1 . 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。

Triiiiiingggggggggggg, the bell rang. Suddenly my heart was raising and fear rose within me. I was nervous as I started to feel sick, really sick. I ran to the bathroom and washed my face with water. I felt my heart pound against my chest, hard and loud as I looked into the mirror and whispered “Come on, you can do this.”

Some were looking forward to this moment for ages; but not me. I felt frightened every time I imagine how uncomfortable it would be on a stage, and being the center of attention. If it was a speech, I could manage, but repeating a scene from a movie that has already been done by professional actors is simply hard because we get compared to them. But there was no choice.

As I made it to the assembly hall, I went over the script in my head. Suddenly I tensed as I couldn’t remember all the lines. Once I was there in the assembly hall, my brain literally stopped working because of all the noise and the tension in the air.

As soon as the teachers who were supposed to judge our performance entered, the crowd quieted down and the performances began. I was really nervous until the first performer was called, because I was really tired of being the first in everything as my name is the first in the register. But the more I waited, the more tired I got of waiting. There came a point where I, who once was feeling sick and scared of performing, wanted to go on stage and get my performance done. That’s when I found out that I was arranged to perform the next day. I was quite happy because maybe that would give me some more time to practice and improve the weaknesses that I saw in others.

The bubble burst when the teacher asked us to perform that day. My heart beat raced and as I walked on to the stage, I was shaking. When I got up along with my friend, I had a good look around. There were 50-60 people, which weren’t much. Then I felt really stupid for being scared of having an audience.

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I introduced myself and stared to perform what I had been dying for long before.

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After I was done, I looked at the audience, thinking how much I loved doing this.

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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。

On Nov. 3, 2022, the Mengtian lab module of China’s Tiangong space station carried out a crucial transpositioning operation,     1     (mark) the completion of the Chinese station’s in-orbit assembly.

The lab module is about 17.9 meters long and     2     (weigh) more than 23 metric tons. It has 32 cubic meters of inner space, which can     3     (use) by astronauts. The spacecraft consists     4     four sections-a crew working compartment, a payload section, an airlock cabin and a service module.

Liu Guoning, deputy chief designer of the scientific cabinet system, said the scientific experiments     5     will be carried out inside the Mengtian are expected to enable scientists to conduct cutting-edge studies     6     get world-class findings.

In 2022, China launched two new crewed spaceships-Shenzhou XIV and Shenzhou XV respectively on June 5 and Nov. 29. On Nov. 30, the six Chinese astronauts from the two missions marked a     7     (history) moment as they met inside the Tiangong space station. It was the first time that six Chinese were in a space station at the same time and the first in-orbit gathering of two Chinese     8     (crew).

After accomplishing many “firsts” during their six-month space station mission, three Chinese astronauts on board the Shenzhou XIV manned spaceship returned to Earth     9     (safe) on Dec.4. The Shenzhou XV astronauts are scheduled     10     (stay) in orbit for six months to carry out a number of assignments.

3 . Mexico is a very colorful country, which is located in the south of North America. It combines a relaxing beach holiday, unusual mysterious excursions and an energetic nightlife. If you happen to visit Mexico, be sure to visit at least some of its attractions.

CHICHEN-ITZA

This is a sacred village located on the Yucatan Peninsula, in which the ancient Mayan people lived. The combination of Mayan construction techniques with new elements from central Mexico make Chichen-Itza one of the most important examples of the Mayan civilization in Yucatán. Chichen Itza is considered the best preserved Mayan city, so it is highly popular. The most famous structure of the city is the temple of the god Kukulkan, a 30-meter-high pyramid.

PALACE OF FINE ARTS

The Palace of Fine Arts, which is considered a symbol of Mexico city, is one of the most spectacular buildings in the heart of the city. Situated at one end of the Alameda garden, it offers visitors endless architectural, artistic and historical facts, inside and out. On the top floor, you’ll find the National Museum of Architecture, which showcases the work and lives of famous Mexican architects, and multiple art museums and galleries.

PARK SHKARET

This is a natural amusement park with a zoo and a botanical garden, waterfalls and underground rivers, caves, bright evening shows (for example, dance and horse shows, and other performances). The territory of the unique park is huge, so it is unreal to bypass it in one day. Here you can also visit the buffet restaurant, which is included in the ticket price.

HIERVE EL AGUA

Hierve el Agua is an unforgettable destination in the mountains of Oaxaca. It is a set of stunning travertine rock formations that appear like a frozen waterfall from a distance. The hot springs on the top, as with many other mineral-rich springs around the world, have a reputation for supposed healing qualities. Swimming here, at the same time enjoying the mountain scenery around, is an absolute pleasure and, besides, the recovery of the body.

1. Why is Chichen Itza so popular?

A．It is the most sacred village.	B．It is a well-preserved Mayan site.
C．It is famous for god Kukulkan.	D．It is a symbol of Mexico City.

2. Where would you prefer to go if you want to know the history of Mexican architecture?

A．PALACE OF FINE ARTS.	B．CHICHEN-ITZA.
C．PARK SHKARET.	D．HIERVE EL AGUA.

3. What is special about HIERVE EL AGUA?

A．There are many waterfalls.	B．Visitors can enjoy horse shows here.
C．It is rich in rare mineral resources.	D．Its spring water has health benefits.

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。

It was Thursday morning. Phil was on a mission. Hurrying along the Primary 3 corridor, he was looking for his younger brother Jimmy, who had left the house early to walk to school with a friend and had forgotten his pocket money. As a Primary 6 boy, Phil had been asked to make sure that Jimmy had it in time for break.

Phil was about to enter his brother’s classroom when he thought he saw the back of his brother’s jacket further ahead. It must have been Jimmy. No one else in the school had a jacket like that one. “Hey Jimmy!” he called out but his brother did not stop. Phil rushed forward and grabbed hold of the boy. But it wasn’t Jimmy. It was someone Phil had never seen before and he was wearing Jimmy’s jacket. As the boy struggled to break free, Mrs. Atkins came towards them. Immediately, sensing the teacher’s presence, Phil released his grasp. Staring at both boys, Mrs. Atkins ordered them to follow her. Once they were at the school office, Mrs. Atkins asked the younger of the two to explain.

“I was walking along the corridor when this boy grabbed me. I didn’t do anything!” explained Daniel.

“He stole my brother’s jacket,” explained Phil.

“Liar!” Daniel immediately jumped to his feet and faced Phil, his fists tightly closed. “I have never stolen anything! This jacket is from my mother. Stop saying that!”

“Boys! I am sure this is a simple misunderstanding. Isn’t possible that this is just an identical jacket, Phil?” Mrs. Atkins reasoned.

Phil shook his head forcefully. “My mother got that jacket for me when she was overseas some years ago. Go on, look at the label inside the collar. It will say ‘Di Roma’. That’s because she got it in Rome. That is my jacket which I’ve outgrow n so Jimmy, my younger brother, has been using it.”

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Hearing that, Mrs. Atkins asked Daniel for permission to look at the label.

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A short while later, Mrs. Atkins explained that she had called Daniel’s mother.

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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。

South Koreans have enjoyed their first close-up look of new baby giant pandas at a name-revealing ceremony that is also     1     early celebration of the 100 days since the twins’ birth.

What to name the twin sisters was widely discussed among netizens after they were born on July 7 in theme park Everland. The names were     2     (ultimate) decided on through two public voting     3     (procedure). One is named Rui Bao, which means wise treasure, and the other is Hui Bao or shining treasure. Half a million panda lovers helped choose their names with a handful of lucky fans     4     (invite) to the ceremony. “They are even     5     (cute) in real life than they appear on screen,” said a college student in attendance.

The baby pandas,     6     have just begun teething and crawling, are very healthy. Everland has shared videos documenting the pandas’ growth online. The twins’ birth has gained 640,000 views since it     7     (upload). “This feels like a great opportunity to call for better     8     (preserve) of pandas,” said Donghee Chung, head of the park’s zoo. Chung noted that between 40% and 50% of panda births result     9     twins.

Everland said it would monitor the twins’ health     10     (determine) when the twins are ready to be open to the public.

6 . In Jan. 2020, Teresa Hernandez was 35 weeks pregnant. One morning, she _________ the baby wasn’t moving as much as usual. She decided to go to the hospital to _________ everything was OK.

When she got there, she learned that the baby’s heart rate was _________. The doctors told her that her baby needed to be delivered _________ by an operation. Hernandez was in complete _________. But the doctors said if it was inside, they wouldn’t be able to help if something went wrong.

Hernandez was _________ to the operating room. On the way, her anxiety became _________ . That’s when a nurse in the operating room _________to help.

“This nurse took my hand and started pressing. And then she _________ me while they were doing the operation. And then she __________ one hand on my cheek. And she started humming softly,” Hernandez __________. “I felt like my mom was there, holding me.”

__________ her husband, Hernandez had no family with her. But the nurse’s gesture of warmth brought her __________. It felt like her mom stayed by her side. “When your mom is there, you feel __________. You feel like everything is going to be right,” Hernandez said.

Looking back, Hernandez remembers a string of unsung heroes who helped her that day. But she says that nurse was the first one that left a lasting __________.

1.

A．imagined

B．acknowledged

C．realized

D．assumed

2.

A．promise

B．ensure

C．explain

D．argue

3.

A．declining

B．happening

C．approaching

D．emerging

4.

A．immediately

B．formally

C．hurriedly

D．gradually

5.

A．shame

B．shock

C．regret

D．enthusiasm

6.

A．invited

B．introduced

C．rushed

D．recommended

7.

A．appealing

B．disappointing

C．embarrassing

D．overwhelming

8.

A．stepped down

B．turned out

C．stepped in

D．dropped by

9.

A．admired

B．called

C．showed

D．held

10.

A．placed

B．grasped

C．skipped

D．covered

11.

A．concluded

B．reported

C．reminded

D．recalled

12.

A．Due to

B．Instead of

C．Apart from

D．As for

13.

A．glory

B．relief

C．sorrow

D．principle

14.

A．protected

B．affected

C．educated

D．respected

15.

A．excitement

B．impression

C．curiosity

D．prediction

7 . “Anxiety.” The very word causes discomfort. Its effects—shortness of breath, pounding heart, muscle tension—are upsetting. Research shows that in and of itself, anxiety is not deadly, and it certainly is not a disease.     1    . Once we accept the idea, we can use it to do well. Here are three aspects anxiety can help you.

It can build your emotional strength and toughness

Working out at the gym is supposed to be hard and uncomfortable, since it involves pushing our physical strength past what you can easily do.     2    , if you want to build emotional strength and toughness. The experience of occasional anxiety and tension increases your emotional strength.

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Humans are social creatures. The number one predictor of happiness is not financial success, or fame. It’s the quality of our relationships. In the same way, sharing our anxieties with our loved ones is one of the most effective strategies to build connection.

It can help you readjust and rebalance

Often, all of us find ourselves at the end of our rope. Our responsibilities pile up, our resources break down, and we just don’t have enough time to get everything done. We feel uncomfortably anxious most of the time. In such cases, what we’re experiencing is called stress.     4    . The only real solutions to stress are to decrease our demands or increase our resources. Therefore, when we feel anxious because of stress, it’s our body’s way of telling us to readjust and rebalance. When we notice our internal cues, we become more focused overall and less stressed.

Therefore, anxiety can be a healthy, helpful emotion that is a constructive aspect of human life.     5    .

A．Anxiety can have a more specific meaning

B．It’s about time we start to put it to good use

C．It’s no wonder that anxiety is causing us much concern

D．It can increase your emotional relationship and connection

E．Similarly, you need to face some degree of mental hardship

F．Quite the contrary: it is an indicator of brain and sensory health

G．Simply put, the demands placed upon us outweigh our available resources

8 . Scientists have been experimenting with playing sounds to plants since at least the 1960s, during which time they have been exposed to everything from Beethoven to Michael Jackson. Over the years, evidence that this sort of thing can have an effect has been growing. One paper, published in 2018, claimed that an Asian shrub known as the telegraph plant grew substantially larger leaves when exposed to 56 days of Buddhist music — but not if it was exposed to Western pop music or silence. Another, published last year, found that marigolds and sage plants exposed to the noise of traffic from a busy motorway suffered growth difficulty.

Plants have been evolving (进化) alongside the insects that eat them for hundreds of millions of years. With that in mind, Heidi Appel, a botanist now at the University of Houston, and Reginald Cocroft, a biologist at the University of Missouri, wondered if plants might be sensitive to the sounds made by the animals with which they most often interact. They recorded the vibrations made by certain species of caterpillars (毛毛虫) as they chewed on leaves. These vibrations are not powerful enough to produce sound waves in the air. But they are able to travel across leaves and branches, and even to neighbouring plants if their leaves touch.

They then exposed tobacco plant — the plant biologist’s version of the laboratory mouse — to the recorded vibrations while no caterpillars were actually present. Later, they put real caterpillars on the plants to see if exposure had led them to prepare for an insect attack. The results were striking. Leaves that had been exposed had significantly higher levels of defensive chemicals, making them much harder for the caterpillars to eat. Leaves that had not been exposed to vibrations showed no such response. Other sorts of vibration — caused by the wind, for instance, or other insects that do not eat leaves — had no effect.

“Now speakers with the right audio files are more often being used to warn crops to act when insects are detected but not yet widespread,” says Dr. Cocroft. “Unlike chemical pesticides, sound waves leave no dangerous chemicals.”

1. What can we learn about plants from the first paragraph?

A．They may enjoy Western music.	B．They can’t stand Buddhist music.
C．They can react to different sounds.	D．They can make different sounds.

2. What’s the basis for Appel and Cocroft’s research?

A．Plants can make a cry for help.	B．Plants evolve alongside insects.
C．Plants are sensitive to the sounds.	D．Plants have been studied for years.

3. What can we infer about plants from Paragraph 3?

A．They can recongnize harmful vibrations.	B．They look like laboratory mice.
C．They can threaten the caterpillars.	D．They can release poisonous chemicals.

4. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

A．Disadvantages of chemical pesticides.	B．Application of the experimental results.
C．Interaction between plants and insects.	D．Warning system of widespread insects.

9 . My 15-year-old daughter landed her first job this summer as a dishwasher at the local cafe, making $16 an hour. And I was filling with pride and unrequested advice.

After her first shift, my daughter issued her grievances. She was on her feet for hours on end! The water was extremely hot! She was too busy to eat dinner! And every time she turned around, the sink was piled high with pots and pans covered in cheese and sauce!

I panicked. Over the next few days, I tried talking to my daughter about what she could do differently. I tried coaching her on how to ask her manager for a 15-minute snack break. And I offered her a pair of rubber gloves. My daughter would have none of it.

As the weeks wore on, she got to know the work well. Oh, she still complained. But she told me that she was gamifying (游戏化) the washing system, that the line cooks had an amusing middle school sense of humor, and that the head chef was developing a dessert that she got to taste-test before it hit the menu. Plus, there was the money.

The other day she said that during her first week at work, she didn’t understand how to clock in and out on the time clock (考勤钟).“So, I told my boss the clock wasn’t working for me and I texted him my hours,” she said. “But later on, I watched a few other people clock in and figured it out.”

“You know, sometimes it’s OK to ask for help,” I advised.

As soon as I saw her wounded look, I regretted my words. Why was I correcting her when she’d eventually found the solution on her own? That was her chance to grow, learn, and gain independence and responsibility.

Last night she told me excitedly the boss asked her to do some salad preparation. When I heard the news, I smiled happily. A promotion already! For a teenager, having a summer job is a beautiful growing experience, and for a parent, watching your child experience it is an exercise in learning to let go.

1. What does the underlined word “grievances” mean in Paragraph 2?

A．Standards.

B．Securities.

C．Warnings.

D．Complaints.

2. What can we learn about the daughter from the fourth paragraph?

A．She adapted herself to the job.	B．She tried to impress the chef.
C．She liked playing games at work.	D．She earned a higher salary.

3. Why did the daughter wear a wounded look?

A．She didn’t know how to ask for help.	B．She was wounded while washing dishes.
C．She didn’t get enough support from the boss.	D．She was dissatisfied with her mother’s words.

4. What can we learn from the story?

A．Experience is the best teacher.	B．Industry is the parent of success.
C．Parenting is hard in modern times.	D．The first step is as good as half over.

10 . 2024 Seattle Marathon’s Summer Events

The Seattle Marathon Association (SMA) is a non-profit organization proud of providing a quality running event in the Pacific Northwest. Join us for our annual family-friendly run at Seward Park with views of Lake Washington and Mount Rainier. Dogs welcome! Choose your distance: 5k, 10k or Half Marathon! Kids are welcome to participate in the Kids Fun Run, a quick 1k run with specially provided snacks waiting at the end.

Event schedule

At 3:00 PM, June 21 — Early Packet Pickup

At 7:00 AM, June 22 — Event Day Registration & Packet Pickup

Registration fees

Events	Early Bird Pricing (Now-Feb. 29)	Regular Pricing (Mar. 1-Jun, 20)	Race Day Pricing (Jun. 21-22)
Half Marathon	$62.00	$82.00	$122.00
10K Run/Walk	$35.00	$52.00	$72.00
5K Run/Walk	$31.00	$42.00	$62.00
Kids Fun Run	$20.00	$25.00	$25.00

Cash prizes and awards

All finishers will receive an event me dal and a technical fabric shirt.

●Top 3 overall men & women participants in the 5k (must come in under 25min), 10k (must come in under 45min) and Half Marathon (must come in under 1hr 30min) races will receive cash prizes at the finish line.

●In addition, in the week following the race, non-cash awards will be emailed to the top three runners in each age division. Age divisions are as follows: 14 and under,15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-89 and 90+.

Free entries for the best athletes

We offer free entries for athletes who can prove qualifying time(s) within the last 2 years. Please note that we only offer free registration and do not cover any transportation, accommodation, food or visa fees. Please contact us with proof of your qualifying time(s) within the last 2 years for a free entry to the race.

1. What will a child receive after finishing the kids Fun Run?

A．Cash prizes.	B．Special snacks.
C．Track shoes.	D．Free accommodation.

2. How much will a couple pay if they register for 10K Run/Walk in May?

A．$70.00.

B．$84.00.

C．$104.00.

D．$144.00.

3. What is required for free registration for athletes?

A．Having received event medals twice.

B．Offering evidence of their qualifying times.

C．Completing the Half Marathon in 90 minutes.

D．Ranking among top three in their age divisions.