1 . A quick scan of any social media will confirm something everyone already knows: People love inspirational quotes. We pick them up and share them from a variety of places, whether they come from the brilliant Maya Angelou, reminding us to “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better,” or live on a T-shirt that you proudly wear, proclaiming “I have superpowers… I TEACH!”

Every educator knows that words matter a whole lot! A thoughtless comment about another canceled school day can feel very personal to a teacher who shows up every day. Hearing a simple “thank you” for all that you do from a family member can fill your tank and keep you going even when you’re tired. Encouragement and kind words are especially important in times of hardship or self-doubt. So, reading a great quote reminds us of who we are or who we expect to be.

Since we couldn’t physically bring together the educators from all over the country, we asked you to send us the inspirational quotes that you most wanted to share with your fellow teachers. We hoped that you would share quotes that would provide a much-needed pick-me-up and reenergize those who may be feeling tired. You didn’t disappoint! In 24 hours, we received over 1,000 responses.

Some were very timely.

★ “Spread kindness, not germs.” (Some were timeless.)

★ “If you can dream it, you can do it.” (Some were very practical.)

★ “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” (Arthur Ashe. And others were just about remembering how awesome you are.)

★ “YOU ARE DOING AMAZING, SWEETIE” (Kris Jenner).

So why do we love inspirational quotes? Because, in a way, reading them is kind of like having a conversation with a really great friend who always cheers you on to be the very best you. So, remember this.

1. Which word can replace the underlined word “proclaiming” in paragraph 1?

A．Announcing.

B．Advocating.

C．Warning.

D．Discussing.

2. Who can benefit from the quotes?

A．A teacher who feels tired.	B．A student who is confident.
C．A person who does little for his family.	D．A member who is part of a community.

3. Who is the text mainly intended for?

A．Students.

B．Teachers.

C．Parents.

D．Children.

4. What’s the best title of the text?

A．The Power of Words	B．The Importance of Education
C．People Love Inspirational Quotes	D．Famous People Share Kind Words

2 . When Simon Beck creates artwork, he doesn’t use paint or pencils. _________, he takes his snowshoes and _________ and walks to a wide-open area of fresh _________. Mr. Beck makes huge designs in the snow by walking and leaving snowshoed footprints in _________ patterns.

The idea to make a snow picture _________ him after a day of skiing in France. Mr. Beck noticed an inviting area of undisturbed snow and _________ it would be fun to draw a _________ in it.

At that time, Mr. Beck _________ as a mapmaker. . He is also an expert at orienteering (越野识图比赛) an activity in which people race on foot to a destination they must _________ using a map and a compass. Mr. Beck used these __________ to create a perfect star in the snow.

He then __________ more details to the design. The result looked impressive, especially when he viewed it from above on a nearby hill. After fresh snow covered the artwork, Mr. Beck __________ again with a new design. Since then, he has continued to make snow artwork at the ski area.

__________, a snow design takes Mr. Beck 10 hours to make. Because he’s out in the cold all day, he dresses warmly and brings extra __________ in case he gets wet.

Mr. Beck has worked to build a collection of __________ to publish in his book Snow Art, which is popular in the world.

1.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Instead

D．Besides

2.

A．compass

B．ruler

C．brush

D．camera

3.

A．grass

B．land

C．dirt

D．snow

4.

A．complex

B．colorful

C．simple

D．traditional

5.

A．stuck

B．hit

C．escaped

D．changed

6.

A．thought

B．promised

C．confirmed

D．insisted

7.

A．circle

B．star

C．hill

D．map

8.

A．organized

B．played

C．worked

D．travelled

9.

A．win

B．occupy

C．mark

D．find

10.

A．skills

B．experiences

C．tips

D．activities

11.

A．sent

B．added

C．transformed

D．led

12.

A．failed

B．removed

C．cleaned

D．tried

13.

A．After all

B．In addition

C．As usual

D．On average

14.

A．blanket

B．luggage

C．clothes

D．tools

15.

A．stories

B．photos

C．shoes

D．footprints

3 . 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。

Could the Moon Help Fuel the Earth?

Fossil fuels have been powering the earth for over 200 years, but reserves of coal, crude oil (原油) and natural gas may run out one day.

The long-term solution may lie nearly half of a million kilometers away on the moon. It contains large quantities of helium-3 (氦-3), a form of gas that could     1     (potential) be extracted (提炼), brought back to the earth and used as fuel without damaging the environment.

“The real     2     (attract) of helium-3 is that it is a nuclear process,     3     doesn’t release any greenhouse gases,” said     4     engineering professor. “That would be the     5     (big) advantage-nuclear power without nuclear waste, and it would be a goal for the earth.”

Present on the earth in small quantities, helium-3     6     (use) in medical diagnostics (医学诊断), but it is yet to be used as a source of energy. However, there are large enough quantities of helium-3 on the moon to power the earth for a thousand of years or so and provide the earth     7     all of the energy.

But     8     (bring) helium-3 back to the earth is a complex process. The gas,     9     (find) in the moon’s soil, would need to be heated to 600℃ before being extracted and transported back to be turned into fuel in nuclear power     10     (plant). Even so, the project is beginning to interest some of the world’s leading nations in the environmental and economic potential of helium-3.

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。

“Sophie would make a good therapy(治疗) dog.”

The day my dog trainer said those words, I didn’t even know what a therapy dog was. I certainly had no idea what features my little dog had that would make her a candidate. But why not, I thought, if we can help people in need of some cheering up?

Last week, I accompanied Sophie to a hospital for our first day on the job. In the year and a half I had spent getting her certified, I had learned what to expect. I would bring Sophie into a patient’s room to be a pleaser, and then we would move on. Of course, Sophie herself couldn’t understand her purpose in all of this, but she was always happy to meet new people, and that was enough.

We walked through the wide automatic sliding glass doors and into the hall, where we were met by a nurse who ran the therapy dog program at the hospital. “Welcome,” Sophie, she said. “I’ll be taking you two around today.”

I followed the nurse down the hall. Sophie trotted (小跑) along at my side, just as she had been trained. “We’re a care unit,” the nurse explained. “Most of our patients are seniors.” I knew how important it was for Sophie to be her gentlest. “She was trained and ready for this, I reminded myself.

Up ahead was an old lady making her way down the hall with a walker. A nurse walked beside her, holding on to a gait belt (步态训练带)to keep her steady. We caught up with them, but the patient remained focused on her walker. As we were passing by at a safe distance, the lady turned her walker towards a chair against the wall. “Okay, we’ll stop for a rest,” her nurse said. Once the lady was settled, she pointed a finger at Sophie, as if to say “Please bring me that dog.”

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I picked up Sophie and placed her in the lady’s lap.

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“It’s a wonder! We had thought the lady lost the ability to speak,” the nurse told me excitedly.

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5 . You may be wondering how to clear your mind. Perhaps you’re facing a tough presentation at work and really need to focus, or maybe you have got a long going on at home and just need to relax for a few minutes.     1    

The only problem is that you can’t completely erase the thousands of thoughts you have each day. The goal is to be able to observe those thoughts without engaging with them. The good news is that clearing your mind comes from a simple act of acknowledging your present state first.     2     Its power truly flourishes (迅速繁荣) when put into practice.

Now that you have acknowledged where you are and how you feel, you can take action. You can take a few moments to ground yourself back into the present moment.     3     This practice is also known as “forest bathing”, and it doesn’t necessarily need to take place in a forest. It can be in your favorite park or even walking around your town or neighborhood. Such a practice does wonders in clearing your mind and bringing you back to the now!

    4     It’s an effective method for simply releasing (释放) your thoughts so that you can mentally breathe and process things better. Writing down your thoughts is very effective before bedtime. So many of us struggle to sleep soundly with many thoughts bouncing back and forth. This exercise before bed can allow us to enter a deeper level of rest.

With so many thoughts in your head, it sounds difficult to clear our minds.     5     If we can clear our minds and build our self-awareness, which is a beautiful and powerful way of being in the world, we can live in the world comfortably.

A．This may be as simple as taking a walk.

B．We have to acknowledge that our mind is disturbed.

C．However, the above methods are powerfully effective.

D．Acknowledgment is regarded as an important technique.

E．Another powerful practice is writing down all the thoughts in your head.

F．Whatever the reason is, having a clear mind can help you find your center.

G．This will allow your heart rate to slow down so as to reduce your anxiety.

6 . As a younger child, Adom didn’t have a choice in how much he volunteered since he was regularly along with his parents while they volunteered. They organized book drives for kids, joined backpack giveaways, served food to the hungry and delivered Christmas presents to children with imprisoned parents.

Now Adom, who lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is a teenager. He has a lot more to say in what he does with his time. He’s recently taken his volunteerism to a new level.

Over the past three years, he has raised over $70,000 for nonprofit groups in his area. He had done in part by organizing annual charity basketball games involving local community leaders, as well as college and professional athletes. Adom named his project Ball4Good.

Adom was recently awarded a 2019 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, which honors outstanding young leaders. As one of 15 top winners, he was awarded $10,000. He’s putting half towards the charity he founded and the rest towards his college fund.

Since 2017, Adom and Ball4Good have supported 18 community organizations, including the local Boys & Girls Clubs of the Upstate; Miracle Hill Ministries, which serves homeless children and adults in South Carolina; the Project Hope Foundation, which provides services for individuals of all ages with autism (自闭症); and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union, which helps children who have been abused.

Adom does more than just deliver the cash; he gets involved, just as he did as a younger kid. He is the youngest board member for the Boys Girls Clubs of the Upstate and continues to volunteer at other organizations, such as Children’s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas, which supports families of youths fighting cancer.

“Books, fundraisers, summer camp services, national spelling bees — Adom is doing a lot,” said Greg Tolbert, president of the Boys Girls Clubs of the Upstate.

1. As a young child, Adom ________.

A．followed his parents volunteering	B．organized volunteering activities
C．had no choice but to volunteer	D．helped imprisoned parents

2. Adom was awarded the prize because he ________.

A．involved local community leaders in volunteering

B．organized a charity basketball game

C．raised $70,000 for nonprofit groups

D．made great efforts in volunteerism

3. What can we know about Adom from paragraph 5?

A．He devotes himself to helping the old.

B．He raises money for various causes.

C．He focuses on saving sick children.

D．He mainly volunteers in his community.

4. What kind of person does Greg Tolbert think Adom is?

A．A talker.

B．A thinker.

C．A doer.

D．A designer.

7 . 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

I was eight the first time I played checkers. I’ve played about a thousand games since then, but none was so memorable as that first one.

It was icy January in Kansas. When the snowstorm hit, cutting off our power, we were thrown into darkness though it was still around noon. No heat, no light. The winter became terrible for everyone-especially for me and my six year old brother.

Methodically Grandpa gathered up his winter coat, scarf and gloves, and disappeared into snow. Several minutes later, he returned, carrying much wood. Glancing casually at my brother and me, he said, “Come on boys. Time to build a fire. ”

But the fire wasn’t enough to sustain the attention of two young boys. “Maybe,” Grandpa remarked, carefully considering the situation. “we could do something I used to do as a boy. Let’s go camping.”

My brothers and I looked at each other in amazement.

”Get your sleeping bags, pillows and stuffed animals, and meet me back here.“

It took us only minutes to gather our sleeping gear. When we returned Grandpa had rearranged the furniture, clearing an open space in front of the fire. in short order, we had a fine campground.

“Now then” Grandpa began, unfolding a strange looking game board, “who’s up for a little game of checkers?” “What are checkers?” my brother and I asked.

“Never played, eh? Well. it’s time you boys learned,” Grandpa said.

For the next hour or so. Grandpa coached us on the fine art of playing checkers. I became a fair player after losing four games in a row. Then I defeated Grandpa. When I asked him if he’d let me win, he merely winked (眨眼 and set the board up for the next game Afterward. Grandpa used his old guitar to sing us some campfire songs to which we sing along.

Then suddenly, the power came back on. Mom and Dad gave a cheer, but for my brother and me, it was the end of a grand adventure. This wasn’t how we wanted the night to end.

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Grandpa looked at us, smiled and then slowly stood up.

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The next morning, everything returned to normal: lights, television and heat,

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8 . 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。

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary,” said Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. Wu Liren has been maintaining such a “diary” of the Grand Canal    1    1978.

The 65-year-old painter from Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, has been using ink and brush for more than 40 years    2    (record)the beauty of the arterial(干线的)waterway, the hospitality of local residents and the richness of culture    3    flows all the way.

Wu says memories and emotions run deep in his paintings, and these are far    4     (important) than any technical perfection. “My art has always been about the Grand Canal. Sometimes I paint what I    5     (see)in the past and sometimes I reproduce what I heard about people who lived by the canal,” he says.

Wu believes the Grand Canal is often compared with the West Lake, one of the most famous scenic    6     (attraction)in Hangzhou. “The West Lake is seen as a beautiful treasure that needs to be cared for. But the Grand Canal is like our mother, who has watched us grow up, earn a living along her busy banks, leave her in search of a better future    7    return to her embrace later on,” he says.

Recently, Wu completed a 100-meter-long scroll(卷轴)painting of the canal’s Tangxi-Xixing stretch in Hangzhou. “I have actually painted the entire Grand Canal in Hangzhou,     8     (borrow) historical anecdotes from every dynasty,” Wu    9     (proud)says. “The story of the canal needs to be told and the culture it represents must    10     (pass)down.”

9 . Unhealthy Coping(应对)Strategies for Uncomfortable Emotions to Avoid

Whether you’re blamed by your parents or you’ve had a rough day at the office, you may be bothered by uncomfortable emotions. Having healthy coping strategies can be key to getting through tough times. However, sometimes a strategy helps you endure emotional pain, but it doesn’t mean it’s healthy.     1    Here are some unhealthy coping strategies you should avoid:

Drinking alcohol or using drugs: Alcohol and drugs may temporarily ease your pain, but they won’t resolve your issues. They are likely to introduce new problems into your life.     2     Using those substances to cope also puts you at risk for developing a substance use disorder and it may create health, legal and financial problems, and social problems.

Venting(发泄)emotions constantly to others: It can be healthy to talk about how bad your situation is or how terrible you feel so that you can gain support, develop a solution, or see a problem in a different way. But studies show it doesn’t always help to solve your problem.     3    

Overspending: While many people say they enjoy shopping as a way to feel better, it can become unhealthy.       4    Also, spending more than you can afford will only backfire in the end and cause more stress.

Avoiding:     5    For example,if you are stressed about your financial situation, you might spend time with friends or watch TV. But if you never resolve your financial issues, your coping strategies are only masking the problem.

A．You should avoid using those strategies.

B．Owning too many possessions can add stress to your life.

C．Some coping strategies could create bigger trouble in your life.

D．Turn to your loved ones to remove your uncomfortable emotions.

E．Repeatedly talking to people about that may get you stuck in pain.

F．Alcohol, for example, is a depressant that can make you feel worse later.

G．Healthy coping strategies can become unhealthy if you use them to avoid the problem.

10 . According to a new study by researchers at the University of Hawaii, the average land location on Earth will experience about 5% more rainbows by the end of the2lst century.Like other major changes in store for those living into the next century, the rate of rainbows will grow due to climate change.

“By 2100,climate change is likely to generate a 4.0%～4.9% increase in global annual rainbow days,”the researchers write.“Around 21%～34% of land areas will lose rainbow days and 66%～79% will gain rainbow days，with rainbow gain hots pots mainly in high-latitude(高纬度的)and high-elevation regions with smaller human populations.”

To estimate if rainbows might increase or decrease in a world affected by climate change,the research team decided to create a first-ever global map of their occurrences. For this, they turned to an unlikely assistant:Flickr. The online photo sharing platform offers a deep well of data on rainbows, with millions of users uploading images of the atmospheric phenomenon from around the world. Of course, just typing in ”rainbow“presented its own problem.

“We had to sort through photos of rainbow artwork, rainbow flags and rainbow foods to find the real rainbows,” co-author Amanda Wong said in a press release.

Once they had a vast image collection of rainbows generated by the refraction(折射)of light by rain droplets, the research team built a model based on the rainbow photo locations and global maps of precipitation (降水), cloud cover and sun angle. The model was then applied to present future rainbow occurrences over global land masses.

Not surprisingly,islands remain the dominant hots pots for rainbow activity. By 2100, the model predicts rainbow gains for northern latitudes and high elevations where climate change is expected to bring warmer temperatures,less snow and more rain.Regions where the model shows a drop in precipitation are expected to lose rainbow days.

While the team predicts that the average human will have more opportunities to witness a rainbow by 2100, they admit that it is not a delightful thing as it means we human beings are increasingly affected by climate change and that we should take immediate action in response to that.

1. What is the problem of typing in “rainbow” on Flickr?

A．The data of rainbows are very limited.	B．Photos of real rainbows are rarely seen.
C．The photo sharing platform breaks down.	D．Images of unreal rainbows appear as well.

2. Why did the researchers build a model?

A．To monitor global land masses closely.	B．To predict future rainbow occurrences.
C．To demonstrate global climate change.	D．To collect more latest rainbow images.

3. What is the team’s emotion conveyed in the last paragraph?

A．Concern.

B．Delight.

C．Positivity.

D．Indifference.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Global warming will threaten tourism.	B．A loss of rainbow days is unavoidable.
C．Climate change boosts global rainbows.	D．Islands are hots pots for rainbow activity.