1 . Yesterday, my 15-year-old brother Tommy had a fight with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. Later, I heard Kevin crying (哭) in his room. I _________ outside his room and asked, “Kevin, do you want to talk?” No one spoke. I tried again. Still _________ happened.

So, I took some cards and wrote, “If you don’t, you can write your problems on them, and we can try to find some good _________ to solve them.”

An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside his _________ with two pieces of paper in my hands. One was new and the other was from Kevin. As I _________ it, tears (眼泪) came to my eyes. It said, “Nobody in this family _________ me. Tommy thought I was too noisy and Dad wished to have another kid because I can’t study well. You’re _________ around to stay with me.”

He was right about my part. I wrote back, “Kevin, I do love you and you know that. I’m here for you and everyone loves you in this _________.” After a while, a piece of _________ appeared with “Thanks for loving me” on it.

From then on, Kevin and I have a __________ relationship. When one of us feels that the other is unhappy, we’ll smile and say “Write it on a piece of paper”.

1.

A．flew

B．jumped

C．stood

D．slept

2.

A．something

B．everything

C．anything

D．nothing

3.

A．ways

B．reasons

C．hobbies

D．habits

4.

A．door

B．wallet

C．hole

D．building

5.

A．wrote

B．read

C．planned

D．helped

6.

A．looks for

B．turns down

C．cares about

D．finds out

7.

A．always

B．often

C．sometimes

D．never

8.

A．family

B．school

C．hospital

D．room

9.

A．bread

B．paper

C．glass

D．cake

10.

A．worse

B．less

C．closer

D．harder

2 . When an infant cries, parents comfort their baby with a gentle song. Attracted by this relationship between infants and music, scientists set out to study whether a baby can also be calmed by lullabies(摇篮曲) from other cultures sung in a foreign language. The results show the universal power of music and the strength of song as a parenting tool.

This study will motivate parents to improve their “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star skills.” Researchers played foreign lullabies to American infants, as well as familiar lullabies. In their experiment, they showed an infant an animated video featuring two characters singing either a lullaby or a regular song. They had to work fast; infants lose attention after five minutes, so this was a quick experiment! The study included 16 songs in many languages and from a variety of cultures

The results may not be surprising. Infants do respond positively to all lullabies including those with foreign songs and words. This leaves researchers to conclude that there are universal elements to all lullabies. The exact elements of a lullaby may bring more hope to sleep-deprived(睡眠不足)parents. In a study, researcher Marieve Corbeil, had babies aged 7 to 10 months listen to singing in Turkish. She discovered that babies remained calm twice as long when listening to calming foreign music as opposed to speech, Lullabies are a powerful parenting tool to soothe babies all over the world and prove how effective music is.

1. What result did scientists find?

A．Infants are only interested in local songs.

B．All lullabies can work on infants.

C．Foreign lullabies are popular.

2. Why were experiments done on infants quick?

A．Children's concentration is short.

B．Animated videos are rather short.

C．Scientists hoped to save time.

3. What does the underlined word “soothe” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Excite.

B．Calm

C．Inspire.

4. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Movies.

B．Sports.

C．Science.

3 . Waiting for the bus every morning and going to school has never been better for Ryder Killam, a 5-year-old boy in a wheelchair. He no longer has to wait for the school bus in the open air thanks to Westerly High School students

The goal of the boy’s father, Tim Killam, was to keep his little kid protected from the bad weather while waiting for the bus every morning. He asked for an unused bus shelter on Facebook. After not being able to find a suitable one, he decided to contact the high school which had already performed several building projects for the community.

The students from Westerly High School construction class quickly put their hands to work. The bus stop was designed by pupil Mason Heald. The construction class, led by Dan McKenna, teaches its members basic building skills and is part of the high school Career and Technical Education program. More people from the local community helped make the project happen. Dillon Helbig transported the shelter from the high school to the Killams’address with his truck. And another neighbor lent his backhoe (反铲挖机) to properly position the shelter by the bus stop.

Not only did Ryder’s daily life improve, but the students also learnt an unforgettable life lesson. They saw that with their skills and knowledge they can make a real difference in someone else’s life

1. What once made Tim Killam concerned?

A．Ryder's disability.

B．Transportation.

C．Bad weather.

2. What is Dan McKenna?

A．A pupil.

B．A teacher.

C．A neighbor.

3. Which word can best describe Dillon Helbig?

A．Kind-hearted.

B．Easy-going.

C．Hard-working.

4. What's the best title for the text?

A．A Cosy Bus Stop

B．An Amazing Shelter

C．A Dream Comes True

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How old was Tim Berners-Lee probably when he went to Queen’s College?

A．16.

B．18.

C．20.

2. What did Tim Berners-Lee like doing as a boy?

A．Watching TV at home.

B．Collecting old TV sets.

C．Making toy computers.

3. When did Tim Berners-Lee get the idea of creating the World Wide Web?

A．In 1989.

B．In 1990.

C．In 1991.

5 . Students at West Side Elementary School in California, with the help of their art teacher, created a telephone hotline to offer cheerful advice during difficult times. In just days, the hotline began getting thousands of calls an hour. The hotline, available in English and Spanish, offers the happy voices of children of different ages sharing positive messages.

Most people agree that with concerns like Covid-19, extreme weather, and the climate crisis, the last years have been stressful.

“To hear the pure joy from kids is extremely comforting in these difficult times,” art teacher Jessica Martin says.

Ms. Martin called the project “Pep Talk”, which later changed to “PepToc” to draw an ad for the hotline. The project had two parts, one the hotline, and the other creating encouraging posters. Along with artist Asherah, she worked with students from kindergarten to sixth grade. Students working on the hotline thought of what they would like to say. When they were ready, Ms. Martin recorded each one. Later, she sorted out the recordings into the different parts of the telephone hotline. For example, pressing 2 results in words of encouragement and life advice. This includes messages like: “The world is a better place with you in it.” and “You are okay!” Pressing 4, you hear the sounds of children laughing — a sound certain to bring a smile to anyone’s face. Other students took part in making encouraging posters to hang up around the town. Many posters had strips of paper that people passing by could tear off and take with them.

Ms. Martin thought the project would attract interest from people near the school. But word of the hotline spread quickly on social media. The hotline has become popular with stressed adults, patients in hospitals, older people in homes, and others to beat stress by hearing the happy voices of children.

1. What’s the purpose of the telephone hotline?

A．To get people to express themselves.

B．To provide a way for people to cheer up.

C．To inspire children to face difficulties.

D．To have children learn foreign cultures.

2. Why was the name changed to “PepToc”?

A．To satisfy the need of an advertisement.

B．To make it attractive to people of all ages.

C．To add to the humorous effect of the hotline.

D．To show the work value of Ms. Martin.

3. What did Ms. Martin do after making the recordings?

A．She sorted out the most cheerful information.

B．She advertised them in the local radio station.

C．She put them into different parts for the hotline.

D．She added children’s laughter as the background.

4. What can we infer about the hotline from the last paragraph?

A．It will grow popular all over the city.

B．It greatly reduces people’s loneliness.

C．It puts ads in media for its existence.

D．It can help people deal with stress.

6 . When Guo Xiaoyu was born just days ahead of the Opening Ceremony in August, his grandpa Tao Zhenguo was very busy with his volunteer work for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The grandpa was very happy to _________ his newcomer.

Fourteen years later, the 77-year-old Tao is even _________ because Guo has also become an Olympics volunteer. “He is _________ an Olympic boy now,” Tao says. Both grandfather and grandson are volunteering at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. They are helping with garbage _________, traffic guidance and information inquiries (查询).

Guo says he learned a lot from his _________. He listened to Tao’s volunteer _________ when he was a little child, and began doing community work. But Guo is not just _________. He’s now also teaching his grandpa English.

Tao doesn’t speak English, but he is _________ that “as an Olympics volunteer, I have to learn it to at least be able to communicate a bit with foreign guests”. “It’s never too late to learn,” Tao says. “I don’t _________ to become an English-language master, but I hope that I can at least say Welcome to Beijing when I ____________ foreign athletes and guests.”

1.

A．greet

B．find

C．get

D．raise

2.

A．luckier

B．happier

C．busier

D．easier

3.

A．just

B．only

C．ever

D．indeed

4.

A．containing

B．throwing

C．sorting

D．covering

5.

A．friends

B．sisters

C．parents

D．grandpa

6.

A．experience

B．lesson

C．comment

D．education

7.

A．giving

B．learning

C．working

D．playing

8.

A．excited

B．calm

C．curious

D．clear

9.

A．believe

B．expect

C．predict

D．claim

10.

A．knock down

B．get over

C．meet with

D．pick up

7 . On my first day in America, I was excited, but nervous as well. It was my dear neighbor Susan who helped me   _________ my new life far away from home.

There was a knock at the door. When I _________ it. Susan came in with a homemade apple ple. She hugged me and said, “Wow, you   _________ be the precious (珍贵的) Chinese dull (娃娃)!”

With a big smile, she   _________, “Alice, I am sure you have never tried a home-made apple pie before! You are going to _________ it so much!”

To be honest, I was greatly surprised by this welcome from a _________. And the apple pie made me _________.

Susan was very helpful to me.

When I was thinking about the clothes to wear on Halloween, she suggested I _________like a traditional Chinese girl. “I happen to have a traditional Chinese dress and guess _________, I’m a great make-up artist!” She said. Susan did not hide (隐藏) her excitement, when she pushed me to the __________ to examine our work after an hour of hard work. The clothes fit me perfectly! I am sure that I stood out from the crowd that Halloween, and I am __________ for her help.

My first Thanksgiving was another highlight (亮点). __________ the festival morning, I was surprised to find a gift box in my front yard. There was a note on it: “Hello Alice, I’m the Thanksgiving bunny (兔子)! Enjoy your __________!” I looked around and caught Susan looking at me from her porch (走廊). Seeing that she had been __________, she hurriedly picked up a newspaper and pretended (假装) to __________ it. I couldn’t help __________. When I walked up to her, she said, “ __________ was not me. It was the Thanksgiving bunny!” Susan is such a __________ person; She is the American above all others I need to thank.

I saw that the spirit of the Chinese saying, that “Neighbors carry more__________ than distant relatives”, is alive and well in America. Susan filled my heart with   __________ and joy, just as angels do.

1.

A．look forward to

B．get away from

C．look up to

D．get used to

2.

A．opened

B．dosed

C．locked

D．got

3.

A．must

B．can

C．need

D．got

4.

A．stopped

B．continued

C．paused

D．broke

5.

A．love

B．hate

C．eat

D．take

6.

A．friend

B．stranger

C．relative

D．partner

7.

A．lonely

B．moved

C．free

D．sad

8.

A．look up

B．pick up

C．dress up

D．take up

9.

A．when

B．that

C．what

D．whom

10.

A．door

B．mirror

C．hospital

D．window

11.

A．thankful

B．angry

C．tired

D．satisfied

12.

A．In

B．At

C．On

D．For

13.

A．box

B．note

C．dinner

D．gift

14.

A．heard

B．looked

C．caught

D．fooled

15.

A．look

B．see

C．do

D．read

16.

A．crying

B．laughing

C．shouting

D．walking

17.

A．It

B．That

C．This

D．She

18.

A．naughty

B．strange

C．boring

D．lovely

19.

A．trouble

B．difficulty

C．weight

D．matter

20.

A．coldness

B．sorrow

C．happiness

D．warmth

8 . An old saying goes, “When in Rome (罗马), do as the Romans do.” I learned the meaning of this when I studied in Russia.

One day I ______ some of my Chinese friends to a famous local restaurant in Moscow. My guests and I were excited from visiting Red Square and happy about our meeting. We chatted ______ until the waiter told me that we were talking too loud. We turned our voices lower. But this didn’t last long. The waiter came over to us two more times with the same ______.

How bad an impression (印象) we must have left on the local people! In China, it’s natural and ______ for a host (主人) to make a lively atmosphere (气氛). However, in Russia and western countries, having a meal in a public place means you must ______ your voice low. You need to be polite to others.

I felt ______ about this. Even though we tried our best, it’s very difficult to form a new habit. Russians have their own special habits. My Russian friend, Andrey always looks around and thinks for a while before leaving home. I asked him ______ he did this. “Aha,” Andrey said, “In Russia, people always spend about a minute ______ things and plans in their minds before leaving. So they won’t leave ______ necessary behind.

Finding the differences between ______ is very interesting. I’d like to keep my eyes and mind open.

1.

A．made

B．invited

C．told

D．taught

2.

A．surprisingly

B．friendly

C．warmly

D．carefully

3.

A．message

B．menu

C．meal

D．food

4.

A．different

B．serious

C．important

D．interesting

5.

A．take

B．remain

C．have

D．keep

6.

A．bad

B．strange

C．angry

D．nervous

7.

A．how

B．when

C．why

D．where

8.

A．going around

B．going over

C．going on

D．going for

9.

A．nothing

B．something

C．everything

D．anything

10.

A．friends

B．knowledge

C．people

D．cultures

9 . I’m David and my wife is Sally. We’re from Germany. Last month we went to Sichuan to enjoy the fantastic mountains and we felt so________. But two days later, we faced a difficult situation. While traveling by car in the high mountains, the car________working after making a strange, loud noise.

The driver was a local man and he could only speak________. We tried communicating with him but we________. He used his body language to tell us that he was going to get help and then he left.

We were in a lonely place and we could see________houses around. We started to hear the cries of wild animals. Sally was very afraid. It was getting darker and colder, but we didn’t have much food or water. Should we leave the car? Would our driver return? Was he a________man? We were very worried.

We had to stay in the car for a couple of hours and time passed so________. Suddenly the lights from another car appeared in the dark. A man came out of the car.________ he found us, he kindly let us gets into his car.

The man________his phone number on a piece of paper and put it on the window of the car before we left. Then he drove us to his house and his cousin could speak English. Later that evening, the phone rang. It was our driver. He told us that he had fixed the car.

I will never forget the warmth we received on that day because we________a stranger for help.

1.

A．excited

B．painful

C．unhappy

D．awful

2.

A．started

B．stopped

C．finished

D．kept

3.

A．French

B．German

C．English

D．Chinese

4.

A．agreed

B．understood

C．failed

D．refused

5.

A．few

B．some

C．many

D．any

6.

A．polite

B．humorous

C．believable

D．careful

7.

A．quickly

B．slowly

C．carefully

D．widely

8.

A．Before

B．Unless

C．As soon as

D．As long as

9.

A．fell down

B．wrote down

C．came down

D．got down

10.

A．put on

B．kept on

C．held on

D．depended on

10 . The Shirt of a Happy Man

Once upon a time, in a rich and beautiful country, there lived an unhappy king. He slept _________ and didn’t feel like eating. The queen and his people worried about him very much. One day, a doctor was called in to examine the king. But he couldn’t find _________ with his body. It was all in his mind. He said the king needed the shirt of a happy person to wear. Then the prime minister, the king’s banker and the palace singer were called to the palace. But they all had _________ worries. They weren’t happy, either. The prime minister thought many people were trying to   _________, then he would lose his power. The banker was afraid _________ his money. The singer said he couldn’t get freedom because he always worried about being followed by _________._______, the king’s top general was told to go out and find a happy man in three days’ time.

Two days passed, the general still couldn’t find a happy man. Everyone had their own problems. Just as he was about to give up, he saw a poor man _________ happily on the street. The general didn’t understand why the poor man was so happy, though he seemed to have _________power, money or fame. So he went up to the poor man and asked him about the reason. The poor man said he was happy because he had everything he wanted, and he didn’t want to have what he couldn’t have. Hearing this, the general was excited. The poor man was the Happy Man. So he asked the poor man to give his shirt   ________ the king. “Shirt?” said the poor man in surprise, “I don’t own any shirts!”

1.

A．badly

B．bad

C．worse

2.

A．something wrong

B．wrong anything

C．anything wrong

3.

A．much

B．a lot of

C．lot of

4.

A．take his place

B．keep his place

C．make his place

5.

A．losing

B．to lose

C．lose

6.

A．the other

B．other

C．others

7.

A．In the end

B．By the end

C．At the end

8.

A．singing

B．sing

C．to sing

9.

A．never

B．not

C．no

10.

A．/

B．to

C．for