1 . When my daughter was in the 4th grade, one day she brought home four twigs. They were tiny trees given to the students by the school to______. None of them looked very______but with a hope for the______, so I helped my daughter plant them in our backyard. Over the years an accident with the lawnmower（割草机）and______soil brought an end to three of them. All that was left was a single evergreen（常青树）.

It was not straight and grew very______, seemingly never growing very tall. In the end it looked more like a fat bush than a______. I noticed a few years ago that it was starting to______. The lower branches were becoming______. The needles on the branches a little further up had turned brown. Only the top third of the tree was still green. Last summer I did my best to______it by feeding it a lot of fertilizer（肥料）but______.

This morning I went out and looked at it again. I was______on whether it would be better to just cut it down. It would make mowing the lawn______and I would no longer have to watch it die. As I walked over to take a closer look at it,______, I noticed something moving within the needles. It was a robin patiently______a nest in the topmost branches. I______when I looked at it and thought that maybe this old tree had some life and______left in it yet. It may not be healthy or pretty but it was still giving a bird a______and oxygen to this world.

This tree______me of something too. All of our lives have a______. All of our lives have meaning. It doesn’t matter whether we are young and healthy or old and sick. Until our last______here we can help to make this world a better and more beautiful place.

1.

A．research

B．climb

C．feed

D．plant

2.

A．delicate

B．young

C．strong

D．precious

3.

A．safety

B．future

C．praise

D．fruit

4.

A．poor

B．soft

C．wet

D．thick

5.

A．wildly

B．slowly

C．firmly

D．randomly

6.

A．branch

B．wheat

C．tree

D．trunk

7.

A．die

B．bend

C．grow

D．appear

8.

A．flexible

B．hard

C．broken

D．bare

9.

A．protect

B．save

C．cure

D．decorate

10.

A．in vain

B．in order

C．in place

D．in shock

11.

A．relying

B．insisting

C．carrying

D．deciding

12.

A．shorter

B．busier

C．easier

D．greener

13.

A．besides

B．however

C．therefore

D．otherwise

14.

A．building

B．painting

C．discovering

D．designing

15.

A．cried

B．whispered

C．smiled

D．teased

16.

A．privilege

B．potential

C．energy

D．usefulness

17.

A．home

B．point

C．stage

D．direction

18.

A．cheated

B．reminded

C．warned

D．ridded

19.

A．limit

B．result

C．switch

D．purpose

20.

A．wish

B．matter

C．chance

D．moment

2 . American track and field athlete Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee once said,“Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.” And 50-year-old Indian Lakyntiew Syiemlieh stands an evidence for this saying. She recently cleared her Class 12 board exams. Lakyntiew,who has four children and two grandchildren, decided to go after her higher secondary education over three decades after dropping out of school. Earlier this year, she was one of the 24,267 students who appeared for the state board's Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate(HSSLC) exam. Lakyntiew took part in the exams for the arts stream and had chosen subjects like Khasi,English, Political Science, Economics, and Education as her areas of specialization.

On July 13,2020,when the results were announced, she was excited. “Though I only got the third division(分段)，my children were still so excited that they started shouting, hugging, and kissing me when the results were declared,"said Lakyntiew.

In fact,the grandmother of two has expressed her interest in pursuing(追求) higher studies in the field of local language. Lakyntiew took up a distance education course offered by a university in 2015. She stopped going to school because mathematics was too difficult for her to understand. She was offered a job to teach in a preschool in 2008, and that was the beginning of her love for re-learning.

Being the oldest student in the class, most of Lakyntiew's classmates called her as "Mei”, which means “mother” in the local language. Besides concentrating on academics,she also participated in after-class activities like field trips, dance competitions, and singing challenges, among others.

Age is not a problem when one is in search of education. Lakyntiew Syiemlieh is an example for everybody,and especially for those who give up studies midway.

1. When did Lakyntiew probably drop out of school?

A．In 2008.

B．In 1998.

C．In 1988.

D．In 1968.

2. Which of the following caused Lakyntiew to stop going to school?

A．Her family was too poor to afford her education.

B．She had too much difficulty in learning one subject.

C．She was offered so good a job that she couldn't refuse.

D．She had many children to raise and had no time to study.

3. Which can best describe Lakyntiew's performance at school?

A．Independent.

B．Reasonable.

C．Outstanding.

D．Active.

4. What can we learn from Lakyntiew's story?

A．Live and learn.	B．Hard work pays off.
C．Many hands make light work.	D．Education is the key to success.

3 . Did you know that Albert Einstein could not speak until he was four years old, and could not read until he was seven? His parents and teachers worried about his mental (大脑的) ability.

Beethoven’s music teacher said about him, “As a composer (作曲家) he is hopeless.” What if this young boy had believed it?

When Thomas Edison was a young boy, his teachers said he was so stupid that he could never learn anything. He once said, “I remember I used to never be able to get along at school. I was always at the foot of my class ... My father thought I was stupid, and I almost decided that I was a stupid person.” What if young Thomas had believed what they said about him?

When the sculptor (雕刻家) Auguste Rodin was young, he had difficulty learning to read and write. Today, we may say he had a learning disability. His father said of him, “I have an idiot (白痴) for a son.” His uncle agreed. “He’s uneducable,” he said. What if Rodin had doubted his ability?

Walt Disney was once fired by a newspaper editor because he was thought to have no “good ideas”. Enrico Caruso was told by one music teacher, “You can’t sing. You have no voice at all.” And an editor told Louisa May Alcott that she was unable to write anything that would have popular attraction.

What if these people had listened and become discouraged? Where would our world be without the music of Beethoven, the art of Rodin or the ideas of Albert Einstein and Walt Disney? As Oscar Levant once said, “It’s not what you are but what you don’t become that hurts.”

You have great potential (潜力). When you believe in all you can be, rather than all you cannot become, you will find your place on earth.

1. How many successful people are mentioned as examples in the passage?

A．Six.

B．Seven.

C．Eight.

D．Nine.

2. What can we learn from the passage?

A．When he was young, Thomas Edison always got good grades at school.

B．Levant thought Louisa May Alcott couldn’t write any popular works.

C．Only Auguste Rodin’s uncle regarded him a boy of learning ability.

D．Both Enrico Caruso and Beethoven achieved their dreams in music.

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence “He’s uneducable”?

A．He is too stupid to be taught.	B．He is very clever.
C．He is different.	D．He is a late success.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Working Hard for Success	B．Having Dreams
C．Believing in Yourself	D．Self-challenging

4 . I’m proud of myself for this kindness I did last night. I did it ________ and did the right thing. However, I was unwilling to _______, because by sharing 1 am also sharing the ________ and more self-centered side of myself.

It was last night and I ________ my shift at work. It was late and I wanted to go straight home. On my way out of the door I ________ a fellow staff member and colleague. She doesn’t have a ________ and usually either catches a taxi home or _______ for an hour waiting for _______ staff member and friend of here to finish work.

In the past I’ve ________ to drive her home as she ________ on my side of town. But last night I really did not want to. I wanted to ________ straight home, alone. And I did not have to make “small talk”.

So I tried to ________ her, walking past her, heading down, and stealing out (偷溜) to the _______ without letting her see me and _______ without offering her a lift.

Yet, something in myself was stopping me. Something in myself made me ________ her and put myself in her shoes. She had young ________ who she wanted to go home to attend to and, she could go home right now _______ I took her, not an hour later when the other staff member and friend of hers who was taking her. So I offered.She_______. And of course, she was extremely ________.

Well, I learned a great ________ last night about not being so self-centered and selfish!

1.

A．nervously

B．proudly

C．exactly

D．carefully

2.

A．share

B．remark

C．do

D．consider

3.

A．pleasure

B．respect

C．honour

D．selfish

4.

A．changed

B．kept

C．finished

D．missed

5.

A．noticed

B．greeted

C．followed

D．helped

6.

A．home

B．choice

C．friend

D．car

7.

A．hangs around

B．hides away

C．watches over

D．calms down

8.

A．each

B．another

C．either

D．that

9.

A．hated

B．happened

C．offered

D．refused

10.

A．works

B．lives

C．plays

D．remains

11.

A．fly

B．ride

C．drive

D．walk

12.

A．remind

B．avoid

C．attract

D．please

13.

A．workroom

B．office

C．playground

D．park

14.

A．therefore

B．even

C．however

D．instead

15.

A．rely on

B．spy on

C．look at

D．point at

16.

A．neighbors

B．pets

C．children

D．friends

17.

A．since

B．although

C．as

D．if

18.

A．accepted

B．hesitated

C．approached

D．urged

19.

A．reliable

B．upset

C．generous

D．grateful

20.

A．gift

B．lesson

C．treasure

D．method

5 . 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。

Yesterday start out as an ordinary day. I met a homeless person on my way to work, so I stopped but decided to give him to my lunch. It felt like everything much to me, but his smile of thank said it all! I then took a box of chocolates to the man whom works at the bike shop below office. He had lent me his bike several days early. He wasn't expecting it. Therefore, he was exciting to receive the unexpected gift.

I realized that I was kindly to myself in fact. Besides, the more I gave, the better I felt and the more I wanted to do.

6 . Ernest Hemingway,like all writers,means different things to different people.To some,he represents a hunting,drinking,smoking,and aggressive male.To my high school mind,he was just some old white guy going on about a fisherman desperate to catch a large sea fish—though Ms.Frederieks,my English teacher,had forced us to read The Old Man and the Sea,I didn't come to appreciate it,nor any of Hemingway's books,until much later.But in my early 20s,someone mailed me a dusty copy of Hemingway's first novel,The Sun Also Rises.I'd never read anything quite like it—and haven't since.

Today marks the 90th anniversary of the publication of that book,A masterpiece of the form,The Sun Also Rises is a rare achievement in its power.Its brief yet evocative(引起共鸣的)sentences made a strong impression as I was beginning to develop my own love of words;“Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?”one character asks narrator Jake,an American newspaper                    reporter.“Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already?”

None of Hemingway's other works,though some were good and even great,quite expressed the idea of desire and longing that his first novel does.But there's also an obvious sadness that affects the entire novel,which,in truth,is what attracted me more than anything.How could these depressed and often insufferable characters be drawn so beautifully?And how on earth could such simple,undecorated writing carry this kind of emotional weight?Nathaniel Hawthorne says it best:"Easy reading is extremely hard writing."

But for me,it's much more than that.When I read?The Sun Also Rises-and I go back to it every few yeas-I'm instantly transported to Pamplona,where Hemingway's characters go to watch the bullfights.I visited Pamplona as a kid with my family,and I too watched the bullfights with my father—who randomly sent me this wonderful book.

1. What did the author think of Hemingway when he way in high school?

A．A puzzle

B．A specialist.

C．A legend.

D．A passer-by.

2. What do we know about The Sun Also Rises?

A．It is a best seller.	B．It was published a century ago.
C．Its simple words are appealing.	D．It's Hemingway's most popular novel.

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

A．He is crazy about travelling.	B．He was greatly affected by the book
C．He attached importance to reading.	D．He enjoyed looking back on old days.

4. Which column is the passage possibly from?

A．Review.

B．News.

C．Anecdote.

D．History.

7 . I was on jury (陪审团) duty in downtown Pittsburgh and decided to take a walk during our one-hour lunch break. As I was walking, I noticed an elderly lady holding up a(n)_________, which said: “Will work for $, trying to get home.” I_________putting several dollars in her box, but all I had was a twenty-dollar bill I_________to use for groceries on my way home._________, I didn’t want to part with it. So I started to walk away, but eventually I_________.

I started a_______with her. Her name was Katie, and she was_________. She’d been a dishwasher, but lost her job and_________on the street. She wanted to go to Colorado Springs where she had relatives. She wasn’t having much_________with her sign and donations. I really wanted to__________her, but I had only about forty-five minutes to return to the courtroom.

Then I made up my mind. I told her I’d__________her to the Greyhound station, even though it was a fifteen-minute walk. I looked again in my__________, and the twenty-dollar bill stared at me. Then I noticed an old credit card I hadn’t________for over a year. I didn’t think it would work. But I decided to give it a(n)__________when we passed an ATM。To my great__________, the money came out.

On reaching the Greyhound station, I bought Katie a__________and gave her the rest of the money for food. She was so__________that she hugged me tightly before I waved goodbye.

I ran back to the courtroom and felt great__________that I made it just in time. What made me more__________was that the rest of the day went smoothly. Just as a saying goes, “Helping others is__________helping ourselves”.

1.

A．letter

B．sign

C．article

D．invitation

2.

A．gave up

B．set about

C．insisted on

D．thought of

3.

A．intended

B．offered

C．promised

D．remembered

4.

A．Strangely

B．Unwillingly

C．Selfishly

D．Ridiculously

5.

A．kept on

B．turned back

C．looked up

D．got through

6.

A．conversation

B．discussion

C．negotiation

D．compromise

7.

A．hopeless

B．fearless

C．speechless

D．homeless

8.

A．fell over

B．broke down

C．ended up

D．settled down

9.

A．luck

B．patience

C．courage

D．experience

10.

A．save

B．help

C．believe.

D．please

11.

A．attract

B．drive

C．recommend

D．accompany

12.

A．car

B．wallet

C．suitcase

D．parcel

13.

A．seen

B．charged

C．used

D．repaid

14.

A．try

B．name

C．honor

D．award

15.

A．pride

B．credit

C．puzzle

D．surprise

16.

A．ticket

B．lunch

C．souvenir

D．drink

17.

A．generous

B．friendly

C．grateful

D．outgoing

18.

A．duty

B．relief

C．challenge

D．reward

19.

A．energetic

B．optimistic

C．touched

D．delighted

20.

A．properly

B．personally

C．actually

D．especially

8 . The Most Valuable Skill

My grandmother, who had Alzheimer disease, got worse two years ago. My father had her taken good care of in a famous nursing home nearby. My grandmother was a retired university professor, which often made her have an ocean of_________who she had taught before. The old man next door almost had no visitors at all, in deep_________with my grandmother. When I kept her company, he was always_________,sitting on his wheelchair and bathing himself in the sunshine.

Once I_________him, “How are you doing recently?” He gave me a look, but said nothing. I thought he could not hear well, so I_________my voice, “I was asking, ‘How are you doing recently?’” He_________ his head slightly. After a long while finding I was still there, he just said, “Fine.” Then he looked away. I had to choose to _________.

Later, a nurse accidentally told me that the old man had been a businessman, after getting tons of money and companies._________ he was not a good speaker, he annoyed many people and _________made his family and friends pull away. Then he went broke.

That day, my father asked, “What is the most valuable__________a person can have for their entire life?” Before I answered, he continued, “You think making money is the answer. huh? No! But the ability to express your __________is. Seriously, I believe this is something most of us__________.”

It’s extremely__________for a person to learn to put into words, what he thinks. It makes a relationship__________. It creates a(n) __________on the person you’re talking to. It gives you a chance to__________what others think about your ideas. It lets you say something in a________ other people understand. How many of us have said something that has__________whoever loves us deeply? Whatever you say, on purpose or__________,will matter.

So Hemingway concluded, “It takes two years to learn to __________,and a lifetime to learn to shut up.”

1.

A．friends

B．colleagues

C．visitors

D．relatives

2.

A．connection

B．competition

C．conflict

D．contrast

3.

A．alone

B．sad

C．different

D．silent

4.

A．interrupted

B．greeted

C．consulted

D．approached

5.

A．lost

B．sharpened

C．raised

D．lowered

6.

A．shook

B．nodded

C．hid

D．buried

7.

A．go up

B．break up

C．hurry up

D．shut up

8.

A．Once

B．Although

C．Since

D．Unless

9.

A．even

B．also

C．still

D．just

10.

A．gift

B．character

C．skill

D．potential

11.

A．thoughts

B．actions

C．views

D．words

12.

A．possess

B．lack

C．seek

D．accumulate

13.

A．difficult

B．enjoyable

C．urgent

D．valuable

14.

A．extend

B．last

C．change

D．appear

15.

A．impression

B．opportunity

C．influence

D．memory

16.

A．convey

B．explore

C．feel

D．search

17.

A．situation

B．sense

C．way

D．position

18.

A．attacked

B．damaged

C．injured

D．hurt

19.

A．unconsciously

B．deliberately

C．seriously

D．gently

20.

A．eat

B．speak

C．walk

D．communicate

9 . Lisa is a world-class speaking coach now, but even she didn’t know she had a voice once. It was _______ when she first started out. At school, she was_______ every day. At one point, a classmate told her that she was “God’s _______”.

She auditioned (试演) to be in Charlie’s Angel and the Bionic Woman, but she was_______, though she won every event in the _______. Since then, for the next 15 years, Lisa_______ herself, “Why am I here? Why me this skin?” And she dealt with _______ self-respect problems. She sat inside self-blame and _______ and tried her best to prove that she was_______ enough.

Her day came when she received a__________applause from an audience of 15,000 people after her poem recital (朗诵会) at church-one of the__________ being TV’s Bionic Woman, Lindsay Wagner. Lindsay told her, “Sweetheart, I’m __________ in Hollywood. You with your journey, you are the __________Bionic Woman.”

It was then that Lisa realized, the__________was not in trying to find validation (验证) in others-it was in __________. Though it took her 15 years to learn this, it was a journey she had to__________. And because of that journey, her __________became so much more powerful.

Each of us has a voice. But how many times have you __________ your brilliant ideas? Your voice makes a __________ and you don’t have to wait to get on a stage to use your voice. What do you __________ wish you could share with the world? Be brave and speak your voice!

1.

A．clear

B．difficult

C．late

D．special

2.

A．promised

B．observed

C．mistaken

D．teased

3.

A．creature

B．gift

C．mistake

D．story

4.

A．rejected

B．interrupted

C．inspected

D．removed

5.

A．scenes

B．exams

C．competitions

D．tryouts

6.

A．encouraged

B．questioned

C．reminded

D．warned

7.

A．general

B．obvious

C．severe

D．basic

8.

A．shame

B．pride

C．fear

D．excuse

9.

A．smart

B．good

C．hard-working

D．skillful

10.

A．demanding

B．cycling

C．controlling

D．standing

11.

A．listeners

B．relatives

C．players

D．speakers

12.

A．the director

B．a singer

C．an actress

D．the boss

13.

A．magical

B．worthy

C．unusual

D．true

14.

A．duty

B．answer

C．reason

D．courage

15.

A．self-love

B．self-blame

C．self-defence

D．self-pity

16.

A．stick to

B．give up

C．go through

D．search for

17.

A．soul

B．voice

C．strength

D．effort

18.

A．ignored

B．passed

C．silenced

D．shared

19.

A．deal

B．decision

C．fortune

D．difference

20.

A．secretly

B．quickly

C．finally

D．especially

10 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，有两项为多余选项。
●Does failure really exist? If you believe you have failed, then you have. If you believe you don’t have the ability to succeed, then you don’t.    1    The moment you decide to give up or stop working toward your goals, failure is born.
●    2    Most people give themselves an out without even realizing it. They are willing to work hard on reaching their goals, but only until the going gets too rough or their energy dies down. Don’t do that!    3    Never quit, never admit failure, and never lose heart.
●Don’t believe in a clear finish line for goals.It’s a good idea to set a general timeline, but remember that something will be beyond your control.    4    If you lock yourself into a given timeline, you might make yourself feel like a failure! Instead, get a general idea of when you’d like your goal to be completed. Then take it one day at a time and focus on making progress instead of reaching the finish line in as little time as possible.
●Be sure that you don’t see difficulties as failures.Difficulties mean only one thing: it’s not time for your goal to be completed yet. That’s it! It doesn’t mean you failed; it doesn’t mean you’re weak; it doesn’t mean you’ll never achieve your goals.    5    You’ve got to keep moving forward and find a way over, around, or through the difficulties.

A．Never give up on yourself.

B．Failure only exists in your own mind!

C．That’s exactly how failure makes us feel.

D．It simply means you have not done enough yet.

E．You can never say exactly when your goal will be reached.

F．Instead, make up your mind to make your goal happen, no matter what!

G．Work hard towards your goal, and you will be likely to get good results.