1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the conversation mainly about?

A．Fighting fires.

B．Detecting fires.

C．Using fires.

2. How many fires did California have in 2020?

A．Around 50.

B．About 400.

C．Over 8600.

3. What size of fire can the new satellites discover?

A．Size of a car.

B．Size of a plane.

C．Size of a sports field.

4. What is more important to the woman?

A．Saving animals.

B．Saving the trees.

C．Saving humans.

2 . Mother is a bit stooped (驼背的) with age, but her hair is only partially gray and her face has few old age spots. Her small and thin body however, is_________than thirty years ago by a head. And nothing seems to remain of her two hands_________a few blue veins (青筋) and bones.

When I was a child, I_________mother used to wash my hair, my body and my feet with her soft hands. As her hands ran over me _________, what a feeling of _________and warmth came over me!

Once, when I was a schoolboy, my_________ wanted me to play the part of a squirrel (松鼠) in a children’s play, I_________very much about the stage costume that, according to the teacher, had to be provided by_________. Mother set my heart at ease by saying, “Don’t worry! I’ll_________one for you all right...”

So, she bought a piece of gray cotton flannel (法兰绒) and __________cutting it out and sewing. On the early morning of the third day, when I__________, I was__________ to find her still sitting at the sewing machine. She __________ showed me the stage costume for a squirrel with a lovely tail. I __________ it on. It was perfect. At that time, however, little did I know about mother having spent quite a few__________nights working hard for her son’s development.

1.

A．fatter

B．shorter

C．taller

D．thinner

2.

A．instead

B．besides

C．but

D．and

3.

A．imagine

B．forget

C．describe

D．remember

4.

A．gently

B．hardly

C．roughly

D．anxiously

5.

A．anger

B．equality

C．humor

D．comfort

6.

A．father

B．mother

C．teacher

D．friend

7.

A．worried

B．liked

C．enjoyed

D．moved

8.

A．herself

B．himself

C．themselves

D．myself

9.

A．buy

B．make

C．borrow

D．lend

10.

A．finished

B．continued

C．started

D．stopped

11.

A．stood up

B．woke up

C．opened up

D．came up

12.

A．eager

B．exciting

C．surprised

D．afraid

13.

A．smilingly

B．alarmingly

C．passively

D．normally

14.

A．took

B．counted

C．looked

D．tried

15.

A．sleepy

B．sleepless

C．special

D．silent

3 . Nowadays, we are having a much busier life, and we are using our eyes far more than ever before. So we often have tired eyes after a day’s work or study. Here are some good methods of protecting eyes against tiredness to keep them healthy.

Posture (坐姿)

Get into the habit of paying attention to the way you sit. Try to stick to the proper postures that doctors suggest.

Helpful pictures

There are some special pictures online that can help relax your eyes. You may download such pictures to your computer or smart phone. When there is nothing far away you can look at to relax your eyes, you can use one of these pictures. A picture with something like a tunnel (隧道) in it is quite popular. Try to look as far into the tunnel as you can for 30 seconds. Do you feel better?

Breaks

The 20-20-20 rule: take a break from the screen every 20 minutes for 20 seconds and look at something 20 feet(about 6 metres)away.

Eye exercises

Step 1. Sitting comfortably, imagine there is a clock in front of you and turn your eyes up to 12 o’clock. Pause (停顿) for a second, and then lower your eyes to 6o’clock. Pause again, and then repeat this step 10 times. Complete the exercise by cupping your hands over your eyes for a few seconds, letting them rest in the darkness.

Step 2. Look at something on the right. Keep your eyes on it and slowly turn your head to the left as far as possible. Then do the same thing on the left. Repeat the exercise a couple of times.

Step 3. Hold your finger in front of your nose and keep looking at it. Slowly move the finger towards yourself as close as you can without losing focus (焦点). Then look outside the window as far as possible. Repeat this several times.

Sports

Table tennis is about a small ball travelling at high speed — the best sport to train your eyes and relax the muscles in and around the eyes. Other sports like tennis, badminton and kite flying are also great for relaxing tired eyes.

1. Which of the following methods of protecting eyes is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Having the proper posture.	B．Looking at something green.
C．Following the 20-20-20 rule.	D．Playing some kinds of sports.

2. According to the passage, which of the following pictures can help relax your eyes?

A．

B．

C．

D．

3. What does the underlined word “them” refer to?

A．Your eyes.

B．Your hands.

C．The doctors.

D．The exercises.

4 . Chinese idioms mainly ______(consist) of four or more Chinese characters have been appealing to those absorbed in Chinese.

5 . 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。

Shark fin soup,     1     is a famous and expensive dish in southern China, is endangering certain species of sharks and threatening the ocean’s ecosystem.

Sharks are     2     the top of the food chain and they are of great     3     (important)for the ocean’s ecosystem. However, around 70 million sharks     4     (kill)for the fin soup each year and the number of sharks has been falling during the last decades. If their number drops     5     (low)than the current level, life circle in the ocean will be     6     (serious)threatened.

Environmental protection     7     (group)around the world, such as WildAid, are trying to stop the fin soup. They have even asked governments     8     (pass)laws to ban the sale of shark fins. But     9     is not enough. We need to stop     10     (enjoy)the fin soup to save our sharks.

6 . Why does the man stay outside the house?

A．He’s leaving for the lab.

B．He didn’t bring the key.

C．He wants some fresh air.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the Love Kuching Project related to?

A．Looking after cats.

B．Visiting the elderly.

C．Cleaning up the beaches.

2. What is the woman like?

A．Adventurous.

B．Warm-hearted.

C．Ambitious.

3. What will the woman probably do next?

A．Contact a project by e-mail.

B．Call a project to do voluntary work.

C．Call friends to try the Love Kuching Project.

8 . Explore the Woonasquatucket

Below is a list of the “Explore the Woonasquatucket” summer recreational activities, which include paddles, bike rides, and hikes. The activities are sponsored by the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council.

Explore Downtown Providence

Explore a beautiful stretch of hidden wilderness from the water and learn about the exciting. Plans for the development of the Promenade/Kinsley section of the Woonasquatucket River. We will start at the boat launch on South Water St.

Date: August 29
Time:5: 00 PM -7 : 00 PM
Cost: $ 10.50

Paddle Georgiaville Pond

Relax on this early evening paddle on Georgiaville Pond in Smithfield. We’ Il launch from the Smith - Appleby House and make our way to the town beach, where participants are invited to take a short hike to the Georgiaville Pond dam.

Date: September 1
Time:5 : 00 PM-7 : 00 PM
Cost: $ 15.50

A Promenade on the Promenade

Join us on a biking tour of the historic Promenade / Kinsley Avenue stretch of the Woonasquatucket River. On this bike tour, we’ll look to the past of this storied corridor(狭长地带).

Date: September 9
Time:5 : 30 PM -7 : 30 PM
Cost: $ 12.50

Hike Connors Farm Conservation Area

Located in the Town of Smithfield, Rhode Island, Connors Farm is a 2.9-mile loop trail (环形线路)that passes by small brooks (溪)and ponds and features a picnic area at the top of a lookout spot.

Date: September 18
Time: 5: 00 PM -7 : 00 PM
Cost: $ 11.50
1. How will people get around during the activity on August 29?

A．By bike.

B．By boat.

C．By bus.

D．On foot.

2. Which activity is history-themed?

A．Paddle Georgiaville Pond.	B．Explore Downtown Providence.
C．A Promenade on the Promenade.	D．Hike Connors Farm Conservation Area.

3. How much should a couple pay for the Connors Farm trip?

A．$11.50.

B．$ 23.

C．$25.

D．$31.

9 . We did a quick survey of New Year traditions around the world, and couldn’t help but notice that the traditions might reflect cultural varieties? but the meanings behind them are pretty universal.

Philippines

In Philippines? families hold traditional dinner parties called Media Noche to greet the New Year. Circle-shaped fruits are their favorites, such as grapes, oranges and melons, since they look like coins, you know. Filipinos actually try to choose 12 different kinds of fruit to put on the table—one for each month in the New Year.

Make sure you leave some food in your plate. It’s bad luck to start the New Year off as a hungry wolf.

Spain

Many Spaniards will eat 12 fresh grapes at midnight—one with each strike of the clock. Each grape represents a wish for happiness and good luck for every month in the coming year. This “12 grapes in 12 seconds“ custom came from a grape farmer in the Alicante region who wanted to promote his produce about a century ago. The tradition has spread to other countries too? with a few adjustments. In Portugal? they eat 12 dried grapes. In Peru? they eat a thirteenth grape.

Denmark

In Denmark_? they eat kransekage, a big horn-shaped cake, on New Year’s Eve. When they’re finished with the cake, it’s Danish custom to throw the used plates against the front doors of their friends and neighbors. It’s actually a sign of friendship.

Italy

Pork sausages are usually served on New Year’s Eve in Italy. Italians choose pork because they think pigs are fat and keep moving forward, while other animals, such as chickens or cows, move backward or stand still.

But whatever you eat into the New Year in Italy-pork, fish or chicken-make sure you stay at home. Italians throw old possessions out of the window after midnight as an out-with-the-old, make-room-for-the-new gesture.

1. How many kinds of fruit are usually served at Media Noche?

A．6.

B．8.

C．10.

D．12.

2. Who eat dried grapes at midnight to greet the New Year?

A．The Portuguese.

B．Spaniards.

C．Filipinos.

D．Italians.

3. What do the last two traditions have in common?

A．Eating special meat.

B．Throwing away old things.

C．Leaving food in plates.

D．Preferring coin-shaped fruits.

10 . French artist Henri Matisse(1869-1954) was described as “a man ahead of his time” . In honor of the artist, an exhibition titled “Matisse by Matisse” will be held in China this year. It follows Matisse’s works across sixty years.

Originally, Matisse aimed to become a lawyer. He attended law school and worked as a law worker until he came down with a disease in1889. To help him kill time on the road to recovery, Matisse’s mother bought him painting tools. His feeling for color was waken up and he decided to become an artist.

Matisse wanted to create his own style. Instead of painting realistic objects people saw he preferred to express his emotions and feelings toward these objects. One way he achieved this was through using bold(大胆的) colors. In his eyes, colors had more meanings than people would usually think of.

Yet his style was so unusual that Matisse was called the “father of Fauvism(野兽派)” . Even so, Matisse never gave up digging out more for art. Matisse once wrote in the book Jazz that “an artist should never be a prisoner of himself”. In the later years of his life when he suffered from cancer and couldn’t paint, he tried a new kind of art: paper cut-outs. He took brightly painted papers, cut them into shapes, and arranged them in designs. That’s what Matisse called “painting with scissors”.

With great creativity, Matisse’s works have been welcomed and used in many forms of popular art. For example, Yves Saint Laurent, an influential European fashion designer, showed a section of his 1981 autumn-winter collection in honor of Matisse’s works. Now his cut-out patterns and stylish colors are still seen on album covers, T-shirts and in ads.

1. What inspired Matisse’s feeling for color?

A．The disease.	B．His career as a lawyer.
C．Some painting tools.	D．His mother’s encouragement.

2. What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Showing his feelings toward objects.

B．Realizing his dream to be an artist.

C．Drawing objects in real life.

D．Looking for his own painting style.

3. Why did Matisse turn to paper cut-outs?

A．He was tired of painting.

B．Cut-outs were becoming popular.

C．His poor health stopped him continuing painting.

D．He was asked to create a new art form.

4. Which word can be used to describe Matisse’s works?

A．Expensive.

B．Popular.

C．Ordinary.

D．Traditional.