1 . 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。

Mom poured herself a glass of orange juice. “I’m worried about your grandma,” she said. I asked, “Why?” “Well, before she moved to Florida, she was active. But now she sleeps most of the day or watches television. I can’t get her out of the house, and she won’t try to make friends,” Mom replied. My grandma wanted to go back to New York. But she couldn’t live alone anymore. That was why my mom let her come to live with us in Florida.

“I’ll find a way to make Grandma love Florida,” I thought for a minute and said. Mom smiled and said, “I wish you could.” After school, I saw Grandma watching television and figured she hadn’t moved all day. In my room, I took out my collection. I had found many beautiful and special seashells. My favourite one was called Baby’s Ear. It’s a beautiful white seashell. Looking at my seashells gave me an idea. I went into the living room and sat on the sofa.

“Did you ever go to the beach when you were little, Grandma?” I asked. “Once my mother took me there, but I didn’t enjoy it because I was afraid of the water and couldn’t swim. Even now, I’m a little afraid of the water,” she replied. I wished Grandma could feel the way I did about the beach. I loved to see seabirds and look for seashells. “Well, could you take me to the beach, Grandma? I need some new seashells for my collection. I’m not allowed to go by myself. Please!” I begged. Grandma finally agreed and took my hand as we left the house.

We walked to the beach. The sky was blue. I handed Grandma a plastic bag, and said, “This is for the seashells you find.” “Oh, you should take it,” she said. I shook my head. “No, Grandma. I need all the help I can get.” “All right,” she said.

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(2)请按如下格式作答。

We walked side by side on the beach.

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“Wow! Look what I found!” Grandma shouted, standing in the sand and holding a pink seashell.

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2 . In casual conversations, there is a seemingly simple question I can never answer without hesitating — “Where are you from?”

I could say I am from Thailand, where I was born. Or I am from Mexico, where I spent the majority of my childhood. Or I am from the US, whose language is rooted into my life. In my mind, none of these answers are satisfying enough. After all, to be from somewhere carries expectations of understanding “your” culture and “your” home.

I feel envious whenever my friends say they’re “going home” for school breaks. As a student who frequently moves, I have never seen my living space as “home”, but “shelter”, another location to stay in before I unavoidably move again.

So, does this mean I do not have, and will never have, a home? I resign myself to living with this sense of sadness, until very recently.

In my dorm, inside my drawer is a specially designed white bath towel that I have not used since I brought it with me from my parents’ house. One day, I took it out, but stopped after smelling the soft, sweet laundry detergent (洗衣粉), the one my parents used back in Thailand. I felt my eyes water as that random smell brought my mixed emotions to the surface: sadness and nostalgia, a strong feeling of missing home. I still avoid using that towel until now because I don’t want to replace the smell of nostalgia with my newly-bought detergent.

Sadly, even with this new discovery, I will still struggle when answering where I am from, and I will always feel a sense of loss in not having a physical home to “go back to”. Yet, in random moments, when a smell catches me off guard (让我猝不及防) with the memories it brings, I like to believe that the things I feel then are things people feel when they are home. And if these moments can make me smile, even with a sense of loss, what better home can I ask for?

1. Why is the author unable to see his living space as “home”?

A．His living places often change.	B．He is unsatisfied with the place.
C．His expectations of “home” are high.	D．He can’t understand the culture there.

2. Why does the author treasure that towel?

A．It was made in his hometown.	B．It is a present from his parents.
C．Its smell awakened his memories.	D．Its design wins his preference.

3. What does the author want to convey in the last paragraph?

A．He no longer feels a sense of loss.

B．He feels a physical home is unnecessary.

C．He has got the answer to “Where are you from?”

D．He has found a sense of home in some moments.

4. What can be the best title of the text?

A．A Man’s Home Is His Castle	B．There Is No Place Like Home
C．The Smell Brings Me Home	D．The Emotion Connects Me With Home

3 . 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

One day a farmer went out for a walk     1    his little son. The farmer wore a pair of wrong shoes. One had thick shoe (厚鞋底)    2    the other didn’t. He    3     （begin) to walk and then his    4    (foot) hurt. When he was just out of the house, he turned to his son and said, “Why is one of my legs    5    long) than the other today?”

The son looked at his father’s legs     6    (careful) as he was walking and then laughed, “Oh, no, Daddy. Your legs are all right. You are wearing the wrong shoes.” The farmer was very happy to hear that and said to himself, “    7     a clever son!” Then he asked     8     (he) son to go back and got the other pair of shoes for him. The farmer had only two pairs of shoes.

When the son ran back to the house, he     9     (find) that the other pair was also a wrong pair. He had to return to his father with nothing in his hands and said, “It’s no use     10     (change) them, Daddy! The shoes at home are not a pair, either!”

4 . Years ago, I celebrated my 40th birthday with several friends in a restaurant. Many of us arrived ahead of time and waited _________ the restaurant.

As we stood on the sidewalk, a homeless man _________ me and asked for _________. I had only brought my bankcard, so I told him that I didn’t have any cash. He smiled _________ at me, and moved on.

While the homeless man was _________ near, a friend of mine called out “Happy Birthday, Marc!” Upon _________this, the man turned and asked, “It’s your birthday?” I _________. He walked back to me. I was completely _________ for what happened next: the man _________ his pocket, pulled out a dollar bill, and __________ it to me saying, “Take this. Happy Birthday! ”

__________ I was deeply moved by this act of generosity, __________ money from a homeless man was not within my comfort zone. The man looked __________ into my eyes and begged, “Please take this. __________ is so good to me. I always have a place to sleep and enough food to eat.”I was still __________ to accept this gift, but I heard a voice within me practically yelling, “TAKE THE MONEY!” I hesitantly reached out, saying “Thank you.” Tears began to __________ down his face. He seized my hand, and gave me the dollar. Then he walked away with a smile.

Obviously, I __________ far more than $ 1 from that experience! This was one of my greatest life __________. No matter how poor we may be, we __________ have something of __________ to share with other people.

1.

A．in

B．beyond

C．outside

D．opposite

2.

A．interrupted

B．approached

C．recognized

D．attracted

3.

A．food

B．advice

C．direction

D．money

4.

A．quietly

B．bitterly

C．sadly

D．wildly

5.

A．rather

B．still

C．too

D．extremely

6.

A．seeing

B．feeling

C．hearing

D．observing

7.

A．disagreed

B．nodded

C．shouted

D．doubted

8.

A．unprepared

B．suitable

C．anxious

D．grateful

9.

A．reached into

B．looked into

C．searched for

D．headed for

10.

A．returned

B．paid

C．afforded

D．offered

11.

A．Once

B．Although

C．Since

D．If

12.

A．raising

B．earning

C．accepting

D．withdrawing

13.

A．directly

B．surprisingly

C．happily

D．angrily

14.

A．Fate

B．Ambition

C．Belief

D．Life

15.

A．delighted

B．embarrassed

C．hesitant

D．willing

16.

A．turn

B．put

C．pour

D．break

17.

A．benefited

B．gained

C．saved

D．purchased

18.

A．lessons

B．skills

C．goals

D．styles

19.

A．only

B．hardly

C．almost

D．always

20.

A．importance

B．amusement

C．value

D．interest

5 . Brenda had a car accident that resulted in one of her legs being cut off. Since then she didn’t talk to anyone.

“I wish I could bring her friends to visit her,” Brenda’s mother said to the nurse. “But it’s too long a bus trip.” The nurse smiled, “Don’t worry. We have a plan.”

Later that day, the nurse asked Brenda to move to another room filled with light and music. “Here’s your new roommate, Annie Wiggle-Do,” the nurse said, pointing to a dark-haired teenager on the other bed. Annie smiled. As soon as the nurse left, she hopped (单脚跳) out of her bed and sat on Brenda’s.

“I lost one of my legs from bone cancer,” she said. “What happened to yours?” Brenda was so shocked that she couldn’t form a word. “You’re lucky,” Annie continued. “You’ve still got your knee. They had to take mine.”

Annie hopped back to her bed. “I’d like to have a chat with you, but my friends are coming any time now, so I have to get ready,”Annie said when she took off her “hair”! Her head was completely bald.

“Oh, you know, I lost my hair. But check this sign out!” Annie took out her wigs (假发), brown and yellow, long and short, straight and curly.

“That’s when I thought up ‘Annie Wiggle-Do’”, Annie said. “Get it? Any wig will do? Annie Wiggle-Do?”

When Annie’s friends came, she introduced Brenda to them all. Before long, Brenda started chatting with Annie and her friends happily. After the visitors left, the two girls talked and shared their dreams with each other. When it was time to go to bed, Brenda said, “Night, Annie Wiggle-Do. Can’t wait till morning.”

1. Why didn’t Brenda’s friends come to visit her?

A．She wasn’t allowed any visitors.	B．She didn’t want to see her friends.
C．Her friends were far away from her.	D．Her friends didn’t know she had an accident.

2. In order to cheer Brenda up, the nurse ______.

A．bought her a wig	B．had a party
C．let her share the same room with Annie	D．moved her to a room filled with flowers

3. When Brenda first saw Annie, she ______.

A．discovered that Annie’s head was bald	B．was too surprised to say anything
C．thought up “Annie Wiggle-Do”	D．shared her dream with Annie

4. Which of the following words can best describe Annie?

A．Patient.

B．Careful.

C．Strong.

D．Polite.

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。

When I was little, I used to walk with my grandmother on a quiet and small road across which she and my grandfather lived. My grandfather rarely joined us. He was a seemingly strict man, an ex-soldier who. usually held back his emotions, especially his affection(喜爱). He wasn’t a man who hugged me often when I was a child, but I had never doubted his love for me.

Grandma and I would walk, hand in hand, moving at an equal pace. The sun would be shining; the birds would be singing. We would chat about this and that, or just walk in silence, enjoying the outdoors and each other’s company. Yet, for me, these times were not just a chance to get some exercise or be with my grandmother, though both were important. These walks were treasure hunts.

More often than not, at the road’s edge, there would be money. Not lots of it — I cent here, 5 cents there. Sometimes, on really lucky days, I’d find 10 cents or even 25. I’d pick up these coins, proudly show Grandma and joyfully put them into my pockets. Some days, I wouldn’t find anything. “Maybe next time, ” my grandmother would say. Other days, I’d come back from our walk with more than twenty-five cents to put in my piggy bank, or to buy candies — a treat for a six-year-old child.

Looking back now, it wasn’t even the money that was such a big deal; it was the joy of discovery. It was the hope of finding something small left or forgotten along the side of the road. It made me feel so lucky and so special. Yet, it wasn’t until years later, when I was in my late twenties, that the simple memory meant much more to me than simply the happiness of a child. It was my mother who told me the secret which brought a whole new meaning to my experience.

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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。
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“Remember when you used to walk with Grandma and find money?” Mother asked.

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Now, I would do the same thing my grandfather did.

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7 .

I used to believe…

When I was small, I thought my toys played at night, just like what the toys did in the movie Toy Story. I often woke up to watch my toys, but they did not move at all. So I learned that some movies are not true in real life.

When I was young, I thought Santa Claus was real. With my brother, I put flour (面粉) on the floor on Christmas Eve. The next day, we found some big footprints. One day, when I was 13, my father told me he did that. It was funny.

When I was a little boy, my parents often touched my nose and then they put the thumb between their fingers to make me think that it was my nose and they had taken my nose.

When I was a little kid, I thought people could be anything they want, so I decided to become a giraffe when I grew up.

1. Why did Trisha often get up at night?

A．To drink water.	B．To meet Santa Claus.
C．To find out what her toys did.	D．To watch her favourite movies.

2. Who left the footprints on the floor?

A．Celia.

B．Santa Claus.

C．Celia’s brother.

D．Celia’s father.

3. Where can we read this article?

A．In a diary.

B．In a magazine.

C．On a website.

D．In the newspaper.

8 . After their three children grew up and left home, Margaret Thompson and her husband, Kenneth, stretched their legs together on walking holidays in Switzerland. In Interlaken, year after year, they would head up the mountain and watch the paragliders (空中滑翔) launch themselves into the sky. Back in town, in a large park, they watched them return to earth. “Some day I’d love to do that,” Thompson told Kenneth.

But there was always so much to do in Interlaken. So she continued to watch the gliders take flight and land. Kenneth died in 2005. Eleven years later, and three decades after those walking holidays, Thompson finally took to the skies herself, in a paraglider with an instructor. Thompson was 80.

Recently, Thompson heard from an instructor that grown men, when airborne, sometimes cry and beg to be brought down. But what she remembers is “feeling free. You feel weightless. It’s quite windy. It blows you around. You sail along and look around you, and see all the toy houses down below. You feel like you are up in heaven somewhere there, watching everyone down below.”

Thirty years seems a long time to hold on to a dream. “It was,” she says. Why did it take so long? “I wanted to do it, but I felt somebody should benefit from it.” She did not think of just enjoying the experience? “I don’t think so. There had to be a cause at the end of it all,” she says. With her first paraglide, she raised ￡1,500 for Moorfields eye hospital in London, most of it with the aid of social clubs run by the Presbyterian church she regularly attends.

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

Thompson felt no fear paragliding. “I mean, you sort of say to yourself: Well, if anything happens to me now, I’m OK. People might worry about falling, it being the end of them. But that didn’t bother me at all. When it’s your time, it’s your time. No matter where you are.”

1. Why didn’t Thompson take up paragliding after her children left home?

A．She was engaged.	B．She preferred walking.
C．She was afraid of heights.	D．She had to tend her husband.

2. How did Thompson feel when airborne?

A．She lost his direction.	B．She was scared to death.
C．She regretted paragliding.	D．She had a sense of freedom.

3. Why could Thompson hold on to her dream for three decades?

A．She got support from social clubs.	B．She wanted to make it meaningful.
C．She hoped to contribute to the church.	D．She had a good cause to experience fun.

4. What’s Thompson’s attitude towards falling?

A．Terrified.

B．Helpless.

C．Calm.

D．Doubtful.

9 . On May 29, 2022, Rut Larsson, who was 103 at that time, became the oldest skydiver in the world. And yet she had just become the oldest parachutist (跳伞者) in the world. This Swedish grandmother turned her dream into ________ by jumping at Motala airfield, 240 km southwest of Stockholm.

When Rut Larsson was in her 90s, she became________ with flying and started experimenting with paragliding (滑翔伞运动) and ballooning as a way to enhance her physical ________. In 2019, she did her first parachute jump at 100 years old. But it was not a world ________. In the same year, American Kathryn Hodges had completed a ________ at 103.

Now Rut Larsson was going through the respectable ________. At 14 o’clock on Sunday, she was ready to ________ the world record, in the same place where she jumped three years ago, just outside Motala. Rut Larsson completed her world-record jump accompanied (陪同)by parachutist Joackim Johansson. Her family and friends were also there to ________ her accomplishment, along with a(n)________ from the Guinness Book of World Records.

With this jump, she became the oldest ________ in the world, at 103 years and 259 days, improving by 78 days the record ________ so far by an American of 103 years and 181 days.

“At first, slowly ________ and then jumping down from the top，I found that nice,” said the record holder. “An American broke the record. So I had to ________ his,” laughed Rut Larsson. “It was ________to do this. I had been thinking about it for a long time. It all went as ________.”

1.

A．fiction

B．scene

C．reality

D．trouble

2.

A．bored

B．fascinated

C．disappointed

D．puzzled

3.

A．weight

B．pain

C．examination

D．fitness

4.

A．fame

B．contest

C．reward

D．record

5.

A．jump

B．climb

C．journey

D．flight

6.

A．age

B．action

C．manner

D．line

7.

A．put up

B．take over

C．get down

D．go through

8.

A．congratulate

B．document

C．celebrate

D．recognize

9.

A．official

B．designer

C．viewer

D．lawyer

10.

A．nurse

B．male

C．doctor

D．skydiver

11.

A．introduced

B．chosen

C．held

D．prevented

12.

A．driving

B．rushing

C．crashing

D．sliding

13.

A．beat

B．find

C．imagine

D．obey

14.

A．confusing

B．terrifying

C．pitiful

D．wonderful

15.

A．planned

B．received

C．remembered

D．forced

10 . Greg Bishop is never one to ask for help, but he is always the first to offer it. That’s why he is loved by many people in the community.

So when the community heard that the farmer would ________ to get in this year’s harvest due to his chemotherapy (化疗) treatment, Bishop’s friends and neighbors ________ his help and harvested his crop for free.

Dozens of people came out to lend their ________ - so many, that some even needed to be ________. A local restaurant provided free burgers to all of the helpers. Even local fuel companies offered to support the ________ with free fuel and money. ________, the farmers decided to pay the costs anyway.

Within five hours, the volunteers had ________ 1,200 bales (大捆) cotton worth $ 420,000. ________ Bishop had been forced to do it by himself, it would have taken weeks,

When asked why they so ________ offered their help, the volunteer helpers simply praise Bishop’s ________. “He’s a very good man. He’s just the best person.”

Needless to say, Bishop was emotional over the ________ of his community. “He was just ________ by what everybody did,” one of the helpers told Inside Edition.” He was in tears. He could ________ us enough for what we did.”

The future for Greg Bishop is looking brighter each day, as he ________ his treatment and plans for a bone marrow (骨髓) treatment in the upcoming months. His neighbors and friends, ever-willing to help, have ________ a fund to help pay for his follow-up treatment.

1.

A．fail

B．intend

C．manage

D．pretend

2.

A．asked for

B．waited for

C．rushed to

D．turned to

3.

A．money

B．support

C．opinions

D．proposals

4.

A．turned away

B．watched over

C．kept in mind

D．kept track of

5.

A．case

B．show

C．event

D．attempt

6.

A．Plus

B．Thus

C．Somehow

D．However

7.

A．offered

B．measured

C．delivered

D．harvested

8.

A．If

B．Once

C．Since

D．Though

9.

A．easily

B．anxiously

C．willingly

D．immediately

10.

A．behavior

B．condition

C．character

D．achievement

11.

A．praise

B．account

C．comment

D．kindness

12.

A．moved

B．puzzled

C．inspired

D．surprised

13.

A．thank

B．charge

C．identify

D．demand

14.

A．quits

B．continues

C．suffers from

D．gets through

15.

A．shared

B．created

C．received

D．recovered