1 . Any visitor to the local library in our town would catch sight of a teenage boy reading books carefully. He would _______ to linger(流连) in the library reading not only a wide range of literary works but also articles in famous periodicals(期刊）till closing time. The librarian had to share his _______ to satisfy the teenager’s desire for books when he happened to_______ into the boy’s father.

The boy was called Tarun Kanti, who also took a(n) _______ interest in sports, dancing and drama. His talent had earned him a lot of _______ in the town despite his young age. But things _______ obviously after his father’s untimely death. Kanti _______ his responsibilities as the eldest son. He began to devote his part time to working to _______ his family and insisted on(坚持) studying _______ and ranked(排列) first in the district during the high school graduation examination. Later, he ________ a master’s degree in Yale University.

After retirement Kanti suffered from a rare heart disease that took away his life at the age of 64. ________ his unhealthy condition couldn’t dim(使暗淡) his love for work. He was still ________ in his research during the last days of his life. Almost everyone who had spent time with him during his last days had no ________ that he was dangerously ill.

When he lay lifeless in the library of his residence, many of his colleagues and friends ________ in to have a last glimpse（一瞥) and pay their final tributes(悼念). In great ________ I prepared to take a last look at my lifelong hero— my elder brother Tarun Kanti.

1.

A．continue

B．prepare

C．attempt

D．promise

2.

A．leisure

B．inability

C．experience

D．knowledge

3.

A．look

B．turn

C．knock

D．lay

4.

A．practical

B．unusual

C．particular

D．strong

5.

A．wealth

B．respect

C．comparison

D．benefit

6.

A．occurred

B．ended

C．changed

D．spread

7.

A．realized

B．refused

C．ignored

D．acknowledged

8.

A．satisfy

B．appreciate

C．protect

D．support

9.

A．unwillingly

B．mistakenly

C．hard

D．independently

10.

A．completed

B．obtained

C．required

D．accepted

11.

A．And

B．Since

C．So

D．But

12.

A．absorbed

B．skillful

C．concerned

D．successful

13.

A．reason

B．doubt

C．choice

D．idea

14.

A．broke

B．checked

C．poured

D．gave

15.

A．sadness

B．annoyance

C．regret

D．surprise

2 . 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。

Meet Hagen, a 6-year-old boy who recently celebrated his sixth birthday. Hagen is traveling with his family to Dallas with his amazing Buzz Lightyear(巴斯光年) toy. Traveling with kids is always busy, and the family had other things on their minds, so the tiny toy was unfortunately left behind.

Hagen’s mother said that when they landed, they thought they had gathered all their things and they headed to the taxi. It wasn’t until they were in the taxi that Hagen started crazily asking for his Buzz and his mother quickly realized that they did not have Buzz and he was still on the plane. Hagen was upset because he saw the toy as his best friend.

When the family understood this, it was too late to turn around their car heading for the family gathering as the plane had already departed(启程) for Little Rock, Arkansas. Hagen’s mother knows that losing a toy is never a pleasant feeling, especially for a 6-year-old and the toy is a big talking Buzz Lightyear action figure. So she had to lie that Buzz was on an awesome space task, and Hagen would get reunited with Buzz some day.

Well, LIT Ramp Agent Jason noticed Buzz all alone on the plane and his first idea was that he was probably here on a mission—and a mission did actually happen. Together with another colleague, Beth, Jason found out whose Buzz this was—there was a name on the foot and the airline’s contact information, so it wasn’t too hard—and they took Buzz on an adventure before sending him back.

Jason located Hagen according to name printed on the bottom of Buzz’s boot, ‘Hagen’. Only one passenger had flown on the plane with that name. That allowed them to locate the email of Hagen’s mother from their reservations. Then they posted the amazing pictures that Jason had taken with Buzz on his personal Facebook. The address of Hagen’s mother was given to Jason and he let Hagen’s mother know he’d be mailing him back to them.

Para. 1: Hagen got the package some days later.
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Para. 2: Hagen wrote a thank-you letter to Jason to express his feelings.
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3 . Portugal’s white storks (鹳) were once a migratory bird (候鸟), known to leave the area each winter to travel to Africa’s warmer climate, but recently they have been staying put.

Surprisingly, though, the storks’ number has actually been on the rise. There are now thought to be more than 14,000 birds in Portugal in winter — a ten-time increase over the last 20 years. Any unusual change of an animal’s natural behavior often has negative influences.

It has been thought that their increase has a close relationship with a growing number of landfill sites (垃圾填埋场) in the area, providing the birds with a supply of fatty and dirty rubbish to eat, including junk food. Was it the junk food that stopped them migrating, or is Europe’s warming climate to criticize? Researchers sought to figure out exactly why their natural behavior had changed in this way. To understand, a team kept an eye on 48 white storks by equipping them with small GPS computers, which recorded their movements five times a day, checking how often they traveled to landfill sites as well as how fast they flew.

The conclusions were shocking. The birds also established more homes next to landfill sites — the team said that 80% of white storks were spending most of their time by the rubbish all year round, according to the results. The storks eat almost anything. “Every time after a truck with rubbish came, they collected what they could,” says Aldina Franco of the University of East Anglia in the UK. The storks have even been known to eat plastic, including old computer parts. “Really what they are trying to get at is rubbish that we throw away... like hamburgers, burnt meat and fish,” said Franco.

This rich and colorful supply of food will soon become hard to find, though, as new laws from European Union (EU) order that waste food be recycled. Open-air landfills will also be replaced by covered equipment, which birds will not be able to eat.

The white storks therefore face an uncertain future. Will they migrate to Africa as they had done for hundreds of years before, or will they stay put? No one knows. “I wonder what the Portuguese storks will do once the landfill sites are all closed, and we are going to continue to watch these storks and see how they will respond to the changes,” said Aldina Franco.

1. What do you know about the team’s research?

A．Researchers equipped 48 small computers on white storks.

B．The GPS computers were used to record white storks’ movements.

C．The conclusions the team got were the same as they predicted.

D．Researchers found Europe’s warming climate accounted for storks’ staying put.

2. What can be inferred from paragraph 4?

A．The landfill made the storks lose their homes.

B．The landfill helped increase the number of storks.

C．Open-air landfills will be replaced and storks will die out.

D．The landfill gave the storks food and in turn, influenced where they lived.

3. What can we learn from what Aldina Franco said?

A．He will continue to do research on white storks.

B．The Portuguese storks can eat whatever we throw away.

C．People should prepare more healthy food for white storks.

D．White storks will migrate to Africa if the landfill sites are closed.

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

A．White Stork Will Migrate Again After Rubbish Is Recycled

B．White Storks’ Staying Put Contributed to Rubbish Recycling

C．White Storks’ Staying Put in Winter Concerned Scientists

D．Climate Change will Be the Test for White Storks’ Migration

4 . Avoid These Five Gardening Mistakes

Much of gardening is learned by trial and error — that means, from mistakes. We have all been in that situation. Here is a list of five common gardening mistakes with advice on how to avoid them.

Not testing soil

Having the right pH level, a measure of acidity(酸性), for the soil is important for gardening success.     1    . Tomatoes, for example, grow best in soil with a pH between 6.0-6.8. Blueberry plants, however, will likely turn yellow and produce little if the pH is higher than 5.5. That is because nutrients are suitable for plants only at target pH levels.

Watering incorrectly

Most garden plants require 2.5 to nearly four centimeters of water weekly. The water could come from rainfall or from your home. Mold and bacterial(霉菌、细菌引起的) diseases, however, could spread if too much water becomes caught between plant parts.     2    . Make sure to direct water to roots, where it is needed. Avoid watering leaves, fruit and flowers.

Not composting(堆肥）

    3    . It improves the drainage(排水) of heavy clay soil, increases the water-holding ability of sand and adds high-quality nutrients. Add compost into new beds, or add an amount equal to half the removed soil to individual planting holes.

    4    

A plant that needs “full sun” will likely disappoint if planted in an area without sunshine. The same is true the other way around. And do not put “drought-tolerant(耐旱的)” plants, or plants that can survive long periods without water, in “poorly-draining, wet soil.” Choose the plants that are right for your growing conditions. The result will be a better-looking, healthier garden that requires less care and less work.

Improper mulching(用覆盖物覆盖)

Mulch is material made out of old leaves, wood or compost.     5    . It also prevents unwanted plants, or weeds from growing. So, it is an important part of every garden. Mulching incorrectly, however, can kill your plants.

A．Wrong plant, wrong place

B．Close your eyes to plants or flowers

C．It can keep water and heat in the soil

D．The pH level isn’t the same in different parts of the garden

E．Compost, made of food or plant waste, is a gardener’s best friend

F．Add five to seven centimeters of water around plants several times a day

G．Too much water can spread these problems from infected (传染) leaves to healthy ones

5 . 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。

Liu Cong, a 34-year-old illustrator (插画师), attracted by one particular aspect of the splendid city, the hutong,     1     (live) in Beijing since 2012. She enjoys     2     (ride) a bicycle and wandering through hutong neighborhoods. These narrow alleys consisting of trees, small shops and gray-walled courtyards, or siheyuan, contribute to a sense     3     community and offer a glance of a fast-disappearing way of life.

Last year, Liu moved to a courtyard in Chaodou hutong,     4     her friend, architect Jie Xiaofeng, had stayed for many years. There, Liu started a series of illustrations. With those 23 illustrations being displayed at the Shijia Hutong Museum now, in an     5     (exhibit) titled Wandering, Liu is popular among illustrators.

“Each of the     6     (yard) hidden in the hutong, as is known to people,     7     (be) different and full of the wisdom of the enthusiastic residents, who     8     (full) use the limited space     9     (create) comfortable and convenient surroundings for their families,” says architect Jie. What she loves about living in the hutong is     10     it offers a kind of close connection with her neighbors.

6 . 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。

Running a marathon is an impressive achievement. Running it again is doubly impressive. Completing two marathons on walking sticks while partially paralyzed (瘫痪) is a test to the human spirit. Hannah Gavios decided to participate in the New York City Marathon in 2018 after learning about Amanda Sullivan, who had previously completed marathons after an auto accident left her disabled.

In 2016, Gavios took a vacation in Vietnam. On her way back to her hotel one night, she feared she had gotten lost and asked for directions. But the person led her to a dark, wooded area and attacked her. While running away, she fell off a cliff, falling down 150 feet. She lay paralyzed at the bottom of the cliff for hours, until she was ultimately rescued in the morning. The fall left her with a serious injury that has affected muscles in her lower body. But it hasn’t stopped her from living her life to the fullest.

The road to recovery was difficult at first. Gavios was in the hospital in Thailand for 18 days and after that spent two months in Manhattan before being discharged. At first, she couldn’t even sit up. When she tried to stand up for the first time since being attacked, she felt lightheaded and fell.

Through physical therapy (治疗), Gavios felt herself getting much stronger. Eventually, though, she was doing the exercises without any assistance. Seeing the progress that she was making kept her going. Gavios began challenging herself through activities outside of physical therapy. She went on difficult hiking in the mountains. “It was something that I just started becoming more creative with and always putting myself to the test, pushing boundaries outside of what was normal,” Gavios said. But even while she was pushing her body to constantly do more, she still had a feeling that running, an activity she loved and that once came so easily to her, would no longer be possible.

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。

Then Gavios learned about Amanda, who completed marathons on walking sticks with the help of an organization.

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After her first marathon, Gavios started to think about how to help people with paralysis.

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7 . 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。

Born in Jining City, Shandong Province, in 1927, Qiao Yu,     1     household name in China,     2     real name was Qiao Qingbao, had a long career spanning seven decades. He wrote over 1,000 songs, and has gained     3     (popular) among audiences. He also published poems     4     wrote scripts (剧本) for movies and Chinese operas.

As a child, Qiao Yu,     5     (influence) by his father, read books about     6     (tradition) Chinese culture and recited Chinese poems. He only started school at the age of nine due to his family impoverishment.

In 1946, he left his hometown     7     (study) at Beifang University, where he began publishing poems and novels. In 1948, Qiao Yu started to work with Chinese poets,     8     (write) and playwrights, such as He Jingzhi and Guang Weiran.

One of his best-known songs is My Motherland, which     9     (consider) as an ode (颂歌) to China. Let Us Sway Twin Oars, also a song by Qiao Yu, was published in 1955.     10     its wide success, the song is included in the teaching materials for music classes in Chinese primary and middle schools.

8 . Do you want lots of success in school and in your friendship? If you want to learn how to balance your friendship and study, read on.

• Talk about your goals for school.

Share what academic success looks like for both of you.     1     Before the semester starts, sit down and discuss what you’d both like to achieve.

• Share tips and tricks with each other.

Exchange study techniques to learn how to be more successful. Maybe you know some learning methods like making a list of key ideas and reviewing them one hour a day. Chat about how you’ll both try to master your subjects.     2    

• Remind each other to take your health seriously.

Put your wellness above everything else to succeed in school.     3     Get at least 8 hours of rest. Make sure to eat nutritious meals that will keep you energized. When you take care of yourselves, you’ll both reduce stress and improve your academic performances.

•    4    

Remember that you both can overcome any challenges with enough effort. In order to get the most out of your studies, keep a “growth mindset”, an optimistic outlook that lets you see any difficult topic or task as an opportunity to learn.

• Prioritize (优先安排) exams and finals.

    5     When you and your friend are in the middle of a finals week or have a huge assignment to prepare for, that should come first. Block out times on your schedules that need all your focus.

A．Keep positive attitudes about school.

B．Fight for any challenges enthusiastically.

C．Your methods will be always encouraging.

D．Give each other space during more intense periods.

E．It’s important to be clear about what your goals are.

F．You’ll lift each other up and get an extra edge in class.

G．So you can both be at your best physically and mentally.

9 . Migratory (迁徙的) birds are declining globally because of the way that humans have changed the landscape over recent decades — according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).

A new study published today reveals that population declines have been greatest among species that migrate to areas with more human infrastructure — roads, buildings, power lines, wind turbines (涡轮机) — as well as more population and hunting levels.

Dr. James Gilroy, from UEA’s School of Environmental Sciences, said, “We know that migratory birds are in greater decline than non-migratory species, but it’s not clear why. We want to find out where in their life cycles these migratory species are most exposed to human impacts.”

The research team identified 16 human-induced threats to migratory birds, including infrastructure associated with bird disturbance and impacts, transformation of land from natural habitat to human land use, and climate change. Advances in satellite imagery allowed the team to map each of the 16 threats across Europe, Africa and Western Asia. The team also created the first ever large-scale map of hunting pressure across the region. A total of 103 species of migrating birds were studied, including many rapidly declining species like the turtle dove and the common cuckoo, using large-scale datasets. The team calculated threat scores for factors such as habitat loss and climate change, across breeding locations, as well as non-breeding ranges. They then explored the relationships between these threat scores and bird population trends calculated from 1985 to 2018 by the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS).

Dr. Aldina Franco, also from UEA’s School of Environmental Sciences, said, “Our findings are important because we need to understand where declining species are being most impacted by humans across their seasonal migrations. Locating where birds are most exposed to these threats could help us target conservation actions.”

1. What causes migratory birds to decrease?

A．A longer migratory route.	B．Serious industrial pollution.
C．Illegal hunting from humans.	D．The changing of landscape.

2. What does the underlined word “infrastructure” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Basic systems and services.	B．Local transportation.
C．Internet facilities.	D．Power supplies.

3. What does paragraph 4 talk about?

A．The results of the study.	B．The promise of the study.
C．The process of the study.	D．The database of the study.

4. What is the purpose of studying migratory birds according to Dr. Aldina Franco?

A．To raise people’s awareness of protecting birds.

B．To offer advice to do conservation work precisely.

C．To stress the necessity of increasing bird population.

D．To state the importance of living in harmony with nature.

10 . Researchers have developed a new method for training people to be creative, one that shows promise of succeeding far better than current ways of inspiring creativity.

This new method, based on narrative (叙述的) theory, helps people be creative in the way children and artists are by making up stories that imagine alternative worlds, change perspective and generate unexpected actions.

“The narrative method works by recognizing that we’re all creative,” said Angus Fletcher, who developed the method and is a professor of English and a member of the Ohio State University’s Project Narrative. “We as a society completely undervalue the creativity of kids and many others because we are addicted to the idea that some people are more creative than others.”

The narrative method of training for creativity uses many of the techniques that writers use to create stories. One is to develop new worlds in your mind. For example, employees at a company might be asked to imagine a world in which all their customers are like that. Another technique is perspective-changing. An employer might be asked to answer a problem by thinking like another member of their team.

“Creativity isn’t about guessing the future correctly. It’s about making yourself open to imagining completely different possibilities,” Fletcher said. “When you do that, you can respond more quickly and flexibly to the changes that do occur.”

Fletcher and his team are also continuing to work with new organizations, such as the Worthington Local School District in Ohio.

“It’s better to hire a diverse group of people and then train them to be creative. That creates a culture which recognizes that there are already creative people in your organization you aren’t taking advantage of,” he said. “This new method of training creativity could only have come from Ohio State University’s Project Narrative, which is itself proof of the power of creativity.”

1. What may make the narrative method workable according to Fletcher?

A．Creating alternative stories.	B．Changing new perspective.
C．Generating unexpected tasks.	D．Being aware of our creativity.

2. How does the author develop paragraph 4?

A．By using examples.	B．By making comparison.
C．By answering questions.	D．By quoting techniques.

3. What result is expected of training creativity?

A．To develop a culture gradually.	B．To react to changes quickly.
C．To create possibilities freely.	D．To predict the future correctly.

4. What is the most suitable title for the text?

A．Ways Can Be Adopted to Inspire Creativity

B．The Power of Creativity Has Been Found

C．Anyone Can Be Trained to Be Creative

D．A Way Is Found to Recognize Creative People