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第一部分 閱讀（共兩節，滿分50分）

第一節 （共15小題；每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

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Welcome to Rose Foundation

Rose Foundation is a member funded private foundation.Through the foundation,members serve the community and help other non-profit organizations fulfill their missions.We offer the following programs and services throughout the year.

Monthly Food Distribution

On the 15th of every month, we distribute food to the elderly, new mothers or local food banks.Care packages are also available for new mothers.Each care package varies,but may include baby wipes,baby food and clothes.Donate any amount!

Rose Grant Fundraising

The Rose Blossom Fellowship is open to young ladies between the ages of sixteen and twenty.The program gives the ladies an opportunity to experience our sisterhood and receive tutorship.The fellowship is six months long and is open from January 15th to July 15th.All participants complete monthly social and service activities including a minimum of 12 hours of community service.The fellowship ends with the Rose Blossom Debutante Ball.

Annual Book Drive

If you have a book that is not being used,just don't throw it away—give it away! Rose Foundation has an annual book drive on June 30th.Our goal is to provide 100 people with books.Books can be donated throughout the year, but our annual book drive“Read Date”is only once a year,and on that day we aim to give away the books we've collected.

Make a House a Home

Help us to give a deserving family an opportunity to not only start a new but make ahouse a home!Donate new or used furniture in good condition and we will make it available to families in need for free! We come and pick up the furniture and provide you with a receipt for your donations.Please check the calendar for furniture's pickup days.All donations are greatly appreciated.

Register Now!

1.Who may be interested in the text?

A.Those in need of help.B.Those eager to get a job.

C.Those willing to donate.D.Those in charge of organizations.

2.Which is meant for late-teen females?

A.Monthly Food Distribution.B.Rose Grant Fundraising.

C.Annual Book Drive.D.Make a House a Home.

3.What is special about“Make a House a Home”?

A.It takes place monthly.B.It helps families for free.

C.It requests community work.D.It offers pickup service.

B

Not long ago, British entrepreneur (企業家) Richard Branson announced that he had bought an island off the coast of Australia for all his 30,000 staff and their families to use.For employees of his company, this must be one of the most attractive perks (額外待遇) of the job!

Most company perks are more practical than this,but they do appear to be an increasingly important consideration when choosing a job.Typical of these perks are reductions in the price of lunch or company goods,childcare services and investments (投資金額)in the company.Particularly popular with employees are membership of a health club and a private health care.However,the appeal of perks such as cars,laptops or mobiles is declining.Material possessions are not the most important consideration these days.

A survey shows that pay isn't the most important thing once a person is settled in a job.Christine Garner at the Industrial Society,believes that giving staff a choice of benefits shows that a firm is“forward thinking”.“Parents may want to take extra holidays to be with their children.Older people may want more medical benefits and younger staff may prefer additional money.”

Richard Prior, spokesperson for the publishing house Redwood, thinks it's the little things that count and they are most appreciated by staff.Last year, he announced that all staff could take the day off on their birthday and leave early on Fridays in the summer.He also gives staff a choice of benefits.These include the chance to work at home sometimes,extra leave after a child is born,and a day's holiday without notice in advance.

Recent research has found twice as many UK professionals would rather work fewer hours than win financial rewards.Being able to choose when they work and what perks are most proper allows employees to balance work and home life.It's likely to fast become the number one perk.

4.Why does the author mention Richard Branson?

A.To praise his generosity to his staff.

B.To show his good relationship with his staff.

C.To appreciate his contribution to his company.

D.To give an example of unusual perks.

5.How is paragraph 2 developed?

A.By analyzing the cause and effect.B.By stating present situations.

C.By describing processes.D.By giving instructions.

6.What is Richard Prior's attitude toward offering staff a choice of perks?

A.Uncaring.B.Doubtful.

C.Favorable.D.Dissatisfied.

7.What perks do employees tend to value most according to the last paragraph?

A.Financial rewards.B.Medical benefits.

C.Less work time.D.Material possessions.

C

After almost an entire year of not going shopping and vacationing, you find the numbers reflected by your bank account meet your heart's desire.

Now the most important question comes,what to do with the earnings?Should you fulfil dreams of the present, invest in preserving the future or perhaps keep saving it for a rainy day?

Our elders always try to teach us the value of money and its moral weakness.One may be on a winning streak（一連串的勝利）now, but it will not always be so.One will havedays when there will be no sunshine but only rain, and their luck will hide behind those thick grey clouds.Save money for those rainy days, they say.Do not spend too much, live within a budget,refrain from credit no matter how small and save for the future.

Since the very first time we earn our own money from a summer job or earn our first salary,the lessons start.In fact,the pocket money that we receive when we are children begins the process of learning how to best manage our money.

People often think like this—one day if I have enough money, I will travel around the world.Then, once we do earn enough money, tomorrow's plans start shadowing our present ones.However,is it wise to keep living for that future?Will we still enjoy or even be able to backpack in our fifties? How will we ever enjoy our present if we are constantly living for the future?

Good questions,aren't they?I say travel but don't let yourself run dry,treat yourself to some luxuries but also keep enough for your necessities, and enjoy your present but with a plan for the foreseeable future.Life is for the living,so live it sensibly.

8.Why do elders teach us to save money?

A.There are more rainy days in life.B.No one can have a winning streak.

C.Good days may end.D.Money can't buy everything.

9.What does the underlined phrase“refrain from”mean in paragraph 3?

A.Select from.B.Hold back.

C.Rely on.D.Prefer to.

10.What can we do if we earn enough money according to the text?

A.Enjoy ourselves at the right time.

B.Wait to travel.

C.Live for the future no matter what.

D.Enjoy ourselves to the fullest.

11.What is the main idea of the text?

A.Money is something but not everything.

B.One should save money for rainy days.

C.Live in the moment before you live for the future.

D.Live the present wisely for your life.

D

Shetara Sims had gone through some tough years.In 2012, her eldest daughter died.Last year,the single mother lost her job in the recession(經濟衰退).

She had only $7 in her pocket as she headed into a grocery store one day with her 12-year-old daughter, Rakiya Edmondson.And then Lady Luck finally cut Sims some slack.She and her daughter found a dollar bill in the parking lot.Maybe this was their day.So they bought a lottery ticket(彩票)—and won$100.

But before they could spend their windfall, Rakiya had an idea.The news in Kansas City that week had been filled with stories about a police officer,Tyler Moss,who had been injured in the line of duty.He was in a critical condition.Rakiya and her mother had never forgotten how kind the police had been after their own family member died.“The police were really there for us,”Sims said.“They came to see my kids.They were fathers and therapists(治療專家).They were everything.”Rakiya wanted to give their lottery winnings to Officer Moss's family.Her mom readily agreed.

Later, Sims called the police and made an anonymous (匿名的) donation.Moved by her generous expression of thanks, the officers did what they do best—they tracked Sims down.When she explained the family's motivation, the officers could hardly believe it.“With her current financial hardship, we encouraged her to keep the money,”the department later explained.“She refused, saying the officer's family needed it and the police needed to know they were supported.”

By then, that feeling of support was mutual (相互的).The police set up a GoFundMe page for Sims, whom they gave a name“The Woman with the Heart of Gold”.Their goal was$10,000.As of January 11,2021,they had raised$165,405.Even better,Officer Moss,who had a 1 percent chance of survival,is out of the hospital and recovering.

12.What's the function of the first paragraph?

A.To praise a selfless mother.

B.To show the background of the text.

C.To describe people's life in the recession.

D.To illustrate the importance of tough experiences.

13.What does the underlined word“windfall”refer to in paragraph 3?

A.Time.B.Effort.

C.Money.D.Life.

14.How do Sims and her daughter feel about the police?

A.Disgusted.B.Pitiful.

C.Indifferent.D.Grateful.

15.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A.One good turn deserves another.B.The early bird catches the worm.

C.From saving comes having.D.Bad news has wings.

第二節 （共5小題；每小題2.5分，滿分12.5分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后的選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

When you become a teenager, you reach the age of responsibility and financial independence.You may want to earn money so that you can buy the clothes that you like or get music by your favorite artists.If you are thinking of your future,you might also want to start putting money in a savings account for college or a new car.16

Become a childcare provider.Some parents may hire a babysitter for work.Most people have either hourly or daily rates,and they pay in cash.It is a very good job for teenagers because the hours are flexible.17 All you have to do is offering your services,and someone will accept them.

Deliver newspapers to others.18 But people still love reading an old-fashioned newspaper.Companies will hire walking or driving delivery people.The hours are very early in the morning, but the pay is strong.The frequency of the job will depend on the newspaper.

Work at the pool.19 Pools need many lifeguards during the summer.However,you must have training in CPR and first aid to meet the hiring criteria.You might have to save someone's life one day,so it is important that you understand how to do such rescue.

20 No matter what job you choose, the most important thing for you is to pay attention to your interests and desires.Your job should consist of an activity that makes you excited to go back and do it again.

A.Take a major responsibility.

B.This job is usually easy to obtain.

C.Find something that you love to do.

D.Performing various jobs can help you make money.

E.Now it is convenient to get information from the Internet.

F.Protect swimmers and babies quickly if anything happens.

G.Almost every family in the neighborhood needs a babysitter at some point.

第二部分 語言運用（共兩節，滿分30分）

第一節 （共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D 四個選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

My father was raised in a fatherless home at a time when the family of five struggled to survive, which caused my father to be extremely tight-fisted (吝嗇的) about money.When we children became 21 that other children got pocket money from their parents, we made a(n) 22 to ask our father for some.Immediately his face turned stone cold, and he said,“If you're old enough to ask, you're old enough to earn.”And we had to seek odd jobs in the neighbourhood.

He didn't 23 his attitude as we grew into adulthood.There was a time when 24 of us had a car, so we had to take a bus whenever we came home.Though the bus stopped about two miles from home,Dad never met us, 25 in bad weather.If someone 26 ,and my brothers did a lot, he'd say in his 27 father-voice,“That's what your legs are for!”

One spring morning I was on the bus home from 28 .Tests and long hours in labs had 29 me exhausted.As other students were met at their stops, I looked silently out of the window.Finally,the bus came to a stop at my destination,and I 30 ,carrying my suitcase to begin the long journey home.

The row of privet hedge (樹籬) came into 31 which lined the driveway that climbed the hill to our house.I stopped to put a book in the suitcase.When I stood up, I saw something gray 32 along the top of the hedge toward the house.

It was the top of my father's head.I 33 then.Each time I came home, he would stand behind the hedge, watching 34 he knew I had arrived safely.I held back my tears.He did care 35 .

Upon reaching home,I found my father innocently in his chair.“So!It's you!”he said,his face lengthening into surprise.

21.A.aware B.certain C.surprised D.excited

22.A.trouble B.suggestion C.attempt D.plan

23.A.strengthen B.soften C.take D.show

24.A.neither B.each C.all D.none

25.A.especially B.only C.even D.once

26.A.refused B.complained C.cried D.intended

27.A.strangest B.lowest C.scariest D.slowest

28.A.work B.home C.town D.college

29.A.led B.made C.found D.proved

30.A.stepped off B.went off C.jumped on D.climbed on

31.A.mind B.view C.flower D.leaf

32.A.shining B.flying C.failing D.moving

33.A.supposed B.thought C.imagined D.realized

34.A.since B.after C.until D.though

35.A.after all B.above all C.in advance D.in total

第二節 （共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當的單詞或括號內單詞的正確形式。

Dunhuang was a gateway to and from China, a place 36.________the East met the West, and a great oasis (綠洲) in the middle of the desert.Dunhuang's long and glorious history represents 37.________(it) significance as a centre of cultural and commercial exchange.Today,Dunhuang is a world-class tourist destination boasting sites with UNESCOprotected heritage status.There are more than 700 famous caves, 38.________(know) as the Mogao Grottoes,which 39.________(carve)out of rock over a period of 1,000 years.In the famous Library Cave were hidden thousands of manuscripts, paintings and scrolls.These hidden treasures give us 40.________picture of Dunhuang when it was at the very centre of the Silk Road trade.

In the Ming Dynasty, trade routes changed and Dunhuang was not as prosperous as it used to be.41.________(gradual), it faded from memory, even though it was once such agreat city.This century is bringing the Silk Road 42.________life once more through the Belt and Road Initiative.Dunhuang has once again become a global crossroads 43.________it hosted hundreds of representatives from 51 countries for the Silk Road International Cultural Expo in 2017.Given that the theme of the Expo was 44.________(promote)cultural exchange and strengthen mutual 45.________(cooperate)between the countries along the Silk Road,Dunhuang was the ideal place.

第三部分 寫作（共兩節，滿分40分）

第一節 （滿分15分）

假定你是李華，你的好朋友Tom 對經典電影很感興趣，因此你給他推薦了電影《百萬英鎊》。請你給他寫一封郵件，要點如下：

1.表明寫郵件的目的；

2.推薦該電影的理由；

3.希望能交流觀影后對該電影的看法。注意：

1.詞數80左右；

2.可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。

Dear Tom,

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Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

第二節 （滿分25分）

閱讀下面材料，根據其內容和所給段落開頭語續寫兩段，使之構成一篇完整的短文。

An honest mistake

Alice double-checked the words on her spelling test.If she got 100 percent today,she'd win her class's First-Quarter Spelling Challenge and a brand new dictionary that came withvideos and other cool stuff.Plus, Lisa had promised to do a handstand if anyone got a perfect score.

Three more words to go.N-I-C-E-L-Y.Q-U-I-C-K-L-Y.H-O-N-E-S-T-Y.Wait!She'd spelled“honesty”, not“honestly”! She hurriedly erased the T-Y and wrote L-Y before handing in her paper.

“I'll correct and grade these test papers at the break,”said Lisa.Alice hurried into the classroom.She sat restlessly in her seat with her fingers crossed.Then Lisa walked to the front of the room and cleared her throat.

“Congratulations, Alice! You did it!”she announced.The whole class burst into applause!Lisa presented Alice with her prize.Alice grinned(咧著嘴笑)as she read the label on the box:To Alice Carter,for her perfect first-quarter score in spelling.

“Is everything OK?”Mom asked as Alice burst through the front door after school.“Everything is perfect!”Alice shouted, showing Mom her spelling test paper and prize.Mom hugged her.“Put the test on the fridge so Dad can see it when he gets home.And Casper, too.”Alice scooped (抱 起) up her cat.“Casper, can you spell nicely, quickly and honestly?”Alice's heart missed a beat suddenly.“Honestly?H-O-N-E-S-L-Y!”

“Alice, what's the matter?”said Mom.“I don't feel so good,”Alice said, putting Casper down and stuffing the test paper into her backpack.“Probably too much excitement,”Mom rubbed her back.“How about some tea?”Alice swallowed,“How did you know?A‘t’is exactly what I needed.”

注意：續寫詞數應為150左右。

Paragraph 1:

Shortly afterwards,Alice dashed into her room and pulled out the test paper.

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Paragraph 2:

Alice pushed open the door of Lisa's office.__________________________________

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