1 . Virtually, there is nothing that man cannot do. Only what he has to do is keep doing and doing without being discouraged. Success will come someday or other, though it may apparently be the conception about something that it cannot be done.     1     But the reality is that man’s success depends on whether he can do the toughest tasks successfully. It is because our life is complicated and tough. And to succeed in this tough battle, perseverance and hard work are a must     2    . We can prove this fact when we look at the reality of life and the history of man’s success. Perseverance helps us do what we otherwise would consider impossible to do.

What the world-famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton had done by twelve years’ constant hard work was burnt out by his pet dog. But that could not discourage him a little.     3     It is only for his undefeated perseverance that’ we have been able to have many inventions and discoveries.

    4     He went through thick and thin to reach his destination after months of the strenuous voyage on the sea. He discovered the way from Spain to America and offered the world a new route of communication with America. This outcome of his perseverance will be generated by the world forever.

All the great men in history have written their names in golden letters by means of perseverance.     5     If we all are perseverant in whatever we do, we are sure to stand out as a successful nation in the near future.

A．Every action has its reaction.

B．It is a unique precondition to success in life.

C．In human life, perseverance plays a very important role.

D．Their success will always remain as perfect examples to us.

E．Columbus has left us an adventurous story of perseverance.

F．The task that is easily done at the first attempt is undoubtedly very easy.

G．He was able to do it again through years of hard work and perseverance.

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Tibet was a region I was desperate to see,     1     its remoteness and my inability to go delayed my journey. Last summer, my brother and I finally decided to take the trip.

We set off at the Guangzhou train station and three days later, we arrived in Lhasa. The trip certainly took a while; however, we     2     (reward) with the most beautiful views and made friends along the way, all at a     3     (low) cost than flying.

We started our tour of Lhasa watching pilgrims(朝圣者)doing their morning prayers,     4    (comprehensive) exploring the palace. We had an incredible lunch at one of the best restaurants in Lhasa,     5     offered a beautiful view overlooking the Jokhang Temple.

Then we started our journey to the Qomolangma base camp    6     road from Lhasa. Along the way we stopped     7     (admire) the Yamdrok Lake. Its beauty was beyond     8    (describe).

About a week later, we arrived. We stayed in a guesthouse just next to the base camp and after dropping off our luggage,     9     (head) straight outside to see the Mt. Qomolangma. The tip of the mountain emerged through the clouds,     10     (astonish) us with its unbelievable height. The clouds parted and we watched the sunset over the peak.

3 . In 2000, Andréa Speranza achieved her dream of becoming a firefighter joining the Halifax Regional Fire Service. Her job was exactly as satisfying as she imagined it would be, except for one thing: she still hadn’t seen another woman in her role — not in a magazine, not on television, not in real life. Even today, less than five percent of firefighters in Canada are women. Speranza decided that she wanted to help young women see that they, too, could have a career like hers.

The result is Camp Courage, a program for girls aged 15 to 19 who want to learn more about firefighting. In 2006, Speranza and about 20 volunteers welcomed their first 17 participants, recruiting (招募) attendees through advertising in schools and recreation centers. Over the course of eight days, the girls discovered the ins and outs of being first responders: learning how to put out fires, deliver first aid and even use the jaws of life (救生钳) on a car.

Camp Courage now runs one session every year in Halifax and is free to attend. To offset costs, Speranza and her fellow campers fundraise by holding everything from car washes to comedy nights. Hopeful campers must also submit an essay describing how they plan to help their community, or a specific individual in need. And they have to deliver on the plan—from building a bench (长椅) for a senior at a bus stop to launching a local chapter of the Kids Help Phone.

Hundreds of girls have passed through Camp Courage, and 36 percent are doing exactly what 52-year-old Speranza hoped they would: working as first responders across the country. This past summer, the camp held its first session for young women in Halifax, as well as its first national camp in Calgary with plans to roll out more in 2023.

1. What was probably Speranza’s wish in 2001?

A．To see more female firefighters.

B．To make contact with more teenage girls.

C．To be recruited to the Halifax Regional Fire Service.

D．To work part-time in schools and recreation centers.

2. What does the underlined part “ins and outs” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Risks.

B．Chances.

C．Details.

D．Purposes.

3. What can be inferred about Camp Courage?

A．It is a nonprofit international organization.

B．It teaches the value of being helpful to others.

C．It requires its campers to write an essay every week.

D．It introduces boys and girls to the emergency services.

4. What can we say about Speranza?

A．She had a burning ambition to play comedy.

B．She used to be reserved and disciplined.

C．She is intellectual and scholarly.

D．She is brave and inspiring.

4 . Getting to know your money personality can help you rein in your spending habits and take back control of your personal finances. Here, finance saving money expert Pete Ridley at CarFinanceSaver reveals the UKs core money personalities, along with actions to adopt that reduce the negative consequences of each personality type.

The Spontaneous Spender

A spontaneous spender refers to a person that exhibits a “spend now, think later” attitude. They can find it tricky to differentiate between “need to haves” and “nice to haves”, and often feel “spender’s guilt”.

“Before you make a purchase, take time to decide whether the item is a ‘need to have’ or a ‘nice to have’. This will aid in avoiding splurges (挥霍) that provide short term satisfaction and post-spenders’ guilt.” says Ridley.

The Determined Saver

An underlying sense of worry and fear can be at the root of a persistent saver, and their determination to save disguises an overwhelming fear of money.

“Saving is great,” says Ridley, “but it’s important to regard money as a friend and not an enemy. Always be sure to make non-essential purchases. These items don’t have to be a major expense, but just enough that you acknowledge that money can be there to be enjoyed and not just put away.”

The Money=Status

This personality type can live beyond their means by making purchases that they don’t need, striving to keep up with others and saying yes to friendship plans that they cannot afford, to keep up the appearance of financial wellbeing.

“It’s here that you can adopt the 50/20/30 rule: 50 percent essential living expenses, 30 percent disposable income and 20 percent saving and paying debts,” suggests Ridley.

This will maintain financial wellbeing while helping to acknowledge that money doesn’t necessarily equal status or even impress those around you.

1. Which type of money personality is not mentioned in the text?

A．Cathy struggles to check her bank balance.

B．Eden tends to spend on impulse with little pre-planning.

C．Gill demonstrates a determined saver approach to her finances.

D．Joyce buys an unaffordable luxury to boast about her financial wellbeing.

2. What does Ridley suggest people do if they are always making purchases to impress others?

A．Manage your money wisely.	B．Spend some money on non-essentials for joy.
C．Check your finances regularly.	D．Take time to assess how much you love the items.

3. In which section of a magazine can the text be found?

A．Health.

B．Business.

C．Finance.

D．Culture.

5 . For most people, nothing is better than having an iced beer after you are back home in hot summer.     1     Why? Just for the sake of your own health and the happiness of your family. Now good news for you. From now on you needn’t feel guilty just because you love beer. On the contrary, the benefits of drinking beer are obvious. But there is still one IMPORTANT point I have to make clear.     2    

1. Beer reduces risk of heart disease You can easily reduce the risk of heart disease by 30% or more if you are one of the individuals who drink a pint of beer per day. The result is totally opposite if you drink too much beer. Be careful with your portions.

2.     3    

Beer prevents diabetes due to the alcohol content which increases insulin (胰岛素) sensitivity. Also, beer is rich in dissolvable fiber that is so needed if the individual suffers from diabetes.

Beer minimizes risk of cancer Xanthohumol (抗氧化剂黄腐酚) is found in beer, which is very important since it has anti-cancer properties. Drinking beer in moderation speeds up chemical reactions that keep off the risk of prostate cancer (前列腺癌) in males.     4     Strange? But it is true. That is because the drink contains components that decrease the risk of breast cancer.

4. Beer manages blood pressure

According to the recent studies carried out by Harvard researchers, middle-aged women who drink beer in moderation were much less likely to develop high blood pressure. Other alcoholic drinks do not have the same properties.

5. Beer treats dandruff (头皮屑)

    5     The high content of vitamin B and yeast (酵母菌) will make your hair smooth and silky. Go and have a try.

You’ll be surprised to find the annoying dandruff finally gone.

A．Beer lowers risk of diabetes.

B．Beer improves your oily skin.

C．Believe it or not, women should also drink beer.

D．At the same time, you may be a little nervous and guilty.

E．Some people prefer a beer to some pills when they get a cold in summer.

F．Remember it is how much beer you consume that matters to your health.

G．Beer is much healthier than all the shampoos and conditioners (护发素) that you see on the shelves in the supermarket or in advertisements.

6 . My future happiness

When I imagine my future, I see myself as an adult who is confident in my abilities, doing a job I love and living my life responsibly. When I grow up, I will be enjoying more convenience brought by the advances in technology, with more time to pursue hobbies and enjoy the company of family and friends.     1    

I will feel the happiest in the future because I will learn more about life and develop into the best person I can be.     2     I will also handle more responsibilities and solve problems in a more thoughtful and level-headed manner.

Thanks to new technology, my future life is sure to improve in various ways. Homes will become smarter to the extent that they might be programmed to learn about our needs and monitor our health and activity. I can imagine hearing an AI voice remind me to buy groceries or do more exercise! There will also be enormous advancements in transport options. I will be riding in a self-driving car, and other new means of transport may be developed in the future.     3     These advances in technology are certain to make my future life more comfortable and convenient.

My development into a mature adult and access to advanced technology will provide me with more free-time opportunities.     4     Working less time means I can do what I most enjoy, such as spending time with family and friends, engaging in fun activities and learning new skills.

    5     Thinking this way gives me the motivation to work hard now so that I can have a successful, fulfilling and enjoyable future life.

A．I might be able to ride a flying bike to quickly meet up with my friends.

B．I will become more knowledgeable about the world and myself.

C．When I think about the future, I realize my happiest days are still ahead of me.

D．For these reasons, I look forward to the future as the happiest moment in my life.

E．With less work-related stress, I will also have more time and energy to do volunteer projects.

F．The working day will be only four hours long thanks to robots.

G．Technological advances will guarantee that I will be in good health and find true happiness.

7 . If you had boarded a passenger plane in 1950, you would have seen five people in the cockpit (驾驶舱): two pilots, a radio operator, a navigator and a flight engineer. Over the years, technical advances have gradually removed the need for the last three, leaving just two pilots. That has been the norm (标准) in commercial aviation for decades.

However, things could be simplified further — one of the two remaining pilots could soon go. Many military aircraft are already manned by a single pilot, and for commercial aviation this would mean stepping into a brave new world.

But how will airlines make this brave innovation come true? One way is to greatly increase automation in the cockpit, devoting more tasks to computers. Another is to shift the same tasks from the cockpit to the ground. “The latter approach seems to be more workable, at least in the short term, because much of what is required already exists,” says Patrick Smith, an airline pilot flying Boeing 767 aircraft. “A trained ground operator could observe a number of flights at once and even fully control the plane remotely if needed.”

It’s true that single-pilot operations could help airlines save money, but there is another reason which makes them quicken their pace for this crucial breakthrough. Boeing predicts a need for 600,000 new pilots in the next two decades, but by some estimates, there will be a deficit (赤字) of at least 34,000 pilots globally by 2025. Reducing the number of pilots on some crews or aircraft could lessen the impact of this.

Perhaps the biggest barrier to a single pilot will be selling the idea to passengers. In 2019, Don Hairis, a professor at Coventry University, conducted a survey on the prospect of flying on an airliner with just one pilot. Just a minority of participants said they’d be willing to take that flight, and the general idea was that removing a pilot increased the possibility of accidents. In the study, Harris concluded that the single-crew airliner would be still probably 20 years away.

1. What is the potential trend in commercial aviation according to the text?

A．It will make air travel eco-friendly.

B．It will switch to single-pilot operations.

C．It will tighten its flight control for safety concerns.

D．It will bring in many military aircraft to the industry.

2. What does Patrick Smith think is a quick way to realize airlines’ brave innovation?

A．Raising the standards in admitting new pilots.	B．Making pilots adaptable to different situations.
C．Using computers to automate the flight process.	D．Gaining piloting support from ground operators.

3. What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．The shortage of pilots.	B．The need for new airlines.
C．The airlines’ brave innovation.	D．The financial problem airlines face.

4. What can be inferred from Don Harris’ study?

A．The prospect of single-crew airliners is bright.

B．It's urgent that airlines reduce airplane accidents.

C．Passengers are willing to try new types of airplanes.

D．Airlines have a long way to go before the innovation occurs.

8 . 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。

When Zhi Yueying, then 19, went to the remote Niyang village in Fengxin County, Jiangxi Province,     1     (work) as a village teacher in 1980, villagers didn’t believe she would stay long because a number of voluntary teachers had left soon after their     2     (arrive) . However, it was not until three decades later     3     Zhi left the village and went to an even more remote village school in the mountains.

    4     (bear) in Nanchang city in 1961, Zhi applied to work as a teacher at the primary school in Niyang village after graduation, though her mother strongly disagree     5     her.

Over the past four decades, Zhi     6     (devote) herself to rural education. She won China Central Television’s Touching China awards that recognize the most     7     (inspire) role models in 2016. Besides, she     8     (award) as a model poverty fighter by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, China’s Cabinet, earlier this year.

Zhi has a profound understanding of     9     importance of education in the mountains. “Education is a    10     (vital) important part of our efforts to help people escape poverty sand children who live in the mountains can only change their lives through schooling,” says Zhi.

9 . 根据课文内容填空

Lifestyles differ from person to person. Some people, known as     1     natives, do a wide     2     of things online, such as     3     with friends, watching misreading updated news and interesting articles and so on. Take shopping as an example--it’s so     4     to compare quality and prices before buying. Some other people live their lives as go-getters. They tend to     5     goals when setting out to do something. Then they make a schedule and try hard to achieve it. As for life choices, in the case of Zhang Tian, he chose to be a     6     teacher in Guizhou province instead of going to big cities. Despite the poor facilities and unstable supplies of power and water, he has improved the learning lives for the students by introducing more attractive subjects like music, art and PE to the school.

    7     made him feel satisfied was that his students were able to read, speak and write in English and became more     8     in learning. Besides all these, he contacted charity organizations to set up a library and help sell local products online. As a result of the     9     he made, he became very popular among the villagers and was treated as one of them. Zhang Tian intended to stay for another year. He feels so happy that he     10     his heart, even though it may not be what others expected of him.

10 . When other teenagers hang out with friends in the summer vacations. Erica doesn’t join. Instead, the 16-year-old senior high student is ______in filling cake orders and updating her website. She ______Kayke Bakery, a home-based business.

Erica started baking out of ______in the year 2021. Her first attempt was a(n) ______.Yet she made more cakes the next day and ______her techniques through teaching videos on a daily basis. “I saw other people’s decorated cakes and was ______to be a cake artist instead of just a baker,” Erica said. After due ______, she asked her parents about setting up her own business. “Seeing how ______she was,” Erica’s mother recalled, “we ______beginning to help her cope with all the legalities for its opening.” Soon, she had ______customers always coming to her for custom cakes. “______dealing with both school and a business is tough on occasions, but I managed to get______.” she said. “I’m glad to be able to do what I love.”

Always considered a ______, Erica finished her senior year with almost full marks. She plans to ______cake decorating after senior high. “I’m thinking about starting non-profit organizations.” In these years, besides learning various techniques, Erica has become more ______ . “I realize I possess great potential and power.”

1.

A．applied

B．occupied

C．accommodated

D．adapted

2.

A．assists

B．shelters

C．charges

D．runs

3.

A．sympathy

B．gratitude

C．passion

D．politeness

4.

A．failure

B．success

C．pressure

D．astonishment

5.

A．employed

B．perfected

C．shared

D．presented

6.

A．reminded

B．permitted

C．instructed

D．inspired

7.

A．confirmation

B．debate

C．consideration

D．contrast

8.

A．annoyed

B．elegant

C．cautious

D．serious

9.

A．distinguished

B．approved

C．neglected

D．hesitated

10.

A．regular

B．potential

C．favoured

D．demanding

11.

A．Unobviously

B．Unconsciously

C．Unfortunately

D．Unavoidably

12.

A．down

B．off

C．through

D．up

13.

A．model

B．sculptor

C．psychologist

D．captain

14.

A．keep to

B．go beyond

C．jump at

D．work on

15.

A．mean

B．modest

C．assured

D．sensitive