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。

Many people must have read The Art Of War but how many have     1     (true) understood it? What does it have to teach us? This is too big     2     question to explore.

    3     (appreciate) The Art Of War fully, we must first understand who Sun Tzu was. The thing about Sun Tzu is that his whole existence remains     4     (hide) in mystery. Where did he live? Where was he born? How did he become so successful? How did he die? No one knows the exact answers     5     these questions.

Some people actually believe Sun Tzu did not live and that he     6     (be) just a myth, to begin with. This claim is strongly supported by many people     7     Sun Tzu does not appear in many important historical records, but then again, there could be an error.

But it could be possible that Sun Tzu was born under the name of Sun Wu around 544 BCE. Sun Tzu made the major     8     (appear) of his life as a military strategist for King Ho-Lu, in the state of Wu, also known for     9     (win) many great battles in history. According to researchers, he supposedly wrote the texts during the Warring States period. This was the time     10     China was divided into seven states that waged war against each other for supremacy (霸权).

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。

Walking along the Great Wall is a once-in-a-lifetime dream for many, but Jim Spear has taken it one step     1     (far), spending the last 18 years living in a village beneath the ancient wonder.

    2     68-year-old, a self-taught architect from the US, made the most important decision of his life to move to China in 1986, a year before the Great Wall     3     (list) as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Today, Spear calls Mutianyu village home. In this quiet place,     4     (locate) at the foot of the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall, he lives with his dog in a home with a courtyard garden he tended     5     (he).

As an architect, not only did Spear renovate (翻新) his own dream house,     6     comes with multiple views of the Great Wall, but he also explored ways to boost the local business and support rural residents. Over the years, the architect     7     (help) renovate around 20 households in Mutianyu, most of which now operate     8     hotels or restaurants, while     9     (do) his best to preserve the original structures as much as possible.

In     10     (recognize) of his contributions, Spear was given the Great Wall Friendship Award in 2014.

3 . Direction：After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word. Fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

ZHONG SHANSHAN was largely unknown in business circles outside China until a few years ago. But the low-key entrepreneur     1     (hold) onto his crown as China’s richest person for three years in a row. Zhong has also emerged as one of the very few who did not make their fortune in the tech industry. His signature company, Nongfu Spring, is an old-school enterprise     2    makes one of the plainest products in history ---bottled water.

Zhong’s inspirational journey to becoming a self-made (白手起家的) billionaire started with decades of perseverance (毅力) and hard work.     3     (get) to his current position, Zhong learned the hard way, gaining experience in media, sales and even farming.

At a young age, Zhong was forced to drop out of school. He struggled to help support his family,     4     (work) as a construction worker for 10 years.

After the gaokao was reinstated (恢复) in 1977, Zhong took the college entrance examination twice,     5     both times he failed to get admitted to a university. At the suggestion of his parents, Zhong gave up on another run and enrolled himself in a less-than-ideal college.

After graduation, Zhong worked as a reporter for the Zhejiang Daily. In 1988, the declaration of the Hainan Special Economic Zone (海南经济特区) inspired him to quit his job and move to the island province. There he established the Pacific Post newspaper and after its failure, a mushroom business.

The climate of Hainan did not favor mushrooms, and soon Zhong had lost all his money. He had more success selling curtains, but then lost all his money when he started a shrimp farming business.

    6     (inspire) by the potential in the health foods market, Zhong established Hainan Yang Sheng Tang in 1993 to launch various supplements (保健品). He had his first taste of success after rolling out a self- designed product. Despite a positive response in the market, intense (激烈的) competition in the industry prompted (促使) Zhong to think about other possible ways to grow. He concluded that     7     happened, people would need to drink water, and in 1996 he started Nongfu Spring.

The company became known for its obsession (执着) with water quality,     8    has been burned deep into the minds of Chinese consumers thanks to its catchy slogan, “Nongfu Spring, kind of sweet.” These simple words reveal a marketing strategy Zhong has mastered all too well, which is demonstrated by the entrepreneur’s famous quip (妙语): “We are not manufacturers of water. We are porters of nature.”

    9     his immense wealth and influence, Zhong has maintained a low public presence. In Chinese media, he is often referred to     10     a “lone wolf”. His reserved nature stands in contrast to the public personas of other famous entrepreneurs. This quality adds an air of mystique (神秘性) to his already fascinating story.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How did August Getty feel at New York Fashion Week?

A．Nervous.

B．Strange.

C．Pleased.

2. What did August Getty do as a child?

A．He made clothes for spoons and forks.

B．He sewed clothes for his sister.

C．He wore his parents’ clothes.

3. What was August Getty’s family’s attitude toward his interest in fashion?

A．Favorable.

B．Casual.

C．Unfavorable.

5 . After moving to the United States in 1901, 19-year-old Bob Douglas found a job as a doorman in New York. Later, a co-worker took him to visit a basketball court, and he was amazed by the athletic prowess on display. At that moment, Douglas, who had enjoyed playing sports as a child, was determined to create a basketball team and provide greater opportunities for New York City’s Black athletes.

He needed to find a place for his team to play. When asking a ballroom owner, William Roach, for permission to use one of the dance floors, Douglas was replied with “you guys will break up my place”. After promising to take on all the financial risk, he finally persuaded Roach to change his mind and called the team “Rens”.

However, their ballroom had fewer seats and attracted fewer people than others, so Douglas had to pack the house to generate profits and keep his team alive. They traveled the country playing any opponent that would agree to schedule them, during which they repeatedly faced discrimination and unfair treatment and the players were often banned from hotels and restaurants.

No matter the obstacle, the Rens just kept strict practicing. They helped change the game of basketball by focusing on quick passing, which let the players move faster, play a more fluid (流畅) game and keep winning. In 1925, the Rens shocked the world by defeating the Original Celtics, the most dominant team of their day. During the 1932-33 season, the team won 88 straight games, a professional basketball record that remains unbroken.

Unfortunately, the Rens disbanded (解散) in 1949. But in time, they were recognized for the important role they played in advancing Black athletes in basketball, ensuring that although the Rens aren’t a household name, their story will never be forgotten.

1. What inspired Douglas to establish a basketball team?

A．His desire to show his athletic strength.	B．A motivation to learn Black culture.
C．His intention to earn a good income.	D．An experience to a basketball court.

2. Why did the Rens tour the country playing basketball?

A．To solve financial problems.	B．To improve basketball skills.
C．To fight for accommodation.	D．To play with excellent players.

3. How did the Rens help change the game of basketball?

A．Making competition rules.	B．Speeding up the game.
C．Defeating the professional team.	D．Creating an unbroken record.

4. What can we learn from the story?

A．A winner is one with a willing heart.	B．A high reputation will work wonders.
C．Success makes personal desires satisfied.	D．A man owes success to the team support.

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Which date was Van Gogh born on?

A．March 30.

B．March 20.

C．March 13.

2. What did Van Gogh do when he was 15?

A．He began to learn French.

B．He decided to be an artist.

C．He started to work.

3. Which country did Van Gogh move to in 1886?

A．France.

B．Germany.

C．Britain.

4. How did Theo support Van Gogh according to the talk?

A．He made paintings for Van Gogh.

B．He sold Van Gogh’s paintings to others.

C．He bought Van Gogh’s works from others.

7 . 假如你是杭州外国语学校的学生会主席李华，请你用英语给杭州娃哈哈进出口有限公司总经理宗馥莉女士写一封信，表达对她刚刚痛失她的“民族企业家父亲——宗庆后老先生”的慰问。内容包括：
1.表达哀思；
2.对娃哈哈集团的希望和建议。
condolences—慰问；吊唁
Dear Ms. Zong,

I’m Li Hua from Hangzhou Foreign Language High School.

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8 . Emma Stone was seven years old when she experienced her first panic attack: She was just sitting at a friend’s house, and all of a sudden the house was on fire. Stone remembers her chest started to tighten. She phoned her mother, who didn’t understand what was happening, but came to pick her up anyway. Stone says her fear eventually disappeared that day, but the anxiety still existed.

Stone had massive separation anxiety from her mother. That was a large part, she thinks, of what was setting off her anxiety. But going to school meant that she would have to be away from her mother for hours in the day. “I started to receive treatment around age eight, because it was getting really hard for me to leave the house to go to school,” she says.

Despite her anxiety—or maybe because of it—Stone began acting when she was 11; by age 15, she had convinced her parents to move from Arizona to Los Angeles so she could go on auditions (试镜). Stone found that acting was a way to remain in the present moment, without worrying about the past or the future. Plus, she adds, “As an actor, all of my big feelings are productive.”

Stone won the Academy Award in 2017 for her performance in the movie musical La La Land, and was nominated (提名) for Oscars for her performances in Birdman and The Favourite. She has been nominated again this year for her starring role in Poor Things.

In Poor Things, which Stone both starred in and produced, she plays Bella, a woman who has nearly died by killing herself and then is brought back to life by a strange surgeon. After that, Bella has the brain of a baby and the body of a grown woman. When her brain develops into a young adult brain, Bella leaves the surgeon to go on an adventure with a man who has become crazy about her.

Stone says, “Anxiety is like rocket fuel because I can’t help but get out of bed and do things. That’s really a gift.”

1. What happened to Emma Stone when she was seven?

A．She witnessed a fire accident.	B．She had a fight with her friend.
C．She experienced her second panic attack.	D．She couldn’t reach her mother on the phone.

2. What does paragraph 4 mainly tell us about Emma Stone?

A．Her illness.

B．Her education.

C．Her adventures.

D．Her achievements.

3. What does the underlined word “her” in paragraph 5 refer to?

A．Stone.

B．Bella.

C．The surgeon.

D．The baby.

4. What can we learn about Emma Stone from the text?

A．She often felt anxious when acting.

B．She tried to kill herself but was rescued.

C．She turned her anxiety into an advantage.

D．She didn’t get along well with her family.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What was George R. R. Martin like when he was young?

A．He was popular with his classmates.

B．He didn't have many friends.

C．He loved to play sports.

2. What did George R. R. Martin first write about?

A．Turtles.

B．Dragons.

C．Spiders.

3. Who was George R. R. Martin most inspired by?

A．A famous actor.

B．A comic book writer.

C．A sci-fi movie director.

10 . Dr. Joseph Dituri, who is 55 and known as “Dr. Deep Sea”, has just finished an amazing adventure. For 100 days, the University of South Florida scientist lived in a small room underwater. He set a new world record, beating the old record of 73 days.

The farther you go below the ocean’s surface, the greater the pressure. The mission, known as Project Neptune 100, was a scientific attempt to study the effects of living in a high-pressure environment for a continuous period. In his undersea room, Dr. Dituri was living with pressure that was about 66% greater than the pressure on the surface. He believed that high pressure could help people live longer and stay healthier as they get older and that it could also help doctors treat different medical problems, including brain injuries.

Actually, Dr. Dituri went through several big changes. For one thing, he became 1.3 centimeters shorter during his time at the higher pressure undersea. He was also able to sleep much better. His physical conditions greatly improved in a couple of other ways, too.

While he was living underwater, Dr. Dituri stayed busy. He used the project as an educational experience for the youth. “I have communicated with thousands of young people to get them interested in science, technology, engineering and math,” he said. He had online chats with over 5,500 students from 15 different countries. Meanwhile, he kept teaching his college classes and worked with other marine experts to figure out ways to protect and take care of the ocean.

Dr. Dituri said his favorite part of the project was talking with young people. “If we can get people excited about science, that would be a great success to me!” he said. “Maybe one day, one of them will come back and break the record I just set. My greatest hope is that I can inspire a new generation of researchers to push back the boundaries.”

1. Why did Dr. Dituri have the adventure?

A．To learn how human bodies respond to high pressure.

B．To research the underwater life better.

C．To draw attention to a healthy lifestyle.

D．To beat the previous world record.

2. What happened to Dr. Dituri?

A．His state of health stabilized.	B．He was forced to live a busy life.
C．His height changed slightly.	D．He suffered from sleep problems.

3. What does Dr. Dituri want to inspire young people to do through the project?

A．Develop enthusiasm for science.	B．Challenge themselves bravely.
C．Expand scientific boundaries.	D．Protect the ocean actively.

4. How can we describe Dr. Dituri?

A．He is high-powered and caring.	B．He is determined and inspiring.
C．He is open-minded and insightful.	D．He is committed and optimistic.