1 . As someone who did not finish school, I think that it is so important to become a lifelong learner. And to _________ an endless curiosity about the world also counts.

Because of my dyslexia（阅读障碍）, learning through chalk boards, textbooks and exams did not work for me, so at school I would devote my youthful passion to _________. However, I broke my knee playing football and was forced to bottle up all of that _________ indoors. I found myself obsessed（痴迷）with the news, politics and global affairs—and so began my lifelong love of learning._________ my struggles at school, when I found my passion for the world, I realized that _________ I am interested in something, I can absorb everything about it.

Newspapers opened my eyes and _________ my mind in the way a_________ never did. As I became more informed about the world outside of school—and _________ upset by the wars in Vietnam and Cambodia—I felt a(n)_________ to do something. I wanted to give other young people an unbiased（无偏见的） and easy way of learning about the world around them, so they could __________ their own opinions and take a stand on the issues that __________ to them. As a result, Student magazine was born. I left school altogether and the magazine became my __________. I feel very fortunate that I was able to find __________ I was truly passionate about, gain confidence in my abilities, and build a love of learning.

My dyslexia has shaped Virgin（维珍商业帝国） right from the very beginning. It helped me think big while keeping our messages __________. The business world often gets caught up in facts and figures. While the details and data are important, the ability to dream, conceptualize and innovate is what sets the successful and the unsuccessful __________. The simple fact is that nobody ever learned anything by listening to themselves speak.

1.

A．anticipate

B．embrace

C．reject

D．tolerate

2.

A．sports

B．music

C．art

D．mathematics

3.

A．virtue

B．labor

C．energy

D．time

4.

A．Besides

B．For

C．Despite

D．Through

5.

A．even if

B．as though

C．in case

D．as long as

6.

A．operated

B．decoded

C．clarified

D．broadened

7.

A．textbook

B．class

C．film

D．game

8.

A．barely

B．precisely

C．ultimately

D．particularly

9.

A．burden

B．preference

C．urge

D．honor

10.

A．integrate

B．form

C．outline

D．refresh

11.

A．rose

B．mattered

C．contributed

D．responded

12.

A．education

B．intention

C．application

D．recreation

13.

A．that

B．what

C．why

D．which

14.

A．new

B．abstract

C．relevant

D．simple

15.

A．apart

B．out

C．aside

D．down

2 . In the Orient young bulls are tested for the fight arena (竞技场) in a certain manner. Each is brought to the ring and ________ to attack a fighter who sticks them with a sword. The bravery of each bull is then   ________   with care according to the number of times he shows his willingness to charge in spite of the sharpness of this sword. From now on, I will recognize that each day I am ________ by life in this manner. If I persist, if I continue to try, if I continue to ________forward, I will succeed.

I will persist until I succeed.

I was not delivered to this world in defeat, nor does failure exist in my vocabulary. I am not a sheep waiting to be killed by my shepherd. I am a lion and I _________ to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. I will not hear those who weep (哭泣) and ______, for their disease is infective. Let them join the sheep. The slaughter house (屠宰场) of failure is not my _______.

I will persist until I succeed.

The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the ________; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are ________ in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still   ________ at a thousand step, yet ________ hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how close it ________ until I turn the corner.

Always will I take another step. If that is of no use, I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult.

I will persist until I succeed.

From now on, I will consider each day’s ________ as one cut of my knife against a big tree. The first cut may cause not a shake in the wood, nor the second, nor the third. Each cut, of itself, may be tiny, and seem of no ________. Yet, from childish cuts the tree will ________ fall. So it will be with my efforts of today.

1.

A．allowed

B．praised

C．persuaded

D．frightened

2.

A．ignored

B．evaluated

C．expressed

D．imagined

3.

A．challenged

B．measured

C．tested

D．favored

4.

A．lean

B．charge

C．walk

D．push

5.

A．prepare

B．desire

C．refuse

D．hesitate

6.

A．complain

B．laugh

C．sing

D．sneeze

7.

A．heaven

B．nest

C．fate

D．fancy

8.

A．beginning

B．middle

C．corner

D．deadline

9.

A．successful

B．necessary

C．complete

D．meaningful

10.

A．come across

B．come about

C．come after

D．come up

11.

A．dream

B．success

C．glory

D．fame

12.

A．sits

B．stands

C．lies

D．lives

13.

A．delight

B．effort

C．sorrow

D．terror

14.

A．symbol

B．manner

C．evidence

D．consequence

15.

A．quickly

B．immediately

C．eventually

D．frequently

3 . The proverb “Work is worship (热爱，崇拜)” emphasizes the importance of work in our life. It states that doing work must be the real worship of the life of every human being.

Human beings are considered the most important entity (独立存在体) in this universe because we are blessed with brains and intelligence. The brain provides the power to think and understand about different things in the world. We all have some purpose in our lives and doing work helps in achieving the purpose of our lives.

It is very important for all the students to understand the importance of work. This stage is very important in every person’s life. The habit that is developed at this age is continued till death. If the students learn to work in this stage they continue the same in future too. For the students, real worship is not the worshiping of god but doing their studies in a sincere way. They need to do regular studies with proper concentration every day.

The students who are attentive and do their work sincerely are rewarded with good marks while the lazy students who avoid doing their work suffer later in their lives. This is because there is no substitute (代替) for hard work. Hard working students grow up to became good citizens of society and the nation in future. Work teaches the students to be disciplined in their life.

Every day we hear of new inventions and achievements made by the people in the world. It could not be possible if the people would not have done their work sincerely. Our history is shining bright because of the great deeds of some great personalities. This is also because of the people who considered their work as worship and performed it honestly. Such people never ran away from doing work. They would not be able to make their names shine in history without hard work. Thus, it can be stated that every success has a big struggle and dedication behind it. People who worship their work can achieve great heights in their life.

“Work is worship.” is a popular quote to make people understand the importance of work in everyone’s life. The one who understands the importance of the work does it properly without thinking of the fruit. The fruit will surely be sweet if the effort is honest.

1. What makes us human beings outstanding in the universe?

A．The importance of work.	B．The blessing of God.
C．The purpose of life.	D．The power of brain.

2. Why does the author emphasize the importance of work to students?

A．Work prepares them for the future.

B．Work makes them more intelligent.

C．Work offers them more substitutes.

D．Work qualifies them for teaching jobs.

3. Why does the author talk about inventions in Paragraph 5?

A．To make them known to the world.

B．To honor those great personalities.

C．To use them as supporting evidence.

D．To call on students to invent things.

4. What is the author’s real purpose of writing the text?

A．To explain the quote “Work is worship”.

B．To encourage people to be hardworking.

C．To teach students to be disciplined it their life.

D．To analyse the reasons for those great successes.

4 . 假定你是李华，你校正在进行主题为“终身学习”的征文活动，请根据以下要点用英语写一篇文章投稿：
1. 终身学习的原因；2. 终身学习的方法。
注意： 1. 词数80左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Lifelong Learning

In a rapidly changing world, it is of vital importance to remain lifelong learners.

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In summary, we should never cease to learn, or we will be abandoned by the times.

5 . Good study habits will contribute to a successful academic future. Good study habits lead to good grades, and good grades lead to applications for better colleges and universities.     1    .

To be successful, the first thing you need to do is to take responsibility for your actions.     2    . Your actions today will decide what will happen tomorrow and even in the near future.

The most important thing to learn to succeed in the classroom is to make full use of your time outside the classroom. Review your class notes and the proper chapters in your textbooks.     3    . Some students work better in the morning, while some can study better in the afternoon, or at night. If you prepare for your lessons in advance, you will be more relaxed in classes.

    4    . Do not be satisfied with your own school textbooks. Ask questions and do your own research. Share your knowledge and listen to others. When you share your knowledge, you help others increase their knowledge. As an unexpected result, when you help others, you learn more.

When you put your best effort into your work, you are already a success. When you follow these study habits successfully, you will develop a sense of satisfaction. This will provide you with a strong feeling of pride because of your achievement. Your good grades will give you confidence for the future.     5    .

A．Always challenge yourself.

B．This in turn will lead to a great career.

C．Different people work better at different times.

D．These habits will contribute to a successful and happy future.

E．Once this is done, move to the second most important project.

F．Make sure to look for help immediately or you may fall behind.

G．You are the only one who can decide your own important thing and how to use your time.

6 . Amazing and perfectly beautiful, The Midnight Library is everything you’d expect from the genius storyteller, Matt Haig. I picked it up from our readers’ recommendations (we asked our readers to send in some of their favorite recent books) and I can see why it won Best Fiction of 2020 in the Good Reads Choice Awards.

The story follows Nora Seed, a woman who is struggling and feels like nothing in her life has gone according to plan. While the initial chapters of the book are quite sad, Nora finds herself given a chance to start over in the Midnight Library, a magical place full of books of all the different paths her life could have taken. Nora is forced to stay in the library and try out different versions of her life until she finds the life she most wants to live.

I loved the idea that no dream or fork in your road is insignificant, and that they all lead us to become different versions of ourselves. In one life, Nora is an Olympic swimmer. In another, she is a glaciologist living on a boat off the coast of Antarctica. The novel reveals in a beautiful way that the potential we all have within us is impossible to measure, and that we have the possibility to be happy in many different versions of life.

It also discusses how dangerous it can be to live your life with regrets. The Midnight Library revealed to Nora that even if you make very different choices, you may uncover a deeper appreciation for your current home and the people in your life. It is your perspective that matters.

I really loved the fantasy and magical realism in this novel, and I would love for this to be turned into a series where we get to explore The Midnight Library of other characters’ lives as well.

1. What can we know about the author of the text?

A．He should be an editor.	B．He is the friend of Matt Haig.
C．Magical realism books are his favorite.	D．He shares a similar experience with Nora.

2. What does The Midnight Library mainly discuss?

A．A magic library.	B．The harm of regret.
C．The exploration of life.	D．Ways to make correct choices.

3. Where can the text be found?

A．In a novel.

B．In a magazine.

C．In a history book.

D．In a biography.

4. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To thank readers who introduced the book.	B．To honour Matt Haig, the author of the book.
C．To share the author’s opinions on the book.	D．To publicize the book to people who are struggling.

7 .

In the forest, trees often give each other space to reach for the sky,a habit that humans can learn from when it comes to setting personal boundaries.

Next time you go for a walk in a forest or woodland take a moment to look above you. You might find that the crown(树冠）resembles a breathtaking umbrella with channel-like gaps between the tops of the trees. This phenomenon has been documented worldwide since the 1920s, and is called “crown shyness”. It happens when trees appear to give each other space.

Even when trees grow close together, they show a mutual (相互的）respect and offer benefits. This is true in the case of “married” trees -where a tree intertwines（缠绕）with one resistant to disease, it shares the advantages of its friend. Maintaining healthy boundaries help trees to maintain good health, manage resources and protect the forest as a whole.

When humans fail to respect boundaries, the emotional and physical resources of individuals,and the community can be affected. In this sense, a boundary is a conceptual border. It helps to establish where you end and other people begin. It means taking responsibility for only your own emotions and actions, not other people’s. You could think of your boundaries as a moat (护城河）around your castle, complete with a drawbridge that can be lowered or raised. As the gatekeeper of your castle, you decide who and what comes in and when.

Of course, marking out boundaries takes time, and some people might be unhappy about any changes you make. Establishing a clear line between you and the rest of the world, however, is essential for building the self-worth and self-care needed to function at your best in relationships.

1. What is “crown shyness”?

A．A crown with channel-like gaps.

B．A forest with umbrella-shaped crowns.

C．A behavior that trees give each other space.

D．A phenomenon that trees compete for space.

2. How does the author develop Paragraph 3?

A．By telling a story.

B．By giving an example.

C．By defining a concept.

D．By making a comparison.

3. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．The effects of ignoring boundaries.

B．The meaning of taking responsibilities.

C．The importance of setting personal boundaries.

D．The methods of managing individual resources.

4. What is the author’s attitude to marking out a boundary?

A．Favorable.	B．Intolerant.
C．Doubtful.	D．Conservative.

8 . 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。

When my little brother Tom was four, Mom said something like “I’d give anything to have a few more hours in the day.” And Tom said, “Why don’t we buy a bigger clock?” If time worked that way, I could have used an extra-big clock last week!

Our teacher had asked us to make an art project showing how plants eat, “I can’t believe we only have two nights to finish it,” Noah said with a sigh. “I have no idea how I’ll get mine done.”

I didn’t say anything. Not because I was nervous—I wasn’t nervous at all. 1 love art projects! In fact, I was so relaxed that I didn’t work on the project at all on Monday night. I planned to start the minute I got home from baseball practice on Tuesday. But there was just one thing.

I forgot baseball would run later than usual because it was the day of Baseball Buddies, which happens every month, and it’s a chance for us older students to practise baseball with the adorable younger kids. The second I got home, I threw the entire craft box (手工盒) onto the kitchen table, took out my “How Plants Eat” paper, and started to work. But just then, the telephone rang.

It was my friend Ollie, who said his grandmother Abuela had just made cookies and wanted to know if I’d come help decorate them. I love decorating cookies, and I love, love, love Abucla’s world-famous Thanksgiving cookies that only happen once a year!

I had no choice. I had to go. Ollie and I put all the star cookies with red jam filling in one group, and all the snowflakes with white cream-cheese filling in another. It was 7 o'clock when I finally got home.1 planned to work on my project right after we ate. But then another interruption hit me.

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。
Just as I was about to start, Dad said, “Joanna, it’s your turn to do the dishes.”
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Looking at the big “F” on my paper, I started to reflect on what I had done these days.
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9 . 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。

It was my twelfth birthday, and what I really wanted most was a new bicycle. But I knew that my family couldn’t afford one, so I settled for a bedside table with lockable drawers, a safe place to keep my private stuff.

We went to the charity shop where we found an old dark one. It didn’t look too cool, but I thought that I would paint it to make it look better.

After we took it home, I was getting ready to paint it. When I pulled the drawers out. I felt something stuck to the back. I reached in all the way, and guess what? A sealed bag with some papers in it.

When I opened the bag, I realized that the papers were official documents. And, wrapped in them were a bunch of ten and twenty dollar bills! Talk about finding a treasure! And on my birthday!

“Is this some kind of joke?” I said aloud. I went ahead and read the papers, and it turned out to be a will. Some old lady was leaving her savings for her son and grandchildren.

My mind was going crazy. Was I the luckiest twelve-year-old ever? With this money I could buy the coolest bicycle. Who knows?

I began counting. When I reached a thousand dollars, my mother was knocking on my bedroom door. I quickly closed the drawer with the money in it.

“Do you want some help? Is everything all right?” she asked.

No, everything was not right. Actually, my stomach was growling (低吼).

“I’m okay,” I lied.

When my mother left my room, I lay on my bed, starting thinking. What a dilemma (窘境)! I wished there were some one I could talk with. Could I keep it and get all kinds of stuff for me and my family? It wouldn’t be too bad for me to keep it, if I shared it...right? Thoughts ran through my mind. But I really didn’t need someone else to give me the answer.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I finally made a decision and called my parents into my bedroom.
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Though surprised, the shop owner helped find the family’s telephone number.
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10 . Among one of the strange experiences of modern life is one that happens to me, though not just to me: I’ll meet a friend for a drink and he will ________some book or product he thinks I’ll like. Then within days—without searching for it online-I'll start seeing ________ web ads for it.

________ there's a rumor that Facebook uses the microphone in your phone to eavesdrop (窃听) on your conversations.

However, that's almost certainly ________. The truth is that apps and websites have already collected so much of your data that they have no ________ for eavesdropping.

But there's another reason Big Tech ________ us so much better than we think, which is that each of us is far more normal than we realize. Take myself as an example: both Facebook and my friend will make almost the same recommendation because my interests are far less special, and thus more ________than I'd like to believe.

"You're not so special" is a message sometimes delivered as an offence. It is at other times interpreted as tough ________, as in the speech by the American high-school teacher David McCullough. His aim was to urge students not to make themselves painful by struggling to prove they're the ________ of the universe.

Given almost any general definition of the term and all things being ________, it probably ________ your intelligence is normal. Without any value judgment, that's all the word "normal" and your taste in culture: chances are they're much less ________ or extreme than you think. Or to put it another way:________ you're special is just one more way in which you're normal, which explains why most people think they're above average at many things.

Don't feel ________ by the thought of being normal, though. "Never forget that every mind ________ by the most ordinary experience, "wrote French poet Paul Valery.

1.

A．purchase

B．recommend

C．mention

D．present

2.

A．targeted

B．irrelevant

C．classified

D．misleading

3.

A．No doubt

B．No problem

C．No use

D．No wonder

4.

A．alarming

B．false

C．obvious

D．typical

5.

A．sense

B．way

C．idea

D．need

6.

A．serves

B．knows

C．monitors

D．commands

7.

A．accessible

B．reasonable

C．acceptable

D．predictable

8.

A．love

B．push

C．warning

D．decision

9.

A．center

B．part

C．end

D．master

10.

A．effective

B．different

C．specific

D．equal

11.

A．means

B．appears

C．addresses

D．violates

12.

A．regular

B．unusual

C．precious

D．competitive

13.

A．knowing

B．displaying

C．wondering

D．thinking

14.

A．astonished

B．abandoned

C．discouraged

D．motivated

15.

A．shaped

B．occupied

C．reserved

D．limited