1 . Ryder was born with a serious illness and has never been able to walk. When he started attending preschool, he had to be _______ to the end of the road in the _______ to wait for his school bus by his parents every day. As Ryder was unable to _______ for this bus if he was late like his schoolmates, he would have to wait for up to 15 minutes out in whatever _______ there was. Although his father had _______ a patio (露台) umbrella at the end of his driveway to provide some _______ from harsh weather, he still would get wet.

Then his father _______ for help on Facebook looking to see if someone might have an old bus hut (小屋). After the post, he was suggested to reach out to the _______ class at Westerly High School.

_______ , he sent an email to Dan McKena, who had been teaching construction technology at Westerly High School, asking if he’d be ________ in this kind of project. Delightfully, Dan ________ with an “absolutely” and then he worked hard on the hut with his students for weeks.

The hut made of wood was ________ enough to shelter both Ryder and one of his parents or a nurse comfortably and was finally ________ to the home six weeks later. Now, Ryder ________ it every day and his parents wait inside it every day while they await his returning home. He considers the hut ________ and does like to hang out in it from time to time.

1.

A．pulled

B．walked

C．driven

D．pushed

2.

A．car

B．wheelchair

C．bus

D．plane

3.

A．dance

B．shout

C．rush

D．slip

4.

A．vehicle

B．scene

C．weather

D．class

5.

A．searched for

B．put up

C．taken over

D．found out

6.

A．shelter

B．help

C．benefit

D．hope

7.

A．fought

B．stood

C．cared

D．sought

8.

A．art

B．construction

C．music

D．literature

9.

A．Consequently

B．Obviously

C．However

D．Besides

10.

A．interested

B．satisfied

C．strict

D．depressed

11.

A．predicted

B．interrupted

C．delayed

D．responded

12.

A．big

B．bright

C．heavy

D．light

13.

A．fixed

B．borrowed

C．delivered

D．thrown

14.

A．changes

B．designs

C．plays

D．uses

15.

A．popular

B．fantastic

C．strange

D．flexible

2 . The boy’s name is Aaron Moreno, and he’s 8 years old. He started his own business selling_________ in Los Angeles.

The story began earlier this year, when his mother _________ her job because of the pandemic. They were already in a financially _________ situation: Aaron’s older sister had been sent back to Mexico to _________ with her grandparents. They even ended up homeless, living in shelters.

In June this year, the situation got so bad that Aaron _________ to start a business selling plants to help his mom support the family. He hoped to make it_________ to bring his older sister back home from Mexico.

At first, he bought plants in the downtown Los Angeles and took them with his mother to resell at various places in the city. He called the_________ “Aaron’s Garden”.

It was hard work, as they had no tools of their own. They had to carry the plants by their_________ on public transportation. By June 24, he had a social software account that he used to start _________ what plants he was selling. Providers started bringing him plants to__________.

On July 13, __________ by Aaron’s initiative （倡议）and hard work, a friend of the family started a GoFundMe __________, and Aaron’s Garden started to get media__________ as well. “People support us by buying plants, following us, leaving us__________comments, and they tell us nice things to keep us moving forward. It’s what we__________, ”Aaron told local TV station.

All the hard work__________. The GoFundMe campaign had an initial__________of $1, 000, but it’s raised nearly $70, 000. Thanks to both the business and the__________ of donors, the family has__________ behind the shelters where they were living. The family has now moved into their own home and Aaron’s __________ has come back from Mexico!

1.

A．flowers

B．vegetables

C．plants

D．fruits

2.

A．got

B．lost

C．changed

D．continued

3.

A．satisfying

B．new

C．busy

D．poor

4.

A．live

B．flee

C．work

D．travel

5.

A．pretended

B．happened

C．decided

D．agreed

6.

A．possible

B．horrible

C．careful

D．wrong

7.

A．place

B．home

C．patent

D．business

8.

A．cars

B．hands

C．tools

D．heads

9.

A．thinking

B．praising

C．announcing

D．collecting

10.

A．buy

B．sell

C．send

D．remove

11.

A．advocated

B．admired

C．acquired

D．inspired

12.

A．campaign

B．company

C．trip

D．battle

13.

A．advice

B．command

C．attention

D．emphasis

14.

A．clear

B．good

C．easy

D．controversial

15.

A．underline

B．prepare

C．show

D．need

16.

A．paid off

B．broke off

C．took action

D．rose up

17.

A．result

B．vote

C．goal

D．value

18.

A．kindness

B．patience

C．confidence

D．exploration

19.

A．fallen

B．run

C．disappeared

D．left

20.

A．mother

B．sister

C．grandmother

D．family

3 . A professor was teaching his class. All the students were listening to his _______ with great interest. But there was one student whose_______ of mind showed he was in a bad mood.

The professor took notice of this student on the first day but did not say anything. But when this _______ for a week, he asked. “You are _______ in spirits all the time. What is the matter? Have some trouble?”

“Sir, that...” the student said. “... something has happened in my past, _______ which I remain troubled. I don’t know what to do.”

The professor was a(n) _______ good person. He called the student at his house in the evening.

When the student _______ the professor’s house, he was greeted with a _______ welcome. The professor went to the kitchen and started making lemonade for his student. He _______put more salt in the lemonade.

__________ the student had a taste of it, his mouth became sour. __________ this, the professor asked, “Did you not like the lemonade?”

“No, sir, this is not the __________. Just a little more salt in the drink,” the student said. “Now it’s useless. I will throw it away.” The professor __________ his hand to get the glass of drink from the student. But the student refused, saying, “No, sir. If you add more__________, the taste will be fine.”

Upon hearing this, the professor became serious and said, “You are right. That’s what I want to__________. Just as salt cannot be taken out of the lemonade, those bad experiences also cannot __________ life. Adding more sugar can change the taste of lemonade. In a(n) __________way, sweetness has to be dissolved (溶解) in life to forget bad experiences. I want you to take the sweetness in your life into __________ now.”

To his relief, the student __________ him and decided from then on he would not be troubled by the __________.

1.

A．custom

B．lecture

C．request

D．arrangement

2.

A．absence

B．attitude

C．presence

D．target

3.

A．held on

B．lived on

C．went on

D．moved on

4.

A．along

B．away

C．up

D．down

5.

A．due to

B．in spite of

C．in addition to

D．far from

6.

A．hardly

B．extremely

C．informally

D．previously

7.

A．arrived at

B．searched for

C．took over

D．escaped from

8.

A．rude

B．romantic

C．cold

D．warm

9.

A．purposely

B．absolutely

C．sadly

D．gratefully

10.

A．So long as

B．As soon as

C．Unless

D．Even if

11.

A．Feeling

B．Hearing

C．Seeing

D．Smelling

12.

A．deal

B．amount

C．luck

D．case

13.

A．reached

B．removed

C．released

D．relaxed

14.

A．salt

B．sugar

C．oil

D．wine

15.

A．suffer from

B．get through

C．get across

D．break up

16.

A．result from

B．be separated from

C．recover from

D．be saved from

17.

A．ultimate

B．natural

C．original

D．similar

18.

A．energy

B．advice

C．account

D．effort

19.

A．confused

B．warned

C．understood

D．rejected

20.

A．mass

B．majority

C．duty

D．past

4 . We arrived in Spain for the first time a few weeks ago. I decided to _________ a car because we had sold the one we had in England before _________ home. Yesterday the sales office rang us to say the car was ready. I had tried out a model like it before, but as I was not yet _________ driving in this city, my wife did not want me to collect it _________ so we went together to fetch it. We paid for the car and _________ the papers. They told us that there was enough petrol(汽油) to take us to a garage, where we could fill up. The _________ garage to the office was about 100 yards away and we got there _________. But when I turned into the main road I suddenly saw a lot of cars racing _________ me. I got out of _________ as fast as I could by backing into the garage __________ and the man behind shouted at me.

“It’s such a problem to __________ to drive on the right side, isn’t it?” my wife said. “Yes, if only I had had a few lessons for practice,” I replied. “You had better go __________ on the way home,” my wife said. “You’d be sorry if you had __________ on the first day, wouldn’t you?” While we were talking, the man behind got out of his car and said in good English, “Would you mind telling me __________ you are thinking of leaving? __________ are you going to sit in your car all day?”

1.

A．borrow

B．drive

C．buy

D．choose

2.

A．leaving

B．making

C．returning

D．getting

3.

A．sure of

B．satisfied with

C．interested in

D．used to

4.

A．on my own

B．right away

C．in a hurry

D．on the way

5.

A．accepted

B．wrote

C．signed

D．copied

6.

A．best

B．nearest

C．quickest

D．cleanest

7.

A．lately

B．directly

C．safely

D．slowly

8.

A．after

B．with

C．around

D．towards

9.

A．their way

B．the garage

C．their sight

D．the car

10.

A．at last

B．once more

C．as usual

D．as well

11.

A．prepare

B．continue

C．choose

D．remember

12.

A．carefully

B．smoothly

C．quickly

D．differently

13.

A．an error

B．a problem

C．an accident

D．a headache

14.

A．when

B．why

C．how

D．what

15.

A．For

B．Or

C．But

D．So

5 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

My decision to leave England and travel around the world was the best decision I’ve made. I     1     (learn) so much from this journey so far, and if I could go back, I wouldn’t do it any differently.

When I lost my job     2     the economic crisis, I decided enough was enough. Within two weeks I had sold all of my furniture, given up the apartment and collected    3     much extra money together as I could from jobs, deposits and so on. With a one-way ticket out of England     4     (book), I took off and never looked back.

I contacted a friend    5     worked on a Greek island in the summer seasons, and as it turned out, it was a much     6     (easy) task to find jobs and accommodation out there. With the limited money I had left, I booked a one-way ticket to the island of Zakynthos (扎金索斯岛) in the hope of finding some time to figure out my next move while earning some money.

I had only been on the island for three days and I found my accommodation and had a job offer. From then on, I settled into a “normal routine” for holiday island workers. Every day I went to the beach or pool     7     (share) gossip with my fellow English workers. Then I would be home to change for work at 5 pm. After working from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. with no break, I would finish and head to the closest bar for cocktails and meet the rest of my friends.

To be honest, I find it hard to recall many stories or things I did during this time, but I know I had a fun time     8     (do) it. Zakynthos became a four-month-long party where I had the best and worst time of my life.

6 . On a Sunday morning, Tim Abernathy walked off the dance floor at the Barn Dance and sat down in a chair to rest with his wife, Rachel. Then something felt wrong. His _________ got tight, then tighter. He grabbed Rachel’s hand, then _________ to the floor.

“His eyes had _________ back,” said Rachel. “His lips were getting darker.” The band stopped playing. People started yelling, but nobody _________ to act.

Someone _________ did. It was Johnny “Digger” Tucker. He swiped (挥动) his fingers through Tim’s mouth, thinking he could be choking. He started beating on Tim’s chest and began mouth-to-mouth. More _________ . More mouth-to-mouth. Then finally, Tim _________ a breath. The paramedics (护理人员) came, and Johnny quietly left.

“If Johnny hadn’t been there, I would be _________ my husband now, “said Rachel. Folks say Johnny Tucker is the type of man you’d call at 2 a. m. Maybe it’s because he knows more than most how _________ life is. Every day, he faces __________ .

Johnny is a gravedigger. He has dug the final resting places for about 20, 000people, each grave __________ a half feet deep in __________, frozen ground. “I treat everybody as if it were my family I’m burying,” he said. He is so respected that funeral directors arrange their schedules around his __________ .

So maybe it’s not __________ that Johnny often finds himself in a position to lend a hand. That night Johnny and his wife were __________ when the band played an old song. They turned around for one more slow dance. Minutes later, the gravedigger saved a life.

1.

A．fingers

B．muscle

C．stomach

D．throat

2.

A．crashed

B．landed

C．jumped

D．settled

3.

A．rubbed

B．narrowed

C．dropped

D．rolled

4.

A．backed off

B．stepped forward

C．moved on

D．set out

5.

A．gradually

B．instantly

C．finally

D．clearly

6.

A．yelling

B．pounding

C．pushing

D．weighing

7.

A．held

B．heard

C．felt

D．drew

8.

A．abandoning

B．joining

C．burying

D．hiding

9.

A．easy

B．precious

C．extraordinary

D．simple

10.

A．death

B．danger

C．sadness

D．fortune

11.

A．covering

B．controlling

C．crossing

D．measuring

12.

A．hard

B．vast

C．protected

D．ruined

13.

A．popularity

B．generosity

C．availability

D．responsibility

14.

A．common

B．surprising

C．reasonable

D．disappointing

15.

A．dancing

B．walking

C．leaving

D．talking

7 . I was raised in Birmingham. I can clearly recall a summer day in 1954 when my father took me for a trip to the seaside by _________.

As we _________ , the weather was sunny and we were all in good _________. Unfortunately, as we rode along a quiet coastal road, the clouds set in, and it got _________ and started to rain.

Even with our raincoats on, my father and I were wet through. As we drove _________ a humpback bridge(弓形桥), the wet, shiny road ahead turned out to be a deep lake of water. We fell right into it and the engine of the motorcycle stopped _________. We had no idea where we were, fields surrounding us and no house in _________.

Luckily, not long after, a car _________ alongside us. The lady in it _________ down the window, asking what she and her husband could do to __________. Hearing our explanation, this lovely __________ offered to give us a lift to the nearest train station.

Having driven on for about 30 minutes yet with no __________ of a station, they announced to drive us __________. My father __________, saying it was at least two hours away, but they insisted. We were delivered to our door. As we shook hands to __________ them and bade farewell(告别), I thought about what good people they were.

1.

A．train

B．motorcycle

C．bus

D．car

2.

A．put off

B．left off

C．headed off

D．set off

3.

A．spirits

B．position

C．health

D．shape

4.

A．brighter

B．darker

C．colder

D．warmer

5.

A．into

B．across

C．below

D．off

6.

A．safely

B．fast

C．dead

D．successfully

7.

A．mind

B．need

C．time

D．sight

8.

A．sped up

B．ran off

C．pulled up

D．took off

9.

A．rolled

B．put

C．knocked

D．took

10.

A．leave

B．escape

C．help

D．survive

11.

A．conductor

B．adviser

C．team

D．couple

12.

A．sign

B．idea

C．way

D．image

13.

A．ahead

B．away

C．nearby

D．home

14.

A．agreed

B．rejected

C．allowed

D．promised

15.

A．greet

B．declare

C．thank

D．leave

8 . Last week, our forum(论坛)asked if you had any funny or strange stories about using English. We didn’t expect to get so many posts! Here are some of our favorites, to remind us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from the English in the outside world.

Yancy	People say that the British always play safe with what they eat. Not true! I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacher was called Maggie. One day, a different teacher took our class. He told us that Maggie couldn’t teach that day COZ she had a frog in her throat. Poor Maggie-but why did she try to eat such a big frog? 135 comments
Sophie	When I first visited New York, I went to a downtown shopping centre to buy some winter boots. At the information desk at the entrance, I asked a lady where the shoe shop was. She said that it was on the first floor. So I went up to the first floor, but I couldn’t find any shoes. I decided to leave. When I was looking for the exit, I saw that shoes were actually sold downstairs on the ground floor, not the first floor. Why did she give me the wrong information? 128 comments
Zheng Xu	The British must have really high standards. I was part of a student exchange programme between a university in England and my university in China. I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper. I knew I had done a good job and was looking forward to getting a positive comment. When I got the paper back, I found my teacher had written the comment “Not bad!” Not bad? But there weren’t any errors in my paper. 85 comments

1. What does the underlined sentence “she had a frog in her throat” probably mean?

A．She didn’t play safe with what she ate.

B．She has drawn a picture of frog on her face.

C．She ate a big frog and her throat was blocked.

D．She couldn’t speak clearly because her throat is dry.

2. According to the Sophie and Zheng Xu, what may cause the misunderstandings?

A．Both of them have difficulty in learning English.

B．They didn’t know the words’ different meanings in other countries.

C．The spellings are too complicated for both of them to understand.

D．The speakers spoke so fast that Sophie and Zheng Xu couldn’t follow.

3. Where can we probably find the passage above?

A．In a novel.

B．In a magazine.

C．On the Internet.

D．In a diary.