“Do you have your costumes for the Harvest Festival Contest (丰收节比赛) this Friday?” Meg asked. “Yes, I have,” said Jordan. He _______ his dad at the school gate as usual.

Walking _______ the road with his dad, Jordan was quiet. “Is everything all right?” his dad asked. “Yeah, I think I have a great idea about the costume contest on Friday night,” Jordan said. “Many other classmates are doing the _______ thing as me, but I really want to win.” Jordan said in a low voice.

After coming back home, Jordan’s mom asked him softly, “What’s on your mind?” Jordan _______ his trouble. “We have a big bag of old clothes. You can choose something that can help you.” Mom suggested. Then, Jordan found some clothes, but _______ could help him win.

The next day at school, Meg found Jordan and asked, “Did you come up with any other _______ about your costumes?” “No.” He replied. “Nothing that will help.” “Why not look around your house _______ and find what can help you? There is hidden potential (潜质) in everyday things,” said Meg.

_______ Jordan got home, he found his mom was putting boxes of books on the floor. Suddenly, he had an idea and felt excited.

After finishing his work, Jordan couldn’t wait to put it on and take part in the _______. When his friends saw him, they couldn’t ________ their eyes. In the end, Jordan won with his creative thoughts.

Born in 1987, Zhao Lijie was awarded (授予) as one of the first “National Rural Revitalization Youth Pioneers (全国乡村振兴青年先锋)” in 2022. In her hometown, the villagers are full of praise.

After getting married in 2012, she returned to her husband’s hometown—Shuangxing Village. When she first came to the village, she was shocked by the poverty (贫穷) in the village. But she chose to change the present poor situation instead of leaving there.

She began to wonder if she could use her knowledge to do something there. At that moment, she had a dream: she must lead everyone to live a good life together! Her idea was supported by her husband.

To begin with, she used the only 20,000 yuan she had left to buy a small tractor (拖拉机). Then, she contracted (承包) much land of the village. She made nearly 100,000 yuan that year. Since then, she has taken even bigger steps. In 2014, Zhao set up her own family farm. In 2017, she set up a cooperative (合作社). After seven years of hard work, she helped Shuangxing Village out of poverty.

As a new farmer, Zhao loves this land. She hopes that more young people will come back to their hometowns to make the countryside more beautiful and farmers wealthier.

Many drivers are not very clear about the roads around islands. Especially, the navigation tells the exit number, which makes it easy to get drivers wrong. However, now you don’t have to worry about these complicated (复杂的) roads anymore. Lane­level navigation (车道级导航) based on the Beidou satellite system (北斗系统) will soon be popular around China.

The so­called lane­level navigation is to use high­correctness technology to show the real road scenes. Compared with past navigation, lane­level navigation can provide exact road guidance in some complicated parts to help drivers choose the best lane.

In January of 2023, an online map officially introduced the enhanced version (加强版) of lane­level navigation, which helps make good use of the Beidou satellite system more deeply. It greatly improves the speed of receiving information and giving answers and the accuracy of lane­level positioning.

In the new version of the online map, the lane­level navigation can be used on all kinds of roads. The new version has a function(功能): It can guide clearly where to go in the complicated crossings.

In large cities, overhead bridges (高架桥) are easy to cause driving mistakes. So how does the lane­level navigation realize? According to the introduction, lane­level navigation uses the Beidou satellite system to accurately receive signals (信号). And after careful study, it can realize the positioning accuracy and guidance.

For the driverless industry, this map is a good technology, which makes it safer and more widely used earlier.

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阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

A: Hello, Chris! You look worried. What happened to you?

B: I’m trying to write an English article, but it’s too difficult to write it well.

A: Oh! Don’t worry!     40    

B: Can you tell me your ways of writing?

A: No problem.     41     For example, use “enjoy” instead of “like”.

B: OK. It seems easy. I can do that. What else can I do?

A:     42     You can also collect some good sentence patterns and great expressions.

B: Right. I think it will take a long time to collect.

A: Yes. Besides, you’d better write as often as possible.     43    

B: I get it. Thanks for your advice.

A:     44    .

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

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53. 渝北区的旅游业发展如此迅速，以至于许多人为此感到自豪。(完成译句)

The development of tourism in Yubei area is ________ quick ________ many people are proud of it.

根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

At the beginning of my journey of learning Peking Opera, I had great confidence that I could perform it wonderfully. Later, I found that I was     54    . The most difficult part is that an     55     has to first understand the feelings of the characters. To prove (证明) my ideas, I would like to share one of my experiences.     56    , I acted as Lin Chong, a hero of Water Margin. It was hard for me to understand his feelings when he rushed to Liangshan on a snowy     57    . I couldn’t sing or perform as if I truly was Lin, so I felt very upset.

My teacher seemed to notice my problem. One day, she came up to me and said, “The future is     58     the sea. There will be a long way to go before you succeed. Wipe (擦) the tears away from your eyes and keep practicing!”

After listening to my teacher’s touching words, I suddenly felt my confidence came back. I bought a copy of Water Margin and began to     59     it at once. While reading part of the novel, I knew that Lin was recalling his life before he was on the way to Liangshan at that night. He had to leave his family, his job and so on. After I     60     reading the novel, I spent a whole evening thinking about his life story. After that, I spent more time practicing. In the end, I have a better understanding of the characters in this novel.

There are many chances in our life. As long as we catch     61     of them and take full advantage of them, we will achieve our dreams. It’s also our task to pass on our excellent traditional Chinese culture.