1 . According to the traditional Chinese calendar, for every 19 years there will be seven leap months (闰月). “Leap month” refers to a repetitive month and, this year in 2023, there are two Februarys. The setting of leap month is a way to fill the gap of days between the solar calendar and lunar calendar in one year, which is 11 or 12 days, so as to make sure the four seasons basically fit the months.     1    , which are varied in different places.

Send special-made pastry to parents

In some parts of Central China’s Henan province, daughters will prepare wild goose-shaped pastries (老雁馍) for their parents before the leap month comes, wishing for happiness and luck. In some parts of East China’s Shandong province, the married daughters will send dough-made fish and toad (蟾蜍) to their parents, which symbolize “wealth” and “health” respectively.     2    

Buy shoes for parents

In some places, people have the tradition of buying shoes for their parents to reward their father and mother’s efforts of bringing them up, and pray for the health and safety of their parents.

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People living near Wuyi Mountain in East China’s Fujian province have the tradition of drinking tea during leap month, and only women are qualified to participate. Women in the village take turns holding the tea party, and they drink tea while chatting, creating a harmonious atmosphere among neighbors.

Give mother pig feet and thin noodles

In Southeast China’s Taiwan province, leap month has such traditions as well.     4    , usually two front pig feet and six bunches of thin noodles, and the noodles have to be tied with red silk threads and spring flowers.

Eat dinner together

    5    . When leap month comes, parents will invite the married daughter to return home and have dinner together, cherishing a wish for happiness and good fortune.

A．Drink leap moon tea

B．Hold tea party alternatively

C．Thus, they also buy parents six bunches of flowers

D．There are some traditions and customs during leap month in China

E．The married daughter has to buy pig feet and thin noodles for her mother

F．Besides, it is said that the dough fish is for a mother and the dough toad is for a father

G．Just like other festivals, a reunion dinner is essential among the traditions of the leap month

2 . Overhead the sky was bright with stars. “Watch!” Incredibly, as his father spoke, one of the stars moved. In a streak of golden fire it flashed across the astonished heavens. And before the wonder of this could fade, another star leaped from its place, then another, moving quickly towards the sea.

“What is it?” the child whispered. “Shooting stars. They come every year on a certain night in August. I thought you would like to see the show.”

That was all: just an unexpected glimpse of something mysterious and beautiful. But, back in bed, the child stared for a long time into the dark, fascinated by the knowledge all around the quiet house. The night was full of the silent music of the falling stars.

Decades have passed, but I remember that night still, because I was the fortunate seven-year-old boy whose father believed that a new experience was more important for a small boy than an unbroken night’s sleep.

No doubt I had some usual childhood playthings, but these are forgotten now. What I remember is the night the stars fell. And the day we rode in a guard’s van, the time we tried to touch the crocodile, the telegraph we made that really worked. I remember the ‘trophy table’ in the hall where we children were encouraged to exhibit things we had found — snake skins, seashells, flowers, arrowheads, anything unusual or beautiful.

I remember the books left by my bed that pushed back my horizons and sometimes actually changed my life. Once my father gave me Zuleika Dobson, Max Beerbohm’s classic story of undergraduate life at Oxford. I liked it, and told him so.

“Why don’t you think about going there yourself?” he said casually. A few years later with luck and a scholarship, I did.

My father had, to a marvellous degree, the gift of opening doors for his children, of leading them into areas of splendid newness. This subtle art of adding dimensions to a child’s world doesn’t necessarily require a great deal of time. It simply involves doing things more often with our children instead of for them or to them.

1. What can we learn about the author after he first saw the shooting stars?

A．He changed his attitude towards stars.	B．He learnt a lot from his father.
C．He was deeply impressed.	D．He wanted to watch the stars again.

2. Why can the author still remember that night when he grows up?

A．He was exposed to something new.

B．He had an unbroken night’s sleep.

C．He spent a whole night listening to music.

D．He watched the shooting stars for a whole night.

3. What made the author want to go to Oxford?

A．His father’s encouragement.	B．Max’s invitation.
C．His academic improvement.	D．His friend’s story.

4. What do the underlined words “opening doors for his children” probably mean?

A．Doing things more frequently for his children.

B．Taking his children out of their comfort zone.

C．Providing chances for his children to be connected with nature.

D．Stimulating his children’s interest in exploring an unknown world.

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。

The 16th of September was my cousin’s birthday, He is 4 years younger than me and his birthday is just seven days before mine. Those seven days were the worst days of my life. I thought “Isn’t seven supposed to be a lucky number?” and wondered who came up with that idea.

That evening my mother sent him and me to get some stuff from the store so she could make him a cake. On every other Sunday at this time of the day I’d be on the soccer field kicking the ball around with my older friends, but instead this Sunday found me walking to the shop with my cousin.

On the way to the store my cousin spotted an apricot(杏) at the edge of a branch, It was as large as an apple and as yellow as a new crayon fresh from the box. The rule was whoever spotted it first owned it. Even if you climbed the tree to get it, it still did not belong to you. I decided to go to get the beautiful, delicious-looking fruit for my cousin, seeing that it was his birthday.

I started to map out my course of action as to how I was going to get this fruit. I could have hit it with rocks until it fell, but no, it was too beautiful to be bruised(碰伤) by the force of a stone thrown at it. I continued to climb on to a fence which was directly parallel to the apricot tree. At the top of the fence I paused a while to take a look around. “Wow! Cool view from 12 feet off the ground.” My cousin laughed and told me to hurry up and get it so we could go home. My next step was to jump from the fence, catch the main branch, and then climb to victory. Come on! I’d done this tons of times, and I didn’t even hesitate.

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As I grabbed the branch, that juicy apricot met me eye to eye.

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As we entered the house, my mother noticed I was covered in dirt.

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4 . What can we learn about David?

A．He is one of the top students.

B．He doesn’t study hard this term.

C．He used to play video games a lot.

5 . 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。

Her big, brown eyes looked up at me with a pitiful sight, as the first tear began to roll slowly down her soft, six-year-old, innocent face. I was as shocked as she was.

I had been called to my daughter’s new school by the remedial teacher, who called me last night.

Was I aware my daughter had learning difficulties?

Yes I was.

Due to constant ear infections, my poor Elizabeth had lost her hearing for the best part of two years of her young life. In addition, her speech ability had been delayed and her reading skill was behind other children of her age.

This teacher, this person, who had been specially trained to help children, the very person who was supposed to help my daughter reach her full potential, had called me in to school to tell me, and my daughter, that she would be lucky if she ever managed to finish high school.

What are you supposed to do when even the remedial teacher doesn’t have any faith in your child’s ability? What do you tell your child when she has been told that she is doomed to failure before she has even finished primary school? That was the question I was struggling to answer even as I stood there in that room, listening to this insensitive teacher, who did not have a caring character, wishing I had never brought my daughter to this school. I wondered, if this teacher were a mother? I truly believe someone cannot have a child and not have a caring heart.

I took my child’s small hand as we left that cold office, to step outside into the sweet and fresh air. There, I bent down on one knee and, putting my hands on my daughter’s small but now heavy shoulders, I looked her straight in the eyes.

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“Elizabeth,” I said firmly,” if you work really hard at school, I promise you, you can be anything you want to be.“

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Of course, I knew that remedial teacher might not be working there anymore.

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6 . Growing up I never wanted to be “just a mum”. I thought that when I’d have my own children I would take some time off but then ease back into the workforce fairly _________.

My twin girls entered the world as _________ premature babies. I’m not sure if that made me even more _________ of them, but when the time came to organise my re-turn to work I_________. I thought after twelve months of singing nursery rhymes, playing peekaboo (躲猫猫) and_________the baby food preparation I’d be_________ to use my brain again.

As it turns out, that’s not the case. I love staying with my daughters, being_________, cooking food, singing songs and reading books. Yes, some _________do become very repetitive, especially when they’re very young. But the older my two get, the more fun _________ them becomes.

A while back. I sat down with my partner and we discussed my __________ to work. As we don’t have any family in New Zealand we would have to rely on __________ , and with twins you have to earn a decent wage to make working __________.

But at the moment I feel that I’m the best person to__________with my girls. Why would I pay somebody to do a job I love? And in the end we let my __________ decide. Now I’m a proud stay-at-home mum.

When people who haven’t got long to live are asked if they have any __________,no one ever says spending too much time with their children, but many say working too much.

1.

A．early on

B．right now

C．soon after

D．shortly before

2.

A．lucky

B．tiny

C．primitive

D．native

3.

A．protective

B．proud

C．ashamed

D．sick

4.

A．hurried

B．collapsed

C．skipped

D．hesitated

5.

A．going against

B．dealing with

C．holding up

D．handing over

6.

A．negative

B．humble

C．sensitive

D．desperate

7.

A．silly

B．lonely

C．competitive

D．helpless

8.

A．campaigns

B．chores

C．trends

D．accidents

9.

A．tending to

B．seeing through

C．staring at

D．relying on

10.

A．return

B．approach

C．devotion

D．objection

11.

A．parents

B．daycare

C．society

D．tutors

12.

A．different

B．worthwhile

C．demanding

D．addictive

13.

A．try out

B．keep up

C．hang out

D．put up

14.

A．fate

B．heart

C．emotion

D．practice

15.

A．memories

B．experiences

C．regrets

D．wishes

7 . People with similar body odours(气味)are more likely to “click” and become instant friends, according to several experiments.” When we first meet other people. We sometimes experience an immediate strong click that makes us feel as if we have already been good friends for years,“ says Inbal Ravreby at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

She wondered if this may have something to do with body odours, because previous re-search has found that we sniff (嗅) each other without awareness on meeting-for example, by lifting our hand to our nose after shaking someone’s hand. Ravreby and her colleagues took on 20 pairs of same-sex, non-romantic friends-half female and half male-who said they clicked straight away on first meeting.

An electronic nose-a device that senses the chemical components of odours-was used to sniff T-shirts that had been worn by each of the participants. The nose found that body odours were more similar between the friend pairs than between random pairs that were formed by mixing up the participants. A group of 25 independent adults who sniffed the participants’ T-shirts also reported that the friend pairs smelled more alike than random pairs did.

Next, Ravreby and her colleagues employed 17 people who had never met previously and used the electronic nose to analyse their body odours. Each individual then took turns playing a non-verbal game with other participants of the same sex. The results were consistent with the earlier experiments: the pairs that smelled more like each other were more likely to report feeling as if they had clicked during this game.

The findings make sense because research shows that we tend to become friends with people who are like us, for example, in terms of age, education, religion, physical appearance, personality and values, says Ravreby. Animals also use smell to help decide who is a friend or an enemy, such as dogs that sniff each other’s body when they meet in a park, she says.

1. Why did Inbal Ravreby conduct the experiments?

A．To contradict previous studies.

B．To collect people’s different body odours.

C．To distinguish the chemical components of odours.

D．To find out the potential connection between instant friends.

2. What is the electronic nose used for?

A．Playing games with robots.	B．Identifying strangers’ T-shirts.
C．Testing participants’ body odours.	D．Evaluating participants’ body conditions.

3. What are the participants asked to do during the experiment?

A．Play a game without talking.	B．Describe their body smell.
C．Tell their preference for a friend.	D．Remember their physical appearances.

4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Dogs make friends more easily than other animals.

B．People are somewhat like animals in making friends.

C．Animals prefer to make friends through non-verbal games.

D．Personality and values play a key role in people’s making friends.

8 . Lucy Flores teaches preschool students how to read letters and write their names. After school, Flores goes home and does the same for her dad. Flores’ father, Luciano Flores, stopped attending school after first grade.

She said she tried to teach her dad to read and write when she was younger, but it didn’t go well. She doubled down on her own education and became the first person in her family, on both parents’ sides, to graduate from college.

With her teaching background, Lucy Flores gave it——teaching her dad——another shot. And this time she said he was “excited” to learn. After four months of working together for two hours, three days a week after they are both done with work, Lucy Flores said, “My dad can now write his own name and is reading some books on his own.”

As she has taught her dad, Lucy Flores has shared their journey on social media, where nearly 100,000 followers are tracking their progress. “I don’t know to this day if he understands how many people are watching him and following him.” said Lucy Flores. “But I took it as an opportunity that would encourage him even more. I know that it has.” Followers on social media share lesson plan ideas and have sent school supplies and books to the family, according to Lucy Flores.

In addition to watching her dad’s progress and inspiring others to never give up on their dreams, Lucy Flores said the most pleasant part of teaching her dad was the change in their own father-daughter relationship. “In reality, he and I did not get along well,” said Lucy Flores,who described her dad as being quiet and not one to share his feelings or sit down and play with her as a kid.

Luciano Flores said that he was excited to continue to focus on learning letters and numbers and to spend time with his family.

1. Why did Lucy Flores teach her dad?

A．She tried to practise her teaching methods.

B．She wanted to kill time with her dad.

C．She intended to help her dad get a college diploma.

D．She attempted to improve her dad’s ability to read and write.

2. What does the underlined word “shot” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Try.

B．Book.

C．Assessment.

D．Studio.

3. Why did Lucy Flores share their journey on social media?

A．To inspire her students.

B．To make her dad famous.

C．To motivate her dad further.

D．To seek more help from her dad’s followers.

4. What did Lucy Flores think of teaching her dad at last?

A．Exhausting.

B．Rewarding.

C．Demanding.

D．Amusing.

9 . I felt anxious when coming home from school and going into my room. Every day, my________was something different. The hours away at school were long enough to cause a terrible________to my peaceful harbor. Today was no________.

As I entered the house, Mom________me with a smile. It seemed like nothing was________. But I was still doubtful about it. Yesterday, I discovered a chocolate chip cookie was around the________of my favorite figurine (小雕像).________, Callie had enjoyed the cookie so much that she wanted to share it with my figurine.

I________Callie, who had just turned three. I didn’t see her, but I heard the TV blaring (响) in the other room. As I________the family room, I noticed it was pretty________. There were toys all over the floor, but none of them seemed to be mine. Maybe she hadn’t________my room today. I was so________that I breathed a sigh of relief.

I pushed my room door open... and saw________! There were a few headless dolls and some broken toys. “She did it again!” I screamed in________. My mother ran up to me, embarrassed. She________to put a Callie-proof lock on my door tonight. I felt________, because I knew that soon my room would truly belong to me. ________, I was still angry with my little sister so I went to tell her how she had made life________for me.

“Callie..” I started.

“Hooray!” she shouted.

She leaped off the sofa and hugged my knees with such happiness that I could only look down at her and smile.________, she was only three and learning about the world in her own way. And she always chose to explore and________my room because she loved me, her big sister.

1.

A．school

B．flat

C．garden

D．room

2.

A．change

B．storm

C．challenge

D．mistake

3.

A．evidence

B．answer

C．exception

D．intention

4.

A．cheered

B．greeted

C．attracted

D．calmed

5.

A．usual

B．perfect

C．wrong

D．impossible

6.

A．head

B．hair

C．leg

D．mouth

7.

A．Naturally

B．Obviously

C．Normally

D．Curiously

8.

A．looked around for

B．put up with

C．got close to

D．broke away from

9.

A．scanned

B．decorated

C．described

D．built

10.

A．noisy

B．large

C．messy

D．empty

11.

A．recalled

B．approved

C．prepared

D．entered

12.

A．sad

B．hopeful

C．stubborn

D．proud

13.

A．loss

B．error

C．injury

D．damage

14.

A．anger

B．sorrow

C．regret

D．anxiety

15.

A．desired

B．pretended

C．promised

D．preferred

16.

A．warmer

B．better

C．braver

D．freer

17.

A．Instead

B．Otherwise

C．However

D．Therefore

18.

A．unpleasant

B．humorous

C．unfortunate

D．adventurous

19.

A．Above all

B．After all

C．In advance

D．In addition

20.

A．light

B．clean

C．paint

D．destroy

10 . 阅读下面材料，用不多于1个单词的正确形式填空。

Zhang Dingyu, head of Wuhan’s designated coronavirus-treating Jinyintan Hospital, was     1    (award) “the People’s Hero”, a     2    (nation) honorary title, for his extraordinary contributions in the fight against COVID-19 on Sept. 8.

    3     the awarding ceremony, tears welled up in his wife Cheng Lin’s eyes. Behind the honorary title, their love story has warmed the hearts of many people.

After meeting for the first time at the end of that year when Cheng rotated into Zhang’s department, they soon     4    (fall) in love with each other. “He was     5    (especial) fond of studying. He went home by bike to have dinner every day     6     then went back to the hospital to study late into the night,” Cheng recalled, noting that she felt her heart flip at the first sight of Zhang.

In 2008, after the devastating Wenchuan earthquake, Zhang led a medical team from Hubei province to help victims in southwest China’s Sichuan province.

In October 2017, Zhang     7    (diagnose) with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS 肌萎缩侧索硬化症),     8     incurable progressive neurological disorder which results in weakened muscles that will cause him to progressively lose muscle strength.     9     then, Cheng has always taken care of him.

As this hero doctor continues to struggle in the fight against this disease day and night, Cheng’s heart broke after noticing her husband’s health has worsened since the outbreak of the epidemic.

“I can’t share     10     pain. I can only spend more time accompanying him and taking good care of him. When he comes home, I will always be there,” Cheng said.