1 . You may have heard video game characters deliver lines like “Shatter (击碎) the darkness with thunder!” But it’s refreshing to hear it in an unexpected place — the classroom. Xia Zhendong is a physics teacher working at a senior high school in south China. Now in his 30s, Xia has won the hearts of millions of online viewers with his classroom experiments.

In one video, Xia pointed a self-made “thunderbolt wand (魔杖)” toward a hanging light tube in his classroom and said, “Shatter the darkness with thunder.” Suddenly, an electric arc (弧线) emerged from the tip of the wand, illuminating the tube. After the cheers from his students, he went on to explain the science behind it—static electricity (静电) and point discharge (尖端放电).

“The idea came when I enjoyed playing a popular game on my smart phone,” he said. In his spare time, he likes to try out what students are interested in to get closer to them. Apart from the “thunderbolt wand”, Xia has done many other creative experiments. Once, he lit steel wool with a battery to show the heating effect of electric current. Another time, he used a “laser weapon” to pop balloons while explaining the principles of lasers.

For Xia, physics is supposed to be fun. So, when he saw his students struggle with physics, he decided to make a change. “Circuit diagrams (电路图) are abstract, and I want them to actually see the electricity through lightning to realize that knowledge is not just on paper. You can see it and even touch it,” Xia said. Now, Xia has also started free live classes online. “I hope that through online classes, more students can also have access to fun physics lessons. And their parents can also join in. I hope that physics could make them feel happier,” Xia said.

1. What does the underlined word “illuminating” mean in paragraph 2?

A．Shining light on.	B．Cutting down on.
C．Getting stuck in.	D．Taking advantage of.

2. What inspired Xia Zhendong to have such an idea?

A．The effect of acting a video game character.	B．Online viewers of his videos.
C．The pleasure in playing an online game .	D．Wild cheers from his students.

3. Why does he start free live classes online?

A．Because he hopes to get more students to have his classes.

B．Because he wishes to get more parents involved in his lessons.

C．Because he expects more students to have fun in learning physics.

D．Because he wants to win more hearts of online viewers of his videos.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．What makes a fun teacher.	B．Bringing magic to school.
C．How to make physics fun.	D．Getting students to learn physics.

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

My family and I never talked about school as the ticket to a future. I was in the classrooms, but I wasn’t there to learn to write, read or even speak. When it was my turn to read, I wanted to hide. I was 13 years old, but I tended     1    (hate)being who I was.

I had an English teacher who took so much     2    (responsible)for his job, Mr. Creech. He knew I couldn’t read. In one of my first lessons the teacher said that anyone     3     had a reading age below six had to stand up. Nervously, I stood up. At that time I had some doubt whether I could keep up with the other students. Later that day, Mr. Creech encouraged me and promised he would try his best to     4    (regular)help me learn to read. From then on, I never gave up practicing reading. I became more and more     5    (confidence).

Now I was 41 years old and my     6    (occupy)was an author. One day, I said to my wife, “According to my schedule, I must fly back to Texas to organize a meeting tomorrow.” She nodded and said, “Our son     7    (return)home tomorrow morning and I should take advantage     8     the opportunity to buy something nice for him to eat. ” On my way from the airport, it was so     9    (amaze)to see Mr. Creech buying himself a drink. I rushed over and reached into my pocket to pay for him, “Do I know you?” he asked at the sight of me. “Yes, sir, you do know me.” I answered excitedly, “My name is Anthony Hamilton, You taught me English many years ago.” The look on his face told me that he recognized the boy he’d once encouraged.

“I’m so glad that I have a chance to see you.” I said, “And Mr. Creech, I have great news to share with you.” To his relief, he knew I had had no trouble reading books and articles. I told him that I had worked very hard and finally my effort had paid     10    .

3 . 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，用单词的恰当形式填空。

The most important person in my life is my Chemistry teacher in Grade 3 of my High School, Miss Zhang. She is a loving and an     1     (外向的) person, who is p    2     about being a teacher. We had so many great memories.

She makes me a person, both in school work and personality. Before she taught me, I had been a very difficult student. I was a bit lazy and found science boring and difficult, so I lacked confidence in myself. However, my teacher taught me with patience and made everything interesting. I was also asked to give a p    3     to the whole class. At that moment, I felt I had my won strengths and my confidence came back.

I think she is an       4     (杰出的) teacher and I am extremely g    5     to her help.

4 . 语法填空

Completely     1     (absorb) in his novel, my deskmate didn’t notice our class teacher Mary coming to him. “    2     (tell) many times to study hard, why are you still wasting your time?” Mary said angrily,     3     (glare) at him. “Sorry,     4     (not know) what to do, I just want to keep quiet in class,     5     (kill) my time.” When     6     (hear) his words, Mary left more angrily without saying anything.     7     (surprise), all the classmates stopped studying and looked up at my deskmate     8     he was always considered a hard-working boy. “It’s nothing special,” he explained,     9     (put) the novel in his bag. “Isn’t it good for us     10     (read) more?” Then he began to do his homework.

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

My English teacher was very tall. The moment she     1    (enter) the class, we would all sit     2    (quiet) and open the books. She would encourage me by giving me important assignments and also morning news to read during the assembly. She would come down and listen to my English debate,    3    made me take part in all debate competitions.

    4    same was true of my biology and science teacher. She was very nice and sweet. She would always give me extra information on the biology project. I could not go to the lab for experiments, so she would bring the lab down and help me with the biology and science     5    (experiment) and would give me excellent marks.

My friends made me monitor and the naughty boys listened to me. My friends used to help me with my notes when I was     6    (absence). My teachers always gave me important project work and I felt proud when they patted me     7    the back after I finished it quickly and correctly. I was never shouted at or made fun of or scolded by any of my friends and teachers.

Today I often see the terrible punishments     8    (give) to students on TVs. I feel very sad.

I really want to express my love and thanks to all my wonderful teachers and friends. Without them my school life would not     9    (be) so excellent and     10    (forget).

6 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最合适的单词。注意，其中有两个多余选项。

A. internet     B. careers     C. popularize     D. invited       E. national       F. introducing G. titles        H. cultural     I. understand     J. attracting     K. platform     L. practising

Zhang Hanliang, a martial arts teacher at Tianshui Normal University in Gansu province, has produced many traditional Chinese martial arts videos in the past years,     1     sixteen million viewers at home and abroad on the online     2     Bilibili.

Zhang, now 35 years old, has been     3     martial arts since she was seven. Thanks to her hard work, Zhang won her first sword (剑) championship in Gansu province at 13. She then got sword and spear titles at a     4     level when she was 17, and at 20, she won a series of championship titles in various categories. In 2007, Zhang began to work as a martial arts teacher at Tianshui Normal University, getting new     5     such as first-class national athlete and first-class national judge of martial arts.

In addition to her daily teaching tasks, Zhang has been     6     to France, Russia, Malaysia and other countries many times to teach martial arts. “Martial arts can be a bridge for     7     exchanges between China and other countries,” said Zhang, adding that she wanted to     8     martial arts to the audience through the     9    . And she hoped more and more foreigners could     10     and love martial arts.

7 . 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Teachers’ Day, which falls on September 10th, is     1    national festival celebrating the 2, 300-year tradition of respecting teachers and education in China. The goal of Teachers’ Day is     2     (form)a social climate in    3    teachers are respected and knowledge is valued. The date of Teachers’ Day is set at the    4    (begin)of the school year in order to stimulate teachers and students’ enthusiasm(热情)for their work, and give a good start to teaching and learning.     5     we learn from our teachers     6     (remain)with us throughout our life and gives us direction. On Teachers’ Day, students usually send greeting cards with good     7    (wish) to their teachers to show their appreciation and gratitude for their devotion. Teachers do need encouragement and support from the community to feel that their efforts     8     (recognize). In Taiwan, Teachers’ Day is celebrated on September 28    9    (annual). The reason for choosing this day is to celebrate the birth of Confucius for his great contribution     10     Chinese culture.

8 . For Sandra, the teachers who stuck in her mind were the ones that gave her their time and effort and really prepared her for her future.    1    In this way she hoped to provide that same, high quality education for young people and give something back.

She saw herself as a teacher who helped students and gave them love for what they had to do, whether they wanted to do it or not.    2    One of them was that a GCSE student who simply aimed to get a D at the very beginning later achieved an A in his RE exam. Every time when hearing such news, she was just smiling with pride. No one knew how much she had done for such a day.

    3    She always said to them, “Ignore that goal, and put yourself at the goal you want to achieve. Even if you are not good at your subject, it doesn’t mean that you’re going to get a D. I believe you’re going to get something far greater.”

Giving students that push to get better grade made a great difference to them. When they got it, the result was just amazing.”    4    You’ve helped them with something that’s going to make their lives much easier and better,” she explained.

Based on this teaching concept, Sandra focused on making each student a better “himself”. And what’s more, she has been among one of her former teachers and really has given something back. She once received a huge bunch of flowers with a card in it, writing, “Dear Sandra, you’ve given me the time and energy to help me get what I needed.     5    ”

A．She kept encouraging her students

B．It is useful to make friends with students

C．Her encouragement turned out to be of great use

D．It makes you feel like you’ve done your job so well

E．It is you and your teaching style that make it possible

F．So she chose to train as a teacher after college graduation

G．Looking back, there were many moments to make her proud

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

When Zhi Yueying, then 19, went to the remote Niyang village in Fengxin County, Jiangxi Province,     1     (work) as a village teacher in 1980, villagers didn’t believe she would stay long because a number of voluntary teachers had left soon after their     2     (arrive) . However, it was not until three decades later     3     Zhi left the village and went to an even more remote village school in the mountains.

    4     (bear) in Nanchang city in 1961, Zhi applied to work as a teacher at the primary school in Niyang village after graduation, though her mother strongly disagree     5     her.

Over the past four decades, Zhi     6     (devote) herself to rural education. She won China Central Television’s Touching China awards that recognize the most     7     (inspire) role models in 2016. Besides, she     8     (award) as a model poverty fighter by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, China’s Cabinet, earlier this year.

Zhi has a profound understanding of     9     importance of education in the mountains. “Education is a    10     (vital) important part of our efforts to help people escape poverty sand children who live in the mountains can only change their lives through schooling,” says Zhi.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

When I got my first library card in the mid-1950s, my     1    (appreciate)for the institution developed quickly. The memory of     2    (sink)into an armchair and disappearing into the faraway world of pioneer life is still vivid today.

When I studied English literature at university, I thought     3     best to build my own library. However, forty years into my collecting, I realized that all-those-books had become a part of the house. Toward the end     4     my teaching career, I became a teacher librarian,     5     relighted my love for being surrounded by books.

My years as a teacher librarian were the most     6    (reward)of my career. Even though I was an authority figure, I wasn't involved with student assessments and evaluations. I was free to make the library a comfortable and exciting place     7    (learn).

Whether libraries are located in schools or in     8    (community), I believe they provide students and the public with an opportunity to engage with the past, the present and the future; all that is required     9    (be)a touch of curiosity. Libraries are dynamic places that help us to adjust to the world, and their doors must     10    (keep)open to everyone-for free.