1 . Cody Simmons lived alone with his grandpa and the two of them had a very special relationship. Cody’s grandpa encouraged him to pursue football but also made it very clear that he would not have to if he did not want to.
Cody was the smallest in the class and was considered too short. Therefore, everyone was sure Cody could never make the cut when he decided to try out for the school football team. But he did! His grandpa shared his excitement. Though Cody was always on the bench, his grandpa never missed a match.
Cody was determined to give his best at every practice, hoping that he would at least get to play one day. In his free time, Cody would repeatedly watch videos of international football matches to learn skills. Besides, he always asked for extra tips from his coach.
This quiet and persistent (坚持不懈的) young athlete never missed a practice but never got to play in a single match. The coach kept Cody on the roster (名册) because he always put his heart and soul into every practice, and at the same time, encouraged the other members.
One day, at the end of the senior football season, Cody’s grandpa passed away. Cody was very sad. He said to the coach, “Is it alright if I miss the practice today?” The coach said gently, “Take the rest of the week off, son. Please do not come back for the finals on Saturday.”
Soon, it was Saturday, and the match was not going well. Then, Cody appeared. He asked the coach to let him play, but the coach pretended not to hear him. There was no way he wanted his worst player in this important match. But the young man persisted, and finally, feeling sorry for Cody, the coach gave in.
Before long, everyone in the stands was shocked because Cody was doing everything right. The opposing team could not stop him. He ran, passed, and tackled like a star. In the closing seconds of the match, Cody ran all the way for the winning touchdown and succeeded.
1. What does the underlined part in paragraph 2 probably mean?| A．Meet the requirements. | B．Make some rules of the team. |
| C．Find a good coach. | D．Be popular with other members. |
| A．Cody’s encouragement to other players. |
| B．Cody’s love for international football stars. |
| C．The efforts Cody made to improve himself. |
| D．The reason why Cody’s coach treated him unfairly. |
| A．He refused it clearly. | B．He ignored it at first. |
| C．He let him play excitedly. | D．He praised him for his bravery. |
| A．Outgoing and proud. | B．Gifted and hard-working. |
| C．Grateful and courageous. | D．Supportive and committed. |
2 . Tired of working in IT and staying the same in Australia, Paulo Cattaneo decided to make a change. In 2015 he started a strict budget so he could save up enough money to buy his dream KTM 1190 motorbike, a camera, and enough funds to support himself for a few years.
Then he gave up his job, packed his things, and set off on an adventure, travelling the world on his motorbike. Paulo, 39, has spent the last four years biking through Australia, South America, North America, and Europe, riding up to 12 hours a day and spending his nights in his tent under the stars.
“Australia for me was my first experience riding long distance and I was mind-blown by the beauty of the old continent.” Paulo wrote on his travel journal, “Traveling through Latin America, I explored the rainforest and learned Spanish and Portuguese. Mexico has some of the best food I ever had and Peru is an interesting place where I can enjoy the unique local Indian culture, also called Inca civilization.”
Paulo has managed to keep his travels going by keeping his budget tight, so he hasn’t had to get a job for his travels. To keep costs low, he seldom looked for accommodation in hotels and went camping instead. Thankfully, the motorbike, which Paulo bought secondhand in Australia, has not required any major repairs since he set off. The journey isn’t always easy, but Paulo has never looked back.
Sadly, the Covid-19 pandemic put a stop to his travels in Greece when he traveled around Europe, and Paulo has had to spend the last few months in Italy, his homeland. Once the world is back up and running, he plans to return to life on the road and explore Asia and Africa.
1. What did Paulo begin to do in 2015?| A．Change his job to live a better life. | B．Travel the world on his motorbike. |
| C．Collect enough money to buy a car. | D．Prepare for his trip around the world. |
| A．The way to travel. | B．The last destination of travel. |
| C．The places he’d been to. | D．The accommodation of travel. |
| A．He enjoyed the best food in Peru. | B．He got a job to support his travel. |
| C．The motorbike often troubled him. | D．The view in Australia attracted him. |
| A．Paulo was glad to return to his homeland. | B．Paulo had to find accommodation in hotel. |
| C．The Covid-19 couldn’t stop Paulo’s dream. | D．Being alone was a challenge during Paulo’s trip. |
3 . Fatima has been the only woman working as a tour guide in Afghanistan. The 22-year-old grew up leading
She grew up in rural Gohr Province, where there was no schooling
“I thought a lot during these years,” Fatima says. “My brothers and sisters were
She signed up for Facebook and began joining groups for people interested in history.
After she began writing her
Tom recommended her to someone else, and Fatima continued to get work by word of mouth. Eventually she came to the
Of course, being a pioneer is never
Fatima says that the
| A．cattle | B．sheep | C．people | D．tourists |
| A．available | B．valuable | C．reasonable | D．reliable |
| A．risks | B．lessons | C．advantages | D．challenges |
| A．hear from | B．get through | C．test out | D．pick up |
| A．advised | B．scared | C．forced | D．adjusted |
| A．tradition | B．habit | C．trend | D．anecdote |
| A．Excited | B．Afraid | C．Tired | D．Delighted |
| A．posts | B．letters | C．pages | D．articles |
| A．yelled | B．picked | C．cried | D．reached |
| A．walking | B．playing | C．showing | D．seeing |
| A．light | B．hope | C．internet | D．attention |
| A．funny | B．attractive | C．easy | D．satisfying |
| A．obviously | B．actually | C．especially | D．specially |
| A．support | B．struggle | C．work | D．sympathy |
| A．win | B．start | C．survive | D．quit |
4 . In high school Norman Greenstein was a productive doodler(涂鸦手), and created lots of paintings. When he
After his
With the help of his son, Norman was able to start a
In 2021, an online
| A．showed | B．offered | C．conveyed | D．assigned |
| A．set | B．spit | C．sneeze | D．skip |
| A．still | B．occasionally | C．never | D．frequently |
| A．retirement | B．exhibition | C．graduation | D．marriage |
| A．support | B．remove | C．judge | D．replace |
| A．calling | B．longing | C．praying | D．waiting |
| A．unbelievable | B．dark | C．embarrassing | D．unsolved |
| A．restore | B．refresh | C．realize | D．release |
| A．project | B．request | C．competition | D．reform |
| A．spotted | B．recommended | C．developed | D．regarded |
| A．thrilling | B．plain | C．tough | D．stressful |
| A．drama | B．contest | C．programme | D．gallery |
| A．published | B．copied | C．revised | D．examined |
| A．ending with | B．working on | C．relying on | D．paying for |
| A．salary | B．reward | C．sale | D．allowance |
Emily White was born seventeen years ago with so many birth problems in her body. Some of her organs, bones and muscles were out of shape. No one expected her to survive. She did make it but with her strange body figure, everyone could recognize her, even from a distance.
In Emily White’s hometown, there was a yearly outdoor performance in the school auditorium (大礼堂). It had been performed for so many years and actually had become one of the most important events of the Christmas season for many of the town’s people.
Many people tried out each year for it, but so many were turned away. It can only include the most excellent people in the field.
Emily had a beautiful singing voice. Last year she went to Mrs. Owens — her music teacher to ask to join in the performance. Without letting her sing, Mrs. Owens took a look at Amy’s body and said, “Child, you just don’t fit. Everyone would stare at you and that would make you uncomfortable. It would make them uncomfortable, too.”
Without singing a single note, Emily was sent back through the door of the choral room. Hurt and upset, she decided never to try out again. But Mrs. Owens then retired.
This year, there came a new music teacher, Mr. Buttler. He heard about Emily and suggested that she have a try.
Emily didn’t want to be rejected again, so she hesitated a little about it. As Emily struggled, the door was pushed open and Mr. Buttler called, “Emily, you’re next.” Although kind of nervous, Emily did as Mr. Buttler told her to do. Mr. Buttler sat by the piano to keep Emily company. When Emily finished her testing performance, she thanked Mr. Buttler and knew the result would be posted on the door of the choral room the next day.
Emily couldn’t sleep that night. She was suffering from the feelings that she didn’t fit and the great need to be accepted. By the next morning, her stomach was even in pain because of stress.
注意：续写词数应为150左右Paragraph 1: The next day, Emily nervously glanced at the list on the door of the choral room.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Paragraph 2: Finally, the day of performance came.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6 . “You need a guide,” says Mike May, 68, who was blinded at the age of 3. May started skiing at 27, on a beginner track, holding onto a guide’s poles — in what he calls “horse and buggy style.” Within days, he was unattached and following his guide’s voice down the hill. “It was extremely liberating.” says May, who went on to win multiple medals in the world competitions now known as the Paralympics, and hit 65 miles per hour to set the world record for speed skiing by a completely blind skier.
May suggests using only guides who lead rather than follow you. You want a skilled skier with a loud voice. Once on the track, keep 4 to 15 feet between you and your guide. A good guide will use rhythm to indicate spatial directions; a long turn might sound like “Tuuuuurn left. Gooo, gooo.” Listen for other noises too: A blip (哔哔声) in you guide’s voice might mean a bump ahead; if their skis start scraping (刮擦), prepare for ice; sudden quiet indicates powder.
Always wear a brightly colored vest that identifies you as a blind skier clearly. Still, don’t assume others will take in its meaning; May thinks that fewer than 50 percent do. The biggest barrier for blind skiers is often transportation to the mountain. In college, May sometimes hitchhiked (搭便车) to the Sierra Nevads, hours away. He doesn’t recommend it. “Hitch-hiking with a seeing-eye dog and your ski equipment is not a simple task,” he says.
Ski lifts can be tricky, but you can always ask the operator to slow the lift down if you feel nervous. At the top of the run, ask your guide to give you a play-by-play so you know what’s coming. “I always like to take the same run over and over again,” May says. “That way I get a mental picture and can start to relax and really open up to the experience.”
1. What do we know about Mike May from paragraph 1?| A．He trained alone. | B．He was born blind. |
| C．He fell in love with horse riding. | D．He broke world record. |
| A．The sound of sudden silence. | B．The sound of scraping. |
| C．A blip in the guide’s voice. | D．A dragging sound like “gooo”. |
| A．The colorful dressing. |
| B．The ignorance of others. |
| C．The identification of blind skiers. |
| D．The transportation to the skiing spot. |
| A．Out of sight, out of mind. |
| B．Storms make trees take deeper roots. |
| C．An honest man’s word is as good as his bond. |
| D．From the father comes honour, from the mother, comfort. |
7 . Adrian’s “Amazing Race” started early, when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn’t hear a thing, not even loud noises. In a special school for the hearing-impaired (听觉受损的), he learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled children. However, the sight of all the disabled children communicating with one another upset his mother. She wanted him to lead a normal life. So after speaking to an advisor, she sent him to private classes where he learned to read lips and pronounce words.
Later on, Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school. But the headmaster tried to prevent them from doing so, saying regular schools couldn’t take care of a student with special needs. His parents were determined to take the risk and push him hard to go through his work every day because they want to prove that,given the opportunity,he could do anything. Adrian made the grade and got accepted. It was a big challenge. The pace was faster so he had to sit at the front of the class and really pay attention to the teacher, which wasn’t always easy. But he stuck to it and did a lot of extra work after school.
The effort made by Adrian and his parents paid off. Adrian graduated with good grades and got into a top high school. He also achieved a lot in life outside school. He developed a love for the outdoors and went to Nepal to climb mountains.He even entered the World Yacht Race 05/06, being the first hearing-impaired Asian to do so.
But none of these achievements would have been possible without one of the most important lessons from his mother.“If you believe in yourself and work hard, you can achieve great result” she often said.
1. How did Adrian communicate with other disabled children in the special school?| A．By speaking. | B．By using sign language. |
| C．By writing letters. | D．By making loud noises. |
| A．They wanted him to live like a regular person. | B．They wanted to prove the headmaster wrong. |
| C．He wouldn’t mix with other disabled children. | D．He wasn’t taken good care of in the special school. |
| A．He did a lot of outdoor activities. | B．He sat at the front of the classroom. |
| C．He attended private classes after school. | D．He worked hard both in and after class. |
| A．He did very well in his study. | B．He succeeded in entering a regular school. |
| C．He reached his goals in spite of his disability. | D．He took part in the world Yacht Race 05/06. |
8 . João Carlos Martins, the 80-year-old Brazilian classical pianist, had lost the ability to play for almost 20 years due to a series of unfortunate events in his life. But everything changed thanks to a pair of special bionic (仿生的) gloves.
He is one of the best pianists alive today. He had already won a contest playing Bach when he was only 8 years old. Then at the peak of his skills, he could play 21 notes per second. However, luck wasn’t always on his side. At 24 years old, he suffered an accident that caused nerve damage to his arm, atrophying (使萎缩) three of his fingers. Then when he was 55, an accidental brain injury completely paralyzed (使瘫痪) his arm.
João went through 24 surgeries, but nothing could help his hands, forcing him to stop playing the piano, seemingly for good.
However, João didn’t give up on his musical career. He became a conductor in 2003. He couldn’t turn the pages in the score, so instead, he just tried his best to memorize every score, note by note. He still played the piano sometimes, but extremely slow, since he could play only one note per second.
That might have been his life, were it not for an engineer who saw the pianist playing live and decided to work out something to help him. After a concert, he approached João with the first pair of special bionic gloves. Yet, they didn’t work. When the engineer first showed João the gloves, he joked that they were for boxing, not to play the piano.
But neither of them gave up, and after testing out several models, the perfect match was created. The gloves provide the necessary support for each finger and can even “tune” to what he plays.
João knows that he might never recover his speed of the past. But he’s starting over, as though he were an 8-year-old again. João says, it can take years, but he will keep pushing. He won’t give up.
1. What can we learn about João Carlos Martins from the second paragraph?| A．He lost three fingers during an accident. |
| B．He showed great talent for the piano as a child. |
| C．He went through many hardships to succeed. |
| D．He suffered brain injuries when he was young. |
| A．He asked engineers for help. | B．He lost hope for his future life. |
| C．He prepared to give up his dream. | D．He struggled to continue his career. |
| A．They should be improved. | B．They cost too much money. |
| C．They were too heavy to carry. | D．They could bring fun to his life. |
| A．Smart and helpful. | B．Gifted and confident. |
| C．Determined and positive. | D．Creative and generous. |
9 . I had come to visit my parents on their 50th Wedding anniversary. In the hospital, Dad lay unconscious. Mom was
In the past, my father would always work out the
Dad looked at me with the innocence of a child who could not
The next day, Dad asked Mom about the time. Mom said, “You tell me. The big hand is on the six and the little one is on the five.” Dad failed for the first time. But Mom continued to explain it. It wasn’t easy but Dad finally succeeded.
After Dad fully recovered, we
| A．challenging | B．amusing | C．encouraging | D．comforting |
| A．pulled through | B．turned over | C．came out | D．broke away |
| A．interesting | B．different | C．similar | D．familiar |
| A．stories | B．puzzles | C．reports | D．advertisements |
| A．happiest | B．busiest | C．saddest | D．biggest |
| A．account | B．purse | C．clock | D．shoebox |
| A．newspapers | B．shoes | C．time | D．cash |
| A．tell | B．earn | C．withdraw | D．receive |
| A．saved | B．sorted | C．spent | D．invested |
| A．tried | B．succeeded | C．failed | D．explained |
| A．label | B．brand | C．face | D．spring |
| A．Meanwhile | B．However | C．Consequently | D．Frequently |
| A．suffered | B．posed | C．competed | D．partied |
| A．responsibility | B．determination | C．ambition | D．generosity |
| A．changed | B．envied | C．toasted | D．lacked |
10 . Every one has a dream. As a boy, I dreamed of flying planes. When I told Dad I wanted to be a(n)
When I was 16, I signed up for flying lessons. To pay for the lessons I
Twelve years later,
Today I run a(n)
| A．waiter | B．actor | C．pilot | D．farmer |
| A．organize | B．forget | C．disagree | D．realize |
| A．spent | B．meant | C．wasted | D．followed |
| A．pull | B．feed | C．save | D．ride |
| A．sent | B．posted | C．offered | D．returned |
| A．replied | B．agreed | C．learned | D．warned |
| A．opened | B．borrowed | C．built | D．visited |
| A．friends | B．passengers | C．neighbors | D．customers |
| A．day | B．hour | C．chance | D．place |
| A．more | B．less | C．better | D．worse |
| A．car | B．bus | C．truck | D．plane |
| A．actually | B．fluently | C．gradually | D．finally |
| A．job | B．area | C．business | D．journey |
| A．grateful | B．successful | C．helpful | D．careful |
| A．guided | B．pressed | C．reminded | D．excited |
