1 . “I don’t want to go, Miss White. I’m frightened, very frightened,” Monica told her teacher.

Monica was a very ________ girl. She always sat at the back of the classroom,________ or taking notes. Every Monday morning, there would be a special show in her class and one student would be ________ to make a speech about his or her dream. Miss White hoped that Monica could have a try the next week. But she refused.

“I know that it seems ________ for you, but it will help you build up your confidence,” said Miss White. Monica was lost in thought.

The next day, Monica came to Miss White’s office. Miss White was ________ that she would take the chance. Miss White red-penciled her manuscript (手稿) of speech, corrected her ________, and even helped with her body language. She advised Monica to practice, to ________ that she was speaking confidently in front of her class.________ a whole week, Monica practiced speaking in font of her imaginary friends and teacher. Behind the locked door of her bedroom, she told them about her ________.

Finally, Monday arrived. ________ Monica was called upon to give her speech, she ________ and walked to the front of the class without any notes, in a show of confidence. Monica’s successful performance brought everyone a great ________. The whole class clapped (鼓掌) for a full minute when she completed her speech. Miss White ________. She had known that Monica would make it when she ________ took her first step to overcome (克服) her fear of speaking in public.

From that day, Monica’s life changed for the better. At the age of 23, she became a news reader. People who see her on television now will find it hard to ________ that she was once a shy girl who refused to speak up in class.

1.

A．active

B．lazy

C．quiet

D．polite

2.

A．reading

B．singing

C．talking

D．laughing

3.

A．warned

B．forced

C．caught

D．chosen

4.

A．difficult

B．important

C．necessary

D．interesting

5.

A．mad

B．glad

C．bored

D．afraid

6.

A．instruction

B．conversation

C．explanation

D．pronunciation

7.

A．realize

B．examine

C．imagine

D．introduce

8.

A．By

B．For

C．With

D．Along

9.

A．job

B．hobby

C．dream

D．promise

10.

A．When

B．Until

C．Since

D．Though

11.

A．woke up

B．looked up

C．stood up

D．dressed up

12.

A．secret

B．thought

C．decision

D．surprise

13.

A．agreed

B．smiled

C．answered

D．regretted

14.

A．easily

B．luckily

C．quickly

D．bravely

15.

A．expect

B．believe

C．discuss

D．express

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the speaker?

A．A chef.

B．A doctor.

C．A teacher.

2. Where was Tom during lunch?

A．At the library.

B．At the classroom.

C．At the speaker’s office.

3. Why didn’t Tom have lunch?

A．He was too busy studying to eat.

B．He was unable to afford food.

C．He was embarrassed to buy it.

4. How was the speaker to Tom?

A．Thankful.

B．Respectful.

C．Helpful.

3 . I live with my husband about miles from the beach. Every few years, the whales come into the _______ while they are migrating. November 2020 was one of those times, so we set off to watch the wildlife feeding on silverfish. We _______ when whales turned their side fins as if they were waving at us.

The next day I asked my friend Liz if she wanted to see whales. “I’m scared,” said Liz. “There is nothing to worry about,” I _______ her. After much _______, she agreed to join us. I didn’t want her to miss this _______ experience.

Liz and I got out on the water the following morning. After a half hour, we had our first whale _______: two whales swimming toward us. How amazing to be that close to a creature that size! Suddenly, our kayak (皮艇) was _______ out of the water about six feet. Liz and I slipped out of the kayak into the whale’s _______. As it closed, Liz _______. I just kept thinking. I’ve got to ________ this. Whales have ________ mouths but tiny throats. They spit out anything they can’t ________. That included us! In just 10 seconds, we were thrown out. ________, we survived.

Liz was shaken up and said her whale-watching days were over. But I was much more aware of the power of the nature than before. Liz, ________, had to laugh. When she took off her shirt, six ________ fell down to the ground — a souvenir from the whales.

1.

A．mountain

B．bay

C．desert

D．lake

2.

A．absorbed

B．escaped

C．clapped

D．hunted

3.

A．assured

B．removed

C．shouted

D．adjusted

4.

A．information

B．advice

C．persuasion

D．movement

5.

A．enthusiastic

B．energetic

C．romantic

D．dramatic

6.

A．thinking

B．sighting

C．feeling

D．hearing

7.

A．pulled

B．dived

C．jumped

D．lifted

8.

A．skin

B．eye

C．fin

D．mouth

9.

A．panicked

B．affected

C．removed

D．disappeared

10.

A．fight

B．quit

C．overcome

D．reduce

11.

A．small

B．large

C．deep

D．common

12.

A．eat

B．bite

C．swallow

D．chew

13.

A．Sadly

B．Absolutely

C．Severely

D．Fortunately

14.

A．to begin with

B．to her heart’s content

C．to some extent

D．to sum up

15.

A．pearls

B．turtles

C．silverfish

D．shells

4 . The wind is cold and raindrops fall. Bill Porter pays little attention to the bad weather. He’s a door-to-door salesman. With heavy steps, he stops at the first house. He rings the bell. A young woman comes to the door. “Hello.” “No, thank you.” She shuts the door. Porter’s expression never changes. People might not buy now. Next time. Maybe.

He makes his way up and down the hills. His bag is heavy. His hand hurts. His brain was damaged when he was born, which caused a disorder to his nervous system that affected his speech, hands and walk.

He walks on. He knocks on a door. A man walks out from the back yard where he’s gardening. He often buys, but not today, he says, as he walks away. Then Porter is on his way. No sale. No sale. No sale.

Finally, a middle-aged woman invites Porter inside. They chat easily about what has recently happened in the neighborhood. After a few minutes, Porter takes off his hat and raincoat and sets them on a chair. Out come the glasses and the brochures.

“We have a new kind of pepper (甜椒).” “No.” “Hot spices (调味香料)?” “No.” “All natural, pure pasta toppings (意面浇料).” He looks at the customer. She’s teetering and just needs a push.

“Sure would make a nice gift.” He studies her face, searching for clues as to what she needs to hear. “Nothing man-made.” “Really? How much is a set?” she asks. “$22.99, and they go a long way.” “OK, I’ll give it a try.”

Porter removes his glasses and places everything in his bag. He pulls on his coat and hat and follows the woman to the front door. He turns to her and says, “And I thank you.”

He arrives home after 7 p. m. Today was not profitable. He tells himself not to worry. Four days left in the week. He eats at the kitchen table and listens to the radio. He hears the rain pound on the street. He must dress warmly tomorrow. Soon he’s sleepy with great care he climbs the stairs (楼梯) to his bedroom. In time, the lights go off. Morning will be here soon.

1. In what way is Porter different from other salesmen?

A．He has physical disabilities.	B．He sells products to the disabled.
C．He has received excellent training.	D．He is fully trusted by his customers.

2. What happens before Porter promotes products to the middle-aged woman?

A．He makes a sale.	B．They make small talk.
C．He visits a man’s backyard.	D．They walk around the neighborhood

3. What might the underlined word “teetering” in paragraph 5 mean?

A．Unhappy with the result	B．Unable to make up one’s mind.
C．Having little patience to wait longer.	D．Showing little confidence in oneself

4. Which of the following can best describe Porter?

A．Brave and generous.	B．Honest and patient.
C．Polite and positive.	D．Clever and caring.

5 . Growing up, Keisie Dolin’s grandmother always encouraged her to try new things.

The two of them were especially _________ since it was her grandparents who raised her rather than her parents. That’s _________ she felt heartbroken when her grandmother _________.

One way that her grandmother tried to _________ her out of her comfort zone was by encouraging her to _________ more, especially in public. Keisie gave it a _________, but it didn’t turn out like she’d hoped. She once tried to sing in church but the music started playing, she didn’t sing because of _________. Still, not long after her grandma died, Keisie couldn’t help but _________ the unusual number of American Idol ads (广告) that were made to get people to audition (试演). _________, it reached a point where she took it as a (n) __________ from her grandmother for her to take another chance on singing.

For Keisie, just getting to the audition would mean experiencing a lot of __________. Not only was she about to perform for the first time ever, but she was about to do so in front of judges (评委).

Keisie __________ the judges with her singing when she chose to sing “Piece by Piece” by Kelly Clarkson. But they could tell that Keisie was too __________ to sing well. After much __________, they asked her to sing the second song she had __________. All three judges couldn’t help but say, “You are going to Hollywood!”

We can’t wait to see where Keisie’s singing career takes her!

1.

A．close

B．attractive

C．different

D．warm

2.

A．how

B．why

C．when

D．where

3.

A．set off

B．turned up

C．passed away

D．fell down

4.

A．request

B．push

C．advise

D．carry

5.

A．dance

B．talk

C．create

D．sing

6.

A．try

B．test

C．sense

D．look

7.

A．pain

B．anger

C．fear

D．sadness

8.

A．describe

B．notice

C．realize

D．imagine

9.

A．Secretly

B．Luckily

C．Obviously

D．Finally

10.

A．sign

B．example

C．dream

D．plan

11.

A．problems

B．firsts

C．styles

D．regrets

12.

A．supported

B．provided

C．impressed

D．thanked

13.

A．nervous

B．tired

C．amazed

D．curious

14.

A．examination

B．explanation

C．achievement

D．encouragement

15.

A．played

B．written

C．prepared

D．heard

6 . 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

7 . 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.

8 . 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.

注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
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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Paragraph 2

I was not feeling so hopeless any more now.

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9 . “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

10 . 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 my sixth-grade year, I was nervous about many things. I was afraid of being a role model on campus. I was afraid of going to a middle school the following year. But nothing compared to my biggest fear of all… puberty (青春期). I was getting to the age where my voice would start changing. At first, I was excited for my voice to get deeper. But then I learned that before your voice gets deeper, it can sometimes crack(嘶哑).

The first time it happened to me I was so embarrassed, but to my surprise, my friends didn’t make fun of me. In fact, they didn’t even mention it. That was reality. But in my self- conscious sixth-grade mind I was certain they were going to spend all day making fun of me behind my back. They were not having the same problem controlling their voices.

After my first voice crack experience, I was determined to make sure it wouldn’t happen again. At least not in public. So, I began clearing my throat before I spoke. Limiting how much I spoke and clearing my voice before I spoke made my break and lunch experiences much less stressful. This was great but there was a larger problem. I was more scared about having a voice crack during class.

There were reasons why having a voice crack in class was scarier. One of these reasons was that our class had a group of popular girls. Having a voice crack in front of them was a fear. Unfortunately, one day my worst frightening dream came true. It was about halfway through the year, when I was happy to have made it so long without a bad voice crack incident.

That day, when I walked through the door, the first thing I noticed was that we had a substitute(代课)teacher. I immediately started thinking about how the sub would need to take attendance. My permanent (长期的)teacher never had to. Since he already knew each student and where they sat, he just had everyone sit down in their assigned seat, and marked “absent” the students whose seats were empty.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I started to feel frightened.
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The whole class turned to look at me.
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