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。

My aunt Sandy is a very kind-hearted woman. She loves animals so much that she found a job in an emergency vet clinic（兽医诊所）after graduating from college. There she could help a lot of injured pets.

One day, a rescue worker brought in a homeless cat. The cat had numerous injuries and needed immediate medical aid. No one in the vet clinic wanted to rescue the cat but Sandy. All the others didn't think the cat would survive. And they suggested putting the cat to death.

But Sandy didn't want to give up. She always believes that every animal deserves a chance. Holding the cat in her arms, she was determined to rescue her.

Sandy was good at treating injured animals. Thanks to her, the cat survived. She took good care of the cat and she gradually recovered. However, it wasn't the end of the story. Because of the operation performed on her face, the cat always wore a sad expression and looked really ugly. Those who came to the clinic to adopt pets didn't want her.

The staff at the vet clinic suggested getting rid of the cat. But Sandy didn't agree. She wanted to adopt the cat herself, but there was a problem—her husband was allergic（过敏）to cats. So Sandy couldn't take her home.

Thinking the cat might have to be homeless, Sandy was very sad. She had tried very hard to rescue her so she didn't want to lose her. She tried to persuade people around her to adopt the cat, but they didn't show any interest in such an ugly cat.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为100左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
One day, a girl about ten years old entered the vet clinic and looked around.
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However, Sandy just didn't understand why the little girl wanted to have the cat.
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2 . 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 hungry and hopeful that our babysitter would make a meal. But I found she was sleeping on the sofa. So I wanted to turn to my sister, Ashley. She was coloring in her room. When she saw me, unexpectedly, she said, “I’m hungry. Let’s make some sandwiches.” Unluckily, before making sandwiches in the kitchen, Ashley and I had a fight. We ran around the kitchen, throwing flour at each other. Flour flew in the air around us as we went into the living room. Suddenly, we heard footsteps outside.

“Oh, no! Mom is coming!” I said. “What are we going to do about the mess?” I wondered nervously. It looked like it had snowed inside the house. Ashley quickly ran and took a vacuum cleaner, but she didn’t know how to turn it on. Suddenly, Mom walked in, tired from a long day’s work. After seeing the scene, she shook her head.

Ashley and I ran to her and smiled. Mom didn’t get angry at us. But she seemed disappointed at the babysitter when she woke her up and showed her the mess. Once the babysitter had gone, Mom went into her room. “We’re not in trouble!” I shouted with joy. “But Mom didn’t look so good,” Ashley said to me in a sad voice. “What? She was smiling. Surely she looked good and happy!” I argued. Then Ashley continued, “Well, let’s go and see!”

So we went to Mom’s bedroom door and secretly looked in. Mom was sitting on the bed with tears in her eyes. We returned to the living room. “Mom is crying because of our mess,” Ashley said. “Let’s clean the house. And she’s probably hungry now. Why don’t we make sandwiches for her? We just need to put some meat, vegetables, or something else in between two pieces of bread.”

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

After hearing Ashley’s words, I agreed.

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Seeing the kitchen become clean again, Ashley and I began to make sandwiches there.

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3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填上1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The people of Kiunga, Kenya, have been forced to drink, cook and bathe in dirty and    1    (pollute) water for years. In 2018, GivePower, a nonprofit organization     2     provides solar energy solutions to regions that need it most, installed its first-ever solar water farm, and it    3     (provide) clean water to 3,000 people every single day so far. The solar water farm turns the salt water of the Indian Ocean    4     clean drinking water through advanced filtration(过滤)systems.

The main issue is that water plants cost a lot     5     (run), however, solar panels have helped solve this issue. GivePower’s solar water farm produces solar energy using     6     (it) solar panels. These are able to produce 50 kilowatts of energy and power two water pumps that run 24    7     (hour) a day. Before their solar farm     8     (build), the people of Kiunga had to travel up to one hour a day just to get access to clean drinking water.

“Just $20 provides clean, healthy, fresh water for one person for    9    entire decade!” GivePower Foundation wrote on Instagram     10     (proud).

4 . At rush hour, as the highway to Mexico City is crowded with fast buses and cars, Manuel Amador is going the other _______ .

His destination is Ecatepec, a neighbourhood with a population of 1.7 million, an hour’s ride outside the capital. It’s where he has been ______ for nearly 10 years. And it’s one of the country’s most ______ places to be a woman.

Mexico estimates a(n) ______ in Mexico in femicide, or the murder of women for being women, and the state where Ecatepec sits is one of the hot spots. More than 92% of the people living in the community say they feel ______, according to a recent survey.

Mr. Amador says he was ______ and angry when he heard his students talk about the extreme ______ and fear and how no one seemed to ______ out against it. So he did something. In his extracurricular workshops, whose ______ has grown beyond school ______, he helps students   ______ performance art to oppose the ______ many people feel about the deaths and _______ .

“Here I feel good, because this is the first man, or ______ the first man I know, who ______   this problem and tries to solve it,” says a student named Jasmin. “He’s not like other men who say, ‘Here they go again with their sermons (说教).’”

1.

A．association

B．community

C．area

D．direction

2.

A．teaching

B．driving

C．traveling

D．singing

3.

A．backward

B．dangerous

C．helpless

D．hopeless

4.

A．decline

B．percentage

C．increase

D．trend

5.

A．unsafe

B．uncomfortable

C．uncertain

D．unable

6.

A．relieved

B．shocked

C．unsatisfied

D．frightened

7.

A．violence

B．condition

C．pressure

D．damage

8.

A．put

B．stick

C．leave

D．stand

9.

A．affection

B．imagination

C．influence

D．devotion

10.

A．classrooms

B．equipment

C．walls

D．surroundings

11.

A．attend

B．create

C．collect

D．contain

12.

A．idea

B．concept

C．realization

D．acceptance

13.

A．attacks

B．hardships

C．disadvantages

D．sufferings

14.

A．at last

B．at most

C．at least

D．at best

15.

A．creates

B．recognizes

C．bears

D．ignores

5 . Chemical farming is the most widespread way of farming. It is the conventional way in which large agricultural societies grow crops.     1     Organic farming, however, even though it may mean a greater cost of production and more work, has significant benefits on our health and the health of our planet.

Chemical farming has a negative impact on the environment. Pesticides are used to protect plants from various pests, diseases, and weeds.     2     Besides killing insects and weeds, pesticides can be poisonous to a great number of other organisms such as birds, fish, beneficial insects, and non-target plants. Another important issue is that the poisonous substances become airborne. They can drift away on distances up to a few miles, poisoning the air of nearby communities.

    3     Studies have shown that pesticide remains can be found in a variety of products, such as water, wine, vegetables, fruit juices, or grains. When we eat or drink these products, our health is likely to be harmed.

Organic farming relies on natural processes, biodiversity, and man-made fertilizer rather than the use of chemicals. In opposition to the negative effects that conventional farming has on the environment and human health, organic farming is an agricultural production system that does good to the health of soils, ecosystems, and people.     4     Organically grown food is higher in nutrients and free of poisonous remains.

For the benefit of our health and our planet, we have to change our ways of farming.     5    However, it is a better choice to build a better, healthier future for both our human communities and our environment.

A．Chemical farming does damage to our health in many ways.

B．The shift from chemical farming to organic farming may take time.

C．Organic farming has great potentials in agricultural in future farming.

D．However, pesticides can also pollute the soil, water, or other vegetation.

E．It has been practiced in many agricultural countries for many many years.

F．It may be the cheapest and easiest option but it surely isn’t the best choice.

G．It produces no environmental pollution and offers various benefits to health.

6 . As both a parent and a college professor, I have witnessed the destructive effects of test anxiety. Students with it can say quickly the material and explain complex content in a relaxed environment but fail in an exam. When it matters the most, students with test anxiety can convey the least.

Some students turn to drugs. With any medicine, there is a concern for safety, particularly when it is with the brain, the body’s most complicated and important organ. A new study suggests there may be a choice to these drugs for students: an open-label placebo (安慰剂).

Placebos have long been known to effectively reduce symptoms for different illnesses. Traditionally, service of a placebo treatment requires some tricks, in that people believe they are receiving an active, effective treatment, but in reality, they are taking a sugar pill or an activity that has no medical help. An open-label placebo is different: people are told from the start that they are receiving a placebo that contains no medication. And yet Schaefer’s findings indicate that people may still benefit from it.

Why did the placebo work? At this point, scientists are not entirely sure. Human mental processes can be changed by environment. Taking the pills each day may have encouraged participants to think about test anxiety and may have also provided a sense that they were doing something to deal with it.

Finally, although participants taking the placebos did show improvement on a number of self-report measures, they had no benefit over the control group with respect to scores on their final exams. They may have felt better about taking their exams, but those feelings did not change into improved test scores.

Despite these limits, the present findings are appealing and suggest a low-cost, low-risk way for reducing an all-too common problem among students.

1. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?

A．Test anxiety prevents some students perform normally in exams.

B．Test anxiety can improve some students’ performance after exams.

C．A relaxed atmosphere helps students bring out their best in exams.

D．Some students’ performance in exams is connected with environment.

2. Why do people feel placebos effective?

A．Because people feel it necessary psychologically.

B．Because people’s psychological feelings are at work.

C．Because placebos are made from sugar and taste sweet.

D．Because placebos are an open choice for the people taking it.

3. What can be concluded from the fourth and fifth paragraphs?

A．Taking placebos can reduce test anxiety.

B．Taking placebos can improve test scores.

C．Taking placebos is not as effective as taking drugs.

D．Taking placebos can increase sense of achievement.

4. What can be the best title for the passage?

A．Drug, a public concern for brain safety.

B．Test anxiety, a destructive factor in exams.

C．Open-label placebo, a free choice for students.

D．Placebo, a likely way to deal with test anxiety.

7 . Surf holidays don’t have to mean noisy backpacker hotels and sticky floors. You can also book some truly unique surf stays right here.

The house on an island, Newquay, England

Separated from the mainland and accessed via a suspension bridge, this island is completely isolated (隔绝的) by water. It’s particularly famous for surfing and storm watching. Once on the island, you can pick your own flag from the collection in the house and raise it to let everyone know you’ve arrived.

Sleeps Six, from £ 1,776 for Three Nights.

The eco turf house, Isle of Lewis, Scotland

Folks in the northern hemisphere (半球) have been building such houses since 4,000 BC. Special roofs keep the houses naturally warm. These cottages also attract wildlife. For extra warmth, there’s under-floor heating and fuel-burning stoves. And stay guilt free－a wind turbine 300 metres away provides all the power to these eco houses.

Sleeps two, from £ 600 for two nights.

The inland surf camp, Bristol, England

The Camp at The Wave is minutes from an artificial surf break producing 1,000 perfect waves of varying sizes and shapes an hour. Unlike other surf destinations, you can book your trip for whenever suits you and be guaranteed perfect waves. These tents have a kitchen. There’s also a cafe on site.

Sleeps eight, two-night minimum stay mid-week and three-night minimum stay on weekends. From £ 105.

The coastal carriage, Ceredigion, Wales

The last of its type in existence, this Edwardian original sleeper carriage was built in 1905 for the London and South Western Railway. It used to form part of the Plymouth-Waterloo “boat train”, before it was retired from service in 1931 and transported here. Excellent waves can be found down the coastal path at Tresaith beach.

Sleeps five, from £ 354 for three nights.

1. What can we know about “The house on an island”?

A．It offers flag service.	B．It is surrounded by water.
C．It appeals to water skiers.	D．It is accessible by vehicles only.

2. Which of the following can accommodate the fewest visitors?

A．The house on an island.	B．The eco turf house.
C．The inland surf camp.	D．The coastal carriage.

3. Which of the following offers surfing activity all year round?

A．The eco turf house, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.

B．The coastal carriage, Ceredigion, Wales.

C．The inland surf camp, Bristol, England.

D．The house on an island, Newquay, England.

8 . Howard walked across the vast desert planning to walk through it for one month. Twenty_________passed, the journey had been so_________and it seemed that he had enough food and water to finish it.

“I’ll be able to walk out of this_________, " he thought gladly. But the desert_________cared for travelers. _________this idea could disappear, the sandstorm had arrived suddenly. He hurriedly_________his head with the clothes, lying on the sand. After about ten minutes, the sandstorm stopped. When he shook the clothes and stood up, he found a horrible thing: the back bag_________with food and water was swept away by the_________.

Now, he only had a (n)________left. He held it in his hands tightly. “Oh, not too bad,_________I have a pear, " he thought__________himself, determined to walk out of the desert.

One day and one night passed quickly , but the desert still seemed to have no end, and hunger, thirst and__________of death followed Howard closely.__________, each time he wanted to__________, he forced himself to stare at the pear that he had been__________: “ Not too bad, at least I have a pear.”

A small pear became the__________for his survival and the source of his courage. Three days later, __________he saw a village not far away, he fell onto the ground, but after all, he walked out of the desert and__________as well.

To keep hope is one of the best ways to achieve__________, so never tell you“__________left”，because as long as you try to search, you can always find that “pear” to pull you through.

1.

A．years

B．months

C．weeks

D．days

2.

A．smooth

B．hopeless

C．impossible

D．terrible

3.

A．forest

B．desert

C．garden

D．village

4.

A．once

B．ever

C．never

D．always

5.

A．Before

B．After

C．When

D．Since

6.

A．sewed

B．covered

C．matched

D．cleaned

7.

A．tied

B．put

C．pulled

D．equipped

8.

A．rain

B．fog

C．sandstorm

D．snowstorm

9.

A．apple

B．pear

C．orange

D．banana

10.

A．at most

B．at least

C．on time

D．on purpose

11.

A．to

B．on

C．of

D．about

12.

A．shock

B．joy

C．fear

D．excitement

13.

A．Altogether

B．Besides

C．Therefore

D．However

14.

A．stand up

B．look up

C．give up

D．put up

15.

A．eating

B．cooking

C．watching

D．keeping

16.

A．sadness

B．injury

C．hope

D．interest

17.

A．when

B．until

C．while

D．if

18.

A．died

B．survived

C．breathed

D．coughed

19.

A．success

B．failure

C．agreement

D．experience

20.

A．everything

B．anything

C．something

D．nothing

9 . 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。续写的 词数应为150左右。

During my sixth-grade-year, my puberty(青春期) came and my voice started changing. Sometimes it 'd crack(嗓音变哑). The first time it happened, I was embarrassed. I thought people around me might make fun of me since they didn't have the same problem of controlling their voices.

After my first voice crack experience, trying to prevent it from happening again, I almost stopped talking. If I had to talk, I'd first clear my throat. Limiting how much I spoke and clearing my voice before I spoke made my break and lunch experiences less stressful. Even when my voice did crack, only my closest friends would hear. My biggest fear was having a voice crack during class.

Unfortunately, one day the worst thing I had feared came. It was about halfway through the year when I was happy to have made it so long without a bad voice crack incident.

On the day it happened, everything was the same as always until I got into class. When I walked through the door, the first thing I noticed was that we had a new teacher. For some classmates, seeing a new teacher was a great thing, but for me, it was a problem. I immediately started thinking about how the new teacher would need to take attendance. My previous teacher never had to. Since he already knew each student and where they sat, he just had everyone sit down in their seat, and marked the students whose seats were empty absent.

I started to panic. So many thoughts were rushing through my mind that I could not think straight. I calmed myself down by telling myself that I only had to say one word: “here”. Wasn't it easy enough? Well, I thought so too until my name was called. I did my normal routine; I cleared my throat, took breath, and said, “Here!” The only problem was that while saying this, I had the worst voice crack in the history of voice cracks.

Paragraph 1 :

The whole class turned to look at me.

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Paragraph 2 :

A break finally came.

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10 . 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。

The     1     (old) known coin factory in the world has been discovered in China. It produced the first metal spade(铁锹) coins more than 2,600 years ago. “The discovery helps to throw light     2     the origins of money,” said researchers. They    3    (make) the discovery during excavations(挖掘) in the town of Guanzhuang, Henan Province.

Spade coins are Chinese metal currency and     4    (possible) the first in the world. “At first, the factory mainly produced weapons, tools and so on,” said    5    researcher. “About 150 years later, the minting(铸币) activities appeared.”

Researchers hope this new site can tell people     6     money developed. Previous research has suggested that at first coins     7     (issue) by business people, making it much easier to trade, transport，and count wealth.

    8    the factory was a later addition, it proved that subsequently dedicated coin mints were built somewhere in China from the very beginning. For the next 2,000 years, money would be the main output of the copper industry. “Making coins was one of the greatest financial     9     (activity) in human history,”said researchers,    10    (add) that it allowed wealth to be traded easily.