1 . A man in Tokyo who rents himself out to other people “to do nothing” has received many requests (请求)—and now he’s getting paid for it.

Shoji Morimoto, 37, started _________ himself as a person who can “eat and drink, and give simple feedback (反馈), but do nothing more” in June, 20l8.

“I offer myself for rent, as a person who does _________,” Morimoto _________ in his first tweet about this _________ service. “Is it difficult for you to enter a shop on your own? Are you _________ a player on your team? Do you need someone to keep a place for you? I can’t do anything except _________ things.”

Since then, he’s received over 3, 000 request. He originally offered his _________ for free, but now _________ 10, 000 yen (roughly $96) just to reduce the number of requests and to _________ the time-wasters.

Morimoto says he sees on average three to four clients (客户) a day. People rent him for a variety of ____________ but most are bored and ____________ and simply want to be listened to.

He ____________ weddings, accompanied those filing for divorce, and caught butterflies with ____________ in the park.

“I’m glad I was able to take a walk with someone while keeping a(n) ____________ distance, where we didn’t have to talk but could if we wanted to,” one client ____________ online.

One client says she has rented Morimoto on at least 10 occasions. She asked him to stay beside her when ____________ a man for the first time, and also had him ____________ her talk about her views on love, which she did not feel comfortable talking about to her friends.

Morimoto currently has nearly 268, 000 Twitter followers and has quit his full-time publishing job to “do nothing”. When ____________ why he thinks so many people are interested in his services, he said, “I’m not a ____________ or an acquaintance (熟人). I’m free of the bothersome things that accompany relationships, but can ____________ people’s sense of loneliness. Maybe it’s something like that for me.”

1.

A．praising

B．advertising

C．joking

D．analyzing

2.

A．something

B．everything

C．nothing

D．anything

3.

A．debated

B．hid

C．studied

D．wrote

4.

A．special

B．expensive

C．valuable

D．popular

5.

A．amusing

B．teaching

C．missing

D．calling

6.

A．simple

B．new

C．difficult

D．unusual

7.

A．gifts

B．services

C．signals

D．notes

8.

A．provides

B．pays

C．owes

D．charges

9.

A．discourage

B．measure

C．increase

D．inspire

10.

A．explanations

B．reasons

C．discussions

D．questions

11.

A．awesome

B．rare

C．vital

D．lonely

12.

A．gave

B．left

C．attended

D．broke

13.

A．brothers

B．strangers

C．families

D．fellows

14.

A．comfortable

B．astonishing

C．large

D．apparent

15.

A．implied

B．insisted

C．answered

D．posted

16.

A．meeting

B．interviewing

C．beating

D．attracting

17.

A．link with

B．rely on

C．listen to

D．agree with

18.

A．reported

B．asked

C．blamed

D．suspected

19.

A．patient

B．worker

C．student

D．friend

20.

A．reduce

B．prove

C．hope

D．interrupt

2 . I know what courage looks like. I saw it on a flight I took six years ago, and only now can I speak of it without tears filling my eyes at the memory.

Our flight left the Orlando Airport one Friday morning. But immediately upon the take-off, it was clear that something was wrong. The aircraft was bumping (颠簸) up and down. All the experienced travellers, including me, looked around with knowing (会意的) smiles. If you fly much, you see these things and learn to act calmly about them. However, we did not remain calm for long.

Minutes after we were in the air, our plane began falling quickly. The pilot soon made a serious announcement. “We are having some difficulties,” he said. “Our indicators show that the control system has failed. We will be returning to the Orlando Airport. The flight attendants will prepare you for a bumpy landing. Also, if you look out of the windows, you will see that we are dumping (倾倒) fuel from the airplane. We want to have as little on board as possible in the event of a rough touchdown.” In other words, we were about to crash. Many travellers looked visibly frightened now. No one faces death without fear, I thought.

Then a couple of rows to my left, I heard a still calm voice, a woman’s voice, speaking in an absolutely normal conversational tone. I had to find the source of this voice. All around, people cried. Many screamed. Finally, I saw her. In this state of complete confusion and lack of order, a mother was talking to her child. The woman, in her mid-30s, was staring full into the face of her daughter, who looked to be four years old. The child listened closely, sensing the importance of her mother’s words. The mother’s eye held the child so fixed that she seemed untouched by the sounds of grief and fear around her.

Finally, I leaned over and could hear this soft sure voice with the tone of comfort. Over and over again, the mother said, “I love you so much. Remember, no matter what happens, I love you always.” Fortunately, our landing gear (起落架) held at last and our touchdown was not a tragedy.

However, the voice I heard that day never faded. That mom showed me what a real hero looks like.

1. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?

A．The crew was getting ready for a take-off.

B．The travellers were taken good care of on the plane.

C．The aircraft was not in normal condition when flying.

D．The passengers were enjoying themselves on the aircraft.

2. Why were they dumping fuel from the airplane?

A．To prepare for a landing.	B．To have the airplane not bump.
C．To make the airplane to fly faster.	D．To make sure the control system worked well.

3. How was the woman after hearing the pilot’s words?

A．She looked quite angry.	B．She didn’t appear so worried.
C．She felt extremely nervous.	D．She sounded rather hopeless.

4. What do we know about the child on the plane after the announcement was made?

A．She paid attention to her mother’s words.

B．She screamed and cried with other passengers.

C．She comforted her mother after hearing the emergency.

D．She didn’t seem to be interested in what her mother said.

4 . It was nearly dark; the sun was dropping down the mountains far away. Little Tom came back home, with tears in his eyes.

“What’s the matter, Tom? How’s your trip?” His mother asked with a big smile. “I failed. The mountain is so high and full of big or small stones on the way, I still go ahead. But I was tired and it was so late that I had to come back.” Tom cried. “It doesn’t matter, you are only 14 years old after all. You will have another chance.” His mother said. “But, standing at the top of the mountain is my dream!” Tom said. His father came over and asked, “Did you see the green trees on your way to the mountain?” “Sure, and there were a lot of beautiful flowers by the side of the road.” Tom replied. “Did you hear the birds singing?” His father asked. “There were many kinds of birds singing in the trees, and the sound was very sweet.” Tom said. “Did you feel the beauty of nature?” His father asked. “Yes, the blue sky, the white clouds, the green trees and the colorful flowers made a nice picture.” Tom answered. “That’s enough!” His father smiles and said, “Please remember, my son. For often, achieving what you expect is not the most important thing. Although you didn’t reach the top of the mountain, you got a lot on the way.”

It is true that not every goal will be achieved, not every job will end up with a success, and not every dream will come true. The most beautiful scenery is on the way.

1. Tom got back home ________ when the sun was dropping.

A．slowly

B．sadly

C．quickly

D．early

2. What’s the main reason that Tom didn’t reach the top of the mountain?

A．The mountain was so high.	B．The way was full of big or small stones.
C．He was tired and it was so late.	D．He was only 14 years old.

3. Tom saw a lot of things on the way to the mountain except ________.

A．clear water	B．blue sky
C．colorful flowers	D．green trees

4. The writer tries to tell us that ________.

A．the goal is not important	B．everyone should climb the mountain
C．the mountain is very beautiful	D．the process is more important than the result

6 . When I think of my childhood, I remember cycling with my friends and buying orange candies, but most of all, going home to see my grandma waiting at the doorstep and asking, “How was your day, bunny?”

Nana (I call my grandma Nana) saw me ________. She left me many great ________. She told me stories of the fairies and princesses but also of the wars and how she ________ those days.

Nana was born during the Second World War with a very different lifestyle and childhood from me. She didn’t get ________. In fact, she had to help with the housework. Even when her siblings (兄弟姐妹) got the ________ to learn, she would only watch them read and write. But she never ________. That is the most important lesson she had taught me.

She taught me to be ________ whatever things I had in my life. When I ________ to be selected in my school’s cheerleading team, I was very upset, but she made me realize that, if not in the cheerleading team, something else was out there in the world that was going to happen to ________, and it did. I ________ a state-level gymnast.

As years went by, Alzheimer’s disease (老年痴呆症) ate her from the ________. The ________ who once refused to call me by any name but her “little bunny”, now didn’t even remember what my ________ was. Soon, she forgot who I was until I sang Frank Sinatra’s Fly me to the Moon. The tiny spark (火花) of ________ in her eyes was what I ________. The little glimmer (微光) in her eyes meant that I was her “bunny” once again.

One day, the glimmer ________ disappeared from her eyes and that was the day when I knew I had lost my nana. On her last day on this earth, as I sat beside her bed watching her fall in and out of ________, I heard her hum Fly me to the Moon ________. That was the last time when I heard her ________, but I will keep it in my heart forever.

Nana took a piece of my childhood with her when she ________. She is my world, and I know she is proud of me.

1.

A．grow up

B．look out

C．look up

D．work out

2.

A．works

B．designs

C．truths

D．memories

3.

A．forgot

B．celebrated

C．survived

D．calculated

4.

A．care

B．education

C．assistance

D．fame

5.

A．invitation

B．law

C．burden

D．opportunity

6.

A．complained

B．cried

C．struggled

D．argued

7.

A．eager for

B．upset about

C．grateful for

D．curious about

8.

A．pretended

B．failed

C．wished

D．managed

9.

A．me

B．her

C．it

D．them

10.

A．trained

B．got

C．needed

D．became

11.

A．outside

B．inside

C．top

D．bottom

12.

A．woman

B．master

C．neighbour

D．colleague

13.

A．address

B．job

C．hobby

D．name

14.

A．ambition

B．separation

C．recognition

D．permission

15.

A．occupied

B．expected

C．represented

D．seized

16.

A．hardly

B．usually

C．completely

D．slightly

17.

A．sight

B．style

C．service

D．sleep

18.

A．loudly

B．beautifully

C．weakly

D．fluently

19.

A．voice

B．story

C．laughter

D．praise

20.

A．sank

B．dreamed

C．left

D．whispered

7 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

The other day, I was invited my friend Sam’s home for dinner. I felt a bit surprising when I saw Bill there. It was two month since we two had quarreled, so I was embarrassed and didn’t know how to do. I sat down on the sofa but began to watch TV. Later Sam came to ask me to make up with Bill. Until then I realize that Sam had arranged the meeting on purpose. He went up to Bill and greeted him warmly, smiled at him. He looked very happily and talked with me excitedly. That night, we had a great fun together.

9 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

This morning, I went to school by bicycle as usual. As I am listening to my favourite music with a headphone on my head, I didn’t notice a car parked on the roadside. I struck the car who owner was not in it and left a scar on it. Damaging to some degree, the car would have to be repaired. Thinking that I would have classes, and I left a note with my name and address to let a driver know what had happened.

Later in the afternoon, while they were having a class meeting, our headmaster brought a stranger to our class. He was the car owner. He explained the class the whole story and praised me. Both my teacher and classmate were impressed and pride of my honesty. I think honesty should be value most by us.

10 . Mrs. Ball had a son. His name was Mick. She _______ him very much and as he was not a _______ child, she was always _______ that he might be ill, _______ she used to take him to see the best _______ in the town four times a year to be looked _______
During one of these _______, the doctor gave Mick all kinds of tests and then said to him, “Have you had any _______ with your nose or ears recently?” Mick _______ for a second and then answered, “Yes, I ________”
Mrs. Ball was very ________ “But I’m sure you have ________ told me that, Mick!” She said worriedly. “Oh, really?” Said the doctor ________ “And what trouble have you with your nose and ears, my boy?” “Well,” answered Mick, “I always have trouble with them when I’m ________ my sweater off, because the ________ is very tight.”1.

A．loved

B．hated

C．missed

D．cared

2.

A．rich

B．clever

C．strong

D．happy

3.

A．afraid

B．surprised

C．glad

D．sure

4.

A．which

B．for

C．but

D．so

5.

A．player

B．teacher

C．doctor

D．lawyer

6.

A．round

B．over

C．for

D．after

7.

A．talks

B．years

C．visits

D．stays

8.

A．answer

B．thing

C．word

D．trouble

9.

A．waited

B．thought

C．stood

D．looked

10.

A．did

B．will

C．have

D．do

11.

A．excited

B．interested

C．pleased

D．surprised

12.

A．already

B．just

C．never

D．always

13.

A．angrily

B．seriously

C．happily

D．carefully

14.

A．turning

B．taking

C．keeping

D．putting

15.

A．collar

B．nose

C．mouth

D．ear