1 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写。

At first, Michael didn’t see the black smoke or flames shooting from the windows of his neighbors’ home. He and his wife had just parked around the corner from their own house when they got a call from one of his daughters: “The house next door is on fire!” He went to check. That’s when he saw two women and a girl helpless and heartbroken on their doorway.

“The baby’s in there!” one of the women cried. Though the fire department had been called, Michael, then 64, immediately ran inside. “The baby” was 8-year-old Tiara, the woman’s granddaughter and a playmate of Michael’s three youngest kids.

The thick smoke caused Michael to stumble blindly around, burned his eyes, and made it impossible to breathe.

After a few minutes in the smoke-filled house, he retreated outside to catch his breath. “Where is Tiara?” he asked desperately.

“The second floor,” her aunt shouted back.

Michael knew he couldn’t hold his breath for long. However, taking a deep breath, he went in a second time. The darkness was overwhelming. Yet because the house had a similar design to his, he made it to the second floor. He turned to the right and was met by intense heat. He was already out of breath.

“Baby girl, where are you?”

His throat and lungs burned as if he’d inhaled fire instead of the smoke in the air. Every blink stung his eyes. All he could hear was the crackling and popping of burning wood. Then a soft but distinct moan emerged. Still unable to see, Michael fell to his knees on the hot wood floor. He crawled toward the sound, feeling around for any sign of the girl. An unlucky thought crossed his mind: I’m probably gonna die up here.

注意：
1．续写词数应为80左右；
2．每段开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:

Finally, Michael touched something.

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Paragraph 2:

Tiara was safe now; however, Michael fainted down to the ground, unconscious.

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2 . 假定你是李华，你的外国网友 Nick对你市即将举办的线上“用英语讲中国故事”活动很感兴趣， 请你写封电子邮件进行介绍。

内容包括：

1. 活动要求；

2. 活动意义；

3. 建议参加。

注意：

1. 词数 100 左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇： Tell Chinese Stories in English   用英语讲中国故事

Dear Nick,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

3 . Margaret Thompson and her husband, Kenneth, stretched their legs together on walking holidays in Switzerland. In Interlaken, they would head up the mountain and watch the paragliders (滑翔伞运动员) ______ themselves into the sky. Back in town, in a large park, they watched them return to the ______ . “Some day I’d love to do that,” Thompson told Kenneth.

But there was always so much to do in Interlaken. _______, Thompson didn’t know if Kenneth would have ______ it. “He was not so keen on heights as I was,” she said. So she ______ to watch the gliders take flight and land.

Kenneth died in 2005. Eleven years later, Thompson ______ took to the skies herself, in a paraglider at the age of 80. Although some people get scared while flying, she said she just feels ______ . Thompson did her second paraglide when she turned 85.

Thompson asked the organizers about the age ______ for paragliding. They said: “Any age, as long as you’re ______.” Thompson, now 86, plans her third flight for when she is 90.

Thompson______ living above her parents’ shop in Belfast. At 18, she helped in the shop while ______ for her music diplomas (文凭) in Stranmillis, south Belfast. She started to ______ piano to local children, and at the height of her teaching she gave 70 ______ a week. She still has 15 pupils on her books.

Is she scared of getting older? “Fear? No. People say: ‘Isn’t getting old ______ ?’ I say: ‘No. You are free to do more things that you want to do,’” Thompson said.

“People might worry about falling, it being the end of them. But that doesn’t ______ me at all. When it’s your time, it’s your time. No matter where you are,” Thompson added.

1.

A．launch

B．move

C．push

D．pull

2.

A．space

B．ocean

C．earth

D．sky

3.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．However

D．Instead

4.

A．cared

B．enjoyed

C．remembered

D．needed

5.

A．pretended

B．determined

C．continued

D．tried

6.

A．quietly

B．immediately

C．patiently

D．finally

7.

A．safe

B．free

C．lucky

D．ready

8.

A．standard

B．difference

C．group

D．limit

9.

A．fit

B．full

C．brave

D．calm

10.

A．settled down

B．grew up

C．went on

D．turned up

11.

A．writing

B．acting

C．studying

D．searching

12.

A．teach

B．offer

C．sell

D．show

13.

A．skills

B．tasks

C．lessons

D．performances

14.

A．necessary

B．possible

C．harmful

D．awful

15.

A．threaten

B．bother

C．control

D．surprise

4 . 请你写一篇短文向学校英文报投稿，介绍寒假期间参加的一项活动，内容包括：1. 介绍这项活动；2. 说明你的收获。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为 80 个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。

One of the Highlights (最好的部分) of my Winter Holiday

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6 . You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Comedy on Referral has taken that idea and run with it, using stand-up comedy to help treat people struggling with trauma (精神创伤) and anxiety in partnership with the National Health Service (NHS).

The idea came from comedian Angie Belcher’s experiences teaching comedy at the University of Bristol. She found that students often told her how much stronger and more resilient (有适应力的) they were thanks to stand-up comedy.

Inspired, she teamed up with the NHS in Bristol to create a six-week comedy course for patients struggling with trauma in January 2022. Following the success of this initial course, Comedy on Referral won NHS funding to help men with trauma in London.

Belcher said, “Past traumas are perfect for comedy. Comedy doesn’t come from the happy, perfect moments of your life, but from our everyday struggles and major life events. People who’ve been through big life experiences such as losing a loved one and ill health often can’t wait to tell me their stories, mostly because there’s always something especially funny about the situation.”

Research has shown that laughter has positive psychological effects, such as decreasing levels of cortisol (the stress hormone) and increasing endorphins (the hormone that reduces the feeling of pain). It can even have physiological benefits, although less research has been done in this area. Current research has linked laughter and humour with increased levels of pain tolerance as well as short-term cardiovascular (心血管的) benefits. More research is needed to prove these findings

Nonetheless, the mental health benefits of regular laughter are widely accepted, and using comedy to treat mental health struggles could be a real breakthrough in the treatment of mental health.

1. Why is the phrase mentioned in paragraph 1?

A．To explain the harm trauma causes.	B．To stress the importance of laughter.
C．To show the effect of stand-up comedy.	D．To state the idea behind Comedy on Referral.

2. How was the first six-week comedy course for patients?

A．Effective.

B．Ambiguous.

C．Fruitless.

D．Controversial.

3. What may contribute to a comedy according to Belcher?

A．Struggling moments.	B．Funny moments.
C．Successful moments.	D．Boring moments.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Comedy is one thing that can make you struggle	B．Laughter is useful for people’s mental health
C．Anxiety can also make you feel better	D．Laughter will cure you of all diseases

7 . “In the future, everybody will be famous for 15 minutes,” said US artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987). And he is quite right. Now it seems that anybody can become an instant online celebrity.

Warhol is best noted for his paintings that represent celebrity faces and US consumer goods, like Coca-Cola bottles or Campbell’s soup cans. As a great influence on the twentieth century pop art movement, Andy Warhol rose to become a cornerstone in the contemporary art world, devoted to bringing his views on materialism, polities and economics to the art. Actually, the visual world Warhol created is directly connected to his background.

In the mid-1950s, the working class gathered a great deal of fortune. They wanted to achieve a higher status in society. “The consumer goods and Hollywood faces are a working-class-coded iconography (肖像) that is often misinterpreted as generally ‘American’.” Anthony E. Grudin, author of Warhol’s Working Class commented. Reproducing these themes in his work meant that people outside of the art world could immediately connect with Warhol’s pictures. Considered “a creature of transformation”, Warhol constantly explored with different forms of media to evoke resonance among people.

For example, in addition to being a painter, Warhol was, in the words of UK writer Peter Wollen: “A filmmaker, a writer, a photographer, a TV soap opera producer.” Warhol, in short, was what we might call a ‘Renaissance (文艺复兴) man’, even though he was a leader in pop or perhaps post-modern art.

In his later years, he founded Interview Magazine and wrote several books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol. But UK artist Gillian Wearing said, “Warhol left his mark in many more ways than his actual work.” Warhol’s works are all about “America, money, fame and death”, UK writer Jon Savage remarked. “He summed up, defined and in many ways symbolized the world in which we now live.”

1. What’s Andy Warhol’s purpose of creating his paintings?

A．To highlight Renaissance style.	B．To combine art with materialism.
C．To attain fame and higher status.	D．To challenge traditional art forms.

2. What do Andy Warhol’s paintings focus on?

A．Popular drinks.	B．Average people.
C．Commercial products.	D．Living scenes of working class.

3. What kind of person is Andy Warhol according to the text?

A．Constructive and multi-talented.	B．Conservative and realistic.
C．Optimistic and encouraging.	D．Creative and critical.

4. In which column of the newspaper can we read the passage?

A．Health.

B．Sports.

C．Science.

D．People.