一、完型填空

Everybody has his own hero in mind and is always trying to copy his behaviors in life.As for me,my 36.________ is just that man.My grandfather had a small farm.He also worked in a 37. ________ .

One autumn,most of the farmers in the village were 38.________ ,so he promised to help his neighbor harvest the corn as he often did.39.________ ,after harvesting his own corn,Grandpa's little corn machine broke.What was 40.________ ,the factory where Grandpa worked made the workers have extra work.He had to 41.________ the farm early and didn't get back until very late.It now seemed 42.________ to help out his neighbor because he really had no free time.

One night, Grandpa 43.________ that he wouldn't let his neighbor's harvest rot （腐烂） in the field.Without a 44.________ , he'd harvest it by hand. "I don't think you'd have time to do it,"said my grandma." 45.________ ,it'd be too dark to do anything at night."

"I know of one night that I could do it!" He 46.________ ."There's still one more full moon in October.If the 47.________ is clear,I think I can do it." A few days later,after a long shift （轮班） at the factory,my grandpa went to the 48. ________ .The weather was cold but clear.He cut all the corn through the night to 49.________ his word. Sometimes,when I want to put off responsibilities,I'd see my grandfather 50.________ corn in the light of the harvest moon.Behind him,row after row of corn stocks （玉米秸秆） stand at attention in respect for a man who keeps his word.

二、阅读理解

Passage 1　

In To The Daily News，

I'm writing to you about your recent article，"The Secrets of Reading Palms(手掌)"．It was interesting in some ways，but on the whole it was quite old­fashioned.The palm reading that the article described is，in most people's minds，a kind of fortune­telling(算命)．People expect the palm reader to answer questions like，"How many years will I live？" or，"Will I fall in love with a tall，rich，and handsome stranger？" For me，it is difficult to have confidence in palm readers who say that they know people's future simply on the basis of palm lines.

After a short look at my palm，a palm reader once told me that I was honest，smart，not lazy，and not at all selfish！She then said that I would find a lover soon.I really wish it were true.But how could I believe that my past，present，or future can be known from the few lines on the palm of my hand？The lines on the hand often change as we grow older.Therefore，I believe it doesn't make sense to use these changing lines to make judgments about a person's life and personality.

On the other hand，the article doesn't even consider the modern field of hand reading.Unlike old­fashioned palm readers，modern hand readers check the whole hand and body.Furthermore，hand readers need to have knowledge in the art of acupuncture(针灸)．Through experience of many hands，it is possible to understand a person's personality，stress level，as well as strengths and weaknesses.They can tell us things about ourselves that we didn't know，and this can be very useful in improving our lives.In short，I think they deserve(值得)to be listened to.

Yours，

Sunil Jaiswal

(　　)1.The reason Sunil Jaiswal wrote this letter to The Daily News is that ______.

A．he didn't agree with a recent article they printed

B．he hoped they would ask him to write letters more often

C．he enjoyed reading a recent article about palm reading

D．he wanted to tell them the palm reading was completely wrong

(　　)2.Sunil thinks hand reading is ______ than palm reading.

A．more famous B．more interesting

C．more common D．more believable

(　　)3.Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?

A．The lines on the palm stay the same as we grow older.

B．Palm readers can tell people's future through palm lines.

C．The writer likes what the palm reader said about him.

D．It's impossible to know about someone's personality from their hands.

(　　)4.What is probably the best title of this passage?

A．What Is Fortune­telling?

B．Palm Reading or Hand Reading?

C．Palm Reading and Personality

D．The Secrets of Reading Palm

Passage 2

Smartphone apps certainly make our lives easier.However，sometimes they can also cause problems.

Recently，the Ministry of Education(教育部)announced that teachers should not use WeChat or QQ to give homework or ask parents to grade kids' homework.

Many teachers in China depend heavily on apps to give homework.The kids have to stare at a phone screen to do their homework.For example，Liu Yanming，a sixth­grade student in Shanghai，usually has to use his mother's mobile phone to do his homework.Liu Yong，his father，is afraid that the apps could distract__kids by encouraging them to watch something unrelated(无关的)to homework."He is just 12 years old，and I do not want to buy him a cellphone，" Liu told China Daily."I also worry that my son's eyesight will be hurt because of staring at the phone for too long."

However，Bai Yueping，president of Shanghai Tangzhen Middle School，defended(辩护)using apps for homework."Parents can understand their kids' learning situation and supervise(监督)them finishing homework，" Bai told China Daily.

Zhang Siqi is a student from Renmin University of China.__▲__ "The use of WeChat or QQ to give homework is convenient，" Zhang told China Daily."We're living in the Internet era(时代)．It's unwise to refuse to take advantage of technology."

Chu Zhaohui，a researcher at the National Institute of Education Sciences，believed that it is impossible to stop the use of electronic devices (设备) in the Internet era.However，students should use them only when it's necessary，such as when they do listening exercises."We don't want to stop online education models，but they must be used carefully.Modern technologies are good，but they should not steal the show(喧宾夺主)，" he told China Daily.

(　　)1.What did the Ministry of Education announce recently?

A．Students shouldn't use smartphones at school.

B．Teachers shouldn't give children too much homework.

C．Students shouldn't use smartphones to do their homework.

D．Teachers shouldn't use smartphone apps to give homework.

(　　)2.What do the underlined words "distract__kids" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．make kids feel bored

B．improve kids' interest

C．get kids more excited

D．take kids' attention away

(　　)3.Which of the following is the best for "__▲__" in Paragraph 5?

A．He agrees with Liu Yong.

B．He agrees with Bai Yueping.

C．He thinks it's unwise to use the apps.

D．He thinks it's useless to use the apps.

(　　)4.Which of the following would Chu Zhaohui probably agree with?

A．We should use eletronic devices as much as possible.

B．We should use electronic devices only for listening exercises.

C．It's better to use electronic devices more carefully.

D．It's better to stop using electronic devices in teaching.

Passage 3

As Wibsom Guarin watched the helicopter (直升飞机) flying above，he wondered if the risk had been worth it.Moments earlier，Guarin and his children had hiked to Hermit Falls in Angeles National Forest，one of the most popular waterfalls in the Los Angeles area.Soon after they arrived，they saw a man got his shoulder hurt when he jumped into the rock pool at the base of Hermit Falls.Less than a minute later，another man jumped and appeared to break both his legs.Guarin said the jumpers just wanted to get a video of themselves and post it to social media.

These hikers，often inexperienced and underprepared，wanted to receive "likes" and shares on Instagram and other social media.This led to a rapid increase in rescue missions(救援任务)．The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Research and Rescue teams had 681 missions in 2017，a 20% increase from 2016.

The teams' leaders say the single largest reason for that increase is people posting videos of extreme (极限的) activities online.Then，without any thought about the difficulty，others try to recreate their own 15­second glory(荣耀)．On Instagram，there are a number of posts from visitors setting out to waterfalls and swimming holes in Angeles National Forest.It seems that many hikers are turning into models，posing(摆姿势)nearly the same in the same places.

Robert Garcia，the fire chief officer for Angeles National Forest，doesn't discourage people from enjoying the outdoors.But he points out that many accidents are avoidable.These happen either when people go off trail or pay no attention to warnings about an area being closed.Guarin still thinks about the two injured men."You become worried about what these people want to do.It's risking too much，" Guarin said.

(　　)1.What is the correct order in which these happened?

a．Guarin watched the helicopter flying above.

b．A man jumped into the rock pool and hurt his shoulder.

c．Guarin and his children hiked to Hermit Falls.

d．A man jumped and seemed to have his legs broken.

A．c－d－b－a B．c－b－d－a

C．a－c－d－b D．a－b－d－c

(　　)2.According to the passage，the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Research and Rescue teams had about ______ missions in 2016.

A．27 B．136

C．473 D．568

(　　)3.In Paragraph 3，the writer mainly tells us ______.

A．how hikers try hard to re­create their own glory

B．how the visitors hike in Angeles National Forest

C．why rescue missions have increased these years

D．why hikers pose nearly the same in the same places

(　　)4.Robert Garcia would most probably agree that ______.

A．it's worth the risk to do the extreme activities outdoors

B．it's dangerous for hikers to enjoy the activities outdoors

C．it's necessary to follow the requirements when people hike

D．it's impossible to prevent the accidents outdoors happening

三、语法填空

　A young man from Mali(马里) was praised as a hero after he climbed up an apartment building in Paris to save a four-year-old child hanging from a balcony(阳台).

　　Mamoudou Gassama 1.　　　　(watch) a football match in a local restaurant when he heard people shouting outside. He went out of the restaurant and saw a little boy 2.　　　　(hang)from the balcony of an apartment building. Without thinking 3.　　　　(two), the 22-year-old young man ran across the road and started climbing the building. He used the railings(金属栏杆) on each balcony to pull 4.　　　　(him) up to the next floor. 5.　　　　took him less than 30 seconds to climb up four floors to reach the boy. As he took the boy inside the apartment 6.　　　　(safe), people broke out in cheers.

　　The video showing Gassama saving the little boy soon spread like wildfire online, and the young man 7.　　　　(give) the name "Spiderman." The boy's family thanked Gassama later and called him a true hero.

　　Gassama was also invited 8.　　　　(meet) French President Emmanuel Macron. He was given a certificate(证书) and a gold medal from the President 9.　　　　 his bravery. He was also rewarded with an offer of French nationality and a job as a firefighter. The young man, 10.　　　　arrived in Paris a few months ago with the dream of making a better life for himself in the city, is expected to help more people with his skills in the future.

Keys:

1.____________ 2. ____________3. ____________4. ____________5. ____________

6. ____________ 7. ____________8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ____________

4、 短文填空

Dear Anne，

How are you? I had great fun last Wednesday, __ 1__ 5th，2013.It was a traditional Chinese festival called Dragon Boat Festival that day.

This festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, one of __ 2__ greatest Chinese poets. He killed himself by jumping into the Miluo River on May 5th of the lunar calendar(阴历), 278 BC. People there rowed the boats to __ 3__ him. But it was too late. They were very sad and then threw rice into the __ 4__ to feed the fishes so that they would stay away from his body.

__ 5__ then on, every year on this day, people enjoy __ 6__ Zongzi which is made of rice with meat, eggs and so on. In the past we ate it only __ 7__ a year, but now we regarded it as our daily food. We can have it any time we like.

Have you ever __ 8__ the dragon boat race on TV? It is another important part of this festival. Several teams row their dragonshaped boats as __ 9__ as they can. The first team to reach the finish line wins.

If you have a plan to visit China next year, would __10__ like to spend this festival with us?

Best wishes，

Xiao Qiang

Keys:

1.____________ 2. ____________3. ____________4. ____________5. ____________

6. ____________ 7. ____________8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ____________

参考答案

1． 完形填空

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2． 阅读理解

ADCB DDBC BDCC

3． 语法填空

1.was watching　2.hanging　3.twice　4.himself

5.It　6.safely　7.was given　8.to meet　9.for　10.who

四．短文填空

1.June　2.the　3.save　4.river/water　5．From 　

6.eating/having　7.once 8．watched/seen　 9.fast　 10.you

 

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