2 . The first time I remember noticing the crossing guard was when he waved to me as I drove my son to school. He_______me with a puzzle—all because he waved to me like someone does_______seeing a close friend. A big,_______smile accompanied his wave. For the next few days I tried to_______his face to see if I knew him. I didn’t. Perhaps he had_______me for someone else. By the time I contented myself with the_______that he and I were strangers, we were greeting each other warmly every morning like old friends.

Then one day the_______was solved. As I_______the school he was standing in the middle of the road_______his stop sign. I was in live behind four cars.________the kids had reached the safety of the sidewalk, he lowered his sign and let the cars________. To the first he waved and ________in just the same way he had done to me over the last few days. The kids already had the window down and were happily waving their reply. The second car got the same ________from the crossing guard, and the driver, a stiff-looking (表情刻板的) businessman, gave a brief, almost________wave back. Each following car of kids on their way to school________more heartily.

Every morning I continued to watch the man with________. So far I haven’t seen anyone________to wave back. I find it interesting that one person can make such a (n)________to so many people’s lives by doing one simple thing like waving and smiling warmly. His________armed the start of my day. With a friendly wave and smiling face he had changed the________of the whole neighbourhood.

1.

A．hit

B．disappointed

C．presented

D．bored

2.

A．on

B．from

C．during

D．about

3.

A．false

B．shy

C．apologetic

D．bright

4.

A．research

B．study

C．recognize

D．explore

5.

A．praised

B．blamed

C．mistaken

D．respected

6.

A．conclusion

B．description

C．evaluation

D．introduction

7.

A．argument

B．disagreement

C．mystery

D．task

8.

A．visited

B．approached

C．passed

D．left

9.

A．drawing back

B．putting on

C．handing in

D．holding out

10.

A．Once

B．Before

C．Unless

D．While

11.

A．in

B．through

C．out

D．down

12.

A．cried

B．cheered

C．smiled

D．gestured

13.

A．idea

B．reply

C．notice

D．greeting

14.

A．awkward

B．angry

C．elegant

D．patient

15.

A．came

B．responded

C．hurried

D．appeared

16.

A．surprise

B．frustration

C．interest

D．doubt

17.

A．fail

B．try

C．wish

D．bother

18.

A．offer

B．sacrifice

C．promise

D．difference

19.

A．effectiveness

B．cheerfulness

C．carefulness

D．seriousness

20.

A．trends

B．observations

C．regulations

D．feelings

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容按照每题的具体要求回答问题。（答案写在答题卡上相应题号后的横线上）

Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport and was a Florida State High School swimming champion. Like many young athletes, she had Olympic dreams, but a serious illness kept her from competing in the Games. The disappointment didn’t stop her from going forward. Instead, she became interested in marathon swimming. A brilliant athlete, she was well-conditioned for spending long periods of time in the water. As a long-distance swimmer, she would compete against herself and the obstacles presented by distance, danger, cold, and exhaustion.

For ten years Nyad devoted herself to becoming one of the world’s best long-distance swimmers. In 1970, she swam a ten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario, setting the women’s record for the course. In 1972 she set another record by swimming 102.5 miles from an island in the Bahamas to the coast of Florida. Then she broke a third record when swimming around Manhattan Island in 1975.

Nyad attempted to swim the distance between Florida and Cuba in 1978. Though the span of water is less than 100 miles wide, it is rough and dangerous. After battling the water for two days, she had to give up for the sake of her own health and safety. Even so, she impressed the world with her courage and strong desire to succeed. For Nyad her strength of purpose was just as important as reaching Cuba. That is how she defined success. It did not matter that her swim came up short; she believed she had touched the other shore.

When Nyad ended her career as a swimmer, she continued to try new things---travelling the world as a reporter, writing books and giving public speeches about her life. Diana Nyad works to inspire others, just as she did when she swam the waters of the world.

1. What prevented Nyad from taking part in the Olympic Games? (Not more than 5 words)
_______________________________________________________________________
2. What does the underlined word “obstacles” mean? (1 word)
_______________________________________________________________________
3. What achievement did Nyad make in 1970? (Not more than 10 words.)
_______________________________________________________________________
4. Why did Nyad believe that she had touched the other shore? (Not more than 10 words)
_______________________________________________________________________
5. Please explain how you are inspired by Nyad. (Not more than 20 words)
_____________________________________________________________________

4 . Nimal “Nims” Purja broke the existing world record by climbing 14 Himalayan mountain peaks in 189 days.

Though thousands of _______ have climbed Mount Everest (珠穆朗玛峰), the highest and most _______ of the world’s 14 tallest mountains, _______ 40 climbers have conquered them all. Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal “Nims” Purja, _______this extraordinary achievement in just six months and six days, faster than his own seven-month _______.

“I am incredibly _______ to have completed this final summit and my goal of climbing the world’s 14 tallest mountains in _______ time, ” Purja said in a statement. “I hope to have _______ that anything is possible with some _______, self-belief, and positivity.”

The adventurer, who was ________ by teams of Nepalese climbers on each of his adventures, encountered numerous memorable and ________ moments during his epic (史诗般的) journey. On April 23, 2019, while going down Mt. Annapurna, Purja and his team heard about a Malaysian climber who had been ________ from his group with no food, water, or supplemental ________ for over 40 hours. Determined to find him, they went back up to 7500 meters, where Dr. Chin Wui Kin was last seen. Though the climbers succeeded in ________ and getting him airlifted to a hospital, ________, Dr. Chin did not survive his injuries and ________ a few days later in Singapore.

Purja, who comes from a small Nepalese village, said his primary ________ for undertaking this enormous task was to ________ the world that anyone can ________ greatness if they put their minds to it. “By achieving this goal, I knew I could ________ people from all generations across the world,” he said.

1.

A．athletes

B．tourists

C．researchers

D．adventurers

2.

A．serious

B．isolated

C．famous

D．remote

3.

A．still

B．yet

C．only

D．even

4.

A．represented

B．accomplished

C．evaluated

D．accelerated

5.

A．target

B．dream

C．desire

D．focus

6.

A．crazy

B．generous

C．proud

D．nervous

7.

A．right

B．future

C．harvest

D．record

8.

A．found

B．seen

C．proven

D．imagined

9.

A．determination

B．respect

C．delight

D．relief

10.

A．taught

B．joined

C．beaten

D．conducted

11.

A．awkward

B．anxious

C．exact

D．tense

12.

A．separated

B．sent

C．dismissed

D．led

13.

A．clothes

B．oxygen

C．tents

D．equipment

14.

A．guiding

B．observing

C．saving

D．locating

15.

A．unfortunately

B．surprisingly

C．naturally

D．normally

16.

A．broke down

B．went by

C．passed away

D．set off

17.

A．design

B．purpose

C．concern

D．importance

18.

A．challenge

B．order

C．inform

D．show

19.

A．attain

B．control

C．apply

D．meet

20.

A．bless

B．inspire

C．support

D．admire