【1】What difficulty did Scarlett O'Hara face in her life?

A.The American Civil War.B.The loss of her parents.

C.Adventures in Never-Never LandD.The locked rooms and gardens.

【2】If you buy PETER PAN in a bookstore, you have to pay

A.￥12B.￥15C.￥18D.￥19 .

【3】Who brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life?

A.Sara Crewe.B.Peter Pan.C.Mary Lennox.D.Scarlett O'Hara.

【题目】

When I was a young boy of six, I lived with my grandparents in the country and my grandfather had a bicycle. Because of my grandfather's worry about my possible hurt by riding the bicycle, I wasn't____to ride it. However, the big bicycle interested me greatly.

One day, I got on it and rode away. Back then, I was_____enough —I didn't know what fear was—and loved to try new things.

Slowly I rode the bicycle along a road up the small hill behind our village. When I got to the top, I stopped. And then I decided to ride down the hill. In my opinion, it would be very exciting riding down the hill. Back then I had no idea of____and all I knew was the accident I would have.

I turned around. As I was going down the hill, the pedals(脚踏板）were ____faster and faster and I could no longer keep up with the round moving of them. I was beaten each time the pedals passed my feet. Soon I was getting near the end of my ride and I knew I must ____ the bike. I thought first I must stop the pedals from turning. But how? I made a failed try to stop the pedals by putting my leg straight. When the end was coming nearer, I ____ stopped the pedals and was thrown away from the bicycle. What a terrible way to stop! I did stop the bicycle. However, I paid the cost—I had to be in the hospital for a month. Then was told that bicycles had brakes(刹车）.

Now I still ______ the excitement the riding brought me. Thanks to this experience, I learned the ____ of "easy bravery". That is a lesson that can never be replaced(取代)by those got from other people.

【1】A.followedB.invitedC.noticedD.allowed

【2】A.braveB.cleverC.strongD.busy

【3】A.dutyB.reasonC.skillD.hope

【4】A.jumpingB.shakingC.drivingD.turning

【5】A.repairB.stopC.examineD.change

【6】A.naturallyB.carefullyC.finallyD.properly

【7】A.imagineB.rememberC.researchD.expect

【8】A.costB.secretC.attitudeD.benefit

The burpee is one of the most basic exercises. It is made up of movements performed very quickly and repeatedly. Some fitness experts believe that it is the best exercise in the world because this exercise is one that anyone can do very easily and very cheaply. Best of all, you can get a great full-body exercise without going to a gym.

The inventor of the burpee was an American doctor, Royal H Burpee. He firstly developed it in 1932 as a test, called "The Burpee Test", to test a person's ability to move rapidly and smoothly.

Equipment (设备) needed: none

How to perform the basic burpee correctly:

1.Begin a standing position, with your feet about hip-width apart (与臀部同宽). Stand with your back straight and your arms at your sides. Hold your abdominal muscles (腹部肌肉) in tightly throughout the exercise.

2. Keep your back straight, squat down and place your hands on the floor.

3. Push your feet back behind you, so that you move from a squat position to a full-length leg extension (伸展). Keep both arms and legs straight and strong. This is the basic push up position.

4. Bring your feet back to the squat position immediately by bending your knees quickly and placing your hands on the floor.

5.Jump straight up as high as you can from the squat position, holding your arms up directly over your head.

For an intense workout (高强度的训练), do three sets of twenty burpees. Always move as fast as you can and perform each set without a stop.

【1】As a form of exercise, the burpee is .

A.difficult and boringB.simple and inexpensive

C.simple but costlyD.useful but difficult

【2】According to the passage, the burpee .

A.needs equipmentB.is not for beginners

C.was invented for exerciseD.is an excellent full-body exercise

【3】In Step 2, the underlined word "squat" means .

A.stand upB.lie downC.sit on one's heelsD.jump up

【4】The passage provides the burpee exercise.

A.advice forB.step-by-step instructions for

C.the history ofD.all of the above

【题目】

Some apps highlight (凸显)when a person is online—and then share the information with the followers. Researchers at the University of Washington say that people could have more control over whether to show their online status (状态)in this case.

To find out whether people realize the apps are sharing this information and whether these indicators (标识)change how people behave online, the research team carried out a study among users of different apps.

The team asked participants if the apps they used showed their online status to their network. Almost 90% of the participants correctly named at least one of the apps they used that had online status indicators. But for at least one app they used, 62. 5% answered “not sure” and 35. 5% answered "no.” (Actually the app did.) The researchers also asked participants whether they noticed when others were online, whether they thought others noticed when they were online, and whether they had changed their own behavior because they did or didn't want to appear online.

The answers show that many people misunderstand online status indicators but still carefully shape their behavior to control how they are displayed to others. More than half of the participants reported that they had suspected ('怀疑有)that someone had noticed their status. Meanwhile, over half reported that they had logged on to an app just to check someone else5s status. And 43% of the participants mentioned changing their settings or behavior because they were trying to avoid one specific person.

“We see this repeated way of people changing their behavior to meet the demands of technology一as opposed to technology adapting to us and meeting our needs,” said Lucy Simko, a UW doctoral student in the Allen School That means people are choosing to go online not because they want to do something there but because it's important that their status indicator is projecting the right thing at the right time.

“Now, many people are working from home and socializing only online to fight the coronavirus pandemic (新冠疫情)，and some employees use their online status to indicate that they are working and available for meetings," the team says. So there's an opportunity to think about how future development of this technology could change how people use online status indicators.

Your comfort zone is a place, activity, situation or psychological state in which you feel free from anxiety and things are within your ability or control. But stepping out of it also has positive results.

When you break free and try new things, you'll be more productive and get more unexpected changes. That's because by living outside your comfort zone when you choose to, you can experience uncertainty in a controlled, manageable environment, which can prepare you for future life changes that force you out of it. Besides, as you step out of your comfort zone, productive discomfort becomes more normal to you, and you'll be willing to push further before your performance falls off.

Here are some ways to break out of your comfort zone without going too far:

Do everyday things differently. Ride your bike instead of taking the bus to school. Try a different diet. Use a new operating system. Don't be upset if things don't work out the way you planned.

Break the activity down into small steps. If you're frightened or overwhelmed (难以承受的)by the challenge you\e picked for yourself, don't do it at once. You can make it a multi-step process that will let you slowly climb that mountain.

Trust yourself and make snap decisions. Perhaps you are more comfortable weighing all of the possible choices several times, but sometimes making a snap call is in order, just to get things moving. Doing so can help you kickstart your personal projects and teach you to trust your judgment.

Yet, with all its possible benefits, you can't live outside of your comfort zone all the time. You need to come back from time to time to review your experiences. Take time to reflect on your experiences so you can apply the benefits you've got to your day-to-day activities.

Your comfort zone is neither a good or bad thing. It's a natural state that most people trend towards (倾向于). Leaving it means increased risk and anxiety, which can have positive and negative results, but don't demonize (妖魔化)your comfort zone as something holding you hack. We all need that headspace where we're least anxious and stressed so we can process the benefits we get when we leave it.

【1】The word "snap” in Paragraph 6 probably means "______________" .

A.quickB.clearC.balancedD.thoughtful

【2】Which might be the best example of breaking out of your comfort zone without going too far?

A.You went shopping when you were bored or upset.

B.You decided to watch a movie before the final exam.

C.You tried on all the shirts in a store to find the one you wanted.

D.You walked to school today although you prefer riding your bike.

【3】The writer probably agrees that ______________.

A.experiencing uncertainty in a controlled way has negative effects

B.making a change to our routine helps to increase our productivity

C.reducing stress and risk is what we need to bring out the best in us

D.breaking activities down into small steps leads to greater achievements

【4】What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?

A.To explain the reasons to step out of the comfort zone.

B.To advise people to treat the comfort zone in a proper way.

C.To introduce some ways of improving day-to-day performance.

D.To stress the importance of dealing with uncomfortable moments.

So, what causes dyslexia? Scientists believe a trouble in the brain makes decoding（编译）languages difficult for some people. Although there is no way to cure it, some doctors think that if caught early, dyslexia can be improved. One way to do this is by teaching readers to practise reading those words aloud. Many dyslexia people discover their own ways, such as listening to books on tapes or asking for more time to complete tests.

阅读以上短文，根据其内容判断下列各个小题正、误。正确的填（涂）A，错误的填（涂）B。

【1】Dyslexia only influences the ability of reading.（______）

【2】Everyone with dyslexia is not smart.（______）

【3】Dyslexia makes decoding languages difficult for some people.（______）

【4】The underlined word “cure” probably means that an illness goes away.（______）

【5】Dyslexia can probably be improved by listening to books on tapes.（______）

【6】The teacher advised ________（we）to make good use of our time.

【7】It is _______（help）of the boy to carry the heavy box for me.

【8】My parents told me that it is _________（safe）to walk alone at night.

【9】This kind of dress is on sale now, so it is __________（cheap）than yesterday.

【1】What does Bobby do?

A.He's an architect.B.He's a face painter.

C.He's a display artist. D.He's a costume designer.

【2】Who needs to think about colors and shapes?

A.Susan.B.Bobby.C.Ellen.D.Dean.

【3】Ellen's job is to ___________________.

A.paint on people's facesB.make store windows look cool

C.create suitable clothesD.design many kinds of buildings

【1】We can see this notice board ________.

A.at the airportB.on a trainC.on the subway

【2】________ is allowed in this building.

A.Taking an assistance dog

B.Smoking with the persons meeting passengers

C.Being kind enough to look after baggage for other people

【题目】

Each year on Feb 21, UNESCO ( 联合国教科文组织) holds an International Mother Language Day (IMLD ). The event is to help people to pay attention to the disappearance of the world's languages; many of them are disappearing each year. UNESCO sees this as a terrible fact.

What happens when a language dies out? Something great is lost-not just sounds and marks but the way that people understand the world and communicate with each other. We keep different cultures and traditions through languages. Kill a language and all these are killed too.

Through IMLD, more and more people come to realize he terrible situation and try to stop it.

Google's 2018 Endangered (濒临灭绝的) Languages Project is a good example. Many speakers and protectors of endangered languages upload (上传) texts, audios and videos to the project website. They want to introduce the way that people communicate and express themselves around the world.

The Myaamia Project is the same kind of effort to revive the language spoken by the Miami tribes (部落) of the United States. Project members work to encourage people to study and communicate with this language , which died out in the 1960s.

These activities give life to those endangered languages. People who work to keep Languages

alive are not limited to the past. Many young people design apps and use social media to support their activities. They "spread the word " to save the world.

So, while the problem of disappearing languages remains a very serious one, there is hope. We all have a special feeling of our mother language. This is why we should remember the wise words of late president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela: "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his own language，that goes to his heart."

【1】UNESCO holds IMLD every year in order to help people to _______________.

A. learn and use endangered languages

B. show their talents in learning languages

C. practice reading skills of mother languages

D. realize the situation of endangered languages

【2】What did people do in Google's 2018 Endangered Languages Project?

A. Discuss how to make good use of Google.

B. Offer online courses on endangered languages.

C. Share materials about endangered languages online.

D. Translate endangered languages into mother languages.

【3】What does the underlined word "revive" mean in Paragraph ( 段落) 4?

A. 创造B. 学习C. 复活D. 清除

【4】What can we infer ( 推断) from Paragraph 5?

A. It is more difficult to protect endangered languages.

B. The disappearance of languages has already stopped.

C. Young people don't care about endangered languages.

D. Young people have creative ways to protect languages.

【5】The writer mentions Nelson Mandela's words in order to __________________.

A. tell the importance of one's mother language

B. show his contributions to language protection

C. tell the trouble in learning endangered languages

D. show the possibility of protecting mother languages

My mum lives alone and works at a hotel. One day on her way home from work, she saw a cat. It was very small and had white and black hair. At first, she just walked by_________because it was a really windy afternoon. But the cat followed my mum a long way.

It looked very hungry and_________. At last it walked into my mum’s heart and life.

Last Sunday, I went to visit my mum. She told me excitedly about her little cat. I saw it for the first time. The cat wasn’t afraid of me at all. When I called its name, it looked at me with its big eyes and said “meow” to me, and then walked over slowly. It was so cute that I loved it immediately.

This cat makes my mum smile. She is always happy with the cat around. The cat will stay in the room_________it feels cold or just doesn’t want to be outside. My mum loves it and always tries to make it feel_________. The cat loves my mum too. It must think of my mum as_________mum.

It is really attached to（依恋）her. It makes her heart full of love and happiness. It makes me happy too, because I love to see the smile on my mum’s face.

【1】A.quicklyB.earlyC.loudlyD.happily

【2】A.coldB.boringC.busyD.interesting

【3】A.beforeB.soC.ifD.but

【4】A.sorryB.healthyC.funnyD.comfortable

【5】A.itsB.it’sC.itD.itself

A. more, more B. less, more

C. fewer, more D. more , less