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（一）

A

Dear Michael，

I am glad to learn that you have been chosen to study in China. Your dream has come true！

I can well remember that you 1________ China for the first time when you were nine. Ever since you returned， you have been interested in Chinese culture and have put a lot of 2________ into learning Chinese. You kept on learning and did a good job in the HSK （汉语水平考试）.Now you finally got what you had 3________ for a long time. You got the chance to experience life in China for one year. You should have it， my son， for chances only come to those who are 4________.

Your mom and I are both 5________ you. Keep it up， my son！

Love， Dad

1. A. builtB. visitedC. missedD. changed

2. A. difficultyB. successC. effortD. space

3. A. writtenB. wantedC. touredD. paid

4. A. preparedB. honestC. friendlyD. helpful

5. A. kind toB. afraid ofC. polite toD. proud of

B

Zhong Nanshan was born in Nanjing， Jiangsu Province in October， 1936. He is one of the famous medical scientists in the 21st century， who 6________ many people’s lives in 2003.

In 2003， SARS 7________ out in Guangdong. Later， it spread across China and other parts of the world. Patients coughed a lot and got fevers.

Hundreds of 8________ even died from the disease. Even many doctors and nurses got SARS when they treated patients. So everyone was afraid of it. But Zhong was 9________ enough to fight the disease. Zhong spent days and nights finding the 10________ of the disease. And with his way of treating， many patients began to get better， Zhong finally won people’s trust.

In early 2020， a disease called COVID-19 hit Wuhan. It spread 11________ around， tens of thousands of Chinese people were infected（感染）. Zhong， 84， led his team to Wuhan to 12________ the disease. Zhong’s team took many measures to cure the patients. He advised people to wear masks， 13________ hands frequently （频繁地）， stay at home and not to go to crowded places.

Zhong likes sports very much. Although he was 67， he could 14________ play basketball. Now at the age of 85， Zhong still treats patients in the hospital and 15________ young doctors. “I am just a doctor，” Zhong says. But we think he is a hero and a fighter.

6. A. helpedB. savedC. likedD. influenced

7. A. tookB. foundC. gaveD. broke

8. A. patientsB. adultsC. animalsD. birds

9. A. kindB. poorC. braveD. silent

10. A. questionB. causeC. problemD. way

11. A. quicklyB. slowlyC. safelyD. luckily

12. A. hitB. fightC. knockD. beat

13. A. weighB. polluteC. shakeD. wash

14. A. hardlyB. stillC. neverD. just

15. A. thinksB. trustsC. teachesD. asks

（二）

A

After a meeting， I returned to my hotel room late in the evening. The overhead light outside my door was 1________ and I had difficulty finding the keyhole. When I finally opened the door， I 2________ around the wall for a light switch （开关）.But there wasn't one.

I 3________ seeing a lamp by the bed. I found the bed in the dark and walked 4________ until I found the lamp， but when I switched it on， nothing happened！

What a 5________ day！ That evening I discovered how dark the world can be and how necessary light is. But even more necessary than light is the light that shines from people—the light of heart.

1. A. fixedB. broken

C. burnedD. sold

2. A. ranB. turned

C. feltD. looked

3. A. beganB. tried

C. likedD. remembered

4. A. lightlyB. fast

C. carefullyD. easily

5. A. luckyB. special

C. peacefulD. terrible

B

The sun was shining as Kevin walked to the old bench where he met Mike every afternoon after school. They were good friends and 6________ to play football. They didn't have enough money to buy a 7________ football， but Mike had made a ball out of old socks and plastic. It wasn't 8________， but it worked well. The two friends didn't stop kicking and running until very late.

The next afternoon， Mike and Kevin 9________ again at the old bench. Soon they played， laughing and shouting happily. The ball was 10________ by a boy wearing a nice pair of sneakers （运动鞋）.Kevin was upset when he saw it was Steven.

The next morning. Kevin got birthday presents. His eyes grew 11________ when he saw new sneakers and a real football.

The next afternoon， Steven invited Kevin to play football. Steven did not want Mike to 12________ them only because Mike's sneakers were dirty. When they walked past the old bench where Mike was sitting， Steven picked up a stone and threw it at him. Kevin， holding his new football in his hands， walked on and did not 13________.

One afternoon， as Kevin walked past the old bench， he saw the home-made ball lying under it. Kevin was 14________ of sorrow at the sight of his old home-made ball， and he let out a sad sigh （叹气）.As his sadness turned to 15________， he picked up his new football and kicked it into the air.