1 . 假定你是李华，你校将举办以“Protect Wild Animals”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请你根据以下提示写一篇英语演讲稿。内容包括：
1. 野生动物的现状；
2. 保护建议；
3. 发出倡议。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Good morning everyone!

It is my great honor to stand here to give a speech .

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Thank you!

2 . 任务型阅读

Sadie looked out of the window and sighed (叹气) as she thought about another long, boring day of summer. She wondered what all of her friends from school were doing on their summer vacations. It had to be a lot better than looking out of a window. Sadie thought about the fun she had last summer when she and her best friend Allison went to the beach. They built sandcastles, played beach volleyball, and even tried surfing. But they wouldn’t be going to the beach together this summer because Allison had moved to a different city far away from Sadie’s.

Suddenly, Sadie had an idea. She could call her friend Wendy, who always had funny ideas. Maybe they could ride their bikes together around the park. Sadie raced to the living room, picked up the phone, and called Wendy. She sighed more deeply as the phone rang and rang. Then Sadie seated herself on the sofa, picked up the television remote, and put it down again. She didn’t really want to watch television, so she went to her room and found the list of phone numbers of her good friends from school. In the living room, she called almost each of them, but no one was at home.

After hanging up the phone, Sadie wandered into the kitchen and sat down at the table, watching her mom do the cleaning. “Mom, I don’t have anyone to hang out with because my friends from school aren’t home and Allison moved away,” said Sadie. “Honey, there are many things you can do by yourself, like playing your guitar or having a walk in the garden. You could even finish that story about our camping trip,” said Mom.

“I don’t want to do those things by myself. I want to play with a friend.” “Sometimes, it is nice to do things by yourself,” said Mom. “I like seeing my friends, but I also like doing things alone like taking a walk by myself or finding a quiet spot to read. Why not have a try?”

Sadie thought about her mom’s words and returned to her room.

1. 根据文本内容从方框中选择恰当的词并用其正确形式填入文本图示中，每词限用一次，有两词为多余选项

disappoint   ride   take   suggest   bore  suddenly   phone   look   how   friend   her   tired
A Different Way to Spend Summer
__out of the window, Sadie sighed and wondered__her friends spent their summer vacations.	→	Sadie felt quite__.
↓		↓
All of a __she came up with and idea that she could invite her friend Wendy__ bikes.	→	Sadie raced to the living room and picked up the__.
↓		↓
Since Wendy didn’t answer the phone, Sadie called other__, but nobody was at home.	→	Sadie felt quite__.
↓		↓
Without anything to do, Sadie turned to her mom for__.	→	Mom told Sadie sometimes it was nice to do things by __.

2. Why did Sadie sigh looking out of the window?
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3. How did Sadie spend her vacation last summer?
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4. What changes will Sadie make after listening to her mother’ words?
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3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或所给单词的正确形式。

So far, Tomb-Sweeping Day     1     (celebrate) in China for centuries. It is a Chinese holiday and also one of the Chinese Twenty-four Solar Terms, which falls on either April 4^th    2     5th of the Gregorian calendar (公历). It’s also a time for people to remember family members     3     have passed away.

The day is also regarded as the start of spring. As trees turn green and the sun shines brightly, people will go outside and enjoy the     4     (amaze) spring. They will take this opportunity    5     ( travel) together and go on long walks in parks, laughing and     6     (chat). Therefore, Tomb-Sweeping Day not only is a day to memorize the dead, but it is also a time for people to enjoy     7      (they). There are many different activities, such as taking a spring outing, or flying kites.

On Tomb Sweeping Day, people often eat a kind of green colored balls     8     (make) from glutinous rice (糯米). The green color is from     9       juice of brome grass (雀麦草) that is added in the rice.

All in all, Tomb-Sweeping Day is a combination of sadness and     10     (happy).

7 . Schools need to give students all the tools they need when they graduate. Besides teaching the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic, teaching about mindfulness, and mental health are important life skills for young people to have. The state of Florida agrees.

Now, public schools in Florida have been required to teach five or more hours about mental health for students in grades 6-12. This new idea was welcomed by the Florida Board of Education in July and is being carried out as a potential lifesaver.

The new curriculum (课程) requires students to learn about the symptoms (症状) of mental illness and where to find help if they are feeling sad or have other problems and even teaches the teenagers how to help their friends and classmates if they see them struggling.

“We know that 50 percent of all mental illness cases begin by age 14, so we are being active in our promise to provide our kids with the necessary tools to see them through their successes and challenges. Providing mental health instruction is another important step forward in supporting our families,” Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said.

Florida is the third state, following New York and Virginia in 2020, to pass laws that require mental health education in schools. According to CNN, the New York law updated the health curriculum to include mental health for elementary, middle and high school students. The Virginia law required that mental health education be provided for 9th and 10th graders.

These three states in the US are taking bold steps to help youth deal with the intricacy (错综复杂) of life as they grow from teenagers into adults. It is a confusing world they face and giving them the tools they need is essential. Mental health is something that should be taught in schools in all the US and across the globe.

1. What can the new curriculum bring students?

A．Basic professional skills.	B．The ability to use language.
C．Skills that cure physical diseases.	D．skills to deal with emotional problems .

2. What does Richard Corcoran intend to stress in paragraph 4?

A．The steps of mental health instruction.

B．The consequences of mental illness cases.

C．The importance of mental health education.

D．The content of the mental health curriculum.

3. What does the underlined word “bold” mean in paragraph 6?

A．pioneering

B．surprising

C．confusing

D．suffering

4. Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A technology report.	B．An educational website.
C．A government document.	D．A natural science magazine.

8 . 任务型阅读

Following My Dream

I grew up in a poor family with six brothers, three sisters, my father and mother. We had little money and few goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was happy and full of energy. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still afford a dream.

My dream was athletics. By the time I was sixteen, I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and hit anything that moves on the football field. And I was so lucky that my high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but often told me “The dream is priceless.” However, when I was about to get off the ground, one particular thing happened, which almost ruined (毁坏)my long-held dream.

It was the summer holiday in Senior Two and a friend recommended me for a summer job. I was offered $12.25 per hour. Compared with the average $3.5, that was a big sum. I was so excited, because this meant a chance for money in my pocket, certainly, money for a new bike and new clothes, and the start of savings for a house for my mother. The prospect (前景)of the job was inviting, and I wanted to jump at the opportunity.

Then I realized I would have to give up summer baseball training to handle the work schedule. I didn’t dare to tell my coach. I thought of the advice my mother often gave me when I lacked courage, “If you make your bed, you have to lie in it.” I decided to talk to my coach by myself. After all, my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his disappointment to me. I gathered my courage and knocked at his door…

1. 根据文本内容从方框中选择恰当的词并用其正确形式填入文本图示中，每词限用一次，有两词为多余选项

continue, energy, upset, advise, fortunate, priceless, throw, excite, have, disappoint, move,recommend
Following My Dream
I grew up in a poor family and we ________ little money and few goods.		I felt happy and ________. I realized that each person should build his dream even though he was poor.
By the time I was 16, I could ________ a fast ball and hit anything ________ on the football field.		I was so ________ that my coach was Ollie Jarvis, who often told me “The dream is ________.”
In the summer holiday I was ________ for a summer job. I was offered $12.25 per hour.		I was so ________ about the big sum, because this meant a chance for money in my pocket, money for a new bike and so on.
If I wanted to ________ to work, I would have to give up summer baseball training.		I didn’t dare to tell my coach, but my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his ________ to me.

2. What should one do even if he was poor in the author’s opinion?
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3. Why did the author want to give up summer baseball training?
__________________________________________________________________
4. What is the coach’s attitude towards the author’s dream? How do you know that?
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9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或所给单词的正确形式。

The origin of facial makeup used in Peking Opera can go back to the Northern and Southern dynasties,    1     was a time when leading actors used to wear masks. As the operatic arts developed,    2     (performer) gradually took off their masks and painted colorful patterns on their faces instead, so people could better see    3     (they) facial expressions.

Chinese Opera facial makeup is a special makeup method with Chinese cultural characteristics.     4    painting technique for Chinese facial makeup in dramas is closely related to the character's personality. Over the past years of development, it     5       (become) an important part of Chinese culture.

There    6     (be) four roles in facial makeup, sheng, dan, jing, and chou. Chinese facial-makeup is     7     (extreme) stylized in the colors and patterns used, but no two painted faces are alike. For example, there are more than 100 face-painting styles     8     (design) for Xiang Yu, the hero in Farewell My Concubine, and each one is different. Various types of Chinese facial makeup let the audience able     9     (know) a character easily and get more involved     10     the appreciation of the performance.

10 . Children start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them.     1    .There’s no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to share your children’s curiosity.   

Listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-olds to talk about science as a job. After my sharing, a boy raised his hand and asked me some questions, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?”    2    

Give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that, after a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for an answer.     3    When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical, complete and creative answers.

    4     Once you have a child in a science discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right” or “Very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior. But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying, “That’s interesting”or “I’d never thought of it that way before,” or coming up with more questions or ideas.

Show rather than tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass (放大镜).    5    

A．Do not interrupt.

B．Pay attention to your words.

C．There is no time for a child to think.

D．Helping them enjoy science can be easy.

E．This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.

F．So in this way we don’t need to develop their interest in science.

G．And they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner.