1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How much did the man weigh two months ago?

A．About 150 pounds.

B．About 160 pounds.

C．About 170 pounds.

2. How did the woman know how to lose weight?

A．From a book.

B．From a friend.

C．From a cook.

3. What does the man plan to do?

A．Change his diet.

B．Learn about an author.

C．Start to exercise regularly.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When did the speaker’s family start their traveling?

A．On May 1st.

B．On May 5th.

C．On May 6th.

2. How did the speaker’s family go to Shillong from Guwahati?

A．By car.

B．By taxi.

C．By train.

3. What do we know about Shillong?

A．The climate wasn’t good.

B．The transport wasn’t convenient.

C．There weren’t many tourist attractions.

4. What did the speaker’s family do at the end of their vacation?

A．They admired the sunrise.

B．They visited tea gardens.

C．They explored thick forests.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the woman?

A．A salesperson.

B．A student.

C．A shopkeeper.

2. What does the man think of Lana’s dog?

A．Frightening.

B．Lovely.

C．Tiny.

3. Who is Rover?

A．The woman’s friend.

B．The man’s boss.

C．Lana’s pet.

4. Why will the man go to the shopping center?

A．To meet Lana.

B．To have a wander.

C．To buy a pair of shoes.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where is the speaker from?

A．China.

B．America.

C．Britain.

2. What did the speaker like to do on Thanksgiving Day night?

A．Prepare the food.

B．Watch the football game.

C．Do some shopping.

3. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A．His professor.

B．A festival.

C．American football.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who is the man?

A．A teacher.

B．A writer.

C．A student.

2. What day is it today?

A．Tuesday.

B．Friday.

C．Sunday.

3. What does the man want to know from the woman?

A．Western table manners.

B．Chinese table manners.

C．Chinese daily life.

4. What will the man and the woman do next?

A．Have breakfast.

B．Wash the dishes.

C．Study chopsticks.

6 . When did Mr. Morgan have a check-up last time?

A．Last year.

B．Five years ago.

C．Six years ago.

7 . There are over 15 million restaurants in the world. According to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, when combined (合并), food that is produced by these restaurants is more or less enough for the customers. About 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted.     1    

It’s really a pity that billions’ worth of food is wasted.     2     For it’s rather difficult to recycle or reduce waste if big companies aren’t going to stop sending out gas into the atmosphere (大气), or cutting down entire forests to provide the world with food to satisfy its hunger for cattle and coffee.

    3     CNN World reports that restaurants in California right now are trying out a new way to fight food waste in the form of the surcharge (附加费) that aims to help farmers. The initiative (倡议) is still optional for restaurants.

According to Anthony Myint, the organizer of the initiative, he hopes that restaurants do take the lead, and that they try to do what they can to ease environmental concerns.     4     It shows their dishes are eco-friendly and nutritious (有营养的).

Myint hopes at least 200 restaurants sign on for their statewide programme by the end of this year so that the farmers could receive funding that could reach $10 million per year.     5     This partnership is an opportunity for eaters and buyers to share in land-based solutions.

A．The food is very cheap.

B．It will be used to promote healthier soil.

C．We can really save a lot of money in fact.

D．Despite all this, restaurants are trying to change that.

E．These billions’ worth of wasted food is also expensive.

F．However, it would be too difficult to just keep everything.

G．He also shares how he wants to eventually see Restore California signs on restaurants.

8 . Sweeney is a children’s author who once lived in Lahaina on Front Street. When she saw the ________ of the big fires there, she decided she would use her way to ________ the survivors.

Sweeney promoted a book drive for people in Lahaina and it has received a ________ support. In one week, ________ from as far away as Australia arrived. Her garage has ________ a global donation drive center.

“I ________ it with the hope of getting 200 books to bring with me over to the island so I could stay in a shelter and ________ to the children. But it has turned out that it goes far beyond my ________,” she said. So far she has ________ thousands of books weighing more than 2,000 pounds — that’s more than a ton. “I am totally surprised,” she said. “The whole thing is just ________.”

She is ________ delivery companies to see if they can send the ________ to different schools and shelters. A company is offering 50% off the delivery.

Sweeney is ________ to Lahaina in two weeks for the first time since the fires. She also has a goal to help the burned-down Lahaina Library ________ its shelves once it is rebuilt.

She said, “We’re all the same and we all help each other ________ after disasters.”

1.

A．cause

B．importance

C．sign

D．destruction

2.

A．remember

B．observe

C．help

D．accept

3.

A．worldwide

B．healthy

C．local

D．legal

4.

A．firefighters

B．experts

C．donations

D．profits

5.

A．moved into

B．led to

C．depended on

D．turned into

6.

A．started

B．reported

C．joined

D．confirmed

7.

A．speak

B．read

C．sing

D．write

8.

A．reach

B．ability

C．understanding

D．expectation

9.

A．collected

B．won

C．borrowed

D．published

10.

A．clear

B．amazing

C．normal

D．puzzling

11.

A．founding

B．interviewing

C．contacting

D．reminding

12.

A．money

B．medicine

C．awards

D．books

13.

A．heading

B．referring

C．adapting

D．pointing

14.

A．paint

B．refill

C．discover

D．remove

15.

A．travel

B．suffer

C．recover

D．compete

9 . Everyone is making the best efforts and sometimes a few kind words of encouragement can aid people realizing that their effort is not useless. It happened when I was in the fifth standard in my school, back when I was a very shy girl.

It happened on the day when there was a drawing competition at my school. The theme is given to us all was the fight of “Kargil”. So we all started brainstorming to get some creative ideas. Everyone started drawing something on their canvas (画布) and I was still busy trying to think of something which can bring out my thought and emotions. While doing this I was kind of lost in another world. When my science teacher called my name, it brought me back to my senses. I responded to her voice which was coming from the back. She came to me and encouraged me by saying that “do not think too much over it, just put whatever comes in your mind on canvas. And do your best, you will do well”. I listened to her words of wisdom and started my painting.

The next day, the names of the winners of the competition were announced in front of the whole school. I heard my name as the 1st runner-up and winning the second prize. It was an astonishment for me as I never even dreamed to even get any prize.

Later, I thanked my science teacher for her words of encouragement and showing her confidence in me. Overall, that day, I became aware of my talent and I tried making more paintings whenever I got free time. Sometimes I think that if not for her words of encouragement I would have never acknowledged the talent I had.

1. What was the author doing before being called by her teacher?

A．Painting her work on her canvas.	B．Trying to get some creative ideas.
C．Waiting for help from others.	D．Playing in another classroom.

2. What does the underlined word “astonishment” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Surprise.

B．Confusion.

C．Awkwardness.

D．Anger.

3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．The science teacher is popular with all students.

B．The science teacher enjoys the author’s paintings.

C．The author has been thinking she has a talent.

D．The author is grateful to her science teacher.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．How Encouragement Excited Hidden Talent	B．How We Should Encourage Others
C．Why Encouragement Is Good	D．What I Learnt from My Science Teacher

10 . A 5-year-old boy, Xavier, lives in Carencro, about 60 miles west of Bat on Rouge. Because he’s so young, when Xavier _________ the bus, his driver needs to make sure he gets home _________.

One day, bus driver Chad Desormeaux heard the boy say he was the _________ kid alive, and then he ran home as the other kids cheered him on. His classmates shouted “Go Xavier”, looking on and screaming in _________ as he ran to his house about three doors down. Desormeaux thought it was _________, and he soon found out it’s an everyday occurrence. He decided to _________ one day and after getting permission (允许) from Xavier’s _________, he posted the video on TikTok.

“We sit there and we watch him run home that way to make sure he makes it into a driveway,” Desormeaux said. “The faster he runs, the faster we can take off. It became a _________.”

The video the bus driver _________ has nearly 6 million views. Xavier’s mother, Tiffany Saine, said her son has always been into __________ and would often run in the family’s driveway when he was younger. “We are blessed,” Saine said. “I feel excited and blessed for him to get acknowledged.”

Once the video went __________, an organization called Star Athletics reached out to him to __________ the 5-year-old on a trip to Disney World. It was 5-year-old Xavier’s first time flying and going to Disney World. They also went to an Orlando Magic basketball game. While in Orlando, people who __________ the 5-year-old at Disney World asked to take photos with him.

“It was so much __________,” the boy’s mother said. “We went to Disney World. I mean, they just __________ us so much love.” Desormeaux said Xavier is a gifted child and the two have grown to be pretty close.

1.

A．runs after

B．gets off

C．looks for

D．worries about

2.

A．easily

B．angrily

C．happily

D．safely

3.

A．weakest

B．tallest

C．thinnest

D．fastest

4.

A．excitement

B．fear

C．sadness

D．tiredness

5.

A．common

B．cute

C．challenging

D．boring

6.

A．record

B．leave

C．pack

D．change

7.

A．teachers

B．classmates

C．parents

D．relatives

8.

A．reality

B．problem

C．war

D．game

9.

A．played

B．watched

C．posted

D．set

10.

A．driving

B．racing

C．filming

D．travelling

11.

A．right

B．mad

C．wrong

D．popular

12.

A．invite

B．push

C．move

D．apply

13.

A．protected

B．saw

C．questioned

D．refused

14.

A．traffic

B．noise

C．fun

D．attention

15.

A．showed

B．returned

C．told

D．cost