1 . Recently, my daughter reminded me of someone we saw at the train station a few years ago.

That day, my daughter and I were waiting for our train. We went to buy some drinks, and then we saw the old man. Dressed poorly, he was standing in front of the counter(柜台) while counting coins slowly to buy just one bottle of water. The businessman behind him said impatiently, “Hey! Can’t you be quick? Some of us have a train to catch!” Hearing this, the old man seemed to be very embarrassed, so he walked away quietly at once.

It was my turn. I bought our two drinks and the old man’s water as well. We walked up to him and gave him the water with a smile. After walking away, my daughter complained, “Dad, the old man is so impolite. He didn’t even say ‘thank you’ to us!” I told her that we did this not to get a “thank you” from other people. We just wanted to be nice.

Now, my daughter always reaches out to help people. She waves, makes eye contact(接触) and says “hi” to people on the street. She holds doors for people. She scoops up things that other people drop.

When I mentioned this recently, she seemed surprised. I asked her why she was so kind all the time. She said, “Because it is just right to be that way.” Then she added, “And because I see you do that all the time.”

1. Why did the writer buy a bottle of water for the old man?

A．Because the old man was one of his friends.

B．Because he was a nice person.

C．Because his daughter asked him to do that.

D．Because he wanted the old man to say “thank you”.

2. What is the right order of the events that happened at the train station according to the passage?
①The writer’s daughter complained.             ②The businessman felt impatient.
③The old man counted coins to buy water.     ④The writer bought water for the old man.

A．③②④①

B．③④①②

C．③②①④

D．②③④①

3. What does the underlined word “scoops” probably mean in Paragraph 4?

A．Breaks.

B．Collects.

C．Puts.

D．Picks.

4. From the passage, we can know that ________.

A．the old man said “thank you” to the writer and his daughter

B．the businessman bought a bottle of water for the old man

C．the writer’s daughter hardly reaches out to help people

D．the writer sets a good example to his daughter in her life

5. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?

A．To tell us to learn to share with others.

B．To tell us not to laugh at the poor.

C．To tell us kindness in action speaks louder than words.

D．To share a funny experience with us.

2 . 第31届世界大学生夏季运动会于 2023 年 7 月至 8 月在成都举行，大赛组委会（Organizing Committee）正在招募志愿者。假如你是Tom，今年15 岁，是一名甘肃的中学生。请根据以下招募条件和自己的情况，向组委会写一封电子邮件，介绍你的基本情况、兴趣爱好（至少两项）、特长（至少两项）以及其他符合招募的条件，简要谈谈志愿者工作的意义，并表达你想成为大运会志愿者的愿望。

成都世界大学生运动会志愿者招募条件 ◆会说英语                           ◆兴趣爱好广泛 ◆有2—3门特长                    ◆善于与人打交道，对人友好 ◆7—8月全天有空

要求：
1. 语句通顺，无语法错误
2. 过渡衔接自然，有恰当的开头和结尾；
3. 文中不能出现自己的姓名和所在学校的名称；
4. 词数80—100。
Dear Sir / Madam,
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Yours,

Tom

3 . Do you know the project — Ning-Ning Cooperation(宁宁合作) ? The first “Ning” means Nanjing and the second one is Xining. It is set up to help Xining in education, medical care and so on. Nanjing is a city which lies to the southeast of Xining. It’s about 2000 kilometers away from Xining. Although it is far, moving stories never stop happening.

A girl named Feifei got serious heart problems. The doctor said she was in great danger. It was impossible to save her because of the high sea level (海拔) in Xining. Her family got into the dark when the bad news came. Luckily, they got great help from Nanjing Children’ s Hospital. The excellent doctors tried their best to save the girl. ①They gave her successful treatment(治疗). The responsible nurses also took good care of her. Soon Feifei got better. What’s more, the whole treatment was free. Feifei’s family needn’t pay for it because of this project.

②What a(an) ________ and ________ project it is! Thumb up(点赞) for our country, for Nanjing and for the project!

1. 请在文中找出与 “ All her families were heartbroken when hearing the terrible news.” 意义相近的句子。
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2. 请根据文意，找出①句中下划线单词所指代的内容。
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3. 请根据文意，判断右图中“Nanjing”方位是否正确，正确填T，错误填F。

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4. 请根据文意，在②句空白处填入合适的单词，使句意完整，符合逻辑，每空一词。
What a(an) __________ and __________ project it is!
5. 请根据文意，为本文拟一个标题(不超过五个词)。
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4 . 湘潭市博物馆正在为“讲好湘潭故事，传播本土文化”的大型宣传活动招募英语讲解员。假设你是李华，你想参加此次活动，请根据以下提示用英语向活动负责人写一封自荐信。

要点提示：

（1）个人基本情况（姓名、年龄等）；

（2）自荐的原因（性格、特长等）；

（3）对活动的认知（感想或意义等）。

注意：（1）字数在80词左右，可适当发挥（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；

（2）不能出现可能透露真实身份的任何信息（如校名，个人姓名等）。

Dear Sir/Madam,

I’d like to be a volunteer in this “Telling Xiangtan Stories, Spreading Local Culture” activity.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to your reply.

Yours

Li Hua

5 . 阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Last Saturday, I took a walk with my six-year-old daughter Lily along the Xiangjiang River. A group of people wearing red waistcoats (马甲) came into our view. Lily was curious (好奇的) about them, so I advised her to find the __________ by herself.

Lily interviewed Wang Yongheng and got her answer. He is a farmer in his 50s. He told her that they were patrolling (巡逻) the river to stop people from drowning (溺水). He has been doing that since his son was __________ by people at a swimming pool many years ago. At the age of 5, Wang’s son lost his swimming ring while playing in a __________ “Without the ring, my son went underwater. __________ I didn’t hear him shouting for help. __________, a girl found my son in danger. She jumped into the water to save him. And a few other people joined in the action. My son was _________ in less than two minutes. Without those __________ people, I might have lost my son.” Wang said.

Years passed, but Wang __________ remembers that clearly. To pass down the kindness, he volunteered to join the team that patrolled the Xiangjiang River in 2012. The team are always ready to help anybody in __________. Over the past 10 years, the team have saved hundreds of people. “Every life __________ a lot to a family. By saving a life, we save a family.” Wang said.

1.

A．activity

B．address

C．answer

2.

A．taught

B．saved

C．corrected

3.

A．pool

B．sea

C．lake

4.

A．So

B．Or

C．But

5.

A．Exactly

B．Luckily

C．Generally

6.

A．pulled out

B．blown out

C．left out

7.

A．kind

B．strict

C．honest

8.

A．already

B．hardly

C．still

9.

A．hand

B．need

C．order

10.

A．helps

B．speaks

C．means

6 . Scientists who study happiness have evidence (证据) to show that being kind to others can result in happiness. Acts as simple as buying a cup of coffee for someone can lift a person’s mood, for example. Everyday life is full of chances for such actions, yet people do not always make the most of them.

In studies, behavioral scientist Nicholas Epley and I examined a possible explanation: people who do kind acts underestimate (低估) how much the ones receiving kindness value their behavior.

In the experiments (实验), about 1, 000 people were asked to do some actions to make someone else feel good. We asked both the person performing (执行) the kind act and the one receiving it to answer some questions. The performers were asked to report their own experience and to guess how the receivers might feel. We wanted to understand how valuable people considered these acts to be, so both the performer and receiver had to rate (评分) how “big” the act seemed. In all cases, we compared the performer’s expectations of the receiver’s mood with the receiver’s actual (实际的) experience.

For one, both performers and receivers experienced more positive (积极的) moods. For another, the receivers felt much better than the kind performers expected. The receivers also rated these acts as “bigger” than the people performing them did.

At first, we studied acts of the kindness done for familiar people, such as friends, classmates or family. But we found that performers underestimated their positive influences on strangers as well. In one experiment, performers in a public park gave away hot chocolate on a cold winter’s day to people that just happened to be nearby. Again, the kind act brought more happiness than the performers expected.

These findings suggest that what might seem small could matter a great deal to the person we do it for. Considering these warm actions can improve our own mood and brighten the day of another person, why not choose kindness when we can?

1. What did the receivers do in the experiments?

A．They showed kindness to others.

B．They guessed the performers’ feelings.

C．They rated how valuable the performers’ act of kindness was.

D．They compared the performers’ expectations with their actual results.

2. What is paragraph 5 mainly about?

A．Different purposes of the research.	B．More evidence for the research results.
C．Possible influences of the research findings.	D．Another explanation of the research methods.

3. What is the writer’s attitude (态度) towards showing kindness to others?

A．Supportive.

B．Unclear.

C．Doubtful.

D．Uninterested.

4. What is the main idea of this article?

A．Being kind can reduce one’s happiness as expected.

B．Kindness can have unexpectedly positive influences.

C．Choosing kindness is more difficult than expected.

D．Showing kindness is more valuable than receiving it.

8 . 阅读短文，从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。

The Smiths enjoy having dinner out on the weekends. They always go to a local ________. Their favorite waiter is Victor. When they walk in, their 8-year-old son, Bert, always gets a high-five ________ Victor and they joke a lot. The boy is so happy when Victor ________ his order, which is the same every ________. Victor treats ________ with kindness, and he always knows exactly what they want. “I love working here as I have a chance to make people feel good every day,” he often says.

A few months ago, Bert learned more about Victor. He ________ a very poor life and the whole family lived in a small room. Every day he had to walk several miles to work. He wanted to buy a ________ car. He’d been having a(an) ________ time saving money for one.

Bert told his mother about Victor’s ________. He kept saying “We have to ask others to help Victor get a car.” Finally, Mrs. Smith ________ to help Bert set up a fundraising (募捐) website. The goal was to ________ $5,000. When a local news station found out, it spread the ________ online. Many of Victor’s other customers jumped in to help. The fund rose ________ to more than $30,000 in two months. That was enough for a car and to pay for an apartment for Victor’s family.

The 29-year-old Victor was deeply moved ________ he learned what his young customer had done. “I’d kept fighting quietly and didn’t want to ask anybody for anything,” he said. People were also touched by Bert’s kindness. Bert said he was ________ that so many people wanted to help. “This is the definition (定义) of community,” one of the customers wrote online.

1.

A．post office

B．bank

C．library

D．restaurant

2.

A．from

B．to

C．beside

D．on

3.

A．explains

B．remembers

C．borrows

D．misses

4.

A．weekend

B．day

C．weekday

D．hour

5.

A．nobody

B．someone

C．everyone

D．none

6.

A．led

B．changed

C．lost

D．avoided

7.

A．famous

B．cheap

C．good

D．cool

8.

A．free

B．happy

C．easy

D．hard

9.

A．success

B．hobby

C．situation

D．advice

10.

A．agreed

B．asked

C．refused

D．regretted

11.

A．lend

B．raise

C．spend

D．save

12.

A．accident

B．lie

C．word

D．culture

13.

A．slowly

B．quickly

C．widely

D．heavily

14.

A．where

B．though

C．when

D．unless

15.

A．embarrassed

B．sorry

C．tired

D．excited

10 . On October 30, the farm of a family in the village of Grüsch, Switzerland, burnt down. These _________ were about 300 years old. Unluckily, the family lost them because of the _________.

The next morning at the local public school, students were sad after hearing the _________ news. They decided to _________ the family. Robin Egger, a head teacher at the school, _________ another teacher also wanted to work with the students to help the family.

“Usually, the students make Christmas cards and _________ the cards in town to make money. Then the money is used for their end-of-school _________” Egger said, “However, the students didn’t spend the money on the school trip this time. They _________ all the money to the family that lost everything in the fire.”

Egger and these students also went to local companies and asked for help. _________, a media company Somedia would like to help. It also donated (捐赠) much money to the family.

_________ the help of the teachers, the students and the company, the family started to rebuild their houses and buildings. Now the family who lost their home and farm in the fire are doing “much better”.

1.

A．farms

B．buildings

C．schools

D．companies

2.

A．fire

B．rainstorm

C．snowstorm

D．earthquake

3.

A．exciting

B．good

C．terrible

D．wonderful

4.

A．forget

B．leave

C．help

D．refuse

5.

A．for

B．or

C．but

D．and

6.

A．buy

B．sell

C．burn

D．drop

7.

A．speech

B．exam

C．party

D．trip

8.

A．threw away

B．gave up

C．gave away

D．put up

9.

A．Luckily

B．Secondly

C．Exactly

D．Badly

10.

A．By

B．With

C．In

D．On