3 . When I was seven years old. My friend had gotten a computer for his birthday. He invited me to play a simple game, and we loved it! We played for hours. We would meet after school every day to play it. My addiction to computer games started then.

At first I played games over the Internet after I had done my homework and eaten dinner. Then I started playing as soon as I got home each day. My parents stopped me, so I started playing in the middle of the night. I often fell asleep in class. My teacher would scold me but I would often do the same thing the next day! Shortly after that I began to skip meals and play through the night. My parents found out and took away my computer and smartphone. I knew I had gone too far. My love of computer games had become an addiction. It was affecting my schoolwork and my health, and I felt quite depressed.

Playing was fun, but I felt even more worn out afterwards! We can spoil good things by doing them too much. I realized that it was very important to adjust my lifestyle. I decided to take control of my life and find other ways to relax.

To succeed in quitting, I had to replace it with something else. So I thought about what to try. Rock climbing bowling, watching comedies, and playing basketball were the things I thought of doing instead. I get refreshed through climbing, spend more time with my dad, and get to meet new friends. The more we get together and laugh, the more relaxed I feel. Besides, I can eat a little more food, sleep soundly, and Pm almost in high spirits.

After six months of trying out new ways of relaxing, I feel much more energetic. I feel that I can change myself for the better. And if that’s true for me, then it might truly be possible to change the world for others. Just as the saying goes,” Nothing is difficult to a willing heart.“

1. When did the writer play computer games at first?

A．In the morning.	B．In the middle of the night.
C．When he got home.	D．After school work and dinner.

2. How do you feel about playing computer games according to the passage?

A．It does more good than harm.	B．It does much more harm than good.
C．It has no effect on students.	D．It does little more harm than good..

3. How does the writer break the habit of being addicted to computer games?

A．Give up playing completely.	B．Learn more advanced games.
C．Try out other new ways to relax in reality.	D．Do a lot of hard labour .

4. What is the character of the writer of this passage?

A．A bit energetic.	B．A little stubborn.
C．Kind of self-disciplined.	D．Much clever.

4 . Months earlier, my wife Lisa had just woken up at 4:45 when she heard voices coming from the upstairs room. And then she decided to _________ what’s going on. She _________ that our son, Hunter, had been playing a video game since he got home from school the previous day. What she found _________ both of us.

We were tired of the _________ of time Hunter spent playing video games. He would often sleep until 1:00 or 2:00 pm on Saturdays because he _______ playing games until 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. I came up with an idea and told it to Lisa. _________ immediately, video-game time in our house would have to be _________, just like money. I set the _________ rate: Each mile _________ equals 30 minutes of video-game play.

The first couple of days didn’t go very __________. Instead of choosing to run, he decided to __________ the new program and spend that time sleeping. Eventually, Hunter came around, and the temptation (诱惑) of playing games was just too much. He decided he would __________.

Five months later, Hunter was __________ when he finished second in his age group in his first 10K, achieved third in his first 10-mile race, and completed second in his first half marathon. Recently, he took first place in the 25K in downtown Houston. Hunter’s __________ now is to have the fastest marathon time in our family.

Running teaches him to invest time that needs to be spent in __________ efforts, to do hard things, and then to enjoy a reward.

1.

A．answer

B．know

C．see

D．respond

2.

A．discovered

B．reminded

C．founded

D．admitted

3.

A．thrilled

B．scared

C．annoyed

D．delighted

4.

A．style

B．amount

C．fact

D．number

5.

A．woke up

B．applied for

C．stayed up

D．showed off

6.

A．Impressive

B．Positive

C．Attractive

D．Effective

7.

A．lent

B．received

C．borrowed

D．earned

8.

A．interest

B．exchange

C．calculation

D．assessment

9.

A．swim

B．jump

C．run

D．walk

10.

A．smoothly

B．obviously

C．naturally

D．badly

11.

A．begin

B．refuse

C．accept

D．change

12.

A．give it a shot

B．make it a rule

C．keep it a secret

D．make it a point

13.

A．relaxed

B．disappointed

C．embarrassed

D．excited

14.

A．work

B．skill

C．goal

D．trust

15.

A．fit

B．fast

C．perfect

D．worthwhile

5 . No pains, no gains. This is especially true for Amanda Gorman. In 2021, she became the youngest poet to write and read her works at a presidential inauguration (就职典礼). The 22-year old impressed the audience with The Hill We Climb, which referred to both painful history and hope for the future.

You wouldn’t know it from her delivery of her poem at the inauguration, but up until a few years ago, she struggled to overcome her speech problem. For much of her life, including when she was still an undergraduate at Harvard, Gorman had trouble pronouncing the letter “R”.

Her situation presented difficulties, but also had benefits. “I think it made me all that much stronger of a writer when you have to teach yourself how to say words from zero. I think of my speech trouble not as a weakness or a disability, but as one of my greatest strengths.”

To practice saying the letter, she’d listen on repeat to one song packed with “R”s — Aaron Burr, Sir from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s historical masterpiece, Hamilton. She would try to keep up with the singer as he was doing the rap (说唱). She believed if she could train herself to do this song, then she could train herself to say the letter “R”correctly. Sure enough, rapping along with Miranda’s fast-paced rhymes worked, and Gorman’s performance of her piece, The Hill We Climb, ranked among the highlights of the inauguration.

Overcoming a speech problem is a milestone for her. Gorman said she owes a lot to the Pulitzer Prize winning musical. That was why she included a few references to Hamilton in her inspiring poem, some of which the author of Hamilton noticed: He praised her performance in a post. “You were perfect. Perfectly written, perfectly delivered.”

1. What did Gorman do to impress the audience at the inauguration?

A．Share her painful story.

B．Read her poem in public.

C．Write a poem in real time.

D．Express concern for future.

2. Which word used to be difficult for Gorman to read properly?

A．Amanda.

B．Mickey.

C．Hamilton.

D．Miranda.

3. Why did Gorman learn to sing Aaron Burr, Sir?

A．To win wide recognition.

B．To train her singing skills.

C．To improve pronunciation.

D．To learn fast-paced styles.

4. What can we learn from Gorman’s story?

A．Learn to walk before you run.

B．Practice breaks down barriers.

C．Power of role models is great.

D．Poem writing is key to success.

6 . 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 David was nine and Laura was twelve, the battles started. Before that, they got along great. Laura was always protective of her little brother, and he in turn, was very fond of her.

Maybe it was about needing space or demanding independence. Whatever the reason was, it drove my husband and me crazy. It would start over the smallest of excuses. One minute the house would be quiet, and the next they’d be shouting at one another. And on and on it would go. Until, finally, one of us would have to step in. And there would be a truce...sort of. At least until the next fight. Our once happy home was being turned into a war area.

One night, in hopelessness, we called the kids into the living room and told them how upsetting their behavior was. We asked them for ideas about how we could regain peace in the family.

We asked each of them to come up with a half dozen appropriate results that we could apply the next time they had a fight.

The following day we were presented with a list of results from each. Some even looked pretty good. Examples: Clean the other person’s room; Do the dishes for the other person; Hug and make up, etc.

We decided to arrange those results around the edge of a board, and then we attached a spinning arrow in the middle. When you gave it a spin, the arrow would finally stop and point to one of the results. Then we hung the board up in the kitchen. We crossed our fingers, and waited.

It was amazing. Just the existence of the board, hanging on our kitchen wall, had an immediate calming effect on the atmosphere in our home. But it only took about ten days before peace was destroyed by another battle. So we called them both into the kitchen.

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。

We took the board down off the wall and placed it on the table.

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In the same spirit, we ended up making boards with other themes.

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7 . Hello! It’s me, the woman you robbed on Lepage Avenue. You might not remember me. But I will never forget you or your ________, which woke me up from a deep sleep.

“________ and give me your money and jewelry!” you yelled. You told Walter, my 80-year-old husband, to take the drawers and ________ them on the bed. You told me to ________ the earrings and the necklace I was wearing. We had to obey. Your voice trembled. You had a gun, ________ it was pointed at the floor. I could tell you were new at this. When you were busy examining what you could get, I saw my chance. I immediately grabbed my phone and called 911.

“Help! There’s been a robbery...” You ________ the phone from my hand. My legs shook. In the distance, I heard sirens (警笛). Thank heavens! Then I blacked out.

I woke up in an all-white room in the hospital. The physician shook his head at the ________ of my heart. “Madame, when was the last time you had your heart examined?”

“My heart?” I said. “Never. ________?”

“I can hardly believe how blocked your arteries (动脉) are,” he said. “I’ve scheduled a (n) ________ operation for you. A few more days like this, Madame, and you might not have been so lucky.”

I was completely shocked. I had never had any chest pain or shortness of breath. There was no ________ that I was a ticking time bomb, ________ feeling tired sometimes.

________, we didn’t have the nicest lawn or the fanciest car in the driveway. Still, young man, you did ________ us. Thus, thank you. ________ you, I’d be a goner. I wouldn’t have had an operation. I wouldn’t have recovered.

Sir, I would like you to know you are ________. You saved my life. I pray you’ve started a new life. It’s never too late.

1.

A．appearance

B．voice

C．expression

D．build

2.

A．Keep up

B．Turn up

C．Look up

D．Get up

3.

A．cover

B．fix

C．lock

D．empty

4.

A．hand down

B．give up

C．hand over

D．give out

5.

A．as

B．and

C．while

D．but

6.

A．fetched

B．seized

C．swapped

D．turned

7.

A．scars

B．symptom

C．scans

D．shape

8.

A．Why

B．When

C．What

D．How

9.

A．small

B．immediate

C．important

D．long

10.

A．indication

B．identification

C．prediction

D．potential

11.

A．rather than

B．other than

C．more than

D．less than

12.

A．Normally

B．Generally

C．Certainly

D．Usually

13.

A．pick

B．cheat

C．hurt

D．fail

14.

A．Except

B．Besides

C．Like

D．Without

15.

A．forgotten

B．forgiven

C．respected

D．recognized