1 . If you’re in charge of a project, the key to success is getting everyone to want to help you. As a director, I point. I gently push the actors in the direction I want them to go.

In the 1986 movie nothing in common, Jackie Gleason’s character, Max Basner, gets fired from his job as a clothing salesman. The scene, shot on a boat, shows Max’s despair about being out of work. I was looking for some gesture that would allow Max to show his feelings.

Jackie had far more experience at everything than I did, and at first I was frightened. What could I possibly tell “The Great One” about acting? Out of fear I decided to direct by suggestion, and I sat down with Gleason to talk about the scene. “So Max is and, right?” I said.

Gleason nodded.

“And he’s probably still carrying his pens with his name on them – the ones he used to hand out to his customers, right?”

Gleason nodded.

“So what would you want to do with the pens after you were fired?”

He was silent for a moment. “Why don’t I throw them overboard?”

I stood up and turned toward the crew. “Hey, everybody. Jackie has a wonderful idea. Let’s shoot it”.

After filming the scene, Gleason called me over and said with a smile, “Garry, what kind of wonderful idea am I going to have tomorrow?”

You and your team can discover the answers to problems together. When there are no prizes or gold stars.

For who gets the solution first, you’ll all benefit when everything turns out right.

1. The author tells us that to succeed in a project you are in charge of you should ______.

A．make everyone work for you	B．get everyone willing to help you
C．let people know you have the final say	D．keep sending out orders to them

2. It can be inferred that__________.

A．Jackie Gleason is the director of the film Nothing in Common.

B．Jackie Gleason is very angry when he is fired from his job.

C．Max, a character in film, is in very low spirits when he loses his job.

D．Jackie Gleason is the writer of the film Nothing in Common.

3. “The Great One” in paragraph 3 refers to _______.

A．Gleason

B．the director himself

C．Max

D．Max’s boss

4. The most suitable title for the passage is ________.

A．Directing Film	B．The Key to Success
C．A Wonderful Experience	D．Working with Film Stars

2 . 假设你是新华中学学生李华，在网上得知澳大利亚籍中学生David想来中国沿古代丝绸之路游览，他向网友征集驴友兼向导。你有兴趣做他的旅伴，请给David写一封自荐信，内容要点如下：
1. 个人信息；
2. 你的优势。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：丝绸之路：the Silk Road   驴友：tour pal
Dear David,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

3 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改 10处, 多者（从第11处起）不计分。

A one-day event gave me a chance to see how farming is all about. After a two-hour drive, we reached countryside. The fresh air and open land made me excited, but I quickly threw me into hands-on work in the fields. Following some farmers instructions, I did the work for the whole afternoon. It included harvesting crops, tie them up and moving them to a warehouse (仓库). As the Chinese poem is goes, every grain on the plate come from hard work. I now understand how farther it travels from the farm to the plate. I’ll value food and not be too particular in it any more.

4 . 假如你是李华，你的英国笔友 Henry在观看东京奥运会赛事期间，发邮件询问你最喜欢的运动，请你谈谈：
1. 你最喜欢的一项体育运动;
2. 你喜欢这项运动的原因；
3. 你参加这项运动的情况。
注意:
1. 词数 100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）;
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Henry,

I’m glad to share my favorite sport with you.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

6 . Thirty years ago I worked in a company. My job was to sell the cars. I was young and strong and I had been to most parts of the world and I spent one fifth of my time in the trains or planes. I liked such a life and sometimes I called myself “traveler”.

But one day I got into trouble. It was a cold morning. It blew heavily and the ground was covered with thick snow outside. I was still in bed though it was nine. I finished a long journey the day before and decided to have a good rest. Suddenly the telephone rang and my manager told me to fly to New York to take part in an important meeting. I had to get up and after a quick breakfast I hurried to the airport. The taxi went slowly and I missed the first flight. I had to take the next one. It meant I would wait for nearly five hours in the waiting-room. But five hours later a passenger said the information showed there was a bomb in our plane and the policemen were looking for it. And another five hours passed and most passengers lost their patience before we were allowed to get on the plane. At the entrance each passenger and their baggage had to be examined. A young man who seemed a soldier shouted at the policemen at the entrance, “If I had a gun in my baggage, I would shoot you two hours ago!”

1. The writer called himself “traveler” because he ________.

A．sold cars for his company	B．traveled all over the world
C．often took trains and cars	D．liked traveling in many places

2. He didn’t get up until the phone rang because he ________.

A．wanted to have a rest that day	B．felt very cold outside
C．was going to have a meeting	D．was waiting for the manager’s call

3. The taxi went slowly because ________.

A．the manager told him not to hurry

B．it was very cold that morning

C．the driver didn’t know he would fly to New York

D．there was much snow on the road

4. The young man became angry because he ________.

A．waited for a long time at the airport	B．had a gun in his baggage
C．wouldn’t be examined	D．hated the policemen at the entrance

7 . When I was fifteen, I announced to my English class that I was going to write and publish my own books. Half the students sneered, and they _________ fell out of their chairs _________. “Don’t be _________! Only geniuses can become _________,” even one of them said rudely. “And you got a D last semester.” I was so badly hurt that I _________ into tears.

That night I wrote a short sad poem about broken dreams and _________ it to The Capri’s Weekly newspaper. To my astonishment, they published it and sent me two _________. I was a published and paid writer! I showed my fellow students my work. “Just plain dumb luck,” they said. However, I tasted _________. I’d sold the first thing I’d ever written. That was _________ than any of them had done and if it was just dumb luck, that was fine with me.

During the next two years I sold dozens of __________, letters, jokes and recipes. By the time I graduated from high school, with a C minus average, I had several scrapbooks (剪贴簿) __________ with my published works. After graduation, I never __________ my writing to my classmates again.

I had four children later. While the children __________, I typed on my ancient typewriter. I wrote what I __________. It took me nine months to finish my first book. I __________ a publisher at random (随意地) and mailed it without making a copy of the manuscript.

A month later I received a contract, an __________ on royalties (版税), and a request to start __________ another book. Crying Wind, the title of my book, became a __________ and was translated into fifteen languages and Braille and was sold worldwide.

Writing is easy, it’s __________ and anyone can do it. Of course, a little dumb luck doesn’t __________.

1.

A．suddenly

B．nearly

C．surely

D．silently

2.

A．laughing

B．sleeping

C．shouting

D．fighting

3.

A．discouraged

B．proud

C．shy

D．silly

4.

A．politicians

B．musicians

C．writers

D．artists

5.

A．burst

B．fell

C．ran

D．turned

6.

A．mailed

B．lent

C．showed

D．passed

7.

A．pictures

B．certificates

C．dollars

D．albums

8.

A．disappointment

B．praise

C．rejection

D．success

9.

A．earlier

B．worse

C．longer

D．better

10.

A．newspapers

B．poems

C．books

D．houses

11.

A．lined

B．covered

C．filled

D．locked

12.

A．mentioned

B．contributed

C．donated

D．sold

13.

A．interrupted

B．slept

C．gathered

D．argued

14.

A．forgot

B．achieved

C．felt

D．ignored

15.

A．visited

B．chose

C．begged

D．invited

16.

A．honour

B．adventure

C．advertisement

D．advance

17.

A．getting over

B．working on

C．taking in

D．showing off

18.

A．best seller

B．tour guidance

C．reference book

D．soup opera

19.

A．free

B．wild

C．easy

D．painful

20.

A．occur

B．mind

C．kid

D．hurt

9 . Racing is nothing new for Sebastian Rosado. He was born with cerebral palsy（脑瘫）, which affects a person's ability to move. Though most of his life has been limited to a wheel-chair, he has done at least one race a year since 2011.

It was about a decade ago that his mother, Jaime, was training for a race in Puerto Rico, and Sebastian asked if he could accompany her. She'd have to push him in the wheelchair because his arm functions are limited, and she was okay with that. However, the race wouldn't allow it. Then, Sebastian's family decided to make a special race for children like Sebastian. The race gives them a chance to prove that despite being told from a young age that they might not be able to do some things in their lives, they can also become what they wish to be in life.

Sebastian has run it every year using a special walker. Each year, he tries to outdo his previous goal. Instead of just 5 km in 2020, he wanted to attempt to run 21 km over 30 days. Sebastian's plan is to complete the distance by May 9, accounting for completing 1 km, at most, in a day.

Sebastian used to train in a track and field facility close to home, and it's amazing to hear runners telling him things like, "Wow , sometimes I don't have the strength to train but when I see you doing this, I feel that I have no excuse," 62 swimmers are joining Sebastian's challenge this month by swimming 800 meters each one.

Sebastian has a saying that your disability is not in your body, but in your mind. It's really powerful. If you promise yourself you'll do something, you can achieve it by using your mind.

1. What is the Rosados' purpose of setting up a special race?

A．To collect money for medical research.

B．To realize Sebastian's wish to run in a formal race.

C．To encourage disabled children to make a difference.

D．To allow Sebastian to accompany his mother in races.

2. How does Sebastian run the special race?

A．His mother pushes him.

B．He runs in a wheelchair.

C．He finishes 21 km in one go.

D．He runs with special equipment.

3. Which of the following words can best describe Sebastian?

A．Humourous.

B．Inspiring.

C．Helpful.

D．Talented.

4. What does Sebastian think of disability?

A．There is no disability at all.

B．Mind can cure any disability.

C．Real disability exists mentally.

D．The disability is very powerful.

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where was the speaker born?

A．In India.

B．In South America.

C．In America.

2. What was the speaker's major at university?

A．Japanese.

B．American literature.

C．Spanish education.

3. Where does the speaker teach now?

A．In Nagoya.

B．In Tokyo.

C．In Venezuela.

4. What does the speaker like doing in his spare time?

A．Cycling.

B．Playing football.

C．Listening to students.