1 . A year after high school, I didn't know what to do. I was still one of those_______teenagers with no real timetable for the day. Then I _______to find Brief History of Time from a street vendor (小贩；摊贩). When I finished _______, for the first time I had a _______to spend my life on.

Years later, I was doing_______ in the Institute of Theoretical Physics where Stephen Hawking _______as the Research Director. One day at lunchtime, Prof. Hawking_______ and joined in on my table. I had imagined_______ him! Now he was sitting _______before me! I couldn’t help but________— reading his book, getting laughed at by friends, convincing my family that I wanted to “study black holes”... I gathered some________and told him that I joined physics because of his ________ and he was such an inspiration. At first, I wasn’t sure if he understood my thick accent. So I quietly continued my ________. But minutes later________a voice from his computer: “Thank You! I am very glad to see you here.”

It was only then that I________that during the pause he was writing, one letter at a time, while being spoon-fed. It’s how he had been doing unimaginable research almost his entire________. His ability to use his brain in such an incredible way despite a ________body has always inspired me not to be________by difficulties and to concentrate energy on things other than pains of life.

My work keeps me going: it’s my passion, it’s my life and it’s a great pleasure and motivation, which________me to contribute to society. My lifespan (寿命) might be________, but my achievements could be endless. I owe all this to him.

1.

A．cautious

B．curious

C．serious

D．purposeless

2.

A．tried

B．arranged

C．happened

D．managed

3.

A．listening

B．reading

C．searching

D．writing

4.

A．determination

B．goal

C．movement

D．reason

5.

A．business

B．deal

C．degree

D．research

6.

A．died

B．existed

C．reacted

D．served

7.

A．approached

B．dashed

C．overcame

D．passed

8.

A．coming about

B．coming across

C．coming along

D．coming around

9.

A．actually

B．constantly

C．luckily

D．suddenly

10.

A．consider

B．judge

C．predict

D．remember

11.

A．cash

B．courage

C．memory

D．shyness

12.

A．invitation

B．illness

C．book

D．speech

13.

A．meal

B．case

C．question

D．speech

14.

A．came

B．attached

C．drew

D．signaled

15.

A．recorded

B．agreed

C．believed

D．realized

16.

A．life

B．day

C．year

D．century

17.

A．brief

B．broken

C．harmful

D．rough

18.

A．influenced

B．forced

C．limited

D．threatened

19.

A．follows

B．advises

C．drives

D．allows

20.

A．admirable

B．boring

C．short

D．unusual

2 . I had an opportunity to teach at a five-star hotel in Nevis, a small island in the Caribbean Sea. After that, my friend Clayton and I flew into Panama City for a surfing outing at a surfing camp in the bay of Chiriqui, whose tourism is booming. To get there, we had to take my tennis bags on and off several buses and boats. After eight hours of travel we finally arrived. The camp was perfect, and the accommodations were not bad. We had an unbelievable week there!

On our return trip, when we got to the bus station, we learned that our bus had been delayed for 2. 5 hours. The sun was beating down on us.

As we walked over to the shaded area, a couple of kids started throwing rocks at me. I opened a can of tennis balls. They stopped and took an interest in the balls. I had a special racket (球拍) with me. I had the strings cut out and replaced them with a net, which is prefect for hotel teaching. I got them to throw the balls into the net. They seemed to enjoy that. Then an older boy got interested, to whom I gave another racket to hit the ball into the net of the catching racket. I showed him how to position and hold the racket. Soon, their bus arrived, and they were on their way.

But families from across the street came over and wanted their 10-minute tennis lesson，too. The other passengers waiting for the bus each got a lesson. Eventually, restaurant workers next door and the bus terminal clerk invited me to give them a lesson, too. They learnt well and were having a great time. And so was I. In what seemed like no time, our bus arrived. Satisfied with what I did, I changed my shirt, and made it back to Panama City.

1. Which can describe the bay of Chiriqui?

A．It develops depending on tourism.

B．It is famous for its tennis camps.

C．It offers cheap accommodations.

D．It is far away from Panama City.

2. Why did the author have a special racket?

A．To attract children.	B．To catch the rocks.
C．To help him to teach.	D．To hit the balls back.

3. What were the children doing at the shaded area when the author arrived?

A．Waiting for the bus.	B．Learning to play tennis.
C．Fighting for the shaded area.	D．Playing games with each other.

4. How did the author feel at the bus station in the end?

A．Embarrassed.

B．Confident.

C．Amazed.

D．Proud.

3 . 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。

Last summer, my father got a job in Manchester. Our family     1    （move） there from London. I missed my old classmates and    2    （worry） that I would have no friends     3    September. Then Lucy, a girl in my class, invited me     4    （play） with her. We had sports and did homework together. This made me feel very happy. But bit     5     bit, she wanted to do everything together with me.

My parents gave me a new mobile phone    6    a Christmas gift. Lucy showed me how to use it. I was grateful for what she did. But now, I am going crazy. She sends me more than 8 messages every evening.If I don’t reply, she     7    （call） me after 22:00. I can’t have a quiet life. I just need     8    （much）space.

It will be Lucy’s birthday next Sunday. She is going to have a party. She calls me to talk her party plan every day. She’s     9    （drive） me mad but I don’t want to end the friendship us. Anyway, she is nice.

Help! What should I do?

Looking forward     10     your good advice soon!

4 . Sam likes soccer. He always watches soccer games on TV. His wife Nina likes watching TV plays. One evening at 7:00, Sam watches an interesting soccer game on TV. The TV also has a good TV play. It is Nina’s favorite. She wants to watch it very much, but Sam sits before the TV. He doesn’t let Nina watch the TV play. Nina is not happy, so she goes to her mother’s home at 7:30 in the evening. When she comes into her mother’s home, her father watches that soccer game, too.

“Where is my mother, Dad?” asks Nina.

“She goes to your grandma’s home,” says her father.

“Why?”

“I want to watch the soccer game, but she likes to watch a TV play.”

1. What does Sam like?

A．Basketball.	B．Volleyball.
C．Soccer.	D．Baseball.

2. When does Nina go to her mother’s home?

A．At 7:00.	B．At 7:30.
C．At 8:00.	D．At 8:30.

3. Where is Nina’s mother?

A．At home.	B．In the store.
C．In the classroom.	D．In her grandmother's home.

4. Nina and her family all like __________.

A．to do exercise	B．to play the piano
C．to watch TV	D．to make friends

5 .

Roger: Hi, there!It was my 15th birthday last Saturday. Some of my friends and Alan, my cousin, came to celebrate it. Everyone brought me a gift. We played games,sang songs and had a big birthday cake. It was really a wonderful day! Did you do anything special last week?	‍
Jessica: Yes, my class were on a school field trip last week. First, we went to the University of North Carolina to learn about the history of its basketball team. Many basketball stars were students there. Then we visited a museum. We learned about how the plane was invented and took many pictures there.
Sara: Well, I was lucky enough to go to a conference(会议) on charity(慈善) last Wednesday. I was excited to meet a lot of kind people there. One of them was a boy named Richard. He spoke at the conference about the charity work that he had done in the past few years.
Martin: It was a more different week than usual. Last Thursday, my school band(乐队) went to Atlanta to perform in a competition. I played the violin and we won a prize! On Friday we went to the Georgia Aquarium and got to see different kinds of sea life from over the world. It was really cool!

1. When did Roger have his birthday party?

A．Last Saturday.

B．Last Thursday.

C．Last Friday.

D．Last Wednesday.

2. Who went on a school field trip last week?

A．Alan.

B．Sara.

C．Jessica.

D．Richard.

3. Martin went to Atlanta to_________.

A．speak at a conference

B．perform in a competition

C．organize a party

D．visit a university

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 have    1    friend. Her name    2    (be) Li Hua. She is a very kind girl. I like    3    (make)friends with her, because she is concerned    4    me and I can share my    5    (happy) and sorrows with her.we can get along well    6    each other. As a famous saying     7    (go), a friend in need is a friend indeed. In order    8    go to university together, we overcome many    9    (difficulty) together. I believe    10    (we) friendship will last forever.

7 . Do you know how to study ______ and make your study more effective（有效的）? We all know that Chinese students usually study very hard for long ______.This is very good, ______it doesn’t______a lot, for an effective student must have enough sleep, enough food and enough rest and______.Every day you need to go out for ______walk or visit some friends or some nice places.It’s ______for your ______.

When you return ______your studies, your mind______be refreshed(清醒) and you’ll learn more______study better.Psychologists(心理学家)______that learning takes place this way.Here take English learning______an example.First you make a lot of progress and you feel happy.Then your language study seems______the same.So you will think you’re learning______and you may give______.This can last for days or even weeks, yet you ______give up, and at some point, your language study will again take another big______.You’ll see that you really have been learning all along.If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and ______.Don’t give up along the way.Learn ______you are sure to get a good result.

1.

A．well

B．good

C．better

D．best

2.

A．days

B．time

C．hours

D．weeks

3.

A．but.

B．and.

C．or.

D．because

4.

A．help

B．give

C．make

D．take

5.

A．exercise

B．homework

C．running

D．clothes

6.

A．an.

B．a.

C．the.

D．/

7.

A．good.

B．bad.

C．nothing.

D．worse

8.

A．health

B．body

C．study

D．life

9.

A．after

B．for

C．at

D．to

10.

A．yet.

B．and.

C．so.

D．will

11.

A．yet

B．and

C．or

D．but

12.

A．have found

B．have taught

C．told

D．said

13.

A．with

B．for

C．as

D．to

14.

A．to have

B．to make

C．to take

D．to stay

15.

A．something

B．anything

C．nothing

D．everything

16.

A．on.

B．at.

C．up.

D．in

17.

A．mustn’t

B．couldn’t

C．needn’t

D．may not

18.

A．work

B．jump

C．walk

D．result

19.

A．hard

B．common

C．possible

D．interesting

20.

A．slowly

B．fast

C．quickly

D．happily

8 . I am a middle school student. I have a lot of classes and homework every day. I have a bad memory and I often forget(忘记)my family’s birthdays. But I don’t forget my mum’s birthday today. I want to buy her a present.

There is a big store near my school. It sells many things. From the store, you can buy food, clothes, shoes and some other daily things. So, I go to the store and want to choose a present for my mum. I want to buy a beautiful skirt, but I don’t have enough money(钱). At last, I go to a flower shop and buy a rose.

After I get home, I give the rose to my mum and say, “Happy birthday, dear mum. It is 14 October today. I don’t forget your birthday.”

My mum is very happy and she says, “Thank you, my son. But my birthday is tomorrow.”

1. What does the underlined(画线的) word “memory” mean?

A．品德

B．脾气

C．记性

D．兴趣

2. Why does this boy often forget his family’s birthday?

A．Because he doesn't like his family.	B．Because he has many classes.
C．Because he has a bad memory.	D．Because he has much homework.

3. What does the boy want to buy for his mum at first(起初)?

A．Cake.

B．A skirt.

C．Shoes.

D．Food.

4. What does the boy buy at last(最后)?

A．A skirt.

B．A shirt.

C．A cake.

D．A flower.

5. The boy’s mother’s birthday is on      .

A．15 October

B．14 October

C．13 October

D．16 October

9 .

Mike	I like to make friends. Victor is one of my best friends. He is as outgoing as me. We became friends when I was ten years old. We both like sports very much. We play tennis three times a week and play basketball twice a week.
Monica	I am a little quiet. My best friend Grace is different from me. She is very outgoing and funny. She likes going to parties and dancing very much. She likes swing dance best.
Tara	My best friend is Lisa. She is very outgoing and friendly. I am similar to her. We became friends three years ago. Lisa is also hard-working. She studies better than me and she always helps me with my math.
Eric	My best friend is Ben. He is two years older than me.He is quiet. He is good at drawing. He joined an art club a week ago. I am different from him. I'm outgoing and I like singing and swimming.

1. When did Mike and Victor become friends?

A．When Victor was ten years old.	B．When Mike was ten years old.
C．Three years ago.	D．Ten years ago.

2. From the above information, we know Lisa________.

A．likes swing dance best	B．plays basketball twice a week
C．is good at drawing	D．is good at math

3. Eric’s best friend Ben_________.

A．is two years younger than him	B．joined an art club a week ago
C．likes singing and swimming	D．is the same as Eric

10 . In 1987 a small company named Huawei was started in Shenzhen. After more than 30 years of development, the company has now beaten Apple and become the world's second largest maker of smartphones. It has also become the world's supplier (供应者) of 5G. In China and even in the world, Huawei is a wonder. Although it started producing mobile phones not many years ago, it has become one of the most famous phone companies.

But recently, Huawei faces some difficulties. The US government made a law to stop its sales in America. American officials said Huawei gave information that it collected to the Chinese government. At the same time, the US government planned to stop selling parts and services to Huawei. They believed that Huawei's business would be hurt this way.

"We have never received such a request from the Chinese government and we have never tried to get into other systems to collect information,” Ren Zhengfei, Huawei's president said. “The law would have little effect on our company. Huawei has enough ability to deal with the problems,” Ren added.

In an interview several years ago, Ren Zhengfei said, “I started Huawei with only £4000 at the beginning, but now it has become a 100 billion company. The experience was not as romantic as you imagine."

Facing the law of the US, Huawei is growing. Huawei's smartphone sales around the world rose 50 percent compared with a year earlier in the first three months of 2019. At the same time, sales from both Samsung and Apple fell. So far Huawei has grown into the world's largest telecommunication equipment supplier (供应商), selling in 170 countries. It may beat Samsung as the largest smartphone maker in the near future.

1. How many kinds of smartphones are mentioned in total in this passage?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

2. Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Huawei collected the information for the Chinese government.

B．Ren Zhengfei started Huawei with only £4000 in 1987.

C．Huawei has beaten Samsung, a South-Korea phone maker so far.

D．Huawei has developed its business smoothly.

3. What does the underlined word "romantic" in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese?

A．浪漫的

B．现实的

C．成功的

D．麻烦的

4. The last paragraph mainly tells us ________.

A．Huawei has become one of the most famous phone companies

B．Huawei has become the largest maker of smartphones in the world

C．Huawei has got into some systems of the US

D．Huawei is full of hope and must succeed in the future