1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Which two reading rooms are on the same floor?

A．No. 2 and No. 3.

B．No. 2 and No. 4.

C．No. 3 and No. 4.

2. What kind of books does No. 2 reading room have?

A．Some books in foreign languages.

B．Books for the use of teachers.

C．Newspapers and magazines.

3. How many cards are used to borrow works of history?

A．Three.

B．Two.

C．One.

4. How long can students keep a magazine?

A．For a month.

B．For two weeks.

C．For two months.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How much will the man need to pay?

A．About $15.

B．About $20.

C．About $30.

2. What will the woman do for the man?

A．Wash his shoes.

B．Repair his shoes.

C．Exchange his shoes.

3. When can the man pick up his shoes?

A．At 5:00 this afternoon.

B．At 2:00 tomorrow afternoon.

C．At 4:30 tomorrow afternoon.

4. What is the man satisfied with?

A．The price.

B．The quality.

C．The quick service

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What has increased most recently in price?

A．Eggs.

B．Meat.

C．Bacon.

2. Which does the woman think she can afford to buy now?

A．Tea.

B．Butter.

C．Cheese.

3. Why won’ t the woman buy the new coffee?

A．It doesn’t smell good.

B．It’ s not popular.

C．It’ s too expensive.

4 . 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。

Kevin was a “slow” boy. He didn’t learn his ABCs as fast as other kids. He never came in first in the schoolyard races. However, Kevin could get along well with other people. And his enthusiasm for life was quite contagious (有感染力的). So, when he discovered that his teacher, Randy Moss, was putting together a basketball team, his mother could only answer, “Yes, you may join.”

Basketball became the center of Kevin’s life. He liked to stand in a certain spot near the free-throw line and shoot baskets. Patiently, he stood there throwing ball after ball.

The day before their first game, Randy gave each player a bright red jersey (运动衫). Kevin had stars in his eyes when he saw his number 12. He quickly put it on and almost never took it off again. Kevin and his whole team truly loved basketball. But just loving the game doesn’t help you win. More balls fell out of the basket than into it, and the boys lost every game that season, except one—the night it snowed. and the other team couldn’t make it to the game.

At the end of the season, they had the misfortune to play against the first-place team-the undefeated first-place team. The game went pretty much as expected, and near the middle of the fourth quarter Kevin’s team stood nearly 30 points behind.

At that point, one of Kevin’s teammates called a time-out. As he came to the side, Randy couldn’t imagine why the time-out had been called. “Mr. Moss, this is our last game and I know that Kevin has played in every game, but he’s never made a basket. I think we should let Kevin make a basket,” said the boy.

With the game completely out of reach, the idea seemed reasonable, so the plan was made. Every time Kevin’s team had the ball, Kevin was to stand in his special spot near the free-throw line and they would give him the ball.

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。

His first shot bounced around but missed.

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Soon, all the players threw the ball to Kevin and clapped for him.

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5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The first     1     (discover) of water on the moon was made in 2009 by India’s Chandrayaan-1 mission. The team used NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument to     2     (final) discover water. Since then, water has been mapped from orbit in     3     (mission) like NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

China’s Chang’e5 lunar lander used its mineralogical spectrometer (矿物学光谱仪),     4     was designed to find water. It did so by     5     (determine) spectral reflectance (光谱反射率) measurements of rocks on the moon. The water was found near the Oceanus Procellarum on the moon’s near side.

The Chang’e 5 landed on the moon on December 1, 2020 with a mission to collect lunar rocks to bring back to Earth. This is China’s first ever sample (样本) return mission;however, the country has had four     6     (success) robotic tasks to the moon before the Chang’e 5.

The lander was     7     the surface for less than 48 hours before it headed back into orbit around the moon.

China is     8     third country to bring samples back from the moon, after the United States and the Soviet Union. China is working hard to launch the Chang’e 6 in 2023. The lander is meant     9     (be)a backup to the Chang’e 5, but it     10     (head) to the lunar south pole for samples.

6 . “Does anyone on board know sign language(手语)?” came the voice over the speaker. Clara _______. Then the flight attendant(乘务员) walked up to her and _______ the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s _______ and deaf,” she said. “He seemed to want something, but we couldn’t _______ what he needed.”

Clara, 15, who had been studying sign language for years, knew she could finger-spell into the man’s _______, so she walked toward the passenger Tim Cook. Gently taking his hand, she _______, “Are you OK?”

Cook asked for some water. After it was _______, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the _______. Then she looked at her watch and told him. On her third visit, she decided to _______

Then she told Cook about her family and future plans. “________, he didn’t need anything. He was just lonely and wanted to ________,” Clara reasoned. After a while, Cook started to tell Clara how he became blind.

She listened carefully and it seemed that she had endless ________. “Clara was ________,” a flight attendant said in an interview. “She was a timely ________ to Cook and it obviously ________ Cook to have someone he could speak to.”

1.

A．replied

B．noticed

C．refused

D．doubted

2.

A．addressed

B．controlled

C．explained

D．checked

3.

A．thirsty

B．sick

C．mad

D．blind

4.

A．afford

B．understand

C．believe

D．provide

5.

A．coat

B．desk

C．hand

D．leg

6.

A．shouted

B．wrote

C．typed

D．thought

7.

A．recorded

B．discovered

C．heated

D．served

8.

A．time

B．journey

C．weather

D．schedule

9.

A．return

B．register

C．stay

D．quit

10.

A．Hopefully

B．Luckily

C．Sadly

D．Actually

11.

A．sleep

B．relax

C．talk

D．fight

12.

A．confidence

B．patience

C．courage

D．confusion

13.

A．caring

B．curious

C．outgoing

D．expert

14.

A．challenge

B．attraction

C．chance

D．help

15.

A．freed

B．pleased

C．protected

D．changed

7 . Self-esteem (自尊) is the opinion we have of ourselves. When we have healthy self-esteem, we tend to feel positive about ourselves and life. If we have low self-esteem, we may feel anxious and look down on ourselves.

Low self-esteem often begins in childhood. Our teachers, friends and parents send us positive and negative messages about ourselves.     1    . Besides, stress and difficult life events can have a negative effect on self-esteem. Personality can play a part, too. Some people are just more likely to have negative thinking.

    2    . If you have low self-esteem, you may hide yourself away from social situations, stop trying new things, and avoid things you find challenging. In the long term, this can backfire because it makes your doubts and fears stronger. You may also develop unhelpful habits, such as smoking and drinking too much.

To improve your self-esteem, you need to identify the negative beliefs you have about yourself, and then challenge them.     3    . Note these thoughts. Next, start to write some evidence that challenges these negative beliefs, such as “I’m really good at crosswords” or “My sister calls for a chat every week”. You could also write down other positive things about yourself on the list and add them to the list regularly. Then put your list where you can see it.       4    .

You can also learn to be assertive to improve your self-esteem. One trick is to look at other people who act assertively and copy what they do.     5    . It’s picking up tips from people you admire and letting your true self come out.

A．Low self-esteem affects people negatively

B．It’s not about pretending you’re someone else

C．That way, you can keep reminding yourself that you’re OK

D．Those beliefs come from negative messages you once received

E．People with low self-esteem have their unique way of dealing with the problem

F．For some reason, those meaning that you’re not good enough often stay with you

G．You may think you’re too stupid to get a new job or that nobody cares about you

8 . Imagine yourself sitting in a cafe one day in your hometown, when on the next table you hear some people speaking English with a strong North American accent (口音)Being a friendly person, you smile and say, “Hi! Are you American?” “No,” comes the quick answer. “Canadian!” Calling an English-speaking Canadian an American can be as bad as telling a Scotsman that he’s English or a Swiss person that he’s German. Although they have a common language, there are differences in culture and national feeling. “No,” many Canadians will tell you with confidence, “we’re not Americans! We’re Canadians.”

About 80% of Canadians live within 150 kilometers of the US border (国界), and this has had a detrimental influence on the Canadian economy. Like most European countries, Canada has a good national health service, and a good social service, but the good services have to be paid for by high taxes(税). Because of this, hundreds of thousands of Canadians often get in their cars and drive over to the USA to go shopping. This is one cause of economic problems in Canada. Over half of Canada’s products that are brought in from other countries come from the United States.

But the American influence is not just a question of shopping. Lots of Canadians drive American cars, and cars are, almost as important in Canada as they are in the USA. There is television too.

While Quebecers watch their own French-language TV stations, English-speaking Canadians have a choice between local English-speaking television stations, national programmes from CBC, and many American television stations. Unless they want to watch local stations, they’re just as likely to choose one of the big American television stations which include many different types of programmes as they are to a Canadian television station.

1. What does the author want to tell us in the first paragraph?

A．Canadians can speak many languages.

B．Canadians have a strong national feeling.

C．Canadians are generally friendly to foreigners.

D．Canadians have a lot in common with Americans.

2. What does the underlined word “detrimental” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Timely.

B．Special.

C．Unexpected.

D．Bad.

3. What can we learn about Canada?

A．The cost of living in Canada is quite high

B．Canada only has a few French programmes.

C．The service industries of Canada are famous.

D．Canada produces fewer cars than America.

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?

A．A nation of high taxes

B．What is Canadians’ lifestyle?

C．How is Canada influenced by the US?

D．The differences between Canada and the US’

9 . Starship Technologies was founded in Estonia but is now based in San Francisco. The company employs dozens of six-wheeled delivery robots on college campuses. Now, Starship is adding four new schools to its operational field: University of Illinois Chicago, University of Kentucky, University of Nevada, Reno and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

At present, the company operates on 20 college campuses in 15 states with a global fleet that totals 1,000 robots. This expansion will add 85 more robots to that fleet. Starship states that it has done over 5 million deliveries worldwide since its founding in 2014. The company has raised $ 102 million so far, including $ 17 million in fresh funding announced earlier this year.

Each robot in Starship is electric, has a box that can fit about 20 pounds of goods, and has a number of cameras to recognize obstacles and help guide it to its destination. The robots have a delivery range of three to four miles and can travel at a maximum speed of 4mph; which is obviously slower than a delivery by a human on a bike or in a car. And they can climb the edge of the road but not stairs, which may limit their appeal to customers who live in high-rise buildings.

Delivery via robots is still relatively neoteric in the US. There are a handful of start-ups operating delivery robots of varying sizes — everything from fully-sized minivans like Udelv to robots that are almost similar to Starship’s like Amazon and Yandex. Recently, Postmates has also invented a delivery robot called Serve that can carry 50 pounds of goods. There are even some newly-produced robots like Nuro, which can be described as a mini-robotic car. All claim to be automated, but some still require humans to follow their movements.

Demand for delivery robots has risen since the pandemic, though it remains to be seen whether that will hold up as the economy reopens and fewer people rely on takeout food from restaurants.

1. What can we learn about Starship Technologies?

A．It is now based in Estonia.	B．It hires college students as delivery men.
C．It is branching out into scientific education.	D．It is spreading its service on college campuses.

2. What do the figures in Paragraph 2 show?

A．Modern people tend to rely heavily on robots.

B．Robots are popular among college students.

C．Starship has contributed a lot of money to charity.

D．Starship has made some achievements in robot delivery.

3. Why do people in high-rise buildings show tittle interest in delivery robots?

A．They work much slower than humans.	B．They are unable to recognize floors.
C．They have difficulty going up stairs.	D．They are likely to get lost in the buildings.

4. What does the underlined word “neoteric” probably mean in Paragraph 4?

A．Novel.

B．Practical.

C．Traditional.

D．Necessary.

10 . Chrissy Harrison’s jewelry business, Elsie Frieda, has outgrown the guest bedroom of her home, moving to a studio and production space. Designing necklaces and earrings, Harrison left her IT consulting sales job to pursue her passion for fashion in late 2018.

As a mother of two boys, Chrissy had just gotten her youngest started in kindergarten when she revisited her past hobby of jewelry making. Sourcing her bead (珠子) supply from a market in Ghana, she launched her jewelry business with about 12 designs selling at in-home jewelry parties and at Roan, the women’s clothing store in Carytown. In February 2019, a costume designer for the Netflix teen drama “Outer Banks” saw a social media post and bought multiple necklaces from Harrison for the show.

A year later, Harrison had forgotten about the exciting encounter as she continued to grow the business. Then the pandemic hit, and everything came to a stop. Like many small businesses, she had to handle shipping and supply issues. Then in April 2020, Harrison received an email from Netflix, which let her know that the show with her necklaces was about to be broadcast. “Our world just changed overnight,” Harrison says.

Since the debut (首播) of the show, Harrison says, orders have grown from about 30 per day to more than 100. Handling this wave of business was made possible thanks to her team of female employees who helped with everything from making the jewelry to shipping it.

Harrison named the business after her grandmother, Frieda, who graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia. Harrison modeled the company’s mission after Frieda’s character. “We are kind first, work hard second, and then we know we’ll be successful,” her grandmother once said. Harrison has helped raise funds for causes such as breast cancer awareness and hunger relief.

Harrison says she never would have guessed she’d be in this position with her business. “It’s been a really fun ride,” she adds. “I can’t wait to see what the future brings to us.”

1. What caused Harrison to make a career change?

A．Her strong interest.

B．Her kid’s pre-schooling.

C．A costume designer’s support.

D．Her dislike of her previous job.

2. What turned Harrison’s jewelry business around in the pandemic?

A．Her employees’ devotion and hard work.

B．Her constant efforts during the pandemic.

C．Her involvement in the Netflix teen drama.

D．The appearance of her necklaces in a Netflix show.

3. What kind of person is Chrissy Harrison according to the text?

A．She is socially responsible.

B．She is culturally intelligent.

C．She is honest and ambitious.

D．She is determined and patient.

4. What does Chrissy Harrison think of her successful business?

A．It is rewarding.	B．It is unexpected.
C．It is predictable.	D．It is far-reaching.