1 . Nothing good generally comes of a conversation that start with the words, "I think you should probably sit down before I tell you this.”

And so it came to pass. Away for Christmas, we got a call from kind friends at home, our neighbour's house had caught fire while they were out. The fire didn't spread to our house but the smoke very much did.

It's weeks of either throwing out, or sending away for specialist cleaning, every single thing into which smoke could have permeated(渗透)because the particles(微粒) are an ongoing health risk and washing isn't enough. Anything soft—sofas and carpets and children’s teddy bears, clothes—is suspected. We will be seeing in the New Year in a decidedly minimalist fashion.

What I didn't expect to feel, however, is this lucky. Friends and neighbours have come together with incredible generosity. We will never again underestimate the closeness of the village community in which we live, or the innate kindness that is most people's natural reaction to trouble, and are grateful to be reminded of so much that is good. But that's not the only thing I've learned. For in a sense, we have a chance to start again.

The surprise on being forced to think about what might urgently need replacing is how short the list of essentials seems; how much we must have been hanging on to out of habit, and how much we have been conditioned to think was important.

It's all too easily assumed that family history lives in tangible(有形的)things— old photographs, a dress bought decades ago for a night heavy with memories — but that's not quite right. These things were only reminders of what we already carry with us in head and heart.

Walking through the house, sweeping up the broken glass, I realised that the answer to the old question of “What would you save in a fire? ” is actually that nothing really matters but each other.

1. What happened to the author's house?

A．It caught a fire.

B．It was affected by a fire.

C．It was broken into by friends.

D．Its windows were broken.

2. What does the underlined word "suspected" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．something that may be damaged.

B．something that may not be genuine.

C．something that may not be so good.

D．something that may be dangerous.

3. What did the author expect to feel?

A．People around him were cold to others' trouble.

B．His friends and neighbours were so generous.

C．People in his community were close to each other.

D．He was so lucky to find much that was good.

4. How will the author probably feel when the New Year finally comes?

A．Worried.	B．Surprised.
C．Excited.	D．Contented.

2 . Competition is a common phenomenon in our social life.     1     There is constant competition for academic degrees, jobs, customers, money and so forth. In a sense, competition is one of the motive forces to the development of society.

    2     Therefore, the only way to survive is to be competitive. Growing in a competitive environment is important for a child because future adult life is difficult. Finding a good job, for example, is an extremely competitive activity.

Today, most people obtain knowledge through various ways and a large number of people get good education.     3    The quality of people is rapidly increasing. Competition is more violent than what we thought it should be. The potentially successful job applicant has to be prepared in stronger position by gaining more qualifications and experience. In the sports contests, the strongest will come out as winners. In the business world, to beat your competitors, you must be better than the other employees.     4    

Though the only way our world rewards people is to give honor to the winners, not to the losers, by attempting to compete at different activities, we can still learn to win and lose, gain experience and know our strengths and weaknesses. Competition prepares us for the tough things in life.

Whether in games, in study or in business alike, the aim is to win the game, the degree, the trophy, and the contract.     5    

A．Otherwise, you will be defeated.

B．Modern society demands high-quality talents.

C．Learning to be competitive is clearly the best preparation for life.

D．There are also many people who have higher degrees in their special fields.

E．Children have to learn to be competitive in order to adapt to modern society.

F．In the natural world, the weak will be replaced by the strong and the fittest can live.

G．We compete when we play games and when we try to do better than others in our study.

3 . As a temporary teacher, my daily routine_______driving to a new school_______every day, so I’m usually unable to anticipate (预料) the day’s events, good or bad.
On one particular day, I was teaching in a very_______class. I was managing behavior all the morning and by lunch time, I needed coffee to_______the afternoon. So at my lunch_______, I drove to a nearby plaza to get a cup of_______. Upon returning to the car, I realized I had_______my keys and my phone_______. I had about 15 minutes to get back to the school which was a good 4–or–5 minute_______. I thought of rushing back, but it being__________, I thought a nasty fall on ice would only make the situation much__________.
So I ran into a McDonald’s which was in the__________plaza and asked the man at the counter who __________to be the manager to help me call a tab. I__________explained my situation and he hurried to the back to use the phone__________I paced in the restaurant.
The manager returned__________to tell me that the cab company had put him on hold and then the line got__________. My expression began to resemble some combination of hopelessness and fear.
Almost immediately, the manager grabbed his coat and__________to drive me to the school. Without__________, I followed him into his car and made back into my classroom with 2 minutes to __________before the bell!1.

A．concludes

B．involves

C．relates

D．connects

2.

A．almost

B．hardly

C．really

D．luckily

3.

A．easy

B．pleasant

C．difficult

D．noisy

4.

A．cost

B．pick

C．finish

D．survive

5.

A．stop

B．stay

C．pause

D．break

6.

A．tea

B．milk

C．coffee

D．wine

7.

A．locked

B．forgot

C．threw

D．shut

8.

A．down

B．inside

C．up

D．outside

9.

A．distance

B．drive

C．walk

D．time

10.

A．summer

B．fall

C．winter

D．spring

11.

A．worse

B．easier

C．better

D．simpler

12.

A．other

B．another

C．next

D．same

13.

A．turned

B．explained

C．happened

D．came

14.

A．quickly

B．briefly

C．slowly

D．hurriedly

15.

A．after

B．until

C．when

D．while

16.

A．even

B．only

C．still

D．yet

17.

A．disconnected

B．stuck

C．troubled

D．interrupted

18.

A．dragged

B．pulled

C．offered

D．pushed

19.

A．problem

B．choice

C．alternative

D．hesitation

20.

A．spare

B．leave

C．ring

D．control

4 . Chinese culture values family bonds very much. Family members don't just gather during the holidays .In fact they often live under one roof all year round.     1    . Families in the East and West are very different from each other.

In most East Asian cultures, extended families are common.     2     According to the

Atlantic, 90 percent of children in Shanghai and 70 percent of children in Beijing were cared for by their grandparents. Chinese people believe that "a grandparent is a treasure to their family".

In many Western countries, most families are nuclear families （小家庭）. These are solely made up of children and their parents.

Additionally, the duties parents have toward their children can also differ.    3    .

It's normal for parents to pay for their children's college, help them find a job, or buy them an apartment. Chinese adults also follow their parents' opinions when making major life decisions, more often than not.

In most Western countries, however, kids usually move out of the house after they turn 18.

    4    . Also, if they choose to keep living with their parents after becoming an adult, it can be seen by some as a failure on their part.

While the East cares more about close family bonds, the West values privacy and independence.     5    . Families will always be a source of love, warmth, and care for people around the world.

A．These families have three or even four generations living together

B．Nuclear families are the most common type in China.

C．In China, many parents look after their children all the way into adulthood.

D．Different cultures have different family values.

E．But in the end, home is best 一 east or west.

F．Many young people going to college often need to take out loans and work part-time jobs in order to pay for tuition and rent.

G．Both Easterners and Westerners value quality family time.

5 . Being "young is associated with all the good things in life - beauty, hope, and energy. But youth also has negative associations - impulsiveness, trouble -making, and irresponsibility. This negative side seems to be what society focuses on more, which is why young people have mostly been considered as idle and difficult.

But when it comes to Generation Z - those born between 1996 and 2010 - this stereotype doesn't seem to apply anymore.

In Japan, for example, Gen Z-ers are less likely to buy on impulse, but take into consideration more a product's true value. They' re looking at the companies, not just the products," Masahiko Uotani, CEO of Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido, told Bloomberg. They're asking, 'Are they really delivering value to the society? Are they promoting diversity and inclusion?"

Gen Z-ers are also more grounded than we' ve expected them to be. According to a recent survey by Bank of America, more than half of young adults aged between 18 and 23 said they were planning to buy a house within five years. And they' re not just saying it - they are willing to make sacrifices for it, including getting a second job and saving money for down payment instead of spending it on a vacation.

"Despite their young age, this group is pragmatic and actively planning for their future," D.Steve Boland, head of Consumer Lending at Bank of America, told USA Today. "They have a clear vision how they are willing to help themselves in order to make it happen.

Social issues are also at the center of concern of Gen Z-ers, who take themselves as a changing force of the world. In India, for example, young people who have just reached the voting age are eager to vote for a new leader who is capable of solving problems that matter the most to them, including pollution, unemployment and women' s safety.

As a Gen-Zer yourself, what is your plan for the future?

1. What do the underlined words this stereotype" in paragraph2 refer to ?

A．Being young is good.

B．Gen Z-ers are born after 1996.

C．The traditional poor impressions on the youth.

D．The associations with young people.

2. We can infer from the third paragraph that______________.

A．Gen Z-ers in Japan are picky

B．The Gen Z-ers are self-centered

C．The Gen Z-ers care little about products

D．The Gen Z-ers are wise when shopping

3. What's Steve Boland's attitude to the Gen Z-ers ?

A．Approving.	B．Negative.
C．Indifferent.	D．Critical.

4. Which of the following words may best describe the Gen Z-era?

A．Confident and independent.	B．Visionary and responsible.
C．Persistent and down-to-earth.	D．Active and creative.

6 . After a salon(美发厅) turns away a physically challenged woman, a stranger makes a truly beautiful gesture. “Beauty isn’t about having a pretty face. It’s about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul, Oh, and pretty nails!” That may well be Angela Peters’s motto.

Last July, Peters, 36, rolled her wheelchair into a nail salon at the Walmart shopping center in Burton, Michigan, with the idea of painting her fingers. But Peters was turned away. The salon told her that they were afraid it would be too difficult to properly paint her nails given that her hands shook, What was meant to be a clay of happiness for Peters was now a disappointment.

Ebony Harris, 40, saw everything and approached Peters. Harris offered to do her nails. They shopped for nail polish. They settled on a bright blue — a statement color that would catch every eye. They then made their way into a neighboring Subway, found a table for two, and set up shop. Harris gently took Peters’s hand into hers and carefully began painting her nails.

Watching it all with awe and admiration was Subway employee Tasia Smith. What struck her most was the ease and gentleness displayed by Harris as she painted Peters’s nails, all the while chatting as if they were old friends.

Peters, who runs a poetry website, heavenlypoems. com, harbors(心怀) no bitterness toward the nail salon that turned her away. (The salon says they refused to offer Peters service because they were too busy.) “When people do us wrong we must forgive,” Peters wrote on her website. “I just want to educate people that people with different challenges, like being in a wheelchair, can have our own business and get our nails done like anyone else.”

1. Why did Peters go to the Walmart shopping centre?

A．To go shopping.	B．To eat at a Subway.
C．To meet her friend Harris.	D．To have her nails painted.

2. What’s the reason for Peters’s disappointment?

A．That she was disabled.	B．That she was turned away.
C．That the salon was busy.	D．That she had no nail polish.

3. How do you find Ebony Harris?

A．Mean.	B．Optimistic.
C．Caring.	D．Stubborn.

4. What does Peters intend to tell us by writing on her website?

A．It’s better to use websites to educate people.

B．The salon has its reasonable reason to refuse her.

C．Those who did something wrong should not be forgiven.

D．People with different challenges should be treated equally.

7 . 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。

My father is a policeman. On a cold winter evening, he saw old beggar sitting in a square outside a shopping center. His shoes had been worn out and his toes stick out. See his frozen feet, my father felt sad. He left and returned back with a pair of new shoes and socks, that he bought at a nearby store. He knelt down on the ground but helped the old homeless man put it on. His random act of kindness melted the hearts of the passer-by. A woman brought an old blanket from her house to protect the beggar with the freezing cold. The beggar was touched and said it was nice to know that angels true walk on earth.

8 . Recently whenever I turned on my computer or my mobile phone, news about the great effect of Hurricane Harvey on thousands of people caught my eyes. We saw many unfortunate events. However, there were also the bright news that confirmed the goodness of mankind. As a journalist, I wrote many human interesting stories during my career. That's why the story about the guys in the bakery caught my eyes.

When the staff at a Mexican bakery chain in Houston were trapped inside the building for two days, they didn't sit there feeling sorry for themselves. They used their time wisely after flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. While they were waiting for the eventual rescue that came on Monday morning, four decided to make as many loaves of bread as possible for their community.

The flood water rose in the street outside. They took advantage of their emergency power supply to bake bread. They used more than 4,200 pounds of flour to create hundreds of loaves and sheets of sweet bread. Although the water kept rising, they continued baking to help more people. By the time the owner managed to get to them, they had made so much bread that we took the loaves to loads of emergency centers across the city for people affected by the floods.

The store manager, Brian Alvarado, told The Independent，“Whenever a disaster occurs, nobody should just feel _forlorn_. Instead，we should take positive action to save ourselves and help others. Our acts of kindness will make a big difference.”

1. What did the bakery store workers do after flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey?

A．They volunteered to make bread for their community.

B．They managed to live by selling more bread in the store.

C．They felt sorry that they couldn't escape from the store.

D．They ate nothing but to wait for their community to rescue them.

2. Which of the following best explains“forlorn”underlined in the last paragraph?

A．Fortunate.	B．Hopeful.
C．Shallow.	D．Desperate.

3. What can we infer from the text?

A．Alvarado organized his workers to bake much bread.

B．Hurricane Harvey caused a power failure in Houston.

C．The staff in the bakery sent enough flour to emergency centers.

D．The author preferred to write stories about people facing disasters.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．A Popular Mexican Bakery Chain in Houston

B．Wait for the Eventual Rescue in a Big Disaster

C．All Kinds of Disasters Caused by Hurricane Harvey in Houston

D．Bake Bread to Make a Difference in Face of Hurricane Harvey

9 . It was the 2015 “super storm” in New South Wales that restored my faith in people.

During a break in the weather, I stupidly decided to drive into town to buy some groceries. However, as I left the supermarket and drove back, the weather took a turn for the worse.     1     Having nowhere to go, I spotted a young man in his front yard assessing the situation. He quickly waved to me to come and park in his driveway.    2    .

The man, who introduced himself as Trent, then invited me to wait inside his house with his wife, Kayti and their two daughters. I told him I was concerned about the damage to my car, as the continuing rain was starting to turn into hail (冰雹).Trent then grabbed a blanket from his garage and covered my car.     3     Fortunately, his efforts saved my car from being damaged by the hail.

By 11:00 a.m., the electricity and phone services had both gone.     4     Trent made me a cup of tea and Kayti gave me a towel to dry myself off. The three of us chatted while waiting for the weather to get better. I learned that Trent had lost his job and was struggling to feed the family.

When the hail stopped, I shook Trent’s hand and kissed Kayti goodbye.     5     I was very moved by their kindness and it renewed my faith in people.

As I went out the door, I asked Trent for two of his business cards. My father has since called to offer him a job as a clerk at his company.

A．It began pouring so heavily that I was forced to stop.

B．The couple were so modest as I thanked them for their help.

C．I was surprised that he didn’t ask for anything in return for his assistance.

D．I was grateful to escape the running water that was about to drown my car.

E．I tried driving faster to escape the heavy downpour that was sure to come.

F．As a result, I couldn’t contact my parents, despite knowing they’d be worried.

G．He was wet but he didn’t seem to mind being out in the wild weather on my behalf.

10 . “My wallet! Where is it? ” were my first words when I found out my wallet was lost. I searched my memory for a few good seconds, and then________that I had left my precious wallet in the library. To be________, it was in the public toilet of the library!

_____the library was then closed, I had to wait until the next morning to begin my________. When I got there early the next day, all I found was a______bathroom.

At that time, all I could________was that the person who cleaned the restroom had________my wallet. So I________approached an old lady at the front desk. “Excuse me, is there a wallet found in the restroom yesterday? ” She walked through a door and________for a moment. Then she came back to the desk. “No, ” she said. I quickly thanked her and walked off,________.

Finally, I painfully________the fact that my wallet had gone.

A week later, I received a mysterious________in the mail. Sure enough, it was my________! And most surprisingly,________in it was missing! And there was a little yellow piece of paper folded up inside. I slowly unfolded it and a little medal of Christ fell off. The paper________like this:

Always________this medal with you, whatever your religion is, so the angel that was watching over you last________will always be close.

This person didn’t even leave a return________, so I couldn’t thank whoever it was.

From that day on, I promised myself to follow this example when I was in a________situation. I will make others as________as I was when I opened that package!

1.

A．predicted

B．realized

C．explained

D．imagined

2.

A．obvious

B．honest

C．exact

D．clear

3.

A．Because

B．Although

C．Unless

D．Even

4.

A．work

B．reading

C．research

D．search

5.

A．crowded

B．noisy

C．clean

D．deserted

6.

A．run after

B．hope for

C．remember

D．declare

7.

A．hidden

B．picked

C．ignored

D．found

8.

A．secretly

B．aimlessly

C．politely

D．angrily

9.

A．disappeared

B．hesitated

C．rested

D．escaped

10.

A．surprised

B．disappointed

C．satisfied

D．ashamed

11.

A．accepted

B．considered

C．changed

D．covered

12.

A．present

B．invitation

C．notice

D．package

13.

A．wallet

B．book

C．reward

D．treasure

14.

A．something

B．nothing

C．everything

D．anything

15.

A．exposed

B．described

C．read

D．announced

16.

A．keep

B．equip

C．compare

D．connect

17.

A．month

B．fortnight

C．week

D．year

18.

A．reminder

B．date

C．message

D．address

19.

A．disappointing

B．similar

C．different

D．difficult

20.

A．annoyed

B．puzzled

C．crazy

D．happy