2 . Jim owned a store. A customer once asked him how he managed to stay ________ all the time. His answer was, “When I wake up in the morning, I know that the day will have good and bad ________ for me, but whatever happens, I’m going to choose to be in a good ________.”

Then one day, something ________ happened. Jim was about to leave the store when an armed robber came in, held him up at gunpoint, and made him open the ________. As he was trying to open it, Jim’s hand ________. The robber saw this and probably thought, “He’s about to attack me!” The robber ________ and fired his gun.

Jim was rushed to the hospital. In the ambulance, he felt ________ because the paramedic (医务辅助人员) kept telling him, “I’m sure you’ll be OK.”

But when Jim was in the operating room and he saw the faces of the doctors and nurses, he got the feeling that they thought he was ________ dead. He knew he needed to do something to change their ________.

There was a ________ who was asking him lots of questions, very fast. One question was, “Are you ________ to anything?” “Yes!” Jim said loudly and everybody stopped what they were doing. There was total ________. “Bullets!” Jim said, and all the doctors and nurses burst out ________. And then Jim added, “Please operate on me thinking that I’ll live, and not that I’ll die.”

Jim survived, thanks to the skill of the doctors and nurses. But what also helped was that he managed to remain an optimist even in the most ________ moment of his life.

1.

A．friendly

B．enthusiastic

C．generous

D．positive

2.

A．moments

B．operations

C．tests

D．conflicts

3.

A．atmosphere

B．mood

C．event

D．luck

4.

A．ridiculous

B．awkward

C．horrible

D．challenging

5.

A．safe

B．door

C．window

D．parcel

6.

A．shook

B．waved

C．stretched

D．slipped

7.

A．refused

B．panicked

C．hesitated

D．complained

8.

A．fine

B．painful

C．worried

D．curious

9.

A．nearly

B．already

C．definitely

D．finally

10.

A．routine

B．schedule

C．direction

D．attitude

11.

A．nurse

B．policeman

C．robber

D．guard

12.

A．superior

B．accustomed

C．allergic

D．addicted

13.

A．confusion

B．silence

C．anxiety

D．violence

14.

A．crying

B．applauding

C．laughing

D．debating

15.

A．significant

B．impressive

C．crucial

D．desperate

3 . Sleep-deprived (缺乏睡眠的) human parents know the value of a quick nap, but it turns out Chinstrap penguins have us all beat. When nesting, these Antarctic birds take four-second-long “microsleeps,” a strategy that allows parents to keep constant watch over vulnerable eggs and chicks, all while amounting to 11 hours of total sleep a day, according to a new study.

It’s hard to sleep in a community of nesting Chinstrap penguins. The Antarctic summer sun provides 24/7 daylight. And then there’s the eye-watering smell of ammonia mixed with rotting fish and penguin wastes. “It made me dizzy,” says co-study leader Won Young Lee, a researcher at the Korea Polar Research Institute.

Like other penguins, Chinstrap parents take turns guarding the nest. While one bird protects the chicks, the partner hunts at sea. Then the penguins trade places. For two months between egg laying and fledging, it’s a series of nonstop demands.

To study how penguins manage to accomplish all this and get the necessary sleep, Lee and his team first stuck biologgers, small battery-powered devices, to the backs of 14 nesting penguins of both sexes. This device functions like a smartwatch, measuring physical activity, pulse, and the ocean depths of hunting birds. Next, the team captured each of the penguins, anesthetizing (麻醉) them to attach the devices and temporarily implant electrodes into their skull to measure brain activity. When an animal is awake, the brain constantly buzzes with activity. During sleep, however, brain waves slow down and stretch out. When Lee started reviewing the data, he was surprised to discover the birds slept in four-second intervals (间隔) throughout the day and night while caring for their egg or chick.

While the data is convincing, Cirelli, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin who wasn’t involved in the study, notes that the researchers only studied the penguins during nesting periods, making it impossible to tell if the birds microsleep when they’re not parenting. The other challenge is understanding how micro sleep impacts the brains and bodies of the penguins. Sleep deprivation in humans causes a range of health problems, and it’s not clear whether penguins experience this, too.

1. What does the underlined word “vulnerable” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Exposed.

B．Broken.

C．Stolen.

D．Genuine.

2. How did the researchers collect data for the study?

A．They stuck smartwatches to the back of penguins.

B．They recorded the penguins’ waking and sleep duration.

C．They captured the penguins and placed devices into their nests.

D．They monitored their physical and brain activity using different devices.

3. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．The prospect of the research.

B．The limitations of the research.

C．Microsleep is common in parenting penguins.

D．Microsleep may cause health problems to penguins.

4. What can be a possible title for the text?

A．A short-term strategy to deal with lack of food

B．A short-term strategy to cope with extreme weather

C．A 4-second nap: penguin parents survive on “microsleeps”

D．A 4-second nap: Chinstrap penguins seek to hunt for enough food

5 . Tutors (家教) Wanted

Teach a kindergartener how to read online

Become a volunteer tutor with Learn To Be! LTB tutors are dedicated volunteers who believe deeply in educational equity. Our tutors volunteer their time to make the lives of under-served K-12 kids and their families easier, their opportunities greater, and their dreams bigger. Teach at least 2 times per week for 3 months or longer. Support your students with homework help or use the resources provided by LTB to create your own lesson plans for your students.

Visit our website to apply: https://www.learntobe.org

Tutor adults in English

The South Bay Literacy Council is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to teaching adults to read, write and speak English in the South Bay, Los Angeles area. You’d teach your students weekly online or in-person. The tutoring will last 9 months due to the time it takes to train and match tutors with students.

Visit our website to apply: http://www.southbayliteracy.org

Tutor for Remove the Borders

Being a tutor for Remove the Borders is a great opportunity to gain volunteer hours while learning about how socioeconomic status and learning disabilities can hold students back. Dates on when you tutor will be worked out between you and the person you are tutoring. The minimum amount of time you have to tutor is three hours for a month.

Visit our website to apply: https://forms.gle/eJ2j8BAWAAeApEQq9

Teach online STEM classes

Across the country, millions of students lack the resources to learn about STEM and computer science. Our non-profit organization tries to provide this vital area of education to underprivileged students through engaging in online classes. As a volunteer teacher, you will earn service hours while developing critical communication, teaching, and leadership skills. These classes will run for eight weeks, and three hours per week.

Visit our website to apply: https://www.roboticsforall.net/overview-of-positions.html

1. Who is Learn To Be intended for?

A．Disadvantaged K-12 students.	B．Information technology majors.
C．Grown-ups interested in English.	D．Students with learning disabilities.

2. Which program is most suitable for a volunteer without much time?

A．Teach online STEM classes.	B．Tutor adults in English.
C．Tutor for Remove the Borders.	D．Teach a kindergartener how to read online.

3. What do these four programs have in common?

A．Only online service is offered.

B．Volunteers will get service hours.

C．All the classes are provided at the same time.

D．Applicants for volunteers’ jobs need to sign up online.

6 . Not long ago I saw the following headline: “Anti-homework trend goes global.”

Anti-homework? Where was this trend when I was in school? And if I tried to “forget” that English ________ or history report, my dad was there to ________ me: “Don’t you have homework to do?” In short, my teachers and my parents put great ________ on the significance of homework.

No longer. From what I have read, there are powerful parental forces ________ to make homework a thing of the past. The reasoning: It stresses children and it ________ “precious family time.” As a teacher, one of the problems I often encounter is that students ________ far too little importance to their studies.

When I was a kid, homework ________ created precious family time. I still remember, after supper, clearing the table and ________ the dishes with my schoolbooks. And then my parents would sit down with me and, to the best of their ________ , help me when and where they could.

I’ve often thought that the homework problem could be ________ if one thought of homework in terms of learning to play a musical instrument. For me, this was the clarinet (单簧管), which I began learning at age 9. “Practice an hour a day,” was Mr. Markiewicz’s no-nonsense ________ .

Because my ________ was strong, I did practice an hour a day, and I made great progress. And so let’s get rid of homework, but only the word “homework,” and replace it with “________ ”. As a teacher, it’s all I ask: that my students listen ________ in class and then go home to practice, so that when they return to me to show how much they understand, I — and their parents — can be proud of them.

What could be ________ than that?

1.

A．literature

B．assignment

C．dictionary

D．language

2.

A．criticize

B．consult

C．challenge

D．remind

3.

A．blame

B．pressure

C．emphasis

D．restriction

4.

A．at play

B．at risk

C．in store

D．in fashion

5.

A．shapes

B．restores

C．steals

D．reserves

6.

A．attach

B．measure

C．acknowledge

D．confirm

7.

A．thoroughly

B．likely

C．extremely

D．actually

8.

A．washing

B．replacing

C．preparing

D．consuming

9.

A．ability

B．judgement

C．understanding

D．inspection

10.

A．discussed

B．repeated

C．resolved

D．disposed

11.

A．treatment

B．instruction

C．resolution

D．enhancement

12.

A．insight

B．endurance

C．conservation

D．motivation

13.

A．exercise

B．advice

C．practice

D．service

14.

A．attentively

B．anxiously

C．accurately

D．precisely

15.

A．worse

B．sadder

C．clearer

D．nicer

7 . 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。

On the first day of sixth grade, I sat in my quiet homeroom class and observed all the people who I would eventually befriend and possibly graduate with. I glanced around the room and noticed that the majority of the middle class kids were dressed in their nicest first day of school outfits.

My glance stopped on a shy-looking girl in the back of the room. She wore worn-out, mismatched clothes. Her hair was unusually short and unwashed. I caught myself thinking, "That’s disgusting (恶心的). Doesn’t she know what a bathtub is?" As I looked around, I figured others were probably thinking the same thing.

The teacher began checking the attendance, each person casually lifting his or her hand as names were called in turn.

"Terri Jackson?" the teacher asked.

Finally we heard a submissive answer from the back of the room, followed by the sound of rubbing cloth. We all shifted in our seats to see what had happened.

"Scary Terri rubbed her shirt!" one boy joked. "Eww, I bet it’s a hundred years old!" another girl commented. One comment after another brought a roar of laughter.

I was probably laughing the loudest. Sadly, making Terri feel insecure made me feel secure and confident. It was a good break from the awkward silence and uncomfortable first day.

Terri Jackson was the joke of the whole sixth grade that year. If we had nothing to talk about,

Terri’s trip through the lunchroom was an entertaining conversation starter.

At my twelfth birthday party, ten gossipy girls were playing Truth or Dare (真心话大冒险), a favorite party game. We had just finished a Terri Jackson discussion. It was my turn at the game.

"Umm... Sydney! Truth or Dare?" one of my friends asked.

"How about a dare? Bring it on. I’ll do anything." Oh, if only I’d known what she was about to say.

"Okay, I dare you to invite Terri Jackson over to your house next Friday for two whole hours!"

"Two whole hours? Please ask something else, please!" I begged. "How could anybody do that?" But I have no choice.

The next day, I cautiously walked up to Terri.
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I found myself actually enjoying her company.
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8 . 假定你是李华，你校英文报栏目“Growing Pains”正在面向全校学生征稿，请你写一篇文章投稿，内容包括：
1.简述一次成长中遇到的烦恼和解决方法；
2.提出建议。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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10 . I Wish You Enough

At an airport I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together. Her plane’s _________ had been announced and standing near the door, he said to his daughter, “I love you, I wish you enough.” “I wish you enough, too, Daddy,” she said. They kissed good-bye and she left.

I tried not to intrude on (侵犯) his privacy, but he _________ me in by asking, “Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be _________?” “Yes, I have,” I replied. Saying that _________ memories I had of expressing my love and _________ for all my Dad had done for me.

Recognizing that his days were _________, I took the time to tell him how much he _________ to me._________ I knew what this man was experiencing.

“_________ me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?” I asked. “I am old and the __________ is, her next trip back will be for my funeral (葬礼),” he said. “When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough.’ May I ask what that means?” “That’s a wish that has been handed down from our generations.” He paused for a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it __________. “When we said ‘I wish you enough’, we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with enough good things to __________ them. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life __________ much bigger. I wish enough “Hellos” to get you through the __________ “Good-bye”.

He then began to __________ and walked away.

1.

A．departure

B．schedule

C．process

D．arrangement

2.

A．introduced

B．forced

C．welcomed

D．persuaded

3.

A．next

B．forever

C．over

D．away

4.

A．brought back

B．took away

C．set aside

D．made for

5.

A．inspiration

B．attention

C．emotion

D．appreciation

6.

A．occupied

B．saved

C．finished

D．numbered

7.

A．supplied

B．meant

C．showed

D．passed

8.

A．But

B．As

C．So

D．Once

9.

A．Forgive

B．Thank

C．Allow

D．Guide

10.

A．matter

B．reality

C．information

D．doubt

11.

A．as follows

B．in detail

C．at last

D．on end

12.

A．defend

B．remove

C．sustain

D．improve

13.

A．become

B．prove

C．remain

D．appear

14.

A．final

B．lasting

C．merry

D．temporary

15.

A．lecture

B．adjust

C．promise

D．sob