1．　　A lonely elephant went into a forest. It was a new place for her. She hoped (1)       some friends. She walked up to a monkey and said, "Hello, monkey! Will you be my friend?" (2)       monkey said, "You are too big to swing (摇摆) like me, so I can't be your friend"
　　The elephant then asked a rabbit the same question. The rabbit said, "You are too big to walk (3)      my burrow (洞穴), so I can't be your friend. "The elephant also asked a frog (青蛙) the same question. The frog said, "You are too heavy to jump as (4)       as me, so I can't be your friend."
　　The elephant was sad. She (5)      make friends! Then one day, she saw all the animals running into the forest. She (6)      a bear what was happening. The bear said, "The lion is hunting(猎取) for food. They (7)       away from him."
　　The elephant went up to the lion and said, "Please don't eat these animals!" (8)       the lion laughed and asked the elephant to leave. The elephant got angry. The lion (9)       by her. Then the lion ran away. All (10)      animals came out slowly and saw that the lion was gone. They went to the elephant and said, "You are just the right size to be our friend!"

2．　　Many people are interested in talking about life in the future. Some people (1)      that life in the future will be easier and more comfortable. But others believe that it will be worse and more difficult than now. As for me, I (2)      the first group people.
　　First, as for education, people will have (3)      education. This is because of technology (科技). E-books will be used instead of common books, robots will replace (取代) teachers, and students will not have to go to school every day. They will (4)      at home through online teaching and will find learning more interesting.
　　Second, people's (5)       will improve. Technology will also play a very important role. New medicine will help people get better quickly. Robots will help doctors and sometimes work instead of (6)      . Also, doctors will be able to cure more diseases (治愈更多疾病), so people will live longer.
　　(7)      , housing problems will end. People will build houses under the sea. Also, some people will live on the moon. Then everyone will have a (8)       to live.
　　Fourth, hunger (饥饿) will stop all over the world. People will grow crops (庄稼) everywhere (9)      on the top of buildings.
　　Now what about you? (10)       do you think life in the future will be like?

4．　　Can plants eat people?Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat.
　　Some of them are big, and they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap (捕蝇草). The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaves close quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaves press the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.
　　Why do plants do it?Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn't have all these important things, especially (尤其)nitrogen (氮). So some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let's hope that some of the bigger plants don't get the same idea!

5．　　There will be a kind of new cars in the future. The car is as small as a bike. But it can carry two people in it. People will like this kind of small cars better than the big ones. Everybody can drive it easily, just like riding a bike. Even children and old people can drive them to schools or parks.
　　If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the air. There will be more space for all the cars in cities, and there will also be more space for people to walk in the streets.
　　The little cars of the future will cost less money to buy and to drive. These little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour, so driving will be safer. The cars of the future will be fine for going around the city but they will not be useful for a long trip.
　　This kind of cars can save a lot of gas (汽油). They will go 450 kilometers, then they have to stop for more gas. They are nice cars, aren't they?

6．根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．选项中有两项为多余选项．
　　Do you know something about space?It is an amazing place! The solar system (太阳系) is in space. (1)      
　　Around the sun
　　(2)       The Sun is a hot, bright star. It gives off heat (热) and light. The Sun is close to the Earth. It is so large that it is almost as big as a million Earths. Most stars look tiny and you can only see them at night because they are so far away from the Earth.
　　(3)      
　　There are eight planets in the solar system. We live on one of them — the Earth! Each planet moves in a way around the Sun. The Earth is called the Blue Planet because there is so much water on it and it looks blue in space. (4)      
　　Around the moon
　　The Moon is much smaller than the Earth. (5)      It may look as if it gives off light, but it doesn't. It looks bright because it reflects (反射) that light from the Sun.

12．
　　Last summer vacation was busy and meaningful for Ainsley and Molly. The two girls worked together to (1)       money for a charity. They had an (2)       summer vacation. 10-year-old Ainsley and 8-year-old Molly have (3)       in the same community for years.
　　During the vacation, they had to stay at home and they came up with an idea to open a bakery and share the food with a lot of people.
　　After one week of preparation, the girls started their home-based bakery and called it Rose Bakery. They baked cakes, bread and cookies by (4)       and sold them to their neighbors. Then, they donated (捐赠) the money they made to the charity Feed the Front Line. It (5)       free meals for the front-line workers in the pandemic (大流行病).
　　The (6)       parents were proud of their daughters. They said this time at home was also a learning experience for them. "They had to work out how much they spent. So it was a (7)       good math lesson." Ainsley's mother said. "Yes. And I think they also learn that their community is much more than themselves." Molly's mother added.
　　In just a few (8)      , the girls had donated more than ＄200 to Feed the Front Line. "It was not just a piece of cake. We had to work hard every day and try our (9)       to bake good food, but it's well worth doing. We'll keep on (10)       such meaningful things." the two girls said. "But it was rewarding."

13．　　English Culture Festival is coming. Li Ming will recommend a good book The Secret Garden to his students. It is written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is one of his most popular novels.

14．根据下面对话中的情境, 在每个空中填入一个适当的语句, 使对话恢复完整．
(Jim and his mother are talking at home. )
A: Jim, (1)      ?
B: Yes, I have. I finished my homework ten minutes ago.
A: But what are you doing now?
B: (2)      . I just want to relax myself.
A: Is that also your homework?
B: Not really. But the video is well worth watching, I suppose.
A: (3)      ?
B: It's about the2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
A: (4)      ?
B: It's wonderful.
A: Can I watch it with you?
B: (5)      . I'm sure you'll find it exciting and amazing.

15．在国家"双减"政策指导下, 教育部要求将劳动教育纳入全面培养的教育体系．你们学校积极响应国家号召, 鼓励学生做家务, 帮助青少年学习生活技能．为此, 你学校举办了英文征文比赛．
请结合以下提示词, 围绕做家务的内容、原因、意义及你的感受写一篇文章, 参与投稿．
提示词:do some housework, duty (责任), be busy working, help, learn some life skills, necessary
要求:
1. 短文需包括所以提示内容, 可适当发挥;
2. 语句通顺, 意思连贯, 书写工整;
3. 文章不得出现你的任何真实信息(姓名、校名和地名等);
4. 词数:不少于70词．(开头已给出, 但不计入总词数．)
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