4 . 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。

Babloo was picking color papers and some watercolors while his mum was busy selecting the necessary daily supplies for this month. They both completed their selection of items and went to the checkout to pay the bill. Seetha was surprised to see the bill of Rs. 1000 (卢比), which was more than the budget that she had set. She wanted to return some of the items picked up by Babloo.

“But I like drawing. My teacher always shows my art to the class,” Babloo cried. He usually went to a secret place to work on creative artwork. He knew it was difficult for his parents to earn enough money. He was sure his artwork would be appreciated by the shop-keepers around and that he could give his parents a big surprise.

Seetha decided not to disappoint her son. Back at home, Babloo wanted to eagerly open the boxes and look at those items he had selected. But Seetha asked him to do his homework first. She was a litle worried about what her husband, Ramesh, would say about the additional bill amount.

Ramesh reached home around 7:00 P. M. He was very tired and Seetha offered him a cup of coffee. He was a sales executive. He had to work hard to complete the sales target to save his job in the company.

“We need to save at least a little more amount per month, Seetha. It might help us for any emergency expenses,” said Ramesh with a dull face. “What was the bill amount for this month? I hope that was within our budget.”

Seetha was silent for a moment and asked him to have his coffee first. Ramesh, with worry on his face, asked again, wondering if there was any problem.

“No... no issues at all. Only thing is this week’s spending has gone over the budget.” answered Seetha. “Babloo bought color papers and some watercolors and I did not want to disappoint him.”

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

At this, Ramesh called Babloo and talked to him angrily and seriously.

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Four weeks later, Babloo ran towards his father with lots of excitement and 10 notes of Rs. 100.

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5 . 你校即将举办以“自律 (self-discipline)”为题的英语演讲活动。请结合自身经历写一篇演讲稿。
注意：
1.词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答；
3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入词数。

Good morning, everyone! It is a pleasure to talk about a topic that has played a crucial role in my life: self-discipline.

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In conclusion, self-discipline is the key to success in both academics and life.

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。

A skywell, or “tian jing” in Chinese, dating back to the Ming dynasty, is a typical feature of a traditional home in southern and eastern China. It     1    (design) to allow in light, improve ventilation (通风), and harvest rainwater. Less     2    (expose) to the outdoor environment, a skywell is smaller and distinct from a northern courtyard.

Despite the fact     3     a skywell’s size and design vary from region to region, it is almost always rectangular (长方形) and located in the core of a house. It is either enclosed by rooms on four sides     4     three sides plus a wall. When wind blows above a skywell house, it can enter the indoor space through the opening. Because outdoor air is often cooler, the incoming wind travels down the walls to the lower stories     5     creates airflow by replacing     6    (warm) indoor air, which rises and leaves through the opening.

Due to the     7    (revive) of traditional Chinese architecture, skywell buildings have been making a comeback. Architects are now looking towards the     8    (principle) behind skywells while designing new buildings     9    (save) energy. One example is the National Heavy Vehicle Engineering Technology Research Center in the eastern Chinese city of Jinan. A giant skywell is in the middle of the 18-storey glass-walled tower block,     10    (stretch) from the fifth to the top floor.

7 . “This will never do.” I kept telling my husband as he set the table one Thanksgiving. I wanted everything to be _________, because my parents would come. Criticisms from my childhood _________ rang in my mind. So whenever my parents visited us, I _________ myself for more faultfinding. The unhealthy pursuit of perfection _________ the joy from our celebration. Gradually I _________ the reason for Thanksgiving, and I found myself, like my parents, _________ people around me.

Then luckily, I read from a book, “Too much criticism hurts; necessary praise helps. Put your praise of someone in _________ so that the person can save and read it.”

So the next Thanksgiving, I _________ to my husband and my son, “We’re each going to write a message saying what we _________ about one of us.” Despite their eye-rolling, we soon finished and exchanged our __________. My son sat up straighter after __________ what his father had written about him. And I felt so uplifted myself when I read “I am proud of your cooking.” That was a life-changing __________. Since then my family has the __________ and we do it year-round―not just the fourth Thursday of November.

I no longer just focus on finding fault with others. I’m more __________ how I can help the people around me feel loved and appreciated. Especially in writing, because behind every __________ is the power of love.

1.

A．perfect

B．new

C．permanent

D．normal

2.

A．finally

B．constantly

C．merely

D．hardly

3.

A．hid

B．contained

C．behaved

D．prepared

4.

A．caused

B．passed

C．spread

D．stole

5.

A．made sure of

B．got used to

C．lost sight of

D．paid attention to

6.

A．punishing

B．interrupting

C．criticizing

D．declining

7.

A．questions

B．lectures

C．writing

D．testing

8.

A．reported

B．announced

C．replied

D．admitted

9.

A．appreciate

B．forget

C．expect

D．ignore

10.

A．designs

B．plans

C．gifts

D．notes

11.

A．remembering

B．reading

C．explaining

D．translating

12.

A．book

B．moment

C．mistake

D．promise

13.

A．secret

B．festival

C．tradition

D．experiment

14.

A．interested in

B．curious about

C．sympathetic to

D．thankful for

15.

A．discussion

B．scene

C．decision

D．word

8 . Have you ever wondered why different people react differently to the things you say and do? Maybe you told your parents a story that made them laugh, but found that the same story was upsetting to the kids at school. What caused them to react so differently?     1    

Boundaries are the cut-off point between what a person finds funny and charming, and what they find hurtful and inappropriate.     2     You may not always share a person’s boundaries, but it’s still important to respect them.

    3     That’s why it’s especially important to be a good listener when you’re first getting to know someone. Listening will help you get a feel for the topics they are comfortable discussing.     4     If they become withdrawn when you bring up a certain topic, or they try to change subjects, you may be making them uncomfortable. Then it is better to pull back in the conversation, and let them take the lead for a while.

While many people won’t tell you directly that you’ve made them uncomfortable, some people will.     5     In that case, it’s always best to apologize and correct the offensive behavior. Failing to take a step back can create a lot of discomfort for the people around you. Most people can forgive a one-time slip, but you should avoid making the same mistake repeatedly, which can damage a friendship.

A．You aren’t sure of a person’s boundaries.

B．Different people have different boundaries.

C．The gateway to a healthy relationship is boundaries.

D．They may tell you that you’re standing too close to them.

E．Pay attention to the way they react to your ideas and jokes.

F．A person tends to tell you directly if you’ve made a mistake.

G．The answer has something to do with a tricky concept called boundaries.

9 . The subject of Jay Owens’s new book has long been trying to kill me. Like millions of people around the world, I am allergic to dust. I have long considered it an enemy. But Owens is out to broaden our perspective.

While each particle (微粒) of dust may be tiny, together they have outsized consequences. Approximately 2bn tons of dust are lifted into the Earth’s atmosphere each year, Owens tells us, both absorbing and reflecting the sun’s energy and seeding clouds — therefore directly affecting global temperatures and climate. Like water, dust is part of an essential ecological cycle.

Owens’s own fascination with dust started in 2015, with a road trip through California. Owens was transfixed by the story of Los Angeles, whose growth and modern existence was only possible through the systematic theft of water and the creation of a dust desert to the east.

Early in the book, Owens unpacks the history of hygiene (卫生), exploring how dirt and our relation to it has changed over centuries, and cleanliness — or the pursuit of it — defines our modern lives. After the Industrial Revolution, emerging ideas about the relationship between dirt and disease made dust something to be fought against- a responsibility that fell on women. The poorest people tended to have the least time and money to clean a house; often, their jobs were to clean the houses of others. “The history of 20th-century cleanliness is, thus, a history not only of the making of sex and class distinctions, but racialised inequalities.”

Perhaps the most emotionally stirring chapter in the book is that in which Owens retells the story of the nuclear age not through mushroom clouds, but through the radioactive dust they left behind. One study estimated that the effects of atmospheric nuclear testing would eventually result in the deaths of 2. 4 million people from cancer, a threat “that has gone substantially unnoticed because radioactive dust is such a delayed killer”.

One reason to think about dust, Owens writes in Dust, is “to challenge ourselves to try to see the world beyond our easy imaginings”.

1. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

A．The impact of dust on temperatures.

B．The amount of dust in the atmosphere.

C．The comparison between dust and water.

D．The traveling course of dust around the world.

2. What does the underlined word “transfixed” mean in paragraph 3?

A．Thrilled.

B．Inspired.

C．Embarrassed.

D．Shocked.

3. How does Owens regard dust?

A．It is a distant concern.

B．It carries political meanings.

C．It changes our relation to nature.

D．It is a reflection of tech advancement.

4. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To introduce a book.	B．To support an author.
C．To present a phenomenon.	D．To correct misunderstandings.

10 . Years ago, I interviewed James Patterson, an advertising manager, about the latest campaign. But all he wanted to talk about was fiction-writing. “I hope to be a writer. It is always in my head,” he said.

I remember thinking: Sure, you and everybody else.

A decade or so later, however, I was surprised to see James on TV, holding up his new book.

Mr. Patterson’s ability to see himself as a writer illustrates a concept known as “possible selves.” The term, coined in 1986 by the social psychologists Hazel Markus and Paula Nurius, grew out of research on self-concept. While self-concepts – “I am a kind person” or “I am a good parent”- are rooted in the present, the researchers found people are also informed by ideas about what they might become and how they might change.

These possible selves, both positive and negative, are closely related to motivation. A violin student who envisions life as a professional musician might be motivated to practice. A person whose feared possible self is an alcoholic may become a non-drinker. In a small study, when young adults were encouraged to envision themselves as either regular exercisers (hoped-for selves) or inactive(feared selves), both groups exercised more in the weeks afterward.

A possible self can take you beyond daydreams, which are often not necessarily grounded in reality. It can come to fruition if you build a bridge from your “now” self to the possible self. “If you’re regularly dreaming of a different career, enroll in a course, shadow someone, take up a hobby or a side job. Making the transition requires you to say now, today, this week, these are the steps I can actually take to attain the goal,” said Daphna Oyserman, a psychology professor at the University of Southern California.

But don’t quit your job just yet. An analysis of career-transition research concluded that successful reinventions require adjustments and re-evaluations as you go. Mr. Patterson, for example, wrote almost a dozen books while still at his ad agency; he found his style only after many tries.

1. Why does the author mention the interview?

A．To show his expectation.	B．To explain his surprise.
C．To display Patterson’s ability.	D．To introduce a concept.

2. What can we learn about the idea of “possible selves”?

A．It involves three aspects.

B．It allows for personal growth.

C．It ensures one a promising future.

D．It includes the idea of self-concept.

3. What does professor Daphna intend to express?

A．The idea of “now”self.

B．The wish for the career transition.

C．The importance of concrete action.

D．The necessity of expert-consulting.

4. What is probably talked about in the following paragraph?

A．Different writing styles.

B．Multiple research methods.

C．Patterson’s success in his advertising business.

D．The exploration and adaptation of job transition.