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   I'm taking my family to Europe to have a trip. My wife (妻子) and our two children are1going along. My brother is2to go with us for vacation. Because he3 went to other countries, he is even more4than the children. He can’t wait to go. My father would like to stay at home, but we’ll send him postcards 5 Europe.
   We're 6 next Friday. We’re going to New York by train, 7 taking a ship to Europe. When we 8 in Europe, we are going to  9  countries for sightseeing. We’re going to those places by train or by bus and we’re  10a week there. Then we are flying home.

    It was Christmas Eve. It was very cold. A1 girl was selling flowers on the street. Her parents were ill,2 she had to get money 3 food. She felt cold and hungry. She 4 in front of a beautiful house. The girl knocked at the door and a man came out. She asked him if he 5 some flowers. The man said he didn't want any. She left the house and felt tired. She sat down at the foot of 6 tall wall. She looked at the flowers. The flowers smelled very nice. She suddenly had a strange feeling. She felt she was becoming light, and slowly she began to fly into the sky. She flew higher and higher and at last she found 7 above the clouds. A group of people were coming to meet her. At the head of them was her granny. Granny welcomed her and asked her 8 she didn't stay at home. The girl told her that she 9 to sell flowers to get money because her parents were badly ill. Granny told her not to worry and gave her 10 of beautiful clothes and delicious food. The girl laughed happily.

通读短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的三个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

    Sam is my new classmate. He is 1 American boy. He is from New York. He is thirteen.

    Sam often gets up at about 6: 30 on2. And he often 3 a cup of tea, an egg and some bread for his breakfast. Then he goes to school at 7: 30 a.m. and gets there 4 8: 00 a.m. . They have four classes in the morning and two in the 5. At 3: 50 p.m. they play games. He studies hard and studies 6. He likes English and is good at it. He teaches us 7 and we teach him Chinese. He can speak a little Chinese now, but not 8 . Mike is his good friend. They go home together(一起). He does 9 homework at home, but sometimes at school. On Saturday and Sunday, he likes 10 football games on TV. He often goes to bed at about nine.

通读全文，根据短文理解，选择正确答案填空。
    One day. A farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a horseshoe 1 the ground. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, "It wastes my time." His father said 2 but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer 3 the horseshoe and with the money he bought some strawberries.
    The father and the son went on walking. The sun was well up in the 4. They soon drank up their water, and there wasn't a house or even a tree for them to 5. Thomas felt too 6 to walk on. At this time, his father gave Thomas a strawberry 7 he quickly ate it. After a while, his father gave him 8strawberry and once again, his son lost no time in putting it in his mouth.
    And so they 9. The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them. When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you picked up that horseshoe, you would have your own strawberries 10. Always remember the lesson: If you don't worry about the little things, you'll find difficult to do the great things."

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    Hello, everyone! My name is Dylan. I am 13 years old. I have a special friend. He is 1 ET (外星人).  

    The ET and I live together. I play with him every day. I am good at 2. He can play football with me on the 3 . I like reading very much. I often tell him some funny stories. Would you like 4 more about our life? Here it is.

    On weekdays, we usually get up at 6:50. We 5 at 7:20 and get to school at 8:00. Our first class 6 at 9:00. My favourite lesson is Maths. But 7 is English. At lunchtime, I eat a lot of nice food with him. In the afternoon, I have no classes. The ET teaches me many new things.

    8 weekends, we play all day. I like 9 him because we can have a good time.

    Do you like the ET? Oh, I nearly forget one thing. The ET is only in my dream! But I really want a friend 10 him.

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    Have you ever offered a helping hand to those who are in trouble?

One day, two 1 were walking along the road to school when they saw an old woman carrying a large basket of pears. They thought the woman looked very 2. They went up to her and said, "Are you going to town? If you are, we will help carry your basket."

    "Thank you," 3 the woman, " you are very kind. You see I'm weak and ill." Then she told them that she was now going to market to 4 the pears which grew on the only tree in her little garden.

    "We are all going to the 5." said the boys. "Let us have the basket." And they took hold of it, one each side. They walked 6 with the heavy basket, but happily.

    The other day, I saw a little girl stop and 7 a piece of orange peel, which she threw into the dustbin（垃圾桶）, "I wish 8 would throw that on the sidewalk," said she. "Someone may step on it and fall."

    Perhaps some may say that these are not 9 things. That is right. But such a little thing shows that you have a thoughtful mind and a feeling heart. We must not wait for the 10 to do great things. We must begin with little things of love.

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

    One day, there was an earthquake in a small mountain village. Nothing was destroyed and 1 was hurt. But a big rock fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.

    When the earthquake2many people came to the road and saw the rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock off the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it but3.They tried to pull it with ropes but nothing worked.

    “Well,” they all agreed, “There's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the road.” At this time a boy of 12 years old said, “I think I can help you to move the rock.”

    “You?” they shouted, “What are you talking about?” The men all4 at the boy.

    The next morning some people came into the street.One of them shouted, “The rock 5!” More people ran out to see. It was right. The rock wasn't in the road any more. It wasn't even near the road.

    “This is6,” they said, “Where did it go?”

    The boy stood in the street,7, “I told you I could move it last night. and I buried(埋) it.”

    The boy said.

    The people looked 8.“You see,” he said, “I dug a deep hole next to the rock and I dug a small incline(斜坡) up to the rock and the rock9down into the hole by itself. I covered it with earth.”

    The people shouted,“What a10 boy!” And some of them said, “Why haven't we thought of this good way?”

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    Good morning, everyone! I'm Frank Smith.1is my first name .Smith is my  2name. I am 3 student. My favorite （最喜欢的) 4is blue. My telephone number is 456-3967.There are(有) 5numbers in it. This girl is my friend. 6name is Gina. 7is her favorite color. Look! Her cup and jacket are red! What's her telephone number?8 808-5973. Ms. Miller is 9 English teacher. We all like(喜欢)her. That is my classroom(教室).10the number, please.

    T-H-R-E-E. Yes, I'm in Class（班级）Three.

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    Brian was a funny student. He loved watching comedies best and hoped to become a comedy actor one day.

    When he heard about the talent show to be held at this school, Brian decided to take part in. He had never acted on stage before, and he was very1. But some students2 him. "You are not funny but silly," Ken, one of his classmates, said to his face. "No one will like what you do," another boy also said to him,3.

    Brian couldn't understand4they were so unkind to him. But he decided to prepare for the show. Brian did a great job at the talent show. 5loved his performance, and he won the first prize! Even so, Ken told Brian that he was not funny. Brian didn't understand why Ken said that, 6he realized that it had nothing to do with him. He tried to make his dream come true.

    As the years went on, Brian met more people7Ken. "You'll do a terrible job," they said to him. Luckily, most people encouraged(鼓励) him and some helped him to become even funnier. He got lots of opportunities(机会) to perform in8. He was even asked to be on television. His fans9him because his comedies made them feel good when they were unhappy.

    Now Brian is a big10! He is doing what he loves best. He never feels stressed(紧张的), and he laughs all day long!

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    London is such a wonderful city. It is very large. The Thames River runs1the city from west to east. So the city has2parts: the South and the North. In the North, there are important buildings, shops, big parks and interesting places.

    The weather in London is good.  In winter it is not very cold and in summer it is not very hot3the city is near the sea.  People say4London is a foggy city and it often rains.  It is true.

    Last year, when I5in London I met one of the6fogs in years.  You could hardly see your hand in front of your face.  Cars and buses moved along with their lights on. When evenings fell, the weather7even worse.  The fog was as thick as milk. 8the buses and cars stopped. I happened9an important meeting on the other side of the town, but it was impossible to find a car. I had to get there10.

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    Tongtong is three years old. She likes1English very much. Her mother2 English in a high school.

    Tongtong likes to3English cartoon videos. She plays games with her dolls and4with them in English. She learns a lot by watching the videos. Sometimes she can5but doesn't know the6. When her mother comes back home，she will tell Tongtong what the words and sentences mean.

    Tongtong's mother thinks that interest is important，and7is more important. Tongtong has great interest in English speaking. She can learn to speak by8and listening. But she should have chances(机会)to use it. So her mother tries to talk with her in English at home and takes her to the 9at school. Though Tongtong makes many mistakes，her English improves10.

通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

    Thanksgiving Day was coming. A teacher gave her class an interesting task—to draw a picture of something to express their 1.

    The teacher thought most of her 2 would draw turkey or some other traditional food of the festival. And so they did. But Douglas made a 3 kind of picture.

    Douglas was a child of unhappiness. 4 other children played together, Douglas always stood close by his teacher's side.

    His picture was special. When he was asked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a hand! 5 else. Just an empty hand.

    His work caught the attention of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? Scone guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raised turkeys, others guessed it was the hand of God, because God helped everyone. The discussions 6, and they even forgot to ask the artist himself.

    When the discussion stopped, the teacher asked Douglas whose hand it was. The little boy said in a low voice, "It's 7, teacher."

    She got surprised at his words. Then she 8 that she often took his hand. Sometimes she said, "Douglas, take my hand, we'll go outside." Sometimes she said, "Let me show you how to hold your pencil." And she 9 said, "Let's do this together."

    Her eyes were full of tears. She had done these to all her students. She didn't know these were so 10 to him. She hugged Douglas and decided to give him more love.

先通读下面两篇短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

    A fox is1food. He is very hungry. Now he stands near a wall. He sees2fine grapes on the wall. He smiles and says, "3 nice they are! I want to eat them. The fox is jumping. He jumps and jumps, 4 the wall is too high. He5 get the grapes. The fox says "I must go now. I don't like those grapes. They are green. They are not good to eat.”

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.

    Jacob Newland kept his eyes forward as the water over his bright yellow surfboard. The 14-year-old got up on his knees to ride the1.

    Jacob and about 25 other kids with disabilities learned to surf(冲浪) at a camp in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The yearly surf camp has been held for nine years. Each kid got a 30-minute lesson with the help of a swim coach and a few2.

    Being in the water wasn't3to Jack Wenrich, 9. He had been through swim lessons. It was his fourth time at the camp. His mom, Jennifer, said he has no fear. "Once he knew how to swim, he4jumped right into the deep end," she said.

    Jack has autism(自闭症) ,But surfing gives him a sense of freedom, Jennifer said.

    "It's something they can do, something they can be5,"she said. Not everyone wanted to try surfing. Some just like being in the water and6on the board.

    Karen Morgan-Hill, an organizer helped the surfers. All the students who went out on a board came back with smiles. Morgan-Hill said the water makes people open up more and builds trust.

1 Choose the best words or expressions and complete the passage. (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文。)

    Long ago, everything on the Earth was asleep. Nothing moved. Nothing grew. (One day the Rainbow Serpent(彩蛇)woke from her sleep and came out from under the ground.

    She travelled a long way but finally got 2  because she was alone and so she returned to the place where she had first appeared, and called to the frogs. "Come out！"

    The frogs appeared one by one. It was difficult for them to move forward because stomachs were 3  water, which they had stored in their sleep. The Rainbow Serpent tickled(挠疼)the frogs and, when they 4  , water ran all over the Earth and that is how lakes and rivers were formed.

    Because there was water, all the animals 5  , and the grass and trees grew. The animals followed the Rainbow Serpent across the land. They were happy. Each lived and collected food with other animals of the same kind.

    At first, all the animals behaved well, but some started making 6  , and so the Rainbow Serpent made rules that they all had to obey.

    The Rainbow Serpent said, ""Those who obey my rules will get a reward(奖贫). I will turn them into humans. Those who don't obey my rules will be punished(惩罚)and turned into stone, and will never be able to   on the Earth again. "

    The bad animals became stone and turned into mountains and hills, and those who obeyed the rules were turned into humans, and lived with others of the same kind happily on the Earth.

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

    I try to be a good father. Give my kids love. Work nights to pay for their schooling. But1with Michael Hoyt, I am nothing.

    This love2began in Winchester, 43 years ago, when Rick was strangled (勒住) by the umbilical cord (脐带) during birth, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to3his limbs (四肢).

    "He'll be a vegetable the4of his life," Doctors told Michael and his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old.

    But the Hoyts weren't5it. Because they noticed that Rick's

6followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the engineering department and asked if there was anything to help the boy communicate. But doctors told the parents that there was7going on in their son's brain.

    "Tell him a joke," Michael said to the doctors. They did and Rick8. Actually a lot was going on in his brain.

    Equipped(装备) with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor (光标)9the side of his head, Rick was10able to communicate. What is his first word? "Run!" And after a high school classmate was paralyzed (瘫痪) in a(n)11and the school organized a charity run (慈善跑) for him, Rick typed, "Dad, I want to do that."

    Yeah, right. How was Michael, a man who never ran more than a mile12going to push his son five miles?13he tried. Surprisingly, that day changed Rick's life. "Dad," he typed, "when we were running, it felt like I wasn't14anymore!"

    And that sentence also changed Michael 's life. He wanted to give Rick that feeling as15as he could. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times in triathlon (铁人三项).

    "No question about it," Rick types. "My dad is the Strongest Dad in the World."

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    Mr. Smith was once a policeman. He was a kind person. He liked to have a walk1the park after breakfast.

    It was very cold on a winter morning. Mr. Smith was walking along the street when he heard a cry for help. He turned around but could see nobody. He stopped and looked here and there. At the moment, a boy2to him. The boy was so hurry3he couldn't say a word except (除……之外) pointing towards the river. Mr. Smith realized what had happened and ran to the river with him as soon as possible.4of them ran along the river and saw a girl in the water. She5a piece of wood. It was carrying her away. It was too6.

    Without thinking twice, Mr. Smith took off his clothes as7as he could, and jumped into the river. He8to the girl and took her back near the bank (河岸) and lifted the girl up, and then the boy helped pull her out of the water. Then they stopped a car and took the girl to the9. At last the girl's life was saved, and she10them very much.

先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

    It is a fact that people die every moment of every day. However, the1of those who have done great work in the public area can be especially shocking and heartbreaking even to those of us who don't know them personally.

    On Jan. 26, 2020, Kobe Bryant, one of the most famous NBA players in history, died in a terrible 2. He was 41 years old 3 he was killed in a helicopter crash, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant.

    Following Bryant's death, people from all4of life have paid respect to the basketball superstar- not only for his5on the court, but also for his personality and the encouragement he has given to us.

    In the basketball world, Bryant ranks6the top players of all time. He entered the NBA7from high school as a basketball prodigy. He played8whole 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers and helped the team win five NBA championships. He was fast, skillful and aggressive, which9him the nickname "black mamba" — one of the most deadly snakes in the world.

    That's10his competitive philosophy is called the "Mamba Mentality" "Mamba mentality is you're going, you're competing, you're not11  about the end result," Bryant said. "I's all about focusing on the process and12the hard work when it matters most."

    Off the court, Bryant was13as a successful businessman, an Oscar-winning filmmaker, and a proud father of four daughters.

The fact that Bryant is no14with us is sad. We'll15see him give another interview or play in another game. But the work he has done will keep inspiring us years after his death.

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

    A Swedish couple on holiday were traveling around Italy, and wanted to go to Capri. Capri is an island in the south of the country,1for its beautiful coastline and a popular tourist destination (目的地). The couple put their destination into their car's GPS (全球定位系统), 2 they made a spelling mistake. They 3typed CARPI instead of CAPRI. There is a real place called Carpi in Italy, but it is a small town in the4of the country.

    The couple followed the GPS directions. Although they were traveling to an island, it didn't5them that they didn't even cross a bridge or see the sea. When they arrived in Carpi, they went to the tourist office. They asked6they could go to the Blue Grotto, a well-known sea cave in Capri. Of course, the office worker there couldn't 7them. He thought they wanted to go to a 8called the Blue Grotto for dinner.

    When the man realized that the couple thought they were in Capri, he 9their mistake. The couple got back into their car and started driving south. The office worker said, "They were10, but not angry."

    It was a spelling mistake that took the couple 600 kilometres from their destination.

读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    My friend Richard went far to work, so he asked me to take care of his yard in the mountains. He worked hard and often kept the yard 1 without any grass. But I was too lazy to sweep the fallen leaves, and I2pluck (拔) grass, allowing it to grow rapidly. In the early3, in March, the leaves were green and soft. A month later, when the leaves spread quickly, I discovered they were like wild orchids (兰花) in the forest.

    As the summer came, the "grass" really flowered. The flowers looked like those forest orchids, 4 they were yellow, unlike those purple or brown red forest orchids. I picked one flower, then went to find a friend who studied 5.As soon as my friend saw it he asked me6 I picked it. "It's amazing!" He 7 explained, "This kind of orchid is hard to find. Now it is worth at least 10,000 dollars each."

    I told the good news to Richard. He was8. After a while he said gently, he saw the orchid in the yard every year, but he thought it was common grass, so he always plucked it. He said, "If I could9, it would flower a few years before." Yes, all of us might miss some rare (稀有的) orchids in our own lives. We don't give them the time to flower to prove their value.

    Give the "grass" time to flower and give everybody a 10 to prove his value. Don't pluck a leave of any "grass" or negate (否定) a person rudely and how many "rare orchids " we will get in our lives!