1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the man ask the woman to do?

A．Lend him some books.

B．Keep an eye on his books.

C．Eat with her girlfriends.

2. What does Alice plan to do tonight?

A．Go to the movies.

B．Go to the bookstore.

C．Solve the problem.

3. Why did the man refuse Alice’s suggestion?

A．They had a fight.

B．He caught a cold.

C．He had no money.

4. How will Alice feel if she sees the man over there?

A．Angry.

B．Excited.

C．Worried.

2 . 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。

An Oklahoma boy, 11, saved a woman from a house fire on     1     same day he saved a classmate’s life.

Davyon Johnson     2    (perform) the Heimlich manoeuvre (海姆立克急救法) on a classmate choking on a water bottle cap on December 9. He said he learned the Heimlich manoeuvre from watching YouTube videos. “Just     3     case you’re in the situation I was in, you can know     4     you will do,” he said.

He also helped rescue a woman     5    (use) a walker to escape from a house fire that day. “I thought, ‘Oh, she’s not moving fast enough.’ So, I ran across the street and helped her to her truck. It was a disabled lady and she was walking out of her house,” Johnson said. “I thought, being one of the good     6    (citizen), I would help her get into her truck and leave.”

The president of Johnson’s school called     7    (he) a “great hero” and a “kind soul”. “He says that he wants to be an EMT (emergency medical technician). So, he got to put that wish into     8    (act),” he said.

The honour of becoming an honorary citizen made Johnson feel     9    (excite) and good. His mother, LaToya Johnson, said she was not surprised that her son made efforts     10     (save) others. “I’m just a proud mom”.

3 . If you have a thought in mind that you can achieve the same goal within less amount of time and hard work by cheating to achieve success, then you shall feel bad later in future. You may have achieved a goal but you choose a wrong path. So, always remember that the path you choose in your life chooses your destination and then you shall not have an option to change it.

It is good to fail though it may take you to terrible feelings of life but in return, you will learn many things that life offers. The struggle is true but after that, the sweet of the fruit will build up your confidence to face any kinds of problem in the future. But if you prefer cheating, then you shall always live in fright.

Honour is like a coat, which you can wear confidently. If you cheat to achieve a goal, then you cannot hide it. Billy was lazy in hard work and used to delay all his work. He always thought of taking a fake degree to enter a big company. When the company CEO asked him to write a program for a certain topic, then he was quite shocked as he was unable to do the work, because he had no knowledge on the programming language and had faked his certificate.

Honour teaches you how to be disciplined. Being well-educated people, we should know what is good for us. It is always good to fail because at the end of the day, you will learn something new that will help you grow much stronger rather than cheating to achieve success, which will make you regret sooner or later.

All in all, success can be achieved via shortcuts but honour can never be. It’s better to live everyday with honour than to cheat.

1. Which opinion does the author agree with?

A．No option can be changed.	B．You can’t achieve without cheating.
C．Your path determines your end.	D．With a thought in mind you can realize your dream.

2. What can we conclude from the second paragraph?

A．Those things that hurt, instruct.	B．There is honour among thieves.
C．You’ll fail if you stop trying.	D．Face the problem and you’ll succeed.

3. Why is Billy mentioned in the text?

A．To make you believe hiding is cheating.	B．To prove honour makes you feel confident.
C．To encourage you to wear a coat confidently.	D．To advise you to learn the programming language.

4. What will make you regret later in the future?

A．Growing much stronger.	B．Learning something new.
C．Failing at the end of the day.	D．Cheating to achieve success.

4 . Volunteers are working along the border of Italy and France to keep migrants(越境者)from getting killed or injured by the cold and the mountains.

On both sides of the border in the Alps, the effort is based on humanist and humanitarian ideas. It is grounded in local traditions of not leaving people to face the weather alone. It started in 2016 when mountain workers would not ignore the migrants. The Alpine Mountain helpers arm themselves with hot tea and hand warmers. They believe that their own humanity would be reduced if they left pregnant women, children, and men young and old to struggle in the weather on their own.

The aid grew to hundreds of volunteers. They run migrant shelters, clothe those in need for the dangerous crossing and go out into the mountains. They clear paths in the snow during the day for migrants to follow and wait for them at night to guide them past border police to safety. They also treat them for health problems related to the cold and other medical needs.

Migrants credit the volunteers for saving lives. “If not for them, we would have died of cold,” said Aymen Jarnane, 23, a Moroccan led to safety on a night when the temperature dropped to -15℃. But there have been deaths. Aid groups pushed French officials to provide mountain shelters for migrants and to stop pushing the migrants back into Italy. This happened after a Togolese man died from the cold during an attempted night crossing of the mountains in February 2019.

The Alps are not as deadly for migrants as the Mediterranean Sea, where many hundreds have died or gone missing this year alone.

European opponents of migration argue that aiding migrants gives hope for others to follow. The volunteers however cannot imagine not helping others. Gaboriau said, “Regardless of skin color, political or religious beliefs, everyone has the right to be saved or simply to be welcomed.”

1. What would the volunteers feel if they didn’t help the migrants?

A．Guilty.

B．Disappointed.

C．Angry.

D．Dull.

2. What do the volunteers do to help the migrants?

A．They sell clothes to them.	B．They offer some medical treatment.
C．They help policemen find them.	D．They help them to go back home.

3. What can we know from the text?

A．Jarnane led some migrants to safety on a freezing night.

B．French officials refused to provide mountain shelters for migrants.

C．France has agreed to push the migrants back into Italy.

D．The volunteers’ hard work helps save the migrants’ lives.

4. What is the conclusion of the last two paragraphs?

A．Hundreds of migrants have died in the Alps.

B．Everyone praises the deeds of the volunteers.

C．The volunteers will never give up aiding migrants.

D．Gaboriau is for European opponents of migration.

5 . The community at Forrest County Agricultural High School in Brooklyn recently suffered a tragic loss. Walters, a mother working as a secretary at the _________, passed away after battling against cancer. One of her final _________ was that her daughter Brittany wouldn’t _________ the homecoming party. The devoted mother was always _________ at school events to support her daughter, except for this one.

“She _________ she couldn’t make it out here,” said Sean, Walters’ husband. “She made me _________ to come here with Brittany because she didn’t want to _________ her homecoming day.” She said that was something she would _________ for the rest of her life. The mom _________ that morning, but her family kept their promise. Sean __________ Brittany to the party, where they stood among the __________. Then something extraordinary happened!

Senior Nyla was voted the homecoming queen. __________, after being crowned (加冕), she made a big decision. After asking __________ from school officials, Nyla walked over to Brittany beside her father and put the crown on her. __________, Brittany tried to refuse the crown at first. I told her it belonged to her, and then she was __________, Nyla recalled. “I said, ‘No, come here and get it. You’re your mom’s queen.’ I wanted her to know that. And then I __________ her.” Brittany burst into tears, and there wasn’t a dry __________ on the spot. What a heartwarming scene! What Nyla did shined a light on the __________ family.

While this kind act was surprising, people who __________ Nyla say she is just the sort of person. “She’s always been warmhearted,” Principal Holder said. A person’s real beauty shouldn’t come from appearance. Instead, it should be that of inner self, the unfading beauty of a __________ spirit.

1.

A．factory

B．school

C．government

D．company

2.

A．wishes

B．commands

C．suggestions

D．ideas

3.

A．forget

B．attend

C．miss

D．ignore

4.

A．busy

B．strict

C．right

D．present

5.

A．realized

B．decided

C．replied

D．imagined

6.

A．refuse

B．stop

C．choose

D．promise

7.

A．pass

B．ruin

C．spend

D．change

8.

A．achieve

B．hate

C．remember

D．expect

9.

A．stayed

B．agreed

C．died

D．insisted

10.

A．invited

B．accompanied

C．directed

D．sent

11.

A．staff

B．team

C．list

D．crowd

12.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Still

D．Besides

13.

A．permission

B．advice

C．recognition

D．leave

14.

A．Moved

B．Shocked

C．Excited

D．Thrilled

15.

A．turning back

B．showing up

C．backing away

D．breaking down

16.

A．hugged

B．called

C．praised

D．introduced

17.

A．place

B．chair

C．word

D．eye

18.

A．tired

B．anxious

C．sad

D．confused

19.

A．like

B．know

C．believe

D．meet

20.

A．brave

B．polite

C．quiet

D．gentle

6 . How to Increase Website Traffic

At this point even the squirrel in your backyard probably runs a blog reviewing local bird feeders.     1     You’ve got this!

Write attention-catching headlines.

    2     Spend at least 5 or 10 minutes brainstorming possible headlines before picking one that’s clear, specific, and catchy (without over-promising). Some of the most effective approaches involve numbers, popular search keywords, directly addressing the reader, or answering a question. This is useful to gather data quickly.

Make your content authoritative.

Stand out from lower-quality websites by creating content that relies on vast research or expert knowledge.     3     These efforts will build your site’s reputation as an authoritative source, which helps you climb the search engine rankings.

    4    

It’s attractive to only cover trending subjects, but it’s tough for an up-and-coming site to compete over these. A good strategy is to choose the content that can keep bringing visitors for months or years. For example, write a search report on your industry or an authoritative guide to getting into your hobby.

Ask visitors to comment and connect with your site.

Active participation keeps site visitors returning. This can be as simple as asking readers to comment with their feedback or suggest new topics for you to cover. To really build a base of visitors, unite these “calls to action” with other marketing efforts.     5    

A．Include some long-lasting topics.

B．Experiment with popular themes.

C．For instance, ask readers to mail you.

D．Organize your pages by topic, logical system or create a sitemap.

E．Hiring professional text or video editors can make your content more amusing.

F．If the headline doesn’t get people to click, the rest of your content doesn’t matter.

G．To compete with that, you can take plenty of steps to improve your website traffic.

7 . It’s a hot summer afternoon in St Louis and Dawn Weber’s yard is filled with life. A catbird flies over groups of bees as Dragonflies skip across a pond. At just over a quarter of an acre, the carpet of native plants around Ms. Weber’s house is home to about 38 species of insects and 99 species of birds. “I really enjoy seeing the life,” she says. “There’re about 300 species of plants in the yard.”

Ms. Weber is among the growing number of homeowners who have traded manicured lawns(修整的草坪) for native and wildlife garden. The trend follows growing awareness of the need for species conservation in local ecosystems.

“The plants and animals around us run the ecosystem,” says Doug Tallamy, professor at the University of Delaware. But he adds, “We’re losing our insects, and were losing our plants and losing our birds. This is a disaster. And it stems from the fact that we’ve taken away the native plants or used incorrect plants. Not all plants support the insects that run the food web s that feed the birds and everything else. This breakdown of the food web has led to what environmental experts call a mass extinction event.”

But conservation experts think anyone with a yard can be part of the solution. America has more than 40 million acres of land used as lawns. Although green lawns may look pleasing. Professor Tallamy calls them “dead scape” land that does not support biodiversity or the local ecosystem.

Native gardens of any size in residential (住宅的) areas form “conservation passages” that support local wildlife. Local insects depend on these conservation passages and in turn support creatures higher on the food chain. If you add all of the residential landscape, it’s far more than the national park systems combined. If enough people could devote part of their landscape to the native plants that have developed with the insects in their ecosystem, we could reduce the impact and maybe even stop the ma ss extinction.

1. What aspect does Paragraph 1 try to show about Dawn Weber’s yard?

A．Its diversity of species.	B．Its beautiful scenery.
C．Its abundant food supply.	D．Its popularity in St Louis.

2. What is the root cause of the mass extinction event?

A．Local creatures have died out.	B．Insects have ruined the food web.
C．Local plants have disappeared.	D．The balance among animals has failed.

3. Why does the author compare the residential landscape with national park systems?

A．To praise the efforts to protect the local wildlife.	B．To show the great potential of native gardens.
C．To explain the function of conservation passages.	D．To stress the advantage of the national park systems.

4. What’s the best title of the text?

A．Building Your Own Conservation Areas	B．Local Lawns Are More Than Just a View
C．How to Recover Food Webs of Residential Areas	D．Native Gardens Are Repairing Local Ecosystem

8 . French cook Laurent Veyet is preparing food with something staggering: insects. Although insects are seldom served as food, the European Union has recently approved some sorts of insects as a food product. Insects provide nutrients and are an environmentally friendly food.

The food Veyet prepares is not for those with little bravery. However, what he is preparing may point to the future of feeding a growing world population.

Veyet talked about the perfect meal for first-times. He was preparing a dish made with mealworms (粉风), sweet potatoes and insects. He said, “There are some really interesting flavors. Not many people could say they don’t like that.” Veyet grows his mealworms on site. He feeds them cooked grains and vegetables. The mealworm can be used in many different meals. It can be cooked whole and eaten, or it can be ground (碾碎) to help make food like bread.

The European Food Safety Agency said the mealworm is OK for humans to cat. The agency is considering more than 12 other requests to approve other insect-based food products. Stefan is a health and food safety spokesman at the European Commission. He said, “Insects are nutritious.” He also said that insects can help us improve our diet and food system.

There are two battles Veyet must win. He needs to win over public opinion and learn how to combine the taste of insects with other foods. He said that he must find the right taste as well as the right food combinations. He said that is very interesting to do and any cook would tell you the same.

1. What does the underlined word “staggering” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Interesting.

B．Disappointing.

C．Dangerous.

D．Surprising.

2. What can we learn about Laurent Veyet?

A．He is a traditional cook.	B．He is confident about his insect dishes.
C．He buys insects from shops.	D．He is worried about customers’ reactions.

3. Which of the following statements would Stefan agree with?

A．Insects help us to have a healthy diet.	B．Insects should be farmed in large numbers.
C．It is urgent to build more insect restaurants.	D．It is hard for people to accept insects as food.

4. What’s the author’s final conclusion about Laurent Veyet’s new attempt?

A．It will be successful.	B．It will end in failure.
C．It will face challenges.	D．It will be further tested.

9 . 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。

Lying in the west of Henan Province, the northwest of Dengfeng City, Mount Song is one of the Five Famous Mountains in China, and it is also called as Zhongyue, which     1    (mean) middle mountain (among the five mountains). Covering an area of 450 km², Mount Song consists     2     two mountains — Taishi Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain. The two mountains have 72 peaks in total, and the     3    (low) one is 320 m in altitude, while the highest one is 1512 m in altitude. It sits next to the ancient capital Luoyang,     4     is an important barrier for Luoyang in ancient time.

    5    (root) in deep culture background, Mount Song is also the birthplace of Zen Buddhism in China. There     6    (be) three scenic areas in Mount Song: Shaolin Temple Scenic Area, Zhongyue Scenic Area and Songyang Scenic Area. These three scenic areas cover all attractive     7    (attract) in Mount Song, including the birthplace of Zen Buddhism —Shaolin Temple,     8     largest pagoda (佛塔) groups in China, Pagoda Forest, the highest and oldest cypress, the     9     (exist) oldest astronomical observatory, Zhongyue Temple     10    (build) in Qin Dynasty, etc.

10 . Kim Cormier was working outside her Kingston home when David McDonald’s motorcar blew a tire. Even though he was a stranger, she agreed to _________ his stuff so it wouldn’t get stolen while he went to fetch a new inner-tube.

When McDonald _________, not only were his things still there, Cormier also invited him _________ for supper. Over the _________, McDonald, Cormier, and her partner Andrew Embury fell into an easy but _________ friendship.

For McDonald, the road to homelessness began in 2010 when he _________ a series of personal and financial setbacks. The gas station he owned went under. Soon after, his truck and his home _________ . By 2016, McDonald was _______ and living in a Toronto park.

When McDonald did receive _________ from the government, he __________ homeless services because he said “other people are worse off” than him and needed them more.

In the following months, McDonald and Cormier __________. She and her partner began __________ McDonald with donations. __________, the couple told McDonald he was __________ to set up accommodation in their backyard. But since the tent was only __________ for three seasons, Cormier came up with a plan to provide McDonald with a more ________ shelter to keep him warm in winter as well. With a __________ of $18,000, Cormier launched an online fundraiser to buy McDonald his own tiny __________.

For McDonald, the measure of Cormier’s __________ isn’t about material things; it’s about the value of being treated with human dignity and __________.

“You have to swallow your pride when you’re homeless,” he told CBC. “She’s done more than I can ever say thank you for.”

1.

A．pack up

B．take advantage of

C．put aside

D．keep an eye on

2.

A．hesitated

B．searched

C．returned

D．rang

3.

A．downtown

B．in

C．abroad

D．upstairs

4.

A．discussion

B．conversation

C．meal

D．service

5.

A．different

B．unexpected

C．frightening

D．proud

6.

A．suffered

B．overcame

C．copied

D．recorded

7.

A．faded

B．survived

C．worked

D．followed

8.

A．allergic

B．concerned

C．homeless

D．artificial

9.

A．thanks

B．attention

C．comfort

D．money

10.

A．suspected

B．declined

C．accepted

D．settled

11.

A．stood out

B．stayed in touch

C．paid off

D．made ends meet

12.

A．helping

B．inspiring

C．relaxing

D．protecting

13.

A．Eventually

B．Consequently

C．Actually

D．Initially

14.

A．bound

B．particular

C．welcome

D．disappointed

15.

A．suited

B．vital

C．responsible

D．known

16.

A．rough

B．wooden

C．temporary

D．permanent

17.

A．goal

B．result

C．view

D．sense

18.

A．circle

B．square

C．store

D．house

19.

A．gratitude

B．generosity

C．crisis

D．stress

20.

A．rewards

B．pray

C．respect

D．hugs