When I was in middle school, my social studies teacher asked me to enter a writing contest. I said no without thinking. I did not love writing. My family came from Brazil, so English was only my second language. Writing was so difficult and painful for me that my teacher had allowed me to present my paper on the sinking of the Titanic by acting out a play, where I played all the parts. No one laughed harder than he did.
So, why did he suddenly force me to do something at which I was sure to fail? His reply: “Because I love your stories. If you’re willing to apply yourself, I think you have a good shot at this.” Encouraged by his words, I agreed to give it a try.
I chose Paul Revere’s horse as my subject. Paul Revere was a silversmith (银匠) in Boston who rode a horse at night on April 18, 1775 to Lexington to warn people that British soldiers were coming. My story would come straight from the horse’s mouth. Not a brilliant idea, but funny; and unlikely to be anyone else’s choice.
What did the horse think, as he sped through the night? Did he get tired? Have doubts? Did he want to quit? I sympathized immediately. I got tired. I had doubts. I wanted to quit. But, like Revere’s horse, I kept going. I worked hard. I checked my spelling. I asked my older sister to correct my grammar. I checked out a half dozen books on Paul Revere from the library. I even read a few of them.
When I handed in the essay to my teacher, he read it, laughed out loud, and said, “Great. Now, write it again.” I wrote it again, and again and again. When I finally finished it, the thought of winning had given way to the enjoyment of writing. If I didn’t win, I wouldn’t care.
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。
A few weeks later, when I almost forgot the contest, there came the news.
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______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Henry Tyler made the catch of the year on the weekend. When he saw a young child hanging from a sixth-floor apartment balcony (阳台), Henry ran one hundred metres, jumped over a 1.2-metre fence, and held out his arms to catch the
Eric Brown, only three years old, knocked Henry down when he fell. The boy is in the hospital and doctors say he'll be OK.
Eric woke up a little later when he heard children playing outside. He pushed a chair onto the balcony, and climbed up
Henry
"He saved my
"I just didn't want the boy to be hurt," said Henry.
The Meredith family lived in a small community. As the economy was in decline, some people in the town had lost their jobs. Many of their families were struggling to make ends meet. People were trying to help each other meet the challenges.
Mrs. Meredith was a most kind and thoughtful woman. She spent a great deal of time visiting the poor. She knew they had problems, and they needed all kinds of help. When she had time, she would bring food and medicine to them.
One morning she told her children about a family she had visited the day before. There was a man sick in bed, his wife, who took care of him and could not go out to work, and their little boy. The little boy -his name was Bernard-had interested her very much.
“I wish you could see him,” she said to her own children, John, Harry, and Clara. “He is such a help to his mother. He wants very much to earn some money, but I don't see what he can do.”
After their mother left the room, the children sat thinking about Bernard. “I wish we could help him to earn money,” said Clara. “His family is suffering so much.”
“So do I,” said Harry. “We really should do something to assist them.”
For some moments, John said nothing, but, suddenly, he sprang to his feet and cried, “I have a great idea! I have a solution that we can all help accomplish(完成).”
The other children also jumped up all attention. When John had an idea, it was sure to be a good one. “I tell you what we can do,” said John. “You know that big box of corn Uncle John sent us? Well, we can make popcorn(爆米花), and put it into paper bags, and Bernard can take it around to the houses and sell it.”
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。
When Mrs. Meredith heard of John's idea, she thought it was a good one, too.
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With everything ready, Bernard started out on his new business.
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删除：把多余的词用（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Fatima Madrigal of California recent gave birth to a boy and a girl. However, which surprises us most is that twins have different birth dates and even birth years. Alfredo was born on December 31st, 2021 at 11:45 p.m. About 15 minutes late, his sister Aylin was born on January 1st, 2022. Fatima said her family, including her partner Robert and their three others children, were happy to welcome the new babies. The babies were suppose to come two weeks later,but their early arrive created a rare set of birth dates and years. Aylin weighing 2.66 kilograms and her brother 2.75 kilograms at birth. The medical center where the twins were born said there are about 120,000 twins born in each year in the U.S. However, twins with different birthdays are rare, and the chance of twins being born in different years is about one in two millions.
5 . I was 40, with two adorable children and a caring husband. And I’m enjoying a challenging but
The chaos of the family kitchen was
So, I journeyed, for the first time in a decade, without my husband or kids. I went with a friend to
I found
I came home to
I’m not finding myself, but I’m creating myself. I need the storm as much as I need the quietness.
| A．disastrous | B．fun | C．dull | D．tough |
| A．comforting | B．approving | C．disturbing | D．appealing |
| A．demands | B．solutions | C．assumptions | D．references |
| A．originally | B．apparently | C．potentially | D．briefly |
| A．separate | B．accessible | C．different | D．mixed |
| A．volunteer | B．hike | C．settle | D．wander |
| A．understand | B．picture | C．suppose | D．question |
| A．trapped | B．replaced | C．freed | D．drove |
| A．warned | B．reminded | C．consulted | D．promised |
| A．as if | B．even though | C．so | D．when |
| A．confidence | B．value | C．silence | D．happiness |
| A．shared | B．painful | C．troubled | D．glorious |
| A．concern | B．attitude | C．life | D．appearance |
| A．advocate | B．shoulder | C．launch | D．create |
| A．indeed | B．just | C．only | D．even |
| A．doubt | B．noise | C．peace | D．experience |
| A．specifically | B．casually | C．hard | D．randomly |
| A．design | B．pattern | C．path | D．belief |
| A．Pleasure | B．Strength | C．Spirit | D．Pressure |
| A．aside | B．off | C．back | D．on |
6 . When I win at my favourite games, my opponents tend to say: ‘OH, you’re so competitive!’ But when I lose, they smile good-naturedly and say: ‘Bad luck! Good game!’
This suggests that accurate sporting expressions should go something like this:
I am sporty.
You are competitive.
They can’t bear to lose.
Or:
I gave it a go.
You did your best.
He tried desperately hard.
I’m not saying I don’t have a competitive personality. We all do. On walks, I like to be out in front. In traffic jams, I find myself focusing on cars in other lanes, and fret if they edge ahead of me. I tense up while waiting for trains, determined to be first aboard. The other day, I was one of the first to board a train, grabbing a perfect spot in first class. Yes, I had won! Just halfway, I went to get a free drink for a first-class seat from the buffet. But I had left my ticket on my table. I worked out that, if I moved very swiftly, I could nip (快走) through two carriages, and nip back without anyone taking my place at the front of the queue.
So I rushed back, picking up my ticket, and turned back. I was at the beginning of the second carriage, when, to my horror, I noticed, another figure, roughly my size, shooting towards the buffet from the other direction.
Desperate to arrive before he did, I started walking faster. But at exactly the same moment, he started walking faster, too. Trying to retain my dignity, I broke into a running. Whatever happened, I was determined to win! But, annoyingly, at the same time as I sped up, so did he. The race was on.
Finally, in my rush, I knocked into a suitcase and stumbled slightly. Still with my eyes on my challenger, I noticed that-strange but true-exactly the same thing had happened to him.
It was only as we both lifted ourselves up in exactly the same way that I realised that, throughout the race, I had been looking at a reflection of myself in the sliding door!
My competitor for first place in the buffet queue was...me.
1. Which sporting expression can replace “Bad luck! Good game!” in paragraph 1?| A．I gave it a go. | B．You did your best. |
| C．You are competitive. | D．He tried desperately hard. |
| A．Get anxious. | B．Become relaxed. | C．Feel disappointed. | D．Remain excited. |
| A．He never fails to beat anyone in his life. |
| B．He has a gift for games and competitions. |
| C．He is sporty but often aggressive to others. |
| D．He is highly competitive and desperate to win. |
| A．Sad competitor? I can surely beat myself |
| B．Bad loser? No, but I can be a first-class fool |
| C．Competitiveness works? Not in my case |
| D．More haste? It will only result in less speed |
Asad was a 13-year-old boy who was very honest and hardworking. Recently, he had entered a new school, so he had no friends yet. On Monday morning, he was nearly late for school. The night before, his family attended his cousin’s wedding and reached home late, which was why he couldn’t get up on time as usual.
At school, Asad could not pay attention to anything and wanted the bell to ring so that he could buy something to eat. After a few hours, when the bell rang, Asad quickly opened his schoolbag to find his money, but just then he remembered that he had left for school in a hurry in the morning and forgotten to take money. He looked under his books, hoping to find some money but there was nothing.
Not knowing what to do, he walked out of the classroom and sat on a bench in front of the canteen. He saw a few of his classmates there, among them was Fahad. He was one of the richest kids in his class, but he was a very arrogant(傲慢的)boy who thought everyone else was a loser. But as Asad was new, he didn’t know much about Fahad.
When he went towards Fahad and asked if he could borrow some money for his lunch, Fahad laughed a lot and said, “I knew you were a loser, maybe a beggar?” Fahad laughed out so loud that other kids also heard and made fun of the situation. He didn’t answer Fahad, and slowly walked back towards an empty bench.
When he reached the bench, he noticed something lying near it. It was a wallet. He picked it up and recognized it as Fahad’s, as he remembered Fahad showing it to his friends and telling that his uncle bought it for him from the UK. There was quite a lot of money inside for a kid.
At first, Asad wanted to keep it a secret and punished Fahad.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Then Fahad said, “Why are you giving back?”
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________One weekend in July, Jane and her husband, Tom, had driven three hours to camp overnight by a lake in the forest. Unfortunately, on the way an unpleasant subject came up and they started to quarrel. By the time they reached the lake, Jane was so angry that she said to Tom, “I'm going to find a better spot for us to camp” and walked away.
With no path to follow, Jane just walked on for quite a long time. After she had climbed to a high place, she turned around, hoping to see the lake. To her surprise, she saw nothing but forest and, far beyond, a snowcapped mountain top. She suddenly realized that she was lost.
“Tom!” she cried. “Help!”
No reply. If only she had not left her mobile phone in that bag with Tom. Jane kept moving, but the farther she walked, the more confused she became. As night was beginning to fall, Jane was so tired that she had to stop for the night. Lying awake in the dark, Jane wanted very much to be with Tom and her family. She wanted to hold him and tell him how much she loved him.
Jane rose at the break of day, hungry and thirsty. She could hear water trickling (滴落) somewhere at a distance. Quickly she followed the sound to a stream. To her great joy, she also saw some berry bushes. She drank and ate a few berries. Never in her life had she tasted anything better.
Feeling stronger now, Jane began to walk along the stream and hope it would lead her to' the lake.
As she picked her way carefully along the stream, Jane heard a helicopter. Is that for me? Unfortunately,the trees made it impossible for people to see her from above. A few minutes later, another helicopter flew overhead. Jane took off her yellow blouse, thinking that she should go to an open area and flag them if they came back again.
注意：
1)所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2)续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
3)请在答题卡的相应位置作答；
4)字体端正，格式规范，卷面整洁。
Paragraph l:
But no more helicopter came and it was getting dark again.
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Paragraph 2:
It was daybreak when Jane woke up.
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9 . Squaw Peak, with its breathtaking scenery, has attracted numerous hikers. But
Henry Grant was well
After 15 minutes of pushing past bushes and slipping down, Grant spotted Paula crumpling (瘫倒) on a small flat rock. He called 911 to
About 45 minutes later, first responders arrived. They carried Paula on a stretcher (担架) to a waiting ATV and sent her to a hospital.
Paula, who has fully
| A．injury | B．danger | C．pain | D．fortune |
| A．proud | B．innocent | C．ignorant | D．aware |
| A．stayed | B．jumped | C．walked | D．lived |
| A．impress | B．disturb | C．enjoy | D．prefer |
| A．fantastic | B．desperate | C．disappointed | D．enthusiastic |
| A．extended | B．wheeled | C．facilitated | D．guaranteed |
| A．anywhere | B．somewhere | C．nowhere | D．elsewhere |
| A．sight | B．position | C．route | D．location |
| A．predicting | B．imagining | C．deciding | D．hoping |
| A．report | B．find | C．determine | D．check |
| A．found | B．grasped | C．saved | D．reached |
| A．examinations | B．operations | C．measures | D．means |
| A．nervously | B．tightly | C．gently | D．silently |
| A．free | B．comfort | C．distract | D．spare |
| A．improved | B．recovered | C．returned | D．survived |
10 . Do you find yourself pulling away from others, especially if you’ve experienced a deep disappointment? Maybe the most
A man who lost his wife to cancer found himself wanting to be
His friends became
The man responded that he felt better
They sat in
The man sat in silence,
We cannot
| A．exciting | B．common | C．difficult | D．obvious |
| A．independent | B．cheerful | C．sociable | D．alone |
| A．enjoyed | B．refused | C．looked back to | D．took part in |
| A．quit | B．reduced | C．kept | D．became fond of |
| A．hurriedly | B．hopefully | C．straight | D．eagerly |
| A．greetings | B．visits | C．kindness | D．invitations |
| A．annoyed | B．alarmed | C．disappointed | D．curious |
| A．warm fireplace | B．beautiful garden | C．bright window | D．TV set |
| A．inspired | B．told | C．encouraged | D．required |
| A．inform | B．expect | C．leave | D．allow |
| A．while | B．without | C．regardless of | D．because of |
| A．besides | B．otherwise | C．generally | D．therefore |
| A．turn | B．silence | C．tears | D．talks |
| A．frightening | B．heartwarming | C．unusual | D．interesting |
| A．black | B．burnt | C．dark | D．flaming |
| A．watching | B．holding | C．admiring | D．ignoring |
| A．down | B．away | C．ahead | D．around |
| A．point | B．invitation | C．news | D．notice |
| A．think | B．understand | C．escape | D．survive |
| A．welcomed | B．concerned | C．connected | D．affected |
