1 . My 12-year-old niece was staying with us for a couple of days. She was remembering some acts of kindness that we did together when she was less than five years old. We talked about how so much had changed, and with the pandemic, how difficult it would be to do so many of those things, especially when it comes to strangers.

The next day, I needed something from the downtown area and happened to take her with me. As we walked

around on the street, we heard a beautiful male voice singing a very soulful song. We turned around to see a middle-aged man sitting on a street comer with his guitar. A couple were sitting on a bench nearby and listening to his music.

After getting a few things done, we happened to sit at an outdoor dining restaurant across from him on the other side of the street. My niece was learning how to sing herself, and she kept smiling and saying how wonderful his singing was. Seeing how moved she was by his music, at the end of our meal, I gave her a ten-dollar bill and asked her to walk across the street and put it in his bowl.

She was a little surprised. “Really?” she asked with bright eyes. I nodded. So she headed over and as she approached, the man was just finishing a song and started talking to her, and they ended up having a sweet conversation. She told him how touched she was by his music, and he ended up telling her that she made his day. As she was excitedly repeating the conversation back to me, she mentioned, “He didn’t even know how much it was. He was just thankful that someone was enjoying his music.”

1. What did the author and her niece do in the first paragraph?

A．They thought back to the past.

B．They decided to do good deeds outside.

C．They made a plan for going downtown.

D．They talked about meeting more strangers.

2. What caught the author and her niece’s attention on the street?

A．A guitar.	B．A restaurant.
C．A couple.	D．A voice.

3. What did the author want her niece to do?

A．Talk with the man.	B．Praise the man.
C．Learn music from the man.	D．Give money to the man.

4. What do we know from the meeting of the man and the author’s niece?

A．They shared singing skills.

B．They felt thankful to each other.

C．The man was proud of his singing.

D．The girl introduced the author to the man.

2 . Today what I want to do is to share the story of my own.

I used to be the shyest person in the world. I hid behind my elder sister whenever I had to speak to a stranger. When I was asked to speak in class, I could hardly breathe, much less speak.

Then, in seventh grade, my sister suggested I take voice lessons. After thinking carefully, I did and tried to keep it a secret. I began a series of exercises, making it so strange that I couldn't help laughing. I learned how to howl(长嚎) like a cowboy and snort like an old lady.

By playing around with sound in the class, I gained confidence in the part of me that had been a point of embarrassment before my voice.

A few months later, I was asked to sing for some old people. I thought I would do better than before because of the voice lessons. I opened my mouth and —nothing. I couldn't remember the lyrics! My face turned red. Then the thought came into my mind: I've embarrassed myself enough in front of this crowd. There's really nothing else to lose. So, for my second song. I just relaxed and felt the energy of the song lift me. And I did much better. After that, I started singing to myself as loudly as I could in my room. That's something I had never done before. I am not a shy person anymore. What I really want to say is singing has made me more outgoing.

1. The writer sang ________ songs for the old people in total.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

2. The last paragraph(段落) is written in a ________ “tone”(语气).

A．confident

B．humorous

C．sad

D．scared

3. The passage is probably ________.

A．a poem

B．a book review

C．a speech

D．a diary

4. Which is the best word to show the main idea of this passage?

A．Singing.

B．Change.

C．Embarrassment.

D．Shyness.

3 . My wife and I were on vacation in Dubai, having lots of fun. One day we decided to take a tour around Abu Dhabi by bus. At the first stop, we got out to take some _______ . At our second stop, when we wanted to use the camera again, we noticed that we had _______ our shoulder bag at the first stop. The worst part was that our passports, visas, hotel booking papers—everything _______ was inside that bag and we became very _______ , as we had to return to India in 2 days.

During this process of _______ bags, we came across so many _______ who turned out to be really concerned and helpful.

The tour guide _______ a taxi to help us travel fast to the first destination to look for our bag. The taxi driver, staying with us for almost 3 hours, offered us his mobile phone to let us _______ others. He not only took us to the _______ police station, which was really a 10-minute drive, but helped us ________ with the Arabic-speaking policeman. He tried to put us in a（n） ________ mood by stating that nobody ever lost their goods in their country and that we'd ________ find our bag.

It was a local businessman who actually found our bag. He ________ the bag and found the number of our travel agency. He ________ the travel agency and agreed to send his driver to a park, ________ we finally got our bag back.

On that day, at first we were in a state of panic, ________ thinking of what would happen to us if we couldn't get home. Therefore, we ________ to say a proper "thank you" to all those persons who helped us in such a（n）challenging ________ . But we'll never forget their faces and ________ . The world needs more people like them and we decided to ________ them to make a difference in our life.

1.

A．pictures

B．break

C．medicine

D．notes

2.

A．opened

B．left

C．stored

D．hidden

3.

A．interesting

B．practical

C．important

D．special

4.

A．curious

B．embarrassed

C．ashamed

D．anxious

5.

A．waiting for

B．searching for

C．cleaning up

D．picking up

6.

A．strangers

B．relatives

C．neighbors

D．friends

7.

A．entered

B．drove

C．caught

D．shared

8.

A．comfort

B．remind

C．guide

D．contact

9.

A．nearest

B．largest

C．best

D．oldest

10.

A．compare

B．compete

C．communicate

D．work

11.

A．positive

B．perfect

C．awful

D．funny

12.

A．naturally

B．surely

C．possibly

D．generally

13.

A．returned

B．packed

C．forgot

D．checked

14.

A．instructed

B．warned

C．interrupted

D．informed

15.

A．when

B．which

C．where

D．why

16.

A．slightly

B．clearly

C．continuously

D．deeply

17.

A．failed

B．attempted

C．struggled

D．hesitated

18.

A．campaign

B．situation

C．conflict

D．opportunity

19.

A．sympathy

B．politeness

C．cruelty

D．kindness

20.

A．forgive

B．join

C．affect

D．request