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。续写的词数应为150左右。

Peter woke up early in the morning. He went downstairs in a hurry and started to have his breakfast as quickly as possible.

“Why are you in such a hurry, early bird?” Mum asked him. “We will have an English spelling test today, Mum,” Peter said. “Mr. White promised to offer prizes to those who get 100 scores. I’ve been studying the word list since last week. Although the words are difficult, I am well prepared for them.”

Peter reviewed the spelling of each word once more carefully when Dad drove him to school. At last, it was time for the students to have a test. “Responsibility,” Mr. White started. Peter wrote it on his test paper quickly and confidently.

“The second word: contribution,” Mr. White said.

“So easy,” Peter thought. He quickly wrote the word down.

Thirty words later, the test papers were collected by Mr. White. “I am to mark your papers now,” he told the class. After marking the test papers, Mr. White said, “Three of you won a prize today for excellent test scores. Peter, David and Mary got full marks on the spelling test!”

Mr. White praised them. Meanwhile, he gave the three students each a dictionary. Peter’s was an English-Chinese dictionary—the one he liked best. Peter was so excited that he held it high when his classmates cheered. “This is my happiest moment,” Peter thought.

After Mr. White gave the test paper back, Peter had a look at the words, feeling proud of his spelling. All of a sudden, the word “contribusion” confused him. It didn’t seem right. Peter began to compare them after taking out the word list. “C-O-N-T-R-I-B-U-S-I-O-N,” he whispered. He spelled it wrong.

“What am I to do?” Peter said to himself. “I expect my classmates to think I’m a master at spelling. If I tell Mr. White one of my spelling words is wrong, I’ll have to give my prize back, or I will become an example for telling a lie.”

Staring at the full marks written on his test paper, Peter was lost in thought. After a while, he remembered a lesson Mum used to teach him, “We ought to be an honest person.”

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Slowly,Peter raised his hand.

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Peter looked around.

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2 . The idea of low material desire, low consumption and refusing to work, marry and have children, concluded as a “lying down” lifestyle, recently struck a chord with many young Chinese who are eager to take pause to breathe in this fast-paced and highly-competitive society.

Many millennials (千禧一代) and generation Zs complained to the Global Times that burdens, including work stress, family disputes and financial strains, have pushed them “against the wall”. They said they hate the “involution(内卷),” joking that they would rather give up some of what they have than get trapped in an endless competition against peers.

“Instead of always following the ‘virtues’ of struggle, endure and sacrifice to bear the stresses, they prefer a temporary lying down as catharsis (宣泄) and adjustment,” said a scholar. “It is no wonder that some young people, under the growing pressures from child-raising to paying the mortgage (按揭) today, would try to live in a simple way and leave the worries behind.”

Interestingly, the majority of millennials and Gen Zs reached by the Global Times, who claim to be big fans of the lying down philosophy, acknowledged that they only accept a temporary lying down as a short rest. It is true that with the great improvement of living conditions, some Chinese youth have partially lost the spirit of hardship and are not willing to bear too much hard work. But in fact, lying down is not entirely comfortable. Young people who lie down always feel guilty about their constant loss of morale (士气) far beyond their reach.

“Young people on campus have both aspirations and confusion about their future, but most of us have rejected setting ourselves up in chains to waste opportunities and challenges,” a postgraduate student told the Global Times. “It’s no use running away. I have to ‘stand up’ and face the reality sooner or later.”

1. What does the underlined phrase in paragraph 1 mean?

A．Warned.

B．Punished.

C．Amused.

D．Touched.

2. What might have caused the “lying down” lifestyle among the young?

A．Improvements in living conditions.

B．Growing pressure from family and social life.

C．Increasing material possessions from families.

D．Temporary adjustment to failure in competitions.

3. What’s the scholar’s attitude toward the “lying down” group?

A．Understanding.

B．Intolerant.

C．Supportive.

D．Unclear.

4. What can be inferred about the young generation from the text?

A．They never really drop their responsibilities.

B．They really enjoy the “lying down” lifestyle.

C．They find their dreams far beyond their reach.

D．They would rather escape than take challenges.

3 . America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real , yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending(延伸)sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, and share their holidays and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality(好客)easily.

Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday life, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides for our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at home, but truly can not manage a great deal of time to do with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

For the Americans, it is often considered friendlier to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

1. The writer of this passage must be________.

A．an American

B．a Chinese

C．a professor

D．a student

2. What does the underlined phrase “ generous with our time ” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ?

A．Willing to spend time.	B．Serious about time.
C．Careful with time.	D．Strict with time.

3. When we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will be________.

A．warmly welcomed at the airport	B．offered a ride to his home
C．treated kindly at his home	D．treated to dinner in a restaurant

4. What is the best title for this passage ?

A．Friendships between Chinese

B．Friendships between Americans

C．Americans’ hospitality

D．Americans’ and Chinese people’s different views on friendship

4 . Online, English has become a common language for users from around the world. In the process, the language itself is changing. There are now thought to be some 4.5 billion web pages worldwide. Some language experts predict that within 10 years English will occupy the internet — but in forms very different to what we accept and recognize as English today.

That’s because people who speak English as a second language already outnumber native speakers. And increasingly, they use it to communicate with other non-native speakers, particularly on the internet where less attention is paid to grammar and spelling and users don’t have to worry about their accent (口音).

Users of Facebook already socialize in a number of different “Englishes” including Indian English, Spanish English and Korean English. While these different styles have long existed within their cultures, they’re now expanding and coming online. Technology companies are introducing newly-developed English words with products aimed at enabling users to add words that are not already in the English dictionary. And most large companies have English websites, while smaller businesses are learning that they need a common language — English — to reach global customers.

The increasing popularity of the internet allows more languages to develop quickly. “Most people actually speak several languages — it’s less common to only speak one,” says Mr. Munro. “English has taken its place as the world’s common language, but it’s not pushing out other languages.” Instead, other languages are pushing their way into English, and in the process creating something new.

1. Which of the following is NOT true about online communication?

A．People need to spell exactly.	B．Grammar is not so important.
C．People do not care about their accent.	D．Most English-speakers are not native speakers.

2. What can we infer from the text?

A．We can only communicate online in English.

B．It’s impossible to find all the English words in the dictionary.

C．Some technology companies start to publish English dictionaries.

D．Smaller businesses are not allowed to have English websites.

3. What can we learn from what Mr. Munro said?

A．The other languages are enriching English.

B．One can’t live well without speaking several languages.

C．English will become the only language in the world.

D．Chinese used to be the world’s common language.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．English is a common language around the world.

B．There are now many different language styles.

C．English language is developing with the Internet.

D．Smaller businesses are learning a common language.

5 . I was never very neat while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but my always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Overtime, Kate got neater and I got my merriser. She moved to push my dirty clothing over and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.

Who broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, “Take your shoes away! why under my bed!” Suddenly I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.

The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up. She quickly crawled (爬) under her covers, crying. Obviously. that was something she could not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy (同情) rose up in my heart.

Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bad. Cleaned the suckers and swept the floor even on her side. I got so absorbed into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching. Her tears dried and her expression was such disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me. “Thanks.”

Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.

1. What made Kate so angry one evening?

A．She couldn’t find her books.

B．She heard the writer shouting loud.

C．She got the news that her grandma was ill.

D．She saw the writer’s shoes beneath her bed.

2. Why did the writer tidy up the room?

A．Because she was scared by Kate’s anger.

B．Because she hated herself for being so messy.

C．Because she wanted to show her care.

D．Because she was asked by Kate to do so.

3. How is paragraph 1 mainly developed?

A．By analyzing courses.

B．By showing differences.

C．By describing a process.

D．By following time order.

4. What might be the best title for the story?

A．My Friend Kate.

B．Hard Work Pays off.

C．How to Be Organized?

D．Learning to Be Roommates.

6 . A man was employed to paint a boat. He brought paint and _________ and began to paint the boat as the owner wanted. While painting, he _________ there was a hole in the body of the boat and decided to repair it. When he finished painting, he received his _________ and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat visited the painter and _________ him with a cheque(支票), much higher than what he was paid for the painting work. The painter was _________.

“You’ve already paid me for painting the boat, sir! he said.

“This is not for the paint job. It’s for repairing the _________ in the boat.”

“Ah! But it was such a small service.” the man said. “Certainly it’s not worth paying me such a high amount for something so _________!”

“My dear friend,” the owner said, “You don’t understand. Let me tell you _________ happened. When I asked you to paint the boat, I _________ to mention the bole. When the boat dried, my kids took it and ____________ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a hole there. I was not at home at the time. So when I ____________ and noticed they had taken the boat, I was hopeless. Imagine my ____________ and joy when I saw them returning safely from fishing.”

“Then, I examined the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You now see what you did? You ____________ the life of my children!”

Each of us has a moral duty to offer help, wipe tears, listen carefully and repair all the “hole” we ____________ in our life journey, because a small act will make a big ____________ in the future.

1.

A．rulers

B．brushes

C．knives

D．pens

2.

A．felt

B．heard

C．sensed

D．noticed

3.

A．money

B．paint

C．brush

D．fish

4.

A．dropped

B．cooked

C．presented

D．took

5.

A．happy

B．disappointed

C．embarrassed

D．surprised

6.

A．hole

B．chair

C．paddle

D．picture

7.

A．huge

B．small

C．great

D．rude

8.

A．when

B．why

C．what

D．how

9.

A．stopped

B．regretted

C．remembered

D．forgot

10.

A．went on

B．went away

C．went over

D．went through

11.

A．drove

B．shared

C．rewarded

D．returned

12.

A．belief

B．relief

C．sadness

D．worry

13.

A．saved

B．hurt

C．broke

D．designed

14.

A．come out

B．come in

C．come across

D．come into

15.

A．achievement

B．progress

C．process

D．difference

7 . The course is suitable for both beginners and _________(advance) students. (所给词的适当形式填空)

8 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

A farmer grew some vegetables in his garden. One day his wife was ill and he had no money. He had to sell some cabbages and carrots in the market. The next morning he took two baskets of vegetables to town. But it was raining hard that afternoon and there were few people in the street. When his vegetables were sold out, it was dark. He bought some medicine and hurried to his village. On his way home he saw a person lying on the snow. He placed his baskets on the ground and was going to help the person to get up. At that time he found it was a dead man and there was much blood on his body. He was so afraid that he ran away quickly, without taking the baskets with him.

The next afternoon the farmer was sent to the police station. Having shown the baskets, an officer asked, “Are these yours? ” “Yes, sir.” the farmer answered timidly(胆怯地). “Have you killed the man?” “No, no, sir.” the farmer said in a hurry. “When did you see the dead man? ” “About seven last evening. ” “Did you see who killed the man? ” “No, sir.” The officer brought out a knife and asked, “Have you seen it yet? ” “No, sir.” The officer became angry and told the policemen to beat him up(暴打) and sent him into prison. The officer wanted to trap the farmer into the confession(供认), but the farmer didn’t admit he was the murderer.

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The officer was so angry that he asked the policeman to beat him up again.

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The farmer was lucky. A few days later,

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9 . Holly Morrell will never forget the phone call that changed her life. Her father ________ to say that a 16-year-old boy had died of a heart ________ on the field at the local high school. He said, “We have to do something.” She ________.

Although neither Holly nor her dad knew the boy, they were both too ________ with cardiac arrest(心脏骤停), a condition that kills about 325, 000 Americans each year. Holly says, “Screenings(筛查) ________ lives.”

Within weeks of her dad’s call, Holly organized her first cardiac-screening event at the ________ boy’s high school. In 2007, she ________, Heartfelt, a non-profit organization that provides free or low-cost cardiac screenings for adults and children. “My goal is to make screenings ________ to as many people as possible,” says Holly.

Experts say that early detection is ________ to preventing sudden cardiac arrest, which often occurs to seemingly healthy people with no ________ of heart disease. “We’re always looking for ways to ________ sudden cardiac death, and Holly’s program is one of those ways,” says Dr Tony Mccanta, a cardiologist. “What Holly’s doing is ________.” For Holly who had a cardiac defibrillator(除颤器) implanted to help ________ her heartbeat and has tolerated seven heart-related ________, it was all she wanted to do. “I believe that my own ________ was saved so could keep doing this work.”

1.

A．paused

B．returned

C．tended

D．called

2.

A．operation

B．rate

C．attack

D．beat

3.

A．recalls

B．remarks

C．replies

D．sighs

4.

A．busy

B．strict

C．familiar

D．tired

5.

A．save

B．treat

C．cure

D．respect

6.

A．missed

B．felt

C．selfish

D．lost

7.

A．closed

B．launched

C．played

D．predicted

8.

A．legal

B．available

C．luxury

D．suitable

9.

A．important

B．equal

C．contrary

D．accessible

10.

A．cure

B．history

C．clue

D．excuse

11.

A．explain

B．approach

C．oppose

D．prevent

12.

A．amazing

B．confusing

C．frightening

D．disappointing

13.

A．restart

B．scan

C．regulate

D．see

14.

A．surgeries

B．papers

C．challenges

D．chances

15.

A．sickness

B．mind

C．life

D．job