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。

Seven ancient stone columns (石柱) from Yuanmingyuan that     1     (lose) overseas have been returned to China recently. This marks another significant repatriation (遣返；归国) of cultural relics, following the return of the bronze horse head statue in 2020.

Under the guidance of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,     2     (university), departments, and society have worked together to bring about the donation of these stone columns from Norway to China. Liu Yang, a member of China’s Old Summer Palace Society, emphasized the     3     (important) of the return. “    4     there are similar carved stone columns in Yuanmingyuan, there turn of these stone columns holds great significance in     5     (advance) the repatriation of lost cultural relics to the palace, and these stone columns are well preserved.”

The exhibition was open to     6     public last Saturday. University students     7     visited the exhibition expressed their pride and excitement. They regarded the return of these artifacts     8     a symbol of Chinese-Western cultural exchanges. “The exhibition is not just a show of cultural relics, but also a chance for patriotic (爱国的) education. It will     9     (certain) remind us of the painful lesson that falling behind can lead to suffering,” a student    10     (name) Yang told the Global Times.

2 . My little girl, Jessica, always says hello to strangers. I wish she weren’t so _________, because I don’t want her to be laughed at. She was born with mental retardation (MR精神发育迟滞). But that’s also why I try to control my _________. Children with MR don’t communicate well with others, and I don’t want to stop her _________ .

Last year, we visited New York. I wasn’t surprised to hear her saying “Hello!” to everyone we _________. This would be a good _________ for her, I thought. People won’t respond—these are New Yorkers, after all. And maybe she would _________ not to talk to strangers.

One day, we were waiting at a red light, and Jessica greeted (打招呼) everyone _________. Then, a man asked: “Is she retarded?” It _________ me greatly. After all, he was a _________ stranger. I put my hand on Jessica’s shoulder. “Yes,” I said. He showed a look of __________. “I work with such children,” he explained. “It’s a __________.” I felt something inside me __________: a wall that I never knew I had built. Because I expected people to be unfriendly, I never__________ kindness. Not like Jessica, who always does.

Then the __________ changed. “She has a good mom,” the man said and walked away. My tears __________ up and his words were like a ray of sunshine, lighting up my world.

1.

A．annoying

B．outgoing

C．confusing

D．amazing

2.

A．curiosity

B．shock

C．anxiety

D．gratitude

3.

A．lectures

B．comments

C．attempts

D．strategies

4.

A．attracted

B．tracked

C．recognized

D．saw

5.

A．lesson

B．proposal

C．impression

D．behavior

6.

A．arrange

B．plan

C．demand

D．learn

7.

A．warmly

B．rudely

C．confidently

D．fluently

8.

A．frightened

B．surprised

C．satisfied

D．excited

9.

A．responsible

B．junior

C．young

D．total

10.

A．coldness

B．happiness

C．kindness

D．nervousness

11.

A．failure

B．challenge

C．legend

D．glory

12.

A．weaken

B．strengthen

C．lengthen

D．deepen

13.

A．apply for

B．focused on

C．hoped for

D．refer to

14.

A．attitude

B．light

C．description

D．affair

15.

A．made

B．signed

C．packed

D．welled

3 . How to Make School Days Easier

School days mean homework, studying, exams, and social communications — not to mention getting up early every morning.     1    However, it’s also something you can totally improve! The following tips can help you feel happier on school days.

    2    

Music which you like best makes you feel happy and energetic. To get started, make a playlist of your favorite optimistic music. Listen to it in the morning when you get ready for school, on the way to school, and between classes.

Focus on the good things about school

A little positive thinking can go a long way towards improving your mood. Think about the bigger picture and how your education will have a positive effect on your life in the long run.     3     After that, you’ll feel relaxed!

Get some exercise

Physical activities release endorphins, increasing the feeling of happiness. Go for a walk or do some stretching during your lunch break to get moving during the school day.     4    

Do something nice for someone

Making other people smile can improve your own happiness.     5     Or, thank a teacher for a fun activity or an interesting lesson. These all can make you have a good day.

A．Listen to optimistic music

B．Choose your favorite music

C．Taking a PE class also makes a difference.

D．Go for a short walk or review your notes outside on a break.

E．Give another student a praise or some positive encouragement.

F．It’s understandable if you don’t always feel good going to school.

G．If you’re feeling bad, tell yourself that you only have to be in school for a short period.

4 . Overuse of land and warming temperatures are putting insect diversity in danger in some parts of the world, scientists reported Wednesday.

The study, published in the journal Nature, confirmed for the first time a clear and alarming link between warming temperatures and large-scale agriculture and showed that where there are more farmlands, there is a greater decrease in insects.

“These findings lead to huge concerns,” said Charlotte Outhwaite, the lead author of the study and researcher at the University College London, adding that losing insects could threaten human health and food supply.

“Three quarters of our crops depend on insect pollinators(授粉),” Dave Goulson, a professor of biology at the University of Sussex in the UK, previously told CNN. “Without insects, crops will die. We won’t have things like strawberries. We can’t feed 8 billion people.”

Outhwaite said their findings “may only show the tip of the iceberg(冰山一角),"because of the limited amount of evidence in some areas. “But I think there are also a lot of results that we probably don’t really know because there are so many different kinds of insects.” Outhwaite told CNN.

Scientists say, overuse of land has a link with warming temperatures. Destroying natural habitats for agriculture can make the temperature rise sharply. Researchers found great decreases in insect populations in areas of the world that are much warmer. They concluded that in areas with small-scale agriculture, less temperature warming, and more natural habitats, insects only dropped by 7%, compared to the 63% decrease in areas with large-scale agriculture, more temperature warming and less natural habitats. So what can we do to help prevent this?

1. What did the study find?

A．More farmlands lead to a greater decrease in insects.

B．Three quarters of our crops depend on insect pollinators.

C．Overuse of land is threatening insect diversity all over the world.

D．There is little link between warming temperatures and large-scale agriculture.

2. Why does the author quote Dave Goulson’s words?

A．To suggest solutions to people’s concerns.	B．To explain the process of insect pollinators.
C．To prove the importance of insects to humans.	D．To provide evidence for the decrease in insects.

3. Which one is NOT the factor of the decreases in insect populations?

A．Insect pollinators	B．Overuse of land
C．Warming temperatures	D．Less natural habitats

4. What might the author continue talking about?

A．His opinions of the study.	B．Studies of natural habitat.
C．The ways to stop the decrease.	D．The causes of warming temperatures.

5 . I first met Charlie in the community soon after buying my apartment. He was a relatively short man around his mid-70s. At first, Charlie was very friendly and got along with people in a rather relaxing way.

But a few weeks later, the first time I joined the community meeting, things became difficult. The hot topic was to take control of the community gardens from Charlie and employ a professional gardener to do the job instead. All but Charlie agreed with the suggestion. Charlie had been doing the gardens as if they were his personal belongings. The problem was that his efforts weren’t what the rest of the owners seemed to want, and this led to a debate. As the meeting developed into a slanging match (互相谩骂), I decided to say something.

“Look! As a new owner, I have no interest in what happened in the past. I’m interested in how to solve the present situation. The problem is that I can’t even open my garage door properly because there’s a tree planted too close to it. Finding a professional gardener to solve the problem sounds like a great solution to me.”

Most of the other owners appeared relieved, but Charlie was annoyed. Finally, at the request of everyone, except Charlie, a professional gardener was hired to manage the community gardens.

From that day on, I became Charlie’s enemy. Later, I learned that he always lived in his own world. He was lonely because he had no friends, and he managed to alienate everyone in his life.

Suddenly one day, Charlie fell down the stairs, breaking his leg. Out of pity, I went to the hospital to care for him. During the three months we spent together, I gradually accepted this stubborn old man. After Charlie left the hospital, he became kind not just to me, but to the rest of the community. Since then, the friend lines s of the whole community has raised a lot.

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

A．Charlie lived in harmony with all the neighbors.

B．The gardens in the community belong to Charlie.

C．Charlie’s efforts weren’t recognized by the rest of the owners.

D．All the owners agreed to find a suitable gardener to do the job.

2. Why did the author mention the tree?

A．To say something.	B．To show his anger.
C．To make new friends.	D．To support the proposal.

3. What does the underlined word “alienate” in paragraph 5 mean?

A．Give way to

B．Stay away from

C．Keep track of

D．Be concerned about

4. Which of the following best describes the author?

A．Fair and kind

B．Helpful and creative

C．Brave and curious

D．Lonely and stubborn

6 . 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。

Already Perfect

Each one of us struggles with self-worth to some degree. I spent much of my time attempting to achieve perfection in every aspect of my life. What I didn’t realize was that in my efforts to be perfect, I almost lost my life.

During my childhood, I wanted everyone’s praise and acceptance. After I graduated from high school, my struggles with self-worth increased. I began to put pressure on myself to succeed in the adult world. Meanwhile, I wasn’t feeling very confident and successful. I started to believe that my difficulties and “failures” in life were caused by my weight. I had always been a thin-to-average sized person. Suddenly, I was convinced that I was overweight. In my mind, I was FAT!

Slowly, I began to control my food by trying to diet, but nothing seemed to work. I continued to reduce what I ate each day and told myself that I would succeed, and in turn, I felt good about myself.

People around me began to notice my weight loss. At first, they weren’t alarmed; maybe some were even envious. But then the comments showed some concern. “You’re losing too much weight.” “Elisa, you’re so thin.” “You look sick.” “You’ll die if you keep this up.” All their words only made me believe that I was on the right path, getting closer to “perfection.”

My poor nutrition (营养) began to cause me to lose sleep. I found it hard to concentrate on my work or to focus on anything for a long time. I was pushing myself harder and harder at the gym, struggling to burn fat. My parents tried to stop me but I disagreed that I had a problem. None of my clothes fit, and it was hard to buy any, since I had become too thin!

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2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Then one night, I couldn’t sleep again, and my heart beat its way out of my chest.

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When I lay on the hospital bed, I began to rethink what I did to my body.

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7 . The Chinese people have developed the habit of ordering more dishes than they can eat when inviting guests for dinner in a restaurant, because if all the plates are empty at the end of the dinner, it would be considered a matter of shame to the host. Surveys show that as much as 35 million tons of food is wasted in China every year.

To solve this problem, the “Clean Your Plate” campaign was launched in 2013 and got a positive response from restaurant owners, the public, and governments at different levels. More and more waiters are now reminding diners to stop ordering more if they have ordered enough to make them full. Also, most restaurant owners nowadays provide free boxes with which the diners can carry the leftovers (剩菜) home.

The “Clean Your Plate” campaign has become popular along with the “save water” and “go green” activities. However, since it takes generations for people to change their bad habits, it’s too early to celebrate its success. Instead, more attention should be paid to preventing food waste at home.

Almost every Chinese family has a “waste bin”. Unfortunately, I happen to be the “waste bin” of my family. I used to enjoy eating leftovers until I heard an expert on TV saying that it causes cancer. Many doctors say the same thing. But later, I saw other experts doing experiments and concluding that food cooked hours ago or even a day ago shows no obvious increase in carcinogenic particles(致癌颗粒) if stored properly. Their disagreement has left me confused. I have no idea who is right, but I am clear that if all the leftovers are thrown away as suggested by some experts, it would be a big waste of food.

1. Why was the “Clean Your Plate” campaign launched?

A．To invite guests for dinner.	B．To save people’s face.
C．To reduce food waste.	D．To stop unbalanced diet.

2. What is the effect of this campaign on people?

A．Waiters are reminded to stop ordering more.

B．Free boxes are provided by most restaurant owners.

C．People are eager to change their bad habits earlier.

D．People pay more attention to preventing food waste at home.

3. What does the author think of the leftovers?

A．Eating leftovers causes cancer.

B．Leftovers should be thrown into the waste bin.

C．Throwing all the leftovers would be a big waste of food.

D．Properly stored leftovers won’t cause damage to health.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．An introduction to a campaign.	B．The ways to deal with leftovers.
C．An explanation of food waste.	D．The eating habits of Chinese.

8 . 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。

Once upon a time, there lived a poor but cheerful shoemaker. He was so happy that he sang all day long. The children loved to stand around his window to listen to him.

Next door to the shoemaker lived a rich man. He used to sit up all night to count his gold. In the morning, he went to bed, but he could not sleep because of the sound of the shoemaker’s singing. One day, he thought of a way to stop the singing. He wrote a letter to the shoemaker inviting him over for a cup of tea.

The shoemaker came at once, and to his great surprise, the rich man gave him a bag of gold as a gift. The shoemaker took the bag and thanked the rich man. When he returned home, the shoemaker couldn’t wait to open the bag. He had never seen so much gold in his life! He sat down at his bench and began, carefully, to count it. The children watched through the window.

There was so much there that the shoemaker was afraid to let it out of his sight. So he took it to bed with him. But he could not sleep for worrying about it. So he got out of bed and went to hide it in the attic (阁楼), but he was not sure if that was a good place.

Very early in the morning, he got up and brought his gold down from the attic. He had decided to hide it up the chimney (烟囱) instead. But after breakfast, he thought it would be safer in the chicken house. So he hid it there. But he was still uneasy, and in a little while he dug a hole in the garden and buried his bag of gold in it.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:

He was in no mood for singing and found it difficult to focus on his work.

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Paragraph 2:

At last the shoemaker felt so unhappy that he took his bag of gold and ran next door to the rich man.

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9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

For years I     1     (ask) why I volunteer, and my answer remains the same. I volunteer because it makes     2     difference.

Growing up in Hawaii, I saw Dad taking my family downtown to pass out cheeseburgers to the     3     (home), and my passion grew from there. Over the years, I placed my focus     4     food insecurity and that led me to found the first food pantry (食物分发处) on the campus of Indiana University. I will never forget the day when I opened the pantry. A student walked in the door and he said, “I was in class with you     5     (early). Thank you for doing this because I was trying to figure out what I was going to eat this week.” The food pantry     6     (actual) helped many a student on the campus,     7    , for some reason, had difficulty     8     (get) everyday meals. Those who got food from there came back to support our food pantry, making it a place to pass on kindness.

That was two and a half years ago, but     9     (moment) like those stick with me to this very day. Since graduating, I now volunteer with different homeless shelters in Indianapolis, and I will continue to make     10     (me) available as long as there is someone in need.

10 . Flooding was fairly usual for a Queensland summer. This time, however, there had been a lot of rain and flash flooding further north which _________ ran down to the river.

My younger brother was getting _________ and thought we should evacuate. We spent hours trying to _________ him down. The water had never gotten to less than 1 to 2 meters away from our street level. After a few more _________, the water levels were getting much higher than we’d seen before and we thought it best if we moved our cars to the higher _________ just in case it got to the street level. Later, we _________ a lot of furniture and electronics upstairs.

Finally, we decided to _________. The water was getting close to the street level, which only meant another foot from _________ our bottom floor. We left to spend the _________ with my cousin who lived in a neighborhood close by. We heard that the water had __________ further, but had no idea how far as it was dark and we couldn’t see anything from our cousin’s house.

The __________ moment was when we finally got to see our house. There is a high school behind our house, which __________ at the base of this large hill, with an elevated sports oval (高架椭圆形体育场) right behind our house. The water at its __________ was about 2 inches from being level with the oval. We __________ it to survey our house. Seeing water lapping (轻拍) at the windows of our bedroom on the second floor of our house was the most unbelievable __________ I had ever seen.

1.

A．fast

B．slowly

C．actually

D．eventually

2.

A．excited

B．nervous

C．curious

D．disappointed

3.

A．turn

B．lay

C．calm

D．break

4.

A．hours

B．degree

C．meters

D．days

5.

A．level

B．ground

C．speed

D．house

6.

A．made

B．sold

C．covered

D．moved

7.

A．swim

B．separate

C．leave

D．stay

8.

A．reaching

B．flooding

C．entering

D．destroying

9.

A．weekend

B．money

C．holiday

D．night

10.

A．fallen

B．run

C．risen

D．washed

11.

A．funniest

B．scariest

C．strangest

D．greatest

12.

A．lies

B．operates

C．keeps

D．spreads

13.

A．height

B．length

C．depth

D．width.

14.

A．stood by

B．waved at

C．looked through

D．walked across

15.

A．flood

B．building

C．view

D．sport