1 . Broken Bones Don’t Get in the Way of a Big Break

Matt Shilcock lives to dance-and he will break his bones to prove it.

Shilcock, 33, was born with osteogenesis imperfect (成骨不全症). It is effectively inevitable that bones in his body will break. Shilcock was in a wheelchair as he grew up in Adelaide, until the determined teenager _________ it when he turned 15.

He said, “I just felt like being in a wheelchair was stopping me from being able to participate in things, so if I don’t take it to school, that’s going to be the start of some kind of _________.”

He admits the decision led to “complications”. “I definitely lost _________ of how many bones I’ve broken,” he said. “If you experience something enough it becomes your norm.”

Having a regular day job was never going to happen _________ dance occupied Shilcock’s mind.

“I _________ took up dancing because it was just cheaper than physiotherapy. As I started to gain more confidence and competence moving my body, _________ injuries and coming back from injuries and learning my physical potential, just the _________ that came with that was really addictive,” he said.

And so he began a career on the stage, with an 18-month acting course progressing to his first dance show in 2010 with the Restless Dance Company. He had gone from project to project for a decade before _________ the big one, a mentorship (顾问) with the acclaimed Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) last year.

Shilcock has turned his hand to choreography (编舞). He said he has given himself permission both to _________ or be great, when audiences judge his choreographic work.

It is the start of a gradual transition out of dancing that he admits will be __________ for his body to take.

1.

A．altered

B．accepted

C．abandoned

D．approached

2.

A．change

B．ceremony

C．rule

D．routine

3.

A．count

B．control

C．sight

D．patience

4.

A．although

B．unless

C．while

D．once

5.

A．additionally

B．consequently

C．initially

D．regularly

6.

A．adding to

B．adapting to

C．appealing to

D．applying to

7.

A．shock

B．interest

C．eagerness

D．excitement

8.

A．choosing

B．landing

C．offering

D．promoting

9.

A．beat

B．fail

C．return

D．attempt

10.

A．easier

B．funnier

C．quicker

D．smarter

2 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

In 1999, a National Geographic Society team used GPS technology to come up a height of 8,850 meters. But in 2005, a Chinese team reported a height of 8,844.43 meters    1    it did not include the mountain's snow top.

A Nepal government team of climbers and surveyors climbed Everest in May 2019 .The team used GPS and satellite equipment to measure the peak and snow    2     (deep) at the top of the mountain . Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Nepal later that year. The leaders of the two countries decided they should agree    3     an official height.

3 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A Chinese space mining company has designed a robot    1    can capture waste material left behind by spacecraft in outer space with a big net.

The state -run Xinhua news agency recently reported that the robot launched on the government's long March 6 rocket along with several satellites. The robot will also investigate deep space    2     (observe) small objects in the universe. The 30- kilogram robot,     3     (call) NEO- 01, was developed by origin space. The company says the robot will lead the way for future technologies capable of mining on asteroids.

4 . 阅读下面短文，请将上下文及所给出的单词第一个字母，写出空缺处的单词。每空只写一词。

It was a rainy Christmas Eve when we set out to send some Christmas gifts to John, my daughter’s classmate. John’s family was too p    1    to afford his school supplies. My daughter told me the other kids at school made f    2    of him because he d    3    in shabby clothes. She asked permission f    4    me to share her stationery with John and I did m    5    than that. I decided to buy some daily n    6    for John’s family.

John’s home looked terribly empty to us. It was not ready at all for Christmas. As soon as we a    7    , we went straight into their kitchen and p    8     down our gifts on the kitchen table. John and his brothers looked overwhelmed with joy. His younger brother reached over and hugged my daughter, saying that she m    9    be an angel. We were all m    10    to tears by his words.

5 .                At 10:00 am on Friday, May 25, 2001, Erik Weihenmayer summited Mount Everest, the world' s highest mountain. The 33-year-old man and his team had been on the mountain for the two months, climbing up and down between the Base Camp at 17,600 feet and Camps 1 and 3 higher up high the mountain. This climbing helped them get used to the high altitude. It also gave them time to carry supplies, such as tents, and precious oxygen tanks to the higher camps.

After a final climb to Camp 4 at 26,000 feet, Erik's team had to wait two weeks through howling storms before trying to reach the summit at 29,035 feet. Erik is tough, though, and he could deal with the wait. Erik Weihenmayer is also blind. He is the first blind person to reach Everest's summit.

Erik was born with a disease that causes blindness, and by age 13, he had completely lost his sight. Erik learned to treat his blindness as an adventure.

The pain and suffering that climbers experience at high altitudes is incredible. Lack of oxygen causes the lungs to strain and can make the brain swell. Climbers can lose track of reality and may wander off the side of the mountain or take off their oxygen tanks without realizing it. The cold, harsh conditions take a terrible toll on climbers' bodies. One advantage Erik has oversighted climbers is that he is not affected by snow blindness. Caused by the glare of sun on snow, this makes climbing more difficult for those who are used to being able to see.

Despite all of this, Erik loves climbing. He enjoys the teamwork and the bonding between climbers. His fellow climbers say that describing what they see to Erik makes them appreciate the sights more. They respect his abilities and consider Erik an equal member of their team.

Erik's eventual goal is to be the first blind person to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents. Although he takes his role as a spokesperson for the blind seriously, he doesn't climb just to prove that blind people can do it. Erik Weihenmayer climbs because it connects him with who he is and makes him feel alive.

1. The underlined word “summited” in the first sentence means________.

A．came go	B．took picture of
C．caught sight of	D．reached the top of

2. Which of the following conclusions is the best supported by this passage?

A．Mountain climbing is difficult and dangerous.

B．Blind people can do anything that sighted people can do.

C．The pain and suffering that climbers experience at high altitudes is well know.

D．Eric Weihenmayer regarded his blindness as a misfortune.

3. The most helpful quality to Eric in climbing high, difficult mountains is________.

A．his acceptance of his blindness	B．his mental toughness
C．his not being affected by snow blindness	D．his desire to enjoy life

4. We can learn from the passage that________.

A．Being a blind man, Erik has to move slowly than most climbers

B．Erik ’s teammates do not feel that he puts them at greater risk

C．Being a spokesperson for the blind, Erik doesn’t continue his career of climbing mountains

D．Erik’s teammates respect his abilities and consider him the best climber of their team

5. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

A．Mountain climbers must be able to endure a lot of pain

B．How Eric became an excellent mountain climber.

C．Erik Weihenmayer, though blind, is an excellent mountain climber.

D．Erik Weihenmayer eventually didn’t realize his ambitious goal.

6 . If you suddenly find yourself working from home or another remote location, you're going to miss those interactions with other people. Video conferencing can help by allowing you to talk face-to-face, even if it is via a screen. Jitsi is one of those free video conferencing apps you can use to connect.

Jitsi is a set of open-source projects that allows you to easily build and deploy secure videoconferencing solutions. At the heart of Jitsi are Jitsi Videobridge and Jitsi Meet, which let you have conferences on the internet, while other projects in the community enable other features such as audio, dial-in, recording, and simulcasting.

Jitsi started life as a way to talk to people over the internet using audio and video. Over the course of a decade, though, it's become so much more. Today, Jisi is:

A vibrant developer community.

First and foremost, Jitsi is a community of developers that are pushing the envelope of video conferencing quality on the web.

The foundation of some really amazing products.

The community members have developed countless projects and products that started with Jitsi code.

A crazy good, completely free video conferencing solution that anyone can use.

Jitsi is a favorite videoconferencing solution for anyone with privacy concerns, journalists, for example. There's a reason so many people use Jitsi Meet as a Skype alternative for video conferencing.

Unlike other videoconferencing technologies, Jitsi Videobridge, the heart of Jitsi, passes everyone’s video and audio to all participants, rather than mixing them first. Currently, Jitsi supports a maximum of up to 75 participants per call, although performance may suffer with more than 35. The project is working on “going beyond 100” participants at once. The service supports phone in audio participants in both the hosted and self-hosted versions. The service supports screen sharing and has mobile apps for iPhone and Android.

Now Jitsi has surpassed 10 million monthly average users. There are no extra payments to Jitsi, and the project remains free thanks to 8x8 (a company), which uses the technology in its own products.

1. The central services of Jitsi lie in ________.

A．a set of open-source projects	B．world's best video conferences
C．free features like audio and dial-in	D．Jitsi Videobridge and Jitsi Meet

2. From the passage, we know ________.

A．Jitsi helps with the privacy problem in videoconferencing

B．Jitsi mixes everyone's video and audio to all participants

C．Jitsi supports screen sharing in the hosted version

D．Jitsi works on 100 participants at most right now

3. Jitsi is a completely free app because ________.

A．it has surpassed 10 million monthly average users

B．8x8 uses the technology in its own products

C．only paid apps can ensure users' privacy

D．users have limited access to Jitsi

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。

Speaking of map apps, some users have found that they are useful for more than just     1    (find) one's way. One man, San Francisco's Lenny Maughan, uses them to make works of art.

Lenny runs everywhere he can.     2     he goes, he tracks his progress by using an app, such as Map MyRun or Strava. As he runs, the app traces a line along the path he follows. So, to make his runs more fun, Lenny decided to run     3     patterns that would create amazing images. To date, he has shared runs that have turned into images of a heart, a portrait of artist Frida Kahlo, and more.

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。

In 2016, I unpacked my luggage at a newly constructed New York hotel only to realize that I     1    (forget) my toothpaste. I called room service, and an     2     (energy) voice responded, "Someone will bring it right up." Two minutes later, I opened my door only to discover an object resembling a trash can on wheels,     3     (equip) with a lid, a large button and a small digital screen. I cautiously pushed the button and the lid opened, revealing a toothpaste tube. The digital display flashed "Thank you". The robotic visitor then turned around and rolled away. Before it disappeared, I snapped a photo, sending it to a friend,     4     later responded, "Wow, so cool!"

9 . 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求回答问题。

Teenagers are learning new communication skills every day. It is important for them to have opportunities to network, or to meet and get to know new people. Online networking, which is very popular with teens today, makes short, superficial connections. But offline networking better encourages meaningful connections that will increase hope, develop skills, and open avenues to career opportunity. Teens need to practice more offline networking. It will prepare them to be confident face-to-face communicators in the real world.

A survey of almost 7,000 teens was conducted in 2019 by three Swiss researchers, and they found that teens were spending too much time on social networking sites. So, they suggested that teens should spend more time with others in real life. It not only contributes to a stronger sense of identity and a happier mood, but also gives us the chance to share happiness with other people. In other words, offline networking seems to actually benefit a teen’s emotional health.

Face-to-face communication also gives teens an opportunity to learn to read people. Everyone communicates in person differently than communicating over the phone, through texting, or in online posts. Being face-to-face requires a person to think and respond more quickly—without the safety net of a delete key.

And much of our communication is nonverbal anyway. Facial expressions, gestures, and vocal tones are just a few examples. Teens need to have face-to-face interactions so they can learn to read these nonverbal cues(暗示), which are sometimes even more important than the words a person is saying. A time will come when the teen will need to enter the job market, and this usually means a face-to-face interaction, including interacting naturally with customers, hearing and understanding their words as well as their nonverbal cues in many different kinds of businesses.

Offline networking is important because it can improve a teenager’s well-being and help prepare him for the future. That’s why every teen should spend time practicing real-world interactions.

1. What is the disadvantage of online networking?
2. What was the researchers’ suggestion to teens?
3. Read the following statement, underline the false part of it and explain the reason.
Hearing and understanding what a person is saying is necessarily involved in communication, so people get less from nonverbal expressions.
4. Please present what you can do to make effective face-to-face communication in your daily life. (about 40 words)