1 . Chloe Smith is a girl aged 6 from Atlanta, Georgia. One day, while taking a walk with her father near their home, she________something shiny under a pile of rubbish. She picked up the ________ to take home, as she often did on her treasure-hunting walks. Chloe was later ________ to discover she had found a stolen Olympic gold medal.

The medal belongs to former canoeist (划艇运动员) Joe Jacobi, who won gold while ________ for Team USA in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games. The medal, along with other personal belongings, was ________ in May of 2016 when someone broke into Jacobi’s can. Though police managed to ________ some of his stolen items, they hadn’t been able to find his ________ Olympic medal. It may have been lost forever, if not for a 6-year-old girl’s treasure-hunting ________ .

Chloe’s dad had seen Jacobi’s story on the news, and ________ realized it was his stolen property. He found Jacobi’s email and sent him pictures of the treasure. After________ the medal, Jacobi was astonished, just speechless.

Chloe was ________ to give it back after speaking with Jacobi on the phone. ________, Jacobi promised to speak to her class when school begins again this fall. The ________ of this little girl reuniting an Olympian with his beloved possession is ________ . When we talk about character and doing the ________ thing, Chloe represents the Olympic values in every sense of the word.

1.

A．sought

B．buried

C．noticed

D．dropped

2.

A．waste

B．object

C．material

D．antique

3.

A．embarrassed

B．satisfied

C．frightened

D．shocked

4.

A．competing

B．applying

C．coaching

D．preparing

5.

A．broken

B．stolen

C．replaced

D．deserted

6.

A．purchase

B．register

C．preserve

D．recover

7.

A．secured

B．prized

C．advertised

D．priced

8.

A．project

B．decision

C．habit

D．idea

9.

A．quickly

B．gradually

C．really

D．carefully

10.

A．identifying

B．obtaining

C．evaluating

D．investigating

11.

A．sorry

B．eager

C．upset

D．hesitant

12.

A．In addition

B．In fact

C．In return

D．In advance

13.

A．purpose

B．report

C．attempt

D．story

14.

A．heart-warming

B．breath-taking

C．eye-catching

D．life-changing

15.

A．important

B．simple

C．interesting

D．right

2 . 假定你是李华，上周五你校举办了一场主题为“健康与运动”的演讲比赛。请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1.参赛人员； 2.现场描述； 3.比赛反响。4. 80词左右。

A Speech Contest About “Health and Sport”

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5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where is the woman going?

A．To the shop.

B．To the museum.

C．To the post office.

2. How can she find a bridge?

A．Go straight forward along this street.

B．Go down the street and turn right.

C．Go down the street and turn left.

3. How long will it take the woman to go to the place?

A．10 minutes by taxi.

B．10 minutes by bus.

C．10 minutes on foot.

6 . 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。

It is no secret that China has an incredibly rich, complex and ancient history and culture. My first     1     (expose) to Chinese culture came totally by chance. At 8, I walked into a bookshop and picked a book from one of the     2     (shelf). Nevertheless, the book turned out to be the “Tao Te Ching”, a deeply philosophical book of Taoism. As an 8-year-old, the book’s content was     3     (obvious) lost on me, but it provided me with an early connection to a profound philosophical tradition by       4     I am still influenced today. At school I began studying Chinese. My interest in the language developed early on,     5    (combine) my love of travelling with my love of meeting new people.

Culture and food are closely connected and perhaps nowhere else can this be seen more clearly     6     in China. In recent years there     7    (be) a rise in restaurants offering a variety of foods here. I have introduced many of my friends to Chinese history and culture through a     8    (share) love of food.

    9     is safe to say that my journey has only just begun. These first steps are only a drop in the ocean of lifelong learning, but as the Chinese philosopher Laozi said, “A journey of a thousand miles     10     (begin) with a single step.”

7 . Technology seems to discourage slow, immersive reading. Reading on a screen tires your eyes and makes it harder for you to keep your place. Online writing tends to be more skimmable and list-like than print. The cognitive neuroscientist Mary Walt argued recently that this “new norm” of skim reading is producing “an invisible, game -changing transformation” in how readers process words. The neuronal circuit that sustains the brain’s capacity to read now favors the rapid absorption of information.

We shouldn’t overplay this danger. All readers skim. From about the age of nine, our eyes start to bounce around the page, reading only about a quarter of the words properly, and filling in the gaps by inference. Nor is there anything new in these fears about declining attention spans. So far, the anxieties have proved to be false alarms. “Quite a few critics have been worried about attention spans lately and see very short stories as signs of cultural decline,” the American author Selvin Brown wrote. “No one ever said that poems were evidence of short attention spans.”

And yet the Internet has certainly changed the way we read. For a start, it means that there is more to read, because more people than ever are writing. And digital writing is meant for rapid release and response. This mode of writing and reading can be interactive and fun. But often it treats other people’s words as something to be quickly harvested as fodder (素材) to say something else. Everyone talks over the top of everyone else, desperate to be heard.

Perhaps we should slow down. Reading is constantly promoted as a social good and source of personal achievement. But this advocacy often emphasizes “enthusiastic” “passionate” or “eager” reading, none of which adjectives suggest slow, quiet absorption. To a slow reader, a piece of writing can only be fully understood by immersing oneself in the words and their slow comprehension of a line of thought.

The human need for this kind of deep reading is too tenacious for any new technology to destroy. We often assume that technological change can’t be stopped and happens in one direction, so that older media like “dead-tree” books are kicked out by newer, more virtual forms. In practice, older technologies can coexist with new ones. The Kindle has not killed off the printed book any more than the car killed off the bicycle. We still want to enjoy slowly. formed ideas and carefully-chosen words. Even in a fast-moving age, there is time for slow reading.

1. Selvin Brown would probably agree that ________.

A．poetry reading is vital to attention spans

B．the gravity of cultural decline is urgent

C．fears of attention spans are unnecessary

D．online writing harms immersive reading

2. What is TRUE about digital writing?

A．It demands writers to abandon traditional writing modes.

B．It leads to too much talking and not enough deep reflection.

C．It depends heavily on frequent interaction with the readers.

D．It paves the way for enthusiastic, passionate or eager reading.

3. What does the underlined word “tenacious” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Deep-rooted.

B．Fast-advanced.

C．Slowly-changed.

D．Rarely-noticed.

4. Which can be the best title for this article?

A．The Wonder of Deep Reading

B．Slow Reading is Here to Stay

C．The Internet is Changing the Way We Read

D．Digital vs Print: A Life-and-Death Struggle

8 . Exercise and I have never had a good relationship because of my fear of sports.   From a young age, my dad __________ me into a dozen sports. I didn’t like any of them, __________.

When I entered University of Regina, my dad __________ telling me “You have to find a way to stay __________ ”or “You don’t want to get the Freshman 15, do you?” So I __________ to give swimming a shot, but I __________ managed to go to the pool twice during the fall semester (学期). Worse still, I was __________ to convince myself that “Yeah, that’s OK. ”

The spring semester came.   A friend of mine __________ me one day asking if I wanted to go to Zumba with her. All I knew about Zumba was that it was basically exercise dancing to Latin and pop songs. It didn’t sound too bad, but I couldn’t be __________ .

I went, and that was it. Zumba became my __________ of tea. The instructor would always say: “Don’t worry about the steps. Have fun. Do your own thing.” That removed my __________ about sports. I didn’t have to be __________. I didn’t even have to be good. I just needed to __________ the music and move. Zumba did __________ me from the Freshman 15, but it also did so much more. It let me make __________ with my unpleasant past with physical fitness, and enjoy staying healthy.

1.

A．expected

B．allowed

C．invited

D．pushed

2.

A．therefore

B．though

C．instead

D．besides

3.

A．avoided

B．kept

C．regretted

D．risked

4.

A．in shape

B．for fun

C．at ease

D．on business

5.

A．decided

B．happened

C．bothered

D．refused

6.

A．hardly

B．merely

C．constantly

D．gradually

7.

A．eager

B．content

C．embarrassed

D．disappointed

8.

A．teased

B．comforted

C．approached

D．annoyed

9.

A．happy

B．proud

C．careful

D．certain

10.

A．share

B．part

C．cup

D．mouth

11.

A．curiosity

B．passion

C．fright

D．confidence

12.

A．ambitious

B．enthusiast

C．adorable

D．perfect

13.

A．feel

B．accept

C．display

D．compare

14.

A．save

B．witness

C．discourage

D．separate

15.

A．trouble

B．sense

C．peace

D．contact

10 . Just a few months earlier, I would never have pictured myself acting in a play in front of two hundred people. If not for my teacher Mr Bricker, I might never have found that ______.

In the first and second grade, I was extremely ______. It just wasn’t in my personality to be very outgoing. I would escape into my writing. Mr Bricker always ______ me to write more. I think he was the first person to see my inner ______.

One day, he announced our class was going to ______ a play. “I need someone to play the lead part of Dorothy.” A few ______ students raised their hands at once. I, of course, was not one of them. After school, Mr Bricker said to me, “Dallas, I was ______ you didn’t raise your hands.” Me, the lead? I was ______ just thinking of standing on stage in front of a lot of people.

“You’re great at ______ things, so you won’t worry about lines. And you have such a sweet personality. Perfect for Dorothy! I had you in ______ for Dorothy while writing the play!”

I realized it was time to ______ my shyness. After five months of ______, we finally made the play a success. At the end of the play, when the audience stood and applauded, I knew they were ______ not just for my performance that night, but for the ______ that they knew would come in later years because of my new-found ______.

1.

A．intention

B．opportunity

C．solution

D．commitment

2.

A．shy

B．pessimistic

C．energetic

D．ambitious

3.

A．required

B．allowed

C．encouraged

D．persuaded

4.

A．drawback

B．peace

C．fear

D．strength

5.

A．present

B．introduce

C．write

D．evaluate

6.

A．shocked

B．anxious

C．thrilled

D．ordinary

7.

A．annoyed

B．grateful

C．embarrassed

D．surprised

8.

A．ashamed

B．regretful

C．doubtful

D．terrified

9.

A．analyzing

B．observing

C．memorizing

D．predicting

10.

A．store

B．mind

C．place

D．comparison

11.

A．throw off

B．show off

C．give off

D．call off

12.

A．practicing

B．adapting

C．adjusting

D．debating

13.

A．accounting

B．calling

C．cheering

D．praying

14.

A．praise

B．efforts

C．beliefs

D．performances

15.

A．advantage

B．confidence

C．character

D．evidence