1. Where is Johnny Depp from?
| A．France. |
| B．America. |
| C．Britain. |
| A．A captain. |
| B．A man built by a scientist. |
| C．A children’s story character. |
| A．Jack Sparrow. |
| B．The Mad Hatter. |
| C．Edward Scissorhands. |
| A．He built his own island. |
| B．He’s won the best actor award. |
| C．He’s one of the highest paid actors. |
1. Who is the main role of the movie?
| A．A spider. | B．A monster. | C．A boy. |
| A．It has child actors. |
| B．It is not very well known. |
| C．It tells of the animal world. |
The Wilsons were having dinner. The food was left from their Thanksgiving dinner two days before: turkey soup and turkey meat mixed with potatoes. Eleven-year-old Angelina asked, “Are we having turkey ice cream, too?” Her father replied, “Angelina, have you forgotten that I had no job for a whole year? Now I have work again. You should be very thankful.” “I’m sorry I said that about the turkey! But unless I get a new dress, I will not look good for the Christmas Festival.” Angelina murmured.
The Festival was the winter holiday celebration of a group she belonged to: the Avalon Girls’ Service Club. They wrote cheerful cards for hospital patients. They cooked meals for the homeless. But the Christmas Festival was different. The girls wore party clothes and many people came to see them perform. Angelina had only a plain gray dress that she had worn to the event last year. And now it was a little too short. Angelina appealed to her parents to buy one for her, a beautiful red dress in Forbes’ Store. Her mother sighed, “Well, we cannot buy it. We have to be careful. You never know when I might lose my job.”
All hope was not gone. There was a sign in the Forbes store window that said “layaway (分期付款)” . Angelina pulled ten worn dollar bills from her coat pocket. She ran to the store and begged the salesperson, Mrs. Harding, to hold ‘her’ dress for her. “Ok. But you must come back in two weeks to pay the rest.” Angelina felt like jumping into the air. She was so happy that she told Mrs. Harding about the Avalon Service Club’s work and its Christmas party.
Then, Angelina shook and suffered in the cold wind looking for work. Finally, Angelina got a job making new clothing for dolls. Angelina was excellent at sewing. Sure enough, the dolls’ dresses turned out beautiful. She got twenty dollars. Still, she was far from having enough money for her dress. She felt helpless as the final payment date arrived.
She returned sadly to Forbes’ Store, “I don’t have enough money for the dress.” Then she saw Mrs. Harding’s eyes were red. She looked like she had been crying. She said the store was closing and she was losing her job.
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Suddenly, Mrs. Harding said she would pay the rest of the money so Angelina could have it.
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Outside, Angelina saw a man who looked like Santa Claus was asking people for money to help poor people.
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4 . In the mid-1980s, a study compared mtDNA from people around the world. It found that people of African descent (后裔) had twice as many genetic differences from each other than as did others. Because mutations (基因突变) seem to occur at a steady rate over time, scientists were able to conclude that modern humans must have lived in Africa at least twice as long as anywhere else. They now calculate that all living humans descend from a single woman who lived roughly 150,000 years ago in Africa, “Eve”. If geneticists are right, all of humanity is linked to Eve through an unbroken chain of mothers. This Eve was soon joined by “Y-Chromosome (染色体) Adam”, the genetic father of us all, also from Africa. DNA studies have confirmed that all the people on Earth, with all their shapes and colors, can trace their ancestry to ancient Africans.
What seems certain is that at a remarkably recent date—probably between 50,000 and 70,000 years ago—one small group of people, the ancestors of modern humans outside of Africa, left Africa for western Asia, either by migrating around the northern end of the Red Sea or across its narrow southern opening.
Once in Asia, genetic evidence suggests, the population split. One group stopped temporarily in the Middle East, while the other commenced a journey which would last tens of thousands of years. Moving a little further with each new generation, they followed the coast around the Arabian Peninsula, India, and Southeast Asia, all the way to Australia. ''The movement was probably unnoticeable,'' says Spencer Wells. ''It was less of a journey and probably more like walking a little farther down the beach to get away from the crowd.''
Although archaeological evidence of this 13,000-kilometer (8,000-mile) migration from Africa to Australia has almost completely disappeared, genetic traces of the group that made the trip do exist. They have been found in the DNA of native peoples in the Andaman Islands near Myanmar, in Malaysia, and in Papua New Guinea, and in the DNA of nearly all Australian aborigines (土著). Modern discoveries of 45,000-year-old bodies in Australia, buried at a site called Lake Mungo, provide some physical evidence for the theories as well.
People in the rest of Asia and Europe share different but equally ancient mtDNA and mutations. The mutations which they possess show that most are descendants of the group that stayed in the Middle East for thousands of years before moving on. Perhaps about 40,000 years ago, modern humans first advanced into Europe.
1. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?| A．Mutations occasionally take place over time |
| B．Modern humans probably have only one ancestor. |
| C．Modern humans must have lived in Africa for a shorter time than anywhere else. |
| D．Scientists confirm all of humanity is linked to Eve with physical evidence . |
| A．Most of the migrants turned back into Africa. |
| B．They separated into two groups. |
| C．Most of the migrants moved directly into Europe. |
| D．They stayed in the Middle East for tens of thousands of years. |
| A．Discovery of human remains in Australia | B．DNA of people in Southeast Africa |
| C．DNA of immigrants to Australia | D．Discoveries from modern societies in Asia |
| A．Finding Y-Chromosome Adam | B．Who were the First Humans? |
| C．The Discovery of DNA in Africa | D．Migrating Out of Africa |
5 . When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person,we usually say＂sorry,wrong number!" and move on. But when Dennis Williams
＂Congratulations!But I think someone was mistaken,"Dennis
Much to the family's surprise, Dennis stuck to his
Teresa posted a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website
| A．polished | B．translated | C．viewed | D．received |
| A．familiar | B．practical | C．special | D．urgent |
| A．reminding | B．informing | C．convincing | D．impressing |
| A．predicted | B．interrupted | C．responded | D．repeated |
| A．passing down | B．setting out | C．coming in | D．moving around |
| A．excitement | B．anxiety | C．opinion | D．effort |
| A．accept | B．bother | C．believe | D．know |
| A．patients | B．doctors | C．parents | D．visitors |
| A．dream | B．principle | C．schedule | D．promise |
| A．opening | B．collecting | C．bearing | D．making |
| A．appreciate | B．need | C．admit | D．expect |
| A．confirmed | B．accompanied | C．clarified | D．simplified |
| A．coincidence | B．problem | C．relief | D．blessing |
| A．sweet | B．calm | C．smart | D．fair |
| A．sympathy | B．trust | C．control | D．attention |
The FIFA World Cup attracted worldwide attention. But have you ever considered
Watching sport might have some positive consequences.
On the other hand, however, when watching
John Ryan, a cardiologist at the University of Utah Health Care advised people to stay hydrated, stay cool and eat and drink alcohol in moderation. He said those same pieces of advice
John Henderson was driving home late last night from an exhausting business trip. He had put off visiting the company's new headquarters in order to get home before midnight, and now he was having trouble staying awake. He turned up the radio and tried to concentrate on the news -- something about a robbery -- but his eyes kept on closing. His wife, Marsha, was back home in Dayton, and he missed having her company on this long trip.
It was then that he noticed the hitchhiker (搭便车者） at the side of the road. Without even thinking about what he was doing, he slowed down and stopped the car. He couldn't help feeling sorry for the young man who looked so wet and miserable in the rain. “Get in,” he said.
John remembered having to hitchhike home from the university before he had a car. He couldn't stand sitting at the side of the road for hours, waiting for rides. The hitchhiker got in and immediately John was sorry that he had picked him up. The young man had a strange face and very sharp eyes. His clothes were old and dirty, and his long hair needed cutting. The hitchhiker lit a cigarette and said he was going to Woodsville but when John asked him other questions, the young man avoided giving him any personal information and changed the subject. John began to sweat and his thoughts turned nervously to his wallet and all the money he was carrying on the backseat. He desperately tried to remember what the newscaster had said earlier about a robbery. “Don't be ridiculous!” He thought to himself. “Stop imagining things! This guy isn't a criminal. What's the use of panicking?”
At this moment, John felt like having a cigarette, even though he had quit smoking three months before. He asked his passenger for one but before lighting it, he had to wait for his hands to stop shaking.
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1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
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“Oh, stop the car!" cried the young man all of a sudden.
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The young man looked puzzled, “It is I that am to pay!”.
Today's fast-pace life tires people out. Simple things, such as driving to and from work
Most towns and cities,
So, next time you see your neighbour waiting at a bus stop as you drive by, don't feel sorry for him.
9 . The United Nations'World Food Program, WFP, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee is recognizing the group for its efforts to fight hunger and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by conflict. The award comes with a gold medal and $1.1 million --a small amount compared to the money the WFP needs for its work. So far in 2020, the UN agency has received almost $6.4 billion in goods and other donations.
The World Food Program has long specialized in getting assistance to some of the world's most dangerous places. For example, the WFP has air-dropped food in South Sudan and Syria. It also created an emergency service that kept working as COVID-19 delayed many flights.
In 2019, the UN agency provided aid to almost 100 million people in 88 countries. Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said on Friday, “With this year's award, the committee wishes to turn the eyes of the world to the millions of people who suffer from or face the threat of hunger.” In announcing the award, the Nobel committee noted that “Until the day when we have a medical vaccine (疫苗），food is the best vaccine against chaos.” And it added, “there will be 265 million starving people within a year, so of course this is also a call to the international community not to underfund the World Food Program.”
In Geneva, a WFP spokesman told reporters: “When everything went into shutdown mode, the World Food Programme was there. When everyone was leaving, the World Food Programme had to provide the support that the world deserved.”
Dan Smith is director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. He said the Nobel committee had wanted to send a message of both hope and support for international cooperation. “Hunger, like climate change, the pandemic (疫情） and other issues, is a world problem that can only be properly addressed through cooperation,” he told Reuters news agency.
1. The WFP won the Nobel Peace Prize because it| A．offered assistance to Sudan |
| B．fought hunger to promote peace |
| C．created services against COVID-19 |
| D．collected goods and donations |
| A．could always offer necessary aid in time |
| B．kept working as food is the best vaccine |
| C．struggled to keep offering nonstop support |
| D．defeated hunger with support from cooperation |
| A．International community is supposed to underfund WFP. |
| B．The money awarded is adequate for WFP to provide services. |
| C．Problems like hunger call for joint efforts by all the countries. |
| D．Enough attention should be paid to the importance of vaccine. |
10 . “GOING,GOING, GONE, for $3 to bidder No. 43, the lady in the last row, white hat.” The auctioneer (拍卖师） called out my auction number and location. Delighted at my victory, I took the box and gave it a shake. The contents rattled. Inside were dozens -- maybe even hundreds --of buttons, pins, and other items, all glittering in the sunlight. It reminded me of my mom's button box. As a girl, I'd always enjoyed digging through it, just as my own daughters enjoyed looking through mine.
Then I caught sight of an old woman on a swing, watching the happenings in the yard. I went to chat with her. She told me she was selling almost all her possessions because she was moving to a nursing home in town. Her eyes fell to the button box, and when she looked up, they were glistening with tears. Her fist closed around a delicate pearl button, now yellow with age. She smiled as she told me about the birth of her first child and the special pearl-buttoned outfit that would be worn by five more babies before time wore it thin.
I noticed a large, dark brass military button and asked her about it. “From my first husband's uniform,” she said. “It's one of the few things I had to remind me of him when he didn't return home alive." As we went through the box together, I pulled a small key from the box, I heard the sharp intake of her breath. It was the key to a music box that played a special love song, she said. She'd lost it years ago. From my hand to hers, I passed the key to her memories.
Hairpins, wooden nickels, and ruby buttons took her further down memory lane. I knew that when I reached my own home, my heart would pull me to my sewing room, where I would rediscover my own lifetime of memories in my own button box.
1. What do we know about the old woman?| A．She was in need of money. |
| B．She was leaving her house. |
| C．She was wearing a white hat. |
| D．She was selling her mum's button box. |
| A．Discouraging. |
| B．Amusing. |
| C．Touching. |
| D．Shocking. |
| A．A Life in a Button Box |
| B．Memories of My Life |
| C．An Old Lady at a Yard Sale |
| D．My Purchase at an Auction |
