4 . 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。

There are two    1    (importance) kinds of music in the world — one    2    (write) down and    3    other is not. Many people earn    4    (them) living by writing music. They write songs for pop stars and music for films and TV plays. Folk music has been passed down from one generation to another, which at first was never written down. People learned the songs from their     5    (family), relatives, neighbors and friends in the same village. Early    6    (perform) of music were popular and respected, they used    7    (learn) hundreds of songs by heart. This was at a time    8    there was no radio, TV or cinema. Many of the country people could neither read nor write. In this way stories were passed on from one person to another. In some parts of the world nowadays, you often see musicians performing in the streets to passers-by. They put a cap on the ground    9    front of them, into which people    10    like the music can drop coins.

6 . Just a few hours ago, the Italian ship Andrea Doria was sailing through thick fog toward the city of New York. Captain Piero Calamai kept watch. He knew that many other ships were nearby. He should have slowed down because of the fog but he decided not to. He wanted to arrive on time the next morning.

At about 11:00 P.M., another ship, the Stockholm, suddenly hit the Andrea Doria. It made a huge hole in the Italian ship. Some people were badly hurt. Others fell into the sea. But one girl was saved by the Stockholm.

Linda Morgan was fourteen. She lived in Spain with her mother and her little sister. She was going to visit her father in New York. She was excited about seeing her father.

Linda had loved the trip. She wanted to have dinner with the captain on the last night at sea.The captain did not sit at his table that night, though. He was busy guiding the ship through the fog. Linda did not get to talk to him.

When Linda went to bed, everything seemed fine. Her mother turned off the lights. Linda talked to her little sister. She thought about seeing her father the next morning.

What happened next was a terrible surprise. Linda woke up not knowing where she was. She was not in her bed. When she called to her family, no one answered. Both her knees were broken.

Linda had been saved by an amazing accident. When the Stockholm made a hole in the side of the Andrea Doria, it lifted Linda out of her bed. She landed on the deck (甲板) of the Stockholm instead of falling into the ocean. A sailor heard her cries and found her.

Right now, the girl is in the hospital. She is expected to get better. Her father is at her side, glad that his little girl was saved. The Andrea Doria lies under the waves at the bottom of the sea.

1. Why didn’t Captain Piero Calamai reduce the speed?

A．He didn’t want to be late.	B．He went crazy because of the bad weather.
C．He thought the fog was not serious.	D．He had rich experience.

2. Linda didn ’t have dinner with the captain because       .

A．she forgot it	B．she was sick in bed
C．he was busy with his work	D．he hadn’t been told about it

3. When the accident happened,       .

A．Linda was asleep	B．the day was about to break
C．few people were killed	D．the Andrea Doria hit a hole in the Stockholm

4. What can we learn from the text?

A．Linda hated the trip very much.	B．Linda was saved by the Stockholm.
C．Linda lived with her father in Spain.	D．The Andrea Doria wasn’t badly damaged.

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．A little girl’s braveness moved people.

B．Andrea Doria sailed through thick fog.

C．The Italian ship Andrea Doria was hit by Stockholm.

D．A fourteen-year-old girl was saved by accident after the crash.

7 . Last Saturday, I went to Zhongshan Park for a walk. At the entrance, I saw a little girl with some flowers in her hands. She was walking around to sell the _______.

When I came out of the park, I found the _______ was still selling flowers there. But _______ bought her flowers. From the look on her face, I knew she would not give up. So I went up and asked, ”Why are you _______ flowers here?” She said, “My mother’s birthday is coming. I want to buy her a gift _______ I don’t have enough money.”

Moved _______ the girl’s words, I gave her 50 yuan and said, “I need no flowers at the moment but you can take the money.” To my surprise, she wouldn’t _______ the money. And she said, “Either you buy my flowers or you keep your money. I will make money by doing something I can. I don’t need your pity (同情).” Hearing this, I felt very _______ for what I had done. Finally I bought some flowers from her.

On the way home, I was wondering why such a little girl needed to do so. She could have taken my money easily. However, she chose to sell her flowers to get the _______. Later, I realized that we should help people in need, but we shouldn’t hurt their feelings when we ________ them.

1.

A．bags

B．flowers

C．paintings

D．newspapers

2.

A．father

B．mother

C．boy

D．girl

3.

A．nobody

B．somebody

C．anybody

D．everybody

4.

A．planting

B．cutting

C．watering

D．selling

5.

A．or

B．and

C．but

D．so

6.

A．by

B．in

C．off

D．for

7.

A．pay

B．give

C．send

D．take

8.

A．sorry

B．lucky

C．tired

D．pleased

9.

A．advice

B．time

C．money

D．trouble

10.

A．visit

B．help

C．call

D．miss

9 . 你校正在举办以“我梦想的职业”为主题的英语征文活动，请以“My Dream Job”为题目，写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：

内容	参考词汇
职业名称	teacher, doctor, singer...
选择理由	be interested in, help people, make contributions to...
实现方式	work hard at, go to university...

注意：
1. 词数 100 左右，题目已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 不允许出现真实的姓名和校名。

My Dream Job

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10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

On March 3, 2022, Jiang Mengnan    1    (receive) the “Touching China” (感动中国) award for 2021.

In 1992, Jiang Mengnan was born in Hunan. When she was six     2    (month) old, she lost her hearing. From then on, she couldn’t hear anything at all and     3    (she) world became silent. Her parents began to teach her to read people’s lips (嘴唇) and speak. It was not easy, but her parents never gave up. After a lot     4    practice, Jiang Mengnan learned to speak.

When Jiang Mengnan    5    (be) old enough, she went to school. She tried to understand what the teachers said by     6    (read) their lips. She worked very hard and overcame a lot of difficulties. She     7     (final) became a top student. In 2011, she got a high score in gaokao and went to Jilin University. In 2018, she was accepted by Tsinghua University as a PhD (博士) student.

“I think I am    8    (luck). I want to thank my parents, teachers and friends,    9     have been helping me all the time. And     10    best way to pay them back is to do something good for society,” Jiang Mengnan said.