1 . 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。

Camping was so popular as to even become a fashion across China during the just-concluded National Day holiday, with some joking that “half of the friends     1     WeChat were camping. Outdoor camping sites were popular during the holiday and had to     2     (book) several days in advance.

According to research firm iiMedia Research, the core market size of China’s camping economy reached 74.75 billion yuan ($10.5 billion) in 2021,     3     was 62.5 percent up year-on-year.

More market-sensitive players are plowing into the industry. In 2021, more than 20,000 new camping-related enterprises sprang up in China,     4     over 5,000 have been set up this year, according to the information provider Tianyancha.

Huzhou,     5     popular tourist destination in East China’s Zhejiang province, hosted the first Camping Conference in the Yangtze River Delta in June. It also became one of the first to     6     (official) regulate the construction standards and     7     (safe) supervision (监管) of camping sites.     8     (follow) Huzhou, Beijing and Nanjing in Jiangsu province have also introduced related policies for the healthy development of the industry.

“Consumers’ demand for outdoor activities     9     (increase) in recent years. I believe     10     (many) people will join in camping and other outdoor activities in the long run,’’ said Liang Qidong, vice president of the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences.

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。

The Chinese couplet (对联) refers to two poetic lines obeying certain rules, often written on red paper for     1     (appreciate).

As a form of Chinese literature, the couplet     2     (vary) in content and style. Some express people’s love to their motherland, some describe the beauty of nature,     3     some convey best wishes for the coming year.

Chinese couplets originated in the Five Dynasties, and     4     (become) ubiquitous (无处不在) in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was a custom for people     5     (hang) peach wood charms to drive away evil spirits during the Spring Festival. Nowadays, couplets are used     6     a similar way.

It was said that the     7     (early) couplet was written by Meng Xu, king of Houshu State and it was     8     (extreme) popular in the Northern Song Dynasty. Since the Ming Dynasty, to write couplets     9     (regard) as a mark of the cultured life of scholars.

The couplet has two equal-length lines. However,     10       number of characters in each line can be from four to seven or more. The first and the second lines have opposite tone patterns. The last character of the first line is of an oblique tone (仄声), and its opposite in the second line, of a level tone (平声).

3 . Last summer holiday, Aunt Emily took us to a safari park (野生动物园), not far from Liverpool.

I was very happy to go as I had never been to a safari park before. It’s a very interesting park, full of wild animals running freely.

When we got there, we bought our tickets and drove into the park. We were very excited at the thought of going to see the lions. But to get to the lions’ place we had to go through the monkeys’ land first. And that was an unforgettable experience because they climbed all over the car, ate apples and bananas, and threw all kinds of things at us. They seemed very unfriendly.

Anyway, we went on our way to the lions’ place where we had to lock ourselves in the car as we knew lions could be dangerous. A lion came up very close to us. Then it was on the bonnet (车盖). It looked calm but we felt terrified. Aunt Emily, who isn’t very brave, started to call for help. The kids started crying. Only my brother, George, stayed cool. I sounded the horn (喇叭) but nobody heard us.

In the end a guard arrived in his car, and the lion just got off our car and started smelling the guard’s hand as if nothing was the matter.

1. Which animal did the author want to see the most?

A．The lions.

B．The elephants.

C．The monkeys.

D．All of them.

2. Why did they lock themselves in the car?

A．Because the monkeys might steal things.	B．Because they were afraid of being robbed.
C．Because the lions might be dangerous.	D．Because something was wrong with the car.

3. What does the underlined word “terrified” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Excited.

B．Bored.

C．Interested

D．Scared

4. Who stayed calm among the visitors when they met the lion?

A．Aunt Emily.

B．George.

C．The guard.

D．The author.

4 . 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

A GIFT FOR GRANDPA

Summer vacation was coming. Jack and his brother Berlin were filled with excitement as they thought of visiting their grandparents again.

The big day came at last. After the happy family got ready, they set out for the grandparents’ eagerly. On the way, the brothers were excitedly talking about the fun they had with grandparents.

A little blue house with a tall white chimney finally appeared. Behind the property was the forest carrying their good memories with Grandpa. They arrived at the driveway, at the end of which Grandma was waiting for them joyfully.

Jack and Berlin each gave Grandma a big hug and then swept to the living room, shouting excitedly “Grandpa, we are back!”

Seeing his grandsons, Grandpa was wild with joy and tried to get up with all his strength from the chair but in vain. A helpless expression flashed on his face. Grandma explained that his health was declining rapidly and maybe couldn’t stand up on his own forever. But Grandpa declared stubbornly (倔强地), “I can!” Certainly, he was stuck in his boyish way. Mum and grandparents were happy to meet again after a long time. They sat together and chatted about what happened recently.

The brothers were soon bored with adult conversation, went out and wandered into the forest. Tall trees stretched up to the heavens with large branches crossing each other, while young ones rose straight like soldiers. Grandpa was once a great explorer full of wisdom. He could tell where the birds came from only by their calls and songs. The trees, birds, lizards, lots of bugs...How many merry moments they spent with Grandpa in the kingdom!

But now Grandpa couldn't get up. This made them worried. “We’d think out a way to cheer him up.” Jack said. “Grandpa is a bird lover, and we can catch him a bird.” Berlin suggested. “But he hates birds being caged!” Jack shook his head.

Then a bright idea came to Jack’s mind. “Why not make a cane (拐杖) out of a young tree!”

注意：
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。

Berlin thought it was a good idea.

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Jack and Berlin handed the cane to Grandpa.

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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 coming to this city for high school, I moved into the new house with my parents. We were very grateful to the owner for renting us this house at a cheap price. The house was really comfortable to live in. It was warm inside and full of life outside.

A tree in the front yard attracted my attention, and all I could confirm was that it was a fruit tree. My father thought it was a fig(无花果) tree, and sure enough, as the months went by, the tree grew huge leaves and finally bore the fruit—figs, the size of my fist. How wonderful they were! I took many pictures of the fig tree. And then we wondered how to deal with the figs. My mother thought for a while and said, “Why not try making fig jam?” I responded quickly, “That’s a good idea!”

Jack, one of our neighbors, just visited us and asked if he could pick some figs from our tree. Certainly, we encouraged him to take as many as he liked. In fact, Jack was extremely polite and friendly to us. He introduced himself at the first sight of us. He always waved to me as he came home or as he left for work.

When I picked the figs with him, he told me about how he had been living in the house next door for close to twenty years. He said, “Bruce, the owner of the house you live in now, used to be my best friend. And we had planted this very fig tree a few years before he went to the nursing home.” I was amazed to know that we actually enjoyed the fruit of his work. He told me that he was so impressed by the quality of the fruit this year. I found a fruit box for him to put the figs in. Both of us enjoyed the pleasure of sharing.

When Jack set out for his home, I turned to my parents and advised doing something in return for Jack and Bruce’s kindness and friendliness.

注意:
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.

Finally, we decided to invite Jack and his family to dinner that night.

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The next day, our family and Jack visited Bruce in the nursing home.

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6 . Ms. Salomon had only been working at Sainsbury’s for a year when she was diagnosed(诊断) with Alzheimer’s disease. Before that, she had been ________ to leave her job as a bookkeeper because she was becoming increasingly ________.

Upon being informed of her diagnosis, ________, the Sainsbury’s staffers started doing all they could to make sure that Ms. Salomon felt comfortable and ________. For the next four years, Sainsbury’s did everything to keep Ms. Salomon on the team. They changed her ________; they stayed in ________ with her family so they could provide ________ on her condition at work; they ________ retrained her. When the disease progressed, Sainsbury’s even created an entirely ________ job for her as a “tote box cleaner”.

In 2017, Ms. Salomon’s received a medical ________ that said her Alzheimer’s had progressed to the advanced stage, and she was ________ unemployable. Again, Sainsbury’s kept her on the team.

Ms. Salomon’s ________ finally came to an end 6 months later, and though it was an emotional ________, she was also relieved.

“There have been so many times Sainsbury’s could have let her ________,” Ms. Salomon’s son Doron said. “Instead, they have always ________ her, going above and beyond to make sure she’s happy and feeling valued. On a human level, they have shown sensitivity, kindness and care.”

1.

A．warned

B．allowed

C．inspired

D．forced

2.

A．disorganized

B．worried

C．bad-tempered

D．ill-mannered

3.

A．meanwhile

B．therefore

C．however

D．moreover

4.

A．appreciated

B．interested

C．amazed

D．connected

5.

A．lifestyle

B．hours

C．diet

D．attitude

6.

A．harmony

B．contact

C．agreement

D．cooperation

7.

A．opinions

B．suggestions

C．instructions

D．updates

8.

A．rarely

B．occasionally

C．regularly

D．temporarily

9.

A．traditional

B．new

C．strange

D．easy

10.

A．assessment

B．program

C．paper

D．certificate

11.

A．made

B．proved

C．declared

D．found

12.

A．fortune

B．adventure

C．employment

D．treatment

13.

A．problem

B．experience

C．consequence

D．departure

14.

A．go

B．survive

C．work

D．suffer

15.

A．counted on

B．stood by

C．focused on

D．dropped by

7 . Seeing fresh snow over our town, my son CJ and I couldn’t wait to go sledding (滑雪橇) in the park. As we_________aside street where a friend of CJ’s lives, he___________to drop in and play with him. So there I was ___________.

Four teenage boys were the only ones at the park when I arrived. As it is common to see kids___________by their parents there, they eyed me and were_________to know what am other could be doing at the snow hill___________a child. I began to wonder about this myself as I___________my 41-year-old body into a first-graders snow saucer (盘状物) to push off. “If I end up___________myself, it serves me right”, I thought.

As it was early, the saucer hadn’t cut a track into the snow,_________, I really needed to push my way for the first two runs before the saucer would gain any____________.After, reaching the____________, I picked up the saucer and found it a____________job to drag back to the top of the hill. But it____________when the snow sprayed (喷射) on my face as the saucer flew down the track I felt excited even when I was thrown upside down. The____________of being hurt had gone.

On the way back, my heart was flying at the joy of____________the freedom of going really fast through thin air and finding the real self that was lost in my busy life.

1.

A．drew

B．approached

C．destroyed

D．cleaned

2.

A．decided

B．pretended

C．forgot

D．happened

3.

A．worried

B．proud

C．alone

D．nervous

4.

A．scolded

B．left

C．influenced

D．accompanied

5.

A．willing

B．grateful

C．curious

D．afraid

6.

A．like

B．without

C．beyond

D．for

7.

A．knocked

B．removed

C．fooled

D．folded

8.

A．hurting

B．losing

C．cheating

D．persuading

9.

A．otherwise

B．therefore

C．however

D．instead

10.

A．weight

B．security

C．benefit

D．speed

11.

A．peak

B．bottom

C．limit

D．level

12.

A．ridiculous

B．helpless

C．tough

D．meaningless

13.

A．paid off

B．faded away

C．came back

D．flew off

14.

A．history

B．sight

C．fear

D．memory

15.

A．experiencing

B．impacting

C．changing

D．ignoring

8 . Five Ways to Build Trust

Trust is a thread that runs through all our connections, from the closest relationships to people we meet only temporarily. In other words, trust is the key to a healthy start with friends. If you want to develop trust in a new friendship, try these five tips.

Listen with care

When someone you’re with is expressing themselves, listen to them properly and attentively.     1    . As they open up to you, you’ll feel more confident about conveying your inner thoughts in return.

Communicate your worries

    2            We subconsciously apply these to a new friendship. If you find it hard to trust due to a sorrowful past friendship experience, then don’t be afraid to explain this. Tell your new friends you’re trying to learn to trust again. Honesty breeds (孕育) trust.

Take your time

Don’t rush into anything and stick to the boundaries. Avoid asking confidential questions. You may gradually get familiar with their behaviors and then build a new friendship with mutual (相互的) trust coming along.     3    . After all, a trustworthy friend doesn’t push others to go all in at the very beginning. Trust wasn’t built in one day.

    4    

Set aside your doubts for a while. It can be easy to fall into a trap thinking that this new friend is going to disappoint you in some way that you’ve experienced before. But you need to give each fresh connection a chance to develop on its own terms.

Take a risk

Put yourself into a situation where you need to put a little faith into the other person.     5    . Breaking the ice can be challenging, but if you both step outside of your comfort zone a little, trust will be rooted in this new friendship easily.

A．Don’t assume

B．Accept your past

C．Trust is a two-way connection

D．Our ability to trust is influenced by our learning and experiences

E．A milder start with new friends will make them feel more comfortable

F．You can book an activity to spend time together or arrange to go somewhere new

G．Therefore, it seems unkind to let this misunderstanding ruin your new friendship

9 . My son Darcy, 10, begged “No more needles”, tears rolling down his cheeks. Seeing him so _______ broke my heart. Darcy had a surgery and the needle would provide a blood transfusion (输血). It looked like the _______ was successful, but Darcy only got sicker.

Darcy often asked, “Mom, when can I see my _______?” “Soon, sweetie,” I’d reply. But with a weak immune (免疫的) system, it was _______ for him to return to school. At first, my words seemed _______ but as the months passed, I watched as Darcy became _______. While he was in hospital, his friends were enjoying their lives without him. I could _______ he was giving up.

I consulted the school about _______ Darcy’s education in the hope of creating more _______ for him and I got the reply “If he’s well enough”. At that point, I wondered if this had happened to thousands of kids around the country. __________, a year later, Darcy got better enough to go back to school!

One day, I talked with some friends, who had __________ kids too. We all agreed that there should be a way to keep them in the classroom __________ with their mates, even if they can’t __________ be there. Later, we got to know some sort of robot, which could just __________ the need. I then became a fundraiser and finally launched a national pilot program. A mother’s pure love now __________ to all children.

1.

A．embarrassed

B．upset

C．rigid

D．confused

2.

A．procedure

B．project

C．medicine

D．experiment

3.

A．doctors

B．cousins

C．classmates

D．pets

4.

A．natural

B．necessary

C．practical

D．risky

5.

A．supportive

B．misleading

C．awkward

D．familiar

6.

A．convinced

B．withdrawn

C．determined

D．mean

7.

A．sense

B．promise

C．argue

D．question

8.

A．reforming

B．promoting

C．assessing

D．continuing

9.

A．excuses

B．connections

C．images

D．rights

10.

A．Admittedly

B．Similarly

C．Thankfully

D．Generally

11.

A．spoiled

B．adopted

C．sick

D．difficult

12.

A．socializing

B．competing

C．struggling

D．quarreling

13.

A．willingly

B．secretly

C．physically

D．casually

14.

A．stand up for

B．break away from

C．come up with

D．fit in with

15.

A．occurs

B．extends

C．appeals

D．belongs

10 . Personalized medicine changes conventional medicine which typically offers blanket recommendations and offers treatments designed to help more people than they bam but that might not work for you. The approach recognizes that we each possess unique characteristics, and they have an out size impact on our health.

Around the world, researchers are creating precision tools unimaginable just a decade ago: superfast DNA sequencing(排序); tissue engineering, cell reprogramming, gene editing, and more. The science and technology soon will make it possible to predict your risk of cancer, heart disease, and countless other illnesses years before you get sick. The work also offers prospects for changing genes in removing some diseases.

Last spring, researchers at the National Cancer Institute reported the dramatic recovery of a woman with breast cancer, Judy Perkins. The team, led by Steven Rosenberg, an immune(免疫的) treatment pioneer, had sequenced her cancer cells’ DNA to analyze the sudden change. The team also removed a sampling of immune cells and tested them to see which ones recognized her cancer cells' genetic faults. The scientists reproduced the winning immune cells by the billions and put them into Perkins to attack her cancer cells. More than two y cars later. Perkins, a retired engineer from Florida, shows no signs of cancer.

Thirty years ago, scientists thought that it would be impossible to understand our genetic rules and sequence the 3.2 billion pairs of different elements in our DNA. “It was like you were talking fairytales,” Kurzrock said. “The conventional wisdom was that it would never happen. Never And then in 2003, never was over.”

It took the Human Gene Project 13 years, roughly one billion dollars, and scientists from six countries to sequence one gene complex. Today sequencing costs about a thousand dollars. The latest machines can produce the results in a day. The technology, combined with advanced cell analysis, clarifies the astonishing biochemical variations that make every human body unique.

1. What can we know about personalized medicine?

A．It has emerged a decade before.

B．It offers blanket recommendations.

C．It uses genetic information to help patients.

D．It administers treatment intended for most people.

2. Which best describes those precision tools?

A．Promising.

B．Highly risky.

C．Fruitless.

D．Strictly confidential.

3. What happened in the process of treating Judy Perkins' breast cancer?

A．Sequencing her immune cells.

B．Reprogramming her cancer cells

C．Analysis of her life style changes.

D．Identification of cancer-fighting cells.

4. What's the last paragraph mainly talking about concerning sequencing?

A．Its wide applications.	B．Its recent advances.
C．Its major disadvantages.	D．Its attractive prospects.