1. What is the speaker doing?
| A．Writing a note. | B．Giving a speech. | C．Leaving a message. |
| A．To visit David’s family. | B．To attend a meeting. | C．To spend his holiday. |
| A．The speaker’s daughter. | B．The speaker’s wife. | C．David’s wife. |
| A．By air | B．By train | C．By bus |
| A．When he reaches Italy. |
| B．When he arrives at the airport. |
| C．When he is in the restaurant up in the hills. |
Leo had gone nowhere during his two-week vacation. He had the money, but he hated to travel alone. He used to take vacations with Max, his younger brother, but they had a big argument at the end of their last vacation. Each of them had spent the last two months waiting for the other to apologize.
Leo did not feel good about being distant with his favorite brother. But he was not going to ask for forgiveness when, in his mind, he just broke Max’s cup by accident, but it was not a big deal at all. So Leo's summer vacation was spent in his own "back yard". As usual, he cleaned up his apartment , put away his books, trying to make his life busy and full.
However, he did do one thing new and different alone. He went to a new coffee shop at the corner. It served delicious coffee at reasonable prices, and the staff were quite friendly.
The vacation seemed endless. He always sat at a coffee table outside by himself and read the free daily paper. Each day he was there, reading most of the newspaper articles and drinking his coffee black with the question crossing his mind again and again: What was Max doing?
Leo was unhappy. Between articles, he took breaks by watching the nearby traffic and pedestrians(行人). The coffee shop was next to a huge park, the favorite place for both Max and him where they even spent a whole summer vacation battling for the same soccer team. They were champion of the town! The coffee shop, with its excellent location and coffee, had helped make his vacation a pleasant one. If his brother should be there to join him just one day, his vacation would be perfect, he imagined.
One morning, accidentally knowing from mom the cup he broke was a gift from their late grandma, Leo was deeply sorry. He tried to break the ice and smiled to Max at the breakfast table but got no response. Leo was still unhappy.
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3 . My husband is more a kid at heart. He insists we find gifts for the grandkids while on a trip to Savannah.
I can be a kid at heart, too, but I also can be a mathematician — and even cheap, ugly gifts add up quickly when you have 11 grandkids.
Children like gifts and they want them. So we are digging through piles of cheap key fobs (钥匙链), plastic sun hats, chocolate treats that will melt in the heat, and funny T-shirts, finding nothing.
We go with two hats for the boys but are still empty-handed for the nine girls. Then I spot small bracelets (手链) in a rainbow of colors. He turns one over a couple of times and says, “Nice.”
The bracelets are made of small balls shaped like starfish and turtles. They all look like rock candy, which can be eaten and was popular when we were kids. We buy nine and make a mental note: tell the girls not to eat them.
As the clerk wraps the bracelets, I remember a gift I had as a girl. Once we could choose one thing in a shop to remember our trip. What I selected was a blue plastic soapbox with the lid (盖子) and topped with a pink flamingo (火烈鸟). It was cheap and tacky (俗气的) and I believed it was the loveliest thing a girl could own. It was too beautiful to put soap inside, so it sat in a dresser drawer year after year, slowly aging, yellowing, as a reminder of a family trip long ago.
The girls are married and have families of their own, and those gifts are still in the dresser drawers in their old bedrooms, but I have came to realize that every gift may have its worth and value, saying we are together even though we were apart. That’s always a good deal.
1. Why did the author say she was a mathematician?| A．Because their family was not rich enough to buy gifts. |
| B．Because she was good at choosing gifts for kids. |
| C．Because she ever studied mathematics in university. |
| D．Because she found it expensive to buy 11 gifts. |
| A．Shiny and costly. | B．Foreign and attractive. |
| C．Beautiful and ordinary. | D．Useful and cheap. |
| A．The great family memories. | B．The experience in giving gifts. |
| C．The best gift she ever had. | D．The trip when she fell in love. |
| A．Good reminders of our life. | B．How to choose gifts for kids. |
| C．The meaning of a gift. | D．What to expect on a family trip. |
1. What’s Mark’s attitude toward his grandpa’s visit?
| A．Annoyed. | B．Happy. | C．Worried. |
| A．In the woman’s room. | B．In his own bedroom. | C．In the living room. |
| A．Brother and sister. | B．Son and mother. | C．Student and teacher. |
Tony became ill and had to spend all day in bed. Because other
There wasn’t much to do, so he just looked out of the window. One day, he
Tony was very
Before long, his health improved and he went back to school, where his friends Tom, Jack and Mark were all waiting for him. He told
Inside the bag were a lot of clothes
From that day on, Tony always tried his best
6 . Mary, a reporter from History Weekly, is interviewing Malcolm, the curator (馆长) of the Powell Cotton Museum.
Mary: Hello, I’m Mary. Nice to meet you.
Malcolm: Hello, I’m Malcolm. I’m the curator of the Powell Cotton Museum. Welcome.
Mary: Could you show me around the museum?
Malcolm: Sure, come in.
Mary: So who started this museum?
Malcolm: The museum was built by an Englishman called Powell Cotton. He was born in 1866 and died in 1940.
Mary: Who was he?
Malcolm: He was an adventurer, explorer and hunter.
Mary: So which countries did he visit?
Malcolm: He visited mostly Africa but also parts of Asia as well, including Ladakh and some parts of India.
Mary: Did he have a favorite country?
Malcolm: I don’t know about a favorite country, but certainly his favorite continent was Africa.
Mary: What was his longest trip?
Malcolm: His longest trip was thirty months and that was in 1903 to Africa.
Mary: What is your favorite thing in the museum?
Malcolm: My favorite thing is this lion. This is the same lion that attacked Powell Cotton in 1906. He survived because the local Africans killed the lion.
1. Who is the curator of the museum?| A．Mary | B．Malcolm. |
| C．Powell Cotton. | D．An African. |
| A．He was a Frenchman. |
| B．He never went to Asia. |
| C．He liked adventures. |
| D．He died in 1903. |
| A．It was moved to England in 1903. |
| B．It was killed by Powell Cotton. |
| C．It killed Powell Cotton. |
| D．It was from Africa. |
7 . Spreading Kindness, Rock by Rock
“Mom! I found one! I found a rock!”
I
The Kindness Rocks Project, which was started a few years ago by a mom in Massachusetts, has
Nine-year-old twins Harry and Hannah DeVrieze have
“It’s a fun
“We will do it in the winter too,” Harry
“My boys loved finding the rock in the park,
| A．whispered | B．cried | C．heard | D．said |
| A．founded | B．investigated | C．claimed | D．spread |
| A．Girls | B．Kids | C．Boys | D．Parents |
| A．take | B．enjoy | C．post | D．purchase |
| A．replace | B．provide | C．cover | D．throw |
| A．collected | B．spotted | C．painted | D．appreciated |
| A．goods | B．rocks | C．belongings | D．sand |
| A．child | B．adult | C．teenager | D．family |
| A．adds | B．declares | C．explains | D．complains |
| A．placed | B．found | C．returned | D．sought |
| A．discouraged | B．surprised | C．excited | D．disappointed |
| A．hid | B．kept | C．supplied | D．expected |
| A．apparently | B．confidently | C．definitely | D．especially |
| A．diverse | B．small | C．usual | D．common |
| A．award | B．cost | C．value | D．reward |
One fall evening, 13-year-old Briar Omar agreed to look after his four younger sisters when his parents went to the grocery store to pick up the family dinner. The parents were confident that responsible big brother Briar with their protective dog called Mandy, was capable of managing the family in their absence. During that brief time, an unexpected thing happened: The home suddenly went up in flames(火焰). It was up to Briar and Mandy to save his family.
The children smelled smoke soon after their parents left for the store. They turned around to search for where the fire came from and were shocked and frightened to find their baby sister’s playpen(玩耍护栏) on fire.
The first thought that came to Briar’s mind was to rescue his little sisters. The family had previously discussed what to do in the face of danger, so he was prepared to act.
In a few minutes, flames were climbing the ceiling(天花板). Smoke was filling up the hallways. The horrible fire quickly spread throughout the home.
Briar remained calm and focused on the urgent task of saving his four younger sisters: Peyton, 12, Jocelyn, 3, Willow, 1, and 6-month-old baby Sawyer. He quickly picked up the two babies and rushed the older sisters out of the door to safety. After making sure his sisters were far away from the danger and breathing in fresh air, he ran back to save their home despite the flames surrounding him.
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2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
He quickly held the fire extinguisher(灭火器) from the kitchen and tried to put out the flames.
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Briar cheered up immediately and managed to escape from the fire to safety with the dog following the way.
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1. 简要描述你的朋友（外貌特征、性格等）；
2. 简述你们是如何成为好朋友的。
注意：1.词数:80-100；
2.不能透露个人真实姓名、学校等信息。
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