1 . Twenty-eight years ago, best friends Tom Cook and Joe Feeney made a promise to each other that whoever won the Powerball jackpot (强力球头奖), if they were so lucky, would share the winnings with the other. And that _______ to Tom who picked a ticket worth $22 million last June. He remembered his _______.

Tom bought the S2 winning ticket for the June 10 drawing. He was having breakfast the next morning and he froze when he read the _______. He handed the ticket over to his very _______ wife.

Tom said he remembered the promise he and Joe made almost three _______ ago. So he called his friend to share the _______ news. They made the promise to each other while _______ what they would do if they won all that money.

“He called me and I said, ‘Aren’t you _______, man?’” said Joe of his _______. “A handshake’s a handshake,” said Tom. What a ________ guy! Tom and Joe were ________ around $5.7 million each after paying taxes. They could now do anything they ________.They have no extravagant (奢侈的) plans about the ________ winnings, but both are looking forward to spending more time with their ________.

“We both got grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and we’re looking forward to spending time with them, not worrying about if we got time to go, and where we can go, and if we can ________ it,” said Tom.

1.

A．introduced

B．happened

C．returned

D．mentioned

2.

A．promise

B．address

C．wish

D．decision

3.

A．magazines

B．paintings

C．advertisements

D．numbers

4.

A．frightened

B．entertained

C．shocked

D．depressed

5.

A．weeks

B．decades

C．years

D．months

6.

A．well-written

B．peace-loving

C．life-changing

D．newly-made

7.

A．debating

B．imagining

C．announcing

D．complaining

8.

A．retiring

B．challenging

C．stressing

D．kidding

9.

A．arrangement

B．curiosity

C．confidence

D．reaction

10.

A．great

B．strange

C．funny

D．lucky

11.

A．awarded

B．given

C．punished

D．gifted

12.

A．managed

B．refused

C．wanted

D．demanded

13.

A．secret

B．positive

C．normal

D．huge

14.

A．families

B．classmates

C．friends

D．employees

15.

A．exchange

B．schedule

C．afford

D．control

2 . David and Candace recently welcomed their new baby, Luna. Before their daughter was born, the couple, who now _______ in California, had been preparing for the baby shower (迎婴派对) and sent out invitations via text messages.

_______ , a message was sent to Angela’s phone, who lives in Indiana. “I was _______ at first, but then I thought there was a reason why I got that _______ and invitation. I could and should do something lovely about it, ” said Angela, who runs a small business making and selling _______ .

“What better way to _______ the arrival of a new little one than with a baby blanket? So I _______ a super-soft blanket made from my own business with hopes that it would reach them, ” Angela said. Inside the special delivery, she included a note _______ the error and why she felt it necessary to do so.

David and Candace said they were blown away by Angela’s _______ and how someone they never ________ could be so generous to them from thousands of miles away. “ ________ indeed. People often get wrong number calls and texts, but most times, they’re ________ . Luna is just so blessed that a stranger sent her a(n) ________ . This is so crazy,” said Candace.

Being a mother of 4 children, Angela has ________ from acts of kindness throughout the years. She said being on the ________ end of that same kindness, shown to her family, is great.

1.

A．tours

B．studies

C．lives

D．performs

2.

A．In error

B．As usual

C．For fun

D．On purpose

3.

A．amused

B．annoyed

C．surprised

D．embarrassed

4.

A．opinion

B．email

C．chance

D．text

5.

A．blankets

B．phones

C．invitations

D．medicine

6.

A．confirm

B．organize

C．contact

D．celebrate

7.

A．replaced

B．established

C．delivered

D．returned

8.

A．explaining

B．correcting

C．avoiding

D．discovering

9.

A．curiosity

B．kindness

C．intelligence

D．honesty

10.

A．met

B．admired

C．greeted

D．noticed

11.

A．Attractive

B．Sensible

C．Heartwarming

D．Mysterious

12.

A．assumed

B．ignored

C．reflected

D．followed

13.

A．toy

B．gift

C．invitation

D．offer

14.

A．escaped

B．learned

C．recovered

D．benefited

15.

A．giving

B．refusing

C．receiving

D．agreeing

3 . A flat tire (爆胎) on the road. It’s certainly ______, especially if you have kids with you. For Courtney Potts, a mother of two kids in Tennessee, her flat tire experience was about to turn into something she had never ______.

Potts was driving home on Sunday when one of her tires blew out! ______, she realized she was in trouble. She had her ______ with her and leaving them in the car to change a tire wasn’t a ______ for her. Then a SUV stopped behind her car. A man got out and walked over to her, saying, “God, I almost ______ you! Can I help you?”

Potts was ______! Little did she know her luck was about to ______ even more than she imagined. Immediately she heard the man’s voice and saw his face, she knew this was no ______ man!

“The man offering to help wasn’t some ______. It was Luke Bryan!” said Potts.

If you aren’t a country ______, you might not know Luke, but he’s one of the most successful country music artists of the 2010s and 2020s.

According to Potts, Bryan finished ______ the tire with her extra in 30 minutes. Bryan also took a photo with Potts and her daughter, Ellie. Later, Potts shared a video online showing Bryan ______ on the ground, changing her flat tire, saying he deserved all the praise for ______ to help her. Her video received over 4 million ______ in two days.

1.

A．annoying

B．amusing

C．exciting

D．relaxing

2.

A．needed

B．allowed

C．expected

D．informed

3.

A．Turning back

B．Passing away

C．Staying up

D．Pulling over

4.

A．kids

B．parents

C．cousins

D．friends

5.

A．medal

B．goal

C．secret

D．choice

6.

A．hit

B．beat

C．attached

D．prevented

7.

A．in silence

B．in luck

C．in danger

D．in trouble

8.

A．exist

B．escape

C．increase

D．settle

9.

A．intelligent

B．romantic

C．creative

D．ordinary

10.

A．superstar

B．stranger

C．volunteer

D．engineer

11.

A．villager

B．tourist

C．farmer

D．fan

12.

A．checking

B．repairing

C．replacing

D．providing

13.

A．kneeling

B．singing

C．practicing

D．climbing

14.

A．hesitating

B．stopping

C．declaring

D．intending

15.

A．presents

B．emails

C．dollars

D．views

4 . At her heaviest, Chasity Davis weighed 365 pounds at only 4.11 feet tall. While she was pregnant (怀孕) with her third daughter, she knew something had to change.

“I was piling on the weight. Just eating all the time. I was in a very terrible state,” she said.

As many moms know, new health problems can pop up after giving birth, and that’s just what happened to Davis. She started experiencing shallow breathing when she sat back or lay down. Luckily, her doctors took it very seriously. When the doctors put the heart monitor on Davis they found her heart actually stopping.

“My heart had stopped for about three seconds,” said Davis. Obviously, her blood pressure had risen as well. To make matters worse, she was upset at not being allowed to see her baby daughter, and that was further affecting her blood pressure, but doctors warned her that she needed to concentrate on taking care of herself first.

Davis went through heart and stomach operations, which helped her quickly lose 65 pounds, but she couldn’t stop there. Even at 300 pounds, that was too much weight for her height. So after her recovery, she made a choice to work hard to get fit.

She began by working out seven days a week, twice a day, and switching to a diet that included lots of fruits and vegetables. She now walks about 5-6 miles a day! After all the diet and exercise, Davis has now lost 242 pounds over the last 7 years, with 171of that being from walking. Incredible!

Of course, she still has some fatty or sugary foods, but she limits them. “Just because losing weight doesn’t mean I never eat anything bad,” Davis said. “The difference now is that we have a home-cooked meal every single day.”

“Life is so much greater when you are healthier,” she added, “I just feel great about myself. I have learned so much.”

1. Why was Davis connected to the heart monitor?

A．She was pregnant.	B．She ate all the time.
C．She had health problems.	D．She gave birth to her third daughter.

2. What problem did Davis suffer when not allowed to see her baby daughter?

A．She put on weight quickly.	B．Her blood pressure rose higher.
C．Her heart stopped for about 3 seconds.	D．She started experiencing shallow breathing.

3. How did Davis quickly lose 65 pounds?

A．By joining a fitness club.	B．By receiving the operations.
C．By walking about 5-6 miles a day.	D．By switching to a healthy diet.

4. What change has Davis made in her eating habits?

A．She seldom has meals out.	B．She hardly has anything for supper.
C．She no longer has fatty or sugary foods.	D．She never eats anything bad for health now.

5 . 37-year-old Kyle Semrau wasn’t feeling well when he arrived home on Monday morning after his night job. Surprisingly, his 6-year-old daughter, Macie _______ to go to school that morning. Her parents eventually gave in and allowed her to _______ home that day with her 4-year-old brother Caleb and her dad. They didn’t expect that _______ would end up saving Kyle’s life.

Kyle was soon feeling _______. Macie recalled hearing her father _______ start shouting. She and brother Caleb _______ to find him lying on the ground in the basement unconscious. “I don’t want to say this, but I thought he was going to _______,” said Macie. “I immediately Googled the Eliot Police for its number and _______ the police department.” Meanwhile, Caleb did what he could to comfort his dad until _______ arrived.

6-year-old Macie was able to ________ give the police their address, her dad’s name and age. After first responders arrived and ________, Kyle was rushed to hospital.

Kyle has now fully ________ and is grateful for all the help he received. “Just incredible all around. It’s ________ for children to look up to their fathers as heroes, but Macie is, and will always be my hero,” said Kyle.

The Eliot Police Department was also ________ with the little heroine’s actions. “Great job, Macie!!! It was her ________ thinking and swift action that saved her dad’s life,” said a police officer.

1.

A．determined

B．refused

C．promised

D．prepared

2.

A．leave

B．work

C．come

D．stay

3.

A．decision

B．effort

C．desire

D．opportunity

4.

A．tougher

B．calmer

C．worse

D．securer

5.

A．suddenly

B．definitely

C．actually

D．eventually

6.

A．expected

B．returned

C．ran

D．seemed

7.

A．arrive

B．die

C．lose

D．stop

8.

A．called

B．skipped

C．assumed

D．recommended

9.

A．information

B．hope

C．confidence

D．help

10.

A．individually

B．responsibly

C．correctly

D．anxiously

11.

A．settled down

B．stayed up

C．turned back

D．took over

12.

A．understood

B．recovered

C．suffered

D．responded

13.

A．natural

B．necessary

C．interesting

D．fortunate

14.

A．annoyed

B．challenged

C．ensured

D．impressed

15.

A．independent

B．sharp

C．positive

D．serious

6 . Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges is celebrating becoming a grandfather and is also happy to be back in acting. But life wasn’t so ______ for him in 2021. He had to fight with cancer and suffered from COVID-19 ______ . Recently, he spoke about those hard days, and what kept him motivated (有动力的).

Life suddenly took a ______ turn for Jeff when one day he started getting pain in his stomach. His whole life ______ when a nine-by-twelve-inch tumor (肿瘤) was found in his stomach. ______ was started immediately and the tumor disappeared soon.

But in January 2021, both he and his wife Sue were ______ by COVID-19. Sue was able to recover in five days, while he ______ with it in hospital for months.

“COVID-19 made my cancer look like ______ ,” Jeff recalled. He couldn’t breathe properly and needed oxygen even to roll over in bed. His wife Sue was ______ that he might die.

“I was pretty close to ______ . The doctors kept telling me, ‘Jeff, you’ve got to fight.’ But I was about to ______ . I was ready to go,” said Jeff. But he remembered his ______ to his daughter to dance with her on her wedding day, which gave him the will to ______ back. And he eventually recovered. He was not only able to ______ with his daughter but was also happy to be reunited again with his wife and enjoy the second ______ at life.

1.

A．active

B．peaceful

C．busy

D．social

2.

A．as usual

B．at times

C．in return

D．as well

3.

A．wrong

B．formal

C．specific

D．familiar

4.

A．functioned

B．ended

C．changed

D．approached

5.

A．Defence

B．Treatment

C．Celebration

D．Performance

6.

A．assumed

B．protested

C．attacked

D．impressed

7.

A．debated

B．struggled

C．shared

D．communicated

8.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

9.

A．annoyed

B．curious

C．confident

D．scared

10.

A．arriving

B．dying

C．agreeing

D．winning

11.

A．give in

B．settle down

C．move on

D．turn around

12.

A．arrangement

B．decision

C．promise

D．demand

13.

A．call

B．pay

C．fight

D．look

14.

A．dance

B．talk

C．play

D．swim

15.

A．breath

B．acting

C．chance

D．progress

7 . Ethan has always dreamed of becoming a firefighter. Recently, the 18-year-old got a ________ of what it really feels like to save lives!

It all ________ when Ethan and his two friends, Ryken and Jackson, both 17,were heading to a local basketball court. They looked up and saw ________ pouring from the Citadel Mews Retirement Home. Pulling over in their tracks, they ________ to the Retirement Home to see if they could help.

“We knew that the elderly people were struggling ________,” Jackson said.

The ________ teens first went to the rescue members. Learning that there were still people inside the building, they didn’t ________ to go in after them. Thinking nothing of their own ________ , they ran up to the fourth floor and began to carefully ________ the rooms.

“Knock on every door, say, ‘There’s a fire; everyone gets out,’” Jackson ________. “After that we’d open the door and take a ________ look through to make sure no one was in and go to the next ________.”

Smoke began to ________ the hallways, and the roof was in flames, but they were so focused on evacuating (疏散) everyone that they didn’t have time to be ________. “The only thing that was going through my mind was to get out all the people ________ in the building,” said Ethan. Soon he found an old lady ________ to make her way downstairs, and he picked her up and ________ her outside.

The three teens are receiving lots of ________, but they insist they were just raised to do what they thought was ________.

After this experience, Ethan said he is more convinced than ever that he wants to be a ________.

1.

A．choice

B．taste

C．secret

D．purpose

2.

A．stopped

B．changed

C．appeared

D．started

3.

A．storm

B．light

C．smoke

D．liquid

4.

A．drove

B．wandered

C．rushed

D．returned

5.

A．getting out

B．settling down

C．showing up

D．turning away

6.

A．ambitious

B．intelligent

C．honest

D．brave

7.

A．hesitate

B．regret

C．promise

D．refuse

8.

A．future

B．safety

C．career

D．performance

9.

A．decorate

B．occupy

C．tidy

D．empty

10.

A．recalled

B．observed

C．complained

D．announced

11.

A．gentle

B．curious

C．brief

D．doubtful

12.

A．car

B．door

C．school

D．court

13.

A．ruin

B．fill

C．block

D．crash

14.

A．upset

B．excited

C．cautious

D．afraid

15.

A．stuck

B．injured

C．working

D．missing

16.

A．devoting

B．deciding

C．struggling

D．offering

17.

A．forced

B．carried

C．threw

D．pushed

18.

A．encouragement

B．comfort

C．praise

D．warning

19.

A．real

B．funny

C．lucky

D．right

20.

A．firefighter

B．volunteer

C．champion

D．superhero

8 . 听下面一段独白,回答以下小题。
1. Why did Grandpa Pandetti go to the village?

A．To buy a mirror.

B．To trade his goods.

C．To visit his family.

2. What did Grandpa Pandetti do when he returned home?

A．He hung the mirror on the wall.

B．He told his family about the mirror.

C．He made dinner for himself.

3. What did the Pandettis do in the end?

A．They smiled whenever they looked in the mirror.

B．They took the mirror off the wall.

C．They made friends with strangers.

4. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A．Life in the mountains.

B．The Pandettis’ goods.

C．A special present for a family.

9 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What did Rosemary’s father do that day?

A．He went out to look for his wife.

B．He prepared meals for his parents.

C．He took his wife to the hospital.

2. What happened to Rosemary?

A．She lost her parents.

B．She lost her hands.

C．She lost her legs.

3. Which of the following words can be used to describe Rosemary?

A．Dependent.

B．Beautiful.

C．Independent.

10 . 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。

Mum was in a hurry as usual, but as she rushed them down the street, Magnus and Mina couldn’t resist peeking (偷看) through the window of the pet shop on the corner.

“Mum, are you SURE we can’t have a pet?” Mina asked. “NO! Daddy is allergic to cats and dogs!” said Mum.

Five minutes later, they were outside Magnus and Mina’s grandad’s place — an old repair garage on a road just off the high street. Grandad had retired, but he lived in the flat above and kept the workshop for his hobby: fixing up old cars!

Mum used her key to open the door and they went inside. An old car was in the middle of the floor. Then they heard a sound from somewhere under the car. “Who’s there? Is that you, M and M?” Grandad Eric’s head appeared from behind the car. He smiled when he saw them, and wiped his greasy (沾油污的) face with an old cloth. “Hello kids!”

Mum was moving towards the door of the garage. “Thank you for taking the kids for the weekend, Dad — something came up and I have to go away for work!” Grandad just smiled. “No problem at all, sweetie!”

Once Mum had left, Magnus and Mina had a good look around. Mina was excited. At school she had taken a technology and design course where they had learned how to design and build simple robots, and she wanted to make one of her own. She shouted over to Grandad, “Grandad, can we use some of these spare bits over here? I promise we won’t make a mess!” Grandad replied, “Of course, but be careful!”

“Do you have a plan, sister?” Magnus looked at his sister. “I sure do! Mum said we couldn’t get a pet, but she didn’t say that we couldn’t make one!” Magnus’s eyes widened. “A robot pet?” “Yeah, a dog-cat,” replied Mina. “Brilliant! You build it, and I can program it!” said Magnus.

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Before long, Mina finished and Magnus and Mina admired the work.

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Grandad Eric came over to see the dog-cat and collected the turned-off robot.

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