1．　　The meaning of the word "volunteer'" may be a little different in different counties, but it usually means "one who offers his or her services". There (1)      many different ways in which people (2)      volunteer, such as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and (3)      up rubbish from beaches and parks. Volunteers may work in their own countries or in (4)      countries. They are often people (5)      a strong wish to help those who are less lack than themselves. Volunteers don't expect any kind of pay.
　　At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability (6)      services that can help other people. Tracy, a good friend of (7)      , however, came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means. She (8)      for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa's homes in Calcutta. The following is her story.
　　"I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school. We watched (9)      video about her work in India and all over the world. I was (10)      moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that after I graduated from high school, I also wanted to try her kind of work. So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks."
　　 "I (11)      to work in a home for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out (分发) lunch. I also fed the people (12)      were too weak to fed themselves and tried to cheer them up. I felt it was (13)      to share with them than to think that I have helped them. To be honest, I don't think I was helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, (14)      to learn about and experience another culture that helped improve my own understanding of the (15)      and the world."

2．　　Max reads more than anyone he knows. He loves to read during all his free time. His friends laugh at him because he would rather read than play video games, but his parents and his teachers are (1)       of him. They say (2)       is important, and it will help him learn about the world around him. They also tell him it is a(n) (3)      habit to read regularly .
　　One day Max was reading a magazine article about volcanoes (火山). He told his friends all about volcanoes and what causes them to erupt (喷发). The very next week, his class was assigned a (4)      project about volcanoes. Guess who everyone(5)       most in their project group?Of course, Max!Max's friends weren't making jokes about him anymore.
　　Max ended up being in a group with Liz, Anna and Josh. The assignment was to create a poster board with information about volcanoes. The group met at Anna's house that night to organize everything they (6)      and decide what they wanted to put on the poster board. They all asked Max what he (7)      was most important. Then Max gave some practical suggestions to the group.
　　At last, the poster board made by them looked (8)      . Max, Liz, Anna and Josh were very proud of their hard work. When they (9)      their project, their teacher was proud, too. (10)      they earned an A+ on the project.

3．　　Winter wasn't the season for bamboo shoots. Meng Tsung knew that, but he didn't lose hope. Then, he left Mother with a neighbour and went to the bamboo forest. He found no new shoots there. He knew that Mother would lose her life if he could not offer her the soup. That troubled Meng Tsung, so he sat down on the cold, hard ground and cried.
　　Long long ago, there was a boy called Meng Tsung. He lived with his mother in a small village. Though they were poor, they lived a happy life. Meng Tsung was a good boy, and he always put his mother's needs and wishes first. What he did was often praised by his neighbours.
　　One cold winter day, Mother got really sick. Meng Tsung sat by her bed and took care of her day and night. However, nothing helped, and she got worse. Meng Tsung was so worried and asked, "What can I cook for you to make you well?" Mother answered, "I would love a bowl of bamboo shoot soup."
　　Meng Tsung did that day after day because Mother kept getting worse. He didn't know it, but the bamboo god was watching. The bamboo god felt Meng Tsung's love for his mother and felt bad for Meng Tsung.
　　The next day, when Meng Tsung finished crying, he saw some things in the ground. They were little green bamboo shoots!His warm tears made the ground wet and helped them grow. Meng Tsung was full of joy. He dug them up, hurried home, and cooked Mother's soup. After eating the soup, Mother felt much better. Soon, she was healthy again.
　　From then on, winter bamboo continued to grow in China and it's called Meng Tsung bamboo.

4．①When China was still poor and far behind the West, two Chinese scientists insisted on leading the world through homegrown innovation. They are jet fighter (战斗机) designer Gu Songfen and nuclear energy scientist Wang Dazhong, who won China's top science award — the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award on Nov 3.
②In the 1950s, China had no aviation (航空) experience, equipment or wind tunnels. As the head of the aerodynamics (空气动力学的) team in Shenyang, Gu's first task was to develop the country's first homegrown jet aircraft. Despite difficulties, he managed to complete JJ-1, the first jet aircraft designed in China.
③Gu, 91, started the aerodynamic design of aircraft, which advanced the development of a number of major jet fighters, including the Nanchang CJ-6, a basic training plane, and the Shenyang J﹣8, a high-speed, high-altitude single-scat interceptor.
④Those aircraft not only greatly improved China's air defense capabilities but also laid the foundation of its aviation industry.
⑤Wang Dazhong, 86, has spent 60 years working to develop nuclear energy. After nuclear accidents in Three Mile Island in the US in 1979, and Chernobyl in the Soviet Union in 1986, scientists all over the world have worked hard to ensure that reactors (反应堆) are made "inherently safe". It means they do not depend on measures powered by outside resources to remain stable.
⑥An academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wang led the research, design and operation of China's first 5﹣megawatt low temperature nuclear heating reactor and later of its 10﹣megawatt high temperature gas﹣cooled reactor. He used key technologies related to helium coolant (氨冷却剂) . Both reactors improved the inherent safety of nuclear energy, as well as the application of clean energy. Wang 's scientific achievements have paved the way for clean energy as China works to achieve carbon neutrality (碳中和), said He Jiankun, an expert in Tsinghua University. Nuclear power releases zero carbon and can ensure the safe and stable operation of the power grid (电网), he said.
⑦Both Gu Songfen and Wang Dazhong made great contribution to the homegrown innovation for China, which is worth being respected by people around the world especially by our Chinese.

6．　　Nowadays, many people choose to continue working in their spare time because of much pressure from supporting their families. However, a study shows that instead of spending your spare time at work in hopes of getting a raise, maybe you should go to the gym. That's because it could make you happy just like the money you made during this time. A new interesting study in The Lancet found that people who enjoy doing exercise have a greater sense of happiness than those who don't.
　　Researchers from Oxford and Yale Universities used data collected from more than 1. 2 million Americans. They were asked, "How many times have you felt uncomfortable because of mental problems in the past 30 days?" They were also asked about their exercise habits and were able to choose from 75 kinds of activities, including doing housework and childcare, running, weightlifting, and cycling.
　　The researchers found that the people who exercise regularly feel bad for an average of 35 days per year while the people doing little exercise feel bad for an additional 18 days. From the study, people who exercised had 43 percent fewer days of poor mental health in the past month than people who did not exercise. All exercise types can lead to a lower mental health burden (负担). Social activities for exercising like team sports had an even more positive effect, although cycling was the most popular. Perhaps that's because it takes place outdoors, which is always a way for people to get rid of stress.
　　It is possible to get too much exercise. Business Insider's write-up on the study said, "The mental health of those people who exercised for longer than three hours a day suffered more than that of those who didn't exercise." The right amount seems to be three to five times per week, lasting 30 to 60 minutes each. The key point should be that any amount helps, so don't force yourself to hit that perfect balance. All exercise types result in a lower mental health burden than not exercising.

7．　　Have you ever stayed in a hotel?Most Chinese hotels often provide guests with things like disposable (一次性的) toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers. (1)       But, if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables. (2)      
　　Many disposable things are made of plastic. People throw them away after only using them once. (3)      Do you know one Chinese person makes as much as 400 kg of waste a year!Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19, 000 tons of plastic bags and 1, 320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year!Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down. (4)       So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.
　　Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your daily life:Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. Do not use paper cups.
　　(5)      
A. It is a waste of natural resources and is very bad fort the environment.
B. They want to ask people to use less disposable things.
C. At your school canteen, use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.
D. Many guests like the idea because they don't have to bring their own.
E. The less plastic we throw out, the better life we will have.

8．　　Teenagers have a strong wish for freedom, they don't want their parents to set too many family rules for them to (1)o       . They don't like being treated as children, (2)e      . They want to wear cool clothes, have cool hairstyle and talk in a cool way. So, this always (3)d      their parents mad. If their parents don't try to get on well with their children, young people may feel bad and even hate their family.
　　To solve the (4)p      the generation gap cause, parents and children should sit down and talk about it. As the children grow up, they gradually become mature (成熟的) . And they will come to (5)u      their parents.

14．中国传统文化深受世界各国人们的喜爱, 而广东则以岭南文化而出名, 假如你是李华, 你们学校将要举办岭南文化节(Lingnan Cultural Festival)活动, 你美国的笔友Mike想了解本次活动的细节．请你给他回信, 内容包括:
1. 时间:下周六上午:地点:学校操场:参加人员:全体师生
2. 介绍岭南文化节的活动(至少两项), 注意事项(至少一点);
3. 邀请他通过网络观看和体验本次活动．
作文要求:
1. 不能照抄原文, 不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和考生的真实姓名．
2. 语句连贯, 字数80词以上, 作文的开头和结尾已经给出, 不计入总词数也不必抄写在答题卡上．

Dear Mike,
　　How are you?
　　I'm glad to hear from you. It's known that Guangdong is a birthplace of Lingnan Culture in China. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
　　Hope you'll enjoy the festival online.
Yours,
Li Hua