1 . How did the woman learn about the weather?

A．She checked it online.

B．She looked outside her window.

C．She watched the weather report on TV.

2 . Being blind is hard. But things were even harder for those disabled kids who were born in a small village in India, where most people thought that kids with disabilities were useless. Srikanth Bolla was one of them. Luckily, Srikanth’s parents loved their son and refused to give in to social pressure. They encouraged the blind boy to reach for the stars.

Srikanth didn’t disappoint his parents. The 24-­year­-old young man is the founder and CEO of Bollant Industries, a successful company that makes environmentally friendly packaging.

Of course, getting here wasn’t easy. As a young boy, Srikanth went to a regular school. But the students and teachers there didn’t accept his disability. As a result, the young boy often was largely ignored.

Worried about Srikanth’s study, his parents finally sent him to a special needs school. The young boy soon rose to the top of his class, but he was not allowed to study sciences, because it was believed too dangerous for a blind student. This was a big setback since it meant that he couldn’t take the entrance exams for any of India’s top engineering colleges to realize his dream.

Not one to give up, Srikanth managed to study in the University of Cambridge in the UK. After graduating with a degree in computer science and business management, Srikanth decided to return to India and devoted himself to helping the country’s disabled people.

In 2012, he built Bollant Industries. In just four years, Bollant Industries has become a success with over 450 workers, 70% of whom are physically disabled.

Srikanth owes his success to his parents. Though being poor and uneducated, they encouraged Srikanth to realize his dreams and taught him that true happiness comes from helping others.

1. Why do the disabled kids in the small village lead a difficult life?

A．They are often looked down upon.

B．They can do nothing for society.

C．Their parents are too poor to support them.

D．They have no chance to realize their dreams.

2. What happened to Srikanth in a regular school?

A．He was the top of his class.

B．He made no friends and felt lonely.

C．He wasn’t allowed to learn science.

D．He was encouraged to start his own business.

3. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “setback” in Paragraph 4?

A．Support.	B．Difficulty.
C．Fault.	D．Chance.

4. How does Srikanth help the disabled people in India?

A．He builds schools for them.

B．He supports them to study aboard.

C．He lets them manage his company.

D．He provides job opportunities for them.

3 . 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

A Moment of Kindness

A lioness with her cub (幼崽) was moving around in the jungle searching for their prey(猎物) . While coming out from the den (洞穴), the baby asked her mother, “Mum, why are we going out for prey when a deer is already at home? Let us eat it first, then we can search for the next.”

The mother smiled and licked her child with love and said, “No, my love! We can’t eat that deer because it has no choice but to seek our help. He is wounded and helpless. We must help him.”

The baby cub was surprised and questioned again, “Why so, Mum? That’s our food.”

“Honey, you are absolutely right! It’s our food, but this particular deer is well aware that if we want, we can kill him in a second. Do you think that he deserves to be killed when he has come to us in a hope that we would protect him?”

The baby cub couldn’t understand her mother. It kept quiet and paced with its mother. That was not a lucky day for them. They didn’t get any prey even after a long search. At last, they came back to their den.

The deer on the other hand was terrified of his own decision. He was attacked by a hunter and managed to escape. While running for his life, he saw the den and without a second thought entered it. When he realized that he was in the lion’s den, he gave up the idea of running back again. At that time, the lioness and her cub were present over there. The deer stared at the lioness with a pitiful look. Tears were rolling down.

The lioness understood his hopeless condition. She came closer to the deer, smelled it and slowly moved out of the den with her cub for hunting.

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When they returned without any food, the cub repeated the same question.

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The lioness came close to the deer after the cub fell asleep.

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4 . 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

37 years ago, Recep Mirzan found on his farm a swan with     1     broken wing. He carefully put it in his truck and drove it to a nearby clinic immediately. After proper     2     (treat), he took it home and named it “Garip”, which     3     (use) to describe an unlucky person in Turkish. Since then, they have lived together and never separated

“Since I loved animals, I said to     4     (I) that I should take it home instead of     5     (leave) it to foxes,” Mirzan recalled the day he rescued the swan.

After its wing recovered, Garip spent most of its time out of the pen and made no attempt     6     (run) away. Instead, it made friends     7     the cats and dogs in the neighborhood and accompanied Mirzan when he was working around the farm or going out for his evening walks.

“It has chosen to stay at my side,” says Mirzan,     8     is now 63 years old. “It is very loyal and I consider it as my child.

    9     (obvious), living with Mirzan has been beneficial for Garip. According to the UK-based Swan Sanctuary, the average lifetime for a swan in the wild is about 15 years. In protected environments, it can live up to 30 years. But Garip is more than 37 years old now. It is much     10     (long) than the average.

5 . Rogers saw a woman sitting on the side of the road. She had long hair and expressive eyes. What he didn’t see was that she was also in ________. Her right leg was injured. She tried to stand but failed. So she dragged herself to the ________, like a badly wounded animal preparing to die. She’d called a ________, but after 30 minutes, her friend said he was lost.

At first, Rogers tried to play it cool. He ________ to ride by-at a slower speed and ________ asked if he could help. The woman ________ her problem and asked for help.

With Rogers holding her ________, she tried to hop(单脚跳) along, but the pain was too severe. After a brief discussion, Rogers decided to ________ her down the 0.6-mile trail over his shoulder.

To avoid the ________, the pair introduced themselves, discussed life goals and future plans. ________ laughed a lot along the way. 40 minutes later, they arrived at the parking lot, where her friend was waiting.

Rogers ________ loaded her into the back seat. Though she was in pain, she looked at Rogers through expectant eyes, wishing he would make the first move. Rogers also wanted to ask for her number, but felt that the ________ wasn’t right. After she was rushed to the hospital, Rogers went to get his bike.

At the hospital, the girl looked for Rogers on Facebook. No luck. At the same time, Rogers was ________ her online, with no luck, either. On the trail, they’d fallen so deeply into conversation that such details as last names had seemed ________. So she contacted the local newspaper, which published her story the next day. Rogers happened to read the article.

Immediately, he got in touch with her and arranged their first ________: a trip to the same spot after her recovery.

1.

A．shape

B．love

C．shock

D．pain

2.

A．roadside

B．tree

C．car

D．meeting

3.

A．doctor

B．friend

C．policeman

D．coach

4.

A．pretended

B．stopped

C．wanted

D．forgot

5.

A．occasionally

B．secretly

C．rudely

D．casually

6.

A．solved

B．hid

C．explained

D．missed

7.

A．arm

B．leg

C．head

D．hair

8.

A．throw

B．carry

C．kick

D．drag

9.

A．delay

B．heat

C．embarrassment

D．misunderstanding

10.

A．All

B．She

C．He

D．Both

11.

A．violently

B．carefully

C．abruptly

D．impatiently

12.

A．payment

B．ceremony

C．timing

D．answer

13.

A．talking with

B．searching for

C．turning to

D．fighting with

14.

A．unimportant

B．curious

C．interesting

D．serious

15.

A．conference

B．marriage

C．work

D．date

6 . As a qualified teacher of art and design, Theresa Harwood offers short online courses on drawing and painting to help students both young and old develop into confident artists.

Academic drawing course

This course is for absolute beginners of any age who are not sure on what to do or how to use a pencil. The course will be limited to only six participants, 5 sessions, once a week.

Start date: June 5

Time:10:00 am～11:00 am

Price: $380

Water color painting course

This course is for anyone who is interested in developing skills for water colour painting. Through a series of 6 projects we learn wet on wet and wet on dry. The course will be limited to only twelve participants. 6 sessions, once a week.

Start date: April 23

Time:4:30 pm～5:30 pm

Price: $380

Landscape drawing course

This course is suitable for anyone from 11 to 90 years who are interested in developing skills for landscape drawing. The only requirement of the course is that you want to learn to draw! The course will be limited to only ten participants. 5 sessions, once a week.

Start date: May 24

Time:8:00 pm～9:00 pm

Price: $380

Western art history course

This course is for students, aged between 9 and 12 years. It looks at the fun facts of the key artworks of each art movement and explains why the artists painted certain views or people. The course will be limited to only eight participants. 6 sessions, once a week.

Start date: May 7

Time:10:30 am～11:30 am

Price: $380

These courses have limited spaces and are often sold out quickly, so do book your spot soon!

1. How many students are admitted for each academic drawing course?

A．6.

B．8.

C．10.

D．12.

2. When does the landscape drawing course start?

A．On April 23.

B．On May 7.

C．On May 24.

D．On June 5.

3. Which course just accepts schoolchildren?

A．Water color painting.	B．Western art history.
C．Landscape drawing.	D．Academic drawing.

7 . A Timeless Legacy 2022：Artists of Glacier, Past and Present

Exhibition time：August 27~October 29，2022

Since the first A Timeless Legacy exhibition in 2015, our beloved annual and now biennial (两年一次的) exhibition celebrating the history, life and works of Glacier National Park artists has taken many forms. For the 2022 exhibition，we feature works from both contemporary (当代的) artists working in and around Glacier National Park, as well as historic artworks from the Hockaday Art Museum’s collections.

Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey

Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey lives in a world of color. And she likes to paint that way as well. After living for some years abroad in England and Europe，she eventually returned to the United States and settled down in Montana.

Carole Cooke

Artist Carole Cooke writes, “When I paint on location in remote areas, I feel a sense of excitement beyond description. It is my hope that sharing images of the land, trees and waters will give the viewers a strong sense of connection to nature. ”

Michelle Grant

Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Michelle Grant has been working professionally as an artist since 1994. She currently works in a contemporary realistic style. Her inspiration comes from owning horses and attending lots of horse-related events, which provide reference for her paintings.

Julie Jeppsen

Wildlife artist Julie Jeppsen is known for her paintings combining realism and atmosphere of wild animals in landscape. Julie is a self-taught artist, whose subject matter is a wide range of animals. She has been involved in art all her life and will continue doing it because it’s a major part of who she is.

1. When can people enjoy the exhibits in A Timeless Legacy 2022?

A．On August 25.	B．On October 28.
C．On November 29.	D．On December 30.

2. Which is Carole Cooke’s hope?

A．She can paint in urban areas.

B．She can return to the United States.

C．Her works can get people closer to nature.

D．Her inspiration can help with wildlife protection.

3. What do Michelle Grant and Julie Jeppsen have in common?

A．Their works focus on trees.

B．Their works are connected with animals.

C．They own horses.

D．They are self-taught artists.

8 . 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。

Melia and her father had just finished building a tree house in the backyard. Melia wanted to decorate the walls, and instead of buying things, she decided to make her own art.

Melia enjoyed making collages using a combination of photos she had taken and pieces of fabric. For her tree house, she thought she would use pictures from magazines instead. She could collect used magazines from neighbors, so the pictures would be free. And to create a collage of all her favorite things, she could add pretty leaves, and fruits of pine tree from the yard.

For several days, Melia collected bits of nature to use for the collage. She also collected magazines from the neighbors. She piled both at the front door, as her plan was to make the collage over the weekend. Oddly, though she added to the piles each day, many of the leaves were gone, and the pile of magazines was a mess.

“Dad? Mom?” Melia asked. “Have either of you been taking the supplies for my collage off the door?” “Now, why on earth would we do that?” her dad answered with a question. “I don’t know, but what I do know is that someone is spoiling my art project! It’s my mission to find out who and why!” Melia declared.

Who would want to steal this stuff? She had a plan. She cleaned up the rest of the leaves and threw the ruined magazines in the recycling bin. She started collecting old magazines again, hoping to set a trap. Even if she had to stay up all night, Melia was determined to solve the case.

Once she had collected a large pile of magazines, Melia formed several piles at the front door. She placed them close to the window so that she could catch the thief. She asked her parents if she could sleep on the sofa. “I know they’re used magazines, but I need them for my art project. I have to solve this case!”

Melia was determined to catch the thief, but she had a difficult time staying awake. Within a few hours, she nodded off. Just as the sun was rising, a slight sound awoke her.

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Melia looked through the window, and her eyes opened wide!

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Melia ran back into the house, shouting, “It’s a squirrel! Wake up! Come to the tree house and look!”

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9 . The rest of your daily routine is probably something like mine：Divided among streaming movies on Netflix, watching home improvement videos on YouTube and playing video games. There has to be more to life than this. With the holiday season upon us, now it is a good time to take a breather and consider a digital detox.     1     Here’s what we can do.

Come Up With a Plan.

    2     — after all, many students are attending school via videoconferencing apps. So Step One is assessing which parts of screen time feel toxic and make you unhappy. Step Two is creating a realistic plan to minimize consumption of the bad stuff.

Create No­Phone Zones.

“My No.1 piece of advice is no phone in the bedroom overnight,” Dr. Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University, said. “Have a charging station outside the bedroom.”    3     The dinner table, for example, is a prime opportunity for families to agree to put phones away for at least 30 minutes and reconnect.

    4    

Social media sites create goals to keep users engaged. Those include the number of likes and followers we accumulate on Twitter. YouTube automatically plays the next recommended video, not to mention the never­ending Twitter scrolling. For starters, we can resist the hooks by making our phones less intrusive. Turn off notifications for all apps except those that are essential for work and keeping in touch with people you care about.     5    

A．Resist the Hooks.

B．Not all screen time is bad.

C．Say no to Facebook or Twitter.

D．So I turned to psychology experts for their advice.

E．Whenever we are at home, we can put phones away.

F．Outside of our bedrooms, we can create other No­Phone Zones.

G．If you feel strongly addicted, take an extreme measure and turn the phone to grayscale mode.

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who will benefit from the mobile woodshop?

A．Children.

B．Laid-off workers.

C．Teens and young adults.

2. What is the goal of the mobile woodshop according to Margery?

A．To help people kill the time.

B．To help people find jobs.

C．To help people develop interests.

3. How many soft skills are mentioned?

A．Four.

B．Five.

C．Six.

4. Why does Ryan take the class?

A．To learn new skills.

B．To get a certificate.

C．To improve his skills.