Throughout the session, we enjoyed each other's 25 — I felt grown-up and 26 by this woman who was 27 by my typing skills. And she, I imagine, felt pleased that a(n) 28 person took an interest in her who was learning something 29 . Since that experience, I have been drawn to intergenerational 30 . Now that I'm older, I get to grow in both 31 , from starting a conversation with an older person beside me at community services, to 32 a 9-year-old girl about her hobby.
There are many benefits of developing friendships across 33 lines. The younger person can learn from the attitude and 34 of the older person, who has often \35 attitude to aging by spending time with those who are 36 their life with energy and optimism. Feelings of loneliness are common among older people, and the 37 of a new friend is a positive comfort. The older person might also get the 38 to learn and use new skills in technology and communication. We have so much to 39 each other. When we open our hearts to friends of different ages, we will 40 exactly how much we have to learn and teach.
21. A. woke 22. A. excitedly 23. A. understand 24. A. signal 25. A. success 26. A. evaluated 27. A. disturbed 28. A. young 29. A. strange 30. A. diversity 31. A. contents 32. A. telling 33. A. professional 34. A. experience 35. A. natural 36. A. living 37. A. greeting 38. A. time 39. A. test 40. A. find out
B. cheered B. deliberately B. learn B. application B. company B. ignored B. affected B. kind B. new B. competition B. lessons B. asking B. national B. motivation B. practical B. saving B. sympathy B. opportunity B. award B. set down
C. picked C. shyly C. show C. phone C. ideas C. challenged C. impressed C. lovely C. abstract C. friendships C. plans C. reminding C. cultural C. interest C. positive C. describing C. attention C. freedom C. doubt C. take in
D. brought D. seriously D. introduce D. computer D. lives D. valued D. frightened D. interesting D. flexible D. problems D. directions D. persuading D. generational D. response D. normal D. imagining D. promise D. money D. offer D. make up
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
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。
Because of Richard Sears' enthusiasm for 41 (tradition) Chinese culture, he began learning Chinese in 1972.42 (attract) by the ancient language, Sears often went back and forth between China and America. In 1994, after his recovery from a severe heart attack, he made a 43 (decide) to make the ancient Chinese characters, Jiaguwen, available online.
From then on, Sears started programming and building a database of Jiaguwen. 44 took him seven years to scan the characters in Chinese ancient books. In 2002, the Jiaguwen enthusiast's website 45 (create), though with only a few page views per day in the beginning. It rose to 600,000 per day in 2011 after a blogger recommended the site 46 a Chinese social media platform. \nickname 'Uncle Hanzi,'', Sears said with a smile. Up till now, the website has been continuously updated, 48 gives lovers of the ancient language from all over the world free access to browse (浏览)in their free time.
At present, the 70-year-old American has made his home in China. Apart from 49 (take) part in some social 50 (activity), Sears devotes all his efforts to the study of Chinese characters. 第三部分 写作(共两节,满分35分) 第一节 短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
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。
Lucy, the 5th grader, has a love of writing letters. She wrote to her mailman to express her thanks in last week. \want thank you for taking my letters and delivering it. I make people happily with my letters, but you do too,” Lucy wrote.
The next day, Lucy got a letter from Doug thanking her for recognizing which he had done and the importances of his job. Feeling moved and inspiring, Doug shared Lucy's letter online. It received more than 200,000 likes.
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
假如你是学校国际部英文网页的负责人,你校下周将举办“难忘母校”绘画作品展,请 你根据以下要点写一则观展通知:
1. 具体的时间、地点; 2. 注意事项。 注意:
1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。