阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。

“Rushdie! Rushdie! Hahaha!”

Rani’s face turned red when those boys were making jokes at her ______. It wasn’t the first time they called her Rushdie, an Indian writer with the same big hair as hers. That ______ Rani. She cried and ran home.

“I don’t like my hair, ” Rani told her father about the jokes. “Why can’t I have flowing (飘垂的) hair like other girls?”

“It doesn’t matter what others think. You are ______ just the way you are!” Her father said. “Anyway, I don’t want to go for the speaking competition (比赛) on Monday.” said Rani.

“Are you sure? You spend much time ______. ” Her father looked at Rani. Yes! She was working hard to be the best speaker. Did she really want to stop? Maybe she needed to ______ it again. But what if those boys called her Rushdie when she was speaking on the stage (舞台)?   Rushdie! Suddenly, Rani wanted to know something about this man with big hair. Then she read a lot about ______ on the Internet. Rani was surprised to find Rushdie loved his hair ______ it made him look special and brought him inspiration (灵感) for his books.

How Rani wished she could be confident ______ Rushdie! That night, she thought for a long time before she went to sleep.

Monday morning came. Rani was ready for the competition. She walked ______ towards the stage with her head up. “Rushdie! Rushdie! Hahaha!” She walked past those who were making jokes at her hair. Her voice was strong and clear as she started speaking. At that time, she knew she would ______.

1.

A．face

B．head

C．neck

D．hair

2.

A．pleased

B．hurt

C．answered

D．surprised

3.

A．clever

B．friendly

C．helpful

D．beautiful

4.

A．practising

B．watching

C．searching

D．waiting

5.

A．look for

B．point at

C．think about

D．ask for

6.

A．him

B．it

C．her

D．them

7.

A．if

B．till

C．although

D．because

8.

A．with

B．for

C．like

D．about

9.

A．sadly

B．politely

C．proudly

D．angrily

10.

A．appear

B．stay

C．try

D．win

Henry’s Diary
Day 1 18 Jan 2024	It’s Animal Week at school, so we’re studying different kinds of animals. Some lucky kids got tigers. I have to write about… pigeons! Ugh. . .
Day 2 19 Jan 2024	I’m watching the birds in the park right now. They just fly around—for the whole morning! They leave droppings here and there. Pigeons are BORING and DIRTYA girl is feeding them. Argh! The birds are flying madly to her. They are SCARY!
Day 3 20 Jan 2024	I’m doing some online research about pigeons. When pigeons look in a mirror (镜子), they know it’s not another pigeon. Really? I’d better go to watch them again with the question.
Day 4 21 Jan 2024	Oh! In front of my house, I watch a pigeon for three hours today. Finally, I get a photo of the pigeon looking at itself in the water! They are really clever animals. Maybe I was wrong about them. I need to know more about these birds.
Day 5 22 Jan 2024	I am in the city library. This book says that there are over 200 kinds of pigeons. Some of them can fly several thousands of kilometres without getting lost. They can also fly over 100 kilometres an hour. That’s almost as fast as my dad’s car! Well, pigeons are SPECIAL—I just didn’t know much about them!

11. How did Henry find out the pigeon flies fast?

A．By reading in the library.	B．By watching it through a camera.
C．By asking the kids around.	D．By comparing it with other animals

12. Which shows Henry’s change of attitude (态度) towards pigeons?

A．Surprising-Interesting-Boring	B．Interesting-Surprised-Boring
C．Interesting-Boring-Surprising	D．Boring-Surprising-Interesting

If you visit Wuppertal, Germany, make sure you take the Schwebebahn. It’s a railway that runs for 13 kilometres and carries over 80, 000 passengers (乘客) every day.

The Schwebebahn travels in a very different way. Its 24-metre-long train doesn’t run on the track (轨道), but under it. The track is 12 metres above the river, so as the train goes over the city. Passengers can enjoy the exciting sights freely.

The Schwebebahn didn’t come easy. In the 1880s, the traffic in Wuppertal was so busy that the government had to develop a new way of travelling. At that time, a man named Eugen Langen was trying a railway under the track to carry products for his company. It was successful so later Eugen put this idea into the Schwebebahn. In that way, the space above the River Wupper got fully used. It turned out to be a very good choice. The Schwebebahn gives special travel experiences to passengers. Its stations are as beautiful as art museums, so passengers won’t be bored while waiting in the stations. A classical train also offers all kinds of services, such as food and drinks. What’s more, people can book this train to have parties or even get married in the air! They will never forget this one-hour journey in the air.

Now the Schwebebahn is more than a railway for Wuppertal. It is a symbol of the city.

13. How does the Schwebebahn travel according to the passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

14. What does “this idea” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Making products for a company.	B．Using the space above the river.
C．Building a railway under the track.	D．Carrying things for the government.

15. What special experience can passengers have?

A．They can enjoy a party on the train.

B．They can visit the art museums on the train.

C．They can take a two-hour journey in the air.

D．They can cook food when waiting in the station.

16. Why does the writer write this passage?

A．To show the important stations of Wuppertal.

B．To introduce the facts about the Schwebebahn.

C．To share a riding experience in the Schwebebahn.

D．To tell why Wuppertal needed a new way of travelling.

I still couldn’t get my poems published (出版). It made me feel sad to think I would never be famous. My dream (梦想) broke into pieces and I even wanted to give up although I loved poems.

I rushed out for a drink and met my old friend Standard. He greeted me and introduced his friend Hautboy to me. This new person looked nothing special—a short and fat forty-year-old man.

However, during the talk, I found I couldn’t get my eyes off Hautboy. He seemed to enjoy everything we talked, and his laugh had the magic to make people around happy.

“I wish I were as happy as Hautboy, I told Standard after Hautboy left for a moment. “But we are different. Having such happiness is only because he is a common person. How could I, with big dreams, be like him?

“Do you really think he’s common?” Standard asked. I felt a little surprised. What was so special about that short, fat man?

When Hautboy was back again, he invited us to his place.

“If you promise to play the violin for us, we will.” said Standard.

Violin! Was he a musician? I felt even more surprised.

Then we went to Hautboy’s house. We watched him take out his old violin and play several pieces. The music he played was so beautiful that I was lost in it, and even forgot all my sadness. Walking on the way back home, I asked Standard who this Hautboy really was.

“He was an amazing musician,” said Standard. “He gave concerts from city to city in the past. One day, however, he said he was so tired and planned to do what he really loved. He started to give violin lessons to children. Although few people know him now, he is happier than ever before.”

As Standard told me his real name, I couldn’t be more surprised, “What? I know him. I cheered for that very name in the theatre when I was a child.” At that moment, I felt ___▲____.

The next day, I picked up my pen and continued (继续) writing poems, my lifelong love.

17. What did the writer want at the beginning of the story?

A．To play the violin well.	B．To become famous.
C．To have a happy friend.	D．To live a common life.

18. What did the writer think of Hautboy when they first met?

A．He was common but lived happily.	B．He was short but looked special.
C．He was kind and played the violin well	D．He was famous and had big dreams

19. Which sentence can be put into the “___▲____” in the passage?

A．Hautboy was a perfect friend	B．my poems would be famous
C．Hautboy was a poor musician	D．my sadness would be nothing

20. Why did the writer continue writing poems?
_______________________________________________________________________________

阅读下列采访，在空白处填入与短文内容相符的信息，完成笔记，每空限填一词。

An unusual sports game Name of the game:     21     Cycling Places to play: France, the USA, Spain and     22     Things needed:   ● a tank to offer the     23                                 ●a wetsuit and mask ●a very     24     bike Rules: ●Ride the bike nearly a kilometre under the water. ●There are usually     25     people in a game.

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。

prepare; difference; outside; shy; especially

Question: What is your problem in learning English?

42. It’s hard for me to pronounce some English sounds,     26     the “th” sound. Li

43. I     27     for my English report now, but I have trouble writing my ideas down.   Ahma

44. I always feel     28     when I have to talk in English. I’m afraid to make mistakes. Wang

45. How can I learn English     29     the classroom? Is it useful to join an English club? Ichiro

46. What is the     30     between “see” and “watch”? I often have such kind of questions. Shiori

阅读短文，根据上下文或括号内所给英文单词，写出空白处的英文单词以及它们的正确形式，补全文本。

Ma Wenbo, a nine-year-old boy, saved his family and people next door out of a fire on December 18th.

“I noticed the strange smell at about 10 o’clock     41     night. I got up and ran towards my father’s room. When I opened the door, my father     42     (sleep). I woke him up immediately,” Ma said.

Ma’s father got up     43     (quick) and ran out. However, he made a mistake—he went back to get     44     (he) phone. He soon found he couldn’t get out.

Luckily, Ma was able to run out. He     45     (knock) other people’s doors and stopped a car. Then he asked the driver     46     (call) firemen. The firemen arrived in just a few minutes. They saved Ma’s father and two     47     (woman) on the fourth floor. In the end, all 18 people in     48     building were safe.

Ma’s father was proud of him. “He did some training about fire at school     49     he knew what to do. He was much     50     (calm) than I was. ”

51. 假如你是王林，你校发起了“找回消失的课间十分钟”的倡议活动。作为宣讲志愿者，请根据以下海报，撰写演讲稿，谈谈合理安排课间十分钟的具体建议和意义。

注意:1) 文中不得出现真实姓名、学校等信息;
2) 词数:90 词左右:开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Good morning, everyone. The ten-minute break is very important to us. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________