2 . 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 art of paper-cutting in China may date back to the second century, since paper    1    (invent)by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. As paper became more affordable, paper0cutting became one of the most important    2    (type) of Chinese folk art. Later,    3     different regions adopting their own cultural styles, this art form spread to other parts of the world.    4     (usual), the artworks are made of red paper, as red is associated with    5    (happy) in Chinese culture, but other colors are also used.

With    6    (it) long history, paper-cutting,    7    originated in China, has been very popular among the ordinary Chinese people. People put up papercuts on walls, windows and doors at wedding ceremonies or festivals     8    (strengthen) the cheerful atmosphere.

Chinese papercuts are rich in content. The auspicious（吉祥的）designs symbolize good luck and the avoidance of evil. The child, lotus and bat designs suggest a family with    9    large number of children and grandchildren. Birds, livestock, fruit, fish and worms are also familiar objects    10    (accept) by Chinese farmers. In a word, papercuts used in different occasions have different meanings.

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。

Car registration plates (牌照) are just a series of numbers and letters, right? Well, yes…but not for everyone.

France was the first country     1    (introduce) plates in 1893. Early number plates differed     2    shape and size, and were made of lots of different materials, including iron, cardboard and even pressed soybeans. In fact, it was not until 1957     3    car manufacturers and the governments agreed on standardized(标准化) plates.     4    was first registered in the UK was A1. The letter “A” showed the number was from London, while the number “1” showed it was the first number issued. At the moment, number plates     5     (consist) of a sequence of letters and numbers are applied in the UK.

Different EU countries also use different arrangements of numbers and letters, and     6     systems have changed many times because these letter-number     7     (combine) keep running out. In the past decades, some number plates     8     (become) extremely valuable, particularly those that spell out words.     9     (basic), numbers on the plates can be used to represent words or parts of words. For example, “NVERLA8” means “Never Late”. And the most     10     (expense) number ever was “M1” which an anonymous(匿名的) buyer has acquired for ￡331,000.

4 . The word “sport” first meant something that people did in their free time. Later it often meant hunting wild animals and birds. About a hundred years ago the word was first used for organized games. This is the usual meaning of the word today. People spend a lot of time playing football, basketball, tennis and many other sports. Such people play because they leant to. A few people are paid for sport they play. These people are called professional sportsmen. They may be sportsmen for only a few years, but during that time the best ones can earn a lot of money. For example, a professional football player in England earns more than 300,000 dollars a year. The stars earn a lot more. International golf and tennis champions can make more than 500,000 dollars a year. Of course, only a few sportsmen can earn as much as that.

Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen and money is that the stars can earn more money from advertising than from sports. An advertisement for sports equipment does not simply mean, “Buy our things”. It says, “Buy the same shirt and shoes as…” Famous sportsmen can even advertise things like watches and food. They allow the companies to use their names or a photo of them and they are paid for this. Sport is no longer just something for people’s spare time.

1. From the passage we can learn that            .

A．famous people spend too much money and time on sports

B．the development of sports is slower than any other activity

C．most people enjoy sports because they can earn a lot of money

D．now sports is not only an amusement for people

2. In this passage “professional sportsmen” means people “_____________”.

A．who teach others how to make money in sports

B．who take sports as their jobs

C．who are very fond of sports

D．who teach other sportsmen how to play sports

3. Now, the “sport” means                  .

A．what most of the people do in their spare time

B．hunting wild animals and birds in the forests

C．organized games

D．something that people are paid to

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Most people play sports only for money.

B．Those who play sports earn more than those who do not.

C．People play sports for different purposes.

D．Those who play sports want to keep strong and fit.

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

I was a single mother in my 30s who lived down and out with my daughter Peggy in a small apartment, struggling hard to make our needs meet.

One day, I headed to the downtown for an interview. I sat down in the streetcar, and there against the seat was a beautiful silk umbrella with a silver handle decorated with gold scrolls, among which there was a name carved.

On impulse(冲动) I determined to find the owner myself. I got off the streetcar in the heavy rain and thankfully opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a telephone book for the name, I found it immediately and called it, waiting patiently, and then a lady answered.

"Yes, “she said in surprise, with extreme excitement." It was my umbrella which had been stolen a year ago.”

So appealing was her pleasure that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her small house. She took the umbrella, with teary eyes, explaining with choking voice that the umbrella was given by her parents, now dead, Her happiness at retrieving(找回)this special possession was such that to have accepted her reward would have spoiled something, so I refused her offer and left.

The following months were hard. I can only obtain temporary employment, for a small salary. What was worse, I had just lost my last job before Christmas, with only fifteen dollars left. Unless a miracle happened, I would be homeless in January, foodless and jobless. I had prayed steadily for weeks, and there had been no answer but this coldness and darkness.

The air was full of Christmas merriment, with the bells ringing and children shouting in the bitter dusk of the evening. But there should be no Christmas for me, I knew, no gifts, no remembrance whatsoever.

Thinking of this, I couldn’t control my tears on my way home, but I managed a smile so could greet my little daughter. She opened the door for me and threw herself in my arms, screaming joyously and demanding desirably for her Christmas gift. There I stood, frozen, overwhelmed by misery.

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

Suddenly, the doorbell rang and Peggy rushed to answer it, calling that it must be Santa Claus.

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Suddenly, a note attached to one package caught my eyes.

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6 . 阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。

Robert and Henry were good friends in the same class. They always played together and went home together. One day Robert and Henry were going home from school when Robert shouted at Henry and said ,“You are a coward(胆小鬼), and I won’t play with you.” Without any words, Henry was a little angry and went home alone.

The next day Henry went to school as usual, but Robert told all the boys that Henry was a coward and all of them laughed at Henry a great deal. Robert didn’t invite Henry to go home with him anymore. Instead, he played with some other boys who also thought Henry was a coward.   Every day after school, they didn’t go home directly but went to the river or somewhere to play.

A few days later, Robert was swimming with his new friends in a river, and he struggled in the water and suddenly cried “Help, help”. His new friends didn’t help him and ran away as fast as they could.

注意：1、所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右。
2、续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好
Paragraph 1:

Robert was still struggling in the river.

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Paragraph 2:

Robert’s life was saved.

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7 . I was taking a memory test while lying inside an MRI scanner to see whether the brains of memory champions like me were different from anyone else’s.

When the results were published, the findings were very positive.     1     Instead, what set us apart was what we did when were learning ---- in particular, the way we used pictures, and put our “mind’s eye” to work.

Everyone can get more from their memory. Any formation can be turned into imagery ---- immediately switching on parts of the brain that create rich, multi-layered memories.

Try it yourself. Here’s a list of random words ---- just the sort of information that’s used to test would-be memory champions.     2     Picture them, as vividly as you can.

MOUNTAIN, TAINBOW, PEA, SOFA,

SHEEP, SNOWMAN, WINDMILL,

NEWSPAPER, PIANO, UMBRELLA

As images, rather than words, these items will stay longer in your short-term memory.       3     you’ll boost your chances of achieving even longer-term learning.

Fire up your visual memory and get your brain buzzing. Notice the relative sizes of the items on the list. Look out for any similarities or differences in shapes, colours or textures. And ask yourself if any of the words fall into obvious pairs or patterns.

    4       Then, start attaching images to information you want to remember: shopping lists, addresses, brilliant ideas. By doing so, you’ll find that you soon become more observant, better with details, and more confident about recalling the things that matter.

    5       and use pictures to help you to set some new “personal bests” for your own memory power!

A．But don’t just read the words.

B．So learn from the champions,

C．And by letting your brain engage with them in new ways,

D．There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term.

E．After a few minutes, cover the page and see how many words you recall.

F．Thus, remembering can be thought of as an act of creative reimagination.

G．Expert memorisers didn’t have any physical differences between our ears.

8 . 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 husband Fred and I moved to a new place. We bought a small house in a reasonably good neighborhood close to Fred’s office. It was a one-and-a-half-floor brick house built for soldiers returning from World War II. That house impressed nobody except me. We had to decorate it first because it was so old. Fred and I started to paint the walls and the doors. I also worked outside the house, helping Fred break the ugly fence between us and the neighbors and grow some flowers.

After I finished painting walls in the bedroom upstairs, I brought up some water and old towels to wash the window. I washed the inside, then opened the window and stepped out on the kitchen roof to wash the outside. The window was the kind that you couldn’t open from the outside.

I was so devoted to my housework that I didn’t realize the window gradually closed. After finishing cleaning, I stood back to admire the clean glass. And then, I tried to open the window, but I failed. Standing on my kitchen roof, I looked around the neighborhood. That was a lovely afternoon. Where were the neighbor kids riding their bikes? They often rode back from the park. No young voices shouted to one another. The neighbor on the left was at work. Carroll and Julie, an elderly couple, lived in the house at the corner and were our nextdoor neighbors. They were likely to be at home, but our kitchen was on the wrong side of our house for me to call them.

I sat down and thought about my situation. Even if someone came along, he couldn’t walk in the house and open the window. The doors were locked. That was my husband’s doing. “When you’re working on an indoor project, anyone could just open the door and come in. So, just keep the doors closed,” he would say. I just needed a rope to get down. I sat there, thinking how stupid I was and wishing a rope would magically appear.

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。

Suddenly, I heard a little boy laughing.

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The boy looked at me for a while and left to ask for help.

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9 . I still remember an old lady, a customer on the paper route in my hometown when I was 12 years old. She taught me a lesson in _______ that I shall never forget.

On a winter afternoon, a friend and I were _______ stones onto the roof of the old lady's house. The stone that I found was too smooth, so it slipped from my hand as I let it go and_______straight not for the covering on top of the house but for a small _______ on the house's back porch. At the sound of broken glass, we knew we were _______.We turned and  ran away.

I was too scared about getting _______ that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window in the freezing weather. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn't been discovered , I started to feel _______ about her misfortune. She still greeted me with a smile each day when I gave her the paper , but I was no longer able to_______comfortably in her presence.

I made up my mind that I would _______ my delivering paper money. And after three weeks I had seven dollars that I calculated would pay for her window. I put the money in an envelope with a note explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would ________ the cost of repairing it.

I waited until it was dark , moved ________ to the old lady ' s house and put the letter I didn’t sign through the letter slot(狭槽） in her door. I felt relieved  and could have the ________ of , once again , looking straight into the old lady's kind eyes .

The next day, I handed the old lady her paper and was able to ________ the warm smile that I was receiving from her. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of cookies she had made herself. I thanked her and started to eat the cookies as I continued my ________.

After several cookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. When I opened the envelope, I was ________. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that said ,“I'm proud of you.”

1.

A．bravery

B．talent

C．selflessness

D．forgiveness

2.

A．selling

B．painting

C．throwing

D．picking

3.

A．put

B．headed

C．dragged

D．placed

4.

A．window

B．door

C．desk

D．chair

5.

A．in charge

B．in ruins

C．in danger

D．in trouble

6.

A．caught

B．fined

C．fired

D．cheated

7.

A．surprised

B．guilty

C．bored

D．annoyed

8.

A．teach

B．act

C．hide

D．draw

9.

A．donate

B．lose

C．spend

D．save

10.

A．cover

B．take

C．reach

D．take

11.

A．hurriedly

B．patiently

C．quietly

D．firmly

12.

A．freedom

B．pressure

C．mercy

D．luck

13.

A．make

B．understand

C．return

D．respect

14.

A．effort

B．study

C．journey

D．route

15.

A．amused

B．satisfied

C．shocked

D．nervous

10 . Internet has been a powerful force fueling economic growth across Europe, North America and Asia over the past several decades. Further globalization will bring far more profits in the future. To help those countries in poverty and expand trade worldwide to benefit all the mankind, Africa is the next frontier（地区）for the internet.

Digital reforms have taken off quickly in Africa, partly because the younger generation is more ready for adoption of new technologies. Compared to aging populations in developed countries, the average age in Africa is 19.2 years old. While less than half the population has access to electricity, two-fifths own a mobile phone.

With the growing demand for being connected, a number of mobile carriers are now seeking to expand network coverage in Africa. Governments of African countries are also pushing for the network construction as they recognize that communications and renewable energy play an important role in the development of their countries.

In recent years, the majority of the investment（投资）into Africa has come from China. Direct investment from China has grown 40% annually over the past decade, far more than investment from other economic partners, including the US. Huawei, ZTE and China Telecom have all entered the field. Huawei recently announced that it was launching a 5G transport network in South Africa, the first company to expand 5G network in this area. Meanwhile, Western governments are planning to do more to invest in Africa to maintain their economic relationships with it. That has received support from many tech giants like Facebook, which recently announced plans to lay a 37,000 kilometers of subsea cable network to build a direct high-speed internet connection between 16 countries in Africa with Europe and the Middle East.

Expanding network connectivity across Africa will open up digital services that many of us take for granted, like mobile banking, e-education and online shopping. Because the global economy is so closely linked, the increase in internet access will not only power economic growth and create new markets in Africa, but encourage development in other fields and around the world.

1. Which factor contributes to the rapid success of technology revolution in Africa?

A．The aging population.	B．Coverage of the internet.
C．The easy access to electricity.	D．The youth’s willingness to try new technology.

2. All the efforts to expand network to Africa are mentioned EXCEPT_______ .

A．Support from Western big firms

B．China’s huge investment into Africa

C．Connections between Europe and the Middle East

D．Encouragement of governments in African countries

3. According to the passage, which saying does the author seem to believe?

A．Efforts will pay off.

B．A friend in need is a friend in deed.

C．Technology is a double-edged sword (双刃剑).

D．Mankind is a community with a shared future.

4. What will the author probably talk about in the following paragraph?

A．Background information of African digital reform.

B．The worldwide technological support given to Africa.

C．The development of other countries in the past century.

D．Detailed potential benefits of African network expansion.