1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who is probably the speaker?

A．A reporter.

B．A teacher.

C．A writer.

2. What did the coachman do outside the theater?

A．He read a book.

B．He looked after the horse.

C．He enjoyed the snow.

3. How did the young lady feel about the coachman’s situation?

A．Sad.

B．Moved.

C．Casual.

4. What does the speaker want to tell us?

A．Help those around us as much as we can.

B．Read as many books as we can.

C．Be grateful for what we have.

2 . Life skills or social skills are seldom prioritized (优先考虑) in most schools. However, a _________ school teacher in Canada, Jennifer Thiessen, thinks _________ and ensures her students are well-equipped for life. According to her, _________ these skills was as important as students knowing how to multiply and divide.

Thiessen discussed her _________ with a fellow teacher, Kyla Stradling, and they came up with a plan. They gave their students a project _________ to spreading goodwill. They called it the “Kindness Project”.

Thiessen told her third-grade students in 2018, “If we could be that spark of kindness, we could _________ others to do acts of kindness.” And the students did _________. They made cupcakes at home and sold them for $1. They made about $400 and then used it to buy small _________ like flowers and dog treats. They then gave it out to _________ near the school.

After this experience, Thiessen made it an annual activity for third-graders at the school. “This project isn’t about who can __________ well academically,” she said. “This is an everybody project. It doesn’t have any __________ when it comes to ability.”

The school has carried out the Kindness Project for the last five years. Due to the project’s success, the school __________ five classes, three third-graders and second fourth-graders. This year, the 100 students were divided into many groups and __________ different tasks. On March 15, some were at coffee shops helping people buy beverages, while others waited at a local park to __________ dog treats and flowers.

Besides beginning a chain of kindness, the teacher wants to show students what they’re __________ of.

1.

A．college

B．junior

C．primary

D．senior

2.

A．creatively

B．differently

C．sharply

D．positively

3.

A．applying

B．checking

C．cultivating

D．sharing

4.

A．theories

B．schedules

C．issues

D．concerns

5.

A．related

B．exposed

C．addicted

D．devoted

6.

A．remind

B．force

C．inspire

D．invite

7.

A．practices

B．wonders

C．assignments

D．projects

8.

A．tools

B．services

C．items

D．gifts

9.

A．strangers

B．friends

C．teachers

D．parents

10.

A．estimate

B．perform

C．adopt

D．approve

11.

A．ambitions

B．challenges

C．regrets

D．requirements

12.

A．involved

B．revealed

C．implied

D．stimulated

13.

A．reflected on

B．based on

C．built on

D．focused on

14.

A．pick up

B．give out

C．sort out

D．cope with

15.

A．proud

B．worthy

C．capable

D．aware

3 . 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。

On August 24, Japan started releasing wastewater from its Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (福岛第一核电站) into the Pacific Ocean. This has caused anger and fear across the world.

In March 2011, Japan experienced the strongest earthquake in its     1     (record) history. The earthquake caused a tsunami (海啸),     2     greatly damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant. Ever since then, the plant has been producing a large amount of radioactive wastewater. So far, it     3     (collect) more than 1.3 million tons of it. The first round of release will last 17 days. The whole process will take about 30 years.

The plant was operated by TEPCO (东京电力公司). According to the company, the wastewater is diluted (稀释) before     4     (it) release. However, there’s still a problem. Some of the most dangerous substances are very likely     5     (remain) in it.

“They’ll pollute the ocean, the animals within it, and     6     (final), the earth,” said Tacko Fujimura, an official at Japan’s Zen-Noh (日本农业合作社联合会).

On the same day, China announced     7     immediate ban on all seafood products from Japan. This     8     (decide) was made to “protect the lives and health of the people.” In a statement, the country’s Foreign Ministry (外交部) called Japan’s move “    9     (self) and irresponsible.”

China was the biggest buyer of Japanese seafood. More than 255,000 users took a poll (民意调查) on Weibo. Up to 97% of them said that they would no longer eat seafood from Japan. “We’re on the same planet,” said one of them. “Nobody can be free from harm. It’s just a matter     10     time.”

4 . Since we are vulnerable (脆弱的) when we sleep, sleep must play a critical role, or evolution wouldn’t have selected for it. Early humans had to hunt, gather food and protect themselves. Those activities consumed much time, so unless sleep served very important purposes, those who slept less would have an advantage. Yet sleeping for long hours of the night was kept for years, but scientists had only general ideas about what happened during sleep. Recently, Dr. Chiara Chiarelli, a neuroscientist, shared what sleep neuroscience research has discovered.

Neural (神经的) networks in the brain are connected through synapses (神经突触) which allow signals to flow throughout the brain and onto cells. During waking hours, new learning can strengthen the connections. You can think of knowledge acquired over a long time as a group of well-connected neural paths. When you learn something new, new paths are connected to the old. During the waking hours, your brain processes massive amounts of new insignificant information, say remembering where you parked your car. But that memory has to be preserved at least until you reach the car. It establishes a new connection to your memory of what your car looks like, a well-established “old” memory. The brain creates so many connections daily that particular circuits can be heavily burdened.

Dr. Cirelli explained that during sleep, a great many synaptic connections are weakened so that connections are more available for new learning the next day. Continuing with the parked car example, the exact location of the parked car is not needed again, so the connections are weakened. In fact, if it were not, you might memorize hundreds of places where you have parked, leading to considerable confusion!

You don’t have to be a scientist to understand that not sleeping well affects next day functioning — this is common cultural wisdom. Dr. Cirelli’s research is an example of science showing the “why” and “how” mechanisms that underlie that wisdom.

1. What does the example of early humans show?

A．Sleep wasn’t as important as it is today.

B．Our ancestors had a hard time surviving.

C．Sleep is significant in the history of humans.

D．Whoever sleeps less enjoys more advantages.

2. What message does the author seem to convey in paragraph 2?

A．Our memory can be kept over a long period of time.

B．Our brain can be overloaded with synaptic connections.

C．Our brain’s neural network is connected through synapses.

D．Our new learning is based on well-established old memories

3. What has Dr. Cirelli’s research discovered?

A．Sleep relieves synaptic burden.	B．Sleep carries cultural wisdom.
C．Sleep broadens neural paths.	D．Sleep stimulates brain development.

4. What’s the author’s attitude to Dr. Cirelli’s research?

A．Doubtful.	B．Unclear.
C．Dismissive (鄙视的).	D．Approving.

5 . Getting rid of old tyres has long been a problem. Most are thrown into landfills or piled up in storage. Energy recovery is another common method. This involves burning tyres to generate electricity or heat for industries, but that produces planet warming pollution; or we use them to repair roads, but chemicals from them might pollute the ground.

Some firms, therefore, have begun exploring an alternative. One such firm is Wastefront, which owns a big tyre-recycling plant in north-east England. In a couple of years, it will be able to turn 8 million old tyres into new products, including a black liquid called TDO (轮胎衍生油).

The process works by deconstructing a tyre into steel, rubber, and carbon black (炭黑). After tearing down the steel, the remaining material is exposed to high temperatures in the absence of air to make the rubber change into a mix of hydrocarbon gases, and then they’re removed. What is left behind is pure carbon black. Once the removed gases cool down, a part of them liquefies into TDO. The remaining gases are to be burned to fuel the process. This creates a closed-cycle system that prevents emissions (排放).

The carbon black can be reused to make new tyres. That is of interest to tyre-makers because it helps efforts to become carbon neutral-achieving a balance between the amounts of carbon dioxide produced and the carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere. Producing new carbon black requires burning heavy oil or coal, which lets off plenty of greenhouse gases

The recovered TDO is well-suited for making diesel (柴油). While not completely carbon-neutral, it does produce an 80-90% reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide, compared with the conventional fuel. The future market for such cleaner fuels will remain large, even though electric vehicles are on the rise. Fossil-fuelled vehicles will exist for decades, particularly the big burners of diesel-trucks, which are harder to electrify. The fuel is also needed by trains and ships. So, anything that helps clean up overall emissions is useful—especially if it also eases a mountainous waste problem.

1. What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To analyze causes.	B．To present problems
C．To reach solutions.	D．To make comparisons

2. What can be inferred about the tyre-recycling process?

A．Air boosts the burning of the old tyres.

B．The remaining gases are emitted into the air.

C．Pure carbon black is an unprocessed substance.

D．TDO comes from the removed hydrocarbon gases.

3. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Diesel made from TDO.	B．Clean electric energy.
C．Carbon-neutral process	D．Recovered TDO from old tyres.

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

A．The Problems of Burning Old Tyres.

B．The Black Liquid Called TDO.

C．The System Preventing Emissions

D．The Alternative to Tyre-recycling.

6 . Sometimes, the kids in Stephanie Williams’s kindergarten class need a little extra motivation. While some students prefer material rewards for good behavior, all Kameron Eisenberg wanted was to be the first one on the bus. That way, he’d be able to spend a little extra time with the school bus driver Charles Frierson. In the few minutes they shared together each afternoon, Mr. Charles would chat with Kameron, encourage him, and generally brighten his day.

“I always ask the kids, ‘What do you want to work for today?’ And Kameron said, ‘I want to work to see the bus,’” Stephanie said. “Just being the first one on the bus and talking to Mr. Charles does not seem like a lot, but to him it’s the world.”

At the beginning of the school year, Kameron was having some difficulties in class. His behavior got him sent to the administrator’s office almost every day. However, getting to hang out with Mr. Charles turned out to be a strong motivator for the kindergartner to follow directions. After checking in with his teacher, the bus driver would sometimes even talk to him about any problems he was having in school.

Stephanie saw a huge change in Kameron’s attitude once the boy started talking to Mr. Charles every day. So did Kameron’s mom. Eventually, she decided to write a letter to the driver. As Charles read the note on camera, he started to tear up.

“I have always believed angels come when you least expect them.” She wrote, “This holds especially true in regards to Mr. Charles. I would like him to know how much we absolutely love him for who he is and what he has done for my son.”

According to School Transportations News. Charles and Kameron often get ice cream together now that school is out for the summer. The bus driver also cheers him on at his weekend baseball games.

1. What can be inferred from the first two paragraphs?

A．Kameron was tired of Stephanie’s lessons.

B．Kameron liked to compete for the first place.

C．Kameron made friends with Mr. Charles.

D．All kids in the kindergarten preferred material rewards.

2. What happened to Kameron at the beginning of the school year?

A．He behaved badly in school.

B．He was to be dismissed from school.

C．He had a poor sense of direction.

D．He was affected more by the administrator.

3. Why did Kameron’s mom write to Mr. Charles?

A．To show her gratitude to him.	B．To change Kameron’s attitude.
C．To express a mother’s enthusiasm.	D．To get the school bus driver moved.

4. Which words can best describe Mr. Charles?

A．Patient and cautious.	B．Caring and positive.
C．Honest and determined.	D．Ambitious and sensitive.

7 . 阅读下面材料，根据内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的故事。

I was 18 years old, living with my parents in a countryside 18 miles outside of Durban, South Africa. We were far from the town and had no neighbors, so I would always look forward to going to town to visit friends or watch movies.

One day, my father asked me to drive him to town for an all-day conference, and I jumped at the chance. Since I would stay in the town for a whole day, my mother gave me a list of groceries she needed and my father asked me to get the car serviced. When I dropped my father off that morning, he said, “I will meet you here at 5:00 p.m., and then we will go home together.”

After hurriedly completing everything my parents had told me, I dined with friends merrily and we went to the nearest movie theatre at around 3:30 p.m.. I got so absorbed in John Wayne’s latest movie that I totally forgot the time. It was not until at 5:30 p.m. that I suddenly recalled the appointment with my father in the morning. I ran to the garage to pick up the car and hurried to the place where my father was waiting for me. When I arrived at the appointed place, it was almost 6:00 p.m.. He asked me in an anxious tone, “Why are you late?” So ashamed was I that I didn’t dare to tell him the truth and I murmured, “The car wasn’t ready before 5:00 p.m, so I had to wait,” not realizing that he had already called the garage.

I was ready to be scolded in the face when he caught me lying. To my surprise, however, he said calmly, “There must be something wrong with the way I brought you up. I haven’t given you the courage to tell the truth.” Then he was lost in thought.

注意：
(1)续写词数应为150左右；
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
There was dead silence in the car on the way home.
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After I heard my father’s words, tears of regret rolled down on my face.
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8 . 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 13th United Nations Chinese Language Day under the theme of “Chinese Language: Together for a Bright Future” has taken place,    1    includes a series of events in celebration of the third International Chinese Language Day. Beijing Dance Academy     2    (launch) an online event to mark the day on April 20, featuring six original dance works of different    3    (style), such as ballet, contemporary dance and classic Chinese dance.

Six art schools from five countries joined in the online event with dance works     4     (specific) created for the special occasion. One of the highlights is     5    new dance piece, titled Tong, or Together, which was created and performed by Beijing Dance Academy and dancers from Brazil, South Africa, Kazakhstan and Poland. It was inspired by the classic Confucius philosophy of datong,     6     (refer) to great unity and grand harmony.

Language Days at the United Nations seek    7     (promote) equal use of all six official languages throughout the organization as well as to celebrate multilingualism and cultural     8    (diverse). Under the initiative, UN duty stations around the world celebrate six separate days, each devoted     9       one of the organizations’ six official languages. The date for the Chinese day     10     (select) from Grain Rain, which is the sixth of 24 solar terms in the traditional Chinese calendars.

9 . Jacky Hunt-Broersma, 46, completed 104 marathons in 104 days, breaking the world record for most consecutive marathons. She set her goal in January and _________ about five hours to complete each run.

She is grateful because running has given her the _________ she was afraid she would never regain. In 2002, doctors _________   that she had a rare type of bone cancer. Within two weeks, they amputated (截断) her left leg to save her life. For the first couple of years, Jacky _________   with the change in her life. She was _________     to be different. She wore long trousers in public so that people would not notice her ________ leg.

Five years ago, she   _________   to do some running with the help of her husband. _________   , she runs on a prosthetic (假体的) leg made out of strong, light _________known as carbon fiber, which are costly for her. But her _________is worth it. “Running has really changed my life. It has made such a ________ to my mental state and shown me how________my body can be. It has given me a total new _________ of who I am. I fall in love with the process of pushing my body further to see what I can do,” she said.

“The best thing is the support I’ve received from people who’ve_________ , telling me how this has inspired them to ________ themselves,” she said, “I am determined to keep going.”

1.

A．wasted

B．saved

C．totaled

D．averaged

2.

A．trust

B．confidence

C．anxiety

D．relief

3.

A．announced

B．complained

C．described

D．explained

4.

A．dealt

B．grew

C．negotiated

D．struggled

5.

A．embarrassed

B．courageous

C．innocent

D．born

6.

A．muscular

B．practical

C．artificial

D．ugly

7.

A．happened

B．applied

C．pretended

D．attempted

8.

A．Immediately

B．Currently

C．Temporarily

D．Fortunately

9.

A．materials

B．instruments

C．trousers

D．shoes

10.

A．development

B．achievement

C．investment

D．judgement

11.

A．comparison

B．difference

C．commitment

D．preference

12.

A．slim

B．unique

C．strong

D．important

13.

A．translation

B．discussion

C．expression

D．acceptance

14.

A．shown up

B．held on

C．reached out

D．taken off

15.

A．push

B．cure

C．serve

D．enjoy

10 . When social media filled with images makes you question your appearance, opinions or ability, for it’s so easy for people to get caught in a whirlwind (旋流) of comparison, remember to look up and out and appreciate there’s a world of beauty in difference.     1    

Dare not to compare.

No matter how many followers, comments, likes or views you have, if you get trapped in a competitive mindset, it can turn into a bottomless pit (无底洞) . That’s because there’ll always be someone gaining more positive responses. Think of fun times and kind things with families and friends, which are important and won’t fade from screen.     2    

Be authentic (真实的).

Even if it seems the rest of the world isn’t showing their true selves, you can be different.     3     Share your real, kind voice with the rest of the world, just as you do at home and with friends, and you might just inspire others to do the same.

    4    

Give your time and attention to people doing inspiring things, spreading uplifting messages and sharing unique and beautiful ideas. Be selective. If someone’s posts make you feel bad about yourself, click unfollow or hide.

Take time out.

For those times when social media makes you unhappy or full of self-doubt, pause and step away, even if it’s only for a short time.    5     For example, writing in a diary, drawing in a sketchbook or painting a picture will give your mind a different focus.

A．Keep it positive.

B．Search for inspiration.

C．You can try doing something creative.

D．Turn over for four ways to get rid of the troublesome comparison.

E．Make your social media channels a reflection of who you really are.

F．Use them as a reminder that you don’t need to prove anything to anyone.

G．Try spending time with a close friend who’ll remind you of all your good qualities.