1 . Zachariah Fike has an unusual _______. He seeks old military medals for sale in antique stores and on the Internet. But _______ most collectors, Zac tracks down the medals’ rightful _______ , and returns them.

His effort to _______ families with lost medals began with a Christmas gift from his mother, a Purple Heart with the name Corrado A. G. Piccoli, found in an antique shop. Zac knows the _______ of a Purple Heart—he _______ one himself in a war as a soldier. So when his mother gave him the medal, he _______ right away what he had to do.

Through the Internet, Zac tracked down Corrado’s sister Adeline Rockko. But when he finally reached her, the woman _______   him with questions: “Who are you? What antique shop?” _______, when she hung up, she regretted the way she had handled the ________ . So she called Zac back and

________. Soon she drove to meet Zac in Watertown, N.Y. “At that point, I knew she meant ________ ,” Zac says. “To drive eight hours to come to see me.”

The Piccolis grew up the children of ________ immigrants in Watertown. Corrado, the older son of the family, was a translator for the Army during WWII against Nazi Germany, and was killed ________ in Europe.

Before hearing from Zac, Adeline hadn’t ________ realized the medal was missing. Like many ________ medals, the one Zac’s mother had ________ was a family treasure. “This medal was very precious to my parents.” Adeline says. As a child, Adeline couldn’t understand why the medal was so significant. “But as I grew older,” Adeline says, “and missed my ________ more and more, I realized that was the only thing we had ________ .” Corrado Piccoli’s Purple Heart medal now ________ at the Italian American Civic Association in Watertown.

1.

A．tradition

B．hobby

C．exercise

D．devotion

2.

A．as

B．for

C．unlike

D．like

3.

A．owners

B．buyers

C．collectors

D．suppliers

4.

A．return

B．reunite

C．match

D．connect

5.

A．responsibility

B．treasure

C．honor

D．meaning

6.

A．bought

B．found

C．earned

D．distributed

7.

A．thought

B．wondered

C．doubted

D．knew

8.

A．asked

B．flooded

C．threw

D．cast

9.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Moreover

D．Besides

10.

A．cooperation

B．construction

C．conversation

D．conservation

11.

A．complained

B．appreciated

C．confronted

D．apologized

12.

A．business

B．meeting

C．practice

D．disbelief

13.

A．German

B．American

C．Italian

D．British

14.

A．in action

B．in advance

C．in case

D．in person

15.

A．never

B．even

C．still

D．just

16.

A．civil

B．commercial

C．military

D．industrial

17.

A．claimed

B．found

C．regained

D．sought

18.

A．family

B．parents

C．sister

D．brother

19.

A．given

B．donated

C．owned

D．left

20.

A．hangs

B．experiences

C．inhabits

D．houses

2 . 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。

Many people, sometimes myself including, tend to judge a person by his appearance.

I was afraid of my uncle who has a scary tattoo on his arm till my mother told me a “story” .When I was three-year-old naughty boy, I always ran around the neighborhood with my toy saber. Unfortunate, one day I hit a wild dog on accident. The dog became crazy and try to bite me. It was at that time when my uncle appeared and protected me with her strong arm. However, this accident left a scar on his arm. My uncle went to get a tattoo in order to cover up the scars. From that moment, he is my hero but instead of a bad looking uncle.

So we need to go beyond people's looks and focus on more internal spirits in order to truly judging a person.

3 . 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：在错的词下画一横线，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。

It was Sunday. I was doing housework while someone knocked at the door. It was a milkman who send a bottle of milk. But I didn’t order them. Feeling confused, I noticed a note sticking to it. The note said “Dear neighbor, I’m sorry about a noise made by our decoration that will last for three days. The bottle of milk is given to you as a gift show our apology.”

The next day, everyone in the neighborhood were talking about the milk and our coming neighbor. With the decoration being finished, the family finally moved into the neighborhood. People came to help. I was extreme touched by this scene which was full in consideration and appreciation.

4 . When I was seven, my family and I were coming back from a T-ball game. In our driveway, we spotted two adult geese and a small gosling. The adults were frightened by our return and flew away, but their baby was still too young to fly and couldn’t follow.

Hours passed and night fell. The tiny little thing was wandering around our yard, unaware of what could happen, and it was clear that the gosling needed protection, warmth and food to make it to the morning. At that point, we had to bring him into our backyard.

We all pretty much slept with one eye open for several days. Each morning, we would try to rush the goose over to his parents, who kept coming back to our yard. He wouldn’t go to them, though, and they wouldn’t come close enough to claim him. The young goose had clearly decided we were his new family, and my twin sister Joanna called the little guy Peeper.

Almost a year passed and we settled into a routine filled with feathery hugs and company. One evening my uncle came over, and my dad threw Peeper up into the air to show he could fly around the house, but this time, Peeper just flew off. Everyone was very sad. Twenty years passed, and Peeper became a fond memory for my family.

In 2019, an aging adult goose made his way back to my home. At first, I assumed it was just another Canada goose. After two weeks of the goose coming back repeatedly, it became clear to me that this wasn’t a random goose. He did all of the same things Peeper used to, like trying to come in through the front door and sleeping in our enclosed pool area. Besides, this goose responded to the name Peeper. Much to my amazement, my old best friend had returned, 20 years later.

1. Why did the author bring the little goose home that night?

A．It couldn’t find its parents.

B．It was too fragile to survive.

C．It wanted to stay in the yard.

D．It enjoyed the author’s company.

2. What does the underlined word “claim” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Get.

B．Forgive.

C．Challenge.

D．Annoy.

3. What can we infer about the author from the text?

A．She named the goose Peeper.

B．She set Peeper free on purpose.

C．She had a deep feeling to Peeper.

D．She trained the goose to fly daily.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．A Feathered Family Member

B．The Return of a Long Lost Friend

C．The Reunion of a Goose Family

D．An Adventurous Journey Home

6 . Kyle Cassidy and three other members of the Annenberg Running Group were stretching (伸展) on the grounds of the University of Pennsylvania,________ a few runners who were left behind. The Penn colleagues and other community members meet three days a week for a roughly 30-minute jog and a ________. That’s right — during some runs, one of them delivers a talk∶ topics ________ from the brain to Bitcoin (比特币).

But one day last January, it would not be their ________ run. The first evidence that something was off was the man who ________ them very quickly. Cassidy ________ why the man was so fast when another man ran by, yelling, “Help! He ________ my phone and laptop!”

At that, the group did what running clubs do: They ran, ________ the suspect down the streets of Philadelphia until he ________ into a construction site. The runners ________ . Cassidy ran ________ to the far side of the site to cut the thief off ________ the others wandered the neighborhood ________ he had thrown the phone and laptop in a backyard.

No luck. So they decided to ask people in the ________ whether they’d seen the guy. When they knocked on the door of one row house, they were in for a ________. They didn’t know the suspect was ________ behind a bush by that very house. As the owner opened the door, the ________ rushed out from behind the bush … and right into the ________ of the police, who had joined the run shortly behind the runners.

“Running is typically a________sport where you turn fat cells into heat,”Cassidy told the Philadelphia Inquirer. “But sometimes it can be useful, and here was one of those ________. ”

The members of this running group are not hard-core sportsmen. But they do understand the benefit of a little exercise.

1.

A．looking after

B．waiting for

C．thinking about

D．picking up

2.

A．lecture

B．game

C．enquiry

D．experiment

3.

A．increase

B．range

C．move

D．develop

4.

A．social

B．accidental

C．actual

D．normal

5.

A．ran off

B．ran into

C．ran past

D．ran down

6.

A．asked

B．explained

C．discovered

D．wondered

7.

A．took

B．used

C．broke

D．sold

8.

A．cornering

B．leading

C．following

D．driving

9.

A．stepped

B．slid

C．marched

D．disappeared

10.

A．got up

B．split up

C．showed up

D．caught up

11.

A．around

B．back

C．out

D．away

12.

A．while

B．because

C．unless

D．though

13.

A．realizing

B．remembering

C．suggesting

D．hoping

14.

A．group

B．university

C．neighborhood

D．station

15.

A．relief

B．surprise

C．success

D．break

16.

A．working

B．running

C．wandering

D．hiding

17.

A．suspect

B．police

C．colleague

D．member

18.

A．traps

B．camps

C．cars

D．arms

19.

A．selfless

B．useless

C．careless

D．endless

20.

A．choices

B．conclusions

C．chances

D．decisions

9 . 21-year-old Jasmine Harrison completed the 2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge in 70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes — a new world record for the youngest female to row alone across the Atlantic.

Harrison, who’s from North Yorkshire, England, didn’t have loads of experience in rowing long distances. In her childhood, she could not even dream of such an ambition. She’d only gotten the idea three years earlier when she happened to be in Antigua, teaching swimming, and saw the end of the 2017 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. “Talking to a family member of a young man that had just completed it, I got to know just how amazing a thing it was. I didn’t say ‘not a chance I would do that,’ but it was more a fact of why not do it?” she said.

Every day, Harrison would row for about 12 hours, pushing her 550-pound boat she bought with some money across the ocean, covering roughly 90 kilometers. The journey left her with much time all by herself, which she said she enjoyed. But things got a little harder after her speaker fell in the water and she could no longer listen to her music.

She had other company along the way. She saw lots of sea life, including several whales. One even rose out of the ocean right next to her boat. “I’m in their environment,” she said. “It’s just amazing.”

Twice, her boat was turned over in the night by large waves. The second time, she hurt her arm quite badly. Another time, she nearly ran into a ship. When her food ran out, she lived on cookies and chocolate. In the face of great hardship and loneliness, she kept going.

On February 20, 2021, she reached the island of Antigua — the end of the journey. She celebrated her arrival with a burger and fries.

1. What made Harrison participate in the 2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge?

A．Her childhood hobby and dream.	B．Her experience of watching a race.
C．Her swimming teaching experience.	D．Her family members’ encouragement.

2. Which of the following best describes Harrison’s ocean trip?

A．Adventurous.	B．Pleasant.
C．Boring.	D．Expensive.

3. When did Harrison begin rowing across the Atlantic Ocean alone?

A．In November.	B．In December.
C．In January.	D．In February.

4. What can we learn from Harrison’s story?

A．The early bird catches the worm.

B．Difficulties strengthen the mind.

C．Behind bad luck comes good luck.

D．No way is impossible to courage.

10 . He came from somewhere south of Rome. I didn't know when or how he got to America, ________maybe. But one evening I found him standing in the driveway, behind my garage, extremely thin.     

＂My name Tony Trivionno and I mow （割） your lawn. "he said. It was hard to comprehend his ______ English. "I mow your lawn, "he said again and walked away. Yes, these Depression days were _______，but how could I__________a person who had come to me for help? When I got home the next evening, the lawn had been mowed, the walks___________and the garden weeded._________, my wife assumed I had ___________him. I told her of my _________the night before and we thought it strange that he had not asked for__________。The next two days were busy, and I __________ about him. But on Friday, I saw him, behind my garage again and busy around.

I managed to __________ some small weekly pay for him and each day he cleaned up the yard and took care of any little __________. He was very helpful whenever there were any heavy objects to lift or things to fix in my factory.

＂I want to be an apprentice （学徒），”he said one day. __________ we had a good Prentice school that trained laborers, I doubted whether he had the ability to_________ blueprints and micrometers （千分尺）.Therefore, he took a __________in pay to become an apprentice.

Many years later, I found him in our_________   meeting spot, much __________ than he used to be and taking on a look of___________. He was a millionaire now!

Tony came to America seeking the American Dream. But he did not find it-he ________ it himself. Tony didn't begin on the bottom rung （横档） of the ladder. He began in the__________. Tony' s affairs were tiny, and all he had were 24 hours a day. He wasted none of them and succeeded finally.

1.

A．swam

B．cycled

C．drove

D．jogged

2.

A．repeated

B．broken

C．strange

D．simple

3.

A．special

B．boring

C．ordinary

D．difficult

4.

A．give away

B．turn away

C．pick up

D．cheer up

5.

A．swept

B．decorated

C．blocked

D．marked

6.

A．Hopefully

B．Fortunately

C．Apparently

D．Secretly

7.

A．hired

B．warned

C．scared

D．promoted

8.

A．impression

B．experience

C．doubt

D．anxiety

9.

A．trouble

B．award

C．pay

D．leave

10.

A．wandered

B．thought

C．worried

D．forgot

11.

A．bring in

B．leave out

C．work out

D．take in

12.

A．tasks

B．kids

C．animals

D．arguments

13.

A．Now that

B．In case

C．Even if

D．Ever since

14.

A．read

B．record

C．copy

D．draw

15.

A．rise

B．cut

C．step

D．break

16.

A．casual

B．memorable

C．formal

D．familiar

17.

A．happier

B．luckier

C．heavier

D．paler

18.

A．astonishment

B．confidence

C．amusement

D．confusion

19.

A．discovered

B．acknowledged

C．deserved

D．created

20.

A．office

B．school

C．hotel

D．basement