.

A．widened

B．moved

C．focused

D．opened

12.

A．produce

B．donate

C．deliver

D．exchange

13.

A．running

B．texting

C．shouting

D．thinking

14.

A．present

B．send

C．sell

D．reserve

15.

A．prepare

B．show

C．choose

D．write

16.

A．proudly

B．politely

C．shyly

D．bitterly

17.

A．tension

B．hope

C．praise

D．energy

18.

A．promised

B．predicted

C．announced

D．identified

19.

A．socks

B．boots

C．uniforms

D．gloves

20.

A．back

B．away

C．down

D．around

6 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌中间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：把缺词处加个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

The mascot(吉祥物) of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games official made its public appearance on Tuesday. It was a cartoon character inspired by giant pandas. The smiling panda is named with Bing DwenDwen in Chinese. Color circles around its face symbolize skating tracks and 5G technology. Bing, Chinese word for “ice”, shows purity and strength, but DwenDwen means sincerity, liveliness and health — also characteristics of pandas. Perhaps pandas are the animals most easily recognizing by us in China. The mascot combines our traditional culture and how pandas look like with winter sports elements. The image shows our great expect of the Games and that our Chinese welcome the world.

7 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(˄)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I have many interests and hobbies, such as play basketball, volleyball, and tennis, collecting stamps, climbing, going hiking but so on. Among them, basketball is his favorite and I often spend much hours shooting baskets. I play in Saturday mornings fairly regularly with a group of guy, but the game is not very formal. We don’t keep score and “no blood” is first rule. I had never been a star player. I usual disappear when I’m in a game. It means that I can make all sorts of long shots when that I’m shooting without a defender. However, in a game I’m not much of a scoring threat.

8 . Here’s the list of skiers, who have won four consecutive (连续的) world championships: Nobody.

Well, nobody besides Mikaela Shiffrin, who did it last Saturday in Are, Sweden. The Colorado skier, still just 23, is the best story, really, of this sports winter in the slalom (障碍滑雪).

She pulled it off, despite an illness that challenged her breathing. Shiffrin told NBC after her win that her mother, Eileen, advised her before her second run: You don’t have to do this. But Shiffrin told herself what she had told herself many times before: “I just need 60 seconds.” So she did it, and she got it. Shiffrin is closing in on her third World Cup overall title. She’s ranked No. 1 on the planet in slalom.

In women’s skiing, the mountain is now Shiffrin’s. She’s earned it. Those two (and soon three) World Cup overalls; 56 World Cup individual victories; and, oh yeah, right, three Olympic medals, two of them gold. Shiffrin is already considered a serious threat to Ingemar Stenmark’s record of 86 World Cup victories, and Lindsey Vonn’s 82, though the 34-year-old surely would have collected more had she not suffered repeated injuries during her career. Of course, Shiffrin may wind up chasing someone else’s mark—Austria’s brilliant Marcel Hirscher, 29, now has 68 World Cup wins.

At the same time, Shiffrin loathes all the talk about the numbers and records. “People see the records and statistics. They are asking for more, more, more…it looks easy, but it isn’t. Nowhere close,” Shiffrin wrote. “What I see is training, sleepless nights, pain, doubt, delayed lights, canceled flights, lost luggage, expense, adventure, and some races mixed in there.”

That’s what happens when you’re as good as she is. But nobody’s been as good as she is. In a sense, Shiffrin is just getting started. It’s very possible she will be at her peak powers when the Winter Olympics arrive in Beijing in 2022.

1. What do we know about Mikaela Shiffrin in her recent slalom race?

A．She was not in her best physical condition.

B．She pulled out of the race in the second run.

C．She followed her mother’s advice and succeeded.

D．She told herself a one-minute story before the race.

2. Whose record of World Cup victories is Mikaela Shiffrin getting close to?

A．Eileen Shiffrin’s.	B．Ingemar Stenmark’s.
C．Lindsey Vonn’s.	D．Marcel Hirscher’s.

3. Which of the following best explains “loathes” underlined in paragraph 5?

A．Summarizes.

B．Gives away.

C．Dislikes.

D．Focuses on.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Shiffrin Is Moving Mountains	B．Shiffrin Is At Her Peak
C．The Rise And Fall Of A Colorado Skier	D．The Most Popular Winter Sports

9 . 假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Jim写信询问你最喜欢的运动项目，请给他回一封邮件。内容包括：
1. 最喜欢的运动项目；
2. 喜欢的理由。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jim,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

10 . Some people put their bicycles away once they learn how to drive a car. For many people, bicycling is not just an easy way of getting around town but also an exciting sport.      1    .

One kind of race is the time trial. Each racer leaves the starting line at a different time and heads hard for the finish line. The cyclist who covers the distance in the shortest amount of time wins the race.      2    , because the bicycles are spread out and are not likely to run into each other.

Another kind of race is more difficult. A few city blocks are closed to traffic. Then all the racers line up in a tight pack and begin racing at the same time.       3    . The race requires more than speed. It also requires skillful handling of the bicycle as it runs at full speed around other bicycles. The racer who completes all the laps first is the winner.

    4    . Racers have to cover anywhere from 35 miles to almost 3,000 miles. The race course may be a straight stretch of road or a long series of roads across the country. The prize goes to the first person who crosses the finish line.

Between races cyclists stay in condition by doing exercise that builds their strength so that they can keep riding for long periods of time.       5     , they often join bicycling groups and become licensed racers. Then they can enter special races all over the country. If you’re a cyclist, keep practicing. You could become a star.

A．As cyclists become more experienced

B．A time trial is a very safe race for beginners

C．Serious cyclists often arrange to take part in races

D．Road races are usually the longest cycling contests

E．Most people will seize possible chances to get around town

F．They cover many laps, going around and around the city blocks

G．When cyclists needn’t to build themselves up for those special races