1 . J. K. Rowling frequently shows there is magic every day. Her Harry Potter series has helped people through times of stress and depression and she is always there to deliver wise words of encouragement.

She is one celebrity who is very active on Twitter. So when a single dad named Matt Burke sent her a message thanking her for the series, she noticed. Her series had helped strengthen his relationship with his 9­year­old daughter Bailey.

He included a link to his article titled Being a Broke Parent. He explained how he hadn’t found a level of financial stability that allowed him to pay bills on time and take his daughter on more activities and events. The family also doesn’t have the Internet or TV, which means there’s no “digital babysitter” and he has to rely on his own creative ways to bond with his daughter. Since he received the series, the main thing that has occupied them these days is reading books together.

Burke admits that he thought he was “too cool” for the books when they first came out and he was in his twenties, but he’s loving reading them now. “We switch off chapter by chapter reading them out loud，“Burke explains.” This not only allows her to get more used to reading aloud in front of someone, but it gets me directly involved in something she loves, and it gives me the chance to be very dramatic when I read my chapters and bring myself into the characters in the book, which has proven to be a ton of fun.”

After hearing Burke’s story, Rowling said how honored she was when Harry Potter was a part of his family’s life and offered Burke more books. Besides, people are also offering to send Burke more books as gifts. For Burke, this experience, far more than gifts, will be what he treasures.

1. Why did Burke thank J. K. Rowling according to the text?

A．She guided him how to write a good story.

B．She encouraged him when he was in trouble.

C．Her books helped him through times of confusion.

D．Her books helped him improve his bond with his daughter.

2. What is implied in Burke’s words in paragraph 4?

A．He has found it interesting to read the series.	B．He was too old to understand the series better.
C．He has chosen a better way of reading the series.	D．He hopes to play a role in the drama in the future.

3. Which word can best describe Burke’s experience according to the text?

A．Useless.

B．Normal.

C．Valuable.

D．Boring.

4. What is the main idea of this text?

A．J. K. Rowling chooses to help improve kids’ health.

B．J. K. Rowling gives a magical gift to a single father.

C．J. K. Rowling has a deep influence on others’ growth.

D．Burke comes to know J. K. Rowling through her series.

2 . Every year I read over 2,000 college applications from students all over the world. It is quite _________ to choose whom to admit. _________. in the chaos of SAT scores and recommendations, one _________ is always irresistible (无法抗拒的) in a candidate: kindness.

The most surprising indication of kindness I’ve ever _________ came from a student who had excellent scores and a supportive _________ from his college consultant. Even with these qualifications, he might not have _________. But one letter of recommendation caught my eye. It was from a school security _________. Letters of recommendation are typically written by people like former presidents, celebrities, and Olympic athletes.

The security guard wrote that he supported this student’s admission because of his _________. This young man was the only person in the school who knew the names of every member of the guard staff. He turned off lights in empty rooms, consistently _________ the hallway monitor (监测员) each morning and tidied up the classroom after his peers left school __________ nobody was watching. This student, the security guard wrote, had a(n) __________ respect for every person at the school, regardless of position, popularity or power.

It gave us a __________ onto a student’s life in the moments when nothing “counted”. That student was admitted by unanimous (一致的) vote of the admissions committee.

Next year there might be a flood of security guard recommendations __________ this essay. But if it means students will start paying as much __________ to the people who clean their classrooms as they do to their headmasters and teachers, I’m happy to help start that __________.

1.

A．distant

B．difficult

C．delicate

D．desperate

2.

A．However

B．Otherwise

C．Besides

D．Therefore

3.

A．ability

B．quality

C．limitation

D．assumption

4.

A．come out

B．picked up

C．come across

D．brought up

5.

A．lecture

B．reply

C．recommendation

D．application

6.

A．stood up

B．stood out

C．given up

D．given out

7.

A．guard

B．teacher

C．headmaster

D．consultant

8.

A．wisdom

B．consideration

C．encouragement

D．bravery

9.

A．bothered

B．answered

C．visited

D．thanked

10.

A．as if

B．now that

C．even if

D．in order that

11.

A．demanding

B．amusing

C．refreshing

D．puzzling

12.

A．passion

B．trouble

C．method

D．window

13.

A．due to

B．in need of

C．except for

D．along with

14.

A．money

B．notice

C．attention

D．curiosity

15.

A．policy

B．trend

C．arrangement

D．career

3 . 阅读下面材料，根据所给上下文并结合最后一段第一句，续写最后一段内容。续写词数为70词左右。

An odd thing happened to Arthur when he was on the way to work one day. As he walked along the First National Bank, he heard the sound of someone trying to start a car. He tried again and again but couldn’t get the car moving. Arthur turned and looked inside at the face of a young man who looked worried. Authur stopped and asked “It looks like you’ve got a problem,” Arthur said.

“I’m afraid so. I’m in a big hurry and I can’t start my car.”

“Is there something I can do to help?” Arthu asked. The young man looked at the two suitcases in the back seat and then said, “Thanks. If you’re sure it wouldn’t be too much trouble, you could help me get these suitcases into a taxi.”

“No trouble at all. I’d be glad to help.” The young man got out and took one of the suitcases from the back seat. After putting it on the ground, he turned to get the other one. Just as Arthur picked up the first suitcase and started walking, he heard the long loud noise of an alarm (警报).

It was from the bank. There had been a robbery (抢劫)!

Now the air around the bank was filled with the sound of an alarm and the shouts of people running from all directions. Cars stopped and the passengers joined the crowd in front of the bank. People asked each other, “What happened?” But everyone had a different answer.

Arthur, still carrying the suitcase, turned to look at the bank and saw a young woman walking towards him. She looked at the suitcase and then at him. Arthur was surprised, “Why is she looking at me like that?” He thought. “The suitcase! She thinks I’m the bank robber!” He became frightened, and without another thought, he started to run.

As he was running with the suitcase, Arthur heard the young man shouting behind, “Stop, stop! My money”,

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Arthur seized (抓住) this opportunity to catch the young man and took him to the nearby police station by car.

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4 . Devon Gallagher, a college graduate from Philadelphia, wants the world to know exactly where she’s been during her worldwide vacation in a special way.

The traveler, who was born with a congenital bone disease (先天性骨病), had her right leg amputated (截肢) at the age of four. Although the amputation caused misfortune for Gallagher early on, she now sees it as an inspiration for living her best life.

To spread that message, Gallagher has taken to social media, where she shares photos of her travels around the world. Besides, she writes her location across her artificial leg (假肢) before taking a picture.

Now she has been taking pictures across Europe, which show her cycling over the canals in Amsterdam, relaxing on a wall overlooking the city of Barcelona, posing with a waffle (华夫饼) in Brussels, taking breath-taking pictures in Athens and enjoying a river cruise (巡航) in Budapest, with all the well-known locations written on her artificial leg.

“I get a new leg every two years and I can choose the design on it. One day I had a sudden idea to get a chalkboard (黑板),” Gallagher said. “My mum and grandmother didn't like the idea, but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it, so I did.”

Gallagher said people often stare when she’s writing on her leg, but once she shared the photos, she received only positive comment. “My leg hasn't stopped me doing anything I’ve wanted to do, I know it’s my determination to prove to myself that I can do it. Therefore, I’ve been able to keep up with my peers (同龄人) and lead a pretty great life.”

Gallagher shows us that you should never let anything stand in the way of your dreams. If life gives you an artificial leg, make art.

1. What message does Gallagher want to express in her special way?

A．She enjoys her traveling across the globe.

B．She suffers little from her leg amputation .

C．She looks on her misfortune as another form of blessing.

D．She has exactly fallen in love with posting photos online.

2. What can we learn about Gallagher from the text?

A．She is interested in art.

B．She lost her both legs at the age of four.

C．She wrote her travel destinations on her artificial leg.

D．She got permission from her family for getting a chalkboard.

3. Which of the following can best describe Gallagher?

A．Considerate and cooperative	B．Reliable and generous
C．Independent and selfless	D．Determined and creative

4. Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

A．Never Too Late to Share	B．A Special Artificial Leg
C．An Outstanding Photographer	D．Gallagher’s Summer Holidays

5 . For many people, bookstores are wonderful places. That’s because the books on the shelves can take you away to magical lands, help you learn a foreign language, or cook a delicious meal. But when your community is too small to house a brick bookstore, you have to come up with another idea. A mobile bookstore was the result. That is the case for Rita Collins, 70, who dreamed of opening a used bookstore after retiring from teaching.

A business planning class from the American Booksellers Association convinced Collins to give up her idea of opening a bookstore in the small town where she lives. Her town, Eureka, Montana, only has a population of 1,517. Collins asked her instructors about a traveling bookstore on wheels and they doubted her idea. But she insisted on it.

Collins was inspired by Dylans Mobile Bookstore, a traveling bookstore in Wales run by Jeff Towns. She contacted Jeff for advice but she was largely on her own when it came to building her bookstore. First, she had to find a vehicle large enough to stand in. Then she had to have it refitted with shelves that would hold the books at a 15-degree angle so that they would stay in place while traveling. Collins named her bookstore St. Rita’s Traveling Bookstore, which has been on the road since 2015.

At first, she drove through Montana and then she made her first cross-country trip in 2016. After she retired in 2017, it became a full-time job. Collins and her bookstore have visited 30 states, stopping at festivals and events along the way. Collins loves meeting people and making connections. While she loves what she does, Collins doesn’t think she can keep doing it. In several years, she hopes to pass her traveling bookstore onto another book lover who shares the same interest and will keep it on the road.

1. According to the passage, what’s the basic requirement for opening a bookstore?

A．There must be a community with a popularity of 1517.

B．The American Booksellers Association should support the store.

C．A bookstore must store enough books.

D．The bookstore must offer delicious meals.

2. How to hold the books in place while travelling?

A．With a large vehicle.

B．At a 15-degree angle.

C．On the wheels.

D．On the road.

3. Which of the following is TRUE about Collins?

A．Nobody supported Collins at first.	B．Jeff helped Collins a lot in building her bookstore.
C．Collins made the bookshelves by herself.	D．Collins would devote all her life to her bookstore.

4. What probably is the next paragraph of this article about?

A．How to make her bookstore popular.	B．How to raise more money to support her store.
C．How to choose more suitable books.	D．How to choose a man who can inherit her bookshop.

7 . My work started in 2003 at my local animal shelter’s Adoption Department. It seems like such a long time ago. In the 13 years that have ______, more than 50,000 animals have passed the doors of the ______. Most of them, I do not remember. But ______ there are animals who stand out. Tabby was one such ______.

Tabby was one of the many ______ dogs. What’s more, she was blind and deaf. Tabby’s ______ to be adopted seemed small. But one day a woman ______ Loretta came to the shelter. Her son, Gary, who ______ epilepsy (癫痫) had seen Tabby’s picture ______ the shelter’s website. They were ______ in meeting her! Most boys would want a puppy, a dog who could ______ with him and run through grassy fields on summer days. Tabby would never be able to do that. But as they say, “love is blind.” After meeting her, they decided to ______ Tabby!

If Tabby’s story had simply ended with her ______ adoption, it would still have been something very ______ indeed. But it was ______ happened after her adoption that some might label as “magical”. They became inseparable. They got along well with each other so that Tabby could sense Gary’s seizures(疾病发作)before they ______, giving his family a ______ that one was about to strike. What’s more, Gary seemed to be having fewer and fewer seizures since Tabby’s ______.

How could it be? There are some things that challenge logic and understanding in this world. Sometimes the best that we can do is to accept a ______, which we couldn’t attempt to explain. Because when you try to ______ it, you lose the beauty and miracle of it all.

1.

A．passed

B．created

C．wasted

D．imitated

2.

A．park

B．hospital

C．shelter

D．destination

3.

A．usually

B．occasionally

C．frequently

D．always

4.

A．animal

B．backpack

C．guest

D．treasure

5.

A．content

B．homeless

C．disappointing

D．comfortable

6.

A．chances

B．challenges

C．adventures

D．discussions

7.

A．ordered

B．sold

C．advertised

D．named

8.

A．got across

B．got through

C．suffered from

D．broke up

9.

A．beyond

B．on

C．with

D．between

10.

A．serious

B．bored

C．curious

D．interested

11.

A．agree

B．grow

C．deal

D．doubt

12.

A．destroy

B．win

C．adopt

D．save

13.

A．successful

B．straight

C．traditional

D．miserable

14.

A．special

B．normal

C．similar

D．difficult

15.

A．which

B．when

C．where

D．what

16.

A．noticed

B．greeted

C．occurred

D．met

17.

A．release

B．warning

C．requirement

D．conflict

18.

A．date

B．damage

C．habit

D．arrival

19.

A．decision

B．contest

C．miracle

D．promise

20.

A．describe

B．forgive

C．believe

D．explain

8 . I live on Canada’s west coast and my son lives on its east coast. He has visited his mother and me a number of times and we have visited him there with some ______. We also talk online each week. However, because of Covid-19 travel restrictions and the long ______ between us, we hadn’t seen him ______ for more than two years. His mother is ill so we had talked about a possible future visit with him coming to us but nothing had been decided yet.

Then, one day, there was a knock at the door and when I opened it, in walked my son carrying a pot of flowers. He hadn’t told us he was coming and seeing him was a wonderful ______ and I was in tears.

I think that, as parents we tend to think of our children as being young and being in need of ______ even when they have reached adulthood. ______, though, the ______ appearance of my son and his month-long visit let me see him in a whole new light. My wife needs a lot of ______ these days and our son stepped up to help. There were some repairs and he helped to make them happen. He is a homeowner and is therefore skilled at fixing and ______ the things. He helped to prepare food, to help his mother get ______ when she had to move around, to make some repairs that I had been ______ and, in general, he took from me a(n) ______ I was carrying. I found I was working under his direction because of his outstanding skill. Through it all I could work shoulder to shoulder with this ______, confident man that I loved and admired. It was a wonderful and surprising experience.

My son left recently for his home and again I was in tears but it was ______ somehow. When he arrived I was crying because I was so happy to see him and so ______ to have someone help me take care of his mother. When he left, I shed tears of pride that such a wonderful person is my son and he honors me by calling me “dad”.

1.

A．frequency

B．appointment

C．privilege

D．preference

2.

A．fence

B．distance

C．ocean

D．continent

3.

A．on our own

B．by ourselves

C．of our own

D．in person

4.

A．shock

B．cheat

C．fault

D．pray

5.

A．understanding

B．sympathy

C．guidance

D．empathy

6.

A．Anyhow

B．Somehow

C．Somewhat

D．Furthermore

7.

A．legal

B．pure

C．sudden

D．embarrassing

8.

A．encouragement

B．saving

C．mercy

D．support

9.

A．maintaining

B．protecting

C．calculating

D．forecasting

10.

A．comfortable

B．dynamic

C．elegant

D．harmonious

11.

A．calling off

B．putting off

C．taking off

D．setting off

12.

A．agenda

B．chaos

C．panic

D．load

13.

A．convincing

B．humble

C．competent

D．gentle

14.

A．similar

B．related

C．different

D．visible

15.

A．relieved

B．released

C．impressed

D．moved

9 . 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。

In 2000, when I was six years old, my parents, sister, and I were coming back from a baseball game. Little did we know that a big surprise was waiting for us in our driveway. We spotted two adult geese and a small gosling. The adults were frightened away by our return, but their baby was still too young to follow. We were no strangers to the ways of wildlife, so we avoided physical contact with the young gosling out of fear that he would stay with us and be lost to his family forever.

Hours passed, and night fell. With it came a deep chill and a fear of watchful predators. The tiny little thing was wandering around our yard, unaware of what could happen. It was clear that he needed protection, warmth, and food to survive until morning. At that point, we knew we had to bring him into our house.

We all slept with one eye open till morning came. And then another morning. Each morning, we would try to drive the goose over to his parents, who kept coming back to our yard. He wouldn’t go to them, though, and they wouldn’t come close enough to claim him. We kept this up for five days, but no luck. The young goose had decided we were his new family, so we had to give him a name, Peeper.

Days turned into weeks, months until almost a year passed. We settled into a routine filled with feathery hugs. One evening, my uncle came. My dad wanted to show him Peeper. He threw Peeper up in the air, but he just flew off. Everyone was sad and worried. We looked for Peeper for days, but he didn’t come back. We hoped he had gone to join a flock of his own kind. Again, days turned into weeks, months, and then years. I missed my little buddy. I would call for him every time I saw a flock of geese in V-formation. Twenty years passed, and Peeper became a fond memory for my family.

注意：
(1)所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；
(2)续写部分分为两段，每段开头语已经给出。

In 2019, an aging adult goose came to my family home.

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After this goose came back repeatedly for two weeks, it became clear to me that this was Peeper.

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10 . Ten years ago I adopted my dog Rudy from a shelter just days before they were going to euthanize(使安乐死)him. We’ve had a special _________ ever since.

As a single woman in my 50s, I’ve found his _________ really meaningful. We do everything together. Every night we have a little bed time snack and then I get in my bed and he gets in his doggy bed right next to mine. But a year ago suddenly Rudy _________. Every night when I got in bed he’d jump up on my bed and start licking(舔)my face. I’d _________ make him get off but the next night he’d _________ the same licking.

I was considering taking him to obedience(驯服)school when it suddenly _________ me that he was licking the same spot on my jaw over and over again. I _________ my jaw and it seemed okay but it was so _________ for my dog that I decided to just trust him.I went to see a(n) _________ to clear my doubt but still felt silly telling her why I came. The doctor agreed to do some __________. It turned out I had a tumor (肿瘤) in my jaw. It couldn’t be felt from the __________ but somehow Rudy knew it was there. Though I’ve go much __________ now, the doctors said if I’d __________ until the tumor was big enough to be felt, it’s likely would have __________ . I saved my dog’s life and now he’s __________ mine!

1.

A．exercise

B．connection

C．task

D．communication

2.

A．company

B．trust

C．support

D．comfort

3.

A．abandoned

B．transformed

C．left

D．changed

4.

A．happily

B．anxiously

C．desperately

D．impatiently

5.

A．respond to

B．try out

C．stick to

D．put off

6.

A．hit upon

B．dawned on

C．flooded into

D．poured to

7.

A．dropped

B．opened

C．saw

D．felt

8.

A．unusual

B．interesting

C．impossible

D．natural

9.

A．friend

B．dentist

C．doctor

D．manager

10.

A．experiments

B．tests

C．treatment

D．research

11.

A．outside

B．inside

C．throat

D．hand

12.

A．faster

B．better

C．slower

D．worse

13.

A．waited

B．continued

C．refused

D．rejected

14.

A．lost

B．fallen

C．failed

D．died

15.

A．protected

B．influenced

C．saved

D．guided