1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the speaker doing?

A．Having an interview.

B．Giving a class.

C．Making a speech.

2. How long has the speaker been in this school?

A．Four years.

B．Three years.

C．Two years.

3. What is the speaker’s greatest strength?

A．Being experienced.

B．Being well-mannered.

C．Being smart.

4. What will the speaker talk about next?

A．His plans.

B．His weaknesses.

C．His academic achievements.

2 . 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。

As a senior editor in a famous press, I always think of days twenty years before when I was 18, I lived with my grandparents, and my parents earned their living in another city, struggling to support our family. I had taken to delivering newspapers to support myself and my education.

I would be up every morning by 5 am and walk five kilometres from where I lived to the newspaper office. By 6 am, I would collect 50 copies which must have weighed over five kilograms. My delivery range spanned (横跨) three kilometres. After distributing the copies, I would rush home—another three kilometres away—cook my breakfast, and be off to my school.

One Friday morning, I got home after my deliveries, finding Afzal, a boy from the neighbourhood, at my doorstep. Afzal said his mother wanted to see me. When I asked him why, Afzal said, “She will tell you.” Tired after walking around for over 11 kilometres, I was looking forward to breakfast and some rest. I assumed his mother wished to subscribe (定期订购) to the newspaper, so I followed him to his home nearby.

A woman in her 40s opened the door. I later learned she was Afzal’s mother, Mrs Kader. She asked me to sit, pulled up her chair next to mine and gently asked, “Tell me about your routine, right from the time you wake up in the morning.” I wasn’t quite sure why she wanted to know, but I told her about my morning job in a few words. She asked me, “How many miles do you walk every day?” I replied, “A little more than 11 kilometres.” My reply shocked her.

Then she patted my back and went inside, reappearing carrying a large plate full of food for breakfast for me. It was a heart y breakfast, one that brought back memories of happy days spent with my parents. Later, as I was about to leave after thanking them, Mrs Kader asked me to wait and she went inside again.

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。

Then Mrs Kader appeared again, with a new bicycle.

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I bowed to Mrs Kader gratefully and left for school.

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3 . Those who have a go-getter mentality (心态) are seen as the high achievers of this world. Let’s learn ways on how to achieve a go-getter attitude.

    1    

Bite-sized goals are important. They allow you to experience achievement and therefore allow you to reward yourself, finally contributing to the improvement of your motivation and driving you to achieve more.

Have a clear idea and be intentional (有心的)

    2    , having detailed goals in mind, writing them down, and describing them are some of the first steps to be successful. Being intentional is to be willing to try new things and look for solutions. There is no point in doing something if you’re not intentional about what you do.     3    , even a small stone in your path will stop you.

Look at your mistakes as opportunities

It’s also important to look at your mistakes as chances to improve yourself.     4    . If, for example, you work on a project that receives unpleasant comments, use those comments to improve your project and present it again.

Find the courage to push yourself towards goals

Allow yourself to be around by active people who believe in and support you, including those who have pushed through challenges and achieved their goals. Take encouragement from them. Also, you can look back and remind yourself of what you’ve already achieved, and don’t undervalue any of them.     5    .

A．Follow your interests

B．Set up bite-sized goals

C．They prove you can do it

D．Knowing where you want to go

E．If you don’t want to achieve something

F．When you come across people who are successful

G．Learn from them and quickly put the learning into action

4 . Tree Planting Events

Opportunity Details

Join us to palm trees and wildflowers and help grow our urban forest. As a volunteer you will.

·Learn more about native trees and invasive species.

·Learn how to plant a tree.

·Meet new people, make new friends and network within the community.

·Gain experience , leadership and interpersonal skills.

Where and When

Planting events take place from spring through fall each year. Check our event calendar for dates, and locations.

How to Apply

Events will run on a drop-in (无需预约的) basis unless otherwise noted. Individuals and small groups do not need to register. We require groups of five or more people to register in advance to ensure we have enough materials and tools at each event. Email us at greentoronto@toronto.ca to register your group and include the following information：

·Your name

·Which event(s) you would like to participate in

·The number of participants

Planting site conditions vary. If you would like to request accessibility support or accommodation, contact us as soon as possible.

Cancellation Policy

An event will be cancelled if there is a greater than 70 percent Chance of a thunderstorm or if hazardous weather arises.

Event Tips for Volunteers

·Wear comfortable clothing that you don’t mind getting dirty.

·Bring water to drink in a reusable container.

·Remember to apply sunscreen (防晒霜) beforehand.

·Gloves, shovels and watering cans are provided.

·Events happen rain or shine but not in thunderstorms. Please dress for the weather.

1. Who should sign for an event in advance?

A．A teenager.	B．A family of four.
C．A married couple.	D．A group of 20 students.

2. When will an event be cancelled?

A．When no accommodation is available.

B．When materials and tools are not enough.

C．When there will likely be a thunderstorm.

D．When there will be only a few participants.

3. What are participants advised to bring to the events?

A．Sunscreen.	B．Drinking water.
C．Gloves.	D．Watering cans.

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。

Once upon a time, there was a farmer named Rakesh. He had purchased a farm in a village. One year, it happened that it rained very little in the village. There was no river nearby either. So, the farmer was worried how he would get water for his crops.

Incidentally, there was a well near his farm which had water. However, the well belonged to another farmer named Raghu. So, Rakesh persuaded Raghu to sell him the well so that he could apply the water for his crops. Raghu was a very greedy farmer. He said to Rakesh. “Sure, I will sell you the well. But once sold, I will not take it back. Anyway, it is of no use to me. So you can have it,” Then the well was sold to Rakesh.

The next day, Rakesh went to the farm and decided to take out the water from the well. However, to his surprise, Raghu was present there and stopped him from taking any water from the well. He said, “I have sold you only the well and not the water in it. If you want the water, then you will have to pay more for it!” On hearing this, Rakesh tried to reason with Raghu, but to no end.

Feeling cheated and trapped, finally, Rakesh decided to approach the local authority for a solution to this matter. When hearing Rakesh’s story, the officer Birbal said he would help to solve the problem and get him justice from Raghu.

The next day, Birbal came to the well along with Rakesh. He told Rakesh to draw water from the well. Then Raghu appeared and stopped them from taking the water from the well. Raghu said, “I have sold only the well to Rakesh, not the water in it. If he wants to use the water, then he has to pay extra for it.” Everyone fell in silence. Birbal thought for a while and came forward.

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。

Birbal said, “If the water is yours, please empty the well of your water.”

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Hearing that, Raghu was scared.

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6 . 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。

With the goal of popularizing science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences launched its 19th Public Science Day event on Saturday,     1    (open) 100 research institutions to the public.

Public enthusiasm was triggered because this was the first time in three years     2     the academy had been able to fully restart live activities on Public Science Day. “I am thrilled to be here. I like physics, and seeing real physicists in person is fun. It really deserves to visit the exhibition,“ said a 6-year old volunteer.

Many young attendants said they wanted     3    (visit) the Institute of Physics which was recognized as a professional academic platform in a league of its own.

The institute featured dozens of exhibitions on China’s latest achievements in artificial intelligence, lunar     4    (explore) and experiments onboard the Tiangong space station.

A Beijing resident attending the event with her 3-year -old son, said that she had     5    (previous) only known about these scientific achievements through the news. “Science education should start at an early age,” another young mother said. “Seeing these scientific achievements in person makes me more appreciate the hard work of our scientists,     6     invented so many things.”

Wang Bosheng, an associate researcher at the Institute of Automation said that sharing China’s latest scientific and technological art     7     the general public is necessary. “Chinese scientists have accomplished many great things, and these achievements should not be locked away with     8    (fence),” he applauded.

By communicating     9    (they) findings to the public, Wang said that scientists also have an urge to know     10     actual needs of the people, which helps open up new areas of research and use.

7 . Imran, 22, is in his second year studying community development at college. But after he puts down his books, he spends most of his spare time helping________a families.

Imran leads a team of 350 youth volunteers at IMVN, a non-profit founded by himself. Since 2020, Imran has________more than 200 small social events, like distributing food and raising funds. That’s pretty________considering that in 2020, Imran was just 19 years old.

Imran is committed to helping lower-income families, because he has________first-hand how it was to be in need. When in middle school, he and his family________together in a one room shelter. “It was difficult to live there because of the________constraint(束缚).There was no privacy; it also made studying________,” Imran recalled. “But it also opened my eyes to the________of being less privileged,” he added.

They had to stay in that shelter for two years before managing to________for a rental flat. They have been living there since. It was his experiences living in a________that influenced his passion for volunteer work. “I know how it feels to have________, so I really understand how our beneficiaries(受益者)feel, so it gives me a________to continue assisting them,”says Imran.

His passion for volunteering is something that________over time.________, he started volunteering because it was a free activity that could keep him occupied. Now, he feels satisfied when he is able to help bring a________to people’s face.

1.

A．wealthy

B．healthy

C．needy

D．greedy

2.

A．recognized

B．organized

C．advertised

D．identified

3.

A．impressive

B．complex

C．ordinary

D．precious

4.

A．imagined

B．assumed

C．experienced

D．evaluated

5.

A．trapped

B．bathed

C．combined

D．settled

6.

A．time

B．space

C．regulation

D．family

7.

A．urgent

B．important

C．flexible

D．tough

8.

A．details

B．struggles

C．wishes

D．interests

9.

A．qualify

B．compete

C．appeal

D．call

10.

A．campus

B．flat

C．shelter

D．school

11.

A．nothing

B．something

C．anything

D．everything

12.

A．promise

B．creativity

C．confusion

D．motivation

13.

A．turned up

B．picked up

C．made up

D．built up

14.

A．Initially

B．Gradually

C．Occasionally

D．Frequently

15.

A．surprise

B．change

C．smile

D．difference

8 . Life is full of surprises. You never know what’s going to happen from one day to the next.    1    It can also be anxious. When something happens that you didn’t expect, it throws your whole world off balance. This can lead to negative feelings.

One way to fight against these negative feelings is through optimism,    2    Optimism is a mental attitude that sees new things as opportunities, transitions as improvements, and challenges as learning experiences.

    3    This gives you more power over your life and what happens to it, which can help prevent anxiety and depression. This can also help improve physical health in turn over time.

When something bad happens, optimists are less likely than pessimists to blame themselves or others for what happened. They don’t consider these negative emotions. They are able to see things from a positive perspective, even when something doesn’t go as planned.    4    

So it’s important to face bad things bravely and keep a positive mind. Of course, it’s important to remember that optimism can’t put a stop to all bad things.    5    But if you can manage to focus more on the good than the bad, you’ll be less anxious and be well on your way to a happier and healthier life.

A．It can be exciting.

B．It can be a positive attitude to difficulty.

C．Too much optimism can also be harmful.

D．Optimism is a positive attitude toward the future in general.

E．This kind of thinking can help lower stress and improve mental health.

F．When you are optimistic, you’re also more likely to control the situation.

G．No matter how positive you are, there’ll be times when bad things happen.

9 . Elephants can no longer maintain themselves with the small amounts of food they find in forest areas and parks. They come into the fields abutting their nature reserves and eat the crops. Dozens of elephants are getting wiped out by farmers every year. One solution that has been proposed is electric fencing but that is extremely expensive and the electricity itself can kill the elephant and every other animal. A much better idea has been put forward.

Elephants are frightened of bees. Bees enter and attack their sensitive trunks inside, causing a pain that elephants never forget. Generations of elephants have learned to associate bees with pain and they even run away when they hear the sound of the bees. Beehive fences were invented in 2002 when scientists from the Save the Elephants discovered that elephants avoided trees with beehives. University of Oxford zoologist Lucy King designed the fence and it was tried out in 2008 in Kenya.

Supported by Save the Elephants, University of Oxford, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom, scientific studies concerning the theme by Lucy King have led to the establishment of a project called The Elephants and Bees Project, which teaches farmers how to build beehive fencing near fields to prevent elephants entering. More than ten African countries have now followed suit.

The bees pollinate (授粉) farmers’ crops and the nearby plants, providing an ecological and economic boost to the surrounding area. Elephants perform essential services like digging waterholes in dry river beds, spreading hundreds of fruit tree species with their dung which also feeds dozens of insects and small animal species, and making forest paths that act as firebreaks.

And even more exciting, the raw honey is sold by the farmers to markets all over the world. Beehive fences are the first fences that have been invented to make the farmers more money than what it costs to maintain the fence.

Elephants could bring in a lot of eco-tourism money. Every year, Africa has calculated that each elephant brings in nearly $ 23,000 in tourism.

All this helps the ecology of the region and the additional income of beehives gives farmers even more motive to keep the elephants alive.

1. What does the underlined word “abutting” in paragraph 1 mean?

A．Different from.	B．Next to.
C．Similar to.	D．Far from.

2. How did scientists come up with the idea for beehive fences?

A．By observation.	B．From experts.
C．From books.	D．By experiments.

3. What is the author’s attitude towards beehive fences?

A．Doubtful.

B．Intolerant.

C．Unclear.

D．Favorable.

4. What is the best title of the text?

A．The bees and the function of the elephants

B．Measures to save elephants from extinction

C．An advantageous solution to save elephants

D．The history of an organization to save elephants

10 . Sharing could be giving somebody a gift, helping someone by donating some money, sharing your food with a poor and hungry person. It can simply mean giving some time to help others.

When you receive something from others, it makes you happy. On the other hand, when you give something to others, it makes both you and the receiver happy. From the outside, sharing seems to give away a part of your time, resource or space to others. But when you share something with others, you can get all kinds of positivities inside and outside yourself. It can enhance your mood, reduce your stress level, decrease your blood pressure, and have a long-term effect on your life and longevity (长寿).

Sharing makes you bigger inside and in your society as well. Take knowledge and love for example, the more you share, the more you get. If you make sharing a part of your life and practice it in your daily life, you will get more out of your life directly or indirectly, like help, support, love, cooperation, and a lot more from others even at a time when you are not expecting it. This is why it makes you bigger and happier when you share something with others.

We are living in a global village where each one of us is related to each other in some way or other. When you volunteer, you give away your time or wealth or knowledge to a person or a group of people. You will realize that you are not alone in the big world. As a result, you won’t feel left out in your society. Sharing advances cooperation and social connection. To live harmoniously, we should learn and practice sharing our life with others. Sharing could be one of the ways to build an ideal society.

So, what are you waiting for? Start giving a part of yourself to others and see how your life becomes more beautiful, positive, lovely and satisfying. Giving makes you better, bigger, and brighter inside you, in your society, and even in the entire global village.

1. What can be learned about sharing from paragraph 2?

A．It only benefits the receivers.

B．It takes a lot of time and energy.

C．It has nothing to do with emotion.

D．It is good for physical and mental health.

2. Why does the author mention knowledge and love in paragraph 3?

A．To say what is important in life.	B．To tell us how to find happiness.
C．To show sharing makes us better.	D．To remind us how to live happily.

3. What makes volunteering very important in today’s world?

A．Greatly improved awareness.	B．Highly developed technology.
C．Great dependence on each other.	D．Convenient means of transportation.

4. What is the main purpose of the text?

A．To inspire the readers to share.

B．To introduce an instructive book.

C．To give the definition of sharing.

D．To make others better and happier.