4 . Summer is a great time to go on holiday in Australia, especially after the long lockdown. Since overseas travel is still impossible, local spots have become hot destinations. In January, my friends and I went to the Great Ocean Road for three days’ trip and it was an amazing trip!

The Great Ocean Road is known for its beautiful coastline. During our trip, we enjoyed an amazing view of the ocean. On the first day, we went to the Split Point Lighthouse at the start of the road. The lighthouse has a “red hat” on the top. After climbing to the top, we could enjoy a breathtaking view. Looking from above, the waves lapping the shore divided the ocean and land into two halves.

Although the road hugs the coastline for its full length, the landscape (地形) changes from area to area. At first, we saw many surfers, swimmers, and other beachgoers. There are lots of beaches where people can enjoy the water. Right next to the beaches are small towns equipped with holiday houses and seafood restaurants, so it’s convenient for people who want to stay there for a few days with their family.

However, as we explored the Great Ocean Road further and reached the area around Port Campbell, we saw its famous limestone structures. People gave them names based on their shapes, such as the Twelve Apostles and London Bridge. The stones might have been accidentally sculptured by nature into certain shapes, but it was the human imagination that gave them a soul!

1. What is the Great Ocean Road famous for?

A．The limestone structures.	B．The coastline.
C．The Split Point Lighthouse.	D．The beaches.

2. What does the name of Twelve Apostles relate to?

A．The sculptor’s imagination.	B．London Bridge.
C．Its appearance.	D．Port Campbell

3. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The author stayed in the holiday house at night.	B．Visitors weren’t allowed to swim in the ocean.
C．Australian don’t like to travel abroad.	D．The weather was cold in January.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．A trip to Port Campbell.	B．An amazing coastline.
C．Beaches and ocean.	D．A trip to the Great Ocean Road.

5 . For ten years, Hingorani and I have shared a wall. In all these years, we shared nothing more than that wall.

Hingorani lost her husband around eight months ago. Now, the 82-year-old former headmaster of Mumbai’s Jai Hind College lives alone in the apartment next door.

Knowing it would be difficult for her to manage things without any help, I started dropping by. When I found out that she loves meat and chicken, I went with a plate of butter chicken and kulchas. And we started to talk of course.

As we started to talk, I realized how different she was from what I had thought. And that’s where our friendship really began. I found that she related to me in a lot of ways — both of us married of our own free will, and she, too, was a working mother, We spoke about her relationship with her two sisters who live abroad and how they connect with each other every day.

Her liberal thinking, the way she raised her daughter, her love for her culture and stories of her teaching days — including how the boys at her college gave her a hard time — all made for great conversation. I never felt we were generations apart. She, too, loves my company and looks forward to my crazy stories without judgment. I tell her about the challenges I face when raising a child. A chat with her is like a warm hug at the end of a bad day.

Hingorani has become part of my daily life. I look forward to either having a cup of tea with her on her balcony or enjoying a glass of wine on a Saturday night. Our connection is pure. Our friendship is not limited by age. Instead, it is strengthened by the circumstances.

1. Why did the author begin to visit Hingorani?

A．She felt lonely living alone.	B．She was curious about the neighbor.
C．She had extra food to share with the neighbor.	D．She wants to lend the neighbor a hand.

2. What did the author realize after talking with Hingorani?

A．They had a lot in common.	B．They both had two sisters.
C．They had different thoughts.	D．They had known each other for years.

3. What can we infer about the author from the last two paragraphs?

A．She lives a very relaxing life.	B．She is good at raising children.
C．She enjoys the old lady’s company.	D．She has no other friends except the old lady.

4. What would be the best title for the text?

A．I Found a Great Friend Beyond Age	B．I Saw Cooking as a Useful Bonding Tool
C．A Great Conversation Saved My Life	D．My New Friend Taught Me to Cook

6 . A new study shows that eating nuts and peanut butter may help prevent one form of the disease diabetes (糖尿病). Adult-onset or Type Two diabetes affects about 135 million people around the world. The disease results when the body cannot produce or use a substance called insulin (胰岛素). Insulin is produced in the organ (器官) called the pancreas. Insulin helps turn sugar in foods into energy.

The Journal of the American Medical Association published the findings. Scientists from the Harvard University School of Public Health in Cambridge, Massachusetts completed the research. They studied more than 83,000 women for 16 years. The women were 34 to 59 years old. None of the women had diabetes, cancer or heart disease when the study began. During the study, more than 3,000 women developed diabetes.

The women answered questions every four years between 1980 and 1996. The researchers asked what they ate, including information about nuts and nut products. Some of the women ate nuts five days a week. The size of each serving weighed about 30 grams. Or, they ate a serving of peanut butter five days each week. Other women in the study did not eat nuts or peanut butter. Those who ate nuts five times a week were more than twenty percent less likely to develop Type Two diabetes than the women who did not eat nuts.

Although the study involved only women, the researchers believe eating nuts would also be good for men. The scientists say more research is needed to confirm the findings. But the study suggests that the fats in nuts may improve the way the body makes and uses insulin.

Nuts contain magnesium, which helps balance insulin and levels of sugar in the blood. The fats in nuts also may improve the body’s ability to process sugar in the blood. People who suffer from diabetes have too much sugar in their blood and urine, the body’s liquid waste.

1. What can we learn about the women involved in the new research?

A．All the women had to answer questions every week.

B．Some women were not allowed to eat nuts on purpose.

C．Some of them suffered from diabetes because of the research.

D．Women who ate nuts regularly had lower risk of having diabetes.

2. What do Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4 mainly focus on?

A．Who did the findings.	B．What happened to the women.
C．How the research was carried out.	D．How much nuts women should eat.

3. What helps prevent diabetes according to the new research about nuts?

A．Insulin in nuts.

B．The fats in nuts.

C．Sugar in the blood.

D．People’s urine.

4. What’s the author’s purpose by writing the passage?

A．To show the importance of insulin.	B．To introduce a new study about eating nuts.
C．To introduce a new way to deal with diabetes.	D．To encourage people to eat as many nuts as possible.

7 . 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。

Some teachers can have a great impact (影响) on us. Last year, in my second year of high school I had Mr. Smith as my teacher,     1     I will never forget. He was an     2     (amaze) teacher and was always ready to students and helping them achieve their greatest potential. I was not necessarily     3     best student when it came it writing compositions. Mr. Smith helped me and was always ready to answer my     4     (question), and I was grateful     5     it.

I remember the day of taking my final exam, I was the last one still writing in the exam room as always,     6     (review) my test paper. Everyone else     7     (leave) the room already except Mr. Smith. After turning in my exam paper, I started to leave the room,     8     I decided to turn around and say what I intended to say. I told him I sincerely thanked him for his great help and expressed my love for his lessons. Deeply     9     (touch) by my praise, he said he was proud that I had     10     (true) enjoyed his class.

This is him. He really knows how to inspire his students.

8 . 假定你校于上周六举行了一场以“弘扬中华传统文化”为主题的学生英语演讲比赛，请你用英语给校报写一篇新闻报道，内容包括：
1. 时间和地点；
2. 过程和意义。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 报道标题已为你写好，不算入总词数；
3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Successful English Speech Contest on Promoting Chinese Traditional Culture

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9 .

What A Waste: Rubbish, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet	In this informative book on recycling for children, you will find everything you need to know about our environment. The good, the bad, and the incredibly innovative. From pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling. ★ Hardcover, 4 April 2019, by Jess French, 635 ratings ★ Kindle Edition, £ 5.99 ★ Hard cover, Used, £ 2.58 ★ Hardcover, New, £ 10.94
Fall Off, Get Back On, Keep Going: 10 ways to be at the top of your game!	With personal stories from Clare herself and from the lives of the people she most admires, children will discover how to develop courage in the face of tough situations. With fun, quirky illustrations, the 10 chapters explore 10 character-traits — that can help children to learn to embrace their mistakes, own them, and move on from them. ★ Paperback, 15 April 2021, by Clare Balding, 39 ratings ★ Kindle Edition, £ 6.99 ★ Paperback, £ 7.49
How to Grow Up and Feel Amazing!: The No-Worries Guide for Boys	I’ve put everything I’ve learned both from my career as an NHS doctor and my own life experience into this twenty-first century guide to being a boy. It covers the obvious things like the physical changes you’ll go through during adolescence, but also helps you to figure out how to manage your emotions, deal with friends and family and learn about healthy relationships. ★ Paperback, 18 Feb. 2021, by Dr. Ranj Singh, 657 ratings ★ Kindle Edition, £ 4.99 ★ Paperback, £ 7.79
The Ickabog	From J.K. Rowling, a warm, fast-paced, funny fairy tale of a fearsome monster, thrilling adventure, and hope against all odds. Featuring full color illustrations by children from across the United States and Canada, this original fairy tale from one of the world’s most celebrated storytellers will have readers of all ages. ★ Hardcover, 10 Nov. 2020, by J.K. Rowling, 12872 ratings ★ Kindle Edition, £ 17.99 ★ Hardcover, Used, £ 5.01 ★ Hardcover, New, £ 10.49

1. Which book is most likely to get more readers?

A．What A Waste.	B．Fall Off, Get Back On, Keep Going.
C．How to Grow Up and Feel Amazing.	D．The Ickabog.

2. What do the four books have in common?

A．They all mention the authors’ experience.	B．They are all intended for children.
C．They all have a Kindle edition.	D．They all have colourful pictures.

3. Where does the text probably come from?

A．A science magazine.	B．An advertising website.
C．A school textbook.	D．A library guide.

10 . Walk around the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and you may see a green animal named Sluggo and a flying pig named Philomena. You might even see street artist David Zinn drawing them using only sidewalk chalk and charcoal (炭笔).

At the age of 12, David began working as an artist. His dad was writing a computer instruction and worried that it would be boring to read. So he asked David to draw pictures of turtles (the name of the computer program) to explain it. The publisher liked his drawings, and soon David had the job of drawing more turtles in action. “I learned a great lesson, which was that, to make money as an artist, I couldn't always draw what I wanted,” he says. “I had to figure out how to draw a turtle drinking tea and other things like that.”

David worked for 20 years as a commercial (商业的) artist, but he often felt cooped up (禁锢) sitting at a computer for 10 hours a day. Then, on a sunny afternoon about ten years ago, he brought some chalk and started drawing on the sidewalk. That's when Sluggo came to life.

“One of the reasons I like to put art on the street is to take people by surprise,” he says. “I can have fun drawing, and knowing it will be washed away helps me not think too much. It frees me up.”

It takes David about two hours to complete one drawing. He uses a lot of sidewalk characteristics in his street art. It can be difficult to draw on surfaces that are not flat. He has to notice where shadows will land so they won't destroy the 3D drawings he creates.

Today, more and more people are accepting and looking for his work. David's artwork can also be found across the country and even throughout the world. Photos of his drawings have been shown at many universities and museums.

1. What did David learn from drawing turtles for his father?

A．Work hard.	B．Follow your heart.
C．Draw what you like.	D．Draw in a creative way.

2. How does David feel when knowing his drawing will be washed away?

A．Relaxed.	B．Worried.
C．Unhappy.	D．Surprised.

3. In what way is David's art special?

A．It shows his real life.

B．It is drawn on the flat sidewalk.

C．It needs a very long time to finish a drawing.

D．It is 3D street art created by simple painting tools.

4. What do we know about David's drawings?

A．They are becoming popular.

B．They are too difficult to understand.

C．They are found mainly at museums.

D．They are hardly accepted by adults.