1 . Standing by a lake, I was amazed at so many small rocks surrounding my boots. They were all created from_________surfaces, their edges softening over time.

Seeing them, I wonder what can be learnt from the rocks. As we know, even the tallest mountains can become flatter or_________, not as tall as they were 1000 years ago. Just like the rocks, I find my desire to better understand other people has_________with each trip around the world.

Once, I too was a_________rock. After decades of the water of life_________over me, my edges are softer and more understanding. I’m less likely to argue but more interested in learning how we can _________together.

Recently, while traveling in the Pacific Northwest, I watched a_________owner ask several young men to_________because they didn’t wear masks. On the door read a_________: “Please wear a mask before entering our restaurant. We don’t like it either, but let’s do what we can to__________this together.” The group of people argued about the note__________.

I sat__________, understanding both sides. I’ve been those men before, using my__________edges to chip away at (削弱，蚕食) the world.__________, now I realize that what I lost was the ability to put myself in others’__________. Learning to be more__________, I’ve found more happiness.

Time, like the waters rolling against once sharp stones, __________us and lets us see the world from __________point of view.

I placed a__________stone into my pocket. Mother Nature is__________a class again.

1.

A．flat

B．hard

C．round

D．soft

2.

A．safer

B．rougher

C．smoother

D．narrower

3.

A．expanded

B．lost

C．kept

D．set

4.

A．sharp

B．huge

C．bare

D．little

5.

A．walking

B．turning

C．coming

D．flowing

6.

A．work

B．exist

C．play

D．come

7.

A．store

B．building

C．club

D．restaurant

8.

A．argue

B．flee

C．leave

D．chat

9.

A．sign

B．letter

C．book

D．poster

10.

A．break through

B．get through

C．look into

D．take notice of

11.

A．carelessly

B．differently

C．freely

D．angrily

12.

A．glaring

B．talking

C．teasing

D．watching

13.

A．bleeding

B．smooth

C．youthful

D．strange

14.

A．However

B．Besides

C．Thus

D．Instead

15.

A．notes

B．shoes

C．words

D．groups

16.

A．careful

B．considerate

C．smart

D．humorous

17.

A．changes

B．shows

C．asks

D．leads

18.

A．its

B．their

C．another’s

D．our

19.

A．damaged

B．carved

C．colored

D．rounded

20.

A．dropping

B．attending

C．providing

D．needing

2 . One of the most frequent questions I get on my blog is, “Can you recommend some books for boys?” I _________this particularly the first time my 11-year-old daughter _________ several books she loved on my blog.

After these questions started _________, I took a second look at the books she’d recommended. The _________thing was that the titles she’d suggested were a fifty-fifty _________ between books with heroes and heroines (女主角). _________, many parents couldn’t understand that their sons might _________ these books because a girl recommended them.

The sad _________ is that often, we assume books with male main characters are for _________ and books with female main characters are only for girls. And this is a lose-lose (两败俱伤) situation.

It’s a __________ to boys because it cuts them off from so many great __________ and characters. It’s also bad for the boys who want to read those stories because they feel __________ about their reading choices.

On my Instagram Stories, one mother told me about her __________ who loves The Baby-Sitters Club books __________ asked her to take him to another library branch outside their city. He was __________ that his friends would see him __________ the books and tease him.

Of course, I’m not saying we should __________ our children to read books they have no __________ in reading. Books can open up a whole new __________ to our young readers. Let’s not close half that world shut in the faces of the boys.

No one __________ when we label books “boy books” or “girl books”.

1.

A．raised

B．noticed

C．changed

D．imagined

2.

A．bought

B．exchanged

C．read

D．suggested

3.

A．rolling in

B．going away

C．getting through

D．working out

4.

A．boring

B．inspiring

C．surprising

D．moving

5.

A．profit

B．chance

C．split

D．game

6.

A．Still

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．Instead

7.

A．adapt

B．enjoy

C．refuse

D．hate

8.

A．example

B．attempt

C．memory

D．truth

9.

A．parents

B．someone

C．heroes

D．everyone

10.

A．damage

B．benefit

C．burden

D．pleasure

11.

A．readers

B．stories

C．movies

D．editors

12.

A．annoyed

B．certain

C．embarrassed

D．happy

13.

A．son

B．daughter

C．husband

D．friend

14.

A．or

B．so

C．but

D．and

15.

A．confused

B．afraid

C．glad

D．excited

16.

A．sorting out

B．burning out

C．giving out

D．checking out

17.

A．warn

B．forbid

C．force

D．beg

18.

A．difficulty

B．ability

C．patience

D．interest

19.

A．world

B．debate

C．race

D．market

20.

A．knows

B．wins

C．doubts

D．loses

3 . 阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

When I was a little girl, I spent memorable holidays with my grandmother, who lived in a small village. She was a farmer with a stooped (弯曲的) back that made it seem like she was always leaning forward to examine something. Early in the morning, she would tie a cloth around her waist and set out to the farm. I would skip breathlessly alongside, trying to keep up. On our way, she would greet everyone we passed.

There was the standard greeting, “Did you wake up on the right foot this morning?” Then, the more personalized greetings. To Patriarch Kosi who sat under the mango tree, she would ask, “Are the grandchildren in good health?” To the Bean Stew Seller who was preparing to serve breakfast, she would inquire, “Are your boys well?”

Sometimes, the greetings were spoken soothingly (安慰地). When we walked past the widow, Dada Mawusi, many months after her husband’s death, Grandmother would say directly, “How is your grieving?” She didn’t like to beat around the bush. The greeting made more sense to her to acknowledge the woman’s suffering, and in doing so, empathize (理解) with her.

The people that Grandmother greeted would respond similarly. “I see you have your granddaughter with you today. How is her father?” or “I see you have woken up before the cock’s crow today. May it be a fruitful day at the farm.” As a young girl, I thought these greetings were unnecessarily time-consuming. What I now realize is that the greetings increased a sense of belonging. My grandmother taught me that there is always time to greet someone before getting down to business. You can always take a few extra seconds to say a greeting to a person. We enrich our society when we acknowledge the unique presence of one another.

1. Where did the writer spend holidays when she was young? (no more than 6 words)
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2. What made the writer feel breathless? (no more than 8 words)
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3. How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3? (no more than 10 words)
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4. What did the writer think about greetings when she was young? (no more than 10 words)
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5. Why do you think greeting neighbors is important? Give your reasons, (no more than 20 words)
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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。

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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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。

Out of a 13-year-old girl’s summer boredom, I put up a tent in our yard and intended to sleep in it. It was midnight and my dad had been asleep upstairs. A girl knocked on the front door, asking if she could use our phone to call her parents.

I watched her struggle to dial the numbers. After she dialed the wrong numbers several times, I offered to do that for her. But after I dialed several times, there still no people answered the phone. Looking at the girl, I said, “Want to sleep in my tent?” She hesitated for a while and agreed.

I accompanied her into the darkness of the yard, entered the tent, and turned my lantern on. She told me how she got here. She and her parents had a nice dinner. After dinner, she expressed she wanted a beautiful dress in a special style, but it was too expressive for her parents. They argued fiercely（激烈地）and she left in anger. She wandered alone aimlessly（漫无目的地）until she found herself on an unfamiliar road. Her cellphone was in her parent’s bag and she seemed to have got lost. She wiped her eyes with my pillow, looked at me sadly, and then said, “Why didn’t my parents buy that dress for me?”

I knew just nodding obviously couldn’t solve the problem. “Do you think your parents love you?” I asked. Hearing my questions, she nodded and said regretfully, “My parents always meet my request as far as possible. This is my fault to ask them to buy that dress which they can’t afford. ” At the time, my phone rang. It turned out her parents’ call. Her parents sounded very worried and said they would come very soon. Then, my dad walked down the stairs.

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。

I explained what had happened and he asked the girl, “Do you want that dress?”

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At that time, her parents came.

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6 . Have you ever felt like others don’t understand your pain when they seem to be living a happy life? You’re not alone in feeling this way, but the truth is that happiness takes work.    1    

Live in the present moment

Your past is important to learn from.    2     At the end of the day, though, the only thing that exists outside of your head is the present. In order to ground yourself in the now, you can practise noticing what’s around you, how you’re feeling, why you’re feeling that way, etc.

Be kind to others

    3     While you may not be at a place to help them financially (经济上), offering a smile or a kind word can help them feel better about where they’re in life. When others see you show kindness, they’ll also be more likely to do so.

Keep your mind open

Having an open mind is important for your growth. You may be right about something, but it doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways to look at it.    4     You are sure to learn something as long as you stay open to difficult conversations.

    5    

You’ll hear people say “I had that idea” every time you see someone create something great. Everyone had the idea for Facebook first. The reason Mark Zuckerberg got rich off it is that he went out and did it, while everyone else was talking about it. Ideas are useless if you don’t act on them. Less thinking, more doing.

A．Decide what’s important to you.

B．Here are several ways you can try.

C．Take action for what matters to you.

D．Your future is important to work towards.

E．Every day you see someone who needs help.

F．Listening to ideas you don’t agree with keeps your mind open.

G．So find something new and set goals beyond what you believe possible.

7 . I still remember my first fishing experience as if it were but yesterday. I have been _________ many times in my life (like when I got admitted to the best school), but never more intensely so than when I received that first fishing _________ from my uncle.

My uncle, who knew by long _________ where pickerel (梭鱼) would gather, _________ placed me at the most favorable point. I threw out my line and waited anxiously for a bite, _________ the float up and down rapidly on the surface of the water. But nothing came of it. "Try again," said my uncle. Suddenly the float _________ out of sight. "Now for it," thought I, "here is a fish at last."

I made a strong pull, only to bring up a tangle of weeds. Again and again I cast out my line with aching arms, and drew it back empty. I looked at my uncle _________ . "Try once more," he said.“We fishermen must have _________ .”

Suddenly something tugged at my line, and swept off with it into deep water. Pulling it up quickly, I saw a fine pickerel wriggling (扭动) in the sun. "Uncle!”I cried, looking back in uncontrollable _________ , "I've got a fish!” "Not yet," said my uncle. Just then, I saw the scared fish shooting into the middle of the stream, my hook hung __________ from the line. I had lost my prize.

My heart sank with it and I felt like a failure. We tend to speak of the __________ of childhood as matters of little importance __________ those of grown-ups. Controlled by reason and self-respect, the sorrows of grown-ups __________ the social customs and rules of conduct __________ the sorrows of childhood are a complete abandonment to the passion. The doll's nose is broken, and the whole world __________ with it.

So, overcome with my bitter disappointment, I refused to be __________ , even by my uncle's guarantee that there were more fish in the river. He refitted my bait, and, putting the pole again in my hands, told me to try my luck once more.

"But remember, boy," he said, with a smile, "it's no use to boast of (自夸) anything before it's done, nor then, either, __________ it speaks for itself."

How often I have been reminded of the fish that I did not catch __________! When I hear people talking about their distant aims as if they had already been achieved, I call to mind that __________ by the riverside, and the wise caution of my uncle takes the form of a proverb of __________ application: "NEVER BOAST OF YOUR FISH BEFORE YOU CATCH HIM."

1.

A．happy

B．confident

C．curious

D．optimistic

2.

A．basket

B．pole

C．net

D．boat

3.

A．analysis

B．calculation

C．adjustment

D．experience

4.

A．casually

B．desperately

C．considerately

D．unexpectedly

5.

A．kicking

B．moving

C．releasing

D．folding

6.

A．sank

B．bounced

C．flew

D．extended

7.

A．understandingly

B．appealingly

C．seemingly

D．approvingly

8.

A．affection

B．imagination

C．ability

D．patience

9.

A．amusement

B．disappointment

C．excitement

D．astonishment

10.

A．separate

B．heavy

C．empty

D．dull

11.

A．achievements

B．sorrows

C．remarks

D．commitments

12.

A．in comparison with

B．in favour of

C．in response to

D．on account of

13.

A．reform

B．keep

C．violate

D．establish

14.

A．if

B．since

C．when

D．while

15.

A．goes ahead

B．takes off

C．breaks up

D．comes out

16.

A．criticized

B．teased

C．comforted

D．protected

17.

A．for

B．once

C．if

D．though

18.

A．just then

B．ever since

C．ever after

D．only now

19.

A．view

B．location

C．conflict

D．scene

20.

A．liberal

B．potential

C．artificial

D．universal

8 . 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。
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。

Mom was used to give us something special for dinner when I was girl. She once put some burnt breads in front of Dad. To my surprised, Dad just smiled at Mom and eat it up. After dinner, Mom said sorry to Dad for the bread, and Dad said, "I true love burnt bread,dear." That night, I asked Dad if he really liked the bread. He said: "My mom is tired, and you see－a bit of burnt food never hurts anyone!" Now I know life is not perfect. Nobody are perfect. What we really need is to understand each other. So be kind for those around you!

9 . I had not realized how the pandemic(疫情）had influenced my children until I took them recently into a store in the city center several hours from our home. It was a food market that carries specialties(地方特产）from all around the world.

For me, it was a quick and necessary stop to get something for dinner. But for my children, who had hardly left our small Canadian town for 14 months, it was an adventure into a world they'd completely forgotten about. They'd seldom even been to the store because it was a task my husband or I usually did alone.

While I loved seeing their excitement, it also filled me with sadness. Even though our experience of the pandemic has been much easier than that of families living in populated cities, I hadn't known just how small their world had become until that moment.

Because they're so young, they don't have the same memories(记忆）of the busy marketplaces and restaurants that I hold in my heart, thanks to the years I spent living in cities and visiting often after moving away. I remember those ordinary experiences with nostalgia(怀旧）but know for sure that they will come back one day.

Moved by the children's excitement, I realized the best I could do was bring the world to them. I bought the food they wanted in the store. At that moment, I felt a new understanding of food, for its ability to take us to different places, to start discussions with children about where it comes from and how it' s prepared, and to create powerful family memories. We cannot travel right now, but we can cook and eat together, and that is the next best thing.

1. What did the family do recently?

A．They opened a store in a town.

B．They shopped in a food market.

C．They traveled to a Canadian town.

D．They bought specialty foods online.

2. Why did the author feel sad?

A．Her family's backyard was too small.

B．Her children enjoyed fewer activities.

C．She failed to buy what her children wanted.

D．Her family lived too far from the city center.

3. How did the children feel about their trip?

A．Curious.	B．Tired.
C．Worried.	D．Thankful

4. What did the author do for her children in the end?

A．She made a quick meal.

B．She planned a world tour.

C．She chose a traditional way of cooking.

D．She opened conversations about foreign food.

10 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

When I was seven, I found a watch while walking down the hallway of my school. The watch was expensive-looking, set with gold. As I picked it up, greedy (贪欲) suddenly came over me, and instead of turning it into the office like I should have, I became the owner of the watch.

When I got home from school, I found Mom cooking dinner in the kitchen. Thinking that she would be impressed, I held out my prize for her to see with a feeling of excitement and pride. Mom, however, was far from impressed. Instead, she was angry at her son keeping the watch instead of turning it in. Mom then ordered me to go straight back to school and take the watch to someone at the office. I started to argue, but after taking a good look at the expression on Mom’s face, I realized that would get me nowhere. There was nothing left for me to do but obey (服从).

I have to admit, I was rather angry with Mom for making me give up the watch. I felt that it was justly mine since I was the one who had found it. Yes, I knew she was right, but greed had forced me to keep the watch, and now pride wouldn’t allow me to admit that I had done something wrong. But time passed, and I forgot all about the lesson that I learned from the watch until fourteen years later.

While I was attending college, I had managed to get a job at a Walmart pushing carts off the parking lot. One morning, I found a checkbook (支票簿) that had been left in a shopping cart. Quickly, I took it to the customers service desk and gave it to the employee there so that the customer who had lost it could pick it up.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
3.请按格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:

Later, as I was outside pushing carts, a man came up to me.

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Paragraph 2:

Then my thoughts went back to the day when Mom had made me return the watch.

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