1 . 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。

I was an extremely shy girl in primary school and couldn’t make friends easily. My teacher, Mr. Doocy, called my mother and explained that I hadn’t spoken a single word in class. And we were more than half way through the school year. Even as a little girl, I knew this was unusual. I watched the free and happy interaction of my classmates with envy.

Mom tried to excuse my behavior as something that I would outgrow. But Mr. Doocy was still quite concerned about me. He asked Mom if I had something at home that I liked. He said he would arrange a show-and-tell activity for the class if I brought it to school. My mom told him about my cat who had given birth to several baby cats about three weeks earlier. I was crazy about those baby cats.

Then Mr. Doocy suggested I bring the baby cats to school the next day and introduce them to my classmates. It seemed that Mom didn’t think this show-and-tell activity would help me and hoped to discourage Mr. Doocy. She explained that I would have to bring the mother cat along with the six baby cats because they were too young to be separated from their mother. She probably thought this would put an end to the plan. But Mr. Doocy said that was fine.

I normally walked to school, but my mother drove me the next morning along with a big brown cardboard box. I struggled to walk toward the classroom with the heavy load. In no time, the group of baby cats caught the attention of my classmates. Their eyes lit up in wonder when they caught sight of my tiny treasures. My heart beat quickly against my chest as pride swelled within me. I had never felt so important in my entire nine years of life!

Mr. Doocy instructed me to sit on the steps outside the classroom so everyone could get a good look inside the container. “Can I hold one?” a little girl asked aloud with excitement. Then all the other children chimed in like a choir, begging to hold one of the baby cats.

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 nodded and said, “Yes.”

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With everyone sitting in the classroom, Mr. Doocy invited me to say something about my cats.

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2 . If you ask 100 people what subjects they wish they had been taught in school, there is a chance that the vast majority of them will complain about the lack of personal finance education. In my case, I did learn a bit about financing while in school — just not in the classroom. One of my earliest lessons on the basics of budgeting came from an unlikely source: the cafeteria.

My lunch budget was a set amount each week. Without a plan, it would be all too easy to blow through the budget long before meeting all expenses. Therefore, my very first budgeting lesson was to make a budget well. A bit of simple arithmetic (算术) helped me determine exactly how much money I could spend each day if I wanted to actually have lunch all week.

Besides, my school had relatively diverse lunch offerings. You could not only get the common hot school lunch but also find many other foods of varying attractions. As far as I was concerned, what attracted me most was the ice cream. Unfortunately, I couldn’t blow my daily lunch budget on ice cream. And I’d already figured out that splurging early in the week made for a rough time for the rest of the week. Hence, I learned my second important budgeting lesson: save for a goal. Because of this lesson, when Friday rolled around, I would have just enough left over for a wonderful lunch and the highly desirable ice cream.

Nowadays, my budget is a bit more complicated than the lunch budget in the past. Although I no longer have to save my pennies for a frozen treat, budgeting my money today uses the exact same skills I learned all those years ago. Actually, whether you’re budgeting for school lunches or credit card bills, the basics remain the same. And it’s never too early — or too late — to learn how to make a proper budget.

1. What can we learn about the author while she was in school?

A．She showed no interest in financial affairs.

B．She often complained about her school subjects.

C．She learned about financing from her own experience.

D．She eagerly expected to get personal finance education.

2. What did the author probably realize after eating at the cafeteria?

A．She should plan her lunch budget carefully.

B．Her health mattered more than anything else.

C．Her budget for lunch was far from reasonable.

D．She should improve her arithmetic as much as possible.

3. What does the underlined word “splurging” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Trying to save money.	B．Making a plan for money.
C．Spending much money freely.	D．Being concerned about money.

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

A．To introduce some lessons about making a budget.

B．To encourage people to learn some budgeting skills.

C．To stress the significance of saving money in our life.

D．To remind people to pay attention to their lunch budget.

4 . University life is full of fun and experiences. But to make learning much more enjoyable, you should follow certain steps that will help you out in keeping your stress level down and having the most of the fun in the university.

Always get involved in the events. Doing something every day is very important not only in the university life but also in the practical life.     1     Be active and smart. Join the societies, which will help you develop personality and increase your confidence.

Always show up. Showing people that you are there with them and always will be. Offer help to everybody. In this way more people will know you and you will be able to wipe off your fear of social interaction.     2    

Make as many friends as possible. Don’t restrict yourself in making friends; it will help increase your knowledge. You will learn a lot about different cultures and this will help you with your practical life too. By communicating with different people you’ll learn different interesting aspects of their lives.

    3     If you keep thinking all the time about future, you will end up being depressed. You start losing your focus and begin to worry about less important things.     4     Release your stress and be present-focused. It will greatly help you in accomplishing your goals and achieving happiness.

Keep a balance.     5     Being extreme in one field might bring astonishing results, but this will affect other aspects of your life. Keep a balance between short-term goals and long-term benefits. This will help you in achieving a perfect and enjoyable life.

A．Do not waste time doing nothing.

B．Just relax and stop thinking about the future.

C．Never move towards the extreme and try living an average life.

D．Be present-focused.

E．Some students may like to have many friends and enjoy a party lifestyle.

F．The more people you know, the easier it will be for you to walk around without being shy.

G．Nobody cares if you miss class, don’t eat properly, nor don’t go to a party.

5 . As students return to school this fall, many of them―perhaps especially those from historically disadvantaged student groups―will be starting the academic year with achievement levels lower than where they were at the beginning of summer break. This phenomenon is sometimes referred to as summer learning loss. We review what is known about summer loss and offer suggestions for schools looking to solve the problem.

The recent studies on summer loss have been rather comprehensive. One study found that students, on average, lost between 25 - 30 percent of their school-year learning over the summer; additionally, black and Latino students tended to gain less over the school year and lose more over the summer compared to white students.

However, an analysis of the national study found little evidence of overall loss over the summers after grades K and 1, and the summer loss gaps widened in some subjects and grades but not others. Von Hippel and Hamrock re-analyzed two earlier data sets and concluded that gaps“do not necessarily ... grow fastest over the summer”. Thus, it seems summer loss occurs, though not universally across geography, grade level, or subject.

Schools want to address the issue of summer learning loss not only because it may widen achievement gaps, but also because it“wastes”so much of the knowledge students have gained during the school year. Summer loss also undoubtedly increases the amount of time teachers have to spend “re-teaching” last year's content.

Traditionally, educators and policymakers have relied on conventional summer school programs to solve summer learning loss. Not surprisingly, research suggests that programs are more effective when students attend consistently and spend more time on task academically. Regardless of the design, these policies should offer engaging options for students over the summer so that summer learning programs do not feel like punishment for students who would rather be enjoying summer vacation. Doing so would set more students up for success as the school year gets underway.

1. In writing paragraph 1, the author aims to        .

A．propose a definition	B．make a comparison
C．present an issue	D．make an argument

2. According to the studies, what do we know about summer learning loss?

A．Summer learning loss seemed to vary in grades and subjects.

B．Immigrant students experienced the most summer loss.

C．White students did not lose learning over the summer.

D．Summer learning loss after grades K and 1 was alarming.

3. According to the fourth paragraph, schools want to solve the problem because       .

A．it may narrow achievement gaps	B．it may stop students gaining more knowledge
C．it may increase teachers’ new teaching content	D．it may cause repetitive work for teachers

4. What does the author think of summer school programs?

A．The conventional programs are ineffective.	B．More choices should be provided for students.
C．Students should do more academic tasks.	D．The programs are punishment for students.

6 . 假如你是李华，你的英国笔友Jerry将会来你所就读的学校交流一个月，希望你能拍摄一个视频介绍一下你校的宿舍及食堂相关情况，请你用英文撰写该视频的文字稿。
注意：1. 词数不少于100；

2. 可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。

Hi, Jerry!

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Sincerely hope you can have a good time here.

9 . 假设你是学生李华, 打算在学校英语角开展一次以“拒为低头族”为主题的演讲。请你写一篇演讲稿。要点如下：
1. “低头族”产生的原因;
2. “低头族”带来的影响;
3. 提出合理的建议。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为 80 左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
参考词汇:低头族: phubber(People who can’t help checking their phones all day are known as phubbers. Phubbing tends to involve not only the young people, but also the elderly. )
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