1 . 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。

A Great Monday

Monday started out well. I woke up on time, ate breakfast and did some last minute studying for my math test later that morning. I was confident of getting good grades. I left my house and ten minutes later, I sat with my friends on the school bus. We were busy chatting about how we spent our weekend. At the next stop, a student named Ryan got on the bus. He was in a rush and tripped (绊倒) over someone’s foot. There was a loud noise as he fell to the floor.

Every one of us on the bus laughed. Ryan got up, brushed his jacket and went to an empty seat. He tried to laugh with us, but his face was red with embarrassment. The rest of the morning went by quickly. I did well in my math test. I read two more chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird in English class. Soon we heard the lunch bell. I met my friends from the cheerleading team in the dining hall. I noticed Ryan a few tables away, sitting by himself. He caught me looking at him. I smiled at him quickly and looked away.

When we finished eating, we went to the courtyard to practice a cheer we would do at that night’s football game. After much practice, we finally managed to do the cheer perfectly. We decided to practice it again one last time. Just like the rest of my day so far, the cheer was going great. I raised my leg for one last toe touch. That was when I felt my jeans (牛仔裤) split (裂开) down the middle of my backside.

I froze. I had no idea what to do. I heard people burst out laughing and I saw them pointing at my torn jeans. I tried to cover myself with my hands, I tried to laugh too, but I felt tears begin to well up in my eyes.

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Then I saw Ryan running towards me.

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That night, after the cheer at the football game, I found Ryan.

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2 . The whole school was talking about the coming trip at a winter camp. And everyone was ________, except me.

“I’ll hate it,” I told my parents. “I’ll get homesick. I’ll look stupid at winter sports, and everyone will ________ me.”

“You might be surprised, Bree,” said Mum. “The only way to find out is to ________.”

“It’s what growing up is all about,” Dad added.

When arriving at the camp, we were asked to share one ________.

“I’m afraid I’ll be homesick,” someone said.

I wasn’t the only one! I began to ________. After lunch, we were asked to ski down to the field. I skied ________, but I still hit a piece of ice and fell down.

“Ha! Ha!” Behind me, somebody started laughing. I ________ to see who was making fun of me. To my ________, I saw a girl in the same awkward position I was in. “I thought I’d be bad at this, ________ I’m worse than I expected!” she said.

Suddenly, I started laughing too. After being so ________ of falling, it was a comfort not to fear it anymore.

At dinner time, I was so happy to be talking about interesting things that I ________ to feel homesick.

The next day, I was ________ to try ski jumping first, even though I didn’t want to. But when my feet left the ground, I felt I was flying and it was wonderful.

Maybe Dad was right when he said “You might ________ it if you give it a chance!”

Maybe the kind of ________ Mum and Dad were talking about had more to do with my attitude than my looks. We all ________ fitting in and failing when we try new things. Sometimes you’ve got to fall on your face to discover how much you’ve got in common.

1.

A．strange

B．excited

C．nervous

D．sad

2.

A．laugh at

B．wait for

C．speak to

D．talk about

3.

A．change

B．dream

C．try

D．move

4.

A．story

B．fact

C．purpose

D．fear

5.

A．relax

B．ask

C．eat

D．sleep

6.

A．finally

B．interestingly

C．carefully

D．quickly

7.

A．looked back

B．stood up

C．walked around

D．stepped over

8.

A．shame

B．regret

C．pleasure

D．surprise

9.

A．because

B．so

C．but

D．or

10.

A．tired

B．afraid

C．certain

D．proud

11.

A．forgot

B．refused

C．failed

D．stopped

12.

A．prepared

B．allowed

C．protected

D．chosen

13.

A．prevent

B．enjoy

C．discover

D．trust

14.

A．growing up

B．showing off

C．winning back

D．working out

15.

A．catch up

B．point out

C．believe in

D．worry about

3 . Professional rock climber Emily Harrington has made history after successfully free climbing Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan on 4 November 2020.

Harrington, 34, became the fourth person — and the first woman — to ever scale the 3,000-foot El Capitan without the help of a rope or other equipment. “The people before me who have achieved this are kind of like some of my heroes in rock climbing,” she said, “so it feels pretty special to join that group.”

But Harrington’s climb was not without injury — at one point, she slid and was left with a serious wound on her forehead that required her to take a break. “I took a fall and I couldn’t get my feet out and my head actually hit the wall,” she recalled, “I got this wound on my forehead. I rested a little bit longer, bandaged (包扎) it up, and then tried again,” Harrington said, adding that although she “kind of didn’t really want to try again,” she powered through because “ I felt like I should try again.”

After 21 hours and 13 minutes, Harrington scaled all of El Capitan, achieving a feat (壮举) she failed to finish twice last year. “That was my life dream. I achieved it,” she said.

Harrington said she’s hopeful that her journey has inspired others. “I hope that as a result of my story more people will get to experience climbing, or at least try.”

Harrington previously scaled Mt. Qomolangma, the tallest mountain in the world. As a former member of the USA climbing team, Harrington has competed in five U.S. sport climbing championships and two North American championships.

1. What does the underlined word “scale” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Remove.

B．Mount.

C．Measure.

D．Weigh.

2. What does the writer want to impress on the readers in Paragraph 4?

A．The risk of the climbing.	B．Harrington’s determination.
C．The meaning of failure.	D．Harrington’s expert skills.

3. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Harrington’s achievements.	B．US sport climbing events.
C．The climbing team’s arrangements.	D．The secret to Harrington’s success.

4. Where is this passage probably taken from?

A．A travel journal.	B．A story book.
C．A news report.	D．A science magazine.

4 . It’s the seaside birds that deserve at least part of the blame for getting Nick Burchill blacklisted at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, Canada.

Burchill was ________ at the hotel on business and planning to________ some friends in the area. They had asked him to ________ some pepperoni from back east. So he________ a suitcase full of pepperoni. As he was ________ that it would be too warm, he________ it out on the table near an open window. He thought his pepperoni was ________ and well chilled and he ________ .

That’s when things went________. “I remember walking down the long________ and opening the door to my room to find an entire flock of seagulls,” Burchill said in a recent letter of ________to the 4-star hotel. “The seagulls immediately went ________ . They rushed to the window, 30 or 40 birds all trying to________ at the same time, and pepperoni-everywhere. The curtains were falling down, the lamps were falling down. It was a real________.”

His letter________. Banned from the hotel since 2001. Burchill is now welcome to come back, the Fairmont said.

1.

A．studying

B．staying

C．looking

D．packing

2.

A．visit

B．help

C．follow

D．make

3.

A．sell

B．have

C．bring

D．taste

4.

A．filled

B．locked

C．abandoned

D．lost

5.

A．surprised

B．pleased

C．excited

D．worried

6.

A．dug

B．cleared

C．cut

D．laid

7.

A．delicious

B．safe

C．soft

D．ready

8.

A．left

B．nodded

C．waited

D．regretted

9.

A．far

B．funny

C．wrong

D．blind

10.

A．beach

B．driveway

C．hall

D．table

11.

A．application

B．apology

C．request

D．invitation

12.

A．hungry

B．dead

C．missing

D．wild

13.

A．wake up

B．get out

C．take off

D．break in

14.

A．mess

B．puzzle

C．fight

D．challenge

15.

A．arrived

B．worked

C．ended

D．disappeared

5 . Twelve-year-old Mathew Flores is different from other kids. He loves junk mail, and these ads were the only reading materials he could find. Once he asked his mailman if he could offer him some.

The question surprised the mailman. He asked the boy the reason, and then shared the story on Facebook. “Today while delivering mail, I saw a boy reading ads, and he asked me for more mail. In fact, he wants to go to the library, but his family is very poor and he doesn’t have money to take the bus.”

The mailman then asked his Facebook friends if they could give some books to the boy. He wrote, “Most kids want computers or mobile phones! But what he wants is books. It’s great to see his unusual wish, and you may have seen him smile when I said I could help him!” “He is counting on me,” he said. “So I am counting on you!”

The mailman thought the Facebook post might bring in 50 to 60 books. But it was passed on quickly. People from around the world, including the UK, Australia and India, have sent books. Hundreds of books have been delivered to the boy’s door, with hundreds more still on their way.

When books first started arriving, Flores was surprised at what happened. “I thought they were mistaken, but they indeed were for me.” He says that he can’t wait to share the books with other kids, and has promised to read every one.

1. To help Flores, the mailman ________ .

A．took him to the library	B．paid for his bus tickets
C．offered him some junk mail	D．posted his story on Facebook

2. What can you learn about the mailman from his words in Paragraph 3?

A．He is honest.	B．He is hardworking.
C．He is warmhearted.	D．He is confident.

3. What would be the best title for this passage?

A．An unexpected gift	B．A junk mail
C．An excellent job	D．An interesting book

6 . There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class ______ fun of him because he seemed so ______ .

The mother ______ that she would, herself, get her sons to do better in school. She ______ them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a ______ a week and do a report about it for her.

One day, in Ben’s ______ , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben ______ his hand and the teacher let him speak. “Why did Ben raise his hand?” they wondered. “He ______ said anything; what could he possibly want to say?”

Well, Ben not only ______ the rock; he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew where the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were ______ . Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book ______ .

Ben later went on to the ______ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

After Ben had grown up, he ______ something about his mother that he did not know as a ______ . She, herself, had never learned how to ______ .

1.

A．played

B．got

C．took

D．made

2.

A．clever

B．hard

C．slow

D．quick

3.

A．asked

B．decided

C．forgot

D．heard

4.

A．made

B．let

C．told

D．considered

5.

A．notice

B．message

C．book

D．question

6.

A．class

B．room

C．office

D．lab

7.

A．looked

B．gave

C．took

D．raised

8.

A．always

B．even

C．quickly

D．never

9.

A．found

B．played

C．knew

D．threw

10.

A．afraid

B．surprised

C．worried

D．unhappy

11.

A．pictures

B．exercises

C．shops

D．reports

12.

A．top

B．end

C．back

D．side

13.

A．learned

B．remembered

C．explored

D．guessed

14.

A．doctor

B．child

C．student

D．teacher

15.

A．read

B．work

C．teach

D．show

9 . Joe and Della were a new couple who were both interested in art — one in painting, the other in music. They lived in a small flat, leading a happy life.

But one day they found that they had spent all their money. One afternoon Della told Joe that she had found a _________ and was to give her three music lessons a week. For that she could get fifteen dollars a week. But Joe was not __________ because he didn’t want to stay at home, playing with his art while Della was at work. He wanted to earn some money too.

Every day they parted in the morning and __________ in the evening.

A week __________, and Della brought home fifteen dollars, but she looked a little __________. Joe took eighteen dollars out of his pocket. They were both __________ to have so much money at hand.

The next week, Joe __________ home another eighteen dollars but Della came home with her right hand in a bandage (绷带). Joe asked Della what was the __________. Della said, “It was because of an iron — I mean a plate of soup spilled on my __________.”

“What do you do every day, Della? Do you ___________ give music lessons?” Joe asked. “Tell me the __________!”

Della cried. She told Joe that she was working in a laundry (洗衣店), __________ shirts. A girl accidentally __________ an iron (熨斗) on her hand and she got a __________ burn. But Della asked Joe how he had guessed that she wasn’t giving music lessons.

Joe told Della that he worked in the engine-room of the same laundry where she worked. They both let out their __________ and laughed.

1.

A．pupil

B．teacher

C．designer

D．director

2.

A．curious

B．confused

C．glad

D．anxious

3.

A．studied

B．met

C．worked

D．impressed

4.

A．flashed

B．spent

C．wasted

D．passed

5.

A．tired

B．excited

C．confident

D．annoyed

6.

A．puzzled

B．disappointed

C．awkward

D．happy

7.

A．borrowed

B．brought

C．attracted

D．stored

8.

A．result

B．job

C．matter

D．strategy

9.

A．foot

B．face

C．arm

D．hand

10.

A．really

B．obviously

C．seldom

D．finally

11.

A．reason

B．cause

C．truth

D．style

12.

A．making

B．repairing

C．ironing

D．selling

13.

A．picked up

B．knocked over

C．poured out

D．filled with

14.

A．soft

B．bad

C．slight

D．hard

15.

A．lessons

B．behaviour

C．movement

D．secrets

10 . My previous home had a stand of woods behind it and many animals in the backyard. That first year, I started feeding peanuts to the blue jays, then the squirrels. The squirrels had no _____________coming up right to me for them. As the months went by, the rabbits saw that I was no _____________and didn’t escape. When I threw carrot slices (薄片), they even came for a nibble (啃). Slowly they came to _____________me, and by the end of the year they were eating out of my hand.

That second year, the rabbits _____________me, and one would even sit up for slices! While I was feeding them, I noticed that a groundhog who used to run away was now taking an _____________interest in this food situation. I carefully extended a long carrot, with a keen eye on those teeth, and ___________, there were times I would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching (津津有味地咀嚼) on carrots. A few months later, while eating, she would even turn her back to me. _____________when she was facing away, I reached out and _____________scratched (搔) her back with my finger. She didn’t move.

By year three, the rabbits and the groundhog were back. The groundhog _____________didn’t have a problem with me scratching her back, and I got an idea. I’d always ____________, while slicing up carrots, that the end looked like a cap. So one day, just to see what she would do, I gently ______________one on top of the groundhog’s head. Again, not a ____________. The next time, I had my camera ready to record what you see here, one of several dozen such pictures. ________she had a slice to cat, she never ______________the one on her head. It was a fair ____________—I got a pleasure, and she had yet another tasty treat.

1.

A．business

B．fun

C．problem

D．privilege

2.

A．help

B．cheat

C．threat

D．exception.

3.

A．trust

B．miss

C．admire

D．appreciate

4.

A．feared

B．ignored

C．discovered

D．remembered

5.

A．extreme

B．increasing

C．additional

D．inspiring

6.

A．before long

B．long ago

C．over and over

D．all over again

7.

A．Next

B．Once

C．Soon

D．Lately

8.

A．carefully

B．suddenly

C．violently

D．patiently

9.

A．also

B．thus

C．just

D．still

10.

A．thought

B．doubted

C．admitted

D．recognised

11.

A．fixed

B．placed

C．hung

D．kept

12.

A．tremble

B．move

C．delay

D．hesitation

13.

A．Even if

B．Ever since

C．As far as

D．So long as

14.

A．welcomed

B．required

C．bothered

D．expected

15.

A．task

B．competition

C．trade

D．affair