2 . 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     1    (go), “A hero  is known in the time of misfortune”. Zhong Nanshan is a hero like this. He is a doctor in Guangdong, who saved many people's lives in 2003,     2    SARS broke out in Guangdong. Later, it spread across China and other parts of the world. Patients coughed a lot and    3    (get) fevers. Hundreds 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     4    （find）the cause of the disease. Thanks     5    his way of treating, many patients began to get better. Zhong finally won people's trust. In early 2020,a disease     6    (call)COVID-19 hit Wuhan. It spread around quickly and tens of thousands of people were infected. Zhong, 84, led     7    (he) team to fight the illness. Zhong's team took      8    (measure)to cure the patients with COVID-19. He advised people to wear masks, wash hands     9    (frequent),stay at home and not to go to crowd places.

Now at     10     age of 84, Zhong still treats patients in the hospital and teaches young doctors.

5 . ★LOUDOUN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

Grades: Preschool-Grade 8

LCDS.org • 703-777-3841

Award-winning school features a low student-teacher ratio (比率). Courses include art, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), computer programming, languages, athletics, instruments. BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology), one-to-one program in fourth through eighth grades. It’s famous for its unique field trips.

★NYSMITH SCHOOL

Grades: 3 years-Grade 8

Nysmith.com • 703-552-2912

Top 10 in the world, fun, award-winning program, up to 4 grade levels of diversification (多样化) in reading and math classes, daily science, computers, logic, foreign languages, much more. 1:9 ratio. Minimal (最少的) homework. Hands-on experimental learning, a great attraction for students across the country. 2014 Tommy Award from TJ for the special achievement of Nysmith Alumni.

★FUSION ACADEMY TYSONS

Grades: 6-12

FusionTysonsCorner.com • 866-461-8039

Fusion Academy is a private middle and high school where all classes are one-to-one: one student and one teacher per classroom. Here, positive relationships unlock students’ potential. Scheduling is personalized, and no homework goes home. Come soon to Tysons, Virginia, and achieve school & life balance.

★RANDOLPH-MACON ACADEMY

Grades: 6-12, Postgraduate

rma.edu • 540-636-5484

R-MA is a college-prep boarding school with Air Force JROTC, devoted to developing students of academic achievement, leadership, and responsible citizenship. With smaller classes - on average, 14-17 students per class - students at R-MA find themselves building their confidence because our teachers care about each student. Graduating classes have a 100% college acceptance rate and average over $56.6 million in college scholarships offers each year.

1. What makes LCDS different from the others?

A．field trips.	B．a variety of courses.
C．one-to-one classes.	D．award-winning programs.

2. Why is NYSMITH SCHOOL popular among students?

A．It has no homework.

B．It is the world’s best school.

C．It is a frequent winner of the Tommy Award.

D．It gives them a chance to learn from experience.

3. Which school specializes in personalized education?

A．LOUDOUN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL.

B．NYSMITH SCHOOL.

C．FUSION ACADEMY TYSONS.

D．RANDOLPH-MACON ACADEMY.

6 . It can be hard to keep kids busy sometimes, especially when school is out. Whether your kid is in pre-school or high school, there are fun, educational, and even some free apps on this list for them.

ABCmouse. com

ABCmouse.com is available both as an app and a website. It uses fun storyline-based videos, quizzes, and activities—there’s even a virtual map outlining your child’s learning path to keep kids engaged.

Ages:4-8

Cost:One-month free trial, then $ 10/month subscription (订阅).

EPIC!

Epic! is an app for kids with an e-book library that contains over 35,000 children’s books. This app is a perfect way to take reading wherever your device goes, and it’s great for families with kids of various ages.

Ages: 2-12

Cost: one—month free trial, then $ 8/month.

QUIDK MATH

Kids know that math can be boring, but this app transforms numbers into something more creative and interactive (互动的). Quick Math Jr. is an app for kids with 12 different math games that feature fundamental math skills and concepts.

Ages: 4-8

Cost: free

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

For 20 years, BrainPOP has been providing kids all over the world with in-depth, yet easy to understand educational videos on everything ranging from Mozart to food allergies. BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week is an app that helps younger kids get these videos, plus short quizzes on them.

Ages :6-9

Cost: free, optional subscription(订阅)is $6.99/month

1. How much is it if you want to use EPIC! for the first year?

A．$ 120

B．$96

C．$110

D．$ 88

2. Which app will be suitable if a child wants to improve the skill about number?

A．QUICK Math

B．EPIC!

C．ABCmouse. com

D．BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

3. What do the four apps have in common?

A．They are interactive.	B．They are educational.
C．Players have quizzes.	D．They are free of charge.

7 . Seal Island is a 200-meter-long island in South Africa, which is surrounded by 55 to 57 degrees Fahrenheit waters and covered with over 60,000 seals and some birds. This island has been home to many birds and seals. You may think this island is a paradise. In fact, the island is not famous for the seals or birds. However, the real stars are the great white sharks that leap out of the water to catch the seals they are hunting.

You may think that there is no way for a 15-foot long, 3,000-pound shark to hurl its body out of the water and catch a seal in midair. Actually, these sharks are called “Air Jaws”.

Over the years, the seals have gotten smarter. Now, they go out in groups of seven and eight to feed. They swim down on the sea floor, which gives them extra camouflage (掩饰). When they have to swim near the water surface, they swim in a zigzag (之字形的) pattern. But with all these tricks, they can still be outwitted (以智取胜) by the sharks. Usually, the sharks will take one seal away from its group and force it to swim on the surface, where it is easy to hunt. Sometimes, the seal is lucky and gets away, but most of them die in the process of trying to survive.

Every year, tourists go to see these amazing animals leap out of the water, sometimes flinging (抛) their whole bodies into the air when they want to catch the seals. Some people even want to go into shark cages to see the action from below! This is the reason why this island attracts thousands of tourists around the world every year.

1. What probably makes Seal Island famous?

A．The large number of seals in the water.

B．The way the great white sharks hunt.

C．The beautiful scenery of the island.

D．The special position of the island.

2. Why do the seals swim in a zigzag pattern?

A．To save energy.

B．To warm themselves.

C．To look for food.

D．To avoid the white sharks.

3. What can we infer from the third paragraph?

A．White sharks are dangerous animals.

B．The seals are cleverer than the white sharks.

C．The sharks are successful in hunting the seals.

D．It is easier for the sharks to hunt the seals on the sea floor.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A．To explain why Seal Island is famous.

B．To show how white sharks hunt seals.

C．To advise us to visit Seal Island.

D．To ask us to protect animals.

8 . I had the pleasure and honor of serving as Newport Beach ocean lifeguard (救生员) for five years. One day, I was working at Tower 15. Two blocks to my right was another _______ named Mike, who was working at Tower 17. He called me over the phone and said, “I have noticed a couple of kids. I am going to give them a _______. Keep an eye on them.”

I said. “Sure. ” And he _______.   

Anytime you got out of your tower, you were _______ to let somebody else know, so as to avoid accidents. And sure enough, as soon as he hung up the phone, a rip current (离岸流) snapped up under these two kids, and they were getting sucked (吸) down into the _______. Mike saw it and he ran at full speed to the ocean.   

I called for backup (支援) and said, “Two children _______ in water. Call for backup. 17 was out. I’m going.”

By then, the mother of the two kids had _______ what was happening. She screamed (大喊). I started rushing toward the ocean, but _______ I was even halfway there, Mike had reached the kids — a boy and a girl. Mike told me later that he _______ to the boy first, and when he turned to the girl, he had to dive into the water and catch her by the hair to __________ her out.   

When I reached the mother, Mike was __________ in waist-deep water. The kids were so __________ that they couldn’t walk, so Mike got one kid under each of his arms and brought them onto the beach.   

I __________ the mother and said, “Hey, it’s going to be OK. They’re safe now.” I saw that the __________ look started to disappear from her face.   

What a frightening experience! What a __________ Mike is!

1.

A．guard

B．tower

C．soldier

D．firefighter

2.

A．signal

B．warning

C．notice

D．hand

3.

A．held up

B．showed up

C．hung up

D．made up

4.

A．instructed

B．supposed

C．encouraged

D．frightened

5.

A．water

B．hole

C．sand

D．soil

6.

A．died

B．broke

C．dropped

D．jumped

7.

A．experienced

B．realized

C．shared

D．confirmed

8.

A．after

B．until

C．before

D．although

9.

A．got

B．reached

C．abandoned

D．arrived

10.

A．push

B．pull

C．shake

D．carry

11.

A．also

B．indeed

C．just

D．still

12.

A．exhausted

B．disappointed

C．surprised

D．excited

13.

A．turned to

B．looked forward to

C．cheered for

D．looked at

14.

A．happy

B．surprised

C．frightened

D．embarrassed

15.

A．friend

B．hero

C．master

D．model

9 . 阅读下面文章，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整短文，续写词数应为150左右。

My great-grandfather, my grandfather and my father are farmers, and so are all my family. My father has a fixed idea that I would become a farmer too. Although I respect him and am indeed skilled at doing some farm work, I don’t agree that I should automatically follow in my father’s footsteps.

When I was a teenager, my father happened to take me to an airport which belonged to one of his friends. It was the first time I had seen an aeroplane in real life. Knowing that I had never been on board, my father’s friend Tom offered me an opportunity to fly with him in his small aeroplane. I quickly accepted his offer! When we took off, I felt nervous but thrilled. Being up in the clouds and looking at the view below was unlike anything I had ever felt. I was just enjoying it. I assumed being a pilot would be the most awesome thing in the whole world. From that day a thought crept into my mind that I wanted to become a pilot, but I doubted whether my father would support me. After all, it was a totally different path from what he had planned for me. Therefore, I put the thought to the back of my mind, because I knew he would still insist on holding onto his previous idea.

Anyway, besides helping my father on the farm, I would frequently visit Tom’s airport. Gradually, I got familiar with every button and switch on the aircraft and I learned a lot about planes, such as how to fill the plane with fuel, how to check the engines and so on. But what I had learned just left me wanting more, so I decided to go to college to become a professional pilot.

Paragraph 1:

This time I would not hide my desire any more.

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Paragraph 2:

At the graduation ceremony, with my father present, I, as “Best Pilot”, had to deliver a speech.

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10 . Blue light before bedtime can make it harder to sleep, and the screens on phones, computers, and televisions send out plenty of blue light. This is all true. But if you’re focused on blue light as a major problem affecting your sleep or your eye health, it’s time to look at it from another aspect.

As Philip Yuhas, a professor of vision, writes at The Conversation, blue light isn’t a uniquely technological evil. It’s part of sunlight, and your eyes are exposed to plenty of it all the time. You ‘ re fine. There are studies in mice that have found blue light can damage their eyes, but mice are nocturnal creatures (夜行动物) whose eyes are different from ours. The pigments (色素) and the lenses (晶状体) of our eyes actually block blue light fairly well-so in a sense, we already have built-in blue blocking protection

Adding more protection isn’t likely to help though. You can buy glasses and screen filters (滤光片) that block blue light, but Yuhas points out they are probably a waste of money: these products do not block out much blue light. The leading blue-blocking anti-reflective coating, for example, blocks only about 15% of the blue light that screens send out. You could get the same reduction just by holding your phone another inch from your face.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology doesn’t recommend blue-blocking products, either. Instead, if you’re concerned about your eye health or your ability to get to sleep on time, you already know what to do:

Put the screens away at bedtime. Read a book or find something else to do. While you’re using screens take a 20-second break every 20 minutes to look at something 20 feet away ( the “20-20-20 ” rule ). If you get dry eyes when you look at screens for a long time, use eyedrops labeled artificial tears.

1. What do people think of blue light generally?

A．It is a necessary part of sunlight.	B．It is magical and rare.
C．It is the major factor affecting sleep.	D．All electronics send out blue light.

2. What did the studies in mice find?

A．Mice can see clearly in the dark.	B．Our eyes actually block blue light well.
C．Eyes can be long exposed to blue light.	D．Blue light can damage mice’s eyesight.

3. What can we know about blue-blocking products?

A．They block only 15% of the blue light.	B．Few have much effect on the blue light.
C．They can prevent much harmful lights.	D．They are thought highly of by experts.

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

A．How can Blue Light Be Prevented?	B．Why does Blue Light Make Sleeping Hard?
C．Are Blue-blocking Products Necessary?	D．What will Blue Light Affect Actually?