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。

The annual Halloween arrived, during which kids dressed in traditional clothes went to neighbors’ houses to ask for candy.

Allison lived in a small town. That day after dinner, Allison put on her dress her father had just bought for her. The dress was cheap and second-hand because her family was poor. But Allison still thanked her dad and said, “Everyone will love my dress!” Then, she left for neighbors’ houses to ask for candy.

On the way, she came across Anna and her friends and wanted to join them. “No! Look at your dress! It’s ugly!” Anna said. Her friends also laughed. “Look at our dresses, especially mine! It’s new and beautiful,” Anna added. Her friends nodded, and in some way they were right. Anna’s dress was shiny and looked expensive. She always had the best clothes because her parents were rich.

Allison was shocked and sad. The kids not only disliked her dress but made fun of it. “You can’t come with us!” Anna stressed. “We would never hang out with you!” The other kids agreed and laughed. They all left to start collecting candy for the night while Allison was left alone, embarrassed in the middle of the street.

Anyway, she knew all the neighbors. She often helped around carrying their groceries and helping them with their gardens. People around there knew her. She didn’t need to hangout with Anna or her friends. “I’ll go just alone,” the little girl said to herself and started walking.

She as well as Anna and her friends walked in the same direction: towards their first neighbor Mrs Vaughan’s house. But Allison walked behind and kept her distance from them. And she stopped when Anna and her friends were near Mrs Vaughan’s house.

Just then, Mrs Vaughan looked out of her window. She noticed that Allison was being excluded by Anna and her friends. She knew it was probably because of Allison’s poor dress. She immediately felt pity for Allison, who often helped her and other neighbors. She decided to give Allison much more candy as a reward and teach Anna and her friends a lesson.

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When Anna and her friends knocked on her door, Mrs Vaughan opened it.

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Anna looked up and said, “Our clothes are more beautiful! But you gave Allison more candy! Why?”

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2 . How many different emotions do you think you can communicate to people with your face? Do you have the same facial expressions as the people from different cultures? Read this passage to find out what scientists have just discovered about this topic.

New research suggests that there are only four basic facial expressions of emotion. However, how these expressions are interpreted (解释) might depend on where you are from. Research by scientists from the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Glasgow has challenged the traditional view of how the face expresses emotions. It was widely believed that six basic emotions (happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise and disgust) were expressed and recognized across different cultures. However, the University of Glasgow’s work now suggests that the human face only has four basic expressions of emotion. This is because some pairs of emotions are impossible to distinguish(辨别). Fear and surprise, for example, both share wide open eyes. The facial expressions for anger and disgust also look the same.

So if our faces are only able to express four basic emotions, how do we communicate a much more complex kind of feeling? The study found that the way expressions are interpreted is different in different cultures. However, while looking at how people from the East and West look at different parts of the face during facial expression recognition, scientists found that although there are some common features across cultures, the six basic facial expressions of emotion are not recognized universally.

What interests people about the cross-cultural aspect of the research? This work leads to understanding which emotions we share and appreciating our differences.

1. What did the University of Glasgow find?

A．Six basic emotions greatly influence our character.

B．Six basic emotions can be recognized.

C．It is easy to tell from the basic facial expressions.

D．Some of the six facial expressions are similar.

2. Which group may be the four basic facial expressions of emotion?

A．Sadness, fear, anger and surprise.	B．Anger, sadness, fear and happiness.
C．Happiness, surprise, sadness and fear.	D．Disgust, happiness, anger and sadness.

3. What can we learn according to Paragraph 3?

A．Basic facial expressions are not universal.

B．Facial expressions can’t show complex feelings.

C．Western people have more kinds of facial expressions.

D．The way to express emotions changes with time.

4. Which is the proper title for the passage?

A．What Does Your Face Say?	B．How Do We Communicate?
C．What Are the Six Basic Emotions?	D．Do We Have the Same Expressions?

3 . Mars is truly a fascinating planet for those of us here on Earth. It is about half of the size of Earth and is often referred to as the “Red Planet” because of its red surface.

Mars has seasons like Earth, but the seasons there are twice as long as the seasons on Earth. Mars also has an atmosphere, but it is very thin and made up mostly of carbon dioxide. Because of its thin atmosphere and greater distance from the Sun, Mars is much colder than Earth. However, Mars does have weather, with clouds and winds. The poles on Mars are a lot like Antarctica, capped by ice, but much of Mars’s ice is made from carbon dioxide, not water.

Many scientists believe that studying Mars can help us answer some of the key questions about our planet Earth, or even the universe. But missions to Mars have never been easy. Facing great challenges, many countries will still continue their explorations. Launching the first Mars probe (探测器) from Wenchang around 2020 is China’s first step to explore the “Red Planet”

The Chinese Mars probe is made up of three parts: the orbiter, the lander, and the rover. Entering the Earth-Mars transfer orbit, the Mars probe separates from the launch vehicle. Then the space-to-ground communications link is created. Controllers on Earth guide it into the orbit around Mars. After collecting detailed information about the landing area, the probe is ready for the landing. The orbiter and the lander separate. The orbiter stays in the orbit for at least a year to photograph key areas and monitor the planet’s environment, while the lander heads down to the surface of Mars.

Nine kilometres above the planet, a large parachute(降落伞) opens to slow the landing craft as it falls. After removing the parachute, the lander chooses a safe place to land, where the Martian rover can start operations, collecting and transmitting data back to Earth. After receiving its orders from Earth, the rover leaves the landing point and begins to explore the surface of Mars.

1. How does the writer develop paragraph 2?

A．By making a list.	B．By giving examples.
C．By making comparisons.	D．By analyzing cause and effect.

2. What can we learn about Mars exploration according to the text?

A．China has been exploring Mars for many years.

B．Mars exploration is not so difficult for some countries.

C．Some countries will stop Mars exploration due to great difficulties.

D．Mars exploration can help us better understand the earth and universe.

3. About the flight of the Mars probe, which is the correct order?
① The probe is ready for the landing.
② The Mars probe separates from the launch vehicle.
③ Controllers on Earth guide it into the orbit around Mars.
④ The probe collects detailed information about the landing area.

A．①②③④

B．④③①②

C．②③④①

D．②③①④

4. What’s the function of the rover?

A．It slows the landing craft as it falls.

B．It collects and transmits data back to Earth.

C．It helps the lander to find a safe place to land.

D．It guides the probe into the orbit around Mars.

4 . A group of generous mothers collected baby strollers(婴儿手推车)to help the homeless mothers. The homeless mothers had_______ from their homes because of the flood. Many people left their homes with only a suitcase or a few _______ items,so the sight of strollers waiting for them at a bus station became a(n) _______ of hope and love.

Women and children_______the majority of the refugees(难民)leaving their homes，because the government _______the men younger than 60 to remain and rebuild their home. The kind mothers _______ the heartbreaking scenes of desperate families escaping from their homes and wanted to help. The donation of strollers and other necessities has _______helped ease the transition for many families. Dorators have also left heartwarming, handwritten notes to show their_______

The mothers who organized the_______ knew first-hand the comfort astroller would bring to a tired mother and child. A stroller offers a sense of ________, and it allows both mother and child an opportunity to rest and________strength.

The stroller drive idea first spread by ________word of mouth between neighbors. The idea soon went viral on social media and________ a kindness movement. The mothers’ stroller idea________ an activity of supply and fund donations or refugees from the country. Many people believe that the kindhearted mothers are heroes for the refugees. Their action has ________ to the world a beautiful example of the value of kindness.

1.

A．fled

B．learned

C．differed

D．recovered

2.

A．various

B．cheap

C．personal

D．big

3.

A．absence

B．symbol

C．character

D．design

4.

A．manage

B．control

C．predict

D．represent

5.

A．required

B．permitted

C．reminded

D．promised

6.

A．monitored

B．examined

C．assessed

D．witnessed

7.

A．privately

B．actually

C．crazily

D．completely

8.

A．support

B．admiration

C．protection

D．demand.

9.

A．process

B．donation

C．journey

D．treatment

10.

A．stress

B．direction

C．balance

D．safety

11.

A．repeat

B．regain

C．recall

D．review

12.

A．simple

B．typical

C．evident

D．steady

13.

A．figured out

B．knocked off

C．brought about

D．attended to

14.

A．reflected

B．deserted

C．handled

D．inspired

15.

A．apologized

B．described

C．displayed

D．explained

5 . If you’re a high school student, you have a lot of scholarship resources available to you. Here are some tips on how to get college scholarships.

Enter high school career centers. First, go to your high school career center.     1    , your school’s counselor (辅导员) can help you find similar resources online or in your local community. Most high school career centers keep an updated list of scholarships sorted by date. Go through this list and make note of every single scholarship.

Make full use of library and bookstore scholarship resources. Once you use up all of the scholarships from your high school, head to a bookstore or library and pick up the latest copy of an annual scholarship reference book.     2    . But it’s cheaper to borrow a copy from the library. The scholarship books are all catalogs (目录) of scholarships you can earn as a high school student.

    3    . Once you’ve found all the scholarships through the above resources, you can turn to different search engines and websites that can help you find scholarships. The easiest-to-find scholarships on the web will be the most competitive.     4    .

Find scholarships through friends and family.     5    , which can help see if they know of any scholarships. There are a lot of companies that offer college scholarships—companies that the people you know work at. So ask around! Some of the best scholarships come from some of the most unexpected places.

A．Make college scholarship web

B．Search college scholarship sites

C．You’ll also find these books online

D．If your high school doesn’t have a career center

E．Talk to your friends, parents and even parents’ friends

F．That’s why we recommend career centers and books first

G．After arriving career center, you can update resources online

6 . Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice seedlings(幼苗)aboard the Tiangong space station and this experiment may offer key insights into how astronauts can grow food to support long—term space missions, experts said on Monday. This experiment is the first to produce the complete life cycle of the plant, which begins with a seed and ends with a mature plant producing new seeds.

The breakthrough was conducted in the Wentian space laboratory, which was launched into orbit on July 24, 2022. Three astronauts were conducting the experiment smoothly and testing the plants according to the plan.

“The rice seedlings are growing very well,” said Zheng Huiqiong, a researcher of the task, adding that the experiment also contained seedlings of a small flowering plant often used by scientists to study mutations(变异). “The astronauts will keep monitoring the plants, and if it is successful, they will collect the newly produced seeds and bring them back to Earth for further studies,” she noted

The flowering stage is crucial for plant reproductive development. “We want to investigate how microgravity can affect the plant flowering time and whether it is possible to use the microgravity environment to control the related process,” she said.

Since the 1980s, China has been taking seeds of rice and other crops to space to help them mutate and produce higher yields once they were planted on Earth. But growing rice in orbit is a different challenge due to the tough conditions of space such as microgravity and lack of air.   

Rice has been a main food for astronauts since the early days of space exploration. Freeze—dried chicken and rice was the menu for the Apollo 11 mission, which carried the first humans to land on the moon in July 1969.

“But if we want to land on and explore Mars, bringing food from Earth is not enough to provide for the astronauts’ long journey and mission in space. We have to find a food source for long term space explorations,” Zheng added.

1. What’s the significance of Chinese recent space rice experiment?

A．It enables human beings to move to another planet.

B．It helps people get a better idea of the human life cycle.

C．It inspires more other countries to do space explorations

D．It makes it possible to carry out long—term space missions

2. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．The mutation.

B．The experiment.

C．The exploration.

D．The space mission.

3. Why have crop seeds been brought to space since the last century?

A．To promote genetic changes and increase crop harvest.

B．To figure out how to create an earth—like environment.

C．To study the impact of microgravity on crop growth.

D．To develop new crop species with strong ability to adapt.

4. Where is the text most probably from?

A．A medical report.	B．A fashion magazine.
C．A science newspaper.	D．A history book.

7 . The example of a foreign teacher who volunteered to help fight the wildfires in Chongqing’s Beibei District with other local residents has touched many.

In the unbearable heat and drought conditions, multiple wildfires hit parts of Chongqing. On Sunday night, a forest fire broke out and spread in Beibei District. The local government issued an urgent call for volunteers with certain skills and experience, such as chain saw（链锯）operation, to join in the firefighting. Chain saws were used to create fire barriers.

“I was happy to help,” said Francis Stonier, a professor in a university. “I used to cut trees around my yard and neighborhood and had volunteered many times in the US in the past.”

Stonier found a translator—50-year-old He Wu, a foreign language professor—who also signed up to fight fires. Soon after arriving at the volunteer area, the pair were assigned to one of the chain saw groups—examining and adjusting chain saws.

“Stonier is responsible and focused, and is doing a really good job,” said He, adding that Stonier checked each chain saw carefully, to see if it was too tight or too loose. “Wherever I went, the volunteers and local residents gave me a big thumbs-up. It was an unforgettable experience,” Stonier said.

Thanks to the joint efforts of fire and rescue workers, as well as volunteers and residents, the scaring wildfire in Beibei had been put out as of Thursday night.

“It was great to see such an outpouring of help in the extreme heat,” Stonier said, noting that he was impressed with the number of locals who came to help. Motorcyclists gave up their jobs to transport materials and people up and down the mountains. Others gave their time to carry heavy supplies, prepare and serve meals or help organize.

1. What caused the outbreak of the forest fire in Beibei District?

A．The extreme heat and drought.

B．The local area being short of water.

C．The existence of enough oil materials.

D．The lack of people guarding the forest.

2. Why was Stonier accepted to participate in the firefighting?

A．He was capable of creating fire barriers.

B．He was experienced in chain saw operation.

C．He was determined to become a firefighter.

D．He showed no consideration for his own safety.

3. Which words can best describe Stonier?

A．Determined and creative.	B．Generous and independent.
C．Devoted and courageous.	D．Humorous and passionate.

4. What message does the author intend to convey in the last paragraph?

A．To care is to help.	B．Many hands make light work.
C．Dare to challenge and achieve yourself.	D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

8 . Four Best Language Exchange Apps

HelloTalk

HelloTalk is a language exchange application that allows you to talk with others from around the world for free. You can write a brief summary about yourself in your profile（简介）, choose your native language and select the language and level that you’re currently learning. Then you’re able to search for native language partners from around the world! What sets HelloTalk apart from similar apps is that native speakers can edit your messages and correct your grammar while you chat together.

Lext Talk

Lext Talk is an application that allows users to connect with people from around the world. Once your profile is complete, you can select which language you speak and which language you’d like to learn. A very convenient feature that Lext Talk offers is its map. Users can use Lext Talk’s map to search for language partners in their areas, or find a partner in a specific region.

Doongle

Like the feature of Lext Talk but you have an Android phone? Don’t worry, there’s a similar app for all Android users too! Doongle allows its users to share voice messages, photos and more. Like Lext Talk, Doongle also has a map feature. Doongle offers a particular group chat feature, where you can talk about English grammar or share tips on how to make a pizza with others.

italki

With italki, you get to choose your teachers based on your interests and goals. You pay per lesson but you get what you pay for. You can choose to take lessons anytime and anywhere to your liking. If you don’t know which teacher to choose, don’t worry. All teachers will have a video introduction of themselves and you could also judge by looking through previous re—views from students.

1. What’s special about HelloTalk?

A．It is the best application to learn grammar.

B．Users’ errors can be corrected in the message.

C．HelloTalk offers quality lessons at a low price.

D．Users can choose language partners by gender.

2. Which offers professional guidance to a language learner?

A．HelloTalk.

B．Lext Talk.

C．Doongle.

D．italki.

3. What can be inferred from the text?

A．Doongle doesn’t have a map feature.

B．HelloTalk doesn’t offer a text chat feature.

C．Lext Talk is not suitable for Android users.

D．italki doesn’t offer much detail of teachers.