1 . Losing an eye might be unthinkable, especially for a young woman, but not for Xintong. She chose to become an ocularist(义眼师)who makes prosthetic eyes(义眼)for herself and people in the same situation to help them get back their confidence. Xintong is the name that she gave to herself-which she prefers people to call her instead of her real name—because “xintong” in Chinese sounds like “new pupils(瞳孔)”.

Nearly 10 years after losing her right eye in a car accident, 28-year-old Xintong from Beijing transformed the hollow of her eye socket(窝)—a “flaw” she used to hide-into a fashion statement. She shared a short video online in which she wears a glowing prosthetic eye. As she waves her hand, the prosthetic eye begins to shine with red light. With another wave, the light changes to green and then purple and white.

The video soon went viral on social media, with many comments praising her for being “creative”, “beautiful” and “optimistic”. But that wasn’t the case 10 years ago.

“The prosthetic eye I wore at that time was torturing me,” Xintong said. “It hurt and gave me a red and swollen eye socket, and it looked so dull and fake. I was young and I wanted to look attractive.”

She took matters into her own hands and began researching prosthetic eyes. Beginning in 2019, she dedicated about two years to mastering the production techniques and skills under the guidance of an ocularist. This journey led her to establish her own prosthetic eye studio, providing personalized services for those requiring them.

She produces prosthetic eyes as if she is creating pieces of artwork. Sometimes she also paints special patterns according to customers’ needs: twinkling stars, cartoon characters and effects like colored contact lenses(隐形眼镜片). Now when Xintong hears her customers say words such as “Finally, I can accept myself” or “Now I feel free to take selfies”, she feels deeply moved.

1. Why did Xintong give the name “Xintong” to herself?

A．To attract more people.	B．To forget her real name.
C．To look like new pupils.	D．To start a brand-new life.

2. Why did the video gain much popularity on social media?

A．The prosthetic eyes had various colors.

B．She cured her hollow by waving her hand.

C．She changed “flaw” into a fashionable state.

D．Many comments praised her for her mindfulness.

3. What can we learn about Xintong from paragraph 5?

A．She began researching prosthetic eyes on her own.

B．She dreamed of setting up her own prosthetic eye studio.

C．She was able to offer some specific services on prosthetic eyes.

D．She paid no attention to grasping the production techniques and skills.

4. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Xintong is a woman with strong determination and creativity.

B．A great many customers are deeply moved by Xintong’s artworks.

C．Becoming an ocularist helped Xintong gain much recognition and profit.

D．Xintong decided to become a doctor to cure blindness after the car accident.

2 . How do you pass the time during your subway commute(通勤)? Scrolling on your phone? Listening to music? Or just staring at the _______ ? Sabrina Bahsoon, a 22-year-old girl who now lives in London for her college education, turns the subway into her _______ .

Her self-shot videos of energetic dance routines _______ on London’s subways have quickly _______ TikTok, making her an overnight sensation(轰动). Her _______ has sparked a trend, inspiring others to be confident and do what they want regardless of what other people think of them.

_______ in Malaysia, Bahsoon developed a confident character. While listening to some music, she felt like making a short TikTok video on the subway on one typical commuting night. But with no _______ willing to help her, she finished the short film dancing to a joyful song, alone and _______ .

Inspired by Bahsoon, many viewers soon left friendly _______ to praise her bravery and confidence. Some also shared their own “Tube Girl” ________ on social media. This concept has gradually become a(an) “________” about embracing self-confidence.

However, some described her behavior as “________”. But these “haters” do not ________ Bahsoon at all. ________ , she thinks it is quite normal for girls to enjoy and ________ themselves on their values. “Just be yourself, ” Bahsoon told BBC News.

1.

A．sky

B．friend

C．floor

D．news

2.

A．challenge

B．stage

C．experiment

D．solution

3.

A．filmed

B．shared

C．admired

D．supplied

4.

A．given up

B．taken over

C．broken down

D．come across

5.

A．victory

B．image

C．wisdom

D．influence

6.

A．Raised

B．Lost

C．Promoted

D．Spotted

7.

A．viewer

B．visitor

C．passenger

D．partner

8.

A．confidently

B．crazily

C．effectively

D．professionally

9.

A．impressions

B．opinions

C．comments

D．accounts

10.

A．photos

B．jokes

C．clues

D．videos

11.

A．movement

B．program

C．task

D．adventure

12.

A．boring

B．pleasing

C．inspiring

D．embarrassing

13.

A．confuse

B．destroy

C．threaten

D．bother

14.

A．Otherwise

B．Yet

C．Rather

D．Still

15.

A．feed

B．pride

C．congratulate

D．base

3 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段结尾，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

My little sister, Meg, said that she wasn’t afraid of the dark anymore and she’d be OK staying with Aunt Lily in the country. “As long as you’re there, Mike,” she had said. Still, Mum was worried. Meg had never slept away from home, away from the city. So I told Mum I could handle everything.

Even though we were only staying overnight, Meg had brought six books — all about fairies (仙女). After we unpacked, Aunt Lily invited us to pick some flowers. As we followed her through the forest, Meg held my hand tightly. But once we reached the sunlit grassland, she let go. “Butterflies!” whispered Meg. She screamed with delight when one flew near her.

Maybe I had nothing to worry about, I thought. I still remembered when I was here last summer, I found some amazing insects, like fireflies (萤火虫) and walking sticks which I’d never seen in the city.

“Fairies are magical. See these beautiful flowers they grow!” she kept telling absolutely everything she knew about fairies. I was glad that if she kept it up until bedtime, then maybe she’d fall right to sleep.

Meg did keep chatting, right through supper. Then the sun began to set. “Does it get really dark out here at night?” she asked. Her eyes were fixed on the window.

“Sure, but we’ve got plenty of lights inside,” said Aunt Lily. She leaned over and gave Meg a warm smile. But I could tell she was still worried. “I could read to you.”

I hadn’t even finished a page when her bottom lip started shaking slightly. “Mike,” she said, her eyes starting to fill. “I want to go home.” I quickly searched through her book for something to keep her from crying.

The book fell open to a page that was dog-eared from use, a page that was obviously one of Meg’s favorites. The text read: “Among the trees deep in the forest, the lights of fairies gleam (闪烁).” Aha! How could I forget those “tiny fairies” — fireflies out there?

注意：
1. 续写词数应为100左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

“Meg, there’s something outside I want to show you,” I whispered.

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4 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Alexander sang all the time. He simply liked singing and practiced it all the time. He sang in the shower, and he sang while he walked to school. Personally, Alexander believed his voice was imperfect. “There will be tryouts for bays’ choir this weekend in our school.” he heard Kevin announcing in class.

Everyone around school knew Kevin had a fantastic sing voice. More importantly, warm-hearted and helpful, Kevin was always generous to give someone a hand.

With the tryouts in mind and an initial surge of interest, he kept imagining himself as a member of the boys’ choir, his heart thudding (砰砰直跳). However, he would explode with anxiety when he thought of singing with others. After school, walking slowly, he debated (反复思考) whether to attend it, for fear of being a drag (拖累) on others. “It would be nice if I could solo(独唱) he thought to himself. Just then, out of the rom walked Cevin, whose eyes brimmed with smile. Kevin patted his shoulder and whispered,” Let’s sign up together. “Inspired, Alexander signed his name.”

The next morning, Alexander came to the tryouts. Taking a deep breath, he walked into the building, and then noticed the other boys who were all practicing delightfully. Alexander was seated on the chair alone, looking at other competitors nervously and not knowing how to join them.

Later, the choir director walked in and declared: “The whole selection process includes the individual performance and the group singing” Immediately things started. When Alexander’s turn came, his voice filled the room, loud and clear. He felt satisfied when he was done. After a short pleasure, however, the fear of singing with others flickered across his mind, casting him a surge of gloom.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为100左右;
2. 续写部分为1段，开头语已为你写好。

Then came the group singing.

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5 . Early on the morning of October 13, LaPierre was heading to the Chicago Marathon on the city’s Blue Line L. The ______ was full of energized marathoners. Before long, LaPierre noticed a man moving from passenger to passenger, asking for spare ______ . His behavior struck LaPierre as “really strange,” especially the way he stared down anyone he felt hadn’t ______ him enough.

At the Cumberland station, most of the passengers suddenly ______ the car, LaPierre rushed out to see what was going on, only to hear ______ people shouting that the man asking for money was, in fact, armed and ______ people.

As the armed man hopped onto the next train gar, LaPierre followed him. “I could not ______ knowing there were innocent children and people just trying to get to a ______ ,” he says.

The man turned and saw LaPierre, his head down, bull-rushing him. Although the man was far ______ and younger, LaPierre crashed into him and managed to press him ______ the closed door. “Once I got a few feet from him, I knew he wouldn’t be able to react fast enough to ______ me, ”he told the Chicago Sun-Times. The two men fought for the gun—and their ______ . The man tried pushing past him, but ______ , LaPierre grabbed the gun and handed it to a passenger. Then the police poured into the train, and LaPierre let them ______ . He had a marathon to run.

This was not the first time LaPierre had jumped into a(n) ______ . A few years back, he helped prevent a drugstore robbery. “I just happen to be at the right place at the right moment,” he says.

1.

A．bus

B．plane

C．train

D．ship

2.

A．seat

B．change

C．food

D．time

3.

A．thanked

B．quit

C．known

D．given

4.

A．pulled

B．escaped

C．boarded

D．started

5.

A．encouraged

B．disappointed

C．confused

D．frightened

6.

A．begging

B．rescuing

C．robbing

D．stealing

7.

A．walk away

B．give away

C．step forward

D．come along

8.

A．path

B．track

C．marathon

D．gym

9.

A．larger

B．slimmer

C．wiser

D．quieter

10.

A．off

B．under

C．beyond

D．against

11.

A．shoot

B．chase

C．spot

D．miss

12.

A．prizes

B．funds

C．lives

D．rights

13.

A．naturally

B．thankfully

C．generally

D．unfortunately

14.

A．stand by

B．stand out

C．take on

D．take over

15.

A．protest

B．fight

C．argument

D．position

7 . When I was growing up, I had an old neighbour named Dr Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never _______ at us for playing in his yard. I remember him as someone who was a lot nicer than most of the adults in our community.

When Dr Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. His house sat on ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it a _______.

The good doctor had some _______ theories concerning plant care and growth. He never watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional(传统的) wisdom. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants _______ them so that each following tree generation would grow _______. So you have to make things _______ for them and weed out(淘汰) the weaker trees early on.

He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots _______ water. I took him to mean that deep roots were to be _______.

Dr Gibbs _______ a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant some twenty-five years ago. They’re extremely tall, big since they have deep ________ now. However, the trees in my garden ________ in a cold wind although I had watered them for several years.

It seemed that adversity benefited these trees in ways ________ never could. I stood there deep ________.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I stand over them and watch their little bodies, ________ of life within. I often pray for them. Mostly I pray that their lives will be easy. But I think it’s time to change my prayer because now I know my children are going to encounter ________.

1.

A．yelled

B．smiled

C．laughed

D．glanced

2.

A．desert

B．reserve

C．forest

D．wetland

3.

A．annoying

B．upsetting

C．demanding

D．interesting

4.

A．spoiled

B．benefited

C．impressed

D．struck

5.

A．shorter

B．weaker

C．stronger

D．taller

6.

A．convenient

B．rough

C．accessible

D．easy

7.

A．in memory of

B．in place of

C．in search of

D．in case of

8.

A．wasted

B．planted

C．cut

D．treasured

9.

A．broke away

B．passed away

C．gave away

D．put away

10.

A．roots

B．branches

C．trunks

D．leaves

11.

A．grew

B．ruined

C．trembled

D．revived

12.

A．challenge

B．anxiety

C．survival

D．comfort

13.

A．in thought

B．in pain

C．in peace

D．in despair

14.

A．the back and forth

B．the ups and downs

C．the rising and falling

D．the coming and going

15.

A．failure

B．hardship

C．well-being

D．freedom

8 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Jose was a devoted teacher for a local high school in California. Unfortunately, with the money he carned, he couldn’t support his family and extended family in Mexico and rent an apartment in California at the same time. Therefore, having failed to afford the rental of even a shoe-box apartment, he had no choice but to live in his old car occasionally to make ends meet until he could find another place to live.

To make matters worse, he found himself living this unfortunate lifestyle after the pandemic swept the world when California schools closed their doors following the outbreak. This left Jose with little means for making money. So at age 77, Jose ended up living inside of his car. For about two years he was homeless. Home was his car, and his car sat in a grocery store parking lot. During daytime he drove to different locations, looking for job opportunities while he spent most of his nights at the same parking lot, which gave him a sense of belonging.

At daytime, he would lean his seat all the way back, so no one would see him because he knew he wasn’t supposed to be there and worried that the manager of the grocery store would drive him away. He was a man of self-respect and didn’t want to turn to charity.

When Maggie, the manager of the grocery store, did see Jose, she felt he looked familiar because she used to be in his class many years ago. She could still remember how Jose encouraged her to finish her education when she was struggling with her learning. She noticed Jose spent a considerable amount of time in his car, she suspected her teacher had fallen on hard times. She became determined to help her former teacher in his time of need. So, the former student decided to repay the favor and help her homeless teacher.

One morning, Maggie knocked at the window of the car. Jose rolled down the window and apologized to the lady standing by his car. He said he would drive away soon to make room for other customers. Tears in eyes, Maggie asked him whether he still remembered her. Jose was puzzled at first but soon recognized her. Embarrassed, he told Maggie about his situation. Maggie took out an envelope which contained $ 500. Hardly had Maggie uttered a word and handed it the envelope to Jose when the teacher rolled up the car window.

注意：
1. 续写词数为100左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡相应的位置作答。

Seeing Jose refused the money, Maggie wanted to help him without hurting his feelings.

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9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A scavenger(拾荒者) in Foshan city, Guangdong province, found a     1     (lose)wallet and returned it with a thoughtful note.

His good deed was pictured Sept. 11 on a video, in     2     the scavenger can be seen collecting waste paper with two woven bags at a wholesale market in the city. He spotted a wallet nearby, picked it     3     and waited around. But the owner didn’t show up. So, while     4     (carry) two bags of waste, he walked 1. 5 kilometers to the local police station and     5     (leave)the wallet with a note to the security guard.

According to the note     6     (show) in the video, inside the wallet was 1, 305 yuan, eight bank cards,       7     ID card and a driver’s license. “I reported it to the security guard of the market, and asked     8     I could find the owner through broadcasting. But there     9     (be)a broadcast service in the market. So I must trouble you to help find the owner. Thank you,” the note read.

Thanks to this man, local police     10     (quick)found the owner and returned the wallet to him.

10 . A five-year-old dog named Kelsey has been praised as a hero for helping to save the life of her owner who slipped in the snow and broke his neck.

The man, Bob, was alone when he left his Michigan farmhouse on New Year’s Eve to collect firewood. Expecting a journey of only several meters, Bob was wearing just long johns(衬裤), a shirt and slippers when he went outside, although the temperature was around -4℃.

After the accident, he was unable to move in the snow. Fortunately, Kelsey came to his assistance.

“I was shouting for help, but my nearest neighbor is about 400 meters away, and it was10:30 pm,” Bob explained. “But my Kelsey came. By the next morning, my voice was gone and I couldn’t yell for help, but Kelsey didn’t stop barking.”

Kelsey’s companion kept him warm by lying on top of him. She licked his face and hands to keep him awake. “Kelsey kept barking but never left my side,” Bob recalled. “She kept me warm. I knew I couldn’t give up and that it was my choice to stay alive.”

Bob spent 20 hours in the freezing cold. When he finally lost consciousness, his dog kept barking. Finally, hearing the barking, Bob’s neighbor discovered him at 6: 30 pm on New Year’s Day and called the emergency services at once. When Bob arrived in hospital, his body temperature was below 21℃. However, doctors were surprised to find that he didn’t have any frostbite(冻疮). They believed it was because of Kelsey’s determination to keep him warm. Dr. Chaim Colen, the doctor who treated Bob, said, “Animals can help and his dog really saved him… He was very fortunate. Bob said he was “enormously” grateful to both Dr. Colen and his Kelsey. “They saved my life. They are truly heroes!”

1. What happened to Bob on New Year’s Eve?

A．He left his dog alone in his farmhouse.	B．He was praised for saving a dog owner.
C．He heard his neighbor’s shouting for help.	D．He broke his neck and couldn’t move.

2. Why did Kelsey keep barking?

A．To keep Bob warm.	B．To stay alive.
C．To keep Bob awake.	D．To seek help from others.

3. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．A Neck-breaking Accident	B．The Magic Night in Snow
C．Warmth on a Winter’s Night	D．Determination to Keep Alive