1 . Money Matters

Parents should help their children understand money.     1    . So you may start talking about money when your child shows an interest in buying things, candy or toys, for example.

● The basic function of money

Begin explaining the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or services. It is important to show your child how money is traded for the things he wants to have.If he wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier(收银员).    2    . When your child grows a bit older and understands the basic function of money, you can start explaining more complex ways of using money.

● Money lessons

Approach money lessons with openness and honesty.     3    . If you must say no to a child’s request to spend money, explain, “You have enough toy trucks for now.” Or, if the request is for many different things, say, “You have to make a choice between this toy and that toy.”

●     4    

Begin at the grocery store. Pick out two similar brands of a product—a kind of name-brand butter and a generic (无商标消费品),for example. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product so that you can save money.     5    . If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to make another purchase with the money saved. Later, you may explain how the more expensive choice leaves less money for other purchases.

A．Wise decisions

B．The value of money

C．Permit the child to choose between them

D．Tell your child why he can—or cannot—have certain things

E．Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you

F．Talk about how the money bought the thing after you leave the toy store

G．The best time to teach a child something about money is when he shows an interest

2 . We are surrounded   by stories of sadness, cruelty and violence. Evil arrests our   __ . But there are also many____stories of selfless goodness. They could___ go unnoticed, but such acts can also change lives forever.

My brothers and I __ with a story of something that happened to my father,   who___ seven years ago. It is a story of family tragedy and astonishing, quiet   kindness. My father’s father died when my father was 11. His mother was a widow at 34, and as an only child, he___ much of his grief alone. In   accordance   with   traditional___ , he began to walk very early to church each morning to say prayers in his father’s___ .

At the end of his first week, he___ that the ritual director of the synagogue, Mr. Einstein, walked past his home just as he left to walk to church . Mr. Einstein, ___ advanced in years explained, “Your home is on the way to the church. I thought it might be fun to have some___ . That way, I don’t have to walk alone.”For a year my father and Mr. Einstein walked through the New England __ , the   humidity of summer and the snow of winter. They talked about life and loss and, for a while, my father was not so___ .

After my parents married and my oldest brother was born, my father___ Mr. Einstein, now well into his 90s, and asked if Mr. Einstein could meet his new wife and child. Mr. Einstein___ , but said that in view of his age my father would have to come to him.

My father once wrote about what happened: “The journey was long and___ . His home, by car, was ______   twenty minutes away. I drove in tears as I   ______   what he     had done. He had walked for an hour to my home so that I would not have to be alone each morning. … By the simplest of gestures, the___ of caring, he took a frightened child and he___ him with confidence and with faith back into life.”

1.

A．doubt

B．goal

C．attention

D．dream

2.

A．confusing

B．exciting

C．amazing

D．moving

3.

A．widely

B．easily

C．clearly

D．particularly

4.

A．grew up

B．took off

C．broke away

D．gave in

5.

A．passed away

B．fell down

C．died away

D．get away

6.

A．burden

B．took

C．carried

D．bore

7.

A．behaviour

B．practice

C．habit

D．motion

8.

A．support

B．favour

C．memory

D．place

9.

A．noticed

B．discovered

C．expected

D．predicted

10.

A．usually

B．even

C．still

D．already

11.

A．company

B．experience

C．interest

D．comfort

12.

A．fields

B．seasons

C．scenes

D．months

13.

A．different

B．lively

C．alone

D．simple

14.

A．rang back

B．worried about

C．came across

D．called up

15.

A．promised

B．refused

C．agreed

D．arrived

16.

A．accidental

B．complicated

C．short

D．satisfied

17.

A．fully

B．regularly

C．commonly

D．hardly

18.

A．confirmed

B．saw

C．realized

D．told

19.

A．faith

B．behavior

C．kindness

D．act

20.

A．held

B．led

C．warned

D．protected

3 . 4 sustainability tips for Earth Day

On this Earth Day, sea turtles are thriving on Florida beaches and the air in Los Angeles is cleaner than ever before. But these events are the result of the coronavirus pandemic, when there are fewer cars on the road, planes in the sky, and factories at full production. With most people at home, nature is prospering. Few believe these improvements will continue when people are able to head to the office again.     1    .

Help the environment while eating healthier.     2    . Using ingredients that have a much smaller environmental impact compared to using animal products. While you're in the kitchen, instead of throwing away your bits of onion, celery, and garlic, scoop up the scraps and try re-growing them for your own garden.

Time for spring recycling. A lot of people are using their extra time at home to remove their clothes they'll never wear again and birthday cards from a decade ago. Instead of throwing it all away, there are several companies and nonprofits that will accept these items, turning them into new products or recyclable materials. The Crayon Initiative takes discarded crayons, melts them down, and remanufactures them, with the new crayons then sent to children's hospitals.     3    .

    4    . Here's a smaller decision that can make a difference: When recycling a bottle, make sure you first take off the bottle cap and throw it in the trash. Also, when cafes are back open again, choose a reusable thermos or enjoy your drink in one of their mugs because paper to-go coffee cups are lined with a plastic film that can't be recycled.

Properly dispose of prescription drugs. In order to keep the no-longer- necessary prescription drugs away from kids or anyone else who shouldn't get into them, some people flush them down the toilet.     5    . Most communities have a safe place to dispose of old and unused prescriptions, with pharmacies and hospitals often accepting the drugs.

A．Collect as more bottle caps as possible.

B．Throw away those bottle caps.

C．However, there are still a few things we can do for the planet.

D．It is a great way to deal with old and unused prescriptions.

E．This can change the water supply and affect water wildlife.

F．Lockdown is a good time to try more plant-based recipes.

G．Even old birthday, Christmas, and thank you cards can be made new again, thanks to St. Jude's Ranch for Children.

4 . Why doesn’t the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over during its over 800 years history? To understand their situation, it's helpful to understand why the tower tilted in the first place.

In the 12th century, the wealthy maritime republic of Pisa set about turning its cathedral square into a magnificent landmark. In 1173, construction began on a free-standing bell tower. The engineers and architects of the time were masters of their craft but knew far less about the ground they stood on. Less than five years later, the tower's southern side was already underground. If workers added more weight, the pressure from upper stories would sink the structure and fatally increase the lean. But construction stopped at the fourth story for nearly a century, which allowed the soil to settle.

When construction began again in 1272, workers compensated for the tower's minor tilt by making the next few floors taller on the southern side. But the weight of the extra masonry made that side sink even deeper. By the time they completed the seventh floor and bell chamber, the angle of the tilt was 1.6 degrees.

In 1838, engineers dug a walkway around the base to examine the sunken foundation. But removing the supporting sand only worsened the tilt. In 1935, the Italian Corps of Engineers injected mortar to strengthen the base. However, the mortar wasn't evenly distributed throughout the foundation, resulting in another sudden drop and moving the tower closer to its tipping point.

With exact data and new computing technology, in 1992, the construction team drilled diagonal tunnels to remove 38 cubic meters of soil from under the tower's north end. Then, they temporarily counterbalanced the structure, with 600 tons of lead ingots before anchoring the base with steel cables. More than six centuries after its construction, the tower was finally straightened to a tilt of about four degrees.

Today the tower stands at 55– or 56– meters tall, and it should remain stable for at least 300 years as a monument to the beauty of imperfection.

1. The passage is developed mainly in the form of ______.

A．time and events	B．definition and description
C．contrast and conclusion	D．examples and statements

2. What does the underlined phrase “compensated for” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．arranged for

B．made up for

C．called for

D．accounted for

3. What has finally led the tower to approach closer to its tipping point?

A．Engineers’ misjudgment of the soil under the tower

B．Making the next few floors taller on the southern side

C．Removing the supporting sand from the sunken foundation

D．The unevenly distributed mortar throughout the foundation

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

A．Who is to blame for the leaning?

B．Why doesn't the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over?

C．How did the Leaning Tower of Pisa get its name?

D．Will the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over？

5 . 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。
删除：在错的词下划一横线，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。

Thanks to China’s anti-poverty policy, great changes have been taken place in my hometown in the past decade, especial in the living conditions. Take my grandparents’ home in the countryside as a example. They used to live in a small house with little furniture, and now they have moved into a two-storied building with modern electric equipments. In the past, we had to ask someone to write to my parents to keep contact. But they each has a mobile phone now, that makes the communication more convenient. They even have learned to use WeChat talk to us. And they mostly drive out instead of walk or ride bicycles at times.

6 . Scott loved his basketball team and always played hard for it. Last year, they had won the state finals. This year, they were finding things much ___________. Three _________ were left before the finals and Scott's team needed to _______ them all to go to the finals. They made two but near the _______ of the third game, they were behind by six points. Scott had also hurt his_______ when he fell on the court.

''Are you okay to _______?'' asked his coach. Scott looked at the injury on his knee.

''I'll be _______,'' he said.

Scott knew the _________ of his decision. He could hurt his knee even more. Or he could ___________ not to play.   He knew that not playing might cause his team to________. As he rested before the final quarter, he decided to play through the pain. He________ that he was going to win this game for the team he________.

As the quarter began, he caught the ball after the other __________ made a mistake. He bounced the ball down the court and threw the ball into the basket. Scott ________ towards his coach. They were only four points behind now. Scott kept playing __________ during the final quarter. He __________ scored a three-point shot from the center of the court. With just two________ left, Scott's team was still one point behind. Scott was passed the ball by his teammate. He ____________ the pain in his knee and ran forward. He ____________ towards the end of the court. His feet left the ground. He sent his shot into the basket and earned his side two points. The final whistle (哨音) blew seconds after. Scott's________ decision had helped his team reach the finals.

1.

A．cheaper

B．easier

C．faster

D．harder

2.

A．players

B．games

C．meetings

D．weeks

3.

A．challenge

B．find

C．change

D．win

4.

A．middle

B．start

C．end

D．break

5.

A．knee

B．head

C．hand

D．foot

6.

A．practice

B．leave

C．continue

D．watch

7.

A．proud

B．slow

C．honest

D．fine

8.

A．risks

B．mistakes

C．benefits

D．reasons

9.

A．imagine

B．choose

C．expect

D．learn

10.

A．worry

B．argue

C．stop

D．lose

11.

A．found

B．agreed

C．felt

D．doubted

12.

A．hated

B．trained

C．loved

D．helped

13.

A．friend

B．team

C．judge

D．coach

14.

A．smiled

B．shouted

C．cried

D．returned

15.

A．badly

B．well

C．slowly

D．fast

16.

A．never

B．even

C．always

D．almost

17.

A．teams

B．quarters

C．points

D．minutes

18.

A．ignored

B．noticed

C．remembered

D．discovered

19.

A．looked

B．walked

C．headed

D．jumped

20.

A．daring

B．wrong

C．careful

D．foolish

7 . One of India’s longest and strongest heat waves in decades, with temperatures reaching 123°F (51° C) has killed at least 36 lives since it began in May, and the government has warned that the suffering might continue as the arrival of monsoon (季风) rains has been delayed.

India’s heat waves have grown particularly strong in the past decade, killing thousands of people and affecting an increasing number of states. This year, the extreme temperatures have struck large parts of northern and central India.

Anup Kumar Srivastava, an expert at India’s National Disaster Management Authority, said the number of Indian states hit by heat waves was expected to grow to 23 this year from 9 in 2015. He said, “This year, the number of heat wave days has also increased — and it’s not just day temperatures, night temperatures have also been high.” He added that the coming storms would bring down temperatures in some areas, but that heat waves might pick up again until the monsoon rains arrive.

India’s Meteorological Department warns that extreme heat brings a very high likelihood of developing heat illness and heat stroke in all ages. Medical authorities have canceled leaves for doctors at hospitals in Churu as the number of patients has soared. Schools in central India have remained closed.

In the capital, New Delhi, temperatures reached a record 118.4°F (45°C) on Monday, June 10. Clouds on Tuesday promised rain, but largely failed to deliver. Dust storms the next day lowered temperatures to around     100 °F (38°C).

Heat records around the world are more likely to be broken as average temperatures climb upward because of rising greenhouse gas emissions.

1. Why might India’s heat waves continue according to the government?

A．Because clouds have failed to gather.

B．Because there are fewer dust storms.

C．Because temperatures stay high day and night.

D．Because monsoon rains have come later than usual.

2. What does the underlined word “soared” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?

A．Stayed low.	B．Increased sharply.
C．Remained the same.	D．Decreased slightly.

3. What was the weather of New Delhi most probably like on June 11th?

A．Dry.

B．Cloudy.

C．Rainy.

D．Cool.

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．India has Become the Hottest in History.

B．Heat Records Around the World Are Broken.

C．36 Died in India with Temperature Shooting up to 123°F.

D．Indian Government Took Measures to Handle Heat Waves.

8 . It was “Disabilities Day at the Capitol ” and I was there, along with hundreds of Georgians, hoping to get the attention of our legislators (立法者). My thoughts ran back to the days when I was struggling to deal with my hearing loss learning, often dependent on others to help me hear. Now I stood under the gold dome of the Georgia Capitol, a member of the disabled community claiming the rights of people with disabilities.

After the rally (集会) I followed the crowd across the street to a free lunch. Although the crowd was huge, I managed to find a place to sit. I introduced myself to the young woman on my right, Kendall. However, with my hearing loss and her serious speech disorder, a conversation with her was next to impossible.

After a few moments, I realized that Kendall’s personal attendant (护工) was not present. I asked if anyone knew where she was and found out there had been a family situation and the attendant had to leave. “But,” I said, “who’s going to feed Kendall?” My thoughts were racing: someone had to help Kendall. In admitting her need I had to at once declare my responsibility to help.

Surprisingly, Kendall spoke clearly with her eyes. It was those eyes that spoke to me that day as we were waiting for lunch. I asked if I might serve her lunch. She nodded “Yes!” and her eyes said “Thank you!”

Helping Kendall that day shows an important belief of my life: We need each other. With or without a disability, it is our need for each other that makes us have a good life.

1. What’s the author’s purpose in attending “Disabilities Day at the Capitol”?

A．To defend the rights of the disabled.	B．To have a free lunch with friends.
C．To deal with his hearing problem.	D．To give support to the legislators.

2. Why couldn’t the author make a conversation with Kendall?

A．Because they were in a noisy crowd.	B．Because they didn’t know each other.
C．Because they spoke different languages.	D．Because they both had certain disabilities.

3. How did the author help Kendall?

A．By calling her family.	B．By feeding her lunch.
C．By admitting her need.	D．By finding her attendant.

4. What does the author intend to tell us through the text?

A．We need each other to live a good life.

B．We should support people with disabilities.

C．People with disabilities should help each other.

D．People with disabilities should learn to be independent.

9 . 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：在错的词下划一横线，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。

I went to Mount Fanjing with my classmates two years ago. That impressed me was climbing the mountain.It was the late spring and it was a little cold in the mountain. The mountain was such steep that we could hardly climb to the top of the mountain. In the process of climbing, I was too tired to go on climbing. But when I saw other student trying their best to climb, I made up my mind to be the first one to climb to the top. Then I picked up a branch of a tree to support me. Unluckily, I slipped and fell down. At the critically moment,one classmate hold me so I did not fall off the mountain. Under their help, I finally climbed to the top of the mountain.

I was very exciting because it was the first time I had climbed a mountain. Meanwhile, I understood that we should help each other when we were in trouble. This trip came to an end soon, but it still encourages me overcome the difficulties I face.

10 . 假定你叫李华，你的英语笔友Steven来信说他和同学因为小事发生了争执，都不愿相互理睬，他想知道如何与同学和睦相处，请根据以下要点写一封回信。
1.表示安慰；
2.如何解决该矛盾；
3.如何与同学和睦相处。
注意：
1.词数 100 左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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