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。

During the 2020-2021 school year, I was one of two fully remote fourth-grade teachers in my school. We each taught the required disciplines: English language arts, math, social studies, and science.

We had been reading from our outdated science textbook about how crabs (螃蟹) on Christmas Island scuttle (碎步疾跑) across roads and yards to get to the ocean to mate and lay eggs. The skill being taught was supposed to be to compare and contrast, a requirement in a lesson that all teachers are familiar with. My students were fascinated by something that said crabs have a plant-based diet, eating such items as leaves, fruits, and flowers. One of the kids, an experienced social media user, said something wild: Crabs eat their babies.

They all became active. What? No way! Suddenly, it seemed everyone was interested in the lesson. I hadn’t planned to teach like that, but it became clear that I needed to change. It was almost time for a break, so I asked my students to see if they could figure out what was true. What do crabs eat?

When we returned, we started a list of what we’d found. The first few students said it was true: Crabs do eat their babies. But others found resources saying that wasn’t the case. One especially thoughtful student found a video with over 600,000 views that seemed to approve of the opinion that crabs eat their babies. During the break, however, I also had done some online research and found a reputable site which said that there was some truth to the video, but it had more of misinformation. Rather than teach another lesson on comparing and contrasting, I engaged my students in a discussion about what to trust.

注意：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。
As the discussion went, there came an unexpected argument about the truth and misinformation.
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I concluded that even a little misinformation would never be allowed compared to truth.
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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。

The Chinese couplet (对联) refers to two poetic lines     1     (obey) certain rules, often written on red paper for appreciation. As     2     form of Chinese literature, the couplet varies in content and style. Some express people’s love to their motherland, some describe the beauty of nature,     3     some convey best wishes for the coming year.

Chinese couplets originated in the Five Dynasties, and     4     (become) ubiquitous (无处不在) in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was a custom for people     5     (hang) peach wood charms to drive away evil spirits during the Spring Festival. Nowadays, couplets are used     6     a similar way.

It was said that the earliest couplet was written by Meng Xu,     7     was king of Houshu State, and it was     8     (extreme) popular in the Northern Song Dynasty. Since the Ming Dynasty, to write couplets     9     (regard) as a mark of the cultured life of scholars.

The couplet has two lines of equal     10     (long). However, the number of characters in each line can be from four to seven or more. The first and the second lines have opposite tone patterns. The last character of the first line is of an oblique tone (仄声), and its opposite in the second line, of a level tone (平声).

4 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。

Confucius and Chinese Philosophy

    1     (bear) in 551 BC, Confucius has made the greatest contribution to Chinese culture of anyone in history.     2     he was raised in a poor family, he visited famous scholars and learned a lot. He developed his thoughts into a system of philosophy,     3     (know) as Confucianism,     4     emphasized (注重) self-cultivation, harmonious relationships with each other, and respect for the elderly. Friends should be honest  to each other. Rulers should make an effort     5     (provide) a happy life for people. Meanwhile (同时)，he was a great teacher     6     devoted himself to     7     (promote) education for ordinary people. He travelled around to publicize (宣传) his political thinking but failed. But he never gave up. Over the last 2000 years, his philosophy     8     (continue) to influence China as well as     9     rest of the world. He    10     (consider) as the symbol of oriental (东方的) culture as well.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．A boat trip.

B．A concert.

C．A travel plan.

2. When will the concert be given?

A．On August 6th.

B．On August 12th.

C．On August 18th.

6 . The “Double Seven Festival” is a traditional Chinese festival. It has a longer history than the ______ of Valentine’s Day in the West.

The origin of this festival is related to a cowboy and a weaving girl, whose love story has become a part of the Chinese culture. ______ there are many different versions of the story, the most popular one begins with a poor cowboy. Living with his elder and ______ brother, who treated him badly, the cowboy looked after an old cow every day. Though life was tough and boring, he put up with it in silence, without complaining.

Unluckily, even such a hard life didn’t last long. His brother got rid of him and all he got was the old cow. Although they couldn’t talk to each other, they ______ on each other for company. One day, miracle happened. The old cow started talking and told him that there would be seven fairies coming down to the Earth to ______ in a pond. All he should do was to ______ the dress of one of the fairies. Then that fairy would be his wife. ______ but excited, the cowboy followed the cow’s advice.

Every day the cowboy went to work ______ the fairy wove cloth at home. However, their ______ life came to an end when the Heavenly Goddess learned about it. She took the weaving girl away and drew a line in the sky that turned into the Milky Way, which ______ the cowboy meeting her wife. Due to the strong reaction from the young ______, the Goddess finally allowed them to see each other only once a year. The day was on the seventh day of the seventh month. That is ______ the Double Seven Festival came into being.

Although the love story doesn’t end up with a happy ending, it is to be told from one ______ to another. It reminds people to cherish every moment ______ with their loved ones and not to regret until we ______ them.

1.

A．celebration

B．congratulation

C．inspiration

D．liberation

2.

A．As if

B．Even if

C．Until then

D．In case

3.

A．open-minded

B．absent-minded

C．narrow-minded

D．business-minded

4.

A．depended

B．based

C．concentrated

D．worked

5.

A．sleep

B．bathe

C．dance

D．play

6.

A．make

B．bring

C．steal

D．buy

7.

A．Interested

B．Frightened

C．Tired

D．Surprised

8.

A．while

B．as

C．before

D．after

9.

A．careful

B．successful

C．peaceful

D．helpful

10.

A．freed

B．risked

C．kept

D．prevented

11.

A．gentleman

B．lady

C．cow

D．couple

12.

A．why

B．when

C．where

D．how

13.

A．dynasty

B．generation

C．age

D．person

14.

A．shared

B．connected

C．filled

D．separated

15.

A．meet

B．lose

C．miss

D．see

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。

On Sept. 7, famous Chinese archaeologist (考古学家) Fan Jinshi, 85,     1     (award) by UNESCO for her contribution     2     the protection of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang.

    3     (call) the “daughter of Dunhuang”, she started her story with the cave 60 years ago. In 1963, Fan, then a 25-year-old Peking University graduate, had the chance     4     (work) at the Mogao Caves, a place she had wanted to explore for a long time. Back in those days, the Mogao Caves were almost     5     (complete) cut off from the world. Fan and her coworkers stayed inside the caves to do research, copy murals (壁画), and do     6     they could to protect and restore them.     7     time passed, Fan found a serious problem.     8     number of tourists visiting Dunhuang was increasing, which might harm the caves,     9     (cause) the murals inside to fade. In the late 1980s, Fan stumbled upon (偶然发现) computer technology by chance. She realized that this might preserve the Mogao Caves forever.

After over 30 years of     10     (explore), the Dunhuang Academy built a digital database to protect cultural relies there, allowing Dunhuang’s art to live forever and to step out of the caves to meet the world.

10 . What will the woman do next?

A．Write a list.

B．Get the map.

C．Wait for the man.