1 . First the sky darkened. Then came the ______—for three straight days.

Inside her ______in Zhengzhou, the capital city of central Henan province. Wang Ana ______the doors with sand bags in an effort to stop water from sweeping in. When it didn’t work, she shouldered her son and ______made it home through the chest-deep floodwater.

But those ______inside the mile- long Jingguang traffic tunnel（隧道）, which was just a few hundred feet north of Wang’s restaurant, were less ______. Nearly 200 cars inside became stuck in several feet of water. At least two passengers never made it out.

“I felt incredibly ______, ” Wu Qiang. a driver who was briefly stuck in the tunnel, told Chinese media later. He and two other passengers ______by climbing through their vehicles’ roofs and ______the pipes fixed to the ceiling of the tunnel.

Thirteen people were also killed in a rain-filled subway line. Some passengers ______desperate goodbye videos for their loved ones while they stood in chest-high water inside the subway cars waiting for rescuers.

Rescuers, near and far, were rushing to help even when the storm was still pounding the city. ______the news on TV from his home in Xi’an, a city about 300 miles away, Wu Chao ______loaded his car with rescue equipment. By the next morning, he joined the massive rescue operation led by both the military as well as volunteers to bring the people to temporary rescue centers and send much-needed food and water to the ______communities.

“The water was so deep in some places that it was impossible for machinery to ______them, so some of us jumped into the flood without a second ______, ” he said.

1.

A．snow

B．wind

C．sandstorm

D．rain

2.

A．shelter

B．restaurant

C．home

D．boat

3.

A．pushed

B．destroyed

C．blocked

D．opened

4.

A．happily

B．casually

C．easily

D．eventually

5.

A．trapped

B．rescued

C．contained

D．seen

6.

A．interesting

B．lucky

C．comfortable

D．satisfied

7.

A．hopeless

B．relaxed

C．excited

D．angry

8.

A．stopped

B．went

C．passed

D．survived

9.

A．held onto

B．took away

C．took apart

D．cut down

10.

A．stored

B．destroyed

C．filmed

D．collected

11.

A．Reading

B．Watching

C．Enjoying

D．Sending

12.

A．carelessly

B．slowly

C．unwillingly

D．quickly

13.

A．wealthy

B．flooded

C．deserted

D．united

14.

A．control

B．catch

C．reach

D．kill

15.

A．thought

B．check

C．look

D．loss

2 . Arguments aren’t logical. To win them, you have to understand people. The following tips will help you win any argument.

Don’t try to “win” the argument

    1    . So respect other persons’ views, no matter how silly they sound. When they have their self-worth respected in some way, they tend to be more receptive to information that challenges their beliefs. Otherwise, they will slip into the fight-or-flight mode and there will be no getting through to them.

So if you want to be convincing, take your conversational partners’ views and advance them to their logical— and perhaps silly—conclusion.

    2    

Last year, psychologist Philip Fernbach separated people with extreme political views into two groups— people who had to explain why their opinions were right, and those who were asked to explain how their ideals could be turned into actual policy.

The result?

Folks who gave their reasons for being right were just as confident in their arguments after the experiment as they were beforehand.     3    .

Follow up

Ed Catmull knew Steve Jobs for 26 years and they always had some arguments. He avoided arguing with Jobs.     4    . “I would say something to him and he would immediately shoot it down. Then I would wait a week and call him up and give my counter argument. He’d immediately shoot it down, again. So I had to wait another week, and sometimes this went on for months, ” said Ed Catmull.

It would end up in one of three ways: Jobs would admit Catmull was right; Catmull would realize Jobs was right; or Jobs would not respond, in effect giving his approval.

Go for consensus（共识）

Consensus is the collected opinions of all participant, not just the one you’re arguing with.     5    . But if the vast majority have reached consensus, it means that there is so much evidence in support of an idea that it’s basically a guaranteed thing.

A．Don’t give in easily

B．Ask how instead of why

C．Instead, he employed this method

D．There can be one or two who disagree

E．It often ended up with Jobs ignoring him

F．Contrary to what your debate coach has said, arguments aren’t logical

G．But the people who had to explain how to carry out the policy had softer views

3 . This month, science fiction magazine Lights peed changed its normal publishing schedule to bring readers a special issue: “Women Destroy Science Fiction! ”

It’s more than just a collection of stories entirely edited and written by women. It’s an exhibition of all the ways in which women are writing—and have written.

Many of the stories will be considered the best hard science fiction even by the pickiest critics (评论家). For example, Tananarive Due’s Like Daughter deals with what happens when humans have easy access to cloning. The Unfathomable Sisterhood of Ick by Charlie Jane Anders takes place in a future where changing brain chemistry is as common as taking vitamins now.

However, it is also true that the authors are more focused on the relations between people, or between people and society, or changing cultural and gender roles. There are stories that refuse to stay firmly within science fiction borders. For example, James Tiptree Jr. ’s Love Is the Plan and the Plan Is Death is a mixture of horror, mystery and even love, something not commonly seen in science fiction.

So are women destroying science fiction?

If your idea of science fiction is limited to the concept formed by works like Isaac Asimov’s Night Fall and Arthur Charles Clarke’s Childhood’s End, then many of the stories within these pages may well seem like devastation.

“But the stories we read and the stories we tell shape who we are, ” Pat Murphy once said in a famous speech back in 1991. “They also shape the culture they’re born into. Thus, if women keep writing such kind of science fiction, and keep calling it science fiction, the room for science fiction will expand. They will exist nicely beside other kinds of science fiction. ”

I cannot agree more. Women have the right to create a space for themselves within science fiction. one filled with their dreams, experiences and realities.

1. What is special about the latest edition of Lights peed?

A．All the stories are written by female novelists.

B．It is a collection of the published love stories.

C．It has been well received by most of the critics.

D．Every story in it belongs to hard science fiction.

2. Which of the following can be considered non-science-fiction in a strict sense?

A．Like Daughter.	B．The Unfathomable Sisterhood of Ick.
C．Childhood’s End.	D．Love Is the Plan and the Plan Is Death.

3. What does the underlined word “devastation” in paragraph 6 mean?

A．Destruction.	B．Progress.
C．Contribution.	D．Reward.

4. What did Pat Murphy mean in his speech?

A．Science fiction is an important part of our life.

B．Women are unsuitable to write science fiction.

C．The definition of science fiction should be expanded.

D．Science fiction should focus mainly on future technologies.

4 . The world’s largest astronomy museum in Shanghai, China opened on July 18, 2021, with its architecture and exhibitions celebrating the complexity of the vast and largely unknown universe.

Most obviously, the museum’s surface is intentionally designed without straight lines or right angles to mirror both the continuous state of time and space and the complex gravitational relationships among suns, moons and stars in the universe. “This design draws from the classic ‘ three-body problem’ in physics, the unsolved question of how to mathematically calculate their movements,” explains Wong, the chief architect. “While the calculation can be carried out between two heavenly bodies, the orbits become messy and unpredictable with three.”

The complexity is also translated into the new museum’s three key attractions: the oculus (圆洞天窗), the inverted dome (倒穹顶) and the sphere.

Opening up above the museum’s main entrance is the oculus. It acts as a timepiece, producing a circle of sunlight that travels across the floor throughout the day to indicate the time and season.

Next comes the inverted dome that sits at the roof line. Inside the inverted dome, visitors are cut away from the view of the nearby urban context. It gives visitors the chance to have a sweeping view of the open sky. “We want people to have a real contact with the universe and understand the special nature of Earth as a place that hosts life, unlike any other place that we know of in the universe,” Wong said.

Built in the roof of the lower Museun wing, as if rising out of the horizon, the sphere gradually comes into view as visitors go around the building, the drama unfolding as though they were approaching a planet from one of its moons, allowing visitors to have an illusion (幻觉) of weightlessness or anti-gravity.

Other major elements in and around the new museum include a crowd-drawing range of temporary and permanent exhibitions, a 78-foot solar telescope, an observatory, an education and research center, and the digital sky theater.

1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．The meaning of “three-body problem”.

B．The complex structures of the museum.

C．One of the museum’s architectural features.

D．The messy orbits among the heavenly bodies.

2. Which might be used as a clock?

A．The oculus.	B．The sphere.
C．The observatory.	D．The inverted dome.

3. What can visitors do in the inverted dome?

A．Have an unblocked view of the open sky.

B．Think about the meaning of life on Earth.

C．Experience the sense of weightlessness.

D．Observe the sun through a solar telescope.

4. How is the text developed?

A．By time.	B．By space.
C．By giving examples.	D．By listing statistics.

5 . Sake（日本米酒）is produced in almost every corner of Japan. It has a place in the soul of the Japanese and has been woven into the history and culture of Japan.

I’ve been told to leave Tokyo if I really want to understand the drink since it is a product of the countryside in Japan: rice from the fields, water from the mountains.

“You can tell a great deal about a place from the sake produced there. It’s made with local water and local rice. So when you taste it, you’re truly tasting a part of local culture, ” explains Koichi Hasegawa, the 13th-generation owner of Buko Shuzo Brewery in Chichibu, one of the closest towns to Tokyo.

As I taste my way through the different grades of sake, Hasegawa speaks poetically of the drink. “Sake is an important part of the journey of life. It’s present at birthdays, weddings and funerals, ” he says. “Drinking sake beneath the cherry trees in spring or under the autumn moon, drinkers might think over the beginning and ending in their lives. No sake, no life. ”

For much of its history, sake-making was reserved for temples, and sake still plays a key part in Japan’s religious ceremony. People believe its giddy（微醺的）effect helps them communicate with gods.

“On first taste, sake is delicious. Before long, it kicks you off your feet, ” says Yogoemon Ide, the president of Ide Sake Brewery—a family-operated brewery that has been in business for 21 generations—near Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest and holiest mountain. “I think sake is a supernatural liquid. It was originally used to spread the word of God. ”

Stepping out of Yogoemon Ide’s brewery and gazing up at Mount Fuji, I recognize an additional taste of the lde sake: an aftertaste of the cold, unfriendly climate around the potentially life-threatening volcanic mountain.

1. What can be learned about sake from the text?

A．It is unacceptable to drink it in temples.

B．It is better to taste it in the countryside.

C．It is just reserved for special events in Japan.

D．It is an old-fashioned drink made in big cities.

2. The Ide sake most probably reminds the author of ______.

A．the uncertainty of life	B．the birth of his children
C．his boring daily work	D．his wedding happiness

3. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A．The Oldest Sake Producers in Japan

B．Tastes of Different Japanese Sakes

C．Beautiful Countryside Sceneries in Japan

D．My Experience With “the Drink of Japan”

4. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Advertisement.	B．Travel.
C．Agriculture.	D．Science.

6 . The Ivy League schools are some of the most selective colleges in the United States. If you’re planning to apply to any of them, be realistic about your chances of being admitted.

Columbia University

Columbia is one of the largest of the Ivies, and it has a close relationship with neighboring Barnard College, one of the nation’s top women’s colleges. The university is home to an excellent medical school, law school, business school, engineering school, and numerous other programs.

Fast Facts（2018）
Place	Manhattan, New York City
Number of Students	31,077（8,216 undergraduates（本科生））
Acceptance Rate	6%
Student/Teacher Ratio（比率）	6 to 1

Brown University

With a rich history dating to 1764, Brown University is the second smallest of the Ivies, and the school has more of an undergraduate focus than universities such as Harvard and Yale. The university’s campus is close to the Rhode Island School of Design(RISD), one of the nation’s top art schools, and students can easily cross-register between the two institutions.

Fast Facts（2018）
Place	Providence, Rhode Island
Number of Students	10,257（7,043 undergraduates）
Acceptance Rate	8%
Student/Teacher Ratio	6 to 1

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth is the smallest of the Ivies, but don’t be misled by its name. It is a university, not a college. The attractive Dartmouth campus is home to a business school, medical school, and engineering school.

Fast Facts（2018）
Place	Hanover, New Hampshire
Number of Students	6,572（4,418 undergraduates）
Acceptance Rate	9%
Student/Teacher Ratio	7 to 1

Princeton University

Like Dartmouth, Princeton is on the smaller side and has more of an undergraduate focus than many of the Ivies. The school’s 500-acre campus with its stone towers and Gothic architecture ranks as one of the most beautiful campuses in the country. Sitting on the edge of Lake Carnegie, Princeton is home to numerous flower gardens and tree-lined walks.

Fast Facts（2018）
Place	Princeton, New Jersey
Number of Students	8,374（5,428 undergraduates）
Acceptance Rate	5%
Student/Teacher Ratio	5 to 1

1. What can we know about Barnard College?

A．It is one of the nation’s top art schools.

B．It is one of the best women’s colleges.

C．It is one of the largest of the Ivy League schools.

D．It has a close relationship with Princeton University.

2. What is the acceptance rate of Brown University in 2018?

A．5%.

B．6%.

C．8%.

D．9%.

3. What do the last two universities have in common?

A．They stress undergraduate education.

B．They are in the same state of America.

C．They are the smallest Ivy League schools.

D．They have the same student/teacher ratio.

7 . 假定你是李华，请你给国际奥委会写一封建议信，提议一个你认为可以成为奥运会项目的运动，内容包括：
1.运动的名称；
2.运动的发源与简短历史；
3.你为什么认为它应该成为奥运会的项目。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.首句已为你写好。
Dear Sir/ Madam,

I’m Li Hua, a student in Hubei, China. I’m writing to ask whether

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Yours faithfully,

Li Hua

8 . 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。

Hurriedly, Melissa came running to Rocky’s house out of breath. “Come with me quickly! There is a dog near the shrubs behind my house which is barking loudly. I think something is wrong with him. Let’s go and see what happened,” said Mel.

After putting down the book he was reading, Rocky went with Mel and saw a small dog trying to untangle himself from the shrubs. Being unable to set himself free, he thought barking would help him. Seeing this, Rocky and Mel immediately helped him out and he walked with a limp. Just then, Jason, Jenny, and Lindsay walked towards them.

“Hi, whose dog is this?” asked Lindsay, “We don’t know. I heard him barking and called Rocky to help him come out of the shrubs,” replied Mel. “He has cuts on his body and is bleeding,” observed Jenny.

“What should we do?” questioned Mel. “He hasn’t got a collar around his neck so I suppose he is a stray dog. Let’s hand him over to the center for stray animals,” said Jason.

The friends took him to the center. The vet treated his wounds and gave him some milk. When the friends were about to leave, the dog looked at them with sad eyes and barked softly. Jason went to him and said, “Rest up, old fellow. We will come to visit you soon.”

A few days later, the friends visited the center and met the stray dog. He ran to them barking happily. They played with the dog that they named Bruno. After half an hour, the friends returned home.

The next morning, Rocky said, “Today is ‘World Animal Day’. Let’s go and meet Bruno.” The friends walked to the center and saw that Bruno was wearing a collar with the words “Brave Bruno” written on it. They were all surprised at this and wondered why he was wearing such a collar.

注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:

The manager told them about the special collar.

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Paragraph 2:

“Wow, Bruno, you are the best dog ever,” said Mel.

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9 . 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。

Being a successful student can’t be taken for granted (认为理所当然的). In many cases, you have to work hard to get there. Here are a few qualities (素质) you will need to achieve     1     (succeed) at school.

First of all, you should know what kind of person you are. Look at your     2     (strength) and weaknesses. That way you will quickly find out what aspects you should concentrate     3     to get better.

Time management is a very important aspect of learning life. As a student, your everyday life tend to be very stressful and     4     (organize) your daily work will prove to be beneficial.

Try     5     (avoid) the distractions (使人分心的事物) of daily life. Work and study in places     6     you are not interrupted (打扰). Turn of mobile phones and other electronic devices when working. Study with classmates who are reliable and have     7     same attitudes towards studies as you do.

Sometimes you have to show that you are a good team player. When teachers give you tasks that must     8     (solve) together you must prove that you can cooperate with others. Don’t be bossy. Being a good listener also     9     (help), as others might have good ideas about a certain topic too. Contribute solutions to get important work     10     (do).

10 . With almost all the spare time spent watching television and playing video games, many of today’s children have never experienced the rewards (回馈) of a hobby.

Not long ago, _________ to a large audience, I asked, “How many of you, when you were children, had a hobby?” Nearly everyone _________ their hands. I then asked them to keep their hands in the air if at least one of their children had a hobby. Most of the hands _________ down.

Thirty years ago, almost every kid in my neighborhood had some kind of hobby. Collecting and trading baseball cards was a(n) _________ hobby, as were coin and stamp collecting. One of my friends was into photography. He’s now a well-known _________. Another enjoyed building radios and he’s now an electrical engineer. So you can see, hobbies often _________ lifelong interests, even careers (事业).

Hobbies benefit children in many ways. Because they are _________ of personal achievement and a way of self-discovery, hobbies help build _________. Hobbies are actually educational _________, too. For example, a child who becomes __________ making rockets learns about propulsion (推进力) and aerodynamics (空气动力学). By working on hobbies, children learn to set goals, make __________, and solve all kinds of problems.

Some parents __________ that hobbies will not influence the kids’ lessons positively. However, studies have shown that children with an active hobby __________ do better in school. Hobbies sharpen their focus and open their minds, __________ kids academically (学业上).

In a word, having a hobby outside of school will enrich kids’ lives and can provide many extra benefits you might not be __________ of.

1.

A．pointing

B．applying

C．performing

D．speaking

2.

A．raised

B．lent

C．gave

D．waved

3.

A．slowed

B．went

C．broke

D．calmed

4.

A．bad

B．formal

C．popular

D．dangerous

5.

A．photographer

B．doctor

C．driver

D．expert

6.

A．take control of

B．focus on

C．work out

D．turn into

7.

A．expressions

B．impressions

C．destinations

D．discussions

8.

A．profiles

B．friendships

C．strength

D．confidence

9.

A．games

B．tools

C．masters

D．adventures

10.

A．responsible for

B．suitable for

C．interested in

D．confused about

11.

A．promises

B．recommendations

C．comments

D．decisions

12.

A．request

B．fear

C．pretend

D．stress

13.

A．actually

B．fluently

C．obviously

D．extremely

14.

A．injuring

B．challenging

C．benefiting

D．annoying

15.

A．proud

B．careful

C．afraid

D．aware