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。

The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the whole year into 24 solar terms. “Cold Dew”, also    1     (know) as “Han Lu” in Chinese, falls on October 8 or October 9 each year. Temperatures are much lower and the dew is     2     (great) at this time.

Here are three things you should know about Cold Dew. Firstly,     3     (eat) pomegranates(石 榴) and hawthorns(山楂) that are both ripe during Cold Dew is a tradition. Pomegranates     4     (treasure) for their health benefits while hawthorns are thought to improve blood flow. Besides, Chrysanthemum(菊花) is the     5     (symbol) flower of Cold Dew.     6     (prevent) autumn dryness, people in China have the custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine. This is also a tradition of the Double Ninth Festival,       7     often falls around Cold Dew. Finally, it is       8     great time for fishing.     9     the Cold Dew period, temperatures decrease quickly and sunshine doesn’t reach deep water entirely. So fish usually swim to the area where the water is not deep and the temperature is       10     (relative) high. That is why people always say that fishing in shallow water areas in autumn makes sense.

2 . Logan Ober, a senior at Rancho Cotate High School in Rohnert Park, California, was given an open-ended final project last year from his computer science teacher Kristi McWilliams. One day Logan pointed to a drawer in McWilliams’ class, filled with broken laptops —all considered garbage, and asked if he could try fixing one of those. Of course she agreed. What McWilliams didn’t expect was that the 17- year - old came back a couple days later with three completely repaired, working computers. “Amazing,” McWilliams said, “I think he knows more about hardware than I do.”

Although Logan looks like the typical teenager, he is a computer talent with a desire to give. Since that project, Logan estimates he’s fixed and donated about $30,000 worth of computers, including MacBooks and PCs. He said he does it because he enjoys it and it reduces e-waste.

E-waste, abandoned(废弃的) electrical or electronic devices, is a growing problem across the world. It has bad effects on people and the environment. Giving away the computers to someone in need prevents them from harming the environment, Logan said. Plus he gets to brighten someone else’s day. A computer can open up more possibilities for children and teenagers, he said. MacBooks can cost upward of $1,000 and are unaffordable for many students.

Logan does all the repairs on the carpet of his bedroom floor — the mess drives his parents crazy, but they’re supportive. Logan’s dad, Kristopher Ober, said you can find monitors, laptops, tools and parts lying across his son’s room. “I’m really proud of him,” his dad said. “He’s looking to give back to the society. I just think it’s wonderful for someone young like him to do that.”

1. How did McWilliam feel when Logan repaired the broken laptops successfully?

A．Regretful.	B．Surprised.
C．Doubtful.	D．Annoyed

2. What problem does e-waste cause according to the passage?

A．Taking up too much space.

B．Costing large amounts of money.

C．Driving human beings crazy.

D．Doing harm to health and surroundings.

3. What is the distinguishing feature of Logan?

A．Humor.	B．Strong character.
C．Independence.	D．Heavy responsibility.

4. What message does the author seem to stress in the passage?

A．Computers can brighten teenagers’ future.

B．Teenagers ought to give back to the society.

C．Joining an open-ended project is a must for teenagers.

D．Parents’ support is very important in teenagers’ achievement.

3 . Sunflower season is right around the corner. Here are several most beautiful golden fields near London for you to explore.

Garsons Farm

At Garsons Farm you will find three separate sunflower fields across its 155 acres. You’ll need to buy a crop farm pass (￡4 for adults ,￡ 1 for kids ) in advance. This farm is also home to over 75 varieties of fruits, vegetables and plants that can be picked during your visit, but be sure to check crop availability on its website beforehand.

Hitchin Lavender Farm

This spot is most famous for its purple crops of lavender(熏衣草), but it is also home to dozens of sunflower! You will be charged￡ 6 for your entry to the farm. And for￡ 50 you can hire a personal photographer and have your very own photos with the plants.

Cotswold Farm Park

Cotswold Farm Park was founded to help protect rare species of farm animals in 1971. You will not only find flowering sunflowers but plenty of furry four-legged friends, too. The park also contains several photo stations throughout the field. Tickets must be booked in advance and cost ￡ 7 per adult.

Broomfield Farm

This fruit farm is open every Saturday and Sunday for those who want to see sunflowers on their weekends! It produces all kinds of fruits, vegetables and flowers that you can buy in their farm shop or pick yourself during your visit. You are allowed to bring a picnic with you and the￡4 entry is taken off your “pay and weigh” bill at the end.

1. What’s the entry fee for a couple and two kids if they go to Garsons Farm?

A．￡4

B．￡ 6.

C．￡ 7.

D．￡ 10

2. Where can you see rare farm animals?

A．At Garsons Farm.	B．At Broomfield Farm.
C．At Cotswold Farm Park.	D．At Hitchin Lavender Farm

3. Who is the text mainly intended for?

A．Sunflower lovers.	B．Holiday campers.
C．Field researchers.	D．Nature photographers.

4 . My sales career was almost cut short by my parents. I was 11, a member of the Girl Scouts, and preparing to sell our first Thin Mints. Our goal was to sell at least 50 boxes each, which would make us qualified for the _______. I considered knocking on strangers’ doors and hoping to win them over.

But when I_______ my parents the permission paper to do this, they_______handed it back unsigned. They thought it was _______ that their child would ask neighbors for _______. I defended my case: The _________want delicious cookies!

Finally, they _______, and I hit the streets. Door after door, I found that the _________ basically sold itself and all I had to do was adding some extra charm with my silk ribbon. The Girl Scouts_________ me with a cup that had a thumb printed yellow smiley face on it. I felt __________ .

I went on to have a long career in sales. Now when I__________ that first adventure, what I see is a young girl who instinctively__________the most important thing about selling. It’s about __________ a service—bringing them the things they want and need, so that, in the best of situations, any product__________ itself as well as the cookies did. That’s why I still have that cup, which I keep as a ____________

1.

A．candies

B．certificates

C．prizes

D．designs

2.

A．showed

B．handed

C．instructed

D．sent

3.

A．accidentally

B．obviously

C．hardly

D．immediately

4.

A．astonishing

B．boring

C．embarrassing

D．confusing

5.

A．food

B．money

C．support

D．service

6.

A．customers

B．passengers

C．listeners

D．visitors

7.

A．disappeared

B．agreed

C．struggled

D．continued

8.

A．product

B．present

C．object

D．instrument

9.

A．associated

B．helped

C．charged

D．rewarded

10.

A．interested

B．recognized

C．confused

D．unprepared

11.

A．look back on

B．keep up with

C．get close to

D．make up for

12.

A．doubted

B．noticed

C．understood

D．remembered

13.

A．requiring

B．expecting

C．checking

D．providing

14.

A．creates

B．replaces

C．sells

D．reflects

15.

A．present

B．reminder

C．surprise

D．secret

5 .
1. Which book can better help children with reading difficulty?

A．Reading Magic.	B．The Reading Bug.
C．The Read-Aloud Handbook.	D．Rocket Your Child into Reading.

2. Who is both a teacher and author while creating works?

A．Paul Jennings.	B．Jim Trelease.
C．Mem Fox.	D．Jackie French.

3. What do the four books have in common?

A．They are all newly-printed books.

B．They are beautiful picture books.

C．They are offered to children for free.

D．They are books about raising readers.

6 . 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。

Rivaldo was playing football from the age of 4. When he was 7, he joined a local football club. He attended the training regularly but never got a chance to play in matches. But the coach had faith in him. He told Rivaldo that he should focus on his training, and one day he would get the chance. Rivaldo had no other option but to continue training in the club. He was training very hard and focused on improving himself.

Even after two years in the club, he never played in a match. He was not even allowed to travel along with the team. One day their club had a charity match, where a famous footballer was a chief guest. While the team was planning to travel, one of the support staff who used to take care of kits got ill. So, they needed someone for this.

The coach thought this should be an opportunity for Rivaldo. So, he told him to travel with the team and take care of the kits. Other support staff objected to it, but he convinced them.

The team reached the stadium. There were a lot of crowds to witness the celebrity footballer. For Rivaldo, this is his first-time experience in the stadium. He was helping the other players with the kits for the pre-match training. The coach came for a chat with Rivaldo. He told Rivaldo, “You are playing today.”

Rivaldo, for a moment, got frozen and asked him why. He said, “One of the players from the team got injured while training. So, we are short of players. We need someone to be in the field to make it 11. But I know you are more than that. So, go and prove yourself”. There was resistance from the support staff. Luckily for Rivaldo, the coach, through the organizing committee, convinced Rivaldo’s team management to allow him to play.

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 the match started, Rivaldo was running like a deer.

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After the match, the celebrity footballer walked to Rivaldo.

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7 . 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。

From the time I was old enough to help on our Indiana farm, I knew what my father expected of me. Three generations of men in my family were doctors. I heard stories of the lives my grandfather had saved and I heard similar tales about my father. As Dad grew ever more godlike in my mind, so did the force of the expectation that I would follow in the family tradition.

But as college neared, I began to feel that becoming a doctor was not what I really wanted to do. I didn’t dare tell him about my uncertainty. With the weight heavy on my mind the summer before college, I was given a challenge that I hoped would be a distraction.

Dad kept several bird dogs which I trained on our farm. As usual, Dad turned Jerry over to me. “See what you can do with him,” he said.

I didn’t anticipate problems. Jerry was a willing dog of about ten months. The first part of his training was easy. He mastered the basics: sit, stay, down, walk. His only problem was “come”. I’d call “Jerry! Here!” He would turn and look at me, then go on about his business. In the following days, I noticed he would just take off through the grass, fast as a wild thing. Despite my intense desire to train him well, I began to feel a strange sense of joy when he ran.

“Why won’t he do what I want him to?” I asked myself. I had never failed with a dog before, but I was surely failing now. When September came, I finally had to tell Dad that this bird dog wouldn’t hunt. The thought that I had failed us both made me guilty.

“Son, I know this dog doesn’t do what he should,” he said, “but what he does do is something he likes.” He continued to look at me firmly. For a moment I felt he could see into my very heart.

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。

“Dad, I don’t think I can do medicine,” I took a solid breath.

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He gave me a tight hug, said good night and left me.

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8 . For years, Jessica and Eric have lived down the street from their favorite sandwich shop. Despite its being so close to home, they preferred to dine in, and always tipped generously when they did. But, during the pandemic in 2020, the cafe temporarily closed, then reopened—for takeout orders only. So their new routine became to order online, go pick up their food, and eat it at home.     1    

That is, until the day they drove up and a waitress ran out to meet them. “I was wondering if I’m doing something wrong, because you never leave a tip,” she said. Eric attempted to explain: “Because we aren’t being waited on, we didn’t think tipping was necessary.”     2     “She stormed off.” Jessica says.

The pandemic has been particularly hard on people working for tips. Some haven’t been able to do their jobs at all, while others don’t interact with customers the same way.     3     Meanwhile, many customers felt the need to tip more because of the new risks and hardships that essential service workers suddenly faced.

“    4     We were tipping based on emotion, and that may not have had anything to do with the service. And that service also became harder to assess.” says Toni Dupree, a professional etiquette (礼仪) coach. Some old standards no longer seem fair, and several newer ones will apply long after the pandemic is over.

Next time, in Dupree’s view, you’re unsure whether a tip is in order, follow this simple rule:     5     The novelist George Eliot asked, “What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?” Dupree adds: “Tipping well is one way to make things easier for someone else.”

A．When in doubt, tip.

B．That made it worse.

C．It is service itself that counts.

D．Tipping never crossed their minds.

E．To enjoy good services, tipping is a must.

F．Just as many services have changed, so should tipping.

G．Tips dried up in either case, causing a lot of people to suffer.

9 . 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。

According to a recent survey conducted by wenjuan.com,an online survey platform,some 96 percent of surveyed youth said they were willing to purchase guochao products,    1     refers to products by homegrown brands.    2     the same time，91.6 percent of respondents    3    （voice）their expectations for more video programs digging deeper into traditional Chinese culture.The age group of the interviewees ranged from the post-80s to the post-2000s generations，with the latter     4    （account）for 22.1 percent.

“Nowadays we are     5    （deep）connected with most countries in the world,which results in a comprehensive understanding of the outside world,yet we still have confidence in our own culture．This sense of pride     6    （base）on rational thinking，” said professor Su Junbin of Xiamen University.

Unlike older generations who might favor Western culture and brands，Chinese youth were born and raised when the     7    （country）economy was taking off, so they tend to have strong confidence in their national identity and culture.They have gained     8     full understanding of the outside world，and after several rounds of comparison,have finally found     9    （they）to be in a strong position．So the timing is perfect，Su said，    10    （push）forward cultural products imprinted with traditional Chinese cultural features.

10 . Qualities of good leaders

Leaders are needed to manage a country or any organization. They are very important people. Under good leaders, the country will be stable and peaceful. In this way, it can make great progress.

    1     They too need good leaders to lead them. They cannot grow or do well without good management or leaders. Schools too need leaders. They are the headmaster, class monitors, prefects, and game captains. All of them have an important role to play to ensure the smooth running of the schoo1. At home, parents are the leaders guiding the family.

    2     A leader should take his work or position seriously and carry out his duties to the best of his ability. He should always think of what is best for his people, whether they are staff members, family, or any group of people.

A leader is also someone who helps others become more than they ever thought was possible. Leadership is about unlocking potential, whether individual potential or that of a group, company, or organization.     3     Instead, it is inspiring them to see what they are capable of and then helping them get there.

Leaders of a country should always put the interests of their people first. They have to be approachable, caring, and concerned about the welfare of those under them. A good leader should be willing to listen to his people’s problems or suggestions.     4    

It is not easy to be a good and true leader.     5     True and good leadership requires one to make sacrifices, including putting others before oneself. He is often the mentor who prompts others to be their best, someone who cares and listens, and is willing to always be there for them.

A．Neither is it impossible.

B．The same goes for organizations.

C．It is not about telling people what to do.

D．To do this, a leader is to be honest, and truthful.

E．That is why a good leader is likely to train good followers.

F．This is then followed up by doing his best to solve these problems.

G．To me, the most important quality of a leader is a strong sense of responsibility.