1 . 阅读短文，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Lin Qiaozhi is a great woman,     1     was known as “the mother of 10,000 babies”,     2     (deliver) over 50,000 babies in her life. She thought life was p    3     (珍贵的). And she chose to study medicine at age eighteen rather than find a good husband like the     4     (major) of girls. After great efforts, she made it and became the first woman ever     5     (hire) as a resident physician in the PUMC hospital.

We all     6     (承认) San Francisco is a famous city, which is     7     the west coast of America. The city rebuilt itself after the earthquake that     8     (occur) in 1906, which     9     (claim) over 3000 lives. During the gold rush, countless people from all over the world came here to     10     (寻找) their fortune.

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。

Putian wood carving, one of the four well-known     1     (category) of the art of Chinese wood carving, originated in the Tang and Song Dynasties.     2     (serve) as a national intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) item in China, it is a traditional folk carving technique of southeast China’s Fujian Province.

Zheng Chunhui, Lin Jianjun and Chen Yushu are three     3     (exception) representatives of wood carving masters. Zheng is a provincial-level inheritor (继承人) of the wood carving art,     4     not only excels in traditional wood carving technique,     5     expresses his love for his family and nation through his works. To promote the art, Zheng opened a unique wood carving gallery, which is the     6     (one) in Putian run by an individual and free to the public. The delicately made wood carving works by Lin     7     (shine) at a BRICS summit (峰会) several years ago, and meanwhile, the Chinese-style antique furniture pieces that are made by Chen     8     (show) at many international exhibitions over the past few years.

Putian city is home     9     over 2,600 wood carving companies, and the wood carving works     10     (create) there were sold to more than 20 countries and regions around the world last year.

3 . In 2016, Mark Raymond learned the hard way that life can change in a split second(一瞬间). One day, Raymond went boating with his friends. He jumped off the back of the boat and hit a sandbank, leading to a severe injury to his neck. He became paralyzed(瘫痪的)and spent months in the hospital receiving treatment. When he was allowed to leave the hospital, he realized that the hard part was just beginning. He still needed to exercise to recover his strength after finishing the outpatient(门诊病人)treatment.

However, when Raymond returned home, he realized there was a serious lack of accessible gyms or facilities that could help people with different abilities work out and improve their health in his community. The lack of them caused Raymond to take action. In 2018, he established the Split Second Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides treatment that takes up from where outpatient treatment left off.

“The Split Second Foundation has equipment for people who have different disabling conditions,” Raymond explained.“Our specially trained staff will evaluate(评估)disabled customers’ physical needs and limitations and then provide recovery, education, and ongoing fitness classes suitable for them. We’re able to push them in a recovery driven fitness environment to be their best selves.”

Raymond’s goal is to open more accessible gyms, not just in New Orleans where he lives. He hopes the Split Second Foundation can help even more people get their lives back after disastrous accidents. “People with disabilities should also be thought of as productive members of society,” said Raymond. “Anybody’s life can change in an instant due to some kind of injury or disabling condition, and we are providing what’s next.”

When Raymond couldn’t find the services he needed, he made some for himself and others. This is the sort of cleverness we love to see in the world.

1. What does the underlined part “the hard part” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A．The mental problem.	B．The process of recovery.
C．The high pressure of work.	D．The treatment in the hospital.

2. What inspired Mark Raymond to set up the Split Second Foundation?

A．His love for a variety of sports.

B．His dream of becoming a businessman.

C．A boating accident that happened to his friend.

D．A lack of accessible exercise resources in his community.

3. What can we know about the Split Second Foundation?

A．It provides treatment by cooperating with hospitals.

B．It focuses on holding basic classes for poor children.

C．It offers fitness and recovery services to the disabled.

D．It creates plenty of job opportunities for disabled people.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Mark Raymond’s Journey from Paralysis to Recovery

B．Mark Raymond: Help the Disabled Rebuild Their Lives

C．The Importance of Accessible Gyms for Disabled People

D．Split Second Foundation: Offer Patients Postoperative Treatment

4 . Blue jeans are as American as eating a hot dog at a baseball game. But have you ever stopped to wonder why most of us have blue jeans but not red, purple, or green jeans?

Jeans are made of denim, which is a type of strong cotton cloth. Jeans became wildly popular in the American West during the California Gold Rush. This period in the mid-1800s saw 300, 000 people pack up their lives and head west in search of fortune (财富). Searching for gold was difficult work, as people would dig into the side of mountains and look for gold that had made its way into rivers and streams, and they needed durable clothing to help them. Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis saw a chance not in gold, but in selling clothes to the tens of thousands of people arriving every year. They teamed up to create indigo — washed cloth.

So why did they use indigo(blue)to color their jeans? It has to do with the character of indigo. While most other colors penetrate (渗透) deep inside clothing, indigo stays on the surface of the threads (线). This means that when clothing colored with indigo is washed, some of the threads and coloring are removed. Over time and after much cleaning, jeans colored with indigo become softer and more comfortable as well as get that “worn in” look we all love.

Blue jeans are blue — or indigo — because they need to be tough and stand up to a hard day’s work, and also be soft and comfortable. And while many of those in search of gold never found their fortune, Levi Strauss’ blue jeans became wildly popular, and the company is still selling blue jeans 150 years later.

1. Why is Gold Rush mentioned in Paragraph 2?

A．To prove people’s hard lives then.

B．To tell us why blue jeans were created.

C．To share Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis’ story.

D．To show an important period in American history.

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

A．Bright.

B．Fashionable.

C．Strong.

D．Beautiful.

3. Why was blue used to color the jeans?

A．The color and threads could be removed easily.

B．The jeans could become much stronger.

C．It could color the jeans’ threads easily.

D．It penetrated deep inside clothing.

4. What can we learn from Levi Strauss’ success?

A．Success results from hard work.

B．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

C．Failure is meaningful if we learn from it.

D．Fortune prefers those who use their judgement.

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。

The Shanghai Museum celebrated the Lunar New Year with new exhibition in February, Longing for Spring: A Celebration of the Year of the Dragon.

The dragon, or long in Chinese, is the only mythical creature among the 12 Chinese zodiac     1    (sign). It has been present in legends for thousands of years, and recognized as a national totem (图腾) and has     2     long-held spiritual importance in Chinese culture.

Dragons can     3     (find) throughout ancient Chinese art. There are many objects bearing the image of the dragon in the Shanghai Museum’s collection, among which the jade Jue dragon     4     (date) back around 7,000 years. It has a large head, with     5     (point) ears and protruding (伸出的) jaws. Jue objects are widely believed to be the earliest images of the dragon, and archaeologists have speculated that the image could     6     (original) have been based on a pig, bear or even a silkworm. Another one is a flat vase from the reign of Emperor Qianlong. It is a blue-and-white vase     7     two handles, and depicts a red dragon in clouds     8     four feet spread as if it is dancing, looking especially lively.

This is the sixth time that the museum has presented a Lunar New Year exhibition,     9     (feature) zodiac animals. They hope that visitors will find the various     10     (represent) of the dragon in Chinese culture imperial and solemn (庄严), as well as vivid, attractive and lovable.

6 . In South Africa, the African Penguin Nest Project team made up of researchers and wildlife protectors from around the world has designed handmade ceramic (陶瓷的) nest boxes over the last five years to protect endangered penguins from the warming weather caused by climate change.

In the past, the seabirds laid their eggs in holes dug into centuries old layers of their own waste. But in the late 1800s, most of the waste was collected as plant food by traders. Since then, many penguins have nested in the open, exposing them to heatstroke and their eggs to their enemies. “We have put this species at risk of extinction, mainly because of human desires,” said Shaun Welman, a zoologist at Nelson Mandela University. The population of these seabirds in Africa has fallen from 3 million to 48,000 since 1900, according to reports.

But thanks to the team, more than 1,500 ceramic nests have been made and placed across five different penguin colonies (群落) in South Africa. The structures are able to stand up to higher temperatures than traditional holes and outperformed cement (水泥) and fiberglass models, according to a study co-authored by Welman.

The ceramic nests are built by hand. The 72-hour process requires a high level of attention to details to make sure the raw materials are combined successfully. A number of air holes designed to give out heat and keep penguins cool are drilled into the top of the nests, says Kevin Graham, leader of the African Penguin Nest Project.

Having spent three years researching and testing the nests, Graham placed the first 200 structures in two South African penguin colonies in 2018. Within the first month, researchers discovered eggs in 40%of the nests in one colony and 25%of the nests in the other.

“If everything goes well and these nests continue to work, we can keep giving them homes,” said Graham. “Each one we build is eco-friendly.” He added, “We can’t solve the population decline with just the nests, but at least we can give them a place to raise kids.”

1. What led to the fall in penguins’ population at first?

A．Sea pollution.	B．Human activity.
C．Climate change.	D．Introduced pests.

2. What advantage do the ceramic nests have over traditional ones?

A．They are easier to build and repair.

B．They are more environmentally friendly.

C．They can better protect penguins from the heat.

D．They can better stop the eggs from being attacked.

3. What does the data in Paragraph 5 show?

A．The ceramic nests are effective.

B．The penguins’ eggs are hard to find.

C．The ceramic nests need improvements.

D．The two colonies have different living habits.

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

A．To offer suggestions on wildlife protection.

B．To find out the threats African penguins face.

C．To show the achievements of an African project team.

D．To introduce a handmade nest benefiting penguins.

7 . Every Saturday, Grandpa and I walked to a nursing home. “Whoever visits the sick gives them life,” Grandpa ______ believed.

One day Grandpa was suddenly ______ to hospital. Worse still, we were told he was ______ to recover, deep sadness over our family.

Saturday came. I had not ______ to go there, but Grandpa’s words rang in my head. So alone I went. Everyone was happy to see me but ______ when not seeing Grandpa. When told his ______, they comforted me in tun, “Do your best and God will do the rest.” They all tried in their unique way to cheer me up and ______ for Grandpa.

For days, neither could Grandpa sit up, nor would he speak or eat. The atmosphere was awfully ______. Suddenly the nurse came in, saying, “You have visitors.” I ______. The guys Grandpa and I visited every Saturday were all present.

They all showcased their best to the fullest, thus making grandpa’s day. Visiting hours went so fast that they had to ______ and told grandpa they would come again soon. I was ______ in tears.

That evening, Grandpa sat up and asked the ______ what he could eat. Day by day he ______ for the better. Grandpa’ recovery was a medical ______, the doctors thought. But I knew the truth: His friends’ ______ had made him well.

1.

A．easily

B．firmly

C．warmly

D．hardly

2.

A．rushed

B．invited

C．delivered

D．led

3.

A．unlikely

B．sure

C．natural

D．proud

4.

A．pretended

B．refused

C．intended

D．regretted

5.

A．interested

B．pleased

C．excited

D．surprised

6.

A．purpose

B．result

C．condition

D．income

7.

A．work

B．fight

C．speak

D．pray

8.

A．friendly

B．heavy

C．touching

D．calm

9.

A．turned up

B．came up

C．stayed up

D．looked up

10.

A．sleep

B．stop

C．leave

D．rest

11.

A．moved

B．scared

C．choked

D．bored

12.

A．nurse

B．manager

C．teacher

D．cook

13.

A．searched

B．changed

C．functioned

D．studied

14.

A．task

B．report

C．wonder

D．research

15.

A．letters

B．requests

C．praise

D．visit

8 . On March 5, the Student Union organized a voluntary activity to a________ (提倡) garbage sorting. (根据中英文提示填空)

9 . 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。

Two years ago, my husband took a new job, requiring us to move from our home in Texas to Washington, D. C. It wasn’t an easy move.

The family part was the problem. No one would be moving with us. All our children were grown and on their own. This move would be different, just the two of us, my husband and me.

When we sat down for dinner in our new, empty house, I thought the quiet was going to swallow me whole. I didn’t know how to survive this transition.

Then the dreams began.

At first, I tried ignoring them. After all, how many times can a person be accepted to graduate school, run away from the opportunity, and hope to knock on the door again?

I had discovered my passion for writing thirty years ago while working on my English undergraduate degree. I fell in love with children’s literature and knew that’s what I wanted to do with my life: write for children. But life kept me busy, and my dream was put on the back burner.

Two decades later, I thought working toward my Master of Fine Arts(MFA)would get me back into writing. So I applied and was accepted into a program. The workload, however, seemed daunting (令人望而却步的) in light of our constant moves and busy family life, . so I gave up again.

The dreams never stopped. One morning, I awakened from dreaming that I had contacted a university’s writing department, asked to rejoin, and was accepted. The dream had shaken me. So I reached for my cell phone and dashed off (匆匆写成) an e-mail asking what I would need to do to reapply. Later that afternoon, my cell phone rang. It was the program director. By the end of our five-minute conversation, after I explained the tum of events in my life, the dreams, and how I needed the program, she invited me back. I would begin course work in January, exactly as my dream foretold.

I am in the last semester of earning my MFA in Writing for Children. The program has helped me grow in ways I never realized I needed to grow.

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。

Has the road been easy?

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I’ve learned that not everything we view as a setback (挫折) is truly a setback.

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10 . The world’s nations have promised to limit global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees over pre-industrial levels, which involves shutting down fossil fuel extraction (化石燃料开采) as quickly as possible. But despite this promise, first reached six years ago during the Paris Climate Accords, the fossil-fuel producing nations are on track to extract more than twice as much coal, oil and natural gas as would be permissible under this plan, a new United Nations report says.

To have a chance of limiting temperature increases to 1.5 degrees, production of coal needs to drop by 11% every year between 2020 and 2030. while production of oil and gas needs to drop by 4% and 3%, respectively, the report finds. Instead, production of oil and gas is set to increase, while coal production is projected to drop slightly.

The so-called production gap, the difference between countries’ climate promises and their fossil fuel production plans — hasn’t changed since the United Nations first examined it in 2019, indicating that international climate accords are still closer to theoretical promises than detailed plans.

The report looks at fossil fuel production in 15 countries — including Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, the U.S. and the United Kingdom — hat are collectively responsible for three-quarters of the world’s fossil fuel production. Most of these countries have promised to reach zero emissions by mid-century, but they are planning to increase their fossil fuel extraction until at least 2030.

So far, climate efforts from major fossil fuel extractors, including industry, have “focused on extracting fossil fuels in less-polluting ways, not on winding down production levels in line with climate goals,” the report says. While these efforts, such as developing carbon-capture (碳捕捉) technology and reducing methane leaks (甲烷泄露) are important. they fall far short of the changes science demands if global temperatures are to stay at a livable level.

To close that gap, the report urges governments to make realistic plans for winding down fossil fuel extraction, starting with state-owned companies, which arc responsible for more than half the world’s extraction of such fuels.

1. What does the new United Nations report say?

A．Climate promises are being made worldwide.

B．Fossil fuels arc being extracted in large quantities.

C．Global temperature will soon increase by 1.5 degrees.

D．Production of coal will drop sharply in the next decade.

2. Why are the figures mentioned in paragraph 2?

A．To imply an energy crisis.

B．To show the efforts made by now.

C．To indicate how to close the production gap.

D．To stress the goal of the Paris Climate Accords.

3. What can we say about most of the 15 countries?

A．They will achieve zero emissions by 2030.

B．They think little of carbon-capture technology.

C．They should turn to the United Nations for help.

D．They are on the way to breaking their promises.

4. Which should act first to bring us towards a livable climate future?

A．Coal mines owned by the government.	B．Gas stations run by private companies.
C．Power plants owned by the government.	D．Car factories run by private companies.