1 . Once I’d reached retirement age I spent a lot of time travelling to distant countries, and after seeing a documentary on Mount Kilimanjaro, I thought perhaps I should give it a _________.

When I made ________ with my favorite travel company, I was told their age limit for the ________ was 80, and as I was 79 at the time I realized it was a question of now or never! I ________ up and the date I was given meant that if I could make it to the summit (顶峰), I’d arrive on the day before my 80th _________

When I arrived in Tanzania, Africa, I ________ a group of seven ladies and eight gentlemen, all of whom I could see were half my age. I could also tell from the _______ that the man in charge would have been ________ without me, and he gave me strict ________ to always walk immediately behind the leader. I noticed too that he’d asked two of the group to keep an eye on me, as they were ________ checking to see if I was OK.

For the first three days we had excellent weather, and hour after hour we trudged (跋涉) inline, with occasional ________ for toilet and snacks. However, halfway through day four, the boss suddenly shouted my name from the end of the line, and when I _______ in response he yelled, “Norman, you are summit material!”

From then on, no one ________ on me, and on day five we all reached the summit and then ________ to the peak. In spite of the fact that my birthday was a day away, everyone stood together and sang Happy Birthday To You. You could say we’d become a     _________.

1.

A．run

B．reach

C．walk

D．go

2.

A．inquires

B．comments

C．forecasts

D．friends

3.

A．hike

B．cycle

C．climb

D．ride

4.

A．picked

B．signed

C．caught

D．grew

5.

A．birthday

B．celebration

C．anniversary

D．ceremony

6.

A．formed

B．examined

C．obtained

D．joined

7.

A．end

B．start

C．course

D．result

8.

A．angrier

B．crazier

C．happier

D．busier

9.

A．instructions

B．deadlines

C．conversations

D．conditions

10.

A．gradually

B．constantly

C．reluctantly

D．excitedly

11.

A．chances

B．hunts

C．hopes

D．breaks

12.

A．looked up

B．came back

C．turned round

D．hung out

13.

A．checked

B．depended

C．called

D．blamed

14.

A．returned

B．progressed

C．delivered

D．reacted

15.

A．class

B．committee

C．club

D．family

2 . 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 was nearly twenty-two, about to graduate, and unsure which to follow—my head and my long interest in natural science, or my heart and my passion for photography. A job at the museum would be the safe choice. Or I could try to pursue a career in architectural photography, even though I had no specific training in the field. I longed to land that job.

I asked the advisor, John Smith, to recommend someone qualified to give mean objective opinion. His reply: “See Benjamin Moskowitz, a famous architect, NYC. Good luck.”

During the Spring break I booked a cheap room and took the train to New York City. At his office on the twenty-third floor I asked the receptionist for Mr. Moskowitz. “I think Mr. Moskowitz has already left, Miss. I know he was planning a long weekend. Did you have an appointment?”...

She sighed and asked my name and told me to wait while she tried to see if he might still be there. I paced nervously, thinking that my time and money and my best chance for an expert opinion had been thrown away. The receptionist rang his office; no answer. “Sorry, but it looks like you’re out of luck, Miss White,” she said.

Why hadn’t I planned this better? Called for an appointment? Taken an earlier train? How could I have made such a mistake? I was close to tears.

Just then at all, gray-haired man, beautifully dressed, strode (阔步) through the reception area. The receptionist signaled me and mouthed, “That’s him.” I didn’t hesitate. “Oh, Mr. Moskowitz!” I called out. “Just a moment, sir, please! I’d like to speak to you.”

He glanced at his expensive-looking gold watch and kept walking. “Sorry, I have a train to catch,” he said straightforward, “I don’t believe you had an appointment.” I hurried after him toward the elevator. “I apologize, sir, but I was told to talk to you and to show you some photographs.”

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。
Paragraph 1：

Mr. Moskowitz glanced at it, impatiently at first and then more carefully a second time.

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Paragraph 2：

One hour later, I walked out of his office   with great confidence and excitement

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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。

The complicated art of needle-pierced frameless lanterns,     1     was recognized as a national cultural heritage in China in 2006, is a traditional craft     2     (date) back to the Tang Dynasty in the Pot an Ancient Town, Xian ju County, Zhejiang Province.

This technique involves pasting (粘贴) and shaping layers of paper to create unique designs,     3     puncturing (刺破) the lantern surface to form patterns and allow light to shine through. Unlike traditional lantern styles that usually rely on bamboo or wooden frames, this method fashions patterns and designs     4     the need for any framing.

Every delicate pattern of these frameless lanterns is     5     (careful) crafted using a tiny embroidery (绣花) needle. Each square centimeter of paper     6     (demand) around 100 needle punctures. Depending on the lantern’s size,     7     number of punctures can vary from several hundred thousand to over 1 million.     8     (patient) is thus vital for craftsmen.

In the past, every household here would craft lanterns for traditional Chinese     9     (festival) like the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lanterns     10     (love) as symbols of good fortune and prosperity.

5 . How to Fall Back in Love with Reading

Do you remember the last time you spent time reading books for pleasure? In the age of digital distractions, it is easy to struggle to find the time and headspace to get lost in literature.     1    . The following tips will help you fall in love with reading again.

    2    . Whether it’s a thriller, romance, or even an on-fiction book about your favorite hobby, make sure you choose something that will hold your attention from beginning to end. If you’re unsure where to start, ask your friends or family for recommendations, checkout online reviews, or browse through your local bookstore or library.

Set aside time for reading books. Whether it’s 20 minutes before bedtime or an hour on your lunch break, carving out sometime in your schedule will make it easier to sit down and read. And if you find that you don’t have much free time, try listening to audiobooks.     3    .

Keep a reading journal. In your journal, you can write down your thoughts about what you’re reading or graffiti pictures inspired by the book.     4    . This is a great way to engage with what you’re reading on a deeper level and a fun way to document your reading journey.

Make reading a social activity. Whether you start a book club with your friends or join an online reading group, being able to discuss what you’re reading with others can make the experience more enjoyable.     5    .

A．Find a book that interests you.

B．Create a positive reading routine.

C．But that doesn’t mean reading books is a thing of the past!

D．By this way, you can easily fit reading into your busy lifestyle.

E．Plus, it’s a great way to get recommendations for what to read next!

F．The others in your book club may come from different backgrounds.

G．It doesn’t have to be very involved, just a couple of sentences to jog your memory.

6 . Top-down processing is the process of using context or general knowledge to understand what we perceive (感知). In 1970, psychologist Richard Gregory introduced the concept. He claimed that perception is constructive.

The processing plays an important role in our interactions with our environment. Our five senses are constantly taking in information. At any given time, we are experiencing different sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and ways things feel when we touch them. If we paid attention to each one of our senses all the time, we’d never do anything else. It enables us to simplify the process by relying on context and our pre-existing knowledge to understand what we notice. If our brains didn’t employ top-down processing our senses would overwhelm us.

Top-down processing helps us understand what our senses are perceiving in our daily lives. For example, suppose you receive an important letter but a few drops of water have ruined part of the text. A few letters in different words are now just smudges (污迹). Yet, you’re still able to read the letter in its entirety using top-down processing. You use the context of the words and sentences in which the smudges appear and your knowledge of reading to comprehend the meaning of the letter’s message. See a word LO*E, with one letter knocked down, yet you are still able to quickly recognize the word as LOVE.

On the one hand, top-down processing serves a positive function by simplifying the way we comprehend our sensory perceptions. It enables us to shortcut the cognitive path between our perceptions and their meaning. On the other hand, patterns can also prevent us from perceiving things in unique ways. So we may understand the pattern of how to use a mobile phone, but if the manufacturer comes out with a new phone that employs completely unique interaction patterns, we may not be able to figure out how to use it. Besides, as our knowledge is limited and biased (片面的) in certain ways, it can lead to perceptual errors.

1. What is the author’s purpose in writing paragraph 2?

A．To explain main reasons.	B．To give practical examples.
C．To draw specific conclusions.	D．To analyse theoretical frameworks.

2. What maybe the key to understanding a text with missing letters?

A．Pre-existing knowledge.	B．Active interactions.
C．Five physical senses.	D．Lessons from mistakes

3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Seeing is believing.	B．Practice makes perfect.
C．Every coin has two sides.	D．Experience is the best teacher.

4. What does the author intend to do according to the text?

A．Introduce a reading method.	B．Deepen underlying meanings.
C．Illustrate a cognitive strategy.	D．Clarify a producing process.

7 . Several times a month, you can find Doctor Daniel Nadeau in the Ralph’s market in Huntington Beach, California, wearing a white coat and helping people learn about food. He notices the pre-made macaroni (通心粉) and cheese boxes in am other’s shopping cart and suggests she switch to wholegrain macaroni and real cheese.

Nadeau says sugar and processed foods are big contributors to the rising diabetes (糖尿病) rates among children. “In America, over 50 percent of our food is processed food,” Nadeau tells her. “And only 5 percent of our food is plant-based food. I think we should try to reverse that.” This mother agrees to try more fruit juices for the kids and to make real macaroni and cheese. Score one point for the doctor, zero for diabetes.

Research findings increasingly show the power of food to treat or reverse diseases, but that does not mean that diet alone is always the solution, or that every illness can benefit substantially from dietary changes. Nevertheless, physicians say that they look at the collective data and a clear picture emerges: that the salt, sugar, fat and processed foods in the American diet contribute to the nation’s high rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

By prescribing (开处方) nutritional changes or launching programs such as “Shop with your Doc”, they are trying to prevent, limit or even reverse disease by changing what patients eat. The program will offer patients several bags of food prescribed for their condition, along with intensive training in how to cook it. They believe teaching people about which foods are healthy and how to prepare them can actually transform a patient’s life. And beyond that, it might transform the health and lives of that patient’s family.

1. Why does Doctor Nadeau advise buying wholegrain macaroni and real cheese?

A．They’re easy to make.	B．They’re plant-based.
C．They’re delicious to eat.	D．They’re processed food.

2. What does the underlined word “reverse” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Try out.

B．Pick up.

C．Take in.

D．Turn around.

3. What is the author’s attitude toward the power of food?

A．Neutral.

B．Dismissive.

C．Doubtful.

D．Positive.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．A good cure for diabetes.	B．A new attempt on cooking.
C．A food-as-medicine program.	D．A simple tip on doing shopping.

8 . Science is always seen as hard-core and hard to understand. But could you imagine hundreds of people being attracted by the cover of a science magazine?

The achievement was completed after Wang Yixi and his team made the cover of an October issue of Structure, a US-based Cell Press journal. The cover shows a Chinese ink painting that vividly shows the process in which a special enzyme (酶) involved in the biosynthesis (生物合成) of an important organic compound is activated―the latest breakthrough by a Chinese scientific research team. Another one of his popular works that carries distinctive Chinese elements is a composite image, describing a scientist as the folk goddess Nyuwa, carrying her newly discovered compound to fill a crack in the sky.

While studying chemistry at university, Wang Yixi often came across an experimental preparation process that he had to explain, but the amount of text was too large and abstract. A she had been interested in drawing, and related software like Photoshop, he decided to turn his graphics into a fine art. He went on to study 3D graphics software in order to better display the microscopic structures in his field and improve the presentation of his papers.

It didn’t take long before his classmates and professors noticed his talents and asked him to help them with their papers. By word of mouth, more people beat a path to Wang’s door and were willing to pay for his service. Over the past four years, Wang and his team have come up with more than 10,000 visual works for academic papers across a variety of fields, many of which have made their way to the world’s top academic journals, including Nature, Science and Cell.

“Every scientific paper is innovative, and graphics are an essential part of scientific papers,” Wang says, adding that what he tries to achieve is an explanation of models or methods, to showcase experimental results, visually process data or compare differences among experiments.

1. What play a special role in Wang’s works?

A．Fairytales.

B．Chinese elements.

C．Rich colors.

D．Complex structures.

2. What can we learn about Wang Yixi from paragraph 3?

A．He preferred painting to Chemistry.	B．He developed useful mapping software.
C．He had an active mind to solve problem.	D．He had trouble conducting his experiment.

3. How does Wang make abstract papers easily understood?

A．By visualizing them vividly.	B．By showing them accurately.
C．By explaining them in detail.	D．By constructing them uniquely

4. Which is the best title for the text?

A．The power of art	B．Dilemmas of science
C．Mysteries of Chemistry	D．Inspiration from science

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the best cure of loneliness?

A．Trying different lifestyles.

B．Talking to a trusted one.

C．Keeping enough sleep.

2. What do many successful people owe their success to?

A．Their hard work.

B．Their career planning.

C．Their social skills.

3. Why should we communicate?

A．To broaden our views.

B．To encounter beautiful things.

C．To experience another kind of life.