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 Chongyang Festival     1     falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar is also known as the Double Ninth Festival.

The festival is based on the theory of Yin and Yang, the two opposing (全然不同的) principles in nature. Yin is feminine (女性的), negative principle, while Yang is masculine (男性的) and positive. The ancients believed that all     2     (nature) phenomena could be explained by this theory. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a day     3     the two Yang numbers meet. So it     4     (call) Chongyang. Chong means double in Chinese. It is hard     5     (say) when these customs were created. Chongyang    6     (be) an important festival since ancient times.

The Double Ninth Festival is usually perfect for outdoor     7     (activity). Many people go hiking and climbing in the country, enjoying Mother Nature’s final burst of color before she puts on her dull winter cloak. Some will carry a spray of dogwood (茱萸). But,    8     (slow), the custom of carrying a spray of dogwood during the Double Ninth Festival is     9     (die) out and many people, especially young people in the cities. The custom evolves into     10     (it) present form, when people go climbing to get some exercise as well as enjoy the autumn scenery.

2 . I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I’m here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I’m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what’s expected of all of you in this new school year.

And this isn’t just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. The future of our country depends on you. What you’re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.

You’ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You’ll need the insights and critical-thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to build our country. You’ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy. We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems.

The circumstances of your life — what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home — none of that is an excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school. That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. There is no excuse for not trying.

Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your future for you, because here in our country, you write your own future. You make your own future. Whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it.

1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?

A．Students adjust to their new schools easily.

B．Students wish they could be still on holiday.

C．Students decide to live up to their expectations.

D．Students influence the future of the whole country.

2. Which skill should students have is not mentioned in paragraph 3?

A．Problem solving.	B．Creativity.
C．Critical thinking.	D．Independent thinking.

3. What does the speech mainly focus on?

A．Opportunities in creating new jobs.

B．Great challenges in this new school year.

C．The strategies of protecting environment.

D．The responsibilities for students’ own education.

4. What should you do in your new school year according to the speaker?

A．Talk back to our teachers at all time.

B．Have a negative attitude in school occasionally.

C．Devote ourselves to whatever we are intended to do.

D．Make excuses for neglecting homework if necessary.

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who is the speaker probably talking to?

A．Nurses.

B．Parents.

C．Teachers.

2. Why are children likely to get injured according to the speaker?

A．Children like dangerous games.

B．The playgrounds are badly designed.

C．Schools don’t provide safety education.

3. What does the speaker suggest parents do?

A．Keep an eye on their kids.

B．Keep their kids creative while growing up.

C．Keep their kids away from public playgrounds.

4 . On a Friday evening in December, I lost my job. That was _________. I was excited about the weekend, when my daughter Kristil and I _________ to get our Christmas tree. Then I listened to my voicemail: “We are sorry, but we decided to _________ you.” I was a single mother and my income was survival. The next day, I struggled to be _________ as I eyed the Christmas tree prices.

Over the next week, I applied for _________ like crazy as my bank account grew smaller. On a weekend afternoon, I dropped Kristil in a _________ community for a birthday party surrounded by all the nice things that we couldn’t _________. I drove home feeling sad.

Back at home, I looked out the window at the heavy snow and _________ a woman opening her car door against the strong wind. As she _________, I realized it was my old teacher, Sister Esther. I rushed out and asked, “What are you doing out in this ____________?” She said, “I looked for you at your ____________ and it was said that you had left, so I thought I would ____________.” I made her tea and we talked. Before leaving, she handed me a Christmas card.

Later on when I opened her card, I was ____________. There was a lot of money inside. Tears of gratitude filled my eyes as I ____________. Sister Esther had given me $1,000. In 2020, at age of 91, Sister Esther died, but the ____________ she gave during her life lives on in my heart.

1.

A．unexpected

B．unfair

C．unavoidable

D．unnecessary

2.

A．forgot

B．refused

C．managed

D．planned

3.

A．judge

B．monitor

C．fire

D．charge

4.

A．encouraged

B．thoughtful

C．surprised

D．cheerful

5.

A．puddings

B．posts

C．shares

D．places

6.

A．small

B．safe

C．wealthy

D．unique

7.

A．remember

B．afford

C．find

D．appreciate

8.

A．spotted

B．felt

C．imagined

D．recognized

9.

A．came in

B．walked away

C．settled down

D．got out

10.

A．business

B．weather

C．room

D．situation

11.

A．company

B．school

C．hotel

D．house

12.

A．call

B．drive

C．visit

D．pay

13.

A．shocked

B．satisfied

C．confused

D．inspired

14.

A．searched

B．counted

C．packed

D．celebrated

15.

A．guidance

B．joy

C．care

D．advice

5 . A study shows that dreams ______ about one quarter of sleeping time.

A．take off

B．take in

C．take up

D．take down

6 . — Could you tell me ______ the work?       
— In a week.

A．when do you finish

B．when will you finish

C．when you finish

D．when you will finish

7 . Rome — Doctors and medical groups around the world last weekend reacted with strong opposition to the news that an Italian specialist is on the brink of cloning the first human baby.

Dr. Severino Antinori, who is the head of a hospital in Rome, has been referred to in an Arab newspaper as claiming that one of his patients is eight weeks pregnant (怀孕) with a cloned baby.

Antinori refused to comment on the reports, but in March 2001 he said he hoped to produce a cloned embryo (卵) for implantation within two years. So far seven different kinds of mammals have already successfully cloned, including sheep, cats and most recently rabbits.

Doctors showed their doubt and were strongly opposed although they admit that human cloning would finally come true unless there was a world wide ban on the practice.

Professor Rudolf Jaenisch of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: “I find it astonishing that people do this where the result can be foretold that it will not be a normal baby. It is using humans as guinea pigs. It makes people feel sick.”

But Ronald Green, director of the Ethics Institute at Darmouth College in the US, said it is unlikely that an eight-week-old pregnancy would lead to a birth.

So far all cloned animals have suffered from some different serious disorders, many of them dying soon after their births.

Doctors are opposed to human cloning because they are worried about the welfare of the cloned child if there is one.

“There are no benefits of cloned human beings, just harm,” said Dr .Michael Wilks of the UK.

1. What is the doctors’ general attitude to cloning of humans according to the passage?

A．They are against it.	B．They support it.
C．They welcome it.	D．They pay no attention to it.

2. What does the underlined word “ban” in the third paragraph mean most probably?

A．order that forbids cloning	B．suggestion to carrying on cloning
C．anger at cloning	D．cheer for cloning

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．Dcotor Severino Antinori is strongly opposed to cloning human beings.

B．Up to now, seven kinds of animals have been cloned, including sheep, cats humans and rabbits.

C．Professor Rudolf Jaenisch is carrying on an experiment on cloning an eight-week-old embryo.

D．Ronald Green doubts about the future successful birth of the so-called cloned embryo.

4. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．The Success of Cloning Humans	B．The Anger at Cloning Humans
C．Failure of Cloning Humans	D．First Cloned Human

8 . 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。

Bill McDonnell, who was a soldier when young, was a 92-year-old now, still healthy and strong. He loved hunting very much. On December 15, Bill decided to go hunting in Shenandoah Mountain the next day as the deer season had begun. His wife Joanna McDonnell intended to let their son Bill McDonnell Jr. accompany him, but Bill Jr. had a football game that day. Bill McDonnell said he could manage all by himself. Joanna then required Bill to be out of the woods by 2 pm and home by 3 pm, plenty of time before sunset. She added, “ Do take some necessities like a flashlight, just in case.”

The next morning, Bill woke up at four, grabbed his muzzleloader (前装枪), and steered his Jeep toward Shenandoah Mountain. At the end of the old Laurel Run logging road, he began to walk. It was about 7:30 am and 25 degrees when the sun peeked through the trees.

Not long into the hike, he came upon a path he didn't remember. Maybe this was a secret route to the king of all bucks (雄鹿). He took it. Then, around 11 am, he came into a clearing (林中空地) along a ridge line (山脊线). He had walked farther than he had expected. It seemed that his path up the mountain had meandered quite a bit. “Where am I now?” he muttered. Bill figured he could drop into the valley, hunt a bit and then go back home. But when he snaked down through the forest, he found there was no path at all. The forest was thick. It was hard to tell the direction now.

By around 2 pm, Bill stopped at somewhere in the valley, exhausted. “I’ll get it figured out,” he said to himself. He took out his phone to call his wife, but the phone had died. He dug into his pants for the GPS device he always brought in case of emergency and pushed the “on” button. Nothing. He had forgotten to charge it the night before.

“No, I’m not lost,” he told himself. His eyes caught a stand of tall trees. He remembered admiring the line of fantastic oaks and pines earlier. Reach them and the car wouldn’t be that far off. It meant he would have to cover some ground.

注意:续写词数应为150左右。

He was moving slower and slower, Joanna‘s 3 pm deadline having passed.

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It was about 9:45 pm when Bill heard the whoop-whoop-whoop of a helicopter.

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9 . Today, the world celebrates the United Nations International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP) under the theme “Resilience (复原力) of Older Persons in a Changing World”.

The number of older persons worldwide is projected to reach more than 1.5 billion in 2050. All regions will see an increase in the size of the older population between 2022 and 2050. Less developed countries excluding the least developed countries will be home to more than two-thirds of the world’s older population (1.1 billion) in 2050. Yet the fastest increase is projected to take place in the least developed countries, where the number of people aged 65 or over could rise from 37 million in 2019 to 120 million in 2050 (about 225%).

As to the “Silver Generation”, all countries have to bear increased pension (养老金) and healthcare costs as people live longer. But including the elderly in a productive way in the national economy has become a major problem for many countries. Many young families also struggle to care for their elderly parents or give it up altogether. Meanwhile, though older persons continue to meaningfully contribute to their political, economic, social and cultural lives, their contributions and experience are largely ignored.

The 2022 theme of UNIDOP serves as a fillip, something that jogs your memory and makes you think about the significant role older people play in taking up global challenges and contributing to their solutions. UNIDOP 2022 is also a call for action and opportunity to hear older persons’ voices and show their resilience and contributions in society.

Age is just a number and only a state of mind. Indeed, what matters is ageing elegantly, accompanied by good health. It is meaningless to live to 85 or 90 if one is limited to bed, unable to move around. But this could be a thing of the past in the light of rapid medical advances, which will give mobility and a new life to the elderly. I believe there will come a time when one’s actual age doesn’t really matter anymore in both a physical and mental sense.

1. Why are the figures used in paragraph 2?

A．To clarify the gap between rich and poor.

B．To show the growth in the older population.

C．To explain the correctness of the UN statistics.

D．To analyze the reasons for population ageing.

2. What does the author say about the “Silver Generation”?

A．It is a double-edged sword.

B．It is a force to be treated seriously.

C．It is a huge burden to young families.

D．It is a by-product of the economic development.

3. Which word is closest in meaning to “fillip” underlined in paragraph 4?

A．Reference.

B．Guideline.

C．Reminder.

D．Platform.

4. What is the author’s understanding of age?

A．Age affects both physical and mental health.

B．Age is not a number but a mental state.

C．Age does not matter in the medical field.

D．Age pales by comparison with health.

10 . 语法填空

A long time ago, a father was old and sick. He did not have much time to live, and he wanted     1     (give) his sons a good lesson before he died.

Recently, he noticed that his sons     2     (fight) among themselves and seemed unable to agree on anything. The old man feared what would happen after his     3     (die). He was afraid that his sons would begin to argue. “They will disagree about everything,” He thought. “Soon they     4     (be) enemies, each going his own direction.”

He called his sons together in his room. “Bring     5     (I) a bundle (束) of stick,” he asked his servant (仆人). Soon enough, a thick bundle of sticks arrived, tied     6     (close) together. One by one, he gave the bundle to each son, and asked him to break the bundle. One son after another pulled and twisted (拧) with all of his strength (力量),     7     the sticks would not break. The old man smiled and ordered his servant to untie the bundle of sticks. He handed one stick to each son and said, “Now break the stick.”

The old man smiled and ordered his servant to untie the bundle of sticks. He handed one stick to each son and said, “Now break the stick.” Of course, the single stick     8     (break) in two easily. The old father looked at his sons. “Do you understand this lesson?” he asked.

Each son, being intelligent,     9     (understand) the meaning at once. Alone, it is easy for one of them to be harmed. But together, they are strong and can’t be harmed even     10     great forces (势力). That’s the meaning of the sticking together. In unity, there is great strength.