11．(Peter and John are being interviewed in the street. )
Reporter: Excuse me. I'm a reporter from FM 107 Taiyuan Traffic Radio. We are recording a program called "Taiyuan in my eyes". (1)      
Peter & John: Of course.
Reporter: (2)      
Peter: Well, I think it has changed a lot over these years. For example, a lot of tall buildings and overpasses (高架桥) were built. And the streets are much wider than what they used to be like.
John: Yeah! (3)      
Reporter: That's true. Our city is becoming more and more modern and beautiful. As you know,
The 2nd Youth Games of China will be held in Shanxi. (4)      
Peter: Well, I plan to help clean up the city parks to make our environment better.
John: I hope to get a chance to be a volunteer at the Games.
Reporter: Wonderful! Let's take actions to make our city better and better. (5)      
Peter & John: You're welcome!

12．　　One day, while walking through the woods, a nice old man found a cocoon (茧) of a butterfly.
　　He took it home.
　　A few days later, a small opening (1)      . He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to (2)       its body through that little hole.
　　Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared that it could go no (3)      .
　　Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and (4)       the remaining bit of the cocoon.
　　The butterfly then got out of the cocoon easily.
　　But it had a swollen (肿胀) body and small, shriveled (皱的) wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected it (5)       enlarge its wings and reduce its body. (6)       happened! In fact, it was never able to fly.
　　In the man's kindness, he did not understand that the butterfly required the struggles to get(7)      the tiny opening. It would be ready for fight if it can force fluid (液体) from the body into its wings. Only in that way did it achieve its (8)      from the small cocoon finally.
　　Sometimes difficulties are (9)      what we need in our life. (10)       life is always a bed of roses, it would make us weak. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly.

13．请阅读下面对中国五个节气 (solar term) 的描述, 将其与对应的节气名称进行匹配.

14．　　These days, it's not unusual for teachers to give homework on apps. For example, students are asked to practice English or do math exercises Some teachers also use WeChat groups to give homework.
　　But now, the Ministry of Education is moving to ban (禁止) teachers from assigning homework on mobile apps due to concerns about students' eyesight. In 2018, more than 70 percent of middle school students in China were found to be nearsighted, according to the World Health Organization. Using mobile phones for long periods of time is bad for our eyes.

15．　　If a friend gives us a hand when we are in need, it's a good idea to write him a thank-you note. (1)      
　　"People don't seem to walk around giving thanks to people quite often," Amit Kumar from University of Texas said. (2)       And how do people feel when they receive one?
　　Kumar and his team asked some students to write a thank-you note to another person by email. Then, they asked both the writer and the receiver how sending or receiving these notes made them feel.
　　They found that the students didn't like to write the notes because they felt like they had to think too much about them. (3)      
　　The receiver, however, enjoyed the notes. "When you are a receiver, you focus on the warmth of the note." Kumar says. "How heartfelt was it? How friendly and warm? "
　　The writers also thought the receiver might be shy for receiving a thank-you note. (4)       "The receiver feels quite happy, " Kumar says. "They don't really feel shy at all."
　　Writing a thank-you note does have such a big influence on others. (5)       Simple and small changes in our everyday lives can make a big difference to the way we treat other people and how we feel.

A. If people knew this, they would do it more often.
B. Thank-you notes can show our great love.
C. Why are people shy about sending thank-you notes?
D. They worried about what to say and how to say it.
E. But this was not true. F. However, how many of us actually sit down to do this?

16．　　China and Western countries may have different cultural beliefs about certain animals, but when it comes to pigs, agree that pigs are ugly, lazy, stupid and shameless.
　　Just look at the idioms and phrases in our languages. In Chinese, we have the expressions of "Boiling a dead pig", and "A pig looking in the mirror is still a pig". And in English, there are expressions such as "eating like a pig" and "sweating like a pig". If you search on the Internet for the word "pig", you will find more idioms. Here is another example. When old people have a dream to get to the top of Qomolangma, other people will laugh at them and say, "Pigs might fly."
　　None of these expressions are exactly complimentary (称赞的).
　　But the truth is that pigs do have some good qualities. And there's probably no better time to clear their names than now during the Year of the Pig.
　　First of all, science proved that pigs aren't stupid at all. According to a passage, pigs are similar to dogs and chimpanzees. They like to play. They have good long-term memories. And they know the difference between those who treat them well and those who don't.
　　There are lovable pig characters in cartoons, too. Peppa pig, for example, a UK cartoon has become one of the most popular cartoons in 180 countries and regions. It has attracted wide attention. In the cartoon's pig family, they teach children about love, friendship, and the importance of family. And in China, McDull, a piglet (小猪崽) works hard toward his dreams even though he is in the face of quite a few failures. McDull is slow and patient, and not afraid of repeated failures. He has a heart of gold.
　　Perhaps these are the qualities of pigs to keep in mind when we celebrate this Chinese New Year — their intelligence, cuteness, patience and innocence (纯真).

17．　　Many of us have feelings of loneliness as we grow up. Some teenagers can't stand eating alone in the dining hall, and girls even go to the restroom hand in hand. They fear being called a "loner". In these cases, we might use the word "loner" in a disapproving (不 赞 成 的) way. However, it can actually have a good meaning as well. It all depends on our attitude toward being alone.
　　"It's hard to feel lonely when you're trying to master a new skill, practice a hobby or try out a new recipe," wrote US lifestyle writer Adrienne Breaux. She used to be a terrible cook, but whenever loneliness hit her, she would buy a lot of ingredients and figure out how to make them into delicious dishes. After a few months, she became good at cooking. If you can make use of your solo (单独的) time, you'll find that it won't trouble you.


　　People are becoming more peaceful about being alone. This doesn't mean we should totally shut ourselves from the outside world, of course. But it doesn't hurt to have some "me time" once in a while.
The Loneliness
　　My heart has grown rich with the passing of years,
　　I have less need now than when I was young
　　To share myself with every comer
　　Or shape my thoughts into words
　　It is the same to me whether they come or go
　　As long as I have myself
　　Let them think I care, though I go alone;
　　If it lifts their pride, what is it to me
　　Who am self-complete as a flower or a stone.

18．
In many space-themed films, whenever Earth faces a problem, the solution is always to run away from the planet in spaceships. But the latest Chinese science-fiction movie, The Wandering Earth, (1)             a different idea.
The original novel (2)             by Liu Cixin in 2008. The story takes place in the future when the sun is burning up all the planets in the solar system (太阳系). Engineers try (3)             best to stop Earth's rotation (自转). Finally, they decide (4)             Earth out of the solar system. But this process will take 2, 500 years. Earth will face one of (5)             challenges ever. Who will save the earth? This imaginative story is at the heart of the movie. The film's (6)             made a great effort to show a perfect movie to us. In order to make everything look real in the film, the actors' costumes were just (7)             real spacesuits. Actor Wu Jing stars in the film. The spacesuit (8)             he wore was 60 kilograms.
For thousands of years, "homeland" has been important in the hearts and minds of Chinese people. One old saying is luoyeguigen, which means returning to one's homeland in old age. This special cultural background (9)             makes The Wandering Earth different from Hollywood-style space films. Earth goes no matter where humans go, (10)             it's our home. Love our homeland, love our earth.

19．随着"改革创新、 奋发有为"大讨论在各行各业的积极展开, 人们对创新思维有了更深刻的认识. 某校组织开展了落实创新思维的实践活动, 以期培养学生们从多个角度选择, 对比、分析问题的能力. 为了更好地了解实践效果, 学校对九年级 200 名学生进行了抽样调查, 下图是有关学生们学习方法的统计结果.
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