1 . In a cold winter,a couple had to move out from the expensive house because of bankruptcy. The husband worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wife. So she thought“he doesn't love me anymore,he just cares his business.. not me.”

One day she began to take a bath, he stopped her at the door. "Let me take it first, OK?" “Why not let me shower first," she asked. “I was tired, sweetie, you take it later, OK?” She was totally depressed.

On a morose(郁闷的) day , she found nothing to do and turned on his computer,a few words blurred her eyes. It was his diary.

Today,I was quite sad,she asked me why I was always taking the bath first,and I said to her,I was exhausted. She was unhappy ,in her mind,I treated her not as well as usual,but how can I do? I wasn't as rich as before! We moved to the small apartment, there was only a shower in such a freezing winter. But I found that if one person took the shower first,the room could get a little warmer,so every time I rushed to the bathroom first. I was thinking that, when she took the shower, the room would get warmer,at least1℃,2℃ or 3℃.

Now I can't give her comfortable life,bring her the luxury restaurant, buy expensive dresses for her,but at least,I can give her 1℃ love.

1. Why was the husband always taking the bath first?

A．Because he was tired from work.

B．Because he didn't love her anymore.

C．Because he treated his wife not as well as usual.

D．Because he wanted to get the bathroom warmer.

2. Why did the wife feel depressed?

A．Her husband didn't love her.

B．She thought her husband didn't love her any longer.

C．They had no money.

D．She couldn't have a bath first.

3. What does the underlined word "bankruptcy”in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Crash.

B．Moving.

C．Disease.

D．Failure.

4. How did the wife feel when she saw her husband's words in the computer?

A．Surprised.

B．Angry.

C．Moved.

D．Disappointed.

5. The best title of the passage may be___.

A．A Trouble

B．1℃Love

C．Husband and Wife

D．A Romantic Story

2 . Justin, my brother, has been missing for two weeks. Now I______him very much. I'm worried that something______has happened to him. I'm sure he______that night at about 11 o'clock, because I heard him playing his favorite CD in his bedroom. But where has he gone?

Yesterday a girl named Mavis told me that______was once taken away by aliens (外星人) from outer space. They did some research on her. Mavis said that the whole experience was really terrible, ______ luckily they returned her home. If Justin has been taken away by aliens too, I hope they will______him soon.

My parents have been worrying about Justin. Soon after he was found missing, they called the______. However, the police are not making______in the case. They are very puzzled, saying Justin might have been murdered. Dad is very______with them. He doesn't think they are doing their job well. Mum is so worried that she______sleep well. I hope Justin will come home soon and tell us what happened to him. I want all of us to be together again.

1.

A．dislike

B．respect

C．hate

D．miss

2.

A．bad

B．good

C．wonderful

D．simple

3.

A．came home

B．went out

C．fell asleep

D．fell ill

4.

A．he

B．they

C．it

D．she

5.

A．because

B．so

C．or

D．but

6.

A．kill

B．hurt

C．return

D．catch

7.

A．police

B．teachers

C．firemen

D．doctors

8.

A．a face

B．a mistake

C．a living

D．much progress

9.

A．delighted

B．disappointed

C．satisfied

D．pleased

10.

A．shan't

B．can't

C．needn't

D．mustn't

3 . Last weekend, my kids and a few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car. My 10-year-old daughter came up with the idea of washing other people's cars as well. It was very hot outside. And she wanted to give juice for a low cost but not free. I felt happy and decided to help her.

She asked me, “What if we make this ‘a smile car wash’， mommy? ” I couldn't hold back my tears and encouraged her and other kids to go inside the house and come up with ideas. While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the kids walked up to me with a board of beautiful signs of smiles. They had “Free Car Wash” written on it and the theme of their exercise was “Smile”. It was natural to see a team of kids 5 to 11 years with the task to do something for others.

All that seemed natural and came right from their heart. Nothing seemed to matter to them: their playtime, and the heat outside — they just wanted to help and do something nice!

I helped them make some fresh juice and brought out some waste materials to help clean cars. Passers-by were amazed and one even shouted at them saying “Good kids”. One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refused. What a heart-warming scene(场景)!

The following weekend, I saw the idea of the week, the theme of which was “Global Kindness”. I was moved by such wonderful and loving kids. They made me smile!

1. Who came up with the idea of washing other people's cars for free ?

A．The mother.

B．One of the passers-by.

C．The writer's 10-year-old daughter.

D．One of the writer's neighbors' kids.

2. Why couldn't the author hold back her tears when she knew her daughter's idea?

A．She was moved by her daughter's kindness.

B．She felt sorry for those passers-by in hot day.

C．She was sorry for not helping the kids.

D．She thought it was very hard for the kids.

3. Why did the kids want to wash others' cars for free?

A．They wanted to earn money.

B．They were asked to do that by their teacher.

C．They just wanted to help and do something nice.

D．They wanted to exercise in smiling.

4. Which of the following did NOT the writer do to help the kids?

A．She supported the kids' ideas.

B．She made some fresh juice for the passers-by.

C．She brought out some waste materials to help the kids.

D．She gave the kids some money.

4 . 下面是一封提议家庭聚会的邮件。假设你是来自美国纽约的Mark，但远在中国留学，请你写一封邮件作为回复，表达你想回国参加家庭聚会的意愿、回去的时间以及对家人的想念。
注意：词数100左右。
Dear Mark,

Haven't seen you for quite a long time and we really miss you. Grandma's 80th birthday is coming and we hope you know the exact date — it is at the end of this month. We are planning to have a family gathering at the same time as some of us haven't seen one another for ages.

I'm writing to tell and invite you to join the gathering and please write to me soon, telling us whether you will come back or not and the exact time and date you're arriving, so that we can pick you up.

See you soon!

Linda

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5 . I’m racing on the 1,500-metre track (跑道) with my friend, Mary. I’m tired and my throat is giving me much pain. I want to stop but a voice repeating in my head keeps me running: “No one knows what the result will be. Everything is still possible.” Today, I have to fight with myself.

Nine years ago, when I was a 6-year-old girl, my mother took me on a trip. We went to the foot of a high mountain which she told me that we would climb. I had never done this before and the thought of it made me very happy.

At the beginning, I climbed fast. But half an hour later, when I was thirsty and tired, I just stopped and sat upon the ground , completely silent. My mom came and sat next to me.

She said, “Get up and go on!”

Almost shouting, and with tears in my eyes, I replied, “No, I don’t want to do this. It’s too tiring and I am thirsty. I don’t like it. I want to go back home now.”

Patiently she explained, “Listen, my dear. If you try your best, anything is possible. If you don’t try, your dreams will never come true. However hard the task is, we must finish it. You will never know how beautiful the scenery looks unless you reach the top of the mountain.”

Hearing her words, I stopped crying and started to climb again. Finally I made it; I did reach the top of the mountain and enjoyed the glorious view.

Today I’m on the racing track. I’m going to keep running because I know its always worthwhile (值得做的) to finish.

And in the end I managed it; I got through the finish line. Although it was really difficult and I did not win, I did make it. As former Indian President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931-2015) said, “Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined (命定的) place — that is, the unique you.”

1. What event is the author taking part in?

A．Jumping.	B．Running.
C．Boxing.	D．Climbing.

2. What does the underlined word “glorious” in Para. 7 probably mean?

A．Sweet.	B．Simple.
C．Beautiful.	D．Strange.

3. Who encouraged the author to reach the top of the mountain?

A．Abdul Kalam.	B．Mary.
C．Her teacher.	D．Her mother.

4. Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The author won the race in the end.

B．The author got through the finish line in the end.

C．The author climbed the mountain with her parents.

D．The author disliked the splendid view on the top of the mountain.

5. What can we learn from this passage?

A．No pains, no gains.	B．A small act makes a difference.
C．Hard work is the key to success.	D．To reach our aims, never give up.

6 . There is no school equal to a decent（体面的）home and no teacher equal to a virtuous（有德行的） parent.

Dad was an English teacher who taught high school students. Mom _______ home and homeschooled their four children Three of us had no trouble _______ but my sister Catherine still could not _______ by fifth grade, and worse still, did not even know the alphabet（字母表）.

My mother did some research and _______ that Catherine had some sort of learning disability. She sent Catherine to a public school to get some help. Catherine made many friends at school and _______ everyone with her gift for telling creative stories in class, _______ she still couldn’t master reading. _______ all the testing was done, the school had my parents come in They were told that based on the test results, they should just take Catherine home.

Tears of _______ ran down my dad’s cheeks, but my mom’s jaw was set in quiet determination. As they walked back to the car, she turned to him and said, “I know she’s not _______.”

Soon after, my mom discovered a learning system that focused heavily on lesson repetition and building slowly on the previous exercises. She worked with __________ for four hours every morning while the rest of us studied on our own. It was __________ for both of them, but she often told a crying Catherine, “ __________ is not an option. You are going to learn to read, or we’ll both try! You have to learn to read! You will learn to read.”

In time, Catherine __________ it. By the time she graduated from eighth grade, she was reading almost at grade level. She continued __________ and was reading above grade level when she graduated from high school.

Catherine came to love reading and writing. All of this because of a wonderfully devoted mother who was absolutely the best __________ ever—for all four of us.

1.

A．left

B．stayed

C．came

D．went

2.

A．learning

B．playing

C．talking

D．walking

3.

A．listen

B．speak

C．read

D．write

4.

A．pretended

B．wished

C．advised

D．found

5.

A．amazed

B．hurt

C．bored

D．praised

6.

A．or

B．so

C．for

D．but

7.

A．If

B．Although

C．Unless

D．After

8.

A．hope

B．sadness

C．anger

D．sickness

9.

A．shy

B．sorry

C．polite

D．stupid

10.

A．Catherine

B．my father

C．me

D．her friends

11.

A．interesting

B．fair

C．hard

D．good

12.

A．Kindness

B．Failure

C．Courage

D．Pressure

13.

A．changed

B．shared

C．got

D．checked

14.

A．forgetting

B．improving

C．explaining

D．noticing

15.

A．teacher

B．classmate

C．researcher

D．learner

7 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

A Mother’s Love

My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such an embarrassment. She cooked for students and teachers to support the family.

There was one day during elementary school (小学) when my mom came over to say hello to me. I was so embarrassed.

How could she do this to me? I ignored her, threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day at school one of my classmates said, “Your mom only has one eye!”

I wanted to bury myself. I also wanted my mom to just disappear. I confronted (面对) her that day and said, “If you’re only going to make me a laughing stock, why don’t you just die?”

My mom did not respond. I didn’t even stop to think for a second about what I had said, because I was full of anger. I took no notice of her feelings at all.

I wanted to be out of that house, and have nothing to do with her. So I studied really hard, and got a chance to go abroad for further education.

Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. I had kids of my own. I was happy with my life, my kids and the comforts. Then one day, my mother came to visit me. She hadn’t seen me in years and she didn’t even meet her grandchildren.

When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I shouted at her for coming over uninvited. I screamed at her, “How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!”

And to this, my mother quietly answered, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address.” and she was soon out of sight.

One day, a letter regarding a school reunion (同学聚会) came to my house. So I lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went to the old house just out of curiosity.

My neighbors said that she died. I did not shed a single tear. They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.

注意:
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
My dearest son,

I think of you all the time and I’m sorry that

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:

You see, when you were very little,

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

With all my love to you.

Your mother

8 . My elder brother Steve, in the absence of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons in values that helped me grow into an adult. For instance, Steve taught me to face the results of my behavior. Once when I returned in tears from a Saturday baseball game, it was Steve who took the time to ask me what happened. When I explained that my baseball had soared through Mrs. Holt’s basement window, breaking the glass with a crash, Steve encouraged me to confess (认罪) to her. After all, I should have been playing in the park down Fifth Street and not in the path between buildings. Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs. Holt, I offered to pay for the window from my pocket money if she would return my ball. I also learned from Steve that personal property is a sacred (神圣的) thing. After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else in spite of the fact that it had little value. He reminded me of how much I’d hate to lose to someone else the small dog my father carved from a piece of cheap wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, Mrs. Davids, and still remembered the smell of her perfume as she patted me on my shoulder. Yet of all the instructions Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most vivid in my mind. When I was twelve I killed an old brown sparrow in the yard with a BB gun. Excited with my accuracy, I screamed to Steve to come from the house to take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and stared at the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark?” I didn’t know what to answer. He continued with his eyes firm, “The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is if it hurts you first. And then you think a long, long time.” I really felt terrible then, but that moment stands out as the most important lesson my brother taught me.

1. What is the main subject of the passage?

A．The relationship between Mark and Steve.

B．The important lesson Mark learned in school

C．Steve’s important role in Mark’s growing process.

D．Mark and Steve’s respect for living things.

2. It can be inferred from the passage that when Mark confessed to Mrs. Holt, ________.

A．he felt surprised	B．he was light-hearted
C．he felt frightened	D．he knelt before her

3. In the story about the pen, which of the following lessons did Steve teach his brother?

A．Respect for personal property.

B．Respect for life.

C．Sympathy for people with problems.

D．The value of honesty.

4. According to the writer, which was the most important lesson Steve taught his young brother?

A．Respect for living things.

B．Responsibility for one’s actions.

C．The value of the honesty.

D．Care for the property of others.

5. Which of the follow is true according to the passage?

A．Mark was still a boy when he wrote this passage.

B．Mark lost the small dog his father gave him.

C．When a living thing hurts you, you should kill it.

D．Even if a living thing hurts you, you should not kill it without hesitation (犹豫).

9 . 语法填空

Look at the round cakes．They are made by Siew Boon．She is a jelly artist     1     runs her own business．She has created beautiful 3D jelly cakes by     2    （use）seaweed jelly and natural coloring．

Siew Boon     3    （begin）her business more than two years ago．In late 2017，unfortunately，doctors found a cancer on her breast．However，she was determined not to let cancer get in the way of her doing     4     she loved．On the days when she was feeling     5    （well），she spent time creating 3D jelly cakes for her team of doctors and carers．

During her fight with breast cancer，focusing on creating beautiful 3D jelly cakes helped to turn her focus away     6     the physical pain and negative thoughts．Moving forward，she hopes to find     7    （way）to make it a meaningful career．

Every piece is created upside down and takes up to 4 hours to complete．The flowers are made with special tools．It takes a lot of creativity and     8    （patient）to create every piece．

Aside from being beautiful，the cakes are special in taste．They have a     9    （vary）of unique tastes，such as flavors of apples，lemons，peaches and roses．

Siew Boon thinks the most     10    （satisfy）part of her job is to be able to bring joy to others．

10 . If there was a subject at school that made me anxious, it was science. Maybe that’s because in my tenth grade, I couldn't understand my physics teacher's instructions, causing me to accidentally set fire to the classroom. So, when my husband and I decided to home-school our daughters, we made a deal: he would teach science, while I would handle everything else. But that’s not how things have been going these past few weeks, since my husband has been too busy to teach the girls.

Recently, while out on my morning hike before starting lessons, I noticed that the sky was a beautiful blue, and the air was filled with the sweet smell of flowers. That s why I decided that the day’s lessons would be taught outside, although I remembered that my daughters hadn't had any science classes from my husband for a while.

I returned to the house to get the girls ready. We headed up into the forest, settling ourselves by a pond that rarely has any visitors. My daughter Saoirse started to pick up pond weeds and catch frogs, while my other daughter Ula looked at me, waiting to be instructed. I handed her a drawing board and colored pencils. "We wait, "I told her, " and see if something comes along. In the meantime, just draw what's around you.”

We worked for more than an hour, hardly speaking. A bird flew across the water, and then settled in a front of a fallen tree. I quickly told Ula, worried that she’d not seen the creature. But she had, and she started drawing it. An hour later, she’d not finished her picture and I stared down at it. She drew the bird on her paper with amazing accuracy. But there was one other interesting fact about this drawing: she also drew me, sitting beside her.

I realized, as I stared at this child's drawing of us watching a bird, how I'd lived for 40 years, gathered 10 years of higher education, and never understood the foundation of science before this moment. The foundation of science is a sense of wonder; it isn't about accurately reciting words from a textbook. It is first and foremost about stepping outside our busy lives and amazing at the world around us.

1. How did the author feel about science when in school?

A．She was nervous about it.	B．She was fond of it.
C．She was confused about it.	D．She was eager for it.

2. The underlined word“it” in Paragraph4 refers to“      ”

A．the fallen tree	B．the forest
C．the bird	D．the picture

3. Which of the following best describes Ula?

A．She's very outgoing.	B．She's good at observing.
C．She's very hard-working.	D．She shares interests with her sister.

4. What is the foundation of science in the author's opinion?

A．Attention to accuracy.

B．Curiosity about the outside world.

C．Determination to find out the truth.

D．Ability to understand teachers' instructions.