11．　　On May 16th, 2018, a man named Smucker shot a wolf-like animal in Denton. (1)       had long gray fur, a large head and a long nose. It (2)       a wolf, but its ears were too big, and its legs and body were too short.
　　Smucker didn't know (3)       it was, so he posted its (4)       on the Internet. Many people were interested in it. They showed their ideas about the (5)      . "That's a grizzly cub (灰熊幼崽)," a woman biology teacher (6)      , "It was about one year old and it was hungry." "Maybe a dire wolf (恐狼)," wrote another netizen (网友), "because I don't believe they are all gone." Someone suggested (7)       some animal experts (专家).
　　With the (8)       of two reporters, Smucker asked Bruce Auchly for help. Bruce Auchly (9)       in a university. He teaches his students about (10)       kinds of animals. "We have no idea what this was until we get a DNA report back," said Bruce Auchly.

14．　　The novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒) affects (影响) the whole country, but it can't beat people's confidence. People from different walks of life are trying to fight against the virus and return to normal (正常).
　　Migrants (农民工) return to work
　　On Feb 26, two chartered planes (包机) carried more than 350 migrant workers front Lanzhou in Gansu province to Nanchang in Jiangxi province. This is the first time that Jiangxi has helped its workers return to work with chartered planes. More buses, trains, and planes will send workers back to Nanchang. This will help factories go back to normal production (生产).
　　Medicine for others
　　Feng Feng, a community worker, buys dozens of bags of medicine for residents (居民) with serious chronic (慢性的) diseases in Wuhan. Because of the coronavirus outbreak, local (当地的) residents have to stay in. As his box is too small to hold all of the medicine, he has to carry some of the bags on his arms.
　　Online art classes
　　A teacher showed dance moves during an online class on Feb 25. Because of the outbreak, art teachers started offering classes online. Taking art classes not only enriches (丰富) the lives of students who have to stay at home, but also helps them stay healthy.
　　Nurse becomes "mom"
　　A nurse and a young coronavirus patient take a walk along a hospital corridor (走廊). The 21-month-old boy is named Huanhuan. He went into an isolation ward (隔离病房) in Guangzhou on Feb 19 after he got infected with the virus. Nurse Zeng Feifei volunteered to take on the role of his "mom in the ward", giving him day-to-day care.

15．　　If you're chatting with your friends, suddenly music begins to play and people start to dance. What's going on? It's a flash mob!
　　A flash mob is a group of people who gather suddenly in a public place, perform for a short time and then quickly disperse (散开).
　　The first successful flash mob appeared on June 17, 2003. On that day, more than 130 people showed up in a store in New York City. When salespeople asked them what they were doing, they said that they were shopping as a group.
　　The idea for that flash mob came from Bill Wasik. He was the senior editor of Harper's Magazine. Flash mobs were invented as a fun social experiment.
　　Today flash mobs are organized in many cities around the world. College campuses are often popular with flash mobs.
　　I watched some videos of flash mobs on the Internet. They are very interesting. Why do people organize such activities?
　　Some flash mobs are meant to amuse (使愉快) people; some are for artistic expression (艺术表现). Other flash mobs are purely for the enjoyment of the participants (参与者).

16．　　I have a beautiful garden. (1)       Now it's summer. The garden has many colors—green, white, red and yellow. There are three trees in the garden—an orange tree, an apple tree and a pear tree. (2)       There aren't many pears on the pear tree, either because of the cold weather in April and May this year. There are a lot of green apples on the apple tree. (3)      
　　There are two animals in the garden now. Max is my dog. Max is very big, but he is very friendly and everyone loves him very much. He's four years old this year. Max is playing with Hector, my beautiful white cat. Hector is about ten years old. They are good friends.
　　There is a purple tent in the middle of the garden. (4)       Why? Because my mother doesn't want him to go camping. I think my mother is right. Camping in the garden is safe for a five-year-old boy.

17．　　Tyler walks back home with his schoolbag. He doesn't look happy. His mother asks, "Why are you unhappy, son?"
　　"I am thinking about my science homework."
　　"What's it?"
　　"In my science class, Miss Green, our science teacher tells us about Earth Day (地球日). She wants us to think of some ideas (主意) to help the earth. But what can I do? How can I do it? I am only a student."
　　"Sure, you can't do big things," Tyler's mother says. "But you can do small things. You can plant trees. You can write articles about Earth Day for newspapers and magazines to tell more people about it. You can also work as a cleaner on Earth Day."
　　"Great! Now I know that small things can also be helpful (有帮助的)."

18．第一节 语篇翻译
阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。
　　Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. Some of them can dance, too. They have white ivory and a long nose. (1)They are the largest animals on land. Elephants are friendly to people. (2)它们喜欢吃草和香蕉。
　　I like elephants because they're lovely and very helpful. They can help people carry things. (3)People say that "An elephant never forgets". (4)大象能走很长时间并且永远不会走失。They can do lots of things for people.
　　But elephants are endangered now. People cut down too many trees, so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only 3000 elephants. (5)So we should do what we can to help elephants. We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory.

19．A: Hello! This is Anna.
B: Hi. Anna. (1)      .
A: Oh, hi, John. (2)      ?
B: Not much. I am having lunch now. What about you?
A: I am watching TV at home. It is kind of boring.
B: Do you like movies?
A: (3)      . How about going to the movies this afternoon?
B: (4)      . I am not busy this afternoon.
A: Let's meet at my home at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
B: OK. (5)      ?
A: It's 2 kilometers from my home to the cinema.
B: We can take a bus to go there.
A: Great! See you then.
B: See you!

20．目前全球新冠肺炎疫情形势严峻，我们应该团结一致，共克时艰。作为一名中学生，你应该怎样应对疫情呢？根据下列要点写一篇50词左右的作文，内容可适当拓展。
要点：
1. 遵守政府的各项规定；
2. 外出时戴口罩；
3. 保持社交距离，不要近距离和别人交谈；
4. 勤洗手，保持手干净；
5. 不外出就餐。
提示词：During the COVID-19 新冠肺炎期间；the rules of the government 政府的规定；wear masks 戴口罩；social distance 社交距离；closely 近距离地
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