1 . The first day of school our professor challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady looking at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. After being introduced, she cleared her throat and began. “We do not stop playing because we are old, we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you will die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty- seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything. I will turn eighty-eight.

The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose”. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. Rose taught us by example that it is never too late to realize our dreams.

1. Which words can be used to describe Rose?

A．Ambitious and strict.	B．Positive and optimistic.
C．Regretful and courageous.	D．Confident and kind-hearted.

2. Rose was invited to speak at the football banquet probably because ________.

A．she was a big football fan	B．she was a well-educated professor
C．she was an outstanding student	D．she was an inspiring figure

3. What does the underlined sentence imply?

A．If you regret nothing, you won’t fear death.

B．If you fear death, you will regret something.

C．People regret something when they face death.

D．People die with regrets because of what they have done.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．My best friend	B．Dream in heart
C．Secrets to success	D．Accepting challenges

2 . Mention the word superhero, and the images that come to mind are of fictional characters like Spiderman, Wonder Woman, or Batman. However, photographer Josh Rossi has used his camera to show the world’s real superheroes — young children who are battling severe diseases and disabilities.

The event leading to the creative project began in 2016, when Rossi fulfilled his then three-year-old daughter’s dream of becoming Wonder Woman. Thanks to the handmade costume and Rossi’s impressive Photoshop skills, the photoshoot instantly became a hit.

Since it was Wonder Woman that brought about the idea, Rossi decided to focus on the superheroes that will appear alongside her in the upcoming movie, Justice League. To make the photoshoot more meaningful to the kids, he matched each child with a superhero with whom they had the most in common.

The first member of the real-life “Justice League” was Kayden Kinckle. The five-year-old uses prosthetics (假肢) to walk because both his legs had to be cut off due to a born disorder. To Rossi, Kayden’s perfect superhero was Cyborg, who was a healthy boy before a terrible accident left him injured, forcing his father to keep him alive with robotic parts.

Teagan Pettit was born with only half a heart and has already gone through three open-heart surgeries. According to Rossi, the nine-year-old fits the bill for Superman because they both have a weak heart. The fictional superhero grows weak when near Kryptonite (氪), while Teagen’s half heart is too weak to control his body temperature. The photographer says, “Superman and Teagan both have hearts of steel!”

1. What led Rossi to begin his heartwarming project?

A．He was a big fan of superheroes.

B．He photographed his daughter as Wonder Woman.

C．He was asked by many parents to film their children.

D．He wanted to advertise the upcoming movie.

2. Kayden is similar to ________ according to Rossi.

A．Cyborg.

B．Wonder Woman.

C．Teagan.

D．Batman.

3. What does the underlined phrase “fits the bill for” in the last paragraph mean?

A．loves.

B．matches.

C．orders.

D．watches.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．A Superhero Photographer	B．Fictional Superheroes
C．Fans of Superheroes	D．Real-life Superheroes

3 . 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 Vacation with My Mother

I had an interesting childhood. It was filled with surprises and amusements, all because of my mother---loving, sweet, yet absent-minded and forgetful. One strange family trip we took when I was eleven tells a lot about her.

My two sets of grandparents lived in Colorado and North Dakota, and my parents decided to spend a few weeks driving to those states and seeing all the sights along the way. As the first day of our trip approached, David, my eight-year-old brother, and I unwillingly said good-bye to all of our friends. Who knew if we’d ever see them again? Finally, the moment of our departure arrived, and we loaded suitcases, books, games, camping equipment, and a tent into the car and bravely drove off. We bravely drove off again two hours later after we’d returned home to get the purse and traveler’s checks Mom had forgotten.

David and I were always a little nervous when using gas station bathrooms if Mom was driving while Dad slept: “You stand outside the door and play lookout(放哨) while I go, and I’ll stand outside the door and play lookout while you go.” I had terrible pictures in my mind: “Honey, where are the kids?” “What?! Oh, Gosh…I thought they were being awfully quiet.” We were never actually left behind in a strange city, but we weren’t about to take any chances.

On the fourth or fifth night, we had trouble finding a hotel with a vacancy. After driving in vain for some time, Mom suddenly got a great idea: Why didn’t we find a house with a likely-looking backyard and ask if we could set up tent there? David and I became nervous. To our great relief, Dad turned down the idea. Mom never could understand our objections(反对). If a strange family showed up on her front doorstep, Mom would have been delighted. She thinks everyone in the world is as nice as she is. We finally found a vacancy in the next town.

注意：

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 至少使用5个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:
The next day we remembered the brand-new tent we had brought with us. ______________
Paragraph 2:
We drove through several states and saw lots of great sights along the way. ______________

4 . 假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Tom发来邮件抱怨父母给他定了很多家规，如晚上10点前回家，不得与父母顶嘴等。请你给他写封回信，要点包括：1. 家规的重要性；2. 你对他家的家规的看法；3. 你家的家规。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
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5 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的以下作文。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。

When I was eight, my father bought me the new bike for my birthday. My brother offered to taught me how to ride. At first, he rode and let me watching. Then he explained me the skills of controlling the bike. Still puzzling, I got on the bike, but it didn’t move as expected. I lost my balance and fall off the bike. At once I burst into tear because I saw blood on the ground. While I stood up, my left leg hurt bad. Later, I learned to ride a bike. This experience told me that though some lessons were painful to learn them, we could benefit a lot.

6 . “Who made your T-shirt?” A Harvard University student raised that question. Piertra Rivoli, a professor of business, wanted to find the answer. A few weeks later, she bought a T-shirt and began to follow its path form Texas cotton, to Chinese factory and to charity bin (慈善捐赠箱). The result is an interesting new book, The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy.

Following a T-shirt around the world in a way to make her point more interesting, but it also frees Rivoli from the usual arguments over global trade. She goes wherever the T-shirt goes, and there are surprises around every corner. In China, Rivoli shows why a clothing factory, even with its poor conditions, means a step towards a better care for the people who work there. In the colorful used-clothing markets of Tanzania, she realizes that, “it is only in this final stage of life that the T-shirt will meet a real market,” where the price of a shirt changes by the hour and is different by its size and even color. Rivoli’s book is full of memorable people and scenes, like the noise, the bad air and the “muddy sweet smell of the cotton,” she says. “Here in the factory, Shanghai smells like shallow water Texas.”

Rivoli is at her best when making those sorts of unexpected connections. She even finds one between the free traders and those who are against globalization. The chances opened up by trade are vast, she argues, but free markets need the correcting force of politics to keep them in check. True economic progress needs them both.

1. What do we learn about Professor Rivoli?

A．She used to work on cotton farm.

B．She wrote a book about world trade.

C．She wants to give up her teaching job.

D．She wears a T-shirt wherever she goes.

2. By saying T-shirt “meet a real market”, Rivoli means in Tanzania _______.

A．cheaper T-shirts are needed

B．used T-shirts are hard to sell

C．prices of T-shirts rise and fall frequently

D．prices of T-shirts are usually reasonable

3. What does the word “them” underlined in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Free markets.

B．Price changes.

C．Unexpected connections.

D．Chances opened up by trade.

4. What would be the best title for the text?

A．What T-shirts Can Do to Help Cotton Farms

B．How T-shirts Are Made in Shanghai

C．How T-shirts Are Sold in Tanzania

D．What T-shirts Can Teach Us

7 . Children find meanings in their old family tales.

When Stephen Guyer's three children were growing up，he told them stories about how his grandfather，a banker，_____ all in the 1930s，but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the _____ times when his strong-minded grandfather was nearly _____，he loaded（装载）his family into a car. And he _____ them to see family members in Canada with a _____，“there are more important things in life than money”.

The _____ took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer moved to a _____ house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was _____ that his children，a daughter，15，and twins，22，would be upset. To his surprise，they weren't. _____，their reaction echoed（类似）their great-grandfather's. What they ______ was how warm the people were in the house and how ______ their heart was accessible.

Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to ______ children through hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing ______ in telling tales，evidenced by a rise in storytelling events and festivals.

A university ______ of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids' ability to ______ parents' stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.

The ______ is telling the stories in a way children can ______ them. We're not talking here about the kind of story that ______，“When I was a kid，I walked to school every day uphill，barefoot in the snow.”Instead，we should choose a story suited to the child's ______，and make eye contact（接触）to create“a personal experience”. We don't have to tell children what they should ______ from the story and what the moral is.

1.

A．missed

B．lost

C．forgot

D．ignored

2.

A．darkest

B．best

C．strongest

D．simplest

3.

A．friendless

B．worthless

C．penniless

D．homeless

4.

A．fetched

B．allowed

C．expected

D．took

5.

A．possibility

B．promise

C．suggestion

D．belief

6.

A．report

B．agreement

C．arrangement

D．tale

7.

A．large

B．new

C．small

D．grand

8.

A．pleased

B．annoyed

C．worried

D．disappointed

9.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．Otherwise

D．Instead

10.

A．talked about

B．cared about

C．wrote about

D．heard about

11.

A．many

B．much

C．little

D．few

12.

A．remind

B．praise

C．thrill

D．help

13.

A．argument

B．skill

C．anxiety

D．interest

14.

A．study

B．design

C．group

D．organization

15.

A．retell

B．provide

C．support

D．refuse

16.

A．trouble

B．gift

C．fact

D．trick

17.

A．perform

B．hear

C．unite

D．question

18.

A．means

B．ends

C．begins

D．proves

19.

A．habits

B．activities

C．judgments

D．needs

20.

A．gain

B．receive

C．accept

D．admit

8 . 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，每句最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除和修改。
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:在错的词下面画一横线，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。

Dear Mike,

I’m very glad to receive the letter you sent me. I have been thinking the question you asked me. From my point of view, you can come to China after finished your studies.

For the one reason, China’s development offers a number of job opportunity for the young. What’s more, what you are studying is bad needed in China nowadays. In fact, many big companies in our city are hoping to hire people like me.

For another reason, China is a country with such a different culture as many foreigners enjoy living and working here. Why not come but join them? If you came here, I will do how I can to help you.

9 . 在你成长过程中一定有一些对你有帮助，对你很重要的人．假如你是李华，请你用英语写一篇短文给校刊投稿．
内容包括：
1．对你很重要的人是谁
2．对你很重要的原因
3．你想如何回报他（她）。
注意：词数不少于100（文章开头已给出，不计入字数）．

On the journey of my growth， there are many people who have cared about me and helped me when I'm in trouble.

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10 . My parents managed to clear their debt before we moved to America. Neither of them spoke fluent English and neither had a professional career. Growing up, I was always aware of my family’s ________ financial situation. I also found that Iwas responsible for my parents’ hardships. I decided that my goal in life was to become successful, get a well-paying job and _______ them. So naturally, I took my studies seriously and worked hard to become an _________ high-achieving student. I dreamt to enroll in a top college to pursue greater knowledge. Like many students, I spent a lot of energy and time ______ my college resume. Despite my ______ schedule, I managed to complete the lengthy, complex______. I believed it, from essays to recommendation letter, was flawless—a guaranteed acceptance into this competitive program. But I had one last______ to overcome: to ______ mail the application. On the instruction sheet, it said in captalized , bold letters: “ WE DO NOT ACCEPT CERTIFIED MAIL(挂号信)”. I should have posted the application myself because it had special directions, but my father kindly insisted that he ______ it. I had my ______ because my parents didn’t speak great English, but I finally ______ and wrote the instructions for him.

While I was in school, my father sent me a text saying that he had finished the task______. He had found a worker at the post office to help him. I was ______. Yet, later, I found out that he had done one thing very______: he sent application as “certified mail”.

Right then and there, my perfect application became an automatic ______. But in the moment of despair and frustration and danger, I ______him. I locked myself in my room and sobbed until my face was covered in tears, my floor in used tissues. Then as I ______ my room, my father also came out of his. My mother, who was watching from a(n) ______ distance, joined the hug, and we three cried together. I knew my ______ need for success came from my selfless desire to make my parents happy, and my temporary hatred toward them was a result of my love for them. My intentions were pure, but things were ______ later. I’m just glad finally they were all straightened out.

1.

A．total

B．complex

C．important

D．difficult

2.

A．leave

B．value

C．support

D．request

3.

A．equally

B．immediately

C．artificially

D．academically

4.

A．building

B．copying

C．applying

D．posting

5.

A．good

B．tight

C．daily

D．proper

6.

A．records

B．worksheets

C．program

D．application

7.

A．hope

B．task

C．shortcoming

D．obstacle

8.

A．freely

B．easily

C．frequently

D．physically

9.

A．take care of

B．take notice of

C．look for

D．stand for

10.

A．emotion

B．sign

C．concern

D．favor

11.

A．refused

B．canceled

C．regretted

D．agreed

12.

A．perfectly

B．dramatically

C．formally

D．partly

13.

A．disappointed

B．delighted

C．worried

D．shocked

14.

A．wrong

B．fair

C．satisfying

D．confusing

15.

A．force

B．fright

C．reject

D．reply

16.

A．abandoned

B．accepted

C．protected

D．blamed

17.

A．cleaned

B．entered

C．exited

D．passed

18.

A．ordinary

B．careful

C．individual

D．safe

19.

A．selfish

B．correct

C．necessary

D．awful

20.

A．simple

B．wonderful

C．twisted

D．delayed