5 . 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。

I got through another long, annoying day teaching high school English via Zoom. Upon reaching my office, I pulled up my work email. There was a message from a woman who I didn’t know: Gigi Shepherd, who asked how she could join my class. “Was she a new teaching assistant?” I wondered. I’d never done any co-teaching. And I certainly wasn’t interested in doing it now with a stranger.

The email must be a mistake. Before I could figure it out, the principal called. She explained that Ms. Shepherd had got the passcode that would grant(同意) her admittance to my Zoom space.

“It’s good news!” the principal said. “Our district is trying to improve teachers’ skills by placing experienced part-time teachers with new full-time educators. It means more help for you.”

“Can’t you put her in another classroom?” I said. “I’m just fine alone.”

“The assignments have been made,” she said. “This will be fine.”

Deep down, I disliked changes. When things didn’t go as I wanted, I tended to get anxious. That evening, I emailed the stranger, as I’d come to think of her, with directions for joining us online.

The next morning, my screen was filled with the image of Gigi’s husband, as he helped her sign on. Gigi looked to be about my age. I put her on the spot, asking her to teach a lesson supporting the students’ emotional needs. To my surprise, the students became cheerful and lively as Gigi led them in a discussion on ways to stay connected. “Remember-even when we’re apart physically from friends and family, we needn’t feel alone, " she said in a breathy, sweet yet deliberate(从容的) voice, like a grade schoolteacher. And all the students responded. That was totally different from my teaching style.

Her kind words weren’t reserved only for students. “What a wonderful lesson,” she said before we signed off. “I really like the way you express yourself, Lori,” she told me.

注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右;
2.请按照图如下格式在答题卡的相应位置做答。

After school that day, Gigi and I got to know each other.

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Since then, I had learned a lot from Gigi.

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8 . Few sights fill you with nostalgia (怀旧) like the fireflies dancing at night.     1    Their populations are declining around the world as the threats against them are increasing. Sara Lewis, an expert who studies the insects, offers tips on what you can do to ensure that fireflies will continue to light up your backyard.

Create a firefly habitat

    2     With about 2, 000 different species of fireflies, there’s a wide variety of environments in which they thrive (繁衍) —including wetlands, forests, and even city parks—which is why some species are more threatened than others. “You can recreate those conditions in your own backyard simply by leaving some leaf litter around the edges of your property, “ Lewis says. ”That’s a good microhabitat for fireflies.”

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Flashing lights are an important part in fireflies life. As the sun sets, male fireflies move around while flashing their lights to signal their interest. If a nearby female is interested, she flashes back from her position to the ground, and the males fly down to find her. “All of that has to happen for the next generation to survive,” says Lewis. “However, light pollution makes those scenes much harder to see. It’s like cutting a phone line. It really stops the romance.     4    You can draw your curtains shut at night and turn off the lights completely when possible.”

Stop using pesticides (杀虫剂)

Using pesticides in your yard also poses an existential threat to fireflies, which are insects after all.     5    . Scientists are researching alternatives to chemical pesticides that could target specific species, like mosquitoes, while leaving other insects unharmed.

A．Reduce light pollution

B．Make a fire in the open air

C．Luckily, there are some solutions

D．But these beloved insects are in trouble

E．The living conditions of fireflies are getting better

F．The biggest threat facing fireflies today is the loss of their habitats

G．Most of the pesticides will kill less-beloved insects as well as fireflies

9 . 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。

Bigger, better games

The 19th Asian Games,     1     (host) in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, attracted worldwide attention. Despite     2     (delay) for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers said the sporting extravaganza returned in style, with the opening ceremony     3     (attract) a total of 503 million views.

Although based originally on the format for the Olympic Games, the Asian Games boast     4     (region) sports with distinct Asian characteristics, including dragon boat racing, kabaddi (a team contact sport), sepak takraw (kick volleyball) and kurash (a folk wrestling discipline). Singh, the acting OCA president, said     5     is important for the Games to attract young people with the addition of new, action-packed events     6     appeal to this audience, such as breaking (break dancing) and e-sports, which     7     (include) in the Hangzhou Games. “For young people, the Asian Games showcase the Olympic values of teamwork devotion respect and friendship. They let people unite to feel the value and thrill of     8     (compete) and cooperation.”

Zhou Jinqiang, a vice-minister of the General Administration of Sport of China, said: “The sports at the Asian Games have strong Olympic elements, and are     9     great opportunity for Asian countries and regions to display their cultures and traditions. The variety of sports at the Games is the best testimony to the inclusiveness     10     diversity of Asian sports culture.”

10 . An educator with a passion for getting children emotionally invested in saving the ice caps gave a lesson to students as a polar bear stayed on his shoulder. The bear seemed to say “hi” to them about climate change.

Gavin McCormack is trying to bring the “amazing natural phenomena” to the fingertips of children in an attempt to get them to help stop rising sea levels and become passionate about climate change, which is threatening the home of polar bears.

The primary school teacher decided to jump headfirst into his teachings and spent ten days on an icebreaker heading towards the North Pole. On the first day at sea, a polar bear climbed out of the water right in front of him and onto an island where it was attacked by a group of Arctic terns (北极燕鸥).

“Each day is different but so interesting,” McCormack said. “This week, my dream to teach children about the wonder of a polar bear with one right over my shoulder came true.”

The most memorable moment for him while in the Arctic was when his ship reached the pack ice. The ship crunched (嘎吱地响) through the ice as they reached 82 degrees north and the noise was deafening. Earlier this week he launched his new course “Be the Change”, which is free to all schools nationwide. “Be the Change” is designed to empower children, families and communities around the world to bring about changes and make global impacts. “It takes a course-related approach to improve the world in meaningful ways,” Mr. McCormack said.

McCormack hopes to teach the “leaders of tomorrow” to include nature and the climate in every decision they make. He is planning another course named “It Starts With You”, with the hopes of bringing purposeful education to as many children as possible.

“Working alongside teachers, schools and students, we believe that when children are empowered to make real choices about the future, the skills for life are developed not through listening to what others tell them, but through experience,” McCormack said.

1. Why did McCormack head to the North Pole?

A．To observe an amazing natural sight.

B．To measure the rate of sea level rise.

C．To save polar bears from extinction.

D．To educate children in a real situation.

2. What can we learn about polar bears according to the text?

A．They are friendly towards human beings.

B．Climate change causes the loss of their habitats.

C．Arctic terns are their natural enemies.

D．Hunger drives them out of water for food.

3. What does “Be the Change” aim to do?

A．To make a difference in improving the world.

B．To change people’s decision-making methods.

C．To teach students to think twice before making choices.

D．To develop students’ life skills through experience.

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?

A．Climate Change — A Worldwide Concern

B．New Ways of Teaching About Climate Change

C．Join Hands and Say No to Global Warming

D．An Interesting Trip to the North Pole