1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Thirty years ago, an elderly Canadian couple undertook     1    unique project with the intention of     2     (help) Canadians have a better understanding of China .Their efforts resulted     3    the birth of a 1985 book, Understanding China through cartoons . They     4    (official) donated it to China on June 10, 2019 .     5    (promote ) knowledge about China among Canadians, they founded a society in the early 1970s,     6     is now known as the Canadian-China Friendship Society. The elderly couple     7    (be) determined to gift it to China as their admiration for Chinese culture. “China is the only nation that has been able to maintain its cultural     8    (grow)for thousands of years,” the husband said. In fact, communication has been the     9    (good) way to promote each other’s understanding and trust. We need more people like the elderly couple     10     more institutions like the society.

2 . In Ontario, teenagers are allowed to drive at 16! As my sixteenth birthday drew near, I got increasingly ______.

My father served as my driving instructor. The first ______ happened in the driveway. At first, I was afraid. However, he ______ explained everything. For the next lesson, he asked me to ______ the car, and then reverse (倒车). Soon, I felt I was ______ the car! Two weeks passed, and I began to get ______. My father had me drive around the same block repeatedly. When I couldn’t ______ it any more, I asked to move to a busy street. And he agreed.

Finally I was on a busy street. I shifted from first gear (档位) to the second without ______. Then came third gear. When I reached the ______ I wanted, I put the car into fourth gear. I was flying in the car! My father’s ______ brought me back to reality. He said calmly, “Darling, there’s a red light ahead.” Nervously，I did not ______ what to do. I flew through the crossroads.

That night my father was ______. I cried silently. How _______ we hadn’t hit anyone or any car. I waited for him to ______ me, but he didn’t. I realized my fault. Until now I have not ______ that day.

1.

A．excited

B．worried

C．moved

D．tired

2.

A．meeting

B．lesson

C．race

D．talk

3.

A．quickly

B．patiently

C．angrily

D．suddenly

4.

A．start

B．take

C．pass

D．leave

5.

A．repairing

B．studying

C．controlling

D．touching

6.

A．weak

B．nervous

C．afraid

D．bored

7.

A．imagine

B．believe

C．stand

D．make

8.

A．experience

B．training

C．problems

D．signs

9.

A．speed

B．answer

C．place

D．age

10.

A．action

B．voice

C．looks

D．feelings

11.

A．hear

B．wonder

C．find

D．know

12.

A．brave

B．proud

C．careless

D．serious

13.

A．lucky

B．strange

C．unusual

D．impossible

14.

A．refuse

B．punish

C．fire

D．doubt

15.

A．remembered

B．forgotten

C．chosen

D．missed

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What did Lucia’s father give her as a birthday gift?

A．A cat.

B．A dog.

C．A bird.

2. Where was the bag found?

A．In a village.

B．On a farm.

C．In the forest.

3. Who did Lucia give the bag to?

A．Her parents.

B．The police.

C．The owner.

4. What did Lucia get as a reward?

A．A large sum of money.

B．A small shop.

C．A lot of jewels.

5 . Mrs Jones was very fond of singing.She had a good voice，except that some of her high notes tended to sound like a gate which someone had forgotten to________．Mrs Jones was very conscious(清楚的) of this ________.As she lived in a small house，where she could not practise without ________ the rest of the family，she ________ went for a long walk along the country roads ________ she had time，and practised her high notes there.Whenever she ________ a car or a person coming along the road，she stopped and ________ until she could no longer be heard ________ she started singing again.

One afternoon，however，a fast open car came up behind her so ________ and so fast that she didn't hear it until it was only a few meters from her.She was singing her highest and most difficult notes at the time，and as the car ________ her，she saw an ________ expression suddenly come over its driver's face.He put his brakes(刹车)on，and as soon as the car stopped，jumped out and began to ________ all his tyres(轮胎)carefully.Mrs Jones did not dare to tell him ________ the noise he had heard had really been，________ he got back into his car and drove off as ________ as he had been when he stopped.

1.

A．make

B．shut

C．repair

D．oil

2.

A．weakness

B．trouble

C．matter

D．mistake

3.

A．stopping

B．annoying

C．frightening

D．worrying

4.

A．seldom

B．almost

C．hardly

D．usually

5.

A．since

B．when

C．unless

D．whenever

6.

A．knew

B．watched

C．heard

D．was told

7.

A．sang

B．danced

C．hid

D．waited

8.

A．before

B．while

C．after

D．when

9.

A．silently

B．quickly

C．directly

D．loudly

10.

A．hit

B．passed

C．left

D．struck

11.

A．obvious

B．angry

C．important

D．anxious

12.

A．mend

B．see

C．examine

D．repair

13.

A．that

B．what

C．about

D．why

14.

A．for

B．yet

C．but

D．so

15.

A．sad

B．puzzled

C．frightened

D．disappointed

6 . 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。

The artful Arab

Many years ago, there was a man named Nabor in an Arabian tribe (部落), who owned a beautiful horse.This horse was famous for being both fast and gentle. Admiring this horse for long,an Arab named Jehu had offered his camels and many valuable treasures for the horse, but Nabor refused.

Jehu then devised a trick, hoping to get the horse to himself. He decided to dress in rags,dirtyhis face and blindfold himself. Then, he lay by the roadside to wait for the owner of the horse.

When he saw Nabor coming on his beautiful horse, he cried out in a weak voice, “I am dying; help me please. For three days and nights I have been unable to move from this spot to find food.”

Nabor kindly offered to take him on his horse and carry him home; but Jehu replied,“I cannot stand;I have no strength left.” Nabor felt pity and got off his horse. He led his horse to the man and,with great difficulty, helped him onto the horse’s back. But, once Jehu was sitting in the saddle (鞍), he kicked the horse and galloped off (疾驰), calling out as he did so, “I have the horse; and you will never see it again.Goodbye!”

Nabor was surprised and sad at first, but he soon ran after the thief, shouting to him to stop as he had something to say.

Certain that Nabor could not catch him by foot, Jehu turned the horse and stopped a short distance from Nabor. “You have taken my horse,” said Nabor, “but since I can do nothing to stop you, I have to accept my loss; but I beg you never to tell anyone how you got the horse.”

“And why not?” asked Jehu. “Because,” replied Nabor, “another man might be truly sick and in trouble, and men would be too fearful to help him. In this way, you would prevent others doing what is good and right for fear of being tricked as I have been.”

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Struck with shame at these words, Jehu was silent for a moment.

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Nabor was happy to hear what Jehu said.

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9 . 阅读短文，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给的词的正确形式填空。

The virtual choir

The virtual choir was the idea of Eric Whitacre     1     is an American composer and conductor. He began to study music in the university where he     2     (fall) in love with Mozart's classical music. In 2009,     3     (inspire) by a video he received from a girl who sang one of his works, he created his virtual choir. Later his song “what if” was first put on a     4     (perform) on 23, July, 2014 in the UK.

10 . On February 22, 2021, cancer survivor Hayley Areeneaux was selected to be one of four crew members of the SpaceX Inspiration4 — the world’s first civilian astronaut mission. The 29-year-old will make history as the youngest American — and the first with a false limb — to travel to space.

Hayley’s space dreams began two decades ago, following a visit to the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. However, the young girl’s dreams were derailed a year later when she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma — a type of bone cancer.

Fortunately, the fatal disease had been caught early and the experts at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis were able to reduce its spread through chemotherapy and by replacing the diseased bones with metal rods (杆) in her left leg. Arceneaux said she never thought she would be able to go to space. But when the call came “out of the blue” from Jared Isaacman, CEO and founder of Shift4 Payments, asking her if she would like to go to space, she said without hesitation, “Yes, yes, absolutely!”

Isaacman had always intended to go to space. Hence when SpaceX announced the world’s first all-commercial astronaut mission, the 37-year-old billionaire, instantly booked the available four seats. The flying enthusiast announced that he would donate three seats to members of the general public. Hayley, the first crew member to be announced, will represent the pillar (支柱) of “hope” — a nod to her survival of cancer and frontline work as a physician at St. Jude. The remaining passengers, representing the pillars of “generosity” and “prosperity”, will be chosen randomly to raise $200 million for St. Jude, which treats children at no charge.

Before the mission launch later this year, the crew will undergo intense training. The mission, which will orbit Earth every 90 minutes, will be carefully monitored by SpaceX mission control scientists from Earth. Upon the mission’s completion, the Dragon will reenter Earth’s atmosphere for a soft water landing off the coast of Florida.

1. What do you know about Hayley Arceneaux?

A．She is a disabled woman.	B．She was caught in a storm.
C．She is a famous physicist.	D．She used to be a fighter pilot.

2. What does the underlined phrase “out of the blue” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Sadly.

B．Strangely.

C．Randomly.

D．Suddenly.

3. Why would Jared Isaacman donate the last two seats to members of the general public?

A．To promote his company’s products	B．To raise funds for a cancer hospital.
C．To inspire interests in space travel.	D．To seek help for disabled children.

4. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．“The Sky Is Not Even the Limit” For Jared Isaacman

B．Hayley’s Space Dreams Were Derailed by Osteosarcoma

C．Cancer Survivor to Become the Youngest American In Space

D．Hayley Arceneaux Became the Youngest American travelling in Space