1 . It always seemed like having traditions was a good thing. They create _________ that will last a lifetime. So when our children David and Darla were preschoolers, we _________ a family Christmas tradition. It was our tree-decorating party and it would be complete with eggnog and pfeffernűsse cookies.

The kids were excited as we pulled the freshly _________ tree into the house. It smelled so good. We would turn on the Christmas songs _________ the tree decoration began.

Our hearts seemed to _________ to the merriment of the Christmas songs. The kids’ eyes twinkled with _________. It was a heartwarming evening. When finished, we would sit drinking the eggnog and snacking on pfeffernűsse cookies as we _________ the beauty of the Christmas tree.

Years later when my daughter Darla was home from college she _________ to help decorate the tree. I was so _________. Before we knew it, the tree decoration was finished. It was a beautiful tree and its ____________ smell filled the room. As we had every year before, I brought out the eggnog and the pfeffernűsse cookies for our traditional ____________.

Then during the laughter Darla suddenly got very ____________ and said she had something to tell me. From her hesitation and body ____________ I learned that she was fearing it. She sat down next to me. Then very ____________ and caringly Darla looked me in the eye and said “Mom I’ve ____________ liked pfeffernűsse cookies.”

Then I ____________ the importance of what she had just said. Why didn’t she ever tell me? All those childhood years rather than ____________ Mom’s feelings and spoil Mom’s tradition, she had stood the cookies ____________. From a child’s heart year after year she had given me the gift of ____________!

My daughter taught me life’s very important ____________: The best gifts aren’t always found under the Christmas tree.

1.

A．wonders

B．imaginations

C．memories

D．interests

2.

A．took over

B．put out

C．turned down

D．set up

3.

A．cut

B．bought

C．grown

D．decorated

4.

A．unless

B．before

C．while

D．though

5.

A．whisper

B．swing

C．talk

D．dance

6.

A．amazement

B．curiosity

C．excitement

D．anxiety

7.

A． admire

B． treasure

C．evaluate

D．explore

8.

A． hesitated

B．refused

C．pretended

D． offered

9.

A．disappointed

B．regretful

C．grateful

D． puzzled

10.

A．lasting

B．unique

C． unusual

D． pleasant

11.

A．feature

B．schedule

C．celebration

D． souvenir

12.

A． serious

B．depressed

C．annoyed

D．quiet

13.

A．language

B．shape

C．image

D．expression

14.

A．casually

B．shyly

C．humorously

D．gently

15.

A．ever

B．yet

C．never

D．just

16.

A．explained

B．realized

C．admitted

D．remembered

17.

A．comfort

B．hurt

C．understand

D．express

18.

A．silently

B．roughly

C．gradually

D．unfairly

19.

A．patience

B．desire

C．love

D．determination

20.

A．knowledge

B．inspiration

C．technique

D．lesson

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。

Our family was Christmas shopping in a large department store, when our nine-year-old son, Bradley, shouted, “Money!” Rolled up with a rubber band（橡皮带）was a large amount of cash, apparently dropped unknowingly by its owner.

He was excited, but my husband told him, “Someone else is very sad about losing this money.”

I added, “Yes, and the person who lost it may be wildly looking for it now.”

Then we asked, “How would you feel had you lost the money?”

“I think I’d be sad and maybe even sick to my stomach,” he admitted.

I asked, “Do you think you should keep the money or turn it in to the manager?”

It wasn’t an easy decision. He frowned（皱眉）. “Turn it in.”

“But, Mom, what if no one ever comes to claim it?” he asked.

We explained it to the lady at Lost and Found. “Do you think if the money isn’t claimed it could be given to our son who found it?” I asked.

The lady had watched Bradley struggle with changing his mind and readily agreed.

We left his name and address and she wrote a quick note. Then using the rubber band she attached the note to the money and placed it in a lock-box.

Two years later a letter came to Bradley from that store, saying they had found a roll of money in their vault（金库）with Bradley’s name and address on it. Attached to the letter was a check made out to Bradley with a note from the manager.

Dear Bradley,

I admire you so much for making such a grown up decision at age nine. I remember your struggle and know it wasn’t easy. It took a person of strong character to turn in that money. Many adults would struggle with such a decision. The money was never claimed so I am pleased to honor your request. The money is now yours!

It would be a wonderful story if it ended right here, but there’s more.

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2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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Twenty years later Bradley was out of job. Worse still, his new-born son, Nathan, suffered a serious disease and was in ICU.

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He walked over the nurses’ desk, put all the coins on the counter, and said, “This isn’t my money.”

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3 . 为了弘扬科学家精神, 丰富学校科技艺术节活动内容, 请你用英文介绍一位你最尊敬和爱戴的科学家。内容包括:
1. 对该人物的简单介绍;
2. 尊敬和爱戴的原因;
3. 从其身上得到的启示。
注意: 写作词数应为80左右。
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4 . Itzhak Perlman, the world famous violinist, got polio (小儿麻痹症) as a child. _______, you know that getting on stage is not easy for him.

On November 18, 1995, he came on stage to give a _______ at Lincoln Centre in New York City. That night Perlman walked _______ to his chair. Then he sat down and began to play. But suddenly, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear it break with a loud _______.

People thought to themselves, “He would have to get up to either _______ another violin or another string for this one. But he didn’t. _______ he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again. The orchestra (管弦乐队) began, and he played from where he had _______. He such passion and such power. Of course, everyone knew that it was _______ to play a symphonic work with just three strings. But that night Itzhak Perlman _______ to know that. You could see him changing and recomposing the piece in his head.

When he finished, there was a ________ in the room. Then people rose and cheered. We were ________, doing everything we could to show how much we ________ what he had done. He smiled and then he said in a quiet tone, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to ________ how much music you can make with what you have left.”

His words have ________ in my mind ever since I heard them. That is also the way of life. Perhaps our ________ in this quickly changing world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.

1.

A．At first

B．As a result

C．In other words

D．In fact

2.

A．concert

B．speech

C．lecture

D．presentation

3.

A．quietly

B．slowly

C．quickly

D．smoothly

4.

A．scream

B．voice

C．noise

D．shout

5.

A．find

B．buy

C．replace

D．deliver

6.

A．Moreover

B．Fortunately

C．Therefore

D．Instead

7.

A．stopped

B．started

C．forgotten

D．continued

8.

A．impossible

B．unique

C．likely

D．unnecessary

9.

A．attempted

B．expected

C．managed

D．refused

10.

A．laughter

B．discussion

C．silence

D．clap

11.

A．out of mind

B．on our feet

C．at our side

D．on our knees

12.

A．remembered

B．ignored

C．shared

D．appreciated

13.

A．let out

B．put out

C．find out

D．give out

14.

A．disappeared

B．mixed

C．stayed

D．changed

15.

A．goal

B．task

C．belief

D．destination

5 . In January this year, a fire destroyed the building that housed Yossi Heiman’s Fish Market in Borough Park, Brooklyn: The _______ made Yossi Heiman have no place to operate his business and no ability to get _______ .

The merchant Shea Langsam owns a(n) _______ store, just few blocks away. One would have thought that sympathetic as he may be to his competitor’s bad luck, he would welcome this opportunity to _______ new customers and increase his business. _______ Shea did something truly excellent. When he learned of the fire, he _______ the phone and called Yossi Heiman. Not only did he _______ him but when he heard Yossi say he would need a facility and deliver _______ to his customers, he said, “Don’t worry! Why not _______ me in my store before your store could be rebuilt? As fellow community members we all should try to help each other. ” Shea did as he promised and Yossi ________ his losses.

The story is wonderful and it’s a(n) ________ of seeing fellow community members as part of one family, putting needs of others ________ their own needs. Businessmen usually want to make more money or grow their ________ but the story is ________ : It’s a truly sincere display of true faith and great kindness. Real faith means ________ others and having a heart of sympathy and mercy like Shea.

1.

A．explosion

B．battle

C．accident

D．campaign

2.

A．attention

B．assistance

C．information

D．income

3.

A．similar

B．mysterious

C．online

D．outdoor

4.

A．treat

B．acquire

C．depend on

D．give up

5.

A．Moreover

B．Therefore

C．Instead

D．Though

6.

A．picked up

B．hung up

C．repaired

D．provided

7.

A．doubt

B．comfort

C．turn to

D．1augh at

8.

A．service

B．spirit

C．orders

D．notes

9.

A．replace

B．attend

C．enable

D．join

10.

A．maintained

B．recovered

C．reported

D．cut

11.

A．example

B．reminder

C．challenge

D．guide

12.

A．because of

B．ahead of

C．out of

D．in spite of

13.

A．duty

B．fame

C．interest

D．business

14.

A．exceptional

B．boring

C．ridiculous

D．old

15.

A．losing track of

B．settling for

C．caring for

D．calming down

6 . Writer Walter Benjamin argued that what makes certain works of art great is that they contain a mysterious “aura（气息）”. This mystery is part of what makes the works wonderful. However, since the late 1990s, with the spread of high-quality digital photography, there have been many discoveries about famous paintings.

Hieronymus Bosch has been at the centre of art-historical controversy（争论）this year. After an exhibition at the Noordbrabants Museum in the artist’s hometown, a new exhibition at the Prado in Madrid is on the way. The Noordbrabants displayed 17 existing Bosch paintings, while the Prado now exhibits 24. The difference is the result of digital discoveries, first accepted at the Noordbrabants show.

Artists did not regularly sign their works until the 19th century, and attribution（归属）based on a work’s style leaves room for error. Since artists always worked in studios or workshops, students would develop a style very similar to that of their master. Then again, later artists learned by copying past masters, sometimes so well that it’s hard to tell the difference. However, attribution can change, especially when new technology comes to light.

In the case of the Bosch discoveries, some researchers found evidence that led them to downgrade（降级）the attribution of certain works. Extracting the Stone of Madness, which was originally going to be lent by the Prado to the Noordbrabants, is listed as “by Bosch”, and considered to have been painted between 1501 and 1505. But the researchers informed the Prado that they would be listing the painting as “by the workshop or a follower of Bosch”, and dating it 1500-1520 （Bosch died in 1516）. The museum’s director Miguel Falomir said, “It is unacceptable to request a painting as a Bosch and then show it as something different.”

One of the beautiful things about art history is that it can never be an exact science. Digital art-historical discoveries have led to controversy rather than resolutions（问题解决）. The evidence is there, but it’s up to us how we explain it.

1. Why are some artworks great according to Walter Benjamin?

A．They didn’t survive in history.	B．Their styles are kind of mystery.
C．They leave room for imagination.	D．Their creators were not well-known.

2. What can we learn about the Noordbrabants Museum?

A．It owns the paintings by Bosch.

B．It was convinced by the researchers.

C．It broke the agreement with the Prado.

D．It borrowed all Bosch paintings from the Prado.

3. How would previous art historians recognize the attribution of a painting?

A．Find out the signature hidden in the picture.

B．Consult the museum that has been displaying it.

C．Interview the followers of the master who did it.

D．Analyze its style and the year when it was created.

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

A．Digital discoveries explain art in a better way.

B．Museums have a fierce debate on Bosch paintings.

C．Hieronymus Bosch paintings become controversial.

D．Digital discoveries destroy the beauty of art history.

7 . This is the moment a cleaner at a British university burst into tears after students raised $ 2,063 to send him to Jamaica on vacation to see family.

Herman Gordon, who has worked at Bristol University for more than a decade, is described as “one of the most loved” members of its cleaning staff. He is so well liked that a group of students raised money to give him a holiday. A video shows a student hands an envelope of cash to the surprised Gordan with tears rolling down his cheeks. He wipes away tears with a cleaning cloth and hugs the student who gave it to him. Gordan said: “I want to thank every one of you and God bless every one of you.”

The group of students started the fundraising because they liked Gordon so much. A post said: “The Jamaican cleaner in the biomedical library is the jolliest man I have ever met; he makes me smile even when I’m in the deepest depths of sorrow, if you want a reason to smile, go talk to him for a minute or two.”

Anyone who has been to the biomedical library knows who Herman the cleaner is. Simply put, Herman is the epitome（典范）of happiness, “All year round, this man works hours on end to provide us with a clean working space in which to study. But most importantly, his everlasting positive attitude has managed to turn many students’ dark days into positive ones filled with joy,” said a student. Whether you’re just feeling generally down or stressed out due to exams, Herman is always there to encourage you.

This legend proves that happiness is not about what you own, what job you have or how much money you’ve got, but about appreciating what you currently have in life even if it’s small.

1. What was Herman Gordon’ reaction when receiving the fundraising?

A．grateful.

B．stressed.

C．delighted.

D．astonished.

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

A．most miserable.

B．most cheerful.

C．most generous.

D．most glorious.

3. In which aspect do students benefit most from Herman?

A．Building confidence.	B．Developing exam skills.
C．Learning self-control.	D．Gaining biomedical knowledge.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．A biomedical library cleaner. .	B．A group of warm-hearted students.
C．Money-raising to send a cleaner on vacation.	D．The most loved cleaning staff.

8 . Paintings and sculptures can be a feast for the eyes of visitors to art museums, but today their viewing is also an unconventional treatment for people with mental illness.

Last month, a group of Canadian doctors started to write a new kind of prescription（处方）,which gives patients free access to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts（MMFA）. There, they will have a "relaxing, revitalizing experience" looking at the museum's collections, according to MMFA.

Nathalie Bondil, the museum's director general, believes that being in contact with culture and arts can help with wellbeing. "In the 21st century, culture will be what physical activity was for health in the 20th century," she said.

Each prescription will allow not only the patients but also their families or friends to go with them. In the museum, the visitor can appreciate the artworks, and take part in a wide range of activities including drawing, sewing（缝纫）and making a sculpture with recycled materials.

The new treatment is said to be the first of its kind in the world. But there's increasing evidence that the display of visual art, especially art depicting（描绘）nature, can have positive effects on people with depression, anxiety and self-esteem（自尊）problems.

In 2017, the UK's All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing（APPGAHW）also released a report stating that "the time has come to recognise the powerful contribution the arts can make to our health and wellbeing".

Is it possible for art to improve overall health? We may not know the answer yet. But one thing is certain, more and more people today are persuaded by the idea that "art is good medicine".

1. What prescription did the group of Canadian doctors give to mental patients?

A．Get conventional treatment.

B．Relax by experiencing nature.

C．Join in some physical activities.

D．Appreciate paintings and sculptures.

2. What might Nathalie agree with?

A．Contacting culture and arts can make people rich.

B．Visiting art museums can help keep people healthy.

C．Culture will replace physical activities in the 21st century

D．Mental patients should go to museums with their families.

3. What do we know about the new treatment?

A．It can help with mental problems.

B．Nothing has proved it right so far.

C．It was used before by visual artists.

D．APPGAHW doubted its value.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Will MMFA be open to patients?

B．Is there a new treatment for artists?

C．Will fine arts improve mental health?

D．Is there a better medicine than art?

9 . 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。

In 1967, when I was 6 years old, my family moved to the small town of Oanaca, Nevada. My parents worked hard to feed us five girls. Though the community was small, everyone welcomed us and we soon made many friends. One family we grew to admire was the Wadsworths.

The first two years were filled with friendship and joy. But then disaster struck: Mrs. Wadsworth died, leaving her husband with eight children that hadn't grown up. One year later, Mr. Wadsworth also passed away.

The entire town was heartbroken. Preparations were made to send the kids to their relatives, but the Wadsworth children had different plans. The oldest son, Brent, gathered all his brothers and sisters and held a family meeting. “Our parents taught us to be responsible for each other. They wouldn't want us to be separated and unable to see each other frequently from now on,” he said seriously and firmly. The children all agreed and decided to make it on their own.

With their own efforts and the community's care and help, the Wadsworth children grew healthily and happily. Grateful for the love from the community during their hardships, they were always ready to serve others and return the favor they had received. One such time was the Christmas of 1972.

Typically, on Christmas Eve all the children from the community would gather in the church building to attend the Christmas party, the highlight of which was a visit from Santa Claus. Our bishop (主教) heightened the experience by leaving the hall from time to time to check on the progress of Santa Claus. He was so convincing that all of us kids were close to exploding with excitement. A few moments later, Santa Claus would burst into the hall, shouting “Ho, ho, ho!” Then he'd sit in front of the stage, take each child on his lap to listen to their Christmas wishes, and give each a paper bag filled with peanuts, an orange and a large candy cane. It was an event we eagerly looked forward to all year long.

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2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

But this Christmas would be different with the flu spreading through the town.

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Unexpectedly, on Christmas Eve, a knock came at our front door.

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10 . Flying can be stressful even for the most experienced business traveler. No matter how many times we _______ our pre-flight “to-do” list,sometimes the best plans go ________That's just what happened to one unlucky passenger who accidentally _______ a painting worth $340,000 at Dusseldorf Airport when he _______ his flight to Tel Aviv. The businessman had wrapped（包）the _______ carefully in cardboard. He immediately_______ airport authorities to ask them to look for the 16 x 24-inch work by French _______ Yves Tanguyart, but it seemed to have disappeared into thin air.

With no _______ coming, the businessman’s nephew decided to take matters into his own________ After taking a flight from Belgium to Dusseldorf in a hurry, the would-be detective （侦探）met with the police in person. ________ ,from that point on,________to the puzzle began to take shape. An investigator________that the cardboard-coated painting had found its way into a paper recycling bin. When, afterwards, a search was ________ in what might be the most valuable bin in history, the precious package was found,________, at the bottom of the bin. Tragedy （悲剧）avoided. Artwork saved.   

“This was definitely one of our ________ stories this year，” police spokesman Andre Hartwig said. “It was real detective work.”

1.

A．check

B．make

C．change

D．print

2.

A．wild

B．wrong

C．successful

D．creative

3.

A．bought

B．picked

C．recovered

D．left

4.

A．missed

B．boarded

C．booked

D．scheduled

5.

A．painting

B．passport

C．ticket

D．package

6.

A．comforted

B．credited

C．contacted

D．cheered

7.

A．musician

B．doctor

C．author

D．artist

8.

A．reports

B．mails

C．news

D．passengers

9.

A．hands

B．eyes

C．home

D．company

10.

A．Unluckily

B．Unusually

C．Thankfully

D．Obviously

11.

A．proposals

B．clues

C．descriptions

D．efforts

12.

A．agreed

B．remembered

C． decided

D．promised

13.

A．conducted

B．canceled

C．designed

D．quitted

14.

A．damaged

B．unharmed

C．well-decorated

D．well-received

15.

A．simplest

B．latest

C．saddest

D．happiest