1 . 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。

After graduating from college, I worked as a salesman for a piano company. We advertised our pianos in small town newspapers and then, when we had received many replies, we would load our little trucks, and drive into the area and sell the pianos to those who had replied.

Every time we advertised, we would receive a reply on a postcard which said, “Please bring me a new piano for my little granddaughter. It must be red mahogany (红木). I can pay $10 a month with my egg money.” Of course, we could not sell a new piano for $10 a month. No finance company would carry a contract with payments that small, so we ignored her postcards.

One day, however, I happened to be in that area calling on other replies, and out of curiosity I decided to look the old lady up. I found pretty much what I expected: The old lady lived in a one-room cabin in the middle of a cotton field. The cabin had a dirt floor and there were chickens in the house. Obviously, the old lady could not have qualified to purchase anything on credit — no car, no phone, no real job, nothing but a roof over her head and not a very good one at that.

I could see daylight through it in several places. Her little granddaughter was about 10, barefoot and wearing a feed sack (麻布袋) dress. I explained to the old lady that we could not sell a new piano for $10 a month and that she should stop writing to us every time she saw our ad. I drove away heartsick, but my advice had no effect — she still sent us the same post card every six weeks. Always wanting a new piano, red mahogany, please, and swearing she would never miss a $10 payment. It was sad.

Several years later, I owned my own piano company, and when I advertised in that area, the postcards started coming to me. For months, I ignored them — what else could I do?

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But then, one day when I was in the area, I made a big decision.

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Twenty years later while sitting at a bar, I heard the most beautiful piano music behind me.

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2 . Stories are loved by people of all ages. Stories for kids play a major role in shaping their personalities. Below is a list of some of the best short stories for kids that we’re sure that your child would enjoy reading:

Panchatantra Stories in English

Most children stories significantly focus on teaching morals to kids. Panchatantra stories for kids are designed with the same motive. These are the oldest short moral stories for kids. These amazing small stories for kids in English from Panchatantra have reached an audience worldwide. To attract your kids with exciting stories, we provide you with our versions of some of the most famous and loved Panchatantra Stories for kids.

Fairy Tales Stories

Fairy Tales stories are loved by kids. The world of fantasy attracts everyone. These children stories give them a chance to leap into a world full of possibilities and imagination as well as moral lessons. They build their own versions of the fairies. Thus, such short stories for kids in English can build better creativity in children.

Moral Stories for Kids in English

Moral stories for children are those stories that convey moral values, which are crucial during their upbringing. Usually, moral stories for kids convey principles such as love, respect, honesty, virtues, etc. to their readers. Short moral stories for kids fill kids with a better understanding of what is considered good and what is termed as bad.

Akbar Birbal Stories

For generations, Akbar Birbal Stories have been enjoyed thoroughly by every kid. Akbar and Birbal Stories are a great combination of fun, wit, humour and moral values. These English stories for kids entertain, bring smiles and teach life lessons in effortless ways.

1. Who is the text intended for?

A．Kids.

B．Teachers.

C．Parents.

D．Storywriters.

2. Which stories can encourage children’s innovative thinking?

A．Fairy Tales Stories.

B．Akbar Birbal Stories.

C．Panchatantra Stories in English.

D．Moral Stories for Kids in English.

3. What do these stories have in common?

A．They convey moral values.

B．They are humorous and amusing.

C．Some versions are written by kids.

D．They are stories for people of all ages.

3 . Cody Simmons lived alone with his grandpa and the two of them had a very special relationship. Cody’s grandpa encouraged him to pursue football but also made it very clear that he would not have to if he did not want to.

Cody was the smallest in the class and was considered too short. Therefore, everyone was sure Cody could never make the cut when he decided to try out for the school football team. But he did! His grandpa shared his excitement. Though Cody was always on the bench, his grandpa never missed a match.

Cody was determined to give his best at every practice, hoping that he would at least get to play one day. In his free time, Cody would repeatedly watch videos of international football matches to learn skills. Besides, he always asked for extra tips from his coach.

This quiet and persistent (坚持不懈的) young athlete never missed a practice but never got to play in a single match. The coach kept Cody on the roster (名册) because he always put his heart and soul into every practice, and at the same time, encouraged the other members.

One day, at the end of the senior football season, Cody’s grandpa passed away. Cody was very sad. He said to the coach, “Is it alright if I miss the practice today?” The coach said gently, “Take the rest of the week off, son. Please do not come back for the finals on Saturday.”

Soon, it was Saturday, and the match was not going well. Then, Cody appeared. He asked the coach to let him play, but the coach pretended not to hear him. There was no way he wanted his worst player in this important match. But the young man persisted, and finally, feeling sorry for Cody, the coach gave in.

Before long, everyone in the stands was shocked because Cody was doing everything right. The opposing team could not stop him. He ran, passed, and tackled like a star. In the closing seconds of the match, Cody ran all the way for the winning touchdown and succeeded.

1. What does the underlined part in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Meet the requirements.	B．Make some rules of the team.
C．Find a good coach.	D．Be popular with other members.

2. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．Cody’s encouragement to other players.

B．Cody’s love for international football stars.

C．The efforts Cody made to improve himself.

D．The reason why Cody’s coach treated him unfairly.

3. How did the coach deal with Cody’s request during the match on Saturday?

A．He refused it clearly.	B．He ignored it at first.
C．He let him play excitedly.	D．He praised him for his bravery.

4. Which of the following can best describe Cody?

A．Outgoing and proud.	B．Gifted and hard-working.
C．Grateful and courageous.	D．Supportive and committed.

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。

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi. Once, I was called at 3 a.m. to pick someone up. When I arrived, the building was completely dark except for one light in a window. Often, many drivers would just honk ( 按喇叭) once or twice, wait a short minute, then drive away.

But unless a real danger, I always went to the door to find the passenger. It might be someone who needed my assistance. Would I not want a driver to do the same if my mother or father had called for a taxi?

So I walked to the door and knocked. “Just a minute,” answered a weak and elderly voice.             I could hear the sound of something being dragged across the floor. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 80s stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase. “Would you carry my bag out to the car?” she said. “I’d like a few moments alone. Then, if you could come back and help me? I’m not very strong.”

I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman. She took my arm, and we walked slowly toward the cab. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”

“Oh, you’re such a good boy,” she said. When we got in the taxi, she gave me an address. Then she asked, “Could you drive through the downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered. “I don’t mind,” she said, “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to the nursing home.” I saw her eyes shining with tears. “I don’t have any family left,” she continued. “The doctor says I am too old to live alone.”

I quietly turned off the meter (计程器). “What road do you want me to take?” I asked. “First, take me to Sunrise Street. That’s where I was born.”

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For hours, we drove through the city.

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“How much do I owe you?” she asked, reaching for her purse.

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5 . During the Lantern Festival, long lines of customers are waiting outside Daoxiangcun stores in the capital city Beijing. "I feel I'm missing something     1     I don't eat yuanxiao during the Lantern Festival. Getting up early in the morning,     2     (put) on warm clothes and waiting in a long line outside a Daoxiangcun store to buy newly-made yuanxiao is a sort of private ceremony for me and ensures I will have another sweet year." Dong Shanshan,    3     35-year-old Beijinger said. For many people like Dong, eating Daoxiangcun, yuanxiao     4     (be) an essential Lantern Festival tradition.

The Beijing Daoxiangcun Food Company,     5     owns the brand and stores, recently staged an event to mark the official launch of yuanxiao being made at some of its     6     (factory). Shi Yan, the company's representative manager, said, “All     7     (we) yuanxiao are handmade, because it is the only way to maintain the traditional flavor.”

    8     (meet) local demand, the company will demonstrate how yuanxiao are made at some of its stores in Beijing. "This will     9     (hopeful) bring a festive atmosphere to the city and its residents," Shi said. "Young people can learn how the traditional food is made and the culture surrounding this food can     10     (carry) forward and expanded.^”

6 . While psychologists have studied topics like happiness, optimism, and other human strengths for decades, positive psychology wasn’t officially identified as a branch of psychology until 1998 when Martin Seligman was elected president of the American Psychological Association (APA). Seligman suggested that psychology had become too focused on mental illness. While this had brought about valuable treatments that enabled psychologists to treat a number of diseases and disorders that made people less unhappy. It meant that psychology was neglecting what was good about life—and what the average person could improve.

Seligman called for research into what makes normal people’s lives positive and fulfilling and suggested that the field should develop interventions that could make people happier. He stated that psychology should be just as concerned with nurturing (滋养) the good things in life as it was with healing the bad.

Seligman made positive psychology the theme of his term as APA president and used his role to popularize the word. From there the field took off. It received a great deal of attention from mainstream media outlets. Meanwhile, the first Positive Psychology summit was held in 1999, followed by the first International conference on Positive Psychology in 2002.

Interest in positive psychology has remained high ever since. In 2018, a quarter of the undergraduate students at Yale University enrolled in a course devoted to the subject of happiness. In 2019, 1,600 individuals attended the World Congress of Positive Psychology and research in the field has generated tens of thousands of academic papers.

Psychologist Christopher Peterson pointed out that positive psychology is meant to serve as an extension of the areas of psychology that focus on mental illness and human weakness. Positive psychologists don't wish to replace or abandon the study of human problems, they simply wish to add the study of what’s good in life to the field.

1. What should positive psychology focus on according to Seligman?

A．Solving human problems.	B．Treating bad emotions.
C．Healing mental illnesses.	D．Helping develop good things.

2. What made positive psychology become popular?

A．Seligman’s effort in spreading it.	B．International conferences’ being held.
C．Attention from the media.	D．Further research in this field.

3. What is Christopher Peterson’s attitude toward positive psychology?

A．Ambiguous.	B．Doubtful.
C．Objective.	D．Critical.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．The Limitation of Positive Psychology

B．Seligman, Father of Positive Psychology

C．Psychology: Past, Present and Possible Future

D．Positive Psychology: A New Subfield of Psychology

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。

Carved in Binyangzhong Cave, an imperial cave excavated in the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), the relief sculpture(浮雕)Emperor and Empress Pay Respect for Buddha is a national treasure of great historic and     1     (culture) values.

In     2     1930s, the sculpture     3     (steal) and taken abroad in pieces. “We hope to resurrect this work through many forms, and this live-action performance is one of them.       4    took nearly three months to prepare,” Dan Gao, researcher of Longmen Grottoes Research Institute, said.

In order to restore the     5     (image) on the relief, the research team collected literature and pictures, and     6     (study) the character’s makeup and hair, costumes, props and movements one by one. Actors hold live performance presenting the image of a relief sculpture     7     (date) back to the Northern Wei Dynasty. Apart from the actors     8    the emperor and empress, most of the 40-plus cast members are young people born after 2000.

“Actors started studying materials a month in advance, imitating the looks of the characters from the sculpture, and then rehearsed many times     9    (get) the final effect,” said Guoqing Zhu, scene instructor.

“The painting shows the development of ancient Chinese painting and sculpture,     10    is of great value for the study of painting, sculpture, social history, dress, religion and multi-ethnic integration.” Gao said.

8 . Carbon is a chemical element which is present in organic compounds that make us organisms, plants as well as fossil. It is a vital component of the greenhouse gas CO₂, the highest percentage of the global warming gas in the atmosphere.

These Green House Gases (GIIGs) along with other factors are responsible for the most discussed issues affecting the planet, climate change. Climate change has and still releases a huge set of environmental disasters which are fueling the difficulty of survival on the planet. In order to eliminate, reduce and adapt to these risks of survival, individuals, organizations, and countries will have to adopt carbon neutrality measures. The main aim of carbon neutrality is to achieve a net-zero emission either by balancing the emission or absorbing of carbon or quit the production of carbon. However, to really understand carbon neutrality, the carbon cycle should be first understood

The carbon cycle is the transfer of carbon through different media. Carbon has the ability to move in different media in different forms at different rates and tines. These different factors (rate, time, and media) are the phenomena underlying carbon neutrality. For instance, carbon released into the atmosphere by the rapid burning of fossil fills back as rain in the form of carbonate (碳酸盐) and is absorbed by the reservoirs (oceans, surface water, and the earth surface). Even though the exchange of carbon between some of these reservoirs takes a long time, some over 100 years, carbon was absorbed until now. The main problem existing today is that the emissions of CO₂ are too high to be offset by the reservoirs, thereby leaving the offsetting task to us.

The European Union (EU) is taking all measures it can to offset carbon through Emission trading system which helps industries to manage their carbon footprints. Similarly, China, which is responsible for 25% of the world's CO₂ emissions due to its economic and industrial structure is currently decreasing its energy consumption/GDP and CO₂ emission/GDP, while increasing is forest cover and air quality through its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) carbon neutrality actions.

1. What does the underlined word "fueling" in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?

A．Experiencing.

B．Overcoming.

C．Increasing.

D．Ending.

2. How does the author explain the carbon cycle?

A．By giving an example.

B．By comparing media.

C．By analyzing data.

D．By describing a task.

3. What can be learned from the text?

A．GHGs take the whole blame for the climate change.

B．Carbon exchange takes little time.

C．The contribution of the EU is not obvious.

D．China las a clear goal in low-carbon efforts.

4. Which column is the text most likely taken from?

A．Politics.

B．Environment.

C．Commercial.

D．Lifestyle.

9 . Judy Heumann grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She ______ Polio(小儿麻痹症) at just 18 months old. Although she ______ , the virus paralyzed her, making her have ______ use of her hands and legs. At the time, it wasn`t ______ for parents send their disabled children to an institution. However, her parents refused to send their daughter ______ . They just decided that they were going to ______ their daughter. Her mother tried getting her ______ to kindergarten, but many schools rejected her, claiming Heumann was a potential danger. ______ , she received 2 hours of homeschooling a week until she was in the 4th grade.

Eventually, Heumann was accepted into a New York City public school program for students with disabilities, but her life was ______ normal, disconnecting from the rest of the school. She persisted, becoming the first ______ from her grade school program to go to high school and eventually college. Her dream was to become a teacher. But since there'd never been a teacher hired in New York City who used a ______ , she knew there would be more ______ to overcome. She was ______ her teaching license by the Board of Education. Fortunately, a reporter ______ to her, and soon, two articles about her experience were ______ . Then, at age 22, Judy became the first teacher using a wheelchair hired in New York City.

1.

A．had

B．brought

C．touched

D．infected

2.

A．escaped

B．hurt

C．survived

D．recovered

3.

A．little

B．limited

C．full

D．flexible

4.

A．impossible

B．abnormal

C．immoral

D．uncommon

5.

A．away

B．out

C．off

D．over

6.

A．care

B．leave

C．abandon

D．support

7.

A．adjusted

B．addicted

C．admitted

D．adopted

8.

A．Instead

B．Besides

C．Moreover

D．Otherwise

9.

A．nearly

B．more than

C．rather

D．far from

10.

A．teacher

B．student

C．volunteer

D．visitor

11.

A．walking stick

B．wheelchair

C．deaf-aid

D．guide dog

12.

A．barriers

B．weaknesses

C．differences

D．failures

13.

A．presented

B．offered

C．denied

D．awarded

14.

A．broke in

B．reached out

C．came over

D．took apart

15.

A．covered

B．delivered

C．published

D．made

10 . Campeche is a city with a tumultuous history. Originally this area was settled by the Mayans. The first Spanish colonizers arrived in 1517 and established Campeche as the main port in the region. Unsurprisingly, this made Campeche an attractive target for pirates who first arrived in the late 16 century. For the next 200 years, Campeche was frequently attacked. Nevertheless, it is a delightful city and filled with interesting things to do.

Explore the old city of Campeche

There are a lot of beautiful restored old towns in Mexico, but Campeche is one of the nicest, cleanest and most elegant. The Campeche neighborhood is lovely and colorful, with neat sidewalks and smoothly laid out roads!

Wander along the Campeche Malecon

One of the nicest things about Campeche is its waterfront setting. The best way to enjoy that? Wandering along the malecon, or the walkway along the waterfront, just before sunset. This is the time when it cools down and everyone comes out to see things and to be seen. You'll see couples posing for photographers, joggers, cyclists, elderly people having conversations and groups of teenagers giggling.

Stop for a Bite at Calle 59

Calle 59 is a pedestrian-only street filled with outdoor tables from the surrounding restaurants. You can cat here at night, but a lot of people come for drinks. This is the one place in Campeche that feels touristy—its tables are filled with giant beers that get shared among multiple peoples.

1. Which of the following sentence can best describe Campeche?

A．Campeche has a large population.

B．Campeche is a city with mixed heritage.

C．Campeche has experienced years of civil war.

D．Campeche once appealed to pirates for its culture.

2. What's the best thing for visitors to do before sunset?

A．Having a nice walk along the malecon.	B．Enjoying the atmosphere of Campeche.
C．Drinking beers in the restaurants.	D．Taking some pictures of the sunset.

3. If you want to sense the touristy atmosphere the best choice is_____________.

A．Mexico.	B．Calle 59.
C．The Campeche neighborhood.	D．The Campeche Malecon.