1 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

“I have something important I would like to read to you,” Ava told her parents. They were sitting side by side on the couch as she stood in front of them. They looked at each other a little cautiously, but smiled. Ava took that as a good sign.

“In school,” she told them, “we’ve been working on persuasive essays. My teacher said that in order to persuade people you have to have reasons and evidence. You can’t just say the same thing over and over again.”

“Well that’s certainly true,” her father said. But Ava wasn’t done yet. “My essay is called Why I Am Responsible and Ready for a Cell Phone,” she continued, smiling as she read.

It had been a problem for months. All three of her best friends received cellphones for Christmas. But Ava’s parents would just shake their heads whenever she asked them.

For weeks it seemed like there was nothing she could do. But then, a week ago, they had started working on writing persuasive essays at school. It occurred to her that why not write a persuasive essay?

For a whole week, she’d worked on her persuasive essay, coming up with all the reasons why she should have a cell phone. She was confident that this essay was the best thing that she had ever written. There was no way her parents wouldn’t be persuaded.

“Alright Ava,” her mom said. “We both wanted to wait until you were older to get you a cell phone.” “But, Ava, since you think you are ready for it, this weekend you shall get it. But we want you to understand, a cellphone is not all just fun and games,” her Dad said. “This is a high responsibility.” He started to list all of the ways that she had to be responsible with her phone, but Ava wasn’t listening anymore. She was too busy trying to decide what apps she could download. On the weekend, her plan worked! She had a cellphone!

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She couldn’t wait to show it to her friends.

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She thought maybe, just maybe, she wasn’t ready for a phone yet.

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2 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Being a train driver, I must concentrate on my driving when working. And on that particular day, I was glad for my outstanding attention.

From a distance, I spotted a small figure like a thin kid on the train tracks. Immediately, I rang the alarm, but no response. Observing carefully, I saw a boy lying on the tracks, unable to escape from my train, as his foot was stuck. I pulled the brakes with all my might as soon as I could. Luckily, the train stopped a few inches from the boy, who was crying loudly in fear.

I approached him, asking how he felt and whether I could give a hand. After getting his permission, I cautiously checked how his foot was stuck in the tracks. And after a few pulls,   the boy's foot came out finally. Hugging him and making sure everything was okay, I asked whether I needed to call his parents. To my astonishment, the child said nothing, just looking at me with his tearful eyes. Considering it was dangerous to leave the boy alone, I decided to take him to my home after work.

Arriving at my home, I introduced him to my wife, Amelia. She looked at the child in surprise for a while, but she calmed down quickly and asked whether the boy remembered her. The boy nodded. Amelia explained to me that she had just walked out of the supermarket with some bread and vegetables the other day, when a group of bad guys blocked her way. Just then, a little boy ran toward them and screamed to attract the police, which at last saved her. Here stood the brave boy.

In the following hours, we chatted with each other, and thus we knew that the kid was named Tom and he was abandoned by his parents and became an orphan who had been alone on the streets for years. As we didn’t have any children, we were determined to adopt Tom.

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2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I told Tom our decision, waiting for his answer.

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The next morning, we opened our bedroom door and saw Tom standing there.

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3 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

In 1940, I worked in the checkroom of the railway station. I saw everybody that came up the stairs.

Harry was a young man who came to the station and waited at the head of the stairs for the passengers from the 9:05 train.

I remembered seeing Harry that first evening. He wasn’t much more than a thin, anxious kid then. He was all dressed up and I knew he was meeting his sister, who he hadn’t seen for many years.

Well, the passengers came up and I had to get busy. I didn’t look toward the stairs again until nearly time for the 9:18 and I was very surprised to see that the Harry was still there. His sister didn’t come on the 9:18 either, nor on the 9:40, and when the passengers from the 10:02 had all arrived and left, Harry was looking pretty upset. Pretty soon he came close to my window so I called out and asked him what his sister looked like.

“She’s small and dark. She is nineteen years old and very neat in the way she walk,” he said. “She has a face that has lots of spirit. I mean she can get mad but she never stays mad for long, and her eyebrows come to a little point in the middle. She’s got a brown fur, but maybe she isn’t wearing it.”

“I couldn’t remember seeing anybody like that,” I told him.

He showed me the telegram he’d received: ARRIVE THURSDAY. MEET ME AT THE STATION. MAY. It was from Omaha, Nebraska. “Well,” I finally said, “why don’t you phone to your home? She’s probably called there if she got in ahead of you.”

He gave me a sick look. “I’ve only been in the town for two days. We were going to meet and then drive down to the south of the city where I’ve got a job. She doesn’t have my address.”

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2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

When I came on duty the next day, Harry was still there and I asked more about his sister.

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One day, after about two weeks, I thought I could say something encouraging to him.

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4 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Magnet (磁铁) fishing is a new trend in which a heavy-duty magnet is pulled through a body of water to see what metal objects can be brought to the surface, And while most of these treasure hunters find common items like cans, nails and bicycles, some lucky people have been able to find something surprising.

George Tindale, a 15-year-old with an adventurous spirit, searches riverbeds for lost treasures as a hobby. One lucky day, he struck gold when his heavy-duty magnet pulled out a safe (保险箱) containing thousands of dollars. Then he surprised everyone by tracking down the safe’s rightful owner and returning the safe to him.

George made his unbelievable discovery one day when he was searching the River With am in Grantham, Lincolnshire, with his father, Kevin. They both enjoy magnet fishing: using a strong magnet to pull lost metal objects out of river and ocean depths.

When George and Kevin’s magnet found a heavy object, the curious pair pulled it out to see what they had discovered. They wiped years of river sand and mud from a small safe and forced it open.

Inside, they found some wet business documents, an old wallet and a bag containing $2,500. Further check discovered that the safe also contained several bank cards, which listed the name they needed to track down the rightful owner. After some online searching, they learned that a local businessman of the same name, Rob Everett, reported his safe stolen 22 years ago. George and Kevin helped right the wrong 22 years later.

George and Kevin found Rob through his current business. Shocked that someone had found his safe 22 years after it had been stolen, Rob made plans to meet George and Kevin in his office.

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1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

The owner of the safe told them the story of how it got lost.

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Rob was so impressed with George’s honesty that he would offer him a job.

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5 . Scientists at the Sanxingdui Ruins in southwest China’s Sichuan Province continue to unearth over 500 relics from an ancient Chinese civilization that dates back over 3,000 years.

The findings unearthed in June include a fully preserved gold mask, which stands at 37. 2cm wide and16. 5cm tall. The new gold mask reminded people of the one found in March, which was far more damaged. Scientists said the gold mask is the largest, and most well preserved, of similar golden relics discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins, and it is consistent with the idea that gold was important to people of the area called the Shu state.

The gold mask has similar facial features to bronze statues discovered in the area. It has large eyes covering much of the face, a big nose, huge ears and a flat, wide mouth. The strange facial features led some people to suggest they were aliens. However, Wang Wei, the director of the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, explained, “There is no chance that Sanxingdui belongs to an alien civilization. These wide-eyed masks look strange because the makers wanted to copy the look of deities (神灵). They shouldn’t be considered as the look of everyday people.”

Besides the mask, other discoveries included bronze statues, a knife made out of jade and a series of relics made of ivory, among many others. Many of the bronze relics are brand new discoveries and unique to anything found before in China. Chinese scientists said they are highly detailed, with statues showing facial features that fit well with the gold mask, which make them as valuable resources for the research of ancient Shu and give better perceptiveness about the ancient Shu state, home to a mysterious civilization until the recent discoveries proved its existence. Chinese scientists believe they are entering a “key stage” and expect to find a series of relics that will change how people think about ancient China.

1. What do we know about the gold mask from paragraph 2?

A．It was discovered in March.

B．It was the first to be dug at the site.

C．It is the most complete relic ever discovered.

D．It is the largest size of its kind unearthed at the site.

2. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The significance of the gold mask.

B．The characteristics of the gold mask.

C．The findings in the Sanxingdui Ruins.

D．The digging process of the Sanxingdui Ruins.

3. What does the underline word “perceptiveness” in the last Paragraph mean?

A．Insight.	B．Civilization.
C．Development.	D．Introduction.

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

A．An Ancient Shu State Was Newly Discovered

B．Mysterious Sanxingdui Ruins Reveal More Relics

C．Sichuan Province Is the Birthplace of a New Civilization

D．New Sanxingdui Ruins Catch the Attention of Chinese scientists

7 . The whole world knows them: actors, singers, models, athletes and TV personalities. If I use social media, I get too familiar.

I have nothing against the entertainment industry and celebrities. The problem is that by idolizing the entertainment industry so much, we sometimes completely forget about the things that are truly important and that are changing our world. You probably know who Leonardo DiCaprio is—a very talented American actor and film producer. But then you probably don’t know who Cori Bargmann is. Bargmann is a scientist who is uncovering the causes of Alzheimer’s and autism, which have been unknown for years.

What I think is wrong is that DiCaprio’s net worth is $260 million dollars, while Bargmann’s is less than $l million dollars. DiCaprio is definitely talented and has worked hard to give us good films, but Bargmann is working for something that can save thousands of humans who are suffering. And just because our society prefers to idolize the entertainment industry instead of science, she gets paid much less than she deserves.

But if it would benefit the world to invest all of our time and attention toward scientists, why don’t we make scientists our new “celebrities”?

First of all, we like being entertained. We love pretty faces and easy-to-digest information. It’s easier to care about simple stuff rather than scientific, complicated things. Another reason is that most scientists don’t like being in the spotlight. They’ re mostly reserved and like to have privacy. They’ re busy people, which explains why they haven’t attracted the media the same way that performers have. Also, people have free will and the right to be interested in whatever they want to be.

However, studies have shown that young people are more interested in a scientific career as a result of COVID-19. The pandemic has also made known some scientists who have suddenly started appearing on TV and guiding us on how to get protected from this deadly virus. Maybe that is the start of the development of a different point of view which will be in favor of science for future generations.

1. Why does the author mention Leonardo DiCaprio and Cori Bargmann?

A．To introduce the topic.	B．To give an example.
C．To offer a definition.	D．To propose a solution.

2. Why are scientists not as well-known as actors?

A．Scientists get paid much less than actors.

B．People are busy choosing what they like.

C．Scientists don’t feel like being paid attention to.

D．People prefer entertainment to complex science.

3. What does the word “that” underlined in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Studies make scientists known and accepted by the masses.

B．Young people want to change their jobs because of the pandemic.

C．People are attracted to science and scientists during a special time.

D．Most scientists gradually become willing to show up in public light.

4. What’s the author’s attitude toward entertainment stars?

A．Objective.	B．Favorable.
C．Prejudiced.	D．Indifferent.

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When was the first reconstruction (重建) of Tokyo completed?

A．In 1923.

B．In 1930.

C．In 1945.

2. What destroyed Tokyo the second time in the last century?

A．The war.

B．An earthquake.

C．A fire disaster.

3. What problem is the Tokyo government facing now?

A．Air pollution.

B．Waste treatment.

C．Housing shortages.