1 . I’d been exploring the 40-hectare woods around our cottage my whole life and I knew the way well. So it was a _________ when I found myself lost there.

One dull cold February afternoon, I had a sudden _________ to hike the hill with my two daughters. Putting on our snowshoes, we immediately _________ northwestward. While making our way up the hill, my daughters stopped occasionally to investigate unknown plants and to look at the abandoned deer beds… These really made their _________.

As the shadows started to _________, we moved further up. Soon, weariness began to _________ enthusiasm. We decided to return. Instead of backtracking over our _________ route, I chose to walk down the steep (陡峭的) side of the hill, _________ my general sense that ahead of us lay the stream that would guide us to the road. But as the terrain (地形) leveled out, I had my first major moment of _________: Where was the stream? Were we off course?

I instinctively (本能地) pulled out my phone to get my location, but it __________ in my hand in the cold air. __________, I started feeling a bit panicky. However, I quickly __________ myself, reassuring my daughters to continue walking. Focusing on the landmarks, I spotted a familiar tree and eventually __________ the road.

That winter’s day taught me a valuable lesson about habitual reliance on technology. If my phone had __________ then, I might have directly followed the GPS, ignoring the old __________ of depending on surroundings and life skills.

1.

A．challenge

B．shock

C．reward

D．reminder

2.

A．discovery

B．response

C．worry

D．urge

3.

A．escaped

B．drove

C．headed

D．looked

4.

A．reputation

B．dream

C．day

D．way

5.

A．lengthen

B．swing

C．emerge

D．fade

6.

A．fuel

B．witness

C．overlook

D．outpace

7.

A．original

B．rough

C．offbeat

D．roundabout

8.

A．appreciating

B．trusting

C．envisioning

D．assessing

9.

A．curiosity

B．comparison

C．doubt

D．anticipation

10.

A．died

B．slipped

C．flashed

D．rang

11.

A．Reportedly

B．Admittedly

C．Seemingly

D．Surprisingly

12.

A．exposed

B．composed

C．defended

D．behaved

13.

A．got off

B．laid down

C．came across

D．made out

14.

A．worked

B．remained

C．changed

D．overheated

15.

A．theory

B．standard

C．practice

D．routine

2 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

I was an average student in my early elementary years. I came home with a steady flow of B’s, C’s and the occasional F’s in second language subjects. I was told that I wasn’t applying myself and, as every report card I ever brought home clearly stated, I talked too much.

I didn’t write when I was supposed to write. I talked to others while the teacher was giving instructions. That I could recite what she had said to the class while I was talking was not helpful because I had a negative effect on my classmates’ learning. So I regularly brought home disappointing report cards.

My parents and my teachers didn’t know what to do with me. Punishments didn’t seem to work. Rewards didn’t seem to either. And, frankly, I don’t think I knew what I could do to “apply myself”. And I certainly didn’t know how to not enjoy talking with my classmates! What I knew was that I talked too much. Until grade 5.

That autumn, we had a sudden change in teachers as our elderly teacher took a medical leave. In his place, a young substitute (代课老师) arrived — Mrs Royal. She looked like she was freshly out of university and seemed too young to be cast in the role of being responsible for a class of tween, but there she was, charged with a lively group, and me.

I don’t remember many details of that year except the afternoon when I got my first report card from her. She handed out the report cards right after the afternoon break and invited us to look them over. Then she let us know that we could all talk quietly amongst ourselves while she called each student up one at a time, in alphabetical order (按字母顺序), to discuss our report cards with her.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右：
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I looked over my report card, expecting the usual result.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Then it was my turn to talk with her.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 . Carli Lloyd is grateful for the opportunity to play professional volleyball again after leaving the court.

She _________ Athletes Unlimited (AU) with opening up the door to _________ her dreams that were put on pause. “I wasn’t sure what it would look like,” Lloyd said. “AU has given me the _________ to play again. It’s amazing to be a _________ of the organization.”

While Lloyd was pregnant and shortly after giving birth to her daughter, she had hopes of returning to the _________. Lloyd spent months at home training and preparing for the _________. “I worked really hard at home to get my body back in _________. I wanted to see how it felt to _________ again.”

“My goal every week is to be _________ to my team. I want to do everything I can to help my team win the __________. Each day I’m thinking about what my __________ is and how I can help this group succeed.”

She believes in teamwork. __________, when asked the way the league is structured, Lloyd said she felt great anxiety initially for fear that the __________ may be more on the individual and less on the __________. “Volleyball is a team sport, all the pieces __________ and you need cooperation to be successful.” Lloyd said.

1.

A．credits

B．provides

C．replaces

D．equips

2.

A．give away

B．live out

C．bring about

D．take off

3.

A．confidence

B．order

C．promise

D．service

4.

A．shelter

B．part

C．host

D．guide

5.

A．hospital

B．home

C．classroom

D．court

6.

A．election

B．course

C．season

D．conflict

7.

A．common

B．case

C．advance

D．shape

8.

A．compete

B．bear

C．defeat

D．display

9.

A．used

B．connected

C．addicted

D．admitted

10.

A．argument

B．scholarship

C．championship

D．contract

11.

A．dream

B．trouble

C．lesson

D．role

12.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Instead

D．Furthermore

13.

A．dependence

B．influence

C．focus

D．base

14.

A．coach

B．audience

C．leader

D．team

15.

A．occur

B．matter

C．contact

D．break

4 . Nguyen Thi Thu is one of the few remaining artists practicing and constantly enhancing the traditional Vietnamese art of sculpting realistic-looking flowers out of papaya (番木瓜树) fruits.

Thu became ________ in carving various flowers from papaya fruits at the age of 15, when she ________ a class on the art of sculpting fruit. She was fascinated by the ________ art form, but then she had to ________ to Russia and stayed there for 15 years. Thu couldn’t ________ her favorite art form because she was too busy working and had no ________ to green papayas. She ________ it with all sorts of other fruits and vegetables, but nothing was quite like the papaya she ________. When she returned to Hanoi in 2009, she ________ got back into papaya sculpting, and she has been practicing the art ever since.

Over the years, Thu has ________ herself to carve various types of flowers, but her favourite by far is also one of the most ________, the chrysanthemum (菊花). Creating a single flower takes between 45 minutes and over an hour,________ the complexity of the design. “I often fall asleep thinking of how to ________ a certain flower, and then I get out of bed to practice,” Thu said.

Apart from ________ her art form during various public events and creating delicate papaya flowers, Thu also holds classes in Hanoi, as a way of ________ the traditional art form.

1.

A．confident

B．interested

C．expert

D．talented

2.

A．missed

B．held

C．quit

D．took

3.

A．traditional

B．modern

C．fashionable

D．contemporary

4.

A．return

B．turn

C．move

D．adjust

5.

A．appreciate

B．practice

C．change

D．adopt

6.

A．access

B．reaction

C．solution

D．resistance

7.

A．described

B．imagined

C．painted

D．tried

8.

A．grew

B．offered

C．knew

D．bought

9.

A．occasionally

B．immediately

C．randomly

D．definitely

10.

A．expected

B．reminded

C．forced

D．taught

11.

A．abstract

B．expensive

C．complicated

D．fundamental

12.

A．depending on

B．accounting for

C．focusing on

D．calling for

13.

A．plant

B．sculpt

C．feed

D．invent

14.

A．exhibiting

B．judging

C．updating

D．transforming

15.

A．replacing

B．celebrating

C．recovering

D．preserving

5 . Skateboarder Robert Glover’s skills are seriously impressive, but his style isn’t what you’d expect. Born with sacral agenesis (骶骨发育不全), _________ the growth of his legs, Mr. Glover uses his upper body strength to operate his skateboard. Instead of _________ legs, as most skateboarders do, he uses his arms and chest to _________ the board.

The Namibian-born skateboarder, sailor and boxer speaks _________ about the power of not viewing obstacles (障碍) as limits and is _________ about sharing this message far and wide via social media.

“I don’t think obstacles are here to _________ us,” Mr. Glover said. “In my opinion, obstacles have been some of the biggest growing _________ both mentally and physically in my life.”

“Since I was young, I’ve _________ the idea of being in a wheelchair. Someone gave me their board and I just used it as _________. One day someone was like, ‘Hey, let’s check out the skate park’.

I saw the __________. I just fell in love with it. Adaptive skating is for disabled skaters who use any way, shape or form to __________ on a board.”

He added, “I’m disabled. It’s an unpleasant feeling and hard to __________ it. Skating is and always will be a source of __________. And the feeling of __________ something is just so good. Life is full of __________. Just go out there and try things your way.”

1.

A．monitoring

B．promoting

C．maintaining

D．limiting

2.

A．depending on

B．rolling over

C．lifting up

D．spreading out

3.

A．touch

B．control

C．reset

D．measure

4.

A．regularly

B．secretly

C．rudely

D．softly

5.

A．curious

B．concerned

C．enthusiastic

D．hesitant

6.

A．urge

B．block

C．remind

D．pity

7.

A．goals

B．intentions

C．opportunities

D．expects

8.

A．hated

B．expressed

C．developed

D．considered

9.

A．comfort

B．transport

C．pleasure

D．guidance

10.

A．sites

B．targets

C．arrangements

D．facilities

11.

A．dance

B．row

C．ride

D．slide

12.

A．trust

B．avoid

C．experience

D．explain

13.

A．relief

B．pressure

C．wisdom

D．risk

14.

A．flying

B．dreaming

C．exercising

D．landing

15.

A．competitions

B．lessons

C．possibilities

D．regrets

6 . Jessica Cox is the world’s first licensed armless pilot.

Born without arms, Cox never let her _________ become her disadvantage. She learned at a young age how to use her feet as her hands. And after eleven years of wearing prosthetic arms (假肢), she decided to be “the real Jessica” and _________ the arms. This was the start of her new life.

Cox loved swinging because it was something that she could control and _________ flying over everything. And this _________ her determination to become a pilot.

She had her first _________ of being a pilot during a trip to Mexico in a small plane. She had the _________ to place her foot on the yoke (操纵杆) and feel the experience of being in the air. After that, her childhood _________ of planes disappeared. The feeling of control of the freedom was more _________ than her horror. On that day, she decided to _________ her dream of becoming a pilot. This was not without __________ though. Finding an instructor was a challenge. A lot were __________ teaching and qualifying an armless pilot. Cox didn’t give up and eventually found herself a(n) __________. Her dream became a reality in 2008 when she took her first solo flight.

Cox is not only a pilot but also a __________ for people with disabilities. As a motivational speaker, she has traveled across the world to __________ others. She is a fighter for the __________ of persons with disabilities, which gives them access to education, health care, and the same advantages she had growing up.

1.

A．disability

B．shyness

C．experience

D．gender

2.

A．get rid of

B．put up with

C．get used to

D．take care of

3.

A．admit

B．practice

C．consider

D．imagine

4.

A．showed

B．renewed

C．launched

D．strengthened

5.

A．taste

B．lecture

C．licence

D．mission

6.

A．freedom

B．struggle

C．invitation

D．opportunity

7.

A．fear

B．puzzle

C．dream

D．memory

8.

A．distant

B．natural

C．powerful

D．complicated

9.

A．announce

B．pursue

C．defend

D．share

10.

A．risks

B．barriers

C．failures

D．possibilities

11.

A．busy

B．uncomfortable

C．irresponsible for

D．tired of

12.

A．plane

B．assistant

C．partner

D．teacher

13.

A．trainer

B．leader

C．champion

D．volunteer

14.

A．serve

B．fund

C．inspire

D．interest

15.

A．jobs

B．rights

C．fame

D．safety

8 . As a child, I was keen on collecting moths（飞蛾）and butterflies. By adulthood, I could identify about 700 species by sight, recognizing the stripes, dots and colors on their wings and bodies.

In 1972, I moved to Australia and continued collecting. But I started to struggle: identifying them quickly became an impossible task. The species there were so different from those at home, and there was no space in my mind to recognize them all.

My crisis soon increased. Throughout the 1970s, I led expeditions to Papua New Guinea to collect moths. One night, we could collect more than twice as many as those I had memorized in my childhood. Identifying them felt overwhelming. I gave up and stopped working on moths. But my instinct to identify them never went away.

Two decades later, I was in a supermarket and an idea started to develop in my mind: what if a part of DNA could be used to differentiate between species Just 13 lines on. the supermarket barcodes（条形码）were being used to identify products What if we could identify species in the same way?

To test the idea, I began collecting the moths again. Each sample had to donate a leg to science. I believed that COI（a single segment of a rapidly evolving gene）present in almost all animals could be used to tell species. With their legs, we used the PCR method to focus in on their section of COI. One by one, it became clear: every single moth could be sorted using a tiny slice of their genome（基因组）DNA barcoding was 100% successful on its first test.

In our study paper, we claimed that we had discovered a reliable, inexpensive and accessible solution to identifying the millions of animal species waiting to be discovered. I believe DNA barcoding is humanity’s first shot at finally discovering all life on Earth. This technique has helped conservationists to fight against wildlife crime and monitor the impact of mining on bıodiversity. One day, I am confident it will form part of a system to monitor the biosphere the Same way we monitor the weather.

1. How did the author recognize moth species in his childhood?

A．By turning to books.

B．By using lab equipment.

C．By obseiving their behavior.

D．By distinguishing their appearance.

2. What does the underlined “My crisis” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．The loss of interest in studying moths.

B．The impossibility of recognizing moths.

C．The pressure of discovering new moth species.

D．The challenge of collecting as many moth samples.

3. What inspired the author to use DNA for species identification?

A．The ease of using PCR to focus on COI.

B．The simplicity of supermarket barcodes.

C．The success of DNA barcoding on moths.

D．The availability of COI in almost all animals.

4. What might DNA barcoding be used for in the future according to the text?

A．Protecting wildlife habitats.

B．Tracking wildlife population.

C．Assisting in monitoring biodiversity.

D．Updating weather monitoring systems.

10 . The summer after my freshman year college, I had to get my first job. This was probably one of the _________ tasks I have ever had to do. I had never held a job when I was in high school because my parents wanted me to put all my _________ into my studies.

At first, it was very hard. I filled out dozens of _________ but got no calls back in the first two weeks. It made sense because I had _________ no job experience. All I could _________ was that being a high school graduate and a year of college.

However, halfway through the third week, I finally got a call back from one of the places I _________. We had set up a meeting time, and after my _________, I was more than ready to start working the following Monday. I was _________ at the chance of working for my wages.

When I started, it was very clear that I was not _________. I made mistakes with orders and often __________ sales promotions (推销). My parents made a bet I would not __________ the first two weeks, and I would be back looking for more __________. However, I stuck with it.

After working a while, I got better at orders, and always __________ the cheaper options for customers. A couple of weeks later, I had been told by the manager that I had __________ the award of the best employee of the month. It taught me a lot about responsibility and gave me the __________ of working.

1.

A．funniest

B．worst

C．hardest

D．lightest

2.

A．energy

B．motivation

C．wisdom

D．ambition

3.

A．questionnaires

B．surveys

C．certifications

D．applications

4.

A．exactly

B．absolutely

C．partly

D．doubtfully

5.

A．explain

B．claim

C．interpret

D．offer

6.

A．signed up

B．applied to

C．checked in

D．headed for

7.

A．interview

B．graduation

C．arrangement

D．performance

8.

A．surprised

B．disappointed

C．excited

D．worried

9.

A．skilled

B．frightened

C．patient

D．satisfied

10.

A．avoided

B．abandoned

C．postponed

D．forgot

11.

A．spend

B．last

C．continue

D．wait

12.

A．ideas

B．expectations

C．jobs

D．instructions

13.

A．sold

B．produced

C．kept

D．recommended

14.

A．confirmed

B．received

C．guaranteed

D．become

15.

A．confidence

B．importance

C．expectation

D．hope