1 . The text from my son said it all, “Dad, there’s an article you were born to write that the world is finally ready for: Bring Back the Handkerchief (手帕)!” As my son knows, there’s no “bring back” for me. For me, the handkerchief never left.

My mother raised me with several fixed rules. One was that a gentleman always has a clean handkerchief in his right rear pocket, a piece of simple cotton, roughly 15 inches square and less than four inches when folded. I was a dutiful son, but as a child, I had been wondering what it was there for. After 60 years, my body weight now feels wrong if I’m heading out of the house with an empty back pocket.

I am sure this habit has sometimes struck friends but in polite company nobody comments on somebody else’s business. Children like my kids think of my hankie ridiculously old-fashioned and they have their arguments. If you have to be prepared every day for allergies or a cold, why not choose a little packet of tissues (纸巾), which saves you from that disgusting business of blowing your nose in the thing and then stuffing it back in your pants?

I understand their point. But a handkerchief is more durable and has a far wider variety of uses. Can you grab the handle of a pot that’s boiling over with a Tempo tissue? Or do you recall the cases of skinned knees and drippy noses that hankie wiped? In fact, my wife gave me several new handkerchiefs as gifts. Neither of us can count the number of times she wiped her tears at a movie, or, as it happens, she’s needed to blow her nose.

Yet not even my mother could have predicted the hankie’s new role as an Essential Public Health Appliance. All of us have learnt how hard it is to follow advice from medical experts about not touching your face. Here is an answer. Use your hankie. In case of emergency, your handkerchief can become a makeshift DIY mask that can be pulled over your lower face like a robber entering a bank.

And it will certainly give me the chance to lift my chin and look at my adult children through one eye, asking in her good-hearted way, “What do you have to say now, smarty-pants?”

1. What kind of person is the author in the eye of his son?

A．His father is a born writer.

B．His father lost his handkerchief long ago.

C．His father will bring back the handkerchief.

D．His father has a habit of using handkerchief.

2. How do the younger generation like the handkerchief?

A．They like it very much.	B．They regard it as fashionable.
C．They consider it inconvenient.	D．They desire to have it someday.

3. What can be learned from the passage?

A．The function of handkerchiefs has been updated.

B．Handkerchiefs will be taken over by tissues sooner or later.

C．The author’s wife feels embarrassed to give him a handkerchief.

D．The author was made fun of by his friends for his use of handkerchiefs.

4. What’s the tone of the author in the passage?

A．Bossy.

B．Humorous.

C．Serious.

D．Critical.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．Buying a present.

B．Attending a concert.

C．Planning a birthday party.

2. What will the speakers do later?

A．See a movie.

B．Read a novel.

C．Meet up with Jane.

3 . What are the speakers talking about?

A．A disease.

B．A co-worker.

C．A doctor.

4 . 阅读下面短文，有5处划线，从每题所给四个选项中选出与划线意义的最匹配选项。

“Smile, smile at Mummy.” My baby moves, kicks and feels upset, his skin is irritating _______ him. Neither of us have slept for weeks and none of the creams are functioning _______. His eyes meet mine and his smile melts away _______ my tiredness immediately. I use a software to even out _______ his skin and remove the heavy bags from under eyes, and then upload the picture to my social media. In the heading I type “Good morning” and I post. Within minutes my phone starts ringing with likes and comments: “what a happy baby” “so cute” “looking fresh mama”. The picture goes viral _______.

1.

A．annoying

B．drying

C．punishing

D．alarming

2.

A．tasting

B．roaring

C．working

D．fading

3.

A．gives away

B．sweeps away

C．breaks away

D．puts away

4.

A．flatten

B．reduce

C．wash

D．create

5.

A．gets updated

B．is affected

C．is accepted

D．becomes popular

6 . 假如你的学校举行英语作文比赛，请你以爱戴的人或身边敬爱的人为题，写一篇短文参赛。内容包括：
1、受到敬爱或爱戴的人的简介；
2、说明理由。
要求： 1. 词数100左右：
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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7 . 学校正在举办作文比赛，请以“The Person I Admire Most”为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：
1.敬爱或爱戴的人的简介；
2.说明理由。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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9 . Grandma is ninety this Christmas. I remember once visiting her, crying when my big sister told me “There is no Santa Claus!”, because I knew she always told the ________.

“No Santa Claus?” she snorted (哼着说). “Ridiculous! Don’t ________ it. That rumor has been going around for years. Now, put on your coat, and let’s go.”

“Go? Go where, Grandma?” I asked.

“Where” ________ to be Kerby’s General Store. As we walked in, Grandma handed me twenty dollars. “Take the money,” she said, “and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for you outdoors.”

I was only eight years old, and had never ________ for anything alone. For a few moments I just stood there, ________, wondering what to buy, and who on earth to buy it for.

Suddenly I ________ Bobbie, a kid sitting behind me in the classroom. He didn’t have a coat; he never ________ during the winter. I held the bill excitedly. I would buy Bobbie a coat. I saw a red one with a hat to it. It looked really ________. He would like that.

That ________, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and write, “To Bobbie, From Santa Claus” on it. Then she drove me to Bobbie’s house. Grandma ________ down the street, and we hid in the bushes by his front walkway. Then Grandma pushed me ________. “All right, Santa Claus, get going!” she whispered.

I took a deep breath, dashed for his front door, ________ the present down, rang his doorbell and flew back. Together we waited ________ in the darkness for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobbie.

Forty years haven’t ________ the excitement of those moments. That night, I realized those awful rumors about Santa Claus were just what Grandma said: they were ________. Santa was alive and well, and we were on his team.

1.

A．story

B．truth

C．joke

D．lie

2.

A．believe

B．ignore

C．suspect

D．admit

3.

A．seemed

B．supposed

C．proved

D．imagined

4.

A．waited

B．hunted

C．longed

D．shopped

5.

A．bored

B．depressed

C．frightened

D．puzzled

6.

A．ran into

B．occurred to

C．thought of

D．knew about

7.

A．put on

B．went out

C．tried out

D．went off

8.

A．new

B．warm

C．cheap

D．fancy

9.

A．morning

B．weekend

C．evening

D．afternoon

10.

A．parked

B．slowed

C．rode

D．walked

11.

A．suddenly

B．gently

C．anxiously

D．angrily

12.

A．positioned

B．turned

C．threw

D．took

13.

A．delightedly

B．cheerfully

C．willingly

D．breathlessly

14.

A．weakened

B．strengthened

C．reminded

D．informed

15.

A．typical

B．incredible

C．generous

D．ridiculous

10 . After a serious earthquake happened, a father left his wife safe at home and rushed to his son’s school, only to find that the building where his son studied had collapsed and looked like a pancake.

He was shocked. He didn’t know what he should do for a while, and then he remembered the words he had said to his son, “No matter what happens. I’ll always be there for you!” And tears began to fill his eyes. He started digging through the ruins.

As he was digging, other helpless parents and the firemen arrived and tried to pull him off the ruins, saying, “It’s too late! They’re all dead! There’s nothing you can do!” To them he replied with one line, “Are you going to help me now?” And then he kept on digging.

No one helped. However, he went on alone because he needed to know himself, “Is my boy alive or dead?” He dug for 8 hours... 12 hours... 24 hours... 36 hours... Then, in the 39th hour, he pulled away a rock and heard his son’s words. He shouted his son’s name, “Armand!” He heard back, “Dad?! It’s me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, you’d save me and when you saved me, they’d be saved. You promised, ‘No matter what happens, I’ll always be there for you!’ You did it, Dad!”

“What’s going on there? How is it?” the father asked. “There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad. We’re frightened, hungry, thirsty and thankful you’re here. When the building fell down, it made a triangle, and it saved us.”

“Come out, boy!”

“No, Dad. Let the other kids out first, because I know you’ll get me! No matter what happens, I know you’ll always be there for me!”

1. Who came to help the father when he was digging?

A．His wife.

B．Other parents.

C．The firemen.

D．No one.

2. Why did other parents and the firemen want to pull him off the ruins?

A．Because they thought he was mad.

B．Because they thought all the children had died in the earthquake.

C．Because they thought he was too dangerous to others.

D．Because they thought it was not his job to dig.

3. How many students were still alive when the father found them in the ruins?

A．Fourteen.

B．Thirty-three.

C．Forty-seven.

D．Nineteen.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．It took the father one day to find his son and other students.

B．His wife died in the earthquake.

C．His son was the last one to come out of the ruins.

D．The son didn’t believe his father would come to save him.