1 . Last week, I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked to pray(祈祷) with us. As we _______our heads, he said, “God ,thank you for the food, and I would thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream...!”

At this moment, I heard a woman saying,” That’s what’s wrong with this country. Kids today even don’t know how to _______. Asking God for ice cream! Why? I never!”

Hearing this, my son burst into _______ and asked me, “Did I do it wrong? Is God _______ at me?“

As I told him he had done a good _______ and that God was _______ not mad at him, an elderly gentleman came to us. He said, “I happen to know that God thought you were a great _______ .”

“Really?” my son asked.

“I’m sure,” the man replied.

Then he _______, “The woman _______ asks God for ice cream but a little ice cream is good for the soul sometimes.

________, I bought my kids ice creams later. My son ________ at it for a moment, and then did something I will remember forever. He ________his ice cream and, without a word, walked over and ________ it in front of the woman. With a big smile he told her, “Here, this is ________you. Ice cream is good for the soul sometimes, and my soul is good ________ .”

1.

A．lowered

B．raised

C．shook

D．nodded

2.

A．reply

B．remark

C．pray

D．demand

3.

A．laughter

B．tears

C．anger

D．smiles

4.

A．mad

B．pleased

C．disappointed

D．shocked

5.

A．deed

B．favor

C．project

D．job

6.

A．gradually

B．certainly

C．therefore

D．however

7.

A．lover

B．customer

C．talker

D．prayer

8.

A．answered

B．added

C．commented

D．requested

9.

A．never

B．ever

C．almost

D．sometimes

10.

A．Surprisingly

B．Unexpectedly

C．Naturally

D．Luckily

11.

A．looked

B．worked

C．kept

D．stared

12.

A．ate up

B．broke up

C．picked up

D．used up

13.

A．brought

B．placed

C．handed

D．took

14.

A．with

B．for

C．against

D．to

15.

A．already

B．yet

C．still

D．even

2 . Every weekend my parents give me $100. I bet you think I’m really spoiled (宠坏的). Think again!

It all started when I wanted a really cool _________. I asked my parents to buy it for me but they said I would have to buy with my own money. “But it’s only $100!” I _________. An hour later, my parents _________ there would be a family meeting at dinner.

They _________ the meeting with the words, “We’ve been thinking about how to give you more _________ in our family.” They brought up several “new ways” I could “have more say.” One way was to allow me to _________ for the family. Each Saturday, I was to be given $100 — along with a shopping _________. It was up to me to buy everything on it. Whatever money was _________, whether two dollars or thirty, was mine and I could _________ however I wanted — whether to buy toys, books, jackets, or even a bicycle. My parents’ $100-a-week plan gives me real __________ to shop for the best bargains (特价商品). I __________ prices on every single item on my list before I __________ what to put in my basket.

My parents’ clever plan has turned me into a __________ shopper. Now, when I finally save enough money, that cool bicycle doesn’t just ________ a mere purchase; it stands as a symbol of my __________ success.

1.

A．bar

B．slide

C．bicycle

D．band

2.

A．complained

B．apologized

C．confirmed

D．informed

3.

A．indicated

B．proposed

C．announced

D．admitted

4.

A．arranged

B．concluded

C．attended

D．opened

5.

A．freedom

B．say

C．trust

D．support

6.

A．cook

B．pay

C．care

D．shop

7.

A．list

B．basket

C．center

D．guide

8.

A．brought up

B．passed down

C．left over

D．handed over

9.

A．exchange

B．spend

C．donate

D．save

10.

A．excuse

B．challenge

C．motivation

D．advantage

11.

A．compare

B．charge

C．reduce

D．recall

12.

A．agree

B．decide

C．explain

D．recognize

13.

A．modest

B．wise

C．creative

D．mean

14.

A．represent

B．relieve

C．request

D．replace

15.

A．ready-made

B．last-minute

C．short-term

D．hard-earned

3 . Three years after getting lost in an unexpected snowstorm in Sheffield, a cat named Oscar has been reunited with his family.

After Oscar’s _______ in January 2020, his owner Katie Salt checked CCTV (监控) put posters up around the area and _______ the word on social media. They also reported him _______ to Petlog with whom he is microchipped, and contacted various shelters and vets in vain. In a press _______ from the Kennel Club, Katie said, “We _______ concluded he must have died during the snowstorm, but we still scanned our _______ everywhere, whenever we were out driving, and to be honest this never _______ .”

Three years later, Katie received a _______ from a vet to say that they had Oscar—he had been living in a garden just six miles away! The garden’s _______ had been looking after Oscar and when Oscar was ill, this kind man, who possessed the garden, took him to a vet for ________ , where they found a microchip and were able to finally ________ Katie. Now ________ , he has been enjoying warm cuddles with his long lost family.

Bill Lambert, a spokesperson for Petlog, said, “We’re so ________ that Oscar and Katie have been reunited. Their story shows just how important it is for owners to ________ their pets, keep their contact details up-to-date with their microchip database, and to ________ hope no matter how much time has passed.”

1.

A．operation

B．disappearance

C．growth

D．emergence

2.

A．spread

B．downloaded

C．expanded

D．mentioned

3.

A．escaping

B．missing

C．dying

D．falling

4.

A．questionnaire

B．advertisement

C．release

D．database

5.

A．fortunately

B．explicitly

C．tentatively

D．eventually

6.

A．eyes

B．minds

C．monitors

D．cars

7.

A．arose

B．stopped

C．compromised

D．occurred

8.

A．call

B．contribution

C．charge

D．contract

9.

A．secretary

B．worker

C．manager

D．owner

10.

A．memorial service

B．spiritual experience

C．medical care

D．local support

11.

A．tend

B．bother

C．contact

D．motivate

12.

A．associated

B．accomplished

C．mistaken

D．reunited

13.

A．pleased

B．astonished

C．disappointed

D．puzzled

14.

A．guard

B．chip

C．raise

D．track

15.

A．hold back

B．blow up

C．blow out

D．hold out

4 . 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。

Pot On Happy Face

Sarai was attempting to halter (给……套上缰绳) her bay (棕红色) horse, Amadore, when an unfamiliar voice caught her attention. “I know what your problem is.” said a boy from the stall doorway.

Sarai threw a look over her shoulder but her focus remained on the horse in front of her.

Holding out a hand to her horse. Sarai said. “You heard what Dad said yesterday. If I can’t get this halter on you by tomorrow, we’ll have to send you back to the rescue ranch. I don’t want to send you back.”

“I know what your problem is.” the boy persisted, introducing himself as Cody.

Sarai sighed, propped her hands on her hips, and turned enough to see the boy but keep Amadore in her sight as well.

“I haven’t seen you here before,” said Sarai, frowning. “If you don't know me or my horse, how can you know what my problem is?”

“I just do,” Cody smiled again.

Sarai rolled her eyes and turned her back on Cody. Despite Sarai’s skepticism and her insistence on working alone, he offered to stay around in case she needed help.

The following morning, Sarai’s efforts were met with the same resistance from Amadore. Seeing him push himself back into the corner even further when she approached with breakfast, she frowned again, feeling frustrated and broken-hearted.

Realizing she might need assistance after all, she sought out Cody, who was now grooming a horse named Monty, preparing him for the Great Mustang Challenge.

“How's it going with Amadore?” Cody asked.

The words stuck in her throat, “Well…I need your help. Yesterday you said you knew what my problem was.” “It’s your face,” said Cody. “Horses can read a person’s facial features and determine what might happen because of the look on the face.”

Noticing Sarai’s struggle, Cody explained that her frown, likely a result of concentration, could be misinterpreted by the horse.

“That's silly,” said Sarai skeptically.

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1. 续写词数应为 150 左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

“I can prove it,” Cody smiled with a camera in his hand.

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With a quick pace, Sarai went back to her own horse.

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5 . There I was, after 12 hours of travel, standing on Lexington Avenue and hoping for a New York miracle. I’d only been in Manhattan for an hour. and already 1 was flagging down a taxi late at night and shouting “Follow that cab! ”

Well, more accurately: “Follow that little dot on this tiny map.” Meaning the GPS-enabled dot moving around a screen as part of the Find My iPhone feature. The dot indicating that somewhere out there, in one of New York City’s other 13,000 taxi cabs, sat my daughter’s blue bag that she’d left behind, containing her diary, school laptop, notebooks, iPhone and AirPods she’d bought with her saved-up allowance.

The daughter who at that very moment was curled up on the hotel bed, regretting her thoughtlessness, in tears. I was a small-town dad in a huge, unfamiliar metropolis (大都市), with maybe half an idea of what I was doing, at best. But I couldn’t stand to see her crying. I had to get that bag back.

An explanation is in order: at the airport terminal, we’d had to switch to another taxicab to get a ride into Manhattan. Our first taxi driver quoted us a fare higher than it should cost, and when I asked why, he immediately threw us out of his cab. We piled into the next waiting taxi. It wasn’t until getting to our hotel, an hour later, that we realized the first taxi driver had sped away with the bag inside.

While I called 311(非紧急情况电话), my wife remembered she’d set up tracking on our daughter’s phone in case of emergencies, and pulled up its map, excited to discover a little dot that refreshed every 15 seconds or so, traveling around the streets of midtown. Talking to the woman working 311, I casually remarked, “I’m half-tempted (诱惑) to get another cab and have them chase after this dot on the map.”

“Well,” she said, “that’s probably what a New Yorker would do.” Challenge accepted. The first taxi driver that pulled over laughed at my wild goose chase, but the second said, “Yeah. Get in.” His name was Gani. And so began our three-hour hunt for the missing bag.

1. How did the author discover that his daughter’s bag was lost?

A．They realized it when they got to the hotel.

B．The daughter called and told him.

C．He saw the taxi driver speeding away with the bag.

D．They found the bag was missing when they got into the taxi.

2. How did the daughter feel when she found out her bag was lost?

A．Disappointed.

B．Cross.

C．Discouraged.

D．Panicky.

3. What did the author consider doing after discovering the dot on the map?

A．Continuing to call 311.	B．Waiting for the dot to come to him.
C．Finding another cab to pursue the dot.	D．Giving up on looking for the lost item.

4. Which of the following would the author probably agree with?

A．People in big cities were more helpful than his hometown.

B．Technology could sometimes make a difference.

C．New York was a dangerous and scary city.

D．He was close to quitting tracking the bag’s location.

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。

With a broad smile on her lips, Sirin, a15-year-old girl, ran with joy to show off her new painting to her mom. But the mother spoke in a hushed tone, “Shh.. honey. I am busy with an important talk. I will look at it. Just wait for sometime, OK?”

Sirin frowned (皱眉) and decided to show it to her dad.

“Dad, see what I have done,” Sirin announced aloud in a thrilling voice.

Dad turned around while adjusting his tie and showed the thumbs-up.

Immediately, blowing her two cheeks, Sirin complained (抱怨), “Dad, you haven’t seen it yet.”

He smiled at her, saying, “No time, baby. I’ll look at it later.”

She was not a kid to be pleased with a simple gesture or a smile. Dad was in a hurry, so he just kissed her forehead (额头), and rushed to go to work.

Sirin stood there for a few seconds, and then rushed into her own bedroom. She threw her painting on the floor, closed the door and lay on her bed. Looking up to the ceiling (天花板), she thought to herself, “Why is everybody so busy?” Her eyes were filled with tears. She thought that her mom and dad would admire her painting,but they didn’t pay any attention to it. It seemed that every single person on this earth was busy with their own work and no one had time to share a single moment with her, neither in happiness nor in sorrow! She was fed up with (受够了) everybody having “no time” for her.

When her mom called her for dinner, she came late to join them on purpose. “I made this special noodles for you, honey,” said Mom while passing the bowl towards Sirin. Sirin kept silent and didn’t want to give a look at her mom. Mom was surprised to see the unusual behaviour. She couldn’t guess anything. Suddenly, the morning incident occurred to her. Softly, she asked, “Honey, did I do something wrong? Why are you so sad?”

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2.       请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答
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Hearing what Mom said, Sirin couldn’t help crying and ran into her room.
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Paragraph 2:
The next day, when Sirin turned on the light in her bedroom after school, she couldn’t believe what she was seeing!
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7 . 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 started in on Winn-Dixie right away, trying to clean him. First, I gave him a bath. The whole time I was working on him, I was talking to him. And he listened. I told him how we were alike. “See,” I said, “you don’t have any family and neither do I. I’ve got the preacher, of course. But I don’t have a mama. I mean I have one, but I don’t know where she is. She left when I was three years old. I can’t hardly remember her. And I bet you don’t remember your mama much either. So we’re almost like orphans (孤儿).”

Winn-Dixie looked straight at me when I said that to him, like he was feeling relieved to finally have somebody understand his situation. I nodded my head at him and went on talking.

“I don’t even have any friends, because I had to leave them all behind when we moved here from Watley. Watley’s up in north Florida. Have you ever been to north Florida?”

Winn-Dixie looked down at the ground, like he was trying to remember if he had. “You know what?” I said. “Ever since we moved here, I’ve been thinking about my mama extra-extra hard, more than I ever did when I was in Watley.”

Winn-Dixie twitched (抽动) his ears and raised his eyebrows.

“I think the preacher thinks about my mama all the time, too. He’s still in love with her; I know that. He’s still hoping she’ll come back. But he doesn’t tell me that. He won’t talk to me about her at all. I want to know more about her. But I’m afraid to ask the preacher; I’m afraid he’ll get mad at me.”

Winn-Dixie looked at me hard, like he was trying to say something.

“What?” I said.

He stared at me.

“You think I should make the preacher tell me about her?”

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1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

Winn-Dixie still looked at me. “I’ll think about it,” I said.

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It was the first time that I had a heart-to-heart talk with my dad-the preacher.

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8 . As captain of Argentina’s national wheelchair basketball team, Adolfo Damian Berdun has led his team to many victories and is the MVP(most valuable player) of his Italian Cup-winning team. Yet he _______ four classes of elementary-school kids this past spring as part of a _______called “At School I Learn to Play Without Limits”. For five weeks, the children learned the _______ skills of basketball and sportsmanship from the true _______ of the sport.

When Berdun _______ onto the court(球场) on the first day, he was in front of a(n) _______ group of Grade 2 students. But he made it _______ that they weren’t there to talk about his _______ leg—they were there to play basketball. As the weeks _______, the students’ skill level and interest grew quickly. For Berdun, who has visited many schools to talk about how he lived with his ________ for years, it was the first opportunity, which he had hoped for, to simply be called “________”.

During the last class, Berdun ________ how he lost his leg at age 13 after being hit by a truck in his hometown. To his ________, after asking him several questions, they couldn’t wait to go on doing basketball practices. “It seems that they ________ about my disability quickly.” Berdun said. The most beautiful thing is that they managed to ________ the barrier(障碍) between the coach with one leg in a wheelchair and his dream of being a coach.

1.

A．canceled

B．taught

C．took

D．supported

2.

A．topic

B．proposal

C．system

D．project

3.

A．extinct

B．advanced

C．basic

D．social

4.

A．legend

B．designer

C．judge

D．donor

5.

A．wheeled

B．walled

C．ran

D．climbed

6.

A．easy-going

B．kind-hearted

C．wide-eyed

D．heart-broken

7.

A．clear

B．suitable

C．unique

D．different

8.

A．strong

B．missing

C．long

D．short

9.

A．started

B．ended

C．paused

D．progressed

10.

A．honor

B．medals

C．fear

D．disability

11.

A．Coach

B．Captain

C．Officer

D．Professor

12.

A．pretended

B．explored

C．tracked

D．explained

13.

A．disappointment

B．surprise

C．excitement

D．sadness

14.

A．cared

B．forgot

C．talked

D．thought

15.

A．put away

B．build up

C．break down

D．focus on

9 . When I moved to northern New Jersey in 2012 and took a software test engineering job in midtown Manhattan, I suddenly found myself with an hour-long bus commute. I’d solved newspaper crossword puzzles for many years, but I had little patience and wasn’t very good. So when I started my crosswording again during those long trips, I was determined to become a better solver. However, after noticing that all of The New York Times puzzles had bylines(署名行),I figured, “Why couldn’t one of them be mine?”

I bought crossword construction software and a dictionary of valid crossword puzzle entries. I started with a blank 15×15 grid (网格). After reading, rereading, and more rereading of my puzzle, I decided that it was as good as it was ever going to be. So I sent it off to The Times and anxiously waited for their response. Several weeks later, I received an email from a staffer writing on behalf of editor Will Shortz. His answer was basic,“Thanks, but no thanks.” What’s worse, I received nearly the same rejection from Shortz and his colleagues for the next several puzzles I submitted.

Then I found my way to the Crossword Puzzle Collaboration Directory group on Facebook.In the group I connected with Mark, a more experienced constructor who became my teacher. After making some edits for my 21×21 grid at Mark’s suggestion, I sent the puzzle off to The New York Times. A few months later, I got something new in my inbox: an actual acceptance message from The New York Times! They changed some of the clues to be more straightforward. Anyway, my hard work finally paid off. Naturally, I told all my friends and family to get a copy of the paper on the publication date, March 21,2021.

Now I’ve made a lot in my spare time. Even if constructing a puzzle feels like an impossible task from time to time, it’s probably not. Very few things in life are truly impossible.

1. What did the author intend to do after seeing the bylines?

A．Apply to be a crossword puzzle editor.

B．Create crossword puzzles by himself.

C．Solve some challenging word games.

D．Develop crossword construction software.

2. How did the author probably feel about the responses from The Times?

A．Grateful.	B．Hopeful.
C．Uninterested.	D．Disappointed.

3. What happened to the author’s work with Mark’s help?

A．It achieved great popularity.

B．It was changed into a smaller grid.

C．It was published after being made simpler.

D．It became something impossible to be outdone.

4. What can we infer about the author from the text?

A．He wrote to Shortz frequently for advice.

B．He is a committed amateur puzzle builder.

C．He works full-time at The New York Times.

D．He started solving newspaper puzzles in 2012.

10 . In 2014,a sophomore student at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts went with friends for a birthday ______ to Beijing Zoo. Little did he know that a chance ______ at the aquarium there would bring a lifelong ______. As Xu Yitang gazed upon varieties of corals (珊瑚), a sense of wonder ______ him. Lost in the beauty and mystery of the creatures, he spent the entire afternoon in front of it.

After he first saw corals at the aquarium, he began to ______ the local market to learn about coral farming from ______ who sell plants, fish, and corals. He also searched for information online. Before long, he had set up a small fish tank and started ________ a coral. “The coral is quite ______ and has extremely high requirements for water quality,” recalls Xu. “When I started growing coral, its ______ was not good.”

As Xu gained knowledge about coral, including how to ______ factors like water temperature, pH levels and trace element concentrations (微量元素) during the cultivation process, his coral gradually started to ______. As he knew more about the creature, he learned that coral reefs are ______ as “tropical rainforests” and “underwater gardens” of the ocean,   providing a home for a quarter of all ______ life. However, with the ______ of the greenhouse effect, rising sea temperatures have led to coral decay. Xu felt an increasing sense of urgency and responsibility to protect them.

After graduating from the university, he ______ the opportunity to become a coral conservationist and officially joined a research team in Hainan.

1.

A．cake

B．celebration

C．dinner

D．card

2.

A．miss

B．approve

C．encounter

D．check

3.

A．passion

B．consumption

C．invitation

D．conclusion

4.

A．washed over

B．broke down

C．faded away

D．wandered about

5.

A．leave

B．ask

C．frequent

D．tell

6.

A．strangers

B．merchants

C．servants

D．passengers

7.

A．selling

B．drawing

C．making

D．cultivating

8.

A．strong

B．beautiful

C．huge

D．fragile

9.

A．shape

B．state

C．color

D．length

10.

A．cease

B．obtain

C．regulate

D．predict

11.

A．move

B．die

C．change

D．flourish

12.

A．known

B．dressed

C．used

D．disguised

13.

A．rare

B．marine

C．adorable

D．artificial

14.

A．strengthening

B．decreasing

C．switching

D．expanding

15.

A．lost

B．devoted

C．seized

D．tackled