1 . Twelve-year-old Mathew Flores is different from other kids. He loves junk mail, and these ads were the only reading materials he could find. Once he asked his mailman if he could offer him some.

The question surprised the mailman. He asked the boy the reason, and then shared the story on Facebook. “Today while delivering mail, I saw a boy reading ads, and he asked me for more mail. In fact, he wants to go to the library, but his family is very poor and he doesn’t have money to take the bus.”

The mailman then asked his Facebook friends if they could give some books to the boy. He wrote, “Most kids want computers or mobile phones! But what he wants is books. It’s great to see his unusual wish, and you may have seen him smile when I said I could help him!” “He is counting on me,” he said. “So I am counting on you!”

The mailman thought the Facebook post might bring in 50 to 60 books. But it was passed on quickly. People from around the world, including the UK, Australia and India, have sent books. Hundreds of books have been delivered to the boy’s door, with hundreds more still on their way.

When books first started arriving, Flores was surprised at what happened. “I thought they were mistaken, but they indeed were for me.” He says that he can’t wait to share the books with other kids, and has promised to read every one.

1. How is Flores different from other kids?

A．He sells books.	B．He likes reading.
C．He delivers mails.	D．He wants to be a mailman.

2. To help Flores, the mailman___________.

A．took him to the library	B．paid for his bus tickets
C．offered him some junk mail	D．posted his story on Facebook

3. What can you learn about the mailman from his words in Paragraph 3?

A．He is honest.	B．He is hardworking.
C．He is confident.	D．He is warmhearted.

4. What would be the best title for this passage?

A．A junk mail	B．An unexpected gift
C．An excellent job	D．An interesting book

2 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Five-year-old Naomi lost her teddy bear on a hiking path     1     the autumn of 2020. Teddy was the first gift Naomi’s parents gave to her. Despite     2    (constant) checking with the lost and found, her family didn’t get the bear back. Fortunately, Ranger (护林员) Tom,     3     monitors actual bear activity, came across the teddy bear. He kept it and rode with it until a friend of the family spotted the bear and helped send it back home nearly a year later.

3 . 阅读下面的短篇故事，根据内容回答问题。

In the northern part of Austin there once dwelt an honest family by the name of Smothers. The family consisted of John Smothers, his wife, himself, their little daughter, five years of age, and her parents, making six people toward the population of the city when counted for a special write-up, but only three by actual count.

One night after supper the little girl was seized with a severe colic, and John Smothers hurried down town to get some medicine.

He never came back. The little girl recovered and in time grew up to womanhood. The mother grieved very much over her husband’s disappearance, and it was nearly three months before she married again, and moved to San Antonio. The little girl also married in time, and after a few years had rolled around, she also had a little girl five years of age. She still lived in the same house where they dwelt when her father had left and never returned.

One night by a remarkable coincidence her little girl was taken with cramp colic on the anniversary of the disappearance of John Smothers, who would now have been her grandfather if he had been alive and had a steady job.

“I will go downtown and get some medicine for her,” said John Smith (for it was none other than he whom she had married).

“No, no, dear John,” cried his wife. “You, too, might disappear forever, and then forget to come back.”

So John Smith did not go, and together they sat by the bedside of little Pansy, After a while, Pansy seemed to grow worse, and John Smith again attempted to go for medicine, but his wife would not let him. Suddenly the door opened, and an old man, stooped and bent, with long white hair, entered the room.

“Hello, here is grandpa,” said Pansy, She had recognized him before any of the others.

The old man drew a bottle of medicine from his pocket and gave Pansy a spoonful. She got well immediately.

“I was a little late,” said John Smothers, “as I waited for a streetcar.”

1. According to the first paragraph, how many people were there in the Smothers’ family?
2. What happened to his wife and daughter after John Smothers disappeared?
3. What is your understanding of “John Smother’s disappearing for medicine and his returning with the medicine years later”?

8 . I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.

The woman looked down, shook her head and said: “Not so good. My husband just lost his job. The truth is, I don’t know how I’m going to get through these days.” Then she gave the cashier food stamps(食品券).

My heart ached. I wanted to help but didn’t know how. Should I offer to pay for her groceries, or ask for her husband’s resume(简历)?

Walking into the parking lot, I spotted the woman returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought could help her. It wasn’t a handful of cash or an offer of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life better.

“Excuse me,” I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldn’t help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you’ re going through a really hard time right now. I’m so sorry. I’d like to give you something. ”

I handed her the small card from my purse. When the woman read the two words “You Matter” on the card, she began to cry. And through her tears, she said: “You have no idea how much this means to me.”

I was a little startled by her reply. Having never done anything like this before, I didn’t know what kind of reaction I might receive. All I could think to say was: “Would it be OK to give you a hug? ”

A few days earlier, one of my workmates gave a similar card to me as encouragement for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a warm glow spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I ordered my own box of “You Matter” cards and started sharing them.

1. What was the woman’s trouble?

A．She lost her job.

B．She needed more food stamps.

C．She didn’t know how to get through the hard time.

D．She didn’t have enough money to pay for her groceries.

2. How did the author help the woman?

A．She inspired the woman with a card.

B．She bought some food for the woman.

C．She gave the woman a handful of money.

D．She offered the woman’s husband a better job.

3. What does the underlined word “startled” most probably mean?

A．Moved.

B．Surprised.

C．Pleased.

D．Annoyed.

4. Which could be the best title for the text?

A．You Decide Who You Are	B．Bad Things Will Go Away
C．The Help from a Stranger	D．The Power of a Small Card

9 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A video about a Chinese police officer’s broken English went viral on the Internet in China recently. In the video, a German student returned to Shanghai but got     1    (stop) by the security guards at the apartment gate. But the student doesn’t speak Chinese and the security doesn’t speak English. They couldn’t make     2     (they) understood. So the security ended up calling the police for help. Two police officers showed up on the spot, where they communicated with the student     3     very broken English and with body language.     4     settling the problem, the police officer told the student that she should learn some Chinese.

10 . The little boy with big brown eyes was waiting for us on the other side of the world. Ever since our adoption agency had _________ us, I’d been hurriedly competing all the necessary paperwork. I made it a personal goal to never delay the process. On one late afternoon in June. I rushed toward the closest FedEx office. I had some _________ to send overnight, and I wanted them to go out that day.

I thought I knew where the FedEx office was. I drove there as the minutes slipped away, only to find that the office was no longer _________ where I remembered it. Tears came to my eyes. This was _________ we all had a smartphone in our pockets. I had no way of _________ the correct location. _________ , I started driving toward home. I felt like a failure, as though I’d just ___________ my new son to more days in an orphanage waiting for us.

Suddenly, I was ___________ at a stoplight by an oversized box truck My anger turned to ___________ when I saw the sign. It was a FedEx truck I ______________ closely behind the truck. What were the ______________ the truck would lead me straight to the FedEx office I was seeking?

It broke out the chances were good. Less than five minutes later, I saw a FedEx sign, and the truck made a turn into the parking lot. I had ______________ in my eyes again.

Our documents went out that night. The truck driver ______________ knew he was an angel for me that day. Three months later, we flew halfway around the world to ______________ our son for the first time. We have been with him every day since.

Miracles are always around us ______________ we are open to them. Sometimes, it’s a smile at the right time or a kind word. And every now and then, it’s even a big truck that cuts us off in traffic.

1.

A．debated

B．challenged

C．matched

D．scanned

2.

A．gifts

B．letters

C．documents

D．postcards

3.

A．locked

B．located

C．ranked

D．repaired

4.

A．before

B．after

C．since

D．when

5.

A．finding

B．choosing

C．describing

D．showing

6.

A．Bored

B．Delighted

C．Disappointed

D．Surprised

7.

A．compared

B．sentenced

C．appointed

D．accompanied

8.

A．kept up

B．put down

C．taken in

D．cut off

9.

A．guilt

B．panic

C．shock

D．terror

10.

A．ran

B．arose

C．walked

D．followed

11.

A．chances

B．wonders

C．doubts

D．promises

12.

A．dust

B．dirt

C．tears

D．sands

13.

A．just

B．never

C．exactly

D．immediately

14.

A．free

B．meet

C．beat

D．spoil

15.

A．if

B．although

C．unless

D．until