1 . In 2020, Daya Brown was just in her second year of high school and was taking classes online. So she didn’t have much to do and had_______time to research which universities and colleges she might like to attend after _______ from Westlake High School in Atlanta,Georgia._______ , she came up with a list of about 70 schools.

When it was time to _______college, she spent three hours a day over four months filling out applications. When her email box filled up with_______, she was very surprised. She was _______ by 54 of 70 schools. What’s more, she _______ more than $1.3 million in scholarship (奖学金).

“It was a great _______, because I put in a lot of hard work,” said Brown. She was then a senior at Westlake, where she was the Student Union president.

Brown finished high school on May 17,2021. She had another _______ before she went to Duke University. She wanted to tell other teens how she did it. Her ________ for students was to start early. They should focus on schools with top programs for what they want to ________ and apply for many scholarships, even small ones. “There are no shortcuts to doing the work, so spend time________what’s out there,“ she said.

“But most importantly,” she said, “students should ________colleges with a good idea of who they are.” For Brown, she ________ her poetry, her stage performances and her leadership, which________ her to create a production company and a podcast (播客) for teens.

1.

A．quality

B．formal

C．little

D．extra

2.

A．learning

B．returning

C．graduating

D．hearing

3.

A．Suddenly

B．Finally

C．Certainly

D．Naturally

4.

A．apply to

B．know about

C．call up

D．head for

5.

A．bills

B．offers

C．requirements

D．schedules

6.

A．challenged

B．refused

C．mistaken

D．accepted

7.

A．afforded

B．raised

C．needed

D．won

8.

A．suggestion

B．explanation

C．feeling

D．decision

9.

A．goal

B．choice

C．chance

D．training

10.

A．task

B．promise

C．advice

D．excuse

11.

A．quit

B．study

C．repeat

D．revise

12.

A．reporting

B．imagining

C．sharing

D．realizing

13.

A．support

B．connect

C．provide

D．fill

14.

A．centered on

B．broke up

C．dreamed of

D．looked through

15.

A．welcomed

B．led

C．forced

D．expected

2 . 在高中开始阶段，我很难处理一些新的挑战。
I had trouble _________new challenges at the beginning of senior high.

3 . 他们总是缺饮用水，更不用说洗澡水了。
They ________ always ________ ________ water to drink, much less to bathe in.

4 . 听说你们需要一些志愿者接待来访问我们学校的国外学生，我很高兴写信申请这份工作。
Learning that you are in need of some volunteers to meet the visiting foreign students, I’m gladly writing _________ this job.

5 . 这次活动一定会给每个观众留下深刻印象。
This activity will surely ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ every audience.

6 . Chinese is one of the world’s most widely spoken language. As one of the six official languages used by United Nations, Chinese now has gained itself greater status (地位) in the world. Chinese is interesting and special. Unlike most other languages, Chinese has a written form and several spoken forms. The official language of China is the Mandarin (普通话).

Mandarin is a statement in China. It is the common language of all modern Han nationality people. Mandarin is shaped and based on the Beijing dialect (方言) and other dialects spoken in the northern areas of China. Mandarin is taught in schools throughout the country. The media, officials, and the government use Mandarin as their main language. When you type in Chinese, you use a phonetic system, called pinyin, which matches the Mandarin pronunciation. Mandarin is used as a mother tongue by most people who are about one fifth of the world’s population. Chinese once had very great influence on some neighboring countries with their languages and characters, such as Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and so on. In addition to China, Mandarin is an official language in several other countries in Asia.

Nowadays, with the development of China, Chinese people not only speak Chinese, but also learn other languages, such as English. English is a required course and universal education in China and has great popularity. Many Chinese people can speak basic English, especially the youth, students, and staff of service trades like hotels, restaurants, airlines, banks and post offices. In large cities, there are more people who can communicate with foreigners in English. The language communication now is not a problem at all for those that wish to come to China.

Now Chinese is becoming more and more popular. As long as you know Chinese, you’ll also be fine anywhere in China.

1. What can we learn from paragraph 1?

A．Chinese has one written and spoken form.

B．The official language of China is Beijing dialect.

C．Chinese plays an important role in the world.

D．Chinese is used as one of the five official languages.

2. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．The wrong opinions in Mandarin.	B．The status and influence of Mandarin.
C．The advantages of Mandarin.	D．The results of learning Mandarin.

3. Why does the author mention English?

A．To show the changes in English.	B．To advise people to travel in England.
C．To introduce the present situation of English in China.	D．To call on people in China to learn English.

4. What will probably be written in the following paragraph?

A．More and more foreigners will learn Chinese.	B．English will be influenced by Chinese.
C．The difficulties of learning Chinese.	D．The history of Chinese.

7 . 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。

Singing is one of those universal actions that everyone can do for fun, regardless of how they sound. According to recent studies     1    (conduct) at Goethe University Frankfurt, singing can be actually helpful to your immune system. The study focused     2     a group of people who sang in a professional choir and discovered that the amount of proteins in the blood that function as antibodies (抗体) was     3    (obvious) higher after singing, so people involved in music could be less likely     4    (get) sick.

Singing actually is the perfect physical exercise for people who are injured, disabled or elderly. Not only     5    (do) singing help increase your lung capacity, but it helps stimulate circulation. This can lead to better results when people hit the gym thanks to the person’s increased aerobic (有氧的) capacity and newfound physical or mental strength.

The simple truth is that singing makes you happy. It releases endorphins (内啡肽), a chemical     6     reduces pain and makes you feel     7    (happy) and less stressed. People who sing, especially in choirs and on the stage are known to have better social skills and be loss lonely.     8    (stand) on the stage and performing can be tough,     9     when you do it in a group, it can help improve your sense of self as well as increase your     10    (confident).

8 . How Can Teens Volunteer in the Communities?

Encouraging teens to volunteer in the community has lasting rewards, including increased self-confidence and a sense of belonging.    1    

● Community Service

Teens can volunteer at museums, parks and stations. They can also visit the elderly in nursing homes to provide companionship to people who might not have been visited by family or friends in a while. Organizations differ on their standards for teen volunteers.    2    

● Environmental Cleanup

    3    They can just get into their neighborhood and help clean it up. Teens can help beautify their neighborhood by picking up trash, planting flowers or starting a community garden. Teens can also start recycling projects, and encourage their neighbors to participate in efforts to clean up the environment and live a more sustainable lifestyle.

● Tutoring

Teens who want to help in their communities can volunteer by tutoring others. They can participate in peer tutoring at their school, or offer their services at a local library.    4    Language tutoring provided by companies usually charge a great deal for their services, so immigrants of the community will be especially grateful to receive free tutoring.    5    It also helps teens expand their mind, look good on college and job applications, and find potential career paths.

A．Many communities offer service programs.

B．Teens don’t have to join formal organizations.

C．Here are common ways for teens to help the communities.

D．So check with them first to find out different requirements.

E．Volunteering allows teens to have a positive influence on others.

F．They can persuade the immigrants to join in some volunteering activities.

G．Teens can also reach out to immigrants whose first language isn’t English.

9 . When John Todd was a child, he loved to explore the woods around his house, observing how nature solved problems. A dirty stream, for example, often became clear after flowing through plants and along rocks where tiny creatures lived. When he got older, John started to wonder if this process could be used to clean up the messes people were making.

After studying agriculture, medicine, and fisheries in college, John went back to observing nature and asking questions. Why can certain plants trap harmful bacteria (细菌)? Which kinds of fish can eat cancer-causing chemicals? With the right combination of animals and plants, he figured, maybe he could clean up waste the way nature did. He decided to build what he would later call an eco-machine.

The task John set for himself was to remove harmful substances from some sludge (污泥). First, he constructed a series of clear fiberglass tanks connected to each other. Then he went around to local ponds and streams and brought back some plants and animals. He placed them in the tanks and waited. Little by little, these different kinds of life got used to one another and formed their own ecosystem. After a few weeks, John added the sludge.

He was amazed at the results. The plants and animals in the eco-machine took the sludge as food and began to eat it! Within weeks, it had all been digested, and all that was left was pure water.

Over the years, John has taken on many big jobs. He developed a greenhouse — like facility that treated sewage (污水) from 1,600 homes in South Burlington. He also designed an eco-machine to clean canal water in Fuzhou, a city in southeast China.

“Ecological design” is the name John gives to what he does. “Life on Earth is kind of a box of spare parts for the inventor,” he says. “You put organisms in new relationships and observe what’s happening. Then you let these new systems develop their own ways to self-repair.”

1. What can we learn about John from the first two paragraphs?

A．He was fond of traveling.	B．He enjoyed being alone.
C．He had an inquiring mind.	D．He longed to be a doctor.

2. Why did John put the sludge into the tanks?

A．To feed the animals.	B．To build an ecosystem.
C．To protect the plants.	D．To test the eco-machine.

3. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning Fuzhou?

A．To review John’s research plans.	B．To show an application of John’s idea.
C．To compare John’s different jobs.	D．To erase doubts about John’s invention.

4. What is the basis for John’s work?

A．Nature can repair itself.	B．Organisms need water to survive.
C．Life on Earth is diverse.	D．Most tiny creatures live in groups.

10 . 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。

TOKYO — Female giant panda Xiang Xiang left Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo to fly back to China, her home country     1    Tuesday morning.

“China-Japan cooperation in wildlife conservation,     2    (represent) by giant pandas, is a wonderful example of friendly exchanges between the two countries,” a spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in Japan said.

As this year marks     3    45th anniversary of the conclusion of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship, the love for giant pandas is expected to drive more Sino-Japanese friendly exchanges and     4     (benefit) cooperation, according to the spokesperson.

Around 7:10 am local time, a white truck     5    (carry) the five-year-old panda slowly drove out of Ueno Zoological Gardens, before heading to Narita International Airport.

Upon her return, Xiang Xiang will be sent to Bifengxia Giant Panda Base in the city of Ya’an, Sichuan,     6     is known as the hometown of giant pandas, according to the zoo.

Xiang Xiang     7    (bear) at Ueno Zoo in June 2017. As the first panda     8    (natural) bred(繁殖) and raised at the zoo in nearly three decades since You You, born in 1988, Xiang Xiang gained huge     9    (popular) among Japanese people after she was born.

She was originally scheduled     10    (travel) back to China by the end of December 2020, but her return was delayed many times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.