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In my twenties, when I was almost constantly in a state of anxiety, I never went on holiday. I was scared of flying, scared of my boss noticing how much nicer life was without me in the office. I thought not going on holiday made me a harder worker,when actually it just made me a more tired one. Then, a boss pulled me aside to tell me that he wasn’t going to thank me for not taking my holidays. I then booked a cheap beach holiday with a friend, and was genuinely amazed to find I felt much better for it.
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What is paragraph 4 mainly about?| A．The benefit the author obtained from travelling. |
| B．The source of the author’s stress during office hours. |
| C．The change of the author’s attitude to taking holidays. |
| D．The reason why the author tried to be a harder worker. |
1. 准备情况；
2. 体验和感受。
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1. 词数100左右；
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My First Prize in English Singing Contest
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| A．He has a lot of experience. |
| B．He just graduated from college. |
| C．He wants to save up some money. |
| A．Before 5:00 a.m. | B．At 9:00 a.m. | C．Before 5:00 p.m. |
| A．$60. | B．$30. | C．$15. |
4 . Last year, I started the journey of being a remote product designer. The thought of a flexible (灵活的) schedule, a comfortable home office, and the escape from the
However, the
One day, I tried
This incident (事件) marked the
| A．dramatic | B．severe | C．previous | D．crowded |
| A．appealing | B．annoying | C．challenging | D．confusing |
| A．direction | B．safety | C．freedom | D．responsibility |
| A．duties | B．awards | C．problems | D．expectations |
| A．concerns | B．reliefs | C．updates | D．intentions |
| A．tied | B．inspired | C．guide | D．introduced |
| A．reply | B．relax | C．react | D．read |
| A．adapted | B．limited | C．related | D．addicted |
| A．counted | B．repeated | C．watched | D．followed |
| A．tidying up | B．putting aside | C．fitting into | D．getting back |
| A．lazy | B．tired | C．rude | D．mad |
| A．mix | B．success | C．balance | D．value |
| A．distance | B．memory | C．beginning | D．training |
| A．promise | B．excuse | C．answer | D．change |
| A．maintain | B．ease | C．remove | D．regain |
5 . In January 2020, I left for a mission, along with a 75-person crew. I had got to know everyone quite well, which made me feel confident that everything would run smoothly. The main goal of the mission was to voyage through the water, identifying boats and aircraft with our sensors while remaining undetected. We were the eyes and ears of the French navy, 300 metres under the ocean.
Being in a submarine (潜水艇) is a bit like being in a spaceship. Letters from family were allowed to keep crew members motivated, but for safety and caution, all communication from the crew’s families was seen first by navy staff who removed any content that could cause panic on board.
In February 2020, as Covid-19 started to emerge in Europe, the navy began to block all Covid-19-related news in our life. Throughout March and April, we had no idea that Covid-19 was even a thing, let alone that France was under strict lockdown.
The day finally came when we were set to come back. The radio channels on the submarine announced the news: “There is a deadly virus, and the country is locked down.” Actually, the information didn’t make any sense to me at that time. “Lockdown” was a new word to me. I didn’t know what to expect.
When I got out of the submarine. I got my phone back and received weeks’ worth of panicked messages. I took a train back to Paris, where my family lives, and was completely lost. People had masks and gloves on. I put over my mouth a fireproof mask that had been given to me by the navy. I just thought, everyone is hiding their mouths, so I’ll do it, too, even though I didn’t know why.
1. What can we know about the mission?| A．It lasted for 3 months. | B．75 persons participated in it. |
| C．It served for the French navy. | D．Its main task was to explore the ocean. |
| A．His grandfather passed away. | B．His mother came across an accident. |
| C．His girlfriend would break up with him. | D．His son was elected captain of the soccer team. |
| A．Cellphone access. | B．Submarine sensors. |
| C．Calls from families. | D．Radio channels broadcast. |
| A．Confused. | B．Relaxed. | C．Excited. | D．Panicked. |
6 . As soon as I started pedaling again, my pants got caught in the chain, and I fell flat on my face and hit my nose. Since that happened t my granddad decided to call it a day and try again the next morning. The next morning I woke up bright and early, and was very eager to try to ride my bike. My nose felt better, so I wasn’t that afraid of falling anymore.
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What does the underlined part in the passage mean?| A．Remember what happened this day. |
| B．Make the author feel happy. |
| C．Stop practicing bicycling. |
| D．Go on to ride a bike. |
7 . In early 2021, I hit a rut in my studies. As a doctoral candidate at the University of Chicago in Illinois, I worked to design safer, more effective materials for vaccine delivery. Although I had been productive early in my graduate career, my long hours and hard work were no longer translating into success in the laboratory, and I felt hopeless about achieving my goals. Something had to change.
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What does the underlined part “hit a rut” in paragraph 1 mean?| A．Stopped progressing smoothly. | B．Had very slow reactions. |
| C．Accepted hard work’s value. | D．Overcame a big problem. |
8 . Actually, until her pregnancy Quarles had been living at breakneck speed. It went so until last year. “I was exhausted,” she says. “I’d been working three jobs, doing my charity and going nonstop. I was afraid my mental health was getting worse.”
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Which of the following best explains “breakneck” underlined in paragraph 2?| A．Safe and slow. | B．Fast and dangerous. |
| C．Exciting and terrifying. | D．Gentle and comfortable. |
9 . Turning soil, pulling weeds, and harvesting cabbage sound like tough work for middle and high school kids. And at first it is, says Abby Jaramillo, who with another teacher started Urban Sprouts, a school garden program at four low-income schools. The program aims to help students develop science skills, environmental awareness, and healthy lifestyles.
Jaramillo’s students live m neighborhoods where fresh food and green space are not easy to find and fast food restaurants outnumber grocery stores. “The kids literally come to school with bags of snacks and large bottles of soft drinks,” she says. “They come to us thinking vegetables are awful, dirt is awful, insects are awful.” Though some are initially scared of the insects and turned off by the dirt, most are eager to try something new.
Urban Sprouts’ classes, at two middle schools and two high schools, include hands-on experiments such as soil testing, flower-and-seed dissection, tastings of fresh or dried produce, and work in the garden. Several times a year, students cook the vegetables they grow, and they occasionally make salads for their entire schools.
Program evaluations show that kids cat more vegetables as a result of the classes. “We have students who say they went home and talked to their parents and now they’re eating differently,” Jaramillo says.
She adds that the program’s benefits go beyond nutrition. Some students get so interested in gardening that they bring home seeds to start their own vegetable gardens. Besides, working in the garden seems to have a calming effect on Jaramillo’s special education students, many of whom have emotional control issues. “They get outside,” she says, “and they feel successful.”
1. What do we know about Abby Jaramillo?| A．She grew up in a low-income family. | B．She used to be a health worker. |
| C．She owns a fast food restaurant. | D．She sets up Urban Sprouts. |
| A．The kids’ parents distrusted her. |
| B．Some kids disliked garden work. |
| C．Students had little time for her classes. |
| D．There was no space for school gardens. |
| A．Far-reaching. | B．Predictable. |
| C．Short-lived. | D．Damaging |
| A．Rescuing School Gardens | B．Growing Vegetable Lovers |
| C．Experiencing Country Life | D．Changing Local Landscape |
I should not have dressed up. Obviously, no other fifth grader had felt driven to celebrate the first day of school via fancy clothing. So I stood out not just as a newcomer, but as an awkwardly dressed one. Scratching at black tights with the toe of my sneaker, I paused uncertainly in the doorway of the Writing Room.
Pausing uncertainly, however, was not the way of the world of Mr. Matthews. This red-haired, red-beard, red-faced man seemed to call wildly to me to enter. I walked over to a seat and in three minutes of casual observation I was convinced that I had never known an adult like him. He laughed from his belly, moved his ears on request, and his face then turned even redder. His students loved him; it was evident from the way they greeted him to the way they relaxed when they entered his room.
On the contrary, I was not relaxed. I was uninterested in writing. My only previous writing experience had been in cloth-covered books with more room for pictures than print. I had no idea what to expect from a class that was just called "Writing", but I was certain I wasn't going to like it.
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Yet Mr. Matthews spent that first class entertaining us.
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