本试卷共五道大题, 39道小题, 满分60分,考试时间90分钟。
知识运用（共14分）
一、单项填空（共6分, 每小题0. 5分）
从下面各题所给的A、B、C. D四个选项中, 选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. Mike has a little sister. ___________ name is Lily.
A. My B. His C. Her D. Your
2. Students usually start their new term ___________ September every year.
A. on B. in C. at D. for
3. I called Jim last night, ___________ he didn’t answer the phone.
A. for B. and C. but D. or
4. Kobe Bryant was one of ___________ basketball players in the world.
A. good B. better C. best D. the best
5. —___________ do you usually do exercise on Saturdays？
— At about 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
A. When B. Where C. Why D. How
6. My best friend ___________ an old man get home yesterday evening.
A. helps B. helped C. is helping D. will help
7. James enjoys watching movies, and he often ___________ a movie in his free time.
A. watches B. watched C. is watching D. will watch
8. As soon as the rain stops, we ___________ out to play football.
A. go B. went C. will go D. have gone
9. My father ___________ in a panda protection center since 2010, so he knows a lot about pandas.
A. works B. worked C. is working D. has worked
10. — What were’ you doing at 10 o’clock yesterday morning？
—I ___________ with my parents.
A. read B. will read C. am reading D. was reading
11. Look at the flowers on both sides of the street. They ___________ last month.
A. plant B. planted C. are planted D. were planted
12. — Could you tell me ___________?
—Next Sunday.
A. when we will have a picnic
B. when we had a picnic
C. when will we have a picnic
D. when did we have a picnic
二、完形填空（共8分, 每小题1分）
阅读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选择最佳选项。
I take after my mother. From her I took over a curious nature, a sense of adventure and bright red hair. However, I did not receive a talent（才能） for__13__from her.
My mother never doubted that I would be a child Mozart. She found a strict Russian woman to be my piano teacher when I was four. I did whatever the teacher told me in order to__14______ her. ” Feel the music, ” she always told me. I “felt” it. But what is more unpleasant than too many wrong notes played continuously？ She ” felt” my music, too, which is why she always left with a（an）__15______ expression.
Once, in order to__16__my practice, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals（练习）. I put on the tape recording and read until the tape had finished. That method worked fora week, until my mother began to__17__why I always missed the same note. She came in and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on.
Realizing I couldn’t be a Mozart, my mother told me to pick another instrument. From then on, I worked my way through several other instruments, but I still couldn’t play any of them__18__.
Then my mother hit on another idea. She took me to a drama （戏剧） teacher. However, the teacher put me into painting scenery（舞台布景） instead of teaching to sing. Immediately I fell in love with this active and practical world, and I discovered that I had a skill for building and painting. I loved the __19__of taking our limited supplies and using them to make something beautiful！
I’m a sculptor（雕刻家） now, and every day I__20______ once again the pleasure of being fully involved in the act of artistic creation. It’s a wonderful feeling. I realize that my mother was trying to give me this feeling. Perhaps she went about it in the wrong way, but her heart was in the right place.
13. A. music B. sports C. cooking D. writing
14. A. praise B. please C. believe D. help
15. A. excited B. happy C. angry D. shy
16. A. stop B. continue C. begin D. escape
17. A. require B. argue C. wonder D. expect
18. A. secretly B. perfectly C. quietly D. politely
19. A. challenge B. change C. risk D. advice
20. A. create B. consider C. share D. experience
阅读理解（共36分）
三、阅读下列短文, 根据短文内容, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选择最佳选项。（共26分, 每小题2分）
A
AI（人工智能）makes our lives easier and better. Let’s see the amazing AI.
| Cool driverless bus A bus door opens and you get on. Wait, where is the driver？ Here is a new kind of driverless bus called Apolong. It was produced in 2018. It can seat 14 people and doesn’t need a driver. The bus follows traffic rules. |
| Your close friend Hi, everyone. I’m Xiaoice, a chatbot（聊天机器人）. I was “born” in 2014. I speak like a 17-year-old girl. If you feel lonely, you can talk with me. I’m good at singing and telling stories. I want to be your friend！ |
| World’s first AI presenter Hey, look！ The famous Chinese presenter Qiu Hao is reporting the news for us. But, is “he” really Qiu Hao？The answer is no. This is the world’s first AI presenter. It was invented in 2018. It looks and speaks just like a real person. |
| Popular AI artist This beautiful painting was at an auction（拍卖） in 2018. It sold for about 3, 000, 000 yuan！ But it is not a work by a famous painter, such as Vincent van Gogh. It was painted by an AI artist. Three Frenchmen created the AI artist in 2017. |
21. When was Apolong produced？
A. In 2019. B. In 2018.
C. In 2017. D. In 2014.
22. Both Qiu Hao and Xiaoice can _________.
A. drive B. paint
C. swim D. speak
23. _________ created the AI artist.
A. Three Frenchmen
B. A 17-year-old girl
C. The Chinese presenter
D. Vincent van Gogh
B
As a teenager, school was difficult for me. I had a kind of attention disorder, which means I couldn’t direct my attention to what I was doing. So when everyone else in the class was centering their attention on tasks, I could not.
In my first reading class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all finished in 45 minutes. I immediately’ put up my hand and said, “Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to finish the task.”
She looked down at me through her glasses, saying, You are not different from your classmates, young man. ” With her encouragement, I tried. But I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.
In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn’t get much education. But Louis didn’t give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots（点）, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.
Wasn’t I the ” blind “in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students？With thoughts running through my head, I found myself deeply attracted in reading and writing. I completed the task in less than 40 minutes. I realized that I was not different from others. I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problem, why should I ever give up？
I didn’t expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs. Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day with an “A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words, “See what you can do when you keep trying？”
24. School was difficult for the writer because _________.
A. he didn’t like the teacher
B. the tasks were too boring to him
C. he got a kind of attention disorder
D. his classmates talked with him in class
25. Mrs. Smith’s words in Paragraph 3 show that _________.
A. she encouraged him
B. she laughed at him
C. she felt sorry for him
D. she was pleased with him
26. What can we learn from the passage？
A. Never stop reading. B. Never give up easily.
C. How to be a great teacher. D. How to learn as a blind.
C
Success seems to be what everyone longs for in life no matter how old he is. Students want to succeed at study. Adults look forward to their success at work. Have you ever wondered what is the key to success？ Some may say the answer is good luck. Some may say hard work is the key. In fact, hard work really does pay off. Scientists find that perseverance（坚持不懈） leads to better grades and higher achievements in school.
“Being passionate（热诚的） is not enough to make sure that you can achieve success in your schoolwork ,” say researchers, and they thought of “courage” as a key to success. Courage is also considered as effort in reaching long-term goals, and a strong will to continue one’s efforts no matter what difficulties they might go through.
Researchers think that the finding could help create new training to help children develop the skill and help them to succeed in their future.
Researchers from the Academy of Finland studied more than 2,000 students from Helsinki. They were followed through their learning from 12 to 16, the sixth grade until the ninth grade in local school years. Researchers found that the factor（因素） that best predicts courage was related to goals. What they had achieved in their past learning played no role in developing the skill.
Professor Katariina Salmela-Aro, who led the study, said, “Courage means a young person is really interested in his or her studies and does not give up easily. A key factor of courage is high perseverance when facing difficulties or in a terrible situation. The important finding is that these factors are the key to success and well-being. Our study shows the power of courage.”
Professor Salmela-Aro also thinks it is important to develop new practices and build character to improve courage in teenagers. She added, “Young people should see everyday school work as part of their life in a wider context（背景） and set achievable goals for themselves. Schools must also serve as a place where it is safe to fail and learn to deal with setbacks. One must not be discouraged by setbacks, but draw power and new energy from them！
27. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about？
A. Where courage comes from.
B. How students can draw power.
C. What courage is thought of as.
D. Why having energy is important
28. According to the passage , Professor Katariina Salmela-Aro believes that _________.
A. courage might be developed with the help of schools
B. teenagers with courage show strong interests in success
C. courage can help reduce the number of difficulties in learning
D. teenagers’ achievement in the past can influence their courage
29. The word “setbacks” in Paragraph 6 probably means “_________”.
A. changes B. difficulties C. weaknesses D. efforts
D
Do you have good friends？ Do you sometimes feel so close to them that they are like family to you？
It turns out that this isn’t just an expression. A study by Yale University has found that you and your friends have more genes （基因） in common than strangers do. Researchers looked at the genes of 1, 932 people and compared them in pairs of unrelated friends and strangers. They found that friends have 1 % of genes that match.
“1% of genes may not sound like much to the layperson （外行）, but to geneticists , （遗传学家） it is a larger number,” Professor Nicholas Christakis of Yale University told Discovery News. In fact, this is the same amount of genes you share with your fourth cousins, those who have the same great-great-great grandparents as you.
So do you happen to become friends with people who share your genes？ Not at all. In fact, it is evolution （进化） that brings you together.
People who share certain genes also share skills and have similar likes and dislikes, researchers said. In ancient times, it was important that people who were alike stayed together. For example, people who had a similar susceptibility（易感性） to the cold were more likely to help each other build a fire, giving them a better chance to stay alive.
Researchers also found that among all the genes studied, those producing a change in sense of smell were the most similar in friends. This is probably because people who smell things in the same way are more easily drawn to similar environments. For example , people who like the smell of coffee may hang out at cafes （咖啡馆） more often and as a result are more likely to meet and become friends with each other.
With their findings, the team has developed an interesting test called the “friendship score”. It can help tell how big the chances are that two people will be friends by studying their genes.
So, here is a question for you: would you like to take this test and know in advance（提前） who your friends are going to be, or would you still prefer to learn about it by yourself and let time be the judge？
30. From the passage, we know that friends _________.
A. look like our cousin
B. share 1% of genes with us
C. feel close to our family
D. can help us when we feel cold
31. According to the passage, the writer probably agrees _________.
A. we develop our friendship by chance
B. our genes decide who we can make friends with
C. everyone should take the test called “friendship score”
D. people sharing certain genes have skills and interests in common
32. The writer takes the example of ancient people in Paragraph 5 to _________.
A. study how ancient people dealt with the cold
B. predict that similar environments lead to friendship
C. prove that it is evolution that brings friends together
D. explain why ancient people gave each other chance to keep alive
33. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage？
A. Friendship: Its Influence on People and Behavior
B. Friendship: Its Benefits to Teens and Decision Making
C. Friendship: Is it necessary to be judged by time？
D. Friendship: Is it possible to be influenced by genes？
四、阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分, 每小题2分）
Psychologists（心理学家） are interested in the reasons why some people like taking part in risky sports.
When they studied people who were learning to jump from a plane with a parachute, they found that the parachutists, bodies produced large amounts of two hormones（激素）, adrenaline（肾上腺素） and noradrenaline（去甲肾上腺素）, just before they made their jump. These hormones help to prepare us for any sudden activity. Adrenaline increases the heart beat and provides more sugar for the muscles（肌肉）, while noradrenaline makes us react（反应）more quickly. However, noradrenaline also supplies energy to a part of the brain which controls feelings of pleasure. A feeling of pleasure caused by this hormone makes certain people want to take part in dangerous sports.
Another possible reason is the level of excitement in part of the brain. According to some psychologists, the brain tries to manage a certain level of excitement. They believe that people who have a low level of excitement look for new experiences in order to fire themselves with excitement, but people who usually have a high level of excitement try to avoid risks in order not to become overexcited. If the psychologists are right, people with a low excitement level are the ones who enjoy taking part in dangerous sports and activities.
It is thought that people with low levels of excitement have a slower-reacting nervous system than people with higher levels. So it may be possible to find out your level of excitement by testing your nervous system. A quick way of doing this is to put some lemon juice on your tongue（舌头）. If you produce a lot of saliva（唾液）, your nervous system has been affected（影响） by the lemon and so you probably have a high level of excitement； if you produce little saliva, you probably have a low excitement level. If you have a low level, you might enjoy taking part in risky sports. However, this does not mean that you have to try parachuting！
34. Did the parachutists bodies produce large amounts of adrenaline and noradrenaline before they made their jump？
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35. What does adrenaline increase and provide？
________________________________________________________________
36. Why do people with a high level of excitement try to avoid risks？
________________________________________________________________
37. How can people find out their level of excitement？
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38. Who may enjoy taking part in risky activities？
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书面表达（共10分）
五、文段表达（10分）
39. 从下面两个题目中任选一题, 根据中文和英文提示, 完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。
题目①
假如你是李华, 你们学校正在开展”垃圾分类”宣传活动, 倡议大家在日常生活中正确地进行垃圾分类。为了达到更好的宣传效果, 学校将在本月底开展一次英文演讲比赛。你们班的交换生Peter给你发邮件询问相关事情。请用英语回复一封邮件, 告诉他演讲稿上交的时间, 并分享你对演讲的一些想法。
提示词语： necessary , waste sorting（ 垃圾分类）, different bins（ 垃圾箱）, body languages
提示问题：·When should you hand in the speech paper？
·What would you like to share with Peter about the speech？
Dear Peter,
I’m glad to receive your email. ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
If there is anything more that I can help you with, please let me know.
Yours,
Li Hua
题目②
突如其来的新冠疫情（COVID-19 pandemic）阻挡了我们如期回归校园, 却阻挡不了我们学习的脚步。”停课不停学”的两个多月里, 我们走进了”空中课堂”, 渐渐习惯了”线上学习”。我们的成长没有因疫情而停滞。
某英语网站正在开展以”线上学习”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华, 请用英语写一篇短文投稿, 谈谈为了提高学习效率, 你做过什么, 以及这样做给你带来的好处。
提示词语： make a timetable, take notes, manage time, make progress.
提示问题：·What did you do to learn better at home？
·What benefits have you got from doing so？
Studying online plays an important role during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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参考答案
知识运用（共14分）
一、单项填空（共6分, 每小题0. 5分）
1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. D 11. D 12. A
二、完形填空（共8分, 每小题1分）
13. A 14. B 15. C 16. D 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. D
阅读理解（共36分）
三、阅读短文, 选择最佳选项。（共26分, 每小题2分）
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. B
30. B 31. D 32. C 33. D
四、阅读短文, 回答问题。（共10 分, 每小题2分）
34. Yes.
35. Adrenaline increases the heart beat and provides more sugar for the muscles.
36. In order not to become overexcited.
37. By testing their nervous system.
38. People with a low excitement level. / People who produce more noradrenaline. I People who produce little saliva when putting lemon juice on their tongues.
书面表达（10分）
五、文段表达（10分）
39. 参考范文：
题目①
Dear Peter,
I’m glad to receive your email. We need to hand in the speech paper before next Friday. Now I’d like to share some ideas about how I will prepare for my speech.
First, it’s necessary to tell people to do waste sorting at the beginning of the speech. Besides, the key information of the speech is about how to sort waste. For example, put waste into different bins.
To make my speech more attractive, I plan to use some body languages. Hope my ideas will be helpful.
If there is anything more that I can help with, please let me know.
Yours,
Li Hua
题目②
Studying online plays an important role during the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to learn better at home, I made a timetable to help me make full use of time. I always slistened to my lessons carefully and took notes. When I had some difficulties in learning, I asked my teachers for help by QQ or WeChat.
In a word, I have benefited from online studying. I have learned how to manage time and have made great progress in my lessons.
评分标准
一、选择题答错或不答均不给分。
二、第四大题（阅读短文, 回答问题）,内容和结构都正确给2分；内容正确, 结构不正确, 给1分；内容不正确不给分。
三、第五大题（文段表达）, 先根据文章整体内容和语言表达确定档次, 然后在该档次内评出分数, 共10分。具体评分标准如下：
第一档： （10-9分）
完全符合题目要求, 达到写作目的；信息点齐全, 有适当的扩展；语法结构正确, 词汇丰富, 语意连贯, 字体工整。允许有少量语言知识、大小写和标点错误。
第二档： （8-6分）
符合题目要求, 基本达到写作目的；信息点基本齐全, 但没有适当的扩展；语法结构和词汇基本满足文章需要。语意基本连贯, 书写清楚。允许有一些语言知识、大小写和标点错误, 但所有错误不影响整体理解。
第三档： （5-4分）
部分符合题目要求, 没完全达到写作目的；漏掉主要信息, 无关内容较多；语法结构单调, 词汇有限。语言不通顺, 语意难以理解, 书写潦草。语言知识、大小写和标点错误较多, 影响整体理解。
第四档： （3-0分）
不符合题目要求, 没达到写作目的；有效内容很少；语法结构混乱, 词汇贫乏。言不达意, 语言知识、大小写和标点错误随处可见。