1 . 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。

Odysseus is a literary figure in Odyssey written by Homer. He rejected the comfortable life of a Greek king and made a promise to help another Greek leader, Menelaus, in the war     1     the Trojans. But the war dragged on and on and he     2     (be) away from his family for ten years. During this period the fortunes of the war were so     3     (change) that no one could predict which side would win.

Odysseus became tired of the war and the delay in Troy. He     4     (desperate) wanted to return home. Hence, on the occasion     5     the Greek kings had their regular weekly meeting, he suggested     6     (trick) the Trojans.

The Greeks built a giant wooden horse so that their soldiers could hide inside     7    . The Greeks then pretended to set out home as if     8     (discourage) by the long-lasting war, leaving the wooden horse behind. The Trojans blessed their God for their good fortune, dragged the horse into the city and prepared to celebrate. That night the Greek soldiers climbed out of the wooden horse and opened the city gates for the Greek army. Then came the sound of the warning bell     9     (announce) a Greek victory. The war ended, but the     10     (punish) of the Trojan people was only just beginning.

2 . 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。

Before the Tangshan Earthquake, Strange things    1    (happen) in the countryside. For several days, the water in the village wells     2       ( rise) and fell. There were deep cracks     3       appeared in the well walls. At least one well had some     4     (smell) gas coming out of it. Chickens and even pigs were too nervous     5     (eat), and dogs refused to go inside buildings.    6     (mouse)ran out of the fields looking for places to hide, and fish jumped out of the water. At about 3:00 a.m.,    7    28 July 1976, bright lights     8     (see) in the sky outside the city of Tangshan and loud noises were heard.       9       the city’s one million people were asleep as usual that night.     10       (fortunately), it led to a lot of people losing their lives.

4 . 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。

A terrible fire began to burn at France’s world-famous Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral (巴黎圣母院)    1    the evening of April 15. Flames could be seen rising through the top of the monument.     2    (it) tall, narrow top later fell down. It took 15 hours for 400 French firefighters     3    (put) out the fire.     4    (fortunate), the main stone structure, including the two bell towers, has been saved, but there is little information on the condition of the cathedral’s glass windows and paintings.

Notre-Dame     5    (date) back to the 12th century. French writer Victor Hugo used it as the setting of his famous story, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame,    6    was first published in 1831. Sitting in the center of Paris, along the Seine River, Notre-Dame is one of the world’s most famous tourist     7    (site). About 12 million people visit it each year.

One man said, “Notre-Dame     8    (destroy) but the soul of France was not.” French President Emmanuel Macron promised that Notre-Dame would be rebuilt and asked for worldwide help repairing it. Many countries offered assistance, because Notre-Dame is part of the     9     (culture) heritage of mankind and     10    symbol for Europe.

5 . 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。作文中共有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：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。

Neil Armstrong was an astronaut. He made history July 20, 1969. He was the first man to walk on the moon! While Armstrong step on the moon, he said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Millions of people were watching this amazingly event on TV. It was a awesome thing to look it up at the moon that night and know that a man was walking around on it! For years, people had wondered that there would be moon creatures lived there. But the only things Armstrong found was moon rocks and moon dusty.

6 . Black Friday refers to the day after Thanksgiving. On this particular day, crowds of shoppers flood into stores to________ the season’s biggest holiday bargains. But the real story behind Black Friday is a bit________.

The most commonly repeated story behind the post-Thankgiving shopping-related Black Friday tradition________ it to retailers (零售商). As the story goes，after an entire year of_________ at a loss, stores would earn a profit，________ in black ink， on the day after Thanksgiving，________ holiday shoppers blew so much money on________ products. Though it’s true that retail companies used to record ________ in red and profits in black when doing their________，this version of Black Friday’s origin is not an accurate story behind the________.

The true story behind Black Friday is not as________ as retailers might have you believe. Back in the 1950s， the________in the city of Philadelphia used the term to________the chaos that happened on the day after Thanksgiving，when tens of thousands of suburban shoppers and tourists flooded into the city ________ the big Army-Navy football game held on that Saturday every year. The police would have to take extra-long________ and not be able to take the day off so as to deal with the________ crowds.

The term didn’t ________ to the rest of the country until much later. Sometime in the late 1980s， retailers found a way to turn it into something that reflected ________ on them. The result was the “red to black” concept mentioned earlier. The Black Friday story________ in shopper’s mind， and pretty soon the term’s darker ________ in Philadelphia were largely forgotten.

1.

A．take care of

B．take part in

C．take pride in

D．take advantage of

2.

A．complicated

B．considerable

C．complete

D．controversial

3.

A．contributes

B．links

C．tells

D．leaves

4.

A．thinking

B．operating

C．applying

D．falling

5.

A．signed

B．decorated

C．painted

D．marked

6.

A．because

B．unless

C．though

D．until

7.

A．expensive

B．fashionable

C．discounted

D．necessary

8.

A．interests

B．advantages

C．costs

D．losses

9.

A．accounting

B．designing

C．selling

D．marketing

10.

A．habit

B．vacation

C．tradition

D．company

11.

A．sunny

B．wild

C．strange

D．well-known

12.

A．people

B．shoppers

C．retailers

D．police

13.

A．handle

B．describe

C．produce

D．defeat

14.

A．in advance of

B．at the end of

C．in favor of

D．by means of

15.

A．age

B．shifts

C．position

D．exercise

16.

A．possible

B．native

C．additional

D．unexpected

17.

A．appeal

B．return

C．lead

D．spread

18.

A．positively

B．objectively

C．creatively

D．conservatively

19.

A．shined

B．whispered

C．stuck

D．disappeared

20.

A．roots

B．mistakes

C．secrets

D．forces

7 . When Sir Ector saw Arthur pulled the sword out of the stone and then pushed it back, he rubbed his eyes. “I can’t believe it!” he cried. Then he fell on his knees before Arthur. “Father, please do not kneel before me. Tell me what you mean!” Arthur said with great confusion.

“Listen, then,” said Sir Ector. “Years ago the wise magician, Merlin, carried a baby in his arms. That baby was you. Merlin told me to bring you up as my own son. Now I can guess. You must be the late king ⸺ King Uther’s son. Who else could have pulled out the sword? Arthur, we must let all England know you are qualified to be the new king.”

“I would rather be your son than be a king!” cried Arthur.

“On Christmas the Bishop(主教) will give everyone a chance to pull the sword. You must take your turn and show everyone that you are the only person who can pull the sword out.”

On Christmas Day the great crowd of knights(骑士) and lords gathered before the church. They pulled and pushed, but no one could make the sword move.

Down the street came Merlin. Behind him came Sir Ector with Arthur. “Who are these men?” asked the Bishop. “Here is one who will try the sword,” said Merlin. He laid his hand on Arthur’s shoulder. “Here, lords of England, is the true son of King Uther!” Arthur stepped upon the stone and laid his hand on the sword. Smoothly and easily he pulled it out. He held it high so all could see.

So Arthur became King of all England. Some of the lords did not want him, and he had to fight them. As the years went by, he became stronger and greater. Knights came from all lands to be in his court. At Camelot Arthur started the famous Knights of the Round Table. These were the greatest of all the knights. They made their names famous for all time.

1. Sir Ector fell on his knees before Arthur because ______.

A．Sir Ector wanted to ask for forgiveness from the new king

B．Merlin told Sir Ector to respect Arthur as if he were the King

C．Arthur pulled the sword out and Sir Ector knew who he was

D．Arthur was so powerful that Sir Ector admired him very much

2. Arthur found it ______ when Sir Ector said he was qualified to be the new king.

A．believable	B．unacceptable
C．enjoyable	D．unchangeable

3. What did Arthur do as King of all England according to the passage?

A．Fighting the foreign countries.	B．Making the famous table.
C．Developing the national economy.	D．Gathering the greatest knights.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Arthur Becomes King	B．Arthur Trains Knights
C．Arthur Defeats Enemies	D．Arthur Loves Swords

8 . RMS Titanic was a British ship that sank (沉没) in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of April 15,1912. There were about 2,224 people aboard the ship, more than 1,500 of    1    died, making it one of the    2    (bad) ocean disasters in modern history.

So far the ship    3    (rest) on the ocean floor for more than a century. In 2012 the first curious tourists were brought to it and saw the ship themselves. Now people will once again get the chance    4    (visit) the Titanic. This could be one of the last    5    (chance). A 2016 study showed that a bacteria (细菌) could eat away what    6    (leave) of the famous ship inside 15 or 20 years.

The eight-day journey will transport visitors in an undersea boat    7    the final resting place of the Titanic. The first trip is already    8    (full) booked, though the experience costs 105,129 dollars per person. Visitors will have a great time around the vast field where the Titanic rests, home to    9    great many ancient treasures,    10    (remain) untouched for over a century.

9 . Six Chinese survived the legendary tragedy of the RMS Titanic (泰坦尼克号), but disappeared soon after. Now a British director, Arthur Jones, will uncover their stories and histories of discrimination(歧视).

There were eight Chinese between the ages of 24 and 37 on the Titanic, boiler workers sharing one 59-pound third-class ticket, according to the record of Titanic Cruise Line, but only six survived from its sinking. When they arrived in the United States, they were not helped, like the other 705 survivors. Instead they were forced to leave the country within 24 hours, because of the Chinese Exclusion Act(排华法案) signed in 1882.

Some westerners questioned the six Chinese survivors as stowaways(偷渡者) and claimed that they survived because they secretly climbed on the lifeboat or dressed as women to board lifeboats. But Jones believes they did not do anything shameful in order to survive the disaster after visiting foreign files, museums and cooperating with American and Chinese historians. This is not only a story about the survivors of Titanic, but also a story of a group of brave Chinese people exploring the outside world at that time, he said.

To restore(还原) their ignored stories, Jones and his team found the son of Fang Lang, one of the Chinese survivors , in Wisconsin, US. In May, Jones will visit Taishan city in south China’s Guangzhou province, recorded as the survivors’ hometown. The filmmakers also established a website, whoarethesix.com, for more clues.

Ordinarily, people think of Titanic as a story of rich white people, but don’t know there were people from all over the world, including Chinese. Their stories are never told, Jones said.

1. Why did some westerners question the six Chinese as stowaways and claimed they dressed as women to board lifeboats?

A．Because they thought highly of their contribution to the Titanic.

B．Because they just looked down upon Chinese at that time.

C．Because they were not satisfied with the service the six provided.

D．Because they thought the six were not gentlemen.

2. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A．Jones holds an opinion that the six did something against the law.

B．The six Chinese’s stories have never been told before.

C．There were 8 Chinese between the ages of 24 and 37 on the Titanic.

D．The six Chinese were forced to leave within one day after they landed in US.

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

A．look for

B．set up

C．work out

D．pick up

4. What’s the author’s purpose of writing this passage?

A．To share some specific details of the tragedy of the RMS Titanic.

B．To honor the brave heroes who passed away in the terrible accident.

C．To tell us a British director will uncover the stories of 6 Chinese Titanic survivors.

D．To tell some history stories in which westerns looked down upon Chinese.