2 . 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。

It was a January afternoon. My wife, Savitri and I sat on the Sahyadri Express. As the train pulled out of the station, we could barely hide our excitement. We were finally on the way to a honeymoon to Matheran! This was the first time we had enough savings to go on a trip together.

The train stopped at Neral, where we were forced out of our reverie (白日梦). As we stepped out and started making inquiries, we realized it was unlikely that we would find a train to take us to the misty hill station we had been dreaming of for months. The afternoon gradually settled into a pink dusk as we sat in a corner at the station, waiting for news of the train services as the cold winter breeze rattled (使紧张)our bones. We unwrapped some biscuits when a little girl, no more than five or six, went past us, screaming, “But I want food! I am hungry!”

Savitri's eyes turned to the girl’s family. Smiling, she called out-her name was Mehrunisa，we overheard-and asked her to seek her parent’s permission to accept biscuits from us. Left with no option, her family accepted, And we began chatting.

After several hours, the train finally arrived. We entered alongside. As the short uphill journey progressed, Savitri and I softly discussed our trouble. It seemed unlikely that our reservation at Ragdi Hotel would still be held. As the train arrived and we rose to bid the family goodbye, Mehrunisa’s father, Viraaz, suggested that he would accompany us to make sure that we had a place to spend the night. He had overheard our anxious exchange.

His family headed to their guesthouse and Viraaz came with us to look for a hotel. To no one’s surprise, Ragdi Hotel was packed with people. The manager offered assistance by placing a few beds in the coal storage room but the cold made it uninhabitable. A gradual dread(恐惧)started to appear in my mind.

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Sensing our helplessness, Viraaz offered to put us up in their accommodation for the night.

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Our friendship has since continued for decades.

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3 . Mrs. Smith is elegant and fair-skinned, with an oval face and beautiful long hair. Her eyes are not only big but ________ and clear, like the autumn ________. Her shining smile never ________ from her mouth.

________ and funny, Mrs. Smith’s French class was my favorite. As soon as she entered the classroom, the dull atmosphere would always disappear and a ray of sunshine would make ________ way in.

Whenever I made eye contact ________ her in class, the ________ in her eyes inspired me. When reading beautiful and authentic sentences, her eyebrows ________ slightly, which showed her ________ passion.

She is really a ________ teacher. I still remember the first time I took part in a national French contest. My body ________ as I walked into the meeting hall where ________ from all over the city gathered. At that moment, my phone screen ________ with the message sent by her. “Don’t worry. Be confident. They’re not ________ better than you.” These words were like a powerful hand, which lifted me from the ________ of the water. With her encouraging words echoing in my ________, I calmed down and became ________ my competition. Eventually, I ________ the competitors and won the first place.

Mrs. Smith is really a close friend. When I had trouble learning French, she would try everything within her ________ to improve my grades.________ I met with setbacks, she would always encourage me. I get along well with Mrs. Smith. She encouraged me to study French and inspired me to major in French in college.

1.

A．bright

B．wet

C．curious

D．sharp

2.

A．flower

B．rain

C．sky

D．air

3.

A．originated

B．returned

C．differed

D．faded

4.

A．Puzzling

B．Relaxing

C．Shocking

D．Embarrassing

5.

A．its

B．her

C．their

D．my

6.

A．over

B．upon

C．toward

D．with

7.

A．shadow

B．excitement

C．worry

D．pride

8.

A．gathered

B．deepened

C．rose

D．bent

9.

A．strong

B．weak

C．simple

D．complex

10.

A．determined

B．stubborn

C．generous

D．considerate

11.

A．moved

B．trembled

C．ached

D．straightened

12.

A．guides

B．educators

C．competitors

D．judges

13.

A．showed up

B．broke up

C．came up

D．lit up

14.

A．normally

B．naturally

C．necessarily

D．nervously

15.

A．surface

B．container

C．mixture

D．bottom

16.

A．hands

B．mouth

C．nose

D．ears

17.

A．addicted to

B．amazed at

C．annoyed at

D．absorbed in

18.

A．took advantage of

B．stood out from

C．put up with

D．looked up to

19.

A．distance

B．sight

C．means

D．society

20.

A．Whenever

B．Until

C．Unless

D．Though

4 . Bill worked as a fireman for 17 years. He’s been proud of his bravery in risking his life to_________others. One emergency call_________him to poisonous chemicals, which later led to repeated strokes. Just at 37, the man, who had become accustomed to having the_________to save lives, now wasn’t able to button his own shirt or tie his own shoes.

Bill’s wife Daisy_________what would happen to Bill, and she suggested they add a_________to the family. So_________Coco. Coco was saved from the slum (贫民窟) and brought to America for_________by the nonprofit Puppy Rescue Mission. At the airport, as soon as Coco_________from his box, he peed (尿湿) all over Bill — and Bill burst into his first genuine_________in months — he got to love the dog!

After several months, Daisy was suddenly woken up by Coco’s__________barking. She went to see what was__________and found Bill had fallen down unconscious. Bill was rushed to the hospital—Coco had saved the day. And it wasn’t the__________time. When Coco would find Bill__________, he would call for help with his bark of warning.

“He’s always there watching me, helping me,__________I’m okay,” says Bill. “I’ve__________saved others, and now this lovely dog saves me, and that has to mean something. That has to mean I’m worth something after all.”

1.

A．find

B．save

C．cure

D．guide

2.

A．devoted

B．adapted

C．exposed

D．attracted

3.

A．strength

B．intelligence

C．skills

D．devices

4.

A．remembered

B．feared

C．predicted

D．agreed

5.

A．toy

B．box

C．pig

D．dog

6.

A．enter

B．purchase

C．desert

D．choose

7.

A．show

B．performance

C．sale

D．adoption

8.

A．lay

B．barked

C．emerged

D．fled

9.

A．laughter

B．tears

C．cry

D．anger

10.

A．broken

B．panicked

C．moved

D．delighted

11.

A．better

B．worse

C．wrong

D．right

12.

A．common

B．only

C．regular

D．frequent

13.

A．at peace

B．at work

C．in place

D．in danger

14.

A．making sure

B．turning out

C．determining

D．doubting

15.

A．seldom

B．never

C．hardly

D．ever

5 . A video of a German man named Uwe Brutzer who opened a bakery （面包店） in China using workers with hearing disability spread on social media on Tuesday, touching many Chinese netizens. The video has had over 30,000 comments （评论） and over 110 million views. After the video was published, Brutzer’s bakery was soon crowded with people all over the country.

Born in Germany, Uwe Brutzer and his wife came to China as part of a program by Hunan Disabled Person’s Federation to help children with hearing disability in 2002. “I was looking for a chance to help disabled people and I saw this program,” said Brutzer.

They decided to stay after spending some time with children here. To better help children in need, they learned Chinese sign language. Then they decided to open a store. “At first we sold flowers. Then we found that a bakery might be a better choice because we could make more money. So we opened this one in 2011. I hired a professional German baker and invited her to China to teach my students for four years,” Brutzer said. A child they helped years ago is now one of the workers in the bakery.

The cut in income was the biggest challenge for Brutzer during the COVID-19 outbreak. He had to close the store for safety reasons but he still paid all the workers as usual.

“I want to stay in China as long as I can and teach more and more disabled people so that they can make a living here.” Brutzer added.

1. How did so many people learn about the bakery?

A．From a TV program.	B．From the chat of local people.
C．Through a video on social media.	D．From the comments of customers.

2. What did the children in the store learn?

A．Baking skills.	B．Sign language.
C．Performing art.	D．Planting flowers.

3. Which of the following best describes Brutzer?

A．Brave and intelligent.	B．Caring and generous.
C．Confident and responsible.	D．Talented and frank.

4. What is the main purpose of this passage?

A．To report a meaningful program to the public.

B．To advertise a bakery that was opened by a German.

C．To introduce a foreign couple’s efforts to help others.

D．To call on people to pay more attention to the disabled.

7 . Dougan’s mum, Patricia, has lived at Dundonald House for two years and has had dementia(痴呆)for nine years. She has lost most of her speech. But the French course was something she and her husband could do together and the whole family has noticed a change in her.

“I think Dad decided he’d take Mum just for her benefit (好处),” says Mari Dougan. “But he loved it just as much as she did. After they did the French course, they did Italian. Mum knows she’s there and she sometimes answers with a word or two — that’s amazing. She has been much more active since she started the classes.”

Courses in French, Italian, German and Spanish last for ten weeks for an hour a week. The classes are the idea of Robbie Norval, who started Lingo Flamingo in 2015 to give lessons to older adults. Lingo Flamingo has 35 teachers who work in care homes and community centres in Scotland. So far, it has worked with more than 800 people.

Thomas Bak is a psychologist from the University of Edinburgh. His research into dementia over 20 years has found that people who are bilingual (双语的) get dementia up to four years later than those who are monolingual (只说一种语言的).

Even for people who aren’t bilingual, learning a language in later life has benefits, Bak says. He has found improvements (改善) in attention and memory among older adults. He believes it is never too late to learn a language. “In fact, it becomes more important with age,” he says. He adds that what is really good about language learning is the variety of tasks you have to do. “You have to learn to tell the difference between different sounds. You have to learn new ideas that might be very different from your mother tongue. You have to learn grammar and how to use words in a conversation,” he says. Bak says doing a sudoku puzzle is not as useful — it is like going to the gym and spending all your time on a single machine.

“We’ve also found learning a language really increases well-being and self-confidence,” Norval says. “If an adult with dementia can learn a couple of words, they think to themselves, ‘I can learn new things.’ They don’t fear dementia as much. They realise they’re not forgetting everything, which is a really important message.”

1. What has changed about Dougan’s mum after she started learning new languages?

A．She always talks to herself.

B．She is willing to go outside.

C．She can remember everything.

D．She can communicate with others.

2. What’s the attitude of Dougan’s dad to her mum learning a new language?

A．Amazed.

B．Worried.

C．Uncaring.

D．Supportive.

3. What can we learn about Lingo Flamingo’s lessons?

A．They are only held in care homes.

B．They are mainly open to the elderly.

C．They include five different languages.

D．They are designed by the University of Edinburgh.

4. What does Thomas Bak think of language learning?

A．It is good for the brain.

B．It is not easy for older adults.

C．It is like doing work with a machine.

D．It is as hard as doing a sudoku puzzle.

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

Political advisers and legislators(立法者) have called for full performance of policies offering children from single-child families paid leave(带薪休假) to take care of their parents as caring for seniors     1    (increase) becomes a challenge for such families. So far, local authorities in at least 15 provincial areas     2    (introduce) policies allowing workers from single-child families to take care of sick parents.

China started to relax     3    (it) family planning policy in 2014, when couples were allowed     4     second child if one parent was an only child. In a proposal submitted to this year’s political consultative session, Cao Hui stressed the need to improve the legal support for paid leave to children     5     single-child families. Meanwhile, the country is faced with increasing challenges of an aging society, with 18.1 percent of China’s population     6    (be) 60 and above by the end of 2019. “However, the lack of support from     7    (nation) legislation has made the performance of such policies very difficult,” Cao said. Cao proposed that half the salaries of those     8    (enjoy) such paid leave should be provided by their     9    (employ), with the other half covered by government pension funds. In doing so, parents can gain considerate medical care,     10     will help fill the gap in the number of aged care providers, he said.