1 . 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。

Marty is a boy who looks the same as other people     1     has a muscle disease which sometimes makes him very weak. Not being able to climb stairs as     2     ( quick) as others, he gets out of breath   after     3     (run) just a short way and he has to stop halfway up the stairs and rest before he can get to the stop,     4     makes kids make fun of him. He always feels stupid for being a bit behind the others after a long     5     ( absent) from school. Although doctors can’t give his disease a name and it’s difficult to know     6     the future will be like, Marty     7     ( learn) to adapt to his disability. His motto is: live one day at a time.

He has a busy life without time to sit around     8     (feel) sorry for himself. Besides writing and computer programming, he goes to the movies as well as football     9     (match) with his friends and spends a lot of time with his pets. His ambition is     10     (work) in the computer industry when he grows up.

2 . Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer since the age of three. That ambition __ ended one night in 2010. Hill, then a 17-year-old high school student, was in a __ , which left which left her paralyzed(瘫痪)from the waist down. For most people，that would have __ any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, her wheelchair __ her and she wanted to prove that she was sill __.

Hill did it in her __ right with her non-disabled high school dance team. After graduation, Hill wanted to expand her dance network to __ women like her. She met people online who had suffered various __ but shared their determination, and she __ them to dance with her.

Hoping to __ more people in a larger city, Hill moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and built a team of dancers with __, which she called the Rolletes. In disabled dance __ around the country, the six-member team, they not only ___themselves, but also brought great fun to the audience and won lots of prizes.

Hill has __ what many of us never will: her childhood dream. She's a(n) __. But the Rolletes have helped her find something else just as___. Every year she holds a dance camp for wheelchair __ of all ages and abilities with the purpose of helping them __ their inner dreams in their life. In 2019,173 participants from ten countries attended.

Edna Serrano says that being part of the Rolletes team has given her the __ to live on. "I didn't know I could do so many things that these girls have taught me," she says. It’s so __ to have my teammates in my life, because they're my teachers. I have more confidence."

1.

A．totally

B．quickly

C．nearly

D．really

2.

A．race

B．accident

C．exhibition

D．invention

3.

A．ruined

B．extended

C．exchanged

D．challenged

4.

A．dismissed

B．excited

C．shocked

D．encouraged

5.

A．living

B．normal

C．clever

D．strong

6.

A．courtyard

B．classroom

C．wheelchair

D．club

7.

A．include

B．improve

C．understand

D．inform

8.

A．ideas

B．diseases

C．disasters

D．injuries

9.

A．called

B．invited

C．ordered

D．warned

10.

A．reach

B．benefit

C．keep

D．attack

11.

A．hopes

B．dreams

C．disabilities

D．spirits

12.

A．designs

B．groups

C．forms

D．competitions

13.

A．hurt

B．entertained

C．praised

D．moved

14.

A．attained

B．donated

C．resulted

D．concentrated

15.

A．expert

B．teacher

C．dancer

D．boss

16.

A．satisfying

B．boring

C．puzzling

D．surprising

17.

A．companies

B．sellers

C．producers

D．users

18.

A．imagine

B．discover

C．expect

D．suit

19.

A．gift

B．experience

C．courage

D．method

20.

A．fearful

B．colourful

C．careful

D．powerful

3 . While many people dream of mermaids（美人鱼），few people actually try to become one.How can someone become a mermaid if they don’t exist?Just ask Dana Richardson,who is a professional mermaid in Hawaii!

“As a child,I always felt very connected to the ocean and played mermaids in the water,”says Dana.“My love of the ocean took me to different types of work such as a lifeguard,swim instructor,boat crew member,underwater photographer,boat captain and surfer.I just decided to take it to the next level and grow a tail.”

Dana doesn’t mean literally（照字面地）.In 2008 she began making mermaid tails from materials including shiny fabric（织物）that she wears while free-diving in the waters around Kona,Hawaii.Free-diving means diving without any protective equipment.It requires you to hold your breath while swimming deep underwater.As she dives in,Dana not only like a mermaid;she experiences what it is like to swim like one too.

The waters around Dana’s home in Kona are filled with wildlife,including dolphins and whales.Kona is by a sheltered sea where the waters are calm for swimming.For ten years Dana has been swimming with the creatures of Kona.Some of them have even learned to recognize her.

Dana knows how to swim with sea life because she is a trained marine(海洋的)naturalist.She understands the behavior of sea life and knows how to safely interact with it.Every morning when she swims with sea life she gets to experience her other“home”.“The ocean beneath the depths really is another world.Watching how the world works so gracefully in the circle of life underwater is a beautiful thing.”

For Dana Richardson being a mermaid just makes sense.“I always felt more comfortable underwater than on land,”she says.

Would you like to follow your dream,even if it seems impossible？Dana Richardson reminds everyone,“One person can truly make a difference.By following your heart and offering the world your unique gifts,you will inspire others to do so.The world needs you!”

1. What has been influencing Dana’s work experience most?

A．Her hobby	B．Her family
C．Her science teacher	D．Her swim instructor

2. Why does Dana make mermaid tails?

A．She needs them to protect her.

B．She wants to swim like a mermaid.

C．She needs to make money with them.

D．She wants to take photos of mermaids.

3. Being a marine naturalist helps Dana______.

A．get along well with sea life	B．discover her outstanding gifts
C．appreciate the beauty of other people	D．feel comfortable both underwater and on land

4. Dana encourages people to__________.

A．help those in need	B．love marine animals
C．try to realize their dreams	D．protect the marine environment

4 . 假定你是李华，21^st Century举办了一个主题为“关爱残疾人”的英文征文活动，请你以Lending a helping hand为题写一篇演讲稿，表达你对于残疾人现状的看法，并提出如何关爱残疾人的建议。
注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 文章开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear friends,

It’s my honor to be here to share my opinion on how to help disabled people.

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5 . Whether in the home or the workplace, social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years. Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way, said Cynthia Breazeal, chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.
While household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like companions（同伴）than mere tools. For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad. This allows them to respond more appropriately to the user.
The Jibo robot, arranged to ship later this year, is designed to be a personalized assistant. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks. The robot doesn’t just deliver general answers to questions; it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household. It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos.
Social robots are not just finding their way into the home. They have potential applications in everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.
Fellow Robots is one company bringing social robots to the market. The company’s “Oshbot” robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product’s location in the store. It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for.
The more interaction the robot has with humans, the more it learns. But Oshbot, like other social robots, is not intended to replace workers, but to work alongside other employees. “We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us, but with us,” said Breazeal.
1. How are social robots different from household robots？

A．They are more like humans.

B．They can control their emotions.

C．They do the normal housework.

D．They respond to users more slowly.

2. What can a Jibo robot do according to Paragraph 3.

A．Communicate with you and perform operations.

B．Obey your orders and remind you to take medicine.

C．Answer your questions and make requests.

D．Take your family pictures and deliver milk.

3. What can Oshbot work as？

A．A language teacher.	B．A tour guide.
C．A private nurse.	D．A shop assistant.

4. We can learn from the last paragraph that social robots will ______.

A．improve technologies	B．train employees
C．be our workmates	D．take the place of workers

5. What does the passage mainly present？

A．An introduction to social robots.

B．Marketing strategies for social robots.

C．A new design idea of household robots.

D．Information on household robots.

6 . Choose Your One-Day-Tours!

Tour A - Bath &Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge -￡37 until 26 March and ￡39 thereafter. Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum, Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.

Tour B - Oxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Mary’s Church Tower and Anne Hathaway’s -￡32 until 12 March and ￡36 thereafter. Oxford: Includes a guided tour of England’s oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires(尖顶）” from St Mary‘s Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.

Tour C - Windsor Castle &Hampton Court: including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace -￡34 until 11 March and ￡37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry VILL’s favorite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle(entrance fees not included).With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze(迷宫) where it is easy to get lost!

Tour D –Cambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great -￡33 until 18 March and ￡37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.

1. Which tour will you choose if you want to see England’s oldest university city?

A．Tour A	B．Tour B
C．Tour C	D．Tour D

2. Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 17 March?

A．Windsor Castle & Hampton Court	B．Oxford & Stratford
C．Bath & Stonehenge	D．Cambridge

3. Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction?

A．It used to be the home of royal families	B．It used to be a well-known maze
C．It is the oldest palace in Britain	D．It is a world-famous castle