1 . We will all experience pain, disappointment, and almost certainly loss and sickness. Yet some people ________ by rising to the challenge, while others sink under the weight. What’s the difference? I ________ clinical psychologist Dr. Robert Puff, host of the Happiness Podcast, who speaks ________ about pain and suffering. He explains that ________ is an unavoidable physical feeling. ________, suffering comes from the thoughts we have about the pain we are experiencing-for example, “Why is this happening to me?” or “I’ll never feel good again.” These ________ are what cause suffering, and we can choose to ________ them.

John O’Leary is the host of the Live Inspired Podcast. When he was just nine years old, John suffered ________ burns over his entire body and doctors told him that he had one percent chance of ________. No one expected him to ________. However, after dozens of surgeries and years of treatment and deep inner work, he is a fairly happy, ________ man with a beautiful family. He inspires others through his ________ as a motivational speaker, author, and life coach. He feels that what happened to him was his greatest ________: the realization that, regardless of our personal and professional challenges, we can navigate and overcome to reveal a ________ vision. In John’s words, “You can’t always choose the path you walk in life, but you can always choose the ________ in which you walk.”

1.

A．subscribe

B．proceed

C．respond

D．express

2.

A．interviewed

B．imagined

C．introduced

D．recognized

3.

A．externally

B．joyfully

C．formally

D．wisely

4.

A．mood

B．pain

C．sadness

D．hurt

5.

A．Regardless

B．Instead

C．However

D．Therefore

6.

A．thoughts

B．opinions

C．theories

D．factors

7.

A．shelter

B．decrease

C．improve

D．change

8.

A．gentle

B．severe

C．certain

D．ordinary

9.

A．relief

B．recount

C．survival

D．refreshment

10.

A．make it

B．get across

C．go around

D．pull over

11.

A．potential

B．touchy

C．sincere

D．successful

12.

A．work

B．talent

C．fantasy

D．prediction

13.

A．desperation

B．gift

C．goal

D．task

14.

A．higher

B．rarer

C．brighter

D．calmer

15.

A．angle

B．manner

C．prospect

D．trend

2 . It’s January and time to go back to school. For some, that might be a gloomy prospect after the joys of the post Christmas festive period. For me, though, it’s as exciting as a trip to Antarctica, also as scary as starting a job for which I’m not sure whether I’m qualified.

To be embarking on a master’s degree in Psychotherapy and Counselling at Regent’s University at 71 is perhaps an unlikely route for someone who dropped out of school at 17. But now I’ve come full circle to the conclusion that nothing, for me, feels more stimulating at this point in my life than learning new things. That studying, far from being the bore and the chore it used to be, is a treat.

Turning 70 came as something of a shock. I started to feel I was drifting (飘). Without a big project, and without any major family responsibilities, I was starting to feel I was lying on a bed of thorns. Friends of similar age were lapping up their lives, socializing and travelling. However, I longed for something more. Or perhaps not more, but different.

As the gloom grew, I thought perhaps I needed to see a therapist. A friend, a psychotherapist, suggested that while therapy might be useful, doing a course on the basics of psychotherapy and counselling might be more up my street. Without too much thinking, I decided to give it a shot.

So that’s how every weekday I beep (发出哔哔声) myself through the gate with my student pass, which makes me smile every time. I felt privileged to be exposed to a group of my fellow students who were willing to be open to me.

While ageing is an inevitable process, we can get rid of a lot of the rules about what’s age-appropriate. Studying for a master’s degree in old age is a challenge, but it has provided me with a new perspective on life. Hence, ageing should never limit your ambitions.

1. How did the author feel when going back to school?

A．Unrealistic.	B．Resistant.
C．Awkward.	D．Expectant.

2. Why did turning 70 come as a shock to the author?

A．She achieved nothing before.	B．She lived without a purpose.
C．She had to support her family.	D．She was separated by her fellows.

3. What is the author’s suggestion when facing ageing?

A．Keeping your passions alive.	B．Seeking support if needed.
C．Behaving age-appropriately.	D．Socializing with young students.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．Returning To School — My Dream Since Childhood

B．My Efforts To Learn At An unlikely Age Paying Off

C．Learning — My Way To Overcome The Ageing Crisis

D．My Tough Journey To Pursuing A Master’s Degree

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What attracts the speaker in Africa?

A．The running water.

B．Meeting new people.

C．Freely running animals.

2. Which place has the speaker visited?

A．Australia.

B．Japan.

C．Russia.

3. What’s the speaker’s opinion about travelling?

A．It’s tiring.

B．It’s expensive.

C．It’s easy.

4. What will the speaker do in the future?

A．Turn to a new way for fun.

B．Try every means to save money.

C．Continue to do what she likes.

4 . Once referred to as an ‘Insta-hiker’, Josh is a juggler (玩杂耍的人) of many different joys: his wife, children, friends, job as a Corporate Actions analyst, a directorship at Black Professionals Scotland. The label could be far from the truth.

His job is high-pressured and time-sensitive, a suit-and-tie environment, in which one tiny mistake can cost millions. But hill walking is not a way to run from reality. “I’m not escaping from anything,” Josh claims firmly. You wouldn’t encourage someone to live for their job, and he applies that logic to the things he loves to do, welcoming the outdoors into his life on his own terms.

Rather, people means everything to Josh. “I’m not a solo explorer. It’s about the journey, people and conversations, the little moments as much as it is about big moments.” This inspired Black Scottish Adventurers. His relationship with the Highlands began keeping pace with his move to Scotland over a decade ago, born of a sense of fun and freedom, rather than a desire for challenge.

With over a decade of hillwalking behind him, Josh started encouraging Black people into the mountains through a WhatsApp group for like-minded individuals. Now, the BSA community and team are promoting inclusion and outdoors access for the Black community.

Josh says, “Being in the hills is an extension of my life, of who I am, and who I want to be.” He goes into the mountains when he wants to, in order to integrate with the natural world. But he’s as likely to see friends in Edinburgh as he is to walk a Munro. He quickly admits “I’m a social animal, anyway!”

Josh’s ability to live in the moment, mountainside or not, is refreshing. He gives “glory to those who seek the mountains as a shelter,” but adds, “I want to find balance between doing what I love and being with people I love so I don’t put myself in a hole. I strengthen the relationships I have with my non-hillwalking family and friends, and won’t separate myself from possibilities.”

1. Why does Josh climb mountains?

A．To escape from stressful work.	B．To enjoy the pleasure and freedom.
C．To satisfy his curiosity about nature.	D．To encourage black people to live for job.

2. What does Josh do for Black people?

A．Make hill accessible to them.	B．Further inclusion of black people.
C．Encourage them to climb mountains.	D．Help them find balance between work and play.

3. What does the author want to tell us in the last but one paragraph?

A．Josh expects to be an adventurer.

B．Josh gets lost in his pressured work.

C．Josh thinks highly of hillwalking as well as friends.

D．Josh climbs mountains so as to make peace with nature.

4. Which words can describe Josh best?

A．Considerate and warm-hearted.	B．Cautious and people-centered.
C．Ambitious and highly-motivated.	D．Straightforward and independent.

5 . At 20 years old, I was a confident and handsome student at the University of California at Berkey.

But that year, I ________ a bump (肿块) in my right nostril (鼻孔), and when it didn’t go away, I made an ________ with a doctor. It turned out to be a tumor (肿瘤). Then I underwent surgery. Fortunately, the procedure was ________, and I returned to classes soon.

But six months later, a new bump appeared. Numerous ________ confirmed it had reproduced a horrible, life—threatening tumor. I was advised to have another operation and ________ that I might lose part of my nose. I was too young to think about death then, but the thought of disfigurement (毁容) made me feel ________.

I awoke from the surgery with a scarred, disfigured face. As I re-entered the real world, I noticed adults ________ and children pointing—and sometimes laughing—at me. The occasional and ________ negative reactions from my friends also hurt me. My self-respect sank increasingly lower, and I constantly asked others, “Do my looks ________ you?”

Five years and 20 reconstructive surgeries later, I ________ a man receiving treatment. After hearing my question, he criticized me. My problem, he ________ me, was not my physical appearance, but my emotional insecurity. His ________ helped me realize my mental scars were far more disfiguring than my physical ones.

I began examining myself from the inside out. Later, I volunteered at a cancer support organization to offer inspiration and hope to those ________ cancer

Now, I am ________ for who I am—a much stronger person than before. To you, I offer this message: Avoid making judgements about people at ________.

1.

A．took charge of

B．took care of

C．took control of

D．took notice of

2.

A．appointment

B．arrangement

C．commitment

D．placement

3.

A．severe

B．minor

C．apparent

D．complicated

4.

A．novelists

B．specialists

C．impressionists

D．journalists

5.

A．advocated

B．predicted

C．warned

D．witnessed

6.

A．desperate

B．enthusiastic

C．delicate

D．optimistic

7.

A．smiling

B．glaring

C．glancing

D．staring

8.

A．unusually

B．unintentionally.

C．unconventionally

D．unselfishly

9.

A．bother

B．impress

C．annoy

D．restrict

10.

A．greeted

B．persuaded

C．encountered

D．grasped

11.

A．abused

B．defended

C．informed

D．motivated

12.

A．relief

B．security

C．defence

D．honesty

13.

A．going about

B．relating to

C．wrestling with

D．breaking with

14.

A．greedy

B．grateful

C．suitable

D．tolerant

15.

A．mental vitality

B．physical fitness

C．social acceptance

D．face value

6 . In high school, I got my first job at the local hardware (五金制品) store, all thanks to Mr. Anderson, our neighbor. He offered me a chance to _________ there. My parents gave the thumbs (拇指) up, so I _________ the world of part-time jobs.

My daily tasks weren’t too _________. I tidied up shelves and helped _________ find what they needed. But working in a(n) _________ hardware store during the summer turned out to be more _________ than I thought. I had to manage between helping customers with screws and refilling shelves with goods.

At dinner, I’d _________ tales of my day, admitting that the _________ was proving more difficult than I first thought. My dad, who had his share of hands-on experience fixing cars, would laugh and share _________ from his early mechanic (机械师) days.

He’d say, “Jobs like this teach you more than just about money; they __________ your character.” Back then, I didn’t realize that my summer __________ at the hardware store was turning out to be more than just a way to __________ some extra money.

As the summer went on, I found myself gaining a __________ understanding of responsibility and the essence of hard work. The simple __________ in the store became life lessons, teaching me to appreciate and __________ the people who work hard every day to make everything go smoothly.

1.

A．work

B．study

C．play

D．wait

2.

A．dealt with

B．gave up

C．jumped into

D．took over

3.

A．clear

B．complicated

C．adventurous

D．specific

4.

A．parents

B．neighbors

C．workers

D．customers

5.

A．strange

B．empty

C．comfortable

D．busy

6.

A．challenging

B．disappointing

C．annoying

D．boring

7.

A．read

B．share

C．create

D．hear

8.

A．lesson

B．experiment

C．job

D．life

9.

A．exhibits

B．tools

C．stories

D．books

10.

A．shape

B．show

C．worsen

D．accept

11.

A．training

B．experience

C．arrangement

D．camp

12.

A．waste

B．cost

C．raise

D．earn

13.

A．deeper

B．poorer

C．quicker

D．simpler

14.

A．methods

B．answers

C．ideas

D．tasks

15.

A．help

B．respect

C．meet

D．employ

7 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Liang Zhenqing     1     (deliver) an online livestream broadcast about agriculture. From his home in Hefeng county, Hubei Province,     2    81-year-old technician’s lessons reach at     3     (little) 30,000 people across China.

Liang studied agricultural techniques in 1973 after     4     (leave) the army. He has devoted five decades     5    the agricultural industry in Hefeng county of Hubei Province since that training course.

Liang retired in 1988 but he kept     6     (he) busy for the next nearly 20 years training farmers in the field.

In 2017 he    7     (help) farmers avoid damage from pests and disease in orange fields of nearby Tielu township.

“I go to the township to give lectures every year and the fruit     8     (farmer) welcome me,” Liang said.

With the     9     (encourage) of his family, Liang started offering live broadcast lectures on January 19.

    10     surprises him most is that within less than one year since he registered for live lectures, at least 30,000 fans follow him.

8 . Einstein took a job as a clerk in the Swiss patent office. While working there, out of a strong ______ for knowledge, he continued to study, ______ a doctorate in physics in 1905. That same year, which was later ______ as a miracle year in science, he ______ four extraordinary physics papers. Following this, he gradually became famous ______ the world as the new Isaac Newton. After four years, he was able to ______ his job at the patent office and enter ______ full-time at a university. In 1922, he was ______ the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his ______ of the photoelectric effect.

Circumstances ______ in 1933, when Hitler came to power in Germany. Einstein, who was Jewish, found the doors of ______ institutions closed to him. ______, he had to flee Germany. After spending time in Europe, he finally ______ a job at the institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, USA. ______ that, he continued to make great ______ in physics and mathematics.

1.

A．liquid

B．phrase

C．passion

D．crisis

2.

A．earning

B．digesting

C．bending

D．leaking

3.

A．boiled

B．integrated

C．revealed

D．recorded

4.

A．defeated

B．published

C．adopted

D．bowed

5.

A．over

B．for

C．above

D．throughout

6.

A．attain

B．bend

C．quit

D．stretch

7.

A．research

B．draft

C．mode

D．cheek

8.

A．evaluated

B．awarded

C．founded

D．employed

9.

A．explanation

B．instance

C．tendency

D．valley

10.

A．persuaded

B．blessed

C．differed

D．changed

11.

A．essential

B．academic

C．reliable

D．visible

12.

A．Apparently

B．Slightly

C．Consequently

D．Entirely

13.

A．generated

B．inquired

C．wandered

D．obtained

14.

A．Inferring

B．Following

C．Switching

D．Swinging

15.

A．characteristics

B．prospect

C．achievements

D．innovation

9 . 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，并将答案填写在答题卡上。

City stories from streets of inspiration

Wahed Ahmadzai has lived in Beijing’s Chaoyang district for nine years. The man in his     1     (twenty) from Afghanistan usually starts his day with a morning run along the Liangma River. After the morning routine, he goes to Sanlitun, a famous place     2     he runs his business.

The daily moments of Ahmadzai made their way into a short video recently that     3     (stand) out at the 100 Reasons to Love Beijing Short Video Competition at the end of last month. The event     4     (host) by the Information Office of Beijing has been held annually since 2020.

“100 Reasons to Love Beijing is not just a short video competition but a platform for     5     (share) stories,” says Xu Hejian,     6     (direct) of the Beijing Information Office.

At the awards ceremony, Xu was touched by the participants’ works, ranging from a Swedish artist who dreamed of coming back to Beijing to learn about folk art     7     a Mexican woman who expressed her longing for Beijing in a performance of a Tang poem.

    8     (surprising), the competition has attracted more than 3,000 participants from around the globe and nearly 5,000 short video entries since the first edition. In the future, more efforts will     9     (make) to adapt to the trends of mobile, social and visual international communication     10     (tell) the stories of the city better.

10 . After ten years of teaching at a primary school, and always dreaming about my next travel adventure, I decided to follow my heart and combine it with a career (事业).     1    

I have loved travel for as long as I could remember. My parents started travelling with me at a very young age. Our summer holidays, and a lot of our weekends, were spent travelling in our car. We made not only a lot of local trips but also some long journeys.     2     Therefore, Social Studies was always my favorite subject in school.

I was badly bitten by the travel bug in eleventh grade, when I took my first foreign trip to Paris. It was the first time I had ever been on a plane! And then I fell in love. Not a temporary preference for a new movie or a new dress.     3     The kind of love makes me truly happy.

Was I in love with Paris? Oh yes! But more so.     4     I could not get enough of it. I wanted to see as much as I could, learn as much as I could, and make the most of every minute. Travelling by bus, I even enjoyed simple scenes as they were flying past my window.

    5     I’ve tried independent trips, group tours and package holidays. While there are advantages and disadvantages to each type of travel, I have discovered my travel preferences. I tend to prefer travelling independently to places that have a mix of beautiful scenery and historic heritage. Travelling makes me happy, and I find it to be extremely satisfying on a deeper level.

A．And I became a travel writer.

B．That was why I came to love travel.

C．This was true love that lasts forever.

D．I tried to take one big trip and a few small ones every year.

E．I was actually in love with this entire experience of travelling.

F．I loved seeing new places and learning about the history and culture.

G．Since that first trip, I’ve travelled to many places in many different ways.