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。

My mother believed in using things up. Last year, our cornfield had a bad harvest because birds feasted on the crops. It was probably then that Mom’s frugality(节俭)became even more extraordinary. She began keeping everything that seemed useless in the attic(阁楼)—worn-out clothes, old sheets, broken umbrellas, and some other old items. Mom’s favorite saying was “waste not, want not”(俭以防匮). My brother Josh and I weren’t sure what that meant until the “Affair of the Scarecrow(稻草人)”, which, as it later became known, left a lasting impression on us.

The story began with a pretty hat that Mom received as a gift to protect her from the sun. However, Josh and I could see that Mom’s frugal nature and fashion sense were in battle. Mom really didn’t want to get rid of the hat—it was new and had a lot of use left in it—but neither could she stand wearing it. She tried to take off the fancy decorations, but they were stuck on tight. She’d have to find some other solution.

Josh and I watched as Mom headed upstairs to the attic with the hat. “Waste not, want not,” she called back down. We heard boxes being moved around. Moments later, Mom leaned out, holding a flour bag full of straw, and with a mysterious smile, she placed the hat on it.

“What is that for?” I asked, confused. “A scarecrow! ” Mom exclaimed. “But not a good one yet.It needs a strong body to stand firm in the field,” she said with a frown. “And it doesn’t look scary enough,” Josh remarked. I had to admit that Josh, though younger than I was, could sometimes be more imaginative. Josh and I turned to each other, searching for a good idea. Soon enough, Josh’s eyes lit up with inspiration.

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。

Paragraph 1: “Come with me!” Josh called out.

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Paragraph 2: In the following days, the scarecrow stood proudly.

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2 . It was the most destructive wildfire in California history. It started in Paradise (天堂镇) and caused $16.5 billion in _______, destroying nearly 19,000 buildings and killing 85 in all. The beauty of this _______ named place was gone.

Grammer, working in Los Angeles, grew up there. When his friend Edwards posted pictures of his white chimney — the only part of his house to survive — he felt _______. And then he had an idea.

“I’ve got to _______ that chimney,” he says, “I’m not trying to say anything. I’m an artist. It was an opportunity for me to _______.”

Grammer spent three hours painting an image of a woman on the _______ — a reminder of the chimney, of the beauty of life, or even just of _______ itself.

Grammer posted the image on Instagram. Those who were affected by the fire, _______, could not calm down. Someone _______, “You bring beauty and hope.”

Greatly inspired, Grammer returned eight times. Outside one house, he found a photo of a girl, Eleanor. He painted a picture of her on the wall of her home left __________. It was a stamp that life was here and that life can __________ to be here. The painting has __________ meaning for the homeowner. Eleanor’s father, recalls how she used to play just feet away. Eleanor herself returned once to __________ the painting.

Ironically (讽刺的是) that first painting, on the chimney in Paradise, __________ only a few months — the bulldozer (推土机) is a cruel art critic. However, Grammer couldn’t be more delighted. It means that the __________ of Paradise is rising again.

1.

A．damage

B．collection

C．debt

D．reserve

2.

A．basically

B．generally

C．beautifully

D．seriously

3.

A．disappointed

B．interested

C．helpless

D．fearless

4.

A．beautify

B．paint

C．build

D．repair

5.

A．succeed

B．improve

C．practice

D．express

6.

A．chimney

B．wall

C．window

D．door

7.

A．art

B．life

C．nature

D．beauty

8.

A．on average

B．in general

C．on earth

D．in particular

9.

A．argued

B．insisted

C．posted

D．suggested

10.

A．standing

B．existing

C．fallen

D．destroyed

11.

A．pretend

B．afford

C．continue

D．decide

12.

A．new

B．special

C．practical

D．real

13.

A．copy

B．handle

C．donate

D．admire

14.

A．flashed

B．suffered

C．survived

D．waited

15.

A．spirit

B．size

C．fame

D．power

3 . Anna was cleaning when she spotted a hidden door leading to part of her attic (阁楼).And in the secret room she _______ two boxes stuffed with hundreds of letters, which were handwritten in the 1950s. The letters were _______ to a Betty McGhee. There were dozens penned by a young man named Vance, _______ the same way: “Hi honey”. Anna read a few and a new romance was blossoming on the old _______.

Once realizing the _______ nature of the notes, she was hesitant to pry (窥探). However, she _______ that the letters would likely be meaningful to someone else. So she turned to social media to try and find the _______ to pass them on to. Within days, she found a(n) _______ clue with the aid of strangers who saw the post.

Finally she _______ to Dalton, who lived 3,000 miles away. Dalton confirmed that Vance and Betty got ________ following a string of written correspondence and eventually started a family. He ________ this because they were his grandparents, and were wed for 50 years.

Dalton was close with his grandparents. ________, he knew little about how their ________ started. With his beloved grandparents now gone, to ________ words to that time in their life was going to be incredible. He was grateful that Anna saw the ________ in the written words.

1.

A．recovered

B．unearthed

C．packed

D．polished

2.

A．addressed

B．returned

C．explained

D．read

3.

A．sounding

B．starting

C．concluding

D．writing

4.

A．box

B．cards

C．door

D．pages

5.

A．dynamic

B．complicated

C．personal

D．conventional

6.

A．figured

B．ignored

C．recalled

D．doubted

7.

A．collector

B．family

C．postman

D．audience

8.

A．promising

B．refreshed

C．contemporary

D．romantic

9.

A．came across

B．showed off

C．reached out

D．called on

10.

A．reunited

B．separated

C．promoted

D．engaged

11.

A．admitted

B．declared

C．knew

D．wanted

12.

A．Besides

B．Therefore

C．Still

D．Instead

13.

A．correspondence

B．career

C．wedding

D．relationship

14.

A．add

B．apply

C．match

D．attach

15.

A．wisdom

B．significance

C．virtue

D．faith

4 . 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。

Atule’er, a 200-year-old village in Sichuan province, made beadlines around the world when photographs emerged in 2016 of schoolchildren     1     (go) down the cliff (悬崖) on unstable hand-made ladders     2     “sky ladders”, as locals called them.

The two-hour climb     3     (be) the villagers’ only way to access the outside world. In recent years, local authorities have replaced their hand-made ladders with a steel one,     4     (extreme) reducing their travel time.

This week, however, 84 households of Atule’er left the ladders behind     5     good, resettling in apartment blocks closer to     6     town centre of Zhaojue county, 46 miles away. New apartments they live in, ranging from 25 square meters to 100 square meters,     7     (equip) with modern kitchens, toilets, running water, electricity and gas.

Not all villagers have been relocated, however — about 30 households are planning to stay. Atule’er has become a tourist attraction.     8     (far) development will facilitate that industry, with a cable car (缆车) being constructed     9     (intend) for transporting tourists up and down the cliff.

In 2019, the Chinese government had made a     10     (commit) to lift all of its 1.4 billion people out of poverty by 2020. The clifftop villagers’ resettlement is part of that broader drive, and they are not alone.

5 . Just before New Year, the principal (校长) called me into his office and asked me to read a poem written by me at the New Year party. “Sure,” I said with a smile, my dreams of being a famous ________ floating in my mind.

For weeks, I worked on my poem, ________ bettering the structure, sound, and voice. I reread my Emily Dickinson and William Wordsworth for ________. I practiced reciting it aloud. I revised, revised, revised. By December 30th, the day of the event, I was ________.

Well, I was confident until I looked around and realized how many people were there. And how big the hall was, and how ________ I felt about myself. How could I ________ a piece of my poetry to 800 people? My heart was beating so hard I thought everyone around me could ________ it. I was nervous. I could feel cool shakes run down my back. I couldn’t remember why I had said yes to the ________. Then the light darkened, the crowd quieted. It was starting.

Suddenly, I was on stage with the bright white lights blinding my view of the audience and the feeling that my ________ was closing up. I leaned in to the microphone and tried out my ________ as I read the title: “Let There Be Light.” My voice boomed (声音低沉洪亮) from the speakers loudly and sounded much more confident than I felt.

The room was ________ as I began my piece, and I tried to focus on the words and ________ the people. The words somehow ________ in the right order, the lines flowed together properly, and I even remembered which words to ________. I finally came to the last line of the poem and breathed a deep sigh of relief. It was over.

The room was dead silent. Maybe no one liked it. I felt like I was going to faint. Then out of the silence there was ________, cheering, and smiling. I had done it. I had shared a piece of my poetry with the world.

1.

A．singer

B．performer

C．poet

D．speaker

2.

A．quickly

B．carefully

C．gently

D．intelligently

3.

A．relaxation

B．comfort

C．pleasure

D．inspiration

4.

A．ready

B．right

C．excited

D．tired

5.

A．strong

B．little

C．passive

D．shallow

6.

A．print

B．give

C．present

D．write

7.

A．see

B．feel

C．notice

D．hear

8.

A．audience

B．principal

C．poet

D．host

9.

A．throat

B．mind

C．dream

D．heart

10.

A．microphone

B．poem

C．voice

D．audience

11.

A．silent

B．clean

C．empty

D．noisy

12.

A．entertain

B．cheer

C．forget

D．observe

13.

A．gave out

B．ended up

C．spoke out

D．came out

14.

A．stress

B．translate

C．erase

D．choose

15.

A．whispering

B．clapping

C．crying

D．chatting

6 . 假如你是李华，外教Jim打算八月在中国旅行，有两条线路可以选择：“新疆之行”或者“丽江之旅”。Jim来邮件希望你能给些建议，请你给他回复，内容包括：
1. 你建议的线路；
2. 你的理由；
3. 注意事项。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,

I’m happy to receive your email telling me you’re traveling in China this August. Of the two trips to Xinjiang and Lijiang,

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Yours,

Li Hua

8 . If you have the strange feeling that you’ve read this before, don’t be alarmed. It’s probably just déjà vu. Déjà vu is the strange feeling that you’ve experienced something before, while at the same time knowing that you haven’t. You visit a friend’s apartment and have the overwhelming sense you’ve been here before, but that can’t be the case. This is the first time you’ve ever visited this city. Still, the feeling may be so real that you almost know what you’ll find when you walk into the kitchen.

Experts estimate roughly two out of three people have had the experience at least once. The experience typically lasts no more than a few seconds and there’s no warning of when it’s about to happen, making it extremely difficult to study. Much that is known about déjà vu is based on surveys. Still, researchers have come up with novel ways to study it in the wild.

Anne Cleary, professor of cognitive psychology and memory researcher, used virtual reality (VR) to trigger (引发) déjà vu. Cleary and her team took subjects through a series of scenes in the video game, carefully designed so that the spatial layout (空间布局) of one scene was similar to another, even though the actual images were quite different. The subjects experienced déjà vu when a scene was similar to one they’d seen before, suggesting that a similarity in spatial layout between two places might lead to a déjà vu-like sense of familiarity in a novel place.

“There may be many different reasons that could all be true for why déjà vu can happen,” Cleary says. Though no one has yet explained what causes déjà vu, it’s a good thing that science finally got serious about studying the strange phenomenon. “I think déjà vu research has been shedding light on processes that are helping us to understand memory better at a wider level than just trying to understand déjà vu,” says Cleary.

1. Why does the author mention “visiting a friend’s apartment” in paragraph 1?

A．To draw a comparison.	B．To make an assumption.
C．To present a fact.	D．To illustrate a concept.

2. What is the main problem of studying déjà vu?

A．Uncontrollable factors.	B．Unproven surveys.
C．Subjects’ mental state.	D．Similar spatial layout.

3. What makes Cleary’s study on déjà vu different from previous ones?

A．She compared similar scenes with the subjects.

B．She guided the subjects through a novel place.

C．She applied virtual reality to trigger déjà vu.

D．She depended on surveys to learn about déjà vu.

4. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

A．The accurate causes of déjà vu.	B．The phenomenon of déjà vu.
C．The significance of déjà vu research.	D．The procedure of déjà vu research.

9 . Blind people have long desired for brightness, but scientists don’t have the technology. To bring that one step closer to reality, Zhiyong Fan, a materials scientist of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, developed a new artificial eye recently. The device, which is about as sensitive to light and has sharper vision and a faster reaction time than a real eyeball, may outperform human eyes.

The human eye owes its wide field of view and clear eyesight to the retina (视网膜) — an area at the back of the eyeball covered in light-detecting cells. The design for a new artificial eye is based on the structure of the human eye and uses a friendly light-sensitive material. At the back of the eyeball, an artificial retina is lined with Nan scale light sensors (纳米级光感器). Those sensors measure light that passes through the lens (晶状体) at the front of the eye. Wires attached to the back of the retina send signals from those sensors to the processor, similar to the way nerve networks connect the eyeball to the brain.

“In the future, we can use this to replace damaged human eyes,” says the lead designer. In theory, this artificial eye could see more clearly than the human eye, because the artificial retina contains about 460 million light sensors per square centimeter while a real retina has about 10 million light-detecting cells per square centimeter. Besides, the artificial eyeball records changes in lighting faster than human eyes can — within about 30 to 40 milliseconds, rather than 40 to 150 milliseconds. Although its 100-degree field of view isn’t as broad as the150 degrees a human eye can take in, the device can see as well as the human eye in poor light.

Hongrui Jiang, an electrical engineer at the University of Wisconsin, though, thinks engineers need a much more practical and efficient way to produce vast series of tiny wires on the back of the artificial eyeball to give it superhuman sight, which is super hard to achieve.

1. Why does Zhiyong Fan develop the artificial eye?

A．To replace people’s real eyeballs.	B．To gain a sharper vision.
C．To help the blind regain their eyesight.	D．To help normal eyes perform better.

2. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．The design of the artificial eye.	B．The structure of the human eye.
C．The advantages of the artificial eye.	D．The material used for the artificial eye.

3. What can we learn about the artificial eye and the human eye?

A．They have the same structure.

B．The artificial eye may see more clearly.

C．The human eye sees better in weak light.

D．The artificial eye takes in a broader view.

4. Which word best describes Hongrui Jiang’s attitude to the artificial eye?

A．Doubtful.

B．Favorable.

C．Unconcerned.

D．Satisfied.