1 . “Fire! Fire! ” What terrible words to hear when I _______ in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, _______ house — the sort that burns easily — and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped out into the passage. It was full of _______.

I began to _______, but as I was still only half awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I found it hard to _______. The floor became _______ under my feet. I ran into another room and tried to reach the window for fresh air. Suddenly, one of my feet got caught in something _______ and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a package of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my _______ from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor broke under me and I fell through to the floor below with pieces of _______ wood all around me.

__________, there was a doorway in front, so I put the package over my face and ran. My feet were terribly burned, but I __________. As I reached the cold air outside, my package of clothes gave a __________. I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I saw there were many people in the street. A woman screamed (尖叫) as she saw me and came running __________.

“My baby! My baby! ”she cried. Those people cheered loudly __________ she took the smoke­blackened package out of my arms. I almost failed to see who she was — my boss's wife. I had __________ her baby, and I became a hero!

1.

A．hung up

B．called back

C．woke up

D．turned back

2.

A．clean

B．empty

C．strong

D．wooden

3.

A．water

B．smoke

C．books

D．toys

4.

A．run

B．play

C．talk

D．read

5.

A．sleep

B．work

C．hear

D．breathe

6.

A．hard

B．hot

C．cold

D．dirty

7.

A．wet

B．boring

C．soft

D．dangerous

8.

A．hands

B．arms

C．back

D．face

9.

A．burning

B．growing

C．green

D．light

10.

A．Strangely

B．Naturally

C．Luckily

D．Recently

11.

A．gave up

B．set off

C．looked around

D．got through

12.

A．role

B．cry

C．task

D．lesson

13.

A．madly

B．slowly

C．carefully

D．patiently

14.

A．if

B．once

C．as

D．unless

15.

A．hurt

B．saved

C．killed

D．punished

2 . When I was in college，one of my professors told me，“Kids don't care about how much you know until they know how much you care.”This has always been with me，and the longer I teach，the more I agree with him.

I've learned that many times what my students need most is to know that they are loved，and that someone cares about them and believes in them.When this happens，they feel safe to take risks and make mistakes.I always tell my students，“It's OK to make mistakes.That's how we learn.”

Then，progress starts to happen，their confidence begins to grow，and they start believing in themselves.

Over the years，I have received many gifts from my students and their families.Most of them are handwritten “thank­you”notes.These simple notes are so meaningful.I have saved these notes over the years and have often taken them out to re­read them，especially on those challenging days when I need some encouragement.

My most unforgettable gift came from a student four years ago.She came in one morning with a huge smile on her face and gave me an apple and a pen(that didn't work)with a hair tie wrapped around it.That was my most memorable gift，because it broke my   heart and encouraged me at the same time.Why? Because she didn't have much，but she gave me what she had，and she did it happily! She knew that I cared about her，and in return，she wanted to find a way to show that she cared about me.

This gift reminded me that the most important part of teaching is not found in any lesson plan，but it's helping our students understand that they are loved.Our lessons become meaningful when students realize their lives have meaning.And that is why teaching can be so challenging and so meaningful.

1. What does the author most probably think of what his professor once said?

A．Interesting.	B．Unimportant.
C．Easy to do.	D．Helpful in teaching.

2. According to Paragraph 2，what should teachers make students believe?

A．It doesn't matter to make mistakes.

B．Teachers all like good students.

C．Students shouldn't make mistakes.

D．Their progress mainly depends on their confidence.

3. Why did that girl mentioned in Paragraph 5 give the author such a special gift?

A．To attract the author's attention.

B．To express her care about the author.

C．To give the author her encouragement.

D．To show she didn't really have much to give.

4. What does the author mainly want to tell us?

A．Being thankful is really important.

B．Teaching can be very challenging.

C．Teachers should make their students feel loved.

D．Developing students' confidence requires patience.

3 . Exploration is about how we experience the geography. A geography education without actively learning how to explore places is as frustrating as teaching music lessons without sound. Besides that, exploration has the potential to be one of the most enjoyable and rewarding things we humans will ever do. It can be good for developing problem-solving, teamwork, social and other vital skills. Therefore, we should be given the opportunities to learn properly how to do it.

The sad reality is that millions of children are socially and geographically deprived(剥夺) of the opportunities. Their learning environments lack the diversity of places and experience-based opportunities that they need to develop well and as a result, they will not reach their full potential.

There is plenty of research showing that many children have little time and space to explore, play and learn outdoors. Perhaps most shockingly, Dirt is Good conducted a survey which found that three-quarters of UK children spend less time outside than prisoners, that the amount of time children spend playing in natural places has decreased and that a fifth of children do not play outside on an average day.

There are a large number of good and complex reasons why parents do not let their children play (and so learn) outdoors and not overcoming these barriers comes with its own risks. Changing the parenting cultures that are overly limiting many children’s freedom will potentially need efforts of generation after generation.

Partially as a response to this situation, an increasing number of doctors are providing social prescriptions(处方). Instead of being offered medicine for mental or physical illness, young patients are being prescribed time with nature, volunteering, doing sports or some other activities instead.

Teachers are, in many ways, in a better position to provide time and space for children to benefit from experiences that help them not only to learn, but also to be well. Teachers can spare both formal and informal time and space for exploration that helps not only children who are ill, but also those who are well.

1. What does paragraph 1 mainly talk about?

A．The way to reach full potential.

B．The methods of doing exploration.

C．The different attitudes to exploration.

D．The importance of doing exploration.

2. What can we learn from the survey of Dirt is Good?

A．Prisoners in the UK are treated very well.

B．Children are badly in need of outdoor time.

C．Children are becoming less outgoing nowadays.

D．There aren’t enough natural places in many countries.

3. What do we know about the process of changing the parenting cultures ?

A．It’s interesting but tiring.

B．It’s complex and risky.

C．It’s challenging but worthwhile.

D．It’s troublesome and demanding.

4. What does the author want to say by mentioning social prescriptions?

A．Playing outside can promote people’s health.

B．Traditional medicines may have side effects.

C．Experienced doctors are in short supply.

D．Mental illness needs special treatment.

4 . The bed should be reserved as a place for sleep，but people tend to read an iPad a lot in bed before they go to sleep．

Charles Czeisler，a professor at Harvard Medical School，and his colleagues got a small group of people for an experiment．For five days in a row，the people read either a paper book or an iPad for four hours before sleep．Their sleep patterns were monitored all night．Before and after each trial period，the people took hourly blood tests to paint a day-long picture of just how much melatonin（褪黑激素）was in their blood at any given time．

When subjects read on the iPad as compared to the paper books，they reported feeling less sleepy at night and less active the following morning．People also took longer to fall asleep on the iPad nights，and the blood tests showed that their melatonin secretion（分泌）was delayed by an hour and a half．

The researchers conclude in today's journal article that gives the rise of e-readers and the increasingly widespread use of e-things among children and adolescents，more research into the"long-term consequences of these devices on health and safety is urgently needed．"Czeisler and colleagues go on，in the research paper，to note"Reading an iPad in bed may increase cancer risk．"

However，software has been developed that can reduce some of the blue light from the screens of phones and computers according to time of day，and there are also glasses that are made to filter（过滤）short wavelengths．While they seem like a logical solution for the nighttime tech users，it needs more research．

1. In Charles Czeisler's experiment，all the subjects were asked to ______ ．

A．sit in a row and receive the strict tests

B．have their sleep patterns observed all night

C．read a paper book and an iPad at the same time

D．have their blood tested per hour during the trial

2. The third paragraph tells us the iPad readers were likely to ______ ．

A．feel less sleepy and tired in the day

B．fall asleep more easily after reading

C．have a lot more melatonin secretion

D．become less energetic the next morning

3. The special software recently developed can ______ ．

A．remove the blue light from your devices completely

B．help prevent eyes being harmed by short wavelength

C．weaken the harm done by doing nighttime e-reading

D．be used in all the e-things widely and safely

4. What's this passage mainly about？ ______

A．No e-reading in bed before sleep

B．New software for night e-readers

C．Wrong behaviors before bedtime

D．No games on iPad in bed．

5 . Why do I want to go to college? No one has ever asked me _________ a question. But many times I have asked myself. I have _________ a whole variety of reasons. _________ important reason is that I want to be a better man.

Many things make human beings different _________ or better than or even superior to animals.

One of the most important things is _________ . If I fail to receive higher education, my education _________. As I want to be a fully _________ man, I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to _________. I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are _________ the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and __________ fit into society.

1.

A．quite

B．so

C．such

D．another

2.

A．come up with

B．agreed with

C．been fed up with

D．got on well with

3.

A．Most

B．The most

C．More

D．Much

4.

A．to

B．around

C．between

D．from

5.

A．education

B．weather

C．temperature

D．science

6.

A．finished

B．don’t finish

C．will not finish

D．has finished

7.

A．develop

B．developed

C．developing

D．experience

8.

A．improve

B．graduate

C．hear

D．provide

9.

A．between

B．among

C．inside

D．outside

10.

A．can good

B．may better

C．be able to better

D．be able to best

6 . Exploration is about how we experience our most meaningful geography. A geography education without actively learning how to explore places is as frustrating as teaching music lessons without sound. Besides that, in its widest sense, exploration has the potential to be one of the most enjoyable and rewarding things we humans will ever do. It can be good for developing problem-solving, teamwork, social and other vital skills. Therefore, we should be given the opportunities to learn properly how to do it.

The sad reality is that millions of children are socially and geographically deprived (剥夺的). Their learning environments lack the diversity of place and experience-based opportunities that they need to develop well and as a result, they will not reach their full potential.

There is plenty of research showing that many children have little time and space to explore, play and learn outdoors. Perhaps most shockingly, Dirt is Good conducted a survey which found that three-quarters of UK children spend less time outside than prisoners, that the amount of time children spend playing in natural places has decreased and that a fifth of children do not play outside on an average day.

There are a large number of good and complex reasons why parents do not let their children play (and so learn) outdoors and not overcoming these barriers comes with its own risks. Changing the parenting cultures that are overly limiting many children’s freedom will potentially need efforts of generation after generation.

Partially as a response to this situation, an increasing number of doctors are providing social prescriptions (处方). Instead of being offered medicine for a mental or physical illness, young patients are being prescribed time with nature, volunteering, doing sports or some other activities instead.

Teachers are, in many ways, in a better position to provide time and space for children to benefit from experiences that help them not only to learn, but also to be well. Teachers can   spare both formal and informal time and space for exploration that helps not just children who are ill, but also those who are well to remain well or become even better.

1. What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about?

A．The way to reach full potential.

B．The methods of doing exploration.

C．The different attitudes to exploration.

D．The importance of doing exploration.

2. What can we learn from the survey of Dirt is Good?

A．Prisoners in the UK are treated very well.

B．Children are badly in need of time outdoors.

C．Children are becoming less outgoing nowadays.

D．There aren’t enough natural places in many countries.

3. What do we know about the process of changing parents’ attitude?

A．It’s interesting but tiring.

B．It’s complex and risky.

C．It’s challenging but worthwhile.

D．It’s troublesome and demanding.

4. By mentioning social prescriptions, the author wants to say _______.

A．playing outside can promote people’s health

B．traditional medicines may have side effects

C．experienced doctors are in short supply

D．mental illness needs special treatment

5. Which of the following best shows the structure of the text?

A．①-②③④⑤-⑥	B．①-②③-④⑤⑥
C．①②③-④⑤-⑥	D．①②-③④-⑤⑥

7 . 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Advertising plays a major role in the competitive business world. Many industries take advantage of the power of advertising to attract or to win customers away from their business competitors. The influence of advertising is so huge that it causes many people to buy things that they don't want at the start.

Advertising encourages people to buy things they don't want through misleading ideas. Advertising is proven to be a successful tool to stress the features of their product to the public even though it's regarded undesirable such as cigarettes，drugs，alcohol and so on. For example，Dunhill，a cigarette company which sponsors many football teams，seems to be promoting cigarettes to the public. Without the sponsorship，the company will be less known to the public，resulting in fewer sales of cigarettes.

Besides that，advertising has a large influence on the decisions made by the people in their everyday life. Many businesses use advertising as a form of promoting to create awareness about their product in the market. For instance，in a fast food industry，the introduction of a new flavor of burger needs advertising to reach the public while the other burgers require advertising to increase sales. Children，especially，are easily influenced by advertisements and will have the desire to dine at fast food restaurants after that. Although fast food is bad for health，it has successfully become appealing to the public through advertising.

However, advertising plays a part in helping customers to compare a product in terms of price, quality, reliability and so on. Without advertising, it will be very difficult for customers to judge the worthiness of a product. For example, advertisements published by various companies have given the customers the opportunity to choose wisely when they are purchasing an item. Without the power of advertising, customers will be stuck to a brand which may not offer the best choice.

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8 . Many people, some even at a very young age, set the goal of graduating from college. One American woman in Texas waited a long time for her chance to reach that goal.

The woman, 85-year-old Janet Fein, received her bachelor’s degree (学士学位) from the University of Texas in December, 2018.

Fein has had a full life. She raised five children and then had a career as a secretary (秘书) until she retired at age 77. But even then, she was not ready to take it easy and rest during a well-earned retirement. She decided to major in sociology (社会学).

Fein grew up in the Bronx area of New York City. In high school, she just wanted to finish and get a job. After graduating early, at the age of 16, she went to work as a secretary.

After getting married, she spent 18 years staying home with her children. She held several jobs throughout her life, including being a secretary at a Dallas hospital. That is the job she retired from in 2011. She received an associate degree (专科学位) in 1995. But she also wanted to earn a bachelor’s degree. Fein took part in a state program that lets people who are 65 and older take free classes at public universities in Texas.

She kept going to class even as her health condition worsened. During her studies, it became necessary for her to use a walker to get around and she needed oxygen (氧气) too. She also developed knee problems. So, Fein took online classes to finish the last part of her degree requirements.

Renee Brown is one of Fein’s care-givers. She says Fein has also inspired her. At 53, she plans to begin nursing school to further her career. Brown says Fein told her, “Renee, you can do it. If I can do it you also can do it, and you will feel so good about it.”

1. When did Janet Fein start to work?

A．In 1933.	B．In 1995.
C．In 1949.	D．In 2012.

2. What does she study for her bachelor’s degree?

A．Sociology.	B．Secretary.
C．History.	D．Health.

3. What does the underlined word “inspired” probably mean in the last paragraph?

A．Shocked.

B．Disappointed.

C．Employed.

D．Encouraged.

4. What can we learn from Janet Fein’s story?

A．Practice makes perfect.

B．It is never too late to learn.

C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

D．When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

9 . One Moore Elementary school teacher is showing students the importance of communication through “shout-outs”. Third Grade Moore Elementary Teacher Lindsey Winders said a shout-out is a compliment(称赞) that students can say or write down. “Like, ‘hey I noticed you doing a really great job solving your math problems yesterday. I wanted to make sure you know that I saw you do that,’” Winders said.

Winders said she makes sure she is giving shout-outs to her students every day. “I might write them a sticky note, or write them a quick little note in their planner. I might just say it to them on their way into the classroom or on their way out of the classroom, but most importantly I try to do it every day,” Winders said.

In addition to the compliments, Winders has the students greet(问候) each other every morning during morning meeting. She will have students give examples to the class of how to communicate in different settings(场景). Third grade student Nayelli Moranchel said she had given at least six shout-outs this year. “It makes me happy, because they always write something back,” Moranchel said.

Recently, Winders took it one step further and wrote a personalized note on each of her students’ desk. “In our classroom, sometimes it can be challenging for me to give a compliment or a shout-out to each and every one of them in a way that feels equal(平等的) and valuable at the same time. So I decide that there is no better way than leaving a note on their desk that can stay for as long as they wants it to,” Winders said.

Winders said it is encouraging when she sees her students copy the act, and give each other compliments without her guidance(指导).

1. What does the underlined word “that” mean in Paragraph 1?

A．Giving a shout-out.

B．Solving math problems.

C．Teaching important lessons.

D．Writing down the names of students.

2. How does Winders show her students the importance of compliments?

A．By helping them take notes.

B．By making practical plans for them.

C．By serving as a daily example herself.

D．By greeting them during morning meeting.

3. What is the best way that Winders finds to give her students compliments?

A．Leaving a note on each student’s desk.

B．Praising them as long as they want it.

C．Explaining the value of compliments.

D．Giving them shout-outs at the same time.

4. What can we infer about Winder’s way of praising students?

A．It is very successful.

B．It is facing challenges.

C．It needs proper guidance.

D．It is copied by other teachers.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Few people I know seem to have much desire or time to cook. Making Chinese     1    (dish) is seen as especially troublesome. Many westerners     2     come to China cook much less than in their own countries once they realize how cheap     3     can be to eat out. I still remember     4     (visit) a friend who’d lived here for five years and I     5    (shock) when I learnt she hadn’t cooked once in all that time.

While regularly eating out seems to     6    (become) common for many young people in recent years, it’s not without a cost. The obvious one is money; eating out once or twice a week may be     7    (afford) but doing this most days adds up. There could be an even     8     (high) cost on your health. Researchers have found that there is a direct link between the increase in food eaten outside the home and the rise in     9    (weigh) problems.

If you are not going to suffer this problem, then I suggest that the next time you go to your mum’s home     10     dinner, get a few cooking tips from her. Cooking food can be fun. You might also begin to notice the effects not only on your health but in your pocket.