1 . One of the things I want to plan well this year is how to manage my weight during the holidays. Because, let’s face it, the next few weeks are some of the toughest weeks of the year when it comes to eating well.     1     ? If so, join me in taking these four steps to better health, less guilt and more peace of mind.

    2    

Yes, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas provide a lot of opportunities to eat at family dinners, parties, church events, shopping trips, and many others. But those events don’t happen every day—many days between now and New Year’s Day are normal work, school and family days. So don’t let every day become a “holiday eating event” and try to manage your weight.

Eat the holiday foods you really love, and avoid the ones you don’t

Everyone has favorite holiday foods. Three of mine are pumpkin pie and ginger cookies and sweet potatoes. Maybe for you it’s your mother’s Christmas cookies, your neighbor’s homemade candy, or your special coconut cake. So enjoy those foods, the ones that make the holidays special for you. But many holiday foods don’t hold a special place in your heart. And some of them are worthless junk that doesn’t deserve to be eaten.     3     .

Move your body every day

Regular physical activity helps you deal with some of the downsides of the holiday season, including worry, fatigue, the “blues”, and too many calories.     4     . At this busiest time of the year, you’ll think you don’t have time for it. But make time—it’s worth it.

Drink lots of water and eat real food most of the time

Carry water with you wherever you go, and keep a bottle or glass handy at home or work. If you don’t like plain water, make fruit waters.     5     . When you’re not enjoying your favorite holiday foods, eat primarily fruits, vegetables, lean protein, nuts, whole grains, and healthy fats.

A．So avoid those foods

B．Are you trying to keep a balanced diet

C．And eat as much real food as possible

D．Are you looking for a way to manage your weight too

E．Time permitting, I do hope to taste different kinds of food

F．Don’t allow the holiday season to become a six-week “eating season”

G．It reduces stress, helps you feel energized, burns calories, and generally makes you feel great

2 . 假如你是李华，下周日你要乘火车去郑州大学参加关于中国文化和历史的英语比赛。请给你在郑州大学上学的朋友Mary 写封邮件，告知此事。邮件内容包括：
1. 火车出发和到达的时
2. 想让Mary带你参观郑州大学
3. 希望Mary给你一些比赛建议
4. ……
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2.字数100左右
3.开头已经给出，不计入总词数
Dear Mary,

I’m LiHua, how are you going?

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3 . As city officials argue under the pressure to reduce urban violence, residents in some of the most violent neighborhoods in the U.S. have chosen instead to pull up a chair, and have a sit down. One such movement has been the 21 Days of Peace event in Minneapolis, a place where sometimes 11 violent crimes were seen a month. Here, community members are simply seating themselves in lawn chairs on street comers in the most dangerous neighborhoods, and acting as Violence interrupters—and police statistics show it's working. Compared to last summer, in June 2021 violent crime numbers took a dive during the 21 Days of Peace, and continued to stay low in the following months.

“Our group asked the Minneapolis Police Department to identify the most dangerous spots in our neighborhood, and then we went there, pulled out our chairs and sat down,” write Louis King and Jeny McAfee in the Washington Post, both being part of this new wave of violence interrupters.

Similar movements of violence interruption have broken out with success in Nashville, where similar groups are working through community outreach to rebuild trust and therefore decrease crime by 40%, while arrests dropped sharply.

“We thought that was going to make it safer, and what we ended up doing was breaking down trust in those communities,” said police Jason Picanzo. Now, he says, it is the community that has made these neighborhoods safer. Violence of any kind, whether it involves us or not, is a difficult situation to risk being caught up in, but desperate times also call on our “better angels”—and these Minnesotans are stretching their wings.

1. Why is the 21 Days of Peace event carried out?

A．To create crime-free communities.

B．To reduce violent crimes in cities.

C．To place more chairs on street comers.

D．To admit more violence interrupters.

2. What does the underlined phrase “took a dive” in Para 2 mean?

A．Decreased significantly.	B．Rose immediately.
C．Changed unbelievably.	D．Swam freely.

3. What can be learned about the violence interruption movements?

A．Nashville has suffered failure.

B．Previous measures remain effective.

C．Jason has made great contributions.

D．The community has played a key role.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Violence Interrupters: Our True Heroes

B．Neighborhood Safety Is of Urgency

C．More Lawn Chairs, Less Violent Crimes

D．Better Angels Are Stretching Their Wings

4 . Before I went to Nature High Summer Camp, I didn't have many opinions about the environment-I _______ the environment was for other people to worry about. That _________didn't last long at the camp. I _______ learned about land use and forest management and started to _______ the world around me.

The person who _________ me most was Diane. She had worked in the _________ for twenty years and was by far the most _________ professional there. When she started talking, I hung on her every _________ and thought that everything she said made sense.

Diane _______ me by suggesting that putting out forest fires isn't ______________ a good thing-in fact, the cycle of nature makes it ______________ that fires take place because they clear out dead materials and enrich the ____________. Because the Forest Service put out all the fires in the past, the accumulation（堆积）of dead materials meant that a forest fire would grow bigger and consume______________.

Diane said that ______________ logging（伐木）would actually help the area because it would clear out the ______________ trees and allow new trees to grow. Diane added that luckily, necessary logging consumption had increased, which could ______________ the environment.

I've ______________ a lot from Diane. I ______________ that humans should protect the environment. There are other ______________ for us to do the environment a favor, such as planting trees, ______________Paper and recycling water.

1.

A．disagreed

B．explained

C．appreciated

D．considered

2.

A．intention

B．course

C．plan

D．opinion

3.

A．finally

B．normally

C．secretly

D．unwillingly

4.

A．argue about

B．care about

C．hang around

D．sail around

5.

A．supported

B．believed

C．influenced

D．admired

6.

A．forest

B．factory

C．school

D．city

7.

A．polite

B．experienced

C．satisfied

D．curious

8.

A．invitation

B．role

C．choice

D．word

9.

A．warned

B．informed

C．shocked

D．cheated

10.

A．likely

B．hardly

C．always

D．ever

11.

A．necessary

B．easy

C．worthless

D．difficult

12.

A．knowledge

B．mind

C．situation

D．soil

13.

A．less

B．more

C．harder

D．better

14.

A．complete

B．endless

C．selective

D．free

15.

A．dead

B．thick

C．newborn

D．artificial

16.

A．help

B．ignore

C．enjoy

D．destroy

17.

A．borrowed

B．learned

C．suffered

D．ordered

18.

A．promised

B．regretted

C．realized

D．decided

19.

A．reasons

B．victims

C．resources

D．ways

20.

A．cutting

B．saving

C．making

D．using

5 . Now a group of Italians have created the world’s first underwater garden for terrestrial plants. Called Nemo’s Garden, the project was launched by the Ocean Reef Group as a means to experiment with food supply diversity, should climatic changes make parts of Italy too dry to farm. The large self-sustaining, totally-contained biospheres would in theory be scalable, and perhaps in the future might look like the underwater city from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

The challenge existing in growing plants underwater, given that they are normally at home in soil, was but one obstacle Nemo has had to overcome. The six air-filled greenhouses suffered major storm damage in October 2019, and before they could be fully repaired, COVID-19(新冠病毒) had all the researchers sheltering in place.

Yet the team never gave up hope, as Euronews reports, and the months of abandonment did not harm the facility in any way. June 6th saw the garden fully-operational again, including their live stream where one can watch the plants grow. The biospheres(生物圏), which sit eight meters under the surface off the coast of Noli in Liguria, use solar energy for their minimal electrical needs, and evaporated seawater condenses(凝结) on the glass of the ceiling which waters the plants. A diver swims under and up into the air pocket of the pod to harvest what’s ready to eat.

The project website says that increased pressure like that found under the ocean is actually beneficial to the speed at which plants can come up, though they admit very little research has been published on the topic—after all, not so many people are currently trying to grow strawberries it underwater.

The conditions create a really intense flavor in the vegetables, and also allow the plants’ environment to be completely controlled, with nothing impacting their life dial the growers don’t want. For now Nemo’s Garden is essentially a research lab, but if tie idea were expanded, it’s expected to be able to keep food security for the peninsula, and the world.

1. Why was Star Wars: The Phantom, Menace mentioned?

A．To stress it is known to the world.

B．To prove it has becomes u popular destination.

C．To illustrate it is the first existing underwater city.

D．To explain Nemo’s Garden has similarities with the underwater city.

2. What might be the difficulty in growing underwater plants according to Paragraph 2?

A．COVID-19.	B．Broken greenhouses.
C．Frequent storms   .	D．Shortage of soil.

3. Which word can best describe the group of Italians taking up Nemo’s Garden?

A．Strong-willed.	B．Self-confident.
C．Open-minded.	D．Well-paid.

4. What is the effect of increased stress on plants?

A．It helps them sell well.	B．It contributes to good taste.
C．It promotes their growth.	D．It increases growing period.

6 . IKEA has assembling furniture down to an art. Just go to the store, pick up a bookcase and open the box. Inside you will find everything you need and easy to follow directions. It’s a perfect fit for people who like to DIY.

Now Ryan Schlotthauer, a recent graduate, has come up with a DIY electric car according to Fast Company. Inspired by IKEA and the French automaker Renault, he designed the Höga for his thesis(论文) project.

The Höga was packed for assembly(组装) just like the bookcase from IKEA. Schlotthauer’s approach was to treat the vehicle just like one big piece of furniture with 374 parts to be assembled. The bottom of the Höga is a flat chassis(底盘) that resembles a skateboard and contains the batteries, engine, wheels, and brakes; a model that is already being used for electric cars. The top can be customized depending on need. The Höga has a bright yellow outside and a blue interior. All of the parts are color coded for easy assembly. Yellow ones are for controls and red ones for technical parts.

The mini vehicle which is only 1.8 meters high and 2.3 meters long can seat two adults. The shape of this unique electric car was inspired by the Bauhaus concept of clean design. But small does not mean that the car cannot carry a load. The cabin can be configured to accommodate a bicycle, stroller, and even enough luggage for a vacation. The rear of the vehicle can also be opened to carry an oversize load, like an IKEA closet or couch. In fact, the vehicle doesn’t have doors like a conventional car, both the front and back open.

While the Höga is just a conceptual design that was modeled in software and there are no plans to manufacture it, it is still a great idea because it would be a very affordable car for low-speed driving. Who knows, maybe a marriage between IKEA and Renault is possible and someday you will be able to build your own car.

1. Who designed the Höga?

A．Ryan Schlotthauer.

B．IKEA.

C．Renault.

D．IKEA and Renault.

2. What color are the controls of the Höga?

A．Yellow.

B．Blue.

C．Red.

D．Green.

3. What does the underlined word “configured” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Painted.

B．Transformed.

C．Measured.

D．Arranged.

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．DIY Becomes Popular Again	B．IKEA Inspires People to Create
C．Electric Car Is a Trend in Future	D．A Student Designs a DIY Electric Car

7 . Six years into my teaching career, I was in a middle school. I taught a _________ of students two years in a row, _________ both English and Social Studies. Though I didn’t teach them the following year, I heard _________ about this group; I heard they were unwilling to _________assignments and to cooperate. At the end of this group’s graduating year, my headteacher asked me to _________ a summer course for a small group of these rising ninth graders, who had received _________ grades in their English and Social Studies classes.

I developed a _________ called “African Knowledge and Action for Sustainable Development” . Students were _________ to analyze ten African-American literary works, attend seven intellectually (智力上)stimulating nature field trips, _________ hands-on science experiments, __________ a fifteen-page research paper and defend their paper to a distinguished panel.

We __________ on weekdays and weekends, walking throughout neighborhoods, conducting experiments outside,   __________ public transportation and walking miles on some days. When students became __________, I called them, sent encouraging texts and went to their __________ to pick them up. Despite those who believed I was __________ for having such high expectations for these students, in just six weeks my summer school students __________ these lofty(极高的)goals!

That summer we   __________   ourselves, and applied our knowledge to real-life problems. More __________, that summer I reminded those rising ninth graders that they were not those __________grades and they were __________ of doing everything they desired.

1.

A．chain

B．couple

C．part

D．class

2.

A．affecting

B．replacing

C．missing

D．teaching

3.

A．rules

B．theories

C．stories

D．answers

4.

A．complete

B．create

C．collect

D．cancel

5.

A．evaluate

B．design

C．purchase

D．recommend

6.

A．passing

B．average

C．failing

D．excellent

7.

A．instrument

B．course

C．skill

D．tip

8.

A．required

B．convinced

C．paid

D．warned

9.

A．conduct

B．destroy

C．prove

D．carry

10.

A．review

B．publish

C．read

D．write

11.

A．practiced

B．met

C．complained

D．played

12.

A．improving

B．offering

C．taking

D．affording

13.

A．relaxed

B．discouraged

C．shocked

D．ashamed

14.

A．homes

B．schools

C．offices

D．libraries

15.

A．famous

B．guilty

C．lucky

D．crazy

16.

A．remembered

B．delivered

C．established

D．accomplished

17.

A．found

B．reflected

C．challenged

D．trained

18.

A．recently

B．importantly

C．frequently

D．commonly

19.

A．wasting

B．studying

C．marking

D．failing

20.

A．capable

B．proud

C．typical

D．aware

8 . I don’t know about you, but I used to hate school.

However, there’s a school in Penang that makes learning so enjoyable that its students look forward to attending classes every day. Some students even threatened their parents they’d run away from home if they missed any of the school activities! And it’s all owing to the school principal. Who is this legend, you might ask?

He’s S. Sangga, a 57-year-old headmaster at SJK (T) Sungai Ara, Penang. The school started adopting the fun learning approach since Sangga was transferred to the school in 2011. A few floors in the school had been painted with games like snakes and ladders, as well as teng teng. Not only that, there are particular reading corners as well as computers set up just for the students to discover and learn about new things! Since then, the students have been arriving extra early at 6: 30 a. m., just to have some fun before classes start at 7: 40 a. m!

If you think that’s all, you’re wrong.

Mr Sangga is an supporter for environmental protection and preservation. The school takes the students for walks in the surrounding areas every Friday, and they’ll take them to collect garbage in selected areas every Saturday. The students have since become responsible “anti trash heroes” by making a stand for our environment. The school has also banned the use of plastic, as well as fast food and junk food. Not only do the students practice this at school, but they start to take their knowledge home to educate their family!

Sadly, Mr Sangga will retire in three years, and he hopes that the students and teachers would continue their practice.

1. Why did some students threaten to leave home?

A．Because they hate attending school.

B．Because they are not allowed to go to school.

C．Because they have to do a large amount of housework.

D．Because they possibly lose the chance of participating in school activities.

2. Which word of the following can best describe the school’s teaching style?

A．Strict.

B．Happy.

C．Boring.

D．Arbitrary.

3. What does students walk around every Friday for?

A．To have fun.

B．To identify trash.

C．To build up body.

D．To collect garbage.

4. Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from?

A．A news report.

B．A book review.

C．A government report.

D．A science magazine.

9 . 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

China's first Mars rover     1    （touch）down on Mars on May 14.The rover is named after Zhurong, the god of fire in ancient Chinese mythology（神话）.It also echoes the Chinese name for Mars, or the planet of fire.

The six﹣wheel machine is solar﹣powered and looks like a blue butterfly with a mass of 240 kg.It will be used    2    （study）Mars' geological structure, surface soil characteristics, water﹣ice distribution composition and so on.     3    （variety）cameras, radars, and other state﹣of﹣the﹣art devices are    4     board to assist Zhurong in accomplishing China's first Mars mission.China has released the first pictures     5    （take）by its Zhurong rover（月球车）on Mars.

Chinese scientists hope it could get at least 90 Martian days of service out of the six﹣wheel robot at its location on Utopia Planitia,     6     vast area in the planet's northern hemisphere.China's National Space Administration has posted the pictures on     7    （it）website.There are even a couple of short    8    （video） that record the moment the rover's aeroshell — the capsule it used to enter the Martian atmosphere — departs the Tianwen﹣1 orbiter, the satellite    9     carried the rover from Earth.

The successful touchdown of Zhurong made China only the second nation — after America — to put a probe on the surface of Mars and operate it for a significant     10    （long）of time.

10 . When I was a teenager I took part in a six-week summer learning program-Upward Bound at a college. It helped disadvantaged kids get a ________ of what college is like. We stayed in the dorms. In the mornings we ________ college classes and in the evenings we had fun ________ . We did have a(n) ________ in the afternoons, however. On one of these afternoons, my friend, Claude and I ________ an old basketball and headed to an outdoor basketball court for a game of one on one.

I was gangly (身材瘦长的), ________ only 140 pounds at the time but Claude was ________ and even skinnier than me. He had the ________ in the game then and I fell behind fast. I was ________ , though, so I drove hard to the basket but missed a lay up. Then, just as I was about to ________ the ball, I saw an elbow above my face. As Claude grabbed the ball, his elbow came down hard, right into my eye. The skin below it was split(划破)and it really ________ Claude kept ________ over and over while I found myself ________ through the pain. I spent the next few days walking around with a mark on my left ________ and a black eye, but it was worth it.

In this life we all ________ get an elbow in the eye. Things may not happen in the way that is ________ or may even work against us. The twists and turns of life take us where they may. When this happens, it is best to ________ the matter using laughter, love, acceptance and ________ In this way you can turn your ________ into joy and you can learn and grow. Fill your days with laughter and love then. And keep a(n) ________ on your face even when there’s an elbow in your eye.

1.

A．notice

B．taste

C．wish

D．book

2.

A．taught

B．escaped

C．searched

D．attended

3.

A．jobs

B．ideas

C．activities

D．speeches

4.

A．break

B．sleep

C．task

D．experiment

5.

A．found

B．donated

C．lost

D．repaired

6.

A．eating

B．gaining

C．weighing

D．sharing

7.

A．heavier

B．slower

C．cleaner

D．taller

8.

A．advantage

B．skills

C．interest

D．spirits

9.

A．nervous

B．delighted

C．determined

D．curious

10.

A．hide

B．catch

C．follow

D．protect

11.

A．hurt

B．mattered

C．worked

D．grew

12.

A．shouting

B．promising

C．proving

D．apologizing

13.

A．crying

B．pushing

C．laughing

D．talking

14.

A．cheek

B．arm

C．ear

D．hand

15.

A．willingly

B．frequently

C．gradually

D．personally

16.

A．confirmed

B．stated

C．represented

D．planned

17.

A．focus on

B．deal with

C．pick out

D．cut off

18.

A．courage

B．forgiveness

C．confidence

D．honesty

19.

A．knowledge

B．mistake

C．pain

D．calmness

20.

A．attitude

B．covering

C．greeting

D．smile