1 . Consciousness (意识) rises slowly, awakening with the dawn that brightens my room. Cool air clears my mind as I walk to the kitchen, where my husband is making his morning coffee. The fire he thoughtfully started is beginning to heat the living space.

By my second cup, everyone is awake. After breakfast, we begin the busy work of a rural place. Chopping (砍) wood for the stove and clearing snow off steps and pathways. Our kids are big enough to be properly helpful and find joy in the work when everyone is doing it together.

Then we take a walk through the fresh snow. We discover an amazing array of animals on display in the markings that they have left. After dinner, we play cards with a lot of energy and competitive interaction. Eventually, we’ll turn off the lights and with the fire crackling (噼啪作响), cuddle (拥抱) on the couch to watch the stars through the windows before heading off to bed.

Weekends at the cabin (木屋) are magical. During the break, our family constantly balances the demands of work and school. I’m subject to my watch and alarm clock. But coming to the cabin on the weekend is like entering another world.

Here, I don’t need to know what time it is-sunrise and sunset, hunger and chores set our schedule. The house and the woods around it are silent and dark, except for birdsong and the moon. Life seems less pressing, and it’s easier to live in the moment without distraction.

When I get up the next morning, my son is already sitting in front of the fire, staring at the flames. I sit beside him, and he leans into me, sleepy and a bit sad. “What’s up?” I ask. “I just don’t want to go home yet. I like it better here.”

I know what he means. I smile and put my arms around him. “Even when we’re home, this place is always here, where it’s quiet and safe, and everyone you love has time for you.”

I don’t really mean the cabin, and I think he knows that.

1. What are paragraphs 1-3 mainly about?

A．The reasons the family go to the cabin.

B．The activities of the family at the cabin.

C．The adventures of the family in the woods.

D．The attitudes of the family to their cabin life.

2. Why does the author think weekends at the cabin are magical?

A．She can reunite with her family.

B．She enjoys the silence there most.

C．She finds her life there more thrilling.

D．She was not enslaved by tight schedules.

3. What does the cabin represent in the passage?

A．A rural culture.	B．An isolated life.
C．A place of connection.	D．An energetic interaction.

4. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Taking a Break	B．A Weekend Picnic
C．Embracing Our Life	D．A Conscious Attempt

2 . As a first-generation Asian immigrant (移民) who had grown up in poverty, I knew I was beyond _________ to be admitted into Harvard. I loved books, but it never crossed my mind to become a(n)_________ of any sort. I didn’t _________ to have unrealistic dreams.

Still, something _________ me. My deskmate had _________ our friendship recently. There wasn’t a dramatic fight or disagreement. He had _________ moved on to new friends. I felt an ache in my chest that _________ night. I started doodling (涂鸦) on my notepad and then, suddenly, my hand started writing words. I’d written a poem about him. There on the page was the truth about how much it hurt to _________ him.

That tiny poem was a _________that rooted in my heart. I realized I could possibly become a writer and from that moment on, it was all I __________to do. So I changed my field of study to English. I __________ my first short stories while I was still a student. I went on to write my first novel, Girl in Translation, which became an international __________ and is taught in schools around the world.

That night, I learned that art isn’t a __________ . It’s at the core of what makes us human. Although I’d believed that immigrants couldn’t afford to be __________, I understood then that we had always been the ultimate artists,__________ourselves again and again as we try to adapt to a new landscape.

1.

A．innocent

B．fortunate

C．dependent

D．voluntary

2.

A．surgeon

B．lawyer

C．artist

D．engineer

3.

A．expect

B．regret

C．agree

D．refuse

4.

A．bothered

B．inspired

C．interested

D．satisfied

5.

A．adapted to

B．shown off

C．broken off

D．referred to

6.

A．unwillingly

B．cautiously

C．helplessly

D．simply

7.

A．fancy

B．peaceful

C．happy

D．lonely

8.

A．marry

B．upset

C．lose

D．desert

9.

A．romance

B．seed

C．secret

D．shadow

10.

A．hesitated

B．resolved

C．declined

D．pretended

11.

A．bought

B．borrowed

C．priced

D．published

12.

A．gap

B．effort

C．challenge

D．bestseller

13.

A．necessity

B．luxury

C．game

D．reality

14.

A．practical

B．reliable

C．energetic

D．creative

15.

A．rescuing

B．recreating

C．recovering

D．relaxing

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。

It was around 7 on Monday morning. Paul, a ticket gateline assistant, was working his usual shift at Leagrave Station. “Another wonderful day!” he thought and began to hum (哼) a tune. Suddenly a flash of movement around Platform One caught his attention. After taking a closer look, he realized it was a dog without a collar, silly and excitable, running round after nothing at all.

“Oh!” he hurried down, appeared in a flash and successfully got hold of the dog, but it managed to struggle free out of his grasp, jumped down on the tracks and got stuck.

Panic struck among standers-by as the dog madly raced up and down the tracks, trying to find a way out. There was a lot of noise of people shouting and dog barking. Then the train kicked in.

Obviously, there was no time left to wait for the dog to jump out on his own, but he was not allowed to go down on the track. So he took out his phone and rang the signalman to warn the trains, getting them to slow down, ready to stop if necessary.

Like a cat on hot bricks, he looked around to find something useful. Luckily a guy on the platform there had some bread. So without any hesitation, Paul took the bread and used it to attract the dog as the last hope. Immediately, the dog came over to the platform edge with wagging (摇) tails. But it couldn’t jump back up. That’s not the thing, Paul thought.

Just as it put its paws up to get the bread, Paul managed to grab it. Thank goodness. Paul dragged it up on to the platform. He couldn’t let go of it for fear that it would struggle free a second time. He just held on, stroking its fur and patting on its head to calm it down. Finally he took the dog into the safety of the staffroom.

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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。

Then Paul decided to turn to social media to identify its owner.

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The couple shared the photos and the story on the TikTok that evening.

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5 . For me, nothing is more satisfying than discovering hidden gems (美妙绝伦的事物) in secondhand shops and estate sales. After all, one person’s trash (废物) is another person’s _________.

I have collected more than 50,000 of these items. I’ve also set up a social media account to help _________ items with their owners. The first item I _________ was a VHS tape of a family holiday. It was a video of two parents and a son wearing a T-shirt with the words “Wesleyan swimming” on it. My social media _________ asked swimming coaches across the US if they recognised the student. After just a few days, someone identified him and we _________ him down on social media. He couldn’t believe it. He then _________ some of the movies with his own sons.

People are often quite _________ when we get in touch——most of these items are lost after a house move: the people clearing someone’s _________ don’t always know what they’re getting rid of. Sometimes people _________ a camera to a charity shop and forget to take the memory card out. I’ve also heard __________ about people having to sell the contents of their storage units.

I have some __________, including not sharing sensitive photographs and removing posts if the family does not want their memories __________. Without social media, this project would not be __________. Every family I’ve contacted has been __________ to have their memories back.

I want to inspire people to __________ their own family history and memorabilia (纪念品) so that they don’t end up getting lost.

1.

A．duty

B．strength

C．medicine

D．treasure

2.

A．reunite

B．exchange

C．share

D．package

3.

A．sold

B．purchased

C．posted

D．admired

4.

A．followers

B．monitors

C．customers

D．designers

5.

A．guided

B．tracked

C．let

D．settled

6.

A．shot

B．downloaded

C．recreated

D．contributed

7.

A．embarrassed

B．optimistic

C．emotional

D．confident

8.

A．way

B．calendar

C．mind

D．stuff

9.

A．display

B．donate

C．rent

D．return

10.

A．notices

B．deals

C．stories

D．advertisements

11.

A．rules

B．demands

C．aims

D．plans

12.

A．apart

B．away

C．inside

D．online

13.

A．possible

B．tough

C．complete

D．original

14.

A．objective

B．careful

C．realistic

D．grateful

15.

A．assess

B．preserve

C．revise

D．comprehend

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。

It was Christmas Eve morning, and I awoke with a mission: to find my lost cat, Baby-Girl. As I got ready, I could hear icy rain pelting the windows. Baby-Girl was out there somewhere in the storm; I could just feel it. Sure, it had been a couple of weeks since she’d gone missing, but I still had faith. This was the season for miracles, after all.

About two weeks ago, my sweet kitty disappeared from my parents’ house in my hometown. Baby-Gil had been staying with them while I was between apartments. At the time, I lived and worked in another city. I was staying with friends until I rented my own house. Baby-Girl had gotten out of my parents’ house the day before I was set to drive back home to pick her up.

My dad and I had spent that entire visit searching for her. Dad was a “realist”, which meant he spent a whole lot of time trying to prepare me for the worst. “She’s either been hit by a car or been taken in by someone who found her,” he said. I rolled my eyes. He could do with a little more faith!

Besides, though I couldn’t explain it, I knew I’d see Baby-Girl again. She could survive all on her own. If any cat could do the impossible, it was my Baby-Girl. Even after I returned to my house without her, deep down I had this undeniable feeling that we would be reunited one day.

Now, home again for the holidays, I was determined to pick up my search right where I’d left off. I grabbed Baby-Girl’s cat carrier and loaded it into the car, and then asked my dad to drive me to the shelter.

At the shelter, a staff member took us to see the cats. We walked through rows of cages. My eyes scanned cats of all colors and sizes. None of them was my Baby-Girl. Then I noticed a room farther back. I pushed ahead. “Sweetheart, that’s where they keep the cats that just came in,” Dad said. “Your cat wouldn’t be in there.”

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2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I insisted it didn’t hurt to look and stepped into the room.
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Sensing their doubts, I was ready to prove she was my cat.
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7 . Ken Campbell had last attempted running at high school. When his wife, Susan, injured her foot, she needed support to rejoin her running group, so Campbell went along to keep her company and share in the recovery. “We were just walking at the beginning,” he says. “And I was heavy. I weighed over 90kg.” But as the weeks and months passed, the weight fell away, Susan recovered — and Campbell’s abilities grew. At the age of 63, he ran 50km, and at 70, he ran through the night to complete a 100km ultramarathon.

So how does someone with no sporting precedent (先例) become an ultradistance runner in his 60s and 70s? Susan had run marathons before her injury. But for Campbell, the turning point came when Susan’s Fleet Feet running group took to the trails in the Sierra Nevada foothills near their home in Citrus Heights, California.

Campbell went out to visit Susan’s group, and “the trails were a terrible mess. It had been raining. And I was running in my road shoes. Slipping and sliding and falling. And I was struggling. I thought, well, I like this a lot but I could do better.”

What he liked above all was the feeling of “being enveloped by the trail, being embraced by the closeness of the vegetation and the nearness of the river. I was walking where Native people had walked for thousands of years and where miners had walked on their way to gold.”

Running the 100km ultramarathon took Campbell 16 hours. When Campbell crossed the finish line at 3am, Susan handed him a 100km sticker to display on the back of his truck. He already had a 50km one on there. “It is a public proclamation (声明) that you are part of this community,” he says. “Wherever we park, I see a line of vehicles with their various stickers and I feel that we area tribe (部落).”

Campbell suffered arthritis before he started running, and is “a candidate for knee replacement”. But for now, he is holding off on surgery. It could put an end to the running — but the “sense of wellbeing and accomplishment will carry me on forever”, he says. “If I can’t run, I will walk.”

1. What enabled Campbell to take up running again?

A．He lost weight.	B．He trained overnight.
C．His wife accompanied him.	D．His wife shared her experience.

2. What did Campbell discover while keeping his wife company on a tail run?

A．The joy of being out in the wild.	B．The hardships of Native people.
C．The pleasure of gold mining.	D．The mysteries of nature.

3. What did the stickers on the back of Campbell’s truck bring him?

A．A discount on parking.	B．A sense of belonging.
C．An enormous income.	D．An honour to his wife.

4. What can we learn about Campbell from the text?

A．He’s a determined man.	B．He’s a people-pleaser.
C．He is easy to content.	D．He is hard to cope with.

9 . 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。

On Saturday, we gathered at the hall to witness the award ceremony for the senior scouts (童子军). Receiving an award on such a day was a great honor for any scout, and all desired to be the scout selected to give the summary of the year’s activities for the association.

I was not the one selected to give the summary and for that, I was grateful. I could hardly stand in front of a large crowd to make a speech, but Sean could. He was selected to do the honor because he was the President of the Boy Scouts for schools. My job was much simpler. Being the Vice-President, I was very much behind the scenes, content to ensure that everything was in smooth running order.

It was an hour to go before the ceremony began, and I had put the finishing touches to the stage. Walking down the stage, I saw my teammates in a state of panic. When they saw me, they ran to me to tell me that Sean met with a traffic accident and would not make it to the award ceremony. Someone else had to give the summary. All of them looked hopefully at me, and I could feel my knees beginning to collapse.

All their arguments against my unwillingness were valid. I had a copy of the speech as well as the benefit of having seen Sean rehearse (排练) it. I was the Vice-President and therefore should take his place. Finally, I was firmly told not to decline any longer and they said that they were convinced that I would do the right thing. I sank down onto the floor, totally shocked by the situation.

I knew I was not a confident speaker, and the thought of presenting a summary in front of so many distinguished guests horrified me. To think that the fame of the scouts would take a beating because of me! The burden of responsibility troubled me greatly.

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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。

But there was really no way out of the situation.

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As I stood on the stage, my heart beat violently.

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10 . At 20, I was scared and lonely. My laptop was filled with the beginning of novels, half-finished song lyrics (歌词) — things I’d started with teenage ________ only to be disappointed by my lack of creativity. I was ________ trying to find a new way to approach life, with no one to ________ me in the right direction.

One Saturday, I went to a training day for my school’s new journalism team. The teacher suggested I start a blog as a good way to get into ________. Bored and in need of a ________, I immediately set up a Blogger account.

As I typed post after post in the months that followed, I assumed I would run out of ________. But somehow writing about the news and, later, about ________, came easily. Here was something interesting that required only a laptop and an ________. I loved the research that went into each post, loved being able to ________ what interested me and loved finding just the right phrase to describe how I ________. I found something I was good at and more importantly, something I ________.

I kept posting and slowly I got better. I ________, edited and even learned how to employ a metaphor. It wasn’t long until my mind was made up: I was going to be a(n) ________.

Seven years later, I am having just completed a fantastic placement (实习) in a local newspaper. I have never been so ________ to my younger self for actually listening to the one piece of advice that turned out to ________ most.

1.

A．confusion

B．maturity

C．enthusiasm

D．innocence

2.

A．praised

B．stuck

C．tricked

D．punished

3.

A．defend

B．force

C．point

D．join

4.

A．socializing

B．advertising

C．debating

D．writing

5.

A．project

B．course

C．tour

D．budget

6.

A．steam

B．time

C．money

D．luck

7.

A．events

B．myself

C．celebrities

D．society

8.

A．idea

B．option

C．excuse

D．answer

9.

A．transform

B．reject

C．predict

D．explore

10.

A．acted

B．felt

C．developed

D．succeeded

11.

A．resisted

B．remembered

C．explained

D．enjoyed

12.

A．redrafted

B．copied

C．deleted

D．published

13.

A．composer

B．instructor

C．journalist

D．adventurer

14.

A．friendly

B．helpful

C．mean

D．grateful

15.

A．matter

B．differ

C．cost

D．happen