1 . It was an evening when my parents and I ventured across Nemeiben Lake, in Northern Saskatchewan. This _______ lake, which expanded 26 miles across, had a reputation as being the best fishing and tourist resort in the province.

The sun was _______ behind the dark rolling _______ and we set off. Soon the lake seemed to be deserted _______ the sky began to darken, looking much _______ in the darkness, which made me feel a little nervous.

And then suddenly the boat _______ something with such force that we all fell _______ in our seats. My father went to the back and found the water was now _______ in at a very fast rate.

The overloaded boat was now deep in water. The _______ was now to come. With our life jackets ________ , we waited as the boat sank deeper into the water. The biting cold was more terrifying than anyone could have ________ .

A strong wind blew ________ the lake and the strong waves carried us off into the night. I knew that ________ was near. Then suddenly, something quite ________ happened. A shadow appeared up ahead. I blinked in   ________ . A beautiful large diving-bird landed only feet from my grasp. It stayed calmly by my side and all of a sudden I didn’t feel ________ any more. Deep in my heart, I knew everything would be ________ .

When a fisherman found us the following ________ , our body temperatures were only twenty-four degrees after we had been in the water for 13 hours.

As I lay in the hospital bed ________ , I thanked God for all his mercy and for the guardian angel that ________ me. Anyway, that was an unforgettable experience.

1.

A．tiny

B．little

C．vast

D．shallow

2.

A．falling

B．rising

C．shining

D．setting

3.

A．trees

B．clouds

C．mountain

D．rain

4.

A．after

B．as

C．before

D．if

5.

A．threatening

B．interesting

C．charming

D．encouraging

6.

A．touched

B．beat

C．hit

D．struck

7.

A．over

B．away

C．back

D．off

8.

A．entering

B．dropping

C．rushing

D．rolling

9.

A．luckiest

B．better

C．best

D．worst

10.

A．removed

B．fastened

C．spread

D．locked

11.

A．imagined

B．produced

C．created

D．made

12.

A．into

B．through

C．up

D．across

13.

A．daylight

B．death

C．island

D．hope

14.

A．usual

B．normal

C．common

D．extraordinary

15.

A．anger

B．despair

C．amazement

D．sorrow

16.

A．sick

B．happy

C．lonely

D．hungry

17.

A．okay

B．true

C．false

D．right

18.

A．night

B．afternoon

C．morning

D．evening

19.

A．disappointing

B．recovering

C．disappearing

D．discouraging

20.

A．gazed at

B．looked at

C．listened to

D．watched over

2 . Ten years ago when I was diagnosed with a serious illness, my first thought was, “Why me?” And this thought _______ me throughout my journey. It wasn’t until I was _______ enough to look back that I realized how much of my life was _______ by my illness not in a bad way.

Being _______ for our past experiences and _______ can be a hard thing to do. We sometimes wish events in our past could be _______ so we could start a new life. But without these events, we wouldn’t learn, change and grow.

The day I _______ this was volunteering with my boyfriend. A friend’s wife came up to me and asked me how school was, _______ I said I didn’t like it that much. She then _______ by saying, “Well, if you hadn’t gone, you wouldn’t have met him.” and pointed at my ________.

This really opened my eyes, and after I left I started seeing everything in my life in this ________. If I hadn’t gone to that school, I would never have met my future husband. If I hadn’t battled ________ the illness, I wouldn’t have found my true ________. At first I didn’t see how my illness could have ever been a blessing. But when I looked at it as an experience for me, I started to see that I had a lot to be thankful for.

I grew closer to my mother while ________. I gained knowledge about myself that I could ________ gain through struggle, and learned how to take care of my wants and needs in a way that made me happy.

1.

A．occupied

B．followed

C．delivered

D．stopped

2.

A．well

B．happy

C．sad

D．ill

3.

A．widened

B．shot

C．shaped

D．united

4.

A．mindful

B．thankful

C．hopeful

D．cheerful

5.

A．stories

B．replies

C．rewards

D．struggles

6.

A．swallowed

B．caught

C．swept

D．taught

7.

A．remembered

B．reminded

C．removed

D．realized

8.

A．but

B．and

C．yet

D．then

9.

A．responded

B．collected

C．corrected

D．lectured

10.

A．boyfriend

B．girlfriend

C．husband

D．teacher

11.

A．way

B．means

C．appearance

D．face

12.

A．through

B．for

C．within

D．against

13.

A．hope

B．self

C．relief

D．friend

14.

A．living

B．losing

C．recovering

D．searching

15.

A．never

B．already

C．only

D．also

3 . On Christmas Day in 2012, when I was fourteen, I didn’t get a single Christmas present. That wasn’t a _________. It was what I had _________. A week before Christmas, I decided that _________ presents, I wanted donations to buy presents for the children in the local orphanage (孤儿院).

When I told my family and friends about my plan, there were a lot of _________ but also support. However, it was only on Christmas Day that the reality hit me. When my baby sisters jumped out of bed, singing carols and opening presents, I lay there feeling _________ and making a list of all the things I really wanted for Christmas that year. I realized I had made a huge mistake.

As I _________ on the door of the orphanage that morning, I felt _________ because I realized how unprepared I was for what was _________. I even had the _________ of dropping the bags of presents outside the orphanage and________. I almost did, but then a kind woman opened the door and smiled when she __________ me in. I was taken to a room full of children, and was __________ angry at how empty it felt. I wanted the room to be filled with __________instead of fear. I wanted to make these children smile but I was __________.

But then something happened. As the workers in the orphanage __________ presents, the __________ in the room changed. I could see the __________ in the eyes of the children and their bodies filled with hope. I __________ feeling so powerless. A little girl, Diana, ran up to me and __________ my legs. I didn’t know I was crying __________ she asked me, “Auntie, why are you crying?” This only made me cry more.

1.

A．responsibility

B．festival

C．gift

D．surprise

2.

A．asked for

B．paid for

C．sent for

D．applied for

3.

A．in search of

B．in case of

C．instead of

D．in addition to

4.

A．congratulations

B．opinions

C．struggles

D．doubts

5.

A．confused

B．jealous

C．delighted

D．relieved

6.

A．put

B．relied

C．focused

D．knocked

7.

A．anxious

B．relaxed

C．calm

D．disappointed

8.

A．moving

B．coming

C．entering

D．disappearing

9.

A．pleasure

B．thought

C．bravery

D．aim

10.

A．dancing

B．escaping

C．singing

D．staying

11.

A．kicked

B．forced

C．drove

D．invited

12.

A．suddenly

B．slowly

C．usually

D．rarely

13.

A．courage

B．trust

C．warmth

D．freedom

14.

A．busy

B．energetic

C．powerless

D．lonely

15.

A．gave up

B．put away

C．put up

D．gave out

16.

A．atmosphere

B．color

C．light

D．danger

17.

A．hesitation

B．sadness

C．excitement

D．worry

18.

A．imagined

B．stopped

C．advised

D．enjoyed

19.

A．hugged

B．hurt

C．raised

D．pushed

20.

A．if

B．because

C．after

D．until

4 . Zhang Fan, 36, a movie visual effects designer who returned to Beijing from New Zealand for work last year, was surprised by the improvement to the city’s air quality. “I remember the smell in the air and the frequent smoggy days before I left in 2013, after getting a job offer from a film company in New Zealand, ” he said. Last year, a Chinese company offered Zhang a more promising position, so he returned, saying that he could find more opportunities in his line of work in Beijing than elsewhere. In addition to rapid economic development in the Chinese capital, he said the most impressive change is the local air quality. “People discussed air pollution a lot when I was in Beijing previously. Now, it seems that the topic has disappeared completely, as every day is good in terms of air quality,” Zhang said. “The sky in Beijing these days is so clear. ”

On Jan. 4, the municipal authorities in Beijing announced a comprehensive success in improving air quality, with the city’s annual average concentration of PM2. 5 in the air, falling to 33 micrograms per cubic meter, and ozone (臭氧) concentration dropping to 149 mcg per cu m last year.

Yu Jianhua, spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau, said at a news conference, “This is a milestone for Beijing’s hard work in fighting air pollution and also means that the city has met its air quality target outlined in the 14th Five-Year Plan(2021-25) ahead of schedule. Beijing has demonstrated to the world over the past 20 years that a mega city with a rapidly increasing GDP, vehicle count, population and energy consumption can move forward to cut air pollution effectively. The PM2.5 reduction over the past few years has surpassed that of developed countries during the same period.

According to the Bureau, the city’s average concentration of PM2.5 dropped by 63 percent last year from 2013, an average annual reduction of about 8 percent. The city experienced 288 days of good air quality last year—up from 112 days in 2013—and just eight days of heavy air pollution. This achievement is clear to see and exciting, but it has not been easy work.

1. Why did Zhang Fan returned to Beijing?

A．He was tired of his life abroad.	B．He has a deep affection for the city.
C．The city’s air quality has improved.	D．A golden chance was offered to him.

2. How do the municipal authorities show the improvement to the city’s air quality?

A．By using examples.	B．By using figures.
C．By offering experimental findings.	D．By citing personal experience.

3. What does the underlined word “mega” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Huge.

B．Rich.

C．Civilized.

D．Noted.

4. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Business.

B．Fashion.

C．Environment.

D．Entertainment.

5 . Japanese automaker Toyota says it will team up with the country’s space agency to develop a vehicle called the Lunar Cruiser to explore the moon. The name comes from a popular Toyota vehicle called the Land Cruiser. The company said it plans to launch the vehicle in the late 2020s. After that, Toyota said the vehicle could assist people living on the moon by 2040 and could possibly be sent to Mars as well.

Takao Sato heads the company’s Lunar Cruiser project. He told The Associated Press the vehicle is based on the idea that people eat, work, sleep and communicate with others safely in cars. He hopes theLunar Cruiser can serve the same purpose in space. “We see space as an area for our once-in-a-century transformation, ” Sato said, “By going to space, we may be able to develop telecommunications and other technology that will prove valuable to human life. ”

Another company, Gitai Japan Inc., is partnering with Toyota to develop a robotic arm for the Lunar Cruiser. It will be designed to perform jobs such as carrying out inspections and maintaining the vehicle. The company said the arm will be built to work with different tools. These tools could be used to study the moon’s surface more closely.

Interest in space has been growing in Japan in recent years. Japanese space exploration company iSpace announced last April that it would transport an explorer belonging to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the moon in 2022. Japan’s iSpace will provide the lander to carry the UAE’s rover(探测器).

The company plans to launch the lander on a Falcon 9 rocket built by American company SpaceX. Japanese citizens followed the trip to space last year of billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. He spent 12 days aboard the International Space Station. Maezawa also plans in the future to orbit around the moon on a SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft.

Toyota engineer Shinichiro Noda said he thinks the lunar project can extend the company’s tradition of serving customers to a place beyond Earth. He said Toyota currently has vehicles almost everywhere. “But this is about taking our cars to somewhere we have never been, ” Noda said.

1. What’s the ultimate purpose of the Lunar Cruiser project?

A．To better human life.	B．To make safe vehicles.
C．To prove the previous idea.	D．To transform communication.

2. What’s Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．Japan’s enthusiasm in space.	B．Japan’s achievements in space.
C．Japan’s potential in space travel.	D．Japan ’s ambition to explore space.

3. What’ s Shinichiro Noda’s attitude towards the lunar project?

A．Negative.	B．Doubtful.
C．Cautious.	D．Positive.

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

A．Japanese Curiosity in Moon Travel Generated

B．Great Contribution Made in Exploring Mars

C．Rover Built by Toyota to Be Landed on Mars

D．Toyota to Help Develop Vehicle to Explore Moon

6 . Climate breakdown threatens to cause a global food production crisis. The UN forecasts that by 2050, feeding the world will require a 20% expansion in global water use for agriculture. It is hard to see how agriculture can feed the population of the planet, let alone toward the end of the century and beyond. Agriculture is a major cause of climate breakdown, and both river and air pollution. Industrial fishing is similarly driving ecological collapse in seas around the world.

However, at this critical time, farming (a new kind of food technology) is creating astonishing possibilities to save both people and the planet. Farming will enable the return of vast areas of land and sea to nature, greatly reducing carbon emissions (排放物). It means an end to the employment of animals, a stop to overfishing, and a dramatic reduction in cutting down forests and the use of pesticides (杀虫剂). It is the best hope for stopping the destruction of the planet and, if it is done right, it means cheap and abundant food for everyone.

We are about to welcome one of the biggest economic transformations, of any kind, for 200 years. Arguments continue about plants against meat-based diets; however, new technologies will soon make these arguments irrelevant. Before long, most food will come neither from animals nor plants, but from micro-organisms (微生物).

Not only will food be cheaper, it will also be healthier. Due to the fact that farming creates food products built up from simple components rather than broken down from complex ones, hard fats and other unhealthy components can be screened out. Meat will still be meat, but it will be grown in factories rather than in the bodies of animals. Fats will still be fats, but food is likely to be better, cheaper and much less damaging to the living planet.

1. What is the major cause of sea ecological breakdown?

A．Food production.	B．Global farming.
C．Industrial fishing.	D．Climate breakdown.

2. What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us about farming?

A．Its benefits.

B．Its security.

C．Its research.

D．Its limits.

3. What will provide the majority of food in the near future?

A．Sea animals.

B．Wild plants.

C．Micro-organisms.

D．Farm products.

4. Which of the following best describes the author’s attitude to farming?

A．Doubtful.

B．Positive.

C．Disapproving.

D．Unclear.

7 . Some people, regardless of what they lack—money, looks, or social connections—always show with energy and confidence. Even the most doubting individuals find themselves attracted with these lovely personalities. These people are the ones you turn to for help, advice, and companionship. You just can’t get enough of them, and they leave you asking yourself, “What do they have that I don’t? What makes them so attractive?”

The difference? Their sense of self-worth comes from within. Attractive people aren’t constantly searching for value, because they’re confident enough to find it in themselves. There are certain habits they pursue every day to keep this healthy view. Since being attractive isn’t the result of dumb luck, it’s time to study the habits of attractive people so that you can use them to your benefit.

Get ready to say “hello” to a new, more attractive you. Attractive people treat everyone with respect. Whether interacting with their biggest shoppers or a server taking their drink order, attractive people are unfailingly polite and respectful. They treat every one with respect because they believe they’re no belief than anyone else.

They follow the golden rule. One person loves public recognition, while another hates being the center of attention. The golden rule is to treat others as they want to be treated. Attractive people are great at reading other people, and they adjust their behaviors and styles to make others fell comfortable.

Bringing it all together, attractive people have simply perfected certain appealing qualities and habits that anyone can adopt as their own. They think about other people more than they think about themselves, and they make other people feel liked, respected, understood and seen. Just remember: the more you focus on others, the more attractive you’ll be.

1. Why are the people with lovely personalities different from you?

A．Because they show confidence and energy.

B．Because they maintain their healthy view.

C．Because they get along well with doubting individuals.

D．Bemuse they don’t lack money, looks, or social connections.

2. What does the underlined phrase “dumb luck” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Bad luck.	B．Study habit.
C．Valuable belief.	D．Good fortune.

3. What will an attractive person probably do when having dinner with his leader?

A．He will comfort his leader and the waitress during the dinner lime.

B．He will treat his leader properly and help the waitress when necessary.

C．He will make the leader focused when the leader prefers to stay alone.

D．He will just care about his leader rather than the waitress when ordering.

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

A．The Intelligent People	B．The Golden Rule
C．The Attractive Personalities	D．The Different Qualities

8 . Nobody likes waiting in long lines at amusement parks, especially when you are with babies. Disneyland or Disney World are known for their splendid rides, attractions and large crowds as well. The familiar result is that many guests have spent a lot of time just waiting in lines while visiting the theme parks, which annoys the majority.

Until recently, both parks made use of the FastPass system to keep guests moving. On certain rides, park-goers could obtain a ticket that allowed them to come back within a specific time window. At that point, they would wait on a special line for seating. As explained in a recent YouTube share, the system worked similarly to a real queue. Instead of waiting in line, guests could continue to explore the park and, most importantly for Disney, spend more money at shops and restaurants.

While the FastPass system became popular, usage ended during the recent pandemic（流行病）. With both the California and Florida theme parks operating at reduced visiting number, the space taken up by FastPass kiosks（售货亭）was instead used for socially distanced lines.

In its place, Disney has developed a new planning tool called Disney Genie. The online app, which became available in Disney World in October, allows guests to create a path for their visit. By using park data that's updated throughout the day, the app will help guests plan out their visit so that they can hit the rides and attractions that they want to in the most convenient way. Guests using the app pay an extra fee and get the option to book the next available time to ride select attractions.

1. What may upset most visitors of Disney?

A．Spending most of the time waiting in lines.	B．Poor equipment in theme parks.
C．Fewer attractions.	D．High prices at restaurants.

2. What did FastPass system bring about?

A．Lower ticket fees	B．Less visitors in Disney
C．Extra income at shops in Disney	D．Having a comfortable and better seat.

3. What is the best title of this text?

A．The Rise of the New APP	B．FastPass System Became Popular
C．YouTube Share Makes a Difference	D．How Disney Manages Crowds at its Theme Parke

4. Who is this text mainly written for?

A．Computer programmers.	B．Travelers to Disney World
C．Businessmen of supermarkets.	D．Foreign entertainment park builders,

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1. What is MUAMA Enence?

A．A Japanese inventor.	B．A Japanese-based business company.
C．A real-time translator.	D．A piece of finger-free equipment.

2. What is special about MUAMA Enence?

A．It is easy to carry.	B．It supports 40-way language translation.
C．It is valueless.	D．It is only equipped with loud sound.

3. How much at least can you get an MUAMA Enence?

A．450 $.

B．410 $.

C．270 $.

D．180 $.

10 . Children are innocent and not so mature. They do not understand that advertisers try to push their products and market in such a way that children want to buy them. Children take everything at face value and believe without a doubt the messages in the advertisements. Advertisements are made in such a way as to attract the attention of children. Children do not understand it to be marketing strategy. Children are an extremely easy target audience and get easily carried away.

Research has shown that junk food advertisements influence children greatly leading to an increased demand for junk food by children. When children watch young adults in good shape eating junk foods in the advertisements, they assume that it is good for health. They do not know that junk food is not good for health. They are unaware of the fact that junk food does not contain nutritional value. They may even think that by eating these junk foods they might become like the thin and fit models in the advertisements.

A research conducted has shown that children increased their consumption of junk foods after seeing these advertisements. They are seen to be so influenced by these ads that they almost doubled their consumption of these unhealthy snacks and foods.

In a study they exposed children to candy commercials. It was seen that those children who were exposed to the candy commercials were highly influenced. In fact, these children chose candy over fruits as snacks. They preferred candy rather than a healthy food like fruits. When the commercials were eliminated（消除）and the children watched them less, it had a positive effect. It encouraged them to pick the fruits over the candy.

1. What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us?

A．Children are eager to watch advertisements.

B．Advertisements are focused on face value.

C．Children are easy to be impacted by advertisements.

D．Advertisements are mainly designed for young children.

2. How do advertisements attract children to junk food?

A．By using recent research findings.	B．By using good images of models.
C．By introducing its nutritional value.	D．By showing its increased demand.

3. Who is to mainly blame for the increasing consumption of junk foods?

A．Consumers

B．Models

C．Advertisers

D．Children

4. How is the influence of advertisements on children shown in Paragraph 4?

A．By contrast

B．By definition

C．By using figures

D．By reasoning