1 . I was never very neat, while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but mine always hid somewhere. She even labeled (给贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Over time, Kate got neater and I got messier. She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. So we both got tired of each other.

War broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, “Take your shoes away! Why under my bed!” Deafened,I saw my shoes flying at me.I jumped to my feet and started yelling (叫喊). She yelled back louder.

The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up, she quickly crawled (爬行) under her covers (被子), sobbing (哭啼). Obviously, that was something she should not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy rose up in my heart. Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the floor, even on her side. I got so into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching, her tears dried and her expression was such disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me, “Thanks.”

Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the meaning of living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.

1. What made Kate so angry one evening?

A．She couldn’t find her books.

B．She heard the author shouting loud.

C．She got the news that her grandma was ill

D．She saw the author’s shoes beneath her bed.

2. The author tidied up the room most probably because_____.

A．she was scared by Kate’s anger	B．she hated herself for being so messy
C．she was asked by Kate to do so	D．she wanted to show her care

3. How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed?

A．By showing differences.	B．By analyzing causes.
C．By describing a process.	D．By following time order.

4. What might be the best title for the story?

A．My Friend Kate	B．Hard Work Pays Off
C．Learning to be Roommates	D．How to be Organized

2 . 假定你是李华。你的美国朋友Jack发来邮件，想了解中国茶文化。现在请你给他回一封邮件，内容包括：
1.中国茶文化简介；
2.饮茶的好处；
3.邀请他来中国体验茶文化。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jack,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

3 . How to make friends at a new school

Starting with a new school can be difficult. Everything seems to be different, and you don’t even know where to go for your own class.     1    if you use these skills, you can quickly turn some of those strangers into friends.

Be yourself.

    2    If some people don’t accept you, they’re not the kind of friends you need. People often stay together because they have similar interests. For example, someone who does a lot of sports may make friends with those who also run or swim a lot.

    3    

Remember to be nice to the people you meet at your new school. If you think that you will say something that may make them feel sad, do not say anything and just nod your head if they talk to you. Also, remember to be as helpful as possible.

Believe in yourself.

A smile goes a long way. When you walk in the halls, don’t keep your eyes on the floor. Raise your head and make eye contact (目光接触) with other people If you see someone you know, smile or say “Hi” Introduce yourself,     4    

Remember people’s names.

You like it when people use your name, and so do other people.     5     Besides, ask them in a kind way if they have a nick name. You’d be surprised how often this might come in handy.

A．Be friendly to others.

B．Making new friends can be hard, too

C．Join afterschool activities you like.

D．Never change who you are to try and fit in.

E．Tell them your name and where you’re from.

F．People may become angry if you just begin by saying “Hey” each time.

G．Don’t sit at the back of the classroom where other people don’t notice you!

4 . Teen Summer Camps Abroad

Educational Travel for High School Students and Groups

Celebrating 26 years of community-service-based adventure travel programs for high school Educational Travel for High School Students and Groups students and groups! Choose from Community Service, Global Action and Adventure travel opportunities.

Location: Worldwide

Dates:1-4week programs: June through August

Cost: $1,950 per week (10%off book before May 10th)

Tel: 403-545-2202

ARCC Programs: Meaningful Service. Real Connections. True Adventure.

ARCC provides international adventure programs in 20 countries and 4 western states. With over 30 years of experience, ARCC has remained a pioneer of adventure travel and teen summer programs for young people.

Dates:2-5week programs: June through August

Cost: $1,900-$2,200 per week

Tel: To get more information or request a catalog, call our headquarters at 415-332-5075.

French Summer Camp in the French Alps

High-quality Teenage French Summer program in Morzine in the French Alps, just an hour’s drive from Geneva. Combine language learning with great cultural and outdoor activities in a fun, safe mountain village environment.

Dates: July 8th-August 19th

Cost: $2,412 for 2 weeks

Tel.:450-790-0838

Abbey Road High School Summer Program in Florence, Italy

Spend this summer learning about Italian art history, language, cuisine, film, and fashion in the beautiful and historic city of Florence Enjoy delicious authentic pastas, and go on weekly trips to discover Italy.

Dates:2-5week programs: June 1st-August 30th

Costs: $4,095(2 weeks)/$6,295(3 weeks)/$7,095(4 weeks)

Tel.:888-462-2239

1. What most probably makes ARCC Programs special?

A．Its leading role in the industry.	B．Its perfect location in the country.
C．Its international reputation.	D．Its cost compared with other programs.

2. What do we know about French Summer Camp in the French Alps?

A．It lasts the whole summer.	B．It provides different week options.
C．It offers chances to learn the history of Geneva.	D．It helps participants learn French and have fun.

3. If you are going to learn more about Italy which one are you going to choose?

A．Educational Travel for High School Students and Groups	B．ARCC Programs
C．Abbey Road High School Summer Program in Florence	D．French Summer Camp in the French Alps

5 . An old car, a few dollars in the pocket, and a sense of adventure. That’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the _________ of a lifetime. They met on a park bench in Regent’s Park and

_________ a year later. For their honeymoon, they decided to try what few people thought _________—crossing Europe and Asia overland, all the way to Australia. It took them several months and all the money they could earn or borrow, but they _________.

It was too amazing an experience to _________ themselves. _________ by their friends, they stayed up nights writing their very first travel guide “Across Asia on the Cheap”. Within a week they’d _________ 1,500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. The name _________ a misheard line in the song “Space Captain”. The _________ words are “lovely planet”, but Tony Wheeler heard “lonely planet” and liked it.

Lonely Planet has gone on to __________ the world’s largest and most successful travel publisher, __________ over 100 million books. Lonely Planet enables curious __________ to experience the world and get to the heart of a place through guidebooks and almost every place on the planet.

“There’s a whole world of amazing sights, hotels and travel companies out there—and we want to tell you which ones we __________ are best. But we never use our opinions for money. If you __________ something written by a Lonely Planet author, you can be __________ they’ve been there, had a look themselves and are __________ you what they really think. It’s trusted advice from a __________ source,” says Tony.

Tony and Maureen are continuing to travel and devote much of their spare time to __________ projects, providing support for people in need. And the __________ is still driven by the idea in “Across Asia on the Cheap”: “What you’ve got to __________ is decide to go and the hardest part is over. So go!”

1.

A．savings

B．travel

C．ward

D．anniversary

2.

A．divorced

B．delayed

C．married

D．separated

3.

A．difficult

B．possible

C．astonished

D．meaningful

4.

A．made sure

B．made up

C．made it

D．made sense

5.

A．keep to

B．link to

C．turn to

D．contribute to

6.

A．Forced

B．Disturbed

C．Anticipated

D．Encouraged

7.

A．sold

B．acquired

C．proceeded

D．purchased

8.

A．comes from

B．results in

C．looks into

D．applies to

9.

A．wonderful

B．mysterious

C．actual

D．ambiguous

10.

A．fight

B．compete

C．become

D．manage

11.

A．printing

B．drawing

C．reading

D．writing

12.

A．couples

B．travelers

C．foreigners

D．photographers

13.

A．appreciate

B．own

C．store

D．think

14.

A．judge

B．receive

C．accept

D．read

15.

A．sure

B．pleased

C．correct

D．afraid

16.

A．warning

B．telling

C．reminding

D．grabbing

17.

A．exact

B．stable

C．reliable

D．simple

18.

A．successful

B．urgent

C．contrary

D．charitable

19.

A．country

B．world

C．office

D．company

20.

A．achieve

B．do

C．start

D．claim

6 . Deng couldn’t sleep. Tomorrow was English class. Everyone was supposed to talk about their most precious possession (宝贵的财富). He’d heard the other kids talking. Everyone ________ something special, something expensive.

Deng had ________. His family had lost everything. Their last money was used to get a place on the boat to Canada. But no one knew that. Deng was too________ to tell anyone the truth. He didn’t want anyone to laugh at him. He didn’t want anyone’s pity. He pretended his family was rich. ________, now everyone would find out.

Perhaps he could be sick. But he knew his mother wouldn’t________ that. She would make him go to school. His parents were proud of him. They thought he was happy at school. He didn’t want to________them.

Suddenly he had an idea! Mr. Petrovski’s gold watch. ________ he would lend it to Deng just for one day. He was always pleased when Deng cleared his snow or went to the store for him. He could ________ the watch was his.

The next day, Deng found something on the back of the watch. It was almost ________. He looked closely. There was one word — “friendship”.

It was Deng’s ________ . “My family’s very poor. We don’t own anything valuable any more. So I asked my friend to ________ me this. It’s his most precious possession.” Then he put up the watch. “I was going to pretend it was mine. But it’s not. He lent it to me ________ I’m his friend. And that’s what I have. A friend.”

There was ________ in the class. Then Deng heard a sound. Slowly, his classmates started to ________ their hands. One by one they came to the front of the classroom and gathered round Deng. “You’re right,” one said. “ ________is more important than anything. And you have a lot of friends.”

1.

A．made

B．had

C．brought

D．borrowed

2.

A．nothing

B．something

C．anything

D．everything

3.

A．serious

B．afraid

C．nervous

D．proud

4.

A．Instead

B．Besides

C．However

D．Otherwise

5.

A．teach

B．mind

C．admire

D．allow

6.

A．disappoint

B．disturb

C．follow

D．satisfy

7.

A．Gradually

B．Surely

C．Truly

D．Strangely

8.

A．agree

B．promise

C．pretend

D．dream

9.

A．given up

B．thrown away

C．run away

D．worn away

10.

A．secret

B．turn

C．message

D．error

11.

A．leave

B．buy

C．lend

D．show

12.

A．because

B．though

C．unless

D．until

13.

A．noise

B．strength

C．warmth

D．silence

14.

A．clap

B．wash

C．shake

D．raise

15.

A．Honour

B．Confidence

C．Family

D．Friendship

8 . The flying fox is not a fox at all. It is an extra large bat that has got a fox’s head, and that feeds on fruit instead of insects (昆虫). Like all bats, flying foxes hang themselves by their toes when at rest, and travel in great crowds when out flying. A group will live in one place for years. Sometimes several hundred of them occupy (占据) a single tree. As they return to the tree toward sunrise in the morning, they quarrel among themselves and fight for the best places until long after daylight.

Flying foxes have babies once a year, giving birth to only one each time. At first the mother has to carry the baby on her breast wherever she goes. Later she leaves it hanging up, and brings back food for it to eat. Sometimes a baby bat falls down to the ground and squeaks (尖叫) for help. Then the older ones swoop (俯冲) down and try to pick it up. If they fail to do so, it will die. Often hundreds of dead baby bats can be found lying on the ground at the foot of a tree.

1. The passage tells us that there is no difference between the flying fox and the ordinary bat in________.

A．their size	B．the way they rest
C．the kind of food they eat	D．their appearance

2. Flying foxes tend to ________.

A．lose a lot of their young

B．fight and kill a lot of themselves

C．move from place to place constantly

D．double (翻一番) their number every year

3. At daybreak every morning flying foxes begin to________.

A．fly out toward the sun	B．look for a new resting place
C．come back to their home	D．go out and look for food

4. Flying foxes have fights ________.

A．when there is not enough food	B．only when it is dark
C．to protect their homes from outsiders (外来者)	D．to occupy the best resting places

9 . 第24届冬季奥运会将于2022年2月4日在北京启幕。假定你是李华，近来得知中国奥委会(Chinese Olympic Committee)正在招聘能够流利地说英语的志愿者，你特别想成为其中的一员，请你用英语写一封自荐信，内容包括：
1.写信目的；2. 个人优势； 3.希望获准。
参考词汇：2022年北京冬奥会   the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
注意：1.词数100左右；   2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

10 . Having a microchip implanted in a man’s brain may be common in sci-fi movie plots, but it may soon become an actual possibility.

Elon Musk -- a US tech tycoon, founder of Space X -- has been working on this technology. On Aug 28, Musk gave a display of the chip, which was implanted into the head of a pig named Gertrude. The chip, developed by Musk’s company Neuralink, is just as small as the size of a coin. But don’t let its size fool you. The tiny chip has over 3,000 electrodes(电极) attached to flexible threads(线), which can monitor about 1,000 neurons(神经元). It collects neural signals from an area of the brain, and then wirelessly transmits those signals to nearby computers, according to MSN. That enabled researchers to monitor Gertrude’s brain activity while she was walking around in the display.

Though the technology is still in its early stage, it is encouraging for humans. This technology would solve a lot of brain injuries and is essential for AI symbiosis(共存关系), which will allow the human brain to combine with an artificial intelligence. When the device can be applied to humans, its main goal will be to help those who have mobility difficulties. Musk hopes this technology can also be used to help those with hearing and eyesight issues.

Although such a device could repair those problems, putting it into practice is by no means a piece of cake. Currently, the device can transmit signals from about 500 neurons in the pig’s brain. Compared to 80 billion neurons in a human brain, this number is extremely tiny. And to cover the whole human brain also means the electrodes have to be much smaller.

Also, implanting the chip into the brain poses a potential danger. There is a risk of the immune system attacking this foreign body. Right now, the hope of controlling the brain by controlling just a few neurons seems overly optimistic. “There are still so many technological challenges, especially the possible risks it may cause, to overcome before Neuralink can put its devices to the purposes,” Yuan Lanfeng, an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology of China, told China Daily.

1. What do we know about Elon Musk’s microchip？

A．It was inspired by sci-fi movie plots.	B．It is able to collect wireless signals.
C．It is tiny in size but powerful in function.	D．It has been implanted into a human’s brain,

2. What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refer to？

A．The operation of the chip in Gertrude’s brain.

B．The attachment of electrodes to flexible threads.

C．The development of neurons inside Gertrude’s brain.

D．The transmission of signals from a nearby computer

3. What is the major target of the microchip？

A．To monitor animals’ brain activity.

B．To help people with mobility problems.

C．To develop a cure for immune system problems.

D．To contribute to the research on AI technologies.

4. How does Yuan Lanfeng feel about implanting the chip into the human brain？

A．Disapproving.

B．Indifferent.

C．Optimistic.

D．Concerned.