【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 the author39。 s first sleepover? A. She can39。 t remember it. B. It was really boring. C. She thinks it was enjoyable. D. It was a painful experience. 11. The author writes the text mainly to __ A. discuss how strict parents should be B. explain what kids39。 development is C. ask parents to keep an eye on their children D. encourage children to have sleepovers D In the summer of 2020, about 17 million people posted videos of themselves dumping (傾倒 ) ice water over their heads. Even many famous people, including singersongwriter Taylor Swift, basketball player LeBron James, and former . President Gee W. Bush, took part. Why did they do such a strange thing? Those in the Ice Bucket Challenge all helped raise awareness (意識 ) and money to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a deadly disease. It is also known as Lou Gehrig39。 s disease, after a famous baseball player who had it. It destroys neurons (nerve cells) that control muscle (肌肉 ) movement. Each year, about 5,600 people in the . are diagnosed (診斷 ) with ALS. The disease leads to the inability to move. Many people die two to five years after learning they have it. Right now, there39。s no right treatment for ALS. But the Ice Bucket Challenge may help lead to one. Before the Ice Bucket Challenge, few people knew about this terrible disease, Jonathan Ling said. He is one of the scientists at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. His team was unable to plete its research without the money raised through the Ice Bucket Challenge, Ling says. Through their research, Ling and his team discovered that a protein (蛋白質(zhì) ) is damaged in most ALS patients. The scientists also found that nerve cells with these damaged proteins die quickly. But when the scientists put a new protein that acted like the damaged one into the nerve cells, the neurons came back to life! Thanks to the team39。 s research, experts believe they may be one step closer to a treatment that slows down or even stops ALS. Still, more research needs to be done, Ling admits. With that in mind, the ALS Association is promising that the Ice Bucket Challenge will continue every August until a good treatment is found. 12. What can we learn about ALS? A. No one knows how to treat the disease. B. It is also named after a singer. C. People will die a few days after they have it. D. It can make people lose the ability to hear. 13. What might be Ling39。s attitude to the Ice Bucket Challenge? A. Worried. B. Doubtful. C. Uninterested. D. Thankful. 14. According to the text, Ling39。 s team __ A. knows little about ALS B. is now short of money C. has made some progress D. needs more researchers 15. What would be the best title for the text? A. How the Ice Bucket Challenge started B. The Ice Bucket Challenge and ALS C. Jonathan Ling, great ALS researcher D. Some littleknown facts about ALS 第二節(jié) （共 5 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 10 分） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容 ,從短文后的七個選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項 .選項中有兩項為多余選項 . In a national spelling contest in America, an 11yearold girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her soft voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E. 16 By now, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. But instead of lying and telling the judges she had said the correct letter, she told the truth that she had said the wrong letter. 17 As the girl walked off the stage, the entire audience stood on their feet clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens