1 . In 2016, I was part of a group sponsoring a family of refugees（难民）.Marwa Ataya and Salem Ajaj had _______ their country with three kids. They _______ in our hometown of Victoria. That year, we drove them to doctor's appointments and _______ them find housing furnish their home and enroll（登记）their _______ in school. They opened a_______ store.

Over time, we _______a friendship, celebrating our kids' birthdays together and chatting whenever we   _______ at their store.

In March 2020, my family traveled to Mexico. When we left Canada, North Americans weren't worried about COVID-19. But the situation changed _______.We were still _______when the Canadian Government's recommendation against travel was released. Upon ________, we decided to self-isolate（(自我隔离），just to be safe. That ________ not leaving the house for 14 days—not even to go to groceries.

Partway through our self-isolation I ________ a text from Marwa saying she was outside our house. I opened the door to seven big bags of groceries. Marwa was standing a ________ distance away. She'd brought my family necessaries. I was so ________knew she and her husband were busy at home. That they took the time to care for us was incredibly ________. I would have liked to give her a ________, but I couldn't.

Later, I ________ she'd also dropped off groceries for my parents. Given that they're in their 80s, this was a huge ________. I insisted on paying Marwa. She just refused.

I hope that people will remember how much refugees do for the ________. Canada is a kind and rich country because of the ________ of newcomers. I hope Canadians will step up and help them get to safety.

1.

A．fled

B．ruined

C．betrayed

D．reached

2.

A．kept

B．arranged

C．settled

D．wandered

3.

A．helped

B．directed

C．let

D．watched

4.

A．parents

B．employees

C．friends

D．children

5.

A．food

B．grocery

C．fruit

D．vegetable

6.

A．developed

B．formed

C．hit

D．found

7.

A．ate

B．played

C．. shopped

D．worked

8.

A．recently

B．slowly

C．quickly

D．finally

9.

A．relaxed

B．abroad

C．nervous

D．aboard

10.

A．leaving

B．hearing

C．landing

D．returning

11.

A．meant

B．announced

C．showed

D．required

12.

A．heard

B．got

C．remembered

D．met

13.

A．special

B．remote

C．short

D．safe

14.

A．moved

B．welcome

C．interested

D．surprised

15.

A．smart

B．active

C．ambitious

D．kind

16.

A．praise

B．comfort

C．hug

D．smile

17.

A．asked

B．argued

C．hoped

D．learned

18.

A．secret

B．relief

C．trade

D．challenge

19.

A．people

B．world

C．country

D．planet

20.

A．preparations

B．contributions

C．congratulations

D．expectations

2 . What I Regret

At lunchtime, Jimmy, Patrick, Devon, and I began our regular routine of our lunches. I glanced across the busy cafeteria and saw the _________ student, Joel. He was holding his plate and waiting in lines.

Patrick _________ him too. “Why’s the new kid dressed like the headmaster?” he asked. Devon and Jimmy laughed.

“Joel’s cool. He’s in my English and history classes,” I said. However, I kept the _________ that Joel and I had become friends when we worked on a project together. We _________ that we were both enthusiastic readers — something I would never admit to Patrick, Jimmy, and Devon.

I saw that Joel was _________ toward us. “Don’t do it,” I thought, but in seconds he was at our table. My friends raised their eyebrows. Jimmy, Devon and Patrick piled their backpacks on the table and chairs so that there was no _________ left for another person to sit down. Patrick said, “I don’t think we have room.”

This _________ situation froze the air. I could _________ Joel looking at me, but I stared at my _________ as if it contained precious pearls of wisdom instead of rice and beans. After a long, uncomfortable pause, Joel ____________. I ____________ have spoken up for him, but I couldn’t walk away from my three friends, could I?

Joel didn’t speak to me after that ____________ He was soon ____________ around with another group of kids. A few months later, I saw an announcement about Joel being chosen to be president of the class book club. I was ____________ for Joel’s achievements, but I realized I had made a big mistake____________ I said nothing at the lunch table that day. Why was I so ____________ that my friends might find out that I like to read?

As I stared at the announcement, I knew I needed to ____________ to Joel even if he did not want to become my friend again. I was certain that my three friends would not ____________. I was also certain that I ____________ losing them as well. However, I knew that I would lose myself if I did nothing.

As the dismissal bell rang, I gathered up my books, took (a) deep ____________, and went to find Joel.

1.

A．good

B．new

C．lucky

D．top

2.

A．noticed

B．helped

C．examined

D．called

3.

A．words

B．ideas

C．truth

D．promise

4.

A．forgot

B．argued

C．discussed

D．discovered

5.

A．nodding

B．flying

C．walking

D．driving

6.

A．book

B．food

C．time

D．space

7.

A．awkward

B．dangerous

C．pleasant

D．comfortable

8.

A．taste

B．smell

C．hear

D．feel

9.

A．face

B．lunch

C．backpack

D．table

10.

A．left

B．laughed

C．started

D．stopped

11.

A．need

B．should

C．would

D．must

12.

A．greeting

B．change

C．meeting

D．lesson

13.

A．turning

B．looking

C．showing

D．hanging

14.

A．happy

B．sorry

C．thankful

D．anxious

15.

A．if

B．until

C．when

D．where

16.

A．confused

B．surprised

C．excited

D．afraid

17.

A．adapt

B．apologize

C．smile

D．refer

18.

A．refuse

B．agree

C．mind

D．choose

19.

A．risked

B．permitted

C．tried

D．suggested

20.

A．delight

B．silence

C．breath

D．thought

3 . It is fashionable today to criticize Big Business, and there is one issue on which the many critics agree: CEO pay. We hear that CEOs are paid too much (or too much relative to workers) , or that they control others’ pay, or that their pay is insufficiently related to positive outcomes. But the more likely truth is CEO pay is largely caused by intense competition.

It is true that CEO pay has gone up---top ones may make 300 times the pay of typical workers on average, and since the mid-1970s, CEO pay for large publicly traded American corporations has, by varying estimates, gone up by about 500%. The typical CEO of a top American corporation-from the 350 largest such companies-now makes about $18.9 million a year.

While individual cases of overpayment definitely exist, in general, the determinants of CEO pay are not so mysterious and not so trapped in corruption (腐败). In fact, overall CEO compensation for the top companies rises pretty much in line with the value of those companies on the stock market.

The best model for understanding the growth of CEO pay, though, is that of limited CEO talent in a world where business opportunities for the top firms are growing rapidly. The efforts of Americans highest-earning 1 % have been one of the more dynamic elements of the global economy.

It’s not popular to say, but one reason their pay has gone up so much is that CEOs really have upped their game relative to many other workers in the U. S. economy.

Today’s CEO, at least for major American firms, must have many more skills than simply being able to “run the company.” CEOs must have a good sense of financial markets and maybe even how the company should trade in them. They also need better public relations skills than their predecessors, as the costs of even a minor slipup can cause a bad consequence. Then there’s the fact that large American companies are much more globalized than ever before, with supply chains spread across a larger number of countries. To lead in that system requires knowledge that is fairly incredible.

There is yet another trend: virtually all major American companies are becoming tech companies, one way or another. An agribusiness company, for instance, may focus on R&D in highly IT- intensive areas such as genome sequencing (基因组序列). Similarly, it is hard to do a good job running the Walt Disney Company just by picking good movie scripts and courting stars ； you also need to build a firm capable of creating significant CGI (计算机生成图像) products for cartoon movies at the highest levels of technical sophistication and with many frontier innovations along the way.

On top of all of this, major CEOs still have to do the job they have always done- which includes motivating employees, serving as an internal role model, helping to define and extend a corporate culture, understanding the internal accounting, and presenting budgets and business plans to the board. Good CEOs are some of the world’s most powerful creators and have some of the very deepest skills of understanding.

1. Which of the following has contributed to CEO pay rise?

A．The growth in the number of cooperation

B．The general pay rise with a better economy

C．Increased business opportunities for top firms

D．Close cooperation among leading economics

2. Compared with their predecessors, today’s CEOs are required to ________.

A．foster a stronger sense of teamwork

B．finance more research and development

C．establish closer ties with tech companies

D．operate more globalized companies

3. The meaning of the underlined word “slipup” (line 5, paragraph 4) is close to ________.

A．operation	B．success
C．mistake	D．promotion

4. The most suitable title for this text would be ________.

A．CEOs Are Not Overpaid	B．CEO Pay: Past and Present
C．CEOs’ Challenges of Today	D．CEO Traits: Not Easy to Define

4 . 阅读下面短，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Most of the food we eat today has been processed in some way, from salad mix to frozen dinners Some processed foods have ingredients(成分)added, Some     1     (prepare)for convenience, and some are packaged to last much     2     (long). Even foods labeled"natural"or "organic"can be processed. If you eat a lot of highly processed foods, you risk     3     (get) too much sodium(钠), added sugars and unhealthy fats. Highly processed foods contribute almost 60%, of calories and 90%6 of added sugars in the American diet according to a research study.

So     4     can you do if you want to eat more healthily? While it's     5     (wonder)to throw all processed food"under the bus, the reality     6     (be)that you can't avoid it entirely …… nor should you! The key is knowing how     7     (recognize) healthier processed foods and make smart     8     （choice) in the grocery store and restaurants.

Choosing healthier processed foods should start with reading food labels.     9     is the best way to know exactly what's in a processed food. Choose products without a lot of sodium, added sugars, or unhealthy fats. What is more, replace highly processed foods     10     less-processed options。

5 . Yasmeen’s Mehndi

Mrs. Cross, Yasmeen’s social study teacher, announced, “Boys and girls, you have been learning about world customs. Be ready to share one of your family’s customs, tomorrow.”

After school, Yasmeen dragged her backpack along, thinking about the day’s homework. “I’m the only Indian student in my class,” she thought, “what will everyone think about my family’s customs?”

At home, Yasmeen was upset. She opened the kitchen door and saw her mother busily crushing henna leaves.

“Ready for the party tonight?” Mother smiled.

Yasmeen shrugged (耸肩). Normally, she’d be excited when her aunts, uncles and cousins came to celebrate the end of the ninth month of the Islamic year. This holy month is observed with prayers and fasting(斋戒)during daylight hours.

Later, Yasmeen explored the house, trying to get an idea for her homework. She found her father’s Koran (古兰经). She turned over the worn pages of her father’s holy book. Maybe I’ll take this to school, she thought. But the Koran isn’t a custom.

Maybe I’ll wear my salwar kameez (纱丽) to school. Wrong! Everybody might laugh at me. Tears filled Yasmeen’s eyes as she tried to figure out what to share.

Yasmeen walked into the kitchen again and watched Mother mix henna powder into a smooth paste, to be used to paint at the party.

That night all the girls in their beautiful salwar kameez gathered around the sofa to have their hands painted with Mehndi.

It was Yasmeen’s turn. Mother drew tiny flower patterns on her hands. Seconds later, “That’s it,” Yasmeen shouted out, “Mehndi!”

“On special Muslim holidays,” Yasmeen explained the next day at school, “it’s an Indian tradition to paint women’s hands with Mehndi designs.” Yasmeen proudly displayed the design on her hands. She also held up a bowl of crushed henna leaves for the class to see and then described how her mother prepared henna paste.

“Could you paint me a Mehndi design?” All her classmates held out their hands.

Yasmeen’s eyes moistened. She had always thought that Mehndi was only something valued in her own country, but now she was far too glad to see this ancient art on hands admired by people from different cultures.

1. Yasmeen was upset at home, because ________.

A．she couldn’t make friends with her classmates

B．she was not invited to the party

C．she had too much homework

D．she didn’t know what to share in her class

2. Yasmeen and her family held the party to ________.

A．celebrate their traditional festival	B．get together for a big dinner
C．remember the first day of year	D．read her fathers Koran

3. ________ is NOT a custom on this special Muslim holiday.

A．Painting a Mehndi design on hands	B．Eating a bowl of henna leaves
C．Fasting during daylight hours	D．Wearing salwar kameez

4. The author wants to tell us that ________.

A．painting can help people communicate

B．people from different cultures love painting

C．cultural relics can be valued by other cultures

D．different countries celebrate the same festival

6 . At first, Michael Surrell didn't see the black smoke or flames shooting from the windows of his neighbor's home. He had just parked around the comer from his own house when he got a call from his daughter: "The house next door is on fire!" He went to look. That's when he saw an old woman crying outside.

"The baby's in there!" she cried. Though the fire department had been called, Surrell, then 64, ran inside without hesitation. Entering the burning house was like "running into a bucket of black paint," Surrell says. The thick smoke burned his eyes and made it impossible to breathe. The conditions would have been dangerous for anyone, but for Surrell, who had lung disease, they were life-threatening.

After a few minutes in the smoke - filled house, he retreated outside to catch his breath. "Where is Tiara?" he asked desperately.

“The second floor," the old woman shouted back.

Taking a deep breath, Surrell went in a second time. Because the house had a similar layout to his, he found the stairs and made it to the second floor.

“Baby girl, where are you?”

His throat and lungs burned as if he'd breathed fire instead of the smoke in the air. He couldn't open his eyes. All he could hear was the crackling （破裂声）of burning wood. Then a soft sound came out. Still unable to see, Surrell fell to his knees on the hot wood floor and climbed toward the sound, feeling around for any sign of the girl.

Finally, he touched something. A shoe, then an ankle. He pulled the baby toward him. Her body was weak and she wasn't breathing. He carried her into his arms and ran blindly into the blackness. The next thing he knew, he was at the front door, then outside.

1. Why was the old woman crying outside?

A．She lost the baby in the fire.

B．The baby was hurt in the fire.

C．The baby was in the burning house.

D．She couldn't call the fire department.

2. What can be learned from the first two paragraphs?

A．Surrell's daughter worked in a fire department.

B．Surrell would probably have been killed by the fire.

C．The smoke blanketed Surrell' s house from next door.

D．A bucket of black paint blocked Surrell's way to the house.

3. How did Surrell find the baby on the second floor?

A．By searching on his knees.

B．By opening the back door.

C．By shouting repeatedly'

D．By turning on the light.

4. Which of the following best describes Surrell?

A．Determined and patient.

B．Independent and devoted.

C．Generous and reliable.

D．Courageous and caring.

7 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

We are required to collect our smart phones and keep it in the teacher's during the weekdays. In fact, the most of us obey this regulation, but some still play various trick against it. I'm among them. Once, I hand in a waste phone. Mr Li, our head teacher, seemed ignore all that. So I felt very luckily to have an extra phone with me. And good times don't last long. "Can I use your phone as a while? I forgot to take mine by chance. " Mr Li said, pick out my waste phone and dialing. You can see how embarrassing I was at the scene!

8 . We’ve all been told to dress warmly or we’ll catch cold. But science says the common cold is caused by the virus, not the weather. Actually, according to researchers at Yale University, there just might be something to this old wives’ tale.

For decades, researchers have known that the virus replicates (复制) more readily in cooler environments, such as the nose, rather than at the warmer core body temperature. The reason for this, explains Ellen Foxman, an assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine, long remained a mystery. Scientists didn’t know whether the virus itself worked better at colder temperatures, or the immune system worked worse. “No one could find anything,” she says.

Then Foxman and her colleagues studied what’s called the born immune system, which is present in every cell, and how it responds to various temperatures when the virus is present. In the lab, they examined airway cells from mice and found that the immune system produced fewer chemical substances called interferons at lower temperatures, allowing the cold virus to flourish.

In a study published this year, they found supporting results in human cells: At the warmer core body temperature, born immune systems that block viral growth are more active, and can stop and kill viruses. Now the team is trying to better understand the defenses the body uses to prevent the virus.

While wearing a scarf around your nose to warm it up might help prevent a cold, Foxman recommends washing your hands so you don’t pass the virus to your eyes, nose, or mouth in the first place. “If the virus isn’t in your nose, it can’t cause infection,” she says.

1. What does the underlined sentence in the first paragraph mean?

A．Listen to the elders.	B．The tale makes sense.
C．The tale is interesting.	D．The research is useless.

2. What did the Foxman team find?

A．The virus increased in warmer environments.

B．The mice was more active in warmer conditions.

C．The immune system produced more antivirus in warm air.

D．A chemical in the immune system can stop and kill virus.

3. What does the Foxman team suggest to prevent the cold?

A．Wearing a scarf.	B．Dressing warmly.
C．Washing the hands.	D．Stay warm in winter.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Cold weather causes cold.	B．Tips on protecting immune system.
C．Cold impact the body’s immune system.	D．Many viruses can cause the common cold.

9 . As levels of carbon dioxide - CO₂ - in the atmosphere have been rising in recent decades, Earth has been warming. That’s because as a greenhouse gas, CO₂ traps heat in Earth’s atmosphere. That warming is one symptom of climate change. And it has the potential to affect food in many ways. Data now show that rising levels of CO₂ also can affect how nutritious a crop will be. Some of those data were reported last year in Annual Review of Public Health. Indeed, it noted that several studies have come to this conclusion.

Samuel Myers is an environmental health scientist at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. He was part of a team that has studied the potential effects of climate change on nutrition. In one 2014 study, his group looked at six major food crops: wheat, rice, field peas, soybeans, maize (corn) and sorghum. They exposed plants to different amounts of CO₂. Some got levels of between 363 and 386 parts per million (ppm), which were typical at that time. (CO₂ levels have since risen.) Other plants were exposed to more of that greenhouse gas as they grew — 546 to 586 ppm. Such levels are expected to develop within the next 50 years or so.

After harvesting the plants, the researchers measured their levels of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. And plants grown with more CO₂ were less nutritious. Most people depend on cereal crops, such as wheat and rice, to meet their dietary needs for both zinc and iron. If crop levels of such nutrients fall, people may face an even greater risk of falling ill.

Scientists don’t yet know why CO₂ impacts levels of these nutrients. But the new findings suggest scientists may want to try breeding new varieties of crops that are less affected by CO₂. That way people will still get the most benefits from their greens and grains.

1. What can be the best title of the passage?

A．The rising CO2 levels.	B．Climate change affecting nutrition of crops.
C．Effects of a greenhouse gas on the environment.	D．New varieties of crops.

2. How did researchers come to the conclusion?

A．By experimenting and measuring.	B．By referring to books.
C．By imagination.	D．By turning to farmers for help.

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

A．Scientists don’t yet know why CO2 impacts levels of these nutrients.

B．CO2 levels are expected to rise to 546 to 586 ppm within the next 50 years or so.

C．The Earth has been warming because CO2 traps heat in the atmosphere.

D．Global warming affects food only in one way.

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards crops in the future?

A．Indifferent.	B．Doubtful.
C．Negative.	D．Positive.

10 . Some 15 years ago, Ross Willard volunteered with a food program in Harrisburg, Pa.. He found children riding bicycles with brakes that didn’t work. The retired railroad manager saw the importance of safely riding for children, so he began repairing bicycles on street corners.

Over time, more and more people came to have their bicycles repaired. Mr. Willard opened his first shop in 2007 and three years later he founded his own company Recycle Bicycle Harrisburg. The all-volunteer nonprofit organization has been offering service for residents in the community. Regular visitors include children and their parents, as well as halfway house residents seeking to perform community service hours while also building their own bikes.

The organization has a do-it-yourself philosophy: Although there is no charge for any repairs, or even bicycles, most visitors (except young children) are tasked with making their own repairs with the assistance of volunteer trainers.

Since its founding, Recycle Bicycle has distributed thousands of donated bikes to the Harrisburg community-averaging about 900 per year in the past decade. He’s known as “Mr. Bicycle,” around the Pennsylvania capital. He estimates that the organization repairs some 3,000 bikes a year.

Sitting in the organization’s shop space, he discusses the volunteerism and sense of service that were imprinted on him as a child by his parents. This led to a strong belief about fixing problems that one finds in the community.

1. Why did Willard begin repairing bicycles on street corners?

A．He felt bored with the food program.	B．He decided to set up his own business.
C．He needed to make some extra money.	D．He wanted to ensure the safety of cyclists.

2. What does “do-it-yourself philosophy” aim at?

A．Visitors.	B．Volunteer trainers.
C．Shoppers.	D．Young children.

3. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “imprinted”?

A．depended.	B．realized.
C．ignored.	D．impressed.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．How to repair a bicycle.

B．Community needs bicycle repair service.

C．The organization offers service for the community.

D．Repairing a bicycle yourself can save time and money.