1 . A very frightening thing happened on the weekend, but luckily a hero saved all. A New Jersey police officer safely caught a one-month-old baby dropped off a second-floor balcony over the weekend, authorities said.

The Hudson County prosecutor’s office said Officer Eduardo Matute was among those called to the Jersey City residence Saturday morning after reports that a man was threatening the baby.

NorthJersey.com reports that he and several officers were positioned below the second-floor balcony as the child was dangled over the balcony fence. Officials said the man dropped the baby after a long negotiation with the officers leader, and to the relief of everyone present, Matute caught the child on the spot.

City spokesperson Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said the child was taken to the hospital. Mayor Steve Fulop later posted a photo on social media of the officer holding the child, who was wrapped in a white blanket.

“Thankfully the baby wasn’t harmed physically,” Fulop said.

It wasn’t immediately clear what charges he would face. Other details weren’t available.

“Kudos to the JCPD and all the officers involved for their heroics and for bringing a safe conclusion to this dangerous situation,” the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.

1. What is the probable meaning of the underlined word “dangled” in Paragraph 3?

A．Hung.

B．Fastened.

C．Exhibited.

D．Thrown.

2. What did everyone present feel about the saving of the baby?

A．Amazed.

B．Relieved.

C．Frightened.

D．Disappointed.

3. What was the result of the baby?

A．It lost its father.	B．It was seriously hurt.
C．It was completely safe.	D．It was without physical damage.

4. What is the best title of this text?

A．An Unknown Hero	B．A Lucky Dog
C．A Police Officer Saving a Baby	D．A Policeman Making a Breakthrough

3 . In 2017, I wanted a career in academia (学术界), running my own engineering laboratory. In fact my job wasn’t ________, but I had always wanted to do research.

So I ________ the University of South Florida. To my ________, I was told I should ________ for some classes right away. To take on a PhD, I spoke to my employer and agreed to ________ all my current responsibilities in exchange for a more ________ schedule. My company agreed because it saw the ________ in having a leader who was keen on self-improvement and who would ________ the company for the next five years and bring stability to my team.

On my first day of graduate classes, I felt nervous and out of place among students much ________ than I. I arrived early and sat at the back hoping not to be ________. A few minutes later, two students—Dave and Kevin sat next to me and started to include me in their ________ right away. That was all I needed to feel ________.

Five years later, I ________ aged 51 with my PhD. My family were excited and proud of what I had ________. I think I have set a great example to my two young sons of what is possible, regardless of your ________.

1.

A．cool

B．bad

C．natural

D．informative

2.

A．believed

B．missed

C．called

D．interviewed

3.

A．surprise

B．anger

C．interest

D．disappointment

4.

A．stand out

B．be fit

C．make up

D．sign up

5.

A．maintain

B．prove

C．discover

D．measure

6.

A．conditional

B．limited

C．flexible

D．subjective

7.

A．harmony

B．value

C．solution

D．survey

8.

A．give up

B．arrange for

C．contribute to

D．dream of

9.

A．more mature

B．younger

C．more diligent

D．cleverer

10.

A．noticed

B．blamed

C．recognized

D．doubted

11.

A．connection

B．competition

C．conversation

D．comprehension

12.

A．comfortable

B．curious

C．depressed

D．adjustable

13.

A．returned

B．dismissed

C．changed

D．graduated

14.

A．opposed

B．promised

C．accomplished

D．developed

15.

A．address

B．age

C．habit

D．gender

4 . It was snowing hard outside. Thomas and Mick had to _________ in their house all day. When they went to bed late into night, it was still snowing, and every time they _________ up during the night, they could _________ the wind whistling around the house, and through the branches of the trees.

But the next morning the _________ was bright. What a(n) _________ day! It looked as if the branches of the trees had been covered with gold. “Oh Grandma! Please do make _________ as quickly as possible. We are going out to build a fort (城堡),” cried the boys, running into the _________. Grandma smiled and told them to eat a good breakfast, for building a fort was _________. They were soon out in the snow, and what a great time they had _________, the fort didn’t grow very fast, for they had to ______________ so often to play snow-ball each other. When Grandma called them in to dinner they wondered where the ______________ had gone since breakfast.

After dinner, Thomas was looking out of the window, when he ______________ two little birds standing on a branch of a tree. “Mick! Come here,” he called. “See those ______________ birds. They seem half frozen and so ______________.” “Poor little things,” replied Mick. “Doesn’t it make you feel ______________ to think what a happy time we had this morning out of the snow. Let us get some bread from Grandma and throw it out to them,” said Thomas. The birds soon found the food and ate it quickly. Will other children be as kind as Thomas and Mick?

1.

A．study

B．eat

C．stay

D．sleep

2.

A．stood

B．showed

C．grew

D．woke

3.

A．touch

B．smell

C．hear

D．see

4.

A．house

B．moon

C．sun

D．branch

5.

A．great

B．interesting

C．terrible

D．snowy

6.

A．room

B．breakfast

C．lunch

D．supper

7.

A．library

B．supermarket

C．bedroom

D．kitchen

8.

A．dull

B．hard

C．dangerous

D．exciting

9.

A．Therefore

B．Instead

C．Otherwise

D．However

10.

A．stop

B．jump

C．read

D．rest

11.

A．money

B．time

C．snow

D．water

12.

A．spotted

B．felt

C．realized

D．greeted

13.

A．excited

B．disappointed

C．poor

D．angry

14.

A．happy

B．funny

C．curious

D．hungry

15.

A．scary

B．tense

C．mean

D．talented

5 . 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 three-year-old son, Charles, has loved watching trucks, cars and all types of vehicles (交通工具) since he could sit up and look around. Charles was a fan of fire trucks, ambulances, garbage (垃圾) trucks and other vehicles which have wheels.

Because of his deep love for anything with wheels, I always made it a point to take him outside to watch garbage trucks drive up and down. Charles loved watching the workers and would get so excited when the drivers beeped the horns (鸣喇叭) at him as they went by. Charles would wave and shyly say, “Thank you.”

There was a particular waste management employee who was extra friendly. Charles was attracted by him, and after we knew his name — Lonnie, Charles talked about him throughout the day. One day, Lonnie rode by and said, “Charles, I promise when this pandemic (流行病) is over, I’m going to let you ride in my truck.” However, we were going to move out of the state about a week later. I had to tell Lonnie the truth.

The next week, we waited for the garbage truck. Finally, late in the afternoon, I heard the loud noise of the truck. I raced to the door, carrying Charles. We did not want to miss seeing Lonnie on our last week in Birmingham. Lonnie stopped the truck and got out. He told me he had some things for Charles — a hat, a yellow safety vest, two toy garbage cans, coloring books and so on. Charles was absolutely excited, especially by the garbage cans, and I was so touched. The next day, Charles and I were playing in the front yard when a man approached me. He said, “I’m Lonnie’s manager, and he has something special planned for Charles. Are you going to be here around 11 am?” I said, “Of course we will.”

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。

At noon, something surprising happened.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Even though we moved out of the state, Charles still misses Lonnie.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6 . On January 15, 2016. I awoke at 2:30 am because I needed water. After drinking some. I was walking back upstairs from the kitchen when I _______ the bulldog (牛头犬), Rock. When I made it to the bottom of the stairs, he was running up. But he had never _______to the stairs before. Now I know that was his way of informing me of the _______.

When I turned around, I saw some light, but I remembered I hadn’t _______ a light on. Walking _______ to it, I found it was fire. It became a big fire soon. _______ shouting to my wife to wake up and get our three kids, I cut out the plastic that covered the window to the_______. Then I hurriedly got everybody out on the roof. We _______ for help, but help never came.

The fire became very fierce(凶猛的). Even worse, I was scared of heights and had physical _______-my rheumatoid arthritis (类风湿性关节炎), but I couldn’t mind. I just jumped and got injured when I ________ , but I didn’t care about it.

I found our ________, placed it against the house, and climbed back up to the roof to save others. When I tried to save Rock, he just ________ in the black smoke. I never saw him ________again.

I’m not a hero, but Rock is, I’m just a(n) ________ person helping my wife and children while he lived to ________ us.

1.

A．heard

B．raised

C．remembered

D．ignored

2.

A．looked up

B．come up

C．used up

D．picked up

3.

A．result

B．effect

C．danger

D．injury

4.

A．passed

B．held

C．put

D．turned

5.

A．late

B．happily

C．close

D．quietly

6.

A．Immediately

B．Carefully

C．Curiously

D．Luckily

7.

A．floor

B．roof

C．world

D．path

8.

A．paid

B．applied

C．stood

D．shouted

9.

A．features

B．advantages

C．backgrounds

D．issues

10.

A．flew

B．landed

C．waved

D．struggled

11.

A．dog

B．branch

C．ladder

D．rope

12.

A．wrestled

B．jumped

C．disappeared

D．played

13.

A．pleased

B．alive

C．energetic

D．formal

14.

A．kind

B．significant

C．brave

D．ordinary

15.

A．protect

B．greet

C．believe

D．appreciate

7 . One day after work, I was using a pay phone when suddenly I found a wallet on the floor. I _________ it and found that it was a man’s wallet. I decided to try to reach the _________ but couldn’t find anything except credit cards. So I called the credit card company and _______ what happened and offered them my name and phone number.

Looking in the wallet a little further, I found a ticket of buying the wallet with a phone number listed. I took a _________ and called it, contacting the man’s wife in the end. I gave her my name, phone number and _________ address in order that her husband could meet me to _________ his wallet. She _________ me and told me he was _________ anxious to find it. Therefore, we _________ a time for her husband to see me the next day.

The next day the man came to my office early. I returned him his __________ and he thanked me for trying every possible means to get his wallet back to him. The credit card company had __________ him that I called. He gave me a hand-drawn boat as a reward, which __________ me. We then sat down and __________ for a while.

But the following thing that happened caught me by __________. The man with the wallet happened to be a client(客户) of our company. Wow, it is a __________ world!

1.

A．gave up

B．looked through

C．took out

D．dealt with

2.

A．engineer

B．customer

C．advertiser

D．owner

3.

A．asked

B．explained

C．wondered

D．knew

4.

A．chance

B．trip

C．photo

D．shower

5.

A．delivery

B．office

C．website

D．home

6.

A．pick up

B．find out

C．search for

D．focus on

7.

A．shocked

B．tracked

C．appreciated

D．attacked

8.

A．quickly

B．curiously

C．finally

D．bally

9.

A．forgot

B．limited

C．set

D．stayed

10.

A．pocket

B．budget

C．ticket

D．wallet

11.

A．informed

B．reformed

C．harmed

D．ignored

12.

A．touched

B．approached

C．frightened

D．reminded

13.

A．stressed

B．discussed

C．chatted

D．cheated

14.

A．time

B．accident

C．surprise

D．contrast

15.

A．strange

B．small

C．powerful

D．common

8 . It started 30 years ago with a squirrel. A few months after I moved into a building in downtown Manhattan, my next-door neighbor, Nicole Figaro, knocked, asking for help with a squirrel that had gotten into her apartment.

I ______ Lout the animal and made a new friend. Soon Nicole was ______ me over for dinner or ______ home-cooked food at my door. When I went to my beach house, Nicole picked up my ______ and watered my plants, and when she ______ on vacations, I did the same for her. She'd bring me wonderful ______ from far-away places, but her ______ and best wishes have been the greatest gift of all.

In 1997, I took care of my partner during his ______ days, and it was Nicole who took care of me: Years later, I ______ the favor, helping out when her husband, who was ______ needed her to take care of him for almost everything. More and more, we ______ strength and inspiration from each other.

My father ______ last January. Nicole helped my family prepare for the service. I couldn't have gotten through that day without her. The pandemic ______ then. Nicole and I ______ for groceries for each other, knowing we could get through anything together. And we will. A ______ might separate our apartments, but nothing separates our hearts.

1.

A．put out

B．found out

C．scared out

D．handed out

2.

A．inviting

B．suggesting

C．permitting

D．offering

3.

A．buying

B．making

C．delivering

D．leaving

4.

A．friend

B．mail

C．phone

D．conversation

5.

A．worked.

B．traveled

C．jogged

D．packed

6.

A．gifts

B．plants

C．cakes

D．toys

7.

A．determination

B．positivity

C．ambition

D．experience

8.

A．best

B．big

C．final

D．lucky

9.

A．asked

B．lost

C．owed

D．returned

10.

A．sick

B．worried

C．disappointed

D．upset

11.

A．brought

B．drew

C．saw

D．appreciated

12.

A．moved out

B．turned up

C．passed away

D．set off

13.

A．postponed

B．hit

C．happened

D．settled

14.

A．looked

B．voted

C．fought

D．shopped

15.

A．A. flat

B．family

C．sore

D．wall

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In my memory, playing the shuttlecock game was one of my favorite     1    (thing) during my childhood. My hometown is in northeast China where the winter is very long—almost five to six months. Playing the shuttlecock outside was the main game in the winter.     2     I liked to play this kind of game very much, the shuttlecock became my good friend who always accompanied me in the long winter.

Actually, this game was very simple. In a word, it was just     3    (play) by a person who kicked the shuttlecock with his or her foot and kept it     4     dropping down on the ground as long as possible. Depending on different interests, the player could kick the shuttlecock with different parts of his or her foot. Sometimes we     5    (divide) into two teams, and each team had one, two, or more persons. Then we had a match to see     6     team could keep playing for a long time. The team that could keep playing much longer would win.

    7     was easy to make them by hand. At that time, I always made them by hand and by myself. I used chicken feathers to make the shuttlecock. For the small metal base, I     8    (usual) chose two or three ancient Chinese coins with a hole in the middle. I just put     9     chicken feathers into the hole of the base,     10     then tied them together very well with thread. This, a simple shuttlecock was ready.