1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

To promote     1     (variety) applications of Dunhuang art patterns in daily life design and achieve the development of cultural heritage represented by Dunhuang art patterns, the Chang Shana Design Award in 2021     2     (announce) on January 21.

Chang Shana, an outstanding designer and educator in China, was just 13 when her love affair with Dunhuang     3     (begin). Born in France, she returned from Paris with her father and involve themselves in the cause   (事业) of cultural heritage. She was much     4     (young) than the other members in the conservation and research team at the Mogao Caves,     5     leader was her father Chang Shuhong (1904 –1994),     6     noted painter and director of the Dunhuang Academy. Chang has spent her entire life     7     (carry) on her father’s devotion to Dunhuang. She applied the classic patterns     8     her own modern designs in a creative way after conducting research into the variety of patterns     9     (find) on the murals (壁画).

In the hope that more designers can understand and use the Dunhuang art patterns     10     (proper), the competition is also meant to spread Dunhuang culture practice the “Silk Road Spirit” and promote cultural exchanges along with the Belt and Road Initiative.

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。

Jenny was the only child in her family. She had a quarrel (吵架) with her mother that afternoon and she ran out of the house angrily. She couldn’t help weeping sorrowfully when she thought of the scolding from her mother. Having wandered aimlessly in the street for hours, she felt a little hungry and wished for something to eat. She stood beside a stand (货摊) for a while, watching the middle-aged seller busy doing his business. However, with no money in hand, she gave a sigh and had to leave.

The seller behind the stand noticed the young girl and asked, “Hey, girl, you want to have the noodles?”

“Oh, yes, but I don’t have money on me.” she replied.

“That’s nothing. I’ll treat you today,” said the man, “Come in.”

The seller brought her a bowl of noodles, whose smell was so attractive. As she was eating, Jenny cried silently.

“What is it?” asked the man kindly.

“Nothing. Actually, I was just touched by your kindness!” said Jenny as she wiped her tears. “Even a stranger on the street will give me a bowl of noodles, while my mother drove me out of the house. She showed no care for me. She is so merciless compared to a stranger!”

Hearing the words, the seller smiled, “Girl, do you really think so? I only gave you a bowl of noodles and you thanked me a lot. But it is your mother who has raised you since you were a baby. Can you remember the times she cooked for you? Have you expressed your gratitude to her?”

Jenny sat there, speechless and numb with shock: she remembered her mother’s familiar face and weathered hands. “Why didn’t I think of that? A bowl of noodles from a stranger made me feel grateful. Why haven’t I thanked my mum for what she has done for me?”

On the way home. Jenny made up her mind to make an apology to her mother for her rudeness as soon as she arrived home.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Nearing the doorway, Jenny took a deep breath.

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At that time, her mother came back and touched her hair gently, which called her mind back.

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3 . 假定你是李华，为了让学生感受大自然之美，上周五你校组织了学生去植物园的参观活动，请你用英语给校英文报写一篇报道，介绍本次活动相关情况，内容包括：
1. 活动内容；
2. 活动感受。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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4 . 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。

Paper-making is     1     (traditional) believed to have been invented by Cai Lun during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Till today, the paper-making technology is recognized by the world for     2     (it) remarkable contribution in promoting the development of human civilization. Though paper-making is one watercolor of the four great     3     (invention) of our country, the development of high-end paper started late.

Shi Liming     4     is a paper-making craftsman in Baoding, Hebei province has been working on the development of high-quality domestic watercolor paper for more than three decades in the industry. Shi’s factory, the Baoding Huarong Paper Factory,     5     (build) in 1992 in Baoding. It makes products for both domestic markets     6     customers in more than forty countries.

    7     factory mainly produces paper for watercolor, oil painting and industrial use, aimed at producing high-quality watercolor paper. While making the watercolor paper, Shi tries his best     8     (show) the excellence of Chinese art and craftsmanship.

Later, Shi set     9     the Baohong Art Museum to promote paper-related knowledge and artistic experience. The museum contains     10     (variety) exhibition areas for multiple functions, where visitors can experience making paper by hand and other interesting hand-on activities.

5 . Usually, waiting for the holidays is the most beautiful and expected moment, when people can meet their friends and eat together. However, not everyone can _______ such a nice life.

One day, Carmen Mendes, a beautiful lady, went for a walk and _______ with her husband during the holidays. They were at a _______ waiting for their fresh meal when she noticed a(n) _______ woman at the front door. The woman was begging (央求) the passers-by and _______ to hand their scraps (剩饭) to her. But some passers-by and customers just _______ her and passed her by while others just threw their scraps in front of her. The scene was so _______ for Carmen that she was much struck and _______ to give hers, with a smile and respect. Then, when she met the woman at the entrance and handed her _______ to her, suddenly she ________ that she did something wrong.

As Carmen said, she had worked with the homeless for many years, so she had a special ________ for them. Soon, quickly changing her ________, she asked the woman to sit and eat a fresh meal. As the homeless woman was very ________, Carmen immediately ordered fresh chicken strips with fried potato for the woman to have.

The kind gesture ________ the woman so much that she was moved to tears! Then, both of them had an emotional ________!

1.

A．change

B．acquire

C．design

D．debate

2.

A．dined

B．studied

C．survived

D．recovered

3.

A．supermarket

B．cinema

C．restaurant

D．bookstore

4.

A．wicked

B．confident

C．rich

D．homeless

5.

A．doctors

B．customers

C．students

D．drivers

6.

A．admired

B．comforted

C．ignored

D．contacted

7.

A．touching

B．enjoyable

C．grand

D．unfamiliar

8.

A．applied

B．nudged

C．determined

D．proved

9.

A．clothes

B．umbrellas

C．books

D．meals

10.

A．tasted

B．felt

C．smelled

D．argued

11.

A．orientation

B．path

C．respect

D．journal

12.

A．pressure

B．mind

C．menu

D．memory

13.

A．hungry

B．intelligent

C．ordinary

D．patient

14.

A．dragged

B．frightened

C．challenged

D．impressed

15.

A．hug

B．reward

C．branch

D．campus

6 . Friendship is important in our life. If you and your friends are in conflict (冲突)and your friendship is coming to an end, it’s time to work through hurt feelings and misunderstandings.     1    .

Reflect and write down the good.

Before you face a difficult conversation with a friend, stop and reflect (反思). Think of a specific moment.     2    . Use that memory as an inspiration to write down things you thank for about a friend. Beginning the communication repair from a place of gratitude and positive sides is going to make the conversation a lot more meaningful.

Choose a different way to communicate.

    3     Send more postcards, write more letters or send someone a book you think they would enjoy. In your letter, include why you think the relationship feels embarrassed-and why you want to repair it. You may realize your friend is going through something. You’ll begin the all-important practice of listening, before you even sit down to talk to each other.

    4    .

The expert noted that friendships may require time to settle back into normal after the conflicts. People differ in how they deal with conflicts. Therefore, give a friendship some breathing room before trying again. That lasting uncomfortable feelings may require further attention.

Sometimes a friendship suffers due to a miscommunication. The experts encourage people not to let a single problem break up a friendship.     5    . Instead, it can be an opening to improve a friendship.

A．At that time this friendship brought you joy or excitement.

B．You were not aware of the things.

C．If repair efforts have not worked in your usual ways, try another way.

D．Here are ways to help you repair a friendship.

E．Don’t give up a friendship because the problem has appeared.

F．Things can go back to the way they were before the conflict.

G．Give it time and try again.

7 . In a world-record effort to help save a valuable sea creature, Australian scientists have released hundreds of baby seahorses into the wild. The tiny seahorses are endangered, and the scientists hope the new seahorses will help their numbers grow.

Seahorses get their name because they look a bit like horses. They aren’t great swimmers, even though they’re fish. They often use their tails to hold onto something in the water. They mostly live in warm, shallow waters around the world. They are often found in coral reefs, in beds of seagrass, and areas where rivers empty into the sea. Seahorses form an important part of the ocean’s food chain. They eat tiny sea creatures and are eaten by bigger sea animals.

Many kinds of seahorses are often threatened by the human actions. Sometimes they’re caught and sold as pets. They are also caught by accident when people are trying to catch other fish.

To begin the project, scientists collected three pregnant seahorses in January. Those seahorses were brought back to the aquarium (水族馆) in Sydney. After the babies were born, the scientists kept them there for five months, feeding the baby seahorses shrimps (小虾) to help them grow strong. Scientist Mitchell Brennan says, “They don’t have a stomach, so they have to eat constantly.”

About a month before the young seahorses were released, the scientists created eight underwater “hotels” for them. The hotels look like cages, providing a safe place for the seahorses to develop. Putting the hotels into the sea early allowed the cages to be covered with small sea life that can help provide food for the seahorses.

This is the fifth time the scientists have released seahorses into the area, and this time was a record. Around 380 seahorses were released. The researchers put tiny tags (标记) under the skin of many of the seahorses to help track them in the future.

1. What does the underlined word “released” mean in Paragraph 1?

A．Published.

B．Apologised.

C．Destroyed.

D．Freed.

2. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．Dangers the seahorses face.	B．Living conditions the seahorses need.
C．Areas the seahorses live in.	D．The types of the seahorses.

3. Why are the eight “hotels” put into the sea early?

A．To differ the project from the former ones.	B．To avoid danger the scientists may face
C．To provide food for the seahorses.	D．To help track the seahorses in the future.

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

A．A New Study on Endangered Animals

B．A Record Number of Baby Seahorses Were Released

C．Underwater “Hotels” for Baby Shrimps

D．New Methods of Finding Endangered Seahorses

8 . The World’s oldest pen pals have both turned 100 after 84 years of transatlantic (跨大洋) letters.

Geoff Banks from Honiton, Devon, UK and Celesta Byrne, from the US, started to write to each other when they were just 16 in 1938. They met as part of an educational project to put British and American students in contact and 84 years later they still keep contacting.

Geoff once was a retired engineer. He said, “I can’t quite remember how we could get in touch, but I was talking to Celesta recently. And I think it was something to do with an American school’s plan. The plan matched us up with Americans for a pen pal relationship and somehow I ended up with this letter from an American girl, and we just kept contacting ever since. There were a couple of years when we tried very hard to keep in touch because of the war. Now of course she is poorly sighted, so I contact mainly by email to one of her daughters who lives nearby. Email is much easier for me these days too, because I can’t write very well anymore. In the email, we just talk about our daily lives and our own families. She’s always been there to write to. even if it was just birthday cards and Christmas cards.”

Though they have chatted for over 80 years, the pair has only ever met twice — their first meeting in 2002 while Geoff visited New York, and then two years later. Nowadays, Geoff is a great grandfather. He lives a happy life. He has three sons who settles across the world and many more grandchildren. “I have this new thing called Zoom. I think now it’s time to chat with her, but I leave all the technology to younger people. They’re much better at pressing all the buttons”.

1. What may bring Geoff and Celesta to be pen pals?

A．An American school’s plan.	B．Geoff’s visit to New York.
C．The world war.	D．Communication technology.

2. Why did Geoff use email to write letters later?

A．Because he relied on Zoom to chat.	B．Because he suffered from eye disease.
C．Because he was unable to write well.	D．Because writing is too boring for him.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Pen pals are true friends.	B．True friendship survives time and space.
C．Letters were not allowed during the war.	D．Technology builds friendship.

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．A Zoom: a new technology to chat.	B．A great way to keep in touch.
C．Importance of being pen pals.	D．Oldest pen pals in the world.

9 . To develop one’s taste in English, the most effective way is to read a wide variety of English books. Yet one may be at a loss to choose the right books, especially as a beginner. As a native Spanish, I would like to share some of my experience.

My first English novel was Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, recommended by many English teachers and professors as an ideal book for English learners. But my experience was somewhat disastrous. I had great difficulty in understanding the novel, let alone enjoying it. It’s not the vocabulary that troubled me, but rather the way Austen makes sentences, and her way of thinking, which seemed too hard for me at that time. My enthusiasm was much recovered after reading Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms. No long and complicated sentences. And I particularly liked his brief and straightforward (简洁的) style. So my first suggestion is, as a beginner, you’d better choose contemporary novels instead of classical ones.

However, if you limit yourself to novels you will miss a lot of treasures. English essays can at once inform you, entertain you, and improve your taste in English. The best example is Bertrand Russell’s work. His simple language enables his philosophy within the reach of ordinary people. Here comes my second suggestion — essays are necessary.

Never follow others’ suggestions and opinions blindly, however famous or influential (有很大影响的) the person might be. We should be open to various ideas, but always think and determine by ourselves. As a saying goes, “One man’s meat is another man’s poison”. With that in mind, we are bound to find out our favorite writers through reading and develop our fine taste in English.

1. What made the first English novel that the author read hard to understand?

A．Complicated conversations.	B．Sentences and Austen’s thinking style.
C．The old-fashioned vocabulary.	D．Not knowing the social background.

2. Which word can best describe the author’s first English novel reading experience?

A．Enjoyable.

B．Unique.

C．Terrible.

D．Inspirational.

3. What advice does the author give in the last paragraph?

A．Don’t be affected by others’ ideas easily.	B．Read books that are instructive.
C．Choose books that challenge us most.	D．Compare books before buying.

4. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A．Give comments on literature works.

B．Tell beginners how to choose English books.

C．Encourage people to read more English books.

D．Recommend first class books to English learners.

10 . Some places are to be appreciated in winter. Read on to discover these winter resorts around the world that are enough to wake you up.

Gullfoss Waterfall, Iceland

The Gullfoss Waterfall has two impressive layers, reaching up to 36 feet and 69 feet, and it’s quite dramatic to see the golden light reflected off its steep water at sunset. If you want to catch a sight of the polar lights on your trip, you can also see it from September to mid-April in Iceland.

Tromso, Norway

Tromso is a charming fishing village and energetic university town. Located on the Norwegian Sea off the norther coast of Norway, Tromso is particularly suitable for winter holidays as it is a popular gateway to the Arctic Circle. Surrounded by picturesque glaciers (冰川), the winter landscape of this region is unforgettable. You can also take part in many guided tours designed around the local Sami culture and maritime history.

Banff National Park, Canada

As Canada’s first national park, Banff National Park offers excellent views of the snow-covered Canadian Rockies. Located about two hours’ drive from Calgary, the park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with cross-country skiing opportunities.

Crater Lake National Park, United States

Crater Lake National Park is especially notable during the winter when the volcano lake is covered in snow. Crater Lake was formed as a result of a volcanic eruption some 7,700 years ago and is now a must-see for travelers seeking natural experiences, such as camping and cross-country skiing.

1. Where will you go if you are interested in Sami culture?

A．Gullfoss Waterfall.	B．Banff National Park.
C．Tromso.	D．Crater Lake National Park.

2. What do Banff National Park and Crater Lake National Park have in common?

A．They feature the polar lights.	B．They offer cross-country skiing.
C．They are formed by volcanic eruptions.	D．They are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

3. Where can we probably find the text?

A．In a storybook.	B．In a science report.
C．In a chemistry textbook.	D．In a travel magazine.