1 . Biar Kon, a 17-year-old student, whose parents were working in neighboring Sudan, moved to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to attend school. Once he _______, he needed to get some documents from the Sudanese embassy(大使馆). But when he went to look for the embassy, he couldn’t find it. He asked a few people for _______, and no one knew where it was. Then an older woman tapped him on the back.

The woman told Kon that she had seen him asking questions of multiple people as they _______, and she wondered if he needed money for food, or a place to stay. Then Kon realized that the woman thought he was _______.

They cleared up the _______, and the woman was able to offer her help. The woman’s _______ left a deep impression on Kon. And it inspired him to _______ five years later, when he moved to Boston, Massachusetts. One day, outside a coffee shop, he _______ a man who was begging for change. Kon _______ that moment five years earlier, when the woman in Nairobi had ________ him for a homeless person. So he went up to the man to see what he could do. “He told me why he was on the street—because he made a（n） ________ mistake when he was in high school, and he couldn’t get a ________ now,” Kon recalled. Kon bought the man some breakfast, and gave him a little bit of money.

Today, it’s an encounter he ________. For him, it is a ________ that you never know what people are going through unless you talk to them ________ — the way the woman in Nairobi made an effort to talk to him.

1.

A．worked

B．arrived

C．changed

D．graduated

2.

A．permission

B．comments

C．explanation

D．directions

3.

A．passed

B．watched

C．struggled

D．hesitated

4.

A．awkward

B．homeless

C．careful

D．shy

5.

A．evidence

B．difficulty

C．confusion

D．conflict

6.

A．generosity

B．wisdom

C．responsibility

D．confidence

7.

A．put it aside

B．take it easy

C．kick it off

D．pay it forward

8.

A．persuaded

B．spotted

C．questioned

D．inspired

9.

A．witnessed

B．reported

C．recalled

D．shared

10.

A．praised

B．thanked

C．blamed

D．mistaken

11.

A．common

B．unintended

C．serious

D．similar

12.

A．clue

B．rise

C．job

D．solution

13.

A．creates

B．expects

C．deserves

D．values

14.

A．reminder

B．protector

C．challenge

D．practice

15.

A．secretly

B．actively

C．loudly

D．anxiously

2 . I received a phone call from a credit card company. With the craziness of the holidays, I had missed a _________. The agent I spoke with was _________ and we actually chatted about life and _________ and the craziness it can cause in one’s life. All in all, the _________ phone call was probably only about forty-five _________, including making a payment.

A few days later, as I’m walking to _________ the mail, I notice a box from an online _________ delivery company. My first thought is, “Oh, no, someone _________ a package.” I pick it up to see if the _________ is close so I can drop it off. To my surprise, it not only has my address but my __________!

I take it inside. And I’m not going to __________ here; I’m already teary-eyed. When I open the box, there are roses in a beautiful vase. I find the __________ and the surprises just keep coming. Not only have I got flowers, but they are from a complete __________ in a different state!

The agent has sent me flowers with a note of __________ from one mom to another. I cry like a baby. I’m so __________ that not only a stranger but someone I only talked to for less than an hour took the time to __________ me some encouragement and flowers!

To that __________, wherever you are, I hope you know you __________ my day. It is things like this that __________ me that while there is trouble and hate in the world, there is also generosity and __________ for our fellow man.

1.

A．chance

B．payment

C．shot

D．conference

2.

A．embarrassed

B．tolerant

C．understanding

D．delightful

3.

A．motherhood

B．childhood

C．likelihood

D．neighborhood

4.

A．average

B．strange

C．expected

D．total

5.

A．hours

B．minutes

C．seconds

D．weeks

6.

A．reach

B．take

C．check

D．answer

7.

A．flower

B．food

C．snack

D．toy

8.

A．sent

B．posted

C．claimed

D．misdelivered

9.

A．account

B．postbox

C．package

D．address

10.

A．credit

B．name

C．resume

D．status

11.

A．complain

B．boast

C．lie

D．explain

12.

A．card

B．secret

C．item

D．article

13.

A．loser

B．stranger

C．winner

D．visitor

14.

A．appreciation

B．warning

C．apology

D．encouragement

15.

A．confused

B．depressed

C．touched

D．amused

16.

A．call

B．send

C．owe

D．assign

17.

A．agent

B．offer

C．case

D．manager

18.

A．achieved

B．spoiled

C．made

D．accomplished

19.

A．request

B．advise

C．demand

D．remind

20.

A．love

B．modesty

C．passion

D．integrity

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。

Once upon a time, there lived a young boy named Ethan in a small village. With a passion for music, Ethan was enthusiastic about playing the guitar. Every day after school, he would rush home, grab his guitar, and lose himself in the melodies (乐曲) he created.

One summer, the village was hosting a talent show, and Ethan decided to participate. However, doubts started to flood into his mind. He began comparing himself to other talented musicians and questioning his abilities. The fear of failure began to consume him.

But Ethan’s grandfather, who had always been his biggest supporter, noticed his grandson’s inner struggle. He sat down with Ethan and shared a story from his own youth.

“When I was your age, I had a dream of becoming a painter. But I was filled with self-doubt, just like you are now. I decided to seek guidance from a wise old artist in a nearby town.

The old artist listened to my worries and offered me a challenge. He asked me to paint a picture on a large canvas in front of a crowd. Overwhelmed by the challenge, I hesitated.

The wise artist smiled and told me not to focus on what others might think. He asked me to paint from my heart and pour my soul into every stroke. The beauty lies not in perfection, but in the authenticity (真实性) of one’s creation.

Encouraged by these words, I accepted the challenge. I painted with passion, letting my emotions guide my brush. Finally, a beautiful masterpiece appeared on the canvas.”

Finishing the story, Ethan’s grandfather said, “That day, I realized that success is not defined by how perfect we are or how we compare to others. It’s about embracing our unique talents, taking risks, and expressing ourselves with passion and authenticity.”

注意: 1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Inspired by his grandfather’s story, Ethan decided to give the talent show his all.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Ethan didn’t pay much attention to the surroundings until he heard the applause at the end of his performance.

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4 . One bus driver for the North Elementary School can now add lifesaver to her experiences after a student started choking (窒息) on her bus last month.

On Sept.29, bus driver Raquel Baker began her work just like any other drivers and was about to drop off students at the school gate when something went wrong. Video from the school bus showed 7-year-old Preston putting something in his ________ and then dropping down between the seats, clearly in ________ .

It was hard for the boy to ________ a word but he managed to mention something about a coin. Baker ________ stood up, took hold of him and ran out of the ________ .“On my way to the sidewalk, I was actually performing the Heimlich maneuver (海姆利克氏操作法),” she said.

Preston hardly ________ and Baker didn’t waste any time to jump into action. The whole time she was saying, “Baby, breathe, baby, breathe.”

Preston was blue in the face. Baker saw a parent and asked her to call 911. “All I could think of was I had to ________ this boy,” Baker said. She had never performed the Heimlich before, but her ________ on the first aid given by the school one month ago worked. “I was ________ at the time, but I just couldn’t be scared,” she said. She didn’t even realize when the ________ flew out of Preston’s mouth until Preston said, “Miss Baker, I’m OK. I can breathe.”

Preston’s mum was ________ for Baker’s help. The school’s headmaster was also touched and ________ her for her life-saving work. “As of today, I’m still in shock. I really can’t believe that this actually happened. I didn’t really realize what a big ________ I had,” Baker said.

Until today Bake r still doesn’t know how she got the ________ to do what she did that day, ________ she knows this, “If I wasn’t there, other drivers may have done it as well,” Bake r said.

1.

A．bag

B．bottle

C．mouth

D．pocket

2.

A．danger

B．peace

C．surprise

D．silence

3.

A．write

B．say

C．spell

D．hear

4.

A．luckily

B．formally

C．quietly

D．quickly

5.

A．bus

B．room

C．yard

D．school

6.

A．slept

B．breathed

C．saw

D．listened

7.

A．find

B．feed

C．save

D．meet

8.

A．habit

B．training

C．belief

D．income

9.

A．nervous

B．glad

C．disappointed

D．curious

10.

A．eraser

B．chalk

C．key

D．coin

11.

A．sorry

B．sad

C．anxious

D．thankful

12.

A．corrected

B．changed

C．honored

D．cured

13.

A．future

B．impact

C．dream

D．mistake

14.

A．permit

B．right

C．method

D．courage

15.

A．or

B．so

C．but

D．for

5 . Imunek narrowly avoided a disaster last year. At that time, Imunek already had a 1 year old and was eight months pregnant with her second kid. She was still working her job as a bus driver for local ________.

The day was fairly ________ until a strange smell began to fill the ________. “I had the driver window down and thought the ________ was coming from another car at first, but then smoke ________ coming through my heater, so I ________,” Imunek recalled.

She ________ to use her radio phone to discuss the problem, but it didn’t take long for her to ________ that she didn’t have time for a ________. Instead, she gathered the 37 kids she ________, ranging from primary to high school, and got them off the bus as quickly and ________ as possible. Fifteen to thirty seconds after the ________ child got off the bus, the bus was on fire.

Although Imunek breathed in a good amount of smoke, she and her baby were found to be ________, as were all the children on her bus. To express their ________, all of the children’s parents wrote thank you notes for the ________ bus driver.

1.

A．workers

B．travelers

C．students

D．villagers

2.

A．tough

B．challenging

C．comfortable

D．natural

3.

A．bus

B．car

C．street

D．world

4.

A．smell

B．smoke

C．fire

D．noise

5.

A．stopped

B．started

C．continued

D．tried

6.

A．got off

B．went away

C．pulled over

D．stood up

7.

A．afforded

B．agreed

C．promised

D．wanted

8.

A．decide

B．hope

C．imagine

D．record

9.

A．chance

B．lesson

C．conversation

D．task

10.

A．chose

B．taught

C．knew

D．carried

11.

A．politely

B．calmly

C．actively

D．easily

12.

A．last

B．first

C．only

D．slow

13.

A．healthy

B．weak

C．attractive

D．helpless

14.

A．support

B．thanks

C．understanding

D．worries

15.

A．good-looking

B．easy-going

C．fast-talking

D．quick-thinking

6 . The joys of getting lost

Most of us like to know where we are and where we’re going. It can feel_________to be lost. The words “being lost” make us_________a dark wood, or a dark city street: threatening and scary. But that’s not always the case.

When I was twelve, my family were_________in Venice. My dad’s a crazy photographer and he said that he was going to take_________as the sun came up.Mum wasn’t interested, but I said I_________go with him.

So at 5 am the following morning we_________the hotel. There was almost no one in the streets. Dad started taking photographs and I just followed him,walking down_________streets and over little bridges.

After about an hour, I turned to him. “Dad,” I asked “where are we?” He said,“I have no_________.”I immediately felt a bit scared, but Dad just laughed. “We’re_________!” he said. I told him to get out his map or phone. He looked at me. “Map? Phone? I only brought the__________.   Let’s get more lost!” And he laughed again.

His__________ relaxed me and made me feel safe. To Dad’s pleasure, people were__________on the streets shops and cafes began to open, and as the sun__________the narrow streets started to fill with light. I began to forget we were lost, and just started observing everything happening__________me. We stopped and had a sandwich for breakfast—Dad’s__________Italian was just enough for us to get what we wanted, even in a place a-way from the tourist track.

Finally, after hours of__________ around aimlessly, Dad said: “Hey! This is our street!” And we were back. Mum was in the breakfast room of the hotel when we came in. “Where have you been for so long?” Mum asked__________.   “We got lost!” I said with a__________smile.

These days we have so many things to__________us from getting lost: maps, GPS, apps on our phones, and so on. But Dad showed me being lost can simply be something to__________.

1.

A．nervous

B．silly

C．strange

D．curious

2.

A．step into

B．think of

C．respond to

D．dream of

3.

A．on holiday

B．on business

C．on the way

D．on the go

4.

A．notes

B．videos

C．exercise

D．pictures

5.

A．would

B．shall

C．will

D．should

6.

A．reached

B．booked

C．left

D．called

7.

A．large

B．small

C．old

D．broad

8.

A．decision

B．plan

C．opinion

D．idea

9.

A．stuck

B．done

C．lost

D．troubled

10.

A．watch

B．camera

C．film

D．food

11.

A．laughter

B．praise

C．confidence

D．encouragement

12.

A．disappearing

B．escaping

C．gathering

D．appearing

13.

A．came up

B．turned up

C．went up

D．rose up

14.

A．to

B．on

C．around

D．behind

15.

A．fluent

B．terrible

C．difficult

D．creative

16.

A．driving

B．riding

C．covering

D．walking

17.

A．carefully

B．anxiously

C．eagerly

D．hopefully

18.

A．sweet

B．awkward

C．wide

D．silent

19.

A．stop

B．discourage

C．free

D．ban

20.

A．teach

B．understand

C．solve

D．enjoy

7 . The sun is shinning. I get on No. 151 bus. I’m heading for my office. The sight on the bus is striking: People sit so close together, using those thin sheets of newspapers to keep their distance.

As the bus approaches the National Park, a voice suddenly rings out, “Attention! Attention! This is your driver speaking.”

No one speaks. We look at the back of the driver’s head. His voice carries authority. “Put your papers down. All of you.” The newspapers come down and they are placed on our laps.

“Now, turn and face the person next to you. Go ahead.” Amazingly, we all do it. Still, no one smiles. Just follow the order.

I face an old woman, her head wrapped tightly in a red scarf. I see her nearly everyday. Our eyes meet. We wait for the next order from the driver. We smile to each other. There is a feeling of relief. The barrier (隔阂) has been broken. We cannot help saying, “Good morning, neighbor.”

It is not so hard after all. Some of us repeat it. Others shake hands. Many laugh. The bus driver says nothing more. Slowly, I hear laughter, a warm sound I have never heard before on the bus.

When we reach my stop, I say good-bye to my seatmate, and then jump from the doorstep. As No. 151 bus drives away, I smile as I watch the happy faces of the passengers. This day is starting off better than most.

1. Where does the story take place according to the passage?

A．On a street.

B．On a bus.

C．In a park.

D．In an office.

2. What’s the author’s attitude towards the driver’s behaviour?

A．Supportive.

B．Negative.

C．Unclear.

D．Doubtful.

3. What message does the author seem to convey in the text?

A．To stress the effect of reading on people.	B．To introduce the ways of communicating.
C．To ask people to use more public transport.	D．To encourage people to break the barriers.

8 . 语法填空

Ms. Guli is from Australia. In 2012, she decided to focus on     1     (help) the world face its water problems. Ms. Guli said that when she saw a river that had dropped by 20 feet within six     2     (year), she realized she needed to do something.

She started a group called “Thirst” that had taught over 500,000 people in China different ways     3     (save) water. Ms. Guli also began running. Running was not easy for her. When she was younger, her back was badly hurt. Doctors thought she might never run again. She started swimming, then biking, and     4     (final) running again.

In November, Ms. Guli ran the New York Marathon, the first of the 100 marathons planned for     5     (she) Running Dry project. But after 60 marathons, doctors discovered that Ms. Guli had broken     6     bone in her leg. She decided to walk the marathons rather than run them. That meant spending about 9 to 12 hours     7     (walk) instead of five hours running.

But after 62 marathons, doctors told her that she would damage her leg     8     she didn’t stop. Ms. Guli finally agreed to stop running.

One thing is certain. Even if she     9     (hurt) her leg, Ms. Guli will continue working to let us know how     10     (importance) it is to change the ways we use and save water.

9 . People often feel upset because airline companies always lose their suitcases when they fly. It has never happened to me. But something even worse happened to my family recently.

About ten years ago my mum got a job _________ at a university in Thailand. At first she only went for six months. Later because she really liked it, she agreed to stay _________, so my father and I went to live with her in Thailand. We had a great time, but last year my _________ decided that they wanted to return to the UK. We had been there so long. So we wanted _________ a lot of things back with us-all the furniture from our house, in fact. So Mum and Dad went to a shipping company. Workers in the company took everything back in one of those big containers that you see on ships. The container looks like a big green metal box. The _________ put everything into it: the armchairs and sofas, the TV, wardrobes, desks, even all the rugs and curtains. Our whole house was inside that big green metal box.

We flew back to the UK and _________ for the container to arrive. About ten weeks later, we were having _________ one morning when a big lorry arrived outside our house. On the back was a big green metal box. We were so _________. The men _________ the box and started to take out our things. But they weren’t our things. The container was full of gym equipment. It was the __________ one. We were so sad. But the story has a happy ending. The men took the container and gym equipment away, and about two months ago our things finally arrived

1.

A．swimming

B．fishing

C．shopping

D．teaching

2.

A．longer

B．higher

C．older

D．younger

3.

A．teachers

B．parents

C．friends

D．classmates

4.

A．taking

B．taken

C．to take

D．took

5.

A．factory

B．school

C．company

D．hospital

6.

A．give

B．allowed

C．got

D．waited

7.

A．breakfast

B．lunch

C．dinner

D．homework

8.

A．sad

B．excited

C．surprised

D．worried

9.

A．broke

B．moved

C．closed

D．opened

10.

A．beautiful

B．broken

C．wrong

D．right

10 . Andrew Powell was pulling envelopes from the large mailbox outside his contemporary house when he noticed something ______: A tiny doll couple were sitting on a love seat inside the mailbox. A small note was attached.

“We’ve decided to live here,” the ______ read. It was signed from Mary and Shelley. Andrew initially figured that somebody must have left them there ______ . So he asked the neighbors whether anybody had left ______ in his mailbox, and everyone said no. Soon, Andrew and his wife discovered that the small couple had ______ a tea table, a pretty carpet and a pillow.

Over the next few months, additional items mysteriously ______: a bed, a painting and a wood-burning stove, to name a few. For Christmas 2022, a decorated tree was left with tiny presents. But the gifts were taken back right after Christmas ______ Andrew could open the boxes to see if anything was inside.

More than a year later, Mary and Shelley are still living rent-free in the mailbox, to the delight of the neighbors who now ______ Andrew’s updates on the village’s website to check the ______. Andrew first posted about the tiny dolls on Aug. 21, 2022, hoping his fellow villagers might help solve the ______.

“It’s just somebody out there who is having some fun, giving us all a little community ______. But whoever is doing this is obviously very ______ and clever,” says Andrew’s next-door neighbor.

Andrew says he now doesn’t want to know who is ______ for the mail-box affair because he’s hoping it will continue. “Also, people in the neighborhood are ______ it and some ask if I’ve thought about installing an outdoor ______ , but personally, I like the mystery of it.”

1.

A．alive

B．unusual

C．important

D．unique

2.

A．notice

B．board

C．mail

D．message

3.

A．by mistake

B．by chance

C．on purpose

D．on sale

4.

A．gifts

B．cards

C．dolls

D．posts

5.

A．displayed

B．acquired

C．designed

D．decorated

6.

A．came back

B．wandered off

C．showed up

D．broke in

7.

A．before

B．since

C．unless

D．when

8.

A．follow

B．comment

C．download

D．appreciate

9.

A．improvement

B．possibility

C．truth

D．progress

10.

A．difficulty

B．conflict

C．case

D．mystery

11.

A．care

B．humor

C．blessing

D．support

12.

A．artistic

B．academic

C．sympathetic

D．realistic

13.

A．suitable

B．eager

C．responsible

D．ambitious

14.

A．describing

B．imitating

C．celebrating

D．enjoying

15.

A．light

B．camera

C．tent

D．bench