1 . In 1990, Hal Donaldson was 23 years old, fresh out of college and found himself in Calcutta, India, where he was asked to interview Mother Teresa.

Donaldson says about the great woman famed for feeding the hungry, “She wasn’t wearing shoes and her ankles were swollen. She sat down with me and was very polite.” After the interview, Mother Teresa asked him, “What are you doing to help the poor?” Donaldson admitted that he was young and wasn’t focused on helping others. With a smile on her face, Mother Teresa said, “Everyone can do something.”

Those words deeply struck Donaldson and forced him to face hard truths about himself.

Hal Donaldson grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. When he was 12 years old, his parents were hit by a drunk driver; his father died, and his mother was seriously injured. To make ends meet, they went on welfare. Donaldson says, “I had holes in my shoes and clothes. When you’re teased at school for that, you just want to escape.”

He managed to do just that. Donaldson got into college and turned his focus to making money for himself. He says, “I was just trying to find my way out of insignificance.” However, it’s easy to overlook others along the way. I was the guy that would see a homeless person and cross the street, so I didn’t have to confront (面对) him. My focus was on climbing to the top instead of helping those trying to climb with me.

Donaldson returned home from India with a different thought. He traveled to eight cities in America and stayed on the streets and listened to stories of the homeless. “My heart broke,” he says. “I knew I could no longer just live for myself.”

Inspired by Mother Teresa’s words and the stories he’d heard across America, Donaldson loaded a pick up truck with $300 worth of groceries and handed them out to anyone who needed help. In 1994, Donaldson created the nonprofit organization, Convoy for Hope, which works with communities across America and around the world. Their work focuses on feeding children, women’s empowerment, helping farmers and disaster services.

1. What did 23-year-old Hal Donaldson do in India?

A．He interviewed Mother Teresa.

B．He fed the hungry with Mother Teresa.

C．He attended an job-interview for a college.

D．He did something to help the poor.

2. What can we learn about Hal Donaldson from paragraph 4?

A．He was born with disability.	B．He led a hard life as a child.
C．He was well treated at school.	D．He survived as an orphan.

3. How does Hal Donaldson describe himself in college?

A．Self-centered

B．Sympathetic

C．Popular

D．Generous

4. How did Hal Donaldson change after he returned home from India?

A．He preferred traveling to volunteering.

B．He suddenly fell in love with journalism.

C．He turned his focus to living for himself.

D．He gradually devoted himself to helping others.

2 . After I made it to the city center, I started to feel it might be easy for a foreigner to deal with the great size of Beijing. With growing confidence, I decided to take the subway to the hotel, not realizing that the network didn’t go that far. Impressed with the cleanliness of the station, I bought a ticket and boarded the first subway that came along.

After a few minutes I asked in English a young man seated next to me where I should get off closest to the Friendship Hotel. Wearing a smart business suit and tie, he would surely speak English, wouldn’t he? Unfortunately, he couldn’t understand me but seemed very friendly. I showed him the room card with all the information of the Friendship Hotel in Chinese characters. He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage (车厢) subway map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.

In Australia, raising fingers at someone is not usually nice, but this man wasn’t smiling. At the next station he showed me two fingers. Now in Australia, that’s really rude, but I got the message. When we stopped at the third station, he didn’t just point to the door, but got up, took me out of the train, and led me to the top of the stairs, and out onto the street. Then he stopped a taxi and told the driver where to take me.

All this came from a man who couldn’t speak my language, and I couldn’t speak his. I was now speechless, especially when he refused my offer of money. I felt a little embarrassed having even thought he would accept a tip.

This experience made it clear I had to learn some Chinese quickly or my adventures might start turning into misadventures.

1. Why does the author decided to take the subway?

A．Because he believed in his ability to deal with the trip

B．Because the network covered most of the stops

C．Because he lived near the city center

D．Because he had a good impression of its cleanliness

2. Having been shown the room card, the young man        .

A．still remained puzzled	B．understood the author well
C．answered the author directly	D．pointed at the subway map

3. Which of the following can’t be used to describe the young man?

A．helpful.

B．impolite.

C．warm-hearted.

D．responsible.

4. What’s the author’s purpose of writing this passage ?

A．To prove the importance of being careful

B．To introduce a young man who didn’t know English

C．To complain some cultural misunderstanding

D．To describe one of his adventurous experiences

3 . I know what courage looks like. I saw it on a flight I took six years ago, and only now when I look back can I ______ it without tears filling eyes.

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

Minutes after we were ______, our plane began falling quickly. The pilot soon made a serious ______. “Attention, please! Weare having some difficulties. Our computers show that the control system has ______. We will return to the Orlando Airport. Our ______ will prepare you for a bumpy landing.” In other words, we were about to crash. Many travelers looked obviously ______ now. No one faces death without fear, I thought.

Then several rows to my left, I heard a woman’s voice, speaking in a(n)______ conversational tone. All around, people cried. Many ______. Finally, in this situation I saw her talking to her child. The woman, was ______ at the face of her daughter, who looked four years old. The child listened closely, sensing the ______ of her mother’s words. The mother’s gaze(凝视) held the child so focused that she seemed ______ by the sounds around her.

Finally, I ______ them and could hear this soft sure voice with the tone of ______. Over and over again, the mother said, “I love you. Remember, whatever happens, I love you always.” Fortunately, our landing gear(起落架) held at last and our touchdown was not a(n)______.

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

1.

A．dream of

B．make up

C．speak of

D．focus on

2.

A．destroyed

B．left

C．missed

D．greeted

3.

A．clear

B．surprising

C．important

D．pleasing

4.

A．excited

B．young

C．energetic

D．experienced

5.

A．shop

B．practice

C．fly

D．read

6.

A．calmly

B．politely

C．cautiously

D．curiously

7.

A．in a row

B．on the spot

C．in the air

D．on the go

8.

A．decision

B．speech

C．apology

D．announcement

9.

A．recovered

B．failed

C．worked

D．reset

10.

A．attendants

B．travelers

C．customers

D．standers-by

11.

A．disappointed

B．frightened

C．thrilled

D．confused

12.

A．normal

B．informal

C．exciting

D．nervous

13.

A．laughed

B．talked

C．wrote

D．screamed

14.

A．glaring

B．staring

C．pointing

D．smiling

15.

A．fun

B．content

C．importance

D．signal

16.

A．attracted

B．troubled

C．stricken

D．untouched

17.

A．approached

B．ran

C．looked

D．turned

18.

A．bravery

B．comfort

C．helplessness

D．relief

19.

A．beginning

B．exception

C．accident

D．joke

20.

A．returned

B．existed

C．lasted

D．faded

4 . My father was a strong fisherman. He loved the sea and would stay out until he caught enough to ______ the family.

When we met ______ weather, he would drive me to school with his old track. And after we arrived, he would bend over and give me a ______ on the face and then tell me to be a good boy. I always felt very shy in front of so many other ______. I was already a twelve-year-old young man, but my father still kissed me goodbye!

Then on a rainy day I ______ to tell him my feeling. When we stopped at the school gate, the ______ big smile appeared on my father’s face. I ______ what would happen next. I ______ put my hand up and for the first time said “No” to him. The smile on his face immediately changed into a ______ look. He looked at me for a long time, and tears began to appear in his eyes. I was shocked. I had never ______ him cry! Then he said, “You’re right. You are a big boy... a man. I won’t kiss you anymore.”

Not long after that, my dad went to the sea on a bad day. Most of the ______ stayed at home, but not Dad, because he had a big family to feed. But after that day, be ______ came back. Later his boat was found with its nets half in and half out. He must have ______ a strong wind and was trying to save the nets.

How I wished I hadn’t ______ my father’s kiss! And from this I have learnt that we should take every chance with our family and friends as the last one in our lives. We can have ______ regrets(遗憾)by doing this.

1.

A．enjoy

B．feed

C．keep

D．save

2.

A．fine

B．warm

C．cool

D．bad

3.

A．kiss

B．smile

C．touch

D．chat

4.

A．passengers

B．workers

C．schoolmates

D．friends

5.

A．decided

B．agreed

C．advised

D．happened

6.

A．strange

B．usual

C．beautiful

D．kind

7.

A．concerned

B．wondered

C．knew

D．remembered

8.

A．curiously

B．violently

C．patiently

D．quickly

9.

A．disappointed

B．worried

C．surprised

D．satisfied

10.

A．wanted

B．seen

C．gained

D．minded

11.

A．designers

B．authors

C．customers

D．fishermen

12.

A．later

B．finally

C．never

D．often

13.

A．missed

B．managed

C．met

D．hoped

14.

A．refused

B．forgotten

C．hated

D．remembered

15.

A．new

B．good

C．small

D．few

5 . My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a yard with a lot of ________. Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some ________ to the area.

Last summer, I found a tiny little plant in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either.

We decided to let it ________ growing until we could find out what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the ________ plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to ________ the weeds (杂草) around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something ________.The sunflower had not ________ where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the ________.

That’s when I ________ that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing. If we ________ ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we ________ to go and get what we need for growth.

We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the ________ to achieve our goals. Like the sunflower, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had ________ in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be ________ of who and what we are, and then the environment will begin to ________ us. We will find a way to go under or around any “rocks” in order to reach our goals.

1.

A．flower

B．insects

C．vegetables

D．rocks

2.

A．water

B．fertilizer

C．color

D．shape

3.

A．stop

B．continue

C．improve

D．escape

4.

A．weak

B．strange

C．lonely

D．pretty

5.

A．collect

B．tend

C．remove

D．watch

6.

A．unusual

B．wonderful

C．terrible

D．valuable

7.

A．passed

B．started

C．left

D．died

8.

A．air

B．top

C．sun

D．house

9.

A．hoped

B．realized

C．doubted

D．regretted

10.

A．fill in

B．put in

C．worry about

D．believe in

11.

A．forget

B．hate

C．aim

D．wait

12.

A．wish

B．plan

C．ability

D．idea

13.

A．faith

B．energy

C．virtue

D．courage

14.

A．aware

B．afraid

C．proud

D．tired

15.

A．forgive

B．support

C．upset

D．affect

6 . 语法填空

My friend Tony and I always walk hoe together after school. Last Monday, however, something happened     1     our way back.

We were walking that day when we heard     2     loud cry behind us. Looking around, we were     3     (surprise) to see a woman lying on the ground. It seemed that she was     4     (injure) badly. We hurried to her,    5     a man came over to stop us from     6     (help) the woman. Some     7     (girl) walking by even laughed at us. We got very angry with the people     8     were cold to the woman. Then the man     9     (ask) us to turn around to see a man carrying a video camera on     10     (he) shoulder. They were just making a film!

7 . One night, as I was driving down the road, I found something was sitting in the middle of the road. A few seconds later, I realized I was looking at a large turtle (海龟). Afraid of it being crashed by cars, so I pulled over, ran across the road and dragged the turtle to safety. But I’d made one big mistake.

I had heard that the best way to pick up a turtle without hurting it was picking it by the tail in order not to get bitten. So I’d made that big mistake. While the turtle turned out OK generally, I was determined to figure out how to move a turtle properly. I needed to find someone who dealt with turtles. I found the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre. I talked to Dr. Sue, its Executive and Medical Director.

Dr. Sue told me that the organization dealt with a number of aspects of turtle conservation, including rescue, settlement, birth programs, research, and education. Sue explained that southern Ontario is home to a vast majority of turtles in Canada, but is also one of the vastest road networks of the country.

“Ninety percent of injured turtles brought in are caused by cars. These turtles spend a lot of time on land. And they do travel many kilometers on land for a variety of reasons, to find a nesting spot, or to hang out for the summer or winter. Turtles know where they want to go. So, just keep them going in the direction they want to go and you may have saved a turtle’s life,” Dr. Sue said.

Once an injured turtle arrives at the center, there are medical facilities (设备) ready to go, including an X-ray machine. That’s when the team gets to work with healing injuries, and help their patient.

1. Why did the author stop the car?

A．To help the turtle.	B．To see the thing clearly.
C．To prevent a car accident.	D．To find something good.

2. What happened to the turtle?

A．It got hurt by people before.	B．It was injured a little bit.
C．It was run over by a car.	D．It lost its direction.

3. What did Dr. Sue suggest at last?

A．Leaving the turtles alone.

B．Making Ontario home to turtles.

C．Changing the road conditions.

D．Helping turtles find nesting spots.

4. What does the underlined word “patient” refer to in the last paragraph?

A．The director.	B．The driver.
C．The author.	D．The turtle.

8 . Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita is an elite (精英) climber and has climbed Mount Qomolang-ma and Chogori (the second highest mount in the world). In 2016, she was chosen as Nation-al Geographic’s Adventurer of the Year. Since the birth of her son, her climbing has taken a back seat, but she would like to set out to inspire him.

Pasang is a skilled climber, having climbed Mount Qomolangma and Chogori. But to get there she had to overcome unbelievable adversity, as in Sherpa culture climbing is seen as a male activity. People would say she shouldn’t be with men and climb that rock.

Then when she had her first child, Eichan Nurbu, she faced fresh challenges because she was expected to stay at home and look after him as this was viewed as the mother’s responsibility. It’s difficult for her to balance (平衡) this with the climbing. But Pasang said that she wanted to inspire her son and show him that he should follow his dreams, so on his second birthday, November 14, 2019, she climbed Cholatse — a 6,440-meter-high mountain in the Qomolangma region.

Pasang said, “I learned so many things from my mother. She was single. She raised two kids by herself. She never went to school. From her, I saw how a woman can be strong. I have big respect for all the mothers, because the mothers are very strong. They’re always there for their children. They sacrifice (牺牲) their dreams for children. Everybody should have their dreams. Now, I’m a mother, but I’m still having my dreams. Everybody has a right to realize their dreams. Most importantly, I want to inspire my son to follow his dreams.”

1. Why did Pasang decide to start another climb in 2019?

A．To find an elite climber.

B．To make a living by climbing.

C．To share experience with others.

D．To be an encouragement to her son.

2. What does the underlined word “adversity” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Difficulty.

B．Forgetfulness.

C．Help.

D．Curiosity.

3. What was Pasang’s new challenge after her first child’s birth?

A．Learning to look after her son at home.

B．Balancing her new role with her dream.

C．Facing competition with men in climbing.

D．Competing with others in the Qomolangma region.

4. What does Pasang’s story mainly tell us?

A．There is no end to life.

B．Mum is the best in the world.

C．Everyone should stick to his or her dream.

D．It’s important to sacrifice dreams for children.

9 . The bond between mother and daughter is irreplaceable. One of the most famous women scientists of the 20th century, Marie Curie, worked _________ her daughter Irene in the _________ of radioactivity, each of them _________ earning their own Nobel Prize. Today, there are more _________ mother-and-daughter pairs showing what happens when _________ works together.

In April 2020, Dr. Cynthia Kudji and her daughter Dr. Jasmine Kudji have become the first mother and daughter to _________ from the medical school at the same time and be placed in the same hospital. Cynthia Kudji put her dream of becoming a _________ on hold when she became pregnant (怀孕的) at 23. She worked as a nurse for almost a decade _________ making the decision to _________ the medical school at the University of Medicine and Health Sciences. __________, her daughter Jasmine went to Louisiana State University School of medicine.

At first, it was __________ for them to live and study so far apart from one another. “I thought initially it was hard because my mom and I had always been really __________ so I had to get used to the __________,” Dr. Jasmine Kudji explains to Afro Tech. Although the __________ was difficult, it also had __________ results. “Sometimes people struggle to find someone who __________ their struggles, so for that person to be my mom was extremely helpful,” she adds.

After years __________, both Cynthia and her daughter earned their M. D. degree. Then on “Match Day” when recent med school graduates __________ the results of their residency (高级专科住院生实习期) applications, Cynthia and Jasmine learned that they were __________ in the same hospital.

This pair of mother and daughter __________ that family can do anything together.

1.

A．under

B．alongside

C．for

D．around

2.

A．process

B．limit

C．way

D．field

3.

A．eventually

B．constantly

C．initially

D．occasionally

4.

A．shocking

B．moving

C．inspiring

D．satisfying

5.

A．family

B．community

C．team

D．class

6.

A．escape

B．graduate

C．quit

D．skip

7.

A．nurse

B．student

C．doctor

D．scientist

8.

A．after

B．upon

C．with

D．before

9.

A．appear

B．happen

C．attend

D．pretend

10.

A．Therefore

B．Meanwhile

C．Afterwards

D．Besides

11.

A．natural

B．important

C．boring

D．difficult

12.

A．close

B．nervous

C．successful

D．confident

13.

A．role

B．journey

C．distance

D．relationship

14.

A．service

B．experience

C．guidance

D．promise

15.

A．mixed

B．apparent

C．lasting

D．beneficial

16.

A．relates to

B．appeals to

C．adapts to

D．refers to

17.

A．result

B．reality

C．situation

D．apart

18.

A．announced

B．commanded

C．discovered

D．promoted

19.

A．rejected

B．placed

C．praised

D．ranked

20.

A．argues

B．becomes

C．proves

D．remains

10 . Ann worked for a big company. One of the duties of her ________ was to go to the post office every day and ________ the company mail. One day in December, she ________ a beggar making himself up as a Santa Claus________on the corner of the street. Each day she ________her coins and dropped them in his bowl. He would smile and ________ her a Merry Christmas.

At night the temperature dropped below 0℃, but the Santa Claus ________stood in the cold wind. ________ she dropped her coins into his bowl, she handed him a pair of gloves.

A week later, a(n) ________ Santa Claus was standing there. “What happened to the other Santa Claus?” she asked. He told her, “He’s very ________ today.” She prayed for his health.

Later that day, a colleague came into her office________. “I don’t know what I’m going to do.” “What’s wrong?” she asked. “It’s my ex—husband,” her colleague ________, “I don’t have any money to buy my boys anything for Christmas, ________ my ex—husband refuses to send money to them. It breaks my heart that they won’t have anything this year. ” The lady ________ her colleague, “I’m sure everything will________ It’s Christmas. Believe in miracles (奇迹).”

That evening, she told her husband about her colleague’s ________, “I know we don’t have much money to________, but I’d like to give her fifty or a hundred dollars. We’ll just get ourselves less this year. Last year we couldn’t afford to buy anything for________ but we still had a wonderful Christmas.” Her husband smiled, “Give her one hundred dollars. She needs it more than we do.”

She reached up and held him. Warmth spread ________ her body. He held her and realized that there really was a Santa Claus—and he had ________ her !

1.

A．family

B．job

C．life

D．religion

2.

A．take out

B．go through

C．bring in

D．pick up

3.

A．spotted

B．heard

C．sensed

D．followed

4.

A．standing

B．waiting

C．playing

D．performing

5.

A．earned

B．counted

C．saved

D．threw

6.

A．send

B．wish

C．offer

D．tell

7.

A．even

B．just

C．still

D．yet

8.

A．Although

B．If

C．Since

D．After

9.

A．honest

B．new

C．considerate

D．strong

10.

A．sad

B．poor

C．cold

D．sick

11.

A．in tears

B．in shock

C．in horror

D．in trouble

12.

A．concluded

B．decided

C．continued

D．commented

13.

A．or

B．but

C．so

D．otherwise

14.

A．reminded

B．amused

C．teased

D．comforted

15.

A．work out

B．come back

C．run out

D．open up

16.

A．message

B．suggestion

C．situation

D．example

17.

A．afford

B．help

C．lose

D．pay

18.

A．ourselves

B．themselves

C．us

D．others

19.

A．off

B．to

C．among

D．through

20.

A．relaxed

B．doubted

C．married

D．shaped