1 . Earlier that evening, my mother called, telling me that my brother died in a car crash. I stumbled (跌跌撞撞地走) around the house _________ what to put into the suitcases. My husband, Larry, and I had been packing for moving to New Mexico. The house was in (a) total _________.

I tried to hold my tears. I _________ picked things up and put them down. I couldn't _________. What I'd heard on the phone echoed (回荡) through my head.

Larry phoned a few friends. _________, someone asked to speak to me. “If there is anything I can do, let me know.” “Thank you,” I replied. I didn't know what to _________.

The doorbell rang and I rose slowly for the door. It was Donna.

“I've come to clean your shoes,” she said. _________, I asked her to repeat. “When my father died, it took me _________ to get the shoes cleaned and shined for my father's _________,” she said. I hadn't even thought about shoes.

Shoes were gathered. Donna __________ herself on the floor and got to work. The love in the act __________ my tears. Watching her __________ on one task helped me pull my __________into order. Laundry first, I told myself. One by one, the jobs fell into place.

Now whenever I hear of an acquaintance's loss of a loved one, I think of one __________ task that suits that person's __________. If the person asks, “How did you know I needed that?” I'd reply, “Because someone did that.”

1.

A．forgetting

B．imagining

C．wondering

D．searching

2.

A．damage

B．failure

C．despair

D．mess

3.

A．aimlessly

B．helplessly

C．quickly

D．decisively

4.

A．hurry

B．decide

C．focus

D．move

5.

A．Constantly

B．Fortunately

C．Suddenly

D．Surprisingly

6.

A．call for

B．ask for

C．talk about

D．get across

7.

A．Touched

B．Shocked

C．Confused

D．Amused

8.

A．minutes

B．hours

C．weeks

D．decades

9.

A．satisfaction

B．funeral

C．smiles

D．wishes

10.

A．laid

B．stood

C．rested

D．settled

11.

A．released

B．held

C．stopped

D．caused

12.

A．keeping

B．concentrating

C．insisting

D．depending

13.

A．thoughts

B．rooms

C．sadness

D．luggage

14.

A．specific

B．normal

C．challenging

D．perfect

15.

A．idea

B．personality

C．identity

D．need

2 . When Amanda Moore noticed that the new student from Mexico always sat alone at lunch, she decided to befriend Rafael Anaya. She also noticed that he________ to understand English. Then she used the Google Translate app to hand-write a letter in Spanish asking him to________her for lunch. Her action________her the “Student of the Month” award for October at school.

Actually, Rafael always________ because he felt so lonely. “He always ate lunch alone and I felt ________ about that，” Amanda said. She knew he spoke Spanish and he seemed lonely. She spent the whole afternoon ________ writing the letter, using the app to help her.

The next day Amanda handed the letter to Rafael and waited for his________.It wasn’t until their math class that he said “yes”. The two had been________together for lunch ever since. The letter helped Rafael feel more comfortable and encouraged him to________his English harder. “I think for Rafael it made a huge________，”said their teacher. “He really wants to learn English to talk to Amanda. The two used hand gestures and Google Translate for ________now but they hoped it would become ________ when Rafael's English improved. And, Amanda was learning some________.

Amanda’s mother felt________moved by her daughter’s action. “It is just so sweet，”she said. I think this ________ is special.”

1.

A．appeared

B．happened

C．struggled

D．managed

2.

A．prepare

B．join

C．leave

D．pay

3.

A．saved

B．cost

C．earned

D．proved

4.

A．wept

B．listened

C．chatted

D．laughed

5.

A．bad

B．curious

C．glad

D．doubtful

6.

A．painfully

B．hurriedly

C．carefully

D．correctly

7.

A．arrival

B．comment

C．appreciation

D．reply

8.

A．sitting

B．waiting

C．working

D．singing

9.

A．put up with

B．work on

C．show off

D．look forward to

10.

A．popularity

B．difference

C．choice

D．plan

11.

A．competition

B．typing

C．travel

D．communication

12.

A．easier

B．quicker

C．simpler

D．harder

13.

A．English

B．psychology

C．math

D．Spanish

14.

A．widely

B．deeply

C．gently

D．wisely

15.

A．discussion

B．suffering

C．friendship

D．donation

3 . 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。

As a child, I clearly remembered watching the PBS cartoon character Arthur get glasses. The poor guy felt ashamed and was laughed at by other kids due to his glasses. So I was thankful that I had good eyesight.

However, when I entered the eighth grade, I could no longer see very clearly the writing on the blackboard. Luckily, I was usually seated in the front of the classroom, and my study was not affected. So I didn't turn to glasses.

During my first year in high school, my eyesight became poorer. My eyes were examined, and the doctor determined that my eyesight was quite bad. I would either have to wear glasses full time, or try contact lenses (隐形眼镜). Since I had watched the cartoon character Arthur before, I was afraid to be judged by others due to my glasses — it made me believe the glasses would affect a person’s beauty. And being a teenage girl, I cared much about my self-image. Besides, at that time, there were few students around me wearing glasses. So I chose to wear contact lenses. I felt they would not affect my appearance. On the contrary, they would make me more attractive. And after wearing contact lenses, my entire world was transformed. Trees actually had leaves. People around me showed clear expressions. I was overjoyed at my new-found sight and appearance, and I had more self-confidence.

But when my junior year came along, I began to have trouble with my eyes. Once in a while, the contact lenses would irritate (刺激) my eyes, almost to the point where the pain was unbearable. It would take me thirty minutes just to get the lenses in comfortably every day, which made me so upset. With time going by, the pain only got worse.

In spite of endless visits to the hospital, my doctor found nothing wrong with my eyes. He tried countless mediations to ease my pain, However, none of them worked, and there was nothing left to try.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:

He suggested that I wear my glasses full-time. __________________________

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Paragraph 2:

Later in my summer camp, I met a very outgoing girl who also wore glasses.

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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。

“Are you ready for our walk?” Grandma asked the usual question every Friday evening.

“Of course, we are!" We shouted excitedly, ready to talk about the end of the week and fill Grandma in about our week.

Growing up, my sisters and I always knew Grandma had heart problems and couldn't do anything hard, but we did know she would do anything to spend more time with us. Whether it was wanders around the block or walks to the library, Grandma was there by our side.

When I was going into sixth grade, we were told that Grandma only had 2% heart function. Her heart wasn't benefiting her anymore, but she found out that there was a way to live longer: an IVAD. It is a heart pump （起搏器）that replaces the heart, basically, a battery instead of a heart and it's connected to a battery pack by a tube that conies out of the side. Grandma would become a robot with no heart! The Toledo Hospital, the only hospital near us that could do this surgery, offered to do it for Grandma. She, obviously, agreed.

The grey morning of the surgery was rough for our family, as we woke up bright and early to drive to the hospital. That car ride left me with worried thoughts racing through my mind: Will Grandma be okay? Will we ever take another walk around the block?

When we arrived at the hospital, we knew exactly where to go, as we'd been there many times before. After going through those familiar doors and up the stairs, my mom and I walked up to the nurses' desk and asked for Grandma.

“Oh, Mary?” A nurse answered. "She's one of the nicest patients we've had." Then she directed us to the waiting room and told us that only two of us were permitted to go into the ward （病房）at a time to say goodbye to Grandma before she went in for surgery.

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

The last two people were Grandpa and me.

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Finally, after the longest morning of my life, the doctor entered the waiting room, smiling.

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5 . Peter and Lisa Marshall’s wedding day was unforgettable, according to Lisa. But her husband has _________ it. “It’s the _________ part because you want to remember the happy past, and you’re alone in the _________ ,” she said.

Three years ago, at the age of 53, Peter was _________ with early Alzheimer’s（老年痴呆症）. Eventually, he forgot his wife. Lisa became just another nameless _________ , with their entire _________ together erased. And yet, a whisper of their _________ must have remained—because all of a sudden, Lisa said, her husband started courting（求爱）her, as if they’d just started _________ .

One day, when a wedding scene came on TV, Peter pointed to the _________ , “Let’s do it.”

“And I said, ‘Do what?’ And he pointed again. And I said, ‘Do you want to __________ ?!’ And he got this smile on his face and he said, ‘Yeah.’ So he fell in love with me __________ ,” Lisa said.

Lisa __________ . A few months ago, she __________ a wedding for her already husband.

“I can’t even describe to you how __________ it was. He was so __________ and happy. And it was very touching,” she said.

Unfortunately, it was a Cinderella（灰姑娘）moment. The clock struck __________ and by the next morning, this __________ too was lost to the fog. But Lisa had fully __________ that. “I’m the one who’s going to __________ that. And that’s going to help me heal later, because it really is a true love story,” she said.

Alzheimer’s can __________ so much—but fortunately, love is almost always the last to go.

1.

A．broken

B．missed

C．ignored

D．forgotten

2.

A．most unfair

B．saddest

C．most surprising

D．angriest

3.

A．memory

B．faith

C．way

D．schedule

4.

A．familiar

B．popular

C．diagnosed

D．satisfied

5.

A．doctor

B．caretaker

C．teacher

D．employer

6.

A．journey

B．dream

C．wealth

D．life

7.

A．love

B．quarrel

C．hope

D．apology

8.

A．acting

B．meeting

C．dating

D．working

9.

A．house

B．screen

C．audience

D．host

10.

A．take part

B．walk around

C．get married

D．have fun

11.

A．immediately

B．finally

C．again

D．deeply

12.

A．accepted

B．cheered

C．hesitated

D．refused

13.

A．attended

B．hosted

C．saw

D．staged

14.

A．competitive

B．magical

C．popular

D．typical

15.

A．present

B．friendly

C．old

D．creative

16.

A．gradually

B．loudly

C．midnight

D．hard

17.

A．wife

B．wedding

C．girl

D．plan

18.

A．expected

B．reported

C．refused

D．judged

19.

A．study

B．abandon

C．remember

D．copy

20.

A．call back

B．cut down

C．give up

D．take away

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

What is the definition of “happiness”? Is it material wealth filled     1     fancy cars, a dream house and jewelry? Or does happiness simply mean having a roof over your head? Love? Money?

For a child of divorce, maybe the     2     (big) happiness is for Mom and Dad to get back together again. Then as he gets older, he will be full of happiness if he     3     (give) a chance to a party. During college, good passing grades are bound to delight him,     4     (make) him feel happy for a short while.

We work hard to accumulate things so we can pay our rents, credit card debts, car payments and the list goes on and on. At some point,     5    we have most of what we want, we still aren’t happy. Now since we’ve learned to adapt to new standards which we’ve created for     6    , we find that we have less time, less patience, less sleep,     7     leads to more stress and more anxiety. Therefore, don’t stupidly make a conclusion that happiness is just the “things”    8     (base) on material wealth.

Happiness is a part of love, and love is an ocean. Go dive in and get some, and then share    9    with everyone, which can be an     10     (end) supply of happiness.

7 . Ten years ago, when I was in junior school, Mrs. Amatuli was my language teacher. One day at lunch time, I was getting ready to eat my cold fish sandwich as usual and suddenly Mrs. Amatuli asked me if she could buy the sandwich from me. She explained that I could use the money to buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria. I was very pleased. I never bought my lunch from the cafeteria. It was too expensive for my family, and I always carried my lunch and took the bag back home to use again the next day.

Seeing that other students went to the cafeteria after class, I felt my heart was filled with admiration. You can imagine how pleased I was when I had the opportunity to buy a hot lunch. Kids always complained about the cafeteria food but I really wished to buy it. When we finished lunch that day, Mrs. Amatuli took me aside and explained why she had bought my sandwich. She said she was a Catholic and Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays — they ate fish on Fridays. From then on, every Friday she bought my fish sandwich and with the money I could get in line with other kids for a hot lunch.

One year later, I knew from a classmate that Mrs. Amatuli was not a Catholic and her family was not rich. She bought my cold sandwich because she knew that a poor girl would be excited at the simple act of having a hot lunch. She wanted to help me! I will never forget her sympathy and generosity. I will be grateful to my dear teacher, Mrs. Amatuli, forever.

1. From the passage we can know that ________.

A．Mrs. Amatuli was a Catholic and didn’t eat red meat on Fridays

B．the author was too poor to buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria

C．Mrs. Amatuli bought the author’s cold sandwich every day

D．the author and her classmates all liked the cafeteria food

2. When Amatuli told the author to use the money to buy a hot lunch, the author felt ________.

A．happy

B．worried

C．disappointed

D．surprised

3. Why did the author admire other kids?

A．Because they were good at their lessons.

B．Because they could eat the fish sandwich.

C．Because they could carry lunch from home.

D．Because they could buy hot lunches from the cafeteria.

4. Mrs. Amatuli bought the author’s sandwiches in order to ________.

A．save time to prepare for her lessons

B．show the author she liked the fish sandwich

C．let the author buy hot lunch as other kids did

D．make others believe she was a real Catholic

5. From the passage we know a “cafeteria” is ________.

A．a place in the school where students can eat lunch

B．a big restaurant where people can have dinner

C．a shop where kids can buy food and drink

D．the kitchen where one can have a hot lunch

8 . During a visit to the United Arab Emirates, I was invited to speak to college students to learn more about how the country is preparing the next generation for the future. I met with students who were required to present their final projects in a three-minute presentation to members of the ruling family. Now, that is pressure. But learning the art of public speaking is no longer an option to succeed in the 21st century; it is fundamental.

Educators who I have met across the Middle East, Europe and Asia say that they are elevating the art of public speaking to a core requirement along with math and science. Chris Anderson, the curator (负责人) of TED, encourages schools in the United States to make “presentation literacy” a requirement in elementary schools. There is a wrinkle, however. According to an article in The Atlantic, some American middle-school and high-school students are advocating for the elimination (取消) of mandatory (强制的) in-class, presentations.

Their anxiety is real. Psychology professor Matthew Lieberman writes in book, “Our brains crave the positive evaluation of others almost to an embarrassing degree.” That’s why most of us get anxious about public speaking. Anxiety can turn into full-blown panic attacks or create lifelong fears.

As an author whose books are used in public speaking classes around the world, I will explain why public speaking skills are more important than ever. Persuasion — one person convincing another to change their mind — is now responsible for 25 percent of Americas total income, according to Deirdre McCloskey at the University of Illinois. The percentage will rise to 40 percent soon, she assured me. It is a terrible idea to reduce public speaking opportunities in class at a time when students need the skills it can give them to succeed. Today anyone who is better at presenting their ideas can see a sudden, massive increase in wealth that is unprecedented in human history.

In the age of ideas, public speaking is one of the greatest skills that students need in order to learn, grow, and inspire the rest of us to dream bigger. If students enjoy the process of building the necessary skill set, they will learn to love public speaking.

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?

A．Public speaking is essential in preparing for the future.

B．Students don’t have to choose the course of public speaking.

C．The ruling family plays a key role in judging the presentation.

D．College students are under pressure in preparing the introduction.

2. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Simple case.	B．New idea.
C．Small problem.	D．Strong belief.

3. Matthew Lieberman is telling us that ________.

A．we long for the positive judgment terribly

B．good public speaking skills can promote our confidence

C．we feel embarrassed when expecting positive evaluation

D．public speaking can make us feel scared rather than anxious

4. Which of the following is the benefit of public speaking?

A．It can help persuade others to change their mind.

B．Good speakers can see huge rise in their income.

C．It will offer students skills to make a great success.

D．It encourages students to live a wealthy life in the future.

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A．It scares students to make a speech publicly.

B．Presentations is a steppingstone for student’s future.

C．We can improve speaking skills in many effective ways.

D．Confidence in presentation increases if one is well prepared.

9 . A group of researchers in South West England suspected that young teens who were remote schooling due to the COVID-19 pandemic might be feeling more anxious. When they conducted a survey, however, what they found was surprising to them: the students were actually experiencing less anxiety.

The study, which was carried out by researchers at the university of Bristol, made use of an already ongoing study dealing with social media use and teen mental health. The participants had already done a baseline survey before the pandemic in October 2019. To assess the impact of the pandemic, another survey was done during the April/May time frame. Over 1000 year-nine students from 17 secondary schools in South West England were involved in the study.

The team found that 54 percent of 13-to14-year-old girls were at risk of anxiety prior to the pandemic, with that figure dropping by 10 percent during lockdown. Twenty-six percent of boys in the same age group were at risk during the initial survey, compared to 18 percent during lockdown.

Many of the teens also reported an increased sense of well-being while they were in lockdown.Boys reported a bigger improvement than girls.Also, those who reported the lowest sense of well-being prior to the pandemic experienced the greatest improvement. Emily widnall MSc, who was the lead of author of the study, said that she and her team were surprised when they said the results of the survey. “However when taking a step back,” she said, “we know that school for many young people can be quiet anxiety-provoking in terms of exam pressure and challenging peer relationships including bullying. This has been a really rare opportunity to understand how younger teenagers feel without the day-to-day pressures of school life. ”   

Many students also reported feeling a greater connection to their schools with increased opportunities to talk with their teachers despite not physically being at school. “It may be because digital platforms could play a bigger role as a learning tool.”

1. Why did Emily carry out the research?

A．To figure out why the teens were anxious during lockdown.

B．To evaluate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on teen mental health.

C．To find out to fight with the COVID-19 pandemic.

D．To know how social media use affect teens.

2. What does the underline words “ prior to ” probably mean in paragraph 3?

A．Junior to.

B．Precious to.

C．Equal to.

D．Familiar to.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Boys suffered from high level of anxiety than girls.

B．Girls reported a bigger improvement in the sense of well-being than boys.

C．The study was made up of data collected on two different occasions.

D．Remote schooling can help teens get rid of pressures.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Teens felt greater connections to schools.

B．The pandemic had influence on teens.

C．Teens reported mental improvements in lockdown.

D．Social media helped the teens relieve stress.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空格处填入适当的词或所给词的正确形式。

“Look on the bright side” is one of those     1    (suggest) that people always consider inspiring but less helpful. However, new research shows that finding something     2     interest in a terrible situation makes people quickly stop complaining. Besides looking at a challenge with humor is a good method,     3     may even be helpful in preventing depressed people     4     feeling sad.

In a study     5    (publish) earlier this year, researchers gave the participants some photos that show negative situations. Then they would describe these photos according to     6     request of researchers. Those using humorous words to describe the photos     7    (find) to have fewer negative emotions and more possibilities to go through a hard time in their life than those who described the photos     8    (direct).

So there appear to be no disadvantages to looking at difficult things in your life with humor and lightness. The conclusion from the study is that for those at higher risk of depression, humor can develop an ability     9    (control) negative emotions. What’s more, humor has an extra benefit of     10    (make) others around you smile. Therefore, when you feel stressed and couldn’t focus your mind on what you are doing, find something that can make you laugh first.