1 . For the past 17 years, Raquel Radford Baker has been a school bus driver for the Dallas Independent School District. Last month, Baker saved the life of a 7-year-old boy who had a _________ moment on his way to school when he accidentally swallowed (吞咽) a coin and began to choke.

The _________, which was caught on tape, took place on September 29. Preston, a first grader, was sitting in his seat on the bus, when he suddenly sat up, _________ that the coin he had been holding above his open mouth had _________ his throat. He got up and walked to Baker at the front of the bus and tapped her for _________.

Initially, Baker thought Preston was sick, but _________, she heard him say something about a coin and she sprang into _________. She grabbed him from behind and carried him off the bus. When she got to a bench in front of the school, she told a nearby parent to call 911 as she started _________ first aid, which she’d _________ during the company’s training sessions. ____________ that moment, Baker, getting teary, said the only ____________ running through her mind was, “I have to save this boy. I have to save him.”

Thanks to her ____________, the coin was removed from Preston’s throat. Before that, however, Preston had gone ____________ and his face was turning blue. Baker continued first aid. That was when Preston said, “Miss Raquel, I’m okay. I can ____________ ” Baker said that moment brought great ____________. She immediately hugged him tight. Preston promised to never put coins in his mouth again.

1.

A．merry

B．honorable

C．guilty

D．scary

2.

A．incident

B．journey

C．attack

D．conflict

3.

A．deciding

B．imagining

C．realizing

D．explaining

4.

A．thrown off

B．turned into

C．torn off

D．slipped into

5.

A．leave

B．change

C．help

D．comfort

6.

A．eventually

B．temporarily

C．constantly

D．secretly

7.

A．panic

B．action

C．fame

D．doubt

8.

A．assessing

B．seeking

C．teaching

D．performing

9.

A．invented

B．learned

C．missed

D．forgotten

10.

A．Recalling

B．Ignoring

C．Recognizing

D．Repeating

11.

A．memory

B．challenge

C．thought

D．courage

12.

A．curiosity

B．effort

C．fortune

D．guidance

13.

A．deaf

B．weak

C．mad

D．impatient

14.

A．stand

B．move

C．listen

D．breathe

15.

A．relief

B．responsibility

C．respect

D．motivation

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。

I always believe in the saying: Things will eventually sort themselves out. In the face of difficulty and trouble, I can always persuade myself to do my work first without enough conditions.

Yesterday, we just moved into a new house and spent all our money. So we had to go through the rest of the month until my husband got paid.

Today, my daughter, Laurie, went to school. After a while, out-of-breath and tired, our little girl ran back a block because she’d forgotten to tell me that it was her turn to bring cupcakes for the class-—today! I answered her with a promise to reach her classroom at noon with the cupcakes. She ran to school again, happy.

Two minutes later, imagining Laurie’s trusting smile when I delivered on the promise, I searched in the boxes for baking tins and the mixer. I confidently set them on the counter and then opened the refrigerator, only to discover there were no eggs! How would I make cupcakes withouteggs?

I tried to figure out how I could fix the problem. Could I borrow some from neighbors or friends? Could I buy some on credit(赊账)? It was almost 9: 30 and I was running out of time. A little voice inside me whispered, “Start to do your work first! Things will eventually sort themselves out.” “Okay,” I said to myself, “I have to try my best to keep my word to my little girl and the worst result that might happen is that I bake ‘cakes’ with no eggs.”

The next step was an act of faith. I turned on the oven and measured all the materials as my little son lined the tins with paper cups. We’d just finished making the frosting(糖霜) when I heard the mailman close the box at the front door. Of course! The mailman could send us a refund (退款) check or something in the mail! I rushed to the door to get the mail and was shocked by what I found.

注意：1.续写词数应150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

There, just under the mailbox, were two boxes of eggs !

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The phone call was from my friend Bonnie.

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4 . Just a couple of days ago, I sold a book to a friend of mine. She paid the amount I charged and asked, “Is that ____? It doesn’t seem like it will cover shipping.”

To be honest, I didn’t calculate the shipping costs ____ and I barely broke even(收支平衡) on sale of the book. I ____ that I had learned my lesson and that the next time she could ____the difference(差额). Thinking nothing of it at the time, I received a(n)____ from my PayPal account that this particular friend had paid a(n)____sum to more than cover the charge of the book and shipping. I was so deeply ____by her act of kindness and desire to encourage a passion for writing by ____ the sale of my first book. It nearly brought me to tears. Happy tears!

This is just one recent ____ of everyday kindnesses I often take for granted. I could name so many more. Often ____, or less valued, these small acts of service, friendship, and human care are what it takes to make the world go round. They are the fuel that won’t ____ our love banks, but rather puts the positive ____forward ten times.

With illness surrounding us and some countries at war, people are ____ more than we can imagine. As the everyday ____ often make the life journey feel mostly uphill, these small gestures of goodwill can easily light a spark of kindness that can easily ____ like wildfire, erupting into a flash of peace and love this old world is eager to know.

1.

A．convenient

B．funny

C．enough

D．fair

2.

A．accidentally

B．correctly

C．eventually

D．repeatedly

3.

A．joked

B．apologized

C．recalled

D．agreed

4.

A．watch over

B．set down

C．checkout

D．make up

5.

A．idea

B．message

C．praise

D．warning

6.

A．required

B．unusual

C．expected

D．extra

7.

A．moved

B．puzzled

C．amused

D．relieved

8.

A．questioning

B．recording

C．supporting

D．analyzing

9.

A．report

B．example

C．experiment

D．attempt

10.

A．judged

B．honored

C．accepted

D．ignored

11.

A．break

B．match

C．open

D．create

12.

A．opinion

B．measure

C．activity

D．energy

13.

A．working

B．suffering

C．travelling

D．learning

14.

A．movements

B．supplies

C．difficulties

D．schedules

15.

A．spread

B．pass

C．return

D．disappear

5 . On a hot summer day in 2017, 9-year-old Hayli Martenez set up a lemonade stand outside her home in Kankakee, Illinois. She thought it would be a great way to earn money for college. Hayli’s lemonade stand was a success. In June 2019, a local newspaper wrote an article about her.

But the news coverage turned out to be bad for Hayli’s business. Officials from the local health department soon demanded that she shut it down. They said Hayli needed a permit for her lemonade stand and that it didn’t meet health code requirements. Although Hayli thought it was unfair to prevent a kid from selling lemonade in her front yard, she had no choice but to stop.

News of Hayli’s shutdown spread and caught the attention of an official in the county government. Inspired by Hayli’s story, he came up with a bill, which would make it easier for kids to run lemonade stands. He invited Hayli to speak in support of the bill to a committee of state senators (参议员) in March 2021.

Although Hayli was excited to get the chance to tell her story, she was worried about addressing the group of senators. She was jittery at first. Her voice started to shake and she talked too fast, running out of breath. But Hayli quickly gained confidence when she remembered who she was there to represent.

Hayli’s speech was convincing, and the bill eventually passed. Last July, the bill came into law. Hayli’s Law officially went into effect on January I of this year. It allows kids under 16 in Illinois to sell lemonade and other drinks without a permit. Hayli was back in business and sold her lemonade again this summer. Hayli hopes her experience and the law that was passed in her honor will encourage other young people not to let anyone stop their dreams.

1. What was the main cause of Hayli’s stand being shut down?

A．The newspaper report.

B．The stand’s illegality.

C．The taste of lemonade.

D．The lemonade stand’s position.

2. What does the underlined word “jittery” in paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Excited.

B．Confused.

C．Nervous.

D．Curious.

3. What did Hayli regard the meeting with the senators as?

A．A trial for her own wrongdoing.

B．A battle against all the unfair laws.

C．An occasion to show her outstanding ability.

D．A chance to appeal for the benefit of children.

4. What does Hayli wish young people to learn from her story?

A．Being brave to realize their dreams.

B．Being independent of their parents.

C．Establishing a business at a young age.

D．Attaching importance to higher education.

6 . No other name in Hollywood shines as bright as the name Oprah Winfrey.

Before all the success were years of struggle and various walls she had to work to break down. As she was starting off on television, she received backlash for her looks, for her skin color, for her curly hair, and for her overweight body. She was a career woman who found no interest in having her own children. These were all things about Oprah Winfrey that made her, at first, an unappealing and controversial character.

At the age of 3, she could already recite poems. At the age of 17, she was offered an on-air job at WVOL, a radio station serving the African American community in Nashville, where she continued to work through the beginnings of her college years. She won a full scholarship in Tennessee State University where she majored in Speech Communications and Performing Arts. After finishing her degree, she signed on with a local TV station, and from there on out, things started looking up for her.

Word of her talent in hosting got around, and eventually she was invited to host a program on WLS-TV. In less than a year, ratings picked up, and AM Chicago became one of the most popular programs in the area. In September 1985, the program was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show. Her show began airing nationally in 1986, and since then, she has started several shows, built her own network, and published her own magazine. With this powerhouse performer working around the clock, she did more than just break a glass ceiling or a racial barrier. She built a media empire from the ground up.

Influential, powerful, independent, self-made-these are typically the words that come to mind when people attempt to describe her. If there can only be one word to describe Oprah Winfrey, it's “determined”.

1. What is the probable meaning of the underlined word “backlash” in paragraph 2?

A．Support.

B．Resistance.

C．Attention.

D．Invitation.

2. When did Winfrey first get involved in television?

A．During her college years.	B．When she was 17 years old.
C．When she worked for WVOL.	D．After graduating from university.

3. What is mainly talked about in paragraph4?

A．The beginning of Winfrey's career.	B．The difficulty Winfrey had met.
C．The success of Winfrey in some aspects.	D．The influence of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

4. What led to Winfrey's success?

A．Her own struggle.	B．Her good luck.
C．Defeating opponents.	D．The support of her family.