1 . Are You Emotional Intelligent?

They’re curious about people. It doesn’t matter if they’re introverted（内向的）or extroverted, emotionally intelligent people are curious about everyone around them.     1     —much of emotional intelligence comes down to social awareness, for example, the ability to read other people, know what they’re about, and understand what they’re going through.

They are difficult to offend. If they have a firm grasp of whom they are, it’s difficult for someone to say or do something that easily gets them annoyed.    2    , High EQ individuals keep their feelings in control. When they need to meet an annoying person, they approach the situation reasonably. They identify their own emotions and don’t allow anger or frustration to fuel chaos.

    3    . Emotionally intelligent people master their emotions because they understand them, and they use an extensive vocabulary of feelings to do so. While many people might describe themselves as simply feeling “bad,” emotionally intelligent people can clearly explain whether they feel “irritable,” “frustrated,” or “anxious.” The more specific your word choice, the better insight you have into exactly how you are feeling, what caused it, and what you should do about it.

They limit their caffeine intake. Drinking excessive amounts of caffeine leads to the release of adrenaline（肾上腺素）, which is the source of the fight-or-flight response. The fight-or-flight mechanism avoids reasonable thinking in favor of a faster response to survival.    4    , but not so great when they are responding to a curt（唐突无礼的）e-mail.

When making plans with friends or family, they will say their schedule is “flexible”, rather than “empty” or “free”.    5    , while not placing any hard limits.

A．And they are good judges of character

B．This is excellent when a bear is chasing you

C．They have a powerful emotional vocabulary

D．This can control the length or frequency of any activities

E．They are also quite important to the people around them

F．Self-confidence and open-mindedness create a pretty thick skin

G．This makes emotionally intelligent people as perfect as possible

2 . When my father and I traveled to Paris, Notre Dame was our first stop. But when we arrived at Notre Dame, we saw a long line outside it. Even so, we didn’t want to _________. We decided to go to the back garden of Notre Dame where there were few tourists.

Immersed in the beautiful natural scenery, we wanted to take some _________ photos. As we tried to find a photographer, a tall, slim Frenchman _________ toward us and showed us he was willing to take pictures for us.

Trying to get the perfect shot, he kept changing the _________ of the camera. However, after a few _________, he didn’t return our camera. His behavior confused us. But after a while, it became _________. He asked for 10 euros as payment before he would return our camera.

At that point, I was so angry that I _________ to argue with him. But my father stopped me and paid the money, with a(n)_________ expression on his face, the man walked away quickly to search for his next _________.

Later, my father __________ to me: There’s no such thing as a free lunch. So it’s __________ to ask for a payment after taking photos for us. But if someone offers to help you, never __________ the kindness just because of this particular event. Most acts of kindness are pure and without any __________ intention.

__________, we met a lot of warm-hearted locals who guided us and lent a hand when we needed them. So just remember, we can’t throw away the __________ because of its core.

1.

A．set out

B．miss out

C．put aside

D．come about

2.

A．memorable

B．adorable

C．available

D．remarkable

3.

A．marched

B．headed

C．limped

D．wandered

4.

A．angel

B．eagle

C．angle

D．edge

5.

A．signposts

B．laps

C．shots

D．films

6.

A．shallow

B．visible

C．ridiculous

D．clear

7.

A．attempted

B．planned

C．expected

D．hesitated

8.

A．awkward

B．satisfied

C．indifferent

D．disgusting

9.

A．purpose

B．target

C．agent

D．clerk

10.

A．complained

B．claimed

C．explained

D．argue

11.

A．forgivable

B．necessary

C．unusual

D．convenient

12.

A．ignore

B．judge

C．cease

D．reject

13.

A．negative

B．harmless

C．critical

D．genuine

14.

A．Apparently

B．Luckily

C．Gradually

D．Eventually

15.

A．banana

B．object

C．item

D．apple

3 . When I was in primary school, I was actually a little shy. One thing that really frightened me was speaking in front of many people, whether strangers or acquaintances (熟人). It was my sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Bamick, who helped me get past that. That year we had to make four oral (口头的) book reports in front of the class. Some of the kids were even glad to do it, but I was scared to death. Mr. Bamick recognized my fear, so be told me to do a report on a book that was about something that really interested me. So I did the first report on baseball.

When it came time for me to present it to the class, Mr. Bamick cut me some slack and let me read the report rather than give it from memory. Some of my classmates laughed at me, but Mr. Bamick defended (为……辩解) me. By the end of the year I had completed all four of the oral book reports. It wasn’t easy or comfortable for me, but I did it.

Years later I realized that Mr. Bamick did me a great favor in sixth grade. One of the chances I got when I won a tennis tournament (锦标赛) was to make comments to the fans who attended the match. Some of those were carried live on television and all of them were before thousands of people. It was still not one of my favorite things to do, but, with Mr. Bamick’s help, I got through it from time to time. Before long, I was asked to bring my favorite childhood teacher to a national event in Dallas. 1 was excited when Mr. Bamick joined me for the event. It meant a lot to me that he was there.

Mr. Bamick believed in me and helped me to believe in myself. It was he who helped me build the person I became.

1. In what aspect (方面) did Mr. Bamick help the writer?

A．Improving her learning skills.

B．Encouraging her to read more books.

C．Winning her classmates’ recognition.

D．Overcoming her fear of public speaking.

2. What does the underlined part “cut me some slack” mean in paragraph 2?

A．Played a funny joke on the writer.

B．Gave the writer a feeling of pride.

C．Made the task a little easier for the writer.

D．Asked the writer to take part in a competition.

3. What do we know about the writer?

A．She was a tennis player.

B．She wanted to be a teacher.

C．She liked public speaking best.

D．She enjoyed commenting on books.

4. In the writer’s mind, what kind of teacher is Mr. Bamick?

A．Strict.	B．Curious.
C．Encouraging.	D．Frightening.

4 . A national park is created for the purpose of conservation. Yellowstone National Park in the US was the first national park in the world. Here are some other national parks in the world.

Northeast Greenland National Park, Denmark

The national park is the largest one in the world. It covers an area of 927，000 km²，It is also the most northern national park in the world.

Around 5,000 to 15,000 musk oxen (麝香牛) as well as polar bears live in the park. Some of the birds also live there.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia

The park is the second largest national park in the world. It protects a large part of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from being damaged in any way.

All commercial ships must stay on specific shipping routes that avoid the most sensitive areas of the park. The Great Barrier Reef has the world's largest number of corals and other sea life.

Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, Mozambique

This national park covers an area of 99,800 km².It joins some of the famous wildlife areas in southern Africa into a huge conservation area.

In 2006, the Giriyondo tourist access between the Limpopo and Kruger national parks was opened. There were 5,000 animals moving from Kruger to Limpopo National Park, including over 1,000 elephants.

Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada

The park was created in 1922 to protect the wood bison (森林野牛) whose population had dropped from 40 million in 1830 to less than 1.000 by 1900.

The park consists of 44,807 square kilometers of northern plains. It is also the world's only natural living place of the cranes (鹤).

1. Which of the following is the earliest national park?

A．Wood Buffalo National Park.	B．Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park.
C．Northeast Greenland National Park.	D．Yellowstone National Park.

2. What can you see in Great Barrier Reef Marine Park?

A．Some sea animals.	B．A lot of polar bears.
C．Many cranes.	D．Hundreds of elephants.

3. What do we know about Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park?

A．It has an area of 44,807 km².	B．It is home to the wood bison.
C．It lies in southern Africa.	D．It is the largest national park.

5 . I was looking in the mirror and checking my face for bruises (瘀伤). The day before, for some _________ reason, I had gotten into a fistfight with another boy. It didn’t take long for the bigger boys to _________ us apart and call it a draw, but _________, I had lost. We hadn’t talked since the fight either but only _________ coldly at each other from across the room.

_________, I was in a good mood this morning because I knew my Mom was bringing some of her homemade pizzas as a _________ for my brother, me and our friends. Soon I saw her _________ the sidewalk toward the steps of our summer camp cabin. I saw her smile as my brother and his friends all _________ the big pieces. She made sure, though, to _________ the last two pieces for me. I thanked her with a smile and started to eat __________ I saw my fistfight __________ standing off to the side by himself. At that moment, __________ moved me. I walked over to him and gave him one of the pieces. We talked, laughed and ate. And for some reason unknown __________ me at the time, the pizza tasted __________ than ever before.

A little miracle was working inside of me — moving me to forgive, to __________ and to love. And I am so happy that I followed that guidance.

1.

A．pretty

B．rational

C．proper

D．silly

2.

A．arrange

B．blow

C．pull

D．prevent

3.

A．actually

B．interestingly

C．luckily

D．surprisingly

4.

A．screamed

B．spat

C．stared

D．stood

5.

A．Besides

B．Still

C．Therefore

D．Furthermore

6.

A．bribery

B．prize

C．reward

D．treat

7.

A．dancing around

B．dashing at

C．walking up

D．pointing to

8.

A．cut

B．grabbed

C．smelt

D．threw

9.

A．save

B．bake

C．buy

D．pay

10.

A．after

B．though

C．when

D．while

11.

A．brother

B．friend

C．neighbor

D．opponent

12.

A．anything

B．everything

C．nothing

D．something

13.

A．to

B．as

C．for

D．in

14.

A．better

B．bitterer

C．sweeter

D．sourer

15.

A．leave

B．sacrifice

C．give

D．remember

6 . 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。

I want to tell everyone about two teachers on Changyu Island, Wang Kaiquan and Lin Zhujin.

Few people know about this hometown of     1    (I). The island is beautiful, but it’s quite isolated, and there aren’t many modern     2    (convenience). In bad weather, even our water and power supplies     3    (be) unstable. People who have never been to our island are often     4    (surprise) by this and find it hard     5    (adjust). Many     6    live on the island dream of leaving.

These two primary school teachers, however,     7    (stay) on for 23 long years! They are     8    only teachers here, and they plan to stay for as long as there are children who need to attend school.

I want to thank them, and let the world know about these teachers who work     9    (tireless) every day     10    the sake of the children.

7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where did speaker work when she was a student?

A．In a clothing store.

B．In a gift shop.

C．In a toy store.

2. What was the speaker curious about?

A．Why the couple shop on the Christmas Eve.

B．What holiday presents the couple bought for their sons.

C．Why the couple shopped in the same clothing store.

3. Why does the speaker suggest doing Christmas shopping at Albany?

A．Albany has everything that people want.

B．Albany offers a great discount during holiday.

C．It can be a valuable and meaningful experience for a family.

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the woman call the man?

A．To seek help from him.

B．To share her love experience with him.

C．To give some advice on a love problem.

2. Where is the woman from?

A．Canada.

B．India.

C．China.

3. When did the woman have her first child after she got married?

A．5 years later.

B．4 years later.

C．3 years later.

4. What is the woman’s parents’ attitude towards her husband now?

A．They are still angry with him.

B．They feel uneasy when they with him.

C．They accepted him completely.

9 . 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。

“No 7, Jobie Nymble, takes the lead,” cried the announcer. “Just one more hurdle (跨栏) and ...” Cheers broke out. “Jobie Nymble from Riverside Middle School takes first place in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles!” The crowd went wild.

“County championships (锦标赛), here we come,” screamed Jobie, patting her green track spikes (钉鞋). They were her lucky shoes and she loved them. “Next Saturday, we’re taking home the gold,” Jobie whispered to her spikes, excitedly retying them.

“Don’t forget, guys,” said Marisol, one of her teammates. “My birthday party is next Friday at Hidden Park.”

Next weekend couldn’t come soon enough. Jobie smiled with excitement all week long. At track practice, she leaped over those hurdles faster than she’d ever leaped before. And it wasn’t long before everything in her path was a hurdle: flowerpots in her front yard, sidewalk cracks on the way to the bus stop and even her little sister, Teka!

The day of Marisol’s party, Jobie put on her favorite outfit: her blue shorts, an old track T-shirt from her dad, and her lucky spikes. “Perfect.” She smiled at herself in the mirror.

The party was under way when Jobie arrived at Hidden Park. She stopped by the track first, planning to do some practice.

“Jobie!” Two of Jobie’s teammates rushed toward her, breathless and barefoot. “Come on,” they yelled. “You have to try the slide.”

Jobie looked toward the party area. Suddenly, she saw it. The biggest slide she had ever seen was on the far side of the park. Smiling kids zoomed down the slide at unspeakable speeds. Without thinking twice, Jobie took off her spikes and dashed (猛冲) toward the slide. Its ladder stretched to the sky, but she reached the top in no time, closed her eyes and let go.

Jobie couldn’t get enough. She tried again and again. When it was finally time to go home, she unwillingly made her way back to the track where she’d left her shoes.

续写部分：
注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语以为你写好；
Paragraph 1：

As she eyed the area from a distance, panic set in.

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Paragraph 2：

The next day, Jobie turned up in a new pair of spikes for the championships.

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10 . 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。

On Aug 27, 2020, Zhao Minghui, an associate professor at Qingdao Agricultural University’s College of Life Science, posted a “seeking marriage” notice online looking for a nine-month-old mate (配偶) for     1    (he) lab’s cat.

In the post, he described the cat     2    a volunteer of cell cloning technology, as well as an English speaker. As for the    3     (require) of the partner, the post said that healthy British long-haired cats who can speak with a London accent would be put on the top of the candidates list.

A research team, led by Zhao, cloned the cat for scientific study using a technique known as cell nuclear transfer. It is a special cat, the first one     4    (appear) at a domestic university cloning lab.

The clone, born on Dec 24,    5    (refer) to as Ping’an, meaning peace and safety. Over the past nine months, the cat     6     (grow) into the period of young adulthood    7     it is ready to mate. To today, three outstanding British long-haired cats have been selected. Zhao’s team    8     (accurate) get cat fertilized eggs at a special period of time by using the pre-established technology to collect early embryos (胚胎). The technology provides     9     important means to lay the theoretical basis for producing larger animal models of human diseases and studying the pathogenesis of diseases, thus     10    (promote) drug development.