一、完形填空(10分)
A few years ago, I was taking a part-time summer job at a local ice cream shop. While handing a fudge sundae(奶油圣代) to an old woman at the drive-thru window, I noticed that she had a box of purple 1 .
As I handed her the sundae, I said, “Those tomatoes look special! What kind are they?”
She replied, “Here, have some!” Within 2 , I had a handful of purple tomatoes. “Oh, you don’t need to give me any!” I said. “They’re purple! They must be 3 .”
“Here, have more,” she insisted(坚持) and now I had six of the prettiest tomatoes I had ever seen. I weakly tried to 4 , “Really you don’t have to give me any...” The woman smiled again and said, “I hope you enjoy 5 . They’re an heirloom(祖传) type that my mum used to 6 .” I said thank you again, and she sped off. She was like a tooth fairy: I gave her ice cream and she gave me tomatoes.
About two weeks later, my boss at the ice cream store sent me a WeChat 7 . “I want to let you know that your gardener dropped off a box of vegetables for you.” Baffled(困惑不解), I replied, “ 8 ?” That night, my boss showed me the 9 . It was full of carrots, beans, potatoes and tomatoes — purple tomatoes. My tomato fairy was back!
I never saw her again, but to this day her 10 inspires(激励) me to share what I have with anyone who’ll have it. “All I ask is an ice cream cone in return. Better yet, pay it forward and be someone else’s secret gardener.”
( ) 1. A. tomatoes B. carrots C. beans D. potatoes
( ) 2. A. years B. hours C. minutes D. seconds
( ) 3. A. expensive B. cheap C. sweet D. tasty
( ) 4. A. thank B. accept C. refuse D. explain
( ) 5. A. it B. them C. yourself D. myself
( ) 6. A. buy B. plant C. pick D. sell
( ) 7. A. message B. description C. introduction D. instruction
( ) 8. A. Who B. When C. Where D. Why
( ) 9. A. shop B. message C. box D. garden
( )10. A. happiness B. kindness C. loneliness D. business

二、阅读理解(16分)
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Material 1:
For many people, having a cup of coffee right out of bed is the best way to start a day. But a report from ASAP Science says otherwise.
It says the worst time for coffee is soon after we get up. When we wake up, our bodies start to make cortisol (皮质醇). Cortisol helps us think clearly and be quick to understand and act. The cortisol levels rise after we wake up and climb to the highest in about an hour. So there are two problems when we drink coffee during this time: Our bodies will make less cortisol, and the cortisol will make coffee less useful. And that’s why some of us drink more and more coffee.
Then, when is the best time to have coffee? When the cortisol levels are going down, the report says. Cortisol levels are usually highest between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., between noon and 1 p.m., and between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. So if you want to have coffee, enjoy it after these times, and this popular drink will help you the most.
Material 2:
Four people read the passage and wrote what they thought about it.

() 1. What does it mean when someone thinks “otherwise” about something?
A. They are serious about it. B. They have no idea about it.
C. They think differently about it. D. They do not think it is a problem.
() 2. The picture below shows how the cortisol levels rise and fall during the day. From Material 1, which is a good time for coffee?

() 3. What did the four people think about Material 1?
A. They wanted to try what it said. B. They were sad about what it said.
C. They did not agree with what it said. D. They were not surprised at what it said.