2 . 选用方框内合适的内容并用其正确形式完成下列短文（每项限用一次）。

make sense, skip, enthusiastic, motivating, countless, ultimate

When you set a big goal, you’re really assigning yourself       1     small tasks. When people give up on these big goals, it’s often because they haven’t figured out what those small tasks are or planned for the time and work needed.

No one wants to talk you out of a big goal. You should definitely pursue what you are     2     about in life. However, you should be realistic about where you are today, where you want to go and what you can reasonably achieve in the time frame and with the resources you’ve got. If you don’t really have the time or knowledge required to get where you want to go, it    3     to set a more achievable goal.

Once you meet that first goal, you promise yourself to set another and another. The approach is more effective because it guarantees at least some progress towards your big,     4    goal. It doesn’t have to be an “all or nothing” situation.

Once you’ve set a goal, you need to make achieving that goal part of your daily life. A new “habit stack” is needed. A habit stack is a series of small actions you do relatively in the same order each day. Most of us have a habit stack when getting ready for bed that includes washing your face, brushing your teeth, and setting your alarm, for example. You never or rarely     5     a step because the habit is set and you go from one activity to the next without even thinking about it. So, if you want to run a 10K this year, you’ll need to run nearly every day to practice. You should set out your running clothes and confirm your route the night before.

This is just one example of doing small things daily to help you achieve a larger goal. Goals that are “right-sized” relative to the amount of time and work you’re willing and able to invest are much more satisfying because you’re more likely to achieve them. Achieving a goal is an extremely       6     experience, and one that will build confidence so that you can work up to something more remarkable over time. As you set goals this year, overcome the “all or nothing” mindset and enjoy more success in the long term.

3 . 选用方框内合适的内容并用其正确形式完成下列短文（每项限用一次）。

contribute, determine, average, appreciate, income

You probably don’t remember much of what you did when you were four. You were probably in preschool. You probably weren’t aware of greater world problems such as greenhouse gases, poverty etc. And I’m sure you definitely weren’t thinking of ways to solve these pressing world issues, because it’s just not what    1     four-year-olds do, right?

Well, this isn’t the case for Joshua Williams. When he was only four years old and he was walking on the street with his mother, he saw a homeless man. The man had a sign that said “need food”. That moment was eye-opening for him and so he was       2     to do something about it.

Joshua and his family started helping out some poor families by giving them food. He founded the “Joshua’s Heart Foundation” in 2005 with the help of his family and a couple of close friends.

Joshua’s Heart Foundation has two main goals: to “stomp out world hunger” and “break the cycle of poverty”. They do this through many different programs such as the Food Recovery and Distribution Program which provides boxes of food to hundreds of families on a low       3     every month.

Joshua’s Heart Foundation also educates communities and raises awareness of hunger and hunger-related issues. People who are aware that hunger is a serious issue are more likely to     4     to stomping it out.

Joshua’s incredible work has been     5     and led to him receiving many high-profile awards. In 2012, he became the youngest recipient (接受者) ever of the White House Champions of Change Award.

4 . 选词填空

captivate     inspire     feature   fictionalize   stream   tailor obtain   decorate

The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang have long been considered a treasure trove of cultural and artistic heritage. The murals adorning the walls of the grottoes     1     viewers for centuries and continue to     2     contemporary works to this day.

One of the latest examples is Till the End of the Moon, a fantasy series which     3     many elements inspired by the aesthetics of Dunhuang. The series started     4     on Youku on April 6 and is adapted from a popular online novel,     5     the bittersweet love between a celestial being and a demon ruler, played by actress Bai Lu and actor Luo Yunxi.

According to Ruan Hexin, the art director, the crew spent nine months bringing the fantastic world to life by     6     12 sound stages covering an overall area of nearly 50,000 square meters, as well as     7     a total of 30,000 props.

To seek inspiration, the creators traveled to some iconic attractions in Dunhuang and Zhangye in Gansu province,     8     the inspiration to use black and grayish blue, the major hues in most Dunhuang murals, for the demon king's costumes. Besides, the costumes of the celestial being took inspiration from the murals of flying deities, which are majorly painted with the colors of straw yellow, bamboo yellow, and emerald blue.

5 . 选词填空

investigate   inspire   reveal   base   announce   abandon     extend   publish   get into   win

The Hugo Awards, the world’s top sci-fi awards,     1     on Saturday night at the 2023 Chengdu World Science Fiction Convention. Chinese writer Hai Ya’s The Space-Time Painter     2     the Hugo Award for Best Novelette. Hai created the story     3     by a painting masterpiece Qianli Jiangshan Tu (A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains) by Wang Ximeng from the Song Dynasty (960-1279), who painted the work at the age of 18.     4     on the life of Wang, Hai created a painter named Zhao Ximeng, a prodigy that painted for the emperor more than 1,000 years ago. After much misery and suffering, Zhao     5     his physical body and entered a space where a modern policeman that     6     a case concerning an ancient painting     7     his memory. The story, through the twists and turns in Zhao’s life,     8     the political struggles behind this marvelous painting and the struggles and fights of individuals against the torrents of time. Working in the financial industry and a sci-fi fan, Hai, now 33, started writing sci-fi stories in 2016 and     9     his first work in 2019. Pitying on Wang who was so talented but had such a short life, Hai     10     his life through sci-fi, he said in previous interviews.

6 . 选词填空

kill   break down     mourn       heaven       die cast away       sew        peace       gather       seek

A Time for Everything

from The Holy Bible

For everything there is a season,and a time for every matter under    1    :

A time to be born, and a time to     2    ;

A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that what is planted;

A time to     3    , and a time to heal;

A time to     4    , and a time to build up;

A time to weep, and a time to laugh;

A time to     5    , and a time to dance;

A time to throw away stones, and a time to    6     stones together;

A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to     7    , and a time to lose;

A time to keep, and a time to     8    ;

A time to tear, and a time to     9    ;

A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to love, and a time to hate;

A time for war; and a time for     10    .

7 . Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words and expressions to complete the passage. Note that there are two more options than you need.

bend                 defeat                    trial                    cruel                    educator             lose face masterpiece       unnecessarily          practically            recite                    dignity               by heart

Today I read about the early learning experiences of three famous people: Marie Curie, Charles Darwin and Nelson Mandela. Young Curie was frequently asked to     1     in front of visitors. In the beginning, she considered it a(n)     2     because she was a timid little girl. Fortunately, her father kept reading Polish     3     to the family on Saturday evenings. With the help of this great     4    , Curie gradually developed a taste for poetry and became willing to learn     5     and recite poems. Young Darwin acquired a nickname of “Gas” because he used to help his brother with his experiments in making gases and compounds in their laboratory. By doing this, he learned, in a(n)     6     way, the real meaning of experimental science. In a manner different from that of the other two, young Mandela learned a lesson from a(n)     7     incident with a donkey. It managed to unseat him while he was riding it. He     8     and felt embarrassed. He learned that he would not     9     his opponents by hurting their     10    .

8 . Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words and expressions to complete the passage. Note that there are two more options than you need.

sail                    exceptional             set out             crew                    starve             freezing rescue               remote                    accompany       sink                    wave             abandon

Shackleton’s 1914 adventure, called the Endurance Expedition, was designed to cross Antarctica. His ship, the Endurance, was unfortunately stuck in ice and the     1     had to spend their days in complete darkness and     2     cold for eight months. When spring finally came, the ship, to their great disappointment, broke in the melting ice. They had no choice but to     3     ship. With three open lifeboats saved from the broken ship, Shackleton and his men eventually made it to Elephant Island. However, since the island was     4     from any shipping routes, it was unlikely that the men would be     5    . In order to save themselves, Shackleton,     6     by five most trusted men, left most of his men on Elephant Island and     7     for South Georgia, 810 miles away. The     8     in this part of the world can often reach 50 feet. Can you imagine that? They     9     in an open 23-foot boat! Almost three weeks later, Shackleton and his men, extremely tired and     10    , reached a whaling station after marching over the mountains of South Georgia. With help provided by the Chilean government, the captain finally made his way back to Elephant Island to save his men. Nobody died. Nobody!

9 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. referring             B. refresh             C. pin                    D. occurred             E. acknowledging F. identify             G. drain                    H. discouraged       I. specific             J. negative K. specifically

Make a Wish List

Most of us know of New Year’s Resolutions, where one sets intentions for the year ahead. But too often, people make their resolutions     1     — “I will no longer eat biscuits left at my desk”— and then feel unhappy. In the cold month of January, the last thing you need is to     2     your energy further by setting up a series of battles with yourself. And if you break a resolution, you feel     3    , which is a rubbish way to start the year. What you need instead are things to look forward to.

So instead, try a wish list. This involves writing down 100 things you would like to do in the year ahead. The items can be enormous or tiny, ranging from “Climb Everest” to “buy a new pencil sharper”. The main thing is that at some point it has     4     to you as something that you would like to do.

The key here is — write it down.

Do you feel any resistance to the ideas? If so, ask yourself why. What is wrong with     5     what you would like to do? Try not to say to yourself: “I can’t I don’t have the money/time/energy/skills.” Just write it down.

It helps to be     6    , so rather than “Get outdoors”,     7     a place you would like to visit. And take your time when creating it — a wish list is not built in a day. Think about it, polish it and     8     it.

Finally, you have your list. And what a work of beauty it is. Here are all the things that you would like to do. Remember to     9     them up where you can see them; let yourself consider how they can be accomplished. You’ll be amazed that so many of your dreams can be realized though the simple trick of writing them down and     10     to them.

10 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. brake            B. victims        C. issued       D. confirmed       E. pace        F. typically G. multiple       H. seriously       I. slippery     J. canceled          K. visibility

NINE people died and 43 were injured in two rear-end crashes on Shanghai’s S32 Expressway that occurred during heavy fog yesterday morning.

Two were       1       dead at the scene in one of the accidents, and five were found dead in the other. Two more people died in hospital, police said.

Police first received a report at 5:54 am that     2     vehicles had crashed on the S32, near a ramp of S2. The S32 links Shanghai with Zhejinag Province’s Jiaxing and Huzhou.

Two people were killed after getting out of their vehicle to see what was causing congestion ahead. They were hit by an out of control tanker, police said.

When police arrived at that scene, they found a further five people had been killed when a construction vehicle was crushed by two large vehicles from both front and back. The crash was about three kilometers away from the accident that killed the two people on the expressway. The injured were sent to local hospitals.

Some drivers reported that the road was very     3     and braking had led to vehicles losing control.

“The fog was very heavy,” an unidentified driver told Shanghai Television Station. “When I saw the accident ahead, I wanted to slow down and       4     . But once I hit the brake, the vehicle went out of control.”

Zhoupu Hospital treated 12 people. “One of the     5     died on the road to the hospital,” Ding Fuhao, a doctor with the hospital, told the television station. “Three were     6     injured.”

The city’s meteorological authority     7     an orange alert on heavy fog at 6:06 am, meaning     8    would be lower than 200 meters in some areas.

The dense fog hit coastal areas in particular, including Chongming Island, Pudong New Area, Baoshan and Fengxian districts. The alert was    9    at 9:44am. This was Shanghai’s first orange alert of heavy fog since the arrival of autumn.

Several expressways in the city were closed or subject to speed limits yesterday morning.

Pudong International Airport was also affected by the bad weather. The airport’s traffic was about 60 percent less than normal in the morning but picked up the    10     after the orange alert was canceled, the city’s television station said.