1 . Todd was a sadly quiet 11-year-old boy struggling to adjust to the death of his mother. His father had left long ago, and Todd was living with an aunt who made it _______ that she disliked to take responsibility.

On several occasions, his _______ Sheryl heard his aunt tell him, “If it weren’t for my generosity, you’d be a _______ orphan.”

Sheryl took extra pains to make Todd feel _______ in class, and encouraged his interest in making things. Just before Christmas break, Todd shyly _______ her with a small decorated box he’d made.

“It’s beautiful!” Sheryl cried.

Todd replied, “There’s something special _______ that my mom gave me before she died.” She said, “It’s the only thing I can _______you and still have plenty leftover. It helps you feel better when you’re _______ and safe when you’re _______.”

As Sheryl started to open the box,Todd ________ her, “Oh, you can’t see it.”

Sheryl asked ________ , “Well, what is it?”

“It’s ________. You’re the first person since my mom that I love.’

Sheryl hugged Todd tightly and said, “I’ll ________this forever. It’s the best gift I’ve ________ got.”

She kept it on her desk until she ________ , and touched it whenever she was sad or scared. It never ________ to make her heart smile.

Years later, Todd sent her the autograph book (签名簿) he wrote during his graduation from a medical school. It’s been in the ________ ever since.

In truth, love—not diamonds—is the________that keeps on giving. ________ , love generates itself. The more you ________， the more you have left.

1.

A．possible

B．known

C．reasonable

D．secret

2.

A．neighbor

B．grandpa

C．teacher

D．uncle

3.

A．friendless

B．careless

C．hopeless

D．homeless

4.

A．ignored

B．upset

C．separated

D．valued

5.

A．presented

B．awarded

C．traded

D．bothered

6.

A．beyond

B．inside

C．around

D．below

7.

A．give

B．take

C．buy

D．help

8.

A．happy

B．curious

C．sad

D．rich

9.

A．surprised

B．puzzled

C．scared

D．encouraged

10.

A．warned

B．ordered

C．pleased

D．advised

11.

A．nervously

B．favorably

C．differently

D．kindly

12.

A．joy

B．pity

C．love

D．wisdom

13.

A．watch

B．treasure

C．cover

D．hide

14.

A．ever

B．hardly

C．even

D．frequently

15.

A．married

B．graduated

C．deserted

D．retired

16.

A．stopped

B．failed

C．arranged

D．continued

17.

A．desk

B．room

C．heart

D．box

18.

A．gift

B．idea

C．offer

D．sense

19.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Besides

D．Anyway

20.

A．give away

B．take in

C．set aside

D．pick up

2 . I had been saying goodbye to my mom for ten years. That was how ______ she had breast cancer. At first, there was the fear that she would die. But as she ______ series of treatments, life took ______ a new normal. But cancer is an unrelenting (冷酷无情的) foe. It was a journey from ______ to hope again and again, and only painkillers could keep her ______ . At 66, my mom was dying, but we could do nothing. I ______ praying for God to heal her but rather to take her. I learned that dying is the ______ healing. How brokenhearted when a patient or family is ______ a death.

My mother showed me how to fight her foe with knowledge, humor and ______ . And when the time came, she showed me how to die with grace, dignity, humor and wisdom. ______ , while it is hard to escape from the ______ , I want to anticipate the joy of the day when all the pain and hurt of this world will be over. One day, I will die and ______ those I love. One day, those I love will die as well. I don’t want it to envelop me to the point where I cannot enjoy life and make ______ that will last not only in this life, but hopefully into the next.

In those ten years watching my mother die, I learned that we cannot ______ avoid grief in this life. But we can seek out and remind ourselves to anticipate the joy, no matter how ______ things are.

We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.

1.

A．soon

B．long

C．often

D．many

2.

A．survived

B．suffered

C．sustained

D．strengthened

3.

A．in

B．out

C．on

D．up

4.

A．decrease

B．demand

C．despair

D．desire

5.

A．comfortable

B．suitable

C．bearable

D．adjustable

6.

A．stopped

B．suggested

C．sought

D．searched

7.

A．unacceptable

B．unintentional

C．ultimate

D．unselfish

8.

A．experiencing

B．explaining

C．exploring

D．expecting

9.

A．drugs

B．exercises

C．strength

D．faith

10.

A．Instead

B．So

C．However

D．Moreover

11.

A．sorry

B．sorrow

C．scene

D．sob

12.

A．leave

B．abandon

C．forget

D．remember

13.

A．progress

B．memories

C．fortunes

D．influence

14.

A．initially

B．similarly

C．totally

D．gradually

15.

A．optimistic

B．cruel

C．positive

D．bad

3 . 请以A person I admire 为题，写一篇文章。生活中有许多人值得我们敬佩，他\她可能是伟人，是名人也或者是一名普普通通的人，请选择一个这样的人进行写作。
要求：1.写出这个人的主要事迹。
2. 你敬佩他\她的原因，值得你学习的地方。
注意：1.词数100左右；          
2.表达清晰，语言通顺。
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4 . 假设你是在美国学习的交换生李华,你的朋友Edu 邀请你下周星期五参加他的生日聚会,请你根据提示给 Edu写封回信拒绝他的邀请。 内容包括: (1)感谢邀请;(2)解释不能参加的原因;(3)表示抱歉,并提议补救措施。
注意:(1)词数100左右(文章开头和结尾已经为你写好,不计入总词数);
(2)可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
(3)文中不得透漏个人姓名和学校名称。
提示:(1)excited to get the invitation to your birthday party
(2)can’t wait to
(3)I am so sorry and sad to miss all the fun
(4)we can play basketball together next weekend
Hi,Edu,

I hope you are doing well.

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Yours,

Li Hua

5 . How many different emotions do you think you can communicate to people with your face? Do you have the same facial expressions as the people from different cultures? Read this passage to find out what scientists have just discovered about this topic.

New research suggests that there are only four basic facial expressions of emotion. However, how these expressions are interpreted (解释) might depend on where you are from. Research by scientists from the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Glasgow has challenged the traditional view of how the face expresses emotions. It was widely believed that six basic emotions (happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise and disgust) were expressed and recognized across different cultures. However, the University of Glasgow’s work now suggests that the human face only has four basic expressions of emotion. This is because some pairs of emotions are impossible to distinguish(辨别). Fear and surprise, for example, both share wide open eyes. The facial expressions for anger and disgust also look the same.

So if our faces are only able to express four basic emotions, how do we communicate a much more complex kind of feeling? The study found that the way expressions are interpreted is different in different cultures. However, while looking at how people from the East and West look at different parts of the face during facial expression recognition, scientists found that although there are some common features across cultures, the six basic facial expressions of emotion are not recognized universally.

What interests people about the cross-cultural aspect of the research? This work leads to understanding which emotions we share and appreciating our differences.

1. What did the University of Glasgow find?

A．Six basic emotions greatly influence our character.

B．Six basic emotions can be recognized.

C．It is easy to tell from the basic facial expressions.

D．Some of the six facial expressions are similar.

2. Which group may be the four basic facial expressions of emotion?

A．Sadness, fear, anger and surprise.	B．Anger, sadness, fear and happiness.
C．Happiness, surprise, sadness and fear.	D．Disgust, happiness, anger and sadness.

3. What can we learn according to Paragraph 3?

A．Basic facial expressions are not universal.

B．Facial expressions can’t show complex feelings.

C．Western people have more kinds of facial expressions.

D．The way to express emotions changes with time.

4. Which is the proper title for the passage?

A．What Does Your Face Say?	B．How Do We Communicate?
C．What Are the Six Basic Emotions?	D．Do We Have the Same Expressions?

6 . The wonderful multiple-award winning producer, writer, and director Norman Lear, who is 100, was recently interviewed by a TV host, who asked him what advice he would give to younger people as a successful man. Without missing a beat, Lear said, “Learn to let things that bother you go.”

Those few words are some of the most powerful in the world. I know that if people could just learn to do it, murder and divorce rates would fall dramatically, and I would be out of a job.

Learning to let go of what bothers you is a dream for many people, each of us has our own personal demons (魔鬼) to fight. The big question is: how do you let go of them? There is no one solution that works for everyone, because we’re all different. Psychotherapy(心理疗法) may help some people who hold on to negative thoughts, while others don’t respond to such treatments.

Even after you’ve worked on this, you may have to deal with the after-effects of a traumatic experience. It’s hard to forget, for example, that someone held a gun to your head or broke your heart. Truly letting go means not forgetting what happened but rather leading to live with it, because no one can completely forget their past and it’s no use avoiding the unfortunate past. But each day is a chance to start anew.

Elvira, an actress, was disturbed by PTSD, a mental disorder. Medication didn’t help. She got counseling from some good people and did her own work, but she would still wake up in a state of anxiety every morning. When we started working together, I asked her to imagine, as often as she could, that the discomfort she was feeling was the negativity leaving her body. Whenever a negative thought entered her mind, she would repeat this visualization exercise and would soon begin to feel okay again.

Learning to let go of things that bother you frees you from the feeling that you don’t deserve good things coming your way. It takes effort, but it’s worthwhile.

1. What advice did Norman Lear share with younger people?

A．Being professional in multiple fields.	B．Being enthusiastic about one’s career.
C．Having an optimistic attitude to bad things.	D．Showing great love and caring for the young.

2. What message is conveyed in Paragraph 3?

A．Annoying dreams share certain similarities.	B．Strategies for letting go vary between individuals.
C．It’s necessary for us to let go of negative thoughts.	D．It’s normal for us to receive psychological treatments.

3. What may the author encourage those bothered by traumatic experiences to do?

A．Move forward with bad memories.	B．Avoid things related to past traumas
C．Try hard to forget unpleasant experiences.	D．Mark the boundary between the present and the past.

4. What does the author mainly want to show by the example of Elvira?

A．An effective technique for battling against anxiety.

B．The way how mental disorders affect people’s life.

C．The process of treating mental disorders is painful.

D．Actresses are more likely to suffer mental disorders.

7 . 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。

Long ago, there lived two brothers who were very poor. They lived in small houses at opposite sides of their wheat field. Each year the brothers divided the grain they had grown into two equal parts. Although they worked hard from sunup to sundown, they hardly had enough to eat. In spite of this, they were happy because of their great love for each other.

But one year, Simon, the younger brother felt a great sadness. He was worried about his older brother, Ruben. Ruben was alone in the world, with neither wife nor children. “Who will care for him when he gets old and can no longer work? If only he had some money to save for his old age! It isn’t fair that we share the harvest equally. But he will not accept gifts from me. What shall I do?” he thought.

At the same time, Ruben was sitting under a tree, thinking deeply. He thought his brother, Simon, needed to support a family. “I have no family. It isn’t fair that we share the harvest equally. Surely he deserves more than I! I must think of a plan to help him.”

That midnight, Ruben went quietly to his barn (粮仓) where he filled a sack (麻袋) with wheat and put it on his shoulder. Then he crossed the field to his brother’s house and secretly placed his wheat with Simon’s.

注意：1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式作答。

The next morning Ruben was very surprised.

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But this time unexpectedly they chose the same moment to carry their sacks.

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8 . 假如你是在英国的交换生李华，上周日露营时你不慎扭伤 (sprain) 了自己的左脚。St. Laurence School 的学生Chris恰好路过，并对你实施了急救。请你给Chris所在的学校写一封感谢信，感谢他的帮助，要点包括：
1.表达你对Chris的感谢之情。
2.急救的经过 (时间、地点、具体急救措施)。
3.简要谈谈你的感悟及再次赞扬Chris。
注意：
1.词数120左右，开头与结尾已给出，不算入总词数内。
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
词汇提示：冰袋 ice pack；绷带 bandage
Dear Sir/Madam,
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Yours,

Li Hua

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the man make the phone call?

A．To get some information

B．To express his thanks.

C．To tell about his holiday.

2. Who arranged the man’s holiday?

A．Mary.

B．The woman.

C．The man’s wife.

3. What was the man pleased with when he stayed at the Holiday Inn?

A．The service.

B．The weather.

C．The surroundings

4. What will the woman do for the man?

A．Arrange another trip for him.

B．Arrange for him to see Mary.

C．Pass his message on to Mary.

10 . 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Tom看到中国女足在2022年2月6日举办的女子亚洲杯决赛中，在比分落后的情况下，最终反超比分，夺得亚洲杯冠军，非常敬佩，来信询问你的感受。请用英语给他回一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 介绍决赛的情况；
2. 为中国女足的成绩感到自豪；
3. 女足精神对你的启示。
注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：the China Women’s Football Team中国女子足球队；the final of the Women’s Asian Cup女足亚洲杯决赛
Dear Tom,
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Yours,

Li Hua