1 . 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。

Learning how to choose a career is important not only to adults but also to students at college. People decide to have their careers    1    (change) simply because they dislike the job they     2    (current) have. They take on the jobs not because they like them but because they need to make a living. In this case,     3    (get) career guidance is very important. The first step in choosing a career     4    (be) understanding yourself. This will help you realize what you enjoy doing. 

The best way to do this is take a personality test,     5     it is available on the Internet for free. It is also important to understand your values and know what you are willing to do. Next, visit career guidance centers or career     6    (website). If possible, apply for a volunteer that benefits you. You can get professional help and decide whether the career path is     7    (suit) for you or not. Finally, you should learn universal (广泛适用的) skills,     8     will help you get opportunities to change your career in the future. All in all, choosing a career is important because most of the time in our lives     9    (spend) on work.  

Therefore, putting interests and hobbies into careers can always lead    10     the best jobs.

2 . Teacher, Foreign Language (High School)

The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) offers teaching opportunities in some of the most amazing and culturally rich places in the world. Come and work for the DoDEA schools!

Salary: US$39,775-US$80,930 Per School Year

Open Period: 10/3/2020 to 7/31/2021

Department: Department of Defense

Agency: Department of Defense Education Activity

Position Info: Flexible Schedules, Flexible Appointment Types

Who may apply: US Citizens (prior teaching experience is required)

Food Inspector

The Food Safety and Inspection Service(FSIS) is the public health agency in the US Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation’s commercial supply of meat and egg products is safe, wholesome and correctly labelled and packaged.

Salary: US$31,628-US$50,932 Per Year

Open Period: 7/18/2020 to 7/17/2021

Department: Department of Agriculture

Agency: Food Safety and Inspection Service

Position Info: Full⁃time, Permanent

Who may apply: US Citizens (graduates in Food Quality and Safety are preferred)

Supervisory Public Health Veterinarian(兽医)

This is an excellent opportunity to seek a greater leadership role and responsibility in public health. If you are a new employee, mid-career employee, or experienced professional interested in a Public Health Veterinarian (PHV) career, this job is for you!

Salary: US$57,928-US$90,344 Per Year

Open Period: 9/30/2020 to 9/30/2021

Department: Department of Agriculture

Agency: Food Safety and Inspection Service

Position Info: Full⁃time, Permanent

Who may apply: US Citizens and Nationals (no prior federal experience is required)

Veterinary Medical Officer—Veterinarian

The National Animal Health Emergency Response Corps (NAHERC) assists in the federal response to domestic(国内的) and international animal disease outbreaks, threats, or natural disasters.

Salary: US$27.78-US$36.12 Per Hour

Open Period: 5/9/2019 to 5/1/2020

Department: Department of Agriculture

Agency: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Position Info: Full⁃time, Permanent

Who may apply: US Citizens and Nationals (no prior federal experience is required)

1. What should you do if you apply to be a teacher in DoDEA?

A．Have a good command of foreign cultures.

B．Be able to arrange work time flexibly.

C．Work for the Department of Agriculture.

D．Send in your application from July 2020 to July 2021.

2. Who is most likely to obtain the position of Food Inspector?

A．Roger, who expects to get paid US$ 60,000 a year.

B．Mary, who is a US national and wants a part⁃time job.

C．Adam, who intends to resign to look for a new job in August 2021.

D．Lucy, who is an American and majored in Food Quality and Safety.

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．As a food inspector, you just need to ensure your food is safe.

B．Department of Agriculture recruits professionals passionate about a PHV career.

C．DoDEA welcomes US citizens and nationals without prior teaching experience.

D．NAHERC independently researches domestic animal disease outbreaks, threats, or natural disasters.

3 . I’d never been to the Day of the Dead before. As my dad and I looked around for seats, I _______ Marco, my best friend, hurrying toward us. “Hi, Mr. O’kane,” he _______ my dad. Then he turned to me and said, “Nate! Will you help me?” 

“Whatever you need,” I said.

Marco threw me parts of a _______: Mexican sandals (凉鞋), a straw hat, a cane (手杖), a gray wig, and an “old man” mask (面具). “My cousin couldn’t _______!” Marco’s voice rang with worry. 

“It’s part of a traditional dance,” he said,“and we should wear the costume.”

“You expect me to dance? ” I _______. “I don’t want to dance!” 

Marco smiled. “It’ll be fun. And hurry! We’re going to be _______.”  

“We’re going to do a lot of stomping (跺脚). Slow at first. Keep one hand _______ on your back, like an old man with an ache,” added Marco. 

The speakers _______: “Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for TheDanceoftheLittleOldMen!” 

“Be quick,” Marco _______ to me to follow his lead. 

We all began stomping slowly to music. I could only see ________ the small holes of the mask. I continued to stomp, trying to ________ what to do. I leaned on my cane and kept a hand low on my back. After a few minutes of dancing like that, my back ________ started to ache. 

The music ________. And we stomped quickly. Performing with Mexican sandals was ________ and inconvenient. People laughed as we hopped and kicked, but after a moment the laughter turned into cheers. 

Marco gave me a thumbs⁃up. As the audience clapped for our group, I said to him happily, “You were right. That was ________.”

1.

A．watched

B．noticed

C．monitored

D．surveyed

2.

A．satisfied

B．ignored

C．contacted

D．greeted

3.

A．suit

B．chain

C．decoration

D．costume

4.

A．make it

B．get it

C．focus on

D．go through

5.

A．chatted

B．despaired

C．hesitated

D．replied

6.

A．nervous

B．late

C．happy

D．nice

7.

A．up

B．high

C．low

D．down

8.

A．shouted

B．announced

C．defined

D．issued

9.

A．signaled

B．pointed

C．moved

D．complained

10.

A．through

B．in

C．over

D．under

11.

A．bring about

B．carry on

C．figure out

D．put out

12.

A．extremely

B．possibly

C．truly

D．finally

13.

A．disappeared

B．sped up

C．started

D．faded away

14.

A．typical

B．fascinating

C．tough

D．flexible

15.

A．important

B．creative

C．beneficial

D．fun

4 . If you could change your children’s DNA in the future to protect them against diseases, would you? It could be possible because of technology known as CRISPR/Cas, or just CRISPR.

CRISPR involves a piece of RNA, a chemical messenger, designed to work on one part of DNA; it also uses an enzyme that can take unwanted genes out and put new ones in, according to The Economist. There are other ways of editing DNA, but CRISPR will do it very simply, quickly, and exactly.

The use of CRISPR could mean that cures are developed for everything from Alzheimer’s disease to cancer to AIDS. By allowing doctors to put just the right cancer⁃killing genes into a patient’s immune system, the technology could help greatly.

In April scientists in China said they had tried using CRISPR to edit the genomes (基因组) of human embryos. Though the embryos would never turn into humans, this was the first time anyone had ever tried to edit DNA from human beings. With this in mind, the US National Academy of Sciences plans to discuss questions about CRISPR’s ethics (伦理标准). For example, CRISPR doesn’t work properly yet. As well as cutting the DNA it is looking for, it often cuts other DNA, too. In addition, we currently seem to have too little understanding of what DNA gives people what qualities.

There are also moral questions. Of course, medicine already stops natural things from happening—for example, it saves people from infections. The opportunities to treat diseases make it hard to say we shouldn’t keep going.

A harder question is whether it is ever right to edit human cells and make changes that are passed on to children. This is banned in 40 countries and restricted in many others. However, CRISPR means that if genes can be edited out, they can also be edited back in. It may be up to us as a society to decide when and where editing the genome is wrong.

Also, according to The Economist, gene editing may mean that parents make choices that are not obviously in the best interests of their children: “Deaf parents may prefer their children to be deaf too; parents might want to make their children more intelligent at all costs.”

In the end, more research is still needed to see what we can and can’t do with CRISPR. “It’s still a huge mystery how we work,” Craig Mello, a UMass Chan Medical School biologist and Nobel Prize winner, told The Boston Globe. “We’re just trying to figure out this amazingly complicated thing we call life.”

1. According to the passage, what can we know about the technology of CRISPR?

A．It is very safe because it only cuts the DNA it is looking for.

B．It is banned in most countries and restricted in many others.

C．It could cause parents to make unwise choices for their children.

D．It could help us discover the link between DNA and the qualities it gives people.

2. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．All diseases could probably be cured through the use of CRISPR.

B．Scientists had never edited genomes before CRISPR was invented.

C．CRISPR is a technology that uses an enzyme to work on RNA and DNA.

D．CRISPR has proven to be the most effective way to protect children against diseases.

3. What is the author’s attitude towards CRISPR?

A．Supportive.

B．Worried.

C．Negative.

D．Objective.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．What we can and can’t do with CRISPR.

B．How CRISPR was developed by scientists.

C．The advantages of CRISPR and arguments about its ethics.

D．Scientists’ experiments of using CRISPR to edit human embryos.

5 . 假定你是李华，得知外教Jack最近经常头痛，吃药后效果不佳。请你给他写一封电子邮件，推荐他尝试中医治疗。内容包括：
1.中医的优点；
2.期待他早日康复。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jack,

I am sorry to know you are being troubled by headaches and cannot recover after taking the medicine.

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Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua

6 . 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。

Human activity is changing the surface and temperature of the planet. New research shows it is also changing the sound of the Earth’s seas. According to a study     1     (publish) in the magazine Science, the changes in the sounds of our seas and other waterways affect many sea animals.  

For fish, sound is probably a     2     (good) way to sense their environment than light. Sounds help fish and other sea animals survive. They depend on sounds to communicate. Sounds also help some sea animals find food and avoid their hunters.     3     addition, many sea animals use sounds to find good places to mate(交配). However, increasing noise from humans now     4     (make) it harder for these sea animals to hear each other. The noise comes from shipping traffic, motorized fishing ships, underwater oil and gas exploration, offshore     5    (construct), and other noisy human activities.  

For many sea species, their attempts     6     (communicate) are being masked by sounds     7     have been introduced by humans. Also, the general number of sea animals     8     (decrease) by about half since 1970.  

Effects of noise on animals    9     (live) in the sea aren’t well understood. However, some studies suggest that noise may bring about hearing loss. The stress from human noise might also affect the immune system—an animal’s     10     (nature) defence system.

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。

“Do you forget to bring your homework to school?” my sixth⁃grade math teacher asked. I nodded my head and said in a low voice, “Yes, sir.” What a mistake I had made! I had completed my math homework. But before I left home and headed for school, I forgot to put it into my schoolbag.

“You will get a zero then,” my math teacher said. I was shocked. I had never received a zero in a math class before. But the school had rules, and the teacher had to let everyone follow them. I was immediately worried about my final math average, which was based on my homework and the tests. Would I get a C or even a D at the end of the term? If so, what should I do?

My next class was a PE class. As I walked down the hall with my classmates, all those feelings rushed out in hot tears. I wiped them away as quickly as I could. But when we entered the gym and sat down in our spots on the floor, it was clear to everyone around me that I had been crying.

My PE teacher, Ms. Brown, was an athletic teacher, often with a smile on her face. Her class was a good mix of calisthenics (健美操) and games that can give us all a good workout. And Ms. Brown was nice and compassionate (有同情心的). She loved her students and often came to help if the students were in trouble.

During that PE class, my mind was affected by the math homework and I was worried about my final math average. So I failed to devote my attention to Ms. Brown’s direction. And clearly, I was sad. I guessed that Ms. Brown found there was something wrong with me. When it was near the end of the PE class, she walked to me.

注意:续写词数应为150左右。
Paragraph 1:

She sat down to comfort me.

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Paragraph 2:

I felt relaxed and decided to work harder at math.

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8 . 假设你是红星中学高二学生李华，你的英国朋友Jim在写给你的邮件中提到他对中国历史很感兴趣，并请你介绍一位你喜欢的中国历史人物。请你给Jim回复邮件，内容包括：
1.该人物是谁；
2.该人物的主要贡献；
3.该人物对你的影响。
注意：1.词数不少于80；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

9 . 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。

When people sit together and enjoy the glorious moon    1     the night of the Mid⁃Autumn Festival, an ancient poem, Prelude to Water Melody (《水调歌头》),     2     (read) for this occasion now and then. In     3     poem, Su Shi, a celebrated poet of the Song Dynasty(960-1279),talks to the moon and discusses the changes     4     (happen) in nature and man’s fortunes. He realizes the moon may not always be bright and that the imperfections, or the unsatisfactory things in life     5    (go) on since the beginning of time.  

However, should we get bogged (妨碍) down in the suffering which we can’t change? Su Shi gives his answer, a very     6     (optimism)one: change your attitude and stay positive. He hopes that people will appreciate the fact that     7     they are, as long as the ones they love and miss are healthy and happy, they can all admire the same moon high in the sky and share     8     (it) beauty.  

To this day, people still use this poem     9     (express) their good wishes to family members and friends who can’t be with them,     10     (especial) during major festivals.

10 . I met Daisy Banks on the way to Maghar. She was walking down the road with her white stick, and I saw her walking toward a muddy _______. If she continued, she might _______ into the water. Not wanting this to happen, I stopped my _______ and called out, “There’s a hole in front of you, Daisy. If it’s all right with you, I’ll _______ you to your place.”  

She happily _______. I took her bag so that she could climb on my motorbike. We talked about her_______and I discovered she was on the way to her school.  

Daisy had called me a couple of times since our chance _______. However, I had been unable to meet her _______ my busy schedules. Finally, we _______ at the Mahdu Mall. We talked about a range of issues, and I came to________ that Daisy possessed knowledge which would challenge that of many ________ fit people.  

Although she has a mother and three brothers, Daisy has been ________ on her own for the past years. She cooks for herself and washes her own clothes while ________ to teach every morning at Maghar Primary School. While doing her ________,she tries to remember people, places, and things in order to manage her daily life. She is a(n) ________ person, telling me that she made the decision to live alone after her brothers said they would take turns to look after her each month. Daisy felt this would hurt her. I really admire her confidence and the way she carries herself in her life.

1.

A．pavement

B．passage

C．hole

D．freeway

2.

A．climb

B．land

C．fly

D．fall

3.

A．car

B．truck

C．motorbike

D．bus

4.

A．pass

B．drop

C．take

D．fetch

5.

A．allowed

B．expected

C．replied

D．accepted

6.

A．study

B．job

C．celebration

D．travel

7.

A．appointment

B．meeting

C．expectation

D．argument

8.

A．due to

B．in addition to

C．instead of

D．in spite of

9.

A．resisted

B．rescued

C．reunited

D．removed

10.

A．discover

B．encourage

C．persuade

D．suppose

11.

A．mentally

B．appropriately

C．physically

D．naturally

12.

A．living

B．lying

C．waiting

D．staying

13.

A．managing

B．recognizing

C．allowing

D．reducing

14.

A．practice

B．housework

C．effort

D．homework

15.

A．stubborn

B．reliable

C．confident

D．intelligent