1 . 课本原文填空。

The old man pulled on him all that he could to bring him closer     1    the fish was coming in on his circle. He straightened himself and began another circle. The old man moved him. He felt faint again now but he held     2     the great fish all the strain that he could. He held up.

Though he put all of his effort on,     3    (pull) with all his strength, the fish swam away. That way nothing     4    ( accomplish ), he thought. This time he must get him alongside. He is not good for many more turns. But he is good for ever. He nearly had him and again the fish righted himself and swam slowly away. Never has he seen a    5    (great), or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than him. Now he was getting     6    (confuse) in the head. He must keep his head clear and know how to suffer like a man. He said to himself “Clear     7    , head”. Twice more it was the same on the turns. He had been     8     the point of feeling himself go each time. Trying it once more, he felt himself going. But the fish righted himself and swam off again slowly     9     the great tail weaving in the air. At that time, his hands were mushy now and he could only see well in flashes. He tried it again and it was the same. He felt himself     10    (go) before starting again, but he will try it once again.

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。

Eighty-year-old Li Xinsheng clearly remembered the day her husband was diagnosed (诊断) with Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默病). Since then, she     1     (do) everything she can     2     (slow) the illness’s progression (进展). The couple recently attended a dance-therapy program, Time to Dance, which was initiated (发起) by the Scottish Ballet from the UK in 2017 to offer dance classes for people living     3     Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. Due to COVID, sessions     4     (hold) both online and in person last year. Both participants and instructors were referred to     5     (simple) as “dancers”. The dancers interacted with one another in a relaxing atmosphere and some started singing along with the songs     6     they danced.

The dance-therapy project proved helpful for the patients. Apart from     7     (help) the participants exercise and express     8     (they), it enabled the dancers to learn to communicate with others and be more open to everyday interpersonal interactions. “I feel moved. They’ve brought     9     (warm) to people with Alzheimer’s, who are often left unnoticed and forgotten in     10     corner,” Li Xinsheng said.

3 . A family visited the public elementary school where I taught students with a listening defect(缺点，缺陷). They said they would _________ the district and planned to enroll (给……报名) their deaf daughter as a first grader. They were _________ that their child’s kindergarten teacher told them not to have high _________ for her academically (在学业上). Standing behind them was Katherine, who didn’t make a _________ or use gestures, even when her parents encouraged her.

After a few weeks with Katherine, I found her a very _________ and strong-willed girl. Although I was able to make her take part in a variety of learning activities, writing was a _________. I tried all kinds of ways to _________ her in writing. Every time the _________ came out, she would shut down and _________ to participate.

One day Katherine got off the bus and stood in front of the school __________. The staff members present did not know enough __________ to ask her why she was unhappy. Finally, they took her to the __________ where they handed her a pen and notebook. Katherine __________: “PAC BAK.” __________ the office staff realized she left her backpack on the bus. Soon Katherine got her backpack back.

That day Katherine discovered the __________ of the pen. She is a young woman now and has become a writer.

1.

A．look into

B．refer to

C．move to

D．travel around

2.

A．thankful

B．upset

C．afraid

D．pleased

3.

A．opinions

B．values

C．worries

D．hopes

4.

A．sound

B．wish

C．face

D．speech

5.

A．dull

B．naughty

C．rude

D．bright

6.

A．success

B．struggle

C．hobby

D．reason

7.

A．introduce

B．command

C．interest

D．amaze

8.

A．sweets

B．towels

C．pencils

D．toys

9.

A．refuse

B．expect

C．manage

D．decide

10.

A．hearing

B．waiting

C．reading

D．crying

11.

A．common sense

B．sign language

C．oral English

D．science knowledge

12.

A．street

B．bus

C．office

D．house

13.

A．read

B．wrote

C．shouted

D．learned

14.

A．Strangely

B．Unexpectedly

C．Immediately

D．Unluckily

15.

A．power

B．future

C．nature

D．style

4 . Have you ever walked into a room and completely forgotten why you came into it in the first place? I couldn’t agree more when I read an article from Live Science that stated, “There are several types of memories, and the brain has a unique way of forgetting each kind.” Memory does some funny things. While forgetting is a normal and vital part of our brain function, we have to admit that memory can be a mysterious and naughty joker. One of the most common mysteries is a short-term memory failure where people find themselves entering a room with no memory of why they did so.

Everyone has experienced this at least once in their lives. We call it a “senior moment”, but researchers say it’s actually okay to put the blame on our doorways and not on our ageing brains. The act of walking through a doorway sends a signal to our brains that a new scene has started and that previous memories should be put away. This is what causes our memory failure and confusion. The thoughts we had before we entered that new scene have actually been sectionalized (分区). In an interview with Live Science Gabriel Radvansky, a psychologist at the University of Norte Dame said, “Entering or exiting through a doorway serves as an ‘event boundary’ in the mind.”

I find this amazing, as I watch it happen to people all around me every day. I guess I should stop telling them they’re getting old and actually explain the cause. For me it’s not doorways that cause a problem. It’s flights of stairs. Every so often I find myself going up the stairs and forgetting why I did so just as soon as I’ve reached the landing. What’s up with that? Now if I can only find out what that means, I’d be truly fascinated.

1. What contributes to our “senior moment” according to the researchers?

A．Ageing brains.

B．Doorways.

C．Different moments.

D．The same scenes.

2. Which of the following is Radvansky likely to agree with?

A．Walking through a doorway makes us nervous in the mind.

B．Sectionalized thoughts disappear when we enter a new scene.

C．Too many events in life are harmful to our brain memory.

D．Exiting through doorways causes short memory failures.

3. What may confuse the author?

A．Whether he should explain the cause to others.

B．How much he was fascinated by science.

C．How many people suffer from doorway problems.

D．Why going up the stairs makes him forgetful.

4. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Short memory failures do have scientific reasons.

B．Our brain has several types of memories.

C．Everyone has a unique way of forgetting things.

D．Psychology theories can help us improve memories.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1介单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Perhaps no other scientist has had a     1    (great) impact on China’s aerospace than Qian Xuesen. He was a well-respected man,     2    served his homeland with effort, achievement, and devotion. Born in Hangzhou in 1911, Qian attended schools in Beijing and Shanghai. In 1935, he went to the US    3    further study and then worked there. After overcoming some difficulties, he returned to China in 1955, and was put in charge of developing China’s rocket science as well as the space and missile programme.     4    (face) with challenges, Qian didn’t feel discouraged. When     5    (ask) “Can we Chinese possibly make missiles?”, his reply was “Why not?”Under his leadership, China developed its own missiles, rockets, and man-made satellites successfully. Qian was     6    (knowledge). However,    7     made him an outstanding and creative scientist was    8    (probable) his interest in other things like music and drawing, which gave him     9    (inspire) in scientific research. The whole country was     10    (sad)by Qian’s death in 2009.

7 . Though war is something people hate, Director Feng Xiaoning often exposes his audience to it.

“If we don't impress the audience, who are without the painful experience of war but with the cruel injury to life that human nature war causes, how can we bring them a love of peace and objection to war?” asked the director with a glance in his eyes.

After Red River Valley and Lover's Grief over the Yellow River, both of which star Chinese model and actress Ning Jing, Feng drew a satisfactory full stop to his war trilogy(三部曲) last month with Purple Sunset.

The film tells a story which took place in 1945, at the very moment when World War II was drawing to an end. A Chinese peasant and a Soviet woman soldier flee into a forest, where they seize a Japanese girl. They follow the girl in the hope that she will take them out of the forest, but instead they arrive in a Japanese base. Humanisty(人道主义) prevents them from killing the young, innocent(无辜的) victim of Japanese militarism. This humanity, the longing for peace and eagerness to survive, make the three unite.

“If people are touched by justice, tolerance(容忍) and unselfishness, I think I have achieved my goal,” Feng said.

Feng admits that there are violent and bloody scenes in the film, such as tanks fighting and Japanese burning Chinese people alive, to show the cruelty of war. But that's never his personal preference, he says. “Everyone who has watched my films can tell how much I detest war,” he said, “I wrote all the things for my war films by myself. Whenever I finished one, I felt as though I had suffered great pain.”

Feng regards every one of his productions as an opportunity to learn about human nature and humanity. In spite of violent scenes which frighten and sicken the audience, a balance is sought with beautiful scenery. Just like the snowy mountains in Red River Valley and the grand plateau(高原) in Lover's Grief over the Yellow River, a beautiful vast grassland appears in this film. “I used to study art and I appreciate beautiful things,” Feng said, “I believe that films should offer the audience a chance to enjoy beauty.”

1. Director Feng Xiaoning shot war films because _______.

A．he was deeply interested in such a topic

B．he wanted to give the audience the painful experience of war

C．he hoped to arouse(唤起) people's love of peace and objection to war

D．he dreamed of becoming a world-famous director

2. A Chinese peasant and a Soviet woman soldier seized a Japanese girl so that _______.

A．they could find the Japanese base easily

B．she could take them out of the forest

C．they could kill her for revenge(报复)

D．it would cause the Japanese militarism to give in

3. Scenes of Japanese burning Chinese people alive in the film are to _______.

A．show that war is cruel

B．attract people's interest

C．show Feng’s personal preferance in dealing with details

D．make the film moving and interesting

4. The underlined word “detest” in this passage refers to _______.

A．hate	B．like
C．flee	D．know about

10 . The future has arrived at a dairy farm(乳牛场). It is _______ time at Woodbourne Creamery in Mt. Airy, Maryland. The cows are standing in line for a _______ at the robot.

The farm _______ John Fendrick. He watches the _______ of the animals by looking at a computer screen. That is all he has to do. The robot does all the work. It uses a laser(激光) to find each teat —— the place on the cow where the milk comes out. The robot then cleans the teat and _______ a milking tube to it.

When the velocity of milk coming out of the cow slows, the machine knows to _______, and sends the cow on its way.

Milking robots are becoming _______ among dairy farmers in the United States, Europe and Australia. John Fendrick says the robots have _______ life on a dairy farm. “You are given your _______back.”

Most dairy farmers must milk their cows two times a day, early in the morning and late at night. But Mr. Fendrick’s cows do not follow such a ________. They stay in the field ________ they want to be milked by the robot.

The cow milking robot is not low-cost technology. Mr Fendrick paid more than $150,000 for it.________ he notes, paying someone to milk the cows is also ________. “However, above all, I don’t have to be the person who’s always ________ to milk. Our cows are able to ________ without us ——to us, it’s well worth the money.”

1.

A．milking

B．break

C．lost

D．remaining

2.

A．food

B．turn

C．treat

D．rest

3.

A．consist of

B．calls back

C．belongs to

D．results from

4.

A．appearance

B．mood

C．taste

D．progress

5.

A．shows

B．connects

C．removes

D．builds

6.

A．relax

B．go

C．continue

D．stop

7.

A．cheap

B．difficult

C．popular

D．tiring

8.

A．begun

B．closed

C．faced

D．changed

9.

A．money

B．freedom

C．employees

D．orders

10.

A．schedule

B．rule

C．promise

D．plan

11.

A．if

B．since

C．until

D．because

12.

A．Though

B．Unless

C．But

D．So

13.

A．easy

B．simple

C．busy

D．costly

14.

A．on call

B．in force

C．by degree

D．at cost

15.

A．milk

B．function

C．walk

D．withdraw