1 . There is no age limit to learn new things and be creative. That's what 102-year-old Alan R. Tripp and 88-year-old Marvin Weisbord _________ us after they released (发布) their first-ever music _________ called Senior Song Book. It just goes to show that anything is _________ even when you are very _________. You just need some willpower, a friend by your side, and a burning passion (热情) to keep on improving forever.

"_________ is that you would have loved it if you were alive back in 1940 and you can still love it today," Marvin says. The friends live in the same Pennsylvania _________ community after they didn't work any more and have been writing songs, together for the past 2 years. Their album _________ 8 songs and 2 pieces of pure music.

They are true music lovers at heart. Marvin _________ that he feels "so young" whenever he's together with Alan. After all, there's a 14-year _________ between being 88 and 102, even if it doesn't __________ it. Alan states that he "__________ getting old 10 years ago" with a naughty __________ on his face, which makes it even more funny.

"So we're writing songs that are recognizable, in all kinds that are recognizable, with lyrics telling stories about how we __________ our lives now," Marvin told Hannah Batanson of the Washington Post.

"Now we're giving people who are 64 years old a chance to be 14 again and get new songs in their heads,"__________ Alan, according to whom it was never the pair's __________ to turn a profit.

1.

A．taught

B．learned

C．abandoned

D．experienced

2.

A．film

B．album

C．concert

D．lesson

3.

A．easy

B．fashionable

C．possible

D．horrible

4.

A．rich

B．sick

C．weak

D．old

5.

A．Music

B．Performance

C．Dance

D．Song

6.

A．volunteer

B．school

C．retirement

D．youth

7.

A．makes

B．contains

C．takes

D．leaves

8.

A．wonders

B．believes

C．jokes

D．hopes

9.

A．difference

B．distance

C．shortage

D．practice

10.

A．look like

B．take over

C．set up

D．get on

11.

A．finished

B．stopped

C．enjoyed

D．refused

12.

A．nose

B．tear

C．look

D．wrinkles

13.

A．waste

B．face

C．support

D．spend

14.

A．apologized

B．guessed

C．imagined

D．explained

15.

A．result

B．invention

C．intention

D．knowledge

2 . The World's Coolest Bookstores

Where did you buy your last book? Chances are that you bought it on the Internet. But if you did, you missed the extraordinary experience of browsing in a real bookstore. These days bookstores offer lots of great books and plenty more.

Taipei's Eslite Dunnan Store

Time magazine once named Eslite Dunnan Store in Taipei "Asia's best bookstore ". One visit to the store tells you why. The store, spreading across five floors, offers a combination of restaurants, music and over 200,000 books. With its cosy reading spots, visitors sometimes say it's like a library. Others have called it the " 7-Eleven of bookstores" because it's open 24 hours a day.

Book Garden

The world's biggest bookstore is Tehran, Iran's Book Garden with 700,000 square feet of space. In addition to restaurants and a theater, the Book Garden features a park on the roof.

Libreria Acqua Alta

Venice, Italy, is a city surrounded by water. It seems that one of its most interesting bookstores is Libreria Acqua Alta. Its books are displayed in all things related to water such as boats, bathtubs and more.

La Caverne aux Livres

La Caverne aux Livres—the cave of books—was once a train. Today this unique French bookstore, located north of Paris, is home to thousands of second-hand books.

Bart's Books

Many readers like to sit inside with a good book. But at Bart's Books in California, guests can enjoy a good book and some fresh air. Bart's Books is believed to be the largest independently-owned outdoor bookstore in the US.

Whether you enjoy reading inside or outside, there's always an interesting bookstore to be discovered.

1. What is special about Taipei's Eslite Dunnan Store?

A．You can visit this bookstore at any time of the day.

B．You can take books from this store free of charge.

C．There are places where you can enjoy your meal.

D．It is characterized by a park directly on its roof.

2. What will you probably do in La Caverne aux Livres?

A．Admire landmarks of Paris in the distance.

B．Search for some information about trains.

C．Enjoy a good book and outdoor scenery.

D．Browse a huge number of used books.

3. What is the writer's purpose in writing the text?

A．To urge people to read books inside and outside.

B．To encourage people to go to the real bookstores.

C．To inspire booksellers to open creative bookstores.

D．To appeal to booksellers to pay attention to this list.

4 . Could looking through trees be the view to a greener future? Trees replacing the clear glass in your windows is not a work of science fiction. It's happening now.

Forest Products Laboratory researcher Junyong Zhu together with colleagues from the University of Maryland and University of Colorado has developed a transparent wood material that may be the window of tomorrow. Researchers found that transparent wood has the potential to outperform glass currently used in construction in nearly every way.

While glass is the most common material used in window construction, it comes with quite a few bad consequences. Heat easily transfers through glass and amounts to higher energy bills when it escapes during cold weather and pours in when it's warm. Glass production used for construction also comes with a heavy carbon footprint. Manufacturing emissions alone are approximately 25,000 metric tons per year, without considering the heavy footprint of transporting the glass.

The innovation was developed using wood from the balsa tree, which is native to South and Central America. The team treated balsa wood to an oxidizing bath, where the wood is kept in a bleach solution at room temperature to remove the light-absorbing substance from the structure. The wood is then penetrated（注入）with a synthetic polymer called polyvinyl alcohol（PVA）, creating a product that is virtually transparent. So the transparent wood is created, which is far more durable and lighter than glass.

Switching to transparent wood could prove to be cost efficient as well. It is approximately five times more thermally efficient than glass. cutting energy costs. It is made from a sustainable, renewable resource with low carbon emissions.

With all of these potential benefits for consumers, manufacturing and the environment, the case for transparent wood couldn't be clearer.

1. What is the main problem with glass used in window construction?

A．It is inefficient in letting heat out.

B．It does not reflect light and heat.

C．It cause a high ecological cost

D．It is inconvenient to transport.

2. What does the underlined part "a bleach solution" refer to?

A．A liquid to make objects white.

B．A process to solve problems.

C．A container to store liquids.

D．A way to make colors fade.

3. What does paragraph 4 focus on?

A．How to make things transparent

B．How to produce the new material.

C．The benefits of the wood material.

D．The great importance of innovation.

4. What is the author's attitude towards transparent wood?

A．Skeptical.	B．Ambiguous.
C．Conservative.	D．Appreciative.

5 . Many cars in advertisements and on exhibition in the United States are red, blue or green, but almost 75 percent of new cars sold in the United States are black, white, silver or gray.

Les Jackson is a reporter who writes about cars. He says the colors of cars Americans choose do not show dirt. He says that means the owners wash their cars less in order to save money. And he notes some areas that are suffering from water shortages do not permit people to wash their cars often.

Dan Benton works for a company called Axalta, which makes supplies for international car makers. He says white cars are often sold more expensive than cars of other colors. And he notes that white cars “absorb(吸收)less energy” than cars of other colors. This means temperatures inside them are lower in warmer areas. Benton also says research at Monash University in Australia suggests that there is a lower risk of crashes during the day for white cars compared with darker ones.

Car buyers in other countries also like white. Jane Harrington works for PPG Industries, a company that makes paint for cars. She said in China, buyers say white makes a small car look bigger.

About 11 percent of cars sold in North America are red and 8 percent are blue. Green has become less popular. Benton notes that in the mid-1990s green was the most popular color in North America. Today, green is hard to find.

Sometime in the future, people may not have to choose the color of their cars —— technology may let owners change their cars’ paint color anytime.

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A．Most Americans don’t like red cars.

B．People in America are not allowed to wash their cars.

C．Many people prefer to choose white cars in America.

D．Americans may consider the cost of cleaning when choosing cars.

2. Why do many people choose white cars?

A．They are much cheaper than cars of other colors..

B．They are much safer while crashing.

C．They are bigger than cars of other colors.

D．They are more comfortable inside in warmer areas.

3. What do we know from the text?

A．Les Jackson is a member of Axalta.

B．Most Americans rarely wash their cars.

C．PPG Industries mainly produces cars in China.

D．Green cars were once popular in North America.

4. What does the text mainly tell us?

A．Choices of car colors	B．How to buy a good car.
C．Differences of car colors.	D．Popular car colors in history.

6 . Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California’s Santa Ana Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn’t reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I’d just head east. A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. “Four more lights,” she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night. She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for.

After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its windshield (挡风玻璃). It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver. “ I just can’t leave you here,” she said. “ This isn’t the nicest place. I’ll give you a ride home.” “You’ll drive me in the bus?” I asked, perplexed(困惑的). “No, I’ll take you in my car,” she said. “ It’s a long way,” I protested. “Come on,” she said. “I have nothing else to do.” As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car.

“I’m just passing the favor along,” she said. When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t hear of it. “That wouldn’t make it a favor,” she said. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”

1. Judging from its context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was ________.

A．very quiet and peaceful	B．dark without street lights
C．neither clean nor beautiful	D．a little unsafe

2. Why did the writer change his mind after waiting for 30 minutes at the end of the     route?

A．No bus would come at the time.

B．A taxi ride would be more comfortable.

C．He became impatient and a bit worried.

D．He knew the driver would never return.

3. The bus driver drove the writer home later because ________.

A．she happened to go in the same direction

B．she wanted to do something good for other people

C．her brother told her to do so

D．she wanted to earn more money

4. The bus driver hoped that the writer ________.

A．would do as she did	B．would keep her in memory
C．would give the money to others	D．would do her a favor

7 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

One winter Sunday, my little sister, Colleen, and I built the greatest snowman ever. We gave him a carrot nose, beautiful hat, cozy scarf and gloves. He was a masterpiece.

The next morning when looking outside, we smiled lovingly at him over our meal. We gave him a high-five (击掌) as we passed by on our way to school. A lot of kids went past our house, so he was the hot topic at our school that morning. It was our pride!

The day dragged on until finally we could rush home. But as our yard came into sight, we saw something wrong. The snowman was gone! We only found a broken stick here, a torn glove there and balls of snow everywhere. Worst of all, the snowman’s once-proud carrot nose lay limp(无力的) and half-eaten.

What had happened? We were both astonished and angry. But then, we were only kids, who wouldn’t have anything take away our happiness. Actually we knew only one thing: Our snowman would rise again. And so we rebuilt him.

The next day we came home to find another mess on the front lawn(草坪). For the rest of the week, the destruction was repeated daily. Each afternoon we’d return to find our snowman had fallen apart, and then we built again.

By Saturday morning, we had a plan. We borrowed a really big bucket(水桶) from Mom, filled it with water and left it outside. The next morning, it was frozen solid. We packed snow all around the ice block as the base(底座) of the snowman. Then we built the other parts of it once again. The trap was set. and we waited for the snowman bullies(破坏者) to come.

注意：续写的词数应为 150 左右。

Monday morning, hiding behind the window, we soon saw what we were waiting for.

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Seeing their pained look, we couldn’t help laughing.

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8 . Have you ever rushed to some place very important only to realize you’re on the _________ bus and you’ll never make it in time? One woman in New Zealand_________ this last week, but the bus driver went beyond the call of duty to help her out.

Last Sunday, Mason was on her way to see her 79-year-old mom who lives in a nursing home. Due to its recent regulations, _________ are limited to a half-hour period scheduled in advance. When Mason_________ she hadn’t gotten on the right bus and her 30-minute window was fast closing, she was upset. Mason started crying, tearfully_________ to the bus driver 57-year-old Alex Bailey what had happened.

Rather than offer routine sympathy and keep to his schedule, Bailey decided to_________. With nods from the other_________, Bailey detoured（绕道）the bus and_________ Mason to her destination, dropped her off, and then calmly went back to his_________ route.

By pure coincidence, as Mason arrived at the nursing house, a news reporter happened to be there covering a story. Mason told the reporter her__________, expressing thanks to the passengers and praise for the bus driver. The story__________ the evening news, and then it hit social media. Bailey was “ Internet__________”.

Actually, Bailey is only one of the serving members during the COVID-19 pandemic(流行病)，who has been working around the clock to__________ key workers, education and communities stay connected and keep the city running__________. Later, he said that it was just a__________, magical moment, and it was just the right thing to do.

1.

A．wrong

B．slow

C．last

D．crowded

2.

A．registered

B．experienced

C．presented

D．interviewed

3.

A．visits

B．numbers

C．courses

D．emotions

4.

A．reminded

B．determined

C．realized

D．doubted

5.

A．appealing

B．explaining

C．applying

D．objecting

6.

A．move around

B．run off

C．calm down

D．take action

7.

A．drivers

B．patients

C．passengers

D．nurses

8.

A．drove

B．invited

C．accompanied

D．directed

9.

A．regular

B．direct

C．long

D．safe

10.

A．trouble

B．plan

C．name

D．tale

11.

A．received

B．made

C．broke

D．reported

12.

A．allergic

B．crazy

C．silent

D．famous

13.

A．imagine

B．guarantee

C．examine

D．admit

14.

A．properly

B．quickly

C．smoothly

D．equally

15.

A．brief

B．quiet

C．key

D．nice

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

As the saying goes, “A hero     1     (know) in the time of misfortune”. Zhong Nanshan is a hero like this. He is a doctor in Guangdong,     2     saved many people’s lives in 2003.

In 2003, SARS     3     (break) out in Guangdong. Later, it spread across China and other parts of the world. Patients coughed a lot and got fevers.     4     (hundred) of patients even died from the disease. Even many doctors and nurses got SARS when they treated patients. So, everyone was afraid of it. Zhong spent days and nights to find     5     cause of the disease. Thanks to his way of treating, many patients began to get     6     (good). Zhong finally won people’s trust.

In early 2020, a disease     7     (call) COVID-19 hit Wuhan. It spread around quickly and tens of thousands of people were infected. Zhong, 84, led     8     (he) team to fight the illness. Zhong’s team took many measures to cure the patients     9     COVID-19. He advised people to wear masks, wash hands     10     (frequent), stay at home and not to go to crowd places.

Now at the age of 84, Zhong still treats patients in the hospital and teaches young doctors.

10 . Lots of kids set up lemonade stands in the summer. For many, it’s a first step toward learning what it means to _________ your own money. For 11-year-old Cartier Carey, it was a _________ to do a lot more. That’s because Carey isn’t using his _________ to open a first savings account. Instead, he’s _________ it back into his community. His goal is to help single mothers in need. With all the stress and _________ uncertainty brought on by the pandemic, Carey decided to focus on the basics: diapers and wipes.

The idea for the project took _________ while Carey was visiting his grandmother who lives in one of the area’s more economically depressed neighborhoods. Carey, who is keenly observant for his age, was _________ by how many women he observed raising children on their own. By the end of July, Carey had raised close to $5,000 via the lemonade stand and from donations, and _________ about 6,500 diapers. As of September, at 22,000 diapers, he’s _________ to achieving his total goal of 25,000.

But the generous 11-year-old is no __________ to worthy causes. Before becoming a “lemonade mogul”, Carey launched another community __________ titled “Carti packs”— care packages for the homeless that __________ such essentials as deodorant, soap, tissue, and even hand-warmers for when the weather got __________.

Carey says his greatest __________ comes from knowing he’s made a difference and seeing how much his efforts have meant to the people he tries to __________.

1.

A．earn

B．save

C．spend

D．control

2.

A．risk

B．chance

C．course

D．mission

3.

A．stand

B．profit

C．fortune

D．wisdom

4.

A．investing

B．holding

C．lending

D．drawing

5.

A．political

B．mental

C．financial

D．personal

6.

A．effect

B．root

C．care

D．place

7.

A．delighted

B．satisfied

C．relaxed

D．shocked

8.

A．distributed

B．sold

C．selected

D．judged

9.

A．loyal

B．used

C．equal

D．close

10.

A．relief

B．gain

C．truth

D．stranger

11.

A．career

B．research

C．initiative

D．amateur

12.

A．returned

B．employed

C．contained

D．boosted

13.

A．fine

B．cold

C．stormy

D．sunny

14.

A．joy

B．hope

C．effort

D．comment

15.

A．please

B．ignore

C．identify

D．serve