I begged my mom to let me make cookies by myself. Even though I had never attempted baking before, I was nine years old and my friend Emmie had been baking cupcakes by herself for a year. I was determined to prove that I could make it.
My brother, Caleb, laughed at the idea of me cooking alone, calling it a disaster. Having a big brother can be annoying. Despite his laughing, my mom agreed to let me try. She reminded me to take my time and be careful because I’d had some messy spills before I was nine.
I raced to the kitchen and went to work. I cracked eggs and put a cold stick of butter into the bowl. I turned on the mixer at medium speed—and whoa. Whoa. Whoa! What a disaster! I had to wipe butter off my face, then off the table and floor.
Caleb made fun of me again, calling me a mess. I chased him away with a spoon and turned back to the mixing bowl. I started again with softer butter. Referring to the recipe, I poured everything needed into the bowl and mixed it. After that, I put round batter (面糊) onto the cookie sheet and put it into the oven (烤箱). Within a minute, a fantastic smell filled the kitchen—the smell of cookie success!
I was going to prove that I was responsible. No more eye-rolling from my brother. No more “You’re too young” from my parents. I was grown up and in control.
I stared into the oven, and my heart sank. The neat, little balls had melted (融化) and overflowed to the edges of the cookie sheet. I pulled the pan out just as Caleb wandered back into the kitchen.
“What in the world?” He started to laugh. “Cookie soup?”
“You just be quiet,” I whispered, trying not to cry. “Just leave me alone.”
“How’s it going in there?” Dad called from the living room.
Caleb raised his eyebrows and bit his lip. I responded that everything was fine, pouring the melted batter into the bowl quickly.
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1. They decorated the room in flowers and paintings.
2. There are two new hotels near here under construct.
3. Not only the students but also their teacher are enjoying the beautiful scenery of West Lake.
4. He closed the window so as keep warm.
5. The reason why he was late was because he missed the train this morning.
6. To be honestly, I love the picture very much.
7. I saw the little boy cry there.
8. We don’t permit smoke in the office.
9. I would stay at home rather than to go outside.
10. It is typically of him to keep others waiting.
3 . “Teenager Therapy”, hosted by five rising seniors at Loara High School in Anaheim, Calif., has become a breakout hit. The podcast show features five teens having loose, sincere conversations about mental health, school and family, friendships, and more. Sometimes they interview big names, including Loren Gray. But typically, the show is more of a free-form discussion.
“There are episodes where we offer advice about teenage life, and there are episodes where we simply talk about our experiences,” said Gael Aitor, 17.
He got the idea for “Teenager Therapy” in 2018 after hearing “Couples Therapy”, a podcast by the YouTuber Casey Neistat and his wife. The then 15-year-old rounded up four friends to record the first episode of “Teenager Therapy”. “The first two tries were terrible,” Mr. Aitor said. “The third time we were happy with it, so we posted it online.”
Building a podcast audience is no easy job, especially since the group of high schoolers had no marketing budget. To attract listeners, Mr. Aitor repurposed an old Instagram account, which had 20, 000 followers.
Within a few months of posting their first episode, “Teenager Therapy” had over 100, 000 downloads — a number it can take years for self-governing podcasts to hit. From there, the show kept growing. But part of the great popularity of the show is that it’s produced for teenagers by several hosts from the same age group. “People often say, ‘I don’t know who to tell but you guys,’” said Mr. Aitor. “We never really scripted (写脚本) anything or planned it out.”
Maya Gabay, 16, a rising high school junior, said the podcast was now her favorite show. “The podcast never holds back on anything,” said Ms. Gabay, who, like many other young listeners, considers it as their lifeline. The podcast has helped her process things going on in her life, including problems with friendships. “It’s really great to see kids my age doing something like this,” she said.
1. What does “Teenager Therapy” usually do for its listeners?| A．It connects teenage patients with doctors. |
| B．It holds discussions about teenage topics. |
| C．It helps develop teens’ communication skills. |
| D．It allows teens to make friends with big names. |
| A．Why Gael brought together his four friends. | B．Why Gael continued his podcast. |
| C．How the listeners were attracted. | D．How the podcast show started. |
| A．It is made for teens by teens. | B．Its hosts are good at marketing. |
| C．Its programs are all carefully planned. | D．It won support from “Couples Therapy”. |
| A．It needed to make improvements. | B．It would train more kids like her. |
| C．It was an important part of her life. | D．It should pay more attention to friendships. |
4 . The first thing you notice at Nate Otto’s house is a 1967 Oldsmobile 98, an old car. Inside is a small, 100-year-old reed organ ( 簧风琴). It’s just a small taste of what’s in Otto’s house: self-playing, old-style musical robots called player pianos. Some sound and look as good as they did a century ago. Some are awaiting repair. Otto, a 29-year-old, has decided that it’s his job to bring player pianos back to life.
As the owner of Rum River Restoration, Otto believes he’s the only full-time player piano restorer ( 修复师) in the state of Minnesota. He specializes in Jazz Age objects that once were ubiquitous in America but now are largely forgotten except by collectors.
Otto believes in doing things the old-fashioned way and tries his best to make player piano restorations as real as possible.
Otto views the player pianos that he fixes as kinetic art ( 动态艺术) pieces. The classic player piano, or pianola, was first developed at the end of the 19th century. It was seen as a thing that helped to change American musical tastes, spreading new styles of music such as jazz to middle-class people. In their successful days, most of the pianos made in the U.S. were player pianos.
By the 1920s, however, the rise of radios and record players provided an even easier way to listen to music, hurting the sales of player pianos. The market for the instruments finally disappeared with the 1929 stock market crash ( 股票市场暴跌) and the Great Depression.
Keeping a player piano going today is a little like restoring an old car: It takes time, love, money and so on. A full rebuild of a player piano mechanism might take 100 to 150 hours of work and cost $5,000 to $8,000 on average, Otto said. But it’s worth it for some people to once again hear an instrument that brought generations of family members together to listen, sing and dance.
1. What does the underlined word “ubiquitous” in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．Natural. | B．Difficult. |
| C．Common. | D．Interesting. |
| A．It was created in the 20th century. | B．It was invented by Otto’s family. |
| C．It helped the spread of jazz. | D．It can be easily found today. |
| A．It fell out of popularity. | B．It was not known to the public. |
| C．It was first brought outside the U.S. | D．It caused the sales of record players to fall. |
| A．It was a waste of time. | B．It was worth continuing. |
| C．It was easier than restoring cars. | D．It was not helpful in supporting his life. |
5 . What do you do with a book once you’ve read it? Maybe you keep it for someone else in your family to read, or leave it on a bookshelf to read again another day. As you grow older, though, you often outgrow (年纪过大而不适于) your books.
Recycling your old books means you give them to another person, family or group, instead of leaving them to take up space and get dusty. This means that the books you love can be enjoyed by others too. Recycling and giving away your books can be helpful in lots of ways. People will discover new reads and authors they didn’t know about. Books can sometimes be expensive, so it also helps people and families who can’t afford to buy them. When a person gets to read a variety of authors, styles and subjects, it can help them to develop a love of books, boost their confidence in reading and writing and improve their health and happiness. If you take part in a book-recycling scheme, you can pick up new reads too. Having your imagination taken away by the power of a fascinating book is a great way to relax, have fun, visit different worlds and forget about things that may be worrying you. Reading introduces you to new words, inspiring ideas and fascinating facts.
The Children’s Book Project is a charity that recycles books (in good condition) and passes them on to places like schools and children’s centres. When you donate books, they are cleaned and sorted into age groups and reading levels. Liberty Venn from the Children’s Book Project says, “It’s an amazing feeling to pass on your books and know that someone will enjoy them as much as you did. At the Children’s Book Project we help to extend the life of over 250,000 books each year.”
1. What does “Recycling your old books” mean according to the passage?| A．It means you sell your books at a lower price. |
| B．It means you put your old books into another use |
| C．It means your old books can be read and appreciated by others |
| D．It means your old books will accompany you in another form. |
| A．Getting the opportunity to read new books. |
| B．Having some creative ideas and thoughts. |
| C．Getting acquainted with some famous writers |
| D．Making new friends and having fun with them |
| A．They needn’t be tidy when donated. |
| B．They come from all books you want to recycle. |
| C．They are classified according to age and difficulty. |
| D．They are passed on to bookstores and children centres. |
| A．Indifferent. | B．Significant. |
| C．Unimaginative. | D．Depressing. |
6 . In 2019, I went on a winter break trip with my family. One of our
After some
Buckingham Palace was one of the
While continuing on the “hop-on, hop-off” bus, we
Besides its history, this bridge was just another bridge that
When we
| A．stops | B．topics | C．places | D．changes |
| A．forgot | B．told | C．noticed | D．liked |
| A．foggy | B．cold | C．dry | D．clear |
| A．testing | B．planning | C．touring | D．calling |
| A．ways | B．dreams | C．starts | D．destinations |
| A．so | B．if | C．but | D．until |
| A．greeted | B．passed | C．checked | D．found |
| A．history | B．example | C．position | D．experience |
| A．mixes | B．spreads | C．ends | D．connects |
| A．bridges | B．buses | C．drivers | D．towers |
| A．reached | B．built | C．visited | D．left |
| A．notes | B．steps | C．pictures | D．lessons |
| A．similar | B．cool | C．bad | D．common |
| A．in return | B．in public | C．in advance | D．in person |
| A．ear | B．mind | C．eye | D．hand |
1. 连续猛击（n,v）
2. 采用（n）
3. 自行车(n,v)
4. 游荡(n,v)
5. 壮丽的，雄伟的(adj)
6. 娱乐(n)
7. 赞成(v)
8. 使用，雇佣(v)
9. 较喜欢，选择，有利于(n,v)
10. 冲突(v)
1. 写信目的；
2. 介绍新疆（地处中国西部，面积166万平方千米，2000多万人口，首府乌鲁木齐，自然景观神奇多样，著名的水果之乡等等）；
3. 旅游建议及美好祝愿。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：乌鲁木齐Urumqi , 国际大巴扎Bazzar，天山天池 Tianshan Heavenly Lake,
喀纳斯Kanas Lake
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9 . The word “happy” would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by hardship. The circular motion (循环运动) between happiness and
A year ago, I developed troubling symptoms in my left
Over that long week, I
Finally, I gained a
| A．loneliness | B．tiredness | C．sadness | D．greatness |
| A．eye | B．arm | C．leg | D．ear |
| A．suddenly | B．carelessly | C．secretly | D．immediately |
| A．luck | B．treatment | C．apology | D．discussion |
| A．needed | B．expected | C．managed | D．congratulated |
| A．in relief | B．in anger | C．in peace | D．in panic |
| A．new | B．traditional | C．strong | D．folk |
| A．rarely | B．frequently | C．occasionally | D．mistakenly |
| A．forbade | B．encourages | C．forced | D．permitted |
| A．lay down | B．hold back | C．fall into | D．meet with |
| A．desired | B．promised | C．refused | D．attempted |
| A．gave in | B．cheered up | C．gave up | D．broken down |
| A．terrible | B．sweet | C．spare | D．precious |
| A．election | B．challenge | C．goal | D．choice |
| A．guilt | B．pride | C．hope | D．joy |
| A．stresses | B．analyzed | C．investigated | D．guaranteed |
| A．wrong | B．unique | C．funny | D．valuable |
| A．equal | B．important | C．similar | D．close |
| A．afraid | B．bound | C．ready | D．willing |
| A．admit to | B．listen to | C．adapt to | D．contribute to |
| A．Getting, done | B．Get, done |
| C．To get, to do | D．Getting, to do |
