Dear Worried Friend,
You wrote that you are very worried about your friend, Chen Lei. I understand quite well that you are anxious and feel terrible. You think that your friend plays computer games too often and spends too much time online.
I recommend that you talk to your friend about his behaviour. It is not unusual for teenagers of your generation to be attracted to computer games and the online world. But spending too much time online is unhealthy and makes it very difficult to focus on other things in life. Some students even become addicted to the Internet and cannot concentrate on school and family life. I think you should encourage your friend to try new hobbies. Why not discuss the problem together? I am sure he will listen to you, since you are his good friend.
All the best.
1. What is the letter’s main purpose?| A．To give advice. | B．To ask for advice. |
| C．To make a promise. | D．To keep a promise. |
| A．He is absent from school. |
| B．He is addicted to computer games. |
| C．He doesn’t do well in English. |
| D．He can’t concentrate on his study. |
| A．talk to Chen Lei | B．talk to Chen Lei’s parents |
| C．leave Chen Lei alone | D．set an example to Chen Lei |
| A．Interesting. | B．Popular. |
| C．Unhealthy. | D．Difficult. |
2 . In the Pascucci household, putting up Christmas lights was always a big day of celebration and a family affair. Every year, Anthony Pascucci, the male head of the family, and his older sister, Connie Pascucci, and Anthony’s son, Anthony Jr., and daughter, Sara, pitched in it.
In 2020, Anthony Sr., 60, tied colorful lights all around their roof until it looked as if the brightness of the lights could counter some of the darkness of the past year with COVID-19. However, just several days after Christmas Eve the pandemic claimed his life.
Sara says the next weeks were the worst of her life. But when she pulled up to the house at the end of a long day, the twinkling Christmas lights brought her a spark of joy. Taking the lights down felt like a final act of closure she wasn’t ready to take. So she kept them up.
One day Sara received an unsigned letter which read “Take your Christmas lights down! It’s Valentine’s Day!!!” Sara was shocked and angry. She decided to post the letter. “I wanted to remind people that we all had a tough year and people should be a little more caring toward each other,” she says.
“I know what it feels like to lose someone and not want to put their things away. It’s very hard,” one man commented. And something strange began to happen. Sara was driving back from work one day when she noticed that Christmas lights were appearing — or reappearing — on neighbors’ houses. The mystery had a sweet explanation: Her neighbors had gotten together and decided, collectively, to hang their lights back up and turn them back on in honor of Sara’s father.
“To see the lights and the block lit up again,” Sara said, “it touched my heart.” A few weeks later, Sara decided she was ready to take down the lights. Sara said it was hard to pack them away — “but not as hard as I think it would have been if we hadn’t experienced all that support and love.”
1. In Sara’s family, putting up Christmas lights .| A．was in the charge of Anthony | B．was a family routine |
| C．was the biggest event in a year | D．could remove the darkness of the past year |
| A．they reminded her of her father | B．it was still Christmas season then |
| C．it was too troublesome to remove them | D．she couldn’t tolerate them |
| A．share her anger and shock |
| B．win others’ sympathy and favor |
| C．criticize the person who wrote the letter |
| D．appeal to people to show more consideration to others |
| A．Up in Lights | B．Sara’s Sweet Neighbors |
| C．An Unforgettable Christmas | D．Let Your Neighbors’ Lights On |
I grew up in an unhappy and abusive home. I always promised myself that I’d get out as soon as possible.
Now, at age 20, I have a good job and a nice house, and I’m really proud of the independence I’ve achieved.
Here’s the problem: several of my friends who still live with their parents wish they had places like mine so much so that they make mine theirs.
It started out with a couple of them spending the weekends with me. But now they seem to take it for granted (认为理所当然) that they can show up any time they like. They bring boyfriends over, talk on the phone and stay out forever.
I enjoy having my friends here sometimes it makes the place feel comfortable and warm but this is my home, not a party house. I am old enough to move out on my own, so why can’t I seem to ask my friends to respect my privacy (隐私)?
Joan
Dear Joan,
If your family didn’t pay attention to your needs when you were a child, you probably have trouble letting others know your needs now.
And if you’ve gathered your friends around you to rebuild a happy family atmosphere, you may fear that saying no will bring back the kind of conflict you grew up with or destroy the nice atmosphere you now enjoy. You need to understand that in true friendship it’s okay to put your own needs first from time to time.
Be clear about the message you want to send. For example, “I really love your company but I also need some privacy. So please call before you come over.”
Edward
1. We can infer from the first letter that .| A．Joan considers her friends more important than her privacy |
| B．Joan’s friends visit her more often than she can accept |
| C．Joan doesn’t like the parties at all |
| D．Joan dislikes the boyfriends her friends bring over |
| A．She is afraid of hurting her friends. | B．She does not understand true friendship. |
| C．Her family experience stops her from doing so. | D．She does not put her needs first. |
| A．dependent life | B．fierce fight | C．bad manners | D．painful feeling |
4 . The Vietnam War broke out. The young husband joined the army and died in the war, leaving behind his wife and kids
Life after the war was
Time passed by and the kids were
The son sent home letters
When the mother died, the son returned and
Mother
Everyone looked at each other and then looked at
| A．suffering | B．trapping | C．burying | D．getting |
| A．fond | B．hard | C．upset | D．useless |
| A．advise | B．rescue | C．force | D．persuade |
| A．lonely | B．entire | C．single | D．calm |
| A．even though | B．as though | C．because | D．unless |
| A．settling down | B．getting along | C．growing up | D．giving in |
| A．often | B．hardly | C．finally | D．always |
| A．save | B．spend | C．hide | D．spare |
| A．businesses | B．chances | C．excuses | D．reasons |
| A．took | B．organized | C．joined | D．determined |
| A．care about | B．recover from | C．go through | D．believe in |
| A．took out | B．set down | C．put away | D．left behind |
| A．gradually | B．immediately | C．frequently | D．suddenly |
| A．out of control | B．with excitement | C．in fright | D．in surprise |
| A．the box | B．the son | C．the money | D．the letter |
| A．wrote | B．read | C．told | D．added |
| A．in ruins | B．at an end | C．on the way | D．down the road |
| A．forget | B．thank | C．miss | D．prefer |
| A．noticed | B．listened to | C．heard | D．waited for |
| A．but | B．and | C．or | D．so |
Amanda felt as gray as the sky outside when she looked across the table at her little sister. Li sat on her seat, drinking from her cup.
“Mom, why does Li hate me?”
“Honey, she doesn’t hate you. Li is still getting used to you,” Mom said. “It’s only been two weeks.”
“But look,” Amanda took a cookie off her dish and held it out to Li. “Want to eat it?”
As soon as Li saw Amanda reaching over, her eyes widened. Li quickly got down from her seat and raced to her room.
“See?” Amanda said to Mom. “I thought being a big sister would be fun.”
Over a year ago, Amanda’s parents said that they were adopting (收养) a daughter from China, and Amanda had danced with excitement. She’d dreamed of taking her sister to the park, reading books to her, and teaching her to ride a bicycle. That hadn’t happened.
“She runs away whenever I get close,” Amanda said.
Mom took Amanda’s hand. “Think of how frightening it is for her. She’s in a new country with a new family.”
“I just wish I knew how to help her,” Amanda said, thinking of Li’s frightened eyes.
Amanda went into the family room and sat down on the sofa. How could she help Li? She’d sung songs to her, drawn pictures for her, and made funny faces. None of that had worked.
Amanda turned on the TV. She stopped to watch a film about a dog and a cat. The film was in another language. The show looked funny, but she didn’t understand any of it. It made Amanda remember when they were in China. She had gotten frustrated (沮丧的) when people talked in Chinese.
That’s it. Amanda turned off the TV and sped to her room. She found the CDs Aunt Linda gave her last year to help her learn some Chinese.
Amanda tiptoed (踮着脚走) to Li’s room. Looking in, Amanda saw Li curled up (蜷缩) in a ball on her bed. She could hear Li sobbing (啜泣). Amanda knocked on the open door.
Li moved to the back of her bed.
注意:续写词数应为150左右。
“Ni hao,” Amanda said, hoping she had pronounced it right.
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When she didn’t hear any sobs, Amanda looked over at the bed and saw Li smiling.
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6 . High school is the time when you discover who you are. Friends leave you and relationships break up. It is terrible. I’m not going to lie. My senior year was the worst year of all. I lost a lot of my “friends” and started to become really unhappy about the lack of social interactions (交往) until suddenly an amazing person came into my life.
It was the second semester of my senior year. Tension was high for me with applying to colleges and trying to get perfect grades. I had lost people who had been my friends for years. One day, our school posted names of students who were going into the military, and I saw a girl named Dominique C. It was super unusual to see another Dominique. I knew I had to meet her. One day, I noticed a guy I talked to on a daily basis was talking with her. He saw me and introduced me to Dominique C. She was the complete opposite of me, with short black hair and big green eyes. But somehow, we just clicked at once.
Many people never understood how we became friends. We both had very different social circles, but we were basically the same person. We both loved literature. Studying Greek together, we understood each other’s thoughts. We reacted to everything in the same way. We only knew each other for a few months, but we acted as if we were friends for years.
This year has been hard on our friendship. Due to Dominique C joining the military and me studying in and out of the state college, Dominique C and I have hardly talked. Together we communicate as much as we can during breaks.Still our friendship is strong.
I am lucky to have Dominique C in my life. Every time we cried together and held hands down the hallways, it actually made my day. And fighting for French fries and hamburgers always had me in tears. I cannot wait to spend the summer with Dominique C.
1. What did the author try to do in the second semester of her senior year?| A．Get high scores. |
| B．Drop out of school. |
| C．Visit different colleges. |
| D．Learn to become positive. |
| A．Learned a lot. |
| B．Became friends. |
| C．Completed the task. |
| D．Joined the military. |
| A．She had a different character from the author. |
| B．She had many common friends with the author. |
| C．She looked completely different from the author. |
| D．She spent too much time in learning Greek. |
| A．They study in the same college. |
| B．They have a strong relationship. |
| C．They often fight over some big things. |
| D．They hardly communicate during breaks. |
7 . “Have you checked the oil in the car?” my father used to say to me, his version of “Hello, hope you are well.” Sometimes our phone calls would begin with an inquiry about the oil and end with one about the oil.
Fathers have a lot of love to give, but it’s often supplied through the medium of practical advice. In my experience: it’s mostly about my motor vehicle. My student car — an old green Toyota bought for $500 — was the vehicle for which my father carved his paternal (父亲的) affections. I bet it’s always been so.
Why can’t fathers just say “I love you” or “It’s great to see you”? The point is: You just have to translate from the language that is Fatherlish. Listen closely enough and the phrase “love you” can be heard in the slightly lengthier “I could come around Saturday and replace the seal around the base of your toilet because I assume that thing is getting really smelly.” The affectionate phrase “You made my life better from the moment you were born” may be rarely heard, but there is the more common “I’ll hold the ladder while you get the leaves off the roof.”
When I was 17, I went on my first road trip in that Toyota. My father stood on the corner. “Highways are dangerous,” he said, “so don’t try overtaking anything faster than a horse and carriage. And take a break every two hours. And every time you stop for gas, you really should check the oil.” At that time we thought his speech was pretty funny and would repeat “horse-and-carriage” every time I sped up to overtake some other speeding vehicles.
Dad’s long gone now. But after all these years, I realize that had I owned a copy of the Fatherlish-to-English dictionary, I’d have understood that the speech my friend and I so laughed at was simply dad’s attempt at affection.
1. According to the passage, how do fathers usually show their love?| A．By inquiring their kids’ cars. |
| B．By doing rather than saying. |
| C．By offering helpful advice. |
| D．By accompanying their kids. |
| A．To show the father’s influence on kids. |
| B．To show a dad’s loving concern for kids. |
| C．To prove the usefulness of a dad’s advice. |
| D．To compare different versions of fathers. |
| A．Funny. | B．Pleasing. | C．Annoying. | D．Caring. |
| A．Love in Fatherlish |
| B．Remembering Very Moments |
| C．Father’s Advice |
| D．My First Road Trip In Toyota |
In 1981, in San Francisco, Chris Gardner, a salesman, invests his family’s savings in a medical instrument, but
9 . When I lost my daughter on Christmas, I never thought I’d be able to enjoy that day again. However, supporting other families through Cancer Charity Clic Sargent has brought back the true meaning of the festive season.
In January 2002, little Molly came along as a gift for me. But in October 2004, doctors diagnosed(诊断) her with cancer that had spread to her bones. At first, my husband and I couldn’t take the news in.
Although Molly’s condition was getting worse in early December, she could reach Christmas day. As it was her last Christmas, we decided to re-name it Molly Day from then on.
| A．Our heartache was endless. |
| B．We thought they had made a mistake. |
| C．Molly’s friends come round to see me. |
| D．It’s really nice that they still remember her. |
| E．My husband and I felt so grateful for their kind support. |
| F．So we made every effort to help families with sick kids at hospital. |
| G．We also planted a tree in the back garden with a star on the top in her honor. |
10 . The first time I realized that I had a love for sports competitions was during the Field Day in elementary school. Small for my age, and more of a bookworm than a sports enthusiast, I had suffered that special humiliation of being picked last for various gym teams. The Field Day, which focused on individual skills, was different. In the Softball Throw event, I got my first taste of sporting victory. Credit goes to the example of my first coach, my father. He lifted weights every morning at home. He bought us all baseball gloves and hats, and in the warm months, we spent hours playing catch. Come fall, our backyard football games began with passing practice.
Once I got to sixth grade and switched to private school, our entire student body was assigned to either the Red or the White team. Throughout the year, we competed against each other in various games and exercises for points. I eventually became president of The Committee of Games, accelerating (加速) my competitive fever. However, in girls’ sports games at my school, I was no star. I also played on the field hockey team and the basketball team. School sports did not bleed into the weekends, as they do today, but at home, playing tennis, skating, skiing and biking were simply normal things we did. During break time, magazines were also quite popular for us teens. These regularly featured articles on physical exercise. Somehow, my college roommate and I took up the habit of completing Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) exercises every day, a practice that continued into my marriage, when we had no spare funds to use to join a gym.
So, though it shocks some of our friends, that early foundation evolved in adulthood into a sports and fitness focus, considered essential even on vacation. I still love reading and the arts, too. As far as I’m concerned, life is the richest with my feet in both worlds.
1. What does the underlined word “humiliation” mean in Paragraph 1?| A．responsibility | B．panic | C．shame | D．desire |
| A．Her advanced sports outfits. | B．Her confidence in her sports ability. |
| C．The sports talent inherited from her father. | D．The example and training offered by her father. |
| A．She generally exercised on weekends. | B．She joined Royal Canadian Air Force. |
| C．She preferred reading to exercising. | D．She maintained her love for sports. |
| A．To describe how her father built her interest in sports. |
| B．To recall her childhood memories about sports. |
| C．To express her passion for sports and fitness. |
| D．To emphasize the benefits of physical exercise. |
