1 . It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth(收费站). “I’m paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me,” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”

It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend’s refrigerator: “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.

Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said, explaining why she’d taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn’t know where it came from or what it really meant.

Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.

“Here’s the idea,” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “Kindness can build on itself as much as violence can.”

The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!

1. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?

A．She knew the car drivers well.

B．She wanted to show kindness.

C．She hoped to please others.

D．She had seven tickets.

2. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she _________.

A．thought it was beautifully written

B．wanted to know what it really meant

C．decided to write it on a warehouse wall

D．wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom

3. Who came up with the phrase according to the passage?

A．Judy Foreman	B．Natalie Smith
C．Alice Johnson	D．Anne Herbert

4. Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning to the underlined sentence above?

A．Kindness and violence can change the world.

B．Kindness and violence can affect one’s behavior.

C．Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.

D．Kindness and violence can shape one’s character.

5. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．People should practice random kindness to those in need.

B．People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.

C．People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet.

D．People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.

3 . — I get at least half an hour of exercise almost every day.
— Oh great!       .

A．Good luck	B．Cheer up
C．Same to you	D．Keep it up

4 . Last night my husband and I were walking in a nearby parking lot, when we saw a man bent over on the ground, crushing (碾碎) something with a(n) _________. He was so focused on his task that he didn’t _________ at anyone passing by. We kept noticing him and wondered what he could be doing.

_________, we decided to go up and ask him. He was crushing pieces of leftover bread that he had collected to prepare food for the birds that come there early morning. The large pieces of bread would be _________ for the birds to eat, so he crushed them into powder. Every night, after coming home from his job, he goes around the villas (乡间别墅), _________ leftover bread. He then eats a _________ meal and comes here, and spends the next 1-2 _________ carefully crushing each piece and makes a neat pile for the birds. What puzzled us more was that he was _________ that we were even taking an interest in this, since for him it wasn’t a big deal.

When we asked him what _________ him to do this act of service, he said, “It’s just something small I do, so that the leftover bread doesn’t go into the rubbish and the birds get food.” We __________ his story with the hope that it would remind us to be aware of leftovers too and that it might inspire someone to start something similar in their own area.

1.

A．rock

B．plate

C．eraser

D．fan

2.

A．look down

B．look up

C．look after

D．look through

3.

A．Finally

B．Suddenly

C．Immediately

D．However

4.

A．necessary

B．welcome

C．difficult

D．possible

5.

A．bringing

B．collecting

C．saving

D．making

6.

A．big

B．hot

C．quick

D．delicious

7.

A．seconds

B．hours

C．days

D．weeks

8.

A．surprised

B．disappointed

C．sorry

D．afraid

9.

A．forced

B．trained

C．employed

D．encouraged

10.

A．bought

B．borrowed

C．sent

D．shared

5 . Tips for Effective Study

The most common barrier (障碍) to success for students is a lack of effective techniques for study and exam preparation.     1    

Take good notes.

Very few students leave high school with this skill. Your notes should contain as complete a record of what the teacher said as possible. Of course, you should not try to write every word spoken.     2    

Be involved in your classes.

Don’t simply try to remember whatever the teacher says. You are there to learn, not to be taught. If the teacher is moving too rapidly for you, or if you don’t understand what is being said, say something!     3     Confusion is definitely your worst enemy. If your class includes group activities, participate as fully as you can. Such exercises are done for your benefit, not to provide a break for the teacher.

    4    

This suggestion is one which we have all heard a thousand times. Unfortunately, most of us never really believe it until we actually try it. Spend 30 minutes or so each evening going over the notes from each class. There are at least two benefits to be gained from it.

Keep up on your reading.

Unlike most high school teachers, many college teachers don’t give specific reading assignments (作业). You are expected to go to your text for the reading related to the materials covered in class.    5    

A．But don’t leave out ideas.

B．Benefit from your reading.

C．Take down all the points.

D．Review your notes every day.

E．Ask questions if you are confused.

F．Be independent enough to do your reading without being told.

G．Here are some suggestions to increase your effectiveness as a student.

6 . 语法填空

Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, globally known for developing the first hybrid rice strain in 1973 that relieved countless people     1     hunger, passed away on Saturday at the age of 91.

The scientist spent over five decades researching and improving hybrid rice,     2     has reached its third generation, feeding     3     (near) one-fifth of the world’s population with less than 9 percent of the world’s total land. In China, the annual planting area of hybrid rice has topped 16 million hectares, or 57 percent of     4    total planting area of rice. Its growth area overseas has reached 8 million hectares. His more recent achievements included developing     5     (variety) of seawater rice, or saline-alkali (盐碱) tolerant rice. His team planned to use the rice     6     (transform) 6.7 million hectares of saline-alkali land in China over the next eight to 10 years.

Yuan once said he had two dreams－to “enjoy the cool under the rice crops    7     (tall) than men” and that hybrid rice could be grown all over the world to help solve the global     8     (short) of food.

Yuan’s lifelong devotion to     9     (reduce) hunger has made him a national hero and household name in China. In 1999, an asteroid (小行星) discovered by the National Astronomical Observatories     10     (name) after Yuan. In 2019, he was awarded the Medal of the Republic, China’s highest state honor.

7 . —Why, this is nothing but common vegetable soup!
—_________ , madam. It's our soup of the day!

A．Let me see

B．So it is

C．Don't mention it

D．Neither do I

9 . To keep healthy, many old people ______ Tai Chi as a regular form of exercise.

A．turn up

B．set up

C．make up

D．take up

10 . 假如你是李华，你的加拿大网友Mike圣诞节期间打算来中国,他对中国传统文化非常感兴趣，希望你能为他推荐一些名胜古迹。请你用英语给他发一封电子邮件，向他推荐一个或两个你所喜欢的名胜古迹。
要点包括:
1.简介你推荐的名胜古迹;
2.叙述你推荐的理由;
3.表达你的祝愿。
注意:词数90左右。