1 . Born in 1990, a wheelchair has been part of Zhao Hongcheng’s life since she was one year old due to poliomyelitis (小儿麻痹症) . And now, as a video content creator who has over 84, 000 followers on the video-sharing platform Bilibili, Zhao wants to be a bridge between the disabled and the rest of society.

“I made my first video in 2019,” Zhao says. “My original purpose was to find a way to reduce my emotional stress. I always met inconvenience caused by my wheelchair when going out, which made me feel sad. I barely had any disabled friends, so I had no one to talk to. I felt quite lonely,” Zhao explains.

Her first vlog was about a trip to Guangzhou with friends. The video was viewed more than 2, 000 times on the first day. “This made me feel that there were many things worth sharing in my life,” she explains. Since then, that first video has been viewed over 48, 000 times. Her fourth video, displaying how she got to work in a wheelchair, made her even more popular. The video has received more than 300, 000 views on Bilibili.

“One of the great things about being a content creator is that I feel like I have the opportunity of talking about the real difficulties and pains that a disabled person faces,” Zhao says.

1. What’s the purpose of Zhao’s first video?

A．To make a living.	B．To reduce her emotional stress.
C．To be popular.	D．To practice film skills.

2. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The problems the disabled face.	B．The difficulties of making a video.
C．The popularity of Zhao’s videos.	D．The four videos Zhao made.

3. What is the meaning of being a content creator for Zhao?

A．Receiving more views.	B．Being successful on Bilibili.
C．Sharing stories from the disabled.	D．Encouraging the disabled to be content creators.

4. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A．A Positive Disabled Influencer	B．A lonely Day of the Disabled
C．A Popular Content Creator	D．A Caring Community for the Disabled

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Yuan Longping was born in 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him to pursue a career in science or medicine. However,     1     concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests. How to boost yields was challenging question at the time. Fortunately, the answer     2     (find) in the creation of hybrid rice. Through intense effort, Yuan overcame enormous technical     3     (difficulty) to develop the first hybrid rice that could be used for farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers to expand their output greatly.

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。

Leonardo Da Vinci was a genius: wildly imaginative, passionately curious and creative across multiple disciplines-painting architecture, aeronautics, and engineering. Yet oddly the word “genius” minimizes him by making it seem as if he were touched by lightning. His early biographer made this mistake: “Sometimes, in a superatural fashion, a single person is gifted by heaven with beauty, grace, and talent in such abundance that seems that his every act is divine (天赐的)” In fact the self-taught Leonardo’s genius was shaped by his own will and ambition. It did not come from being the divine recipient, like Newton or Einstein.

Part of what made Leonardo a genius, what set him apart from people who are merely extraordinarily smart, was creativity. His talent for combining observation with fantasy allowed him to make unexpected leaps that related things seen to things unseen.

Leonardo was also a very human genius, He made mistakes. He left a trail of unfinished projects, flying machines that never flew, tanks that never rolled. "Tell me if ever I did a thing... Tell me if anything was ever made.

His flawed humanity makes Leonardo more accessible. Even though we may never be able to match his talents, we can learn from him and try to be more like him. His life offers a wealth of lessons.

Seek knowledge for its own sake. Not all knowledge needs to be useful. Sometimes it should be pursued for pure pleasure. Leonardo did not need to know how heart valves work to paint the Mona Lisa, nor did he need to figure out how fossils got to the top of mountains to produce Virgin of the Rocks. By allowing himself to be driven by pure curiosity, he got to explore more horizons and see more connections.

Keep a childlike sense of wonder, At a certain point in life, most of us quit puzzling over everyday phenomena. We might savor the beauty of a blue sky, but we no longer bother to wonder why it is that color. Leonardo did.

Be curious, observe things, see things unseen, respect facts, be open to mystery.... We can never learn enough from Leonardo.

1. What set Da Vinci apart from people who are merely extraordinarily smart?
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2. Why was Da Vinci regarded as a very human genius?
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3. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Leonardo’s genius not only comes from his own will and ambition, but also from being the divine recipient, like Newton or Einstein.
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4. Which quality of Da Vinci’s do you appreciate most? How can it benefit you in your life? (/In bout 40 words)
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6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填写1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Many foreigners are     1     (amaze) at Chinese characters. For the past three decades, Richard Sears has been focused on one thing: telling many     2     (story) behind Chinese characters. His interest in Chinese language and characters dates back to 1972, when he was a 22-year-old physics major in the USA.

He built a website in 2002 and named it Chinese Etymology (词源),    3     provides visitors with opportunities to check the development of Chinese characters in a variety of forms for free. Because of this well-received website, he became Uncle Hanzi, a nickname (昵称)    4     (give) by Chinese netizens.

In September, Sears set up his studio in Nanjing as part of the local government’s plan to promote Chinese culture. To help both Chinese     5     foreign learners have a better understanding of Chinese characters, the studio concentrates     6     telling stories behind Chinese characters with the aid of technology. So far, they     7     (make) over 60 videos in English with Chinese subtitles for Bilibili, a popular video website among young people.    8     (watch) the videos not only brings fun but also makes people know more about Chinese characters, leaving them a deep     9     (impress).

With the tireless efforts of people like Richard Sears and the government’s support,    10     (many) people will appreciate the beauty of Chinese characters fully.

7 . Sandra Boynton, a children’s author, has in more recent years branched out into kids music. Her most recent album Hog Wild!, for example, features Samuel L. Jackson as a Tyrannosaurus Rex. She talked in an interview about how to tap into kids’ imaginations and how to make scary things less threatening for them.

In your years of writing and illustrating children’s books, have you noticed anything that really sparks a child’s imagination?

I think maybe there’s no basic difference between what fascinates a child and what fascinates the rest of us. We’re all drawn to things that wake us up, things that grab our attention through our hearing or our sight or our sense of touch. We’re curious about the world as it is, and we’re curious about what could be. Imagination follows curiosity pretty naturally.

It doesn’t feel to me like it’s been a long time that I’ve been drawing and writing things. It doesn’t feel like a short time, either. It just feels like what I do. I make things. I’m a permanent kindergartner, I guess.

You often take a threatening figure like a Tyrannosaurus Rex or a monster and make him cute. Do you have any suggestions for how to make children less afraid of things? Actually, I think kids kind of like being afraid of things, as long as someone calm is right there with reassurance. Hugging helps.

What have you learned about childhood from writing kids’ books?

Accessing childhood has actually never been that hard. It’s adulthood that’s still perplexing. I would guess that most children’s book writers are that way. I’m really writing books and making music for my own child-self. But I’m certainly delighted and grateful that my books work for people other than just me. It keeps me from having to find an actual job.

A lot of authors are worried that children spend too much time on digital devices rather than with books, but you seem to have embraced it. Why?

When the interactive book app universe was new, I was, as a creator of things, curious. My background is theater, and I thought it could be interesting to try to figure out how to create content that’s both theater-like and book-like. I found a superb partner in this, the insanely ingenious Loud Crow Interactive in Vancouver. We worked intensively together for a couple of years and made five very cool apps. I’m proud of them. But now, having too often seen very young kids sitting idly, staring at screens, I have my doubts.

1. When writing children’s books, Sandra ________.

A．finds herself confused about remembering childhood

B．puts herself in a child’s place and thinks like a child

C．agrees with other book writers that writing is hard

D．is delighted that she doesn’t need to find another job

2. Sandra thinks the apps she made with her partner were cool because they were ________.

A．new ways to increase interactions between users

B．interactive by combining theatre and book

C．beneficial with the content both theatre-like and book-like

D．created by an insanely ingenious expert and friend

3. We can conclude from the interview that ________.

A．there were no interactive book apps before Sandra’s apps

B．kids are always calm instead of being afraid of things

C．digital devices have been embraced by most of the authors

D．Sandra is good at making a threatening figure cute

9 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. excelled       B. typically       C. devote        D. destination       E. surely F. barriers        G. winding       H. pursuing       I. keys            J. essentials       K. productive

The Art of Blooming Late

In his teens and early twenties, Mozart had to work as an organist and concertmaster in his native Salzburg to make ends meet. Underpaid and unfulfilled, he felt a(n) burning desire to     1     more time and energy to his art. So after a period of doubt and deliberation, that’s exactly what he did. He quit his job and embarked on what turned out to be the most     2     and creative period of his life.

Even if you never hope to reach Mozart’s level of mastery, you may consider how he removed all the     3     in his path to success. Maybe you’ve done everything right —     4     at school, worked hard, and landed a good, high-paying job-but you’re tired of being just like everyone else.

However, drafting a plan of action can be daunting. What, then, is holding you back? Rich Karlgaard, the publisher of Forbes magazine and author of Late Bloomers, argues that our cultures’ customs with early achievement discourages us from     5     our passions. Instead of having varied interests, studying widely, and taking our time —     6     to self-discovery-we’re encouraged to ace tests, become specialists right away, and pursue safe, stable, and profitable careers. As a result, most of us end up choosing professional excellence over personal fulfillment, and often we lose ourselves in the process.

To prompt a revolution in your own life, there are a few things to keep in mind. First and foremost, it’s never too late to “become” yourself. Aristotle, for example, didn’t fully devote himself to writing and philosophy until he was nearly 50. There are also benefits to taking a long,     7     path to self-fulfillment. Remember that age     8     brings wisdom, resilience, self-knowledge, and creativity.

That said, once you’ve decided to embark on the journey, it may take years, if not longer, to reach your     9    . But as research has shown, small daily changes can have a compound effect and slowly but     10     lead you closer to the person you think you ought to be.

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Phelps     1     (suffer) hyperactivity (活动过度) disorder as a child and     2     (encourage) to take up swimming at seven to control his energy. Over the years he developed into a champion swimmer, beating record after record. “I was trying     3     (see) what I could really do and where my potential could go”, said Phelps.