1 . 这不是你的错，你不需要承担责任。
It’s not your fault. You needn’t ________.

2 . On September 5th 2018, at around 1 p. m., 11-year-old Kamal stood patiently with his mother and aunt on a ferry crossing the river. They were headed home, with little idea that their journey was about to turn into a disaster.

The ferry, carrying 28 people, was unusually shaky that day. Halfway through the trip, the boat _____ stopped as the engine refused to work. Now the ferry was at the _____ of the river. It was pushed forward by the current (水流) and headed straight for a seven-foot-wide pillar (柱子). Soon it crashed against the pillar, _____ and plunging (使突然下落) all 28 people overboard.

___ in the river, Kamal’s mother first thought of her child’s safety. Fearing for her son’s life, she yelled out, _____ him to swim ashore. Lost and scared, Kamal did as she asked. Finally he swam to the bank and _____ to look back. Then he realized his mother and aunt hadn’t _____ him. He forgot that his mother couldn’t swim.

Kamal turned back towards the _____ site to reach his mum. Finally Kamal _____ her and pulled her to the pillar, but he knew there was no time to _______. Diving back in, he swam towards his aunt and soon pulled her to safety too.

With his mother and aunt now out of ______ , Kamal could finally rest. As he took deep breath to calm his ______ heart, he noticed that a woman with her baby was ______ in the water. Immediately, Kamal jumped into the water, using his last bit of strength to reach the desperate woman, and managed to pull her and her baby to safety. Then three rescue boats arrived. ______ with pride and love for her ______ boy, Kamal’s mum praised her son.

1.

A．eventually

B．naturally

C．directly

D．suddenly

2.

A．mercy

B．end

C．center

D．bottom

3.

A．breaking out

B．breaking down

C．turning over

D．turning around

4.

A．Lost

B．Caught

C．Dived

D．Wandered

5.

A．urging

B．forcing

C．allowing

D．inviting

6.

A．turned

B．forgot

C．elected

D．regretted

7.

A．gotten hold of

B．abandoned

C．taken charge of

D．followed

8.

A．eruption

B．construction

C．rescue

D．crash

9.

A．grasped

B．comforted

C．supported

D．accommodated

10.

A．mourn

B．rest

C．explain

D．indicate

11.

A．order

B．breath

C．danger

D．control

12.

A．sinking

B．racing

C．broken

D．fragile

13.

A．playing

B．travelling

C．struggling

D．rushing

14.

A．Filled

B．Armed

C．Compared

D．Competed

15.

A．determined

B．brave

C．polite

D．independent

3 . Istanbul citizens have a new way to pay for rides on public transport. You might expect this payment method would have something to do with a smart phone app, but you’d be wrong. Some of Istanbul’s train stations now have vending machines that offer fare credit in exchange for recycling plastic bottles or cans.

To take advantage of this unusual offer, riders need a stored-value transit card (储值公交卡). Since these cards offer discounted fares, almost all riders have them. Passengers can drop their plastic bottles into a machine of this kind, which will give a value to the recycled materials based on their structures and sizes. This vending machine then adds that value to the recycler’s card. After that, the machine cuts the bottles or cans into pieces to prepare them for processing.

Can you pay for your ride with nothing but cans and bottles? It’s possible. According to The New York Times, you’d need more than two dozen standard-size plastic bottles to earn a free trip, so most recycling efforts lead to a discounted fare instead of a free trip.

The first recycling machines were fixed at the ITU-Ayazaga subway station. The city plans to introduce at least 100 more machines in stations and other public places like schools in the near future, according to Lonely Planet. Though the transit cards, called Istanbul Cards, are for subways, you can also use them on other forms of public transport like buses.

Turkey produces the most waste of any European country after Germany and France. Unlike these two countries, recycling is very limited in Turkey. The vending machines are one way that the city plans to encourage recycling. Istanbul’s high technology efforts are the latest in what seems to be becoming a trend.

1. Why are stored-value transit cards popular with Istanbul citizens?

A．They make it convenient to pay their daily fees.

B．They make it cheaper to travel by local public transport.

C．They help worldwide people to protect the environment.

D．They help the citizens use vending machines more easily.

2. Where can you find the information that best supports “the machines have a great future”?

A．In Paragraph 1.	B．In Paragraph 2.
C．In Paragraphs 3 and 4.	D．In Paragraphs 4 and 5.

3. What can we learn about Turkey?

A．It should take more recycling measures against waste.

B．Its waste production ranks No. 1 worldwide.

C．Its recycling machines are everywhere.

D．It doesn’t recycle its waste at all.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Istanbul Needs More Recycling Machines

B．Environmental Issues Are Serious in Istanbul

C．Recycling for Fares Program Lets You Ride for Free

D．Your Recyclables Can Reduce Your Subway Fare Here

4 . 格林夫妇宁愿出去散步也不愿待在家里。（prefer）
The Greens prefer ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ rather than ________ at home

5 . 吸烟会引起很多疾病。
Smoking can ________ ________ a lot of illnesses.

6 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

separate...from... , divide...into...

1. We ________ the job ________ five parts and each man did one part.
2. The English Channel ________ Great Britain ________ the Continent.
3. The world ________ seven continents.

7 . Last week, my friends and I got together to eat delicious Asian chicken wings in our college town in the evening. We hadn't __ each other for a long time, so it was good having a __ and sharing summer plans with each other.

Such __, however, does not allow for deep conversations, especially if someone is uncomfortable when___ personal troubles in a large crowd. After __, I prepared to go but I __ that my friend, Jack, was uncertain about what to do. He didn't___ to leave as if he needed our __ with him at that time.

During dinner, he had also said that his second year at college was __ difficult, so I asked him about his __ again. This time the flood gates of feelings __, and he shared with us problems of mental（精神的）health that he had been __ throughout the year with his studies and his nervous __   with his classmates.

My best friend said he was ready to __, but I asked my friend if he could stay and __ to Jack with me. We spent another 30 minutes listening to Jack's story of __ mental health, pressure, worry and sadness.

After our talk, Jack sent both of us __ on his mobile phone later that night. In the text messages, he expressed his thanks for our spending time with him and lending a(n) __. This experience showed me that __ a friend doesn't mean giving him a(n) __ gift. Time to listen and care may sometimes be the best gift of all that is not about money.

1.

A．believed in

B．met with

C．relied on

D．watched over

2.

A．try

B．debate

C．bath

D．chat

3.

A．loss

B．responsibility

C．communication

D．fame

4.

A．sharing

B．searching

C．ignoring

D．solving

5.

A．class

B．dinner

C．work

D．breakfast

6.

A．appreciated

B．admitted

C．proved

D．noticed

7.

A．want

B．refuse

C．hate

D．pretend

8.

A．stay

B．bargain

C．fight

D．entrance

9.

A．lately

B．hardly

C．really

D．secondly

10.

A．identity

B．experience

C．motto

D．request

11.

A．changed

B．disappeared

C．closed

D．opened

12.

A．dealing with

B．thinking highly of

C．dreaming of

D．playing jokes on

13.

A．space

B．time

C．study

D．relationship

14.

A．agree

B．explore

C．leave

D．accept

15.

A．turn

B．listen

C．belong

D．add

16.

A．selection

B．sufferings

C．medals

D．happiness

17.

A．applications

B．incidents

C．messages

D．regrets

18.

A．hook

B．gift

C．show

D．ear

19.

A．harming

B．standing for

C．caring about

D．finding

20.

A．valuable

B．frightening

C．useless

D．artificial

8 . 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（可能多于1个单词）。

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy came and     1     (lie) under it every day. He     2       to the tree top, eat the apples, and take a nap under the shade. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.

In the     3     (follow)years, the boy came and cut the branches to build a house, used the trunk on     4     he used to climb to make a boat and then never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the boy returned. "Sorry, my boy,     5     I don't have anything for you any more. No     6     apples for you. "The tree said. "I don't have teeth     7    (bite), " the boy replied. "no more trunk for you to climb on. ""I am     8     old for that now, "the boy said. "I really can't give you anything. The only thing     9     (leave) is my dying roots, "the tree said with tears. "I don't need much now, just     10     place to rest. I'm tired after all these years, " the boy replied. "Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest. Come, come, sit down with me and rest. "The boy sat down and the tree was glad, smiling with tears.

9 . As a reading specialist at an elementary school(小学), I work with many children who experience difficulty in reading. While there are obvious _______ during the year when students make great progress, there are also many _______ periods as well, when we, as teachers, want to find out why our students aren’t _______. Recently, I had an experience which allowed me a _______ chance to understand what goes on in the mind of a struggling reader.

Earlier this summer I _______ a bad concussion(脑震荡)while riding my bike. One _______result of my concussion was that I lost all short-term and some long-term _______ for a period of days. The days before and after the _______ seemed a blur(模糊)as the world went on around me.

People seemed to be _______ extremely quickly, and I struggled to __________conversations. Jokes were not __________ at all. Once I began trying to read the newspaper, but much to my disappointment, I realized that I couldn’t __________ any of what I read. I could know the words, but couldn’t understand the meaning. As I read, the words didn’t __________ pictures in my mind. I was reading each sentence slowly, then carefully setting it aside. The words had no __________, produce no images, and were simply words. By the time I finished the __________, I had built nothing in my mind. They were simply words __________ past my eyes, and I suddenly realized that this is how my student read!

I am just so __________ that this is a temporary condition. I have a much clearer __________of what struggling readers are __________. I remember that there are so many students out there, for whom reading is __________ so puzzling. We must reach them before they give up.

1.

A．events

B．celebrations

C．chances

D．accidents

2.

A．rewarding

B．exciting

C．interesting

D．disappointing

3.

A．reading

B．listening

C．speaking

D．writing

4.

A．private

B．easy

C．quick

D．unique

5.

A．treated

B．affected

C．received

D．recovered

6.

A．possible

B．dramatic

C．lucky

D．excellent

7.

A．memory

B．job

C．intention

D．aim

8.

A．holiday

B．school

C．trip

D．accident

9.

A．talking

B．walking

C．riding

D．repeating

10.

A．get rid of

B．break away from

C．keep up with

D．take part in

11.

A．serious

B．difficult

C．long

D．funny

12.

A．understand

B．remember

C．copy

D．translate

13.

A．improve

B．create

C．use

D．change

14.

A．sound

B．fact

C．meaning

D．power

15.

A．novel

B．letter

C．text

D．article

16.

A．hiking

B．going

C．running

D．jumping

17.

A．painful

B．fearful

C．grateful

D．helpful

18.

A．lesson

B．advice

C．direction

D．picture

19.

A．looking for

B．thinking of

C．going through

D．learning about

20.

A．partly

B．exactly

C．unlikely

D．freshly

10 . What do you think when you hear the phrase “when pigs fly?”     1    This common saying is used to express the idea that something is highly impossible. For example, if you ask your parents to buy you something very expensive, the answer might be “when pigs fly?”

    2    An old mention of pigs flying appeared in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. However, it is believed that Carroll may have picked up the phrase from the Scottish, who had been using the phrase for several hundred years. That may be right.

There are also those who believe the phrase may have gotten its start in America.     3    It’s not surprising that many common sayings that developed back then had an animal or farm background. For example, farmers used to take pigs to slaughterhouse (屠宰场) along rivers on small boats. If it was foggy, people on the bank could only see the pigs’ heads above the fog     4     This might have caused the saying to appear.

Other countries also use animals to show impossibility.     5     Other countries, such as France and Spain, use phrases like “when frogs grow hair or when hens grow teeth”.

A．The phrase was used as a clever reply.

B．Long ago, most Americans worked in farming.

C．You may want to know the origin (起源) of this phrase.

D．Maybe funny pictures of pigs with wings fill your mind.

E．People like to use colorful phrases to get a message across.

F．For example, many countries use the phrase “when cows fly”.

G．This made them look like they were flying through the clouds.