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。

In recent years, the world     1     (see) a number of natural disasters: hurricanes in the Caribbean and southern U.S., earthquakes in Mexico, and monsoons (季风雨) in southern Asia. These     2     (event) brought damage to communities. They also brought questions about what we can do to prepare     3     (we) for similar events. The best thing to do when facing a coming natural disaster is to pay attention to your area’s evacuation notices and take advantage of evacuation help. However, it’s possible to     4     (catch) by an unexpected emergency. When     5     (face) with those situations, what should you do to stay safe? How can you be better prepared? Every family should have an emergency plan     6     addresses the most likely disasters in their area. Practical     7     (survive) skills should also be part of every family’s plan. These skills need to be learned and practiced before things get hard. This is because you     8     (simple) won’t have time to read a survival book during     9     emergency.     10     (stay) calm is the most important thing a person can do during any emergency. A little fear is a natural and healthy response (反应) to a frightening event. But when fear runs unchecked, a person may make dangerous choices. It takes practice to learn to stay calm in frightening situations, but it can be done.

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。

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck western Japan on Monday afternoon, leading to a warning for residents to escape affected coastal     1     (area) of Japan as soon as possible.

The     2     (power) earthquake struck at 4:10 p. m. local time at a depth of 10 kilometers, around 42 kilometers northeast of Anamizu in Ishikawa. The Japan Meteorological Agency     3     (immediate) issued a tsunami warning along coastal regions of western Japan, and the first waves were reported hitting     4     coast just over 10 minutes later.

Some of the first reports came from the city of Wajima in Ishikawa,     5     saw tsunami waves of around 1. 2 meters around 4: 21 p. m., according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK.

Suzu city officials Inlshikawa told reporters that buildings have been damaged,     6     there were reports of injuries. Police in the city said some people were trapped in     7     (damage) houses, according to NHK. No deaths     8     (report) so far. More than 32, 500 homes in Ishikawa were left     9     power following the quake, according to the Hokuriku Electric Power Company. “     10     (put) human lives as priority, we are making every effort to assess damages — making every effort in disaster response,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Monday.

3 . 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。续写的词数应为150左右。

I blame it all on my dad’s good intentions. You see, my writing career started when I was in elementary school, where there were various writing contests throughout the years. I’m assuming it was in the hopes of trying to get our young, little minds excited about the possibilities that writing could offer us in our lives. Then I’d come home, show my parents and my dad would say, “You did such a great job, honey! Wow, you must be a great writer!” I was probably a better writer in 5th grade than my average students at the time. I even went to the special advanced classes for the “gifted” kids for a few years.

And as I grew older, I remembered those experiences and what my dad was always telling me, and it just sort of stuck with me, and became part of my subconscious (潜意识) —that I was a great writer. I always did well in all my classes because I had this confidence. I didn’t like all subjects particularly, but I got good grades. I was pretty self-assured in my abilities as a student. Then, fast forward to my freshman year of high school. By this time, I had started to even out (相等) with the rest of my peers, in terms of intellect. And then, it happened, the day that I was shattered.

It was all because of my English teacher Ms. Moon. The year started out like any other. Jexpected to do well; I worked hard and knew that my dedication would pay off, like it always had in the past. But something started happening. I started getting Cs on my papers! I don’t think I’d ever even seen that letter, except in the spelling of my first name. And, not only was I not getting good grades in her class, but her comments were off the charts shocking. My papers were full of red marks, and I was being asked to re-do many assignments to even get a passing grade.

注意：
1．所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

One day, Ms. Moon handed my paper to me and whispered, “It’s still not good enough.”

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Very soon it was time for my final exam result.

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4 . Kangaroo Kids

Fall Jump Rope Workshop

Invited: All skill levels, kids ages 6 and up

Skills Taught: Single / Long Rope, Speed, and Double Dutch (交互花式跳绳)

Learn new skills with nationally recognized jumpers!

Jumpers must be willing to learn and have fun!

Saturday, November 9, 9:00-16:00

North Laurel Community Center

9411 Whiskey Bottom Rd • Laurel, MD 20723

Participant Fee: $55 by 10/21 ($65 after 10/21)
Judge’s Clinic Fee: $25 by 10/21 ($35 after 10/21)
How to Register (register by 10/30)

Use our online registration system for all event registrations, T-shirt orders; and lunch orders. Please register and pay at http://registration. kanagrookids.org/FallWorkshop. First-time users will create a user account to register for the Fall Workshop as a participant. Please create only one user account per household. All members of a family will be part of one account.

NOTE: PLEASE REGISTER AS EARLYAS POSSILE, ASPACE IS LIMITED.

T-shirt Order

Workshop T-shirts: $18, order by 10/18. Shirt Size (please circle during order): YS/ YM /YL/AS/ AM /AL

Jump ropes, T-shirts, shorts, tennis shoes, and water bottles will be available for sale at the event on November 9. There will be instructors helping adjust the length of your jump ropes.

Lunch Order

Subway lunch (sandwich or salad, fruit drinks and cookies): $8, order by 10/30.

Workshop Hours: 9:00-12:00 and 1:30-4:00

Lunch: 12:00-1:30

1. What is the early bird participant fee?

A．$25.

B．$35.

C．$55.

D．$65.

2. What are family participants asked to do?

A．Bring their own lunch.	B．Create one registration account.
C．Register for the same instructor.	D．Adjust the length of their jump ropes in advance.

3. When is the deadline for ordering a T-shirt?

A．10/18.

B．10/21.

C．10/30.

D．11/9.

5 . A museum in France found out recently that over half of their paintings were fakes (赝品). The museum was created to show the works of the painter Etienne Terrus, but over 80of 140 paintings were by other people.

Etienne Terrus was born in El ne in 1857, and died there in 1922. Terrus visited Paris, but unlike many other painters at the time, he did not move there. Instead, he spent a lot of time near El ne and painted scenes from the area. Terrus is important to the people of Elne because of this tie.

The Terrus Museum has been collecting artwork by Terrus for almost 20 years. Most of the art works have been bought in the last few years. The museum spent about $190,000 to buy paintings, drawings, and watercolours. Some pieces of art have also been given to the museum.

The museum recently closed for about 4 months while the building was being renovated. As they were getting ready to re-open the museum, people from the museum asked Eric Forcada to help them figure out how to organize the paintings.

Mr. Forcada studies art history. As he looked at the works of art that the museum had, it didn’t take him long to find out that something was wrong. Some paintings didn’t look at all like Terrus’s work or were painted on the wrong kind of canvas. Some paintings showed buildings that had been built a long time after Mr. Terrus died. Several paintings had the name of the artist written in ink on the painting. Mr. Forcada said, “On one painting, the ink signature was wiped away when I passed my white glove over it. Over 80 of 140 paintings were by other people.”

Mr. Forcada says that problems like these are more common for small museums like the Terrus Museum. Unlike big museums, small ones don’t have enough money to pay experts to check out artwork carefully. The good news for the Terrus Museum is that experts say that almost 58 of their Terrus paintings are real.

1. Why does Étienne Terrus mean a lot to the people of Elne?

A．He was born there.	B．His paintings were breathtaking.
C．He created many works from Elne’s scenes.	D．He differs from other painters of his time.

2. How did the museum obtain most of the paintings?

A．They were mainly purchased.	B．Some painters donated them.
C．The staff painted them.	D．They were renewed from the old ones.

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

A．Destroyed.	B．Constructed.
C．Moved.	D．Repaired.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Etienne Terrus Was a Born Landscape Painter

B．Over Half of a French Museum’s Paintings Are Fakes

C．Some Experts Proved the Art Works Not Real

D．Small Museums Lack Money to Buy Paintings

6 . Last month, a group of university student volunteers from Wuhan, Hubei province, arrived at the home of a couple who have been married for more than 60 years.

The group was taking part in a programme launched in 2015 aimed at helping elderly couples fulfill their dreams of having special wedding photos taken. Zhang, 20, a freshman at Wuhan University of Engineering Science, is among the students taking part in the institution’s volunteer project, Dream Fulfillment Plan.

The project’s founder, Yu Jinwen, 35, a teacher at Wuhan University of Engineering Science, said that as of last month, the volunteers had taken wedding photos for more than 1,000 couples. They also interviewed their subjects and recorded their love stories.

The project was inspired by Yu’s regret at not having a good photo of his grandfather, who died in 2010. The family searched hard but was unable to find a quality shot. In desperation, Yu had to use the photo on his grandfather’s ID card as a portrait. In 2014, Yu led students applying to launch a volunteer service project, and came up with the idea of taking good photographs for the elderly free of charge.

“When these couples were young, there was no opportunity to take wedding photos. We can help them by taking special shots to bring back good memories of their younger days,” Yu said. Initially, he found it difficult to acquire wedding dresses and photographic equipment. However, one of his former classmates, who owned a wedding photography company in Wuhan, donated more than 70 secondhand wedding dresses to the project. Yu formed the first team, which consisted of 15 volunteers.

The project, which has grown over the years, now comprises 13 groups with a total of 590 volunteers. They have worked in 356 communities and rural areas across 43 cities in 13 provinces nationwide, gaining recognition and appreciation for their work. In 2021, the project won the silver prize at the sixth Chinese Youth Volunteer Service Project Competition.

1. What is the purpose of Dream Fulfillment Plan?

A．To offer opportunities to students to find jobs.

B．To help elderly couples realize their wedding photo dream.

C．To make Wuhan University of Engineering Science known.

D．To encourage more university students to do voluntary work.

2. What motivated Yu Jinwen to launch the project?

A．His wish in childhood.	B．His passion for photography.
C．Lack of good photos for his late grandfather.	D．The encouragement of his teachers.

3. What does the last paragraph mainly focus on?

A．The members of the project.	B．The achievements of the project.
C．The promising future of the project.	D．The support given by the public.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Student volunteers help elderly couples turn the clock back.

B．Wuhan University of Engineering Science launched a project.

C．Taking good wedding photos for elderly people is no easy task.

D．Wedding photos for elderly people become more and more popular.

7 . London Lions Season Tickets for 2023/2024

Date: Fri., 29 Sept. 2023 — Fri., 24 May 2024

Location: Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London

Please Note

Tickets Now Available! Valid (有效的) on all remaining home BBL Championship and Euro Cup games. Your ticket barcode can be downloaded to your phone or printed at home and will be required for scanning at all games. A max of 10 tickets per person and per household applies. Tickets over 10 will be cancelled. Musical or noisy items are not allowed in the courtside or bench seats.

Standard Tickets

Adult Ticket: £15.00

Under 18s Ticket: £8.00 (Proof of age may be required. )

Family Ticket: £38.00 (2×Adult, 2×Child)

Accessible Tickets

Accessible tickets are available to purchase online. Please select the relevant price type. The free companion ticket must be added at the time of booking along with the accessible ticket, and ensure the seats are together. Proof of disability must be provided before the event. Tickets will be cancelled if misuse is suspected or found. By purchasing an accessible ticket, you confirm that you or a member of your party require accessible tickets.

1. What is the admission requirement for all games?

A．Downloading your ticket.	B．Leaving behind your phone.
C．Scanning the ticket barcode.	D．Preparing whistles or trumpets.

2. How much at least should a couple with four kids pay for admission?

A．£38.00.

B．£54.00.

C．£62.00.

D．£76.00.

3. What will happen if an accessible ticket is improperly used?

A．Its owner can’t buy any tickets.	B．It will not be effective anymore.
C．It will be saved for future use.	D．Its owner will be fined heavily.

8 . We all know how important it is to keep our bodies fit by keeping active and maintaining a regular exercise routine.     1     Yogic exercises, which have existed for centuries, are introduced here to help keep eye muscles sharp as well as relax the eyes.

Massage (按摩) your eyes. Easy to do, massage is a common treatment to relieve tension or stress.    2    . You can begin by gently massaging your upper eyelids for 10 seconds and then gently massage your lower eyelids. The soft pressure on the lacrimal glands (泪腺), which produce most of your tears, helps to stimulate tear production and wetness in the eyes. This, in turn, provides relief to tired eyes.

    3     It offers much-needed breaks and moments of relaxation for our eyes. However, it is often something most people ignored since it is such a natural activity that generally requires little thought. Not only does blinking push out dirt with tears, it also works to spread tear film evenly over your eyes.

Work out the eyes.     4     It is a good eye focusing exercise, as you have to constantly adjust how well you can focus on an object from certain distances. You can also make a figure eight with your eyes, which practices controlling the physical movement of your eyes.

Palm (手掌) your eyes.     5     Rub your palms together beforehand to produce some heat before you begin palming. Then, close your eyes and you can cover your eyes for a few minutes with cupped hands. Normally, rest in this position for 5—10 minutes.

Anyway, take a break and perform these exercises will refresh your eyes.

A．Look outside.

B．Blink more.

C．But our eyes need exercise as well.

D．It can be done very simply.

E．Practicing zooming with your eyes is highly suggested.

F．You can draw circles with your eyes.

G．It helps to improve blood circulation (循环) around your eyes.

9 . The hustle and bustle(喧嚣)of life, walking back and forth from the ideal to reality, and the inner confusion hidden behind a social mask-these daily experiences are recorded by Chinese youths in lines of poetry online. Recently, 124 Bilibili internet users shared their works in a poem collection.

One blogger on Xiaohongshu who goes by the nickname Gehuaren is one such poetry lover. The twenty-something girl not only writes poems as a form of entertainment in her spare time, but also improvises(即兴创作)poems for others at night markets in Yunnan. As a street-stall poet, Gehuaren often writes pieces of poetry quickly based on themes from customers. Once the poem has been completed, she refuses to change her work because she feels her poems reflect her first reaction. For her, everything in the world, no matter trivial or significant, can serve as her poetic inspiration. “A glass, a tree in the dawn or a person who once talked with me…these all could become themes for my poems,” said Gehuaren.

With free writing with a regular rhythm and broad themes, her poems strike a chord with many young people online, helping her gain over 190, 000 followers. Many have made comments “I feel healed by your poems because I can find beauty from unnoticeable things and in turn, slow down to reflect on my life.”

Apart from poetry, various means such as vlogging and photosharing can be used to record moments of daily life. But young people consider poetry to be the best way to express them. “Taking photos or vlogging can just show the object or emotions in real life. Yet poetry, which can be used to excite the imagination, shows the beauty of daily life, ”an 18-year-old said. So when he is inspired by the beauty of daily life, the boy writes it down into lines of poetry and then shares them with his friends on his WeChat Moments.

No matter why young people write their unique brand of poems, they are attempting to take every moment in lives seriously, face their lives bravely and actively express themselves.

1. How does Gehuaren find inspiration for her poems?

A．By referring to traditional Chinese poems.

B．By attending various online poetry lectures.

C．By exploring great moments in life.

D．By observing everyday life.

2. Why are Gehuaren’s poems so popular with her followers?

A．They are original and full of imagination.

B．They have a strong sense of rhythm.

C．They record the beauty of small and ordinary things.

D．They reflect the differences between the ideal and reality.

3. What’s the 18-year-old’s attitude towards poetry?

A．Positive.

B．Neutral.

C．Cautious.

D．Objective.

4. What can we infer about the young poets in the last paragraph?

A．They hope to avoid challenges.

B．They intend to impress their peers.

C．They try to escape from the busy life.

D．They make their thoughts known bravely.

10 . I had come to visit my parents on their 50th Wedding anniversary. In the hospital, Dad lay unconscious. Mom was _________ Dad, “Come on Bob. You’re a Marine(海军陆战队士兵). Marines never give up!” Two months later Dad _________. But things were _________.

In the past, my father would always work out the _________ in a newspaper at record speeds. Now he had trouble telling time, and the _________ days of all was when he opened his _________ and asked me to count the _________ he saved.

Dad looked at me with the innocence of a child who could not _________ a five-dollar bill from a fifty. I _________ the money in the box and the total came to $300. Dad __________ three times but got confused and finally gave up. That evening, Mom said determinedly, “We couldn’t just sit by. Let’s start from explaining the __________ of the clock.”

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. __________, Dad figured out puzzles in the newspaper with our assistance.

After Dad fully recovered, we__________ in a big way on their delayed 50th wedding anniversary. When I raised my glass in honor of the happy couple, it was the __________ of two old Marines I __________.

1.

A．challenging

B．amusing

C．encouraging

D．comforting

2.

A．pulled through

B．turned over

C．came out

D．broke away

3.

A．interesting

B．different

C．similar

D．familiar

4.

A．stories

B．puzzles

C．reports

D．advertisements

5.

A．happiest

B．busiest

C．saddest

D．biggest

6.

A．account

B．purse

C．clock

D．shoebox

7.

A．newspapers

B．shoes

C．time

D．cash

8.

A．tell

B．earn

C．withdraw

D．receive

9.

A．saved

B．sorted

C．spent

D．invested

10.

A．tried

B．succeeded

C．failed

D．explained

11.

A．label

B．brand

C．face

D．spring

12.

A．Meanwhile

B．However

C．Consequently

D．Frequently

13.

A．suffered

B．posed

C．competed

D．partied

14.

A．responsibility

B．determination

C．ambition

D．generosity

15.

A．changed

B．envied

C．toasted

D．lacked