1 . ......

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.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why does Ben want a job?

A．He has a lot of experience.

B．He just graduated from college.

C．He wants to save up some money.

2. What time does Ben need to arrive at work?

A．Before 5:00 a.m.

B．At 9:00 a.m.

C．Before 5:00 p.m.

3. How much money can Ben make each day?

A．$60.

B．$30.

C．$15.

3 . 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.

2. What information may reach the author when in the mission?

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.

3. Through which can crew members keep informed of outside news?

A．Cellphone access.	B．Submarine sensors.
C．Calls from families.	D．Radio channels broadcast.

4. How did the author feel on the train?

A．Confused.

B．Relaxed.

C．Excited.

D．Panicked.

4 . 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.

5 . 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.

6 . 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.

7 . 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 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.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Yet Mr. Matthews spent that first class entertaining us.

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That night, despite having dealt with a word processor all of twice in my life, I wrote with passion.

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8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What was the speaker’s final destination?

A．Paris.

B．Vienna.

C．Moscow.

2. How late did the speaker originally think she woke up?

A．30 minutes.

B．10 minutes.

C．5 minutes.

3. What was in the backpack?

A．A pen and a notebook.

B．Her glasses.

C．A ticket.

4. How did the speaker feel in the end?

A．Angry.

B．Happy.

C．Worried.

9 . As I waited for my university lecture to start, I felt a tap on my shoulder. Looking up, I found a young woman smiling at me, ________ a notebook. I knew immediately who she was. The week before we had ________ emails, and I’d told her I would be sitting in the front ________. I always sat at the front and the reason was that I’m deaf and needed to lip-read the ________. “I’m Rosie,” the young woman said. She was the first person I’d ever met who was my ________ and wore hearing aids. At my school, I was the only person who wore hearing aids. So I was ________ and fascinated to see Rosie wearing them. She tied her hair back, and didn’t try to ________ them like I did.

After the lecture, Rosie and I carried on talking. She always remembered to look at me when we talked. I didn’t have to worry that she’d ________, and I’d miss a joke or remark. There was an instinctive awareness between us about making communication clear and ________. I’d grown up thinking that deafness was some kind of ________, but here was Rosie, who was clever, wise, full of fun and deaf. What was the big deal?

I felt like a window had opened on my own experience as a deaf person. Partly it was the joy of being able to talk ________. We discussed noisy social events, or group conversations, where we felt on the fringes. The ________ that I wasn’t the only deaf student at the university made the experience feel less lonely.

We continued to share notes on being deaf. Learning to advocate for myself as a deaf person in the professional world was ________. But Rosie was more enlightened, and she was a fierce advocate. She held up a ________ to my own experience, but also set an example for me, offering an alternative ________. Our friendship has become an essential part of who I am as well.

1.

A．putting

B．rejecting

C．throwing

D．holding

2.

A．exchanged

B．received

C．sent

D．communicated

3.

A．section

B．part

C．row

D．profile

4.

A．lecturer

B．constructor

C．composer

D．advisor

5.

A．stage

B．position

C．age

D．class

6.

A．disappointed

B．bewildered

C．overwhelmed

D．surprised

7.

A．occupy

B．hide

C．absorb

D．involve

8.

A．put away

B．give away

C．glance away

D．take away

9.

A．visible

B．useful

C．superficial

D．silent

10.

A．routine

B．standard

C．flaw

D．average

11.

A．openly

B．supremely

C．thoroughly

D．vastly

12.

A．view

B．dialogue

C．knowledge

D．bargaining

13.

A．firm

B．rough

C．smooth

D．tough

14.

A．furniture

B．mirror

C．department

D．aid

15.

A．solution

B．overlook

C．perspective

D．energy

10 . Every weekend in the summer, my father would take us to one of the splendid lakes. One _______ that I would never forget was a visit to Oneida Lake. After arriving there, we _______ the car of our picnic supplies and located the perfect picnic spot. Then my dad, sister and I ran into the splashing waves, leaving my mother behind to _______ the picnic.

My sister loved synchronized swimming (花样游泳) and started _______ skills. My father, being an athlete himself, was _______ in her show. With no one _______ me, I became bored and decided to swim by myself in deeper water. The waves were getting _______, but I didn’t care. As I took a. breath to try a dive, a huge wave _______ me. I choked and then a huge undercurrent swept me deeper beneath the waves. With the very thought of dying, a great sense of _______ flooded over me. I kicked my legs _______ but in vain, losing any hope for a breath. Suddenly, I felt a firm _______ on my arm and a pull to safety. It was my dad! He hugged me tightly and carried me back to the _______ where I could stand.

There was no _______, just a big smile because he knew I was all right. It turned out that my father had never taken his eye off me, _______ as he had the other eye on my sister! _______ his watching over me, protecting me and loving me, I would not become the strong woman I am today.

1.

A．trip

B．hike

C．voyage

D．adventure

2.

A．loaded

B．cleaned

C．repaired

D．emptied

3.

A．put off

B．plan for

C．prepare for

D．contribute to

4.

A．learning

B．acquiring

C．practicing

D．mastering

5.

A．talented

B．absorbed

C．specialized

D．experienced

6.

A．knowing

B．watching

C．bothering

D．recognizing

7.

A．softer

B．colder

C．warmer

D．stronger

8.

A．caught

B．soaked

C．refreshed

D．swallowed

9.

A．panic

B．upset

C．anger

D．sorrow

10.

A．gently

B．slowly

C．wildly

D．steadily

11.

A．touch

B．press

C．grasp

D．strike

12.

A．shore

B．coast

C．field

D．border

13.

A．scolding

B．response

C．evaluation

D．explanation

14.

A．then

B．only

C．still

D．even

15.

A．Despite

B．Without

C．Because of

D．Instead of