Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories,___61___(destroy)  fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged ___62___ their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were ___63___  (serious) hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early _____64_____ the morning and lasted for over an hour. "I ___65___ (eat)with my wife and children," he said, "when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best____66____ (climb) out but then I saw that one of my children was ___67___(miss), I went back inside and found him, safe___68___very frightened."

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she___69___(feel) that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children. ...

"There was no time to take anything," she said, "A few minutes later, the roof came down."

Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare(民政，福利) department brought____70____ (they)food, clothes and shelter.

How to Make Friends

Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends.  Good friendship has many benefits.  It offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes good health.  There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools.  Such changes often leaves us without a friend.  36  .  But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage.  Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.

1. Associate with others.

The first step to making friends is associating with other people.  You can go to public places to meet new people.  Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such places.

2.Start a conversation

    Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends.  37  You can always start the conversation.  Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people.

3.    38

Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friend together, Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience.

4.Let it grow.

It is a good thing to stay in touch.  However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend.   39 .  The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.

5.Enjoy your friendship

    The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves.    40    Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be.  Become the kind of friend you will want your friend to be to you.

A.Be cheerful.

B.Do things together.

C.Do not wait to be spoken to.

D.Try not to find fault with your friends.

E.Making new friends comes easy for some people.

F.For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.

G.So you will need to give your friend time to react to you.

Dear Peter,

I’m very glad to receive your e-mail asking for information about the host family we have arranged you to stay with.

Locating in a beautiful and quiet neighborhood, the house was big enough to enable you to have a room of your own. Apart from the convenient public transportation, our private car will make your visits difficult. Because all the family members can speak fluently English and have outgoing personalities, I’m sure you will have no trouble to communicating with them. Above all, they hosted the American student last year, through that they gained lots of experience. In addition, the hostess cooking will guarantee you a wonderful chance of tasting delicious Chinese food.

Hope you enjoy your stay here.

                                                                   Yours,

                                                                      Li Hua

You can ______ Jenny; If she says she will help you, she will never let you down. 

A. depend on           B. exist on            C. appeal on           D. adapt to

71. He was ___________ (defeat) at chess last night.

72. She showed me her stamp ____________ (collect).

73. The doctor asked me to take two _________(tablet) of this medicine each day.

74. The new edition textbook is ________________ (publish) by the Department for Education.

75. I cut my finger while cutting the apple and it was ____________ (blood).

While he likes basketball very much，he is ______ but a basketball teacher．（　　）

A．anything       B．something   C．everything    D．nothing

61.    In this c                  society(竞争激烈的社会), you have to study constantly to improve yourself.

62.    My sister always                      every chance ( 抓住一切机会) to practice her spoken English, which has been greatly improved.

63.    Her award will not mark the end of her campaign for                               (拥护) girls’

education. On the contrary, this is really the beginning.

64.    Social                   (社会风俗习惯) vary greatly from country to country.

65.    Thousands of people blocked the street,                             against (抗议) the new law.

66.    Although he worked late at night, Mr. Yang was still d                                the next day.

67.    The book is i                   for children aged 5-7. But I’m just fascinated by it.

68.    Deeply t                  by the wonderful performance of the children, most of the audience could hardly hold back their tears.

69.    The college has students from a d                          range of social and economic background.

70.    The wedding ring was very p                        to them, and the couple were willing to

do     whatever they could to find it.

It is most instructive lecture that I      since I came to this school.

       A. attended                                                                  B. had attended

       C. am attending                                                           D. have attended

 If they are close to the cinema entrance or        ,it is easier for disabled people to get to the film in comfort.

A. educator   B. exit    C. eruption     D. existence

Amber Mozo, 19, who runs her own photography business, often travels around the world, documenting the stories of people we don’t often see. Now the teen photographer is working on her biggest and most meaningful project.

Mozo discovered her love for photography when she was just 11 years old. When she was 10, her father, famous surf photographer Jon Mozo, died when he was taking pictures at Backdoor Pipeline, a famous surf break in Hawaii. He was 33 years old.

"I remember just wanting to use his camera," Mozo said. Her uncle told her not to touch her father's equipment, but when her mother said it was OK, Mozo picked up the camera and hasn't stopped taking pictures since.

"I was 11, walking around with his huge camera, and that's when I really fell in love with photography.''

Now，Mozo has traveled around the world with her father' s camera, documenting her adventures. "I just felt like I was connected with my dad through that camera." she said of the now outdated equipment.

In honor of the 10-year anniversary of her father's death, Mozo is raising money to produce her first book of photographs, "Chasing Light Around The World."

"I feel that experiences that happened to me and changed me could also change or help someone else," Mozo said of her travels. "That's really what I think is great about photography and art. It can move people."

"In all things she does, she tries to honor her dad." Mozo's mom, Nikki, said. "Jon started a photo book and didn't finish it, so I think it can be very satisfying for her to finish that task. It makes our loss seem a little less painful, because nothing really dies when you pass it on to others.
36. Mozo felt in love with photography________.
      A. because of her father's camera                 B. under the influence of her mother

C. just a year before her father's death         D. when she saw her father taking pictures

37. Why is Mozo still using the camera?

A. It works perfectly.                                B. It can be easily carried.

C. It is expensive to buy a new one.        D. It links her father and her together.

38. What do we know about the photo book?

A. It mainly shows Mozo's family life.            B. All the pictures in it were taken by Jon.

C. It's designed to raise money for charity.   D. Mozo is making it to remember her father.

39. What can we infer from Nikki's words?

A. It hurts to think of death.                           B. Jon never dies in her heart.

C. Mozo is doing something meaningful. D. She is worried about Mozo's business.

40. What does the text mainly tell us about?

A. A 19-year-old girl's photography business.

B. An unusual camera that has moved everyone.

C. A surf photographer who died at the age of 33.

D. A teen who is following in her father's footsteps.

One runner didn't let the French government's order to remain indoors prevent him（1）　   　（train）for a marathon during the coronavirus pandemic（新冠肺炎疫情期间）．

    Last week， Elisha， a 32﹣year﹣old restaurant worker， ran the（2）　   　（long） of a marathon ﹣ on his 23﹣foot﹣long balcony． And he did it in six hours and 48 minutes， a personal record nearly double（3）　   　 of his previous finish time．

    Although he has run 26 marathons， he said his balcony marathon was the most challenging． "My only pleasure is running， and I don't care （4）　   　long it takes，" he told CNN． Due to （5）　   　（limit） space of the balcony， he was unable to gain speed as he had to（6）　   　（constant） turn back and forth． He said he ran about 3，000 laps．  Luckily， he said his girlfriend was there to support him． Though his balcony is nothing like the streets of Barcelona， where he was supposed （7）　   　（run） the marathon on March 15 before it got canceled， he said the experience was worthwhile． Some people reached out to say they（8）　   　（inspire） by him．

    France banned all gatherings across the country last week． French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced （9）　   　 March 14 that the country would be closing all places （10）　   　 are not essential to French living， which includes restaurants， cafes and clubs．

If  he  ____ my advice , he wouldn’t have lost his job.

A. follow    B. should follow

C. had followed    D. would follow.

My grandfather still plays tennis now and then, ________ he's in his nineties.

A．as long as  B．as if  C. even though  D. in case

The story happened in Japan ___41___ a house was redecorated and the wall inside a room was removed. The inside of the wall was hollow. When the owner of the house removed the wall, he saw a gecko(壁虎) inside the wall. Its tail was pinned by a nail

___42___ (come) through the wall from outside.

The owner was very curious why the gecko was still alive. Then the nail caught his eye. Goodness! It is the nail that was driven here ten years ago when the house was built! How amazing it is ___43___ the gecko to have lived in the wall in complete ___44___ (dark) for ten years!

But on second thought, the curious house owner wondered how this gecko could live through ten years with its tail nailed down and being unable to go anywhere. So he tried to find out how this small creature could be fed. After a little while, there appeared another gecko with food in ___45___ mouth! What a shocking scene! For ten years, this little gecko had never failed to feed the ___46___(trap) one.

The story touched me so ___47___ ( deep) that it is useless to find out ___48___ relationships they had between them. Parent ___49___ child? Friends? Lovers? Brothers or sisters? ___50___ last thing we should do is to abandon your beloved in hardship.

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。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(＼)划掉。

    修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。

The aim of this report is to show the opinions at reading paper books. On the one hand, reading paper books do bring us benefits. First, it’s much more convenience to read paper books. We can take notes where we want to express our opinions. Second, it does less harm to your eyesight. Third, it helped us develop the habit of reading.

On the other hand，paper books have some advantages. For example，they are not easily to carry. Besides, they cost a lot of paper, that is not very friendly to our environment.

In the general, paper books cannot be replaced in spite their disadvantages.

My three-year-old granddaughter, Tegan, went with her parents to a family gathering at the home of her other grandparents. Everyone was having a wonderful time visiting and catching up on all the latest family news.

Like most children, Tegan was having a good time playing with all the toys that were different from her own and that were kept for children to play with at her grandparents’ house. In particular, Tegan had found a little tea set and had begun pretending that she was having a tea party. She set up all the place settings and arranged her table with the great care and elegance that only a three-year-old can create. Meanwhile, her Daddy concentrated on conversation, and as he continued to chat with his family, Tegan would hand him a cup of "tea". Her Daddy, who always tries to participate in her games, would pause for a few seconds from his conversation, and say all the proper words and gestures for her tea party which would thrill Tegan. He would request two lumps of sugar. He would tell her how wonderful her tea tasted, and then he would continue his adult conversation with his family.

After going through this routine several times, her Daddy suddenly awoke to reality as he had a flash of concern in his mind: "She is only three years old, where is she getting this ‘tea’ that I've been dutifully drinking?" He quietly followed her, without her knowing, and his fears were growing stronger as he saw her turn and go through the bathroom door. Sure enough, there she was stretching up on her tippy toes reaching up to get her ‘tea’ water out of the container of water that grandpa used to soak (浸泡)his false teeth!

5. At the family gathering, the adults__________.

A. drank tea while chatting

B. arranged tables for children’s games

C. talked about what happened at home

D. watched their favorite TV programs

6. Tegan’s daddy followed her secretly to find out ___________.

A. whether there was any tea left

B. what kind of tea he had drunk

C. where she got the sugar for tea

D. where she got the tea

7. The water of the tea Tegan’s father drank is ________.

A. fresh and clean

B. boiled at the bathroom

C. taken from Tegan’s home

D. the water of soaking false teeth

8. What do we know from the text?

A. Tegan’s father always played with her in games

B. Tegan refused to apologize for what she had done

C. Tegan was unhappy to be left alone at the gathering

D. Tegan’s father cared nothing about what she was doing

 People of the city ______ the plan of the government to move the power plant out of the city.

       A. accelerated              B. approved             C. applauded      D. arranged

Born in 1922 in New York City, Stanley Martin Lieber’s original plan to write serious literary works led him to use the name Stan Lee on his comic (漫画) books. He began his career in 1939 as an assistant at Timely

Comics. Two years later he was given a chance to write for his first comic.

After working with comics for many years, Lee became tired of the material he was told to write. For a long time, the characters in comic books weren’t complex, and the dialogue was short and simple. Lee wanted more from his work.

In the late 1950s, Lee’s wife advised him to experiment with stories he preferred and he accepted it, giving his superheroes a flawed (有缺点的) humanity, a change from the ideal types that were typically written for pre-teens. And this is how the comic The Fantastic Four was born.

Unlike previous superheroes, his heroes in The Fantastic Four had bad tempers and were often too proud. They quarreled over small things, and worried about paying their bills. With The Fantastic Four, Lee helped change comics from simple action stories to the complex ones they are today.

In the early 1960s, Lee and another writer created the Spider-man character. This teenage superhero broke the mold (类型) for teen heroes, giving them their own voice. In one controversial edition of Spider-man, Lee wrote a story in which the superhero’s friend almost dies from drug abuse. From the 1950s until 2011, comic publishers followed the rules given by the Comics Code Authority (CCA), which disapproved (反对) of drug use in comics.

But Lee published the comic without CCA approval, and it worked out well for him. The story sold, and there was an overall positive response to the story’s focus on a serious problem in society. The CCA ended up changing its rules to allow more encouraging stories like this. From this story, Lee went on to create more interesting and realistic characters.

24. Which of the following greatly influenced Lee’s later writings?

A. His first comic.

  B. His wife’s advice.

  C. The superheros in comics.

  D. Encoragement from Timely Comics.

25. What’s a special feature of The Fantastic Four compared with previous comics?

  A. It uses a lot of dialogue.

  B. It is typically written for pre-teens.

  C. It is a simple and short action story.

  D. It has complex and imperfect characters.

26. What do we know about Spider-Man?

  A. It was created by Lee alone.

  B. Its superhero dies from drug use.

  C. It was finally recognized by the CCA.

  D. Its characters failed to be accepted by the public.

27. What would be the best title for the passage?      

A. The amazing power of Spider-Man

B. The dream of Stan Lee as a comic writer 

C. Stan Lee’s successful revolution in comic characters

D. Two comic characters — Spider-Man and The Fantastic Four

I sat in the chair reflecting on（回想，回顾） the past year. At that time, my ___41___Charley came into the room. Charley took one look at my face and she could ___42___I was off in another world. Charley said, “You have that ___43___ on your face! Tell me what you were___44___”. “Well, Charley,” I replied, “I was listening to a song on the radio that asked ___45___ you have done over the last year. When I ___46___ on the year, I’ve realized I have had such good fortune, with a few bumps (碰撞) along the way.”

Charley immediately asked, “Tell me about the three things that ___47___ you the most during this year.”

I sat thinking if I had to ___48___only three things that influenced me, what would they be? After a few minutes, I said, “OK, here are the three things that influenced me the most: My family. Throughout the year I had many ___49___, but my family were always there ___50___support and encouragement. My friends. Over the years I have ___51___ my dreams and my goals with my friends. Some goals I have ___52___ and other goals I have not. ___53___ friends like you always supported and ___54___ me. My colleagues. I have worked with some___55___ people over the last year. I have been very ___56___ to have the opportunity to work with these excellent people over the last year.”

Charley smiled and said, “Do you realize that everything you have said has one thing in___57___?”

“What are you saying, Charley?” I asked.

She replied, “One common thing is ___58___. Neither the material things in your life, nor your job has had the most meaning in your life. It is the people in your life that have made the biggest ___59___in your life!”

I smiled. Material things are not ___60___, and while our jobs provide the means of existence for us, the important things in life are the people who touched our lives.

41. A. sister    B. classmate    C. mother    D. friend

42. A. argue    B. suggest    C. tell    D. wonder

43. A. look    B. appearance         C. mark    D. mask

44. A. doing    B. thinking    C. listening    D. annoying

45. A. where    B. that    C. what    D. why

46. A. call    B. talk    C. insist    D. reflect

47. A. influenced    B. demanded    C. entertained    D. motivated

48. A. write    B. pick    C. get    D. own

49. A. plans    B. experiences    C. challenges    D. achievements

50. A. receiving    B. expecting    C. winning    D. offering

51. A. shared    B. provided    C. connected    D. compared

52. A. set    B. achieved    C. failed    D. scored...

53. A. But    B. Meanwhile    C. Otherwise    D. Unless

54. A. accepted    B. satisfied    C. replaced    D. encouraged

55. A. stupid    B. brave    C. outstanding    D. ordinary

56. A. fortunate    B. miserable    C. unhappy    D. surprised

57. A. character    B. store    C. common    D. nature

58. A. effort    B. spirit    C. motivation    D. people

59. A. choice    B. difference    C. problem    D. progress

60. A. useful    B. important    C. practical    D. unnecessary

Smiles and tears are part of life. But do you find enough time for laughing? I’m not asking if you experience lots of good times. Of course, we should laugh during the happy times. ___36___

___37___ But she wrote one about a more serious subject — cancer in children. The book is titled I WANT TO GROW HAIR, I WANT TO GROW UP. Erma talks with many children who have cancer and learns important lessons from them. She learns, for example, that cancer survivors know how they should smile at life, though they are receiving chemotherapy(化疗).

___38___ Jessica’s leg was cut off at the knee because of cancer. She was learning to wear a prosthesis(假肢). Jessica told about playing soccer. She hit the ball hard with her foot. The ball flew off in one direction while her man-made leg flew another way. Then the brave girl lay on the floor, laughing happily.

As the saying goes, “___39___” Do you find plenty of time to laugh?

You can, if you find reasons to laugh during the difficult times. Survivors know how to laugh. If you can laugh even when you’re in trouble, you will make it. Remember, laugh and the whole world laughs with you. ___40_______

A. We just laugh about it.

B. Cry and you cry alone!

C. There’s a time to cry and a time to laugh.

D. Erma Bombeck is known for her funny books.

E. But do you also laugh during the difficult times?

F. She tells about the experience of 15-year-old Jessica.

G. I still remember those happy days when we were at college.