2 . Why is the library the highest building?

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3 . 运用读后续写“动作链”技巧，把下面的语篇补充完整。

We sat down next to each other, but David wouldn’t look at me. Tapping him gently on the shoulder, I asked David what had caused him to decide to give up the opportunity. ___________________________________________________________________________(犹豫了一下，他低声回答：“你知道，我跑得很慢，而且我的跑步姿势很难看，这会让别人嘲笑我。”)________________________________________________(我笑了笑，摇摇头说：“事实上，所有的人都尊重和钦佩那些克服自己的困难，勇敢地实现目标的人。”) “Really?” He seemed to be in doubt about my words. Seeing me nod firmly, he wore his big toothy smile again, his eyes sparkling with excitement and curiosity.

4 . 选出能填入空白处的最佳选项以匹配对应小标题，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Principles of Running
·Do the right amount.         
·Keep running.         
·Cool down properly.         
① A warm-up gets your blood flowing and prepares your body before you exercise.
② Draw up a training plan that suits you. Make sure you are not running too much so that your heart, muscles and bones don’t get hurt.
③ A thirty-minute run will provide relief from aches or tension that you may be suffering due to stress.
④ Jog slowly for ten minutes after a long run, then walk for five minutes. Such kind of exercise relaxes your body.
⑤ There will be times when you want to give up. But hang in there and tell yourself that it will get easier with time.

A．①④⑤

B．②④⑤

C．②⑤④

D．③⑤④

5 . What are some of the essential qualities of adventurers and explorers? Read the text describing one of the greatest explorers of nature and his adventures to find out the answer.

ENDURANCE

THE STORY OF ERNEST SHACKLETON, HERO OF THE ANTARCTIC

The story began in 1914, with an advertisement in a British newspaper: “Men wanted for a hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful.”

The man who had placed the advertisement was the explorer, Ernest Shackleton. He planned to cross Antarctica from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea via the South Pole, something no one had ever done before. More than 5,000 men applied to join the expedition. Only twenty-eight were chosen.

Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, left England on 8 August 1914 and it reached the Weddell Sea in December, the Antarctic summer. But the weather was exceptionally bad and on 17 January 1915, the Endurance got stuck in ice. Unable to move, Shackleton and his men had to wait for eight months in complete darkness and freezing cold.

Finally spring came, but it brought disaster. As the ice melted, the ship broke in half. The crew had to abandon ship and camp on the ice for two months. When the Endurance finally sank on 21 November 1915, Shackleton and his men tried to survive by floating on the ice. Eventually the ice melted and Shackleton put his men into three small lifeboats and headed for the nearest land.

After five days at sea, they reached Elephant Island. The men were cold, exhausted, and weak from the journey and the lack of food. There was no chance of rescue in this remote place, so Shackleton decided to continue to South Georgia. He knew there was a Norwegian whaling station there, where he could get help, but it was a journey of 1,300 kilometres. Leaving the others on Elephant Island, Shackleton chose five men to accompany him to South Georgia in a tiny, seven-metre-long lifeboat.

After fifteen exhausting days with winds of sixty kilometres an hour and waves of up to fifteen metres high, they arrived in South Georgia. The weather was so bad that they couldn’t land for two days. Even when they landed, their journey wasn’t over. The whaling station was sixty kilometers away on the other side of the mountainous island. No one had ever crossed South Georgia on foot before.

The men marched continuously for 36 hours. They had no tent and could not stop to rest for more than a few minutes—if they fell asleep they would die of the cold. Starved and frozen, they finally reached the station.

On 30 August 1916, two years after the expedition began, they returned to Elephant Island in a small boat provided by the Chilean government. The other twenty-three men were still waiting. Miraculously, not one person had died.

Shackleton even returned to Antarctica. In 1921, he set out again to sail round the continent, but died during the journey in 1922. He was buried in South Georgia, remembered by history as a man who showed exceptional leadership and unbelievable endurance.

·Personal Touch
1. If you had the opportunity, would you try an expedition like the one led by Ernest Shackleton? Why or why not?
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Digging In
·Comprehension
Answer the questions.
2. Who was Ernest Shackleton?
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3. Why did Shackleton and his men have to wait for eight months in 1915?
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4. How long did it take Shackleton and his men to finish the expedition?
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5. How many people died during the expedition?
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6. Fill in the blanks in the table.

Qualities of Ernest Shackleton	Facts
A persistent explorer	•It took Shackleton and his men about four months to reach the Weddell Sea. •They got stuck in ice and waited for about ______ months. •They abandoned ship and camped ______ for two months. •It took them five days to reach Elephant Island. •It took them ______ to reach South Georgia. •They marched continuously for ______ to reach the whaling station.
A(n) ______ leader	•Shackleton found no chance of ______ and decided to continue to South Georgia. •He knew it was a journey of ______. •He chose five men to ______ him and left the others on Elephant Island.
A trustworthy man	•When Shackleton returned with his men in a boat provided by the Chilean government, the other twenty-three men were still waiting on Elephant Island.

Answer the questions.
7. Why is Shackleton looked up to as a hero despite his failure to reach the South Pole?
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8. Which proverb(s) below can be used to describe Shackleton’s adventures? Why?
A. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
B. Better safe than sorry.
C. The early bird catches the worm.
D. Don’t cry over spilled milk.
E. No pain, no gain.
F. Actions speak louder than words.

6 . 从括号内选择合适的内容完成下面短文

My first and last time running a full marathon

It       1     (was, is) one of the hottest days in the fall of 2019, almost as hot as a typical summer day. I     2     (had stood, was standing) among large crowds of runners, many of whom including me       3     (had been waiting, have been waiting) for this moment. This was my first time to be running in a full marathon. Before this day, I       4     (had never run, have never run) more than 35 km at one time. With the start time approaching, my heart     5     (was to start, started) pounding faster with excitement and uncertainty.       6     (Would I be, Will I be) able to finish a race that is 42.195 kilometers long?

The moment the starting gun went off, the empty road       7     (was flooding, was flooded) with runners. I started my GPS watch to record my running statistics (数 据 ): speed, length, time, heart rate, and the like. As expected, after running for nearly two hours, I     8     (had covered, would cover) half of the race’s length. Given my record in training, I was still confident of finishing the race within four hours. After all, I       9     (had been training, have trained) for the marathon since the spring of the previous year.

The sun     10     (was getting, would get) higher, and I could feel the heat of the sun’s rays. Soon I realized that my pace       11     (had been slowing, would slow) down steadily, as some runners who       12     (had been running, ran) shoulder to shoulder with me were moving ahead. There was nothing I could do but watch the distance between us getting longer. By this time, my heart was pounding faster due to a lack of oxygen. As I       13     (would struggle, was struggling) to pass the 32 km sign, more runners ran past me. It was also at this stage that I got cramp (痉挛) in my leg and had to stop running. So, I walked instead, silently drying my tears of regret. Determined to cross the finish line before the marathon       14     (was, would be) officially over, I turned down any offer of help from volunteers. By the time I finished the race, 5.5 hours       15     (had passed, was passing).

In future, I will probably not have a second chance to run a full marathon, for I had lung surgery the following year and       16     (have since been forbidden, had since been forbidden) to do any vigorous (激烈的) exercise.

8 . 【课文原文】

We Regret to Inform You...

“We regret to inform you...” These are the words that every writer dreads receiving, but words every writer knows well. The response from a publisher comes back and the writer eagerly opens and reads it, their hearts sinking when they reach that final sentence. You may have spent years giving up your weekends and free time to write your life’s work, yet still this is often not enough. Everyone knows that success rarely happens overnight, but perhaps not many know that a lot of highly successful writers have previously faced rejection.

Take for example J. K. Rowling. When she received her first rejection letter, she decided that it meant she now had something in common with her favourite writers, and stuck it on her kitchen wall. Rowling had spent years surviving on little money, spending all her time writing. When she finally finished her first book, she received comments from publishers along the lines of “too difficult for children”, “too long”, “Children would not be interested in it”．Nevertheless, she persevered. “I wasn’t going to give up until every single publisher turned me down, but I often feared that would happen,” she later posted. After a total of twelve rejections, one publisher eventually agreed to print 500 copies of her first book, and as we know, Harry Potter became a global success, with over 400 million books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages.

All too often writers of great works have had to face criticism along with rejection. J. D. Salinger started writing short stories in high school, but later struggled to get his works published. “We feel that we don't know the central character well enough” was the criticism he received on his manuscript for The Catcher in the Rye. Despite rejections from several publishers, J. D. Salinger refused to give up. Even when serving in the US Army during the Second World War, he carried six chapters of The Catcher in the Rye with him and worked on the novel throughout his war service. When it was eventually published, the book became an immediate best­seller and went on to sell millions and millions of copies.

Perhaps the overall prize for perseverance should go to three sisters from Victorian England who dreamt of seeing their words in print. This, however, was a time when women were not encouraged to become writers. As the then Poet Laureate, Robert Southey, wrote to one of them：“Literature cannot be the business of a woman’s life, and it ought not to be.” Nevertheless, the sisters didn’t stop trying. Their response was to write a book of poems under male names. Even when the book sold only two copies, the sisters still didn’t give up. They started writing novels, and today Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey are regarded as classics of world literature. In fact, it is within the pages of Jane Eyre that we can find these words：“I honour endurance, perseverance, industry, talent; because these are the means by which men achieve great ends...”

So, it seems that talent alone isn’t enough to guarantee success. While a lot of hard work and a touch of luck play a part, perseverance is the key. Keep trying and eventually you will read the words “We are delighted to inform you...”

1. What’s mainly talked about in the passage?

A．Many famous writers have many regrets.	B．Success depends on talent.
C．Perseverance is the key to success.	D．Many famous writers have been treated unfairly.

2. What’s the author’s intention by writing the last sentence in the first paragraph?

A．To advise us to be patient.	B．To show the writer’s attitude towards success.
C．To introduce the following content.	D．To show the key to success.

3. What can we conclude about J. K. Rowling from the second paragraph?

A．She knew many famous writers had previously faced rejections.

B．She got frustrated by the first rejection letter and gave up.

C．Her first book of Harry Potter was published at her first attempt.

D．She revised her first book following the advice of publishers.

4. What is special about J. D. Salinger from other writers mentioned in this text?

A．He had faced many rejections before his novel was published.

B．He once wanted to give up trying but later changed his mind.

C．He worked on his novel when serving in the army.

D．His novel was not popular when it was first published.

5. Which of the following can best describe the three Brontё sisters?

A．Intelligent and considerate.	B．Talented and strong­minded.
C．Gentle and generous.	D．Wise and ambitious.

6. 细读课文并找出人物描写的句子
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7. 细读课文并找出心理描写的句子
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10 . 1.选出黑体部分发音与其他三项不同的单词1.

A．refer

B．factor

C．carve

D．variety

2.

A．native

B．attitude

C．gas

D．character

3.

A．major

B．bought

C．talk

D．law

4.

A．subway

B．tongue

C．struggle

D．regard

5.

A．point

B．Christmas

C．dialect

D．apartment