1 . 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。续写的词数应为150左右。

Charlie was a rich boy who had more toys than you could imagine. His family had a lot of money, and whenever he liked something, they would buy it for him. In reality, then, he had no idea what things cost, and wouldn’t bother to take care of what he had. Nor did he realize how difficult it was for other children to get toys like the ones he had.

A time came, though, when he was so used to all his toys that he began to want something different. One of his uncles found a fine horse and he gave it to Charlie, as something unusual. Charlie was very excited at having a horse. He learned to ride, and was constantly on his horse, going here and there. However, he treated the horse just as badly as he treated all his other toys, and it soon started looking sick. For the first time in his life Charlie became truly worried. He loved the horse, and the fact that his family had offered to buy him a new one meant nothing to him.

One day, while in the countryside, he saw a little girl with a horse. The girl looked very poor, but the horse seemed happy and looked great. Wondering how she had managed this, Charlie secretly followed them, watching everything they did. First he followed them through the forest, where he saw that she never used the stick and never hit the horse. This was the opposite of what Charlie had done to his horse. Then they came to the stable (马厩), and as soon as they arrived the girl fed and watered the horse. Then she carefully cleaned it. Charlie was surprised. He’d never done any of those things for his horse. He saw that the girl spent a lot of time giving care and attention to her horse, and that she did it all on her own. This had never entered Charlie’s mind; he had always been too busy playing and having fun to look after the horse.

Paragraph 1:

Charlie wanted to change and become like the girl.

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Paragraph 2:

As a result, Charlie gave up constantly asking for new toys.

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2 . 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。

Catherine’s nine-year-old son, Chirag, won his first silver prize at a swim meet. It seemed like he could swim before he could walk. His dad is a competitive swimmer and a former champion, so many people think it is surely in his genes.

That’s wrong! Until a few years ago, Chirag was afraid of water. It wasn’t his fault. His dislike came from Catherine’s childhood phobia (恐惧症).

One summer when Catherine was a child, she and her brother went to a pool to learn basic swimming skills. All that went well and soon it was time for class. A coach was hired and he agreed to do a trial round. He took children to the deep end and asked then to swim across the breadth of the pool. While Catherine’s brother stayed calm and made it, she, however, immediately disliked the task. It was Catherine’s first time in such deep water, and the bottom of the pool seemed so far away that she felt really frightened. She felt she was going to drown (淹死) for lack of air. At that moment, she thought that swimming wasn’t for her. After being rescued from the water, she didn’t swim again.

Fast forward to her thirties, she was a mother of a child and living in an area with a lot of rivers and beaches. Then her son, Chirag, started school, and swimming was a compulsory course. Every Wednesday, the day for the weekly swimming lesson was Chirag’s bad dream. From the previous evening, he would be anxious and teary-eyed about going to school. It turned out that Catherine had passed on her anxiety about swimming to her little boy.

She was always worried about keeping her child safe around water and was starting to realize that the best way to do that was making him learn how to swim. Words of comfort were of no use to Chirag. He still sat outside the pool during his classes. It was obvious that he needed professional lessons to help build his confidence. She needed to challenge herself to encourage her son.

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。

So Catherine signed up for swimming classes with her son.

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To Catherine’s amazement, she didn’t drown!

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3 . 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。

I could feel the excitement rising in me as I held the beautifully wrapped present in my hands. Unable to contain my curiosity any longer, I tore     1    open. It was a brand-new laptop. I     2    (envy) my friends who were exchanging news about “chat rooms”, “instant messaging” and “emailing”, all of     3    I knew nothing about. Now I was going to find out.

As time passed, I realized that I was hooked on the internet. During weekends, when I had more time on my hands, I could    4     (easy) spend a few hours on my laptop. Soon, my sleep     5    (reduce) to only scattered (分散的) naps, and my grades at school also began getting worse.

It was about this time that my parents started voicing their    6     (disapprove). I was asked to reduce my usage of the internet. Yet, however hard I tried, I was unable to pull myself away. I was desperate    7     just another click and another look at my message board. Then one day, my father took away my laptop. I complained but in vain.

Over time, I realized that Dad and Mom had always wanted the best for me. That was when I decided to take the big step —     8     (conquer) my internet addiction. I could imagine the difficulty I would have    9     (quit) it. But with dogged determination, I knew that I would turn over     10    new leaf.

4 . Last Monday, someone I didn’t personally know messaged me and said that she was looking for a family to bless (祝福). She sent me $ 50, enough to _________ food and milk for my two babies because we had _________ trouble at this time.

My _________ at first was to keep some of it and use the rest to buy even a small Peppa Pig cake for my daughter who is turning three this fourth of August._________ doing that, I thought of _________ with others who were also struggling in _________ . Those families are living in a mangrove (红树林) area and their house is built right above mangroves. When the tide (潮水) is turning, their house is full of _________ .

I went to the shop nearby to buy them food at once. When I _________ them two bags of food, the mother jumped for joy and her children excitedly _________ to the food. At that moment, I felt a __________ feeling in my heart.

Tears started from my eyes seeing the joy on their faces __________ the children’s. The blessing that was given to us by that kind-hearted person was passed on to other families that were in much more __________ situation. I thank that __________ woman who brought her blessing to us. Her kindness enables me to bless others as well even for just a day. I’m sure my daughter will __________ if there’s no Peppa Pig on her __________ .

1.

A．pick

B．buy

C．change

D．save

2.

A．ability

B．time

C．money

D．phone

3.

A．source

B．text

C．goal

D．plan

4.

A．Because of

B．As for

C．Except for

D．Instead of

5.

A．sharing

B．agreeing

C．comparing

D．fighting

6.

A．turn

B．reply

C．life

D．view

7.

A．water

B．coldness

C．silence

D．attention

8.

A．asked

B．lent

C．handed

D．posted

9.

A．applied

B．rushed

C．connected

D．added

10.

A．terrible

B．strange

C．general

D．warm

11.

A．especially

B．lastly

C．importantly

D．partly

12.

A．promising

B．difficult

C．comfortable

D．traditional

13.

A．poor

B．lucky

C．crying

D．amazing

14.

A．understand

B．shout

C．expect

D．celebrate

15.

A．list

B．desk

C．birthday

D．weekday

5 . Dr. Smith of New York works at a center for children who can’t learn well. One day a father brought his son to him for________ at his office.

The father told Dr. Smith about his son. “My son has ________ in learning and can’t even play baseball. He isn’t doing well because he doesn’t try. I have done everything for him. I have even shouted at him. But nothing ________. ”

After Dr. Smith tested the boy, he ________ his father. He asked the father to sit in front of a ________ and then gave him a pencil and a piece of paper. There was a ________ on the paper. He asked the father to look only in the mirror and ________ the lines of the star with the pencil. The father made the same ________ anyone makes. Every time he ________ the pencil, it went the wrong way. The father’s face became red.

At this ________ the doctor shouted at him, “Hurry up! Why are you ________ so long? You can’t do such an ________ thing! You don’t know left from right!” These ________ made the father very angry.

“Now you can ________, can’t you?” The doctor said to him. “Your son has felt just like that all the time. You scolded (训斥) him too often, so he didn't try any more. He was afraid of making mistakes. ”

________ the father understood everything. He put his face down. Now he felt so sorry.

1.

A．testing

B．acting

C．teaching

D．playing

2.

A．confidence

B．interest

C．experience

D．difficulty

3.

A．returns

B．helps

C．appears

D．remains

4.

A．waited for

B．searched for

C．believed in

D．called in

5.

A．mirror

B．television

C．painting

D．desk

6.

A．face

B．line

C．number

D．star

7.

A．remove

B．follow

C．cross

D．cut

8.

A．decisions

B．choices

C．mistakes

D．patterns

9.

A．touched

B．dropped

C．moved

D．sharpened

10.

A．speed

B．corner

C．end

D．point

11.

A．staying

B．taking

C．preparing

D．writing

12.

A．easy

B．important

C．obvious

D．exciting

13.

A．ideas

B．words

C．questions

D．instructions

14.

A．relax

B．leave

C．understand

D．promise

15.

A．Interestingly

B．Absolutely

C．Suddenly

D．Unfortunately

6 . 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。

Little Tom was a student in senior high school. He was not good at his work and failed many times in the exams, and he never knew why he couldn’t catch up with others.

One day, Tom and his teacher were walking through the forest. He was disturbed by the fact that his mind was in constant unrest. He asked his teacher, “Why most people’s minds are restless, and only a few have a calm mind? What can one do to calm the mind down?”

The teacher looked at Tom, smiled and told him a story:

On one beautiful day, an elephant was standing by the shade of a tree, eating its leaves. Suddenly, a small fly came buzzingly and landed on the elephant’s ear. The elephant stayed calm and continued eating, ignoring the fly. The fly flew around the elephant’s ear, buzzing noisily, yet the elephant seemed to be unaffected. This confused the fly, and it asked, “Are you deaf?”

“No!” the elephant answered.

“Why aren’t you bothered by my buzz?” the fly asked.

“Why are you so restless and noisy? Why can’t you stay calm just for a few moments?” asked the elephant, and peacefully continued eating the leaves.

The fly answered, “Everything I see, hear and feel attracts my attention, and all noises and movements around me affect my behavior.”

“What is your secret? How can you stay so calm and still, while I am buzzing around your ears?”

“I can continue eating peacefully, because my five senses do not disturb my peace.”

“How is it possible?” asked the fly amazed and confused.

“Because I don’t let them rule my attention,” answered the elephant.

“I am in control of my mind and my thoughts, and therefore, I can direct my attention where I want, and ignore any disturbance including your buzz.”

“And therefore,” continued the elephant, “I am completely lost in the act of eating, enjoying my food and chewing it peacefully.”

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。
After listening to the story, Tom’s eyes opened wide and smiled.
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From that day on, he paid his attention to whatever he was doing.
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7 . My biggest problem is that I’m too busy. When I was young, I used to have so much time, but these days I get up early and stay in school all day. Then I go right home and eat dinner before I started high school, I used to spend a lot of time playing games with my friends, but I just don’t have the time anymore.In the evening, I used to watch TV or chat with my grandmother, but now I have to study. I love music, and my father used to take me to concerts. These days, I hardly ever have time for concerts. I do my homework and go to bed. I really miss the old days.

1. What’s my biggest problem?

A．I’m too lazy.

B．I’m too busy.

C．I’m free.

D．I get up early.

2. Did I use to have so much time?

A．Yes, I have.	B．No, I haven’t.
C．I don’t know.	D．/.

3. These days I get up ________ .

A．late

B．early

C．don’t known

D．too late

4. I love _______.

A．music

B．football

C．doing homework

D．sleep

5. From the passage, we know that I _______.

A．I am older

B．I have lots of friends

C．I miss the old days

D．I have a TV.

8 . 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。

“What will we be singing for the contest this year?” a student from my high school choir,a singing team, asked eagerly.

I hesitated this moment. “I was thinking,” I said, “maybe we’ll skip the contest and just work hard on the concerts this year. ”

“NO!” the kids protested.

“We’ve got to go to contest!”

“In Class A. ”

“It’s tradition!”

This was true. Awards lined the front wall of the music room from the past successes of large, talented classes. But a change in educational policies, with an emphasis on academics, had reduced my choir to a mere thirty-two students. My section leaders had graduated or been forced to drop music classes, leaving me with young, inexperienced kids who couldn’t read music, couldn’t hold their parts, and could sing only a simple melody or song.

“Maybe we could enter Class B this year,” I suggested, knowing even that would be a near-impossible mission.

“No!” the kids screamed. “Class A!”

I shook my head. “Class A is extremely difficult. ”

“We can do it!” they shouted. “We can do it!”

“I’ll have to think about it,” I said, hoping their enthusiasm would die off in a couple of weeks.

But that didn’t happen. If anything, the class became more fixed. Every day they begged and begged and they insisted. Because I had to protect their self-pride I couldn’t tell them they weren’t good enough. My efforts to prevent their eagerness, by showing them a difficult piece of music from the contest list, simply ended with, “It’s okay, Mrs. Pliszka, we’ll get it. ”

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。

I struggled to make a decision.

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When the contest day finally arrived, the kids felt ready to take on the world!

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9 . I worked in a small company with about thirty-five employees (雇员). We had a good-sized kitchen with a fridge that several employees used. But people would often go to the fridge to surprisingly find either their whole lunch missing, or in my case, my can of Cherry Coke gone. I usually kept it in my lunch bag. At times when I bought takeaway food, I would get two—one for lunch and one for dinner—so I didn’t have my lunch bag. Even so, I often couldn’t find the food. It was a shock to everyone.

We doubted who was stealing, but could never prove (证明) it. One day, a good idea came to my mind, and I couldn’t wait to try it.

It was break time at noon. I headed down to the kitchen about five minutes early and gave my Coke such a hard shake that I feared it may actually go off in my hands. I placed it back in the fridge. Then, I hid into a cupboard in the kitchen, waiting for the right moment.

BINGO! A lady came in and took the Coke. I put my hand over my mouth for her to open it, but she took it with her and left. I thought she would open it in the hall. No!

As I left the kitchen, I heard her yell (叫喊). I passed her office, and Coke was everywhere: the walls, the floor, all over her desk, computer, her work, and all over her—everywhere!

Well, food has never gone missing again since then because the lady got fired.

1. Why did the employees feel surprised?

A．Their lunch was often lost.

B．The fridge was full of free food.

C．The kitchen was never clean.

D．The company was small-sized.

2. Why did the author hide in the kitchen?

A．To play a joke on the lady.

B．To carry out some repairs inside.

C．To find out who was stealing.

D．To prove who was the best worker.

3. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．The kitchen.

B．The drink

C．The hand.

D．The fridge.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．A small company.	B．An honest lady.
C．A special lunch.	D．An office story.

10 . 2020, seeing so many world-changing events, is going to pass, even though it seems as if it has been going on for a _______. Most of us never thought we’d see a pandemic sweep the globe in our lifetime, yet here we are. But when facing the very worst situations, there were common people who remained_______, optimistic and energetic. There was also_______, sacrifice, heroism and hope, making up the touching moments of 2020. Here I will share a_______ story about love of ordinary people.

Dejan Velimirovic, a 35-year-old programmer, was one of Serbia’s first-known COVID-19 patients. He believes he got_______at a farewell(告别)party on February 29, 2020. Despite being young and having no history of_______   illnesses, his condition _______quickly. “He was lying in the bed for about a week_______he went to the hospital; he didn’t_______at all,” his partner Valentina recalls.

Velimirovic went into a coma and on a ventilator(呼吸机) for eight days as doctors tried to________him and return health to his lungs.________, he spent almost six weeks in hospital without seeing his loved ones.

________ the team of doctors and nurses, Velimirovic was eventually________and reunited with Valentina. He was shaking as he greeted his________, as they could finally be with each other again.

The couple planned to hold a church wedding and invite the medical staff who ________Velimirovic.________, as the pandemic hasn’t ended, they have had to postpone it. 

But by the end of 2020, they have their________ and they have each other. “I will remember this year for everything that has________me,” said Velimirovic. “ when I came back home and talked to Valentina ________, that moment was the most ________for me.”

1.

A．week

B．decade

C．month

D．year

2.

A．positive

B．negative

C．tired

D．depressed

3.

A．sadness

B．courage

C．pressure

D．preference

4.

A．Warm-hearted

B．broken-hearted

C．heartwarming

D．heartbreaking

5.

A．worried

B．stuck

C．committed

D．infected

6.

A．strange

B．abnormal

C．serious

D．mental

7.

A．strengthened

B．worsened

C．broaden

D．weaken

8.

A．while

B．after

C．before

D．since

9.

A．set up

B．get up

C．put up

D．go up

10.

A．save

B．persuade

C．evaluate

D．analyse

11.

A．In addition

B．In turn

C．In total

D．In common

12.

A．Next to

B．In order to

C．In addition to

D．Thanks to

13.

A．recovered

B．woke

C．returned

D．renew

14.

A．partner

B．friends

C．relatives

D．doctor

15.

A．took in

B．took care of

C．took away

D．took off

16.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Meanwhile

D．Apparently

17.

A．honor

B．fame

C．health

D．money

18.

A．occurred to

B．stuck to

C．led to

D．happened to

19.

A．the instant

B．for the first time

C．for a while

D．at the moment

20.

A．boring

B．disappointing

C．touching

D．amazing