1 . Over the past three years, Leah has made many changes to her lifestyle. Today, a large part of her social life is filled with fun activities. In addition to _________, she enjoys hiking, biking, and swimming with her friends.

At the age of 23, Leah was not _________ active. Being overweight, her blood pressure levels were prematurely raised. One day, a program called Minutes in Motion _________ her greatly. Afterwards, she created a wish list. Among her _________ was to improve her health.

She began to _________ herself with 130 minute so of physical activity each day. Initially, her _________ were on fire and her knees hurt. _________, she started seeing the positive benefits unfold. As Leah _________ to push herself, she began feeling better and achieving more goals. She started losing _________, sleeping better and feeling more energetic. Soon, Leah achieved __________ goals she never thought were possible. “I still remember my first race. And seeing everyone run past me, I wanted to ____________. My lungs felt like they were exploding, but I kept telling myself, ‘You can make it! Keep running!’ Crossing the finish line, I was extremely __________ to find I ran my best time ever.” she says.

Leah credits Minutes in Motion for __________ her to make changes that have forever impacted her life. “It is   __________ how much my life has changed,” she says. In the past three years, she has lost 90 pounds. In particular, Leah has overcome multiple medical setbacks — all while __________ her family and friends along the way.

1.

A．running

B．walking

C．jumping

D．diving

2.

A．mentally

B．politically

C．culturally

D．physically

3.

A．amused

B．interested

C．frightened

D．disappointed

4.

A．ambitions

B．interviews

C．achievements

D．instructions

5.

A．reward

B．punish

C．challenge

D．entertain

6.

A．hands

B．lungs

C．jeans

D．socks

7.

A．Suddenly

B．Obviously

C．Similarly

D．Gradually

8.

A．failed

B．happened

C．continued

D．volunteered

9.

A．strength

B．weight

C．patience

D．confidence

10.

A．career

B．research

C．fitness

D．college

11.

A．come out

B．give up

C．set off

D．wake up

12.

A．smart

B．confused

C．awkward

D．excited

13.

A．inviting

B．electing

C．helping

D．reminding

14.

A．unbelievable

B．unforgettable

C．unbearable

D．uncomfortable

15.

A．inspiring

B．disturbing

C．praising

D．witnessing

2 . One rural community has developed a successful public transportation system using electric cars.

“My community is a rural farm worker community,” said Rey Leon, the mayor (市长) of Huron, California. “We are also the brownest city in the country, 98.7% Latino, and 12 languages are spoken here.

In Huron, there is no Uber, no Lyft, and no taxis. There are very few buses, and they don’t have many routes. In this widespread community, many people don’t have cars. Leon grew up here and he learned early on how frustrating a lack of transportation infrastructure (设施) can be. “My mother got cancer, and after that, she needed a lot of rides to the doctor, and when I wouldn’t be in town or I would be out of state for work, she wouldn’t sleep at night because she was so nervous that she couldn’t find a ride, and that was disturbing for me,” said Leon.

His feeling of hopelessness drove him to start a nonprofit, which is now quietly rolling around town. It’s a fleet (车队) of electric cars called the Green Raiteros. “Our mission is to provide comfortable and secure rides to medical appointment for farm worker families,” said Leon. “We’re the first electric vehicle ride-sharing program for a rural area.

It was important to go electric here because this region is an area of the country battling a problem many cities have: consistently bad air pollution. “At least we can stop the damage,” said Leon.

David Mercado heads the Green Raiteros. On any given day he’ll drive 50 to 60 miles one way to bring people to and from their doctor’s appointments.

“I really like helping the community,” said Mercado.

Most of the people Mercado helps are seniors, and many don’t speak English, so he will accompany them to their appointments if the person needs help.

1. What can we learn about people living in Huron?

A．They are losing their farmland.	B．They are satisfied with their life.
C．They have few ways to get around.	D．They cannot afford public transportation.

2. What caused Leon to start the Green Raiteros?

A．His occasional chance to get out of the town.

B．His mother’s growing complaints about his job.

C．His hopeless search for a cure for Mother’s cancer

D．His mother’s constant worries about how to see a doctor.

3. What do we know about the Green Raiteros?

A．It is highly profitable.	B．It helps reduce air pollution.
C．It provides a lot of job opportunities.	D．It is designed for senior farmworkers.

4. Which of the following words can best describe Mercado?

A．Hardworking and caring.	B．Modest stand ambitious.
C．Creative and courageous.	D．Humorous and outgoing.

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

A Move to a New Life

I was shocked when my parents told me we were moving from Baton Rouge, Louisana, to New York. First, I complained about not being able to make new friends and not knowing anything about New York.

My mom said, “You’ll make new friends, and it’s not like you know anything about Baton Rouge anyway.

I protested, “But I don’t want to leave Louisiana. The weather is perfect here!”

My mom shot me a disapproving look and said, “You’ll get used to the weather in New York.”

I remember thinking about running away and joining a circus somewhere, but then I remembered that circus animals smell really bad, and I would miss my parents. So I wandered around the house pick picking up random things, like my baseball and glove, and throwing them into a cardboard box. I felt like a big, heavy rain cloud I was hanging over my head.

Within three days, all the furniture we were taking e taking with us was packed into a moving van (小型货车). Oder things were ready to be sold for nowhere near what we paid for them. Little by little our yard sale decreased until no one even looked at the well-worn coffee table, chewed-up plastic toys, and slightly damaged coffee cups—all of which I had my teeth on at one time or another

The next day was Monday, and we got up early to beat the traffic. I’ll spare you the details of how boring it was to sit in a van and watch each tree as it passed by only to see another tree getting closer until it a so passed by. Halfway there, we stopped at a motel (汽车旅馆) to spend the night. This time, no one could sleep because of the smell coming from the heater in the room. By the time we finally made it to New York, it was the middle of the night, and my head was already drooping (低垂) on to my shoulder.

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。

When I woke up, I didn’t find a smog-filled city as expected.

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As I got used to this new setting, I realized that I didn’t have to be afraid of change

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5 . 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。

Gu Kaizhi was an outstanding painter and painting theorist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, whose painting and paining theories laid a found at in for the development of     1    (tradition) Chinese painting

Gu was especially gifted at painting figures, beasts and landscapes. He paid considerable     2    (attend) to the eyes in figure paintings, because he believed it was this body part that made the painting lifelike and    3    (convey) the spirit of the subject. He also depicted (描绘)the    4    (detail) and showed the characteristics of the subject through the surroundings. Among all his works    5    most famous ones are The Admonitions Scroll and Nymph of the Luo River. Being the first painting that    6    (adapt) from a literary work, Nymph of the Luo Rive     7    (vivid) showed the romantic love story between Cao Zhi and The nymph of the Luo River. The most amazing part of the painting is the look of the nymph,     8    is full of sadness and unwillingness to leave. Gu also made great contributions    9    the development of painting theory. He put forward the view that the state of mind and personality of a subject should be displayed in a painting. He also stressed that it was important    10    experience and observe the subject and use imagination and emotion to show the essence of the subject.

6 . What is stopping you from getting what you want in life? Your friends? Your family? Essentially, the big wall in the middle of the road that keeps you from getting what you want is fear    1    Here are some useful ways.

Taking small steps

This is good for fear that c can seem overwhelming at first. A solution is to take small steps. Steps like first just saying hi to people.    2    Gradually you will adapt to social situations or whatever you are afraid of.

Getting some cone rete, positive motivation

One way to get moving is to replace some of your negative thoughts with positive reasons to get going. Take out a piece of paper and a pen. And write down all the wonderful ways you can come up with to make changes that will improve your life.    3    

Seeing failure and rejection in a new light

    4    And then rejection from friends, family and people around us if we fail. However failure or rejection should not be seen as something incredibly negative that might end your life. See failure simply as feedback (反馈) on what you need to improve on. And success will come.

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What this means is not letting your thoughts and emotions run away to the future or the past. Instead, focus on the present and what needs to be done now. The future will be the now soon enough. And when you’re arriving there it will be much easier to get things done when you have created a minimal amount of stress and fear within your mind.

A．Building your courage

B．Living in the present moment

C．Then, how can you overcome the fear?

D．How should you identify the fear yourself?

E．And then try to get more involved in conversations.

F．We may fear failure when starting on a new career path.

G．Focus on those positive things to get motivated and inspired

7 . Poetry and science seem like opposites. Yet, if we look through our history, we’ll see that navigating (理解) science through poetry is not a new concept. In fact, records of scientific poetry can date back to the late 1700s. English physician and naturalist Erasmus Darwin (Charles Darwin’s grandfather) used poetry to celebrate scientific   discoveries and inventions in The Botanic Garden, which he published in 1791. His book was well-received in Britain and the United States. In the next few decades, many European and North American poets y followed his lead.

This relationship unfortunately became weak as literature and the natural sciences gradually grew apart by the end of the 19th century. While scientific research expanded rapidly, the topics being studied also became more specialized Experts believe that poetry — a relatively time-consuming art form — simply couldn’t keep up with the demand for more efficient science communication. All of this has led to scientific literature being gas we know it today: articles written in complicated, academic language that is not easily understood by non-scientists.

In recent years, there’ve been calls to explore the intersections between science and the creative arts. For example, in 2014, Dr. Sam Illingworth, a senior lecturer at the University We stem Australia, started a weekly blog called The Poetry of Science where he reads a piece of scientific research and translates the findings into an original piece of poetry. His blog reached tens of thousands of readers, and he has since extended his work to research publications.

Like many other experts, Dr. Illingworth believes that poetry can help facilitate dialogue between scientists and non-scientists, and this view is supported by studies from around the world!

As we continue to make advances in science and technology, perhaps we can also turn to poetry to help us navigate the ever-growing fountain of knowledge reported by scientists each day.

1. Why does the author mention The Botanic Garden?

A．To propose new means to combine poetry and science.

B．To explain the historical concepts of poetry and science

C．To prove poetry and science have long been integrated.

D．To show poetry and science functioned differently in history.

2. What is said about today’s scientific literature?

A．It is written in poetic language.	B．It is unfriendly to non-scientists
C．It becomes a time-consuming art form.	D．It contributes to the scientific research.

3. What does Dr. Illingworth use his blog to do?

A．Summarize research findings in a poem.	B．Stress the influence of science on poetry.
C．Encourage scientists to share their research.	D．Offer readers a platform to create poems.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Science gives new life to poetry.	B．Poetry and science change our life.
C．Communicating science through poetry.	D．Firing our enthusiasm for science education.

8 . As Earth’s climate has been warming, the risk of urban flooding g has grown, too. Building ponds to collect extra rainwater can restrain that flooding. But those ponds may actually add to global warming, according to a new study.

Recently, Audrey Goeckner, lead author of the new study, and her team compared the uptake and later release of carbon-based gases at five ponds, which were all in Manatee County Fla.

Along with a lab technician, Goeckner collected samples from samples from the bottoms of the ponds. The samples had mud above sandy material. Older ponds had deeper mud. Back at the lab, the research team measured the carbon-based chemicals in the samples.

In general, older ponds released less of these carbon-based chemicals into the air than younger ponds did. At the same time, “The rate that older ponds we restoring carbon in the sediment (沉积物) increased, “Goeckner says. In contrast, younger ponds seem to send out more carbon than they stored away.

“Sediment layers tend to be deeper in older ponds. They often have less oxygen available to fuel the breakdown of cells and tissues by microbes. This could slow the release of carbon-rich gases. It’s just really important to take into account how these human-made ecosystems are playing apart in the environment,” Goeckner explains. Her team shared its findings in Communication Earth Environment.

This isn’t the first study to show that ponds can release greenhouse gases, notes Trisha Moore, an ecological engineer at Kansas; State University. What sets the new study apart is that it is one of the first “looking at both parts of the system” —how much carbon the ponds store and how much they release. As such, she finds, “It was just a nice example of how we need to look at a system. However, she warns, this study sampled only a small number of ponds in one state. “Future research should look at what happens in ponds where the climate and vegetation are different,” Moore says.

1. What does the underlined word “restrain” in paragraph 11 probably mean?

A．Predict.

B．Explain.

C．Cause

D．Limit.

2. What did Goeckner’s team study?

A．How long the ponds could be formed

B．How carbon-based gases affected humans.

C．How much carbon the ponds stored and sent out

D．How human made ecosystems benefited the environment.

3. What did Goeckner’s team find out about younger ponds?

A．They had deeper mud.	B．They added to global warming.
C．They stored less oxygen	D．They could be used to control floods.

4. What is Moore’s attitude to Goeckner’s study?

A．Objective.

B．Disappointed

C．Favourable.

D．Opposite.

9 . DREAM CAR ART CONTEST 2025

Flying cars, zero-emission hover boards (零排放悬浮滑板), space buggies for moons and planes. Who knows what the future of mobility will look like? So, the Company is inviting children across the China to share their wildest and most imaginative car design

WHO CAN ENTER?

Anyone who is under 15 years old, who lives in China, can enter the Dream Car Art Contest.

WHEN CAN I ENTER?

The opening date for competition entries is 11th October 2024 and the last date for submission is 31st December 2024. The winners will be announced on 11th February 2025.

HOW CAN I ENTER?

Digital Entries

This year, for the first time ever, we will be accepting digital submissions as well as the usual postal entries. This includes computer-generated pictures made using a computer, tablet or phone, as well as scans of artwork created by hand. Designs put together by lots of people won’t be accepted.

Postal Entries

Postal entries can be created using all forms of colored pencils, markers, crayons and water paints. Entries also need to beonA3orA 4paper to be accepted. Designs put together by lots of people won’t be accepted.

WHAT’S THE PRIZE?

The top three best artworks will be selected, with the Gold winner receiving an iPad, Silver and Bronze winners receiving a tablet and all winners’ receiving a gift pack. Winners will be announced in February through an online ceremony.

1. What is the closing date for entries?

A．31st December 2024.	B．11th October 2024.
C．15th December 2025	D．11th February 2025.

2. Which of the following will be ruled out?

A．Sending in a digital entry.

B．Creating an entry on A3 paper.

C．Scanning an artwork created by hand.

D．Submitting an entry designed by many people.

3. What will all winners get?

A．An iPad.

B．A gift pack.

C．A sum of money.

D．A tablet.