1 . Cole Doss, 31, used his time on the microphone to make an announcement (广播) before the flight to honor his mom, a flight attendant for over 40 years.
“She’s been one of my biggest supporters in my life and in my career (职业) becoming a pilot, ever since my very first flight lesson,” Doss told passengers, later adding, “To my mom, I love you, and without you, I wouldn’t have chosen such a great job.”
Doss said the flight last month from Washington, D. C. to Madrid was not only the first time he and his mom had worked on a flight together, but also the first time his mom had been on a flight that he piloted.
“That was the first time I had been able to fly my mom ever,” he said. “In flight school, she was a little nervous about the small planes, so I was never able to fly with her there.” Doss said his mom typically works on Asia-bound flights, but when she learned he was piloting a flight to Spain, she switched (调班) schedules with a fellow flight attendant so she could be on the same flight.
On the day of the flight, Doss, having been a United Airlines pilot since February 2022, and his mom also worked on the return flight back to Washington, D. C. together. “I wanted to do something special to pay back my mom and let everyone know that this was a really cool event for both of us,” he said.
“She was really proud of me so I’m sure she probably told most of the passengers that her son was flying up front,” Doss said. In addition to his mom’s role as a flight attendant for the United Airlines, Doss’ dad and sister are flight attendants for the American Airlines.
1. Why did Doss make the announcement on board?| A．To read out some new rules. | B．To express thanks to his mother. |
| C．To tell passengers about safety. | D．To help an old lady stay calm. |
| A．It was his first time flying with his mother. |
| B．It took more than 24 hours to reach Madrid. |
| C．He celebrated his birthday with passengers. |
| D．There was only one attendant on the flight. |
| A．Hopeless. | B．Strange. | C．Sorry. | D．Proud. |
| A．His sister also works for the United Airlines. |
| B．He used to be nervous about small planes. |
| C．His family has positively influenced him. |
| D．He always chats with his friends online. |
2 . If somebody informs you that you have a leaf in your hair, smile politely and say, “Oh. Thanks.” When you turn to find it is the cute guy who asks smart questions, try to look as
Remind yourself that you will likely find another among the thousands on the
Maybe he will not go
Do not be too serious. Maybe he will talk about movies or books. Maybe about his school or his work.
If he seems exceptionally
But even if you do, you will have to
| A．amazed | B．anxious | C．normal | D．passive |
| A．flower | B．skin | C．guy | D．leaf |
| A．train | B．ground | C．line | D．coast |
| A．beside | B．under | C．over | D．beyond |
| A．adventure | B．stress | C．attention | D．struggle |
| A．ahead | B．away | C．out | D．down |
| A．typical | B．eager | C．professional | D．individual |
| A．potential | B．equal | C．emergent | D．correct |
| A．Argue | B．Joke | C．Play | D．Act |
| A．angry | B．frightening | C．open | D．closed |
| A．unless | B．until | C．before | D．if |
| A．run | B．swim | C．cycle | D．fly |
| A．question | B．response | C．feeling | D．thought |
| A．seek | B．build | C．leave | D．head |
| A．trees | B．birds | C．clouds | D．roofs |
| A．On TV. | B．On the radio. | C．In a film. |
4 . “All right, class, settle down! Today, I’m requiring you to use new words to write about your best friend. I don’t want to hear that your best friend is nice. I want to know how,” my Spanish teacher, Senora Morales, shouted at the class.
I slowly began to write. My best friend is Hayley. She’s a soccer winner who colored her hair red to support her team. She plays the guitar as I do, and we go to perform in school every Saturday. She uses funny English words like “shenanigans”. We’ve been best friends since fourth grade.
This is my standard answer to the “best friend” question. The problem is, Hayley isn’t real. I had to come up with an imagined best friend because there have been too many writing tasks asking me to describe this person, too many moments when I’ve replied, “I don’t have one,” and too many times I’ve heard, “Why not? Are you just not the type of person who wants a best friend?”
Of course, I have plenty of acquaintances (熟人). But the friend who I can depend on when I am upset doesn’t exist. Not having a best friend means I have no one to text late at night when I can’t fall asleep and no shoulder to cry on when I fail my performance. As I look through my phone, I ask myself, “What would Hayley say to me right now?” As an imagined character, Hayley can say what my mind tells her to. So Hayley sits down and puts her arm around me. She tells me, “When you fail, remember that failure is not the end. It’s an opportunity to learn and grow. Don’t be too hard on yourself.”
When Senora Morales handed back my paper, she told me, “She seems like a great friend!”
“Yeah,” I grinned (咧嘴笑). “she’s the best friend I’ve ever had.”
1. What can we learn about the author at school?| A．She avoided the society of others. | B．She performed well in her studies. |
| C．She joined a soccer team. | D．She played music regularly. |
| A．How she got along with Hayley. | B．Why she made up an imagined character. |
| C．Her imagined best friend. | D．The troubles she met at school. |
| A．Sharing the same interest with her. | B．Having good communication skills. |
| C．Keeping her company all the time. | D．Giving her emotional support. |
| A．A friendship trouble | B．The “best friend” question |
| C．My school life | D．A Spanish lesson |
1. What do we know about the woman?
| A．She visited most places in the city before. |
| B．She moved to the city two years ago. |
| C．She went to the zoo with her friend. |
| A．Swimming in the lake. | B．Seeing an opera. | C．Climbing mountains. |
6 . In October, I told the eight-year-olds in my class about my plan. “I’d like all of you to do extra jobs around the house to earn some money,” I said. “Then we’ll
Early in Thanksgiving week, the boys and girls arrived in class with their hard-earned money. They had set tables, washed dishes and helped with baby-sitting. And now they couldn’t wait to go
I watched while they dashed up and down the supermarket aisles. At last, we headed toward the
We finally
As my little group carried the boxes in, the old woman smiled and nodded. But when Amy put the chrysanthemums on the counter, the woman
The children were
| A．make | B．prepare | C．buy | D．send |
| A．otherwise | B．besides | C．therefore | D．afterwards |
| A．camping | B．traveling | C．climbing | D．shopping |
| A．entrance | B．checkout | C．guide | D．manager |
| A．joy | B．disappointment | C．surprise | D．disgust |
| A．enjoy | B．appreciate | C．taste | D．eat |
| A．argued | B．announced | C．predicted | D．complained |
| A．put up | B．pulled up | C．settled down | D．set off |
| A．pale | B．annoyed | C．scary | D．disappointed |
| A．hardened | B．darkened | C．brightened | D．softened |
| A．fastened | B．loosened | C．removed | D．wrapped |
| A．signed | B．waved | C．kissed | D．shouted |
| A．head | B．mouth | C．face | D．ears |
| A．confused | B．silent | C．crazy | D．frightened |
| A．strength | B．energy | C．effort | D．power |
1. 唐诗的地位和影响；
2. 代表性诗人；
3. 希望来华交流。
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1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头结尾已给，不计入总词数。
Dear Jack,
It’s great to hear from you.
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Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
8 . When you set a foot outside of your door to drop trash, go to a social event or go for a walk, thoughts like “I hope I don’t see anyone I know” or “please don’t talk to me” may run through your mind. I’ve also said such things to myself. Sometimes the last thing you want to do is to talk with someone, especially someone new.
Why do we go out of our ways to avoid people? Do we think meeting new people is a waste of time? Or are we just lazy, thinking that meeting someone new really is a trouble?
Communication is the key to life. We have been told that many times. Take the past generations, like our parents, for example. They seem to take full advantage of that whole “communication” idea because they grew up talking face to face while Generation-Y grew up staring at screens. We spend hours of our days sitting on Facebook. We send messages to our friends and think about all of the things we want to say to certain people that we don’t have the courage to do in reality.
Nowadays, we are so caught up in our little circle of friends—our comfort zone. We love it that they laugh at our jokes, understand our feelings and can read our minds. Most importantly, they know when we want to be alone. They just get us.
Holding a conversation with someone new means agreeing with things that you don’t really believe and being someone you think they want you to be—it is, as I said before, a trouble. It takes up so much energy, and at some point or another, it is too tiring.
But meeting new people is important. Life is too short, so meet all the people you can meet, make the effort to go out and laugh. Remember, every “hello” leads to a smile—and a smile is worth a lot.
1. What do we learn about the author?| A．He likes to meet someone new. | B．He feels stressed out lately. |
| C．He’s active in attending social events. | D．He used to be afraid of talking to others. |
| A．They rely on the Internet to socialize. | B．They are less confident in themselves. |
| C．They have difficulty in communicating. | D．They are unwilling to make new friends. |
| A．They think it troublesome. | B．They are busy with their study. |
| C．They fear to disappoint their friends. | D．They want to do meaningful work. |
| A．To stress the importance of friends. |
| B．To give tips on how to meet new people. |
| C．To encourage people to meet new people. |
| D．To display the disadvantages of Generation-Y. |
As a sixth grader, I began noticing how other kids were separating into groups. I wasn’t sure where I belonged. I found it hard to fit in.
Our teacher had assigned “secret friends” for the coming week. She wrote each kid’s name on a piece of paper and threw them into a glass; then we each closed our eyes and catch one piece of paper from the glass on which was the name of a classmate who we were to secretly befriend and support each other over the next five school days. By the middle of the week, everyone, including me, had turned this assignment into a competition to see whose secret friend could leave the best gift. We left cards, pens and even money. It seemed that everyone was getting cool presents from their friend except me.
On the last morning of our assignment, I walked into my classroom and noticed there was a package. I opened the wrapping paper and inside was a box of powder (胭脂). The girls sitting near me laughed at the gift I had received. To make matters worse, the powder had already been opened.
I tried to forget about the embarrassing gift, but when I was in the bathroom during the break, the girls who had seen me open the powder started speaking ill of my secret friend. I quickly joined in: “How terrible”. I heard myself saying “What could my friend be thinking by giving me such a stupid gift? My grandmother wouldn’t even want it.” The girls laughed at my remarks and rushed out of the bathroom. I stayed to wash my hands and let the water run through my fingers as I thought about what I had just said. It wasn’t normal like me to say mean things like that about someone.
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2.请按如下格式作答。
Then I saw my classmate Janet come out of a bathroom booth (厕所隔间), tears streaming down her face.
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10 . One summer night, my friends and I stole into the Jordans’ backyard and started harvesting their sweet, juicy raspberries (树莓). We were enjoying every bite of the tasty berries
“What are you boys doing out here?” he yelled as my friends ran off
However, speed was never my
They teased me about it for days afterwards, while all I could do was complain about how
“But what about the other guys?” I asked. “They didn’t get punished at all!”
“That’s not my concern nor should it be yours,” Dad said. “You can’t
For the duration of the following years, I come to realize there is no guarantee that life will
| A．before | B．while | C．when | D．after |
| A．of | B．in | C．with | D．from |
| A．smart | B．critical | C．quick | D．intelligent |
| A．hid | B．trapped | C．hurried | D．disappeared |
| A．strength | B．power | C．intention | D．option |
| A．cruelly | B．bitterly | C．violently | D．patiently |
| A．where | B．which | C．at which | D．that |
| A．perceive | B．celebrate | C．plot | D．congratulate |
| A．unhappy | B．frustrating | C．disappointing | D．unfair |
| A．distinguishing | B．warning | C．asking | D．questioning |
| A．control | B．predict | C．accept | D．explain |
| A．put up with | B．get away with | C．agree with | D．deal with |
| A．detect | B．treat | C．advocate | D．forgive |
| A．get stuck in | B．be busy with | C．be involved in | D．be bathed in |
| A．problem | B．complaint | C．concern | D．choice |
