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。

When Dylan was just seven years old, he moved to the United States with his mother, Khadine, and his twin younger brothers. The family hoped that their new home would allow them to start over and find success. However, their dream didn’t work out exactly as they imagined it would.

Life as a single mother supporting three kids is incredibly difficult, but Khadine had a particularly difficult time after her twin sons had been diagnosed with serious heart conditions. As a result, the boys suffered from dangerous symptoms and required 24-hour care. As Khadine had to work three jobs to support her family financially, it became Dylan’s responsibility to look after his young brothers. To relieve Mom’s stress, Dylan also found a part-time job at a recreation center.

While Dylan never considered his family to be a burden to him, seeing his mother and brothers become vulnerable (脆弱的) made him determined to plan his future out correctly. He believed education was the only way out of their struggle, so he made a promise to his mother that he would be the first one in the family to go to college.

For that promise, Dylan made use of each and every minute to study while taking care of his brothers. He soon became an honor student at Henry High School and took several advanced classes to keep his grades up. The College of New Jersey was his top choice. He was determined to put that admission letter in his mother’s hands.

However, weeks before Dylan’s college entrance exam, both his family and his determination were tested again when Khadine fell ill and was unable to work for a while. Soon, the bills became unmanageable and the landlord evicted (驱逐) Dylan’s family after Khadine couldn’t pay the rent. The family had no choice but to live in the shelter. The place wasn’t an ideal place to study. It was often noisy and crowded, and the lights would go out at a certain time after 11 p.m.

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But Dylan continued to follow his dream.

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Weeks after his application, an envelope carrying good news arrived.

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2 . 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。

Benjamin Lou is a computer scientist and advocate who was born with a rare genetic disorder     1     (call) spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which affects the muscles used for moving the body. At the age of one, he became     2     (complete) paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down, making it difficult for him to breathe, feed himself, or move around without assistance. Despite these     3     (challenge), Benjamin beat the odds and entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology,     4     he earned a degree in computer science and artificial intelligence.

By now, Benjamin     5     (become) an inspirational figure for individuals with disabilities, using his experiences to raise     6     (aware) about the importance of accessibility to technology and advocating policies that make digital tools more usable for people with disabilities. He has also worked on     7     (develop) assistive technologies, such as a voice-controlled computer interface that can be used by people with limited mobility.

In addition     8     his work in technology, Benjamin is a passionate advocate for disability rights, using his platform to challenge stereotypes and promote understanding of living with a disability. Through his writing and speaking engagements, he hopes to encourage others     9     (accept) their differences and work towards creating     10     more inclusive society for all.

4 . The 13-year-old girl Anna Grace is a volleyball manager, a basketball manager, and a theater volunteer, but perhaps her greatest_________is the fact that she has beaten cancer twice.

Anna was first diagnosed（诊断）with a rare type of_________in December of 2019. A softball player at the time, she told her parents she was experiencing muscle _________ in her left arm, only lifting it about eye-level. She had to_________ surgery on her left arm.

For the following weekends after the surgery, doctors scanned her_________to make sure she was cancer-free and then in August of 2023, doctors_________a spot on her lungs. She had another_________on September to remove it. Anna said later the first time with cancer, it felt like a learning stage. The second time around, it was a little _________to accept the news.

And throughout all of this, Anna has had to_________school work and hospital life. Her sufferings with cancer forced her to really__________herself because she was out of school for quite a while. Now she has__________and has straight As. Anna’s father, Eric Bartel, said her journey has inspired him to __________ every moment, enjoying time with his loving daughter.

Anna is doing well these days though. She’s__________in theater and is a coach’s assistant. “When you’re on__________you have to keep fighting, ”Anna said. “Always live life to the fullest each day. You’re loved. Your life   __________ .”

1.

A．excitement

B．achievement

C．devotion

D．ambition

2.

A．pain

B．cold

C．cancer

D．fever

3.

A．weakness

B．growth

C．recovery

D．relief

4.

A．perform

B．have

C．attend

D．refuse

5.

A．briefly

B．occasionally

C．partly

D．regularly

6.

A．noticed

B．erased

C．ignored

D．marked

7.

A．assessment

B．appointment

C．examination

D．operation

8.

A．harder

B．easier

C．stranger

D．better

9.

A．solve

B．connect

C．abandon

D．balance

10.

A．apply

B．control

C．convince

D．forgive

11.

A．caught up

B．held back

C．dropped out

D．blown up

12.

A．spare

B．appreciate

C．imagine

D．create

13.

A．active

B．graceful

C．dominant

D．cautious

14.

A．vacation

B．trust

C．treatment

D．duty

15.

A．declines

B．suffers

C．matters

D．waits

5 . When Roosevelt was a kid, his doctors claimed that he was too weak to live a normal life like most children of his age. They strongly recommended him to avoid participation in any physical activities, fearing that it could worsen his health condition and potentially lead to his death. Their opinions implied that he would face up to a life full of all kinds of limitations. Instead of permitting their limiting beliefs about what he could do and achieve, he chose to live a meaningful life.

Despite his doctors’ strong suggestions that he remain inactive, he didn’t want to be a carefree observer of the world as it passed him by. He was determined to force himself to be active. Roosevelt had daily adventures in the woods as a boy.

He continued to play sports when he got to college. In fact, he didn’t just play, but he excelled in both boxing and rowing, both of which require astonishing levels of strength and endurance. When Roosevelt graduated from college, his doctors were still not completely sure about his health condition. They still believed that he would be putting himself in serious danger, because his heart problems had not improved. They firmly believed that it would be best to find a desk job for him after completing a college degree. Once again, Roosevelt decided to challenge himself to his physical limits by living an extremely energetic adult life. In about every field he took part, he would aim to push his physical limits. Impressively, he was excellent as an explorer, a hunter, an author, a soldier and a politician.

Eventually, Roosevelt went beyond the mistaken limitation upon him and lived an amazing life.

1. What would happen if Roosevelt followed his doctors’ suggestions?

A．He would live a meaningful life.

B．His life would be full of limitations.

C．His parents would feel satisfied with him.

D．He would become an extraordinary person.

2. What did his doctors expect Roosevelt to become after college graduation?

A．An explorer.	B．A boxing player.
C．An office clerk.	D．A politician.

3. How is the text mainly developed?

A．By following time order.	B．By listing obvious reasons.
C．By giving some examples.	D．By making necessary comparisons.

4. Which of the following can best describe Roosevelt?

A．Humorous.

B．Generous.

C．Considerate.

D．Ambitious.

6 . Mary Dickins had been a member of the audience at poetry nights before and knew “the poetry clap”. She made a polite tapping of fingers. But when she made her debut (首次演出) as a performer at the age of 62 at the legendary Bang Said the Gun night in south London, she said, “It was so wild — like nothing I had ever seen before.” The audience stamped their feet and shook shakers. “It felt transformative. I thought, ‘I’ve got to have more of this,’ ” Dickins said. Becoming a performance poet has given her a place on a stage of her own making.

All her life she has written, mostly without being seen or heard. Her mother died when she was nine, and, after she went into a care home at 13, Dickins’ writing stayed in notebooks. Really, she says, a lot of her adult life has been about getting over childhood shyness. At university — she studied education — she met her husband of 40 years, but in three years of seminars she did not say a word. Some of this results from her years at the children’s home. She says, “It gave me a sense of what it’s like to be excluded. I never fitted in anywhere.”

After she graduated, she discovered that she loved working with people with learning disabilities. She became an expert in inclusive education. “That was my niche (称心的职业),” she says. She published books and returned to the University of North London as a senior lecturer in early childhood studies.

Dickins now sees that in adulthood she has been giving herself permission to be silly. “The sillier I allow myself to be, the better the writing is,” she says. Her observations are humorous.

“Putting things into words and giving shape to your emotions is an important part of coming to terms with the things that happen in life,” she says.

Does she still feel like an outsider?

“I think I’ve made it into a virtue. I celebrate the fact that I don’t fit into a box. Finally! You have to wait till you’re 62 to feel confident!” she says. “But I have a sense of who I am and I'm proud of it. I wouldn’t be anyone else now — and it took me a long time to say that.”

1. How did Dickins feel about her debut?

A．Calm.

B．Awkward.

C．Stressed.

D．Encouraged.

2. What led to Dickins’ lack of a sense of belonging?

A．Her immature writing style.	B．Her experience at the care home.
C．Her struggle with her university studies.	D．Her difficult relationship with her husband.

3. How does writing benefit Dickins?

A．It makes her land a good job.	B．It sharpens her sense of humor.
C．It enables her to get on well with her life.	D．It helps her overcome her learning disabilities.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Mary Dickins’ New Start after 60	B．Mary Dickins’ First Performance
C．Mary Dickins’ Troubled Writing Career	D．Mary Dickins’ Impact on Performance Poets

7 . Born with severe hearing loss, Li has found her way to communicate with the world—through painting.

Before learning to paint, Li always felt lonely in a silent world. She knew she was different from her peers because she could not hear. But a painting class in primary school opened for her a door to creativity and a way of expression.

“I still remember my first mural, which was to help a kindergarten to design and paint its wall,” Li says. “The project made me realize how happy I was immersing myself into painting.”

To pursue her passion for art, Li went to study advertising design at a vocational and technical school. “Painting brushes can help me create a colorful world in my imagination, telling my thoughts on paper, instead of through voices,” Li said.

Graduating from college in 2005, Li got a job as a typist at a public institute. But she could not communicate well with her other colleagues. Her husband understood how she felt because he lost his hearing due to medication when he was 1 year old. He is also an art lover. In March 2016, under her husband’s suggestion, Li quit her job and joined her husband’s company, which specializes in 3D wall and ground paintings.

Wall painting is a demanding job because it requires people to work outdoors, whether in extremely cold or hot weather. As all the people are hearing-impaired in their company, communication with clients is the most common challenge that the team faces.

Now in many parks and scenic spots, the couple have created large-scale murals and interactive pavement painting that make onlookers a part of the drawings.

“My husband and I want to introduce painting to more people like us and help them find their own way to make a living,” Li says. Now Li has an apprentice who just graduated from college. While coaching the newcomer, Li is exploring her own style and hopes to become an illustrator and open her own exhibition one day.

“They’re energetic young people with a passion to create new things, and you can feel that in their paintings,” one of their clients said. “They’re also a professional, dedicated team, often working late into the night on the designs for us.”

Li hopes that their stories can encourage more hearing-impaired people to build their own careers and achieve their goals, regardless of how tough it may be.

1. According to the passage, the painting class in primary school ________.

A．started Li’s first advertising design

B．helped Li find a new way to express herself

C．made Li learn about 3D wall and ground paintings

D．turned Li’s dream of opening an exhibition into reality

2. What can we know from this passage?

A．Li can communicate with her clients easily.

B．Li lost her hearing when she was I year old.

C．Li and her husband have created many wonderful paintings.

D．Li and her husband hope to become illustrators in the future.

3. To help people with hearing loss, what does Li intend to do?

A．Donate money to them.	B．Design painting gifts for them.
C．Inspire them to create their own careers.	D．Support them to complete college education.

4. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．One is never too old to learn.	B．Failure is the mother of success.
C．Accepting what you have makes you happy.	D．Nothing is impossible to the man who will try.

8 . For the past 17 years, Tess Trojan has competed in the Special Olympics, with no intentions of slowing down anytime soon.

Tess Trojan has been living with Down Syndrome (唐氏综合症), a_________ in which extra genetic material causes delays in the way a child _________, both mentally and physically.

_________ her disease, the 26-year-old woman from Canada won the gold medal in golf at the 2014 National Games. Soon, she _________ to Los Angeles for the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games, which attracted roughly 7, 000 athletes from 177 countries.

In 2000, she_________ as a bowling athlete. And today, she _________ plays baseball, basketball, tennis and golf with her primary_________ on being golf. She trains hard with her golf coaches and understands that golf is mostly a game of _________ your mental ability. “For golf, you have to be mentally prepared, ” she said. Not only is she an extremely talented golfer, but Trojan has also won awards for swimming and tennis. “I love doing_________ sports. So when I was young I used to jump from one sport to another, ” she said.

Being a multi-sport athlete is something she recommends to kids. “Be __________ to learning new sports and you will have many fresh__________, ”Trojan often tells kids.

Her positive attitude is contagious (感染性的) and evidently making a __________ in a young girl that she coaches. For the past year, Trojan has__________ Emi, a six-year-old girl with Down Syndrome, learn about different sports. They, of course, also make time for fun things like arts and crafts. Emi, who used to be fat, ill and depressed, has now become __________, healthy and positive. Trojan says she loves working with kids and hopes to do more in the future. She thinks that it’s a way of __________ to help others.

1.

A．stage

B．state

C．position

D．condition

2.

A．performs

B．develops

C．thinks

D．studies

3.

A．Despite

B．Besides

C．Beyond

D．Above

4.

A．headed

B．appealed

C．contributed

D．leaded

5.

A．served

B．acted

C．ended

D．started

6.

A．regularly

B．casually

C．quietly

D．occasionally

7.

A．goal

B．instruction

C．concern

D．focus

8.

A．proving

B．succeeding

C．challenging

D．damaging

9.

A．adventurous

B．unique

C．various

D．simple

10.

A．similar

B．open

C．sensitive

D．accessible

11.

A．ideas

B．senses

C．opinions

D．experiences

12.

A．promise

B．decision

C．difference

D．mistake

13.

A．helped

B．encouraged

C．persuaded

D．reminded

14.

A．heavy

B．fit

C．powerful

D．worried

15.

A．slowing down

B．paying back

C．giving up

D．cutting down

9 . My 88-year-old grandfather and I are both starting 2022 as new college graduates. He was ________ to continue school because he got married and started a ________ in the 1950s. Over the next few decades, he managed to ________ his roles as a husband, a father of five, working at a local bank and taking a college class here and there.

Our higher ________ journey together at Palo Alto College began in 2016. I had just ________ from high school then and my grandfather, 82, was ________ to take classes to make his lifelong dream of earning his bachelor’s degree become a ________. In 2017, we were both ________into the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Over the past year, his health has continued to ________ and he now has difficulty speaking. As graduation day ________ in December, my family and I ________ university officials to approve of my grandfather having a degree of recognition. We had the ________ that he could have that memory before his death.

My grandfather was worried he would steal the show from my graduation moment when I told him we were graduating together. I told him this is our moment and that I want to _______   it with him. I’m so ________ and proud that I was able to have this moment with him.

I ________ my grandfather’s lifelong passion of learning and his strong wills.

1.

A．proud

B．eager

C．unhappy

D．unable

2.

A．bank

B．family

C．company

D．business

3.

A．compare

B．evaluate

C．balance

D．accept

4.

A．education

B．survival

C．recovery

D．research

5.

A．benefited

B．returned

C．graduated

D．heard

6.

A．shocked

B．advised

C．forced

D．determined

7.

A．reality

B．challenge

C．memory

D．question

8.

A．checked

B．admitted

C．refused

D．invited

9.

A．restore

B．change

C．decline

D．improve

10.

A．involved

B．established

C．passed

D．approached

11.

A．encouraged

B．persuaded

C．ordered

D．reminded

12.

A．conclusion

B．achievement

C．excitement

D．expectation

13.

A．share

B．regret

C．control

D．discuss

14.

A．independent

B．helpful

C．grateful

D．polite

15.

A．examine

B．appreciate

C．consider

D．understand

10 . Four years ago, Rome Leykin was on his way to work when he accidentally fell onto the tracks of Brooklyn's train as a subway was approaching. The incident resulted in the loss of both of his legs.

But surprisingly, with the loss of his legs, Leykin gained a new passion for racing. Before his accident, he wasn't really that athletic. He would just occasionally play basketball. But that all changed after he was introduced to hand cycling. “When I saw it, I was like, ‘Oh, this is great. You don't even need legs to use it. This is perfect.’” he said. “So, I got on it, I rode and fell in love with it right away.”

Within a few months, he completed the TD Five Boro Bike Tour, a 40-mile ride through New York City. After that, he did his first marathon in 2021. He fished that race in 2 hours and 11 minutes, placing 12th out of 38.

“I'm going to attend this year's marathon and take on challenges. My hands are on the wheel, my eyes are focused, and I think my time is going to speak for itself.” he said. He's made a significant commitment to training. He hand cycles at least 13.1 miles a couple times a week and spends a lot of time in the gym.

And he plans to keep pursuing his athlete goals. He wants to complete the Abbott Six-the world's six largest marathons. One day, he said, he'll maybe even make the Paralympics.

For those who might be following his journey, he hopes they will take some lessons from his story. “There will be ups and downs but the trend is what's important. Focus on the good,” he said. “And also, take your big problems and split them into small solutions. And then all of a sudden, your big problems turn into many small wins.”

1. What can we learn about Rome Leykin from paragraph 2?

A．He once was an excellent basketball player.

B．He considered hand cycling difficult in the beginning.

C．He made hand cycling more popular among the disabled.

D．He showed an interest in hand cycling the moment he saw it.

2. How did Rome Leykin feel about the coming marathon?

A．Worried.

B．Curious.

C．Confident.

D．Nervous.

3. Which of the following can best describe Rome Leykin?

A．Easy-going and reliable.	B．Kind-hearted and helpful.
C．Open-minded and creative.	D．Strong-willed and ambitious.

4. What message does Rome Leykin convey in the last paragraph?

A．Stick to your dreams.	B．Break down your goals.
C．Focus on your strengths.	D．Achieve success at all costs.