1 . From her classroom window, Aynagul Bagjuli noticed the blooming flowers under the clear blue sky and had an idea. Out in the spring air, Aynagul Bagjuli taught her students “Late Spring,” a classic poem from the Tang Dynasty. The 27-year-old teaches literature at Jamatirki Middle School in Akto County.

Less than three years into her teaching job, Aynagul Bagjuli has won widespread recognition from her colleagues and students for her passion and extraordinary teaching skills. Aynagul Bagjuli is a native of Akto, where over 90 percent of the land is mountainous. Life there is tough.

Aynagul Bagjuli spent her high school years in Wenzhou. Later, she studied at the Capital Normal University in Beijing. She is among more than 100,000 students from Xinjiang’s remote areas to have received better education in the central and eastern regions of China, under a program financed by the central government since 2000. The program, aiming at cultivating (培养) professionals among ethnic groups in Xinjiang, covers part of their tuition and living expenses.

Aynagul Bagjuli’s father died when she was three, leaving her mother to raise three children. “Without the government-sponsored program, I would not have even dreamed of going anywhere outside Xinjiang, let alone attending university in the capital,” she said.

Aynagul Bagjuli gave up several employment opportunities in cities to return to her hometown. Before securing a teaching job in her hometown, she traveled to several cities and villages in different provinces, learning about diverse cultures. She loves sharing her experience with her students and believes this is an effective way to arouse their interest.

1. Where did Aynagul Bagjuli receive her college education?

A．In Urumqi.

B．In Wenzhou.

C．In Akto.

D．In Beijing.

2. What is Aynagul Bagjuli’s attitude towards the government-sponsored program?

A．Doubtful.

B．Grateful.

C．Critical.

D．Disappointed.

3. Why does Aynagul Bagjuli like to share her experience with her students?

A．To raise her students’ interest.

B．To show her learning experience.

C．To encourage her students to travel.

D．To find a way to communicate with her students.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Aynagul Bagjuli’s Learning Experience

B．Aynagul Bagjuli’s Excellent Teaching Skills

C．Aynagul Bagjuli Teaching in Her Hometown after College

D．A Government-sponsored Program Supporting Poor Students

3 . I was once a painfully insecure teenage girl. I felt ________ all day, and rejected by my classmates. My ________ comfort was to be the stage assistant at our school’s theater.

One day, to my ________, actors from the great Oregon Shakespeare Festival came to perform for the school. One of them was Barry Kraft, who was a ________ leading actor. As I ran around backstage ________ him, he treated me with the casual ________ that he would show for friends in his living room. I ________ thought he was just making small talk to ________ the time before the performance.

That summer, I traveled to ________ Kraft’s performance at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. During one performance, I gathered my ________ and dropped him a note at intermission (中场休息), saying that if he ________ he could see me in the 15th row. Almost immediately I ________ sending the note, thinking he was too busy to see me.

After the ________, surprisingly, he was waiting for me! He smiled broadly, saying, “Would you like to visit backstage?” And off we went. Every time we ________ someone, he introduced me and said, “She helped me a lot.” I found him ________ sincere with people. It was then that I ________ I’d been wrong about him that day.

My ________ just increased 800%. After all, a well-known man like Kraft was willing to take the ________ to communicate with me, which ________ I mustn’t be so bad. From then on, I felt like a different person. ________, I successfully entered my dream university.

1.

A．responsible

B．prepared

C．hopeless

D．confused

2.

A．only

B．new

C．extra

D．secret

3.

A．surprise

B．delight

C．curiosity

D．disappointment

4.

A．reliable

B．lucky

C．famous

D．generous

5.

A．interviewing

B．following

C．watching

D．assisting

6.

A．friendliness

B．eagerness

C．forgiveness

D．skillfulness

7.

A．temporarily

B．originally

C．probably

D．finally

8.

A．share

B．save

C．kill

D．find

9.

A．assess

B．see

C．advocate

D．polish

10.

A．memories

B．materials

C．strength

D．courage

11.

A．looked down

B．backed off

C．set out

D．stepped forward

12.

A．suggested

B．stopped

C．regretted

D．finished

13.

A．discussion

B．show

C．travel

D．introduction

14.

A．asked

B．reminded

C．informed

D．met

15.

A．gradually

B．normally

C．merely

D．really

16.

A．agreed

B．predicted

C．forgotten

D．realized

17.

A．contribution

B．confidence

C．competence

D．experience

18.

A．risk

B．chance

C．time

D．measure

19.

A．indicated

B．witnessed

C．expected

D．repeated

20.

A．As a result

B．In that case

C．As usual

D．in contrast

4 . 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。约150词。

It was a bright and sunny day. Daniel woke up and jumped out of bed, ready for a full day outside. He ran down the stairs and sat down at the kitchen table. His mom was making pancakes: Daniel’s favorite. She made pancakes every Saturday morning.

“What do you want to do today?” she asked Daniel.

“I think I’m going to go exploring in our backyard,” he told her. “It’s so nice outside!” Daniel quickly ate up his pancakes and rushed upstairs to get dressed. He put on a red T-shirt and jeans.

“Alright, Mom, I’ll be back later!”

“Don’t go too far!” she told him.

When he opened the door, Daniel felt a rush of warm air. He smiled at the sun. Perfect hiking weather, he thought. Daniel loved his backyard. There were plenty of tall trees. If he walked far enough, he would reach a lake. When it was really warm outside, he could walk in the water to cool off. The water was always cold.

The leaves were just beginning to grow on the trees after the cold winter. Daniel wandered for a bit. He picked up a long stick and used it to clear a way through the forest.

Suddenly, Daniel saw something in the distance that wasn’t a rock or a leaf. When he got closer, he knelt down to investigate. He found a small injured bird between the fallen leaves. He looked around and saw a bird’s nest sitting on a branch. He carefully climbed up the trunk of the tree with the nest to get a closer look. The nest was empty, and he didn’t see any birds around. Then, he ran back to his house.

注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

“Mom, I found a bird that’s hurt!” He told her as he ran through the door.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

They took the bird to the animal hospital.

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6 . I’m obsessed (迷恋) with music. As a teenager, I couldn’t leave the house without my ____. My summers were filled with festivals, and my shelves with ____.

But one day last year something changed. I became aware of a faint tapping sound in my left ear. It wasn’t loud enough to be ____, but the next day it turned into a whooshing sound. By the weekend it had started to become hard to ____ in my left ear.

I was then sent to see specialists. They said it was the mitochondrial disease that caused the ____, but they couldn’t say for sure. So ____, I am still undiagnosed (没有确诊). 

I was given hearing aids, but they didn’t work. I’ve signed up for a lip-reading course and am ____ British Sign Language. My friends have been ____, some have offered to learn BSL, but I feel it’s really me who has to ____ this new life.

Other deaf people have warned of feeling isolated (孤立) and I’m determined not to make that my ____. I do get ____ when I have to go out of my comfort zone. Going to a bar and asking for a drink is fine ____ they start making small talk—at that point I’ll declare I’m deaf.

I’ve always preferred to ____ ahead, but since this happened I take life day by day. The doctors have speculated (推测) that my ____ might come back. The future is ____, but I’m at peace with that.

1.

A．assignments

B．headphones

C．schoolbags

D．uniforms

2.

A．textbooks

B．toys

C．records

D．flowers

3.

A．annoying

B．impressive

C．pleasant

D．heartbreaking

4.

A．strike

B．clean

C．see

D．hear

5.

A．pain

B．deafness

C．awareness

D．anxiety

6.

A．technically

B．gradually

C．similarly

D．confidently

7.

A．teaching

B．speaking

C．promoting

D．learning

8.

A．great

B．curious

C．excited

D．awkward

9.

A．withdraw from

B．leave behind

C．break off

D．adapt to

10.

A．job

B．hobby

C．life

D．aim

11.

A．reward

B．anxiety

C．criticism

D．pleasure

12.

A．because

B．if

C．until

D．when

13.

A．plan

B．contact

C．depart

D．write

14.

A．memory

B．appetite

C．hearing

D．sight

15.

A．promising

B．unbelievable

C．predictable

D．uncertain

7 . Two years ago, Laura Eshelman was struggling with a mental problem. And to top it off, she was having trouble finding work.

One day, she was leaving a downtown business where she had yet another job application rejected (拒绝). Feeling extremely disappointed, she decided to go to the Whole Foods across the street and found something for her hungry stomach.

As she crossed the street, Eshelman noticed a man, who was asking for money on the corner. His messy hair and clothing made it seem like he’d been living outside for a while. She watched as he asked a passerby for change, but she even didn’t look at him.

As Eshelman approached, the man turned his attention to her, and again he asked if he could have a little bit of money. “Leave me alone. I don’t have anything to give you. Just go away!”, Eshelman shouted, almost giving vent to (发泄) all her negative feelings. But these unkind words were just what made her feel regretful and ashamed later.

The man was obviously embarrassed as well as a little surprised. It was normal for him to be refused, but not usually in such a rude way. He just lowered his head and Eshelman continued into the grocery store. After picking up some bread and a bottle of water, she went to the checkout to pay. And it was at that moment that she found her purse, where she had put all her money and important papers, was missing.

1. 根据文本内容从方框中选择恰当的词并用其正确形式填入文本图示中，每词限用一次，有两词为多余选项。

honest       polite       embarrass       help       ignore       turn fail       treat       disappoint       lose       contain       encounter
Eshelman had a mental problem and ______ in job applications.	→	She was experiencing great ______.
↓		↓
On her way to the food store, Eshelman ______   a man begging for money.	→	The man looked untidy and ______by the passers-by.
↓		↓
As Eshelman approached the man, he ______ to her for money. But Eshelman refused him with some ___________ words.	→	Eshelman regretted ______ the man in such a rude way later.
↓		↓
The man lowered his head with ______ and surprise. Eshelman went on into the store and then found her purse ______.	→	The purse was important to Eshelman because it ______ her money and papers.

2. How would Eshelman feel when she found her purse had gone?
_______________________________________________________________________________
3. What might have happened to Eshelman’s purse?
_______________________________________________________________________________
4. What might the man do for Eshelman and how would she respond?
_______________________________________________________________________________

8 . Nanuq, an Australian shepherd (牧羊犬), went missing while his family was on a trip in March, Anchorage Daily reports.

The dog lives with his family in Gambell, a small town on Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island. He disappeared while the family were _______ in another town. Mandy, the hostess of the family, said they had been _______ for Nanuq for several days, but had no _______ in finding him.

One month later, Mandy’s dad _______ her, saying there was a dog like Nanuq in Wales, which was really _______. Wales is 166 miles away and across the Bering Sea. How could it be _______? But when she saw the photos her dad had sent, she immediately knew it was Nanuq.

“I was so _______! That’s our dog! He has been _______!” Mandy told the newspaper.

No one knows how Nanuq _______ to cross the frozen sea, but it must be difficult. And getting him back home was also a ________, because there are no direct flights from Wales to St. Lawrence Island. ________, there happened to be a flight bringing students from Wales to Gambell — and Nanuq was able to ________ on the plane.

The family was overjoyed when the plane ________. They felt relaxed Nanuq was in fairly good ________ and needed no medical treatment. Although Nanuq’s journey to Wales remains unknown, what ________ to the family is that he is now safe at home.

1.

A．working

B．travelling

C．studying

D．living

2.

A．searching

B．waiting

C．caring

D．sending

3.

A．difficulty

B．luck

C．fun

D．patience

4.

A．bothered

B．warned

C．calmed

D．contacted

5.

A．serious

B．frightening

C．unbelievable

D．informal

6.

A．strange

B．obvious

C．suitable

D．possible

7.

A．excited

B．proud

C．anxious

D．curious

8.

A．cured

B．ignored

C．attacked

D．found

9.

A．remembered

B．managed

C．refused

D．agreed

10.

A．challenge

B．success

C．surprise

D．mystery

11.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．However

D．Meanwhile

12.

A．have a rest

B．walk around

C．enjoy a meal

D．take a ride

13.

A．landed

B．left

C．started

D．flew

14.

A．company

B．mood

C．health

D．order

15.

A．occurs

B．matters

C．relates

D．belongs

9 . He had been a Christmas present to my second son. Brian, at six, wanted something that was his alone, something not handed down — as were his clothes and toys — from his older brother.

And so, on Christmas Day 1954, I rose early with my wife to put the tiny kitten a neighbor had given us into the stocking that Brian had carefully fastened to the mantelpiece (壁炉台) the night before. From then on, the life of the cat, Tiger, was full of love. For a sometimes fumbling child, Brian showed great gentleness with Tiger, which was amazing. Every night, when I checked on the children, I would invariably find Tiger on Brian’s bed, stretched out beside him.

One evening our next-door neighbor rang the front doorbell. “I’m sorry to have to tell you this,” she said when my wife answered the door, “but when I backed out of the driveway this afternoon, I’m afraid I ran over your cat. I tried to help him, but he jumped up and ran away. I don’t know where he went or how badly he was hurt.”

Four weeks passed with no sign of Tiger. Brian tried to hide his fear that his friend had crawled away to die. It was a fear we all shared. And we came to accept his death — all of us except Brian.

Every evening Brian would go to the door and call Tiger’s name. Finally, on the 28th day after the neighbor’s unwelcome announcement, he had an answer. Out from under the front porch came Tiger, his tail high, walking with the pride, behaving as if he had never been away. As he approached the door, Brian’s face was transformed with joy. But neither he nor Tiger displayed open affection in front of the family. There was a calm acceptance, an honoring by each of the other’s dignity. That night, though, when I checked Brian’s room, I saw that his cheeks were wet and a smile was on his face and his arm encircled his cat, who lay purring quietly beside him.

1. Why did the author give Brian the cat as a Christmas gift?

A．The author had no better choice.

B．The neighbor gave the author a cat.

C．Brian expected to have a cat of his own.

D．The cat is not “second-handed” from Brian’s brother.

2. What does the underlined word “fumbling” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Tough.

B．Unhappy.

C．Careful.

D．Excited.

3. What did the next-door neighbor do to Tiger?

A．She abandoned Tiger.

B．She drove Tiger away.

C．She hit Tiger while driving.

D．She stepped on Tiger while running.

4. What is Brian like according to the text?

A．Rough and tolerant.	B．Caring and reserved.
C．Stubborn and positive.	D．Independent and determined.

10 . The Christmas of 2020 was not a time of celebration but just tough for many. It was ________ by COVID-19. Anthony, Sara’s brother, put up some ________ in the yard to make the holidays special. ________, right after Christmas, Anthony was seriously infected and ________. For Sara, the pain was almost too much to ________. But when she pulled up to her house at the end of a ________ day, the shining Christmas lights ________ her a little joy. They were the last mementos (纪念品) Sara had of her brother when he was still alive and ________. Taking them down felt like a final act of closure she wasn’t ready to take. So she ________ them up.

In February, Sara ________ a typed note in the mail. “Take your Christmas lights down!” the unsigned letter read. Sara looked at the paper ________ and got angry. She could have bottled up that ________, but she wrote about it instead. “I wanted to ________ people that we all had a tough year and people should be a little more ________ toward each other.” She shared it on Facebook. Sara’s inbox quickly filled with messages of ________. People started sending Sara messages about how they had ________ loved ones around Christmas. Then something strange happened. One evening, she ________ that Christmas lights were appearing — or reappearing — on houses in her neighbourhood.

The mystery had a ________ explanation: her neighbours had got together and ________, collectively, to hang their lights back up in honor of Anthony.

Sara never learned who sent the ________. But for her, that one mean-spirited deed was far outweighed by so many more acts of kindness.

1.

A．strengthened

B．clouded

C．postponed

D．celebrated

2.

A．lights

B．pictures

C．flowers

D．advertisements

3.

A．Surprisingly

B．Eventually

C．Unfortunately

D．Naturally

4.

A．dropped in

B．stepped aside

C．passed away

D．walked around

5.

A．imagine

B．permit

C．observe

D．take

6.

A．long

B．perfect

C．new

D．unique

7.

A．brought

B．earned

C．sold

D．left

8.

A．quiet

B．amused

C．worried

D．healthy

9.

A．hung

B．kept

C．fixed

D．folded

10.

A．refused

B．recognized

C．received

D．chose

11.

A．in person

B．in shock

C．in advance

D．in vain

12.

A．enthusiasm

B．anger

C．doubt

D．disappointment

13.

A．promise

B．teach

C．remind

D．warn

14.

A．thoughtful

B．patient

C．faithful

D．frank

15.

A．explanation

B．interest

C．prediction

D．support

16.

A．understood

B．greeted

C．lost

D．deserted

17.

A．checked

B．declared

C．recalled

D．noticed

18.

A．sweet

B．simple

C．vivid

D．strange

19.

A．continued

B．decided

C．intended

D．pretended

20.

A．gift

B．signal

C．invitation

D．note