1 . 阅读表达

When Poppy Johnson, a 23-year-old London-based college student, was only five, she accidentally saw Michael Jackson’s Thriller music video. Ever since then, she has been suffering from a fear of pop legend Michael Jackson.

Every time she sees or hears anything about Michael Jackson — a song, an interview or even a poster, she will experience a moment of fear. Her fear even grows stronger at home, as Poppy’s parents are big fans of Michael Jackson and have a collection of souvenirs around their house. But she never tells them this would add to her fear at home. Poppy explained, “I never really spoke about it or told it to other people, as I worried they’d think I was silly.”

Managing her fear of Michael Jackson hasn’t been easy for Poppy, who would often excuse herself whenever she was out with her friends and a Michael Jackson song started playing. She would then spend a few minutes somewhere else trying to take her mind off it.

Earlier this year, when the documentary Finding Neverland came out, news and photos of Michael Jackson were everywhere online. At that time, Poppy’s life was quite tough and she always felt that her heart was in her mouth.

Poppy recently started opening up about her unusual fear and even started taking steps to handle it. She started seeing a hypnotherapist (催眠师). After four weeks, she now says things are getting better. In addition, she told her parents that the things related to Michael Jackson at home made her feel fearful and finally her parents understood her and completely removed all the things about Michael Jackson.

Now Poppy’s situation is getting better and better. She reminds anyone else who experiences similar things that it is important to seek help as early as possible.

1. What made Poppy feel fearful at home? (no more than 10 words)
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2. How did Poppy usually avoid things related to Michael Jackson in public?(no more than 10 words)
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3. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 mean? (no more than 5 words)
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4. What did Poppy do to deal with her fear? (no more than 15 words)
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5. What do you think of Poppy’s situation and what is your suggestion? (no more than 20 words)
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2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the speaker doing?

A．Making an invitation.

B．Introducing a theater.

C．Advertising for a play.

2. What does the speaker want to do?

A．Watch a film.

B．Attend a party.

C．See a play.

3. Why does the man offer to buy the ticket?

A．To celebrate Jamie’s birthday.

B．To show their friendship.

C．To make an apology.

4. Where would the speaker like to meet Jamie?

A．In a bar.

B．In a restaurant.

C．In a theater.

3 . We are all born social and company to live happy and fruitful life. Healthy and supportive mutual relationships help reduce stress and promote the, physical, mental and emotional well-being by building skills like time management, assertiveness( 坚定自信), sociability and empathy.

Making friends has made me feel secure. However, I have to be cautious to pick up friends sharing similar tastes and values. In addition, having added to one’s circle of friends helps one feel supported.

It is true that finding time to cultivate relationships is all about effective time management. My busy uncle finds time to catch up with family and friends during his tea and lunch breaks. Similarly my friend Somya uses her time on her way back home from work in her chauffeur-driven car to catch up with people. The modern inventions of SMS and e-mail help send wishes for birthdays and anniversaries to show your love and care.

Assertiveness is as much applicable to relationships. My friend Mohana emphasizes that neither being a passive observer nor being aggressive helps relationships. It is assertiveness in our relationships that opens the lines of effective communication. It emphasizes helping friends in need and also strengthens mutually supportive relationships.

It is also true that assertiveness by intuition promotes discretion(自行决定权) of friends and helps Lalitha distinguish positive people from drains of energy. She can easily figure this out by the flow of the conversation, the way each feels understood, accepted and supported, and by how I feel, happy, bored or energized in the relationship. It also helps to know whether all benefit from each other’s positive aspects.

Handling stress in life is all about cultivating mutually supportive relationships and working on them. Manisha always says she feels great when sharing her feelings after a hard day with people who share similar ideas. Actually we all need someone who would not just hear us, but listen to us, and we need to cultivate the art of listening and understanding people.

1. A busy person can develop his social relationships by________.

A．inviting friends for dinner	B．making friends with strangers
C．working hard for high positions	D．getting together in the intervals of business

2. Which of the following helps build mutually supportive social relationships?

A．Being passive.	B．Being assertive.
C．Being aggressive.	D．Being relaxed.

3. A person most needs supportive social relationships when he/she is________.

A．lonely

B．bored

C．stressed

D．energetic

4. From the passage, who can positively get supportive social relationship?

A．Manisha.

B．Mohana.

C．Lalitha.

D．Somya.

5. What is mainly discussed in the passage?

A．How should we handle our stress in life?

B．What is to be done for applicable relationships?

C．How can we pick up friends supporting us?

D．How people build mutually supportive social relationship?

4 . I parked outside the grocery store that weekend, still tired after another stressful week of work. I’m an accountant, and it was the middle of busy season, which meant tight deadlines and crazy hours. A long weekend was coming up, and a friend suggested that I relax at a nearby woman recover center. I moved through the passageway with my shopping cart, hurrying to beat out a few others who were heading for the already long checkout line. It took me more than an hour to finish the shopping.

When I got back to my car, groceries in hand, I found a note on my car. In beautiful handwriting and blue ink, the writer explained that her car had scraped(刮擦) my Honda Civic when she pulled into the space next to mine. “I’m sorry!” she wrote, and added her insurance policy(保险单) number and cell phone number. At the bottom, she signed her name, Elyse.

What an honest person！I was quite surprised. Few people act like that nowadays. Most people would have just driven away. A few weeks later I got the estimate for the repair: $1,500! There’s no way she’ll pay this much, I thought. I picked up that note with the beautiful blue script and dialed the number, ready for an argument.

“Hello?” Elyse answered cheerily. “Hi, you left a note on my car?” I began. But even when she heard how much the bill was going to be, Elyse still sounded just like she had in her note, so friendly—and calm. How was it possible for her to be like that? I wondered. Believe it or not, I got the money for the repair.

When the busy period at work finally passed, I decided to go to the recover center that my friend had suggested. I had my doubts if it would help, but it couldn’t hurt, right?

Checking in at the front desk, I looked through the guest book, looking for a blank spot to write my name. Finally, I reached the last page. There, at the top, in the same perfect handwriting that she had used in her note to me, was Elyse’s name.

1. The author got her car scraped when she was _______.

A．parking her car outside the grocery store

B．doing some shopping in the grocery store

C．driving to the grocery store

D．on her way to the woman recover center

2. From the passage we learn that ________.

A．Elyse is a woman who is difficult to deal with

B．anyone who scrapes others’ car should write down his name and address

C．the grocery store where the author did shopping was not busy

D．the author didn’t expect Elyse could pay for the repair voluntarily

3. Which of the following description about the author is correct?

A．She is an accountant and usually very busy.

B．She is always too busy to make any friends.

C．She is quite selfless and likes helping others.

D．She is poor and always trying to get money from others.

4. Which of the following word can replace the underlined word “estimate” in Paragraph 3?

A．A fixed amount.

B．A repair price.

C．A guessed amount.

D．An exact price.

5. From the end of the story we may infer that _________.

A．Elyse is the boss of the woman recover center

B．the author would return the money for the repair to Elyse

C．the author is eager to learn perfect handwriting from Elyse

D．the author may meet Elyse and they might become friends

5 . 假如你是一名高三学生李津，在家上网课期间，由于玩手机跟妈妈闹意见，今天你跟妈妈达成一致。请根据以下的内容，给英国笔友Chris写一封信，和他说说这件事。
现在疫情期间在家上网课，因为手机使用问题与妈妈发生争执，因为妈妈认为高三学生学习任务重，玩手机浪费时间，影响学习，孩子容易上瘾，我认为我每天学习非常累，应该玩手机放松一下，而且玩手机可以增长知识，（开拓视野），了解最新的消息。最后我和妈妈达成一致意见，周一到周五不玩手机，周末可以看看新闻，或者看体育比赛，尤其冬奥会。
注意：1、内容不要逐条翻译；可以适当增添合乎情理的过渡性语言。
2. 100词左右。
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6 . My mother was never truly happy in Connecticut finding the winter bitter cold and the culture provincial (偏狭的). Though she grew up in New Jersey, she moved to San Francisco in her early twenties, met and married my dad out there. After I was born, they decided to return east, closer to their own parents. But she never let go of her love for the Bay Area.

California was always part of the conversation when I was a kid. I ate meals off a map-of-the-world placemat (餐垫), and Mom taught me to identify San Francisco before I learned where Hartford was. She told us stories of perfection on a single city, fantasizing about retiring out west. My dad would play along, but his heart wasn’t in the same place.

While my mother’s status in the nonprofit world advanced, her desire to move back to her favorite place grew strong. She applied for jobs in the Bay, underwent bicoastal Skype screenings, even traveled out for a couple of interviews on a whim (心血来潮). Sometimes her cover letters disappeared, other times she made it down to the final two candidates. With each rejection, she promised to make her next job application even stronger.

This past May, I relocated from San Francisco to New York for a job. A few weeks later, Mom called me. Her pursuit had finally paid off. She’s been offered a vice president position at a public health nonprofit in Oakland. A few weeks later, she packed up her baggage and left Connecticut for good.

Our lives are more semblable than ever these days. We’re both discovering our new homes, making friends. We’re looking for a good yoga studio to join, reading the same books and chatting about the plots by text message. I emailed her photos from my trip to Burning Man and she replied with stories about her new coworkers who go every year. There’s even time for the occasional dating disaster.

Perhaps that’s the paradox (悖论) of growing older. Things will always change, and they can change immediately—my mother is proof. But an individual’s own power to create change always stays the same. Everything can change, and therefore nothing ever really changes.

Now when I’m out west for a visit, Mom meets me at a station with her big bag. We stop by the Grand Lake farmers market, picking out the freshest seasonal ingredients, before hiking up the hill to her new apartment. One of these days, I’ll actually cook her dinner.

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A．The author spent all her childhood in California.

B．The author’s father would like to play along streets.

C．The author’s mother liked to use plates with map designs.

D．In fact, the author’s father didn’t want to live in California.

2. What can we know about the author’s mother?

A．She always likes to struggle on her own.	B．Nothing can stop her from reaching her goal.
C．She owns a public health nonprofit company.	D．She takes everything of her daughter on herself.

3. What does the underlined word “semblable” mean?

A．Changeable.

B．Comfortable.

C．Similar.

D．Creative.

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The relationship between the author and her mother is very good.

B．The author would not like to let her mother work on.

C．The author and her mother live in the same city at present.

D．The author would not like to change her life situation.

5. In the last paragraph, the author mainly wants to tell the readers that ________.

A．her family’s life always change because of her mother

B．the mother-daughter feelings will stay the same forever

C．she has grown up during her family’s constant moves

D．her mother always wants to change her current situations

7 . It started with a dogwood (山茱英) tree.

I was in Ohio when my mother died on a cold day in February, and everything was ______.A few weeks into my grief (悲痛), my uncle suggested planting a tree in her______. He had visited my parents decades before during a California spring. They drove down a neighborhood street______blooming (盛开的) dogwood trees and ever since, the______of a dogwood reminded him of my mom.

We planted the dogwood in May. Its gray trunk was as thin as my mother's arms. It lay in the______much like her ashes (骨灰) would settle on the rocky soil of the Rocky Mountains five years later.

Planting a living thing to______her hard life that ended too soon soothed (抚慰) my heart. This tree would be a symbol of her, something I could _______despite all I’d lost.

My mother could make anything_______.She possessed not just green thumbs but green hands and a nature that could raise anything but_______

As a young adult, I was never good at cultivation (培养)— opportunities, relationships, flowers._______distance and poor health, my relationship with my mom never got the_______to blossom like I'd hoped.

But my mom’s dogwood grew. Its ______pushed into the hard soil; its white blossoms________like stars every June. This tree gave me hope that life goes on ______the past.

Soon I began buying other plants. Without explanations, these plants______ thrived (旺盛) under my care. And I grew, too, learning how to ______them. So many lessons that nature already knew, that my mother must have known but didn’t have time to ______, I applied to my own life.

A part of me believes this is my mother's ______she gave to me after death — the ability to encourage and celebrate______where there was none, to make flowers appear out of dirt. It is her reminder to find the good in whatever I’m_____ , and a promise that wherever she is, it is beautiful.

Though she has been gone for more than 14 years, I can still find her in my garden.

1.

A．cold

B．colorless

C．false

D．delicate

2.

A．company

B．favor

C．memory

D．place

3.

A．lined with

B．made of

C．flooded with

D．loaded with

4.

A．existence

B．sight

C．height

D．wonder

5.

A．air

B．heaven

C．water

D．ground

6.

A．honor

B．protect

C．value

D．claim

7.

A．live up to

B．adapt to

C．hold on to

D．catch up to

8.

A．appear

B．rise

C．applaud

D．grow

9.

A．herself

B．itself

C．themselves

D．myself

10.

A．Far from

B．Because of

C．In face of

D．Apart from

11.

A．season

B．chance

C．situation

D．moment

12.

A．branches

B．seeds

C．roots

D．leaves

13.

A．failed

B．smelt

C．remained

D．exploded

14.

A．in spite of

B．in case of

C．in regard to

D．in addition to

15.

A．properly

B．slightly

C．frequently

D．suddenly

16.

A．tend

B．protect

C．water

D．appreciate

17.

A．learn

B．share

C．draw

D．apply

18.

A．lesson

B．secret

C．gift

D．letter

19.

A．tradition

B．holidays

C．victory

D．life

20.

A．Taken

B．handed

C．reminded

D．convinced

8 . It took me a long time and a lot of hard work but I finally returned to the University of Texas in the fall of 1983 — a year and a half after almost dying.

The next few years in Austin were very ______ and busy but very full for me, for besides attending classes at the University I ______ therapy (治疗) three to five days each week at Brackenridge Hospital. I have experienced too many sufferings. ______ , I truly believe that in order to see beauty in life you have to ______ some unpleasantness.

I thought of my family and Sharon who believed so ______ in me as I climbed the steps to receive my ______ from the Dean (院长) of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas on that bright sunny afternoon in June of 1986. Excitement and ______ filled my heart as I heard the dean ______ that I had graduated ______ “highest honors”.

On May 24, 1987, I realized that nothing could ever ______ the joy I felt as Sharon and I were ______ . To me, Sharon is my miracle in a world ______ problems, hurt, and pain are seen everywhere. It was her faith and love that ______ me through so many ______ days. While other nineteen-year-old girls were going to parties and enjoying life, Sharon ______ her life to my recovery. That, to me, is the true definition of ______ .

I couldn’t help but think how ironic (讽刺的) it was that my life almost ______ in a convenience store and now at 3：10 p.m. July 11, 1990, Sharon and I ______ the birth of our beautiful daughter, Shawn Elyse Segal!

At that moment I ______ God for blessing us with the greatest ______ of all — Shawn Elyse Segal.

1.

A．tiresome

B．tough

C．rewarding

D．happy

2.

A．underwent

B．gave

C．sought

D．confirmed

3.

A．Instead

B．Therefore

C．However

D．Thus

4.

A．deal with

B．live with

C．get away with

D．do away with

5.

A．slightly

B．bitterly

C．quietly

D．strongly

6.

A．application

B．diploma

C．award

D．prize

7.

A．expectation

B．surprise

C．pride

D．anxiety

8.

A．announce

B．read

C．deliver

D．propose

9.

A．with

B．from

C．for

D．in

10.

A．display

B．mark

C．test

D．match

11.

A．wedded

B．delighted

C．committed

D．blessed

12.

A．which

B．when

C．where

D．as

13.

A．put

B．brought

C．pulled

D．drove

14.

A．dark

B．boring

C．sunny

D．touching

15.

A．addicted

B．devoted

C．owned

D．took

16.

A．love

B．life

C．devotion

D．faith

17.

A．left

B．failed

C．lost

D．ended

18.

A．detected

B．delivered

C．experienced

D．encountered

19.

A．thanked

B．asked

C．prayed

D．expected

20.

A．property

B．reward

C．achievement

D．miracle

9 . When I was in college, some of my classmates and I used to take the same bus to school. Gradually we became friends and had the _________ of eating street food every night while _________ the bus. We were all _________ students and usually had little pocket money, but we spent a lot without _________

There was one guy who seldom spent money and _________ telling us not to waste money. I understood his mindset,_________ my other friends didn’t. They started teasing him and made him feel _________ by giving him a nickname“Shylock”，the mean miser（吝啬鬼）in Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice. I really felt pity for him and often _________ to them，"Maybe there is a reason why he saves." However，every time I got the same _________ that they teased not only him，but also me. Although the boy felt bad at first，he decided not to take it __________ later. He still remained __________ no matter how they teased him.

They all thought he was mean. However, everyone changed their __________ later. It was on a fine day when my friend’s dad was in serious condition and __________ to be taken to hospital. Money was necessary but we had no money. It was he, "Shylock", that __________ my friend out by paying for the hospital fee. Besides that, one classmate who was __________ for GATE exam application fee also got his aid. He gave him money without thinking. All my remaining __________ were not able to show their faces to him because of __________

So, __________ all of them, I went to "Shylock" and said sorry. He said, "There’s no need to say sorry We are friends, although there are always __________ between us. Anyway, I'm more interested in giving than spending money __________ no matter what people think of me. "

1.

A．coincidence

B．opportunity

C．problem

D．habit

2.

A．waiting for

B．getting on

C．cleaning up

D．keeping off

3.

A．young

B．poor

C．kind

D．normal

4.

A．hurrying

B．improving

C．hesitating

D．complaining

5.

A．considered

B．admitted

C．concentrated on

D．insisted on

6.

A．so

B．but

C．till

D．if

7.

A．ridiculous

B．anxious

C．embarrassed

D．innocent

8.

A．explained

B．returned

C．turned

D．apologized

9.

A．offer

B．plan

C．fact

D．result

10.

A．consistently.

B．generally

C．seriously

D．exactly

11.

A．generous

B．economical

C．inflexible

D．considerate

12.

A．opinion

B．altitude

C．style

D．direction

13.

A．agreed

B．decided

C．wished

D．needed

14.

A．took

B．move

C．helped

D．brought

15.

A．making

B．struggling

C．registering

D．accounting

16.

A．friends

B．colleagues

C．partners

D．roommates

17.

A．anger

B．excitement

C．shame

D．worry

18.

A．resembling

B．representing

C．avoiding

D．appreciating

19.

A．troubles

B．choices

C．similarities

D．misunderstandings

20.

A．unnecessarily

B．carefully

C．regretfully

D．partly

10 . While I tried hard to fight against my terrible cancer, my husband passed away due to a heart attack. I was so sad. My mother came to stay with me. I wondered what I'd do with my 86-year-old mother.

A week after she arrived, I asked, “Mom, why don't you crochet (用钩针编织) anymore?" She said she didn't know what she could make. I advised, "How about flowers? We can share them with others." Mom nodded. While she worked, I offered assistance. Before long, Mom crocheted many flowers and we sent them to friends and cancer patients. In the next few weeks, several thank-you notes arrived in our maillbox.

Later, Mom wanted to crochet the butterfly. She created one and sent it to my friend Yvonne. She loved it and attached it to her hairclip. One day, she called, "Some volunteers were sent to Haiti to help with the disaster there. Could you send me another butterfly? I wanted some volunteers to bring the butterfly to a girl in Haiti to offer her warmth and hope." Then we sent another one to Yvonne and she again attached it to a hairclip. The hairclip was later brought to a girl in Haiti. The girl, called Mary, had felt sad and hopeless after suffering from the disaster. But when she received and wore the butterfly hairclip, her face brightened. And her bright eyes showed more hope for the future.

I was excited to know that Mom's creativity was encouraging people like this girl. But some people who didn't know us well thought it was a waste of time crocheting these things. Surely, I couldn't see eye to eye with these people on my mom's efforts of crocheting. Her project was meaningful. It made my mother have a purpose in life. And helping her carry out her project, I felt I led a richer and more hopeful life myself.

1. What made the writer feel sad at first? (No more than 10 words)
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2. Why did the writer and her mom receive some thank-you notes? (No more than 10 words)
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3. How did Mary feel when wearing the butterfly hairclip? (No more than 5 words)
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4. What does the underlined part in the last paragraph probably mean? (No more than 5words)
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5. What do you think of the author and her mother? Please explain it in your own words. (No more than 20 words)
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