1 . Once upon a time, my grandson and I built a world out of wooden blocks and plastic pieces.

We spread out across the floor with domino roads _______ cities and nations. Each place was populated by little people with similar _______. Black, brown, and _______plastic faces represented the world’s many _______. We made sure everyone had everything they _______ —from playgrounds, to ice-cream stores, to Chuck E. Cheese in each place. Those plastic smiles were _______ in this make-believe land. I stood and surveyed our small _______ and decided something else was needed. I brought over some tall books to give _______ between the countries. My young grandson didn’t _______ that idea. He said it would be easier for everyone to __________ if we didn’t have anything in the __________.

That’s true! It is too bad that we lose a child’s __________ perspective（视角）among the world’s too many troubles that make those boundaries all too __________.

This isn’t the first time a child has __________ me a lesson. Children aren’t yet __________ with all the troubles of a __________ world. To put it simply, children can __________ life more as it should be. Surveying our perfect world of ice-cream stores and playgrounds, I sat down and realized I had more to learn. For my grandson, life and all of its realities would __________ soon enough. But for now, I realized that there were some things I could __________ from him.

And Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have __________ these things from the wise and learned, but shown them to little children.”

1.

A．spreading

B．blocking

C．following

D．connecting

2.

A．hats

B．tools

C．smiles

D．languages

3.

A．red

B．green

C．yellow

D．orange

4.

A．hills

B．races

C．countries

D．creatures

5.

A．needed

B．ordered

C．invented

D．designed

6.

A．real

B．funny

C．rough

D．dull

7.

A．shop

B．garden

C．world

D．village

8.

A．tips

B．signals

C．speeches

D．boundaries

9.

A．like

B．miss

C．catch

D．explain

10.

A．work out

B．pick up

C．call back

D．get together

11.

A．map

B．way

C．process

D．direction

12.

A．silly

B．vague

C．bright

D．innocent

13.

A．secure

B．obvious

C．necessary

D．powerful

14.

A．treated

B．taught

C．returned

D．written

15.

A．filled

B．equipped

C．burdened

D．satisfied

16.

A．peaceful

B．broken

C．friendly

D．united

17.

A．see

B．operate

C．face

D．create

18.

A．come

B．leave

C．achieve

D．compete

19.

A．hear

B．learn

C．suffer

D．judge

20.

A．stored

B．sold

C．fetched

D．hidden

2 . Few things have helped create the look of the English countryside more than hedges（树篱）. Hedges have been used for a long time in England, yet for all their ancientness, much of the familiar checkerboard pattern they help create is of very recent age.

Hedges have been used as field boundaries in England since the times of the Romans. Archaeological discovery at Farmoor(Oxon) shows Roman hedges were made of thorn（荆棘）. The Anglo-Saxons also used hedges widely, and many that were used as estate boundaries still exist. Although these early hedges were used as field enclosures（圈地）or to mark the boundaries of one person’s possessions, there was no systematic planting of hedges in England until the first enclosure movement of the 13th century.

The pressures of population expansion led to a widespread clearing of land for agriculture, and the new fields needed to be marked clearly. Later, farming expansion in the 15th century led to more widespread hedge planting, but the greatest use of hedges came in the Enclosure Movement of the 18th and 19th centuries. The Enclosure Movement is a fancy term that historians use to describe the habit of wealthy landowners enclosing common fields for their own use, usually for the purpose of raising sheep.

Hedges are used as field boundaries in the lowland of England. In the highlands, such as the Yorkshire Dales, dry stone walls are commonly used. So great was the need for hedges during the Enclosures that a whole new industry sprang up supplying hawthorn（山楂）plants to be used in planting new hedges.

In the process of enclosure many rural labourers lost their livelihood and had to move to the new industrial urban centres. So the next time you sigh over the timeless quality of the English hedge-shaped countryside, spare a thought for the pain and hardship caused by the expansion of hedged fields to much of England’s rural population.

1. What were hedges originally used for in England?

A．Enclosing common lands.

B．Marking the limits of fields.

C．Protecting agricultural crops.

D．Protecting sheep from the wolves.

2. What played the key role in the rapid expansion of hedges?

A．Immigration.	B．Conflicts.
C．Agriculture.	D．Tourism.

3. Which period saw the most hedges appear in England?

A．Roman times.	B．The 13th century.
C．The 15th century.	D．The 18th century.

4. Why were hawthorn plants badly needed according to paragraph 4?

A．They made good hedges.

B．They produced nice fruits.

C．They had beautiful shapes.

D．They were suitable food for sheep.

3 . 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。

Eating shows originated in South Korea and soon became    1    worldwide trend. However, Chinese short-video platforms are    2    (whole) controlling online eating shows after criticism from CCTV on Wednesday for misleading consumption and encouraging food waste. In response     3     the criticism, the video platforms cleaned up all the offending videos. Any food-wasting behavior     4     (feature) over-eating and drinking shall be banned.

As a result, nowadays, when searching keywords such as “eating show” or “big stomach king” on the websites in China, what users see is a reminder that    5    (read) “value food and eat    6     (reason) amounts.”

Previously, food waste in China was a common occurrence. According to a joint report     7    (release) by the WWF and Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2018, restaurants and canteens in China wasted about 18 million tons of food per year,     8    could be enough to feed up to 50 million people.

Therefore, it's time to enhance public     9     (aware) of the food waste problem and a sense of crisis about food still should     10    (maintain) to make us resourceful with food.

After all, good food consumption habits are signs of social progress and civilization.

4 . Selvidge hopes to attend art or film school after graduation. Being a writer, director, actor and musician, Selvidge admits that his ability to adapt to his _______ environment is his strength. Of course, it is the very _______ that helps him with difficulties. However, he didn't gain it without _______.

At the age of 13, Selvidge _______ his hometown Dickson, Tennessee in _______ of a better life. In the following 4 years, he was just living with his friends and bouncing around wherever he could. That lasted _______ both his parents died off. The police were going to _______him over to a local shelter. However, at his father's funeral, his half-brother in Arizona offered to _______him to start over.

Selvidge saw the move as an opportunity to start a _______ life. The first day he came to Perry High School, he ________ to the Theatre Club and finally gained a role to play. That was the beginning of his ________ career. Last year he directed his own play and ________ in a musical and two comedies. Seeing his wonderful stage performance, debate coach Jim Fountain ________ Selvidge, believing his talents could take him far. ________, Selvidge did it well too. He won the state championship and will represent his state to ________ on the national stage for debate in June.

“He has suffered many that are ________ to kids his ages” his director, Shelley, explains why Selvidge can ________ the audience's eyes so well. “He has a ________ understanding of the human condition, which allows him to interpret emotions of various ________ with ease. In this sense, it is ________ that shaped what he is today.”

1.

A．economic

B．changeable

C．social

D．familiar

2.

A．patience

B．kindness

C．virtue

D．bravery

3.

A．interest

B．patience

C．luck

D．suffering

4.

A．left

B．worked for

C．missed

D．returned to

5.

A．favor

B．memory

C．search

D．celebration

6.

A．since

B．after

C．if

D．until

7.

A．roll

B．hand

C．carry

D．drag

8.

A．defend

B．assess

C．support

D．teach

9.

A．new

B．free

C．political

D．healthy

10.

A．complained

B．stuck

C．contributed

D．applied

11.

A．acting

B．composing

C．writing

D．coaching

12.

A．hosted

B．starred

C．spoke

D．debated

13.

A．sought out

B．dreamed of

C．told off

D．relied on

14.

A．Strangely

B．Certainly

C．Interestingly

D．Basically

15.

A．jump

B．graduate

C．play

D．compete

16.

A．critical

B．relevant

C．open

D．uncommon

17.

A．catch

B．meet

C．widen

D．test

18.

A．shared

B．normal

C．deep

D．childish

19.

A．members

B．characters

C．colleagues

D．directors

20.

A．sacrifices

B．choices

C．hardships

D．amusements

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Bacolod, the     1     (five) largest city of the Philippines, is called the City of Smiles. It reflects the locals’ positive attitude towards daily life. Tourists from all over the world     2     (welcome) by local people. Bacolod, one of the cities with the best quality of life in the Philippines, has fresh air and wonderful urban greenery space.

MassKara Festival appeared     3     the first time in the early 1980s. And it takes place in October every year. There are various celebrations , such as street performances, mask-making     4     (compete) and parades.

During the festival, people     5     (put) on masks and colorful folk costumes spill into the streets, which     6     (transform) narrow streets into a sea of joy. If you pay a little attention, you will find that expressions on people’s masks are the same: smiling. Besides, there will be     7     number of other activities in the city. Restaurants will also prepare special food and good wine to entertain guests from far away.

    8     Bacolod lacks representative tourist attractions, it is     9     (good) worth visiting because of the wide and clean streets, fantastic markets and     10     (afford) housing prices.

6 . At Aizo Chuo Hospital in Japan, employees greet newcomers, guide patients to and from the surgery area, and print out maps of the hospital for confused visitors. They don’t take lunch breaks or even get paid. Why? They’re robots!

Robots have long worked in factories, helping to build cars and electronic appliances. But today’s robots don’t just do the jobs of people－they actually look and act a lot like people.

Kansei, a robot from Japan, has a plastic face covering 19 movable parts. The robot can make 36 facial expressions in response to different words. Kansei shakes in fear at the word “war” and smiles when it hears the word “dinner”.

Researchers in Europe are going even further with iCub, a “baby” robot. They are teaching it to speak and hold conversations.

The ability to interact is crucial for robots that will one day work closely with humans, says robotics professor ChrisAtkeson. “This will require robots to understand what you say and how you are feeling and respond with appropriate emotions,” he told WR News.

Japanese scientist Minoru Asada agrees. He is building a robot called CB2 that acts like a real baby. “Right now, it only goes,   ̒Ah, ah. ̓ But as we develop its learning function, it will start saying more complex sentences and moving on its own,” Asada says. “Next-generation robots need to be able to learn and develop by themselves.”

Intelligent robot will become more important in the future, as populations age and the number of human workers declines in many countries. “We’re going to have many more old people and not enough young people to care for them,” says robot researcher Matthew Mason. “Technology can help the old people live at home longer, instead of going to nursing homes.”

1. According to the passage, what jobs have robots already performed?

A．Giving advice, answering customer questions and planning events.

B．Producing factory goods, building cars and greeting customers.

C．Greeting customers, producing factory goods and performing surgery.

D．Building cars, driving passengers and providing directions.

2. The second paragraph in this passage is mainly about?

A．To explain how a robot works.

B．To define what a robot is.

C．To describe the functions of modern robots.

D．To predict the future uses of robots.

3. How does the Kansei robot react on the word “fire”?

A．Use languages to warn nearby humans.

B．Back up its memory files.

C．Activate an automatic fire alarm.

D．Produce a worried look on his face.

4. In Asada’s opinion, the next step for robots will be to develop_______.

A．the ability to learn independently

B．the ability to understand human commands

C．the capacity to interact with humans

D．the willingness to work together

7 . The natural wilderness of the Antarctic is under threat because of the increasing number of tourists. They come to Antarctic to ____ penguins, seals and seabirds.

Scientists worry that this ____ to see the Antarctic area will only ____ the situation. They believe that the ____ in tourism could increase the risk to the marine environment and land ecosystems.

A major ____ is that cruise ships (游轮) are increasingly visiting the area and if there was an accident, they could cause major ____. For instance, a Norwegian cruise ship touched ground on Antarctic’s Deception Island, spilling fuel.

___, the Norwegian ship was ice-strengthened and it only spilled a small amount of fuel. If the ship weren’t ____ enough and used heavy fuel oil, it would be very difficult to ____ and thousands of marine life could become ____ in oil.

As a result of the Norwegian ____, there have been several ____ for dealing with the problem. One idea is that there should be a ____ on ships which have not been specially strengthened to deal with sea ____. Another is that there should be a buddy system for large ships so that if one gets into ____, there would always be another nearby, which it could ____ help.

Whatever the ____, it would be difficult to take any action because there are no international laws ____ tourism practices in the Antarctic. ____, ship owners do not seem to be able to ____ what sort of checks and controls are needed in the region.

1.

A．hunt

B．preserve

C．train

D．observe

2.

A．curiosity

B．courage

C．competence

D．encouragement

3.

A．display

B．change

C．address

D．worsen

4.

A．reform

B．growth

C．faith

D．investment

5.

A．conclusion

B．promise

C．concern

D．decision

6.

A．pollution

B．stress

C．conflict

D．inconvenience

7.

A．Obviously

B．Generally

C．Surprisingly

D．Fortunately

8.

A．large

B．heavy

C．strong

D．luxury

9.

A．clean up

B．give up

C．hold up

D．build up

10.

A．boiled

B．stored

C．coated

D．burned

11.

A．exploration

B．accident

C．behavior

D．attitude

12.

A．explanations

B．suggestions

C．arrangements

D．announcements

13.

A．ban

B．claim

C．comment

D．debate

14.

A．creatures

B．rocks

C．water

D．ice

15.

A．debt

B．shape

C．position

D．trouble

16.

A．lack for

B．call for

C．respond to

D．adjust to

17.

A．benefits

B．purposes

C．solutions

D．challenges

18.

A．allowing

B．governing

C．requiring

D．admitting

19.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Moreover

D．Otherwise

20.

A．agree on

B．focus on

C．try on

D．catch on

8 . This year’s holiday photos will have an undoubtedly pandemic feel:     1    . Santa is hosting drive-through events, attaching face shields to his hat and trading with disposable gloves rather than his white cloth ones to protect himself —and others.

“    2    ,” said Mark Brenneman, 70, who has been playing the role of Santa for nearly five decades. “They want hope. They want normal.”

Bass Pro Shops began offering free photos with Santa during the 2008 recession, when the country was in need of a collective pick-me-up.    3    . Now the outdoors retailer is hoping to re-create some of that magic, even if Old Saint Nick is stuck behind a shield and elves are pulling double duty as “Santa’s sanitization squad.”

The SoNo collection, a mall in Norwalk, Conn., is offering virtual visits this year for $25. But for those who would like to see Santa in the flesh, he’ll be greeting shoppers from inside an acrylic snow globe on the third floor.

“    4    —the Spanish flu, the bubonic plague — and I just couldn’t bring myself to tell my kids that he was afraid of covid-19,” said Kathryn Burgess, a photographer who designed the snow globe and spent $10,000 producing it. “    5    .”

Her acrylic barriers, which she sells for as much as $4,000, are being used by nearly 50 malls, schools and hospitals this holiday season.

A．A visit to Santa Claus is always a big pleasure for children.

B．It turned out to be an overnight success

C．Santa has survived so many things

D．We find it difficult to deal with the situation

E．But we had to come up with a creative plan to protect him

F．No more sitting on Santa Claus’s lap or whispering in his ear

G．Santa can’t give out hugs or candy canes this year, but people still want to see him

9 . Taking an afternoon nap could keep your brain sharp, a new study has said. Adults ages 60 and older who took afternoon naps showed signs of better mental ability compared to those who didn’t nap, according to a study published in General Psychiatry earlier this week.

Researchers analyzed napping habits in 2, 214 older Chinese people and measured their cognitive abilities using several cognitive tests. Participants took the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Beijing version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, both of which test for memory, language and other cognitive abilities. In every category listed in the study, nappers tested statistically higher on average compared to their non-napping counterparts.

Researchers did not gather data from people under 60, so a correlation cannot be drawn between napping and younger generations. The study also noted that there are conflicting studies about the benefits and risks of napping.

Sleeping behaviors can be affected by a multitude of factors, said Dr. David Neubauer, associate professor at Johns Hopkins University. “Daily routines, medication use and sleep disorders can all play a role in how frequently someone takes a nap.” he said.

Neubauer recommended taking a shorter “power nap” of up to 20 minutes to decrease the chances of transitioning into slow-wave sleep, which makes people feel groggy when they wake up. “Napping can be a healthy part of an older adult’s day”, Neubauer acknowledged, but make sure “sleepiness isn’t due to a treatable nighttime sleep disorder.” Older individuals who want to do all they can to preserve their cognitive functioning should put nighttime sleep first.

1. What is the best way to keep a better cognitive ability for the old?

A．Take a nap every day.

B．Take sleep disorder seriously.

C．Have a good sleep at night.

D．Do exercise regularly.

2. How did the researchers reach the conclusion?

A．By taking the examinations and assessment.

B．By analyzing napping habits and giving tests.

C．By measuring nappers’ ability and analyzing them.

D．By doing an experiment.

3. Which has NO effect on one’s sleeping behaviors?

A．Taking a nap.

B．Medicine treatment

C．Sleep problems

D．Everyday activities.

4. What can we know about “slow-wave sleep”?

A．It appears in short nap up to 20 minutes.

B．People should avoid it in their naps.

C．It is a healthy part of an elder’s day.

D．It was recommended by Neubauer.

10 . 请认真阅读下面一封信，并据此信中所述写一封回信。内容自拟。
Dear Peter,

Recently, troubled by the painful conflict between my parents and me, I’m writing to seek for your advice.

First, they take it for granted that they could read my diary and interfere with（干涉） my social life just to protect me, making it impossible for me to make friends, though. Besides, on my entering senior high, my parents care too much for my study as if I were a robot deprived of （剥夺）any entertainment. Every time I surfed the Internet, they would shoot me angry eyes. I wonder why they are so hard on a teenager and find fault with my behavior.

Your prompt reply would be highly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Li Hua

注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear _________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sincerely,