1 . It isn’t every day that the future and the past meet on national television.

Peter Davies, a 100-year-old World War II veteran from Macclesfield, England struggled to find ________ in his life after his wife passed away. ________, when his daughter suggested he offer his help at the local elementary school, he decided to ________ it.

Peter ________ at Dean Valley Primary School, Bollington, and he is a huge hit with all of the children he tutors. He makes reading into a fun game, and his new ________ as a grandfatherly figure makes him feel more ________ to his community than ever before. “The kids are ________ ; they are like sponges (海绵)” said Peter．“I’m sure I get more out of it than the ________ do. I’m not this old man who lives on his own. I’m part of the ________, which is great. Plus my street ________ is extremely good because I’ll be going ________ in the village and a child will shout out ‘Hello Mr. Davies,’ and I feel ________.” In 2023, Peter received a British Empire Medal (BEM) from King Charles III!

Now, ________ being just famous locally, Peter is a national celebrity. He recently ________ on television with the youngest recipient of the BEM, 18-year-old author and environmentalist Dara McAnulty.

“He is the ________, I am the past,” Peter said of Dara.

1.

A．meaning

B．wisdom

C．standard

D．courage

2.

A．Meanwhile

B．Nevertheless

C．Therefore

D．Moreover

3.

A．prove

B．explore

C．manage

D．attempt

4.

A．works

B．volunteers

C．registers

D．engages

5.

A．reputation

B．status

C．post

D．state

6.

A．connected

B．restricted

C．equal

D．inferior

7.

A．flexible

B．naughty

C．patient

D．great

8.

A．heroes

B．humans

C．children

D．adults

9.

A．society

B．population

C．community

D．nation

10.

A．reaction

B．effort

C．devotion

D．credit

11.

A．anywhere

B．nowhere

C．somewhere

D．elsewhere

12.

A．grateful

B．honored

C．ambitious

D．surprised

13.

A．in addition to

B．instead of

C．due to

D．in spite of

14.

A．appeared

B．performed

C．advertised

D．shared

15.

A．prospect

B．trend

C．present

D．future

3 . 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 looked up from my desk to see the teacher writing on the board: “Battle of the Books!” She smiled and said, “This time it’s a teamwork. You’re going to be in teams of two, and set a reading goal. Every team that meets their goal by the end of the month will get a prize!” The lunch bell sounded before she could explain any more rules.

As I gathered my things, Liya passed my desk and said, “Teammates?” Since Liya and I shared the same interest in graphic novel(漫画小说), and we took Hindi language class together, we teamed up automatically. I was both relieved and excited to have my team. Then we got to the cafeteria and quickly threw out a bunch of ideas of what to do at our table.

I looked to our third friend Kash, with whom the three of us always do stuff together, “Kash, do you have ideas for us?” “Why would I give you guys ideas?” he said gloomily(阴沉地). “I’ll save that for my team...whoever that is. Now I see how I rank in the friendship lineup.” Kash replied in an angry tone.

I knew he was mad for a reason. If I were him, not only would I think that I ranked last in that group, but I’d also be panicking about what team I could join. But now, I was on the inside and Kash wasn’t. I felt like the only way to fix this would be three people on a team. So, as the teacher walked by our table, I asked for her permission. What surprised me was that she had intended to draw names to assign random groups, but didn’t get a chance to say it before lunch.

Awkward and frustrated, we were stuck in this dilemma. Having first teamed up without Kash didn’t mean we didn’t like him. I knew we—especially I—wouldn’t be able to enjoy any prize if our friend felt bad about being left out. So, I decided to do something to make it up for him and convince Kash he was an equal friend.

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。

That night, I was struck by an idea as I read a graphic novel that all three of us liked.

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The next day, I handed my pages of apology to Kash.

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4 . 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。

Since I began introducing animals into my child psychotherapy(心理治疗) practice fifteen years ago, my life as a doctor has been full of wonders. Animals always help me in my work communicating with children in need.

Diane, a dark-haired five-year-old, came to me with a problem. Although she was a chatterbox(话匣子) in the house and with her family, no one had ever heard Diane say a word outside her home environment. Not one word. Diane’s parents tried to work with her to overcome her selective mutism(缄默症). Yet nothing they did seemed to make any impression on her. Diane refused to talk when she was outside her family circle.

Diane’s parents contacted me and I agreed to see her. It was a Friday afternoon. They were seated in the waiting room when my six-year-old dog, Puppy, and I walked out to greet them. Diane sat with her head down, making no move to look up or acknowledge our entrance.

Puppy went straight towards Diane. Because Diane’s head was bowed, Puppy was just three feet from Diane when the girl finally caught sight of her. Startled by the unexpected sight of a large golden dog, the girl’s eyes became huge and then her mouth curved slowly into a smile. Puppy stopped directly in front of Diane and laid her head in the girl’s lap.

I introduced myself and Puppy, but Diane didn’t respond. Instead, she began to silently pet Puppy’s head, running her hands softly over Puppy’s ears and nose. She was still obviously nervous at my office, but she was smiling and seemed to be enjoying her interaction with Puppy. I was speaking quietly with Diane’s parents when an idea hit me.

I spoke Puppy’s name quietly and gave her a hand signal to come toward me and continue back into the inner office. Puppy immediately started walking toward me. As Puppy walked away, I watched Diane’s face fall and her eyes take on a sad and disappointed look. I said, “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize you wanted Puppy to stay with you. All you have to do for her to come back is say, ‘Puppy, come.’”

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。
Diane’s parents stared at me, their expressions skeptical.
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I knew that I had to seize the moment.
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6 . My Dad’s Jeep

When my father died, I got his car. Eight years later, it’s _________ . How am I supposed to say good-bye _________ ? “Why does our car look so dirty?” my 5-year-old daughter, Fianna, recently asked. “This car is super _________ .” I replied.

“Because it’s Grandpa Jack’s?” Fianna asked as we _________ out of the school parking lot. I smiled and nodded. It has kept him _________ ever since.

To Fianna, Grandpa Jack is a concept, not a(n) _________ person she knows. Fianna’s saying my father’s name reminds me of his current _________. It’s then — and all the times I _________ his warm hugs or the gent let one of his voice — that the car _________ me. It’s __________ on wheels that my father existed and that, for a period, he __________ my life with love.

One recent morning, I pulled up into our driveway after __________ Fianna off at school. Then I parked, played Ben King’s “Stand By Me” loudly over the old speakers, and stayed __________ .

I let every __________ of my dad that the song and the Jeep created sit with me in the car. I wish I __________ had to say good-bye to my father. At least I still have time to learn how to say good-bye to a car.

1.

A．fading away

B．shooting up

C．falling apart

D．dying out

2.

A．often

B．occasionally

C．obviously

D．again

3.

A．original

B．special

C．ordinary

D．adjustable

4.

A．left

B．broke

C．ran

D．pulled

5.

A．alive

B．conscious

C．warm

D．quiet

6.

A．tough

B．real

C．honest

D．innocent

7.

A．situation

B．absence

C．state

D．job

8.

A．meet

B．receive

C．miss

D．recognize

9.

A．shocks

B．tolerates

C．surrounds

D．comforts

10.

A．proof

B．advice

C．progress

D．news

11.

A．occupied

B．balanced

C．filled

D．replaced

12.

A．keeping

B．knocking

C．dropping

D．showing

13.

A．puzzled

B．alarmed

C．refreshed

D．seated

14.

A．version

B．memory

C．view

D．treatment

15.

A．ever

B．somehow

C．never

D．seldom

7 . When reading, my mother likes to slice a paragraph or a sentence out and attach it to the wall of her kitchen. She picks boring sentences that puzzle me. But I prefer copying favorite bright lines into a journal in soft, gray No. 2 pencil, word by word.

She doesn’t know any of this. There's nothing shocking: for our chatting. we seldom begin certain conversations though we talk on the phone weekly, sometimes making each other laugh so hard that I choke and she cries. But what we don't say could fill up rooms. Fights with my father. Small failures in school. Anything that really upsets us.

My mother has never told me “I love you, Lisa.”—as if the four-word absence explains who I am—so I carry it with me, like a label on me. The last time she almost spoke the words was two years ago, when she called to tell me a friend had been in hospital. I said, “I love you, Mom.” She stopped for a while and then said, “Thank you.” I haven't said it since, but I've wondered why my mother doesn't until I've found a poem that supplies words for the blank spaces I try to understand in our conversations:

Don’t fill up on bread. I say absent-mindedly. The servings here are huge.

My son, middle-aged, says: Did you really just say that to me?

What he doesn’t know is that when we’re walking together, I desire to reach for his hand.

It's humble, yet heartbreaking. After copying it down in my journal, I emailed it to mom, adding “This poem makes me think of you.” My mother doesn’t read poetry—or at least, she doesn’t tell me, and I felt nervous clicking “Send”.

She never mentioned the poem. But the next time I went home for vacation, I noticed something new in the kitchen fixed to an antique board: the poem. The board hung above the heater, the warmest spot in the kitchen. The poem still hangs there. Neither my mother nor I have ever spoken about it.

1. What's the function of paragraph 1?

A．To stress the theme.	B．To establish the setting.
C．To represent the characters.	D．To create the atmosphere.

2. Which of the following best describes the mother daughter relationship?

A．Shaky.

B．Distant.

C．Reserved.

D．Intense.

3. Why did the author send the poem to her mom?

A．It reminded her of mom's love.

B．She wanted to apologize to mom.

C．It suited mom's taste of literature.

D．She needed an interpretation from mom.

4. What does the poem mean to mom?

A．A memory of golden days.

B．Daughter’s gratefulness to her.

C．A decoration in the plain kitchen.

D．Daughter's understanding of her.

10 . 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。

When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch very obvious scar (伤疤) on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not notice it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”

It never occurred to me that something like this would happen to my son years later. Sending a child off to college can certainly be stressful for concerned parents. It was in 2018 that my son went off to college. He rarely contacted us. I couldn’t help asking about other aspects, which sometimes made him complain that I didn’t treat him as an adult.

To be honest, my son is excellent. Some of my friends always tell me that they admire my son’s characters and they hope their sons could have some of them.

Unexpectedly, it was 4 o’clock in the morning in 2020, when I received the phone call. “This is the emergency room calling and your son was just brought in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for an aircraft and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was serious.

The doctor described the reason, which caused the burns. At 6 am, my son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they lit the charcoal, it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline. The flames caught my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.

Fortunately, one of the boys who was quick-minded grasped my son and rolled him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in shape to save him from severe burns and terrible scars.

After he recovered from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery for 6 months because it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling.

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。

The doctors suggested he return to college with scars of severe burns temporarily.

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So I told him about Nancy’s childhood.

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