1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the matter with Mr. Smith?

A．He is unqualified for his job.

B．His leg is broken.

C．He got a sore throat.

2. What does Mr. Smith teach?

A．Chinese.

B．English.

C．Physics.

3. Why doesn’t Mr. Smith want to take a rest?

A．He has to help his students prepare for the exam.

B．He has trouble sleeping.

C．He wants to visit a friend.

2 . My weight gain began while I was in veterinary (兽医的) school at Purdue University ten years ago, and it continued to increase quickly once I got married and had three children, all while running my own photography business. Needless to say, my busy schedule and caring for others took away from caring for myself. I knew I needed to work out and eat better; I was just too scared to ask for help on where to begin.

My turning point took place on January 20, 2021. It was the day before my husband and I celebrated our ninth anniversary (周年纪念日) that I decided to better myself. I was 32 years old and over 260 pounds. I thought to myself, “My kids are so little, and the route I am on isn’t going to allow me to be here long enough to watch them grow in life.” It just destroyed my happiness.

I began running at STRIDE in January 2022. My first class there was just power walking. After the class was done, I thought to myself, “Man, I think I could push myself a little harder next time.” And I did.

With love and encouragement from all the members surrounding me and the guidance and support from the coaches, I have been running ever since and loving it. I have never been a runner. Now I feel like my day doesn’t start without running, and that makes me so proud to say. I have come so far since joining STRIDE, but not just physically. Running has helped my mind and soul in more ways than one, and I’m so grateful for that. Running has given me a purpose again — a purpose to be a better mom, a purpose to be a better wife, a purpose to do better with my career, and a purpose to just better myself, which I so enjoy again.

If you’re in the same situation I was in, don’t hesitate to take action. I’ve made it and you can, too.

1. What does the author think played an important role in her weight gain?

A．Having nobody to ask for help.

B．Being unaware of her unhealthy body.

C．A very busy life after getting married.

D．Considerable pressure from her veterinary school.

2. Why did the author decide to lose weight?

A．She feared she’d die early.

B．She was warned by her doctor.

C．She intended to enjoy her anniversary.

D．She wanted to set a good example for her children.

3. In what way has the author changed?

A．She has changed her dietary habits.

B．She is very hopeful about her life.

C．She gets along well with her family.

D．She has chosen her health over her career.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To recommend a running club.

B．To show the value of a balanced life.

C．To tell people how to lose weight quickly.

D．To encourage people with a weight problem.

3 . When Chandra saw his baby girl, Karunia, for the first time, he wept. But as he looked upon his little daughter’s face and hands, the dreams and hopes he had prayed for came _______.

The girl’s fingers were formed together into a club (一团), where there had five _______ tiny fingers and nails because of Apert syndrome (综合征), which _______ hands and feet while there is no cure. He wrapped the baby in a blanket to cover her feet and hands before handing her to his wife with a(n) _______ smile. Then Chandra called his friend to help break the news of their daughter’s _______ to his wife, Angelina. “I just cried and wondered why,” said Angelina.

Neither Chandra nor Angelina had a good education and they _______ to care for the baby girl who needed _______ care. But help came from the local Compassion Survival Program when the girl was a year old.

_______, the couple had a better understanding of their baby’s disability. Their fears and anxieties _______, and they accepted her condition.

Early intervention and monthly ________ checkups helped Karunia to become healthy. Staff helped the family to ________ a government program for low-income earners that funded a special surgery to create fingers on her right hand, while the program ________ the costs of her medicine. A second surgery ________ to provide her with more ________ in her right hand.

“She is our own flesh and blood, and we have to ________ her for she came into our life,” said Angelina.

1.

A．turning over

B．picking up

C．taking off

D．crashing down

2.

A．perfect

B．strange

C．regular

D．close

3.

A．ignores

B．affects

C．chooses

D．attacks

4.

A．formal

B．ashamed

C．shaky

D．joyful

5.

A．story

B．example

C．condition

D．danger

6.

A．attempted

B．struggled

C．pretended

D．hesitated

7.

A．specialized

B．unknown

C．direct

D．accurate

8.

A．Obviously

B．Generally

C．Additionally

D．Gradually

9.

A．broadened

B．replied

C．lessened

D．abandoned

10.

A．medical

B．disabled

C．educational

D．mental

11.

A．discover

B．access

C．count

D．list

12.

A．ordered

B．refused

C．covered

D．calculated

13.

A．mended

B．created

C．delayed

D．followed

14.

A．mobility

B．behaviour

C．operation

D．connection

15.

A．attend

B．train

C．teach

D．influence

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。

My parents would not let me go to school that morning. “Why not?” I argued. “I have exams. I have work in Spanish class that I can’t miss!” My mother gave me a sad look. “You have to get a checkup (身体检查),” she explained. I screamed, “NO!” My father pulled me over to the couch. “Alison,” my father said in a tone that was quiet but powerful. “You’re in the state of malnutrition (营养不良). And you know that. You can have all in the world, but if you don’t have your health, you have nothing.” For some reason, I believed him. I hadn’t wanted it to be this way.

I was a girl who didn’t like doing sports but was fond of snack food. I weighed 50kg at my age of 14. Most of the time, I avoided parties with my friends, afraid of how ugly they would think I looked. One day, I found a slim girl on TV was so attractive that I wanted to look like her. I forced myself to do exercise and started going on a diet for a good-looking body shape. During the summer, I did weekly weigh-ins (称重) and kept a strict diet. I memorized the calories of almost everything that I may eat. My only goal was to lose weight. Later, when it became too cold to run outside, I restricted my calories even more to make up for not being able to burn them.

Gradually I lost my weight a lot. But things turned out to be worse. My hands were especially dry, peeling and wrinkled. My sister called them old people’s hands. Once, I went shopping with my mom.While we waited in line to pay for our items, I felt I was going to faint (昏厥). I felt dizzy and standing was getting harder and harder.

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2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

As my mom tried to figure out which exit we should go through, she noticed my pale face.

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Incidents (发生的事情) like the one in the store were in my thoughts as my parents had a talk with me that morning—the morning when I refused to see the doctor regularly.

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5 . What’s the man’s condition?

A．He feels cold.

B．His stomach hurts.

C．He’s hurt his leg.

6 . The average American gets about 4,000 steps a day—but how much is enough? According to a recent study of more than 72,000 people, getting in 9,000 to 10,000 daily steps cuts the risk of death by more than a third and reduced cardiovascular (心血管) disease risk by at least 20 percent, but even smaller increases showed benefits.

Ashley Goodwin, one of the study’s authors, says the study really builds on the evidence we already know about how walking can help lower cardiovascular risk and death. He found it especially amazing that the benefit differed so little between those who sat for long periods each day and those who sat less. “That’s really great because it drives home the message that simply walking a little bit more than you usually do is going to bring some health benefits, no matter where you’re starting from.”

Past research had shown that higher step counts are linked to better heart health and a longer life, and a separate body of research has shown the increased risks of cardiovascular disease and death associated with more sedentary (久坐) time. But this study brought those bodies of research together to learn if extra daily steps could offset (抵消) the risks of sedentary behavior even in those who spend much of the day seated.

The results show that both highly sedentary and less sedentary people had statistically similar risk reductions from higher step counts. But the findings also reveal that the more steps people had per day, the more their risk of heart disease or death fell, up until about 9,000 to 9,700 daily steps for highly sedentary people.

In fact, highly sedentary people in the study began experiencing a heart benefit starting as low as 4,300 steps per day, when their risk of heart disease fell by 10 percent. Doubling that step counts to 9,700 steps a day doubled the benefit. Similarly, highly sedentary people began seeing a 20 percent reduced risk of death starting at 4,100 steps per day. Again, that benefit nearly doubled to 39 percent when their daily step counts increased to 9,000.

1. What is newly found in the study?

A．Higher step counts are linked to a longer life.

B．Walking 10,000 steps a day is not suitable for everyone.

C．A small increase in people’s usual step counts is beneficial.

D．The average American gets around 4,000 steps each day.

2. What makes Goodwin surprised?

A．The more steps people get, the healthier they are.

B．Walking can treat cardiovascular diseases to some degree.

C．People can benefit from walking without walking too fast.

D．Walking has similar effect on sedentary people and active people.

3. What is one aim of the study?

A．To research how step counts differ from people to people.

B．To examine how walking can help lower cardiovascular risk.

C．To know whether extra daily steps offset the risks of being sedentary.

D．To check whether sedentary life can lead to increased risks of death.

4. What is the function of the figures in the last paragraph?

A．To list the recommended step counts.

B．To show the link between step counts and health.

C．To warn people of the harm of sedentary lifestyle.

D．To compare the steps of active people and inactive people.

7 . A blister (水疱) is a small bag of fluid that forms in an area of the body.     1     They may develop after a skin burn,   infection with bacteria, insect bites, bumps or scratches.

Depending on its location, a blister can interfere with our day-to-day tasks. For example, if we have one on our feet, we may have difficulty walking, exercising or standing for a long period of time.     2     Fortunately, there are some home treatments that can reduce our discomfort and decrease the risk of suffering them

    3     In many cases, they are the result of poorly fitted, too tight, or too loose shoes that can cause a graze (擦伤) of the skin. This causes friction and, as a result, fluid collects under the outer layer of the skin.

A blister on feet caused by a graze usually heals in a few days with home treatments.     4     A doctor should be consulted if the blister causes severe pain or prevents us from walking. If we have a fever, nausea or chills, it may be a sign of infection.

Blisters are usually drained with a sterile needle. If there are signs of infection, a sample of fluid may be examined to determine the cause.Moreover,antibiotics (抗生素) will be prescribed to treat the existing infection and prevent an additional infection from occurring.       5    

A．Dampness or too much sweat can cause these blisters.

B．In fact,blisters on feet may be the most common ones.

C．Blisters can vary in size and occur for different reasons.

D．However,not all who walk or stand for long develop blisters.

E．Preventing foot blisters involves addressing the fundamental cause

F．If they turn yellow,they may have been infected and you need medical attention.

G．However, some blisters do not respond to these treatments and get worse over time.

8 . Cordero is the farm manager at Ollin Farms, not far from Boulder, Colorado. The locally grown vegetables on the farm aren’t just pretty. “We play an important role in public health nutrition programs,” says Cordero’s dad, Mark Guttridge, who started this farm with his wife, Kena, 17 years ago.

At a meeting with about a dozen local farmers, two state representatives, and the Colorado officials of agriculture, Guttridge explains how Boulder county has made creative investments in his farm that could be spread to the state or even national level. Before the meeting, Guttridge shows them one of those investments.

A dozen sheep, which Guttridge raises for wool, feed on root vegetables like radishes that have been leftover for them. “So these guys are out fertilizing the vegetable field,” Guttridge laughs. “They’ll be out here a couple more weeks, and then we’ll get our next summer vegetables planted right there.” Around the field is a special moveable type of fencing that Ollin Farms bought using financial aid from the Boulder County Sustainability Office. It allows them to move the sheep from one field to another, fertilizing as they go. The goal of these investments is “really building up our soil health,” he explains. “That relates directly to the nutrient quality of the food-healthy soil grows healthy food.”

The county also makes an effort to get that healthy food out to different communities to boost public health. That’s where the Boulder County Public Health department comes in. It created a coupon program to give discounts to people buying fruits and vegetables from Ollin Farms. Nutrition incentive programs, like those public health fruit and vegetable coupons, are spreading all over the country, and most are funded through the federal farm bill. Amy Yaroch, executive director at the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition, says “It’s a trip le win. It’s basically good for the consumers who live in that particular community because they’re getting the healthy food, it’s good for the farmer, and then it’s good for the economy.”

1. What does Ollin Farms do?

A．It makes public nutrition health plans.

B．It offers financial aid to other farms.

C．It provides cheap food to the local community.

D．It grows fruits and vegetables rich in nutrition.

2. How does Boulder county support sustainable farming practices at Ollin Farms?

A．By raising sheep on radishes.	B．By buying fences for farmhouses.
C．By funding the farm’s soil health.	D．By giving advice about fertilizing fields.

3. What is Amy’s attitude towards “nutrition incentive programs”?

A．Cautious.

B．Dismissive.

C．Unclear.

D．Approving.

4. Which is the most suitable title for the text?

A．Couponing for Health: Stimulating Nutrition Choices

B．Growing Health: Innovations in Farm and Public Health Initiatives

C．Fertile Fields and Furry Friends: A Farming Fairy Tale

D．Local Produce, Global Impact: The Nutrition Choices of Ollin Farms

9 . One of the joys of being a beauty journalist is the enthusiastic advice. A skin expert once glanced at my face and said, “You eat loads of sugar, don’t you?”     1    , but the fact that it was obvious from looking at my skin was not welcome news.

It’s called glycation (糖化), and occurs when sugar attaches to fats and proteins.     2    . Sugar fiends tend to have peeling skins as well in places such as the upper lip, from deceased collagen, a protein that works to make the skin firm, smooth.

Added sugar should make up at most 5% of your diet, which is 30g, or seven teaspoons of sugar a day. Sleep can also impair our tolerance of sugar, so does stress. There is evidence to suggest that lowering your sugar levels can have a positive impact on your skin’s condition.    3    . The best way to cut out sugar is to be aware of what you’re eating. Read nutritional labels and shy away from processed foods in favor of whole foods.

    4    . Sugar is a source of energy and is found in fruit, which has fiber and other key nutrients that are associated with positive health outcomes. And there’s some evidence that eating fruit may help boost skin moisturizing, which can contribute to glowing skins.

Facial expert Dr.   Preema Vig says: “    5    , targeted skincare can relieve the damaging effects.” A brilliant skincare option is using a moisturiser that is formulated to target collagen decline and glycation.

A．This doesn’t apply to natural sources of sugar

B．That is annoying for those of us with a sweet tooth

C．Sugar has been linked to a variety of chronic diseases

D．I was fueled entirely on caffeine and cookies at the time

E．It causes a loss of softness in the skin, lines and dark spots

F．Besides the role of diet in slowing glycation by limiting sugar

G．Because choosing an appropriate skincare product matters a lot

10 . People today are living a good life. They think health is the most important. They try doing many things to keep healthy. As for us young students, how can we keep healthy?     1    

◆Do more exercise.

If we do exercise every day, we can become stronger and healthier. We should spend at least an hour a day doing sports.     2     We can choose to do what we like. Doing sports is also a good way to relax ourselves.

◆    3    

As young students, we should sleep at least eight hours every night. We should form a good habit of going to bed early and getting up early. If we can’t fall asleep soon or aren’t able to have a good sleep, we can lie in a comfortable way, calm down and clear our mind. In this way, we can fall asleep quickly.

◆Keep our mind positive (乐观的) and active.

This is necessary for the mental health.     4     Smile to ourselves and people around us. A smile can drive away the dark clouds and bring a sunny day. It encourages us to try again when we fail.     5     Nature can make us less worried and improve our sense of happiness.

We should not worry about the health problems day and night. Try the above ways in our daily life and we will find it easy to be a healthy person.

A．Smile is a good way.

B．Have good sleeping habits.

C．Here are some suggestions that may be very useful.

D．We can also get close to nature.

E．There are different kinds of sports.

F．Go to bed as early as possible.

G．Health must come first.