2 . In a cold winter, a couple had to move out of their big house because of bankruptcy (破产). The husband worked day and night but with no care of his wife. So she thought, “He doesn’t love me anymore ; he just thinks about his work.”

One day, she wanted to take a shower, but her husband stopped her at the door. “Let me take it first, OK?” “Why not let me take it first?” she asked. “I’m tired, dear. You take it later, OK?” She was very sad. On a rainy day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer. After a few minutes, her eyes were full of tears...it was his diary: Today, I was quite sad. She asked me why I was always taking the shower first, and I said I was tired. She was unhappy. I wasn’t as rich as before! We moved to the small house and it was very cold. I found that if one person took the shower first, the bathroom could get a little warmer. So I always rushed to the bathroom first. When she took the shower, the bathroom could get warmer, at least 1°C. I can’t give her more, but at least I can give her 1°C love.

1. A couple had to move out of their big house because _________.

A．They didn’t have enough money.	B．The husband lost his work.
C．They find a better house.	D．They went bankrupt.

2. The man wanted to take the shower first because _________.

A．he wasn’t as strong as before	B．he was tired and wanted to sleep earlier
C．he wanted to make the bathroom warmer	D．he couldn’t stand the cold winter

3. The woman’s eyes were full of tears because ________.

A．she felt sad by her husband’s words	B．the rainy day made her sad
C．her eyes were hurt by the computer	D．she was moved by her husband’s diary

4. From the reading, we know that _________.

A．the woman didn’t love her husband any more	B．the woman had no job.
C．the man loved his wife very much	D．the man was very poor before

3 . 下面短文中有 10 处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏符号(∧)，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，并在该下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每句不超过两个错误;
2. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
3. 只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。

I often quarrel about my mother over whether I can watch TV after school. She holds view that senior three students have to make fully use of every minute to work hard at their lessons. It seems to me that once I am allowed to do that, I’ll be able to control myself and forget all about my study. She also thinks it is bad for my eye. But I really can’t accept her ideas. In my opinion, watch TV can set my mind at rest after a day’s hard work. Beside, it is important for us to know what had happened at home and at abroad. Thus, we shouldn’t be forbidden to watch TV.

4 . My father often works very hard. And he has __________to see a film. Here I’ll tell you __________about him.

One afternoon, when he finished his work and __________ go home, he found a film ticket under the __________on his desk. He thought he __________to have not much work to do that day and __________ was quite wonderful to pass the __________at the cinema. So he came back home and __________finished his supper. Then he said __________ to us and left.

But to our ____________, he came back about half an hour later, I ____________ him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about ____________funny thing that had happened at the cinema.

When my father was sitting in his seat, a ____________came to my father’s and said that the seat was ____________. My father was surprised. He took out the ticket ____________ looked at it carefully. It was Row17, ____________. And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked her ____________ her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was Row 17, Seat 3. ____________? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering suddenly the woman said, “The ____________of the tickets are different.” So they looked at the ticket more carefully. After a while, my father said, “Oh, ____________, I made a mistake. My ticket is for the film a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left the cinema.

1.

A．little money

B．little time

C．much money

D．much time

2.

A．a strange story

B．a good story

C．an old story

D．a funny story

3.

A．was to

B．ought to

C．had to

D．was about to

4.

A．box

B．glass

C．book

D．paper

5.

A．pretended

B．liked

C．happened

D．wanted

6.

A．that

B．this

C．it

D．which

7.

A．evening

B．afternoon

C．day

D．morning

8.

A．quickly

B．quietly

C．early

D．suddenly

9.

A．hello

B．good night

C．good evening

D．good-bye

10.

A．disappointment

B．surprise

C．sorrow

D．joy

11.

A．told

B．explained

C．asked

D．wanted

12.

A．a

B．the

C．some

D．one

13.

A．man

B．nurse

C．doctor

D．woman

14.

A．taken

B．his

C．hers

D．wrong

15.

A．or

B．but

C．and

D．so

16.

A．Seat3

B．Seat2

C．Seat1

D．Seat4

17.

A．to bring

B．to show

C．to see

D．to get

18.

A．When

B．How

C．Why

D．Where

19.

A．designs

B．owners

C．prices

D．colors

20.

A．I’m sad

B．I’m worried

C．I’m wrong

D．I’m sorry

5 . Our church has a way of helping those who have_________difficulties without making the receiver feel shame or guilt. Money is dropped into a green box with_________only the name of the receiver on the envelope.

There came a time when my husband and I were among those who needed_________. Just as we reached the point of despair, our church_________us a large envelope that had been left in the green box. We were_________to receive a very big amount of money, enough to bring us through that hard time.

A year later, our seventeen-year-old son who_________from high school was applying for a student loan for college. It was then that we discovered his savings account was almost_________.To both of us, it was so_________. We had trusted him to put part of his wages from his part-time job into the bank towards his_________. From nine years old, he had worked very hard for his small earning. I asked him repeatedly to tell me what had happened__________. I was nearly mad. Where has all the money__________?

Finally, in tears, and with great reluctance (勉强), my son__________that the year before he had put his__________in the green box for his father and me during that toughest time. I stood there__________, tears filling my eyes. It had taken my son years to save that money. He had given it to us willingly__________telling us what he had done.

1.

A．mental

B．physical

C．financial

D．spiritual

2.

A．hardly

B．never

C．seldom

D．always

3.

A．assistance

B．faith

C．equipment

D．respect

4.

A．returned

B．exported

C．offered

D．directed

5.

A．significant

B．pleased

C．graceful

D．curious

6.

A．graduated

B．failed

C．retired

D．settled

7.

A．enough

B．empty

C．available

D．full

8.

A．typical

B．absolute

C．lucky

D．unbelievable

9.

A．schooling

B．job

C．dance

D．interest

10.

A．in time

B．on purpose

C．at risk

D．on earth

11.

A．made

B．gone

C．torn

D．stolen

12.

A．admitted

B．expected

C．proved

D．discovered

13.

A．gifts

B．achievements

C．savings

D．collections

14.

A．angry

B．voiceless

C．nervous

D．desperate

15.

A．for

B．toward

C．without

D．of

7 . I came to the United States ten years ago. I would always say that I was trying to study, but there were always things like work and my kids that would not allow me to start.

Now I realized that those were only excuses. What stopped me was that I was afraid to start studying again. I always believed I would learn by myself.

One day, however, my son told me that he was sad because his friends would come over and I didn’t understand them because I didn’t speak English. He was also sad because I could never help him with his homework. That same day, I told myself, “Rocio, you have to start believing in yourself and you will see you can make it.”

The next day, I went downtown to look for a big banner (横幅) in front of the school which said that they offered classes for adults. I came in to see if I could join, but the classes were closed already. That night I took the kids to the movies, and on the way back, I told them we would take a new route. I ended up getting lost. That’s the way I found Chaffey College. The following Monday, I went to ask for information. They told me that summer school was starting that week.

That’s how I started studying English last summer. It is difficult, but I have had great rewards. My daughter had written a story for school. It was about the female they most admired and why. She wrote that I was the person she most admired because I had started going to college. I will never forget this.

1. According to the passage, the author probably is a ________.

A．teacher

B．doctor

C．father

D．mother

2. What made the author make up her mind to study English?

A．What her son said.

B．What her daughter said.

C．Thinking about herself.

D．Thinking about her daughter.

3. How did they find Chaffey College?

A．On the way to the movies.

B．They took a new route and got lost.

C．Ask a stranger for information.

D．According to the banner.

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．The author came to the United States from another country.

B．The author had two children including one daughter.

C．What really changed the author’s life was that she believed in herself.

D．The author wrote that she was the person her son most admired.

9 . It was the 9th day of Wuhan lockdown (封锁) starting on January 23. My parents left because they had been running fever for several days and they were showing other symptoms of COVID-19.

The virus, COVID-19, is somehow fearsome because it does not discriminate (区别对待) in choosing who it infects. And if the older people were infected, the situation could be worse, so I was wondering whether my parents would make it.

On the second day, my parents called and asked me how I was. We talked using FaceTime, and the moment I saw my mom lying there with an oxygen mask and my dad could not talk without breathing heavily, I realized that I had to live on my own.

But two weeks later, I got a fever and had to go into quarantine (隔离) to be observed for 14 days. Fortunately, my illness turned out to be not COVID-19.

Everything there was busy, and there seemed to be a shortage of medical staff and materials were in short supply. Even though the doctors and nurses were covered from head to toe, I could see how tired they were when I looked into their bloodshot eyes. Most of the patients were really understanding, but of course there were those who were not, and complained loudly, but all the doctors and nurses tried their best to deal with it in a calming way.

When the quarantine was over, every patient thanked the workers for what they had done, but the answer patients received was exactly the same: “That’s what we’re here for.”

1. When did the author’s parents leave her for the hospital?

A．January 23.

B．January 30.

C．February 2.

D．January 31.

2. What does the underlined phrase “make it” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Succeed.

B．Join in.

C．Live through.

D．Arrive.

3. What can we learn according to the passage?

A．Not all the patients understood the doctors and nurses.

B．Both the author and her parents got infected with COVID-19.

C．The patients were too tired.

D．The virus infects the older more easily.

4. What may the author think of the medical workers according to the passage?

A．Outgoing.

B．Respectable.

C．Impatient.

D．Calm.