1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is Mr. Arnold?

A．A writer.

B．A travel agent.

C．A teacher.

2. When did Mr. Arnold receive his last award?

A．One year ago.

B．Two years ago.

C．Ten years ago.

3. What will Mr. Arnold talk about?

A．Sea animals.

B．The environment.

C．School education.

4. What is the speaker doing?

A．Introducing a book.

B．Making an ad.

C．Hosting a meeting.

2 . 假定你是李华，你有一个好朋友Mike，你们曾经无话不谈，有许多共同的爱好。可是他搬家后你俩的联系变少了。最近他母亲告诉你，他开始沉迷于网络游戏，不认真学习。请你用英语给他写一封电子邮件，从朋友的角度对他进行劝告。内容包括：
1. 充分利用时间学习；
2. 养成良好的生活习惯。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 邮件的开头和结尾已经给出，但是不计入总词数。
Dear Mike,

We haven’t seen each other for a long time. How is it going?

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Yours,

Li Hua

3 . Thanks to a generous and kind soul, this winter is not cold any more. A Stockton teen will make sure seniors are staying warm and unforgotten during the holiday season, because dozens of elders across the nation are getting socks for Christmas — they couldn’t be happier about it.

Elle Gianelli, 17, is a student in high school, but most of her friends are elders. She has been making colored socks with silly designs for years, sending them to seniors in nursing and care homes to brighten up their day.

It all started from the closer-than-close friendship she has with her grandmother, which taught the value of spending time with elders. “I’m a grandma’s girl, I love love love my nana,” Gianelli said. On putting forward the idea, she was supported by her family and friends. Later, she was encouraged by her teachers who started the project Socks for Seniors when she was in her 7th grade, and she has so far lighted up 92 care homes in 48 states.

But as Christmas approaches, she’s making efforts to prepare her surprise in order to send boxes of silly socks to elders in all 50 states in time for the big day. “I know most people have toys for babies and things for kids but they always seem to forget about elders,” Gianelli told CBS. “Maybe they don’t have family or maybe they live super far away and they’re only getting something like a postcard.” To make sure that elders’ toes and hearts remain warm this holiday season, Gianelli is hoping to raise $10,000 through GoFundMe for a big sock drive. So far, with still 19 days to go before Christmas, she has received 95% of her total in donations.

1. What’s elders’ feeling on getting the socks?

A．Overjoyed.

B．Embarrassed.

C．Confused.

D．Frightened.

2. What inspired Gianelli’s kind action?

A．Teachers’ guidance.	B．Christmas project.
C．Love for her grandma.	D．Encouragement from friends.

3. What can we learn about Gianelli’s Christmas surprise?

A．She also has toys and things for kids.	B．She will send socks to seniors in 48 states.
C．She still has 19 days to prepare the surprise.	D．She has raised $10,000 through GoFundMe.

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

A．Warm Gifts From a Teen.	B．The Wishes of the Elders.
C．A Special Relationship.	D．A Wonderful School Project.

4 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

When I was a boy, I always wore turtleneck shirts because I was so sensitive and shy. I worked hard to earn exceptional marks and always tried to behave well. I was younger than everyone else because my good marks had allowed me to skip second grade, but this added nothing to my already low self-confidence.

When I was 14, my parents divorced (离婚). I moved in with my dad in a new neighborhood, but he was always so busy and had little time for me. It seemed the only time he ever spoke to me was to be demanding or critical. I began to hate coming home from school every day. I sank further into my low self-esteem (自尊心) and was overwhelmed with feeling unappreciated and alone.

One day, my aunt called. This seemed like a miracle (奇迹) to me. Aunt Ginette usually only called once a year, on my birthday. She said she had just seen some young teenagers participate in a public speaking contest, and she thought I should try it, too. She told me she firmly believed I could perform on stage like the other kids since she had seen me do skits (幽默小品) for the family at Christmas.

I was a little surprised. Me? Onstage? In a public speaking contest? I was hesitant. But Aunt Ginette was so confident and seemed really serious. Feeling her strong belief, I went against all odds and agreed to enter the contest.

All that winter, twice a week after dinner, I took three different buses for the three-hour round-trip to practice in Ville d’Anjou, where the competition would take place. Although my dad really did love me and wanted the best for me, he disapproved of this new dream, fearing it would take away from my homework time and impact my academic performance. But I remained a top performer in school and never missed a day.

注意:
1.续写词数应为 150 左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卷的相应位置作答。

Four months later, the big night arrived.

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When I saw my father’s face, his eyes were shining－he was so proud.

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5 . I once had a real show of what love is about from my son, Branton, who was then eight and totally unkind to his little sister, Susan.

One Autumn evening, I discovered Susan was ________. I thought she was in the house at first. By the time I ________ she was gone, Branton was comfortably on the sofa watching his favorite television program with a friend. After I’d searched every room for Susan, I began to be ________. It was dark by then, and she was only 5. Our house in the country had many ________ surrounding it.

Careful not to betray my ________, I announced, “Susan is gone.” There was a pause, then Branton ________ and looked at me. “I can’t find Susan,” I ________. “She isn’t in the house, and I don’t know where she is.” He was up as if a bomb had blown him off the sofa. “I’ll find her,” he said running to the door. Then he stopped and turned to his friend. “Get up, Jeff,” he ________, “We’ve got to find Susan. Hurry up.” Within two minutes he’d rung two doorbells to ask if the ________ knew where his sister was. Branton, still running at top ________, came up and passed me by, calling, “Susan, Susan.”

As we headed up the big path into the woods, I heard the sound of a child ________ out. It was Susan. I tried to comfort her we were coming — while attempting to ________ falling in the mud. Meanwhile, Branton ran on ahead, apparently ________ nothing. In another minute he had her in his arms. As I ________, I heard him saying repeatedly, “Susan, are you all right?” as tears streamed down his cheeks.

That night I told Susan, who frequently ________ Branton’s trick, that we all should know what Branton really felt about us.

1.

A．missing

B．injured

C．puzzled

D．asleep

2.

A．argued

B．realized

C．compared

D．agreed

3.

A．surprised

B．frightened

C．delighted

D．tired

4.

A．woods

B．villages

C．houses

D．mountains

5.

A．anger

B．secret

C．anxiety

D．doubt

6.

A．laughed

B．shook

C．shouted

D．turned

7.

A．repeated

B．prayed

C．announced

D．scolded

8.

A．persuaded

B．suggested

C．commanded

D．blamed

9.

A．teachers

B．classmates

C．workers

D．neighbors

10.

A．cost

B．height

C．speed

D．trip

11.

A．crying

B．going

C．leaving

D．dying

12.

A．imagine

B．risk

C．avoid

D．enjoy

13.

A．interested in

B．familiar with

C．crazy about

D．afraid of

14.

A．called

B．approached

C．greeted

D．discovered

15.

A．thanked

B．valued

C．accepted

D．suffered

6 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容在答题卡相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息，完成对该问题的回答。

People from different generations often live and work together. Sometimes they’re happy being together, other times they’re not. One of the reasons for their unhappiness maybe a generation gap. A generation gap is the difference between two or more generations—not the differences between their years but the differences between the generations’ ideas, attitudes, and interests. Of course, people can have differences and still be happy together, but according to the experts, communication between the generations helps everyone get along.

Good communication between the generations starts in the family. These days many families are changing their communication style. They are moving from a “one-way” style to a “two-way” style of communication. To show this change, let’s compare two families:

The Smith family uses the “one-way” style of communication. Mr. and Mrs. Smith show interest in their children, but they don’t discuss problems of feelings. The parents make all the rules and decisions. They don’t ask for their children’s opinions. They explain their decisions to their children, but they don’t discuss them. The explanation is clear and the children understand. The communication goes one way: from the parents to the children.

The Jones family uses the “two-way” style of communication. Mr. and Mrs. Jones show interest in their children and ask for their opinions. They discuss problems and express their feelings. The family makes rules and decisions together after a discussion. The communication goes two ways: from parents to children and from children to parents.

Better communication between generations at home means better communication between generations at work and in the community. When people from different generations understand each other better, they learn from each other more. This helps them form stronger bonds, work together more easily. As a result, people of all ages can team up effectively and come up with new ideas in different parts of life.

1. What is a generation gap?
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2. Where does good communication between the generations begin?
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3. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.

If Jack’ parents discuss with him where to spend their summer vacation, they use the “one-way” style of communication.

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4. To bridge the generation gaps, what other suggestions would you make besides better communication? (In about 40 words)
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7 . My grandmother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Seeing her condition worsen over time, and knowing I could do nothing, created a feeling of ________ in me.

As the years passed and my understanding of the disease grew, my frustration turned first to anger, then resignation (顺从), and finally ________. Though the disease was bound to slowly eat away at her, there were ways to ________ its progress. Every night the two of us would sit together and ________ while my grandmother would count beans. The exercise could help to keep her mentally ________.

Gradually her counting became slower, and she would lose track of things more ________. While at night we would count beans, in the day I involved myself in studies of ________. My earlier feelings of despair gave way to ________; advances in genetic engineering offered the possibility that one day those like my grandmother could be cured, or ________ from developing Alzheimer’s in the first place.

Seeing my grandmother slip away ________ me to take biology courses to learn more about cells, the nervous system, and genetic information, which helped me better understand how our ________ of this disease has grown in the past decade. ________ I began to see new possibilities for preventing diseases like Alzheimer’s.

Nowadays, my grandmother cannot count beans anymore and doesn’t ________ me at all. Once she used to tell me stories and I whispered to her all my problems. Now I am a ________ to her. How I wish one day I could contribute to a future, where no child has to watch their grandmother count the ________ they have left together.

1.

A．regret

B．dilemma

C．annoyance

D．hopelessness

2.

A．pity

B．sympathy

C．tolerance

D．acceptance

3.

A．stop

B．slow

C．change

D．accelerate

4.

A．chat

B．sigh

C．think

D．complain

5.

A．strong

B．sharp.

C．busy

D．fresh

6.

A．easily

B．naturally

C．slowly

D．painfully

7.

A．nursing

B．biology

C．companion

D．psychology

8.

A．anxiety

B．calmness

C．optimism

D．indifference

9.

A．excused

B．defended

C．prevented

D．separated

10.

A．urged

B．forced

C．required

D．motivated

11.

A．concern

B．sympathy

C．knowledge

D．experience

12.

A．Instantly

B．Gradually

C．Temporarily

D．Accidentally

13.

A．miss

B．expect

C．notice

D．recognize

14.

A．listener

B．follower

C．stranger

D．watcher

15.

A．time

B．beans

C．money

D．stories

8 . 任务型阅读

War broke out in our house in late July with less than a month to go before my first day of college. It was a battle of wills, my mom’s and my own, over which school I was to attend. She wanted me to attend the well-known nursing school to which I was originally accepted, but I wanted to go to a small, private writing college with a student body of fewer than 300 students. Every night for two weeks, we argued, yelled and gave silent treatments until both parties went to bed with regrets and frustrations.

It was mostly my fault. Since my junior year of high school, I had aimed at being a nurse. I took all the required courses, applied for nursing scholarships, and even worked as a volunteer in my town’s local hospital. My goal, or so I told everyone, was to treat the sick and heal the hurt.

Yet, as graduation and college neared, I gradually found it was not what I was meant to do for the rest of my life. I could picture myself in providing wound care, making rounds and taking temperatures, but I couldn’t picture myself happy. It wasn’t the future I wanted.

Then, it dawned on me. I had been creating and writing stories for as long as I could remember. Even at four years old, I had my dad write as I told him the stories I had created. I had written for my high school’s newspaper and attended a writing camp over the previous summer. I loved it, and writing was what I had always pictured myself doing as a hobby. Now, it had become much more than a hobby. It was going to be my career even if the future was uncertain. It had to be.

1. 根据文本内容从方框中选择恰当的词并用其正确形式填入文本图示中，每词限用一次，有两词为多余选项。

write        nurse        attend        like        preparation        argue goal        career        realize        happy        approach        angry
In high school, I ______ all the required courses and made all ______ I could for being a nurse.		I believed it was my ______ to heal the sick.
As graduation ______, I found that I wouldn’t be ______. doing nursing care in the future.		I decided not to be a ______.
Then, I started to ______ that I’d been always loving writing and doing it well.		I was determined to make writing my _______.
In late July, I told my mom I wanted to go to a ______ college instead of the famous nursing school.		My mom disagreed with me and we ______ a lot.

2. What did the writer and her mom argue about?
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3. Why do you think the writer’s mom disagreed with her new idea?
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4. How do you think the writer would solve the problem?
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9 . 用合适的关系代词完成以下语段

What is a real friend? A real friend is someone     1     walks in when the rest of the world walks out. A real friend is someone     2     support we can count on. A real friend is someone     3     sees our true self, not just the face     4     we show to the world. Having a real friend is one of the luckiest things     5     we can experience. To get a real friend, we should first be trustworthy,    6     is also the basis of being a friend. In addition, we should be considerate and willing to give a hand to those     7     are in trouble.

10 . This week was busier than usual, and I was in need of sleep or rest today. All I wanted to do was go home and enjoy a bowl of good hot soup. But when I saw my daughter’s car, I knew that it was Bryan’s night. Since his parents separated, I had tried to have my six-year-old grandson spend a few hours with me at least once a week. I had always tried to make it a special time for him. We did many interesting things. Bryan loved all these activities, and so did I.

But today I had to give up our evening. I knew how tired I was, so I just said, “Bryan, I’m sorry. Tonight I don’t feel like having fun or playing games. We’ll have our night together some other time.”

He said, “I like soup, Grandma.” I knew he actually meant “Please don’t send me away. Please let me stay”. And I saw the shadow in Bryan’s eyes. Something else was changing. Maybe he thought I wouldn’t want to have him come anymore — not tonight, not next week, not ever. Finally, I said OK. And his eyes lighted up. After I put the soup on the desk and turned on the TV, I fell asleep.

When I woke up, there was a coat over my legs, and the soup was gone. Bryan was on the floor, reading a coloring book and watching a television show at the same time. The poor boy must have been so bored! When he found I was awake, he ran over and gave me a big hug. “I love you, Grandma,” he said. “Haven’t we had a nice time together?” His big smile and happy eyes told me that this time he meant exactly what he was saying. That was the keyword—together. We had done nothing exciting or special. But we were together.

1. What can we know from paragraph 1?

A．Bryan’s grandmother was tired.

B．Bryan’s mom drank a bowl of soup.

C．Bryan came with his father that day.

D．Bryan played with his parents that day.

2. Why did the author agree to spend time with Bryan?

A．She was required to do so.

B．She was not good at saying no.

C．She wanted to play games with Bryan.

D．She didn’t want to leave Bryan disappointed.

3. Which word can replace the underlined word “shadow” in paragraph 3?

A．sickness

B．selfishness

C．kindness

D．sadness

4. Which of the following can best describe Bryan?

A．Young but loud.	B．Careful and loving.
C．Noisy but curious.	D．Brave and clever.