1 . Once upon a time, a daughter complained to her father that her senior high school life was unhappy and that she was tired of struggling with homework all the time.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, h placed potatoes, eggs and coffee beans in them. After 20 minutes, he took them out, putting the potatoes and eggs in a bowl and the coffee in a cup.

Turning to his daughter, he said, “Look closer, and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After puling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. Its good smell brought a smile to her face.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked. He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and the coffee beans were in the same adversity (逆境)—the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently.

The strong and hard potato became soft and weak in boiling water. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new. “Which one do you want to be like,” he asked. “When adversity knocks on your door, how will you respond?”

In life, challenges happen to us all, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.

1. Why did the girl complain to her father?

A．Because of her tiring job.	B．Because of her hard school life.
C．Because of her father’ s busy work.	D．Because of the food her father cooked.

2. What can we infer from this story?

A．The girl liked the coffee best.

B．The father was good at cooking.

C．Different people have different reactions to adversity.

D．The girl didn’t like the potatoes and eggs.

3. What does the underlined word “fragile” mean in the 5th paragraph?

A．thick

B．hard

C．strong

D．easily-broken

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Challenges and responses.	B．Adversities and a chef.
C．A chef and coffee beans.	D．Father and daughter.

2 . At eleven, I decided to learn to swim. There was a pool at the YMCA offering exactly the opportunity. My mother continually warned against it, and kept fresh in my mind the details of each drowning in the river. But the YMCA pool was safe.

I had a childhood fear of water. This started when I was three years old and my father took me to the beach.The huge waves knocked me down and swept over me.

The pool was quiet. I was afraid of going in all alone, so I sat on one side of the pool to wait for others. Then came a big boy. He yelled, “Hi, how’d you like to be ducked?” With that he picked me up and threw me into the deep end.I landed in a sitting position, and swallowed water. But I was not frightened out of my wits—when my feet hit the bottom, I would make a big jump to come out of the surface. It seemed a long way down. I gathered all my strength when I landed and made what I thought was a great spring upwards. Then I opened my eyes and saw nothing but water. I tried to yell but no sound came out. I went down, down, endlessly.

When I came to consciousness, I found myself lying on the bed in the hospital.

I never went back to the pool. I avoided water whenever I could. This misadventure stayed with me as the years rolled by.It deprived(剥夺) me of the joy of boating and swimming. Finally, I decided to get an instructor. Piece by piece, he built a swimmer. Several months later, the instructor was finished, but I was not .Sometimes the terror would return. 

This went on until July. I swam across the Lake Went worth.Only once did the terror return. When I was in the middle of the lake, I put my face under and saw nothing but bottomless water. I laughed and said, “Well, Mr Terror, what do you think you can do to me?” I had conquered my fear of water.

1. What was the author’s original fear of water caused by?

A．His poor skill in swimming.

B．His mother’s warning of drowning.

C．An outing to the beach with his father.

D．An unpleasant memory of the pool.

2. Why was the author not scared to death when he was thrown into the water?

A．He knew how to swim in the pool.

B．He felt that the YMCA pool was safe.

C．He was waiting for others to save him.

D．He came up with an idea to go upwards.

3. What does the author probably mean by expressing “but I was not” in Paragraph 5?

A．He was still a poor swimmer.

B．He had not overcome the fear yet.

C．He was not afraid of drowning any more.

D．He was not satisfied with the swimming training.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Goodbye,Mr Terror

B．Hello,Childhood Fear

C．A Swimming Adventure

D．My Passion for Swimming

3 . Ranjan and Summer were good friends. They went to the same school and were in the same class.

Ranjan was not strong. He could not play football or other games with boys of his age. All that he did was to watch Summer and other boys play. He usually went with them to the playground. When they ran off to play, he would sit under a tree and read storybooks. Books became his best friends. The reading made him successful in all the exams. He always stood first in the class.

Summer was tall and strong. He spent most of his time running, swimming or riding bicycles. He was an extremely good player in every game. He was a member of the school’s football team and cricket team. The PE teacher thought he would make it big in the game when he grew up.

One day, the two friends went for a walk. Ranjan got tired soon. “I have no strength. What is the use of all this knowledge if I am not healthy? I would give away all my knowledge if I could be half as healthy and strong as you,” said Ranjan.

Summer was surprised and replied, “So you are not happy with yourself too? I always wished I could have done as well as you did in the studies. I even thought I could have given away my sporting skills for better grades in those exams.” The two friends looked at each other and cried out at the same time. “The grass looks greener on the other side of the hill.”

1. What did Ranjan usually do when he went to the playground with Summer?

A．He studied for the exams.

B．He played with his friend.

C．He read his favorite books.

D．He took care of the clothes.

2. Why did the PE teacher think Summer might become a sports star?

A．Summer was very tall.

B．Summer was very strong.

C．Summer was good at doing sports.

D．Summer spent a lot of time playing sports.

3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Ranjan was proud of his knowledge.

B．Summer was unhappy with his studies.

C．Summer could do as well as Ranjan did in the studies.

D．Ranjan and Summer decided to learn from each other.

4. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?

A．Practice makes perfect.

B．Nobody knows his own advantages.

C．Grass usually appears greener in faraway places.

D．We always want something better and feel unhappy.

4 . A man was employed to paint a boat. He brought paint and _________ and began to paint the boat as the owner wanted. While painting, he _________ there was a hole in the body of the boat and decided to repair it. When he finished painting, he received his _________ and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat visited the painter and _________ him with a cheque(支票), much higher than what he was paid for the painting work. The painter was _________.

“You’ve already paid me for painting the boat, sir! he said.

“This is not for the paint job. It’s for repairing the _________ in the boat.”

“Ah! But it was such a small service.” the man said. “Certainly it’s not worth paying me such a high amount for something so _________!”

“My dear friend,” the owner said, “You don’t understand. Let me tell you _________ happened. When I asked you to paint the boat, I _________ to mention the bole. When the boat dried, my kids took it and ____________ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a hole there. I was not at home at the time. So when I ____________ and noticed they had taken the boat, I was hopeless. Imagine my ____________ and joy when I saw them returning safely from fishing.”

“Then, I examined the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You now see what you did? You ____________ the life of my children!”

Each of us has a moral duty to offer help, wipe tears, listen carefully and repair all the “hole” we ____________ in our life journey, because a small act will make a big ____________ in the future.

1.

A．rulers

B．brushes

C．knives

D．pens

2.

A．felt

B．heard

C．sensed

D．noticed

3.

A．money

B．paint

C．brush

D．fish

4.

A．dropped

B．cooked

C．presented

D．took

5.

A．happy

B．disappointed

C．embarrassed

D．surprised

6.

A．hole

B．chair

C．paddle

D．picture

7.

A．huge

B．small

C．great

D．rude

8.

A．when

B．why

C．what

D．how

9.

A．stopped

B．regretted

C．remembered

D．forgot

10.

A．went on

B．went away

C．went over

D．went through

11.

A．drove

B．shared

C．rewarded

D．returned

12.

A．belief

B．relief

C．sadness

D．worry

13.

A．saved

B．hurt

C．broke

D．designed

14.

A．come out

B．come in

C．come across

D．come into

15.

A．achievement

B．progress

C．process

D．difference

5 . One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods _______ she realized that she was lost.

Sitting on a rock and _______ what to do, she began crying. After a while, she _______ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. _______ it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and _______ stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out of the door and back to the _______. Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a _______.

The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy _______ that his mistress (女主人) was in danger. He jumped _______ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields, but he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a ________ scent (气体) as he lowered his head. He ________ the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking ________ into the air, the dog ________ through the woods until he found the ________. But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his ________, he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He ________ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was ________.

When she opened her eyes and ________ her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you ________ me, Laddy, ” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of ________. That night Laddy had a hero’s supper: a huge meal of steak.

1.

A．since

B．before

C．while

D．as

2.

A．wondering

B．forgetting

C．remembering

D．regretting

3.

A．liked

B．expected

C．failed

D．decided

4.

A．When

B．Until

C．If

D．Because

5.

A．carelessly

B．cautiously

C．hopelessly

D．unwillingly

6.

A．trees

B．bushes

C．woods

D．grasses

7.

A．stream

B．rock

C．tree

D．house

8.

A．found

B．sensed

C．heard

D．smelt

9.

A．at

B．through

C．in

D．onto

10.

A．terrible

B．strange

C．pleasant

D．familiar

11.

A．missed

B．discovered

C．followed

D．ignored

12.

A．calmly

B．loudly

C．merrily

D．gently

13.

A．searched

B．wandered

C．looked

D．travelled

14.

A．window

B．girl

C．house

D．hero

15.

A．satisfaction

B．disappointment

C．embarrassment

D．happiness

16.

A．jumped

B．climbed

C．walked

D．flew

17.

A．awake

B．abandoned

C．asleep

D．available

18.

A．felt

B．watched

C．observed

D．saw

19.

A．disturbed

B．comforted

C．rescued

D．scared

20.

A．pain

B．shock

C．sorrow

D．relief

6 . Knitting (编织) is well known for its healing benefits. For Clare Young, the pastime has helped ______her broken heart after her husband Ken died of cancer.

Mrs. Young was diagnosed with a mental disorder and ______ after her husband’s death in 2015. They met online 15 years ago. He was ______ with cancer in 2013. Then they wedded in 2014 and she ______ work to care for her husband. She was advised to take up knitting as a way to ______ the stress.

She created Work of Heart Garden in______ of her husband to help manage her sorrow and the ______ health symptoms. Her piece ______ a bed in a hospice (临终安养院) garden, with knitted grass, flower pots and walls. Her knitted creation and her ______ fundraising for Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court hospice, which helped care for Ken, ______ Clare enter the Creative Fundraiser of the Year. In the awards ceremony，Clare was ______ Creative Fundraiser of the Year.

Following her win, Clare said, “I started knitting at home to manage the ______ and mental health symptoms. Never in my wildest ______ did I think creating a knitted garden would lead me to receiving 50,000 knitted hearts across the world and picking up this ______. I would like to ______ this award to them. This award is for every person who has knitted, donated and ______. It was a huge honor to those who are making a ______ to the world. Creating Work of Heart Garden has been a ( an) ______ experience. Not only have I achieved my aim of raising ______ of the work of the hospice, but I have encouraged more people to talk more ______ about hospice care, loss and grief.”

1.

A．fix

B．create

C．purchase

D．press

2.

A．calmness

B．anxiety

C．embarrassment

D．opportunity

3.

A．cured

B．convinced

C．diagnosed

D．predicted

4.

A．set up

B．make up

C．take up

D．gave up

5.

A．build up

B．take down

C．deal with

D．come up

6.

A．memory

B．need

C．hope

D．charge

7.

A．physical

B．mental

C．imaginary

D．obvious

8.

A．books

B．prints

C．works

D．features

9.

A．simple

B．little

C．huge

D．rough

10.

A．indicated

B．saw

C．tolerated

D．suspected

11.

A．showed

B．handed

C．awarded

D．treasured

12.

A．happiness

B．expectation

C．style

D．sorrow

13.

A．dreams

B．concepts

C．plans

D．nations

14.

A．reward

B．award

C．cash

D．thread

15.

A．lead

B．announce

C．devote

D．owe

16.

A．doubted

B．swallowed

C．supported

D．pretended

17.

A．decision

B．difference

C．rule

D．promise

18.

A．wonderful

B．greedy

C．common

D．independent

19.

A．awareness

B．friendship

C．success

D．efficiency

20.

A．purposely

B．accidentally

C．secretly

D．openly

8 . The 70-year-old man was pushing a cart (手推车) around a Chicago neighborhood. But now, thanks to some ________ customers and the kindness that spread widely, he may finally have the opportunity to enjoy ________.

Rosario Del Real had been working as a carpenter (木匠) from home. ________ an injury forced him to take a break from his ________. He started to sell paletas (冰棍) to neighbors.

Rosario ________ his traditional suit and cowboy hat whenever he sells his ________ treats.

It may have been a ________ for dads across America, but for Rosario, it was “another day at work”, ________ his paleta cart around the neighborhood. Since Oscar Gonzalez and his friend Victor Dominguez were ________ a Father’s Day barbecue party for their families, they ________the paleta salesman to join them.

They formed friendships with each other quickly, and ________, they decided to buy all of the paletas in Rosario’s cart so that he could go home and rest.

One of their friends ________ a video of the heartwarming sale and ________ it on the social sharing app TikTok. The video drew attention from the ________, and then the family set up a fundraiser to help Rosario retire.

The original goal was to ________ $10,000 for their new friend, but ________ people from all over the world ended up ________ more than $62,000. ________ learning that his new friend had ________ a huge sum of money for his retirement, Rosario said he was moved to tears by their kindness — although he was ________ to have the opportunity to work.

1.

A．mean

B．selfish

C．cruel

D．warm-hearted

2.

A．peace

B．vacation

C．retirement

D．journey

3.

A．But

B．And

C．So

D．Instead

4.

A．organization

B．job

C．situation

D．devotion

5.

A．takes

B．puts

C．has

D．wears

6.

A．frozen

B．hot

C．spicy

D．bitter

7.

A．tradition

B．practice

C．holiday

D．success

8.

A．lifting

B．pushing

C．searching

D．repairing

9.

A．changing

B．joining

C．guiding

D．holding

10.

A．refused

B．waited

C．invited

D．expected

11.

A．at first

B．to begin with

C．in the end

D．at the end

12.

A．found

B．recorded

C．revised

D．picked

13.

A．posted

B．attracted

C．sent

D．operated

14.

A．strangers

B．customers

C．family

D．public

15.

A．pay

B．raise

C．spend

D．attack

16.

A．honest

B．kind

C．patient

D．brave

17.

A．donating

B．owning

C．borrowing

D．requiring

18.

A．Soon

B．After

C．Before

D．Even

19.

A．provided

B．chosen

C．collected

D．given

20.

A．grateful

B．hopeless

C．helpful

D．relaxed

9 . Since birth, I have worn a tracheotomy tube (气切管) around my neck to help me breathe. When I was growing up, it was common for adults to tell me that I should wear colorful scarves (围巾) so that other people wouldn’t see it. They would say, “You can’t even tell it’s there,” as if my disability is something to be ashamed of (羞耻). As a kid, I never really thought about my disability the way I do now. It was just how I lived my life.

Now I’m 26 years old, and I’m proud to call myself a disabled woman because I consider my disability to be a part of who I am. I travel around the world to share my story as a disabled reporter and train other reporters on how to cover disability problems. I still remember the first time I gave a university lecture to a group of students. I realized that I could help create safe spaces where disabled people can be themselves and feel free to tell their own stories.

Unfortunately, being disabled is still viewed as something that is meant to be overcome. But for so many of us, this is how we live. This is who we are. I am always moved by the people I’ve met in the disability community: educators, historians, writers, lawyers and many more because we share the same dream and the same need for a mentally-safe world.

1. Why did the writer wear a special tube when she was a child?

A．It could help her breathe normally.

B．It was a special fashion at that time.

C．She wanted to look different from others.

D．A photography editor asked her to do it.

2. Why did the adults ask the writer to wear colorful scarves?

A．To keep warm.	B．To protect her neck.
C．To look beautiful.	D．To cover her special tube.

3. What does the writer think of being disabled?

A．Shameful

B．Pitiful.

C．Normal.

D．Abnormal.

4. Which is the best title for the text?

A．How I Became Disabled

B．How I Became Proud of Being Disabled

C．How to Get Along with a Disabled Person

D．How to Edit Photographs of Disabled People

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

All the customers who went to the new supermarket had one strong wish to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay     1    her shopping, for inside the entrance stood a notice,    2    (say), “Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This may be your lucky day!”

For several weeks, Mrs. Edwards hoped to be one of the lucky     3     (housewife) like many of her friends. She never gave up hope. Cupboards in her kitchen     4     (fill) with things that she didn’t need at all. She dreamed of the day     5       the manager of the supermarket would say to her with a smile, “Madam, this is your lucky day. Everything in your basket is free.”

One Friday afternoon, after she had finished shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy some sugar. She rushed     6     to the supermarket,     7     (get)   the sugar and went towards the cash desk. As she did     8    , she saw the manager of the supermarket come up to her and said, “     9     (congratulate)! You are the     10     (lucky) among all the customers this week and everything in your basket is free!”