2 . Hardship comes in different shapes and sizes. But few things in life are as _______ as feeling cut off from the people we love.

Recently, while _______ against the COVID-19, my grandkids and I have to stay indoors and started _______ via Wechat. Mostly, I read to them because I love doing it, but I also do it for their parents' mental health. Besides having to stay indoors, they are _______ to homeschool their kids, who can't go to school or play with their friends.

Reading to each other is an age-old practice to me. It has _______ and healing (治愈的) power especially in current situation. When we read, we see the words with our eyes. But hearing them read is a different _______, we just need to be quiet and listen. Sometimes, the voice and the love it_______ mean far more than the words. Today, I wechatted with my grandkids, Ran and Wey, and read them a book my kids loved long ago, and they thought it _______, frequently bursting out laughing.

Now more than ever, while keeping a safe distance, we all need to _______ each other. Sometimes the words we read are so powerful that they will never be ________.

1.

A．life-changing

B．heartbreaking

C．risk-taking

D．troublemaking

2.

A．sheltering

B．arguing

C．going

D．warning

3.

A．chatting

B．reading

C．drawing

D．singing

4.

A．permitted

B．selected

C．invited

D．forced

5.

A．comforting

B．suffering

C．controlling

D．opposing

6.

A．atmosphere

B．experience

C．exploration

D．choice

7.

A．identifies

B．harvests

C．defends

D．involves

8.

A．annoying

B．incredible

C．funny

D．complicated

9.

A．sing high praise for

B．show respect for

C．give way to

D．hold on to

10.

A．considered

B．changed

C．forgotten

D．expected

3 . It was 1972，and I was in second grade.In the classroom the teacher，Ms.Boyette，was ____ aloud to us from Island of the Blue Dolphins.And we had just come to a part of the book where the main ____ was training a wild dog.I was listening，caught up in the ____     of all.

Not far away from me，there seated a boy who always frightened or ____ others，so I was ___ of this boy.While Ms.Boyette was reading，I looked over at him，for he was someone I was in the ____ of keeping an eye on.I ____ that he was listening too，that he was engaged by the ____ ，that he was leaning forward in his seat and listening with all his heart.I ____ at him，open-mouthed.I was ____ with a sudden knowledge that this boy was in fact just ____ me.He was a kid who liked a story.The boy must ____ my eyes on him，because he turned.Then something ____ happened.He smiled at me. ___ ，I smiled back，unafraid.We were two ____ smiling at each other.

Why have I never forgotten this ____ moment? Why do I still ____ every detail of it? I think it’s because that moment illustrates so beautifully the _____of reading out loud.

It shows us into a safe room，where everyone involved，the reader and the listener，can have that chance to ____ each other.We humans long not just for the story，not just for the flow of language，but for the ____ that comes when words are read aloud.

1.

A．shouting

B．singing

C．talking

D．reading

2.

A．author

B．character

C．reader

D．listener

3.

A．wonder

B．silence

C．warmth

D．comfort

4.

A．greeted

B．touched

C．hurt

D．refused

5.

A．aware

B．terrified

C．bored

D．guilty

6.

A．habit

B．form

C．effort

D．hope

7.

A．predicted

B．imagined

C．promised

D．noticed

8.

A．speech

B．story

C．journey

D．diary

9.

A．pointed

B．nodded

C．stared

D．waved

10.

A．struck

B．mixed

C．cheated

D．confused

11.

A．behind

B．beyond

C．around

D．like

12.

A．ignore

B．feel

C．meet

D．observe

13.

A．useful

B．natural

C．serious

D．amazing

14.

A．Then

B．Again

C．Instead

D．Besides

15.

A．strangers

B．kids

C．teachers

D．enemies

16.

A．funny

B．busy

C．lucky

D．small

17.

A．seek

B．organize

C．recall

D．trust

18.

A．power

B．courage

C．amusement

D．ability

19.

A．cheer

B．see

C．miss

D．mention

20.

A．challenge

B．knowledge

C．choice

D．connection

4 . I will never forget one summer in my childhood. While walking in the attic (阁楼), I stepped on something and ______ down, with my hand landing on a floorboard that popped up and almost hit me in the head. When I ______ and looked inside the open space, I could not believe my eyes: There was gold in there! I ______ a handful of shining gold cubes, an to the bottom stair and ______,” Mama. I found gold up here under the floor!”

Back up the stairs I dashed. ______ my brothers almost knocked me back down as they ran right by me. When Mama opened the door and ______ her head m, she ______ said, “Honey, that’s insulation (隔热材料). Now put it all back.”

I felt really disappointed. I had thought I made a real ______.

When I ______ inside to put the fake gold back, my hand touched what felt like a book. I pulled it out. It was old and small: Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, which I’d never heard of. And ______ I was bored, I decided to see what was inside this little book. To my ______, it was a book of passages, phrases, and proverbs and I could tell that this was going to be ______.

So I spent quite much time on it and found ______ in these pages, As I didn’t know how to express things clearly, I often ______ to talk about them. This book helped me ______ that I didn’t need to feel ashamed or ______, because other people had similar experiences.

When I went to college, Bartlett’s came with me. Over the years, I’ve kept my original ______, which to this day I often ______. Although it was a ______ to find the book, it liberated me in a way. It helped me see more than my young mind and heart were able to understand.

The book discovered under those floorboards was, ______, gold.

1.

A．slowed

B．calmed

C．looked

D．fell

2.

A．bent over

B．showed up

C．lay down

D．broke in

3.

A．stole

B．produced

C．seized

D．hid

4.

A．yelled

B．sighed

C．admitted

D．complained

5.

A．or

B．so

C．but

D．for

6.

A．nodded

B．stuck

C．lowered

D．lifted

7.

A．simply

B．thoughtfully

C．honestly

D．angrily

8.

A．difference

B．choice

C．mistake

D．discovery

9.

A．sat

B．slid

C．reached

D．walked

10.

A．until

B．now that

C．unless

D．so that

11.

A．surprise

B．regret

C．relief

D．disappointment

12.

A．absurd

B．controversial

C．boring

D．interesting

13.

A．sympathy

B．comfort

C．honor

D．doubt

14.

A．tended

B．offered

C．managed

D．hesitated

15.

A．expect

B．remember

C．realize

D．imagine

16.

A．embarrassed

B．satisfied

C．astonished

D．tired

17.

A．mind

B．copy

C．plan

D．file

18.

A．put away

B．show off

C．refer to

D．pick up

19.

A．dilemma

B．disaster

C．pity

D．coincidence

20.

A．sill

B．indeed

C．normally

D．hopefully

5 . Childhood curiosity can last a lifetime and I learned this from my son, Bill. When he was very young, I often took him to the ____ He loved to read and often needed to ____ the books he’d read in order to borrow more books.One unintended _____ of his nonstop reading habits was that he even ____ at the dinner table. His mother, Mary, and I did our best to ____ him that, on certain social _____ , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.
Every summer the teachers at his school ____ give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books. He was so ____ , and he always wanted to win. And he often ____ .But the main reason why he read so obsessively (着迷地) was that he was so ____ . He didn’t just want to learn about ____ things. He wanted to learn about everything.
We helped ____ his curiosity in every way. ____ an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to the ____ , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the ____ exists somewhere. All you have to do is ____ it.
Bill remains as much of a ____ today as when he was a child, and he seems to _____ everything he reads. He’s often ____ to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets. He ____ reads at the dinner table, though — which is a good thing because the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的): The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man, and Rats, Lice, and History.1.

A．school

B．office

C．library

D．museum

2.

A．return

B．store

C．talk

D．pick

3.

A．advantage

B．discovery

C．explanation

D．consequence

4.

A．play

B．read

C．study

D．laugh

5.

A．convince

B．promise

C．inform

D．advise

6.

A．issues

B．services

C．occasions

D．duties

7.

A．could

B．would

C．should

D．might

8.

A．sincere

B．crazy

C．positive

D．competitive

9.

A．went

B．failed

C．did

D．proved

10.

A．curious

B．confident

C．diligent

D．excellent

11.

A．simple

B．past

C．any

D．some

12.

A．protect

B．develop

C．examine

D．follow

13.

A．Until

B．If

C．Though

D．Because

14.

A．teacher

B．newspaper

C．partner

D．dictionary

15.

A．person

B．book

C．answer

D．matter

16.

A．find

B．use

C．tell

D．ask

17.

A．speaker

B．reader

C．maker

D．user

18.

A．imagine

B．believe

C．create

D．remember

19.

A．eager

B．afraid

C．careful

D．sure

20.

A．now and again

B．at all time

C．no longer

D．just now

6 . 第二部分：完型填空（共20小题）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If _______, you will find “Being a Happy Teenager” by Australian writer Andrew Matthews _______.

In his book, Matthews _______ us how to have a happy life and answer the _______ of teenagers.

There are many _______ such as parents and friends, and the book _______ we should stop being angry and learn to forgive. The book tells us of useful skills _______ how to put what you have learned into pictures of your mind to _______your memory better.

Many teenagers think _______ happiness comes from a good exam result ________ praise (赞扬) from other people. But you can ________ be happy when there are no such “good” things.

Success comes from a(n) ________ attitude (态度). If you ________ from problems, you will have success in the future.

Some school students have ________ such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that ________ comes from thinking about things in a positive (积极的)________ . If you are ________ , people notice you and you can get a ________ view (视线) at the movie; if you are short, your clothes and shoes ________ less room in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important ________ : you choose to be happy!

1.

A．so

B．not

C．it

D．do

2.

A．wise

B．smart

C．useful

D．simple

3.

A．orders

B．tells

C．asks

D．argues

4.

A．problems

B．questions

C．ideas

D．comments

5.

A．roles

B．classes

C．courses

D．subjects

6.

A．says

B．writes

C．reads

D．thinks

7.

A．for example

B．such as

C．so as

D．so that

8.

A．make

B．turn

C．let

D．change

9.

A．what

B．how

C．that

D．whether

10.

A．and

B．but

C．so

D．or

11.

A．yet

B．already

C．still

D．forever

12.

A．bad

B．good

C．independent

D．normal

13.

A．learn

B．rescue

C．struggle

D．separate

14.

A．experiences

B．difficulties

C．fears

D．problems

15.

A．success

B．happiness

C．failure

D．height

16.

A．way

B．means

C．manners

D．spirit

17.

A．short

B．small

C．tall

D．fat

18.

A．lower

B．higher

C．worse

D．better

19.

A．take

B．spend

C．cover

D．cost

20.

A．work

B．lesson

C．teaching

D．study

7 . The winter skies are grey and it’s cold outside. The nights come early and we spend a lot more time _______ and alone. Many people _______ winter: so cold, so dark, so boring. But I like winter because I have more time to read.

For many students reading means school; it means _______. Reading is something your teacher assigns and it’s something you’re _______. Reading is something you have to do, not something you want to do. But for me and many other people, reading is the most _______ thing we can imagine. Getting lost in a good book can _______ a cold winter evening disappear. Dull grey skies are no _______ for the fantastic adventures of Frodo in The Lord of the Rings (《指环王》), or for romantic trouble-making of Jane Austen’s Emma (《爱玛》), or for the youthful problems of Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye (《麦田守望者》).

All of those books are studied in North American high schools. They are interesting and well written books that _______ young people. _______, even there, many high school students don’t enjoy reading the books because they are ________ their school work: “Oh, my God! Two hundred pages! I’ll never be able to read ________ much.” But sometimes a funny thing happens. They begin to read and they begin to follow the ________. Suddenly, the world inside the book becomes more exciting and more wonderful than the world they ________. At the moment the thought ________ reading is work disappears and reading becomes ________.

Reading anything is ________ but reading good books is a terrific way to improve your English. Good writers write English very well and ________ you with good examples to follow. And good books will tell you more about English ________: what people think, how they talk, how they interact with each other. But don’t let me ________ it by telling you that reading is good for you. Just think of it as a good way to ________ on a cold winter evening.

1.

A．indoors

B．indoor

C．outdoors

D．outside

2.

A．like

B．prefer

C．hate

D．love

3.

A．job

B．worry

C．try

D．work

4.

A．tested

B．tested on

C．examined

D．examined on

5.

A．enjoyable

B．reasonable

C．comfortable

D．considerable

6.

A．want

B．cause

C．make

D．force

7.

A．contest

B．challenge

C．competition

D．match

8.

A．appeal to

B．respond to

C．react to

D．reply to

9.

A．Fortunately

B．Luckily

C．Unfortunately

D．Accidentally

10.

A．free from

B．part of

C．in place of

D．far from

11.

A．not

B．very

C．those

D．that

12.

A．story

B．subject

C．instruction

D．theme

13.

A．leave for

B．care about

C．flee from

D．live in

14.

A．what

B．that

C．this

D．which

15.

A．a comfort

B．a failure

C．a success

D．a pleasure

16.

A．bad

B．mean

C．great

D．grand

17.

A．provide

B．offer

C．give

D．award

18.

A．custom

B．language

C．culture

D．art

19.

A．break

B．spoil

C．make

D．develop

20.

A．keep warm

B．stand still

C．stay calm

D．stay cool

8 . Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have _______ how difficult it is to write a _______ children’s book. Either the author has aimed too _______, so that the children can’t follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, _______ the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children’s books are _______ very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the _______ who hears the story and the adult who _______ it. Unfortunately, there are in fact few books like this, _______ the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not _______ to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as ________ of children’s literature(文学) were in fact written for ________ “Alice in wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious of this.
Children, left for themselves, often ________ the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a ________ and he will more willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children’s comics(连环画), full of the stories and jokes which are the objections of teachers and right-thinking parents.
Perhaps we parents should stop ________ to brainwash children into accepting our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so ________ that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise（妥协） over the bedtime story.1.

A．hoped

B．realized

C．told

D．said

2.

A．short

B．long

C．bad

D．good

3.

A．easy

B．short

C．high

D．difficult

4.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

5.

A．both

B．neither

C．either

D．very

6.

A．child

B．father

C．mother

D．teacher

7.

A．hears

B．buys

C．understands

D．reads

8.

A．but

B．however

C．so

D．because

9.

A．hard

B．easy

C．enough

D．fast

10.

A．articles

B．work

C．arts

D．works

11.

A．grown-ups

B．girls

C．boys

D．children

12.

A．become

B．show

C．find

D．add

13.

A．school

B．home

C．office

D．library

14.

A．going

B．liking

C．trying

D．preferring

15.

A．same

B．friendly

C．different

D．common