1 . A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew.
One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to take it home and plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home, he did not know where to plant it.
He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come all night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit.
Finally he planted the tree in his woods where no one could see it. But without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died.
Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. “What’s the difference?” the farmer said angrily. “If I had planted the tree near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree in one of my fields, my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit.”
“Yes,” said the friend, “but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed a good apple tree!”
1. What did the farmer’s friend give him one day?| A．An apple. | B．A gift. | C．A young tree. | D．Some apples. |
| A．He thought his neighbors would steal the fruit. |
| B．He thought the tree would die. |
| C．He thought his children would take the fruit. |
| D．He thought strangers would steal the fruit. |
| A．Near the road. | B．On the farm. | C．In his woods. | D．Near the house. |
| A．Strangers pulled out the tree. |
| B．His neighbors cut down the tree. |
| C．His children broke the tree. |
| D．There was less sunlight and poor soil. |
2 . Disappointedly, my funny summer vacation was completely ruined last year by an advanced device: the iPad.
Instead of looking at nature, I
And that was the problem: I was acting
So this year I made up my mind to try something
This experience has had a
I knew I had
A vacation is supposed to help you reset your
| A．received | B．wrote | C．checked | D．recognized |
| A．followed | B．ignored | C．organized | D．founded |
| A．magazines | B．newspapers | C．journals | D．letters |
| A．so that | B．as if | C．even though | D．ever since |
| A．upset | B．calm | C．crazy | D．different |
| A．sending | B．handing | C．destroying | D．burying |
| A．better | B．stronger | C．less | D．worse |
| A．shocked | B．trapped | C．defeated | D．frightened |
| A．set off | B．turn off | C．put off | D．cut off |
| A．more than | B．rather than | C．instead of | D．except for |
| A．choice | B．way | C．means | D．idea |
| A．meaningless | B．hopeful | C．happy | D．peaceful |
| A．for | B．against | C．to | D．in |
| A．entirely | B．frequently | C．gradually | D．finally |
| A．won | B．lost | C．suffered | D．recovered |
| A．Therefore | B．However | C．Otherwise | D．Anyway |
| A．stop | B．escape | C．continue | D．change |
| A．give up | B．give in | C．give off | D．give away |
| A．that | B．which | C．when | D．who |
| A．body | B．heart | C．brain | D．thought |
It was a nice Monday morning and I was waiting for the bus at the station. “Here
Caught, the young man had something to say for himself. He said his father was ill in bed and couldn’t take care of
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注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词。
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One of our neighbor took a hard fall last week. I found out early this morning that she had been taking to the hospital last night. She is old and live alone. So my mother careful prepared a nice dinner and my father and I bring it to the hospital this afternoon. The old lady was surprising by our visit so expressed her thanks for our help. When we were about to leave, she told we she would come home next week. She broke her left arm and would need a lot of rest. My parents and I will continue to take care her. From this experience, I’ve learned that a friend in the need is a friend indeed.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
When I finished all my exam, my family drove to the countryside for a holiday. On our way, my favorite scarf (围巾) flew out of the window suddenly and is gone. I felt very sad, regretting that when I hadn't kept the scarf well. Soon after, we stopped at a service station. Feel upset, I found a bench and was about to ate my sandwich when a motorcyclist pulled into the station. “Is that your blue car?” he asked me. Although I felt surprising. I nodded quickly. A man pulled out the very scarf from my bag and handed it to me. He then returned his motorcycle and wanted to leave. I went up and hugged him thankful.
6 . They had to get many people out of the burning building as quickly as they could. So they told them to jump out of the window.
The first one out of the window was a man. He was followed by his two children. Next, a baby and then the baby’s mother came flying out of the third-storeyed window, all driven by desperation and the smoke that was coming from the apartment. Brian Smith and Corey Boykin helped them all. “We caught everything that came out of the window”. Smith said.
A fire started on the second floor. “I got my family out,” said Smith. “Then I started banging on doors on the first floor. I tried getting to the second floor, but the smoke was too black. I couldn’t see; I couldn’t breathe. So I turned around and came outside. That’s when I saw people hanging out of the window.”
Boykin was at his friend Melanie Nunemaker’s house, across the street from the apartment. He knew something was wrong when he saw a baby drop out of the window. Catching the child below was Smith.
Boykin ran to a nearby house to get a ladder and rushed back to help. He found Smith with his arms outstretched, shouting, “Jump! I get you.” He caught several people.
Boykin climbed the ladder to warn people on the third floor to turn around and come toward him because they couldn’t see through the smoke.
And he wasn’t finished. When Boykin saw his burnt-out neighbors, he took 20 of them back to Nunemaker’s house. “They gave us clothes, shoes, whatever they had — and we didn’t,” one of the neighbors Chase Ray said, “They saved us.”
1. What did Boykin do when he knew something was wrong?| A．He came to the rescue. | B．He got his family out. |
| C．He caught a dropping baby. | D．He started banging on doors. |
| A．Nunemaker and Chase Ray. | B．Boykin and Smith. |
| C．Chase Ray and Boykin. | D．Smith and Nunemaker. |
| A．We didn’t give clothes to others. | B．We didn’t live comfortably. |
| C．We didn’t accept these things. | D．We didn’t have these things. |
| A．honest and brave | B．helpful and hardworking |
| C．warm-hearted and brave | D．outgoing and helpful |
Most people dream of living in a big expensive house. But Tim Shea just wanted to find a place
This 70-year-old homeless man had spent several years living on the streets until he became the first resident of a village filled
Shea was chosen to be the first person
Life wasn't easy for Shea before
Luckily,
The houses
8 . There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school (寄宿学校)
But the boy changed after
His parents started
They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and
The boy answered back, “To
“No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most
These words
Now the boy had
| A．After | B．Before | C．When | D．While |
| A．hardest | B．naughtiest | C．brightest | D．dullest |
| A．exam | B．activity | C．game | D．class |
| A．coming | B．returning | C．leaving | D．reaching |
| A．rising | B．increasing | C．reducing | D．dropping |
| A．group | B．term | C．company | D．party |
| A．led to | B．felt like | C．thought back | D．looked for |
| A．worthless | B．careless | C．concerned | D．annoyed |
| A．caring | B．turning | C．worrying | D．speaking |
| A．crazy | B．true | C．possible | D．wrong |
| A．talk with | B．listen to | C．tell to | D．care about |
| A．family | B．friends | C．study | D．grades |
| A．realize | B．analyze | C．check | D．test |
| A．outstanding | B．important | C．famous | D．familiar |
| A．happy | B．excellent | C．interested | D．satisfied |
| A．caused | B．wanted | C．encouraged | D．forced |
| A．answered | B．ignored | C．hated | D．hugged |
| A．nothing | B．something | C．everything | D．anything |
| A．showed | B．meant | C．intended | D．expressed |
| A．sad | B．angry | C．pleasant | D．joyful |
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删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
One night, a little baby was in a room. Although his mother tries rocking him to sleep, but he was still awake. Yet his mother took him to the window see the stars.
The stars were shone on the sea. The mother told the baby some story about the stars. She said that there were two little stars play peek-a-boo (躲猫猫) with two little fish in the deep blue sea. And two little frogs was singing. “Neap, neap, neap. We also see a dear little baby which should be asleep”
The baby was happy. Soon, he grew sleepy and fell sleep in his mother’s arms.
10 . At just 19 years of age, the young Belgium-British pilot, Zara Rutherford, aims to be the youngest woman to fly around the world solo in a single-engine aircraft. If she succeeds, she will overtake Shaesta Waiz’s world record to become the youngest woman to fly around the globe solo.
Zara has been on the plane her whole life. Her mother is an amateur pilot, and her father is a professional one. Over 80 hours of flight recorded and countless more in the future, she received her pilot's license in 2020.
To pay for her two-month journey, Zara has sold her car and sought out different sponsors (赞助商). Also concerned about the environmental effects of her trip, she plans to spend $710 on tree projects to make up for her carbon footprint (碳排放量). Her small, single-engine plane is customized for her needs and includes radio and satellite communications.
Zara has faced challenges such as bad weather, being forced to fly low over the ocean, and failing radio contact. “I’m really happy to be on the ground, to be honest,” she says in a video posted after her arrival in Kulusuk, Greenland. “The first little bit was fine, but then suddenly the clouds were getting lower and lower. At one point I was 600 feet above the ocean, which was pretty scary.” She lost radio contact 30 minutes into that trip and had two hours without communications.
While setting a world record is Zara’s aim, her main purpose is to inspire others. She said, “Growing up, I was really into aviation (航空), science, tech, engineering, and mathematics. But I didn’t see many other girls in those fields.” So, with this flight, she hopes to encourage and motivate other girls and young women to pursue their dreams and reduce the gender (性别) gap in STEM.
1. What did Zara Rutherford do before for her flight?| A．She reduced her carbon footprint. |
| B．She asked her parents to support her. |
| C．She took long hours of flight training. |
| D．She personalized her plane for her special needs. |
| A．Being a pilot is a dangerous job. |
| B．Zara was scared of flying over the ocean. |
| C．Zara successfully overcame some difficulties. |
| D．The weather is very changeable in Greenland. |
| A．Prove her outstanding ability in flying. | B．Win fame as the world record breaker. |
| C．Encourage people to go into aviation. | D．Increase girls’ confidence in STEM. |
| A．A girl’s road to becoming a pilot | B．A big step in reducing gender gap |
| C．A girl’s solo flight around the world | D．A girl’s dream of travelling the world |
