2 . British teen Kitty Tait wakes up at 5 am every day to bake bread, but it’s not just any old bread. The young girl who runs the Orange Bakery in her home town, with her dad Alex, adds a little humor to her bakes.

“If something is fun to eat, it makes it even tastier!” the teen baking star, who overcame depression after discovering the art of bread making, said. It was watching her dad make a simple loaf of white bread that changed her life forever. “Something that was so unpromising — a bit like how my brain felt at the time — had turned into something so magical,” she recalls.

Soon, Kitty was baking loaves for her neighbors. And before she knew it, there was a subscription service followed by a pop-up in her neighbor’s garage where she sold almost 100 loaves of bread and doughnuts (甜甜圈) in half an hour. “At that moment, I realized that this was what I wanted to do with my life,” she says.

A few months later, after raising enough money through crowdfunding,the teen rented a small retail space in town and her dad quit his job to become her business partner. They’ve been running the Orange Bakery ever since, selling everything from Marmite and cheese swirls to Danish pastries.

“I’m just really excited about people eating good bread, whether it is made by themselves or bought from a bakery,” says Kitty. “My main mission is to make bread inclusive and joyful because I have found so much joy in it.”

Today, the Taits are part of the global baking community, running baking classes at local schools.

1. What can we learn about Kitty before her picking up baking?

A．She worked part-time at a bakery.

B．She suffered from a mental illness.

C．She turned something magical into reality.

D．She learned baking from her mom and neighbors.

2. Which word can describe Kitty’s bread in her neighborhood?

A．Popular.

B．Graceful.

C．Updated.

D．Ordinary.

3. What can we conclude about Kitty’s father from paragraph 4?

A．He had ever been a good teacher.

B．He bought the Orange Bakery for Kitty.

C．He made a contribution to Kitty's cause.

D．He had ever done foreign trade in a company.

4. What is Kitty’s main focus?

A．Making baking a fun thing.

B．Earning as much as possible.

C．Running joyful baking classes.

D．Thinking up better ways of baking.

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。

It was an early winter morning. Joan was sleeping soundly when the phone rang in the living room. She rolled over and glanced at the clock on the wall—it was already nine o’clock.Every weekend morning, her mother had to work part-time in the cafe. Although Joan was still sleepy, she knew she had to get up. After all, she didn’t expect her brother Mike, who was sleeping like a log, to hear the phone. She quietly went over to the living room. When she picked up the receiver, on the other end came the warmhearted greetings,“Good morning, my Dear!”Recognizing the voice from her father, Joan was immediately surrounded by a sense of joy and the sleepiness swept away.

Joan’s father was a seaman, who rarely came back. Working on the sea was really hard.Born in a not-rich family, Joan and Mike felt the stress of life but they were happy to enjoy the family atmosphere. At school, they were straight-A students throughout the academic career and actively involved in school activities. They became the pride of the school and the envy of the students.

“Good morning, Dad, what’s up?”Joan said in an easy tone.“I have been very nice recently, my baby. Today is your mother’s birthday, and I have ordered her a cake online and it should come to the house in one and half an hour. Do remember to take the cake.”

Hearing her father’s words, Joan felt a little ashamed. How she could forget Mum’s birthday!She took a glance at the dirty clothes piled on the sofa and the oily floor that hadn’t been mopped(拖地) for a few days—There was two hours before her mother came back. She calculated they had enough time to prepare a surprise for Mum.

Thinking of this, she felt full of excitement.“Well, Dad, now I’m going to wake Mike up.We will give Mum a surprise !”

Joan hung up the phone with Dad, and hurriedly went to Mike’s room to share him her Big Cleaning plan. After listening to Joan, Mike readily accepted her idea.

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The Big Cleaning plan began.

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With the cake placed on the table, Mum came in.

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5 . My mother spent at least 12 hours every day rolling country cigarettes to support our family. One day she showed me her wage book, _________ me how much money she had earned. She has never been to school-she knows nothing about calculating and she uses her thumbprints to _________ a record of her earning. At the moment, I wanted to _________ her how to hold a pen to write things.

As I watched her finally _________ to write her name correctly, and her hands trembling with _________, I had a dream that I wanted to receive better education and make a _________ to this world. But my _________might be too big for a girl in a poor village, because in rural India, girls are generally considered _________and to live a life of no voice and no choice.

When I was 13, I read the autobiography of Helen Keller. I _________ her spirit and I wanted to have a college degree like her. So I fought with my father and my relatives to be sent to __________, and it worked five years later. I __________ to join in a fellowship(奖学金)program in Delhi University. After many rounds of interviews, I got into the __________ with a full scholarship. I was going to __________ of my village for the first time to study in the capital! By the time my fellowship program ended, my life had __________. Not only had I traced my lost voice, but also had a choice to make myself __________.

At the age of 22, I came back to my village to set up an institution that __________ rural youth by providing them with education, life skills and career opportunities. My work involved working with families and communities to help them understand why getting __________ is useful for everyone.

Of course, to change people’s mind is challenging. The quickest way to __________ them is by doing. When they see their kids getting a real education, getting a real __________ , they begin to change. The best example is what happened at my home -__________ education has helped me to find my voice, my self-worth and my freedom.

1.

A．pointing

B．asking

C．testing

D．giving

2.

A．keep

B．break

C．play

D．remember

3.

A．order

B．suppose

C．teach

D．advise

4.

A．try

B．refuse

C．manage

D．pretend

5.

A．agreement

B．complement

C．development

D．excitement

6.

A．difference

B．plan

C．mistake

D．decision

7.

A．dream

B．trouble

C．curiosity

D．demand

8.

A．priceless

B．careless

C．fearless

D．worthless

9.

A．abandoned

B．admired

C．conveyed

D．inspired

10.

A．hometown

B．community

C．downtown

D．college

11.

A．hesitated

B．applied

C．hated

D．agreed

12.

A．activity

B．program

C．library

D．campaign

13.

A．give out

B．turn out

C．step out

D．break out

14.

A．changed

B．finished

C．fulfilled

D．connected

15.

A．beautiful

B．joyful

C．useful

D．careful

16.

A．supported

B．arranged

C．protected

D．introduced

17.

A．recognition

B．invitation

C．examination

D．education

18.

A．debate

B．question

C．argue

D．convince

19.

A．gift

B．treat

C．job

D．bargain

20.

A．affecting

B．receiving

C．suffering

D．improving

7 . We had just come back home after a big trip. My 5-year-old boy, Baldwin, couldn't _________ to share our stories with his grandmother. Our final _________ is the Appalachian Trail, one of the longest footpaths in the world. We finished the route without any _________ in 209 days. The _________ was really hard work, but full of fun. The landscape along the way was _________, with green woods and wild animals like kangaroos. My husband and I had little time to _________ our own physical pain from walking so many kilometers, but tried hard to keep our little boy happy and excited. When we were tired, we got to eat Skittles, a colorful sweet treat, to make my son_________. We slept in a tent, _________ at 5: 30 in the morning and walking all day. Talking with other hikers along the way prevented _________ and brought extra joy.

My son was even several months __________ than “Buddy Backpacker”, a boy who once held the record for the youngest person for the route. We had been hiking __________ my son was two years old. We took every opportunity to go outside and __________ the world. It may seem like an impossible activity for a child. However, it turned out that he was strong enough to __________ it. My son's trip earned __________ from Dale, the oldest person to hike the route. He said, “It's going to change his life forever. Baldwin has gone through some hardships, making him stronger. This challenge contributes to his social and __________ development. He will smile through his life.”

1.

A．regret

B．wait

C．promise

D．decide

2.

A．agreement

B．edge

C．movement

D．destination

3.

A．vehicle

B．direction

C．luggage

D．supply

4.

A．jogging

B．surfing

C．hiking

D．hunting

5.

A．available

B．normal

C．awful

D．dramatic

6.

A．pay attention to

B．put on

C．add to

D．live up to

7.

A．brave

B．concerned

C．grateful

D．energetic

8.

A．lying

B．waking

C．talking

D．settling

9.

A．laziness

B．sadness

C．boredom

D．injury

10.

A．shorter

B．younger

C．earlier

D．quicker

11.

A．if

B．since

C．until

D．because

12.

A．change

B．recognise

C．explore

D．photograph

13.

A．make

B．feel

C．know

D．find

14.

A．prize

B．lesson

C．praise

D．harvest

15.

A．emotional

B．intellectual

C．imaginative

D．magical

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。续写词数应为150左右。

Lost & Found

Emily was very sad because her little sister drew pictures on her science project. This was not the first time that her sister had ruined her school work. So, Emily requested her parents to buy her a study table with drawers (抽屉) where she could safely keep her books.

Emily’s parents could not afford to buy a new table. However, they agreed to buy her a second-hand table. One day after school, Emily’s mother took her to the second-hand store so that she could buy the table of her choice. By accident, she opened a drawer in an old black table. And, guess what? A small plastic bag with some dollar bills!

“Maybe I have found somebody’s secret bag. Am I the luckiest twelve-year-old? My birthday is coming up soon. With this money, I can buy myself great presents. And maybe I can even buy things for my family.” Emily thought. She stared at it with greedy (贪婪的) eyes and quickly pushed the bag to the end of the drawer. She told her mother she wanted that black table and later it was organized in her room.

When everybody left, she locked the room, quickly opened the drawer and took the plastic bag with dollars out. There was a note in the money bag. It seemed that some old lady was saving the money for her children and grandchildren. She could hear her heart beat louder and louder when finally she counted twelve thousand dollars.

But now, with the money she had, she thought that she would have to make up many lies to spend it. She would have to hide the money all the time. She thought, “This money is not meant for me.” She had felt the worst fear of getting caught from the moment she thought of stealing.

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1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Finally, she called her parents into her room.
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The store owner was quite surprised on hearing the story.
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