2 . Fifteen years ago, when darkness used to fall in Yobe Nkosi, a remote village in northern Malawi, children did their school homework by candlelight: There was no electricity. But that started to change in 2006, when villager Colrerd Nkosi finished secondary school in Mzimba some 40 kilometers away, and returned home, and found he could no longer live without power.

Aged 23 at the time, Nkosi soon figured out that a small river past the house where he grew up had just enough force to push the pedals on his bicycle. He created a generator (发电机) that brought power into his home. Word spread quickly among brick houses and neighbors began paying regular visits to charge their mobile phones. “I started getting requests for electricity and decided to upgrade,” said Nkosi.

With no previous training, he turned an old fridge compressor (压缩机) into a water-powered turbine and put it in a nearby river, generating electricity for six households. Today, the village is supplied by a bigger turbine.

The users pay no fee for the power but give Nkosi some money for maintenance — slightly more than $1 per household per month. “The electricity is basically free,” Nkosi said, speaking in local Chichewa. He admitted that the maintenance income was too small to cover repair costs, which he mainly funded from his own pocket.

Despite the challenges, he was determined to expand his mini electricity network to surrounding areas. “Once more villages and schools have electricity, people will no longer cut down trees for charcoal (木炭),” he said. “Students will have a lot more time to study.”

As dusk settled over Kasangazi Primary School, groups of learners rushed into a classroom for a night-time study session. “Before we had electricity here, we used to use candles to study,” said student Gift Mfune, sorting through a pile of textbooks on his desk. “Now, we all have no excuse but to pass our examinations,” he laughed. Courtesy of Nkosi, the building is the only school with power out of 17 others servicing the area.

1. Why did Nkosi upgrade his first generator?

A．To make much more money.	B．To meet people’s need for power.
C．To match new mobile phones.	D．To attract more people to his home.

2. Which words can best describe Nkosi?

A．Open-minded and tolerant.	B．Creative and generous.
C．Easy-going and courageous.	D．Intelligent and cooperative.

3. What can we infer about the students in Kasangazi Primary School?

A．They have to stay up late.	B．They do well in exams.
C．They are very grateful to Nkosi.	D．They must have a promising future.

4. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To advertise a remote village.	B．To share an encouraging story.
C．To show students’ love for a teacher.	D．To put forward a practicable project.

3 . 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。

An Unforgivable Mistake

A few years ago, the company I work for sent my wife and me to live in New York for a year. I’ve always loved jogging, so I was really happy when I found the apartment they had rented for us was next to Central Park. This meant that every morning I could go for a run before I went to work.

Because a lot of people had told me to be careful of muggers (行凶抢劫者) in the park, I didn’t usually take anything with me. How could they rob me if I didn’t have anything? But one morning my wife asked me to buy some bread on the way home, so I put a $10 bill in my back pocket.

It was a beautiful morning and the park was quiet with very few people walking or jogging around. While I was running, another jogger bumped (撞) into me. He apologized and continued running. For a while, I didn’t think too much of it. However, when I noticed the wide path where I was running, I thought it was kind of strange. The warning of muggers in the park occurred to me. It could have been a mugger! I suddenly became alarmed, so I checked my pocket. The money was missing! I immediately started to run after the jogger. I finally caught up with and grabbed him firmly by the arm. I started shouting and demanding that he give me the $10 bill. I’m not usually a hot-headed person, but I really lost my temper at that moment. I couldn’t believe the robbery was actually happening to me. Filled with anger, I shook my fist at him. This seemed to frighten him. He quickly put his hand in his pocket and gave me the money. Then he ran away as fast as he could.

I bought the bread and went home. As soon as I got home, I couldn’t wait to tell my wife the story. “You won’t believe what happened to me,” I started with pride. She immediately interrupted (插话), “I know, you left the money for the bread on the kitchen table.”

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Looking at the money on the table, I stood there, shocked.

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For several days, I waited at the same place.

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4 . 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

5 . When she was 16, Joanne learned that she was adopted and that her birth mother was a woman named Lillian and that she had died days after giving birth to her. Feeling betrayed (被背叛的) and confused, Joanne spent many nights crying, _________ what her birth mother had been like. And yet, some part of her believed her mother was still _________.

The doubts _________ Joanne for years. In 2017, when Joanne was already 79 years old, her daughter-in-law, Shelley, suggested her taking a DNA _________. Shelley thought learning something about her _________ family might give Joanne some _________.

So Joanne took the test, and about a year later, Shelley received a message on ancestry.com from a man named Sam, whose genetic report had _________ him with Joanne.

Shelley immediately wrote back to Sam, asking _________ he knew a Lillian. Yes, Sam said, that was his mother’s name. Almost _________, an even bigger shock came that Lillian was alive, at age 100.

The families quickly planned a(n) __________ where Lillian lived. A month later, Joanne found herself sitting across from the mother she had __________ in her whole life, looking at Lillian, who suffered from dementia (痴呆症) and used a wheelchair.

“I don’t know if she recognizes me,” Joanne said.

She told Lillian that she had been __________ in 1940 and that she’d been told her birth mother had __________. No response. Joanne started to cry. At that point, her mother __________, as if she had started to understand. Joanne excitedly continued telling Lillian all about her children and grandchildren. Lillian smiled. Then she said the words Joanne had waited more than 60 years to hear: “This is my __________.”

1.

A．drawing

B．hoping

C．wondering

D．forgetting

2.

A．young

B．ill

C．pretty

D．alive

3.

A．upset

B．inspired

C．resisted

D．changed

4.

A．exam

B．test

C．course

D．training

5.

A．current

B．realistic

C．effective

D．biological

6.

A．peace

B．advice

C．worry

D．mind

7.

A．provided

B．replaced

C．matched

D．equipped

8.

A．why

B．how

C．when

D．whether

9.

A．immediately

B．unbelievably

C．naturally

D．fortunately

10.

A．reunion

B．speech

C．party

D．operation

11.

A．found out

B．gone through

C．relied on

D．searched for

12.

A．caught

B．beaten

C．adopted

D．cheated

13.

A．given up

B．run away

C．passed away

D．turned up

14.

A．slept in

B．looked up

C．came out

D．took off

15.

A．mother

B．daughter

C．name

D．life

6 . 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。

One day my grandfather gave me a gift — a piggy bank. It had an opening through which one could put money in, but the opening was not big enough to reach in and get the money out. The only way to get at the money was to break the piggy bank open. My grandfather explained that was the whole idea: the piggy bank would help save my money so that, at the end of the year, I might have enough for that bike I dreamt about. He asked if I would put some of the money he gave me into the piggy bank. I agreed immediately and promised that I wouldn’t break it open until I could afford my dream bike.

Whenever he gave me a little bit of money, he would say, “This is for spending. But you can save some and put it in the piggy bank if you want to save it up.” When he gave me larger amounts, it was clearly for saving in the piggy bank. For some time, this worked fine. I loved shaking the piggy bank and hearing the sound of the coins. As it became heavier, I grew more excited, dreaming about buying my new bike, and all the adventures I could have on it.

Whenever I wanted to take some money from the piggy bank to buy delicious ice-creams or beautiful pens, I would imagine riding my bike on the street, and thinking of that, my thoughts about ice-creams or pens went away. So for almost six months, I only put money into the piggy bank without taking any out. I thought I wouldn’t break my piggy bank for anything. But one day something unexpected happened. I saw a piece of news on the television that a serious earthquake (地震) had happened in a nearby province. As many houses were destroyed, a lot of children became homeless. Seeing their shabby clothes and crying faces, I was sleepless that night.

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1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
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8 . A father and his son were travelling in a car. The son was ________ and the father sat on the seat next to him. Just then, a terrible storm broke.

The son said to the father, “Dad, the storm is very________. What should we do now?” The father answered, “You don’t________ driving the car.” A while later, the son noticed that many people were stopped by the storm and waiting for the storm to ________. The son asked his father what to________. The father said, “________ driving the car.” The son said, “Dad, I can hardly________ things. Many people have stopped their________.” The father said, “Don’t ________ these people. Just keep driving.” After some time, the son started seeing everything________. He found the________ had stopped and that the sun had come out. The father said, “Stop the car.” They found those people who stopped were________ stuck in the storm.

“If you had done the same as those people, you would be stuck in the storm too,” the father said. The________ time often comes in people’s life. If you lose your ________ during the hard time, then you will be stuck in it. If you keep going with courage, you will get through the difficult time and achieve ________ at last.

1.

A．working

B．driving

C．reading

D．eating

2.

A．narrow

B．awkward

C．strong

D．official

3.

A．recommend

B．practice

C．allow

D．stop

4.

A．pass

B．arrange

C．continue

D．exchange

5.

A．write

B．buy

C．say

D．do

6.

A．Keep

B．Remember

C．Imagine

D．Enjoy

7.

A．use

B．read

C．see

D．feel

8.

A．talks

B．jobs

C．games

D．cars

9.

A．laugh at

B．care about

C．make sense

D．run after

10.

A．clearly

B．carefully

C．rapidly

D．partly

11.

A．bus

B．bike

C．storm

D．rain

12.

A．only

B．still

C．even

D．again

13.

A．hard

B．sad

C．great

D．lonely

14.

A．curiosity

B．goal

C．courage

D．mind

15.

A．friendship

B．happiness

C．destination

D．success

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。

One afternoon after school, Mary and her brother, Keith, were eating at a cafe near their home. That afternoon, they had to share their table with another person. That person was a young lady in her twenties. After eating, she went to the restroom. Without realizing, she had left her cellphone on the table. Five minutes later, she came out and walked out of the cafe without looking back.

Mary saw the cellphone on the table. She quickly told Keith, “Keith, the girl left behind her cellphone.”Keith looked at the cellphone. It took his breath away. It was one of the latest models on the market. Keith had always wanted a cellphone. But his parents had told him, “You don’t need one. You can always use the house phone.” He stared at it for some minutes. Then, he said slowly, pausing on every word, “I want to take the cellphone.” Mary could not believe her ears. She only stared at her brother, “You can’t! What if the owner comes to look for it?”

After making the decision, Keith quickly got the cellphone and put it in his schoolbag. Then, he took Mary’s hand and led her out of the cafe quickly.

Once back home, Keith locked his room door with trembling (颤抖的) hands. Inside his room, he took out the piece of beauty. Oh, he liked it so much. He had his own cellphone. Soon, he was polishing it happily. But Mary told him, “Keith, you cannot keep the cellphone. What will you tell our father about this? He will ask you how you got the cellphone.” Keith said quickly, “I will say a friend lent it to me.” Mary said, “Now you are lying too. Oh dear! When had Keith turned so dishonest?”

Then, Mary saw a house phone number on the cover of the cellphone. “This is the girl’s phone number. Why don’t we just call this number? We will talk to her and ask her to come and take back her cellphone,” she was trying to talk some sense into him.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150个左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

That night, Keith turned over in bed from time to time.

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Mary was very happy to hear that.

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