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。

Jenny was the only child in her family. She had a quarrel (吵架) with her mother that afternoon and she ran out of the house angrily. She couldn’t help weeping sorrowfully when she thought of the scolding from her mother. Having wandered aimlessly in the street for hours, she felt a little hungry and wished for something to eat. She stood beside a stand (货摊) for a while, watching the middle-aged seller busy doing his business. However, with no money in hand, she gave a sigh and had to leave.

The seller behind the stand noticed the young girl and asked, “Hey, girl, you want to have the noodles?”

“Oh, yes, but I don’t have money on me.” she replied.

“That’s nothing. I’ll treat you today,” said the man, “Come in.”

The seller brought her a bowl of noodles, whose smell was so attractive. As she was eating, Jenny cried silently.

“What is it?” asked the man kindly.

“Nothing. Actually, I was just touched by your kindness!” said Jenny as she wiped her tears. “Even a stranger on the street will give me a bowl of noodles, while my mother drove me out of the house. She showed no care for me. She is so merciless compared to a stranger!”

Hearing the words, the seller smiled, “Girl, do you really think so? I only gave you a bowl of noodles and you thanked me a lot. But it is your mother who has raised you since you were a baby. Can you remember the times she cooked for you? Have you expressed your gratitude to her?”

Jenny sat there, speechless and numb with shock: she remembered her mother’s familiar face and weathered hands. “Why didn’t I think of that? A bowl of noodles from a stranger made me feel grateful. Why haven’t I thanked my mum for what she has done for me?”

On the way home. Jenny made up her mind to make an apology to her mother for her rudeness as soon as she arrived home.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Nearing the doorway, Jenny took a deep breath.

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At that time, her mother came back and touched her hair gently, which called her mind back.

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3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the woman want to do?

A．Work out a plan.

B．Look for an apartment.

C．Ask the man for help.

2. What will the man do?

A．Move on to his new job.

B．Give new employees training.

C．Work on an important project.

3. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A．Wait for him for two weeks.

B．Put off the deadline.

C．Turn to Mr. Cortez.

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。

Music is my first love. I can sit down at my electronic keyboard and forget all about time and space, all about my problems. During the lowest moments in my life, music was my savior. Besides, I would like to thank two volunteer organizations — one is America’s Veterans Services and the other is The Paul Hazelton House for seniors and the disabled.

I was a veteran (老兵). After I got out of the service, I began a career in music, and then became an ironworker for higher pay. A few years ago, the one-bedroom house I rented in Massachusetts was sold. The developer planned to tear it down. The property manager gave me two months rent-free to find a new place to live. It didn’t help because I’d been disabled from an accident at work and was living on benefits. Nothing affordable turned up.

With the help of two friends, I silently and hopelessly packed up my belongings and moved everything — including my electronic keyboard — into storage. I slept in my car, thinking it wouldn’t last long. But weeks turned into months and the months into years. My car had become my home.

The one thing that kept me alive was music. I would lose myself in music. Although I had developed cataracts (白内障), nothing could keep my fingers from finding the right keys.

However, I hit my real low one Christmas Eve. I was driving down a narrow back road to where I would park my car and sleep at night. I turned right and accidentally ran into a wall. My car — my only home — lost its right front end.

At that point, I really had no place to live. Fortunately, Bruce Knight, a retired firefighter, heard about me. He drove me to a homeless shelter in York County where I stayed for 75 days. That’s where I met with case managers from Volunteers of America's Veterans Services. They helped me move into their housing, a place called Huot House. I was able to sign up for Veterans Administration benefits and get the cataract treatment I needed to recover my eyesight.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150个左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Ken Darby, manager of Huot House, told me to move toward life.

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I went to volunteer for the “Day of Caring” held by The Paul Hazelton House.

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5 . Two hundred years ago the English poet William Wordsworth wrote I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, a poem that was inspired when he came across a field of daffodils (水仙花). It ________ a basic spirit of early English Romanticism (浪漫主义).

What makes this poem a(n) ________ of Romantic thinking? It isn’t that Wordsworth ________ to write about a natural scene: it is the way he describes the scene as if it had human ________. For him, nature is not only a neutral (无感情色彩的) ________ of scenery, colors, plants, rocks, soil, water and air. It is a ________ force that feels joy and sadness and even tries to educate us human beings and show us the beauty of life.

Wordsworth’s home is now one of the most popular ________ in the Lake District. You can go on a tour of the garden where wild flowers still ________ now regardless of the change of the time. The place, where Wordsworth saw the daffodils, is at the southernmost end of the lake. When you are walking in the ________ of William from two centuries ago, the first group of daffodils appear, but they aren’t tall yellow trumpets (小号状的花) ________ swinging in the gentle wind as described in Wordsworth’s ________. They are just tiny wild daffodils grouped around individual trees rather than ________ together. But as you look north, from beside a huge ancient oak tree, you realize this is what ________ Wordsworth: group after group of daffodils, spread out to left and right but coming together in your sight so that they ________ a beautiful, pale yellow carpet. What you’re seeing at last is nature transformed by human sight and ________.

1.

A．expresses

B．raises

C．breaks

D．compares

2.

A．cause

B．series

C．example

D．proposal

3.

A．volunteers

B．chooses

C．refuses

D．hesitates

4.

A．identities

B．emotions

C．appearances

D．characters

5.

A．balance

B．shape

C．pattern

D．mixture

6.

A．violent

B．economic

C．physical

D．living

7.

A．masterpieces

B．destinations

C．activities

D．performances

8.

A．shakes

B．escapes

C．survives

D．responds

9.

A．footprint

B．direction

C．possession

D．charge

10.

A．proudly

B．casually

C．sharply

D．regularly

11.

A．sight

B．mind

C．memory

D．poem

12.

A．floating

B．waiting

C．collecting

D．trembling

13.

A．confused

B．delighted

C．persuaded

D．confirmed

14.

A．form

B．decorate

C．destroy

D．change

15.

A．capability

B．flexibility

C．expectation

D．imagination

6 . A recent survey found children would rather be online influencers than astronauts. It made headlines and led to plenty of complaints about “kids these days”. Is influencing a promising career path? The lifestyles we see advertised on social media are enticing, but under the shining appearance lie uncertain income, pay inequality, disability and mental health issues.

Successful influencers will be the first to claim that anyone can make it in the industry. However, social media economy experts uncovered a huge income gap between successful influencers and everyone else. For most people trying to become an influencer, their passion projects of content creation often become free work for brands.

Most influencers are self-employed, often experiencing inconsistent income and a lack of protection that comes with long-term employment. The risks of self-employment are increased in the influencer industry by an absence of industry standards and little pay transparency(透明度). Influencers are often forced to assess their own value and determine fees for their work. As a result, content creators often undervalue their own creative labour, and many end up working for free.

Influencers are also often at the mercy of algorithms (运算法则) — the behind-the-scenes computer programs that determine which posts are shown, in which order, to users. Platforms share little detail about their algorithms, yet they finally determine who and what gains visibility and influence on social media, the threat of invisibility is a constant source of insecurity for influencers, who are under constant pressure to feed platforms with content. If they don’t, they may be “punished” by the algorithm-having posts hidden or displayed lower down on search results.

Constant online presence leads to one of the most common issues in the influencer industry: mental health concerns. Influencers can connect to their platform workspaces and audience at any time of day or night, which can lead to them overworking. Coupled with the fear of online criticism, it contributes to mental and physical health issues.

Although becoming an influencer may look appealing to more and more people, the industry’s dark underside needs to be made visible and improved through enhanced employment regulation and industry-led cultural change.

1. What does the underlined word “enticing” in paragraph 1 mean?

A．Imaginative

B．Similar

C．Traditional

D．Attractive

2. What might lead to many influencers undervaluing their creative work?

A．Their belief in winning through quantity.

B．Money paid by the industry is often hidden.

C．Their eagerness to make their work visible online.

D．There’re few employment opportunities in the industry.

3. Why do the influencers feel stressed according to paragraph 4?

A．They are often punished by platforms.

B．They have little knowledge of platform algorithm.

C．They find it difficult to create new content constantly.

D．They have to work out the order of posts to be displayed.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing this text?

A．To describe the life of self-employed content creators.

B．To stress the importance of visibility in the online world.

C．To reveal relationships between platforms and influencers.

D．To show the dark side of working as an online content creator.