1 . My sister and I couldn’t be more different. I’m louder and taller. She’s quieter and shorter. When we were young, I sped through Michigan forests on my bike while she read Nancy Drew books. My sister, who is 14 months older than me, and I have always gotten along, but for years we weren’t especially friendly and spoke only when necessary.

Twelve years ago, our father had a stroke (中风). Soon our mother was seriously ill. I managed all the day-to-day caretaking; from afar, my sister offered suggestions which made me feel she was unsatisfied with me. Our mother died in 2015.

Last year I suddenly wanted to watch Chinese TV dramas (电视剧). That felt natural. When I was young, my mother and her friends would share videos of TV dramas sent from China. Perhaps these dramas were her only connection to her early years in China.

I started with one of the most popular dramas—“The Story of Yanxi Palace.” I was amazed at the beautiful clothes, detailed settings and excellent performances (表演). One afternoon, I decided to text my sister what I might have told my mother about the drama. At that point, my sister and I only texted once every few months, usually to discuss our father’s caretaking. Surprisingly, she began to watch along with me. Soon we were live texting as we watched.

Our interest grew until we were watching other dramas, like the hit “GO Ahead.” The more dramas we watched, the more conversations we had. Over the past year, my sister and I have watched so many Chinese dramas together that I’ve lost count.

2020 has been a long year of repeated losses for us all, but amid these losses, I’ve found a lost sister. I never could have imagined how Chinese dramas could help me get back to my Chinese roots (根), or how dramas would help me build a new relationship with my sister.

1. What was the young author’s relationship with her sister like?

A．Rather cold.

B．Very difficult.

C．Very close.

D．Quite changeable.

2. What made the author start to watch Chinese TV dramas?

A．The influence of her sister.	B．Her mother’s love for them.
C．Her dream of learning Chinese.	D．The popularity of Chinese TV shows.

3. What did the author text her sister that afternoon?

A．Her sadness at losing their mother.	B．Her interest in watching a TV drama.
C．Her plan to better look after their father.	D．Her views on a Chinese live show.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．How different my sister and I could be

B．Why TV dramas from China are popular

C．Why I have come to believe in family love again

D．How Chinese dramas helped me connect with my sister

2 . A 71-year-old Swedish man “can’t put into words” how thankful he is for the new technology that quickly flew him into the small category of only ten percent of people who survive sudden heart stopping.

The man now has made a full recovery and returned home, after the speedy delivery of a defibrillator(除颤器)—via autonomous drone(无人驾驶飞机). The company behind the drone pilot project says it’s the first time in medical history, a drone has played an important part in saving a life during a heart stopping.

He was in his driveway when the attack happened. Normally, you have about ten minutes to get help in such a situation. Luckily, a telephone call was immediately placed requesting emergency services and he lived in a region that had partnered with Everdrone’s innovative life-saving programme called EMADE (Emergency Medical Aerial Delivery service). EMADE drones delivered a defibrillator to the scene—and the amount of time from the alarm(警报) until the defibrillator was safely delivered at the doorstep of the incident address was just over three minutes.

Even luckier, a doctor happened to be driving by and stopped to see if he could help. “I was on my way to work at the local hospital when I saw a man collapsed in his driveway and I immediately rushed to help,” says Dr. Mustafa Ali. After the ambulance arrived, the patient was rushed to the hospital.

The man said, “If it wasn’t for the drone I probably wouldn’t be here.”

275,000 patients in Europe and 350,000 in the US, suffer from heart stopping annually. About 70% of heart stopping occur in private homes without defibrillators on site. The chance of survival decreases by 7%—10% with each minute following the collapse(突然倒下)—and as a result, the current survival rate among heart stopping patients is merely 10%.

1. How’s the 71-year-old Swedish man now?

A．He is much better in hospital.	B．He is very fine at home.
C．He still needs a defibrillator.	D．He’s made a recovery in hospital.

2. How long did the old man wait for to be saved with a defibrillator?

A．About 20 minutes.	B．About 10 minutes.
C．About 8 minutes.	D．About 4 minutes.

3. Why was Mustafa Ali able to help the old man?

A．He was there by accident.	B．People called him for help.
C．He saw a drone with a defibrillator.	D．People rushed to him for help.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Most people in Europe and the US die from heart stopping.

B．Saving people with heart stopping quickly is important.

C．Most people can’t afford expensive defibrillators.

D．It’s necessary for every family to prepare for a defibrillator.

3 . 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 cleaners said I could pick up our things today,”Jet’s mom said on the drive to school. “Do you think they were able to clean Big Dog?”Jet asked, trying not to sound too worried.

But he was worried. Big Dog was his favorite stuffed ( 填充) animal. Grandpa had won it for him at the fair when he was five years old. Jet was eight now, and he didn’t need to sleep with it or anything. But he did need it. He needed it to sit on the shelf (架子) above his bed — the shelf that had been burned by the house fire.

“I’m not sure what they were able to save,”Mom said.“They said they weren’t able to save our photo albums (相册). I sure will miss those pictures.”

Jet could tell she was really sad.“I’ll pick you up after school, and we’ll go through the boxes together,”Mom said before she drove off.

Jet tried to focus on his schoolwork all day, but he couldn’t keep his mind off Big Dog.

He held his backpack through the halls as if he were carrying his old stuffed friend. During library time, he checked out a book about dogs.

RRRRRINNNGGG! Time for art class. Mr. Light said it was“artist’s choice”day, so they could work on whatever they wished.

Jet stared at an empty page. He thought of his mom picking up the boxes of things that had been damaged by the fire.

Then he remembered how sad his mom was about the photo albums. Most things could be replaced (替换) at the store. But the pictures were gone forever. He knew what to draw.

Jet drew a picture of himself opening presents in front of a Christmas tree. Then one of him and his mom camping. There was one of him playing baseball and one of their visit to see Grandpa. By the time class was over, Jet had made a small album.

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When Jet’s mom picked him up from school, Big Dog was in the back seat.

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As they looked at the pictures, Jet’s mom laughed and cried, and she noticed a blank (空白的) page at the end of the book.

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4 . Many years ago not long after we were married, my wife, Margaret, and I went to her parents’ place for a weekend visit in the fall. They happened to be pouring cement ( 浇筑水泥) for a new step and walkway outside their back door, so I ______ them. We completed the job and were quite _____ of the result.

Later that night after dinner, I ______ that my wedding (婚礼) ring was______. The whole family searched the house with no luck. The next day I was not______. After breakfast we ______ to search outside but again, no luck. At that point we came to the conclusion (结论) that the______ must have slipped off (滑落) my finger while I was doing the cement work and now it was ______.

We returned home without one wedding ring. I felt______ at the thought and kept ______ myself why I hadn’t taken it off before doing the cement work. This was a very hard ______for me to learn. My wife’s family said they would continue______ just in case as you never know — they might get ______ and find it.

The following spring, we got the miracle (奇迹) phone call. It seems that my ten-year-old brother-in-law, Mike, was outside playing in the yard and guess what he ______? My mother-in-law phoned to give me the good news.

Luckily, the ______ ended well for us and was quite a learning experience for me!

1.

A．helped

B．guided

C．chose

D．invited

2.

A．clear

B．afraid

C．proud

D．tired

3.

A．decided

B．noticed

C．promised

D．hoped

4.

A．sold

B．stolen

C．shining

D．missing

5.

A．happy

B．brave

C．busy

D．smart

6.

A．hated

B．continued

C．volunteered

D．forgot

7.

A．tool

B．gift

C．ring

D．food

8.

A．bought

B．designed

C．worn

D．gone

9.

A．unsafe

B．sick

C．free

D．strange

10.

A．ordering

B．requiring

C．warning

D．asking

11.

A．lesson

B．task

C．truth

D．story

12.

A．looking around

B．showing up

C．calming down

D．turning back

13.

A．angry

B．wrong

C．lucky

D．ready

14.

A．knew

B．created

C．felt

D．found

15.

A．program

B．situation

C．world

D．relationship

5 . 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。

My great-grandmother Eileen is fierce, loyal and strong and a bit of a legend in her own lifetime, which now stretches to 92 years. I should add that we’re not allowed to call her Gran, because she says it makes her feel old.

That summer, I lost my job and felt hopeless. One day, I paid a visit to her. She picked up a box which she placed on the coffee table. “There you go,” she said. “You do know what you’re doing with these things, don’t you?”

It was a new phone. Her current mobile was pretty ancient. I was amazed it was still going.

“Yes,” I said.

“Good. That’s why I ask you. You young people know more about such things than us oldies. You can take it home with you and get it all set up,” she went on. “Then, when you bring it back, you can show me how to use my new phone, such as getting on the internet, sending e-mails and so on.” She smiled so sweetly that I felt a surge of love for her.

I grabbed the box and stood up. Setting up the phone would be easy. It was teaching her how to use it that may prove challenging.

The following day I headed back to my great-grandmother’s with the phone. “Here’s your phone. It’s all ready to use.”

For the next hour, I was busy setting up her passcode and fingerprint recognition, which she said was like something out of James Bond.

She chose a picture for her screen and it was all going so well until I tried to show her how to swipe (滑动屏幕). “What do you mean, swipe?” she asked. She was 92, I reminded myself. This had been tiring for her.

She pressed at the up arrow and got angry when nothing happened. When I finally got her to swipe, she didn’t put the right amount of pressure on and the menu slipped away. After what seemed like hours, she threw the phone across the room and it landed on the sofa. “Take it away!” she howled. “I want my old phone back!”

I picked up the phone and was about to leave to give her time to cool down when I realized I didn’t want to go home when she was angry and upset.

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2.请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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“Come on, Eileen. One more try.” I said.

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I was not feeling so hopeless any more now.

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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。续写词数应为150左右。

Lost & Found

Emily was very sad because her little sister drew pictures on her science project. This was not the first time that her sister had ruined her school work. So, Emily requested her parents to buy her a study table with drawers (抽屉) where she could safely keep her books.

Emily’s parents could not afford to buy a new table. However, they agreed to buy her a second-hand table. One day after school, Emily’s mother took her to the second-hand store so that she could buy the table of her choice. By accident, she opened a drawer in an old black table. And, guess what? A small plastic bag with some dollar bills!

“Maybe I have found somebody’s secret bag. Am I the luckiest twelve-year-old? My birthday is coming up soon. With this money, I can buy myself great presents. And maybe I can even buy things for my family.” Emily thought. She stared at it with greedy (贪婪的) eyes and quickly pushed the bag to the end of the drawer. She told her mother she wanted that black table and later it was organized in her room.

When everybody left, she locked the room, quickly opened the drawer and took the plastic bag with dollars out. There was a note in the money bag. It seemed that some old lady was saving the money for her children and grandchildren. She could hear her heart beat louder and louder when finally she counted twelve thousand dollars.

But now, with the money she had, she thought that she would have to make up many lies to spend it. She would have to hide the money all the time. She thought, “This money is not meant for me.” She had felt the worst fear of getting caught from the moment she thought of stealing.

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2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Finally, she called her parents into her room.
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The store owner was quite surprised on hearing the story.
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7 . “Where could Michael be?” I wondered aloud.

Michael was my classmate. He liked playing tricks on others.

He once put a sign that said “Sing to Me!” on ________back. It was terrible. Everywhere I went, people I didn’t even know started singing to me. When I realized what was happening, I got really ________.

Another time, he embarrassed Nicole during sharing time. Nicole was shy. She ________ shared; she always said, “Pass.” But what did Michael do when it was his turn to share? He asked, “Did everybody ________how Nicole’s new blue dress matches her eyes?” Nicole’s face turned bright red. Poor Nicole!

It was Valentine’s Day that day. I was sure Michael was up to something somewhere, ________he always was. I couldn’t let him ruining someone’s Valentine’s Day.

I ________him everywhere. Lunch break was almost over. I must find him and stop him. When I got to the classroom, there was Michael Peterson, at Michael Rogers’s desk, digging in his valentine’s ________!

“Hurry and help me,” said Michael as soon as he ________me.

At first, I thought he was stealing valentines from Michael Rogers’s box. However, the more I watched, the more puzzled I became. He was putting valentines ________.

Seeing my expressions, he told me that he found Michael Rogers’s box was ________when he was passing out his valentines. Michael Rogers was new and Mrs. Karcher must have forgotten to put his name on the list, so ________made him a card.

I suddenly realized I had also ________to prepare a valentine for Michael Rogers.

“But everyone made one for me,” Michael continued, “So I’m giving him my ________since we’ve got the same name — Michael.”

I stood there, not quite believing ________I was hearing. “Is Michael Peterson the one who always played tricks on us?” I asked myself. Maybe he was kind of ________… in a hidden sort of way.

1.

A．my

B．his

C．her

D．its

2.

A．tired

B．bored

C．angry

D．nervous

3.

A．often

B．never

C．always

D．sometimes

4.

A．mind

B．record

C．notice

D．decide

5.

A．or

B．but

C．unless

D．as

6.

A．stayed with

B．talked about

C．shouted at

D．looked for

7.

A．box

B．pocket

C．wallet

D．school bag

8.

A．saw

B．met

C．found

D．caught

9.

A．up

B．in

C．away

D．back

10.

A．old

B．pretty

C．empty

D．special

11.

A．nobody

B．anybody

C．somebody

D．everybody

12.

A．refused

B．forgotten

C．expected

D．remembered

13.

A．list

B．desk

C．signs

D．cards

14.

A．how

B．why

C．what

D．where

15.

A．polite

B．sweet

C．honest

D．patient

9 . One day, a young man, Cesar Larios, visited a tall building to move something for his boss. The building is too tall, so taking the lift is quite _________.

_________, the lift stopped working. The young man was _________ inside the lift. Inside the lift, Rita Jung, an elderly _________, got into the same trouble as him. She knew it would be difficult for her since she could not stand for a long time and immediately _________ out her worry. Rita _________ she would feel very uncomfortable or even a(n) _________ in her knees if she stood there too long.

While waiting for the workers to make the lift _________, the old woman knew she had no choice but to endure (忍耐). What she didn’t know was that the person who was in the lift with her knew exactly what she _________ at the moment. Cesar worried she would feel uncomfortable if she had nothing to __________ while waiting for the doors to open. Without much thinking, he went down on his knees and did what he knew was the __________ thing.

Cesar offered to be Rita’s human bench, and the elderly woman felt so __________ for the guy’s kindness. She took the offer and sat on Cesar’s back to __________ her comfort and keep her knees from aching.

The story broke out when Cesar’s boss __________ the incident on the Internet. People are praising Cesar for his __________ heart and saying that chivalry (体贴) and kindness are definitely still alive.

1.

A．advanced

B．convenient

C．confident

D．average

2.

A．Luckily

B．Therefore

C．Unfortunately

D．Originally

3.

A．trapped

B．reminded

C．attacked

D．surrounded

4.

A．applicant

B．actress

C．man

D．woman

5.

A．voiced

B．set

C．made

D．worn

6.

A．recommended

B．observed

C．feared

D．proved

7.

A．pain

B．charge

C．achievement

D．access

8.

A．contact

B．run

C．follow

D．happen

9.

A．checked

B．fell

C．needed

D．recovered

10.

A．agree with

B．suffer from

C．bend down

D．sit on

11.

A．beneficial

B．right

C．likely

D．historic

12.

A．nervous

B．grateful

C．limited

D．equal

13.

A．inspire

B．measure

C．contribute

D．regain

14.

A．shared

B．balanced

C．tracked

D．arranged

15.

A．narrow

B．tough

C．generous

D．calm

10 . A mother and daughter in England have been putting smiles on strangers’ faces with random (随机的) acts of kindness.Every week, Sophie-Louise Corrigan allows her 5-year-old daughter Amina to choose random strangers to put a smile on their faces.

When Corrigan is with her daughter Amina, Corrigan will let the little girl go to whoever she is drawn. Later, Corrigan will ask why Amina opts for them. Her answer is always because she likes something about them, either their tops or their hair. Amina always takes her pick.

It’s a tradition that started with Corrigan’s own mother. “Mum and I used to do it. Whenever we had some money left from the weekly shop or if we really wanted to do it that week, we took out something from the shop to make sure we had the money. We would always do it,” said Corrigan.

“Now, we do it everywhere, even when we went on holiday to another city, we did a random   act of kindness there. We find flowers and chocolates whether it be in Ormskirk, Liver-pool or Wirral. Wherever we go, we do it,” said Corrigan.

“The reaction is amazing and is one of the reasons why we carry on. A number of people who spoke to us didn’t even know what to say. They were speechless. There were a lot of people who gave Amina a hug after it. She loves such a hug. There were others who had tears welling up. They said that they had such a terrible week either with bills or a family death. Amina will always say to me that although the person was crying, it was happy tears. She is in the process of understanding how acts of kindness work and how feelings work.”

1. What does Corrigan ask Amina to do every week?

A．Stay with her mother.	B．Be kind to strangers.
C．Make friends with others.	D．Buy something from shops.

2. What does the underlined phrase “opts for” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Respects.

B．Enables.

C．Chooses.

D．Avoids.

3. What does Corrigan mean in the last paragraph?

A．People need happiness.

B．Few people live a hard life.

C．Some people like being silent.

D．Most people are friendly to others.

4. What can we conclude from the text?

A．Only good people have friends.

B．Where there is life, there is hope.

C．Kindness is like a ray of sunshine.

D．A kind man can gain more from others.