1 . At 91 years old and with Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默病) disease, Gene McGehee was finding his golden years to be his loneliest. That all
When Gene
Gene’s
Gene’s daughter, Cathy, said he suffered from (遭受)
Gene and the kids enjoy their one-hour “playdate” every afternoon. They
| A．began | B．changed | C．mattered | D．happened |
| A．voice | B．picture | C．map | D．sound |
| A．rushed | B．left | C．stepped | D．stayed |
| A．afraid | B．curious | C．annoyed | D．willing |
| A．expected | B．paid | C．damaged | D．born |
| A．secret | B．wild | C．serious | D．simple |
| A．meeting | B．impressing | C．asking | D．caring |
| A．leg | B．eye | C．arm | D．brain |
| A．happiness | B．loneliness | C．friendship | D．hate |
| A．broke | B．designed | C．brightened | D．explored |
| A．eventually | B．cheerfully | C．regularly | D．frequently |
| A．exchange | B．communicate | C．tell | D．play |
| A．breaks in | B．blows up | C．passes down | D．joins in |
| A．normal | B．necessary | C．special | D．formal |
| A．shout | B．cry | C．laughter | D．news |
One morning in spring four students were walking to school.
There had been a rain, and the ground was very soft. Water was dropping from the trees, and the grass was wet.
The four students walked along, one behind another, because the pathway was narrow (狭窄的) and the mud (泥) on either side of it was deep. They walked, talked and laughed.
As they were passing through some small trees, they heard a great fluttering (拍翅膀) over their heads and a weak chirping (鸣叫) in the grass by the roadside.
“Tweet! Tweet! Tweet!” came from the leafy branches above them.“Cheep! Cheep! Cheep!” came from the wet grass.
“What is the matter here? ” asked the first student, whose name was Speed. “Oh, there are two young birds. Maybe the storm has blown two of the little ones out of the nest. They are too young to fly, ” said the second student, whose name was Hardin.
“What a pity! They'll die down there in the grass,” said the third student Martin.
“Oh, well! We still need to hurry to school. We're going to be late,” said Speed. “Why should we bother? ” After Speed's words, the first three students walked on, talking and laughing as before.
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2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答，
But the fourth student, whose name was David, stopped.
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All were surprised to find that David was not with them when the roll call (点名) was made.
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It was the first week of the summer vacation, and Parisa was already ready to be back at school. Not, everyone she knew liked school, but Parisa loved learning new things. Even more than that, she loved school because she got to be with her friends all day long. Parisa was an only child, and she thought it was too quiet at home.
Now her two best friends in the neighborhood were out of town for two weeks, and to Parisa, it seemed like two years. What would she do? Sitting on the wide front step of her house, she looked through her favorite kid magazine. The word “competition” caught her eye. “Create Your Own Magazine!” the headline read.
Parisa loved magazines, but it had never occurred to her that she could create one herself. The article said competitors must send in an eight-page magazine with handwritten articles and hand drawn pictures — nothing was printed by computer.
Parisa returned to her room and lay down on the floor next to her cat. This was what she did whenever she needed to think of really good ideas. She closed her eyes and imagined all sorts of magazines. She imagined magazines about bikes, skating, ballet, soccer, dessert… But after much thought, she knew what she wanted to feature (以……为特色) in her magazine — her neighborhood, for there were always interesting things. She would call it “The Tall pins Gazette (报纸)” and fill it with news.
She found a notebook and a pen and left her room. Then she found her grandmother at the door and told her about the competition. “Granny, I’m going to be a reporter for a while,” Parisa said. “I’m going to see if there’s any news.” Her grandmother smiled, “Well, good luck, honey. You do like asking questions, so I bet you won’t have too much trouble finding news.” Two hours later, Parisa ran into the house. “Granny, I’ve got so much news that I can’t fit it into eight pages!”
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1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式作答.
Parisa got down to working on her magazine.
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A few weeks later, Parisa receivea a package from the kid magazine.
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4 . William was one of my students. He is very positive. Each child should plant sunflowers as a class
Even though he
This is what it
| A．promise | B．decision | C．reason | D．project |
| A．exciting | B．disappointing | C．boring | D．challenging |
| A．therefore | B．otherwise | C．however | D．meanwhile |
| A．confidence | B．memory | C．kindness | D．patience |
| A．think of | B．stand for | C．care for | D．worry about |
| A．struggled | B．dealt | C．lived | D．worked |
| A．respect | B．worry | C．apology | D．regret |
| A．expected | B．wondered | C．defended | D．argued |
| A．Naturally | B．Completely | C．Immediately | D．Finally |
| A．stopped | B．remained | C．gathered | D．appeared |
| A．happened | B．failed | C．succeeded | D．managed |
| A．believes | B．seems | C．means | D．causes |
| A．mistake | B．trust | C．exchange | D．regard |
| A．packed | B．trapped | C．existed | D．planted |
| A．shine | B．grow | C．stand | D．succeed |
5 . Alexis Lewis, a 7-year-old girl, set out with her family on a trip to explore different parts of the country. During the hours on the road, her grandfather, a rocket scientist, would
In the 2019 Kid Inventor’ Day event
Alexis also
The world
| A．receive | B．make | C．draft | D．share |
| A．praised | B．inspired | C．persuaded | D．suggested |
| A．celebrated | B．joined | C．held | D．created |
| A．nurses | B．inventors | C．scientists | D．artists |
| A．silence | B．trouble | C．need | D．person |
| A．instead of | B．as well as | C．thanks to | D．except for |
| A．highways | B．distances | C．blocks | D．voyages |
| A．made | B．discovered | C．gave | D．presented |
| A．contains | B．means | C．avoids | D．attaches |
| A．escape | B．bring | C．protect | D．assist |
| A．Brave | B．Generous | C．Local | D．Sensitive |
| A．desires | B．obtains | C．appears | D．develops |
| A．knew | B．caused | C．directed | D．attended |
| A．chances | B．positions | C．problems | D．missions |
| A．what | B．how | C．why | D．when |
6 . For a little girl growing up in Colombia in the 1980s, a science career with NASA may have seemed like setting foot on a faraway planet.
Born in 1983, even as a young girl, Diana was certain of her passion for science. When she was 17, her dad offered to send her to Miami, Florida to study Aerospace Engineering. Without any
Then came another
But Diana hasn’t
| A．Therefore | B．Instead | C．However | D．Moreover |
| A．astronaut | B．engineer | C．pilot | D．doctor |
| A．hesitation | B．caution | C．expectation | D．regret |
| A．command | B．footstep | C．request | D．suggestion |
| A．look | B．pass | C．struggle | D．push |
| A．mission | B．occupation | C．adventure | D．journey |
| A．risk-taking | B．life-changing | C．long-suffering | D．ever-lasting |
| A．Realizing | B．Remembering | C．Imagining | D．Assuming |
| A．serve | B．train | C．inspire | D．become |
| A．started | B．abandoned | C．postponed | D．continued |
| A．immediately | B．eventually | C．gradually | D．suddenly |
| A．left | B．succeeded | C．stopped | D．reached |
| A．motivating | B．promising | C．allowing | D．persuading |
| A．memory | B．symbol | C．warning | D．proof |
| A．stare at | B．reach for | C．long for | D．come after |
It was exam time at Marc’s school. Every day, their teachers gave them loads of homework and told them the test was very important and that they ought to spare no effort to perform well in it. Everyone followed the teachers’ instructions and made preparations for it, except Marc. He just turned a deaf ear to it. He thought he would rather play football than study.
His mum and dad repeated the importance of revision for exams over and over again. They told him that he should be working hard preparing for the test. But the weather was sunny and he thought he had better things to do.
“Shall we go to the park?” he said to his friend Huck one afternoon. “It’s a nice day. We could play football and kick around.” Huck shook his head. “I’m supposed to review my lessons,” he said. “I’m going home to do some math.”
Marc was amazed. “You’d rather do math than play football?”
“Math is important. Besides, my mum says she will buy me a mountain bike if I do well in the math exam.”
“That’s crazy,” said Marc. Huck shrugged (耸肩) and replied, “Wait until I beat you in the test and you will watch me riding past on my mountain bike!”
“You won’t beat me,” said Marc.
“Oh yes, I will.”
“Oh no, you won’t! That will never happen. Just wait and see!”
For the first time ever, Marc wanted to perform well. He couldn’t bear it if his friend came top and he did badly. So when he got home, he opened his math book. But there was so much to do. All of a sudden, he felt like he’d forgotten everything he had learned that year! He didn’t know where to start. When his sister Lily came in, he was sitting expressionlessly by the desk, just staring out of the window.
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“You don’t look happy, Marc. What’s wrong?” she said.
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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Emma had two exams that day — physics and history. She really hated physics. It was her worst subject. Alice looked at her, and then looked away quickly. Emma thought Alice looked pleased, because she didn’t have a problem with physics, she didn’t have a problem with anything...Miss Perfect!
“I thought we were friends, but she hasn’t spoken to me for two weeks now. she promised to help me go over for the physics exam too, but then she’s forgotten all my calls and texts. And when I rang her house, her mum just told me she was busy.” Emma thought angrily. At that moment, Mr. Read asked all the students into the exam room.
Emma couldn’t answer some physics questions. Suddenly she saw Alice sitting two rows in front of her. Emma couldn’t believe it! Alice was holding her phone on her knee under the table and reading from it. Is that how Alice always got such good grades? She felt really angry at Alice, and thought about telling the teacher, but...“Stop writing,” said Mr. Read and started to collect the exam papers. Oh no, Emma hadn’t answered two of the questions. She was going to fail again!
Emma wanted to talk to Alice at lunchtime, but she couldn’t find her anywhere. Emma went to the library to prepare for the history exam, which was her favorite. But she couldn’t concentrate. “Unfair! Alice was getting good grades by cheating all that time.” She thought about telling a teacher, but everyone would hate her if she did that. Just then, Mr. Read walked past her table. “Mr. Read...”
Emma was sitting behind Alice again in the history exam that afternoon. Mr. Read wanted her to look at Alice and agreed if she saw that Alice was cheating in the exam.
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1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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She was working on the last question when she saw that Alice had her phone under the table.
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Emma was walking towards the school gate when she saw Alice waiting for her there.
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9 . Gone are the days when you and your best friend shared everything about your life. Whether you’re at fault or she is, mending a broken friendship is far from easy. If the relationship means a lot and you aren’t willing to simply throw it away, fixing it is possible. That’s what I have learned in the past months.
When I first moved to Florida, I felt so out of place. I had come from a small town and was so unsure of myself. Luckily, my husband and I moved into a friendly neighbourhood, and things became better.
For many years, my neighbour across the street and I shared happy times. But then a misunderstanding occurred, and she quit speaking to me. I tried many times to speak to her about the issue and tell her how sorry I was that I had let her down. But she refused to take my phone calls and avoided me when I was outside.
During our conflict, my husband and I put our house up for sale. We weren’t leaving the neighbourhood because of a feeling of hurt; we were having twins and needed more room for our growing family.
Months later, I moved away without talking to her and putting an end to our misunderstanding. It always made me sad when I thought of how poorly it had ended. For many times I wished we had renewed our friendship. I just hated the feelings left from our unsolved conflict. It was like a scab(痂) that kept reopening and worsening with pain and upset.
About eight months after we moved, I decided to take a drive back into the old neighbourhood. As I drove down my street, I saw my former neighbour washing her car in her front yard. I knew that I needed to stop and greet her. I opened the car door and got out. To my surprise, she came up and gave me a big hug. We both apologized for our actions, and I felt that I finally achieved closure. I was able to say I was sorry and have it accepted.
1. What does the underlined phrase “out of place” in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．Excited. | B．Uncomfortable. |
| C．Amazed. | D．Disappointed. |
| A．She had a violent quarrel with her neighbour. |
| B．The whole neighbourhood hurt her family badly. |
| C．Her husband insisted that they should move away. |
| D．The house didn’t have enough space for their family. |
| A．regretted not resolving the misunderstanding before moving |
| B．felt mad at her neighbour when she moved away |
| C．didn’t know how to get along with her neighbour |
| D．found peace whenever she recalled the memory |
| A．Mending a Friendship |
| B．Saying Goodbye to a Friend |
| C．Argument with a Beloved Neighbour |
| D．A Friendship with an Unexpected Ending |
10 . In October, I told the eight-year-olds in the class I teach in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, about my plan. “Since all of you have done extra jobs around the house to earn some money,” I said, “then we’ll buy food for a Thanksgiving dinner for someone who might not have a nice dinner otherwise.”
I watched them while they walked up and down the supermarket. “Flowers!” Kristine cried. The group rushed towards the holiday plants.
“You can’t eat flowers.”— It was wiser to use any extra money to buy something that could be turned into meals.
“But Mrs Sherlock,” came the begging voice, “we want flowers.”
Defeated finally, I put a pot of “funny” purple mums in the cart full of foods. “She’ll like this one,” the children agreed.
An organisation had given us the name and address of a needy grandmother who had lived alone for many years. We finally pulled up in front of a small house. A slightly-built woman with a weary face came to the door to welcome us.
My little group ran to get the foods. As each box was carried in, the old woman kept on saying “Thanks.”— much to her visitors’ pleasure. When Amy put the mums on the counter, the woman seemed surprised. She was wishing it was a bag of rice, I thought.
We returned to the car. As we fastened our seat belts, we could see the kitchen window. The woman inside waved goodbye, then turned and walked across the room, past the turkey, past the goods, straight to the mums. She put her face in them. When she raised her head, there was a smile on her face. She was transformed (转变) before our eyes.
The children were quiet. At that moment, they had seen for themselves the power they have to make another person’s life better. The children had sensed that sometimes a person needs a pot of funny purple flowers on a dark November day.
1. What does the story mainly tell us?| A．Everyone has the power to change the world. |
| B．Acts of kindness can change someone’s life. |
| C．The poor people may need flowers as well. |
| D．Children have different thoughts from adults. |
| A．Mothers. |
| B．Teachers. |
| C．Flowers. |
| D．Gifts. |
| A．She thought they were too ugly. |
| B．She thought they were for children. |
| C．She thought they were too expensive. |
| D．She thought they couldn’t help people in need. |
| A．The old woman preferred food to flowers. |
| B．Flowers are more important than food to the poor. |
| C．The old woman’s dark day was brightened by the children. |
| D．All the money the children earned was transformed into food. |
