1 . Bertie knew there was something in the wind. His mother had been sad in recent days, not sick, just strangely sad. The lion had just lain down beside him, his head warm on Bertie’s feet, when Father cleared his throat and began, “You’ll soon be eight, Bertie. A boy needs a proper education. We’ve found the right place for you, a school near Salisbury in England.”

His heart filled with a terrible fear, all Bertie could think of was his white lion. “But the lion.” he cried, “What about the lion?”

“I’m afraid there’s something else I have to tell you,” his father said. Looking across at Bertie’s mother, he took a deep breath. Then he told Bertie he had met a circus owner from France, who was over in Africa looking for lions to buy. He would come to their farm in a few days.

“No! You can’t send him to a circus!” said Bertie. “People will come to see him. He’ll be shut up behind bars. I promised him he never would be. And they will laugh at him. He’d rather die. Any animal would!” But as he looked across the table at them, he knew their minds were quite made up.

Bertie felt completely betrayed. He waited until he heard his father’s deep breathing next door. With his white lion at his heels, he crept (蹑手蹑脚地移动) downstairs, took down his father’s rifle (步枪) and stepped out into the night. He ran and ran till his legs could run no more. As the sun came up over the grassland, he climbed to the top of a hill and sat down, his arms round the lion’s neck. The time had come.

“Be wild now”, he whispered. “You’ve got to be wild. Don’t ever come home. All my life I’ll think of you. I promise I will.” He buried his head in the lion’s neck. Then, Bertie climbed down the hill and walked away.

When he looked back, the lion was still sitting there watching him; but then he stood up, yawned, stretched, and sprang down after him. Bertie shouted at him, but he kept coming. He threw sticks. He threw stones. Nothing worked.

There was only one thing left to do. With tears filling his eyes and his mouth, he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired over the lion’s head.

1. Bertie’s mother was sad probably because she ________.

A．had been seriously ill recently

B．knew selling the lion would upset Bertie

C．knew Bertie would hate to go to England

D．had decided to send Bertie to school

2. The underlined word “they” in Para. 4 probably refers to ________.

A．other animals	B．circus owners
C．Bertie’s parents	D．some audience

3. In the last paragraph, the boy lifted the rifle to ________.

A．protect himself from the lion	B．kill the lion out of fear
C．threaten the lion back to the wild	D．show his anger towards his father

4. The passage intends to show that ________.

A．people and animals can be faithful to each other

B．parents are sometimes cruel to their children

C．animal-hunting is popular in Africa

D．animals usually lead a miserable life in circuses

2 . 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。

During breakfast, Alan suggested going to the Lego Land to have fun and his mom agreed.

“We’ll stop by the supermarket and buy some snacks and fruits. Now hurry and eat and then we’ll go. It’s going to be a lovely day. Grandma is coming with us. She’ll be here any minute.”

Alan ate his breakfast and then ran into his room to get his shoes. The problem was that he could only find one of them. He looked under his bed, but all he could see were dirty pants. He moved some of his toys out of the way, but still couldn’t find his shoe. After he had checked everywhere in his room, he ran into the kitchen. “Mom, I can’t find my shoe. Will you wait while I look for it?” he asked.

His mom thought about how many times she’d told Alan to clean his room up. She said something to Alan’s grandma in a low voice. Then, she said to Alan,“You will have to stay home. Your dad and I will take your brother Alex to the Lego Land. Grandma will stay at home with you.”

“No! Please wait for me. I want to go to the Lego Land,” Alan cried. “I’m sorry, Alan. I’ve told you a dozen times to clean your room and you did not do it. You can’t find your shoe now. It’s your own fault for not cleaning your room.You will stay home.”

Alan ran into his bedroom, crying. His mom came to the door and said, “Alan, clean that room of yours before I get home. I’ve told Grandma not to give you any sweets until you make your room clean and tidy.” She went out with Alex and the brothers’ dad. After a minute, they drove away.

注意：
1．续写词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式作答。
Paragraph 1:

Alan sat on his bed and cried for a long time.

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Paragraph 2:

Alan and his grandma were sitting at the table, eating when his mom, dad and Alex came home.

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3 . Jackson sat at his school desk and looked over at the new kid in class. His name was Billy and he just_______ here from Florida. So far, Jackson had not______ him. Today, at break, Jackson was going to try to make a new friend.

When the bell______for rest, Jackson hurried out of his seat and followed Billy outside. “Hi, Billy,” Jackson said as they walked outside. “Do you want to play basketball?” “No. I’m not very ______at basketball. “Jackson stood there and ______what to do next. Maybe he didn’t like Jackson. Maybe he didn’t want to be his______.Jackson thought about playing basketball with other ______. He looked over at Billy sitting on the rock alone by himself. He decided to give it one more try.

“Do you like cars?” Jackson asked Billy______he walked up to him. “Sure!” Billy said with a______. Jackson reached into his pocket and pull out two ______.”My brother gave me these.” He______one of the cars to Billy. “Awesome! I love Mustangs!” Billy rolled the car over the rock. “Me too!” Jackson said. “It’s my ______car!” Jackson sat on the ground and rolled his car across the rock, making a car noise as he did. “My Dad has a real Mustang! You should come over to my______ and see it!” “Great!” Jackson______said. He was so happy that he could______tell, they were going to be best friends.

1.

A．designed

B．quit

C．settled

D．moved

2.

A．given up

B．made up

C．talked to

D．looked for

3.

A．stopped

B．rang

C．disappeared

D．broke

4.

A．angry

B．mad

C．good

D．glad

5.

A．knew

B．improved

C．decided

D．wondered

6.

A．experts

B．friends

C．teachers

D．students

7.

A．girls

B．teachers

C．parents

D．kids

8.

A．as

B．once

C．unless

D．since

9.

A．smile

B．cry

C．shout

D．try

10.

A．tools

B．cars

C．clothes

D．papers

11.

A．offered

B．sold

C．sent

D．handed

12.

A．own

B．favorite

C．positive

D．graceful

13.

A．school

B．class

C．house

D．factory

14.

A．sadly

B．carelessly

C．excitedly

D．actually

15.

A．still

B．also

C．even

D．already

4 . Becca was 6 when she was told she had cancer on Sept. 8, 2014. She clearly remembers the bad days of her 26 months of non -stop treatment. Luckily, Becca celebrated her final treatment on Nov. 13, 2016, and she has been cancer-free ever since. But she was thinking about what her life was like while experiencing the treatment.

“I was never able to do much, and that’s what the kids lying in their hospital beds right now experience, asking their mom and dad, ‘When are we leaving? When can I play with my friends?’ So I decided I have to help them.”

In February, 2017, Becca came up with the idea for Knots and Arrows, a company that makes bracelets (手镯) out of swimsuit materials (泳衣布料). Part of the money made from each bracelet goes to the organizations that help people with cancer.

Becca created the company with her father, Gerhard Salmins. Gerhard Salmins once had cancer and already recovered from it. “I would be in the hospital sitting there crying and then my dad would come in and he would play games with me,” she said. “It made me forget about what I was going through” Becca said the name of the organization shows the motto (座右铭) she stuck to through her personal cancer journey.

Her organization has already given thousands of dollars to research organizations and families in need. Becca said she hoped her bracelets would make people remember that great things can result from small changes. “No matter what age you are, what you look like, and how you act, you can make a difference!”she said.

1. What happened to Becca at the end of 2016?

A．She recovered from cancer.	B．She created an organization.
C．She raised a lot of money.	D．She was helped by a company.

2. What do we know about Becca’s father?

A．He showed Becca a famous motto.	B．He fought off cancer successfully.
C．He advised Becca to forget her pain.	D．He named the company Knots and Arrows.

3. Which of the following words can best describe Becca?

A．Negative.

B．Creative.

C．Caring.

D．Clever.

4. In Becca’s opinion, what’s the meaning of her bracelets?

A．To tell us having a motto is important.

B．To prove cancer can be got over successfully.

C．To show there’s always someone who needs help.

D．To make us realize everyone can make a difference.

5 . My husband Adlai and I often went camping to celebrate special occasions. In fact, our anniversary (周年纪念日) was coming up. But this time I felt a sense of _________ . I couldn’t help thinking about my journal (日记本).

For birthdays and anniversaries, _________ giving each other cards that we were not interested in, Adlai and I wrote letters. For nine years, I’d written almost all of mine in a journal. For our eighteenth anniversary, we had gone camping. After a hike, we returned to _________ our letters. But the campsite was _________ by a bear. Our tent fell down. Worst of all, my journal was _________. We searched for hours, but it was _________.

I never _________ . I always wanted to have back those nine years of letters! One day, I came home to find a car in our driveway. Two _________ stood in the yard with Adlai. Adlai held up a weather-beaten book. My journal! The woman and her husband had _________ it weeks earlier in the underbrush. She was __________ when reading my love letters. “We only have your first names, so it is a bit __________ to find you. Luckily, we make it,” the woman said.

As a result of their their__________, I could hug my journal again. I just couldn’t thank them more. There are always people in the world who show__________ to others. What the couple did doesn’t __________ change our lives, but it can certainly change the way we __________ about life.

1.

A．duty

B．excitement

C．loss

D．fear

2.

A．except for

B．instead of

C．with regard to

D．as for

3.

A．send

B．discuss

C．spread

D．exchange

4.

A．destroyed

B．watched

C．locked

D．examined

5.

A．waiting

B．missing

C．appearing

D．dropping

6.

A．hopeless

B．successful

C．dangerous

D．safe

7.

A．got away

B．set out

C．gave up

D．came back

8.

A．friends

B．customers

C．relatives

D．strangers

9.

A．discovered

B．hidden

C．returned

D．passed

10.

A．satisfied

B．moved

C．tired

D．frightened

11.

A．easy

B．interesting

C．boring

D．difficult

12.

A．needs

B．experiments

C．projects

D．efforts

13.

A．kindness

B．understanding

C．encouragement

D．protection

14.

A．partly

B．luckily

C．necessarily

D．secretly

15.

A．talk

B．feel

C．plan

D．hate

6 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整的短文。

One evening, it was raining heavily. An old lady was sitting inside her car, stuck in the middle of the road. It was clear that she badly needed help. A poorly dressed man approached her car but hesitated to speak.

The lady rolled down her window. She looked worried. She tried to smile as the man approached.

“Hello ma’am, can I help you?” the man said. The lady looked puzzled and said, “Yes.” “Please wait inside your car and let me see if I can solve the problem. By the way, I’m Thomas Anderson,” the man named Thomas said. He discovered that she had a flat tire and soon fixed the problem.

“I really don’t have enough words to thank you. How much should I pay you?” she asked, ready to reward him for his kindness. Thomas was surprised. He had never expected any reward from her, though his family would badly need money once their baby was born next month.

“That’s so nice of you, ma’am,” he said. “But if you really want to pay me back, the next time you see someone who needs help, please think of me and help that person. I hope this chain of love will not end with you.” He smiled and went away before the lady could say anything more.

The lady was touched. Anyone who saw the ragged man would think that he needed help, even though he was the one who was helping others.

As the lady went on her way, she found a small cafe down the road. She decided to have a cup of hot coffee. As she went inside, a waitress came up to her with a very clean towel so that she could dry her wet hair. The lady observed that the waitress was heavily pregnant(怀孕的). She looked tired, but she tried not to show it.

要求：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好;
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
续写部分：
Paragraph 1：

While drinking her coffee, the old lady thought of Thomas and what he had said.

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Paragraph 2：

The waitress found $500 beneath the napkin.

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7 . It was the first night of a tiring seven-day 250km race across the Gobi Desert a year ago. Mr. Leonard _______ a little dog going around his camp trying to _______ herself.

“Cute, but I’m not giving you any,” Leonard thought. Like all_______, he had packed just enough for the whole _______. He’d been running competitively for three years, and he had a_______ to win.

The next day, at the starting line, the dog_________ him again. He waved her away, _______ she might be stepped on by the runners. _________, the dog followed him all the way until the day’s race _________. That night the dog snuggled (偎依) up to Leonard and even __________ to get a little food from him. By then, he was determined to________ her Gobi.

The pair went on to finish the seven-day race, with Gobi __________ a distance of 125km on her own, and winning Leonard over, enough for him to make a ________ — he would take her home to Edinburgh. “Seeing Gobi on the race__________ my attitude to things. It made me think more about stopping and helping her, __________ just focusing on winning,” said Leonard, who finished second. “It also made my running more________, giving me a lot of pleasure.”

As Leonard was preparing to get Gobi home, she was ________. With a group of 20 local volunteers coming to his ________, he finally found her. After that, Leonard never let Gobi out of his ________. Now Gobi’s favorite activity is still running, and she __________ does at least 8km a day with Leonard up the hills.

1.

A．recognized

B．adopted

C．spotted

D．treated

2.

A．accommodate

B．feed

C．water

D．entertain

3.

A．competitors

B．climbers

C．explorers

D．hikers

4.

A．plan

B．camp

C．day

D．course

5.

A．chance

B．desire

C．right

D．tendency

6.

A．bothered

B．stopped

C．welcomed

D．approached

7.

A．confused

B．worried

C．ashamed

D．astonished

8.

A．Therefore

B．Meanwhile

C．However

D．Otherwise

9.

A．wound up

B．got down

C．kicked off

D．came along

10.

A．expected

B．afforded

C．managed

D．begged

11.

A．give

B．name

C．award

D．show

12.

A．covering

B．setting

C．keeping

D．extending

13.

A．difference

B．choice

C．comment

D．decision

14.

A．advocated

B．changed

C．challenged

D．acknowledged

15.

A．rather than

B．but for

C．regardless of

D．ahead of

16.

A．impressive

B．meaningful

C．enjoyable

D．extraordinary

17.

A．dead

B．sick

C．injured

D．missing

18.

A．rescue

B．assistance

C．mind

D．defense

19.

A．sight

B．way

C．hand

D．reach

20.

A．gradually

B．eventually

C．routinely

D．occasionally

9 . James Cook and his wife Samantha Jones started their beekeeping work eight years ago and have gained much experience. They are _______at solving the problems their bees face. The year 2020 was their year to go into business _______after working several years for other beekeepers, when they were in California’s huge farms.

In the spring, the farms were full of white flowers that _______into nuts. The crop was possible because of the many beekeepers who _______ with their hives (蜂巢) to pollinate (授粉) the nation’s crops.

Then the coronavirus (冠状病毒) health crisis hit. Cook and Jones became _______. “Do we stay? Do we go?” they asked each other. By that time, they had taken their hives from California’s San Joaquin Valley to another temporary home. Their plan was to let the bees _______the agricultural work and their contact with farm chemicals. So, they decided to _______the coronavirus restrictions in California. There, they set out to create their _______, Bird and the Bees Honey.

This summer, Cook and Jones and their small crew worked day and night to build a honey _______. They were ________tired and in debt because they took ________to get the business up and running. But they were also ________. Unlike other agricultural crops, honey can be ________for a long time. That is a good thing for Cook and Jones, because coronavirus restrictions have left them with fewer places to sell their products.

Cook, who is 35, said, “Starting a business in these difficult times is hard but it pays to do it. The experience will make us ________.” I think beekeeping taught me --you kind of need to look for the ________and the beauty that you can find,” he says.

1.

A．sad

B．expert

C．amazed

D．confused

2.

A．on a large scale

B．for fun

C．on their own

D．as usual

3.

A．turn

B．break

C．get

D．put

4.

A．admitted

B．declined

C．refused

D．travelled

5.

A．occupied

B．impressed

C．concerned

D．inspired

6.

A．get into

B．recover from

C．suffer from

D．bring about

7.

A．get rid of

B．lay down

C．put off

D．wait out

8.

A．fame

B．brand

C．solution

D．life

9.

A．factory

B．honor

C．family

D．food

10.

A．rarely

B．extremely

C．merely

D．gradually

11.

A．notes

B．medicines

C．loans

D．breaks

12.

A．hopeful

B．stressed

C．regretful

D．vengeful

13.

A．harvested

B．made

C．picked

D．stored

14.

A．healthier

B．happier

C．tougher

D．poorer

15.

A．comfort

B．honey

C．money

D．optimism

10 . We were sitting in the doctor’s waiting room when my father said something that ______ me. “Are you my daughter or my sister? ” My heart broke as I stared at him.

The doctor told us my father had Alzheimers (阿尔茨海默病). It was a big _______ for me. I was facing a battle on two fronts, emotional and physical, and I was ______ for it. The disease didn’t snatch him away suddenly. Instead, it slowly ______ him. It made me sad to watch my father hide his ______ to read the clock.

As the disease continued to progress, his behaviors became ______ . We had to face another painful fact — we could no longer provide my father with the level of ______ to keep him safe at home. He ______ to move to a skilled nursing home.

Babies are born helpless; parents keep on _____ . Children grow up and learn that relationships are reciprocal (相互的). However, the parent-child relationship isn’t ______ . The parents remain the giver, and the children remain the taker. That is the natural order of the world — ______ the child becomes the parents caregiver.

When a(n) ______ appears, we can do something to change the fact. _______ , my father is alive and taken good care of in the nursing home. If he can _______ the illness, then I can make it. I will give him everything he deserves to have as a great father. And we will be awarded(奖励) a(n) ______ future by doing our best.

1.

A．shocked

B．cheated

C．excited

D．embarrassed

2.

A．chance

B．goal

C．plan

D．challenge

3.

A．ready

B．brave

C．unprepared

D．fit

4.

A．took hold of

B．make use of

C．paid attention to

D．got used to

5.

A．happiness

B．inability

C．courage

D．power

6.

A．normal

B．strange

C．pleasant

D．secret

7.

A．fun

B．advice

C．trust

D．care

8.

A．expected

B．refused

C．needed

D．feared

9.

A．giving

B．lying

C．guessing

D．explaining

10.

A．following

B．changing

C．connecting

D．passing·

11.

A．since

B．if

C．although

D．until

12.

A．mistake

B．problem

C．help

D．idea

13.

A．Easily

B．Clearly

C．Fortunately

D．Quickly

14.

A．get through

B．learn from

C．tun down

D．give off

15.

A．uncertain

B．safe

C．interesting

D．bright