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。

The skies were clear, not a cloud in sight. Although the calmness of the atmosphere should seem to ease my state of mind, my fear of heights overpowered any positive thoughts about the coming dive. Although I was terrified, I grew the courage to take a glance and was shocked by the breathtaking view that my eyes laid upon. The tops of the cloud gave forth a gold lining around them. “Oh, how beautiful!” I said to myself.

It was time to start preparing for my first dive. We rode into town and purchased some equipment such as a vest, a regulator and a tank. Everything seemed to be in good condition to dive with. All of my equipment was ready to see the waters.

We then ventured across the island to the spot where we were to begin our dive. Getting out of the car, I noticed that the air was quiet and misty. The wind was curiously strong and carried a cold chill(寒意)with it. “This is where we will get in,” the diving instructor said.

I was told that, in order to access the water, I had to jump. Now, this was not a simple “jump”. “There is little chance that I can do that. Do you even realize how high up we are?” I said to my mother. “Yes, you can! Just trust yourself. Just think of it as your chance to feel like you are flying,” my mother encouraged me.

My mother just could not seem to understand how fearful I was. My heart was beating violently. I was almost certain that the fish could even hear my heartbeat. Terrified and shaking uncontrollably, I could not make myself jump. The sound of the waves made me terrified. The waves were rhythmically pounding into the side of the bank, so violently that the water reached the same height that I stood.

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。

Although terrified, I gathered courage and told myself that I could do it.

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Once in the water, I opened my eyes to a whole new world.

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3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How long did it take from New York to Miami by air?

A．About 2 hours.

B．About 3 hours.

C．About 5 hours.

2. Why did the speaker go on holiday in Miami?

A．It was cheaper.

B．It was nearer.

C．It was warmer.

3. Where did the speaker eat breakfast?

A．In the hotel room.

B．In the dining hall.

C．Outdoors by the pool.

4. When did the speaker go dancing?

A．In the morning.

B．In the afternoon.

C．In the evening.

5 . When I was a child, there was nothing I loved more than painting. It was my. ________ of joy. I could spend hours being lost in my ________ , bringing to life the images in my mind.

However, after graduating from college, the ________ of work took hold. The hobby that filled my childhood with happiness ________ faded away (逐渐消失).

One sunny day I found myself ________ in a nearby park. I. ________ a group of children sitting together, their eyes. ________ wonder and their hands covered in paint. They were laughing describing their dreams on ________ , and at that moment, I was transported back to my own childhood.

________ those kids, I realized that I had lost something precious (宝贵的) along the way. It was time to reconnect with the ________ within, to rediscover the world of colours and imagination. Despite the ________ life, I decided to pick up my brushes and ________ to the world of art.

Painting has become a way to ________ the beautiful moments of my life, whether it is a golden sunset, a beautiful flower, or a lazy afternoon. I paint not to become a famous artist, but to ________ the joy of my childhood, to ________ the simple pleasures of life, and to hold onto the magical world of imagination.

1.

A．price

B．source

C．flash

D．result

2.

A．imagination

B．homework

C．fear

D．confusion

3.

A．excitement

B．power

C．pressure

D．expectation

4.

A．gradually

B．probably

C．wildly

D．hopefully

5.

A．chatting

B．sweating

C．cheating

D．walking

6.

A．taught

B．noticed

C．recognized

D．remembered

7.

A．waiting for

B．begging for

C．filled with

D．alarmed with

8.

A．paper

B．wood

C．books

D．novels

9.

A．Watching

B．Holding

C．Helping

D．Checking

10.

A．architect

B．soldier

C．adult

D．artist

11.

A．free

B．quiet

C．busy

D．boring

12.

A．agree

B．adapt

C．refer

D．return

13.

A．plan

B．record

C．face

D．recover

14.

A．reduce

B．balance

C．relive

D．destroy

15.

A．trap

B．appreciate

C．expect

D．hide

6 . 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。

Jake Stonehall was gifted. He had a passion for sports.

When he was five, his father took him to see the top two hockey (冰球) teams in the country play each other for a chance to lift the cup of victory. The boy could vividly remember how his heart pumped and how he wished to play there on the hockey ground with the players.

Since then, Jake became a hockey lover. With the company of his father, he spent most Saturdays skating in the ice rink (溜冰场).

When he got old enough, he joined his school’s hockey team. With the guidance of the coach, he progressed rapidly, which made the coach and his father really proud. Jake was soon appointed as captain of the team. He was a great team player and the whole team admired him.

Over time, his passion for hockey deepened. Beyond his own training, he would watch practices of his school’s disabled ice hockey team. These players worked together on specialized sleds (冰车), engaging in matches in an astonishingly incredible manner. Each game and practice became a passionate display of toughness and teamwork, setting off even more curiosity and admiration within him.

One day, he was on his way back home from training when a car crashed into him, throwing him several feet away.

The accident took away his ability to use his legs, which meant he could no longer play hockey. After he was out of hospital, he became a totally different person. Any talk about hockey would make him cry. He avoided seeing the coach and other players in his team. He even threw away the hockey sticks.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.开头已给出。

Jake sank into the world of hopelessness.

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Jake began to practice hockey on the sled, like a kid learning to walk.

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7 . In my first semester as a teaching assistant, a student came to me with a sensitive request. The professor required students to use electronic clickers to answer multiple-choice questions during the lecture; participation would count toward their grade. But this student could not afford the $50 for a clicker and $30 to register it. She offered to write her answers on paper and give them to me after every lecture. She reminded me of myself—and of our responsibility as educators to support poor students without singling them out.

When I went to college, I chose to attend the school where I can receive the most financial aid. But most professors required expensive textbooks and class materials, which were great burden placed on me. I struggled with feelings of isolation (孤立) and insecurity. I lied about the many hours I worked at part-time jobs, why I couldn’t go to the movies, and why I couldn’t ask my family for money.

There were rare exceptions, such as my calculus professor. He gave me a much-appreciated boost when he lent the entire class his own textbooks for the semester. Other students may have turned up their noses at the books’ poor condition, but I was incredibly grateful. His gesture, and similar efforts made by a handful of teachers, helped me make it through my undergraduate and master’s studies. And once I learned Ph. D, I was paid a stipend (津贴). I finally felt I belonged in higher education.

When that student told me she couldn’t afford a clicker, though, I realized I had once been in her shoes so I told her my earlier struggles to help her feel less alone. And I let her submit her answers on paper and manually entered her attendance into the gradebook.

In the years since then, I’ve continued to talk about my experiences when they seem relevant. I feel all low-income students should have mentors who can help them cope with the many expenses associated with college and make them feel welcome. And I hope that more academics can be like my calculus professor, who with his simple gesture made such a big difference for me.

1. What made the author sensitive to the student’s request in paragraph 1?

A．The professor’s requirement.	B．The educator’s teaching career.
C．The author’s similar experience.	D．The student’s academic struggles.

2. Why did the author tell lies in school?

A．To make himself feel privileged to study there.	B．To hide his lower socioeconomic status to fit in.
C．To receive the most financial aid from the school.	D．To avoid getting classmates concerned about him.

3. What did the author do to help low-income students?

A．Share his own stories.	B．Lend them old books.
C．Donate his stipend to them.	D．Give his own shoes to them.

4. What does the author mainly want to explain in the text?

A．How low-income students integrate into college.	B．Why educators should single poor students out.
C．Why poor students should be more hardworking.	D．How educators can support low-income students.

8 . Cessna planes flew me and my climbing team onto the Kahiltna Glacier, the base camp of Mt. McKinley. When we worked to __ a camp out of the thick snow and ice of the glacier, we heard one of Spanish climbers had died while climbing.

Sam, one of my partners, __ , and worried that this disaster might be a bad __.

He asked whether we were putting our __ at unnecessary risk by attempting this. I thought back to my training more than a year ago in the __ , by running with my guide dog because I am blind. One day I had __ a cactus(仙人掌), landing on my hand. One of my friends asked me, “If you fell down in the desert, how do you __ to climb that big mountain?”

I didn’t yet have an __ , but I knew within a year, I would have to!

For the next year, we trained hard. Now I said __ , “Sam, we’ve come a long way in a year. We’ve made mistakes, we’ve learned from them. We’ve solved problems __ prepared for all the things that could go __ on the mountain. ”

Now, I had enough __ . We began to take each step slowly and carefully, knowing that the mountain would not allow any __ movement. Risk is like the next __on a rock face: you reach for it expecting that it’s __ , but ready to find the next hold if it’s not!

It took 15 days for us to get to the top of North America.

1.

A．carve

B．transform

C．rent

D．move

2.

A．escaped

B．concentrated

C．hesitated.

D．lectured

3.

A．impression

B．result

C．credit

D．sign

4.

A．hope

B．equipment

C．lives

D．chances

5.

A．village

B．desert

C．forest

D．lake

6.

A．sided with

B．broken down

C．taken out

D．tripped over

7.

A．expect

B．register

C．prefer

D．aid

8.

A．appetite

B．excuse

C．answer

D．apology

9.

A．joyfully

B．firmly

C．sadly

D．frankly

10.

A．but

B．because

C．or

D．so

11.

A．silent

B．public

C．missing

D．wrong

12.

A．time

B．faith

C．patience

D．money

13.

A．slight

B．different

C．careless

D．individual

14.

A．centre

B．step

C．rope

D．hold

15.

A．there

B．here

C．nowhere

D．somewhere

9 . I was born in a poor village in Uganda. I spent the ________ days of my childhood there. My mother died when I was born. My father never cared about me, which ________ me to leave when I was ten. For the next three years, I helped people do something and they provided me with shelter and food ________. Luckily, a ________ family paid for me to go to school. For the first time after leaving home, I felt ________. Then, I attended school and got a job. I always ________ to help children in need. Yet I ________ felt I could do something more.

In 2016, I got passed to be a foster (收养) parent. By the end of 2019, ten kids had filled my house. In 2020, I got a call from a center for ________ children. When asked if I could take Anthony, I ________ it because ten kids were all I could do with. ________, I was talked into taking Anthony just for the weekend. I didn’t ask about his situation ________.

Anthony arrived that night, “Can I call you Dad?” he asked.

“No.” I needed to keep my ________.

Monday morning a worker in the center came to ________ Anthony. From their talk, I learned he had been ________ three times, but nobody would take him in.

Looking at Anthony, I saw something that made me think of the ________ boy I had once been. “I’ll take him in,” I said.

1.

A．boring

B．busy

C．dark

D．ordinary

2.

A．forced

B．allowed

C．prepared

D．reminded

3.

A．in public

B．in advance

C．in person

D．in return

4.

A．kind

B．poor

C．traditional

D．small

5.

A．challenged

B．loved

C．trapped

D．praised

6.

A．failed

B．agreed

C．volunteered

D．pretended

7.

A．hardly

B．already

C．once

D．still

8.

A．troubled

B．homeless

C．deaf

D．slow

9.

A．refused

B．doubted

C．faced

D．forgot

10.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Besides

D．Instead

11.

A．rudely

B．secretly

C．purposely

D．blindly

12.

A．promise

B．distance

C．balance

D．record

13.

A．cheer on

B．look after

C．pick up

D．chat with

14.

A．taken

B．rescued

C．invited

D．forgiven

15.

A．proud

B．outgoing

C．silly

D．helpless

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When was the poetry class?

A．On Mondays.

B．On Wednesdays.

C．On Fridays.

2. Where did the members of the poetry group meet?

A．In a teacher’s house.

B．In a bookshop.

C．In a bar.

3. How old was the French poet when the speaker met him?

A．23 years old.

B．25 years old.

C．40 years old.

4. What was one of the most important lessons the speaker learned?

A．To be in no rush.

B．To read out aloud.

C．To make his words rhyme.