1 . 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。

I was a vet in Yorkshire. One day I received a call from Mrs Tompkin asking me to cut the beak (喙) of her budgie (虎皮鹦鹉). I armed myself with a pair of clippers and stepped onto the narrow strip of pavement which separated the door from the road. A pleasant-looking red-haired woman answered my knock.

“I’m Mrs Dodds from next door,” she said. “I keep an eye on the old lady. She’s over eighty and lives alone.”

She led me into the cramped little room. “Here’s Mr Herriot coming to see Peter for you,” she said to the old woman who sat in a corner. Mrs Tompkin nodded and smiled, “Oh that’s good. Poor little fella can hardly eat with its long beak and I’m worried about him. He’s my only companion, you know.”

“Yes, I understand, Mrs Tompkin.” I looked at the cage by the window with the green budgie perched (栖息) inside. “These little birds can be wonderful company when they start chattering.”

She laughed, “Yes, but it’s a funny thing. Peter never has said that much. I think he’s lazy! But I just like having him with me.”

“Of course you do,” I said, “but he certainly needs attention now.”

The beak was greatly overgrown, curving away down till it touched the feathers of the breast. I would be able to revolutionize his life with one quick snip from my clippers. The way I was feeling this job was right up my street.

I opened the cage door and slowly inserted my hand.

“Come on, Peter,” I wheedled (哄骗). As I lifted him out, I felt in my pocket with the other hand for the clippers. Then I stopped.

The tiny head was no longer poking cheekily from my fingers but had fallen loosely to one side. The eyes were closed. He was dead.

Mrs Dodds and I looked at each other in horror. When I turned my head towards Mrs Tompkin, I was surprised to see that she was still nodding and smiling.

I drew her neighbor to one side. “Mrs Dodds, how much does she see?”

“Oh, she’s very short-sighted but she’s right vain despite her age. Never would she wear glasses. She’s hard of hearing, too.”

“Well, look,” I said. My heart was still pounding. “I just don’t know what to do. If I tell her about this, the shock will be terrible. Anything could happen.”

Mrs Dodds nodded, stricken-faced. “Yes, you’re right. She’s that attached to the little thing.”

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I decided to do something for her instead of telling her the truth.

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It was a long time before I went to see how Mrs Tompkin got along with the bird I bought for her.

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2 . 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。

When     1    (travel) in a train, a gentleman felt thirsty and got down at a station in search of water. No sooner had he reached the water tap than the engine whistled and started, so he missed the train.

It was getting    2    (dark) and he decided to find a place for a day’s stay. So he went to a small hut and asked the villager. The villager     3    (glad) agreed. With the villager’s     4     (permit), he could stay in his house for a day. That day the villager served the gentleman food and gave him a room to rest. Surprisingly, the villager neither asked nor expected anything     5    return.

At night, the gentleman heard a knock at the door. When the villager opened the door, the gentleman saw that a man     6    (dress) in rich clothes entered the hut and demanded the villager pay    7    (he) debts. The gentleman realized that the villager was in need of money. The next morning, he put a pocket on the table and     8    (leave). When the villager came to know about    9    pocket, he saw there was a note addressed to him, it read, “You helped me but did not expect anything from me. Yesterday I heard the conversation between you and the stranger and came to know that you were in need of money. This is       10    you need ”.

3 . As Rena was driving home in the rain. “I can hardly see!” She worried. Just a few miles more, an electrical pole in front of her car was getting bigger and bigger. The car shot forward. Crash! Rena felt the force tear her from the seat. She felt a sharp pain in her lap. “I went through the windshield but I’m alive!” She realized.

Then she heard a sharp crack, looked up and saw the pole had broken in half and was plunging (下落) toward her! But luckily, the pole landed three feet from her head. The broken pole had torn down electrical wires and they were dangling (悬垂) just inches away from her, trapping her in between them! “An electric current... water... if those cables touch me, I’m dead!”

Less than a mile away, New York State highway officer Juan Diaz saw a flash in the sky followed by a loud crack. “Lightning must have hit,” he thought turning his car around. A few minutes later, he saw Rena’s crumpled car. “I’ve got to help this young woman!”

“Are those footsteps?” Rena thought, hope rising as she lay there. Through the cocoon of wires, she saw a blue uniform. “Please help me!” she cried weakly. “Don’t move!” Diaz shouted, “I’m going to get you out!” But how? He worried.

Suddenly, the base of the pole burst into flames! Diaz felt a chill of fear. He knew it carried thousands of volts. He thought of his wife and five-year-old son at home. “But I can’t leave her here,” he thought. In a flash he swallowed his fear and stepped toward Rena. As he did, the powerful current stung his feet. But he didn’t stop.

At that moment, one of the wires jumped, leaving a three-foot opening in the cables around Rena. “Maybe I can drag her through there. It’s the only chance we have.” Cables hissed (发出嘶嘶声) inches from his feet, but Diaz just kept on walking, four steps, then five... finally he was by her side.

“Don’t worry,” he said gently, “We’ll make it.” Diaz grabbed Rena’s ankles, then dragged her through the narrow opening in the tangle of wires. “We’re almost there,” he said over and over. The sureness of his voice checked Rena’s terror.

Suddenly, Diaz took her up in his arms and ran 20 feet more, taking shelter behind the patrol car. “We did it!” he shouted. Just then the transformer exploded, engulfing the area in flames. They both realized: We didn’t have a second to spare.

1. What happened to Rena when driving home?

A．Her car hit an electrical pole.

B．An electrical pole fell onto her car.

C．Her car turned over because of the wet road.

D．Lightning hit her car and threw her onto the ground.

2. When did Rena’s hope rise while lying hurt on the ground?

A．She saw a police car nearby.

B．She heard someone was coming.

C．She realized that the pole hadn’t hit her.

D．She knew the wires didn’t carry electricity.

3. Why did Diaz think of his wife and son when he was about to save Rena?

A．Rena looked like his wife.

B．He missed his wife and his son.

C．He thought it worthless to save Rena.

D．He knew it might cost him his life to save Rena.

4. What were the critical elements for Diaz to save Rena successfully?

A．Diaz’s courage and the strong transformer.

B．Diaz’s boldness and the weak electrical current.

C．Diaz’s carefulness and his electricity-proof uniform.

D．Diaz’s bravery and the narrow opening left by a wire.

4 . It was the cold winter months in the rural town Manton. Scott decided that the community needed an ice rink(溜冰场) to get people out in the cold.

In order to make his dream a(n) _______,Scott ordered materials online to create the walls for a rink and got 12 trucks to get enough water to fill the place.

Scott went door-to-door to_______people to come see his_________Soon Scott’s backyard rink became a Manton_______. Soon enough, the children were skating and shooting, a _______was burning， and hot chocolate was steaming(冒水汽)in cups．

The rink was_______to skaters at any time. Each Saturday from 4 p. m. until 8 p.m., dozens of children and their parents_______at the ice rink for skate parties. Lights twinkled over the ice as the sun set early in the evening. The cold air had a_______of hot dogs and burning firewood. Parents got together around holding warm hot cocoa, feeling relaxed that their children had_______a purpose again. It offered a place for people to see each other in a________distanced way.

When the community heard how much money Scott used to make this project, everyone ________.For example, an online fundraiser ________ about $1,300, and letters sent to Scott’s home filled with cash produced an additional $1,500.It________for all of the costs with money to spare. Traffic increased greatly around the ice rink as cars pulled over just to have a look at the kids skating.

“I think the main thing that I want everybody to know is that pleasant________for kids last a lifetime in their mind,” says Hooker. “Scott made that________on the darkest of days.”

1.

A．mark

B．duty

C．interest

D．reality

2.

A．require

B．remind

C．invite

D．arrange

3.

A．house

B．honour

C．choice

D．creation

4.

A．attraction

B．decision

C．recognition

D．attention

5.

A．plate

B．fire

C．house

D．flood

6.

A．convenient

B．immediate

C．open

D．reasonable

7.

A．gathered

B．rented

C．stayed

D．survived

8.

A．touch

B．smell

C．sense

D．type

9.

A．imagined

B．returned

C．found

D．counted

10.

A．naturally

B．socially

C．culturally

D．warmly

11.

A．alarmed

B．changed

C．decided

D．helped

12.

A．brought in

B．took in

C．dropped off

D．took off

13.

A．meant

B．remembered

C．paid

D．blamed

14.

A．memories

B．ideas

C．notes

D．classes

15.

A．clear

B．possible

C．good

D．important

5 . In April, the lockdown in Morris Township was coming to an end. Matthew Sullivan watched his _______ neighbors gazing out their windows. Returning to the workplace, they would have little time to _______ their lawn (草坪).

Sullivan, an enterprising 14-year-old, saw the _______ of lawn care. Thus, he had a brilliant idea in his mind. To meet the _______, Sullivan started his own business, and named it Leaf-It To-Us, in which he _______ a group of able-bodied 13-and 14-year-olds to do lawns work involving weeding, leaf-blowing, planting and fence-painting.

Last Saturday, Sullivan and his partners _______ the local charity Help Morris NOW a $1,000 check that they had earned. “What the Leaf-It To-Us kids had done _______ me.” Nestor Bedaya, the founder of Help Morris NOW, said. “When they came up to me and said ‘we’re presenting you with this _______’, I couldn’t have _______ those kids at their age, doing what they’re doing, with the purpose of helping others.”

Though the company had ________ given its earnings to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, this season it ________ its causes. "Now we’ve gone ________, so we’re helping out people in our community,” Sullivan said.

Sullivan ________ that they have more than $5,000 in total since this April. Last year, they completed around two to thee jobs a week. This year, they’ve ________ to two jobs a day. They plan to keep the landscaping business running so that they can maintain their ________ giving.

1.

A．relieved

B．confident

C．concerned

D．satisfied

2.

A．attend to

B．sit on

C．set off

D．leave off

3.

A．significance

B．rise

C．challenge

D．potential

4.

A．deadline

B．demand

C．target

D．standard

5.

A．organized

B．joined

C．followed

D．ordered

6.

A．donated

B．sent

C．cashed

D．signed

7.

A．satisfied

B．comforted

C．touched

D．shocked

8.

A．reminder

B．gift

C．bill

D．check

9.

A．enjoyed

B．appreciated

C．admitted

D．imagined

10.

A．eventually

B．originally

C．fortunately

D．repeatedly

11.

A．confirmed

B．switched

C．discovered

D．ignored

12.

A．wild

B．mature

C．global

D．local

13.

A．argues

B．estimates

C．insists

D．acknowledges

14.

A．withdrew

B．narrowed

C．expanded

D．returned

15.

A．charitable

B．sensible

C．appreciative

D．supportive

6 . 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。

When Megan went into her local shop one day, a used jacket with gold thread was appealing to her. It was beautiful and cheap enough. She took the jacket home without a second thought. It was in such good condition that she couldn’t imagine why anyone would even sell it. She must have needed the money badly.

She grabbed her phone for a selfie(自拍)and stuck her other hand in her pocket. That’s when she felt something and took it out. It was a piece of paper with an address not far from her house. But something else caught her attention. It was a message that read: “Help my grandkids!” What could this mean? she wondered. She grabbed the note and reread the address. “OK, let’s do this,” she rushed out of the door with the jacket and got to the address.

A little kid answered the door. “Hello?” she said in a small voice.

“Hmmm… hi,” Megan started. “Is your grandmother or grandfather here?”

“We only have a grandma,” the little girl replied. Two other kids were standing there with wide eyes and confused expressions.

The house was untidy. There were tons of toys lying around.

The little girl guided Megan to a bedroom. An older woman was lying on the bed looking too pale. Megan said, “Madam, excuse me for coming in like this. But I bought this jacket and found a note inside.”

“Oh, thank you for responding to the note,” the older woman said. “I made a huge effort yesterday to reach the shop, sell it, and buy something for my grandkids to eat. But I was afraid that my disease would progress, so I wrote the note, hoping that someone would see it and help.”

Megan was puzzled. “I don’t understand. Couldn’t you call any family to help out?”

“We don’t have anyone else, and I’ve had to spend my pension(退休金)on medication that wasn’t working very well,” the older woman explained. “I’m sorry. I’m Erica, and I have chemical pneumonia(肺炎).”

“I’m Megan. Do you need me to call 911 or something?” Megan moved closer to the older woman. Erica shook her head, and tears gathered in her eyes.

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Megan understood the older woman’s problem—she was simply scared of dying and leaving her grandkids behind without any help.

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Megan left their house that night, feeling great about helping out a strange family.

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7 . It was a bright May afternoon along the coast. Bauer and his 13-year-old daughter, Ava, were taking _______ of it. They were driving with the windows down as they headed home on a narrow bridge. Suddenly, the calm was _______ by the squeal (摩擦声) of tires.

Not far ahead of them, a truck was _______ from one lane (车道) to the other. It crashed into a concrete barrier, and _______ hanging over the railing (栏杆) of the bridge. Bauer stopped the car _______ to avoid it.

The truck driver’s door opened. A man climbed out and _______ to the ground. Bauer ran up beside him. He pointed down, saying something in Spanish. In the water was a car seat, a girl, about two years old, _______, floating on her back and screaming.

Matters quickly went from bad to frightening when the girl _______ onto her stomach. Bauer waited for the driver to do something, but he didn’t. Maybe he was _______.

Bauer jumped into the water without __________. He swam to the girl and lifted her out of the water. Standing, he laid her against his shoulder and knocked on her __________ with his hand. Come on ⋯ come on ⋯ Wake up! __________, her eyes were opened now, focused on him. He pulled her close, hugging her to protect her from the __________. Minutes later, the girl was sent to __________. The girl suffered a broken shoulder but was otherwise uninjured.

Ava Bauer was __________ by her father’ actions that four months later she became a cadet (实习生) firefighter so that she, too, could save lives.

1.

A．advantage

B．hold

C．possession

D．charge

2.

A．deserted

B．ignored

C．influenced

D．ruined

3.

A．sliding

B．following

C．parking

D．approaching

4.

A．hid

B．waited

C．rested

D．appeared

5.

A．in time

B．by chance

C．on purpose

D．in vain

6.

A．dropped

B．hurried

C．wandered

D．returned

7.

A．embarrassed

B．terrified

C．excited

D．relaxed

8.

A．rolled over

B．stood up

C．calmed down

D．set off

9.

A．discouraged

B．puzzled

C．shocked

D．ashamed

10.

A．permission

B．difficulty

C．doubt

D．hesitation

11.

A．back

B．stomach

C．head

D．chest

12.

A．Slowly

B．Surprisingly

C．Hopelessly

D．Immediately

13.

A．loneliness

B．hunger

C．cold

D．tiredness

14.

A．school

B．hospital

C．home

D．hotel

15.

A．relieved

B．annoyed

C．surprised

D．inspired

8 . Opening a good book can take you on an adventure but sometimes, it’s not what’s on the pages, but what’s been left in them is the most exciting part for Sharon McKellar, a librarian at the Oakland Public Library. She has been collecting mementos left in the library for years. Now. she’s finally found a use for all those old family photos, notes, coupons recipes and concert tickets she’s collected in books over the years.

McKellar started the “Found in a Library Book” project — an online database of all the things found in books at the library. “It started out as my personal collection, but I put out a call to other library staff, just to see if anybody had anything they’d be willing to share, and was just totally inundated with other people’s little collections of all sorts of things they had found,” McKellar told CBS News.

McKellar has added 370 mementos to the library’s online collection -but she said she had a couple hundred more to upload. Many of the mementos are notes and some are book reviews left behind for the next reader: “I loved this book. It stole my heart and made me cry. When you find tear stains, you will know they are mine.”

McKellar said that while the origins of the forgotten mementos remain a mystery, some people have recognized items on the online database, “One person named Susan reached out because one of the love notes looked like her parents’ handwriting and the kind of notes they used to leave each other,” she said.

The project is fairly new, but McKellar hopes it inspires people to dive into books at their local library, “You never know what you’ll find. You just have a sense of shared space in community.” McKellar said. “I think part of why people are especially excited about that right now is we have obviously been in a fast-paced society. So, it is a way to sort of feel a connection with people who you don’t even know through these forgotten objects.”

1. What does the underlined word “mementos” refer to in paragraph 1?

A．The adventure stories.	B．The forgotten memories.
C．The items found in books.	D．The well-designed pages.

2. Why did McKellar contact other librarians?

A．To raise money for her project.	B．To investigate their commitment.
C．To launch a lost-and-found project.	D．To enrich the database of her collection.

3. What is implied from Susan’s case in paragraph 4?

A．The project aims to find lost relatives.

B．Inspiring love stories impress people a lot.

C．The origins of the mementos remain mysterious.

D．The experience adds to the emotional appeal of the project.

4. What is the possible reason for the popularity of McKellar’s project?

A．It helps people find lost objects.	B．It inspires people to read widely.
C．It offers a community-based link.	D．It brings local libraries back to life.

9 . Alwan, owner of a Bronx corner store named Lucky Candy, aims to help kids in the neighborhood from needy families—and keep their math skills sharp too. The ________ is simple; answer a math question-say, what’s 8 x 8 + 50?——and get five seconds to ________ as much as you can from the shelves of Lucky Candy, all ________ . Lucky Candy is located on a.busy street in the Bronx, which is what’s known as a food ________ ,where affordable,healthy food is often in short supply.

For Alwan, ________ is as essential as breakfast. So he thought up this clever way to brighten his young neighbors’ days.

“I think about questions I used to get ________ at school when I was in elementary school,” Alwan says of how he ________ questions for the kids.

When a young math genius gets an answer ________ , one of two things usually happens. Some kids rush for the candies, and who could ________ them? Others grab things like rice and   ________,clearly thinking of family at home.

Alwan ________ the sprees(玩乐)with his paycheck. But his boss， also his father，Aobad, doesn’t mind ________ too. A Yemeni immigrant, Aobad knows that in one of the ________ , most competitive places in the U. S., a bit of help goes a long way.

At present, Alwan’s story is ________ quickly on social media not only because of the emotional reactions of the participants but also Alwan’s connection to his ________.

1.

A．purpose

B．cause

C．challenge

D．vocabulary

2.

A．hold

B．strike

C．touch

D．grab

3.

A．by accident

B．for free

C．in short

D．at once

4.

A．island

B．resource

C．desert

D．container

5.

A．joy

B．snack

C．math

D．appetite

6.

A．prepared

B．checked

C．asked

D．interviewed

7.

A．comes up with

B．makes a note of

C．pays attention to

D．thinks highly of

8.

A．available

B．ready

C．better

D．right

9.

A．blame

B．stop

C．seize

D．describe

10.

A．magazines

B．potatoes

C．sweets

D．toys

11.

A．pays

B．assists

C．rewards

D．covers

12.

A．playing

B．contributing

C．competing

D．reacting

13.

A．toughest

B．greatest

C．quietest

D．neatest

14.

A．surrounding

B．spreading

C．turning

D．tracking

15.

A．father

B．store

C．community

D．trial

10 . He’d spent seven hours climbing up Mount Qomolangma through ice and snow and now an exhausted Daniel Mazur sensed that success was near. It was 7: 30 a. m., Daniel climbed onto a narrow ledge (岩架) to rest with his teammates. Suddenly, Daniel saw a flash of bright yellow to his left. Was it a tent? He thought. The yellow blur moved again, and it was a man sitting cross-legged trying to change his shirt.

Hall, who had been alone on the mountain since 7: 30 the night before, had no supply with him now. He and his teammates had reached the summit at nine that morning. When they started on their descent (下山), Hall’s feet had stopped moving and he was overcome by a deep exhaustion at 28, 000 feet. He appeared to be dead. Checking one last time for signs of life when there was no response, his teammates gathered his backpack, food, water, and extra oxygen and left him.

Daniel’s team got Hall away from the cliff’s edge. They helped him back into his snowsuit and shared their food and water. Daniel radioed down to high base camp, and asked people for help. It was almost noon when a team finally arrived to help take Hall down the mountain.

“It’s such a personal challenge--once you’re up there, you feel as though you could do anything,” he says. “Sure, I wish I could have reached the summit again. But there’s no way we could have left Hall on that ridge (山脊). If we’d done that, chances are that he wouldn’t be alive today. And I would have to live with that for the rest of my life.”

1. What did Daniel see when he was resting?

A．A light.

B．A tent.

C．A stone.

D．Aman

2. What can we lean from paragraph 2 and paragraph 3?

A．Hall was too hungry to move.

B．Hall was left because of his making no response.

C．Hall threw his supplies due to an extreme exhaustion.

D．Hall was finally taken to high base camp by Daniel.

3. What does Daniel convey in his words?

A．He felt guilty for not reaching the summit.

B．He decided to climb up Mount Qomolangma again.

C．Saving Hall is more important than reaching the summit.

D．Taking Hall down the mountain is a challenge for Daniel’s team.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．People like to climb Mount Qomolangma.	B．A man gave up reaching the top to save a life.
C．A manlost his life on Mount Qomolangma.	D．People can do much to prevent future deaths.