2 . I got to know a homeless young man in Portland named Oscar through his Twitter posts two years ago. I _________ letters to him last spring to see if there was anything we could do to help. He has an autoimmune (自身免疫的) disease and lost his job and then _________ his home.

It took months but he finally answered my _________. He said in the hot summer he could use a fan. So we sent him one of those. Later he said he was _________ on the ground and he wanted a bed. So the next month we got him a _________. He later said how it is wet in Portland, so I found him a _________ of waterproof shoes. He said he felt like it was Christmas all summer.

Lately, he’s been helping a friend who is in a wheelchair and is also homeless. He asked if we could get a poncho (雨披) for his friend to cover the _________ and we’re shipping that out today.

My heart often breaks because of Oscar. I wish I could do more. I told _________ my son was lost and that my son would use the name Oscar sometimes in a game.

“I’m _________ what you’re suffering from,” he said. “What a pity! I’m not your __________.”

“I know. But I hope wherever my son is, if he is __________ too, someone is helping him.”

The other day I got a note from Oscar. “I was lying __________ my bed, which made me feel at home. I just wanted to __________ you and your husband for all your help.”

We helped nearly 1,000 persons to find homes over the years. I hope all the other homeless people in the world will find a __________ too. And we’ll do whatever we can to __________ them.

1.

A．wrote

B．drew

C．painted

D．colored

2.

A．bought

B．built

C．lost

D．locked

3.

A．phones

B．letters

C．doors

D．calls

4.

A．standing

B．singing

C．dancing

D．sleeping

5.

A．bag

B．chair

C．table

D．bed

6.

A．group

B．pair

C．bunch

D．set

7.

A．floor

B．sofa

C．bench

D．wheelchair

8.

A．him

B．her

C．me

D．them

9.

A．eager for

B．happy with

C．sorry for

D．satisfied with

10.

A．niece

B．daughter

C．son

D．nephew

11.

A．careless

B．homeless

C．hopeful

D．careful

12.

A．on

B．under

C．beside

D．behind

13.

A．thank

B．hate

C．forget

D．refuse

14.

A．factory

B．school

C．hospital

D．home

15.

A．teach

B．help

C．cheat

D．beat

3 . A man was driving home when he saw a car stuck on the side of the road. So he _______ behind the car and got out. Even with a smile on his face, the lady was still _______ . He said, “I’m here to help you. By the way, my name is Bryan.”

All the problem she had was a _______ tire, which was bad enough for a lady. Bryan helped change the _______ , making hands dirty and hurt. She couldn’t thank him enough for coming to her _______ . She asked him how much she owed him. He never thought twice about the _______ . This was helping someone in _______ .

He waited until she _______ her car and drove off. It was a cold day, but he felt _______ as he headed for home.

Halfway the lady stopped to grab a bite to______at a small cafe. A waitress came over with a sweet smile. She ______ that the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant. After the meal, when the waitress went to get the _____ for her hundred dollar bill, she left __________ . The waitress found the words on the napkin under which was four $100 bills—“Somebody once helped me out, and I won’t let this __________ of love end with me.”

That night when the waitress got home, she shared the story with her husband and whispered, “With the __________ due next month, it may be hard, but everything’s gonna be all right, Bryan.”

1.

A．took over

B．pulled up

C．turned around

D．broke down

2.

A．worried

B．embarrassed

C．disappointed

D．annoyed

3.

A．round

B．spare

C．flat

D．thick

4.

A．engine

B．tire

C．car

D．route

5.

A．link

B．chat

C．event

D．aid

6.

A．money

B．idea

C．problem

D．fact

7.

A．disaster

B．panic

C．need

D．danger

8.

A．processed

B．polished

C．struck

D．started

9.

A．nervous

B．good

C．touched

D．puzzled

10.

A．eat

B．work

C．sing

D．appoint

11.

A．wished

B．admitted

C．introduced

D．noticed

12.

A．product

B．treasure

C．change

D．income

13.

A．quietly

B．patiently

C．sincerely

D．excitedly

14.

A．target

B．chain

C．wisdom

D．reward

15.

A．holiday

B．plan

C．success

D．baby

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

On March 3, 2022, Jiang Mengnan    1    (receive) the “Touching China” (感动中国) award for 2021.

In 1992, Jiang Mengnan was born in Hunan. When she was six     2    (month) old, she lost her hearing. From then on, she couldn’t hear anything at all and     3    (she) world became silent. Her parents began to teach her to read people’s lips (嘴唇) and speak. It was not easy, but her parents never gave up. After a lot     4    practice, Jiang Mengnan learned to speak.

When Jiang Mengnan    5    (be) old enough, she went to school. She tried to understand what the teachers said by     6    (read) their lips. She worked very hard and overcame a lot of difficulties. She     7     (final) became a top student. In 2011, she got a high score in gaokao and went to Jilin University. In 2018, she was accepted by Tsinghua University as a PhD (博士) student.

“I think I am    8    (luck). I want to thank my parents, teachers and friends,    9     have been helping me all the time. And     10    best way to pay them back is to do something good for society,” Jiang Mengnan said.

7 . Marty was new at school. On his first day, he showed magic to his schoolmates. He made a toothpick (牙签) disappear and appear within seconds. Everyone wondered how he did it.

“How did you do that?” I asked. “Sorry, but that’s the first law of magic. A magician never lets out his secrets.” Marty smiled. I thought he was tricking everyone. I would make his secrets known to all.

The next day, Marty gave his second magic show. He said he could make things float (飘起). He had a ring in one hand and a pencil in the other. That’s when I saw it: a thin line tied around the end of the pencil and attracted to a button on Marty’s shirt! Sure enough, he made the ring “float” by sliding (滑动) it over the pencil and hanging it from the line. No one else noticed, but I found the secret. I got close to him and said, “I know how you did it.” He looked nervous and asked me, “Are you going to tell others?” I thought for a moment. If I told, I’d finally be able to prove Marty’s magic was fake (假的). Then Marty might lose his new friends. So I told him that I would say nothing about it. And then I walked away.

“Wait!” Marty jumped in front of me. “You’ve got a pretty good eye for magic. If you’re interested, I have an idea,” Marty suggested. And I accepted his idea. That’s how the Magic Marty and Mysterious Matt Lunch Show began. We’ve been a magic team for three months now. It turns out that instead of a fake magician, Marty is a real friend.

1. To whom did Marty show magic on his first day at school?

A．His parents.

B．His brothers.

C．His teachers.

D．His schoolmates.

2. Why did Marty refuse to tell the secret of magic?

A．It was the first law of magic.

B．It was the rule of study.

C．It was a duty for everyone.

D．It was a task for a student.

3. What do we know about Marty’s second magic show the next day?

A．Its operation went wrong.

B．It was praised by the writer.

C．The writer found its secret.

D．It was done with the help of others.

4. How did Marty feel when he heard “I know how you did it.” in Paragraph 3?

A．Nervous.

B．Excited.

C．Sorry.

D．Happy.

5. What did the writer do in the end?

A．He refused Marty’s suggestion.

B．He and Marty set up a magic team.

C．He let out the secret of Marty’s magic.

D．He and Marty wrote a book about magic.

8 . Four months earlier, I woke one morning with blinding back pain. A quick Google search ________ a kidney infection. I went for a checkup and was told I had to have a donor who was a ________ match.

My life depended on ________ my brother, Johnny. A(n) ________ mother and an alcoholic father created an extremely unpleasant ________ for both of us. After high school, Johnny moved out. We communicated infrequently. I encouraged him to give up the job carrying the ________ of prison. But he believed I judged him ________. That was our last ________, 30 years ago.

I knew I needed to stay ________, but a part of me felt a glimmer of hope. My friend Anne knew all of this ________ family history and was at my door the next morning to ________ over some print-outs. I would be the one to make the ________.

I dialed the first number... and the second.... I did the same for almost every number — same ________ I went to bed thinking we’d ________ a dead end. The next day, I got up my ________ and looked over the list again. The lone number on the last page ________ out at me from the whiteness. I dialed, just to be done with it. The phone rang and rang. No ________.

Just one more time, ________ told me. I redialed.

“Hello!” It was my Johnny. My palms were damp when I explained why I’d called. Johnny didn’t ________ before agreeing to help. The hospital sent him a testing kit. My brother was a(n) ________!

1.

A．caused

B．started

C．indicated

D．received

2.

A．strange

B．genetic

C．similar

D．normal

3.

A．caring about

B．ringing up

C．looking into

D．tracking down

4.

A．abusive

B．honest

C．intelligent

D．active

5.

A．identification

B．competition

C．childhood

D．faith

6.

A．risk

B．promise

C．weight

D．luck

7.

A．attentively

B．frequently

C．unfairly

D．unwillingly

8.

A．cooperation

B．agreement

C．conversation

D．discussion

9.

A．ambitious

B．realistic

C．energetic

D．imaginative

10.

A．simple

B．long

C．great

D．painful

11.

A．think

B．get

C．go

D．hand

12.

A．visits

B．calls

C．contributions

D．suggestions

13.

A．number

B．friend

C．family

D．result

14.

A．hit

B．discovered

C．promised

D．expected

15.

A．conclusion

B．courage

C．phone

D．interest

16.

A．pointed

B．stared

C．checked

D．worked

17.

A．answer

B．action

C．approach

D．change

18.

A．anything

B．everything

C．something

D．nothing

19.

A．move

B．hesitate

C．respond

D．acknowledge

20.

A．failure

B．reward

C．advertisement

D．match

9 . I was born near New Your City. My parents loved music. They weren’t rich but there was always ___________ in our home: jazz, folk and pop music.

By the time I was 12, I ___________ the words of hundreds of songs. I used to ___________ in front of my bedroom mirror and pretend that I was ___________ the guitar. One day, my father ___________, seeing me and laughing. I felt ___________. A few weeks later, however, father came home with a large parcel under his arm. “It’s ___________ you, Tommy.” he said. “It’s special ___________ for your 13th birthday.” That was my first electric guitar. I took it ___________ out of the parcel, with a big smile on my ____________.

By the time I was 15, I left school and started ____________ in night clubs because I could hear lots of different bands there. Later, I ____________ a job at a dance club and worked for two years. I was then writing my own songs. ____________, no one was paying any attention. One night, I gave a tape of ____________ songs to the man in charge of the music. He ____________ it and started playing it. After a while, people started to ask him to play my ____________. Then, a recording company offered me a contract (合同) to ____________ an album (唱片). ____________, one of the songs, “Turning Me On”, became ____________ in China, Japan and Singapore.

I don’t know why but I became a ____________ in Southeast Asia.

1.

A．music

B．paper

C．food

2.

A．discussed

B．mailed

C．knew

3.

A．jump

B．stand

C．run

4.

A．playing

B．buying

C．selling

5.

A．ran away

B．came in

C．set off

6.

A．embarrassed

B．hungry

C．tired

7.

A．behind

B．with

C．for

8.

A．map

B．gift

C．book

9.

A．slowly

B．angrily

C．sadly

10.

A．mouth

B．head

C．face

11.

A．sleeping

B．working

C．climbing

12.

A．got

B．missed

C．refused

13.

A．Besides

B．Instead

C．However

14.

A．her

B．your

C．my

15.

A．liked

B．lost

C．forgot

16.

A．cards

B．songs

C．games

17.

A．borrow

B．record

C．return

18.

A．Personally

B．Generally

C．Luckily

19.

A．popular

B．easy

C．boring

20.

A．doctor

B．star

C．worker