1、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. Your2. Students usually start their new term _ September every year.A. on B. in C. at D. for3. I Celled Jim last night, _ he didnt answer the phone.A. for B. and C. but
2、 D. or4. Kobe Bryant was one of _ basketball players in the world.A. good B. better C. best D. the best5. _ do you usually do exercise on Saturdays? At about 3 oclock in the afternoon.A. When B. Where C. Why D. How6. My best friend _ an old man get home yesterday evening.A. helps B. helped C. is hel
3、ping 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 watch8. As soon as the rain stops, we _ out to play football.A. go B. went C. will go D. have gone9. My father _ in a panda protection center sine 2010, so he knows
4、 a lot about pandas.A. works B. worked C. is working D. has worked10. What were you doing at 10 oclock yesterday morning?I _ with my parents.A. Read B. will read C. am reading D. was reading11. Look at the flowers on both sides of the street. They _ last month.A. plant B. planted C. are planted D. w
5、ere planted12. Could you tell me _ ? Next Sunday.A. when we will have a picnic B. when we had a picnicC. 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 adve
6、nture 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 tol
7、d 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 unt
8、il the tape had finished. That method worked for a 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 couldnt be a Mozart, my mother told me to pick another instrument. From
9、 then on, I worked my way through several other instruments, but I sill couldnt 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 act
10、ive and practical world, and 1 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!Im 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
11、. Its 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. writing14. A. praise B. please C. believe D. help15. A. excited B. happy C. angry D. shy16. A.
12、 stop B. continue C. begin D. escape17. A. require B. argue C. wonder D. expect18. A. secretly B. perfectly C. quietly D. politely19. A. challenge B. change C. risk D. advice20. 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）AAI （人工智能） m
13、akes our lives easier and better. Lets see the amazing AI.Cool driverless busA 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 doesnt need a driver. The bus follows traffic rules.Your cl
14、ose friendHi, everyone. Im 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. Im good at singing and telling stones. I want to be your friend!Worlds first AI presenterHey, look! The famous Chinese presenter Qiu Hao is reportin
15、g the news for us. But, is “he” really Qiu Hao?The answer is “no”. This is the worlds first AI presenter. It was invented in 2018. It looks and speaks just like a real person.Popular AI artistThis beautiful painting was at an auction （拍卖） in 2018. It sold for about 3,000,000 yuan! But it is not a wo
16、rk 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. In2019. B. In2018. C. In 2017. D. In 2014.22. Both Qiu Hao and Xiaoice can _.A. drive B. paint C. swim D. speak23. _ created the AI artist.
17、A. Three Frenchmen B. A 17-year-old girlC. The Chinese presenter D. Vincent van GoghBAs a teenager, school was difficult for me. I had a kind of attention disorder, which means I couldnt direct my attention to what I was doing. So when everyone else in the class was centering their attention on task
18、s, 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 throug
19、h her glasses, saying, “You are not different from your classmates, young man.” With her encouragement, I tried. But I didnt 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 Brai
20、lle. He lived in a time when the blind couldnt get much education. But Louis didnt give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots （点）, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.Wasnt I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students? With tho
21、ughts 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 didnt expec
22、t 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 didnt like the teache
23、rB. the tasks were too boring to himC. he got a kind of attention disorderD. his classmates talked with him in class25. Mrs. Smiths words in Paragraph 3 show that _.A. she encouraged him B. she laughed at himC. she felt sorry for him D. she was pleased with him26. What can we learn from the passage?
24、A. Never stop reading. B. Never give up easilyC. How to be a great teacher. D. How to learn as a blind.CSuccess 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
25、 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 （坚持不解） leads to better grades and higher achievements in school.“Being passionate （热诚的） is not enough to make sure that you can achieve succ
26、ess 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 ones efforts no matter what difficulties they might go through.Researchers think that the finding could help cr
27、eate 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. R
28、esearchers 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 studi
29、es 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
30、 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
31、 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 Katarina Salmela-Aro belie
