1 . Joe’s single dad parenting story unfolds in a touching video that swept through the hearts of online users on TikTok.

On his daughter’s school Mother’s Day celebration, Joe _______as a “mom”. He took his _______ among the parents and students with a dress and a wig. His aim was to guarantee the seat _______for his adopted child’s mother wouldn’t remain _______ and to honor the occasion’s significance.

As the video unfolds, we see an emotional hug between Joe and his 15-year-old daughter, Nong Cream. She hugs Joe tightly. Joe _______ the hug with a smile, planting a kiss on Cream’s forehead and _______ smoothing her hair.

Joe, also known as “Teacher Joe”, is a proud PE instructor at his daughter’s school. He shared his _______ for this beautiful act: “When the school organizes Mother’s Day activities, I don’t want my child to have an inferiority complex (自卑感). Personally, I’m not _______ because I love my child.” His pride in his daughter shines through, proving his _______ to single dad parenting. Joe __________ what could have been a(n) __________day into a permanently precious memory through his heartfelt __________.

Cream responded, “I don’t feel embarrassed. This year’s Mother’s Day, I want to say I love my father. I’m __________ to my dad for __________ me and making me happy.” Their bond, __________ by Joe’s love, develops into a story about courage, acceptance and unbreakable connections.

1.

A．stayed up

B．dressed up

C．woke up

D．grew up

2.

A．leave

B．turn

C．part

D．place

3.

A．designed

B．reserved

C．selected

D．decorated

4.

A．empty

B．wet

C．dirty

D．cold

5.

A．compares

B．links

C．returns

D．refuses

6.

A．casually

B．gently

C．eagerly

D．skillfully

7.

A．motivation

B．thirst

C．passion

D．requirement

8.

A．annoyed

B．scared

C．worried

D．ashamed

9.

A．response

B．opposition

C．commitment

D．attention

10.

A．translated

B．broke

C．led

D．changed

11.

A．demanding

B．challenging

C．rewarding

D．amusing

12.

A．gesture

B．choice

C．promise

D．effort

13.

A．grateful

B．peaceful

C．helpful

D．hopeful

14.

A．rescuing

B．educating

C．raising

D．protecting

15.

A．strengthened

B．created

C．balanced

D．measured

2 . At the school Art Festival, I was asked to design the costumes for three school plays. Everyone was________to see the actors wear my costumes on stage. This experience has made me realize that I am really good at____and have a talent for fashion design, which has inspired me to________fashion design as my job. That way, I can____work with my interests and strengths. To find out how to_____the field of fashion design, I did some____about what kind of education and skills I might need. I________that many premier fashion designers studied at fashion design institutes in London, Paris or Milan. I also keep a(n)________on job ads for the fashion industry to see what abilities or _____designers should have.

After much thought, I decided to________these skills and get the right qualifications by studying art at university. While I am there, I would like to work part-time for a fashion design company in order to________from other designers. Actually, I don’t have to wait until I go to university to swing into________as there will be a workshop in my city next month which I am hoping to________

After graduation, I will____a job as a fashion designer. One day, I hope to start my own________company.

1.

A．determined

B．amazed

C．awkward

D．expected

2.

A．drawing

B．acting

C．sculpture

D．communication

3.

A．challenge

B．admire

C．pursue

D．aid

4.

A．provide

B．compare

C．create

D．combine

5.

A．get into

B．get through

C．get over

D．get from

6.

A．training

B．research

C．quiz

D．schedule

7.

A．checked

B．persuaded

C．recognized

D．forecasted

8.

A．head

B．eye

C．back

D．foot

9.

A．flexibility

B．standards

C．drawbacks

D．qualities

10.

A．apply

B．demonstrate

C．improve

D．acquire

11.

A．learn

B．result

C．benefit

D．obtain

12.

A．motion

B．action

C．position

D．operation

13.

A．attend

B．equip

C．design

D．organize

14.

A．conduct

B．submit

C．land

D．perform

15.

A．accounting

B．consulting

C．cleaning

D．clothing

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。

9-year-old Igor lived in a huge forest in the north of Russia. His father was a woodcutter and his mother a tailor. The boy liked playing with animals in the forest, and knew the names of different birds and their songs. One freezing winter Igor was seriously ill and the doctor from big cities told his parents that only surprise could save him. Lying all day in bed, Igor only wanted his father to catch a bird and played with it. But in winter there were no birds in the forest. “You could make him a bird out of wood,” suggested the anxious mother.

The first finished birds were fat and too heavy to fly. He threw them into the fire, head in hands.

It was snowing heavily, and he really didn’t know where to find a bird. Then an idea occurred to him, “The bird needs two pieces of wood.” Eventually, he made it and showed it to his wife. “Beautiful!” she said, taking a needle and some thread (细线) and sewing the two ends together, like a real bird. She tied a long thread to the bird’s back. And it could be hung above Igor’s bed. Quietly, the woodcutter hung the bird above the boy’s bed.

At daybreak, his son was watching the bird carefully. There was a light in his eyes for the first time in many weeks. “Beautiful!” said Igor. “I’ve never seen it before in the forest. What’s its name?” “That’s a good question. I’ll find out and tell you.” The next morning, when the father entered Igor’s room, he found the boy sitting up in bed, trying to touch the bird. The last time Igor sat up in bed was many weeks before. “What’s it called?” the boy asked. “Oh, dear, I’m still not sure.”

Late on that night, Igor’s father went into his son’s room quietly and made the thread a little shorter. Then the bird was hanging a little higher above Igor’s head. Three days later, he found Igor kneeling on the bed, trying to touch the bird. His hand was very near it. “Have you decided on the name?” “Not yet. My son.” his father replied.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。
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Again, at night the father went into his son’s room.

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Several days later, Igor’s father was cutting wood when he heard a scream from the house.

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4 . 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。

In March of 1994, I was 25 years old, poor and pregnant. It was 10 days past my due date. I was dependent on public transportation to get to my prenatal (产前的) appointments. That day I was going with my husband to the hospital for an ultrasound (超声波) scan.

We were excited and happy, thinking a new life would come into our world soon. To reach the bus stop, we had to cross a busy street. While we were standing on the opposite side of the street waiting for a break in traffic, we saw the bus coming. There was a huge rush of traffic just then, and no way to cross the street in time.

We began shouting loudly and waving wildly trying to flag down the driver. But the driver didn’t notice us, since her face wasn’t turned toward us. She drove quickly past the stop and down the street. Traffic cleared up immediately after this and we were able to cross the street. But it was a moment too late.

We were very anxious because this was the last bus we could have caught to get to my appointment on time. The hospital was very strict about its appointment policy— if you were ten minutes late, you had to reschedule. Rescheduling meant I had to wait a day or more. I was close to tears, about to say “Let’s go home” when a police car stopped in front of us. The officer had apparently seen the whole process, and said with a smile “Hop in- let’s catch the bus!”

We’d never been in trouble nor were we thieves, but we naturally felt uneasy about most authority figures like policemen. So it was a shock to receive this offer of help from an unlikely source! Should we accept such help? We hesitated for a second. Then we got in the car, and the officer sped toward our runaway bus.

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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。
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We caught up with the bus soon.
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I gave birth to a healthy girl the following morning.
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5 . During my university years in the early 2000s, I worked part-time with kids at a neighborhood YMCA, which mainly focused on child care. Each year, we hosted a Christmas party for the community.

Most of the people working there were women, so we had to search for a male volunteer to play Santa Claus. We didn’t have many choices. John was a tall, twentyish man who was much too thin to be Santa Claus. No amount of stuffing (填充物) could possibly make him look like a common Santa Claus. He was, however, available.

On the day of the party, John put on his costume (戏装) and waited for the children. Many of the children who knew John said, “It’s just you, John.” If they didn’t know him, they said, “You’re too thin to be Santa.” We thought it might be a bad decision, but then everyone seemed to enjoy their time there, so it didn’t really matter.

Then, a lovely little girl entered the room. She was dressed beautifully to see Santa and seemed a little shy. Her mother brought her up to our Santa. “She’s deaf,” the mother explained. “If she could just sit on your lap (大腿) and have her picture taken, she would be happy.” John, the skinny Santa, smiled at the little girl, and she sat on his lap.

Then, the skinny Santa began using hand gestures to communicate with the girl fluently, and the little girl smiled happily and answered him quickly with her hands. Their conversation lasted quite a while. When I looked at the mother, I saw that she was crying. In fact, I don’t think there was a dry eye in the room. Santa Claus really was there.

There was so much we didn’t know about what was happening. This girl had never met John before, and few of us were aware that he knew how to sign — it all added up to a magical surprise.

1. Why was John chosen to play Santa Claus?

A．He was tall.

B．He was male.

C．He was young.

D．He was popular.

2. What did people probably think of John’s playing Santa Claus at first?

A．Disappointing.

B．Interesting.

C．Surprising.

D．Inspiring.

3. What can we know about the little girl?

A．She was talkative and lively.	B．She often came to the child care.
C．She was friendly to other children.	D．She expected to take pictures with Santa.

4. What contributed to the touching scene on that day?

A．The little girl has a nice character.	B．John’s knowledge of sign language.
C．The warm and friendly environment.	D．The participation of the little girl’s mother.

6 . 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。续写的词数应为150左右。

This story happened in a small village in North America, where a disabled boy named Tom lived with his parents. When Tom was born, his right leg was a little twisted (变形的). When Tom could neither walk nor stand upright for two years, his parents took him to a doctor. After a careful examination, the doctor said complete recovery was impossible. So the doctor made a structure of iron rods (杆) that could be tied through Tom’s shoe to a belt over his knee. With the help of the structure, Tom could stand properly and walk at times, and his life became a little easier than before. But one thing always bothering him was that he could not play like other children, although he was still happy.

On the way to Tom’s school, there was a small flower shop. Its owner was a kind old man. In this shop, there lived his five small pet puppies. One of the puppies was lame (瘸的). It always dragged its leg and followed the rest of the puppies. Tom often stood in front of this flower shop after school and watched the puppies. Of the five, Tom liked that little lame puppy most.

One day, Tom saw a board hanging in front of the shop. It read “Puppies for Sale at $50” Tom went straight into the shop. Pointing at the lame puppy, he asked the old man to sell it to him. Tom took a $5 note out of his pocket and gave it to the old man. “I only have $5 now and you keep it. I’ll pay 50 cents a month for the rest,” Tom said. “But it is a puppy which will limp for the rest of its life. It will never be able to run with you or play with you in the park. Do you still want to buy it?” the old man asked in surprise.

Tom told the old man firmly, “Yes, I want this puppy.” Then the old man returned Tom’s $5 and said, “If you want this puppy, I’ll give it to you for free.”

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Tom got a little upset after hearing this from the old man.
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Then, Tom approached the lame puppy with his twisted right leg.
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7 . Mr. Robert was a famous writer in an old town, and he had lots of friends from all over the town. One day, Robert invited his friend Tom and Tom’s brother Jack to the dinner at his home. Tom never went to school so he was worried that he would say unsuitable words in the dinner party. But his brother Jack told him, “don’t worry, Tom. Just do everything like me, and don’t talk about anything if you don’t understand it.”

Everything went on quite well. But by the end of the evening, Tom had had a lot of drink, and he was drunken. A man asked him if he liked literature, and Tom answered, “it’s delicious, but I like beer better.” All the people in the room laughed and soon they began to leave.

When the two brothers were out of the house, Jack said to Tom, “You certainly made yourself a fool because you are empty-headed (无知的).” “What do you mean?” asked Tom. “We all know that literature isn’t a kind of drink,” Jack answered. “It’s a kind of food.”

1. Tom was afraid to say wrong words because_________.

A．He was clever.	B．He had many friends.
C．He was not outgoing.	D．He wasn’t well educated.

2. Tom thought that literature was ______and Jack thought that literature was_________.

A．A kind of drink; a man	B．Beer; a musician
C．A kind of drink; a kind of food	D．A book; a kind of food

3. According to the passage, we know that __________.

A．Neither Tom nor his brother knew much about literature.

B．Only one of the two brothers had much knowledge about literature.

C．Everyone in the party didn’t know anything about literature.

D．The two brothers had a lot of friends.

4. Where does the passage probably come from?

A．A tour guidebook

B．A scientific journal

C．A textbook

D．A magazine

8 . Little Rohan was standing by the door with a bag on his shoulders and a hat on his head. He didn’t want to leave the________. “Mom, do we have to go?”

“Yes, Rohan, we have to,” Rashmi________as she picked up the car keys.

Rohan was________of water ever since he almost drowned(淹死) during a swimming class. Rashmi knew her son had to face his________.But as they drove to the beach, Rohan started making________.He opened his bag and________to look for something. “Mom, I think I left my sunglasses. Can we go back and get it?”

“Check it again,” she pointed at the bag.

“Yes, found them,” he looked________.

When they reached, Rashmi found a good________and sat under the shade. “Why don’t you go play? I am right here,” she said.

Rohan________his shoes, tiptoed (踮脚走) into the water carefully and________a little further in. Suddenly, a big________came and swept him off his feet. Rohan tried to scream________all useless. He had a bigmouth of seawater. Only when his hands touched the sand beneath the water, he ________he was safe. He rose to his feet, and at the same time drove away his fear of water.

While his mother was standing there, with a worried________on her face, Rohan_______ran towards her, “Mom, come to the water with me. It’s so much fun.” That day was a new beginning for Rohan. He was no longer afraid of water.

1.

A．house

B．garden

C．beach

D．school

2.

A．shouted

B．looked

C．cried

D．replied

3.

A．fond

B．afraid

C．aware

D．careful

4.

A．joy

B．change

C．fear

D．belief

5.

A．excuses

B．mistakes

C．differences

D．choices

6.

A．agreed

B．offered

C．managed

D．seemed

7.

A．eager

B．angry

C．upset

D．sleepy

8.

A．way

B．place

C．room

D．product

9.

A．gave out

B．took off

C．came across

D．picked up

10.

A．stepped

B．jumped

C．swam

D．ran

11.

A．wind

B．rain

C．wave

D．storm

12.

A．and

B．although

C．since

D．but

13.

A．doubted

B．decided

C．realized

D．hoped

14.

A．smile

B．tear

C．pity

D．look

15.

A．politely

B．happily

C．gradually

D．lonely

9 . Any visitor to the local library in our town would catch sight of a teenage boy reading books carefully. He would _______ to linger(流连) in the library reading not only a wide range of literary works but also articles in famous periodicals(期刊）till closing time. The librarian had to share his _______ to satisfy the teenager’s desire for books when he happened to_______ into the boy’s father.

The boy was called Tarun Kanti, who also took a(n) _______ interest in sports, dancing and drama. His talent had earned him a lot of _______ in the town despite his young age. But things _______ obviously after his father’s untimely death. Kanti _______ his responsibilities as the eldest son. He began to devote his part time to working to _______ his family and insisted on(坚持) studying _______ and ranked(排列) first in the district during the high school graduation examination. Later, he ________ a master’s degree in Yale University.

After retirement Kanti suffered from a rare heart disease that took away his life at the age of 64. ________ his unhealthy condition couldn’t dim(使暗淡) his love for work. He was still ________ in his research during the last days of his life. Almost everyone who had spent time with him during his last days had no ________ that he was dangerously ill.

When he lay lifeless in the library of his residence, many of his colleagues and friends ________ in to have a last glimpse（一瞥) and pay their final tributes(悼念). In great ________ I prepared to take a last look at my lifelong hero— my elder brother Tarun Kanti.

1.

A．continue

B．prepare

C．attempt

D．promise

2.

A．leisure

B．inability

C．experience

D．knowledge

3.

A．look

B．turn

C．knock

D．lay

4.

A．practical

B．unusual

C．particular

D．strong

5.

A．wealth

B．respect

C．comparison

D．benefit

6.

A．occurred

B．ended

C．changed

D．spread

7.

A．realized

B．refused

C．ignored

D．acknowledged

8.

A．satisfy

B．appreciate

C．protect

D．support

9.

A．unwillingly

B．mistakenly

C．hard

D．independently

10.

A．completed

B．obtained

C．required

D．accepted

11.

A．And

B．Since

C．So

D．But

12.

A．absorbed

B．skillful

C．concerned

D．successful

13.

A．reason

B．doubt

C．choice

D．idea

14.

A．broke

B．checked

C．poured

D．gave

15.

A．sadness

B．annoyance

C．regret

D．surprise

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。续写的词数应为150左右。

Meet Hagen, a 6-year-old boy who recently celebrated his sixth birthday. Hagen is traveling with his family to Dallas with his amazing Buzz Lightyear(巴斯光年) toy. Traveling with kids is always busy, and the family had other things on their minds, so the tiny toy was unfortunately left behind.

Hagen’s mother said that when they landed, they thought they had gathered all their things and they headed to the taxi. It wasn’t until they were in the taxi that Hagen started crazily asking for his Buzz and his mother quickly realized that they did not have Buzz and he was still on the plane. Hagen was upset because he saw the toy as his best friend.

When the family understood this, it was too late to turn around their car heading for the family gathering as the plane had already departed(启程) for Little Rock, Arkansas. Hagen’s mother knows that losing a toy is never a pleasant feeling, especially for a 6-year-old and the toy is a big talking Buzz Lightyear action figure. So she had to lie that Buzz was on an awesome space task, and Hagen would get reunited with Buzz some day.

Well, LIT Ramp Agent Jason noticed Buzz all alone on the plane and his first idea was that he was probably here on a mission—and a mission did actually happen. Together with another colleague, Beth, Jason found out whose Buzz this was—there was a name on the foot and the airline’s contact information, so it wasn’t too hard—and they took Buzz on an adventure before sending him back.

Jason located Hagen according to name printed on the bottom of Buzz’s boot, ‘Hagen’. Only one passenger had flown on the plane with that name. That allowed them to locate the email of Hagen’s mother from their reservations. Then they posted the amazing pictures that Jason had taken with Buzz on his personal Facebook. The address of Hagen’s mother was given to Jason and he let Hagen’s mother know he’d be mailing him back to them.

Para. 1: Hagen got the package some days later.
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Para. 2: Hagen wrote a thank-you letter to Jason to express his feelings.
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