1 . Kansas City Girls Academy has a program for girls struggling in life. It is designed to help girls build inner strength to overcome challenges. If your girls have emotional difficulties or failing in school, this program is designed just for them.

Group Treatment. It is made up of several small groups weekly, led by our counselors (顾问) and staff. These include problem-solving, positive friend relationship, emotional management and special group designed for special treatment needs. All group processes develop emotional growth in a safe and confidential (机密的) setting.

Individual Treatment. It is provided to each student with a minimum of one part every other week. The parts help students gain insights into their individual behaviors and establish a trusting relationship with their counselor. In this setting, students process issues that are too sensitive for them to share with a group.

Family Treatment. It is provided by a weekly telephone meeting. Parents give treatment as an necessary part of the program. Kansas City Girls Academy encourages families to visit during planned family weekends. Family and students meet with their counselor for treatment. Parents and children also participate in parent support groups, parent-teacher meetings, workshops, and graduation ceremonies (典礼).

Horse Treatment. In partnership with Returning Glory, we offer each girl horse treatment. Horses are powerful and effective in helping people, whether child, youth or adult. They have much to teach us about our patterns of behavior, communication, and relationships. Horses are excellent “teachers,” coupled with trained teachers. Interacting with horses can often provide invaluable assistance in addressing challenging life issues in a fun, non-threatening learning environment.

1. Which treatment can have an emotional growth effect?

A．Individual Treatment.	B．Family Treatment.
C．Horse Treatment.	D．Group Treatment.

2. How does the program perform Family Treatment?

A．By holding a weekly telephone meeting.	B．By holding a daily telephone meeting.
C．By giving a weekly interview.	D．By giving a daily interview.

3. Who are the program designed for?

A．Nurses.

B．Doctors.

C．Schoolgirls.

D．Parents.

2 . A survey found that children would rather be YouTubers than astronauts. But it’s not surprising that young people — up to 1.3 million in the UK — want to make money by creating social media content.

The lifestyles we see advertised on social media are attractive, but is being an influencer a successful career path? Underneath the shiny surface lie pay inequality and mental health issues. Successful influencers will be the first to claim that anyone can make it in the industry. But in reality, it’s far from the truth. Social media economy expert Brooke Erin Duffy says that for most people who are trying to become an influencer, their passion will often become free work for their companies.

Influencers are also often at the mercy of algorithms (演算法) — the behind-the-scenes computer programs that determine which posts are shown, in which order, to users. Platforms share little detail about their algorithms, yet they finally determine who and what gains attention and influence online, which are most valued by the influencers.

Constant online presence finally leads to one of the most widespread issues of the influencer industry: Mental health concerns. Influencers can connect to their platform workspaces and audience at any time of day or night — for many, there is no longer a clear separation between work and life. Coupled with the fear of losing attention, this can lead to influencers’ overwork and mental health issues.

Online visibility (关注度) also places content creators at risk of significant online abuse (恶语) — not only in relation to how they look or what they do (or don’t post), but also negative viewpoint of influencing as a career. The potential of online abuse can lead to mental and physical health issues, including depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.

Although becoming an influencer may look attractive to more and more people, the industry’s dark underside still needs to be improved through some rules and regulations in this industry.

1. What can we learn from Brooke Erin Duffy’s words?

A．To tell people of the profit of social media.

B．To stress that becoming an influencer is not easy.

C．To prove the benefits of being a successful influencer.

D．To show the relation between content creation and free work.

2. What do online influencers need most?

A．Attention and influence.	B．Social media platforms.
C．Detail about algorithms.	D．Computer programs.

3. What factors lead to influencers’ health issues?

A．Their career viewpoint and eating disorders.

B．Their clear separation between work and life.

C．Their fear of losing visibility and online abuse.

D．Their connection to platform workspaces and audience.

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards becoming an influencer?

A．Positive.

B．Objective.

C．Unconcerned.

D．Hopeful.

3 . Five misunderstandings about loneliness

At some point in our lives, the chances are that you and I will feel lonely. It’s a problem that’s getting a lot of attention. It’s an important topic and one that causes a lot of misery, but there are plenty of misunderstandings surrounding it.

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Feeling lonely is not the same as being alone. Loneliness is a sense that no one around you really understands you and that you don’t have the kind of meaningful connections you would like. Sometimes we want to be alone. But if we don’t have the choice to spend time with people who understand us, that’s when loneliness strikes.

There’s an epidemic(流行) of loneliness at the moment.

Loneliness is undoubtedly getting more common.     2     It is true that the actual number of lonely people are rising simply because there are more people in the world.

Loneliness is always bad.

Loneliness hurts. But it shouldn’t be seen as entirely negative.     3    . Or it can be a sign to find a way of improving our existing relationships.

Loneliness leads to ill health.

    4     But it could also happen the other way around. People could become isolated and lonely because they already have poor health, which stops them from socialising.

Most older people are lonely.

Loneliness is more common in old age than in other adults, but in her review of loneliness across the lifespan, Pamela Qualter found there is also a peak in teenage years.     5    

A．Loneliness can be horrible.

B．Loneliness is all about isolation(孤立).

C．Instead, it can be the signal to us to look for new friends.

D．Generally speaking, it’s harder for old people to overcome loneliness.

E．But that doesn’t mean that a higher percentage of people feel lonely now.

F．It is possible that unhappily isolated people are more likely to become ill.

G．Meanwhile, studies show that 50-60% of older people are not often lonely.

4 . A Unique Solution to Traffic

Jakarta, Indonesia is a city on the rise. As people come to the capital to look for better-paying jobs, the city’s population is increasing.     1     Cars, buses, motorbikes and bicycles, all compete for space on the roads of Jakarta. This often causes traffic jams (交通阻塞).     2     So a group of people have taken it upon themselves to solve Jakarta’s traffic problems. They are known as Pak Ogah.

Pak Ogah are unofficial traffic police.     3     They are volunteers who choose to stand in the middle of busy streets and direct traffic. They help traffic to move more quickly, and in return, they ask for a small tip (小费) of 100 rupiah per driver. Some drivers choose not to tip, but many do.     4    

For many Pak Ogah, volunteering to direct traffic may be their only way to make money. However, it is not an easy job. The Pak Ogah spend their work day standing in the middle of busy streets with vehicles (车辆) passing them on every side.     5     That is why some community members are expecting the local government to hire (雇用) the Pak Ogah as official traffic police. This would allow them to get the training and the safety equipment (装备) they need. But until then, Pak Ogah continue to work outside the law, offering solutions to the problem of traffic in Jakarta.

A．They think it is none of their business.

B．Their working conditions are really dangerous.

C．With this increase in population comes an increase in traffic.

D．They are not paid or officially recognized by the city of Jakarta.

E．An increased number of traffic problems also leads to more pollution.

F．However, the local government has been slow to address the problem.

G．They recognize that these volunteer traffic police provide a valuable service

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

About twenty minutes he waited, and then a tall man in a long overcoat, with collar turned up to his ears, hurried across from the opposite side of the street. He went directly to the waiting man.

“Is that you, Bob?” he asked, doubtfully.

“Is that you, Jimmy Wells?” cried the man in the door.

“Bless my heart!” exclaimed the new arrival, grasping both the other’s hands with his own. “It’s Bob! I was certain I’d find you here if you were still alive. Well, well, well! —twenty years is a long time. How has the West treated you, old man?”

“It has given me everything I asked it for. You’ve changed lots, Jimmy. I never thought you were so tall by two or three inches (英寸).”

“Oh, I grew a bit after I was twenty.”

“Doing well in New York, Jimmy?”

“Moderately. I have a position in one of the city departments. Come on, Bob; we’ll go around to a place I know of, and have a good long talk about old times.”

The two men started up the street, arm in arm. The man from the West, his egotism (自我) enlarged by success, was beginning to outline the history of his career. The other, submerged (埋) in his overcoat, listened with interest.

At the corner stood a drug store, brilliant with electric lights. When they came into this glare each of them turned simultaneously (同时地) to gaze upon the other’s face.

The man from the West stopped suddenly and released his arm

“You’re not Jimmy Wells,” he snapped. “Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man’s nose from a Roman (鹰钩鼻) to a pug (狮子鼻).”

“It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one,” said the tall man. “You’ve been under arrest (被捕) for ten minutes, ‘Silky’ Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and wants to have a chat with you. Going quietly, are you? That’s sensible. Now, before we go on to the police station here’s a note I was asked to hand you. You may read it here at the the window. It’s from Patrolman (巡警) Wells.”

The man from the West unfolded the little piece of paper handed him. His hand was steady when he began to read, but it trembled a little by the time he had finished. The note was rather short.

“Bob: I was at the appointed place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face of the man wanted (被通缉的) in Chicago. Somehow I couldn’t do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job. ——JIMMY.”

(Excerpts from “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry)
注意：1.续写词数为120左右
2.请按以下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

How time flew! Bob was released from jail. Stepping out of jail into the cold wind,

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He turned around and surprised to find a familiar-looking man.

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10 . Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the number of wild tigers has been on an alarming decline. ________, it appears that the situation has finally changed. The ________ of specialised conservation programmes has ________ the first growth of wild population number for over a century and, while still not strong enough, the big cat's future seems a little more positive.

For those whose wildlife dream is ________ this wonderful big cat in its ________ habitat, a well-organised tiger trip to one or more of the parks and ________ of the Indian subcontinent ________ the chance to do just that. Anyone fortunate ________ to go on a tiger trip should become familiar with not only the physical characteristics of the big cat, ________ also the major threats to its survival.

The tigers' habitat often covers some parts of the human ________. With the destruction of forest habitats leading to a(n) ________ in smaller prey species (猎物), the tigers are often forced to leave the protection of its own range and take the risk of going into human areas to ________ cows or sheep. Because local people ________ these farm animals, this causes ________, resulting in the killing or capturing of the animal to ________ on the black market.

While there are numerous high-profile conservation campaigns in action around the world, everyone should play a part. For those planning to explore the Indian subcontinent on a tiger trip to see this mysterious big cat in its natural habitat, helping to raise the profile of its endangered position is one way to help ensure its survival.

1.

A．Though

B．Therefore

C．However

D．Instead

2.

A．establishment

B．majority

C．equipment

D．permission

3.

A．resulted of

B．resulted in

C．resulted from

D．resulted by

4.

A．encountered

B．encounter

C．to encounter

D．encountering

5.

A．ideal

B．previous

C．formal

D．natural

6.

A．landscapes

B．reserves

C．routes

D．constructions

7.

A．offers

B．recommends

C．exists

D．identifies

8.

A．more

B．much

C．enough

D．well

9.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．as

10.

A．environments

B．transports

C．landscapes

D．communities

11.

A．reduction

B．competition

C．infection

D．tension

12.

A．bite

B．damage

C．monitor

D．hunt

13.

A．base on

B．complain about

C．depend on

D．come across

14.

A．confusions

B．concerns

C．connections

D．conflicts

15.

A．sell

B．change

C．gather

D．adapt