1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why did the speaker go on the tour?

A．It was the prize of a competition.

B．John asked her to go with him.

C．It was her travel plan.

2. What did the speaker dislike about the hotel?

A．The drinks.

B．The food.

C．The waiters.

3. What did the speaker think of the trip to the museum?

A．Disappointing.

B．Amazing.

C．Terrible.

4. What did the speaker do in the second week?

A．She rode an elephant.

B．She went to the mountains.

C．She relaxed in the hotel.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where does Mark usually read news now?

A．In a newspaper.

B．In a magazine.

C．On the Internet.

2. What makes the woman surprised about the machine?

A．It has a small glass window.

B．It can make a pizza in a short time.

C．It offers four types of pizzas at a time.

3. What does the woman think of the machine?

A．It is quite necessary.

B．It might not be popular.

C．It will certainly succeed.

4. What is an advantage of the machine?

A．The 24-hour service.

B．Tasty pizza made by it.

C．The low production cost.

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What do bees do when they need to relax?

A．Fly all day.

B．Make honey.

C．Play with balls.

2. How many choices did the bees have in the experiment?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

3. What kind of treat could the bees get?

A．A sugary treat.

B．A special treat.

C．A flowery treat.

4. What can we infer from what the researcher said?

A．Bees are more thoughtful.

B．Bees are more hardworking.

C．Bees are hard to get along with.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What happened at the man’s dinner with his host family?

A．He forgot to introduce himself.

B．He called the host by the wrong name.

C．He whispered to someone.

2. How did the man deal with the situation?

A．He apologized for his behavior.

B．He said nothing about it.

C．He made a joke of himself.

3. How does the woman sound in the end?

A．Helpful.

B．Embarrassed.

C．Grateful.

5 . 假设你是李华，你的英国好友 Tommy 来信说他打算寒假时候来重庆旅游并向你询问有关重庆的信息。请你根据所学的知识用英语给他写一封回信，介绍重庆的地理和旅游信息，并且表示欢迎。
要求：
1.介绍重庆的地理位置；
2.介绍重庆的特色和旅游景点；
3.表示欢迎和期待；
4.词数 100 到 120 词。
Dear Tommy,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

6 . Martin Henfield talks about some of his experience as a twin: when we were small my mother dressed us _______ the same clothes. That was bad enough and we didn’t like it. But when we went on our first camping trip, it was even _______. We were only ten years old, and while _______ went into their sleeping bags for the _______, we were not happy to snuggle inside a double sleeping bag my mother made for us.

At school our classmates _______ us Henfield One and Henfield Two, so people _______ even see our difference according to our initials because _______ of us were M. O. It was only when I went to _______ and began to have my own friends that I started to feel my own freedom of identity (身份).

Before I went to college, during my secondary school _______, I ________ a job on a building site. My twin brother, Mike Henfield, didn’t work. One day I asked my boss, “Can I have a week ________?” “Certainly,” he said. “But you won’t have the job when you ________ back.” I didn’t want to ________ the job. So on Monday morning, Mike went there in my ________, jacket and hat and he worked for me for one week. ________ of them knew the difference.

1.

A．in

B．for

C．on

D．with

2.

A．badder

B．worse

C．good

D．better

3.

A．all boys

B．another boy

C．all the other boys

D．all the boys

4.

A．day

B．holiday

C．night

D．mid -night

5.

A．called

B．knew

C．told

D．made

6.

A．didn’t

B．needn’t

C．mustn’t

D．couldn’t

7.

A．very

B．each

C．both

D．all

8.

A．middle school

B．college

C．high school

D．school

9.

A．weekday

B．week

C．weekend

D．holiday

10.

A．received

B．got

C．find

D．made

11.

A．off

B．free

C．on

D．back

12.

A．came

B．will get

C．got

D．are

13.

A．miss

B．lose

C．lost

D．losing

14.

A．coat

B．shirt

C．shoes

D．trousers

15.

A．None

B．Nobody

C．All

D．Each

7 . 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。

If you’re visiting Hangzhou, the one place you absolutely cannot miss is the West Lake. It     1    (locate) southwest of the city. It’s twice the size of New York City’s Central Park. West Lake’s natural beauty and     2    (history) relics have inspired Chinese poets and artists throughout time.

You would need a whole day to     3    (full) appreciate its beauty. The lake has 10 scenic sites, each with     4     story of its own.

You can start with the Leifeng Pagoda. Local legend has it that a white snake spirit was once imprisoned in the five-story, eight-sided pagoda by a monk,     5     tried to separate the immortal spirit from a mortal lover.

Afterwards, you can walk northward along the Su Causeway,     6    (construct) with the help of the great poet Su Shi about 1,000 years ago.

At the other end of the causeway, you will encounter a lotus pool and a winding courtyard. A culture show will be staged here     7     the tourists.     8    (make) sure to indulge yourself with a lakeside sunset before you leave. It’s here that the still waters of the lake meet up with the     9    (color) of the skies,     10    (create) an image you won’t soon forget.

8 . 54-year-old Winston Douglas was driving his bus along a quiet street in Atlanta when he noticed a young man standing shirtless on the sidewalk. That wasn’t unusual for a late summer. What was _________ was that the man was carrying a large kitchen knife.

Within seconds, Douglas saw the man quietly _________ an old woman crossing the street from behind and stab (捅) her. Losing their balance, the two _________ onto the road and the woman howled in pain as the man _________ his attack. It’s like a(n) _________ film that came into life.

Douglas _________ called the police. He _________ the brakes, grabbed a four-foot-long _________ nearby and ran to help the woman. Douglas is not a violent man, _________ his determination to save the woman was clear. He kept hitting the man on the __________ until the attacker stopped stabbing and turned around to him. The police arrived shortly and __________ the attacker.

Then the bus driver __________ the victim, a 63-year-old grandmother named Terri Bradley, to a nearby hospital. Knowing being rescued by Douglas, Terri became __________ and said, “Jesus. You’re all I had to help me. I owe you a great debt of __________.”

Helpful and brave people, even ordinary, can be our __________ when accidental violent crimes arise in life.

1.

A．impossible

B．memorable

C．remarkable

D．invisible

2.

A．approach

B．address

C．appreciate

D．acknowledge

3.

A．spun

B．fainted

C．collapsed

D．rested

4.

A．completed

B．quit

C．finished

D．continued

5.

A．horror

B．comedy

C．action

D．adventure

6.

A．instantly

B．gradually

C．normally

D．finally

7.

A．pulled

B．applied

C．released

D．controlled

8.

A．bucket

B．stick

C．brick

D．tire

9.

A．but

B．and

C．so

D．or

10.

A．stomach

B．forehead

C．back

D．chest

11.

A．charged

B．accused

C．dismissed

D．arrested

12.

A．checked

B．rushed

C．observed

D．admitted

13.

A．weary

B．scary

C．angry

D．teary

14.

A．money

B．prize

C．award

D．gratitude

15.

A．victims

B．heroes

C．fellows

D．competitors

9 . Humor: An Essential Life Skill

Mark Twain said, “Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.” He’s certainly not wrong. Humor may very well be the great thing.     1    

Having a good sense of humor is possibly one of the best things you can do for your physical fitness.     2     Besides, it can improve your cardiovascular (心血管的) health.

    3     Study has shown that individuals who score highly in humor have higher self-respect, greater self-competence, and perform better in social interaction. They tend to be on good terms with others and are more often associated with better overall well-being.

Albert Einstein owed his brilliant mind to having a child-like sense of humor.     4     Researchers in Austria discovered that those who have a sense of humor have higher verbal (言语的) and nonverbal intelligence than their less humorous peers, because it takes both cognitive (认知的) and emotional abilities to process and produce humor.

The benefits of humor are so considerable that universities like Stanford are offering business courses on humor in the workplace.     5     Students will be taught how to “better achieve business goals and develop stronger bonds”. It doesn’t stop there, though. Researchers believe humor has the power to actually “make change in the world”.

A．Students will be strictly evaluated.

B．These courses have specific objectives.

C．And your mental health benefits as well.

D．It touches upon nearly every aspect of life.

E．Apart from that, humor also improves your overall quality of life.

F．Research has shown that laughter can relieve the tension in your muscles.

G．Indeed, studies have found an association between humor and intelligence.

10 . Traditional public schools assign a child to a given school based on his family’s place of residence. As Coleman pointed out, residential assignment promotes division between schools by family background. It creates motivation for families to move to the “good” school districts. Under this system, schools cannot serve as the equal-opportunity engines of our society.

The most promising social policy for fighting the effects of family background, then, could well be the expansion of programs — small schools of choice. These programs allow families to choose schools without regard to their neighborhood of residence. An analysis of more than 100 schools of choice in New York City between 2019 and 2020 might tell us something. It witnessed 9.5 percent increase in the graduation rate of a group of educationally and economically disadvantaged students, at no extra cost to the city.

Small schools of choice might also build the social relationship that Coleman considered crucial for student success. First, small schools are well positioned to build a strong school culture. Helping students to cultivate networks of social relationships better equips them to handle life’s challenges. While schools may not be able to compensate fully for the negative effects of an unstable family, a strong school culture can transform the “social ecology” of a disadvantaged child.

Small schools of choice also encourage a voluntary community that comes together over strong ties and shared values. Typically, schools of choice feature a clearly defined mission and set of core values, which may come from religious traditions and beliefs. The Notre Dame ACE Academy schools, for instance, strive for the twin goals of preparing students for college and for heaven. A focused mission also helps school administrators attract like-minded teachers. A warm teaching staff can be particularly beneficial for children from unstable homes. Exposure to well-functioning adult role models at school might promote well-being and positive emotional development.

1. What might be the effect of residential assignment?

A．The school system might become fair.

B．Families prefer good living environment.

C．Schools will be the equal-opportunity engines.

D．Houses in good school districts might be favored.

2. Who might benefit from small schools of choice?

A．Students from an honored family.

B．Students with a strong sense of culture.

C．Students with economical disadvantage.

D．Students from a noble place of residence.

3. Why are The Notre Dame ACE Academy schools mentioned?

A．To prove effect of religious traditions.

B．To display the benefit of a warm staff.

C．To promote well-being of adults.

D．To attract like-minded teachers.

4. What might be the best title of the passage?

A．Small Schools of Choice	B．Schools over Shared Values
C．Effects of Family Background	D．Ways to Improve Education