1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. What do you think Jim is?

A．A journalist.

B．A basketball player.

C．A coach.

2. What do they often do after breakfast?

A．Practise basketball.

B．Have some lessons.

C．Receive interview.

3. What subject does Jim not mention?

A．History.

B．English.

C．Geography.

2 . Each year, the women of Olney, England, and Liberal, Kansas, have an unusual “pancake racing”. This tradition is said to have started on Shrove Tuesday,1445, in Olney. Shrove Tuesday is the day before the Christian season of Lent begins.

It is said that in 1445, an Olney woman was making pancakes. She suddenly heard the church(教堂) bells ring, signaling the beginning of the Shrove Tuesday service. Realizing that she was going to be late for church, she raced out the door still wearing her apron(围裙) and headscarf and holding her frying pan(锅) with a pancake in it. Olney women continue this tradition more than 500 years later.

In 1950, a person of Liberal wanted his town to join in Olney Pancake Race. He made some phone calls to Olney to set up a friendly competition, and the people of Olney accepted the challenge.

The rules are simple. Racers must wear the traditional headscarf and apron. They have to flip(抛) the pancake in the air so that it flips and lands back in the pan on the other side. After the race, there are Shrove Tuesday church services. Then Liberal and Olney connect through a video call to compare race times and announce a winner.

In both towns, the races have grown into larger festivals. Olney’s festival is an all­day event starting with a big pancake breakfast. Liberal’s festival lasts four days and includes a parade, a great show, and eating competitions.

Although the women’s race is still the main event, both towns now hold races for boys and girls of all ages. Emma Evans,14, was the winner of her age group’s race in Liberal last year. She wore an apron that her grandma made for her and used a pan passed down to her from her older brother. Her family cheered her on from the sidelines.

“It’s a family tradition, ”Emma says. “And there are only two places in the world that compete against each other in a race like this, so it feels special.”

1. What do we know about Olney Pancake Race?

A．It was founded by a cook.	B．It was started during Lent.
C．It is a centuries­old tradition.	D．It has been held every year since 1445.

2. What do the competitors have to do during pancake racing?

A．Wear their formal clothes.	B．Throw and catch the pancake.
C．Hand the pancake to another.	D．Eat the pancake while running.

3. Different from Olney’s festival, Liberal’s festival         .

A．lasts only one day	B．has more varied activities
C．holds different races for boys	D．starts with a delicious breakfast

4. How does Emma look at pancake racing?

A．It is family­friendly.	B．It is quite competitive.
C．It should be internationalized.	D．It should provide aprons for racers.

6 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

“No 7, Jobie Nymble, takes the lead,” cried the announcer. “Just one more hurdle (跨栏) and ...” Cheers broke out. “Jobie Nymble from Riverside Middle School takes first place in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles!” The crowd went wild.

“County championships (锦标赛), here we come,” screamed Jobie, patting her green track spikes (钉鞋). They were her lucky shoes and she loved them. “Next Saturday, we’re taking home the gold,” Jobie whispered to her spikes, excitedly retying them.

“Don’t forget, guys,” said Marisol, one of her teammates. “My birthday party is next Friday at Hidden Park.”

Next weekend couldn’t come soon enough. Jobie smiled with excitement all week long. At track practice, she leaped over those hurdles faster than she’d ever leaped before. And it wasn’t long before everything in her path was a hurdle: flowerpots in her front yard, sidewalk cracks on the way to the bus stop and even her little sister, Teka!

The day of Marisol’s party, Jobie put on her favorite outfit: her blue shorts, an old track T-shirt from her dad, and her lucky spikes. “Perfect.” She smiled at herself in the mirror.

The party was under way when Jobie arrived at Hidden Park. She stopped by the track first, planning to do some practice.

“Jobie!” Two of Jobie’s teammates rushed toward her, breathless and barefoot. “Come on,” they yelled. “You have to try the slide.”

Jobie looked toward the party area. Suddenly, she saw it. The biggest slide she had ever seen was on the far side of the park. Smiling kids zoomed down the slide at unspeakable speeds. Without thinking twice, Jobie took off her spikes and dashed (猛冲) toward the slide. Its ladder stretched to the sky, but she reached the top in no time, closed her eyes and let go.

Jobie couldn’t get enough. She tried again and again. When it was finally time to go home, she unwillingly made her way back to the track where she’d left her shoes.

续写部分：
注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语以为你写好；
Paragraph 1：

As she eyed the area from a distance, panic set in.

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Paragraph 2：

The next day, Jobie turned up in a new pair of spikes for the championships.

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7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Freedom above snow

With the Tokyo Summer Olympics behind us, people are turning their eyes to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games,     1     will start in five months. Freestyle skier Gu Ailing, 18, looks to be one of the superstars of the event.

Born to an American father and a Chinese mother, Gu     2     (decide) to compete for China in the 2022 Winter Olympics in June 2019. Just two months later, she bagged her first gold medal for China at the Australia New Zealand Cup.     3     strength continued to grow as she won one bronze and two gold medals at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in March.

People say she is     4     (talent). But Gu says that talent counted for (占据) “only 1 percent” of her wins, adding that her hard work is     5     counts. While going to school in San Francisco, Gu could only practice on weekends. She spent eight hours    6     (go) to the ski hill and back, doing her homework on the way and making full use of her time at the hill     7     (practice) skiing.

Gu said she wants to encourage more girls in China to try skiing and other extreme sports , many of which have only been known there for 20 years, according to the Olympics website. She said skiing gives her “    8     (free) and creativity”, especially when she perfectly controls her body and does tricks that others cannot do.

Now she     9     (prepare) for the Winter Olympics as a full-time athlete. “Of course, I want to win medals and even golds,” Gu said. “But what’s     10     (important) is to bring out my own style, enjoy the game and love the sport.”

9 . New research shows that daily light walking is important for maintaining health as you age. But if you can’t hit 10,000 steps, don't worry. There's nothing magical about the number 10,000.

In fact, the idea of walking at least 10,000 steps a day for health goes back decades to a marketing campaign started in Japan to promote a pedometer(计步器).And then, it was adopted in the US as a goal to promote good health.

"The original basis of the number was not scientific." says researcher I-Min Lee of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She was curious to know how many steps you need to take a day to maintain good health and live a long life, so she and her colleagues designed a study. It turns out that women who took about 4,000 steps per day got an increase in longevity(寿命), compared with women who took fewer steps. “It was sort of surprising,” Lee says. Another surprise: the benefits of walking maxed out at about 7,500 steps. In other words, women who walked more than 7,500 steps per day saw no additional increase in longevity.

“ I love this study. I think it’s really good news for women who may not be very active. All they have to do is walk,” says Kathleen Janz, who studies how physical activity influences health at the University of Iowa. And Janz says that’s encouraging. Another thing Janz notes is that this study only measured walking. It didn’t measure things that don’t require steps, like gardening, swimming or biking.

So, if 10,000 steps has been feeling out of reach to you, it may be time to reset those factory settings on your fitness tracker. Instead, try to hit at least 4,400 a day, along with daily activities that you enjoy. And stick to it.

1. What’s the original purpose of the idea of walking at least 10,000 steps a day?

A．To make people live longer.

B．To help sell a product.

C．To change people’s habits.

D．To test a pedometer

2. How does Lee think of the result of the study?

A．Confusing	B．Unexpected
C．Encouraging	D．Doubtful

3. Which may Kathleen Janz agree with?

A．People need 10,000 steps a day

B．Pedometer producers should change their settings.

C．The study should not only focus on daily walking.

D．Some activities that don’t demand steps also benefit health.

10 . Being seventeen without money can be depressing. When the opportunity arrives to earn some needed cash, it would be foolish to pass it up. It is for this reason that when the opportunity to referee elementary basketball came my way, I jumped at the chance. I thought it would be a fun way to earn some “easy money”.

During the years I played on the court and watched the games, I often found myself criticizing the referees. I was completely convinced that I could do a much better job because of my love for basketball and my familiarity of the game. How difficult could it be, especially with a bunch of third graders?

I looked forward to my first night as a referee, but all of my fantasies wore off from the beginning of the game. These sweet and innocent third grade boys immediately transformed into horrible creatures right before me. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine the extent of competitiveness in the game. A battle was in progress on the court while the inhumane bystanders cheered and yelled from the stands. My only companion, the whistle, suffered from a severe case of stage fear, filling my head with doubt every time I wished to blow it. My lack of action fueled the heartless crowd. Even on the rare occasions when my whistle gained enough courage to pause the fighting, the pitiless bystanders still couldn't calm. The sense of failure flooded every inch of my soul. With only five minutes remaining, Michael, another referee, came in time, saving me from losing my mind. In a flash, I passed my whistle and quickly ran to the safety of the stands.

I realized just how difficult refereeing was. I could have let this heartbreaking evening ruin my future on the court, but instead it stimulated a sense of determination in me to do it better. I still hope to become a great referee someday. In order for this to become a reality, it will take many hours of practice and hard work. No matter how much I wish the cash would be handed to me without requiring any effort, I learned from this experience that there is no such thing as “easy money”.

1. What made the author accept the offer to serve as a basketball referee?

A．His desire for money.	B．His passion for basketball.
C．His poor family background.	D．His academic qualifications.

2. What did the author initially think of the third grade boys before refereeing the game?

A．Lovely.

B．Mature.

C．Impolite.

D．Competitive.

3. What happened to the author during the game?

A．He was too nervous to blow the whistle.

B．He was at a loss how to announce the results.

C．He couldn't avoid the bystanders' physical attack.

D．He couldn't handle the tough situation on the court.

4. What can we learn from the author's experience?

A．Lazy hands make for poverty.	B．Money does not grow on trees.
C．Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.	D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.