1 . 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。

President Xi Jinping signed a presidential order on Tuesday to award four people national medals and honorary titles for their outstanding contributions     1     fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zhong Nanshan, 84,     2     excellent disease expert, was awarded the Medal of the Republic, the highest national honor, for his outstanding work in fighting COVID-19 in China. Three others were also awarded the ‘People’s Hero’national honorary title for helping fight against the novel coronavirus(新冠病毒). They are Zhang Boli, a    3    (tradition) Chinese medicine expert; Zhang Dingyu, head of Wuhan’s Jinyintan Hospital and Chen Wei, a medical scientist    4    made major achievements in COVID-19-related basic research.

Zhong also has long been devoted to the research, prevention and    5    (treat) of major infectious and chronic respiratory disease(慢性呼吸病), and has a long record of    6    (achieve). He was a major figure in the fight against the SARS outbreak in 2003 in China.

    7    (follow) the COVID-19 outbreak, the Chinese government encouraged the country    8    (contain) the disease in Wuhan, Hubei province, after the city was locked down in late January. More than 42,000 medical workers from across the country    9    (send) to Hubei to fight the disease.The pandemic has been     10    (effective) placed under control on the Chinese mainland since early March.

3 . Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January,1942.He went to school in St. Albans-a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, and then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology(宇宙学). As he himself admitted he wasn’t very serious about studying. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still achieved extremely good marks.

Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him at the age of 20. He started to bump into things, and often fell over for no reason. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his father was so worried that he was sent to hospital for a test. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neurone disease(运动神经元病), an incurable illness which causes the muscles of the body to waste away. Doctors said he would die before he was 23.

At first, Hawking became extremely depressed. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, “Before my illness had been diagnosed(诊断),there had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.” Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, where he worked all his life, and had three children. He also went to do some of the most important scientific research ever carried out.

His story shows that nobody, however bad their situation is, should lose hope. “Life is not fair,” he once said.“You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

1. As a university student, Stephen Hawking _________.

A．worked extremely hard	B．studied maths and chemistry
C．was lazy and did very little work	D．only achieved average marks

2. Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when _________.

A．he visited his family at Christmas time one year

B．he was 20

C．his father made him see a doctor

D．he was sent to hospital for a test

3. What does Hawking’s story tell us arcording to the passage?

A．Never lose hope even if it is a bad situation.

B．No pain, no gain.

C．You never know what will happen in life.

D．Life is full of challenges.

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

A．A Lazy Boy	B．Life Is Fair
C．Motor Neurone Disease	D．Professor Stephen Hawking

4 . 假定你是李华，下周将参加一场主题为“A Hero in My Heart”的英语演讲比赛。 请撰写一篇演讲稿，内容包括
1. 人物简介；
2. 主要事迹；
3. 所受启发。
注意：
1. 词数 80 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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5 . By 2019, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) had founded for 70 years. Over the past decades, many people had made great contributions to the country’s development. On Sept 17, Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a presidential decree (主席令) to award (授予) national medals and honorary titles to forty-two of these contributors, including both Chinese citizens and foreigners. Eight people received the Medal of the Republic, six foreigners received the Friendship Medals, and 28 people received the National Honorary Titles (国家荣誉称号). Now let’s learn about four of the persons who got the Medal of the Republic (共和国勋章).

Shen Jilan is a lifelong lawmaker. In 1954, she became a deputy (代表) to the National People’s Congress. Since then, she has served at all 13 NPCs. She came up with the idea of equal pay for equal work between men and women. The idea was written into China’s first constitution (宪法) in 1954.	Sun Jiadong made great contributions toward developing Chinese satellite technology and space exploration. He was the chief designer of both the Beidou navigation (导航) system and China’s lunar exploration project.
Zhang Fuqing was a soldier in the People’s Liberation Army during the Liberation War. He was twice awarded the title of Combat Hero. In 1955, he volunteered to work in a remote (偏远的) county in Hubei province and has been helping poor people there ever since.	Tu Youyou, a scientist, is known for winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015. She got inspiration from traditional Chinese medicine theories and discovered artemisinin, a medicine that can be used to cure malaria. Her finding has saved the lives of millions.

1. According to the material, the four people mentioned all received________.

A．the Nobel Prize	B．the Medal of the Republic
C．the Friendship Medals	D．the National Honorary Titles

2. _______ might know how to use a gun.

A．Shen Jilan	B．Sun Jiadong
C．Zhang Fuqing	D．Tu Youyou

3. According to the article we can know _______ helped Tu Youyou to find artemisinin.

A．some friends	B．some patients
C．western medicine	D．traditional Chinese medicine theories

4. It can be seen from the material that________.

A．malaria is a kind of illness

B．Sun Jiadong only designed the Beidou navigation system

C．Shen Jilan’s 13 ideas were written into China’s constitution

D．Zhang Fuqing was twice awarded the the National Honorary Titles

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。

Chinese agronomist (农业科学家) Yuan Longping, the “father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻)”, died of an illness at 1:07 p.m. on Saturday at the age of 91.

    1     a serious nationwide starvation (饥荒) in the 1960s,Yuan,decided to devote     2     (he)to studying how to increase the production of rice, the main food of China. Yuan     3     (succeed) in developing the world's first high-yielding hybrid rice in 1973,     4     production could reach over 500kg per mu. For the following years, he continued to develop hybrid rice, achieving     5     (increase) higher outputs than before. On September 29, 2019, Yuan     6     (award) the “Medal of the Republic”, the highest honor in the country, for his outstanding     7     (contribute) to China's agricultural development and food supply. In 2020, hybrid rice     8     (develop) by Yuan’s team achieved a new world record.

Yuan once said he had two dreams: one was to “enjoy the cool breeze under rice crops     9     (tall) than men,” and the other was that “hybrid rice could be grown all over     10     world to help solve global food shortage.

Professor Yuan’s devotion to China and the world will inspire us to value food and try our best to serve our country.

8 . In the fight against COVID-19, many national heroes have become well-known to the public.   On August 11, 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping commended(表彰)four of them for their outstanding contribution(杰出的贡献).

Zhong Nanshan	Zhong Nanshan was given the Medal of the Republic. He has been leading the Chinese government’s efforts in the fight against COVID-19. The old expert got a result that COVID-19 could be spread between humans.
“The People’s Hero” was given to three others. They are Zhang Boli, Zhang Dingyu and Chen Wei.
Zhang Boli	Zhang Boli is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) expert. He has been in charge of the research of COVID-19 treatments connecting TCM with Western medicine.
Zhang Dingyu	Zhang Dingyu was the head of Wuhan’s Jinyintan Hospital in 2020. He got an illness in 2018. However, he chose to stay with his partners in Wuhan to save lives.
Chen Wei	Chen Wei is a professor. She has made great achievements in the research on COVID-19. She is also one of the key leaders in China’s Ebola vaccine(埃博拉疫苗)research.

The purpose of giving the nation’s top honors to these people was to show the great courage and the spirit of working together of the Chinese people.

1. How many people was given “the People’s Hero” by Chinese President Xi Jinping?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

2. Who suffered from a disease in 2018 according to the passage?

A．Zhong Nanshan.

B．Zhang Dingyu.

C．Zhang Boli.

D．Chen Wei.

3. Which of the following is right in the passage?

A．Chen Wei is the head of Wuhan’s Jinyintan Hospital.

B．Zhang Dingyu is a traditional Chinese medicine expert.

C．Zhong Nanshan got a result that COVID-19 could be spread between humans.

D．Chen Wei has been in charge of the research connecting TCM with Western medicine.

9 . 语法填空

“Father of hybrid rice” Yuan Longping     1       ( pass) away at 13:07 pm in Changsha of Hunan province, Xinhua reported     2    Saturday. Yuan Longping(1930-2021) was a pioneer for all people. Although he was one of China's most famous    3    (science), Yuan Longping considered     4     ( he) a farmer.Indeed,his sunburnt face and arms and his slim,strong body were just like those of millions of Chinese farmers,for whom he had struggled for decades. Dr Yuan Longping developed super hybrid rice. In 1974,he became    5     first agricultural pioneer in the world    6    ( grow) rice with a high output.Now more than 60% of the rice     7    (produce) in China each year is from this hybrid strain.

In 1949, Yuan applied for Southwest Agricultural College and began his special     8     (connect) with rice--a staple food of the Chinese people that would become the focus of his lifelong research career.

Now the focus of Yuan's hybrid rice project    9     ( change) from increasing output to green and sustainable development     10      is strong and tall enough.The second dream is that the whole world can plant the rice he developed and all the people in the world  are not hungry.

Let's remember the great man.

10 . 课文语法填空

Tu Youyou is universally acknowledged as a scientist of great     1    (achieve). Born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930, Tu Youyou graduated from Peking University Medical School in 1955. In 1967, she was chosen for a research team     2     was formed by the government with the aim of discovering a new treatment     3     malaria and two years later she became the head of the project in Beijing. She and her teammates examined over 2,000 old medical texts,     4    (evaluate) 280,000 plants for their medical properties, and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria. As a     5    (commit) and patient scientist, she never acknowledged defeat whatever difficulty she met. After failing to draw out useful extract by     6    (boil) the sweet wormwood, she began even     7    (careful) thinking and research work. She drew     8     conclusion that boiling the sweet wormwood     9    (destroy) its medical properties. So she used a lower temperature     10    (draw) out the extract and finally she succeeded.