阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

When I was in middle school，my social studies teacher asked me to enter a writing contest. I said no without thinking. I did not love writing. My family came from Brazil，so English was only my second language. Writing was so difficult and painful for me that my teacher had allowed me to present my paper on the sinking of the Titanic by acting out a play，where I played all the parts. No one laughed harder than he did.

ㅤSo，why did he suddenly force me to do something at which I was sure to fail？His reply："Because I love your stories. If you're willing to apply yourself，I think you have a good shot at this." Encouraged by his words，I agreed to give it a try.

ㅤI chose Paul Revere's horse as my subject. Paul Revere was a silversmith （银匠） in Boston who rode a horse at night on April 18，1775 to Lexington to warn people that British soldiers were coming. My story would come straight from the horse's mouth. Not a brilliant idea，but funny；and unlikely to be anyone else's choice.

ㅤWhat did the horse think，as he sped through the night？Did he get tired？Have doubts？Did he want to quit？I sympathized immediately. I got tired. I had doubts. I wanted to quit. But，like Revere's horse，I kept going. I worked hard. I checked my spelling，I asked my older sister to correct my grammar. I checked out a half dozen books on Paul Revere from the library. I even read a few of them.

ㅤWhen I handed in the essay to my teacher，he read it，laughed out loud，and said， "Great. Now，write it again." I wrote it again，and again and again. When I finally finished it，the thought of winning had given way to the enjoyment of writing. If I didn't win，I wouldn't care.

注意：

（1）续写词数应为150左右；

（2）请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1：A few weeks later，when I almost forgot the contest，there came the news. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

Paragraph 2：I went to my teacher's office after the award presentation. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

ㅤ假定你是李华，外教Ryan准备将学生随机分为两人一组，让大家课后练习口语，你认为这样分组存在问题。请你给外教写一封邮件，内容包括：

（1）说明问题；

（2）提出建议。

注意：

（1）写作词数应为80个左右；

（2）请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

Dear Ryan，

ㅤI'm Li Hua from Class 3. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

Yours，

Li Hua

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。

ㅤXiao long bao（soup dumplings），those amazing constructions of delicate dumpling wrappers，encasing hot，（1）＿＿＿＿（taste）soup and sweet，fresh meat，are far and away my favorite Chinese street food. The dumplings arrive steaming and dangerously hot. To eat one，you have to decide whether（2）＿＿＿＿（bite）a small hole in it first，releasing the stream and risking a spill（溢出），（3）＿＿＿＿to put the whole dumpling in your mouth，letting the hot soup explode on your tongue. Shanghai maybe the （4）＿＿＿＿（recognize）home of the soup dumplings but food historians will actually point you to the neighboring canal town of Nanxiang as Xiao long bao's birthplace. There you will find them prepared differently﹣more dumpling and less soup，and the wrappers are pressed （5）＿＿＿＿hand rather than rolled. Nanxiang aside，the best Xiao long bao have a fine skin，allowing them （6）＿＿＿＿（lift）out of the steamer basket without allowing them tearing or spilling any of （7）＿＿＿＿（they）contents. The meat should be fresh with （8）＿＿＿＿ touch of sweetness and the soup hot，clear and delicious.

ㅤNo matter where I buy them，one steamer is （9）＿＿＿＿（rare）enough，yet two seems greedy，so I am always left （10）＿＿＿＿ （want）more next time.

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

On Oct.11，hundreds of runners competed in a cross﹣country race in Minnesota. Melanie Bailey should have（1）＿＿＿＿the course earlier than she did. Her（2）＿＿＿＿came because she was carrying a（3）＿＿＿＿across the finish line.

ㅤAs reported by a local newspaper，Bailey was more than two﹣thirds of the way through her（4）＿＿＿＿when a runner in front of her began crying in pain. She（5）＿＿＿＿to help her fellow runner，Danielle Lenoue. Bailey took her arm to see if she could walk forward with（6）＿＿＿＿. She couldn't. Bailey then（7）＿＿＿＿to let Lenoue climb onto her back and carried her all the way to the finish line，then another 300 feet to where Lenoue could get（8）＿＿＿＿attention.

ㅤOnce there，Lenouc was（9）＿＿＿＿and later taken to a hospital，where she learned that she had serious injuries in one of her knees. She would have struggled with extreme（10）＿＿＿＿to make it to that aid checkpoint without Bailey's help.

ㅤAs for Bailey，she is more（11）＿＿＿＿about why her act is considered a big（12）＿＿＿＿" She was just crying. I couldn't（13）＿＿＿＿her，" Bailey told the reporter." I feel like I was just doing the right thing.

ㅤAlthough the two young women were strangers before the（14）＿＿＿＿，they've since become friends. Neither won the race，but the（15）＿＿＿＿of human kindness won the day.

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Personal Forgiveness

ㅤTaking responsibility for mistakes is a positive step，but don't beat yourself up about them. To err （犯错）is human.（1）＿＿＿＿You can use the following writing exercise to help you do this.

ㅤIn a journal or on a piece of paper，put the heading "Personal strengths."（2）＿＿＿＿ Are you caring？Creative？Generous？A good listener？Fun to be around？They don't have to be world ﹣changing，just aspects of your personality that you're proud of.

ㅤAt the top of a second page，put the heading"Acts of kindness." On this one，list all the positive things you've done for others. It might be the time when you helped a friend with their homework，when you did the ironing without being asked，or when you baked cookies after the family had had a tiring day.（3）＿＿＿＿

ㅤYou could ask a friend or family member to help add to your list.（4）＿＿＿＿That way，you could exchange thoughts on what makes each of you special and the aspects of your personality that shine through. In fact，don't wait until you've made a mistake to try this—it's a great way to boost self﹣confidence at any time.

ㅤIt's something of a cliché（陈词滥调） that most people learn not from their successes but their mistakes.

The thing is，it's true.（5）＿＿＿＿We' re all changing and learning all the time and mistakes are a positive way to develop and grow.

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

On March 7，1907，the English statistician Francis Galton published a paper which illustrated what has come to be known as the "wisdom of crowds" effect. The experiment of estimation he conducted showed that in some cases，the average of a large number of independent estimates could be quite accurate.

ㅤThis effect capitalizes on the fact that when people make errors，those errors aren't always the same. Some people will tend to overestimate，and some to underestimate. When enough of these errors are averaged together，they cancel each other out，resulting in a more accurate estimate. If people are similar and tend to make the same errors，then their errors won't cancel each other out. In more technical terms，the wisdom of crowds requires that people's estimates be independent. If for whatever reasons，people's errors become correlated or dependent，the accuracy of the estimate will go down.

ㅤBut a new study led by Joaquin Navajas offered an interesting twist （转折） on this classic phenomenon. The key finding of the study was that when crowds were further divided into smaller groups that were allowed to have a discussion，the averages from these groups were more accurate than those from an equal number of independent individuals. For instance，the average obtained from the estimates of four discussion groups of five was significantly more accurate than the average obtained from 20 independent individuals.

ㅤIn a follow﹣up study with 100 university students，the researchers tried to get a better sense of what the group members actually did in their discussion. Did they tend to go with those most confident about their estimates？Did they follow those least willing to change their minds？This happened some of the time，but it wasn't the dominant response. Most frequently，the groups reported that they "shared arguments and reasoned together." Somehow，these arguments and reasoning resulted in a global reduction in error. Although the studies led by Navajas have limitations and many questions remain，the potential implications for group discussion and decision﹣making are enormous.

（1）What is paragraph 2 of the text mainly about？ ＿＿＿＿

（2）Navajas' study found that the average accuracy could increase even if ＿＿＿＿

（3）What did the follow﹣up study focus on？ ＿＿＿＿

（4）What is the author's attitude toward Navajas' studies？＿＿＿＿

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

The goal of this book is to make the case for digital minimalism，including a detailed exploration of what it asks and why it works，and then to teach you how to adopt this philosophy if you decide it's right for you.

ㅤTo do so，I divided the book into two parts. In part one，I describe the philosophical foundations of digital minimalism，starting with an examination of the forces that are making so many people's digital lives increasingly intolerable，before moving on to a detailed discussion of the digital minimalism philosophy.

ㅤPart one concludes by introducing my suggested method for adopting this philosophy：the digital declutter. This process requires you to step away from optional online activities for thirty days. At the end of the thirty days，you will then add back a small number of carefully chosen online activities that you believe will provide massive benefits to the things you value.

ㅤIn the final chapter of part one，I'll guide you through carrying out your own digital declutter. In doing so. I'll draw on an experiment I ran in 2018 in which over 1，600 people agreed to perform a digital declutter. You'll hear these participants' stories and learn what strategies worked well for them，and what traps they encountered that you should avoid.

ㅤThe second part of this book takes a closer look at some ideas that will help you cultivate a sustainable digital minimalism lifestyle. In these chapters，I examine issues such as the importance of solitude and the necessity of cultivating high﹣quality leisure to replace the time most now spend on mindless device use. Each chapter concludes with a collection of practices，which are designed to help you act on the big ideas of the chapter. You can view these practices as a toolbox meant to aid your efforts to build a minimalist lifestyle that words for your particular circumstances.

（1）What is the book aimed at？ ＿＿＿＿

（2）What does the underlined word"declutter"in paragraph 3 mean？ ＿＿＿＿

（3）What is presented in the final chapter of part one？ ＿＿＿＿

（4）What does the author suggest readers do with the practices offered in part two？＿＿＿＿

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

When John Todd was a child，he loved to explore the woods around his house，observing how nature solved problems. A dirty stream，for example，often became clear after flowing through plants and along rocks where tiny creatures lived. When he got older，John started to wonder if this process could be used to clean up the messes people were making.

ㅤAfter studying agriculture，medicine，and fisheries in college，John went back to observing nature and asking questions. Why can certain plants trap harmful bacteria（细菌）？Which kinds of fish can eat cancer﹣causing chemicals？With the right combination of animals and plants，he figured，maybe he could clean up waste the way nature did. He decided to build what he would later call an eco﹣machine.

ㅤThe task John set for himself was to remove harmful substances from some sludge（污泥）.First，he constructed a series of clear fiberglass tanks connected to each other. Then he went around to local ponds and streams and brought back some plants and animals. He placed them in the tanks and waited. Little by little，these different kinds of life got used to one another and formed their own ecosystem. After a few weeks，John added the sludge.

ㅤHe was amazed at the results. The plants and animals in the eco﹣machine took the sludge as food and began to eat it! Within weeks，it had all been digested，and all that was left was pure water.

ㅤOver the years，John has taken on many big jobs. He developed a greenhouse﹣like facility that treated sewage （污水）from 1，600 homes in South Burlington. He also designed an eco﹣machine to clean canal water in Fuzhou，a city in southeast China.

ㅤ"Ecological design"is the name John gives to what he does. "Life on Earth is kind of a box of spare parts for the inventor，"he says. "You put organisms in new relationships and observe what's happening. Then you let these new systems develop their own ways to self﹣repair."

（1）What can we learn about John from the first two paragraphs？ ＿＿＿＿

（2）Why did John put the sludge into the tanks？ ＿＿＿＿

（3）What is the author's purpose in mentioning Fuzhou？ ＿＿＿＿

（4）What is the basis for John's work？ ＿＿＿＿

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Bike Rental &Guided Tours

ㅤWelcome to Amsterdam，welcome to MacBike. You see much more from the seat of a bike! Cycling is the most economical，sustainable and fun way to explore the city，with its beautiful canals，parks，squares and countless lights. You can also bike along lovely landscapes outside of Amsterdam.

ㅤWhy MacBike

ㅤMacBike has been around for almost 30 years and is the biggest bicycle rental company in Amsterdam. With over 2，500 bikes stored in our five rental shops at strategic locations，we make sure there is always a bike available for you. We offer the newest bicycles in a wide variety，including basic bikes with foot brake（刹车），bikes with hand brake and gears （排挡），bikes with child seats，and children's bikes.

ㅤPrices

ㅤGuided City Tours

ㅤThe 2.5﹣hour tour covers the Gooyer Windmill，the Skinny Bridge，the Rijksmuseum，Heineken Brewery and much more. The tour departs from Dam Square every hour on the hour，starting at 1：00 pm every day. You can buy your ticket in a MacBike shop or book online.

（1）What is an advantage of MacBike？ ＿＿＿＿

（2）How much do you pay for renting a bike with hand brake and three gears for two days？＿＿＿＿

（3）Where does the guided city tour start？＿＿＿＿

ㅤ学校英报组织同学们分享自己在假期中学到的新技能，请你以此为主题写一篇短文投稿。内容包括：

（1）简要描述；

（2）体验和感受。

注意：

（1）词数100左右；

（2）题目已为你写好。

ㅤ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。每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：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，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。

ㅤLast Friday my mom decided to color his hair.She studied with all the hair products at the drugstore.The color she choose came in a box which had a picture of a woman that hair color looked just perfect.Mom was sure same color would look great on her.She put the new color on her hair or sat still for 30 minutes，just as the directions saying.However，instead of the brownish red hair she had hoped for，she final got purple hair.She went right into the shower to washing it，but it was no use.At least one thing proved truth：the color wouldn't wash out.

ㅤBeijing is a city bridging the ancient and the modern.From Buddhist temples to museums，narrow hutong（1）＿＿＿＿＿royal palaces，it is home to more than 3，000 years of glorious history even down to its layout with the city keeping its carefully（2）＿＿＿＿＿（build） system of ring roads.

ㅤBut for all its ancient buildings，Beijing is also a place（3）＿＿＿＿＿welcomes the fast﹣paced development of modern life，with 21st﹣century architectural（4）＿＿＿＿＿（wonder） standing side by side with historical buildings of the past.

ㅤIt is a distinct visual contrast（反差）that shouldn't work，（5）＿＿＿＿＿somehow these two very different worlds make a good combination.（6）＿＿＿＿＿（visit） several times over the last 10 years，I（7）＿＿＿＿＿（amaze）by the co﹣existence of old and new，and how a city was able to keep such a rich heritage（遗产）while constantly growing. As a photographer，I have spent the last two years（8）＿＿＿＿＿（record） everything I discovered.

ㅤThe（9）＿＿＿＿＿（remark） development of this city，which is consciously designed to protect the past while stepping into the modern world，（10）＿＿＿＿＿（mean） there is always something new to discover here，and I could be photographing Beijing for the next 50 years.

ㅤTo become the Olympic champion in the individual（个人） all﹣around event.Gabby Douglas had to leave everything she（1）＿＿＿＿＿best.She had to（2）＿＿＿＿＿her bedroom in Virginia.She had to say（3）＿＿＿＿＿to her two dogs and to the beach，where she loved to（4）＿＿＿＿＿waves on her board.But it was（5）＿＿＿＿＿to take the leap（飞跃），however（6）＿＿＿＿＿it would be.Even at 14，Douglas knew that.So she（7）＿＿＿＿＿about 1，200 miles away from home，to（8）＿＿＿＿＿with a coach from China.She lived with a family she had never（9）＿＿＿＿＿and everything was new to her.

ㅤAs it turned out，Douglas did（10）＿＿＿＿＿what she needed to do to become Olympic champion when she（11）＿＿＿＿＿two Russians.The Chinese coach（12）＿＿＿＿＿Douglas into one of the best gymnasts in the（13）＿＿＿＿＿，helping her skyrocket from an（14）＿＿＿＿＿member of the national team to the top of the sport.By （15）＿＿＿＿＿the Olympic all﹣around title，she became the first black woman to do so.She（16）＿＿＿＿＿the competition from beginning to end.She said she had felt（17）＿＿＿＿＿all along that she would win.

ㅤNot so long ago，Martha Karoly，the coordinator （联络人） of the women's national team，did not think Douglas had what it（18）＿＿＿＿＿to be an Olympian.As time went by，she thought（19）＿＿＿＿＿that she could make the London Games—and win.

ㅤ"I'm going to inspire so many people，" she said."I'm ready to（20）＿＿＿＿＿." And shine she did.

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ㅤIndoor plants might look as if they just sit around not doing much，but in many ways they are the unsung heroes of the home.（1）＿＿＿＿＿，but studies have shown that they can promote people's wellbeing by improving their mood（心情），reducing stress and helping their memory.What's more，indoor plants are easy to look after and are not very expensive.

ㅤWhat are indoor plants？

ㅤIndoor plants，also known as houseplants or pot plants，are plants that like to grow indoors.Many of these species（物种） are not ideally suited to growing outside in the UK，especially in the winter.（2）＿＿＿＿＿

ㅤWhy are indoor plants good for you？

ㅤWill Spoelstra，who works at the Royal Botanic Gardens，says，"（3）＿＿＿＿＿.I find during the winter months，plants around the house can really lift your mood."Several studies have backed this up and found that indoor plants can improve creativity，focus and memory.There is also research showing that pot plants can clean the air around them by removing harmful gases，such as carbon dioxide.They also remove some harmful chemicals from paints or cooking.（4）＿＿＿＿＿

ㅤWhich plants can you grow？

ㅤAloe vera，peace lilies and spider plants are some of the species that are easy to grow indoors.You can buy plants from supermarkets，garden centres or online.Younger plants are often cheaper than fully grown ones，and you get to care for them as they mature—which is part of the joy of owning plants."（5）＿＿＿＿＿." Spoelstra says." It can bring a new interest and focus into people's lives and help to make the link between home and nature."

ㅤIf you want to tell the history of the whole world，a history that does not privilege one part or humanity，you cannot do it through texts alone，because only some of the world has ever had texts，while most of the world，for most of the time，has not.Writing is one of humanity's later achievements，and until fairly recently even many literate（有文字的）societies recorded their concerns not only in writing but in things.

ㅤIdeally a history would bring together texts and objects，and some chapters of this book are able to do just that，but in many cases we simply can't.The clearest example of this between literate and non﹣literate history is perhaps the first conflict ，at Botany Bay，between Captain Cook's voyage and the Australian Aboriginals.From the English side，we have scientific reports and the captain's record of that terrible day.From the Australian side，we have only a wooden shield（盾） dropped by a man in flight after his first experience of gunshot.If we want to reconstruct what was actually going on that day，the shield must be questioned and interpreted as deeply and strictly as the written reports.

ㅤIn addition to the problem of miscomprehension from both sides，there are victories accidentally or deliberately twisted，especially when only the victors know how to write.Those who are on the losing side often have only their things to tell their stories.The Caribbean Taino，the Australian Aboriginals，the African people of Benin and the Incas，all of whom appear in this book，can speak to us now of their past achievements most powerfully through the objects they made：a history told through things gives them back a voice.When we consider contact（联系）between literate and non﹣literate societies such as these，all our first﹣hand accounts are necessarily twisted，only one half of a dialogue.If we are to find the other half of that conversation，we have to read not just the texts，but the objects.

（1）What is the first paragraph mainly about？ ＿＿＿＿＿

（2）What does the author indicate by mentioning Captain Cook in paragraph 2？ ＿＿＿＿＿

（3）What does the underlined word"conversation"in paragraph 3 refer to？ ＿＿＿＿＿

（4）Which of the following books is the text most likely selected from？ ＿＿＿＿＿