1 . Westminster Abbey is one of the most famous religious buildings in the world. Here are some of the famous people buried at Westminster Abbey.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens, who died in 1870, is buried in Poets’ Corner, the resting place and remembrance location for writers of all kinds.

Dickens is known for many of his works, and A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities are two of his most widely known works. It was popular opinion among the people and his fellow writers that Dickens should be buried in Westminster Abbey.

Stephen Hawking

Hawking was a scientist, physicist, and author, who died in 2018. Carved onto his stone is a series of rings, surrounding a darker central ellipse (椭圆). The ten characters of Hawking’s equation express his idea that black holes in the universe are not entirely black but send out a glow that would become known as Hawking radiation.

His epitaph (墓志铭) reads, “HERE LIES WHAT WAS MORTAL OF STEPHEN HAWKING”.

Laurence Olivier

Famous actor Laurence Olivier is also buried in Westminster Abbey. Born in 1907, his career began on the stage in England, and he eventually became a film legend until his death in 1989.

It’s well known that he had won Academy Awards, while also being honoured with special Oscars. Olivier’s grave is located in the South Transept in Poets’ Corner of the Abbey, in front of Shakespeare’s memorial.

Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton is considered one of the most important scientists of all time. He was a physicist, mathematician, and astronomer. He formulated the Law of Motion as well as the Law of Universal Gravitation.

Artist William Kent designed Newton’s complex funerary monument, and it was sculpted by Michael Rysbrack.

1. When did the author of A Christmas Carol die?

A．In 1870.

B．In 1907.

C．In 1989.

D．In 2018.

2. What do Charles Dickens and Laurence Olivier have in common?

A．They won Academy Awards.	B．They were buried in Poets’ Corner.
C．They were praised by Shakespeare.	D．They were famous actors and writers.

3. Whose funerary monument was designed by William Kent?

A．Charles Dickens’s.	B．Stephen Hawking’s.
C．Laurence Olivier’s.	D．Isaac Newton’s.

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。

The Story of an Umbrella

Carla is a freshman in the science department of a university in her city. Due to her poor family, she saves everywhere and studies hard.

One weekend, she was going to the bookstore to buy a badly needed book. Suddenly the rain poured down.

Without an umbrella, Carla ran for cover when it started to rain. Finally, she decided to buy a beautiful umbrella,

The prices of various umbrellas ranged from a few dollars to tens of dollars. She fell in love with a read umbrella. But she had only $10.

“I can give you seven dollars for that umbrella,” she said shyly to the smiling salesgirl.

“OK. Young lady. This is your lucky day. The umbrella is yours,” the salesgirl agreed. She opened the red new umbrella above her head, and the rain beat on it.

Carla went to the bookstore she used to go to. She carefully placed her beloved umbrella next to another old and black one.

There are no other customers in the store except a girl of her height and age. While Carla was talking to a shop assistant, the girl left the shop.

When Carla left, Carla found her own umbrella missing.

There was only the old and black umbrella which had a pattern of yellow ducks.

“This is not my lucky day,” Carla walked to the city square.

“Hello!” a young man smiled at her. But Carla didn’t know this young man. She walked away quickly. But the young man still followed the old and black umbrella. She looked at the young man angrily.

“Marissa, I’m sorry,” he said to her. “I am late.”

“I’m not Marissa!” Carla shouted, staring.

“You’re not Marissa?” the young man pointed at the black umbrella with yellow ducks, saying, “That’s her umbrella.”

“Oh!” said Carla. “Who is Marissa?”

“I don’t know Marissa. I’ve only seen a picture of her holding this umbrella. My name is Paul, a junior in college. I’m majoring in law. I came here today to give her some legal advice. Marissa works with my cousin,” said he.

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“I’m not Marissa!” said Carla again.

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It was the very new red umbrella she had bought.

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4 . Every day, a sea of decisions stretches before us. It’s impossible to make a perfect choice every time. But there is one particularly effective technique to improve our chances: critical thinking.

Prepare your question.

    1    For example, if you’re wondering whether to go for fitness, there are many factors that will cloud your reasons. But, if you know clearly what you can get by body-shaping, that’ll help you decide whether it really suits your needs.

Gather your information.

There’s lots of it out there, so having a clear idea of your question will help you determine what’s relevant. If you’re trying to decide on a diet to improve your nutrition, you may ask an expert for their advice, or seek other people’s opinions.    2    

Consider the implications.

Imagine you’ve chosen a business based on his promise to make to cheaper for drivers to fill upon gas. At first glance, that seems great.    3    If gasoline use is less restricted by cost, this could also cause a huge surge in air pollution—an unintended consequence that’s important to think about.

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Ask yourself why so many people are drawn to countless travel trips or destinations. Even if you disagree with everything that travel agencies say, exploring the viewpoints might explain why some routes that don’t seem valid to you appeal to others. This will a low you to explore alternatives, evaluate your own choices, and ultimately help you make more informed decisions.

This above process is just one tool, and it certainly won’t remove difficult decisions from our lives.    5    And, if enough of us use it, it has the power to make the world a more reasonable place.

A．Explore other points of view.

B．Apply the information collected.

C．In other words, get to know what you’re looking for.

D．Then what about the long-term environmental effects?

E．But it can help us increase the number of positive choices we make.

F．Therefore, ask yourself about what interests you most and what is needed.

G．It helps you weigh different options, moving you closer to a wiser decision.

5 . 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。

Many of us want to be a star. You may have imagined yourself dressed up, standing on a stage. With the spotlight shining on you, you prepare to give an amazing performance in front of a large audience. At the sound of their applause (掌声), you feel like a superstar. I’ve had similar thoughts. However, my point of view completely changed after an English drama show.

Since I was a little girl, I dreamt of becoming a star and performing on stage. When I found out that our school would hold an English drama show at the end of April, I couldn’t have been more delighted. I firmly believed that it was my time to achieve my dream.

But things seemed to go off track. After considering my skills and abilities, I was required to be a scriptwriter (编剧) instead of a performer. Hearing the news, I was so upset that it felt like my heart sank to the bottom of a dark lake filled with ice. But I eventually calmed down and accepted the position.

Over the following month, my partners and I brainstormed (头脑风暴) every day and discussed the plot. Though it was a difficult task, we never gave up. We surfed the Internet and got inspiration from others’ scripts. Sometimes, we also asked for help from teachers who knew about the topic. With great effort, we finally completed our script.

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When the big day finally came, I was full of mixed emotions.

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What I learned was that you don’t have to be on the stage to be a star.

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7 . In the dead of last winter during the pandemic, the Berman family chose to foster a pack of puppies (小狗) and their mother, all _________ for shelter. Five dogs in all moved into their new home at the Canine Humane Network, a nonprofit rescue organization in Highland, Maryland, US.

The 4-week-old pups needed shelter until they could be _________ ; their mom had Lyme disease and too little mother’s milk. So, for a month, Teresa and Michael Berman and their two sons _________ the pups until _________ homes could be found.

“After dinner, we’d sit around and _________ the puppies play,” said Teresa Berman, 48. “It was better than watching TV. I joked that this was my plan to fight seasonal depression; the pups really did improve everyone’s _________ .”

The puppies tripled (增至三倍) in weight during their _________ and left in their wake more than 1,000 photos and videos of their antics (滑稽动作), all of which took the Bermans’ _________ off COVID-19. Nationwide, the story is much _________. In 2020, the coronavirus resulted in 15 percent __________ in pet fostering from the previous year, according to Shelter Animals Count, a nonprofit data group.

“I __________their sibling rivalry (同胞之争). They would jump on each other, pull tails and play tug-of-war (拔河),” said Michael Berman. Like a __________ dad, he said, “I sent pictures of the puppies to my friends, and now get text messages from their __________ on how they’re doing.”

To date, the Bermans have __________ 12 dogs from the Highland organization in the past year. The virus has __________ Michael’s skill sets. “During the pandemic, I’ve learned to do two things: make bagels and foster dogs.” he said.

1.

A．longing

B．concerned

C．grateful

D．ready

2.

A．admitted

B．sold

C．adopted

D．guided

3.

A．cleaned

B．nursed

C．handled

D．monitored

4.

A．independent

B．decorated

C．effective

D．permanent

5.

A．watch

B．make

C．help

D．hear

6.

A．dream

B．opinion

C．mood

D．change

7.

A．arrival

B．walk

C．sleep

D．stay

8.

A．attitudes

B．minds

C．goals

D．diets

9.

A．similar

B．complex

C．obvious

D．possible

10.

A．assistance

B．rise

C．response

D．purchase

11.

A．ignored

B．enjoyed

C．forgave

D．aided

12.

A．proud

B．frank

C．careful

D．strange

13.

A．partners

B．parents

C．owners

D．employers

14.

A．adjusted to

B．contributed to

C．tended to

D．handed out

15.

A．explained

B．removed

C．replaced

D．expanded

8 . Nearly half of us make New Year’s resolutions, but less than ten percent of us actually keep them. This can be due to lack of motivation or loss of interest, but it’s time for us to figure out ways to finish what we’ve started.     1                 

Lack of honesty

Are you truly devoted to running a marathon, losing weight, or whatever else you are promising to do? Be honest with yourself. We often find ourselves committing to things because we think we should.     2     You will only be disappointed in yourself. Make resolutions you actually want to achieve and are going to put a plan of action towards.

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While you may have the best intentions with your resolution, you could be putting unnecessary pressure on yourself. Rather than associating the New Year with resolutions or changes you need to make, consider it a time for reflection on things you wish to work on throughout the year.     4              

If your goal was to send out ten resumes (简历) for a new job and you only sent out five, don’t beat yourself up for it. Rather, congratulate and reward yourself for making the effort toward your goal. That will give you the energy to continue working towards your initial (最初的) goal.

Giving up too easily

Whether you get discouraged or simply lose interest, giving up too easily is a big resolution breaker. Many people make their resolutions believing they can accomplish them.     5     To avoid this issue, try to set a standard for comparing throughout the year. By doing so, you can keep yourself on track throughout the year.

A．Wrong perspective (视角)

B．Narrow your resolution

C．Don’t waste your time on that.

D．But the excitement wears off and other priorities appear.

E．They thought they could stick to it because it’s what they want.

F．Here are reasons people don’t stick to their New Year’s resolutions.

G．Stop thinking about what you have not accomplished and focus on what you will accomplish instead.

9 . Textile(纺织品)waste is a growing problem for our environment. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported the US throws away more than 11 million tons of clothing every year. That is why some small businesses spotting the problem are beginning to recycle in ways they haven’t before.

Create Good Company is a clothing company that tries to produce sustainable clothing and repurpose older clothing into updated fashionable items. Maggie Hendricks, the owner of Create Good Company, said, “If you can improve what you find, why wouldn’t you do that instead of buying new things? It’s a big issue not to create new waste. I would say we are 90% recycled materials.”

According to the EPA, the average consumer(消费者)throws away 81.5 pounds of clothes every year. “Anywhere between 10%-17% of the waste that’s going into landfills(废弃物填埋场)is made up of things like textiles and clothing,” said Danny Katz with the CoPIRG Foundation. “A lot of the clothing that we’re producing doesn’t even get worn, so it’s going right to the landfill or even being burned and contributing to pollution that way. It’s really worrying.”

This is why businesses like Create Good Company exist — to use outdated clothing and turn it into dresses or jackets. “There’s just so much waste and so many big companies that might not think about it,” Hendricks said. “Just standing with other like-minded people who are interested in sustainability is important.”

Another important element Hendricks has focused on is creating these items and selling them at an affordable price. “Sustainability sometimes is green washed in companies and they make things more expensive,” Hendricks said. “That’s not how we become a sustainable world. I think making products affordable is important to me. I want to buy things that are better for the environment without throwing my pocketbook in the fire.”

1. What makes Danny Katz worried?

A．The use of old clothing.	B．The cost of textile pollution.
C．The effect of clothing waste.	D．The future of the textile industry.

2. What does Hendricks care more about when it comes to a sustainable product?

A．Its price.	B．Its sales.
C．Its producer.	D．Its quality.

3. What is the best title for the text?

A．The EPA’s measures to reduce textile waste.

B．Consumers being aware of the seriousness of textile waste.

C．Textile businesses’ social responsibility and their waste.

D．Small businesses working to prevent textile waste.

10 . An Introduction to Four Famous Paintings

Mona Lisa

Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

Estimated date: 1503 to 1519

Where to see it: Louvre Museum(Paris)

It should come as no surprise that a mysterious woman with a mysterious smile. Before the 20th century, Mona Lisa was little known outside art circles. But in 1911, an ex-Louvre employee stole the painting and hid it for two years. That helped strengthen the painting’s place in popular culture ever since.

Las Meninas

Artist: Diego Velázquez

Date: 1656

Where to see it: Museo del Prado(Madrid, Spain)

The complexity of the work has attracted art critics and the public for centuries. The painting serves as a group portrait(画像)of Spanish royalty, but it is also a self-portrait of Velázquez himself at work. Las Meninas was appointed by King Philip IV of Spain, who ruled from 1621 to 1665.

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Artist: Johannes Vermeer

Estimated date: 1665

Where to see it: Mauritshuis(The Hague, Netherlands)

The girl wearing a blue and gold turban(头巾)and an oversized pearl(珍珠)earring is the entire focus with only a dark backdrop behind her. It has gone on tour in the United States, Italy and Japan. It drew huge crowds, further supporting its status as one of the world’s most famous works of art.

The Starry Night

Artist: Vincent van Gogh

Date: 1889

Where to see it: Museum of Modern Art(New York City)

The painting’s striking blues and yellows and the dreamy atmosphere have attracted art lovers for decades. Van Gogh was being treated for mental illness in a hospital in Saint-Remy, France, when he painted The Starry Night. He was inspired by the view from the window of his room.

1. Which painting is the artist’s self-description?

A．Mona Lisa.	B．Las Meninas.
C．Girl with a Pearl Earring.	D．The Starry Night.

2. Where can you see Johannes Vermeer’s work?

A．Louvre Museum.	B．Museo del Prado.
C．Mauritshuis.	D．Museum of Modern Art.

3. What was The Starry Night based on?

A．Sights from the sickroom.	B．A woman’ act of stealing.
C．The life of a royal family.	D．The experience of being ill.