1 . Mrs. Smith is elegant and fair-skinned, with an oval face and beautiful long hair. Her eyes are not only big but ________ and clear, like the autumn ________. Her shining smile never ________ from her mouth.

________ and funny, Mrs. Smith’s French class was my favorite. As soon as she entered the classroom, the dull atmosphere would always disappear and a ray of sunshine would make ________ way in.

Whenever I made eye contact ________ her in class, the ________ in her eyes inspired me. When reading beautiful and authentic sentences, her eyebrows ________ slightly, which showed her ________ passion.

She is really a ________ teacher. I still remember the first time I took part in a national French contest. My body ________ as I walked into the meeting hall where ________ from all over the city gathered. At that moment, my phone screen ________ with the message sent by her. “Don’t worry. Be confident. They’re not ________ better than you.” These words were like a powerful hand, which lifted me from the ________ of the water. With her encouraging words echoing in my ________, I calmed down and became ________ my competition. Eventually, I ________ the competitors and won the first place.

Mrs. Smith is really a close friend. When I had trouble learning French, she would try everything within her ________ to improve my grades.________ I met with setbacks, she would always encourage me. I get along well with Mrs. Smith. She encouraged me to study French and inspired me to major in French in college.

1.

A．bright

B．wet

C．curious

D．sharp

2.

A．flower

B．rain

C．sky

D．air

3.

A．originated

B．returned

C．differed

D．faded

4.

A．Puzzling

B．Relaxing

C．Shocking

D．Embarrassing

5.

A．its

B．her

C．their

D．my

6.

A．over

B．upon

C．toward

D．with

7.

A．shadow

B．excitement

C．worry

D．pride

8.

A．gathered

B．deepened

C．rose

D．bent

9.

A．strong

B．weak

C．simple

D．complex

10.

A．determined

B．stubborn

C．generous

D．considerate

11.

A．moved

B．trembled

C．ached

D．straightened

12.

A．guides

B．educators

C．competitors

D．judges

13.

A．showed up

B．broke up

C．came up

D．lit up

14.

A．normally

B．naturally

C．necessarily

D．nervously

15.

A．surface

B．container

C．mixture

D．bottom

16.

A．hands

B．mouth

C．nose

D．ears

17.

A．addicted to

B．amazed at

C．annoyed at

D．absorbed in

18.

A．took advantage of

B．stood out from

C．put up with

D．looked up to

19.

A．distance

B．sight

C．means

D．society

20.

A．Whenever

B．Until

C．Unless

D．Though

2 . Researchers at the University of California found that_________ (expose) to the cold increases levels of a protein _________helps form brown fat — the type of fat that produces heat and keeps us warm. （所给词的适当形式填空）

3 . Whenever and wherever disasters happen — 9/11 Attacks in New York 14 years ago or the explosion in Tianjin on Wednesday night — it is always the firefighters_________take the lead to run to the very center,_________(save) lives by risking their own. （用适当的词填空）（所给词的适当形式填空）

4 . People will say firmly their childhood memory is real, offering amazing detail as proof that it must be, and getting upset if you suggest they are wrong.

But, for years, scientists have questioned whether these memories could actually be true, given what we know about neuroscience (神经科学) and the brain. The human brain grows and develops in clear stages. As it grows and creates and adapts, so different developmental stages are reached. These stages are the result of millions of years of evolution (进化). Now, finally, a study has proved this. Researchers from Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada, reviewed decades worth of data to understand the earliest age at which lasting memories form and they have believed that it is around 30 months.

So people who think they remember something from when they were a baby are, I am afraid, mistaken. The problem with early memories is that they are very easy to fabricate, which is what I did.

I have a vivid image of standing in the garden, my mum holding a flower and laughing. It’s one of my first memories. I must have been 18 months old because we moved from that house before I was two. I could swear it was real.

Years ago, when I shared this memory with my mum, she shook her head and produced a photo. It showed her in a garden, laughing and holding a flower. But it was taken three years before I was born. That beautiful memory is a work of fiction (虚构): an old photo that used to hang on the wall.

I’ll admit to feeling shocked and robbed when I realized this memory was entirely false. It made me question other things I remember as a child, too. A study into this event published a few years ago found that around 40 per cent of us say that we have memories from before the age of two. But it’s the mind playing tricks on us taking old stories or photos and turning them into a memory.

While it can be disappointing to realize that a recollection you hold so dear might not be true, it does provide a good lesson in how changeable memory can be.

1. When is a child’s lasting memory formed?

A．When he is 18 months old.	B．When he is two years old.
C．When he is three years old.	D．When he is 30 months old.

2. What does the underlined word “fabricate” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Sign up.	B．Make up.
C．Concentrate on.	D．Bring back.

3. Why does the author mention his own experience?

A．To prove his argument.	B．To attract readers’ attention.
C．To show off his good memory.	D．To explain how memories form.

4. What can we infer from paragraph 6?

A．A study published a few years ago proved false.

B．Our mind is always fond of playing tricks on us.

C．The author is curious about everything during his childhood.

D．The author felt surprised realizing his childhood memory was false.

5 . When A33, a theater in Beijing, hosted a new stand-up comedy show（脱口秀), to the surprise of the organizers, nearly 250 people turned up and laughed together. Six years ago, that would have been unbelievable. Indeed, there were even cases of shows having more performers than viewers.

Wan Da, one of the performers, said, “Many people are worried about the future of stand-up comedy, a genre (类型) that is very popular in the U.S. after its introduction in China. Can it adapt itself here? But as the results show, there is no need to worry. We have survived and carried on some of the best American traditions.”

Programs such as Rock& Roast, a comedy talk show competition, which are thought to help people reduce their pressure, drive audiences to offline performances for a real laugh. “Generally, our audiences are in the 20-35 age group, but recently some older people are reported to go to the theatre,” said Song Qiyu, a performer and founder of Beijing Comedy Center.

Compared to traditional Chinese comedy performances, the stand-up comedy has a lower bar as it doesn't require years of professional training. This allows everyone to take part. Work experience and personal observations of life are the sources of their inspiration. Different lives and jobs make the performances varied, giving them unique individual colors.

Joe Wong, a humorist from Jilin province, whose performance in Washington, D.C. in 2010 attracted much attention across China's social media, is happy to see the development of the industry in China. However, he has a warning, too: There is huge space for the genre in China, but we should be careful of growing too fast as the market still needs good works.

In China, many fresh college graduates join. Through their efforts, the industry will improve its standards and popularity as well as influence.

1. What can we learn about the stand-up comedy from Paragraph 2?

A．It develops well in China.	B．It is created by Americans.
C．It faces an uncertain future.	D．It is very popular in Beijing.

2. Why can everyone join the stand-up comedy industry?

A．They have a gift for talking.	B．It needs plenty of performers.
C．It needs no special backgrounds.	D．Most people have a sense of humor.

3. What is Joe Wong's suggestion for the stand-up comedy?

A．Learning from America.	B．Offering quality content.
C．Keeping creating works.	D．Employing fresh graduates.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．The stand-up comedy: a rising industry	B．A33: a quickly growing comedy theatre
C．Why does the stand-up comedy get popular?	D．How does the stand-up comedy survive in China?

6 . 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。

Feng Boyao and Meng Shuqi, students at No. 37 Middle School in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, spent nearly a year developing a new kind of Braille (布莱叶盲文) reading device and     1     (win) the first prize at a provincial-level youth science and technology competition.

A large number of Braille contact dots have been set up on the device,     2     is 50 centimeters long and 10 cm high. It can make Braille content move across a computer screen via     3     application.

“Education for blind people     4     (be) mainly based on Braille books, but very few Braille books can be found in the marketplace, or they are outdated and cannot meet the needs     5     the blind. Only a small number of people have access to Braille reading devices,     6     they may sell for as much as 10,000 yuan ($1,549) or more,” Feng said.

The cost of     7     (they) device is much lower, so it will be     8     (advantage) for market promotion. In addition, because of its magnetic structure, the content     9     (display) on the device is said to be more accurate than others. Feng and Meng hope the device can help reduce the number of blind people who are in     10     (poor) for lack of education.

7 . Who gets to decide what is content worth posting? Content worth engaging?

On social media, it’s an algorithm (算法) — a computer program that matches your particular likes and follows with others who have similar likes and follows. But even more than that, it’s based on how much content you create. If you don’t feed the social media monster on a regular basis, it refuses to expose what you post for others to see.

Thus, some bloggers share heavily filtered (过滤) photos of tourist attractions on the social media and lifestyle platform to get traffic. However, this practice sometimes disappoints other users of Instagram who go to those locations after seeing the pictures.

Since the bloggers don’t clearly state that their pictures are works of photography, they are considered as travel guides. After the viewers visit those places in person, they find a big gap between reality and what they have seen online, leaving them feeling frustrated.

Last week, one famous app issued a statement on its social media account, admitting that some users have “over-beautified” their online travel diaries.

The apology came after users complained on social media about their experience following travel guides on the app, only to find out on actual visits that the places are poles apart from the skilfully retouched images they saw. One of the most well-known cases involved the “pink beach” of Fuxian Lake in China’s southwestern Yunnan province, which often appears online in dreamy pink images, but in reality is more similar to the colour of red bricks.

“If it’s OK to photoshop promotion pictures for tourist sites like this, I can turn the bushes downstairs in my neighbourhood into a Norwegian forest in any minute,” one of the most upvoted (置顶) comments on the app said. Others argued that the problem lies with the bloggers rather than the platform.

1. Why do some bloggers post heavily filtered photos?

A．To show their creativity.

B．To get more online approval.

C．To advertise tourist attractions.

D．To promote the popularity of apps.

2. What’s the author’s attitude to heavily filtered photos?

A．Envious.	B．Critical.
C．Supportive.	D．Frustrated.

3. How can bushes downstairs in the neighbourhood be turned into a Norwegian forest?

A．By shooting the forest on actual visits.

B．By feeding the monster on social media.

C．By finding a gap between reality and net.

D．By skilfully beautifying the photo of bushes.

4. Who should take responsibility for posted content according to the text?

A．App users who are easily cheated.

B．Unreliable bloggers and travel guides.

C．The social media and lifestyle platform.

D．Different netizens have different views.

8 . When the pandemic(流行病) hit last spring, 9-year-old Zoe Benard of California started baking(烘) sweet treats with family members. But what started out as a fun way to pass the time has become a one-girl mission to raise $10,000 for Parkinson’s disease research.

Through a series of weekend bake sales since July, the homeschooled fourth-grader has taken in nearly $3,500 through the sale of her homemade banana bread, cookies and brownies. For a weekend sale, she’ll bake up to 25 pieces, four to five pans of brownies and three batches(炉)of cookies.

One hundred percent of the money made by selling treats is given to Team Fox, a research organization set up by actor Michael J.Fox, who has the disease. Zoe’s grandfather, 75-year-old Joe Contogenis, who is the inspiration for her sales, also has Parkinson’s. Contogenis can no longer run or play tennis the way he did before his diagnosis(诊断) three years ago.But he comes to every one of Zoe’s bake sales and is often moved to tears by the generosity of Zoe’s customers.

“She is a little entrepreneur(企业家) and has always been an out-of-the-box thinker,” Christine Eris, her mom, said. “we were cleaning our house out and found a magic set, and now she’s reading books on magic. She taught herself how to solve the Rubik’s Cube in a minute and a half. She just learns and practices things until she perfects them.”

Zoe sells her treats for $1 to $2, or $12 for a full piece of banana bread. Eris said many customers give more because they know it’s for a good cause. One customer arrived with a $200 check and another with a $100 bill. Zoe said her goal is to keep hosting sales until she reaches her $10,000 goal. Then she will either start over or find another cause to support. She also plans to start her own children’s cooking channel on YouTube because she finds the process of baking so fun.

1. What encouraged Zoe to host bake sales?

A．Her grandfather suffering from Parkinson’s.

B．The support of a research organization.

C．Her favorite actor’s suggestion.

D．The kindness of strangers.

2. What did Eris think of Zoe in paragraph 4?

A．She has improved her creativity by practicing magic.

B．She has loved to cook since she was a kid.

C．She cares for everyone around her.

D．She is good at learning

3. What is Zoe’s goal for now?

A．To teach people with Parkinson’s to cook.

B．To look for a long-term partnership.

C．To collect money by hosting sales.

D．To enjoy free time with her family.

4. Which of the following can best describe Zoe?

A．Strict and patient	B．Helpful and caring
C．Humorous and fearless.	D．Warm-hearted and honest

9 . Office Manners

Be punctual. As a newcomer, you should arrive early, not just on the first day and don’t be the first to leave at the end of the day.    1    It shows that you respect your colleagues’ time and, in return, they will respect your time, too.

Respect other people’s privacy. Knock before you enter someone’s office and do not read any correspondence lying on somebody’s desk. If you need to discuss a private matter with a colleague, make sure nobody else can overhear you.    2    

Be neat and clean.    3     It shows respect for both your colleagues and clients and is a sign that you are professional. Keep your personal workspace clean and neat at all times, for a messy desk will make people think that you’re an unorganized person.

    4    Remember to leave the photocopier in working condition. Return the stapler (订书机) that you borrowed with at least a few staples left inside. When you use up all the paper in the printer, put more in it for the next person. If a machine jams, try to undo the jam or to tell somebody else about it.

Don’t disturb others. Always apologize if you interrupt a discussion, someone’s concentration or other activities. Be aware of how loudly you may be speaking. If people in other offices comment on your conversations, perhaps your voice is too loud.    5    

In short, office manners are about being respectful and polite in the office. It is an essential part of growing professionally and becoming a more mature person in the business world.

A．Be considerate.

B．Be polite to everyone.

C．Don’t be late for any appointment.

D．Show appreciation for any help offered to you.

E．Personal issues should not be made into a public topic.

F．You should either close your office door or lower your voice.

G．Take a shower regularly and wear appropriate office clothes.

10 . China is one of the countries most affected by typhoons in the world. While summer is the peak typhoon season, autumn typhoons might be more dangerous.

In September, Typhoon Conson and Chanthu formed successively in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Chanthu has become a super typhoon, bringing “gale-force winds and rainstorms to regions including Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu,” reported Xinhua on Sept14.

It’s no surprise that super typhoons occur in September. From the vernal equinox (春分), the subsolar point (太阳直射点) moves from the equator to the Tropic of Cancer (北回归线), heating the tropical ocean in the northern hemisphere(半球). The sea temperature reaches the highest from August to September, according to Weather China website.

“The warming ocean, especially the warming northern South China Sea, enhances typhoons before landfall(着陆),” said Xiao Zhixiang, a researcher of the Guangxi Institute of Meteorological Sciences, in the conference of the Japan Geoscience Union in 2020.

Autumn brings cold air, and when that cold air meets a typhoon, it could make it more destructive. “This will develop into a powerful typhoon due to the greater temperature difference between the cold continent and the hot sea,” said Woo-Sik Jung, a researcher at Inje University in South Korea, at the conference. “In other words, the larger the temperature difference, the stronger the wind, the more powerful the autumn typhoon can be compared to the summer typhoon.”

Megi, the 13th typhoon of 2010, was generated in October. Before making landfall in Taiwan, it entered the South China Sea and then headed north to land in Zhangpu, Fujian province, where Megi met cold air from the north. The typhoon led to more than 1,000millimeters of rainfall in Ilan, Taiwan, resulting in many deaths, according to Weather China.

Autumn typhoons are not only powerful but also often unpredictable. Three typhoons “with the most complicated paths in China” include Wayne in 1986, Nat in 1991 and Nari in2001. Among them, Nat and Nari were formed in autumn, according to the National Meteorological Center.

1. Which of the following contributes to the formation of super typhoons in September?

A．It’s highly wet in tropical areas.

B．The sun is heating the tropical ocean in the southern hemisphere.

C．The weather is warm along the coast.

D．The sea temperature is the highest.

2. What can worsen the impact of a typhoon?

A．The strong wind.	B．The cold air.
C．The unstable temperature.	D．The heat on the continent.

3. What can we learn about Megi from the text?

A．It occurred in September 2010.

B．It first hit Taiwan and then Fujian.

C．It cost many people their lives in Taiwan.

D．It formed in the South China Sea.

4. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．The most powerful summer typhoons.

B．Examples of unpredictable typhoons.

C．Why autumn typhoons are unpredictable.

D．How the National Meteorological Center predicts typhoons.