1 . “Leave a place better than you found it.” It’s a _________ philosophy, but one that William Lindesay holds dear. On April 22, which was also Earth Day, he led twenty _________ to help clean up the Badaling section of the Great Wall.

He who _________ is the owner, William said in the _________ remarks of the cleanup event in 2000. “The Great Wall _________ China, and is also one of the greatest structures in the world. Everyone has a _________ to protect it. Every day should be Earth Day,” he said.

During the past three decades, he has spent most of his time _________ and exploring the Great Wall and has developed his own efforts to protect the cultural relic.

“It's a _________ thing that people are going out to enjoy themselves and to _________ the great history and heritage, __________ it's also quite dangerous if they don't __________ how fragile the historical sites are and how fragile the __________ is,” William said.

In 1989, his first __________ Alone on the Great Wall was published, and he has published another five books about the Great Wall since then. In 2001, he __________ International Friends of the Great Wall, an association whose efforts are aimed at protecting this __________ to the past.

His next step is to organize exhibitions about the Great Wall as a monument over the last 400 years. The exhibitions are expected to be held in Beijing, London, Paris and Washington D. C

1.

A．simple

B．traditional

C．historical

D．political

2.

A．philosophers

B．writers

C．owners

D．volunteers

3.

A．climbs

B．knows

C．cares

D．admits

4.

A．funny

B．careless

C．closing

D．opening

5.

A．adds to

B．points to

C．belongs to

D．refers to

6.

A．duty

B．choice

C．place

D．view

7.

A．walking

B．building

C．designing

D．updating

8.

A．bad

B．small

C．good

D．curious

9.

A．declare

B．analyse

C．affect

D．discover

10.

A．so

B．and

C．or

D．but

11.

A．ask

B．include

C．realize

D．check

12.

A．condition

B．environment

C．situation

D．equipment

13.

A．magazine

B．paper

C．article

D．book

14.

A．founded

B．became

C．introduced

D．owned

15.

A．contribution

B．reference

C．link

D．devotion

2 . A man was employed to paint a boat. He brought paint and _________ and began to paint the boat as the owner wanted. While painting, he _________ there was a hole in the body of the boat and decided to repair it. When he finished painting, he received his _________ and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat visited the painter and _________ him with a cheque(支票), much higher than what he was paid for the painting work. The painter was _________.

“You’ve already paid me for painting the boat, sir! he said.

“This is not for the paint job. It’s for repairing the _________ in the boat.”

“Ah! But it was such a small service.” the man said. “Certainly it’s not worth paying me such a high amount for something so _________!”

“My dear friend,” the owner said, “You don’t understand. Let me tell you _________ happened. When I asked you to paint the boat, I _________ to mention the bole. When the boat dried, my kids took it and ____________ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a hole there. I was not at home at the time. So when I ____________ and noticed they had taken the boat, I was hopeless. Imagine my ____________ and joy when I saw them returning safely from fishing.”

“Then, I examined the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You now see what you did? You ____________ the life of my children!”

Each of us has a moral duty to offer help, wipe tears, listen carefully and repair all the “hole” we ____________ in our life journey, because a small act will make a big ____________ in the future.

1.

A．rulers

B．brushes

C．knives

D．pens

2.

A．felt

B．heard

C．sensed

D．noticed

3.

A．money

B．paint

C．brush

D．fish

4.

A．dropped

B．cooked

C．presented

D．took

5.

A．happy

B．disappointed

C．embarrassed

D．surprised

6.

A．hole

B．chair

C．paddle

D．picture

7.

A．huge

B．small

C．great

D．rude

8.

A．when

B．why

C．what

D．how

9.

A．stopped

B．regretted

C．remembered

D．forgot

10.

A．went on

B．went away

C．went over

D．went through

11.

A．drove

B．shared

C．rewarded

D．returned

12.

A．belief

B．relief

C．sadness

D．worry

13.

A．saved

B．hurt

C．broke

D．designed

14.

A．come out

B．come in

C．come across

D．come into

15.

A．achievement

B．progress

C．process

D．difference

4 . One Monday, a teacher cheerfully asked his students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend was not good at all; he had a lot of trouble. Then he asked the teacher ________he always seemed to be so ________. The teacher answered, “Every morning when you get up, you have a ________ about how you want to live your life that day, and I ________ to be cheerful.”

He told the students a story, “ One day a few weeks ago I drove 17miles to the school as ________. I drove out of the freeway and came onto College Drive. I only had to drive ________ quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car died. I tried to ________ it again, but failed. So I took my ________ and walked down the road to the college. As soon as I got there I ________ for tow truck(拖车) to meet me at my car after________. One of my colleagues asked me what had happened.” This is my ________ day,” I replied , smiling. “your car ________ down and that day was your lucky day?” the student who had a bad weekend was ________ and asked. “What do you mean?”

“I ________ 17 miles away from here,” the teacher replied, “my car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. But it didn’t. ________ , it broken down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking ________ from here. I was able to teach my class, and I was ________ able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class.”

The student sat there with his eyes opened ________. The teacher looked at the sixty faces of his students. ________ it was very early in the morning, no one seemed to be ________ . Clearly they were moved by the story and then he smiled and said, “This is the end of my story.”

1.

A．why

B．how

C．what

D．when

2.

A．interesting

B．excited

C．helpful

D．cheerful

3.

A．right

B．choice

C．decision

D．conclusion

4.

A．pretend

B．enjoy

C．choose

D．plan

5.

A．usual

B．common

C．general

D．ordinary

6.

A．other

B．again

C．else

D．another

7.

A．begin

B．start

C．finish

D．compete

8.

A．luggage

B．suitcase

C．book

D．car

9.

A．arranged

B．provided

C．supplied

D．ordered

10.

A．meeting

B．experiment

C．trip

D．class

11.

A．unlucky

B．lucky

C．worst

D．hard

12.

A．turned

B．ran

C．broke

D．fell

13.

A．puzzled

B．curious

C．sorry

D．regretful

14.

A．work

B．live

C．study

D．go

15.

A．Otherwise

B．Instead

C．Therefore

D．Besides

16.

A．reach

B．sight

C．distance

D．view

17.

A．even

B．still

C．ever

D．also

18.

A．widely

B．huge

C．board

D．wide

19.

A．Because

B．Although

C．Since

D．However

20.

A．cheerful

B．happy

C．sleepy

D．excited

6 . There is no age limit to learn new things and be creative. That's what 102-year-old Alan R. Tripp and 88-year-old Marvin Weisbord ______ us after they released (发布) their first-ever music ______ called Senior Song Book. It just goes to show that anything is ______ even when you are very ______. You just need some willpower, a friend by your side, and a burning passion (热情) to keep on improving forever.

“______ is that you would have loved it if you were alive back in 1940 and you can still love it today,” Marvin says. The friends live in the same Pennsylvania

______ community after they didn't work any more and have been writing songs, together for the past 2 years. Their album ______ 8 songs and 2 pieces of pure music.

They are true music lovers at heart. Marvin ______ that he feels “so young” whenever he's together with Alan. After all, there's a 14-year ______ between being 88 and 102, even if it doesn't ______ it. Alan states that he “______ getting old 10 years ago” with a naughty ______ on his face, which makes it even more funny.

“So we're writing songs that are recognizable, in all kinds that are recognizable, with lyrics (歌词) telling stories about how we ______ our lives now,” Marvin told Hannah Batanson of the Washington Post.

“Now we're giving people who are 64 years old a chance to be 14 again and get new songs in their heads,” ______ Alan, according to whom it was never the pair's______ to turn a profit.

1.

A．taught

B．learned

C．quitted

D．experienced

2.

A．film

B．album

C．concert

D．lesson

3.

A．easy

B．fashionable

C．possible

D．horrible

4.

A．rich

B．sick

C．weak

D．old

5.

A．Music

B．Performance

C．Dance

D．Song

6.

A．volunteer

B．school

C．elderly

D．youth

7.

A．makes

B．contains

C．takes

D．leaves

8.

A．wonders

B．believes

C．debates

D．hopes

9.

A．difference

B．distance

C．shortage

D．practice

10.

A．look like

B．take over

C．set up

D．get on

11.

A．finished

B．stopped

C．enjoyed

D．refused

12.

A．nose

B．tear

C．look

D．wrinkles(皱纹)

13.

A．waste

B．face

C．support

D．spend

14.

A．apologized

B．guessed

C．imagined

D．explained

15.

A．result

B．invention

C．intention(意图)

D．knowledge

7 . Some kids are too young. Maybe they will not remember this time of social distancing and ________during the global pandemic (流行病)．Other ________ teens will remember schools closing, playgrounds off-limits and no ________ to family or friends forever.

My father-in-law, Hub, bad a great memory, He often told of his special time. However, what ________ me most was the detail about his teddy bear.

He was 5 at the time. His oldest sister Alice got sick, and the doctor diagnosed it as scarlet fever (猩红热)．Outbreaks of scarlet fever in the early 1900s were often ________ or left children with lifelong disabilities. It was also highly contagious.(感染性的)

The doctor said Hub and his another older sister Mabel had to stay away ________ Alice got better.

Later in life, Hub put his memories to paper. He wrote, “There was no place to go except to Grandpa and Grandma's just down the road. We ________ and were sent off to their house. My teddy bear fell off the wagon, but ________ , a man found it on the road and gave it back. It was so important to me. It ________ me out of the days spent waiting out in the front yard, watching the men work on the highway and waiting for my sister Mabel to return from school.”

They stayed with their grandparents for three or four weeks. "It was a happy day. ________ Dad told us we could go home"

What will be our memories of this time in history?

I hope we remember family, friends and neighbors caring for one another. I hope we remember the ________ medical personnel sacrificing their own health, the truck drives, food service workers and all the cashiers who kept grocery stores ________. Besides, never forget the garbage collectors sand that the mail kept coming.

I hope we remember the plants ________face masks and ventilators (呼吸机), and the scientists racing to find a vaccine.

I hope we remember how fears ________ a long shadow and how we renew soul searching.

We are writing history. ________ we write it well.

1.

A．connection

B．relationship

C．difference

D．isolation

2.

A．smaller

B．bigger

C．younger

D．older

3.

A．calls

B．parties

C．visits

D．talks

4.

A．came to

B．struck

C．occurred to

D．shocked

5.

A．deadly

B．slight

C．easy

D．sharp

6.

A．once

B．until

C．after

D．when

7.

A．sorted out

B．picked up

C．packed up

D．put up

8.

A．secretly

B．fortunately

C．suddenly

D．immediately

9.

A．took

B．reviewed

C．forgot

D．recalled

10.

A．that

B．when

C．though

D．where

11.

A．diligent

B．busy

C．exhausted

D．white

12.

A．close

B．away

C．clean

D．open

13.

A．selling

B．inventing

C．manufacturing

D．donating

14.

A．drag

B．cast

C．bright

D．extend

15.

A．Should

B．Can

C．May

D．Must

8 . When I began planning to move to Auckland to study, my mother was worried about a lack of jobs and cultural differences. Ignoring these________, I got there in July 2010. ________ I arrived, I realized the importance of getting a job for my living experience. Determined to do this________, I spent several weeks going door-to-door for a job, but found________ response.

One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask________ there were any job opportunities. The people there advised me not to continue my job search in that________. As I was about to________, a man who had been listening approached me and asked me to wait outside for a while. Nearly ten minutes later, he________. He asked me about my plans and encouraged me to stay________. Then he offered to take me to Royal Oak to________   a job.

I was a little surprised, but had a good feeling about him. Along the way, I realized that I had________ resumes(简历). Seeing this, the man________ at his business partner’s office to make me fifteen________ copies. He also gave me some suggestions on dressing and speaking. I handed out my resume and went home feeling very________. The following day, I received a call from a store in Royal Oak offering me a job.

It seems that the world always________ to you when you need it. And this time, it was a complete stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.

1.

A．doubts

B．reasons

C．instructions

D．concerns

2.

A．Even if

B．Every time

C．Soon after

D．Now that

3.

A．on my way

B．on my own

C．by any chance

D．by the day

4.

A．any

B．much

C．little

D．some

5.

A．whether

B．wherever

C．why

D．whenever

6.

A．direction

B．manner

C．language

D．attitude

7.

A．answer

B．work

C．refuse

D．leave

8.

A．passed

B．hesitated

C．returned

D．regretted

9.

A．positive

B．busy

C．silent

D．comfortable

10.

A．pick out

B．give up

C．take on

D．search for

11.

A．made use of

B．run out of

C．taken care of

D．become tired of

12.

A．appeared

B．knocked

C．glanced

D．stopped

13.

A．more

B．right

C．former

D．different

14.

A．lonely

B．satisfied

C．disappointed

D．funny

15.

A．turns off

B．goes over

C．gives back

D．looks up

10 . The first-grade teacher Susan Reid at North Bay Haven Charter Academy has been giving reading classes online. But one night she __one of her students Kayla was unusually __. Her classmates tried talking to her but they could tell something was __ her. Kayla left the class a little early so Reid__ her mom to check what was the matter. Reid was told that her sweet student was unhappy but didn't know the__. Reid asked if she could__ Kayla the next day. Reid came over and__ the 7-year -old girl.

Mrs. Reid seated herself at the end of the driveway and kept a__ from Kayla. She read several books to her and also __   all of their feelings during COVID-19. She reminded Kayla that it's OK to get upset __，it's OK to relax and it's even OK to cry if she needs to. She__ Kayla that even though they are separated, they are all__ the same thing at the same time.

Reid has five children of her own. She is now homeschooling all of them as well as giving reading classes for another 18 students. She and her husband also __   a cake business out of their home. They keep themselves fully __ . Even with all of that, she sat on the driveway talking to her student for an hour just to make sure she was OK. Reid said, “I want my children to remember we should spare time for the things that mattered__ we are all busy and stressed.”

1.

A．forgot

B．admitted

C．noticed

D．thought

2.

A．curious

B．afraid

C．excited

D．silent

3.

A．stopping

B．protecting

C．following

D．bothering

4.

A．phoned

B．invited

C．arranged

D．ordered

5.

A．excuse

B．reason

C．result

D．purpose

6.

A．call on

B．come across

C．care for

D．agree with

7.

A．interested

B．embarrassed

C．surprised

D．disappointed

8.

A．plan

B．distance

C．diary

D．secret

9.

A．shared

B．accepted

C．forgave

D．reported

10.

A．completely

B．constantly

C．mostly

D．occasionally

11.

A．warned

B．answered

C．comforted

D．praised

12.

A．looking into

B．finding out

C．applying for

D．going through

13.

A．lose

B．want

C．run

D．dream

14.

A．occupied

B．prepared

C．informed

D．abandoned

15.

A．so that

B．even though

C．in case

D．as if