1 . How To Be A Good Friend

How to be a good friend is the quest of the day. Now many of us are tied to our phones, leaving people feeling lonelier than ever before. Here are some ways to be a true friend to someone.

Be encouraging

People occasionally have wanted to do something for so long, only to be discouraged by everyone they know. To be someone’s good friend, it’s important to let them know that you support the decisions they make in their life.     1    , your friends would get better for having your support.

Respect boundaries(边界)

This is a good way that helps people acknowledge their feelings, know what a dangerous situation might be, and eventually keep their friendship safe. A lasting friendship needs to ensure that boundaries are always respected to ensure that their friend always feels respected.     2    .

Be a good listener

Listening is an important skill to develop for being a true friend.     3    . You’ll also need to pay attention to the secret messages that you can only read between the lines. And allow people to communicate their frustrations without giving them advice. They just want to get it off their chest. So you just need to make them feel heard.

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While learning how to be a good friend, you have to be honest and tell the truth.     5    . Human is imperfect. So if you do something wrong, just own it, Tell the person that you dropped the ball. They’ve likely made mistakes too so they’ll likely understand.

A．Be honest

B．Be there in tough times

C．But it’s not as easy as just hearing the words they say

D．Even by telling them a simple “you’re going to be okay”

E．Wise people always know boundaries make true friendship

F．You’ll make mistakes and say or do the wrong things sometimes

G．When someone wants to try something new or pursue their passion

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Chinese kung fu, also     1     (refer) to as martial arts, has developed over a long historical period in China. Nowadays, it     2     (regard）as a traditional sport gaining more and more     3     (popular) and even stands as a representative for Chinese culture. The styles, including Shaolin, t’ai chi and Qigong, have many followers worldwide. This traditional heritage has much influence     4     the locals’ lifestyle.

Kung fu advocates virtue and peace, not aggression or violence,     5     has been the common value held by martial artists from generation to generation. Though kung fu keeps its     6     (origin) function of self-defense, its value in body-building and fitness is also     7     (high) appreciated.

In recent years, learning Chinese martial arts has been more and more popular among people of different ages and nationalities. Therefore, many kung fu training centers or clubs     8     (establish) recently. A strong will and persistence (坚持) is     9     must to learn Chinese kung fu, One should follow a master or join a training school to learn systematically. The basic skills of legs, waist and shoulders need     10     (train) regularly.

3 . We are a professional outdoor adventure organization and now accepting applications for this summer season! If you meet the qualifications(资格)below, please email a copy of your résumé(简历)via this link. We pick new trip leaders for our teen summer camps on a rolling basis. We do not have an application deadline. However, the sooner we receive your application, the better!

Our trips have exactly 13 teenagers with three trip leaders in every group. New trip leaders are always paired with a returning trip leader. Employment ranges from three to nine weeks and ends no later than August 16. Language skills and travel experience are considered during the trips.

About The Requirements:
●Clean background check
●Under 27 years old by June 15, 2024
●Proven successful leadership experience with youth
●College graduate, or in the process of completing a degree
●High energy, and good judgment and decision-making skills
●Ability to work with little time off and limited personal time
●Wilderness First Responder and adult CPR(心肺复苏)training
●No more than four points on your driving record in the past three years
About The Trip Leader’s Duties And Expectations:
●Develop leadership, self-reliance, and self-confidence
●Teach teenagers to be possibly active in learning skills
●Join your group and communicate with every teenager
●Keep teenagers’ safety at all times in different environments
●Develop cultural and environmental respect and awareness
●Have the preparation and focus to avoid unsafe events before they happen
●Make sure that safety is in the first place and understood by everyone in every activity
●Maintain high energy to provide the most fun and exciting experience of a teenager’s life
1. What do we know from the text?

A．The leadership qualities are required.

B．The time of applications is strictly limited.

C．The trip leaders’ working hours are very flexible.

D．The number of members in one group is not limited

2. Who is most likely to be a trip leader?

A．One in his 2 0s loves hiking.

B．One in her 30s loves baking.

C．One in his 40s loves exploring.

D．One in her 50s loves traveling.

3. Which is probably the most important part of a trip leader’s quality?

A．A sense of humor.	B．An ability to teach.
C．Organizational skills.	D．Safety awareness.

4 . Three days ago, I was walking in a park. ________, a gentleman called me, “Sir, can you help me with this?” I ________ and asked, “What please?” He showed me a print, asking me if I could explain it. After ________ it, I knew it was his health diagnosis report. I told him I wasn’t a ________ but could help him. I added, “Sir, the report is called HbAlc; it is about your average glucose (血糖) levels in your ________ over the past 3 months; your reading shows 7.6, which shows you are diabetic (患糖尿病的).” He said, “Sir, my doctor has given me ________ and I have taken it for one month. But this report from yesterday still shows I am diabetic.” I said, “Your report says you are 53 years old. Your being in the ________ means you probably walk regularly, which is a ________ sign. Please follow the diet given by your doctor and ________ regularly. Be positive; stay patient and you will be better soon.”

The gentleman said, “Thank you.” As I was about to ________, his friend next to him stopped me, saying, “Sir, he ________ to tell you be likes sweet food very much. Only recently, he has reduced the ________ of sweet food.” Smiling, I ________ told the gentleman, “It is ________ that you have reduced your sweet food. I believe you can give up sweet food.” He smiled, “Thank you for your confidence, sir.” May he get the courage to overcome his ________ to sweet food and be healthier!

1.

A．Usually

B．Naturally

C．Gradually

D．Suddenly

2.

A．jumped

B．sat

C．escaped

D．stopped

3.

A．pointing

B．writing

C．reading

D．drawing

4.

A．doctor

B．teacher

C．lawyer

D．manager

5.

A．head

B．body

C．feet

D．muscle

6.

A．advice

B．warning

C．medicine

D．cash

7.

A．hospital

B．park

C．classroom

D．library

8.

A．nervous

B．negative

C．good

D．mad

9.

A．ride

B．run

C．breathe

D．exercise

10.

A．leave

B．greet

C．respond

D．design

11.

A．wanted

B．decided

C．forgot

D．pretended

12.

A．amount

B．price

C．size

D．weight

13.

A．angrily

B．gently

C．quickly

D．carefully

14.

A．pitiful

B．painful

C．great

D．dependable

15.

A．taste

B．curiosity

C．fear

D．addiction

5 . 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 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, it was the city’s Lower Ninth Ward that was hit the hardest. “I remember coming back home, that was the first time I cried,” Lower Ninth Ward resident Mark told his mother, Gloria. “And we lost everything,” Gloria says.

Recovery was especially slow to come to that part of town. Mark, a father and a son himself, says that for three years he had to live out of a trailer (拖车) set up by an emergency management agency. The residents in the area went six years after the storm without a grocery store (杂货店).

“We had no stores, no barbershops, no laundry rooms,” Mark says. “You have to catch three buses to get to a store. And I always was taught if there’s a problem, somebody’s got to make a move.”

Mark decided to open up that grocery store himself. Using money he’d saved up while working at fast-food restaurants, Mark bought an old building on an empty block and got to work—all in the middle of a fair bit of doubts.

“I remember when I first bought the building, everybody thought that I was crazy,” Mark says. Even his mother had her doubts and told him to stop. “I mean, it was full of trash on the floor that you had to crawl (爬) over and—how can my son make anything out of this?” Gloria remembers thinking.

Clearing the mess wasn’t an easy thing for Mark by himself at all, but he still kept his hands and eyes on the work. “Those eight-hour days turning into 15hours a day really requires more energy and physical strength,” Mark says, “but what motivated (激励) me the most to hold on was to see the people that would walk by with the groceries and get off the bus with all of those bags in the future. That made me work harder.”

Mark’s grocery store finally opened and were full of crowds of residents. The very first customer, Jessica, even cried because she said she had never thought the Lower Ninth Ward could come back.

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“How did you possibly do that by yourself, Mark?” Jessica asked.

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Mark’s grocery store became more than just a place for the residents to buy their daily necessities.

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6 . Karla Torres, a recent graduate of Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School in Boyle Heights, designed and created an 18th-century-inspired dress with the support of her mom to enter the yearly “Stuck at Prom” scholarship contest, sponsored by a trademarked brand of duct tape (强力胶带). The Los Angeles teen was named a finalist last week with the grand prize: a $ 10,000 scholarship.

In the beginning, Karla often spent hours online looking for clothing ideas or different styles. But it wasn't until a recent visit to the J. Paul Getty Museum — the only field trip she took in high school — that she found her inspiration from the 18th-century French paintings, featuring impressive, grand dresses.

“We’ve never made a dress, much less out of duct tape,” Karla said. “We didn’t know how much duct tape we needed. We were just doing it by trial and error.” In the end, the college-bound teen and her mom spent at least 120 hours, over many days, working on the dress, and used l4 rolls of tape.

“Tape is so tough and you can’t move it easily,” Karla said. “It was really challenging to make it all come together.” But the fashion-forward teenager overcame that challenge. Of more than 200 entries to the contest, Karla’s work was selected among the top five, judged for color, quality, originality, and the use of the brand tape.

While it’s Karla’s name officially in the contest, this whole process was more of a collective effort by her family. “It means a lot to me. The $ 10,000 prize would go a long way as I plan to attend a California State University school in August. I wouldn’t want my parents to struggle trying to find a way to pay for it,” Karla said. “It would really help my parents.”

1. What inspired Karla to create the dress?

A．Social media.

B．The encouragement of her mom.

C．Her visit to a museum.

D．The impact of other competitors.

2. How did Karla’s work stand out among the other entries in the contest?

A．It showed great skills and originality.

B．It copied the style of modern paintings.

C．It reflected a variety of fashionable ideas.

D．It used expensive and high-quality materials.

3. Why is winning the contest important for Karla?

A．It’s a recognition of her mom’s efforts.

B．It allows her to find a job in the fashion industry.

C．It ensures her admission into the California college.

D．It saves her parents from struggling to pay for her college.

4. Which of the following can best describe Karla?

A．Creative and considerate.

B．Humorous and hardworking.

C．Responsible and brave.

D．Kind and generous.

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The Cry of a Woman’s Heart

The poor children who attended our church-supported Christmas party feasted on Christmas foods, enjoyed wonderful shows and received various gifts from Santa. When all the children had gone, we breathed a sigh of relief with tiredness.

Pointing to the extra gifts left in Santa’s black bag, Jean asked, “What are we going to do with all these toys?” As we were lost in reflection, Bobbie said, “Remember the three sisters who were at the party? Why don’t we deliver the toys to their house on Monday while they are in school to give them a surprise?” Everyone agreed. Since I lived closest to the three little girls, I volunteered to deliver the gifts.

On Monday, I drove to their home, confident their mother would be there. As I got out of my car a small dog appeared. He barked (吠叫) loudly and followed dangerously close to me as I hurried to the front door. With one large bag of toys, I knocked on the door. No one answered. I knocked repeatedly for several minutes. Still no answer.

Disappointed, I said, “Okay, now what am I supposed to do? I can’t carry these presents around all day!”

Managing to stay a few steps ahead of the barking dog. I returned to my car. After I calmed down I remembered hearing one lady at the church mention some needy children, who didn’t attended the party, had no toys. They lived in a wooden house not far from where I sat.

As I approached that location, I saw three shabby (破损的) wooden houses side by side. “Oh, no,” I whispered. “How am I supposed to know which house is the right one?” I pulled into the large dirt yard shared by all three families. As I got out of the car, I thought to myself, “Well, I’ll try the middle one first.” I knocked on the door. As I prepared to knock again, the door opened halfway.

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A tired-looking young woman with reddened eyes stood in the doorway.

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Knowing that this was just the house I wanted, I was secretly relieved.

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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。

Established in 1927, the Henan Museum is one of the country’s oldest modern museums. In 2009, it was chosen to be one of the first national-level museums     1     (create) by the central and local governments. With a collection of over 170,000 artifacts, it houses a wide range of treasures,     2     (particular) prehistoric relics, stone carvings and so on.

With 2.7 million visitors and over 39 million yuan in revenue (收入) from cultural products last year, the museum is not just preserving history     3     shaping the future of cultural exploration.

The Henan Museum has been a pioneer in this direction, making use of a variety of     4     (approach) including exhibitions, digital activities and educational programs. Over the past year, the significant progress     5     (make) in the use and promotion of artifacts around the world. Thanks     6     major discoveries and research results, a large number of exhibitions have encouraged     7     creative transformation (转变) of traditional Chinese culture.

Ma Xiaolin, director of the Museum, stresses the great need     8     (protect) cultural relics, and sees this as a long-term task that demands continuous efforts. Ma suggests that tourists     9     (visit) Henan should take the time to explore the museum. “It’s an important window     10     people can appreciate the culture of the Central Plains, the Yellow River, and Chinese civilization.”

9 . Keller Rinaudo Cliffton’s first company, Romotive, made toy cars that became robots by fixing a smartphone on top. But Rinaudo Clifton soon realized that he didn’t want to just make toys—he wanted to find ways to solve important problems.

He found what he was looking for on a visit to a health institute (机构) in Tanzania. There he saw that they had developed a system allowing health workers to make emergency requests for medicine and vaccines (疫苗), but had no effective way to deliver them. So in 2014, Romotive became Zipline, and started designing and building delivery drones (无人机) called Zips. By 2016, the company began deliveries in Rwanda, starting with just one hospital, but growing to 20 within a year.

Zipline now also operates in other African countries like Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Ivory Coast, as well as parts of the US and Japan. Now as the world’s largest commercial drone delivery system, it says it has made more than 700,000 deliveries, carrying everything from vaccines and medical things to hot food and phone chargers. Zipline says its centralized storage system and fast deliveries result in less waste when delivering blood products, and people miss fewer vaccines in places where Zipline operates.

Its first drone, the Platform 1 Zip, looks like a small airplane that can carry a little under 2 kilograms, going as far as almost 100 kilometers away at speeds of around 100 kilometers per hour. Things are dropped from about 20-25 meters above the ground.

The company’s new Platform 2 Zip, which has gone through the research and development periods and is currently being tested out, is promised to be ready for customer flights by 2025, can carry about twice as much as the Platform 1.

The company says that Platform 2 Zip can deliver to much more precise (精确的) locations up to seven times as fast as a car, completing 16-kilometer deliveries in about 10 minutes. And by 2026, it expects to run more flights each year than most major US airlines.

1. Where did Keller get inspiration of making delivery drones?

A．In a hospital.	B．In a company.
C．In a children’s center.	D．In a health institute.

2. Where does Zipline focus its business on?

A．Europe.

B．Africa.

C．Asia.

D．America.

3. What do we know about Platform 2 Zip?

A．It lacks financial support.	B．It has been widely used.
C．It is still under development.	D．It has a better carrying capacity

4. What’s the outlook of Platform 2 Zip according to the text?

A．Awful.

B．Debatable.

C．Promising.

D．Unclear.

10 . Thai wildlife officials have laid out a plan to bring peace to a central Thai city after at least a decade of human-monkey conflict （冲突）.

The monkeys that hang around Lopburi are a major tourist draw. But after years of conflicts with residents and visitors, and several failed attempts to bring peace with population controls, local people and businesses have had enough.

The monkeys often try to take food from humans, sometimes leaving people with injuries. In March a woman got her knee hurt after a monkey pulled her off her feel, and another man was knocked off a motorcycle by a hungry monkey.

The authorities hope to catch some 2,500 monkeys and place them in massive wildlife preserves, said Athapol Charoenshunsa, the director-general of the Department of National parks, Wildlife and plant Conservation. They’ll work with wildlife experts to find a way for a limited number of monkeys to stay freely in the city, he added.

“I don’t want humans to have to hurt monkeys, and I don’t want monkeys to have to hurt humans,” he told reporters during a news conference in Bangkok. “I expect the first period of the operation to start within weeks, and I believe the wildlife preserve will be able to contain （容纳） thousands of them and will solve the problem very quickly.”

Athapol said they are also working in other areas of Thailand that are facing problems with monkeys. He said 52 of the country’s 77 provinces often report monkey problems.

The monkeys are said to be a symbol of the province, about 140 kilometers north of Bangkok, where the ancient Three Pagodas temple celebrates a yearly “Monkey Buffet” festival. However, some have complained about the city’s monkey troubles on tourists and residents feeding the animals, which they say drew monkeys into the city, helped with their numbers, and got them used to getting food from humans.

1. What does the underlined phrase “have had enough” mean in Paragraph 2?

A．They are fond of those moneys.	B．They hope to feed more monkeys.
C．They are troubled by those monkeys.	D．They want to protect those monkeys.

2. How will the authorities deal with those monkeys?

A．Cut off the monkey’s food supply.	B．Catch them for use as research subjects.
C．Enclose them in a zoo to entertain tourists.	D．Cut down the numbers of them in the town.

3. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．The significance of those monkeys.

B．People’s different opinions on those monkeys.

C．The environmental problems caused by those monkeys.

D．Reasons why monkeys become a symbol of the province.

4. Which is the most suitable title for the text?

A．Thailand Residents Suffered from Too Many Tourists

B．Thailand Decides to Limit Monkeys in Tourist Town

C．Monkeys Serve Special Meaning in the Thailand Town

D．People in Thailand Try to Improve the Life of Monkeys