4 . Shark attacks in the screen are amazing. That’s because your actual chances of ever being attacked by a shark are mere one in 11.5 million. That’s roughly the same as your chances of winning an Oscar, which makes shark attack survivor, Mike Coots both incredibly unlucky and lucky: When Mike was 18, he lost his leg to a shark bite.

“I was attacked by a tiger shark in late October 1997. It was near my home on the island of Kauai — a typical fall morning with friends. The waves were really good, so nothing was stopping us.” That is until a large shark came right up under Mike and sank his teeth into Mike’s lower leg. As he tried to free himself, the shark bit down harder, shaking its head back and forth and tossing Mike around like a rag doll. Mike followed his instinct (本能): He struck the shark in the face, again and again until the shark released him. As Mike swam back into shore, he realized his lower right leg was gone. Mike’s friends rushed to his aid, and sent him to the hospital.

As soon as Mike was well, he did what many of us might consider unthinkable: he started riding the waves again, in fact, his first time back was near the site of his attack. But Mike was unshaken. Instead, he was curious — why was he attacked? His curiosity led him to research sharks, and Mike did learn something that would change his life: Humans are far more dangerous to sharks than the other way around.

His situation as a shark survivor empowered him to give sharks a voice, Mike says. He began working with the Hawaii state authorities (当局) to help pass a ban (禁令) on shark-derived products. “I partnered with other like-minded shark attack survivors and marine biologists, and we headed to Washington to urge (敦促) senators to create a nationwide bit! protecting sharks.”

1. Why does the author show the chances of being attacked by sharks?

A．To inform readers of some related knowledge.

B．To attract people to watch shark attacks in the screen.

C．To stress Mike’s unusual experience of the shark attack.

D．To show everyone has the chance of winning an Oscar.

2. How did Mike survive the shark attack?

A．By hitting the shark hard continually.

B．By swimming desperately to the shore,

C．By screaming loudly for his friends’ help.

D．By shaking its head up and down to get away.

3. What came to mind when Mike rode the waves again?

A．To overcome his fear of sharks.

B．To research on how sharks attack humans.

C．To find out the reason for his being attacked.

D．To prove humans are more dangerous than sharks.

4. What did Mike do to protect sharks?

A．He passed a ban on shark-derived products.

B．He created a nationwide bill in Washington.

C．He worked with the authorities to protect sharks.

D．He urged shark attack survivors to protect sharks.

5 . Owura Kwadwo Hottish teaches computer science in a school. It is a normal school except for the fact that it didn’t have______

Owura became famous after he posted photos of him on the Internet. In the picture. people could see he was teaching his students by______ an entire computer on the blackboard.The photos showed the______level of education for children in Ghana. People were______ that Owura made sure each button was drawn correctly. He would come to school half an hour ahead of______every day. He drew the computer on the blackboard, but at the end of his class, it was______off to start the next class, so he had to______it the next day! Owura’s efforts______when Microsoft took______of his act. They first took him to an international educators’ meeting in Singapore. He made a______about his teaching methods at the meeting and ______a standing ovation(欢呼) after the speech.

______,Owura got the thing he always wanted for his students—some companies______computers to the school. Not a single child in the school had seen a real computer in their lives. Thanks to their teacher’s______the world took care and treat them with ______

1.

A．classrooms

B．computers

C．playgrounds

D．tools

2.

A．operating

B．repairing

C．describing

D．drawing

3.

A．poor

B．unique

C．average

D．avanced

4.

A．annoyed

B．pleased

C．frightened

D．surprised

5.

A．line

B．culture

C．schedule

D．school

6.

A．rubbed

B．called

C．cut

D．shown

7.

A．exchange

B．improve

C．revise

D．repeat

8.

A．broke out

B．paid off

C．came back

D．held back

9.

A．care

B．control

C．place

D．notice

10.

A．suggestion

B．speech

C．decision

D．arrangement

11.

A．made

B．waited

C．received

D．carried

12.

A．Suddenly

B．Importantly

C．Exactly

D．Naturally

13.

A．lent

B．sold

C．donated

D．applied

14.

A．efforts

B．pains

C．legend

D．experiment

15.

A．glory

B．wisdom

C．kindness

D．pride

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。续写的词数应为150左右。

Peter woke up early in the morning. He went downstairs in a hurry and started to have his breakfast as quickly as possible.

“Why are you in such a hurry, early bird?” Mum asked him. “We will have an English spelling test today, Mum,” Peter said. “Mr. White promised to offer prizes to those who get 100 scores. I’ve been studying the word list since last week. Although the words are difficult, I am well prepared for them.”

Peter reviewed the spelling of each word once more carefully when Dad drove him to school. At last, it was time for the students to have a test. “Responsibility,” Mr. White started. Peter wrote it on his test paper quickly and confidently.

“The second word: contribution,” Mr. White said.

“So easy,” Peter thought. He quickly wrote the word down.

Thirty words later, the test papers were collected by Mr. White. “I am to mark your papers now,” he told the class. After marking the test papers, Mr. White said, “Three of you won a prize today for excellent test scores. Peter, David and Mary got full marks on the spelling test!”

Mr. White praised them. Meanwhile, he gave the three students each a dictionary. Peter’s was an English-Chinese dictionary—the one he liked best. Peter was so excited that he held it high when his classmates cheered. “This is my happiest moment,” Peter thought.

After Mr. White gave the test paper back, Peter had a look at the words, feeling proud of his spelling. All of a sudden, the word “contribusion” confused him. It didn’t seem right. Peter began to compare them after taking out the word list. “C-O-N-T-R-I-B-U-S-I-O-N,” he whispered. He spelled it wrong.

“What am I to do?” Peter said to himself. “I expect my classmates to think I’m a master at spelling. If I tell Mr. White one of my spelling words is wrong, I’ll have to give my prize back, or I will become an example for telling a lie.”

Staring at the full marks written on his test paper, Peter was lost in thought. After a while, he remembered a lesson Mum used to teach him, “We ought to be an honest person.”

Paragraph1:

Slowly,Peter raised his hand.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph2: 

Peter looked around.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7 . Who to Believe?

“My doctors told me I would never walk again because of the illness. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.”

Wilma Rudolph was born in 1940 into a very large and poor African-American family in Tennessee. When she was four years old, a deadly _________ made her left leg useless. She had to wear an iron leg brace (固定器). Her doctors told her she would never _________ like a normal person without the brace. _________ she was fortunate in having a mother who encouraged her to have faith and _________ .

At nine years of age, the little girl _________ the leg brace and took the step that her doctors had said was _________ . Then she got the incredible idea that she would like to be the world’s greatest woman _________ . Now, what could she mean- be a professional sportswoman with a useless leg?

At the age of thirteen, she began to enter races, but she came in last in every race. Everyone begged her to   _________ it. One day, however, she came in next to last. Then there came a day when she won a race. From then on, she   _________ every race that she entered.

In 1957, Wilma went to Tennessee State University, where she met a __________ named Ed Temple. He trained her so well that in 1960 she went to the Olympic Games in Rome. There she __________ a German girl named Jutta Heine, the greatest woman runner of the day. Wilma had just won two Olympic gold medals both in the 100-metre sprint (短跑) and the 200-metre sprint. Then came the 400-metre relay. It would be Wilma __________ Jutta. When the third runner handed the baton (接力棒) to Wilma, she was so excited that she __________ it, and Wilma saw Jutta taking off down the track. It was impossible that anybody could catch this girl. But Wilma did just that! Wilma Rudolph had __________ her third Olympic gold medal in the 17th Olympic Games.

That day Wilma made history as she became the first woman to win three gold medals in the same Olympic Games. Later she said. “The success can’t be reached without the __________ . I have spent a lifetime trying to share my story so that other young women have a chance to reach their __________ ”

Wilma had never __________ that she would not walk again and she kept struggling and finally earned the title of the world’s __________ woman. Her story told us it is our __________ that show what we truly are far more than our __________ .

1.

A．fall

B．cut

C．illness

D．accident

2.

A．learn

B．walk

C．dance

D．speak

3.

A．And

B．For

C．So

D．Yet

4.

A．courage

B．stage

C．intelligence

D．collection

5.

A．removed

B．bought

C．applied

D．checked

6.

A．dependable

B．unnecessary

C．impossible

D．reasonable

7.

A．doctor

B．runner

C．writer

D．lawyer

8.

A．change

B．challenge

C．accept

D．stop

9.

A．won

B．examined

C．reflected

D．practised

10.

A．professor

B．reporter

C．coach

D．scientist

11.

A．met

B．beat

C．hugged

D．observed

12.

A．against

B．with

C．or

D．and

13.

A．caught

B．held

C．lifted

D．dropped

14.

A．designed

B．earned

C．made

D．found

15.

A．effort

B．medal

C．praise

D．brace

16.

A．interests

B．dreams

C．titles

D．sources

17.

A．realized

B．expressed

C．believed

D．regretted

18.

A．smartest

B．richest

C．fastest

D．bravest

19.

A．education

B．confidence

C．adventure

D．choices

20.

A．responsibilities

B．performances

C．experiences

D．abilities

8 . In 1939, seven-year-old Miriam Schreibeer should have started first grade. ________, she spent that year—and the following five—trying to survive. She was living in Poland when Word War Ⅱ ________. “My entire life was ________ within minutes,” she says, “I was looking forward to starting school.” She never ________ it. And not having a(n) ________ has always been a thorn (刺) in her side.

________ later, though, the now-89-year-old Holocaust (大屠杀) survivor finally got something she had always ________. Kapiloff brander, director of community programs, ________ out to the New England Academy, a Jewish high school, to ask whether the school could help Mariam fulfill her ________. Richard Nobel, the principal of the school, brought a few senior students to Miriam’s home to hear her story ________ they came up with the idea of ________ her a diploma at the school’s 2020 ________ ceremony.

Miriam ________ a lot in a slave labor camp in Siberia before she got freedom in 1946. She and her ________ family members went to a refugee camp in Germany. Getting a formal education was never a(n) ________ for her but she learned seven languages over the following years. “I ________ myself,” she says, “I read books day and night. I still do.”

On August 16th 2020, during a socially distanced ceremony in the school gym, Miriam was presented with a high school diploma. “There weren’t too many ________ eyes among the 30 of us there,” says Nabel. Miriam’s family was especially ________. “I’m not sure whether she realizes the ________ of that moment to me,” says Bernie, her eldest son “I’m so ________ of her.”

1.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Lastly

D．Suddenly

2.

A．broke out

B．broke in

C．broke down

D．broke up

3.

A．saved

B．hurt

C．ruined

D．improved

4.

A．regretted

B．learned

C．lost

D．made

5.

A．degree

B．honor

C．course

D．goal

6.

A．Months

B．Decades

C．Days

D．Weeks

7.

A．registered for

B．paid for

C．prepared for

D．longed for

8.

A．cried

B．set

C．reached

D．ran

9.

A．promise

B．wish

C．task

D．duty

10.

A．before

B．after

C．until

D．since

11.

A．lending

B．returning

C．leaving

D．presenting

12.

A．opening

B．religious

C．graduation

D．weeding

13.

A．revised

B．discovered

C．explored

D．suffered

14.

A．remaining

B．missing

C．retired

D．annoyed

15.

A．dream

B．choice

C．lesson

D．example

16.

A．protected

B．reminded

C．taught

D．doubted

17.

A．curious

B．red

C．sharp

D．dry

18.

A．moved

B．calm

C．tired

D．satisfied

19.

A．adventure

B．impression

C．importance

D．popularity

20.

A．certain

B．proud

C．shy

D．afraid

9 . The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

—Eleanor Roosevelt

My hometown was a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as a place of war and natural disasters. When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with _________ in spite of the terrible surroundings. The families living here, who tried to make their living from the land, _________ great losses.

I felt sorry especially for the children, but I _________ to be hopeless. I decided wherever I was, I would do _________ to help them. I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who _________ the door, “I know that you are _________ and give the birds that come to your yard a little _________. Please consider me your bird. Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your _________. I will take it to the place where it can be given to the _________ children.”

No one seemed to __________ giving me a handful of rice, even when they had little themselves. On Sunday, I would __________ my handfuls of rice to the children.

One day, I came to a house where an old lady lived. I told my story and asked if I could be her bird. The woman called her daughters, and __________ gave me fifty cents, as well as a handful of rice! I began to __________ change and rice from other “bird feeders”, and they gave them to me. Everyone was __________ to help those who were suffering, even only in this small way. “Consider me your bird.” My childish idea didn’t stop the war, but anyway, it was __________ some peace.

1.

A．sorrow

B．hope

C．comfort

D．kindness

2.

A．suffered

B．survived

C．covered

D．made

3.

A．wanted

B．failed

C．refused

D．stopped

4.

A．something

B．everything

C．anything

D．nothing

5.

A．locked

B．replied

C．shut

D．answered

6.

A．wise

B．kind

C．rich

D．poor

7.

A．soil

B．water

C．stone

D．rice

8.

A．country

B．room

C．door

D．garden

9.

A．brave

B．hungry

C．promising

D．nervous

10.

A．mind

B．consider

C．avoid

D．enjoy

11.

A．clear away

B．put away

C．take away

D．give away

12.

A．every

B．each

C．neither

D．none

13.

A．apply for

B．pay for

C．ask for

D．answer for

14.

A．glad

B．sad

C．upset

D．worried

15.

A．creating

B．mending

C．disturbing

D．managing

10 . At only 9 years old, Lesia Cartelli was badly burnt in a gas explosion at her grandparents’ house. The burns were so severe that her own grandfather didn’t recognize her. Lesia could have remained withdrawn for her whole life. But now, this woman uses her painful past to help other burn victims find healing (治愈). “My life got better when I started to look at my life as a gift,” Lesia said.

Lesia started Angel Faces, a national nonprofit organization offering week-long supportive retreats (休养所) for adolescent female burn victims. These retreats, for girls ranging from ages 11-19, provide seminars to help the girls heal emotionally (情感上).

“She’s like a ball of sunshine,” said Casi Smith, a 17-year-old with burns on her face she received as a baby. “Looking at her, I can see everything she’s been through. But here she is; instead of hiding, she’s helping people. To me, that is amazing. I don’t know if I could ever do that.”

As a woman burned in a gas explosion, Lesia is able to connect with these young ladies on a personal level, as someone who knows what they’re going through. Her heart for helping others motivates fellow burn victims to take control of their circumstances.

All of these women are miracles. They are blessed to have survived horrible accidents most of us can’t even imagine. Yet, surviving the incident is just the beginning. Lesia describes the period following the actual event causing the burns as a “trauma cocoon”.

And that’s where she steps in.

“I didn’t want any other girl to go through what I had gone through,” she says. “We offer a place where the girls can suffer less pain and begin to really heal.”

1. What made Lesia’s life become better after the accident?

A．Her grandfather’s timely help.	B．Angel Faces’ supportive retreats.
C．The change of her attitude to life.	D．Other burn victims’ healing stories.

2. What do we learn about Lesia and Angel Faces?

A．Angel Faces provides help for all female burn victims.

B．Lesia started Angel Faces with the help of Casi Smith.

C．Victims receive Angel Faces’ professional medical help.

D．Lesia’s experiences have inspired many young burn victims.

3. What do the words “trauma cocoon” underlined in paragraph 5 most probably mean?

A．The challenging time that pushes one forward.

B．The quiet place where one can have great fun.

C．The physical injury that can be easily removed.

D．The time when one feels painful and withdrawn.

4. Which of the following best describes Lesia?

A．Powerful and caring.	B．Creative and adventurous.
C．Selfish but brave.	D．Shy but independent.