1．Huge Yard Sale
Where: 214 US Highway 45 Indian Creek, IL. 60061
When: Sat, Jun. 26, 2021 10:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m.
Sun, Jun. 27, 2021 9:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.

●Special Kobe Bryant Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ＄85
Kobe Bryant Card goes for hundreds on eBay.
●Sofa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ＄75
6 ft, light colored, clean and comfortable!
●American girl dolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ＄25
You can no longer buy one at any website (网站).
●Schwinn bike. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ＄50
Red painted. Small parts may need fixing.
●Computer desk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ＄30
Light wood computer desk with a key board tray (托盘).
●Books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ＄10 each
The Rainmaker by John Grisham
The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark
Call me Anna by Patty Duke
●Pool toy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ＄5
Only one! For water party.
Something for everyone — too much to list (列出)! Come and check it out.
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2．　　During the Tang Dynasty there lived a man named Meng Jiao. He loved poetry (诗). He loved studying it. He loved writing it as well. He gave all his life to the art. And luckily, his hard work showed. It helped him become a poet (诗人).
　　But poetry was not a good-paying job. Meng Jiao was poor most of his life. When he got older, he realized this had to change. He decided to take the Ke Ju exams. The Ke Ju was the official (官方的) test of China. The exams were open for anyone even a farmer to take. Whoever passed it could get the job of an officer.
　　Meng Jiao studied hard for the tests. He took them several times though each time he failed. It was until he was forty-six years old that he passed. To celebrate, Meng Jiao put on new clothes and wore red flowers. Then he rode on a horse through Chang'an City.
　　During his ride, Meng Jiao wrote a poem. In English, it is "Horseback riding quickly through the spring wind, while seeing all the sights and flowers of Chang'an in one day." On that day, he was able to let go of the unhappiness of the past.
　　The poem was passed down through the years. But people said it would be impossible to really enjoy everything in one day. This led to the phrase "The warm spring wind suits the good feeling." It describes how happy people are when things work out really well.
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3．　　If you looked into his messy yard in Austin, Texas, you might think Vince Hannemann had forgotten to take out the rubbish for a few years. In fact, Vince has been collecting old kitchen things, bottles, street signs, bicycles, baskets, toilets and other objects people unwanted since 1989—all for his "Cathedral (教堂) of Junk". The cathedral-like structure (教堂形建筑物), which began with a few pieces of rubbish, grew to be over two floors high and weighed over 60 tons.
　　For many years, Vince's Cathedral of Junk was an amazing work of art. Inside the structure, there were certain areas that visitors could walk through. Art lovers would perhaps wonder how all these objects had been brought together to make a piece of art. Old golf clubs, bike wheels and scarves were on the ceilings (天花板). Things of similar colors were grouped together, creating colorful walls.
　　Tourists and fans visited the Cathedral of Junk every day. But Vince said he built it just for fun. He loved the fact that other people enjoyed it too. Tourists could bring kids and picnics. He even allowed people to get married or have parties there. Some people liked to bring their own rubbish to add to the Cathedral and think that was cool. But Vince didn't agree. He must find something interesting.
　　Some people worried that the building was not safe. In June 2010, Vince finally decided to break the Cathedral down into smaller works of art. Visiting Vince's yard is still worth (值得的) the trip, though.

4．　　Are you a dog person? Maybe you have one at home and enjoy taking it for walks and lying with it on the sofa. (1)       For me, they're dangerous, smelly animals. But thinking about the life-saving skills that some dogs have, maybe I should give them a second chance.
　　(2)       But that's about it—it's just a pet. To really be man's best friends, they need to do something useful. Some dogs with an amazing sense of smell are trained as sniffer dogs (嗅探犬). (3)      
　　Other types of working dogs including guide dogs and hearing dogs all provide a life-saving service to their owners. (4)       And there are also trained dogs providing comfort for people in hospitals, old people's homes or schools.
　　It's also possible to train dogs to notice changes in blood glucose levels (血糖水平) of people with Type 1 diabetes (糖尿病1型). One sick man with such a dog told the BBC, "In the three and a half years we've been together. He has probably saved my life 3,500 times. (5)      "
　　To save a life for a dog biscuit (饼干) seems a small price to pay, so maybe I should have better opinions of our four-legged friends.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。

5．先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
　　I never imagine I'd have to go through something as terrible as what happened yesterday. At first I thought we were about to have a perfect summer night. Neither Dad nor I saw the dark (1)      . When I finally noticed them, I said, "Those clouds look scary. Look at the sky. It became yellowish. Doesn't it look (2)      ?"
　　Dad said, "Don't worry. I read the Daily Weather, the Weather Examiner and the Weather News. They all said there wouldn't be any rain today." "But (3)       eyes tell me those are storm clouds," I said.
　　"Don't (4)       your eyes, Freddie," said Dad. "Trust the experts who (5)       the weather."
　　"Any expert looking at those clouds would say it's going to be (6)      ," I said. "It'll blow over, (7)       you'll have a good sleep," Dad said.
　　Hours later, I was awakened by the sound that I had thought was my alarm. I was (8)       to find that the red LED lights read 2:11 a.m. (9)      , I heard a deafening crack (爆裂声). While the (10)       filled my ears, a blinding light lit up my bedroom. From the window, I saw a long, thin cloud (11)       from the sky and touch the ground. It took a few moments before I (12)       what was happening.
　　The storm was so powerful that my (13)       shook under its force. I started to (14)      . I hid under my quilt, covering myself from head to toe (脚趾), listening to the storm.
　　When I woke up again, I didn't understand what was going on around me. Was I awake all night? Is it still storming? No... no. I think that is the (15)       shining. It was morning and I had lived!
　　I think I'm going to keep trusting my eyes.

6．阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。每词限用一次。

　　The two-week summer vacation ended. Kevin went nowhere during his vacation. He had the money, but he hated to travel (1)      . He used to take vacations with Gary, his youngest brother, but they (2)       at the end of their last vacation. Each of them has (3)       the last three years waiting for the other to say sorry.
　　Kevin felt (4)      . But whether or not he was wrong, he was not going to make the first move.
　　He did do one thing new and different during his vacation. He went to a new coffee shop on Foothill Street. It served 25 kinds of delicious coffee at good prices.
　　The shop was air-conditioned at a perfect (5)      . About eight small round tables were inside. Outside were four bigger tables. Each had four white chairs (6)       it, and several big umbrellas provided shade (荫凉).
　　Kevin always sat at a table outside by himself and read the free newspaper. Between articles, he took (7)       by watching the nearby cars and passers-by. The coffee shop was next to a huge parking area. Kevin (8)       his outdoor seat a wonderful place.
　　The coffee shop, with its excellent location and coffee, helped make his vacation a pleasant (9)      . But he knew in his heart, his vacation would be a (10)       one if his brother was there to join him just one day.

7．　　There was once a wise king. He placed a large rock on a very busy road and hid nearby so (1)       he could see if anyone would move the huge rock out of the way.
　　The first man to pass by was one of the city's richest persons. As he walked around the rock, he shouted, "I must let the king know how angry I am!"
　　Then (2)       smartest person in the town came to the rock. She complained (抱怨) loudly that the king should do a better job of keeping the roads clear. Then she walked around the rock too.
　　Finally, a farmer came along, carrying vegetables. As soon (3)       he arrived at the rock, he set down his vegetables and tried (4)       move the rock, "Other people might need this road," the farmer said to himself. "Why (5)       I move this out of the way?"
　　After he pushed the rock off the road, he noticed a note that read: "You're the person I've been looking for. You are now the king."

8．根据下面的对话情最，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A: Daniel, help me!
B: Hey, Xiaoming! (1)      ?
A: I feel terrible! I have a lot of headaches.
B: (2)      . What gives you headaches?
A: There are many things. For example, my parents give me a headache.
B: Your parents?
A: Yes. My parents always say I'm lazy and slow.
B: (3)      ?
A: No, I don't think so.
B: I think you should sit down and talk to them.
A: All right. I'll have a try. But, hmm...
B: (4)      ?
A: Grades! My classmates always get better grades than me.
B: That's too bad. But they must work harder than you. (5)      .
A: Maybe you are right.

9．校刊的英文栏目发起了有关“什么样的周末有意义”的讨论。请以"What makes a meaningful weekend?"为题，用英语写一篇短文，向校刊投稿。
要点：
1. 你认为在周末做什么事情有意义；
2. 你为什么这么认为。
要求：
1. 文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；
2. 词数90左右。
What makes a meaningful weekend?
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