1 . 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。

Confucius was born into a middle class family in Lu State, an area with the modern city of Qufu, in China’s Shandong Province. Now, he     1     (remember) for his teachings, which, along with the works of his students，formed the rule of Confucianism (儒学) many     2     (year) after his passing away.

Confucius also lived     3     active political life. From his job as Minister of Crime, he took part in a campaign (运动) to distance Lu from the rule of the state instead of     4     (work) for the central government. However, the plan failed. After a short period of being sent to live in another country, Confucius could finally return to Lu state     5     (spend) the rest of his life as a teacher of philosophy.

Even up to the time of Confucius’s     6     (die), his teachings were not     7     (wide) accepted in China, and most of     8     (they) were lost when the emperor Qin ordered the burning of Confucius’s books.

Yet, his philosophical (哲学的) ideas survived during the later Han Dynasty. Emperor Han Wudi,    9     was inspired by the social and political wisdom of Confucius, accepted Confucianism and applied his systems of morality everywhere from classrooms     10     law courts. The teachings of Confucius still spread far across China and the Far East.

2 . For one overseas student who has been in China for over a decade, learning the moves and culture associated with Chinese martial arts(武术) has been his most valuable experience.

So uley mane Hima Oumarou, a Nigerien student at Hebei University in Baoding, Hebei province, first came to the university in 2012 as an undergraduate, not only for an education, but also to achieve his dream of learning the Chinese martial art of kung fu. He became a fan of kung fu after watching movies starring famous martial artists such as Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

During his studies in Baoding, Oumarou joined the university’s martial arts association and studied under Duan Shuxing, one of the association’s instructors. Following Duan’s instructions, Oumarou began to practice basic moves in 2015, including Eight Extremities Fist, or bajiquan, as well as the associated art of tai chi.

“Learning martial arts has not been easy because I was not young when I started,” the 36-yea--old said, adding that he was forced to overcome difficulties and make more of an effort to learn more advanced moves.

As far as his instructor is concerned, Oumarou is hardworking and energetic. “He always trains hard and has made great progress in the past seven years,” Duan said.

So far, Oumarou has mastered multiple boxing techniques and knows how to use many traditional Chinese weapons.

Apart from the skills he’s learned, martial arts have brought him more. He has made many Chinese friends through learning kung fu and has been to many places around China to participate in competitions.

Oumarou is now a doctoral student and is expected to graduate this year. In the future, he plans to open a kung fu center in Niger after he graduates, and to become an instructor and teach youngsters martial arts. He thinks that will also help him better understand the spirit of martial arts, and also become a cultural communicator between China and Niger.

1. What can we learn about Oumarou from paragraph 1 and paragraph 2?

A．He went abroad to realize his dream over ten years ago.

B．He came to China only to learn Chinese martial arts.

C．He had a terrible experience travelling around China.

D．He had a passion for kung fu after becoming an actor.

2. Why is learning martial arts challenging to Oumarou?

A．He didn’t set out to practice martial arts at an early age.

B．He took a negative attitude toward learning martial arts.

C．He encountered an extremely impatient instructor.

D．He had to deal with too much schoolwork every day.

3. What will Oumarou probably do after graduation?

A．He will compete in more competitions in China.

B．He will become an artist starring in action movies.

C．He will travel in China together with his friends.

D．He will instruct children in martial arts in Niger.

4. Which words can best describe Oumarou?

A．energetic and humorous

B．determined and hardworking

C．generous and talented

D．selfless and positive

3 . When your children are little, you have to accept the fact that at some point, they are going to decide that you are annoying and they don’t want to hang out with you. I decided this when I was about 13. I remember coming back from a school trip, my parents coming to ________ me up and me suddenly finding everything they did completely ________.

From then on, and for a number of years, while I would unwillingly accept their ________ within the confines (限制) of home, I would do anything I could to ________ myself from them publicly. Out ________, I would run into a friend and they would say, “You just doing some shopping with your ________?” and I would reply, for example, “Only because I had to, ________ they wouldn’t know what to buy because they’re idiots and everything they do is wrong.”

I have been aware that this was going to ________ to our boys at some point but I wasn’t ________ for it to be this early. Eleven? I considered using the ________ I had always toyed with (随便对待), which was to go the other way and become as embarrassing as I possibly could for my own amusement. One day recently I thought it would be ________ if I shouted to my son how much I loved him and how much he ________ to me at the school gates. I thought he would be funny-embarrassed. He wasn’t. He looked around at me with anger.

So I have ________ it. We just have to wait it out now. I am hoping he’ll be through the other side by about age 19, so it’s just a little eight-year ________ for him to want to be ________ us again.

1.

A．bring

B．take

C．pick

D．hold

2.

A．normal

B．unnecessary

C．important

D．embarrassing

3.

A．love

B．help

C．excuses

D．offers

4.

A．protect

B．defend

C．distinguish

D．distance

5.

A．shopping

B．playing

C．running

D．working

6.

A．children

B．colleagues

C．parents

D．classmates

7.

A．still

B．otherwise

C．then

D．yet

8.

A．return

B．prove

C．apply

D．happen

9.

A．qualified

B．desperate

C．prepared

D．responsible

10.

A．tool

B．strategy

C．power

D．language

11.

A．wise

B．funny

C．surprising

D．reassuring

12.

A．meant

B．owed

C．devoted

D．appealed

13.

A．admitted

B．corrected

C．accepted

D．noticed

14.

A．wait

B．loss

C．delay

D．pain

15.

A．against

B．among

C．into

D．around

4 . Animal populations across the world have been reduced by 69% in less than 50 years, according to a new scientific report. The report’s authors are calling for urgent action to restore the natural world.

The Living Planet Report (LPR) is produced every two years by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Zoological Society of London. The most recent report, released on October 13, 2022, shows that almost 70% of the world’s monitored wildlife was lost between 1970 and 2018. The report is based on research from 195 countries around the world. Data was collected from almost 32,000 populations of 5,230 species.

Although the average global loss of wildlife is 69%, the rate is greater in the global south. Latin America and the Caribbean in particular have seen the sharpest fall, having lost 94% of their wildlife since 1970. Across the world, the biggest drop was in freshwater populations of wildlife — including almost 1,400 species of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles — which have decreased by 83%.

The report identifies several causes for wildlife loss, including hunting, farming, the loss of forests, pollution and climate change. However, the report also promotes solutions, such as designing less destructive food production systems, urgently protecting the Amazon rainforest, limiting the use of fossil fuels, and creating new laws to protect our natural environment.

Commenting on the report, Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF International, called the figures “terrifying”, and said “we need to restore nature and not simply halt its loss.” In December 2022, world leaders are meeting in Montreal for the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference, also known as COP 15. The authors of the LPR say that this is an opportunity for a global plan to deal with wildlife loss and restore nature. “Government leaders must step up at COP 15,” said Lambertini. “The world is watching.”

1. What does the author mainly want to show by listing the numbers in the first three paragraphs?

A．The causes of the urgent situation.

B．The detailed process of the research.

C．The severity of wildlife loss worldwide.

D．The drop in freshwater populations of wildlife?

2. According to the report, what is a possible solution to population decline of wildlife?

A．Stop hunting and farming.

B．Ban the production of wildlife food.

C．Offer legal protection of natural environment.

D．Replace the fossil fuels with renewable energy

3. What does the underlined word “halt” mean in the last paragraph?

A．Accept.

B．Stop.

C．Fear.

D．Suffer.

4. What is Lambertini’s attitude towards wildlife loss?

A．Objective.	B．Indifferent.
C．Ambiguous.	D．Concerned.

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 Dragon-Head-Raising Festival falls on the second day of the second lunar month every year,     1     the dragon wakes up from its winter hibernation (冬眠) and after the day, rainfall increases.

Traditionally, the dragon is believed to be     2     charge of bringing rain, which is an important factor in ancient agriculture society. Legend has     3     that one year a drought     4     (strike) a village. Blue Dragon, having compassion for people, gave them some rain without permission. To punish the Dragon, the Jade Emperor imprisoned it in a mountain and said he would never release it     5     gold beans bloomed.     6     clever villager found that corn kernels (玉米粒) were golden like soy beans and more importantly, they could bloom when     7     (roast). Then the man led all the villagers to worship the Jade Emperor with bloomed corn kernels. To keep his word, the Jade Emperor had to release the Dragon on the second day of the second Chinese lunar month. Since then, the Dragon-Head-Raising Festival     8     (celebrate) in various ways in China to show     9     (admire) for the Dragon. The most famous tradition is getting a haircut,     10     (mean) getting rid of bad luck.

6 . 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。

Benjamin Alexander is Jamaica’s first Olympic alpine skier (高山滑雪运动员), but he was a late     1     (develop). The 38-year-old only discovered his love     2     the sport at 32. “I never skied before at that time,” Alexander said. “They     3     (fly) us up in the helicopters at the top of the mountain to meet the skiers...”

For more than two years, Benjamin Alexander pursued a dream of becoming the first person     4     (present) Jamaica at the Winter Olympics. For him, competing in the Olympics is something he never thought about as a kid. He grew up in England and began working as a DJ as     5     17-year-old teenager, but he stopped doing so as he grew tired of the violent scenes at local nightclubs. After     6     (study) engineering at University College London, he moved to Hong Kong. Then Alexander booked a month-long trip to ski,     7     he met former Europa Cup lever ski racer, Gordon Gray, who criticized Alexander’s technique but said that he was     8     (absolute) fearless.

Gray added: “If you’re afraid you’re never going to get any work     9     (do), even with all the technique in the world.     10     if you’re fearless, then we can teach you technique and I think there’s a chance.”

7 . 13-year-old Abraham was born with a rare blood disorder and needed a bone marrow (骨髓) transplant. About a year later, he ______ better news: His transplant was successful, and he ______ for Make-A-Wish, an organization that grants wishes to children with serious ______.

Abraham wanted a long-lasting ______, and he shared with his mom the idea. “I remember we were coming home from one of his doctor’s ______ and he said, ‘Mom, I really want to ______ the homeless,’” Abraham’s mom, Miriam, told CBS News. “I said, ‘Are you sure Abraham? Are you sure you don’t want a PlayStation?’” He was sure to provide food for the homeless. “So we weren’t going to ______ an opportunity like that because we always tried to instill (灌输) ______ into our children,” Miriam said.

In September, 2021, Make-A-Wish helped Abraham organize a day to hand out ______ food in Jackson, Mississippi, with food and supplies ______ from local businesses. “When the homeless get the plate, some of them would come back and ______ to us and thank us, which really ______ our hearts.”

When his wish is ______ in August 2022, Abraham has plans to continue helping the homeless. “If I was out there on the streets, ______, I would want somebody at some ______ to think of me and to do something special for me.” he said.

1.

A．searched for

B．found out

C．looked out

D．reached for

2.

A．qualified

B．asked

C．called

D．counted

3.

A．dream

B．situation

C．illnesses

D．topic

4.

A．problems

B．idea

C．wish

D．plan

5.

A．appointments

B．clinics

C．offices

D．instructions

6.

A．favor

B．feed

C．save

D．raise

7.

A．consider

B．seize

C．offer

D．miss

8.

A．fighting

B．winning

C．getting

D．giving

9.

A．nice

B．cheap

C．free

D．delicious

10.

A．bought

B．cooked

C．donated

D．made

11.

A．sing

B．laugh

C．reply

D．attend

12.

A．encourages

B．warms

C．hurts

D．stops

13.

A．starting

B．lasting

C．pausing

D．finishing

14.

A．homeless

B．hungry

C．tired

D．frustrated

15.

A．place

B．point

C．stage

D．position

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。

It was the middle of winter some 30 years ago. I was a young father with three little children depending on me. My college education, however, wasn’t helping me to find a good job in our depressed area. My work as a teacher had dried up and now I was working in a saw mill (锯木厂) for just above the minimum wage.

As I got ready to go to work I wrapped band-aids (创可贴) around my fingers and put more in my pockets. Cutting and piling wood for 8 hours a day had caused my fingers to split and bleed at their tips in the cold, dry, winter air. Then I walked down to my car in the snow and hoped it would start.

That day at work was harder than normal. The machines kept breaking down. And we had to rush to catch back up as the wood piled up. On top of it all the heaters in the building weren’t working and we could see our breath as we spent hours chopping, piling, carrying, and packaging the hard wood flooring to be shipped out.

When the work day finally ended, I walked tiredly toward the time clock, took off my work gloves and inspected my aching fingers. The splits were worse than ever and I had bled through the band-aids again. I tried to straighten out but my bad back cramped (绞痛) up as I did. I started my car and drove back home. I looked at the snow and blinked back tears. I wondered how long I could keep doing this, if things would ever get any better, and why life was so hard.

I tried to put a smile on my face as I opened my front door, but instead one appeared naturally. My daughter ran up to me, yelling “Daddy”, and wrapped her little arms around my neck. I lifted her up and my heart exploded with love.

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。
My tired body didn’t feel so tired any more.
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“Happy birthday!” my wife greeted me warmly.
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9 . Misty Copeland spends most days twisting, spinning and _______. She practices and _______ the graceful movements of her art. When she isn’t performing she is practicing. When she isn’t practicing, she is stretching. She takes classes almost every day. She takes care of her body so she doesn’t _______ it when she goes to work in a ballet theatre.

“I treat my body with the respect that any musician would to their _______.” says Misty. “I love my body,” she adds.

Was she _______ confident? Actually, she was a _______ girl and avoided the spotlight. But Misty loved music and movement. When she was thirteen, Misty’s teacher suggested she _______ a free ballet class at the Boys&Girls Club. For two weeks, Misty sat on the gym bench watching the class, afraid to _______. Finally, she gave it a _______. At first, she felt ________in the class. She didn’t know anything about ballet, and she was ________ than most of the students. Over time, ________, she began to enjoy the lessons. She discovered that her body — especially her long legs and flexible muscles — was just ________ for ballet. After the class season ended, Misty received a scholarship to a nearby dance studio. Most ballerinas (女舞者) start their training much younger than thirteen. But Misty’s natural abilities and hard work made her improve quickly.

Over the next five years, ballet was Misty’s ________. She practiced, performed, competed and attended ballet programs. “Performing was my favourite part because I felt ________ and open onstage,” she says. “For the first time in my life, I felt like I belonged.”

1.

A．wandering

B．leaping

C．exercising

D．dancing

2.

A．perfects

B．conquers

C．examines

D．describes

3.

A．hurt

B．injure

C．spoil

D．abuse

4.

A．appearance

B．voice

C．techniques

D．instruments

5.

A．found

B．made

C．born

D．trained

6.

A．humble

B．quiet

C．cautious

D．shy

7.

A．attend

B．register

C．learn

D．watch

8.

A．stand up

B．catch up

C．cut in

D．join in

9.

A．rest

B．chance

C．try

D．thought

10.

A．out of place

B．out of order

C．out of mind

D．out of control

11.

A．younger

B．older

C．taller

D．shorter

12.

A．meanwhile

B．however

C．moreover

D．thus

13.

A．ready

B．good

C．right

D．qualified

14.

A．life

B．major

C．prospect

D．stage

15.

A．improved

B．calm

C．free

D．secure

10 . During 20 years of stacking (码放) shelves with goods at his family’s supermarket in Pollenca on the Spanish island of Mallorca, Jose Luis-Reig, known as Pep, never gave a thought to the academic world. It was only when visiting the classrooms and passages of mainland universities with his two teenage daughters that he suddenly felt himself at home among the books and atmosphere of learning.

After school Pep had intended to do a degree in biology at Barcelona University but had been called on to help run the family business instead.

But the question of “What’s my role in life?“ still kept coming back to him. It wasn’t until a year later that the answer suddenly struck him. When he was at school, other children would come to him with their problems. He developed a reputation and so was invited onto local radio, where the interviewer said, “You’re like a young psychologist.”

Pep was no stranger to change. The family business had originally been a sawmill (锯木厂), but when Pep, then 27, was asked if he wanted to take over, he decided to transform the mill into the town’s first supermarket.

One day in the shop, what the radio presenter said came back to him. After running the idea past his family, he applied to university in Palma to study psychology and, aged 46, was accepted.

“I had to get used to being much older than all the other students,” he says.“ In fact, I was older than my professor. But I believe disadvantages can always be advantages. And I ended up helping the others because I’d had more life experience that carries psychological impact, which could reflect classroom theory.

Pep came top of his year and impressed his tutors so much that he was offered a job researching and teaching, which he still does while studying for a master’s in neuropsychology. Now 52, and still in the job, he adds, “My only regret is not having done it earlier.

1. What can we know about Pep in the first paragraph?

A．He felt relaxed in the academic atmosphere.

B．He visited his daughters’ universities frequently.

C．He supported his daughters by arranging shelves.

D．He never quit the thought of going to mainland colleges.

2. What was Pep’s answer to the question of his role in life?

A．To win a reputation.	B．To study psychology.
C．To take over his family business.	D．To cure children of their problems.

3. What inspired Pep to apply to the university in Palma at 46?

A．His pursuit of a better career.	B．The radio presenter’s comment.
C．His classmates’ encouragement.	D．The proposal of the family members.

4. Which quality might have helped Pep a lot in the university?

A．Integrity.

B．Self-discipline.

C．Sensitivity.

D．Optimism.